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we have a eight years of conflict, we have a special report. translation: i eight years of conflict, we have a special report. translation: i feel scared. there's _ special report. translation: i feel scared. there's a _ special report. translation: i feel scared. there's a lot _ special report. translation: i feel scared. there's a lot of _ special report. translation: i f--i scared. there's a lot of explosions. we will tell you all about that forgotten were very shortly, but first, a check at the bbc sport centre for us this evening. there was a famous victory for the philipines over co—hosts new zealand in the second round of matches in group a at the women's world cup. a headed goalfrom sarina bolden in wellington gave the debutants their first win in the tournament. new zealand, who themselves got a shock victory over norway in their opening game, now need to get a result in their final match to get through to the knock out stages. new zealand's final match will be against switzerland who played out a goalless draw with norway in waikato. the norwegians suffered a huge blow
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just before kick—off when star player ada hegerberg picked up an injury and withdrew. the swiss top the group with four points, while norway are bottom with just one and are now fighting to stay in the world cup. in sydney — colombia got their tournament off to the perfect start with a 2—0 win over south korea. catalina usme got the first from the penalty spot, the second from a goalkeeping error was scored by 18—year—old linda kaicedo. south korea did make history when casey phair came off the bench. atjust 16 years and 26 days she's the youngest player to feature at a world cup — men's or women's. nottingham forest have signed sweden forward anthony elanga from manchester united on a five—year deal. the 21—year—old has been at united since he was 12 and made 55 appearances for the red devils having made his first team debut in 2021. he becomes forest's second signing of the summer. across town manchester city have definitely not parted ways with kyle walker despite interest
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in the england international defender. city who won the treble last season, culminating in the champions league triumph, face german champions bayern munich in tokyo on wednesday, the club keen to secure his services. but manager pep guardiola insists the 33—year—old right back won't be leaving if he gets his way. an incredibly important player for us. the specific qualities that are suitable, we should be in those, i don't know what is going to happen. i know there are intangible clubs, and we will fight for him. i'm pretty sure we will do it, but i don't know where he is going to finish. dutch side az alkmaar have been fined just under 90 million dollars for the behaviour of their fans during the europa conference league semifinal second—leg. west ham family members came under attack as the match ended prompting players to intervene.
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alkmaar have also been ordered to play their next uefa match behind closed doors, although that has been suspended for two years. west ham won the game 1—0 and went on to win the competition after victory over fiorentina. bronnyjames — the 18—year—old son of nba legend lebronjames — is in a stable condition after suffering a cardiac arrest. a family statement says he collapsed on court while training with his university of southern california team—mates on monday in los angeles. earlier this year he agreed to play for college team usc trojans after becoming one of the top prospects in us high school basketball. he'd been tipped by many to be a top—io pick in next year's nba draught. dutch sprinter lorena wiebes has won stage three of the tour de france femmes. lotte kopecky, in the yellowjersey, made a bid for stage victory in the bunch sprint, but wiebes powered her way
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across the line for her second win on this year's race. kopecky finished third — she keeps the yellowjersey and now leads by 55 seconds. and that's all the sport for now. thank you for that. the long—running conflict in yemen has been forgotten, amid the new crises in sudan, and the ever worsening situation in ukraine. but it is a war that grinds on, without end, and with children stuck in the firing—line. the un says at least 11,300 children have been killed or maimed since this conflict began nine years ago. the rebel houthi army, backed by iran seized control of the capital, sanaa, forcing out the government. saudi arabia backed the internationally—recognised government, supported by a coalition that includes the uk and the united states. by the start of last year an estimated 370 thousand people had died as a result of the fighting and the effects of malnutrition. the un estimates at least 11.5 million people have been displaced, and 24.1 million people — that'saround 80% of the population —
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are in need of humanitarian aid and protection. our senior international correspondent orla guerin has sent this special report from the city of tiaz. yemen's young know nothing but war. eight years on, the guns are quieter, but a generation bears the scars. and if there's one place that shows they're suffering, it's al—rasheed street, a frontline neighbourhood in the city of taiz. it's home to badr al—harbi, who's seven. he and his brother hashim were hit by houthi shelling last october, coming home from school. since the attack, the boys' world has shrunk.
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they no longer go to classes. their physical wounds may have healed, but their trauma remains, like the danger. conflict echoes around them. do you hear a lot of sounds from the war? "bullets, explosions, air strikes, shells," he says. hashim, is it very scary when you hear the explosions and the gunfire? "i feel scared and run. there's a lot of explosions." badr wants to be a doctor when he's older. he wants to help people. first, the brothers need to return to school. "i want to go back," he tells me, "but my leg has been cut off.
