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welcome to bbc news — i'm lukwesa burak. israeli police say that 2 people have been wounded — in a terrorist attackjust outside the old city — in occupied eastjerusalem. it comes a day after a palestinian gunman killed 7 people near a synagogue. israeli police say they've arrested 42 people in connection with friday's shooting; the gunman was killed. our middle east correspondent, yolande knell, reports. another victim of a jerusalem shooting being treated by medics. an israeli father and son were injured in a new attack this morning. police saying they were shot by a palestinian boy aged just 13. meanwhile, this was the scene of last night's attack, the deadliest israelis have seen in years.
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here, a palestinian gunman opened fire after prayers in a packed synagogue at the start of the jewish sabbath. as people rushed to help the injured, one witness said they were shot too. translation: i went out and saw my neighbour- running to the scene. he told me to call the police. i told him not to go, he only got married a year ago. he was a good neighbour, like a brother to me. i saw him drop down from a bullet, rest in peace. after police shot dead the attacker, israeli politicians were quick to arrive at the scene. as locals shouted "death to arabs," the veteran prime minister netanyahu promised new security measures. translation: i urge people not to take the law _ into their own hands. for this purpose, we have the army, police and security forces, and they will act and continue to act according to the cabinet's instructions.
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but there were sweets and celebrations as news spread around palistinian towns that seven israelis had been killed. overnight, israeli police made more than a0 arrests, leading away a line of suspects from the home of the 21—year—old palestinian gunman. his attack came a day after the deadliest israeli military raid in the occupied west bank in years. nine palestinians, two of them civilians, were killed injenin�*s urban refugee camp. the isreali armed forces say they are acting on intelligence to prevent islamichhad fighters here carrying out major attacks. in response, palestinian militants fired rockets from the gaza strip. in recent months, amid rising violence, there have been international calls for calm, but now fears are growing of wider unrest.
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graphic footage has been released of police officers, in the us city of memphis, beating a black motorist — who died 3 days later. the video dating back to the 7th of january — shows 29—year—old, tyre nichols, being repeatedly kicked, punched and pepper—sprayed as he lay on the ground, calling out for his mother — less than 100 yards from her home. five black officers are facing murder charges. a warning — you may find the footage in nada tawfik�*s report distressing. video of the incident is disturbing right from the start. everything about the officers�* approach is aggressive in this initial traffic stop. bleep, bleep. taken aback, tyre nichols is heard protesting his innocence. bleep. damn, i didn't do anything! bleep. hey, i didn't. .. all right, all right, all right!
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after officers wrestle him to the ground, he seems to comply with their commands. all right, i'm on the ground! lay down, lay down! but as this encounter continues, mr nichols breaks away and flees. the next videos capture the moment five black officers charged with his murderfind him, and what follows is extremely graphic. at this point they surround him and brutalise him. repeatedly they kick him in the head, strike him with a baton and punch him. bleep, bleep. in distress, he calls out for his mother. footage from later shows the officers talking to one another and recounting their version of events. tyre nichols was ultimately taken to the hospital in a critical condition and died three days later from his injuries. 0fficials warned about the video's horrific nature in advance, but nothing could prepare people we met in memphis for what they would see. as a man of colour, it was extremely hard, because it could have been me. you know, i've been pulled over for speeding, you know,
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5—10 miles over, nothing excessive, you never know what kind of situation that could turn into. protests have been peaceful, perhaps a result of the family's call for calm and the fact that all five black police officers have been charged in tyre nichols�*s death. after the video's release, the shelby county sheriff announced two deputies who responded to the scene have also been relieved of duty. president biden said he was outraged and deeply pained by the video, and echoed tyre nichols�* family's calls for peaceful protest. what's at stake is first of all innocent people's lives, number one. number two, it has a lot to say and do with the image of america. it's an image not helped by these videos. the need for police reform is again at the forefront of people's minds. nada tawfik, bbc news,
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memphis, tennessee. you're watching bbc news. more coming up after this short break. earlier — i spoke to doctor de lacy davis. a 20—year police force veteran — and also founder of the group, �*black cops against police brutality�*. he shared his insight on the culture of policing in modern—day america — but began with his reaction to the incident. it isa it is a huge problem. it has always beenin it is a huge problem. it has always been in law enforcement in this country. we are mortified by what we witnessed in the video. it was inhumane. the treatment, the lack of humanity, and the barbaric behaviour of police officers simply reflects
