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local officials say areas of the central part of the strip have been hit. the uk health secretary, wes streeting hits back at tech billionaire, elon musk, after his social media attacks on the uk government's response to grooming gangs. the 82nd golden globes will take place in los angeles later — wicked, emilia perez, conclave, and the brutalist are all in the running for top prizes. hello, i'm martine croxall. heavy snow and freezing rain is causing widespread disruption across the uk with amber warnings in place in parts of northern england and the midlands. forecasters say up to a0 centimetres of snow could fall in some places, and temperatures overnight fell as low as minus 11 celsius. after earlier closures
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due to snow and ice, the runways at liverpool, manchester and leeds bradford airports have now reopened but there are warnings of more delays and disruption to come. sharon barbour has more. after days of waiting, it finally arrived overnight, creating picturesque but also hazardous scenes. yorkshire had some of the heaviest snowfall. this is leeds. and rotherham was completely carpeted. north wales has also received some of the thickest snowfall where police have advised against any non—essential travel. here in yorkshire we woke up to very beautiful scenes, but it's very treacherous on the pavement and especially in places on the roads and warnings, of course, to take care if you have to head out. many are enjoying the snow here, but some are worried about their journeys ahead.
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it was actually quite exciting because i love doing snowballs with my sister, but it's a bit hard because we're going today and we don't want it to be too icy. well, i'm not enjoying it very much at all. i want to get the train, but the trains are delayed. so, the weather, eh? in nearby harrogate, the snow ploughs have been out, but people have already had their travel plans disrupted. we're going to stay put. we've been driving from scotland down to brighton and we stopped off last night. looked at the weather forecast. but we're going to stay put, just enjoy the weather and then just travel safely back down south tomorrow. i can't get to the airport. i've booked an uber but they've cancelled it and i'm trying to book another one and i'm to book another one and i'm waiting for a driver to appear. waiting for a driver to appear. manchester airport has now manchester airport has now reopened after being closed reopened after being closed overnight, but train services overnight, but train services are being affected across are being affected across the north and the west, the north and the west, and how long it will last and how long it will last
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remains to be seen. remains to be seen. sharon barbour, bbc news. sharon barbour, bbc news. let's go live now to let's go live now to west yorkshire, and our west yorkshire, and our correspondent nicky schiller correspondent nicky schiller who's there for us. who's there for us. i hope you have put your gloves i hope you have put your gloves on. it's no whether to be on. it's no whether to be barehanded. what's it like now? barehanded. what's it like now? there we have had some good news in we have had some good news in the last half an hour because the last half an hour because leeds bradford airport which leeds bradford airport which has been closed or morning has has been closed or morning has reopened. we saw pictures of reopened. we saw pictures of the snowplough is trying to the snowplough is trying to clear the runway. that has now clear the runway. that has now happened. however, there is happened. however, there is such a build—up of people, such a build—up of people, particularly in the departure particularly in the departure lounge, that they are going to lounge, that they are going to have to manage which flights have to manage which flights take off when and how they get take off when and how they get in through the security. so disruption continues. there is also knock—on disruption at manchester airport and also liverpool airport. the advice from the airlines is to check
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before you travel. however, express. the pennines is where the majority of this snow has fallen. there is concern there could be up to a0 centimetres there. just up the road in bingley, there were 16 centimetres overnight. some issues on the rail into scotland on scotrail and down
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in the south—west on gwr. we have to manage which flights are still in this amber alert tak still when and how they get have to manage which flights tak still in ten and how they get have to manage which flights tak still in this |nd how they get have to manage which flights tak still in this |nd ho\ alert' get are still in this amber alert area. it is in force until area. it is in force until midnight tonight. it covers midnight tonight. it covers yorkshire but up to yorkshire but up to northumberland and up to northumberland and up to carlisle. there are still carlisle. there are still concerns there. down in the concerns there. down in the south, the issue is that the south, the issue is that the snow is melting and there is a snow is melting and there is a lot of rain, so there are lot