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�*to luis issues a restraining order to luis rubiales. welcome to the daily global. we start in libya, where the united nations said nearly 900,000 people are in desperate need of help. after sunday's devastating flood in the country's ease. 11,000 people are believed dead, but the number could believed dead, but the number could be higher. with bodies washing up on shore is more than 100 km away. this aerialfootage shore is more than 100 km away. this aerial footage captures the scale of the disruption. the roads became rivers in the rivers became a delusion.
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carrying everything with it and bringing with it a wave of death and destruction. this security footage is from the moment the floods hit and derna was changed forever. dams upstream meant to protect the city failed, sealing the fate of thousands. in derna, people began to pray for god's mercy. when the torrent passed, some were able to escape. as the rains continued to fall, they sought the safety of rooftops. few could imagine the scale of the catastrophe. down below, the force of the torrent swept much in its wake. those who could make their escape to higher ground. and now the aftermath. a turkish rescue team wades through pools of destruction in search of what remains. the mud and filth makes the work slow and dangerous, and the risk of disease is growing.
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translation: our feelings toward the city is very - difficult to describe, to be honest with you. we lost friends, relatives and a big portion of derna society. but for the time being, we appreciate how people stood with us. hopefully we will have a better future. they're working round the clock and perhaps improbably, days into this disaster, survivors are being found. "speak to us so we can find where you are," rescue workers call out. people are returning to derna, not to resume their lives, but to identify the dead. the bodies keep coming, laid out on city pavements in the hope they will be claimed. across this port city, the search continues, but it's far from easy.
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translation: this is the first time we've seen a true - disaster happening. we are facing difficulties as there is no visibility due to the land that was washed into the sea by the floods. for now, the trained dogs hunt for signs of life. this one belongs to a spanish rescue team, but soon, it will be animals trained in finding corpses who will roam the runes. after the nato backed removal of muammar gaddafi in 2011, libya fell into chaos. post—revolution, western support vanished. across eastern libya, needs have never been greater. this man says life as he knew it has ended. translation: it came from here and washed away the valley. - it hit the wall and destroyed everything around it. - ahmed is one of more than 30,000 people requiring shelter. libya's eastern government failed to protect them from this disaster. now, in their greatest hour of need, they are struggling to cope with the aftermath.
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quentin sommerville, bbc news. we just want to show you this report from the libyan station 218 tv. it urge authority back in 2020 two invest in the city's infrastructure to avoid the repetitive flooding of derna turning into it a disaster if left unchecked. the reporter in that clip spoke to residence in derna valley about their concerns. translation: as you can see, the infrastructure of the city is very weak. we are calling on officials to work on the city as soon as possible. lise calling on officials to work on the city as soon as possible. live now to the secretary-general - city as soon as possible. live now to the secretary-general of - city as soon as possible. live now to the secretary-general of the i to the secretary—general of the norwegian refugee council. thank you so much forjoining us here. we often talk about crises here on the
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programme with you, and of course this devastating situation in libya now. �* , , this devastating situation in libya now. �*, , , now. it's 'ust beyond belief, reall . now. it'sjust beyond belief, really- this _ now. it'sjust beyond belief, really. this is _ now. it'sjust beyond belief, really. this is one _ now. it'sjust beyond belief, really. this is one of- now. it'sjust beyond belief, really. this is one of these l really. this is one of these catastrophes that just gets worse and worse by the day. hurricanes and floods are in most of the northern and western society's not costing a lot of life. there was an evacuation, there were some societal preparedness. in this case, the breakage of the dams that you just talk about meant that 50 million m3 of water first into town without warning. it killed too many thousands. figs warning. it killed too many thousands.— warning. it killed too many thousands. ~ , ., ., thousands. as you say, that damn, when ou thousands. as you say, that damn, when you look— thousands. as you say, that damn, when you look at _ thousands. as you say, that damn, when you look at the _ thousands. as you say, that damn, | when you look at the infrastructure, the calls from the local communities to do something about this —— dam.
