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tv   Our World  BBC News  February 22, 2020 4:30am-5:01am GMT

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china, notably in the middle east. there's been a sudden spike in cases in italy. the head of the world health organization has warned that the window of opportunity to contain the virus is narrowing. the frontrunner for the democratic party's presidential nomination, bernie sanders, has told russia to stay out of american elections. earlier president trump dismissed as a hoax reports of warnings by us intelligence of russian interference. a tentative 7—day reduction in hostilities has come into effect in afghanistan after an agreement between american and taliban negotiators. if the agreement holds, the two sides will sign a further deal on security guarantees next saturday. that could pave the way for new talks among afghan representatives. us forces have been in afghanistan since 2001. from next year in england,
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owners of wood burners, stoves or open fires will no longer be able to use wet wood or coal. the ban is part of the government's efforts to cut air pollution. here's katy austin. cosy and relaxing. the fire in ted's front room here in buckinghamshire heats most of his cottage. it's very important actually. if you had a gas but it would be more expensive, really. he uses smokeless coal and dried out, seasoned wood, the less polluting options. but burning wood and coal in the uk's 1.5 million open fires and stoves contributes 38% of harmful fine particle emissions. for example, a wood burner churns out 6.7 grams per hour. by comparison, a modern hgv emits just 0.5 grams and a modern diesel car even less, just 0.17 g. the wood on this pub fire is dry and seasoned, so it should be a bit better for the environment
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but it is the most polluting types of fuel that the government is going to ban in england, the wet wood often found in bundles a bit cheaper that you can find in a petrol forecourt or garden centre. selling traditional house coal will also be phased out, with local authorities in charge of enforcement. so, the estimates have been we can achieve about a 50% reduction in emissions, if we switch from wet wood — which can have up to a pint of water, a kilogram of water — into probably dry and seasoned wood for domestic combustion. this is where ted and the pub get their dry wood from. log supplier, keith, supports the upcoming ban but doesn't believe everyone will comply. this pile here is ready to be cut, because it is well seasoned, has been here nearly two years. do you think the problem will be solved with this ban? not immediately, because they've got nobody to enforce it. while people are offering cheap wood, people will buy it and this
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is the trouble. concerns have been raised about the impact on rural communities and stretched local authorities say they need enough funding for the extra responsibilities. but the government insists the move is necessary to address the burning issue of air quality. katy austin, bbc news. now on bbc news, our world has been granted unprecedented access to indonesia's prison to witness garil and sarah meeting the bombers who killed their parents. this film contains flashing images and scenes which some viewers may find upsetting. the blast which brought this extraordinary level of destruction was caused by a car bomb. on the holiday island of bali in 2002, bombs exploded outside nightclubs, killing more than 200 people. garil lost his dad.
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sarah lost her mother in another bombing. to stop more attacks, indonesia is taking a radical approach. , making bombers meet their vic limbs. —— meet approach. , making bombers meet theirvic limbs. —— meet their victims. every year families from across the world come here, to what is known as ground zero on the
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holiday island of bali. to mourn their loved ones killed in indonesia's worst attack. 27—year—old garil is here with his mum. it's the first time his publicly mourned for his father, who was one of the 202 people killed in the bombings. garil‘s dad was a taxi driver.
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he was waiting for tourists outside pubs and nightclubs. close to midnighta van pubs and nightclubs. close to midnight a van carrying explosives entered the area, driven by this man, ali imron. his group were linked to al-qaeda. this was garil‘s father's taxi after the bombings.
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with his mother very ill, it was ten—year—old garil that had to identify his father's body. two years later, sarah's family was torn apart by a bombing by the same group in the capital, jakarta. iwan setiawan was on his bike with his wife halila seroja daulay, heavily pregnant with second child. they we re pregnant with second child. they were on their way to the hospital for a checkup when the bomb exploded outside the australian embassy.
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he was badly injured but lost his wife to hospital and that night she gave birth to rizqy. but she never recovered from her injuries. two yea rs later recovered from her injuries. two years later she died on sarah's fifth birthday.
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for 15 years indonesia has had a unique way of trying to de—radicalisation generation of militants. that includes meetings between bombers and their vic limbs. garil and his mum are going to meet ali imron, one of the bali bombers who killed his dad.
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and iwan is taking his children to meet the man on death row who are convicted of killing their mum. garil and his mum arrive at the prison. after the bali bombings, ali imron‘s brothers were executed. he's
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serving a life sentence.
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iwan and his children are on their way to indonesia's highest security prison. the first meeting is with rois, who was found guilty of plotting the attack. 0n receiving his death
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sentence he said he was thankful because he would die a martyr. he is keptin because he would die a martyr. he is kept in an isolated cell because they are worried about his influence on other inmates. security for this meeting is tied. —— tight.
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garil it is making one morejourney, to meet the son of this man who was proud of carrying out the bombing
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that killed garil‘s father. he showed no remorse. his son was 16 when he was executed. today, garil is meeting him.
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he now promotes tolerance, helping to organise prayer meetings like this one, involving the police, former militants and their effect dives, and attempts to stop the next wave of attacks from groups loosely
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linked to the so—called islamic state, responsible for three bombings in the last four years. garil and bombings in the last four years. gariland him find bombings in the last four years. garil and him find they have much in common. 0n indonesia's prison island, the meeting with rois has left sarah distressed.
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but they have one more visit to make, they are going to see ahmad hassan also on death row. at his trial, he was defined after being found guilty. iwan has met him once before but this is the first time for sarah and rizqy.
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hello there. a lot of us should get to see some sunshine but on the whole it will be
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windy with gales. lots of isobars on the charts. whether front sweeping away south is words and showers packing and to scotland and forming snow on the hills. bands arrangement clear away to allow sunshine ‘s and showers. most of the showers in the west. frequent across scotland. 50 miles per hour wind for any of us. more than that across the north and west of scotland. treacherous conditions with snow showers blowing in. cold in the north, much milder in the south. through saturday, it stays windy. further showers of snow, the risk of ice and whether front moving in across central and southern parts of britain to bring
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persistent rain. heavier across western areas. through sunday, and improving picture after a bit of a grey, wet morning, we should start to see a slow improvement. rain confined to southern counties and towards the channel. further showers and snow on the hills in the north. a cold day in the north and mild across southern counties of england. a deepening area of low pressure from the atlantic arriving during monday bringing severe gales and also rain and heavy snow. this is no could be disrupting across the far north of england through the money morning rush. —— monday morning. gales touching severe across parts of scotland. perhaps further south into the central bells. the band of
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rain spread across england and wales. double—figure values in the south, cold in the north.
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this is bbc world news. i'm james reynolds. our top stories: more cases of coronavirus outside china. the world health organization warns of a closing window of opportunity to stop it spreading. us intelligence agencies say russia is attempting to interfere in this year's presidential election. a 7—day reduction in hostilities begins in afghanistan, paving the way for further talks between the us and the taliban. and has rome's founder been found? some italian archaeologists think this could be his grave.

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