of rain, so there are yellow warnings, which are not yellow warnings, which are not as high as the amber one here as high as the amber one here but there are concerns about but there are concerns about the rain down the areas and the rain down the areas and possible flooding because of possible flooding because of the melting snow. i have to the melting snow. i have to say, the snow has stopped here say, the snow has stopped here but it is rain in the snow is but it is rain in the snow is starting to melt. it is starting to melt. it is dropping off the trees. that dropping off the trees. that means travel is returning. you means travel is returning. you can see that cars are back on can see that cars are back on the road here. but there is the road here. but there is still a concern that people who still a concern that people who do go out on the road need to do go out on the road need to be careful, particularly if the be careful, temperatures drop again. this water on the road could turn to ice and you could skid. the
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in the united states, has said it is waving exchange fees for a number of travellers because they are expecting disruption at a number of airports across the mid united states. parts of kansas, with the wind chill, they are talking about it feeling like —29 celsius in parts of the country. this is all due to arctic air which has come down from the north. it is now blowing across the united states, bringing severe weather and potentially severe disruption with it. this goes down as far as the state of florida, known as the sunshine state, where they have been one to expect treacherous conditions as well. what are forecasters _ conditions as well. what are forecasters saying _ conditions as well. what are forecasters saying about. conditions as well. what are i forecasters saying about what is causing this whether? it’s is causing this whether? it's caused by — is causing this whether? it's caused by arctic _ is causing this whether? it�*s caused by arctic conditions coming down from the north pole, that wind and cold temperatures have come further south effectively and are now affecting the united states. that is what has brought this extremely cold weather with it
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and potentially quite significant levels of disruption across large swathes of the united states. you are talking something like 30 or so states and weather alerts. that is a significant part of the united states, tens of millions of people who are going to be affected. . ~ of people who are going to be affected. ., ~ , ., of people who are going to be affected. . ~' , ., , of people who are going to be affected. ., ~ , ., , . affected. thank you very much from washington. _ in gaza the hamas—run health ministry says israeli airstrikes have killed more than 200 people since thursday. at least 10 palestinians are reported to have been killed overnight. israel says it's targeting hamas fighters and infrastructure. the attacks come after prime minister benjamin netanyahu said that israel planned to resume indirect talks with hamas to end the war. 0ur correspondentjonah fisher gave us this update from jerusalem. yeah, those strikes continued overnight, as you mentioned, in the central part of gaza in particular, we are hearing reports that at least 10 people were killed in several strikes around the central part of gaza. also reports of strikes elsewhere.
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it has clearly been a very bloody few days in both central and northern gaza. the hamas—run ministry of health put out one of their regular updates this morning, saying that 88 people had been killed in the last 2a hours, bringing the total to to more than 200 since thursday. we've heard also from the idf in the last 2a hours, it's clear that they have been striking a lot of targets as well. they said they'd hit about 100 sites in the last over the weekend, and that some of those sites that they've been targeting had been sites that had been used to launch projectiles, rockets out of gaza towards israel, so that some of the places which they've been going for is trying to hit those areas where those rockets are being launched out of. ukraine has launched a new offensive in kursk a region of russia it partially occupied in a lightning
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incursion five months ago. its forces fanned out in three directions from their main base at sudzha. president zelensky�*s chief—of—staff said russia was getting what it deserved. in recent weeks, moscow has been trying to squeeze the ukrainians out of kursk, with the support of north korean troops. our correspondent in kyiv, will vernon gave the latest. well, this operation is still in its early days, early hours, really. the russian defence ministry, in a statement earlier said that ukraine launched this offensive in the kursk region at around 8:00 this morning local time, and that fighting was ongoing. and you mentioned the head of the ukrainian presidential administration, andrey yermak, he didn't confirm the operation in a post on social media, but he did hint at it saying there was good news from kursk region and that the russians were getting what they deserved. i've also been reading some of the pro—kremlin military bloggers. they've also been saying that ukraine has launched a major operation in the kursk region.