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we do see flooding and hurricanes in the western world, but not these horrific numbers where there are fears of up to 20,000 dead. it comes down to the political divisions within this country. let's hope this is enormous calamity... the hurricane swept from east to west. the epicentre is in and around derna, but it should lead to the authorities saying we have a common enemy here, let us cooperate, let us give visas to these international organisations that struggle to send their teams to the place. it's really held us back, the
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political conflict. we hope that will change now. remember, it's been warned here of conflict on and off since qaddafi fell with nato bombing in 2011. and derna was very badly hit by infighting just a few years back. hit by infighting 'ust a few years back. , . , , hit by infighting 'ust a few years back. g . , , ., hit by infighting 'ust a few years back. �* ., , , ., , ., back. jan, 'ust tell us what your teams — back. jan, just tell us what your teams are doing _ back. jan, just tell us what your teams are doing on _ back. jan, just tell us what your teams are doing on the - back. jan, just tell us what your teams are doing on the ground| teams are doing on the ground and what are the most urgent needs. if we have more than 100 aid workers in libya, have we half of them in the east around benghazi, they have had big problems employing to the worst areas because we need roads and the bridge of and so on, they swept away. they're now doing assessment. we will provide 200 families now
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emergency kits that they need for survival when their homes are gone, then we will give assistance to the collective centres that are now filling up with families from these areas. tens of thousands of families areas. tens of thousands of families are affected, and they need among other things, cash assistance, because they lost everything. we're urging donor countries, the public sector, the private individuals, to help us help these people in their hour of greatest need. libya has been very underfunded. 0ur aid work there, including the work for the migrants that are also trapped in all of this in libya. jam. migrants that are also trapped in all of this in libya.— all of this in libya. jan, of course there are — all of this in libya. jan, of course there are a _ all of this in libya. jan, of course there are a number _ all of this in libya. jan, of course there are a number of _ all of this in libya. jan, of course there are a number of issues - there are a number of issues here, notjust politically or the difficulty in getting the aid to these areas and the infrastructure being so poor. i was reading reports
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that it was taking some teams up to ten hours to even get close to that area. really quite a devastated situation. ~ , , ., situation. absolutely, it is a logistical— situation. absolutely, it is a logistical nightmare, - situation. absolutely, it is a logistical nightmare, really. situation. absolutely, it is a - logistical nightmare, really. what we can use now is what is in stock already within libya. later on, we need to get it across the borders. there is some flights coming in with relief, but is insignificant, given the scale of this disaster. we should have had a larger international operation, and we urge the authorities, all authorities — local, regionaland national the authorities, all authorities — local, regional and national — to come together and help us help the people. come together and help us help the --eole. , . ~' come together and help us help the -eo-e._, ~ come together and help us help the people. jan, i think you as always for all the — people. jan, i think you as always for all the work _ people. jan, i think you as always for all the work that _ people. jan, i think you as always for all the work that you - people. jan, i think you as always for all the work that you and - people. jan, i think you as always for all the work that you and your| for all the work that you and your teams are doing —— thank you for
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joining us here on the programme. anna foster has in the last few hours managed to reach derna and she's been able to report on the conditions. have a listen. the first thing that you will notice is how incredibly dark it is. there is how incredibly dark it is. there is no electricity. you can see some of the workers over there, who are using big diggers to search for bodies rather than survivors. you can see them trying to do their work in the darkness. even though it is late here, there still people out. what you can't quite see, but what you can get a sense of, is how much of this city has been ripped away. this area behind me was a narrow channel that ran through the centre of derna, and now it is almost a 100 metre scar on the land —— landscape.
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people, buildings, cars, so much of itjust swept people, buildings, cars, so much of it just swept away. i want to bring you around the side to try and give you around the side to try and give you around the side to try and give you a full view of what's going on. you can see those lights in the distance. that is people crossing the stornoway riverbed. there are limited numbers of rescue vehicles. all we have seen here today has been local libyans, people in pick—up trucks with mattresses in the back, people handing out water. when we came in, members of the libya national army work handing out masks for people to wear to come back some of the dust in the dirt and the smell in the air here. you can see one of the red crescent vehicles here, and then that lamb park —— landmark mosque that was so important in the early days of this story when people are trying to get a sense of how bad the damage was.