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the state sponsored violence that has always existed in policing in the united states.— the united states. were you surprised — the united states. were you surprised by _ the united states. were you surprised by the _ the united states. were you surprised by the fact - the united states. were you surprised by the fact all - the united states. were you surprised by the fact all of i the united states. were you i surprised by the fact all of the police officers were black? i was not surprised. _ police officers were black? i was not surprised. being _ police officers were black? i was not surprised. being a _ police officers were black? i was not surprised. being a black - police officers were black? i "was not surprised. being a black police officer, having come through this system and spent my time fighting within the system against my own offices, i recognise that it is the culture of policing that we have to take issue with. the culture has always been white male dominated racist, sexist, homophobic, then you can get to the good police officers. until that is dealt with there will always behave like this against marginalised people and groups, especially black people. you marginalised people and groups, especially black people.- especially black people. you will understand _ especially black people. you will understand that _ especially black people. you will understand that there _ especially black people. you will understand that there is - especially black people. you will understand that there is a - especially black people. you will understand that there is a lot. especially black people. you will. understand that there is a lot made of black on black violence but black on black within the police force, thatis on black within the police force, that is hugely significant, isn�*t it? if the man had been a white man who had been killed by black police officers how do you think this will
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have been reported now? i officers how do you think this will have been reported now?- officers how do you think this will have been reported now? i think the black-on-black _ have been reported now? i think the black-on-black violence _ have been reported now? i think the black-on-black violence is _ have been reported now? i think the black-on-black violence is a - black—on—black violence is a misnomer. because each racial group commits crime against the same group members — white people kill white people, black people kill black people, hispanic people kill hispanic people. but my experience has been that black officers would not dare to think they would treat a white suspect in the manner that black people have been treated, which is why we talk about the culture of policing, because what happens is that black police officers, some of them have to deal was what is called double marginality. i have to balance my racial group against my employment group, as well as expectations of the black community, being a black man on the police force, versus my white counterparts and how they see black people as a culture. i think ithinka i think a lot of black people within the workplace could identify with what you have just described. what happens and how do you fix it? in the united states, one of the happens and how do you fix it? ii the united states, one of the baby steps is passing the george floyd
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policing act, the policing reform. we talk about a registry, a database of corrupt cops, making sure that not only are we consistent but we are responsible in terms of making policing accountable and making sure there is change and swiftjustice, which we have seen thus far in this case. i�*m curious to see what happens when a white officer blames the same way with black people in america. the airline flybe — which operated across 23 mainly uk routes — has ceased trading. passengers due to travel with the company today, have been told not to go to the airport. flybe had resumed operations less than a year ago — after a previous incarnation of the business collapsed. earlier i spoke to clodagh rice, our northern ireland business correspondent who went to belfast city airport a short while ago. we have covered this story before. it was almost exactly three years
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ago that flybe went into administration in march 2020 but the impact here in belfast is very different this time around. last time there had been a lot of speculation. this time it is much more of a shock. the impact here will also be much less severe and that�*s because the last time flybe went into administration it accounted for 80% of all flights out of belfast city airport, which was a devastating blow. whereas now things have changed and at the airport it accounts for 14% of flights here. it is still a significant impact to both passengers and staff but not quite as devastating as the last time around. i wonder if you had heard for many passengers who turned up for their flight and they hadn�*t heard the news, what type of thing have they been saying? i news, what type of thing have they been saying?— been saying? i was at the airport earlier today. _ been saying? i was at the airport earlier today. i _ been saying? i was at the airport earlier today. i accidentally - been saying? i was at the airport| earlier today. i accidentally broke the news to some people as i was looking to see if there were any
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passengers who had been affected by the collapse. there were two ladies who had already checked in online last night and were sitting ready thinking theirflight to last night and were sitting ready thinking their flight to leeds bradford was going ahead. very shocked, they were, let�*s listen to what they had to say earlier. the fact they did not send any e—mailabout the cancellation or anything. you are here at the airport and you didn�*t know? we didn't even know. we didn't receive any notification. we checked in already. it is really sad. i am not sure whati we are going to do. i hope there will be staff i from flybe who will tell us what to do and, i don't know, if they are going to rebut ouri flight, or if they are going to book another flight. . or if we are going to - board another aeroplane? those were just two of the
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passengers i met today. the only two who were willing to go on camera. it is important to point out that of the ten roots flybe served from belfast city airport eight of them are served by other carriers. some have been finding other alternative arrangements but many people have had their travel plans disrupted. ajudge has adjourned legal proceedings against a serving soldier, in the british army, who is accused of terror offences. the attorney general needs to approve the case, before it can proceed. 21—year—old, daniel khalif from stafford appeared at westminster magistrates�* court earlier today. 0ur correspondent, robin brant, is following the case. private khalif came in to court, but proceedings against him were very brief in terms of what we heard this morning. and that is because when the prosecutor stood up, he told the judge that one of the charges that private khalif faces requires the attorney general to give their permission for proceedings to go ahead.
