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it's the craziest thing in my life, that i bring all my family to syria. now in prison, nada's father this is bbc news. says he's full of regret. and then, in the beginning, everything is running so clear. welcome if you're watching here in the uk, on pbs you must have seen the videos in america or around the globe. that the islamic state put out. there were videos notjust i'm rich preston. our top stories: of a paradise and a great place to live if you're a muslim, donald trump gives his state but there were videos of the union address, of beheadings, of murder, taking credit for what he calls of enslavement, of terrible cruelty. the great american comeback. i say to the people of our you would have known when you left indonesia great country, and to the that this was no ordinary country you were moving to. members of congress, the state yeah, we know that. but everybody made of our union is stronger than a mistake, right? maybe you made a mistake in your life. ever before. you made a mistake in your life, everybody made a mistake this was the immediate response in their lives, and this from speaker nancy pelosi — tearing up a speech democrats is a big mistake in my life. say was full of lies. we cannot forget that, despite syria was never a safe place the dishonesty and division of to lock up dangerous men. amid these hard—core the dishonesty and division of the last few years, and that we is supporters, children are packed in in prison
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heard tonight from the uniforms too big for them. president of the united states, 10,000 kids from 80 countries cling on here, betrayed by their parents and their together we have boundless governments don't seem potential. to care either. better late than never — partial results show pete buttigieg leading the iowa causus but the row over delays continues. another big increase in the number of people in china infected by the coronavirus — the death toll rise to nearly 500. it's the orphans who've truly been abandoned by humanity. here, we met faruq, youssef and nasser. translation: rocket attacks in his state of the union address to the us congress, happened and i don't know. president trump has spoken of what he considers iran away and i didn't see his greatest achievements after three years in office. anyone from my family. in what felt more like a campaign speech in an election year, he referred to translation: the aircraft what he called "the great bombed and then everyone went american comeback" missing. then i found faruq. and said the united states was thriving and respected again. president trump set the tone of his speech what happened to your brothers with these opening remarks. and sisters and to your mum and dad?
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translation: they were killed. three years ago, we launched youssef, when you leave here, where do you want to go, the great american comeback. what do you want to do? tonight, i stand translation: where can i go? the great american comeback. tonight, istand before the great american comeback. tonight, i stand before you, to show the incredible results. i would stay here. jobs are booming, incomes are these children are blameless, yet there are no plans soaring, poverty is plummeting, to return them to indonesia. and what do you say crime is falling, confidence is to people in indonesia — do you want to go home? a surging and our country is thriving and highly respect yeah. because i'm really that again. —— respected. tired in here. so...we're thankful if there's people who want to... america's enemies are on the run, america's fortunes are on forgive you? the rise and america's future yeah. ..and for receiving us back, we're thankful for it. is lazing bright. —— blazing. and we just hope we can get out from here and come back to our country.
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his address lasted almost 90 minutes and covered plenty of policy issues including what he saw as his successes on foreign policy, work on some that was nada fedulla of his key election pledges ending that report by our including the wall correspondent on the mexican border quentin sommerville. and dealing with health care costs and president trump a reminder of our top story. declared that he would continue to protect the public‘s right in his state of the union address to the us congress, to keep and bear arms. president trump has spoken of what he considers his just as we believe in the first greatest achievements after three years in office. referring to what he called "the great american comeback", amendment, we also believe in he said the economy another constitutional right was thriving and his actions thatis another constitutional right had made america respected that is under siege all across again around the world. oui’ that is under siege all across as mr trump concluded the house speaker, our country. so long as i am nancy pelosi, ripped her copy president, i will always of his speech in half. protect your second amendment you can get more on all our right to keep and bear arms. stories online, including more analysis of president trump's state of the union address. and you can reach me applause on twitter — i'm @richpreston. let's go live to washington and speak to the bbc‘s anthony zurcher. hello. from start to finish, this week almost couldn't be more different. thank you forjoining us. high pressure means a lot of settled weather currently, residentjumpstarted thank you forjoining us. resident jumpstarted his speech but it is very much the calm by saying the state of the before storm when light winds, dry conditions and sunshine, end of the week and that picture will change union was stronger than ever dramatically. here we are today with high