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the river bank was not next to this mosque a week ago, and now the damage on the destruction goes all the way up to its door. all around here, we see things like cars that have been picked up over here, picked up and thrown into the front of a building with the force of the water. there were trees that had been uprooted and snapped. people here, we've seen them sitting around some of these buildings with no clean water, no electricity, no health care. they have an enormously difficult trouble in their hands right now. they have survived this flood, i know they have to survive these elements. that was anna foster reporting from derna in libya. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. let's look at some other stories making news. labour has defended plans to tackle the small boats crisis after the government accused it of pursuing an "open border policy". sir keir starmer said he'd negotiate a returns agreement with eu countries
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if his party is elected. the home office minister said such an agreement could see thousands of migrants returned to the uk. the aslef train drivers union has announced two more days of strike action for the 30th of september and the 4th of october. it's part of their long—running dispute over pay. the dates coincide with the conservative party conference in manchester. the action will affect 16 rail companies. wales is to become the first uk nation to adopt a default 20mph speed limit in built—up areas. the new limit will come into force on sunday, covering about one third of the roads in wales. drivers have been warned not to rely on satnav speed limits because updates might not be immediate. i'm yelled the hacking. you're live with bbc news. the father, stepmother and uncle
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of sara sharif have appeared in court charged with her murder and with causing or allowing the death of a child. urfan sharif, beinash batool and faisal malik denied the charges against them and were remanded in custody. ten—year—old sara was found dead at her family's home in woking last month. our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford reports. less than two days after flying back to the uk, the three people accused of murdering ten—year—old sara sharif were brought to court for a hearing that lasted 20 minutes. sara's stepmother, beinash batool — wearing black — her uncle, faisal malik, and herfather, urfan sharif, on the right, are all charged with her murder on the day before they flew to pakistan, and also causing or allowing the death of a child. sara was discovered dead at her home in woking more than five weeks ago in the early hours of thursday the 10th of august. officers are still working at the house. the prosecutor, amanda burrows, said that when police found sara sharif,
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she was in an upstairs bedroom. she was in the centre of the bottom bunk of a bunk bed lying face up, covered by a blanket. sara's mother and grandmother laid flowers at the house last month. detectives have kept them informed about the progress of the investigation. five weeks on, it still hasn't been possible to establish the actual the actual cause of sara's death. detectives have said she had multiple and extensive injuries. herfather, stepmother and uncle had flown out of the uk on the day before she was found. that was on the 9th of august. they travelled to islamabad with sara's five siblings. the group arrived in pakistan the next day, the same day that surrey police found sara's body in woking. five days later, pakistan got a request from interpol, but were unable to locate the family. on wednesday, sara's father, his wife and brother left pakistan to return to the uk. they arrived back that evening, landing at gatwick airport
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just before 7.30. they were taken off the plane by police officers and were arrested 15 minutes later before being driven back to surrey. this afternoon, the three were taken from court to prison, and they will next appear at the old bailey on tuesday. daniel sandford, bbc news, at guildford magistrates. a madrid court has imposed a restraining order on spain's former football federation president. luis rubiales denied accusations of sexual assault. he kissed playerjenni hermoso on the lips at the women's world cup final trophy presentation. the incident triggered protests over sexism in spanish sport and wider society. friday's court order prevents him from going within 200 metres of hermoso. 0ur madrid reporter guy hedgecoe reports. —— sofia de roa is a journalist based in madrid.
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i spoke to her earlier. this is not about spain, that is not about football, this is about respect. this is internationally important for all women around the world. tell us a little bit — for all women around the world. tell us a little bit more about what's happened today, because we've seen louise rubiales, there's been a restraining order imposed on him by prosecutors. we restraining order imposed on him by prosecutors-— restraining order imposed on him by rosecutors. ., ., ., ., , prosecutors. we have to wait and see because this — prosecutors. we have to wait and see because this is _ prosecutors. we have to wait and see because this is going _ prosecutors. we have to wait and see because this is going to _ prosecutors. we have to wait and see because this is going to last - prosecutors. we have to wait and see because this is going to last a long i because this is going to last a long time,, but this is not this specific case, this is about we are surrounded of —— a lot of rubiales. we are surrounded by rubiales. this is about the demanding of changes in the structure of the federation because today, the women's football
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team are not satisfied and they are demanding not only the resignation of the government body, as well as the team, the communication and federation. we are in the beginning of a lot of changes because they are being discriminated, doing a lot of years. a woman of the spanish society said this is over, and "we want changes in our terms." maw; want changes in our terms." many word describing _ want changes in our terms." many word describing this _ want changes in our terms." many word describing this as _ want changes in our terms." many word describing this as really, spain's me too moment. reassessing the country, notjust with women and football but women as a whole. it’s