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so proceedings have been adjourned until next friday. and at that point, the lawyers, daniel abid khalif, will be back here in the courtroom for things to go further. now, we did hear a few more details about the circumstances of his arrest. private khalif, one of the charges he faces is placing three canisters with wires in what was a hoax bombing at a location in raf stafford, which is in staffordshire. it�*s the base where he lives and the base where he works. now the other allegation he faces is that he elicited information. this relates back to august of 2021 about another serving member of the armed forces and information that could be used by someone in acts of preparing for terrorism. so he faces two charges. one of those the attorney general has to approve for proceedings to go ahead. we wait for that. and private khalif, who stood in the dock, foppish dark hair, light bluejeans
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and a light grey top. he has been remanded in custody and there he will stay for a week. there was no application for bail. there was no plea either until he returns to the court here. just one other thing that i will add. a man who spoke to some of the journalists afterwards and said he was private khalif�*s father revealed that he is lebanese, but private khalif was born here in london in the uk back in 2001. and as far as we know, he remains a serving soldier at this time. a teenage boy has been arrested on suspicion of murder — after a 15—year—old girl was stabbed to death in northumberland. the incident happened in the town of hexham, on friday afternoon. police were called following reports that a teenage boy and girl were injured in a suspected assault — both were taken to hospital, but the girl died later that evening. the boy suffered serious, non—life—threatening injuries. detectives have started
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a murder investigation. let�*s talk to our reporter peter harris who�*s in hexham. i wonder if we could just start off with the latest details. we can see a police presence behind you but also floral tributes.— also floral tributes. yes, the flowers have _ also floral tributes. yes, the flowers have been _ also floral tributes. yes, the flowers have been building l flowers have been building throughout the day. just inside the police called in where this incident happened. this was quite early in the day, just after five o�*clock yesterday police were called to the spot to those reports of a girl of 15 and a boy of 16 having suffered stab wounds. sadly it was announced this morning that the girl has subsequently died. herfamily this morning that the girl has subsequently died. her family is devastated beyond words. they are receiving specialist help. the boy
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remains in a stable condition in hospital. the police have arrested a 16—year—old boy. he is being held in custody on suspicion of murder. for those who don�*t know hexham, it is a generally quiet market town which illustrates that this kind of thing really can happen anywhere. we have heard a few words today from the mayor of hexham, that�*s derek kennedy, expressing the shock people feel here. he said it is a tragedy and he describes the anxiety parents here feel on hearing this news. he said this was a warm and loving community and he said when a tragedy of this scale happens here he says this has knocked everyone forsett is. this investigation is continuing. —— knocked everyone for six. they are urging people not to speculate on social media about what has happened here but to recap a 15—year—old girl has died of stab
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wounds after this incident here in hexham yesterday.— wounds after this incident here in hexham yesterday. thank you very much indeed- _ sport and for a full round up let�*s go to the bbc sport centre. the fa cup continues this weekend. leeds have sealed their spot in the fifth round for the first time in seven years. they won 3—1 against academic standing and got off to a great start thanks to this bell to hear from jack harrison. what a goal that was. a 25 yard strike put their one up. the game was out of sight for leeds with accrington grabbing a late consolation. leicester city also won away at league 2 walsall in the other early game. we are under way for the majority of the rest of the matches today. all of the results on your screen. not long kicked off. later on, preston face
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tottenham at deepdale live on bbc one, kick off at six o�*clock and 0ne, kick off at six o�*clock and this evening paul ince is back at manchester united in charge of championship side reading. aryna sabalenka came from a set down to win herfirst grand slam. this was at the australian open. it was a battle of the big hitters. ben croucher reports. the women's sin . les croucher reports. the women's singles champion _ croucher reports. the women's singles champion for— croucher reports. the women's singles champion for 2023, - croucher reports. the women's i singles champion for 2023, rena croucher reports. the women's - singles champion for 2023, rena sub linke! b. singles champion for 2023, rena sub linke! �* . ., ., , , linke! a maiden winner for irina sub linke, her first _ linke! a maiden winner for irina sub linke, her first grand _ linke! a maiden winner for irina sub linke, her first grand slam - linke! a maiden winner for irina sub linke, her first grand slam title - linke, her first grand slam title was done the hard way. —— aryna sabalenka. powerful punchy ground strokes, big serves, the points weren�*t long but they were explosive. the biggest bang coming from the first set.