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"how can i go out of the house?" and right next door, another little life upended. amir was maimed on the same day last october in a second round of shelling. it killed his cousin and his uncle in their own home. amir�*s father, sharif al—amri, shares his pain. he says his sleeping son, who's just three, needs another operation and has deep wounds of memory. translation: he remembers every moment - from - the shelling to the hospital. he says this happened to my uncle, this happened to my cousin. he talks about the smoke and the blood. it's always on his mind.
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this man can't afford to move his family out of harm's way. "all of that shelling is from that with ease, he says. and we are in the firing line of their snipers." we have cover here from the buildings, but there are a snipers nearby. we've been told they are in a crescent around the area and local people say they normally get busy at around sunset. tell me about the situation in here. his front room is in their sites. he knows exactly where to set. i'll show you the snipers place, he says. it's far, don't worry. look, overthere.
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snipers place, he says. it's far, don't worry. look, over there. then he tells us if we go out into the garden, we will be shot. back on the street, sharif tries to distract amir. "don't be scared, my love, you're a man." but he's just a child who has seen too much. he asks amir what he wants in the future. "buy me a gun," he says. "i will put a bullet in my gun and fire at those who took my leg. "it will go right to them." most of the children maimed and killed in taiz over the years have been victims of the houthis. but some died in air strikes by the saudi—led coalition.
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if peace comes — and many yemenis have their doubts — the young will carry this war for ever. orla guerin, bbc news, taiz. live now to speak to radhya almutawakel , chairperson of mwatana organisation for human rights. thank you for being with us. your organisation documents hundreds of incidents in which people have been killed, maimed, civilian infrastructure that's been destroyed or damaged. who are you producing that evidence for? does it make any difference to the international decision—making? difference to the international decision-making?— difference to the international decision-making? well, we where doinu decision-making? well, we where doin: this decision-making? well, we where doing this since _ decision-making? well, we where doing this since the _ decision-making? well, we where doing this since the beginning - decision-making? well, we where doing this since the beginning of. doing this since the beginning of the war because we thought it will matter and it will make a difference if we succeed to raise the voices of the victims to the international
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community. actually, when we started to do our advocacy campaigns outside yemen, i was surprised that documentation, telling the truth, documented with very high standards with international standards. it's not enough. officials internationally, and locally, they do know what is happening in yemen, and they do know that there are a lot of violations by all parties to the conflict against civilians and civilian objects. so, it does make a difference but not the amount that it's supposed to be because the war is still going on. it's its eighth year. the violations are still going on, parties to the conflict, they deal as if they have impunity and they are not afraid of any kind of accountability.— they are not afraid of any kind of accountability. no, i'm sure they are not on _ accountability. no, i'm sure they are not on the _ accountability. no, i'm sure they are not on the ground. _ accountability. no, i'm sure they are not on the ground. 80% - accountability. no, i'm sure they are not on the ground. 80% of l accountability. no, i'm sure they i are not on the ground. 80% of the country meeting and requiring
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humanitarian aid. the eua to post that it's the biggest donor to the aid budget, and yet it is also the biggest supplier of arms and support to the saudi led coalition. that is enormous hypocrisy, is attached? well, hypocrisy is all around the world in yemen. in humanitarian aid for civilians in yemen, it's... you can't feed a nation because this is most of the population needs assistance in yemen. at the same time, yes, many european countries like france, the uk and also the us, they are selling weapons to parties and the conflict, especially saturdays, and because of their financial and political interests, the war in yemen is still going on. this is one of the reasons. it's not only still going on, until now, we
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don't have an international market for investigation, and this is one of the very, i mean minimum things that civilians could have in yemen. it's there in ukraine, but when it comes to yemen, we pushed very hard to have a community focused investigative mechanism, but for a very political reasons, we never got one. i very political reasons, we never got one. ~ ., , ., very political reasons, we never got one. ~ ., ., ., .,~ one. i know you travel to take record of— one. i know you travel to take record of what _ one. i know you travel to take record of what is _ one. i know you travel to take record of what is happening i one. i know you travel to take record of what is happening in one. i know you travel to take - record of what is happening in yemen to the rest of the world and you speak very eloquently about what is happening there, but do you think that you get a fair hearing because there are other crises now in sudan the, and afghanistan, the war in ukraine. do you think and that all of that, where leaders have the will and the wherewithal to bring peace to yemen? , . ., ., , , to yemen? they are aware, but they don't have the wealth. _ to yemen? they are aware, but they don't have the wealth. we _ to yemen? they are aware, but they don't have the wealth. we have - don't have the wealth. we have trouble all around the world, yes. i thought at the beginning of the war in the yemen is forgotten, but
