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VIDEO: Fixing soles on the streets of Havana September 19, 2015
A cobbler in Cuba talks about running his own business in Havana.
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VIDEO: Has Greece fallen out of love with Syriza? September 18, 2015
BBC News asked the people of Athens if they had fallen out of love with Syriza.
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VIDEO: 'It's a journey for a new life' September 18, 2015
Najeen Mustafa, a 16 year old from Syria is trying to reach her brother in Germany.
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VIDEO: A history of calling Obama a Muslim September 18, 2015
After Donald Trump fails to correct one of his supporters calling Barack Obama a Muslim, we look back on the history of this phenomenon.
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VIDEO: Stars of the Frankfurt Motor Show September 18, 2015
As the Frankfurt Motor Show draws to a close, Theo Leggett looks at what you could be driving away after that big lottery win.
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VIDEO: Pianist of Yarmouk's journey to Europe September 18, 2015
Ayham al-Ahmad, the pianist of Yarmouk, records his journey, as he leaves Syria for Europe.
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VIDEO: Pressure on Zagreb reception centres September 18, 2015
The BBC's Christian Fraser reports from one of the registration centres in and around the Croatia capital Zagreb.
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VIDEO: Trump laughs off Obama 'Muslim' question September 18, 2015
Donald Trump is criticised for failing to correct a supporter who said US President Barack Obama was a Muslim and "not even an American".
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VIDEO: Turkey-PKK conflict 'escalating fast' September 18, 2015
The number of policemen and soldiers who have been killed in Turkey since a ceasefire with Kurdish militant group the PKK broke down in July, has risen to more than 120.
– THOMAS EVANS
* Thomas Evans was born in 1990 in Wooburn Green, Buckinghamshire, UK. According to his mother Thomas Evans had been suffering from depression and “stressed out” with personal issues when he was approached by a group of “young Muslims”, who did not belong to a particular Mosque and had a “very poisonous interpretation”. Thomas Evans converted to Islam when he was 19 (2009) and adopted the Islamic name Abdul Hakim. He he started going to a local small prayer centre.
At the age of 21, Thomas Evans announced he was moving to Kenya and bought a single plane ticket. He was turned back at the airport by police, but later sold his CDs and other possessions and told his family he was travelling to Egypt.
In 08/2011, police told the family they had lost track of him. Thomas Evans contacted his family in 01/2012 to say he had travelled to Somalia to join the militant group al-Shabab. He was killed, on 06/14/2015, fighting kenyan forces in the Lamu Raid.
At least 50 British citizens are believed to have joined al-Shabab, an al-Qaeda affiliate based in Somalia, which has been behind a series of high-profile attacks in Kenya and Somalia (see –WESTERN JIHADISTS )
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