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before. it certainly seems pressure across the uk, divided if you take the body barely a breath of breeze for most of us. language from nancy pelosi and the highjust picking off a little bit more moisture donald trump, who did not shake on its western flank, though, thanks to the breeze coming hands for his speech and then in off the atlantic. the nancy pelosi very dramatically ripped up donald that gets fed into the northern half of the uk and that trump's speech behind his head moisture will take the form of cloud through the day today basically. sunshine, perhaps hazy after he concluded it. in that and a little overcast at times, regard, it seems a pretty even for northern ireland, parts of scotland. a few showers possible contentious time in american for the far north and west of scotland. politics. the point of any could be some early fog across eastern wales through into the midlands, incumbent president's speech, but that should lift through the day. in the year they run for 0ur highs somewhere around the 6 to 8 degree mark. 0vernight wednesday and into thursday, the high election, is to lay out stays with us, the wind stays essentially the framework of light, perhaps the cloud that real action campaign, to drifting a little further south across the uk. paint broad themes and what a shade milder, actually, towards the north—west donald trump was trying to do with that feed off and if you listen to the very the atlantic, the core of our frost likely beginning of his speech in across wales into the midlands. particular, he is trying to but again, patchy frost possible just about anywhere make the economy, the good as our temperatures, times, the booming economy, the particularly in rural areas, can dip down below freezing. the high still firmly central focus of his speech for with us on thursday, why he should be president for just drifting a little further eastwards. a chilly start, but a another four years after his term expires at the end of this fine day in prospect. year. unemployment is low, the economy is growing, trade perhaps as the high drifts
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deals, cutting regulations, lowering taxes as the reason why anna drew a counterpoint to eastwards, the breeze the democrats saying that if they were a chance of being in charge would be a danger. —— in the west can pick up a little more and break up and drewa the cloud for northern ireland charge would be a danger. —— and western scotland and drew a counterpoint. what through the day. are some of the things that a lot of fine weather, though. would have angered the bright, if not sunny spells, and our temperatures very democrats the most? you notice similar to today, perhaps even after that talk about the a degree or so down in one or two spots, particularly economy, when he got really if we get some lingering fog. partisan, when donald trump but we're looking at the 6, 7—degree mark. thursday into friday, again, criticised democrats on the it's just a slow shift area of healthcare talking for our high eastwards, but fronts do start to come about how the democrats wanted into our picture later on in the day on friday. to socialise medicine and take and notice the isobars start away private health insurance to squeeze together too, and he was never going to let the change is beginning. the wind will start to strengthen through friday that happen because it would afternoon to the west of the uk, maybe even gales ruin healthcare, around irish sea coasts that happen because it would ruin healthca re, and and for the western isles, that happen because it would ruin healthcare, and the other was immigration when he pointed then some showers arrive out states like new york and before close of play. some milder air trying california where they do not to come in too, though, as the south—westerly wind kicks in, but my goodness, co—operate with federal is it set to kick in. basically for the end of the week, the jet stream immigration enforcement, feeding across the atlantic, so—called sanctuary cities and which feeds us our weather that they were responsible for
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needless suffering and death system, starts to align itself and going into a long like a motorway driving systems description of one case where a straight across the atlantic towards the uk and this is what that looks like on our the pressure chart. here's the uk. illegitimate migrant killed a notice how many isobars, that high is long gone, person. you could hear the and potentially some deep low centres towards the north—west. democrats eyes rolling in that it could get stormy. case. he also gave to a very conservative and racist radio presenter and award. he is viewed as a vlan by the democrats, rush limbaugh, you could hear them grown when that happened. —— villain. gretchen whitmer focus on healthcare and american workers when she spoke after the president speech. we cannot
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forget that, despite the dishonesty and division of the last few years, and that we heard tonight from the president of the united states, together we have boundless potential stop as we witness the impeachment process in washington, there are some things each of us, no matter oui’ things each of us, no matter our party, should demand, the truth matters. facts matter and no—one should be about the law. it is not about what those this is bbc news. the headlines: senators say, tomorrow it in his state of the union address, should be about what they do. president trump's spoken of what he considers his greatest achievements, remember, listen to what people after three years in office. say but watch what they do. it referring to what he called is time for action. generations "the great american comeback" — of americans are counting on he said the economy was thriving us, let's not let them down. and his actions had made america respected again around the world. democrats in the us state anthony, gretchen whitmer why? of iowa has reported partial results in the state caucus, and what was the key message? showing the candidate pete buttigieg ahead in terms of the delegate count she focused on healthcare and closely followed by bernie sanders.
