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hello. i'm tadhg enright. welcome to the programme. we start with the latest developments in the middle east. israel's prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, has warned that a ceasefire dealfor gaza — proposed by mediators and approved by hamas — is a long way from meeting his country's demands. but he's sending israeli negotiators for further talks about the proposal, which would involve a three—phase truce with the goal of a permanent end to the war. it includes the release of israeli hostages in return for palestinian prisoners. thousands of people in gaza are again on the move after israel instructed them to evacuate part of the southern city of rafah. the city is the islamist group's last stronghold in gaza and packed with
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displaced civilians. people there celebrated the announcement that the deal had been accepted by hamas. but israel says it's pressing ahead with its military operations in the area with the idf carrying out targeted strikes in rafah. the un secretary—general, antonio guterres, has urged both israel and hamas to go the extra mile for peace and bring an end to the suffering in gaza. the prospect of an israeli assault has caused an international outcry with aid agencies warning of devastating consequences. let's get this update from our correspondent, fergal keane, in jerusalem. they haven't had reason to dance for a long time. but they haven't forgotten how. even amid uncertainty about israel's position, hope springs.
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across gaza, bbcjournalists captured the reaction... ..of those convinced, perhaps prematurely, that a ceasefire will happen. translation: the feeling is indescribable. _ we're so happy we're going back to our home in gaza city. "we're refugees from the north and we fled here," this young man says. "we're so happy there's a ceasefire." israelis are still absorbing the news. it came late on one of this society's most important days, when — across the country — sirens bring the nation to a halt in memory of the dead of the holocaust... ..a day of reflection in a country traumatised by the hamas attack last october. chanting tonight, on the streets of tel aviv, those who believe healing that trauma
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can begin with a ceasefire deal and the release of israel's hostages. we expect for the israeli government to take this deal, to save all the remaining hostages who are still alive. but after seven months of a war in which israel's army pledged to destroy hamas, a ceasefire deal that fails to accomplish that risks breaking israel's wartime coalition government. israel will send negotiators to talks but won't stop fighting yet. translation: we examine every proposal very seriously _ and we review every possibility on the issue of negotiations and the return of the hostages to their homes as quickly as possible and as a central task. at the same time, we carry on with our operations in the gaza strip and will continue to do so. this morning, the people of eastern rafah awoke to leaflets telling them to evacuate.
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many have been displaced before, but still, they were told to leave — everyone, no matter how old, how young or how vulnerable. to al—mawasi, israel says, and other desolate places beyond rafah. the so—called humanitarian zones were to be expanded. but they've never been safe from sickness, hunger or war. this is the aftermath of raids on rafah last night. people hope these may have been some of the last air strikes if the ceasefire can be made to work. news of the hamas announcement was still hours away.
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nisreen rajah, mother and refugee. for seven months, this has been the daily reality. this orphan, grieved by his relative. "his family was killed during the war," she says. "even he was killed." so many here are grieving and exhausted. late tonight, israel attacked eastern rafah, where they told people to leave. celebration had turned to fear... ..and the hope that tomorrow might bring peace. fergal keane, bbc news, jerusalem. let's get some analysis now — mohamed taha from bbc arabic is here in the studio with me.
