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and saddened by the they are shocked and saddened by the death of edward pettifer. let's get more now on the severe weather warning across large parts of the uk. the met office says there's a risk of disruption from heavy snow and freezing rain this weekend. snow has already started falling in the west of the country, up to 40cm of snow is forecast in parts of the pennines, with 15—30cm expected in wales and the peak district. bristol airport has suspended its operations this evening due to the conditions.
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for more on this now, i'm joined by our weather presenter ben rich. the snow is now fallen and clients and disruption in some parts of the uk, particularly in the south and west. for many it's the mix of rain late in snow, so it helps to look at the bigger picture, so i have some graphics here for you to look at. , we have cold air in place, where cold airfor we have cold air in place, where cold air for the last few days, which mild airthat is mild air that is pushing in. the yellow mild air that is pushing in. the yellow colours mild air that is pushing in. the yellow colours are mild air that is pushing in. the yellow colours are starting to cause the issues. i the yellow colours are starting to cause the issues.— to cause the issues. i am the boundaries, _ to cause the issues. i am the boundaries, we've _ to cause the issues. i am the boundaries, we've got - to cause the issues. i am the boundaries, we've got a - to cause the issues. i am the - boundaries, we've got a weather front, which as we have heard is bringing some significant snow. on the southern edge, we have milder air pushing in, on the isle of scilly it is 13 celsius are certainly not snowing in that part of the country. that milder air trying to work in, the colder air sitting in place and our met office amber warnings which cover parts of wales, the midlands, that warning is full
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snow and ice because we've got a mix of rain, sleet and snow falling. we've got a mix of freezing rain which can turn services into ice rinks and can be very dangerous indeed. the snow warning is valid right into tomorrow. many southern and western parts in the country. rain on the far south—west but a lot of snow in the parts of wales, the midlands, and into northern england, 30 to a0 centimetres of snow falling into the night into tomorrow, some of that snow will get into eastern parts of northern ireland and eastern parts of scotland, yellow warnings in force here for snow and ice, yellow warnings in force here forsnow and ice, again yellow warnings in force here for snow and ice, again that could cause some travel issues. some people watching will be wondering how much worse is it going to get over the coming hours and days? it going to get over the coming hours and days?— hours and days? it depends where you _ hours and days? it depends where you are. _ hours and days? it depends where you are. in _ hours and days? it depends where you are. in northernl where you are. in northern england, it is going to keep getting worse through the night and into tomorrow because it is going to stay cold enough there for snow to keep falling,
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particularly over the hills, top of the pennines, a0 centimetres of snow, that can cut of rural communities, power cuts are possible, obviously problems on roads and rail. some snow will get into northern ireland, south—east scotland. further is now —— further south in the uk, the snow will turn back to rain. rain of course causes its own problems, can cause flooding, particularly combined with any smelting snow, so parts of wales and the midlands you have to watch out for that tomorrow. southern areas are going to get better, northern areas will probably get worse. find better, northern areas will probably get worse. and we are seeinu probably get worse. and we are seeing parts — probably get worse. and we are seeing parts of— probably get worse. and we are seeing parts of the _ probably get worse. and we are seeing parts of the country, - seeing parts of the country, especially the west and wales being affected by extreme weather several times over the last few months. people wonder is it climate change. you last few months. people wonder is it climate change.— is it climate change. you might wonder whether _ is it climate change. you might wonder whether cold _ is it climate change. you might wonder whether cold weather | is it climate change. you might i wonder whether cold weather can be linked to climate change. we know that world is warming, it has warmed by one celsius since preindustrial times. we can see
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the impact on uk winters, we are seeing less frost, more snow, more heavy rain, which is definitely a product of climate change but really comes down to the difference between the climate and the weather. the climate and the weather. the climate is what you expect over a period of months and years, the weather is what you get every day, so while the climate might be warming over the role, things are changing, but within that we will still get short—term peaks and troughs of cold weather and warm weather and obviously we've got one of those short—term troughs, if you like, of cold weather right now. . ~' you like, of cold weather right now. ., ~ , ., you like, of cold weather right now. ., ~ i. . now. then, thank you so much for explaining _ now. then, thank you so much for explaining all— now. then, thank you so much for explaining all of _ now. then, thank you so much for explaining all of that, - for explaining all of that, thatis for explaining all of that, that is a weather presenter ben richard. teenage sensation luke littler has become the youngest ever world darts champion, after cruising to victory over michael van gerwen in the final at alexandra palace in london. the 17—year—old threw 12180s in the match, to claim the £500,000 prize. littler shot to fame last year when he finished runner—up in the event aged just 16. but the teenager from warrington, north west england, pulled through as the favourite
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to go one better this year. speaking to our colleagues at bbc breakfast, the new world champion talked about how he felt druing the final. i just felt very confident going into last night. i didn't put any pressure on myself, ijust said to myself whatever happens happens. did you enjoy it? you looked like you were enjoying it. yeah, it's another big occasion. obviously, it's back—to—back finals for myself and like you said, i enjoyed myself, i didn't put any pressure on myself. luke, we can see the trophy behind you there, it's quite a big one. now, i went to your house, what, about a month ago now? so before all this started, and you have already got an absolutely packed trophy cabinet. where are you going to put it? are you going to have to extend? i think so, i think we might have to get a special cabinet for it. if not, it willjust go on the
