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On Sunday a procession containing Richard III's remains took place close to where he died on Bosworth Field before the coffin was conveyed to the church in a cortege, with his remains inside an oak coffin lined with lead. A service was in the Cathedral, conducted by the Catholic Archbishop of Westminster, Cardinal Vincent Nichols. Our reporter Tom Bateman was there.

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German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras meet in Berlin today in an attempt to resolve deep differences between the two countries over the continuation of Greece鈥檚 austerity program in return for help from the EU and whether Germany should pay reparations for the Nazi occupation of the country during the Second World War. In recent weeks polls have suggested that German voters are losing patience with Greece, and are even ready to contemplate the country's exit from the Euro. Jenny Hill reports from Berlin. Jenny Hill reports from Berlin.

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There are fears that at least nine young British medics have travelled to Syria to work in areas controlled by Islamic State.聽 Relatives say they're not getting enough help from the British or Turkish authorities.聽 Mark Lowen is the 大象传媒鈥檚 Turkey correspondent close to the Turkish-Syrian border.

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One year after the Ebola outbreak was officially declared in West Africa, the head of the United Nations response has predicted that the epidemic will be over by the end of August.聽 More than ten thousand people have died in what has been the most complex, extensive and prolonged outbreak of Ebola the world has ever known. One of the organisations that have been at the forefront fighting Ebola -- Medicins Sans Frontieres -- has published a report in which it details the effects of what it calls a "global coalition of inaction".聽 The three-month delay in its official recognition has been blamed for its rapid spread to neighbouring Sierra Leone and Liberia, while other west African countries such as Nigeria and Mali also suffered fatalities. The World Health Organisation (WHO) has been criticised for its slow response while governments and charities have admitted they could have done things differently. MSF, which had emergency teams on the ground in Guinea before Ebola was even officially declared, said despite raising the alarm that the epidemic was out of control, "it was like shouting into a desert". Christopher Stokes is general director of Medecins Sans Frontieres in Brussels and Dr Margaret Harris is a spokeswoman for the World Health Organisation in Geneva.

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A senior Conservative source has indicated that the party's suspended general election candidate for Dudley North - Afzal Amin - will be sacked within a matter of days. Mr Amin has been accused of plotting to persuade the far-right English Defence League to announce a local march and then scrap it, allowing him to take the credit for defusing tensions. He denies doing anything wrong, and says footage of his meetings with the EDL has been "grossly misrepresented". Reporter Bob Walker has been to Dudley to see what relations are like in the community.

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President Obama has led tributes from around the world to the first prime minister of Singapore, Lee Kuan Yew, who's died at the age of 91. A period of national mourning has been declared until his funeral next Sunday. During three decades in power up to 1990, Lee Kuan Yew oversaw Singapore's traumatic separation from Malaysia, its independence from Britain, and its transformation from sleepy port to international financial and business centre. But he was also known for his authoritarianism. Professor Tom Plate met Lee Kuan Yew over a number of years in preparation for his book 鈥淐onversations with Lee Kuan Yew: Citizen Singapore: How to Build a Nation鈥� and is Loyola Marymount University's Distinguished Scholar of Asian and Pacific Studies in LA.

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A week of events to mark the reburial of Richard III on Thursday got underway yesterday in Leicester - but it's also the week when the Prime Minister is expected to announce the start of the election campaign. So how does that prospect play in one of the most ethnically diverse cities in the UK - Leicester.

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Climate change is the single biggest threat to the UK's natural heritage, according to the National Trust as it launches its new 10 year strategy today. It has chosen to focus on the protecting the natural environment, warning time is running out to save the countryside from further harm. Helen Ghosh is Director General of the National Trust.

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The coffin of King Richard III will be on display to the general public in Leicester Cathedral from 9 o'clock today.聽 It has been laying in repose since yesterday afternoon. The last Plantagenet king will be reinterred at Leicester Cathedral on Thursday. Yesterday a procession containing his remains took place close to where he died on Bosworth Field before the coffin was conveyed to the church in a cortege, with his remains inside an oak coffin lined with lead.聽 A service was in the Cathedral, conducted by the Catholic Archbishop of Westminster, Cardinal Vincent Nichols. The Right Reverend Tim Stevens is Bishop of Leicester and Matthew Morris is the archaeologist who found the skeleton.

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A senior Conservative source has indicated that the party's suspended general election candidate for Dudley North - Afzal Amin - will be sacked within a matter of days (see 0715). Our political correspondent Ross Hawkins is in Birmingham and Afzal Amin.

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King Richard III's remains have arrived at Leicester Cathedral ahead of his reburial. His funeral cortege entered the city at the historic Bow Bridge after touring landmarks in the county. Cannons were fired in a salute to the king at Bosworth, where he died in 1485. Louis Deacon is a former Leicester Tiger and England rugby international and Sarah Harrison is city centre director for Leicester and lead on tourism.

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One year after the Ebola outbreak was officially declared in West Africa, the head of the United Nations response has predicted that the epidemic will be over by the end of August.聽 Dr Oliver Johnson is programme director of the King's Sierra Leone Partnership in Freetown. He has been working in Ebola treatment clinics in Sierra Leone since the beginning of the outbreak. He works for "King's Health Partners" a British Academic Health Science Centre which brings together King's College London and three London NHS hospital trusts.

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The Greek Prime minister, Alexis Tsipras, is due to meet the German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, in Berlin today to discuss the ongoing financial crisis in his country. Germany has insisted that the Greek government must stick to agreements made in exchange for a recent bailout extension. Katya Adler is the 大象传媒鈥檚 Europe editor.

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Has the reach of contemporary politics diminished so much that people can't invest their hopes in politicians anymore? With wages down in real terms and jobs less secure because of global competition and technological advances, can politicians fulfil their promises of delivering real change in the face of such powerful economic forces? Dame Tessa Jowell is a former Culture Secretary and Labour Cabinet member and Matthew Parris is a columnist at "The Times" and former Conservative MP.

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UKIP are saying they would increase spending on defence by 拢3bn a year if they were in Government. The party's economic spokesman, Patrick O'Flynn, will make the commitment in a speech setting out UKIP's public spending plans. He says UKIP they would spend 拢16bn more on defence over the next Parliament than the current government under its latest spending plans. UKIP says it is the only party committed to meeting the NATO guideline which says that member countries should spend 2% of their GDP on defence. Patrick O'Flynn is UKIP鈥檚 Economic spokesman and MEP for the East of England and Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for Cambridge.

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The coffin of King Richard III will be on display to the general public in Leicester Cathedral from 9 o'clock today (see 0750). Sir Anthony Sher is an actor, writer and theatre director who played Richard III in 1984 and Wendy Moorhen is deputy chair of the Richard III Society.

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