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within the time i started to understand that the war in yemen is ignored. it is muted on purpose for many political and financial interests and reasons. so, yes, the new crisis that's happening all over the world is just an added reason for the international community to ignore yemen more and more with the original actors and also the local actors on the ground. they are all heavy to be behind the scene committing violations and continuing this war without having any pressure towards accountability or towards peace. towards accountability or towards eace. , , ., ., ., peace. the numbers that relate to the child casualties _ peace. the numbers that relate to the child casualties are _ peace. the numbers that relate to the child casualties are truly - the child casualties are truly horrifying. the violations that are being carried out by all parties involved in the conflict. what space is there for organisations like yours to look after children in yemen? ~ .,,
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yours to look after children in yemen? ~ ., yemen? we documented, as he said, at the beginning. — yemen? we documented, as he said, at the beginning, thousands _ yemen? we documented, as he said, at the beginning, thousands of _ the beginning, thousands of violations, and children were attacked in most of these violations, landmines, shelling, air strikes, sexual harassment, and many millions of children had to leave school, and there is a new generation that they know on the beginning in the sphere of war. they didn't know yemen before 2014. besides all the very direct violations, parties to the concept of using starvation as a weapon of yemen people are not receiving their salaries for many years since 2016. so children are facing the most, i don't know if the war has stopped now, this should be a very long humanitarian and serious work to help children to overcome what is
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happening now and to put them in track for education again. more and more yemenis started to go to... that's a shame. i think we almost just finished, but the line just died there at the end. thank you to her and thank you for all the work that she and her organisation do. it's an important story, many more on all of this report on the bbc website. do take a look at that. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. bbc news— bringing you different stories from across the uk. on the streets of manchester, life's biggest questions. what is your preference? to pick sides in the hottest cultural debates. amarillo's age—old questions, questions that people in the north have pounded since the dawn of time like... ballad pins are a fun way to dispose of your letter, so you get an option
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joining us from washington dc to discuss this further is the director of the kissinger institute on china and the united states, robert daly. thank you for being with us. no explanation, disappears from view and a replacement put in without much explanation. is that a regular and chinese politics? it is much explanation. is that a regular and chinese politics?— and chinese politics? it is not unprecedented. _ and chinese politics? it is not unprecedented. the - and chinese politics? it is not unprecedented. the chinesel unprecedented. the chinese government operates in secret. no explanation has been given as to why the foreign minister is out. and you can expect no explanation to be given. he will probably simply go back home and not to be seen again in public. although, we don't know, there have been cases of some disgraced officials reappearing. it is kind of secrecy is par for the course. it is kind of secrecy is par for the course. ., �* , ., ., , course. it wouldn't be against the liuht to course. it wouldn't be against the light to have _ course. it wouldn't be against the light to have an _ course. it wouldn't be against the light to have an affair, _ course. it wouldn't be against the light to have an affair, what? - course. it wouldn't be against the l light to have an affair, what? does it points to divisions within the
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top echelons of the communist party? it may well points to that. having an affair is really not the way the uprights communist party officials are supposed to behave, especially under the president who has been all about anti—corruption and moral rectitude, it is very embarrassing to have it suggested that somebody that he has brought along far more quickly than the system itself would've brought them along has engaged in behaviour of this kind. and yes, that suggest that it may be enemies of his within the foreign ministry within the governments were waiting, silent weakness and that they made it known. again because he was advanced by the president personally and leapt over a lot of the usual processes and people who had been standing in line, we can assume that he does not universally popular. assume that he does not universally --oular. ., ., , assume that he does not universally --oular. ., . ., popular. even though he was close to the president — popular. even though he was close to the president and _ popular. even though he was close to the president and had _ popular. even though he was close to the president and had only _ popular. even though he was close to the president and had only been - popular. even though he was close to the president and had only been in i popular. even though he was close to the president and had only been in a | the president and had only been in a job about six months, the boss wouldn't be able to protect him from