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football but women as a whole. it's true, football but women as a whole. it�*s true, because some people said in spain, we are very much sexist. we are not less sexist are much more success than other countries. it just the feminist movement, the women are fighting on the street during the last decade, and the women in spain are demanding change in all the culture. at university, at work, at sediment — what we saw, this case byjenni hermoso is a good example of what happens to every woman all around the world at the university, at the work, wherever... is there a feeling that things are
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starting to shift? i is there a feeling that things are starting to shift?— starting to shift? i think so, i think times _ starting to shift? i think so, i think times are _ starting to shift? i think so, i think times are changing. - starting to shift? i think so, i j think times are changing. we starting to shift? i think so, i - think times are changing. we are in a new era with a very important global change, and feminists are transforming our society. people who doesn't get this point, well, they are going to be behind and they are not going to go forward with society. speaking to us earlier from madrid. it's been revealed that 80 officers didn't turned up for work at london's wandsworth prison on the day terrorism suspect daniel khalife escaped. the prisons minister says nearly 40% of the staff due on shift that day were absent. though a prison service spokesperson says staffing levels at hmp wandsworth have increased by around a quarter since 2017 and there were an appropriate number of staff on duty that day, with almost all absences factored into workforce planning, including staff out for training or on annual leave. the initial investigation did not find staffing levels to be
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a contributing factor in the escape. all staff were on duty in the kitchen and gatehouse. and it added "fewer than five" of the 80 absences were "unauthorised" or unplanned. live now to mark fairhurst, the national chair of the prison officers' association. thank you so much forjoining us. i just want to first of all get a reaction to this debate about whether the prison was stabbed adequately or not. fit whether the prison was stabbed adequately or not.— adequately or not. of course it wasn't, adequately or not. of course it wasn't. and — adequately or not. of course it wasn't, and these _ adequately or not. of course it wasn't, and these figures - adequately or not. of course it wasn't, and these figures are i adequately or not. of course it. wasn't, and these figures are very confusing from the ministry of justice. they're saying 120 staff are on duty, but they were staff shorts, which means they should have been 200. i can confirm on the morning of the escape, there were only 84 prison officers on duty at wandsworth prison, clearly not safe. they're pushing back and saying everyone was accounted for, these numbers had nothing to do with the
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actual escape of this prisoner. {lit actual escape of this prisoner. of course they have everything to do with the escape of the prisoner. they're with the escape of the prisoner. they�* re clearly not with the escape of the prisoner. they're clearly not within their own limits. the prisoner service works on a 20% effective number of staff being on duty at any one time to account for leave, sickness and training. here at wandsworth, they've already confirmed that 40% were absent, so they're twice above the tolerance level of what was acceptable. quite clearly not acceptable. quite clearly not acceptable-— acceptable. quite clearly not accetable. . ., �* ., . acceptable. what we're also hearing, ou're acceptable. what we're also hearing, you're saying — acceptable. what we're also hearing, you're saying there's _ acceptable. what we're also hearing, you're saying there's a _ acceptable. what we're also hearing, you're saying there's a staff - acceptable. what we're also hearing, you're saying there's a staff sorted i you're saying there's a staff sorted level, but we're also hearing and being told that there's been... there is a challenge to the labour market, but the staffing picture is improving within prisons, with a substantial increase of 700 full—time officers in the 12 months ending june 30, 2023. full—time officers in the 12 months ending june 30,2023. how do you
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respond? ending june 30, 2023. how do you resond? ~ ., ending june 30, 2023. how do you resond? a, ., ,, respond? more government spending. the 've respond? more government spending. they've created _ respond? more government spending. they've created more _ respond? more government spending. they've created more than _ respond? more government spending. they've created more than 4000 - they've created more than 4000 officers and only manage a net gain officers and only manage a net gain of 700. for every four new recruits, we keep only one. 4000 less than we were in 2010, linda's government came into don't be fooled by the hood winking by this government —— when this government. what hood winking by this government -- when this government.— hood winking by this government -- when this government. what needs to ha en when this government. what needs to happen now? — when this government. what needs to happen now? we've — when this government. what needs to happen now? we've seen _ when this government. what needs to happen now? we've seen this - when this government. what needs to j happen now? we've seen this incident go on for days and days. we happen now? we've seen this incident go on for days and days.— go on for days and days. we need to vastly increase _ go on for days and days. we need to vastly increase prison _ go on for days and days. we need to vastly increase prison officers. -- i vastly increase prison officers. —— officers pay. we also need to modernise wing by going to give staff a fighting chance of doing an absolutely amazing job and extremely difficult circumstances. d0 absolutely amazing job and extremely difficult circumstances.— difficult circumstances. do you feel that is going _ difficult circumstances. do you feel that is going to _ difficult circumstances. do you feel
