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welcome to bbc news. i'm anjana gadgil. our top stories: five former police officers in the us plead not guilty to murdering the young black man tyre nichols last month. his mother demands justice. i want each and every one of those police officers to be able to look me in the face. they haven't done that yet. they haven't done that yet. they couldn't even do that today. more people have been pulled from the rubble in turkey but the government is facing growing criticism over the shoddy construction of buildings. in these civilised countries, earthquakes happen and people don't die but unfortunately in turkey, these kind of earthquakes happen every ten years and people die and they
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say it is a destiny. no, it is not. bulgarian police make four arrests after 18 migrants, including a child, were found dead in a truck. president zelensky urges world leaders to speed up their support for ukraine in the fight against russia. and a qatari consortium bids to buy manchester united. a british businessman has already put in a rival offer. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. we begin in memphis, tennessee, where five former police officers have pleaded not guilty to second—degree murder and other charges in the case of tyre nichols. mr nichols, a young black man, died in hospital three days after being beaten in memphis last month. videos showed the officers repeatedly kicking and punching mr nichols after he'd
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fled a traffic stop. the five officers, all out on bail, entered their not guilty pleas during an arraignment hearing in shelby county criminal court. tyre nichols�* mother made this statement outside the court. i know my son is gone. i know i will never see him again. but we have to start this process of justice we have to start this process ofjustice right now. and i want each and every one of those police officers to be able to look me in the face. i haven't done that yet. they couldn't even do that today. i didn't even have the courage to look at me in my face after what they did to my son. so, they are going to see me at every court date, every one. exactly. every court date, every one. exactl . , . exactly. until we get “ustice for my fl
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exactly. until we get “ustice for my son. earlier, _ exactly. until we get justice for my son. earlier, i spoke| exactly. until we getjustice i for my son. earlier, i spoke to david willis. _ for my son. earlier, i spoke to david willis. it _ for my son. earlier, i spoke to david willis. it was _ for my son. earlier, i spoke to david willis. it was a - for my son. earlier, i spoke to david willis. it was a brief- david willis. it was a brief hearing. _ david willis. it was a brief hearing. we _ david willis. it was a brief hearing, we heard - david willis. it was a brief hearing, we heard the - david willis. it was a brief| hearing, we heard the five police officers, the five black police officers, the five black police officers, the five black police officers entering through their lawyers of not guilty to a range of charges, including second—degree murder but also including aggravated assault, official misconduct, aggravated kidnapping, all in connection with the very violent arrest of taieri nockles earlier this year. now, the next hearing was set for the next hearing was set for the first of may —— tyre nichols. thejudge the first of may —— tyre nichols. the judge took time out to urge patients on the part of those involved in this case. he said that there should be patient sensibility because there was a large amount of evidence to go through. he said it is important for people to understand each defendant has the absolute right to a fair trial and he made the point
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there is a lot of evidence to go through. the lawyer representing tyre nichols's family benjamin crump, also a civil rights lawyer, he made the point that there is very little evidence in the case that needs to be gone through. it speaks for itself in those very violent images from the body cameras that the police were wearing when they arrested tyre nichols. 50. were wearing when they arrested tyre nichols-— tyre nichols. so, what happens over coming — tyre nichols. so, what happens over coming months, _ tyre nichols. so, what happens over coming months, then, - over coming months, then, david? ~ , david? well, there will be renewed _ david? well, there will be renewed hearings - david? well, there will be renewed hearings and - david? well, there will be renewed hearings and we | david? well, there will be - renewed hearings and we heard, of course, there from tyre nichols's mother, who is saying she is going to attend all of them. she called it a nightmare from which she hoped one more day to wake up but still had not done so. and she said she would be coming to every court hearing, not only because she wants to press for justice hearing, not only because she wants to press forjustice on behalf of her son but also because she wants one of those police officers, one of the five charged with her son's murder, to look her in the
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face, she said, and that was something they failed to do in court today. something they failed to do in court today-— court today. and how much attention — court today. and how much attention is _ court today. and how much attention is it _ court today. and how much attention is it gathering - court today. and how much i attention is it gathering from the media over there, david? well, it has led, of course, this whole case, to renewed calls for police reform here. there was such measures were introduced briefly into congress following the death of george floyd but they stalled in congress. now, calls for tyre nichols's law which would compel, amongst other things, police to intervene if fellow officers are seen to be assaulting a suspect. now, it remains to be seen how far that will get in the us congress, as i mentioned previous, police reform legislation under the biden administration has found itself bogged down in congress. let's get some of the day's other news. six people have been shot dead in mississippi in the united states.