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in 04 being with us. this time yesterday the warning went out to people in rafah to leave the area. we have been poised to expect a full—scale invasion of rafah for several weeks now. do you think that is likely to happen regardless of any ceasefire deal? it is something benjamin netanyahu even said when israel's la ceasefire deals on the table. we when israel's la ceasefire deals on the table. we see now that israeli _ deals on the table. we see now that israeli troops _ deals on the table. we see now that israeli troops are _ that israeli troops are advancing towards rafah. there are civilians that are asking to evacuate eastern rafah and to evacuate eastern rafah and to go to khan younis. khan younis is not so. there is fighting there, there are fighters of hamas in khan younis. the other places are not safe as well. this operation started overnight, there were shelling over rafah, eastern rafah and that caused more than 50 people died, and i
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can find more expression than people are exhausted, people are grieving, people are terrified, and the only hospital in the area we came out of service and they cannot accept any more injuries. i5 accept any more injuries. is there any glimmer of hope in hamas at least accepting the ceasefire deal put on the table by the mediators and the fact that israel has ascended so negotiators to talk about it further? mil negotiators to talk about it further? �* , , ., ., further? all the eyes now are tarueted further? all the eyes now are targeted to — further? all the eyes now are targeted to cairo _ further? all the eyes now are targeted to cairo where - targeted to cairo where israelis are sending a delegation today, the americans are there, the categories are there, the egyptians are there. for them to discuss the acceptance of hamas to that proposal. what happened is that israel, they will waiting for a response to the proposal and what happened is that the head
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of the cia with the egyptian put a counterproposal which was accepted by hamas, and that proposal basically was saying that three periods of ceasefire during the second time of ceasefire that should be total and from the israeli truth in discussion for permanent ceasefire and the surprising move that hamas accepted to be desired and the leaders would be moved from gaza tojordan, where we see today a meeting between the king ofjordan and president biden. so there is a wide range of ideas of reaching a permanent ceasefire, and the hope that good news coming from cairo today. hope that good news coming from cairo today-— cairo today. indeed. something we do all hope _
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cairo today. indeed. something we do all hope for _ cairo today. indeed. something we do all hope for president - we do all hope for president biden is also due to speak to benjamin netanyahu by phone. one can only imagine that that call, on the call he will urge him to find some way of making peace. him to find some way of making eace. , ., .., , him to find some way of making eace. , ., , ~ peace. yes, of course. ithink president _ peace. yes, of course. ithink president biden _ peace. yes, of course. ithink president biden will- peace. yes, of course. ithink president biden will call- president biden will call netanyahu and tell him, come on, you have to find a way to accept this ceasefire. we have got to bring the hostages back home. there is an election coming in the us and we want to end this headache. can you see the situation in the american universities? it is going to be escalating a lot. we have two serve the israeli security interests are not your own personal interests and staying in power. he will tell him all of these stories to urge him to accept the ceasefire. {lilia of these stories to urge him to accept the ceasefire. 0k, thank ou for accept the ceasefire. 0k, thank you forjoining _ accept the ceasefire. 0k, thank you forjoining us _ accept the ceasefire. 0k, thank you forjoining us with - accept the ceasefire. 0k, thank you forjoining us with that - you forjoining us with that analysis. let's get some of the day's other news now.
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officials in the south african city of george say more than 50 construction workers remain trapped under the rubble of a building that's collapsed. two people are known to have died in the incident, the causes of which are not yet known. 22 people have been pulled to safety and taken to hospital. the united states has called on rwanda to punish military forces who attacked a refugee camp in eastern congo last week, killing at least nine people. washington believes both rwandan regular forces and m23 rebels took part in the attack in the city of goma. rwanda described the us claims as "ridiculous". voting in the third round of india's general election is under way. 11 states and territories go to the polls on tuesday. the election is usually held every five years in april and may, but this year, voters are dealing with one of india's hottest summers on record. the us aviation authority has opened a new investigation into the plane maker boeing.
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it comes after the company acknowledged that some of its employees may have failed to carry out proper quality inspections on its 787 dreamliners. the justice department is also conducting a criminal investigation into a mid—air emergency involving a boeing 737 in january. we'll have more on that story in about 20 minutes' time in business news. more trouble for boeing because the company's first crewed space flight was postponed just two hours before launch for a safety check. astronauts butch wilmore and suni williams in position inside the starliner when the decision to halt was made because of a potential issue with an oxygen relief valve. the spacecraft had been expected to blast off from cape canaveral and make its way to the international space station. this is the moment the launch was halted.
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modra. the engineering team has evaluated the vehicle is not in configuration where we can can proceed with the flight today so we are going to initiate our scrub and recycle operation. but all i want to say first that _ but all i want to say first that good things are worth waiting _ that good things are worth waiting for and we will get a chance _ waiting for and we will get a chance to see that rocket and spacecraft lift off the pad here _ spacecraft lift off the pad here soon. it was really impressive to watch the launch team _ impressive to watch the launch team is— impressive to watch the launch team is issue popped up, the count— team is issue popped up, the count had _ team is issue popped up, the count had been going very smoothly, and they spotted the issue. _ smoothly, and they spotted the issue, they follow their flight rules— issue, they follow their flight rules and made the decision to scruh— rules and made the decision to scrub so— rules and made the decision to scrub so they could do more troubleshooting and decide what we were — troubleshooting and decide what we were going to do next. we still have _ we were going to do next. we still have to gather more data, we don't — still have to gather more data, we don't have a definitive plan for you — we don't have a definitive plan for you yet. that will come as soon — for you yet. that will come as soon as— for you yet. that will come as soon as we _ for you yet. that will come as soon as we can provided, but the team _ soon as we can provided, but the team will be working through that really soon. personal information about serving members of the uk armed forces has been accessed from a system used by the ministry of defence.