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floor in the living room. bobby george, former professional darts player, gave us his analysis of the final, speaking to my colleague martine croxall. i really enjoyed it. the boy played extremely well. michael didn't play bad but he missed too many in the first set. he missed two darts and he missed another. he scored not bad, but he didn't get to a double quick enough. luke outscored him, so if you outscore your opponent, so you've got time to go out on the shot, you are going to beat him, and that's what luke done. the 180s, the a0s, the finishing, double top, double ten. that double ten, it's like he's got a magnet in it. i ain't seen him miss it yet, or through the tournament. he's got a gift, a marvellous gift to play darts. for a young guy to do it, it's good for the game, really,
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because there are loads of youngsters out there want to be luke littlers. but michael got to the final again. he got a—0 down and he was shocked. he didn't know where he was. he isn't going to win a set. then he started. he won three sets, but like that reporter said, when luke wanted double 16, which he never leads double 16, he normally leads double ten, but he thought, no, i will go for it, and he got it with his third dart, but he was actually blocking it with his first two and he got through the first two into the double 16. it's great. i loved it. what do the established players think of this young upstart? it really makes everybody look at their own game, surely? well, when you get a guy can play like that and you are competing,
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you have got to practise more and get to his level, otherwise he will wipe the floor with everyone. michael van gerwen, when he was young, 17, he won the world masters and he won a lot of tournaments, that boy. and we thought, yeah, but we never thought they would be another michael van gerwen come along as quick as he did. we knew he played darts, different opens he won, played in the youth, and one thing and another, but on the ally pally stage last year, he hit everything he went for. he got to the final. people will say, oh, he's a bit lucky, but you can't say he is lucky when he gets to a final. and this year, he just ploughed through them like... it's amazing. i really enjoyed it. it was a match to remember. but then in sport, there are a lot of young guys that can play, footballers are very young, tennis players are very young, so why not dart players be that young? how does he cope with the pressure?
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let's return to the united states on a six—day state funeral of the 39th american presidentjimmy carter. he died last week at the age of 100. former secret site agent transported his remains to the hearse. client —— crowds —— crowds lined the streets. and that is when his motorcade arrived in atlanta, where it was received at the carter center where the hail to the chief him played in the background. carl nasman was following the day's event and sent this report. jimmy carter returning the final time to his childhood
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home. 39 tolls for the 39th president and his family farm, now a museum. president and his family farm, nowa museum. jimmy president and his family farm, now a museum. jimmy carter was born in plains, georgia, population 500, a century ago. it is far cry from the white house. the peanut farm had no running water or electricity. surrounded by his family, the president's motorcade left the hospital he helped build. his neighbours in plains lined the streets. he was catapulted from a relative unknown from the white house —— either white house. before that, as georgia's governor, carter shook up the south, declaring the time for racial discrimination is over. but carter's post—presidency is what earned him the nobel peace prize in 2002. his global work promoting democracy and combating disease is headquartered here in atlanta, where his body will lay in repose for the public to pay their respects. a peanut farmer with
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a presidential legacy. jimmy carter's son james jimmy carter's sonjames reflected on the close friendship developed with his father. ., , ., , father. for the five years i went to — father. for the five years i went to see _ father. for the five years i went to see my _ father. for the five years i went to see my parents i father. for the five years i i went to see my parents three nights, two days, every week for five years. nights, two days, every week forfive years. i nights, two days, every week for five years. i took over the farm from him. he liked that because he was able to boss me around every day. but i actually was able, during that time, to become friends with my parents, something i never expected. to be able to sit down and talk to them like human beings instead of the boss. it was an amazing thing for me, something i will always cherish. �* for me, something i will always cherish. ~ ,, .,~ ., cherish. also speaking at the service was _ cherish. also speaking at the service was jason _ cherish. also speaking at the service was jason carter, - cherish. also speaking at the service was jason carter, the j service was jason carter, the grandson ofjimmy carter. he paid tribute to his grandfather's legacy and thanked those who helped make
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it possible. mil thanked those who helped make it ossible. �* ., , , it possible. all of us has been thinkin: it possible. all of us has been thinking about _ it possible. all of us has been thinking about this _ it possible. all of us has been thinking about this day - it possible. all of us has been thinking about this day and i thinking about this day and planning for it for a long time but it— planning for it for a long time but it is— planning for it for a long time but it is obviously still hard for all_ but it is obviously still hard for all of— but it is obviously still hard for all of us. for us, but it is obviously still hard forall of us. for us, my family. _ forall of us. for us, my family, and i am sure i can see it on— family, and i am sure i can see it on your— family, and i am sure i can see it on your faces for many of you. — it on your faces for many of you. i— it on your faces for many of you, i appreciate that. but just— you, i appreciate that. but just know that while we mourn my grandfather's passing, i know — my grandfather's passing, i know in— my grandfather's passing, i know in my heart and you all do, — know in my heart and you all do. that_ know in my heart and you all do, that his legacy will live on, — do, that his legacy will live on. not _ do, that his legacy will live on, not only because of the miiiions— on, not only because of the millions of people that he touched across the globe but very— touched across the globe but very specifically because of your— very specifically because of your spirit and your knowledge and the — your spirit and your knowledge and the work on the track record _ and the work on the track record that you do every day. carl's been speaking with carter centre chief executive paige alexander. she's been reflecting on today's proceedings. it is quite honestly a celebration of his life. there has been a lot of coverage which is wonderful because i think the reality is that he is the most consequential president