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the sheriff of tate county says the killings were in various locations and a suspect is now in custody. the victims were all in the small community of arkabutla. police in the city of karachi in pakistan have retaken control of their headquarters hours after it was stormed by pakistani taliban militants. seven people died in the attack. some reports say the attackers were wearing police uniforms. the pakistani taliban said they carried out the assault. iran has seen its most widespread anti—government protests in weeks after crowds took to the streets of numerous cities, including the capital tehran. video footage shows people chanting "woman, life, freedom" and "death to khamenei" — a reference to iran's supreme leader. the protests mark the 40th day of mourning for two men who were executed on protest—related charges. a spy at the british embassy in berlin who sold secrets to russia has beenjailed for more than 13 years. thejudge in london said david smith, a former security guard, had wanted to damage the uk's interests.
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the prosecution told the court that he was motivated by his support for president putin of russia and hatred for britain. to turkey now where, 11 days after the earthquakes, survivors are still being rescued from the rubble of collapsed buildings. a man believed to be in his 40s is among the latest survivors, freed after more than 270 hours trapped in the ruins of an apartment building in the centre of hatay. it's a moment of relief amid growing anger over the collapse of buildings that were advertised as ea rthquake—proof. our correspondent nick beake has been investigating why so many buildings seemingly crumbled in the quakes, and sent this report from gaziantep in southern turkey. night and day, they've been waiting for a miracle, but there is no sign of one. their relatives lived in the most expensive part of this city. that meant nothing as their apartment block turned to dust.
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emre, whose five loved ones are missing, says so many people are to blame. translation: they have the blood of the people i who died here on their hands. it's not right to scapegoat the contractors. the ones who approved this building are responsible, together with the government and the state. the next morning, we come back to try to find out why these four blocks collapsed while all around, others stood firm. first, we go to the petrol station next door. their cctv footage shows how first, the lights shake, then people run before a blanket of dust and debris envelops everything. a community ripped apart in seconds. "everything is gone," emel weeps as we meet her,
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before revealing this... translation: it was an accident waiting to happen. _ six months ago, the head of the residents' association told us about the problems of the building. she said our buildings might collapse at the smallest earthquake. "let's strengthen the pillars," she said, but nothing happened. other people we meet here tell us we should try to track down a former security guard called bahattin. here's why. yelling. he took this video in the minutes after the collapse. "can anyone hear me?," he shouts. in all, he rescues seven people. it turns out he, too, was worried about this building. translation: i witnessed -
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the defects with my own eyes. when i touched the concrete columns, it would crumble to dust in my hands, as though it wasn't concrete at all. the iron was rusting in the columns, the rainfall was damaging and corroding the iron. in the middle of all this death and destruction, we need to remind ourselves that these days, homes can be built or strengthened to withstand earthquakes of this magnitude. 2a years ago, this country got a big wake—up call when more than 17,000 people were killed in a previous quake. since then, the turkish authorities have failed to protect their people, whether it's those living in new builds or in older properties, too. this is a crime. 0pposition politicians say tens of thousands have paid with their lives. unfortunately, in turkey, these kind of earthquakes happen every ten years and people die and they say it is a destiny. no, it is not a destiny.
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if we just do what the science says, nobody dies. a man connected to our complex has been arrested. his lawyer tells us the building was well constructed. the local authority says there were no formal complaints, and so no inspections have ever been carried out. president erdogan argues it was not possible to prepare for such a big disaster and that his opponents are telling lies. but in light of this story, one replicated across this country, how many in turkey can truly sleep soundly tonight? nick beake, bbc news, gaziantep. president zelensky has called on western allies to speed the delivery of weapons to ukraine. addressing world leaders who've gathered in germany for the annual munich security conference, he warned that dithering and delays also posed a threat to their country's security.