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there handle the change in momentum. there handle the change in momentum. there were big shots and the biggest points were coming from the racket of the belarusian. three match points came and went but a full—time lackey. a fitting famous final, a new name on that trophy, sealed with a kiss. ben croucher, bbc news. what a win for her. alfie hewett secured his first australian open singles title just a day after winning the doubles with gordon reid. he lost the melbourne final in 2021 and last year but beat his japanese opponent 6—3, 6—1. his seventh grand slam singles title but he says this one means the world to him. it he says this one means the world to him. . , , he says this one means the world to him. ., , , ., he says this one means the world to him. . , , ., ., he says this one means the world to him. ., , ., ., _, him. it has been a long time coming. a lot of hard — him. it has been a long time coming. a lot of hard work. _ him. it has been a long time coming. a lot of hard work. to _ him. it has been a long time coming. a lot of hard work. to lose _ him. it has been a long time coming. a lot of hard work. to lose this - a lot of hard work. to lose this tournament in the final for the last couple of years was heartbreaking and mentally challenging so to get the opportunity to be back here and playing in another singles final was
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something i was motivated for. really delighted to be able to get at this time. it is a massive weight off my shoulders. abs, at this time. it is a massive weight off my shoulders.— off my shoulders. a huge win for alfie hewett. _ off my shoulders. a huge win for alfie hewett. that _ off my shoulders. a huge win for alfie hewett. that is _ off my shoulders. a huge win for alfie hewett. that isjust - off my shoulders. a huge win for alfie hewett. that isjust about | off my shoulders. a huge win for. alfie hewett. that isjust about all alfie hewett. that is just about all of the sport for now. more on those stories including the latest scores from the fa cup fourth round on the bbc sport website at the usual address. we will see you soon. you should go into advertising! thank you very much. you are watching bbc news. the labour leader, sir keir starmer, has said the party can�*t be complacent in the run up to the next general election. speaking at the london labour conference, where he was welcomed with cheers, sir keir starmer said, it was important to let the public know how much labour had changed. he also spoke about the ongoing fight against anti—semitism. earlier i spoke to our political correspondent, david wallace lockhart. keir starmer targeted the conservatives and some of the speech, accusing them of having
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sticking plaster policies as he called them. but much of his speech was targeted at labour and the previous leadership. he did not mentionjeremy corbyn by name but it was very obvious that this is who he was very obvious that this is who he was speaking about at points. very critical of how he had gone about leading the party. in his speech earlier today to london labour�*s conference. 0ur message at the next election must _ 0ur message at the next election must be — 0ur message at the next election must be that we are different to the party— must be that we are different to the party that_ must be that we are different to the party that britain rejected in 2019. applause we must say never again will labour be a party— we must say never again will labour be a party of protest not public service — service. applause never again will labour fail to grasp— never again will labour fail to grasp that economic stability is the foundation of our ambitions. never
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again— foundation of our ambitions. never again will— foundation of our ambitions. never again will labour allow hate to spread — again will labour allow hate to spread unchallenged. applause really strong accusations there, saying that the party under previous leadership let hate to spread unchallenged. the leadership let hate to spread unchallenged.— leadership let hate to spread unchallenged. leadership let hate to spread unchallenued. , ., unchallenged. the elephant in the room for keir _ unchallenged. the elephant in the room for keir starmer _ unchallenged. the elephant in the room for keir starmer is _ unchallenged. the elephant in the room for keir starmer is that - unchallenged. the elephant in the room for keir starmer is that he . unchallenged. the elephant in the l room for keir starmer is that he was a prominent frontbencher in that labour opposition. he campaigned for not one general election but two to try to getjeremy corbyn into 10 downing street. the momentum group called this a wasted speech because he spent his speech attacking the left wing of the labour party. {either left wing of the labour party. other thins left wing of the labour party. other things going _ left wing of the labour party. other things going on. — left wing of the labour party. other things going on, concerning - left wing of the labour party. other things going on, concerning dominic raab and the bullying proved he is facing. raab and the bullying proved he is facina. , . , raab and the bullying proved he is facin. , . , facing. yes, dominic raab is facing accusations — facing. yes, dominic raab is facing accusations of _ facing. yes, dominic raab is facing accusations of bullying _ facing. yes, dominic raab is facing accusations of bullying from - accusations of bullying from previous stints in government. eight formal complaints have been made against him. they are being investigated by an independent
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lawyer. dominic raab denies any bullying accusations. he is confident he behaved professionally while he has been in government. we know now there were actually more civil servants planning to come forward with formal allegations of bullying but didn�*t do so when they found out that they would have to do become known to dominic raab. they changed their mind after realising that. we understand that is standard practice for an investigation like this. it wouldn�*t be normal for complainants to give testimony anonymously. former uk government cabinet minister david davis has tweeted about this and he has said that serious accusations cannot be made under a shield of anonymity. he seems to think it is right that you would have to be known to who you were making complaints against. we don�*t know the timescale for this investigation into dominic raab but, of course, when it does report it will be for rishi sunak to decide what action if any has to be taken and let�*s remember that there is
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another cabinet minister, nadeem is how we, facing his own independent investigation. potentially some decisions rishi sunak will have to make once he hears back. it is one of the world�*s oldest and most famous roads, the appian way. built in the fourth century bc — it stretches more than 500 kilometres between rome and the port city of brindisi. now the italian government wants it to be declared a world heritage site as tim allman explains. you can say this for the romans — they certainly knew how to build in a straight line. this is the via appia, or the appian way, sometimes called the queen of roads. one of the most important thoroughfares to what was once the capital of an empire. so, there are plenty around here who believe it deserves some official recognition.