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that is going to happen? _ difficult circumstances. do you feel that is going to happen? it's - difficult circumstances. do you feel that is going to happen? it's not... j that is going to happen? it's not... given the light _ that is going to happen? it's not... given the light of _ that is going to happen? it's not... given the light of the _ that is going to happen? it's not... given the light of the incident. - given the light of the incident. it's happened in other victorian jails, but with the right investment, it can happen it should happen. if nothing changes in the system after all the publicity we're getting in after this massive breach, due to underfunding and understaffing of the entire service because of this government policy and the lack of investment, if nothing changes now, let's be honest — what's he going to take? the - what's he going to take? the justice secretary's _ — what's he going to take? the justice secretary's ordered a review. we're also hearing the lord chancellor has said there will be an independent investigation into the escape. independent investigation into the escae. . h independent investigation into the escae. , independent investigation into the escae. . �*, , , escape. that's welcome, but this government _ escape. that's welcome, but this government have _ escape. that's welcome, but this government have absolutely - escape. that's welcome, but this - government have absolutely decimated every public sector work possible. the prisons are in crisis, the court staff can't cope and the probation service are overworked. the entire
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system is on its knees do to this government, so let's have an independent inquiry and put things right. independent inquiry and put things riuht. ~ independent inquiry and put things riiht. ~' ., , independent inquiry and put things riuht. ~ . , ., ~ independent inquiry and put things riiht. ~' ., , ., 4' ,., independent inquiry and put things riiht. ~' ., , ., right. mark fairhurst, thank you so much forjoining — right. mark fairhurst, thank you so much forjoining us _ right. mark fairhurst, thank you so much forjoining us on _ right. mark fairhurst, thank you so much forjoining us on the - much forjoining us on the programme. national chair of the prison 0fficers' programme. national chair of the prison officers' association speaking to us. lots more coming up in the programme. we got plenty on our website as well and all the stories we covered. bbc .co .uk/ news. stay with us for now. we'll be backin news. stay with us for now. we'll be back in the next few minutes. hello there, good evening. it's been another day of contrasts across the uk, with a band of really quite heavy rain across southern scotland, the central belt, eastern areas of northern ireland and parts of northern england throughout the day. to the north of that weather front, some brightness towards the south, lots of sunshine such as here in bedfordshire. again, it was warm for the time
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of year, and it will turn more humid in the south over the course of the weekend. still, fresher conditions persist further north. some showers just about everywhere, particularly through the day on sunday. still some wet weather to come, too, overnight tonight, but that band of showery rain is gradually starting to weaken. some heavy, thundery downpours move in across the channel islands, maybe into the south—west of england, too in time for tomorrow morning. a range of temperatures — mid to high single figures towards the north, 12 or 13 degrees celsius 12 or 13 degrees celsius in the south, where we're drawing in more of a south—easterly wind, pushing that humid air towards us from the near continent. here, we'll see the best of the day, sunshine again tomorrow, and temperatures could rise to 26 or 27 degrees celsius. largely dry further north, but still a few showers across the north—west of england, where, again, it is going to be feeling cooler. now, we're going to see that humid air hang on through the day on sunday.
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it's going to help to spark off some heavy, thundery downpours towards the south of england. there could be some frequent lightning, particularly as we head into the evening, but that band of showers moves northwards and eastwards. some showers, too, approaching western scotland, where again, it is feeling fresher, but the humid air hangs on towards the south and the east. now, throughout the day on sunday, that band of thundery rain is just set to push northwards and eastwards. we'll see some cold fronts just push through from the west on monday. this is likely to give us some heavy rain at times, but it will sweep away that humid air, to be replaced with something a lot fresher as we head into the start of next week. various weather fronts waiting out in the atlantic. it is going to be really very unsettled, but some sunshine ahead of that band of rain on monday. some sunny spells behind, but also a rash of showers, too. temperatures starting to drop, and that humid air will be replaced by the cooler conditions as we head through monday night and into tuesday. so, the details still likely to change as we head through next week, but generally feeling a lot more like autumn. unsettled, wet and windy at times, also cooler. bye— bye.
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this is bbc news. the headlines — plans in the uk to ban the american xl bully dog by the end of the year in response to a recent spate of attacks.
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the uk government will provide up to £500 million to keep a steel plant at port talbot open amid risk to thousands ofjobs. and a year on from mahsa amini's death in custody in iran, we examine her continuing impact on the country. the uk prime minister says his government will ban the american xl bully dog by the end of the year. the breed has been blamed for a series of attacks on people in recent years. rishi sunak�*s announcement follows the death of a man in staffordshire who was set upon by two dogs thought to be xl bullies. a 30—year—old man has been arrested on suspicion of manslaughter. phil mackie reports. another victim of the american bully xl — ian price, a 52—year—old local businessman, who was killed outside his home last night. this was the aftermath of the attack, which involved two dogs. although neighbours did their best to pull them off, his injuries were so severe he couldn't be saved.
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