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david defeated goliath not by the power of conversation but by the power of his actions. br; by the power of his actions. by the by the power of his actions. el: the courage and slaying. courage is what we have. there is enough of it. not only in ukraine but in our entire coalition of victory. the sling should get stronger, right now, so that the next year, we will gather here in munich for the security post—war conference. under the condition of a free ukraine, free europe, free world. joining us now is michael 0'hanlon who is the director of research in foreign policy at the us thinktank the brookings institution. michael, thank you forjoining us. german khan is a 0laf scholz told the munich security conference it was wise to prepare for the long wall. i
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would likely to see any change in nato policy towards ukraine —— chancellor. in nato policy towards ukraine -- chancellor.— -- chancellor. greetings. i'm afraid the _ -- chancellor. greetings. i'm afraid the chancellor- -- chancellor. greetings. i'm afraid the chancellor may - -- chancellor. greetings. i'm afraid the chancellor may be | afraid the chancellor may be correct. i don't see a trend line that will make me think this will suddenly go one way or the other. i guess the good news is i don't see any acute threat ukraine developing from the russian mobilisation or from vladimir putin potts of stubbornness and the ongoing urge to through soldier to soldier into the meat grinder thatis soldier into the meat grinder that is what has become —— putin's. we're not sending that many new weapons to ukraine right now, it's taking a while for them to get there, ukraine is outnumbered in the war, they only have so capacity to conduct multiples on attaining as offensives and russia still sits on i7% of the territory. so when i put it all together, i think there will be back and forth movement to some extent this upcoming fighting season, spring and summer, that i don't expect change from the basic reality of a stalemate and that we will have to see let's say towards the end of the summer if that can create the conditions necessary for
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negotiation or for even even longer haul. taste negotiation or for even even longer haul-— negotiation or for even even loner haul. ~ ., ., ., , , longer haul. we heard volodymyr zelensky there — longer haul. we heard volodymyr zelensky there saying _ longer haul. we heard volodymyr zelensky there saying that - zelensky there saying that dithering could potentially pose a threat to other european countries. do you think he has a point? i countries. do you think he has a oint? , ., , a point? i understand why he sa s a point? i understand why he says that _ a point? i understand why he says that and _ a point? i understand why he says that and i _ a point? i understand why he says that and i don't - a point? i understand why he says that and i don't blame l a point? i understand why he i says that and i don't blame him for saying that and the word dithering is a little dismissive of the western effort that has orally pumped $100 billion into his country in the last 12 months and the pace at which we have helped the ukrainian development of a military arm itself to a high level of technological sophistication is without precedent —— already pumped. it is not dithering. the tank decision may have been a little slow but it's going to take some time to train people on the systems and the same thing would be true for aircraft so i understand he wanted to create a sense of urgency but if he creates a sense of false, unrealistic expectation, that could be dangerous as well because i think we're going to have to recognises even if we did accelerate the delivery of more tanks also attack helicopters well measles, this could still be able longer slow
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drive —— longer drive missiles. so the tanks will be arriving soon, how much difference will they make to the offensive? notionally speaking, ten or 20%, that's a little bit of an imprecise figure but i guess what i mean by that is if ukraine was going to win back 500 square kilometres of territory without the tanks, maybe it wins back a few hundred square kilometres more with them. it's that sort of thing. we will have to see, and i like the idea that we're signalling this resolve, starting with britain and also now the united states and germany other countries like poland, but it does not really change battlefield reality is that fast. ukraine has already had tanks, a lot of t—72 tanks last year, they are not as good and they wore out, but it is not as if anyone weapon will be the silver bullet.— the silver bullet. michael o'hanlon. _ the silver bullet. michael o'hanlon, thank- the silver bullet. michael o'hanlon, thank you - the silver bullet. michaelj o'hanlon, thank you very the silver bullet. michael - o'hanlon, thank you very much. 0'hanlon, thank you very much. thank you kindly. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: how finland became the multibillion—dollar mobile gaming capital of the world.
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nine years and 15,000 deaths after going into afghanistan, the last soviet troops were finally coming home. the withdrawal completed in good order but the army defeated in the task it was sent to perform. malcolm has been murdered. that has a terrible effect for the morale of the people. i'm terrified of the repercussions in the streets. one wonders who is next. explosions as the airlift got under way, there was no let—up in the eruption itself. lava streams from a vent low in the crater flow down to the sea to the east of the island, away from the town for the time being. it could start flowing again at any time.