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on the economy but in joe biden is in fourth place. particular the reason they picture is because she is a they're vying to be the candidate for the presidential election. woman governor and democrats wa nt to woman governor and democrats want to emphasise the number of the latest figures from china show a large increase new female politicians who have in the number of people infected joined the party in recent with the new coronavirus yea rs in the past 2a hours. joined the party in recent years because women voters have been a strong part of their cases on the mainland leapt to more than 2a,000. electoral coalition. also the the number of people who have died fa ct electoral coalition. also the fact that she is from michigan, from the disease has risen to 490. a state which donald trump won in 2016, part of his pathway to winning the presidency. it was controlled at the time by a republican governor. democrats now on bbc news, tuesday in parliament. got it back from the republican party in 2018 so they have been putting her out there as a voice of the party, a young charismatic phase of the party from the midwest. —— face. for voters in michigan in particular to try and when those votes back in particular. he didn't mention it during his state of the union address, but president trump was boosted in the build up
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to the event by a bad 2a hours for the democrats — given the chaos around the state caucus in iowa. but there are now partial results and it's been good news for pete buttigieg and bernie sanders but not such good news forjoe biden. more on that in a moment, but let's first hear from the chair of the democratic party in iowa. he's promised a thorough and transparent investigation would take place into why the vote on monday night had failed to produce a winner. the reporting of the results and circumstances surrounding the 2020 iowa democratic party caucuses were unacceptable. as chair of the party, i apologise deeply for this. last night, we were faced with multiple reporting challenges and decided, out of an abundance of caution, to protect the integrity of the iowa caucuses and their results by taking the necessary steps to review and confirm the data. so the partial results themselves give pete buttigieg
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a narrow lead over bernie sanders. elizabeth warren is in third withjoe biden in fourth. the candidates have already moved onto new hampshire for the next stage of their race but former mayor from indiana and the first openly gay candidate trying to win the presidency, described the result as an astonishing victory for his campaign. we do not know all of the numbers but we know this much much a campaign that some said should have no business making this attempt has taken its place at the front of this race to replace the current president with a better vision for the future. cheering and applause joe biden was considered by many to be the front—runner, speaking in new hampshire, he joked about the delay in results from iowa.
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you know, 2a hours later, still trying to figure out what the heck happened in iowa. at this rate, new hampshire might get the first boat after all. 0ur correspondent nick bryant has been in iowa and has this analysis of the results these results are good news for pete buttigieg, and hoping to become the first openly gay occu pa nt of become the first openly gay occupant of the white house, the youngest candidate in the field but a candidate with a very strong curriculum vitae, a graduate of harvard, a graduate of oxford, a man who was in the us military as well. it sometimes feels as if he has been preparing for this moment all of his life. the other leader in the polls right now is bernie sanders, the left—wing candidate in the field. 78 years old, a man who
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only in october had a heart attack. who has this appeal for the young, he offers free couege the young, he offers free college tuition, to legalise marijuana, he offers free healthcare for everyone to stop a very compelling message spell the state especially for young people. whatever the rest of these results is, the former vice presidentjoe biden, deputy to barack 0bama, the moderate end of this race, the man who says he is the man capable of beating donald trump in november, he has always claimed this collectability is linked to his likability but here he has performed very poorly. —— electibility. but he often didn't finish sentences, doesn't finish his assault and people will think whether he has the capability to really
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mount a serious viable long—term challenge. he will move on to state where he stands a better chance in terms of the demographics. he is popular with the african—american voters. in places like south carolina. but a lot of veteran and seasoned commentators looking atjoe biden here will be wondering, has joe biden here will be wondering, hasjoe biden biden here will be wondering, has joe biden done biden here will be wondering, hasjoe biden done his dash? stay with us on bbc news. still to come: in a special bbc report, we meet the children no—one wants — the sons and daughters taken by their parents to join the islamic state. this is the moment that millions in iran had been waiting for. after his long years in exile, the first hesitant steps of ayatollah khomeini on iranian soil. south africa's white government has offered its black opponents concessions unparalleled in the history of apartheid. the ban on the african national
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congress is lifted immediately, and the anc leader, nelson mandela, is to be set free unconditionally. ..four, three, two, one... a countdown to a critical moment. the world's most powerful rocket ignited all 27 of its engines at once. and apart from its power, it's this recycling of the rocket, slashing the cost of a launch, that makes this a breakthrough in the business of space travel. two americans have become the first humans to walk in space without any lifeline to their spaceship. one of them called it a piece of cake. thousands of people have given the yachtswoman ellen macarthur a spectacular homecoming in the cornish port of falmouth after she smashed the world record for sailing solo around the world non—stop. this is bbc news. the latest headlines: president trump has given his annual state of the union address — taking credit for what he called the great american comeback.