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but of course, there's a lot we don't know. we don't know what scale this is on and whether it will lead to any change whatsoever in ukraine's pretty tenuous position on the battlefield. how likely is it to change what's happening on the front line in kursk, though? well, it's difficult to say at this stage. i mean, ukraine is on the defensive in kursk region. they launched that shock incursion into the kursk region back in august, managed to seize quite a large chunk of territory. at the time, it wasn't entirely clear what the intention was. there was speculation that perhaps they were trying to draw russian forces away from other parts of the battlefield in the east of the country, for example. president zelensky later said that the operation was designed to be used as a bargaining chip in any future peace talks with russia. but the ukrainians made pretty good progress. but then russian forces
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counterattacked, and in recent weeks ukraine has been losing ground in the kursk region. russian forces, of course, have been bolstered by the presence of several thousand troops from north korea. so ukraine has been on the back foot in the kursk region. russia hasn't managed to knock them out of the area altogether. ukraine has hung on. it has hung on, for example, onto the key town of sudzha. so we'll have to see whether this new operation that appears to have been launched today will make any difference. if it'll be able to be sustained, right? because ukrainian forces badly need a victory. morale here is low. ukraine is losing ground in the east of the country. russia has made significant gains there. so ukrainians really need to show to their own people here, to western countries and most importantly of all, to the incoming donald trump administration, that they can still mount offensive operations and they can still win, they can still achieve victories, even ones that
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are relatively small. the health secretary, wes streeting, has accused elon musk of a "disgraceful smear" after he attacked labour over the grooming gangs scandal. the tech tycoon called the home office minister, jess philips, "a rape apologist" after she rejected a request for a national inquiry into child sexual exploitation in 0ldham. there have been past inquiries into the issue. here's our political correspondent, harry farley. come here. take over, elon, just take over. the richest man in the world and owner of the social media site x, elon musk will have a key role in donald trump's administration. but he's also supported nigel farage's reform uk party and has made controversial attacks on keir starmer, saying he was complicit in the rape of britain and the labour minister, jess phillips, over her refusal to hold a new public inquiry into child sexual abuse by grooming gangs. it's a disgraceful smear,
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keir starmer and jess phillips, by the way, who have both been on the receiving end of completely illjudged and ill founded criticism, are people who have done in their professional lives more than most people will ever do to lock up paedophiles, rapists, wife beaters and every other kind of scumbag in our society. but nigel farage said musk was a hero who was right to raise the issue. what has happened to our country? - how could this possibly have happened? - why did everybody. want to cover it up? drip feed, drip feed, dripfeed~ _ no big, full national public inquiry. - jess phillips. jess phillips has denied that the conservative . administration before equally denied that. i but the question that i... and by the way, our americanj friends, ouramerican friends, and musk is one of them, look at what's happened i with utter disbelief. there have been several inquiries into child sexual abuse, including in rotherham in 201a, in telford and a seven—year national review that published its final report in 2022.
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labour say the recommendations that made were not implemented by the last government. the conservatives argue the review was not robust enough. they denied playing politics with the issue. the grooming gangs task force that rishi sunak set up has led to over 500 arrests of gang rape perpetrators, but has also uncovered this problem has not finished and that's why it's — because of those reasons — that's why it's so important we now have a proper national statutory inquiry looking at all of this. injust over two weeks, elon musk will be part of trump's us government, increasing his already enormous influence. but it's his interventions in british politics that worry labour ministers here, whether and how they respond could dominate the weeks ahead. harry farley, bbc news. meanwhile in the past few hours, elon musk has taken aim at nigel farage — writing on x that he "doesn't have what it takes" to lead reform uk. the pair met
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in december at donald trump's mar—a—lago resort, amid reports that mr musk was considering donating up to $100 million to reform uk. and mr farage has recently defended the billionaire over his attacks on the uk government over its handling of grooming gangs. however, he distanced himself from mr musk�*s support forjailed political activist tommy robinson. and in a post on x on sunday mr musk said: "the reform party needs a new leader. farage doesn't have what it takes." in the past few minutes nigel farage himself has responded saying that mask�*s statement is a surprise and that elon is a remarkable individual but on this i am afraid i disagree. i hope you following all of that. now it's time for a look at today's sport.
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liverpool's game against manchester united... under threat because of the weather in the north west of england... will go ahead as planned at anfield injust over two hours' time. the club held two safety meetings with liverpool council to assess the stadium and travel conditions for fans. but the game will kick off at a.30 local time. that follows fulham against ipswich... which is about 15 minutes old at craven cottage. ipswich the lead in the first half. this is ipswich arriving. two teams having very different season so far. liverpool five points clear at the top of the table. manchester united 1ath as the two rivals meet once again. they have much better players in my opinion in the league table shows. it's going to take a while for him to bring his other players. i don't know.
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but they will definitely go up and they are much, much, much better than the league table shows at the moment. they are anxious and sometimes afraid on the pitch so we have to cope with that. we need the leaders to step up to help the other guys and i am the most responsible person here to improve the performance. so, this is a difficult moment and that will help the players to be better. south africa have enforced the follow on against pakistan on day three of the second test in cape town. babar azam top—scored with 58 for pakistan as they were all out for 19a in response to the home side's mammoth first innings total of 615. pakistan have made a much better start to their second pakistan have lost no wickets. both openers having passed 50 the difference between the two sides now under 250 rounds.