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the russians heralded the next—generation space station with a spectacular night launch. they called it mir — russian for 'peace'. this is bbc world news. the latest headlines: five former police officers in the us plead not guilty to murdering the young black man, tyre nichols, last month. his family are demanding justice. more people have been pulled from the rubble in turkey — but the government is facing growing criticism over the shoddy construction of buildings that collapsed druing the earthquakes. bulgarian police have arrested four suspects in connection with a deadly incident of human trafficking. 18 people have been found dead in an abandoned truck in bulgaria, near the capital, sofia. police believe they were asylum seekers from afghanistan, being smuggled into europe illegally. 0ur reporter sofia bettiza has
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been following the story. shejoins me in the studio now. talkers through what happened. 0n talkers through what happened. on friday, bulgarian police found an abandoned truck in the village near the capital, sofia. they found a distressing scene with bodies on the grass and near the vehicle. now, the truck was transporting 52 migrants who were hidden underneath someone. please believe they were all from afghanistan and were banks smuggled illegally to serbia. 18 people had died. —— were being smuggled. including a child. we had from the bulgarian health minister who said the cause of death was at 60 asian because they were too many people in a small space. let's listen to what he had to say. let's listen to what he had to sa . ~ ,, ~ let's listen to what he had to say-_ the - let's listen to what he had to i say._ the people say. translation: the people locked in the _
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say. translation: the people locked in the truck _ say. translation: the people locked in the truck died - say. translation: the people locked in the truck died due - say. translation: the people locked in the truck died due to l locked in the truck died due to lack— locked in the truck died due to lack of— locked in the truck died due to lack of oxygen. they were freezing _ lack of oxygen. they were freezing and wet. they hadn't eaten — freezing and wet. they hadn't eaten for— freezing and wet. they hadn't eaten for several days, and they — eaten for several days, and they had _ eaten for several days, and they had injuries on bodies. do they had in'uries on bodies. do we they had injuries on bodies. we know it they had injuries on bodies. il�*ir'r we know it happened to the smugglers?— we know it happened to the smugglers? we know it happened to the smu: clers? . , ., smugglers? once they knew the peole in smugglers? once they knew the people in the — smugglers? once they knew the people in the truck _ smugglers? once they knew the people in the truck had - smugglers? once they knew the people in the truck had died - people in the truck had died they ran away and left everyone there. police say they made four arrests and also said that 34 four arrests and also said that 3a people survived, including five children. they've all been taken to hospital, but some are in critical position.— in critical position. bulgaria has struggled _ in critical position. bulgaria has struggled for _ in critical position. bulgaria has struggled for a - in critical position. bulgaria has struggled for a long - in critical position. bulgaria i has struggled for a long time to struggle with migrants coming illegally from the middle east and afghanistan. that's rate. it is located on a trafficking route that mike is used to get to the european union from turkey. they don't necessarily want to stay in bulgaria. many want to move onto richer countries. but if we look look at what happened on friday, this is believed to be the deadliest accident
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involving migrants in bulgaria. similar tragedies happened a few years ago, you remember, and the uk, and in austria. but the timing of this is significant because the number of asylum seekers who are trying to get to the eu from the west balkans is going up. in fact, earlier this month, the eu introduce new, tougher measures to protect its external borders. thank you very much. _ external borders. thank you very much, sofia. _ a bankerfrom qatar has confirmed a bid to buy the english premier league football club manchester united. sheikh jassim bin hamad al—thani will lead a consortium that wants to purchase the club outright. the qataris are the second group to put in a bid. the first was the british businessmanjim ratcliffe, a lifelong united fan. the club is currently owned by the glazer family, which says it's "exploring strategic alternatives". 0ur sports correspondent andy swiss has more details from old trafford. sheikh jassim bin hamad al—thani. he's the chairman
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of a qatari bank. he's a son of a former prime minister of qatar, and he says he is a lifelong manchester united fan. in a statement, he says his bid will return the club to its former glories, both on and off the pitch. he says his bid is for 100% of the club and will be completely debt free through his foundation. remember the current owners? the glazer family angered a lot of the fans here by plunging the club into millions of pounds of debt. and he says his vision is for manchester united to be regarded as the greatest football club in the world, although he doesn't give any size or amount of his bid. one potential stumbling block is that a qatari consortium already owns another major european club in paris saint—germain. but we understand that this court consortium regards itself as entirely separate, so they don't believe there would be any conflicts of interest. now, qatar, of course, has just hosted the world cup, although many fans here will be concerned about the country's human rights record.