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it's not known who is behind the breach or what the data may be used for. those affected are being offered specialist assistance. more details from our political correspondent alex forsyth. a third party has accessed in an unauthorised fashion a payroll system used by the ministry of defence. this system is run by an external contractor, so this is not the main ministry of defence computer, and no operational detail has been obtained, but what has been accessed is personal details of serving members of the armed forces, mostly names and bank account details, but also in a very small i am told number of cases, some addresses as well. these are people currently serving in the royal navy and army and raf, but also, some veterans as well. we are not sure yet sure it has not been confirmed yet who is behind this are what that data is being used for, but it is clearly a very significant
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break. ministry of defence took action so that system has been taken off—line and there are clearly investigations going on to ascertain the scale of this send any more information behind it. the ministry of defence is in the process of contacting the people who were involved, whose information was accessed. i am told it is hmic style personal information that was accessed. the mod is looking at ways that it can support and advise all those individuals, also talking to veterans groups, the number of people involved were former members of the armed forces. we also understand uk defence secretary grant shapps is due to update on mps and house of commons on this tomorrow and set out a plan, an action plan, a response plan, but a plan to ensure the rejection of all serving men and women in the armed forces. so i think this is clearly a very significant development, clearly quite a lot still to be learned about exactly what has happened. we are very likely to hear much
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more about it in the house of commons tomorrow, but i suspect a lot of questions from mps who are concerned at what has happened and want someone information. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news.
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two british women accused of being part of a global monkey torture network will appear in court today. they are facing charges under the obscene publications act and for causing unnecessary suffering to a protected animal. the charges relate to the women's alleged involvement in a monkey torture ring, which was undercovered in a year—long bbc eye investigation. rebecca henschke reports. from their homes in the quiet suburbs, the women are accused of consuming, causing and facilitating the torture of baby monkeys over the internet.
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55 your grandmother adrianna was arrested in october 2022. her phone and computer were confiscated. the second woman is 37—year—old holly from kidderminster. the charges they are facing relate to the alleged involvement in a global monkey torture ring. a bbc i investigation uncovered private groups for the westerners were paying people in indonesia to kill and torture baby monkeys on video. i kill and torture baby monkeys on video. . , on video. i have been investigating - on video. i have been investigating wildlife | on video. i have been - investigating wildlife crime for 22 years and it sickens me to say this is standout, unequivocally the worst case that i have ever investigated or ever seen. that i have ever investigated or everseen. in that i have ever investigated or ever seen.— or ever seen. in the united states, michael— or ever seen. in the united | states, michael mccartney, or ever seen. in the united - states, michael mccartney, the ringleader of the group, is facing up to five years in jail. he pleaded guilty to
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charges of conspiracy to create and distribute extreme animal abuse videos. he called himself the torture king. admitting his role to the bbc. i am the man. you want to see monkeys get messed up, i can bring it to you. but everything comes at a price. you. but everything comes at a rice. ., ., ., ., price. you ran one of the biggest _ price. you ran one of the biggest groups _ price. you ran one of the biggest groups in - price. you ran one of the biggest groups in this . biggest groups in this community.— biggest groups in this community. biggest groups in this communi . ., . ., community. correct. not proud of that. community. correct. not proud of that- did _ community. correct. not proud of that. did you _ community. correct. not proud of that. did you think— community. correct. not proud of that. did you think about. of that. did you think about the monkeys, _ of that. did you think about the monkeys, the - of that. did you think about the monkeys, the pain? - of that. did you think about | the monkeys, the pain? not at that point- _ the monkeys, the pain? not at that point. all— the monkeys, the pain? not at that point. all | _ the monkeys, the pain? not at that point. all i thought - the monkeys, the pain? not at that point. all i thought about| that point. all i thought about at that point with money. that at that point with money. at the heart of the monkey torture ring by mccartney was baby mini. she was one of thousands of monkeys being abused and filmed. two years after she was rescued, she has undergone a remarkable recovery at a sanctuary in indonesia. translation: sanctuary in indonesia. tuna/mom- sanctuary in indonesia. translation: ~ ., , , translation: mini was very ounu translation: mini was very young when _ translation: mini was very young when she _ translation: mini was very young when she arrived - translation: mini was very] young when she arrived here, now she has a new family in the monkeys in it teaching her how to interact and survive. mini
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is said to — to interact and survive. mini is said to be _ to interact and survive. mini is said to be released - to interact and survive. mini is said to be released back into the wild later this year. rebecca henschke, bbc news. the chinese president, xijinping, has been urged by european leaders to use his influence to halt russia's war against ukraine. mr xi has been attending talks in paris with the head of the european commission, ursula von der leyen, and the french leader. president macron welcomed renewed assurances from his chinese counterpart that beijing would not sell arms to moscow, and would strictly control the export to russia of dual—use goods that can be turned to military purposes. president xi, for his part, urged mr macron to show independence and help prevent what he called a new cold war between blocs. vladimir putin will be sworn in as russia's president for the fifth time later. the ceremony — in the throne hall of
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the grand kremlin palace — promises to be a glittering ceremony designed to cement mr putin's image as a modern—day russian tsar. the united states and most european union nations will boycott the ceremony, but france and some other eu states were expected to send an envoy despite a plea by kyiv. britain and canada said they would not send anyone to attend the ceremony, which comes a day after russia announced tactical nuclear weapons drills that it hoped would cool down "hotheads" in the west. to new york now where the biggest night of the fashion year has come to a close. guests at the met gala put on a show reflective of this year's theme — the garden of time. flowers in every colour and shape have appeared on the red carpet for this year's event.