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senior people who may follow other leaders within the party? this senior people who may follow other leaders within the party?— leaders within the party? this is speculative _ leaders within the party? this is speculative. i— leaders within the party? this is speculative. i wouldn't - leaders within the party? this is speculative. i wouldn't take - leaders within the party? this is speculative. i wouldn't take it i leaders within the party? this is l speculative. i wouldn't take it too far. i don't think this points necessary to deep factionalism within the party. it could merely points to a deep dislike for oin gang himself. there has been much made of this, especially in the american media, which is enjoying the chinese president's embarrassment and china's awkwardness most people are speculating that there is deep perfectionism in the party. we don't see us sign of that. the president of china who has had a bad run for the past two years still seems to be firmly in, and. the past two years still seems to be firmly in. and-— firmly in, and. does foreign policy chance? firmly in, and. does foreign policy change? are _ firmly in, and. does foreign policy change? are there _ firmly in, and. does foreign policy change? are there any _ firmly in, and. does foreign policy change? are there any nuances i firmly in, and. does foreign policy change? are there any nuances to policy depending on who occupies thisjob? does itjust continue irrespective? 50 this job? does it “ust continue irrespective?_ this job? does it “ust continue irresective? ~ , ., irrespective? so china's minister of foreian irrespective? so china's minister of foreign affairs _ irrespective? so china's minister of foreign affairs is _ irrespective? so china's minister of foreign affairs is actually _ irrespective? so china's minister of foreign affairs is actually not - irrespective? so china's minister of foreign affairs is actually not the i foreign affairs is actually not the leading foreign affairs officer of the chinese government. oin gang
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reported previously to one named foreign minister and also as the counsellor who oversees foreign affairs. but everybody in the foreign affairs bureaucracy reports directly to the chinese president. they don't improvise much. so when qin gang, who is seen as something of a wolf warrior who reveled in attacks on the west, the united states in particular, when he engaged in that kind of behaviour, this was understood to be with the approval of the chinese president himself. so i don't think we're going to see a major change in china's diplomacy either or in its style because oin gang is out. it won't matter that much. style because qin gang is out. it won't matter that much.- style because qin gang is out. it won't matter that much. thank you ve much won't matter that much. thank you very much indeed _ won't matter that much. thank you very much indeed for— won't matter that much. thank you very much indeed for that - won't matter that much. thank you very much indeed for that one. - won't matter that much. thank you | very much indeed for that one. one to watch. have you ever applied for a job you thought you might have a chance of getting, only to find you didn't even get to interview stage. increasingly it is al that is doing the sifting. but there are some clever people out there who have hacked the system. it is called — white fonting.
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the concept is pretty simple — the candidate will copy a long list of keywords relevant to thatjob desciption into their resume but then change the font colour to white invisible to the human eye. the ai bots pick up the white text and surface the resume to the top for human review. live now to speak to jason walker, co—founder and managing director thrive hr consulting. did i explain that right? i spent a lot of time on it because i didn't fully understand it. but i imagine that it fully understand it. but i imagine thatitis fully understand it. but i imagine that it is something, it looks to ai something like a word cloud. would that be right?— that be right? yeah, you hit the nail on the _ that be right? yeah, you hit the nail on the head. _ that be right? yeah, you hit the nail on the head. that's - that be right? yeah, you hit the nail on the head. that's exactly| nail on the head. that's exactly what it does. you obfuscate the wording in the resume by making it quite, by making the font weight. so the human eye doesn't see it, but eai does pick up on it and it will
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key in on the keywords to essentially try to push your resume up essentially try to push your resume up to the top of the stack. if essentially try to push your resume up to the top of the stack.- up to the top of the stack. if you were in playing _ up to the top of the stack. if you were in playing this _ up to the top of the stack. if you were in playing this hack, - up to the top of the stack. if you - were in playing this hack, you would like the picture we see on screen at the moment, you would throw in 1000 words, perhaps, that are buzzwords that an employer would be looking for a. ., , that an employer would be looking for a. . , ., , , that an employer would be looking for a. . , . , , ., for a. yeah, it is really trying to rain the for a. yeah, it is really trying to gain the system. _ for a. yeah, it is really trying to gain the system. you _ for a. yeah, it is really trying to gain the system. you throw- for a. yeah, it is really trying to gain the system. you throw in l for a. yeah, it is really trying to j gain the system. you throw in a bunch of buzzwords and hope that the ai will pick up on it and see that you have the relevant skills to get the job and it will push you forward. part of the problem that is happening right now is there are so many people applying forjobs because of the amount of lay—offs that have happened, you probably have quadruple the amount of people applying forjobs. some people are really desperate to get their resume scene. �* , ., really desperate to get their resume scene. ~ , ., ., really desperate to get their resume scene. ~ , . ., ., scene. and understand that and i understand _ scene. and understand that and i understand how _ scene. and understand that and i understand how you _ scene. and understand that and i understand how you would - scene. and understand that and i understand how you would have l scene. and understand that and i l understand how you would have to scene. and understand that and i - understand how you would have to do a first sift of those applications. but there is a broader question about how effective and he is at finding the right candidate. there might be people who don't get the