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partial results from the iowa caucus show pete buttigieg narrowly ahead of bernie sanders and elizabeth warren. joe biden is back in fourth place. there's been another significant increase in the number of people in china infected with the new coronavirus. more than 2a,000 people are thought to have been infected across 23 countries, and the death toll has risen to at least 490. john sudworth reports from beijing. in wuhan, they've turned a stadium into a hospital. state media using images like these to reinforce a message — china's getting things under control. but the deserted airports and cancelled flights show it's fear that seems to be winning. now the uk, along with germany, france, and new zealand, are advising those who can to leave. it has prompted some to try to bring their flights forward.
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the british government advice has not really been that helpful because you can't just take a flight out. if the flights are not there, they aren't available, if you can't get through to the airline, so, yes. how about you, lydia, did it add to your sense of worry when you hear governments telling people to get out if they can? yeah, a little bit. i mean, the biggest worry was always that the city would get locked down because we were in the second worst province after hubei — guangdong is the second worst. so there have been cities in the province that have been quarantined and, once you are quarantined, you're stuck. this is wenzhou, more than 500 miles from wuhan — residents kept indoors, transport shutdown. these scenes are driving fears in foreign capitals that the virus may not be contained. the advice to 30,000 britons in china to head to the airports is extraordinary. the world's second largest economy, deeply integrated into global supply chains and transport networks, now essentially
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deemed too risky. but it's not easy for all brits to leave. little baby atlas doesn't yet have a passport. it seems to be that the news is saying that the elderly and the young are the most vulnerable to viruses generally, so we're a little bit anxious about that. and danny's wife, viola, is a chinese national without a valid visa. but the uk government has announced that should not matter. i've spoken to the chinese foreign minister and received reassurances that no families that want to return — uk national related families — will find themselves divided on the basis of dual nationality. china's fighting on but, with so much still unknown about this virus, the international community is not taking any chances. john sudworth, bbc news, beijing. let's get some of
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the day's other news. a syrian government offensive, backed by russia, against the last rebel enclave in idlib, has caused one of the biggest waves of displacement in the nine—year—old war. intensive aerial bombardment and a ground offensive have emptied entire towns and sent huge numbers fleeing towards the turkish border. the united nations estimates that more than half a million people have been displaced over the past two months 80% of them are women and children. the brother of the manchester arena bomber has gone on trial today. in the prosecution's opening remarks thejury at the old bailey was told that hashem abedi was just as guilty of murdering the 22 people who died as his brother salman, who detonated a bomb during an ariana grande concert in 2017. abedi, who's 22, denies all the charges against him. our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford reports.
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teenage sweethearts chloe rutherford and liam curry died side by side in the manchester arena bomb. today, their mothers arrived together — liam's mum pushing chloe's in her chair. the families of 15—year—old megan hurley and kelly brewster were also there to hear the evidence. they're just four of the 22 people killed in the bomb, aged from eight to 51. 0ther bereaved families were watching the trial by video link. oh, my god... the bomb went off at 10:31 at the ariana grande concert on the 22nd of may 2017. sirens. as well as those killed, 264 were injured. the bomber, salman abedi, was blown to pieces. but today, his younger brother hashem abedi went on trial. the prosecution saying that he was just as guilty
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of the murder of the 22 people. in the aftermath, police found evidence, the prosecution say, that the brothers had bought 16 litres of sulphuric acid and 55 litres of hydrogen peroxide — chemicals used to make explosives. and they got access to a property on the 12th floor of this tower block, miles from their family home. from mid—february to mid—april, the prosecution say, the brothers rented this flat, where police later found traces of the home—made explosive tatp. the allegation is that it was here that the brothers manufactured the explosive and accumulated parts for making the device. just over a month later, salman abedi boarded a tram wearing a backpack, travelled one stop to the manchester arena and detonated the bomb. daniel sandford, bbc news, at the old bailey. it took years of fighting to defeat the islamic state group. but the international community remains undecided about what to do with the 70,000 is followers, including 10,000 children, currently detained in the region.
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quentin sommerville and cameraman darren conway travelled to north—eastern syria to hear their stories. the detention camps of the islamic state group aren'tjust a stain on syria... ..they‘re a black mark on the conscience of the world. in this desert of good and evil, there are the guilty... ..and the innocent. few countries have bothered to sift and separate what is left behind. nada fedulla is being punished for the sins of her father. along with her grandmother, he brought the family here in 2015. there's one person that's responsible for bringing you all the way here, for taking you out of school, from stopping you becoming a doctor. it's your father. yeah. can you forgive your father? yeah, because he's a human being, you know? every human being can make a mistake. but he's already apologised to me about what he did. he apologised to me and tried to make everything better, 00:21:54,928 --> 2147483051:47:42,179 but he can't do anything 2147483051:47:42,179 --> 4294966103:13:29,430 because he's in prison.
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