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a—list celebrities like zendaya, jennifer lopez, bad bunny and chris hemsworth have joined vogue's anna wintour as hosts of the gala. let's speak more about the met to paige skinner, associate reporter for the huffington post. my my goodness, what did you make of what we saw today? who stood out for you?— out for you? this was full of a-list celebrities _ out for you? this was full of a-list celebrities and - out for you? this was full of a-list celebrities and really| a—list celebrities and really great fashion, but for me, who stood out was tyla, she made a gown made out of sand. if it her perfectly. she couldn't walk up the steps, she had to be lifted. she was a real stand out for me, and kendalljenner, she always looks great at every red carpet event. it was a spectacular night for fashion.
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what did you make of the theme? anna wintour apartment alter ego miranda presley from devil wears prada, and said florals force ring, groundbreaking. she was not a fan. we saw a lot of flowers on display at the event. , . ., , flowers on display at the event. ,. ., , ., event. the disc was garden of time, event. the disc was garden of time. so _ event. the disc was garden of time. so of — event. the disc was garden of time, so of course _ event. the disc was garden of time, so of course a - event. the disc was garden of time, so of course a a - event. the disc was garden of time, so of course a a lot - time, so of course a a lot of celebrities and designers were going to take that and probably where some florals. that clip from devil wears prada has definitely been going around tonight on social media. but i think it was a cool theme and designers would kind of take a lot of leeway with it, we saw that with the dress that tyla war. she wanted more to the time aspect of it.— time aspect of it. you mentioned _ time aspect of it. you mentioned leeway - time aspect of it. you . mentioned leeway there. time aspect of it. you - mentioned leeway there. i understand anna wintour has actually apologised for this year's theme if i am not wrong, that perhaps she didn't give clear enough direction for what
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she was looking for.— she was looking for. yes, i think maybe _ she was looking for. yes, i think maybe some - she was looking for. yes, i think maybe some people | she was looking for. yes, i - think maybe some people were kind of confused because the theme was sleeping app beauties, which was me reimagining these different gowns that have been locked away in exhibits for years, but the dress code was actually garden of time. so it could definitely be confusing for some designers but that is what is so fun about the met gala, everybody kind ofjust takes what they want from the theme and designs a gown based on that. . . ~ and designs a gown based on that. ., ., ~' ., , and designs a gown based on that. ., ., ,, ., , ., that. can talk a bit about the men? males _ that. can talk a bit about the men? males on _ that. can talk a bit about the men? males on the - that. can talk a bit about the men? males on the red - that. can talk a bit about the l men? males on the red carpet have been a bit more audacious, haven't they, with their style of late? , ~ . of late? yes, i think we are seeinr of late? yes, i think we are seeing men _ of late? yes, i think we are seeing men branch - of late? yes, i think we are seeing men branch out- of late? yes, i think we are seeing men branch out and| of late? yes, i think we are i seeing men branch out and try different things. bad bunny was one of the co—chairs tonight and he looks so cool no matter what he wears. then chris hemsworth was another co—chair, he kind of was more
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straightforward, but he always looks sharp. the men don't always steal the night, it is usually the women who make the lasting impressions each year, but we are seeing men kind of experiment more with their fashion. ,, , ., ,, experiment more with their fashion. .,~ ., ., fashion. speaking of women makin: fashion. speaking of women making big _ fashion. speaking of women making big impressions, - fashion. speaking of women making big impressions, i. fashion. speaking of women | making big impressions, i did notice a fairfew making big impressions, i did notice a fair few baby bumps being featured rather than concealed on the carpet this year. concealed on the carpet this ear. , ., ., . year. yes, no need to cute -- conceal— year. yes, no need to cute -- concealyour_ year. yes, no need to cute -- conceal your baby _ year. yes, no need to cute -- conceal your baby bump, - year. yes, no need to cute -- conceal your baby bump, it i conceal your baby bump, it 2024, let it all out. leah michelle is one that comes to mind. she rocked her baby bump. in a beautiful blue gown with some florals on it. yes, there is no need to keep you from a fancy gala just because you are pregnant. fancy gala 'ust because you are reunant. . , ,., , ., pregnant. ok, absolutely agreed with ou pregnant. ok, absolutely agreed with you on _ pregnant. ok, absolutely agreed with you on that _ pregnant. ok, absolutely agreed with you on that front. _ pregnant. ok, absolutely agreed with you on that front. thank- with you on that front. thank you very much forjoining us there. if you didn't get enough of the style they are in our little sequence, you can see more fashion on our website,