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right buzzword and don't employ this particular hack but face—to—face they might be the ideal candidate. i think one of the problems with them playing this tactic is if you do it and you do get noticed, you still have to go through an interview process to determine that you actually know the skills and you have competencies and to scale. such is because you get your resume noticed and get get this hack to work, it doesn't necessarily mean that it bodes well for you when you go through the interview process because if people start to detect that you did this, i think it really questions your credibility coming into an organisation when you essentially tried to cheat the system to get a job interview. fin system to get a 'ob interview. on the system to get a job interview. on the minute left, but presumably ai is being used in other ways to get jobs, for cover letters may be to improve photos that are put on on applications. bi improve photos that are put on on applications-— applications. ai is basically ubiquitous _ applications. ai is basically ubiquitous with _ applications. ai is basically ubiquitous with job - applications. ai is basically ubiquitous with job search | applications. ai is basically - ubiquitous with job search right now. there are head shots that you
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can deal by uploading 20 different pictures of yourself and it will customise head shots. you can have ai upload your resume and do mass applications for as manyjobs as you want. there is al that will help you to interviewing through the system and asking interview questions based upon the type ofjob and skill sets that you need to interview. so ai is just breaking them very very quickly into the candidate interviewing process. into the candidate interviewing rocess. , . into the candidate interviewing process. jason walker, thank you very much _ process. jason walker, thank you very much for— process. jason walker, thank you very much for your _ process. jason walker, thank you very much for your time. - process. jason walker, thank you very much for your time. i'm - process. jason walker, thank you very much for your time. i'm not| very much for your time. i'm not sure ai would be able to help me with my image, but maybe if i put in the buzzwords i could get through that initial process. it's been used too greater and greater extent. it is the future. we will be right back. we are taking a short break. hello. it's been a day of clouds and showers and relatively cool, certainly compared to the mediterranean. where yesterday in some spots, we had extreme temperatures. this was the highest — 48.2 degrees celsius in sardinia.
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hottest day of the year so far in europe. but those extreme temperatures are coming to an end, at least for now, as this jet stream dives southwards across the mediterranean by wednesday and it pushes the heat back into the sahara and the temperatures will take a tumble. in fact, in palermo on monday, where it was 47 degrees celsius, we'll look at that on wednesday. we're closer to the climatic norm of around 30 degrees or so. now, the forecast for us, though, that same jet stream is going to bring changeable weather over the coming days. in fact, tomorrow we are expecting a bright start and then rain later on. through the night, ahead of the weather front, there are some clear skies around, but also early in the morning, there could be some showers across parts of northern england. the early morning temperatures will range from around seven degrees in aberdeen to 11—12 in some of the bigger city centres. so that low pressure pushed by that jet stream that i showed you earlier on,
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and remember, it takes a dive into europe, but here the jet stream is actually pointing right at us. it's pushing the weather front towards us. clouds are thickening in the morning across ireland. the outbreaks of rain are moving in. and i think by around lunchtime, the thicker cloud and possibly the outbreaks of rain will be nudging in to some of these western parts of the uk, whereas further east it should be dry and bright and actually a decent day in norwich, in newcastle and also in aberdeen. but later on in the evening, so this is wednesday evening now, and into the early hours of thursday, that weather front will cross all parts and there will be rain. so most of us will catch some rain over the next 24—36 hours. here's thursday's weather forecast, then. once that weather front moves across into the north sea, it leaves a legacy of thicker cloud. it's also going to be quite humid air. temperatures will be around 20 degrees in glasgow and about 22 or three in the south and there'll be sunny spells and also a few showers. so on to the outlook into the weekend. very little change overall,
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that is, broadly speaking, changeable with frequent showers. bye bye.
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hello, i'm christian fraser. you're watching the context on bbc news. translation: the next few days especially today, - tomorrow and thursday
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will be difficult days. when we first arrived here most of the smoke was coming over there. in the last two minutes there's been a flare—up just down here. of course the strong wind is not only making things tougher for the people fighting the fires but more dangerous. so if we don't stop burning fossil fuels very, very soon then these kinds of heat waves will become more frequent. welcome back, tragedy tonight in greece. two airforce pilots killed battling wildfires on the island of evia. we will bring you the latest on the evacuations from rhodes and crete. also tonight nat west apologises to the british politician nigel farage for revealing private information about his account. and the glossary on corporate gobledeegook. how familiar are you with the language employed

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