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VIDEO: Drone footage shows migrants' arrival September 23, 2015
Matthew Price looks at one of the Greek hotspots for migrants entering Europe.
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VIDEO: The Olympian who never gave up September 23, 2015
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VIDEO: Football legend Pele at 75 September 23, 2015
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VIDEO: Pope Francis lands to cheers in US September 22, 2015
President Obama and his Family have greeted Pope Francis upon his arrival at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland.
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VIDEO: Lesbos struggles as 4,000 arrive daily September 22, 2015
The Greek island of Lesbos is still struggling to keep up with the steady flow of migrants and refugees.
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VIDEO: How much does making a drug cost? September 22, 2015
As Turing Pharmaceuticals raises the price of an Aids treatment, Daraprim, BBC News looks at how the pharmaceutical industry tries to balance the pursuit of profit with a patient's need to access medication.
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VIDEO: Refugee crisis: Food and phone charging September 22, 2015
The BBC's Mark Lowen reports from a sports stadium on the Turkey-Greece border where agencies are providing shelter and food to refugees trying to reach Europe.
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VIDEO: On the ground at refugee hotspots September 22, 2015
EU ministers have approved a controversial plan to relocate 120,000 refugees and migrants across the EU using compulsory quotas.
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VIDEO: A guide to strange initiation ceremonies September 22, 2015
Initiation ceremonies are in the news, here are some of the stranger ones from around the world.
– IMRAN KHAWAJA SENTENCED TO 9 YEARS
* Imran Khawaja, born in 1988, from west London, joined a militant group the ‘Rayat al-Tawheed (RAT)’ insurgent group, with links to so-called Islamic State – I.S.I.S, while overseas in 01/2014, and was pictured posing with severed heads during his six months in Syria. Imran Khawaja using the alias Abu Daigham al-Britani., was part of a social media campaign aimed at recruiting others from Britain – a campaign in which he revelled in the deaths of others.
Imran Khawaja was arrested in Dover in 06/2014 and later admitted preparing for acts of terrorism, attending a camp, receiving training and possessing firearms.
The court saw a video of Khawaja posing with severed heads in the Middle East country.The court was also told of social media postings about his apparent death after a fake announcement was made on social media site Instagram, probably to provide cover for Imaran Khawaja’s return to the UK on 06/03/2014..
According to Judge Mr Justice Baker at Woolwich Crown Court, on 02/06/2015, Imran Khawaja posed “a significant risk of serious harm” to the public. He will serve a minimum of eight years and also serve five years on licence. His counsel Henry Blaxland Imran Khawaja had been “indoctrinated” in UK in the months before he fled for Syria.
Imran Khawaja’s cousin, Tahir Bhatti, from Watford in Hertfordshire was jailed for 21 months. He will serve half of his sentence. Tahir Bhatti had driven to Serbia to collect Khawaja and bring him back to the UK.
Asim Ali, from Ealing in west London – who provided his friend Imran Khawaja with funds – was also given 21 months in prison.
Imran Khawaja’s case is arguably the most serious Syria-related terrorism conviction to date in UK..
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09/2014 – TWO ARRESTED IN DOVER OVER TERROR
2014 – WESTERN JIHADISTS
04/2012 – AN ISLAMIC CELL OF 5 UNCOVERED IN LUTON, U.K
09/2009 – MORE BRITS HEADING TO SOMALIA
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