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elsewhre, australia surged to victory on day three of the fifth test in sydney to beat india by six wickets and win the five—match series 3—1. fast bowler scott boland took 6 for a5 with india adding just 16 runs to their overnight score to be bowled out for 157. australia reached their target of 162 in just 27 overs to regain the border—gavaskar trophy. the result also sees pat cummins' side qualify for the world test championship final at lord's injune... when they will face south africa. team usa won tennis' united cup for the second time after beating poland in sunday's final in sydney. taylor fritz overcame hubert hurkacz 6—a, 5—7, 7—6 in an epic 2 hour, 19 minute encounter to give his team an unassailable 2—0 lead and take the trophy. usa were champions in the inaugural event in 2023, but it was heartbreak again for poland, who were beaten by germany in last year's final. earlier, coco gauff beat iga swiatek 6—a, 6—a in the first singles game. earlier, world number
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one aryna sabalenka won the brisbane international in an ideal warm—up for her australian open title defence. the belarusian didn't have things all her own way in the final but eventually prevailed over her russian opponent polina kudermetova in three sets for an 18th career title. later this month sabalenka will seek to become the first woman to win three consecutive australian 0pens since martina hingis in the late 1990s. iam i am definitely super happy to finally win this trophy. it is a really important tournament before heading to the australian open and the final match was a bit tricky. everyone was just like overheating and i am really curious about the average spade. i am curious about the average spade. iam really curious about the average spade. i am really glad that i got this win. in the men's tournament... it didn't take long forjiri lehecka to claim his second atp title as his final
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against reilly 0pelka in brisbane lasted all of 15 minutes. the american who's struggled with injuries throughout his whole career... was forced to retire due to back issues when he was a—1 down in the first set. and that's all the sport for now. six days of events to mark the funeral of the 30 ninth us presidentjimmy carter have begun in his home state, georgia. these are live pictures from the state capital atlanta, where his body will lie in state until it's taken to washington on tuesday — ahead of his burial on thursday. joining me live is our correspondent carl nasman who's in atlanta, georgia. as you can see behind me, scores of people coming out to pay their respects in person to former presidentjimmy carter here at the carter centre and presidential library in atlanta. as you mention, his body will be lying in state
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here 2a hours a day until tuesday. many people coming here reflecting on the former president's accomplishments, in office and out of office, four decades of humanitarian work. also speaking about his character, that is what stands out to a lot of people here. we have been speaking to well—wishers as they show up. here's a bit of what they had to say. it here's a bit of what they had to sa . , ., ., , ., to say. it brought a smile to m face to say. it brought a smile to my face in _ to say. it brought a smile to my face in the _ to say. it brought a smile to my face in the midst - to say. it brought a smile to my face in the midst of - to say. it brought a smile to my face in the midst of me | my face in the midst of me feeling _ my face in the midst of me feeling sad. because i'm here fora — feeling sad. because i'm here for a reason. feeling sad. because i'm here fora reason. i feeling sad. because i'm here fora reason. lam here feeling sad. because i'm here for a reason. lam here because i want _ for a reason. lam here because i want to— for a reason. lam here because i want to pay my respects to this— i want to pay my respects to this great man and his wife and i watched — this great man and his wife and i watched the whole family, his wife, _ i watched the whole family, his wife, miss rosalynn, so i feel good — wife, miss rosalynn, so i feel good today. he wife, miss rosalynn, so i feel good today-— good today. he worked to eradicate _ good today. he worked to eradicate diseases, - good today. he worked to eradicate diseases, he - good today. he worked to - eradicate diseases, he founded the carter— eradicate diseases, he founded the carter centre, _ eradicate diseases, he founded the carter centre, he _ eradicate diseases, he founded the carter centre, he won- eradicate diseases, he founded the carter centre, he won a - the carter centre, he won a noble — the carter centre, he won a noble peace _ the carter centre, he won a noble peace prize. - the carter centre, he won a noble peace prize. all- the carter centre, he won ai noble peace prize. all these things _ noble peace prize. all these things he _ noble peace prize. all these things. he was— noble peace prize. all these things. he was really- noble peace prize. all these i things. he was really important and i_ things. he was really important and i think_ things. he was really important and i think it's _ things. he was really important and i think it's important - things. he was really important and i think it's important that. and i think it's important that younger— and i think it's important that younger people _ and i think it's important that younger people like - and i think it's important that younger people like me - and i think it's important that. younger people like me continue to learn— younger people like me continue to learn about _ younger people like me continue to learn about him _ younger people like me continue to learn about him and _
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younger people like me continue to learn about him and the - to learn about him and the things— to learn about him and the things that _ to learn about him and the things that he _ to learn about him and the things that he did - to learn about him and the things that he did while . to learn about him and the things that he did while hej to learn about him and the - things that he did while he was alive — things that he did while he was alive ll— things that he did while he was alive. . , , , things that he did while he was alive. ., , , , ., ., alive. it was deeply moving and i was surprised _ alive. it was deeply moving and i was surprised that _ alive. it was deeply moving and i was surprised that i _ alive. it was deeply moving and i was surprised that i cried. - alive. it was deeply moving and i was surprised that i cried. i i i was surprised that i cried. i really surprised. i adored president carter but i didn't do anything about it. you just yell elite might love your president usually. fin yell elite might love your president usually. on tuesday those commemorations - president usually. on tuesday those commemorations will i president usually. on tuesday - those commemorations will move to washington, dc as the remains of the former president will be flown there and placed in the capitol dome. 0n the january the 9th that is when we will see their national funeral there are many at the national cathedral. many residents in attendance, past and future, we know that donald trump will be there, the bombers, the clintons. jimmy carter was a friend and political ally. —— president 0bama will be there.