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translation: the proposal to add it to the unesco world heritage list - has already been signed by the minister of culture and i believe that due to the body of documentation produced, it will be accepted. the appian way provided a gateway to the eastern mediterranean. merchants, soldiers, politicians, all would have passed along these cobbled stones. and parts of the road are currently being excavated to discover secrets that could stretch back thousands of years. translation: if we could go further down we would find . the landscape of ancient rome, then the landscape of imperial rome, the one made of monuments but also houses — the antique rome that lived off the remains of what came before. a decision on whether to recognise the appian way is expected sometime next year. the saying goes, all roads lead to rome. well, if that�*s true, this was the first. tim allman, bbc news.
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clare drakeford, the wife of wales�* first minister mark drakeford, has died suddenly. a spokesperson for the welsh government said, "the thoughts of everyone in the welsh government are with the family at this time and we ask that their privacy is respected." this is bbc news. the weather not interfering with our saturday plans to much although you might think it is a touch on the chilly side. northern ireland and scotland most favoured for further sunny spells. wales and england, lots of cloud, count yourself lucky if you find yourself in any prolonged sunny spells. we do have a weather front just taking a prolonged sunny spells. we do have a weather frontjust taking a little light rain and drizzle across parts
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of northern england, north wales, later on more of wales and into the midlands. even with that front i think most places won�*t notice anything and stay dry. a good deal of cloud around, limited brightness for wales and england. northern counties of england should brighten up, northern ireland and scotland keeping further sunny spells. in the north and north—west of scotland, the odd passing shower on the breeze. not much difference in temperature. if you are under any particularly grey cloud it mayjust stick around five celsius and you might feel it is cold. we keep a lot of cloud for wales and england overnight. patchy drizzle in places. that will limit any potential for frost. as will the freshening breeze and scotland. parts of eastern and southern scotland, northern counties of northern england may end up close to freezing. a breezy day across the board on sunday, windy and scotland with gales and the northern isles could get gusts over 60 mph for a time as rain move south through
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scotland and into northern ireland, reaching parts of northern england by evening. ahead of that, lots of cloud, patchy rain for south wales and southern england to start the day. that�*ll ease away and it�*ll brighten up. a touch milder on sunday but cold air following into scotland overnight will bring wintry showers in places for a time. then quickly out of the way on monday and for much of monday it is looking dry. a lot of sunshine around for the first part of the day. there will be the brisk winds initially then easing them cloud increasing from the west later and outbreaks of rain pushing back in towards north—west scotland. another area of low pressure will come in and as it gets closer to scotland going into tuesday and into wednesday bridging ever strengthening winds. it could turn stormy over parts of scotland for a time. could be disrupted winds. we will keep an eye on that. wintry showers over northern areas. there could be snow in hilly areas. and things settle again as we go towards the end of the week.
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this is bbc news. police in israel say that a 13—year—old palestinian has carried out a shooting attack outside the old city injerusalem in which two people, a father and son, were seriously wounded. the teenage attacker was shot and wounded. graphic footage is released showing the moment tyre nichols was arrested and beaten by five police officers in the us city of memphis. president biden described the video as "horrific". british regional airline flybe ceases trading for a second timem
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ceases trading for a second time,

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