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In parts of East Ukraine people have been castingtheir ballots 1 in unofficial referendums organized bypro-Russian groups. The militants 2 thus swear theresidence supported self-determination. Onepolling station organizer told the BBC this meant independence from Kiev. A L has more.

If you believe people who were organizing this referendum then they are saying the turnout hasbeen spectacular. Figures were well above 70% if this were they are saying. Whether or not, itactually means that as many people as they say turned out to vote I think they will find outfairly shortly within the next few days. One of the main people who organized that, leader ofthe self-styled electoral commission of the Donetsk republic said this vote, whatever it is, doesnot mean that was still being parts of Ukraine, neither does it mean that we suddenly become apart of Russia. Is this going to be a process? What process exactly where will it lead? I thinkthese are all the things which nobody knows the answer to.

The South Sudan rebel leader, Riek Machar, says he is still committed to the peace agreementsigned on Friday with the government, even though he says the government violated theceasefire. The Sudanese Information Minister has accused the rebels of violations 3 of theagreement but said the government would not break it. Stephen Sackur who's been speakingto the rebel leader, says the situation seems confused.

There are something very strange going on here, because Riek Machar said that the SouthSudanese president were responsible for the death about the 20,000 Dinka people, he accusedthe president of inciting 4 ethnic 5 hatred 6 and he said that the president was not even in controlof the some of the forces fighting in his name, he said the Uganda troops and troops thatfighted, they were coming from Darfur inside Sudan will continue to fight on behalf of presidentKiir, and have no intention ever expecting of cease fire.

The French President Fracois Hollande has offered to host a summit on the Islamist militantgroup Boko Haram, Mr. Hollande said he has spoken to the Nigerian president GoodluckJohnathan and would invite leaders of neighboring countries affected 7 by the group activities.The profile of Boko Haram has risen considerably 8 since it abducted 9 more than 200 school girlslast month.

The Chinese Premier 10 Li Keqiang and East African leaders have formally signed an agreement forthe construction of a new railway which would link the Kenyan port city of Mombasa to thecapital Nairobi and on to landlocked Rwanda and South Sudan. W W reports from Nairobi.

The Chinese premier Li Keqiang told reporters the first phase of the railway from the Kenyanport of Mombasa to the capital Nairobi would cost the equivalent of $3.6bn. The master plan,he said, was to link all seven East African states by a rail, cutting freight costs significantly. Atthe moment, the original lines on X and the narrow gate lines were built in the 19th Century.

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Iran's supreme 11 leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has reiterated 12 Tehran's rejection 13 of anyinternational move to curb 14 its missile production. Ahead of the latest round of negotiations 15 onIran's nuclear ambitions, the Ayatollah said any expectation that Tehran would limit to itsmissile program was stupid and idiotic 16. He called on Iran's Revolutionary Guards to massproduce missiles.

Scientists in Germany have found a way to make dreams more powerful. They have discoveredthat by sending a very weak electrical signal across the brain of a sleeping patient, they canchange how the individual dreams. Julian Bedford has more.

To sleep, the chance to dream, but researchers at the Goethe University in Frankfurt say theycan make those dreams more vivid by the application of low frequency electric signals. Thestimulate, the gamma ray activity in the brain that in the conscious state is typical self-awareness. And it does the same to the unconscious mind,allowing the dreamers not just todream,but to be aware that he or she is dreaming,and to some extent,control the plot.Thescientists hope that the discovery will allow them to treat mental illnesses.

Manchester City football club has won the English Premier League for the second time in threeyears, sealing their trial with an emphatic 17 2-0 victory of West Ham. The home win was enoughto guarantee the title despite the victory for their closest rivals, Liverpool.

The Queen's baton 18 for this year's Commonwealth 19 Game in Glasgow has returned to British soilafter travelling most of the way around the world. It's arrived in the Channel Island of Jersey,where to be received by the Olympic diver Tom Daley. For the next 32 days, the baton will becarried across the X, Britain and Northern Ireland before being welcomed into the Stadium inGlasgow on July the 23rd.