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. 0ne president 0bama will be there. . one of president 0bama will be there. . 0ne ofjimmy president 0bama will be there. .0ne ofjimmy carter's final wishes was thatjoe biden deliver the eulogy speech at his memorial service. that is a bit of what we are expecting. here at atlanta, the president, one of the most famous people to come out of georgia. so many people coming out laying flowers, many wanting to see the president in person for a final time and say their goodbyes. antony blinken has arrived in south korea, mr blinken is due to hold talks on monday. it isn't clear who is in charge in south korea. investigators have been trying to arrest the impeached president but his bodyguards have prevented that
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from taking place, saying that he is still president and they will continue to protect him. meanwhile, mass protests, both forand meanwhile, mass protests, both for and against the president have been taking place over the last few weeks in seoul. we will keep an eye on that picture. this is bbc news. hello there. good afternoon. across the southern half of the uk, the snow where we've seen it has now turned back to rain. and there's been some added snow melt too, in that milder feeling air. but across northern england there is still an amber met 0ffice weather warning in force for snow. and that covers these areas, particularly the higher ground of the pennines and the cumbrian fells, where we could still see some more accumulations of sleet, a mix of rain and some wet snow i think towards lower levels, but the possibility of some drifting snow still too, with brisk easterly winds across the higher ground, some of the snow making its way into the southern uplands, but a sunshine for northern scotland perhaps. it remains windy towards coastal areas and there'll be a lot of spray with that snow melt and extra rain across the southern half
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of england and wales, where it's mild, 12 or 13 c, but it remains very cold further north. and the milder air never quite gets here either, so it's likely that we'll see everything refreeze onto the roads and the pavements through the overnight period with that colder feeling air. so lots of ice into tomorrow morning and again, plenty of rain at times just curling across the midlands and into east anglia by the time we get to the start of the day tomorrow. so icy surfaces still mild though in the far south and east. so next week an icy start is going to be an issue, i think into monday morning for many and it will stay cold. it's going to turn colder too where we've had that milder air across east anglia and south east england. as that low curls away and we draw down the northerly wind again on monday. so it's another blustery day, particularly for these north sea facing coasts. some rain here to start that moves away.
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wintry showers across eastern scotland running down through northeast england. perhaps also some wintriness in these showers across northern ireland into many parts of wales and down through the moors. temperatures dipping throughout the day across east anglia, southeast england and elsewhere. i don't think we'll get much past 2 or 3 c, so there'll be a widespread frost on monday night into tuesday, as those winds inland tend to lighten. we're staying in the cold air as we head through the rest of the week. take a look at wednesday. this area of low pressure could start to graze the southern part of england and on the leading edge, there could possibly be a little bit of snow on it as well. so the possibility of some snow in the south. but generally speaking, its quiet next week, there will be overnight frost again, some icy surfaces, but also some sunshine and very cold.
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this is bbc news, the headlines... a severe weather alert is in place for parts of northern england and wales after heavy snow overnight. the conditions are causing widespread travel disruptions on roads and railways, as well as power cuts aross the country. manchester, liverpool and leeds bradford airports have reopened after they were closed for a few hours due to the heavy snow, but passengers are warned of continued delays while staff work to de—ice and clear walkways. and elon musk has taken aim at reform uk leader, nigel farage — writing on x that he "doesn't have what it takes" to lead the party. mr farage has responded to the comments, calling them a surprise. and the red carpet is ready
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to welcome the stars for the 82nd golden globes will take place in los angeles later — wicked, emilia perez, conclave, and the brutalist are all in the running for top prizes. hello. let's return to the widespread disruption across the uk due to heavy snow and freezing rain. there are amber warnings in place in parts of northern england and the midlands. forecasters say up to a0 centimetres of snow could fall in some places. my colleague at the bbc weather centre, nicky, how is it looking now. martin, it is raining here in leeds and the snow is beginning to melt. it is turning to that sludgy stuff you get after you have had a downfall of snow. we
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are still in the amber alert.

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