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we are expecting other bids to emerge. the british billionaire, sirjim ratcliffe, has already expressed an interest and it is still the early stages. now, let's get some pictures from rio dejaneiro, where we can see the photo dominic ball first sized carnaval since the start of the pandemic. carnaval 2023 started with drumbeats and block parties across the city. ——we can see the photos of the first full—sized carnaval. every year, hundreds of street bands and thousands of tourists as well as local seeking a good time to send on rio during the party. it is onlyjust getting
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going with the annual samba school competition. but it is already looking pretty busy there tonight. great to see carnaval back in full swing. the video game industry was worth £4] billion pounds to the uk economy in 2022 — but there's another country punching above its weight in the sector. finland made £2.8 billion in that time, despite having a population 12 times smaller than the uk. 0ur gaming correspondent steffan powell has been to its capital find out why. when you think of the cities of the world that are hotbeds for innovative technology, you're probably imagining silicon valley or tokyo. you might not be thinking of this place. but it is these streets here in helsinki, a cityjust the size of glasgow, that has some of the most innovative, influential
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and successful mobile games companies in the world. this place is home to some of the best games talent out there. it is the birthplace of world—famous games like the original snake, angry birds, and clash of cla ns. it is where netflix chose to set up its first internal games studio. so how has this happened? i think we are just generally very interested in technology. we have this ability of, and it is in the culture, that we can try and then we can fail and then we can try again. you don't have to worry about failing. and when you don't have to worry about failing, you are obviously much braver. we have a social security network so we don't actually have to mortgage your own house if you want to start a company. and also the government is supporting gaming companies a lot. more than 30% of the developers who work in the games sector here have moved to live in helsinki from around the world. and there is an organisation whose job it is to attract them. where are people coming from? i think they are coming from all the places, america, from europe, of course it is the easy way of moving around in europe, but from everywhere, from the states and asia,
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so there is no limit. helsinki is known for its work—life balance. we don't have those money incentives for many things but actually you get more here because, yes, we have maybe less salaries than in silicon valley but you don't have to pay for the schools so you don't have to pay for the health insurance and everything like that is covered so actually you have more money in your pocket. success stories like super cell, the studio behind clash of clans, have also been helped to grow by a heritage of mobile technology expertise that dates all the way back to nokia phones in the 1990s. expertise that is still paying off, all these years later. steffan powell, bbc news, helsinki. before we go, we all have travel horror stories, lost luggage, delayed flights, nosy fellow passengers. passengers travelling from auckland to new york spent 16 hours in the air
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before ending up where they started. the flight made a u—turn over the pacific. can you imagine that? going all that way only to go back to where you first began! you are watching bbc news. thank you for being with us. hello. storm 0tto was the dominant force in our weather on friday. it brought some very strong and gusty winds to the northern half of the uk. a gust of 83 miles power on the coast of aberdeenshire. but further south, it was all about mild weather. temperatures at pershore in worcestershire got above 17 celsius, unusually mild for this point in february. that curl of cloud there on the satellite picture, that was storm 0tto, now quickly moving away eastwards. this is our next weather system that's been bringing some rain and indeed some snow in places through the night. ice likely to affect some parts of scotland as we start saturday morning.
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but much of the rain pulling away eastwards. a lot of dry weather through the day on saturday. this band of cloud and some patchy rain for a time in the south of england, that will tend to clear. we will also keep this band of cloud and some patchy rain in central and southern parts of scotland and into north—east england. but elsewhere, some spells of sunshine, just the odd rogue shower. 6 or 7 degrees in northern scotland, 15 in the east of england. some of this rain turning a little heavierfor a time in eastern scotland and north east england before clearing on saturday night. then a drier interlude before more rain starts to push in to the western side of scotland on sunday morning. a mild start to sunday for the majority. so, that rain in the west of scotland comes courtesy of this frontal system approaching from the atlantic. further south, high pressure keeping things mainly fine and dry, so split fortunes for the second half of the weekend. cloud and some rain across scotland, the rain heaviest over hills in the north—west. a few spots of rain from the cloud into northern ireland, the far north of england. but further south, some high cloud turning the sunshine
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hazy, but essentially, a fine—looking day. quite breezy, in fact, quite windy in the north, and again, it's going to be mild — 10 degrees there for aberdeen, 13 the top temperature in london, and it stays mild into the start of the new week. we see frontal systems just running across the far north of the uk, high pressure to the south of us, often quite breezy, but we will be within this wedge of very mild air. so, some unusually high temperatures for the start of the new week likely to be up to 15 or 16 degrees in parts of the south. later in the week, though, it will turn a bit more unsettled and perhaps a little bit chillier as well.
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this is bbc news. the headlines — five former memphis police officers charged with murder over the death of tyre nichols have pleaded not guilty in theirfirst court appearance. mr nichols' death sparked protests against police brutality in the us. videos showed the officers, who are all black, kicking and punching him. almost a fortnight after the turkey earthquake, a man has been rescued from the rubble of a building in hatay province. turkish authorities have been criticised by quake survivors over the shoddy construction of buildings that were supposed to be tremor—proof but still collapsed. bulgarian police have arrested four suspects in connection with an incident of human trafficking. 18 people were found dead in an abandoned lorry near the bulgarian capital, sofia. police say they were in hidden compartments and had suffocated. 3a others, including five children, were rescued.

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