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of my lifetime. and to look at that presidency as well as to be able to look at everything he has been able to do since then, coming to atlanta at this point is his final resting place, his final goodbye to his colleagues that he worked with for a0 years. you are the ceo of the carter centre, talk to us a bit about what makes this unique. not every president has this much impact after they leave the white house. yes, they were involuntarily retired from the white house and they decided that they want to set up something that they could continue to do the good work that they had done. so creating the carter center a0 years ago was an opportunity to bring people together for conflict resolution and to look at global health concerns and all the work they did, whether travelling to a small village in south sudan or chad, it reminded them of their home in plains. this was a lifetime of service and whether it was public service or private it was
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what they wanted to do. why do you think they ended up focusing on the topics they did? a lot of this has to do with democracy, with infectious diseases, why were those important issues for the carters? president carter still had a bully pulpit, after he left the white house there were world leaders who interested conversations with him that they knew they would be discussions that could be carried to the highest levels of government. but also knew they could do it privately. and so to be able to continue doing that and whether it was democracy provision or rule of law, access to information, these were the areas that president carter was interested in. what kind of legacyl do you think you will be remembered for? i think as a humanitarian as well as his sincerity and integrity. at the end of the day, you have politician who would say during a debate, the honourable president ford and i disagree on these issues, you don't hear that now. that was a day and time on something he took into the rest of his life.
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and that moral compass, to be nice to people, to respect people and give people the ability to better themselves was how i think you would like to be remembered. rosalynn passed away last year, now president carter has passed away. what comes next for the carter center without the two of them? they were incredibly intentional, they knew this day would come and as we have been talking about this funeral for decades, he also was making plans internally. we have 3,500 staff members who work in the carter centre across 18 officers overseas and here in atlanta. and that combination of expertise, from all of us who learned at the heels of president carter will continue. and it will continue to be the piecework that we do as do as well as global health. briefly, before i let you go, a lot of talk about his post—presidency. but his time in the white house is also starting to be
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re—evaluated a bit, isn't it? it is. people say he was the best ex—president. but the reality is he was an amazing president who got more legislation through congress, appointed more african—american women and hispanic leaders to judgeships throughout the united states than all previous presidents combined. the alaska wildlife act, the department of energy, department for education, i could go on. there is such a list and i think people are now reassessing that presidency. and that is really a lovely thing for him to see and his family to have heard. paige, ceo of the carter centre, thank you for coming by. the cold weather in the uk may have some people here dreaming of a getaway to warmer climates — but experts are urging people to be vigilant against scammers
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who may be offering deals and prices that are too good to be true. it's a big problem — in 2023, action fraud received more than six—and—a—half thousand reports of holiday related scams — that include ticket and rental fraud. victims lost a total of nearly £12.3 million across the year. that's an average of more than £1800 per victim. georgia poncia has spoken of those who have fallen victim to scammers. are you on the lookout for a cheap holiday? tasha was. i suddenly died inside because it was a week to go and we had nowhere booked. she found an advert for a holiday home on social media and she spoke to the person who posted the advert, asking to see his id and proof that he owned the property. she paid a deposit of £280 upfront, with the rest to be paid on arrival. but closer to the holiday, he went quiet. i suddenly thought, "oh, no, what's happened?" tasha got in touch with the local pub and asked them about the property. it turned out that the person she had paid did not own the house and the current owners regularly have people turning up thinking they'd
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booked a holiday let. my heart sunk and i just felt so disappointed with myself. i cried. i didn't know what to do. and it's notjust fake holiday homes that fraudsters are selling, it's flights as well. ali tried to book flights over the phone through a travel agent that he'd found online. but after giving over his card details, he realised that they'd taken hundreds more than he was quoted on the phone. that's when i realised that this was a scam. i felt very stupid not checking their website or their numbers beforehand. i saw that the money had gone to a company called booking.com, which obviously is a very well— known travel agency website, so they had taken the name of booking.com as well. booking.com says that no legitimate transaction will ever require a customer to share sensitive information like credit card details via e—mail, text or phone.