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including this article detailing no less than 17 of the most eye—catching looks of the most eye—catching looks of the night. some stars took the garden theme quite literally. i'll be back with your business news in a few minutes' time. stay with us here on bbc news. hello. well, your bank holiday monday probably came with a rain interruption at some point. it was pretty unsettled. some lengthy spells of rain across the southeast of england, but plenty of showers elsewhere. others, though, managed some sunshine. and in lincolnshire, we had 11 hours of sun, so it wasn't so bad there, whereas others had the downpours. and across parts of northern england, we had a couple of funnel clouds spotted — one over saddleworth moor and another one in the derbyshire area. the weather is going to be improving, though, over the next few days as a ridge of high pressure starts to move its way
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in and that will tend to settle the weather down. a slow process. we've still got a bit of rain left over across southeast england, one or two showers elsewhere, but these will tend to fizzle over the coming hours. and temperatures as we start off tuesday morning, generally around 8—10, the coldest spots down to about 5 degrees. and that's probably where we'll have the best of the early morning sunshine. now, what you do start off the day cloudy, and particularly around some of these north sea coasts, it could be quite grey. some mist and fog patches around, a few spots of drizzle, but it is an improving picture for the majority. cloud will thin and break up with sunny spells becoming widespread into the afternoon. outside chance of a shower? yeah, it's possible, perhaps across the hills of wales and southwest england, one or two elsewhere, but not as many as we've seen over recent days. the vast majority of you will have a dry day and it will feel warmer when the sunshine comes out. the high pressure continues to build in for wednesday, but we do have weather fronts that will try to sneak in from the northwest. so wednesday, again, it should be a fine day for the vast majority of the country. certainly, england, wales, most of northern ireland looking dry with spells of warm sunshine,
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probably quite hazy sunshine. there will be some high cloud in the sky. but across the hebrides, highlands, orkney and shetland, it will turn cloudy, quite windy with outbreaks of rain moving in. in the sunshine, though, temperatures more widely climbing into the low 20s, so feeling progressively warmer. thursday, you've still got a risk of a few showers, this time for scotland. otherwise, some broken cloud and sunny spells. should be another dry day for most areas of northern ireland, england and wales. and again, those temperatures continue to climb. we're up to 19 in belfast. the warmest weather probably across eastern england, where temperatures will reach around 22, possibly 23 degrees celsius. that is going to feel warm in the sunshine, and there is more of that sunshine as we finish the week and head into the weekend, albeit probably with an increasing risk of seeing some showers moving in. that's your latest weather. bye—bye.
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live from london, this is bbc news, more trouble for boeing as it faces another safety investigation in the us. this time over the 787 dreamliner. self—driving made in the uk. london—based artificial intelligence group wayve gets a huge cash injection from softbank, nvidia and microsoft. the world's most valuable oil company, saudi aramco, will report its latest results in a few hours. our correspondent in rihyad tells us what to expect. plus: meet the british food producers spicing up their offerings
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for asian buyers. we begin in the us, where the troubles facing boeing have become even more serious. the us air safety regulator has opened a new investigation into the aircraft maker after boeing acknowledged that it might not have carried out proper quality inspections on its 787 dreamliner aircraft. it follows another probe earlier this year into the safety of its 737 max planes, one of which suffered a mid—flight incident in which part of the wall of the plane blew out. from new york, the bbc�*s michelle fleury has more. boeing's work is once again in the spotlight. america's air safety regulator, the federal aviation authority, has opened a new investigation
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into boeing after the company came forward and said some employees had committed

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