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Vincent McAviney: UK Correspondent on Liam Payne's death, the statement from his family · Early Edition with Ryan Bridge

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  Speaker 1: The Israeli Foreign Minister has just confirmed that they have
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  Speaker 1: killed the so called face of evil, Yaya Sinhwa. He's
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  Speaker 1: the Hamas leader, architect of October seven, Vincent Mechavin, he's
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  Speaker 1: our UK europe correspondent, Vincent. How did this happen?
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  Speaker 2: Well, we, as you say, have just had that confirmation.
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  Speaker 2: We know that Israel has been on a renewed offensive
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  Speaker 2: the IDF in Gaza, and as we understand it, they
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  Speaker 2: got into a conflict with a group of Hamas fighters.
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  Speaker 2: One of them was killed. They believed it to be
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  Speaker 2: Yaya Sinhwa. We saw graphic images online of someone that
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  Speaker 2: was suspected to be him lying in rubble of a
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  Speaker 2: building in the aftermath of intense military conflict with clearly
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  Speaker 2: fatal injuries. Now we understand that Israel used dental records
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  Speaker 2: and DNA because he was held prisoner for a number
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  Speaker 2: of years by Israel in jail. He was released in
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  Speaker 2: twenty eleven and they've now used DNA profiling to confirm
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  Speaker 2: we believe that it is him. So this is a
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  Speaker 2: big victory in Israeli minds. He was, as you say,
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  Speaker 2: the architect of October the seventh, which killed over twelve
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  Speaker 2: hundred people. Those hostages, two hundred and fifty were abducted,
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  Speaker 2: some still stuck in Gaza. No hostages were recovered in
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  Speaker 2: this mission, but I think in Tel Aviv they will
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  Speaker 2: be celebrating what they think will be a clear a
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  Speaker 2: part of their victory in Gaza against Hamas.
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  Speaker 1: In intro and fascinating. As you say, it sounds almost like,
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  Speaker 1: you know, by accident, not that he was particularly targeted,
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  Speaker 1: but that he came into confrontation with them. Let's talk
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  Speaker 1: about the One Direction style. Liam Payne has obviously died
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  Speaker 1: in Argentina. What's the reaction being like in the UK.
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  Speaker 2: I mean it was a real shock reaction really because
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  Speaker 2: you know, One Direction were globally famous and they were
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  Speaker 2: from you know, slightly humble beginnings, a reality show The
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  Speaker 2: X Factor on ITV here, and he was only thirty
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  Speaker 2: one years old. You know, he had been going through
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  Speaker 2: struggles and he'd admitted to problems with alcohol. He had
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  Speaker 2: been to rehab. But still for a lot of young people,
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  Speaker 2: you know, this is a band that they grew up with.
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  Speaker 2: They sold out concerts, they sold out albums, They were
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  Speaker 2: constantly you know, in the media on TV for sort
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  Speaker 2: of the five six years that they were together, so
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  Speaker 2: there's a lot of shock and sadness about this. He had,
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  Speaker 2: of course a relationship with Sheryl Cole, the singer from
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  Speaker 2: Girls Allowed, a few years ago and they had a son,
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  Speaker 2: seven year old, Bare Pain, and there's a lot of
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  Speaker 2: sadness for that little boy. And of course Liam Payne's
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  Speaker 2: wider family and his bandmates and friends. There hasn't been
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  Speaker 2: any statements yet from the rest of the band, that's
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  Speaker 2: of course Zaye Malik, Harry Styles Nihor and Louis Thompson.
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  Speaker 2: But there has been a statement now from his family,
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  Speaker 2: Liam Payne's family saying they are heartbroken and that Lian
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  Speaker 2: will live forever in our hearts and will remember him
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  Speaker 2: for his kind, funny and so.
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  Speaker 1: Very sad, isn't it very said? Thank you very much
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  Speaker 1: for that update. Vincent macinbee are UK and Europe correspondent.
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