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some people only realise they have been scammed at the very last minute. kent trading standards told us about one man who got here, to heathrow, before finding out that his tickets were fake. hi, good afternoon. how can i help you? copycat scams are impacting travel agents, too. almost every other day we are facing scams. . zulfiqar has even started a facebook group warning people of the risks and how scammers operate. when someone is scammed, we have lost a client, - that client has lost trust. on travel industry, so we're really worried about that. if you're looking to book a holiday, book it through a reputable site. if possible pay for a credit card, and if you do feel that you've been conned, then contact your bank straight away. fraudsters are using increasingly sophisticated methods to try and scam consumers. so, the message is clear — if it looks too good to be true, it probably is. georgia poncia, bbc news.
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a burnley businessman whose first film took netflix by storm is banking on its sequel being a success too. bank of dave tells the real—life story about how dave fishwick took on the banks and won. and now its sequel sees him tackle a new rival — payday lenders. our entertainment correspondent colin paterson visited the set. cameras set. and action. on the set of bank of dave 2. cut there. the bank of dave. yeah, it's catchy, very catchy. the first film was a huge word—of—mouth hit on netflix at the start of 2023, which led to a sequel and the real—life dave, dave fishwick, was there to show us around. thank you so much. it's just awesome. you enjoying yourself today? i've been enjoying myself ever since we started the first one, i've never stopped enjoying myself. it's just what a bonkers experience to have one movie
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made about your life, but two?! right, rock on! the original film was all about dave's attempts to help the people of burnley by taking on the banks and trying to set up his own. this time, it deals with when he went after payday lenders. and here we are on the film set, look, there's costumes going by, yeah, yeah. that's mine, that dress! how much are you enjoying being part of the movie business? well, it's absolutely fabulous. just to be around the team, i mean, there's 160 people turn up, there's wagons and trucks and things. they're at my house at 6am in the morning, so i'm just getting out of bed, i'm putting on my underpants and downstairs, "action!" action! and taking on the part of dave once again, rory kinnear. i've returned to previous characters on james bond and on tv but it is very nice to be able to slip into a character that you've already done the work in terms of creating and so, yeah, it feels nice and easy to get back into old dave fishwick.
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dave and bond, slightly different. only slightly! for the day's filming, the first direct arena in leeds was doubling as a concert venue in america. that's a wrap. and we caught up with dan fogler, best known for fantastic beasts and where to find them. he'd just shot his final scene. wow, i don't often speak to someone the moment they finish filming for good. how are you feeling? i know, fresh off the set! i'm still on the set! yeah, i'm feeling good. that was the wrap, that your final scene? that was it, man. we did it, we had a lot of fun here. i get to play detective this time so if they take my badge, i've still got my badge, it's very exciting. dan, thank you very much for speaking to us. all right, thank you dave 2. are you straight back to the states now? yes! go get your plane. ok, here i go. also joining the cast this time, chrissy metz, a double golden globe nominee for the tv show this is us. she plays jessica, a crusading journalist. we are trying to take the loan sharks down and i have done a couple of stories
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and a couple of articles on them, so i have a bit of a history, so he's brought me over to take the bad guys down. # pour some sugar on me...# just like in the first film, a def leppard concert plays a crucial part, and in real life, they're one of chrissy�*s favourite bands. i literally saw them in concert and i told them yesterday when i met them. i was like, "hi, my name's chrissy and i love you guys and ijust saw you in nashville," and they were like, "oh." i love to embarrass myself, so... i'm not sure about the rules of the set, are we allowed to keep talking when they're shouting like that? i don't think so. really? i think we should... whispers: should we go quiet? yeah, yeah, yeah. i like the fact there's all that drama and we had to shut up, they filmed about four seconds. people don't understand what it takes to make a movie. theyjust don't get it. at which point her co—star jo hartley, who plays dave's wife, arrived on set. we've got to get out of here. excuse me. are you interviewing...?
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oh, my gosh! the most amazing woman, jo hartley. i've become obsessed with. wait, let me try to do your accent. hiya, hiya. hiya. then dave managed to introduce us to def leppard. in many ways, it reminded me a lot of my favourite british i movies which is things - like the full monty, obviously, and things like brassed off, - and there was a great welsh one about a bingo hall, called i house, and they're all very kind of british low—budget but good feel—good - factor movies, you know, i couldn't believe it. - we hear that there's - going to be a bank of dave 2, we were just like this, i "please, you know, can we be in it again?" because it was such an honour to be in the first one. - i think you have to go and get ready. and i can't wait for bank- of dave three, four and five! and as joe elliott says, it does seem unlikely that this will be the end of the story. will there be a bank of dave 3, do you think? a trilogy now? i'm sure dave will be already giving us the ideas and the treatments.
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i'm surprised if he hasn't already written it himself. colin paterson, bbc news, leeds. cut, great. bank of dave 2 lands on netflix, next friday 10th january. you're watching bbc news. stay with us. stay with us. hello. snow has been falling across parts of the uk. it has been causing disruption, some icy conditions, as well. and i think the problems will go on into sunday. so, met office amber warnings remain in force — those warnings have been covering parts of wales, into the midlands, and also northern england — and i think it is northern england that will bear the brunt of the snowfall as we head through daylight hours on sunday. through the first part of the morning, still some snow falling across high ground, north wales,
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the north midlands. could see 30cm in total for some higher ground here. at lower levels, perhaps turning back to sleet and rain in places, but that snow continuing to fall across northern england, remaining very cold here as we start the day. milder, you'll notice, down to the south west, 12 celsius there in plymouth. now, as we go through the day, where we have that mild air in the south, it will be rain that falls from the sky. quite windy, particularly around the coasts. some really heavy rain setting in once again across parts of wales through the afternoon. snow will continue to affect parts of northern england, particularly over higher ground, maybe more like rain at low levels. some snow into the eastern side of northern ireland, southern and eastern parts of scotland. staying very cold across the northern half of the uk, much milderfurther south, 12—13 celsius. as we head through sunday night, this whole weather system just swirls away eastward. some further snowfall likely across parts of southern scotland, northern england, perhaps down into wales, and the midlands. on the back edge of that weather system, frequent snow showers pushing into some
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northern areas, another cold night. holding onto some milder conditions first thing on monday across the southeast corner. but, as this weather system swings away, it'll take rain with it. behind it, we will start to see some brighter skies developing out towards the west — albeit with a fair few wintry showers. and, with the winds coming down from the north, we will all be back into the cold air through monday afternoon. temperatures by 3pm on monday around 2—5 celsius across most parts of the uk. and, once that cold air sets in, it will be with us for quite some time — our area of low pressure swirling away eastwards, northerly winds, snow showers in that northerly flow. it may be that we see further weather systems pushing in from the south and west, giving some rain, sleet, and snow at times. but certainly a cold week ahead, and there will be some wintry showers.
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live from washington, this is bbc news. the coffin of the former us presidentjimmy carter has arrived in the capital of his home state of georgia, where it will remain until tuesday for the public to pay their respects. members of the royal family send their condolences to the family of a british man killed in the new year's day attack in new orleans. and the biden administration proposes another multi—billion dollar arms sale to israel — despite calls to suspend military backing over the number of civilians killed in gaza.
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hello, i'm helena humphrey. good to have you with us. the body of the late us president jimmy carter has arrived at his presidential library in georgia, as america begins six days of funeral ceremonies to pay respect to its 39th president, who died last week, aged 100. the cortege carrying mr carter's coffin and members of his family made its first stop saturday at the georgia state capitol building in atlanta, where he served as governor duing the 1970s. the procession then carried on to the carter presidential centre. mr carter's body will lie there in repose for the public to pay their respects over the next several days. but, far from the sprawling streets of atlanta, or the monuments of washington — where his funeral will take place on thursday — mr carter's finaljourney began in the same tiny georgia town where he was born — in plains. our carl nasman was there.
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