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Turkey: moving history

Reality Check: Turkish forces remove ancient tomb, Myanmar violence, Nigerian elections, Al Shebab threatens US and UK shopping malls, the direction of the Oscars

Turkish forces remove precious tomb from Syria.

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Turkish troops cross into Syria to move the ancient tomb

With convoy of over 90 armoured vehicles, Turkish forces were seen streaming through Kobane at the weekend on the way to the remains of the 13th century tomb of the grandfather of the founder of the Ottoman Empire, Osman I.

Their mission was to evacuate soldiers guarding the tomb who were under threat from Islamic state militants, as well as to remove the ancient relics and the historic tomb. The site has now been relocated nearer the Turkish border. Dorian Jomes explains the significance of the mission.

Myanmar violence

Fighting has erupted once again in the Kokang regions of Myanmar/Burma between ethnic Chinese Kokang rebels and government forces. Jonah Fisher reports from the region on the latest developments.

Goodluck Jonathan and the Nigerian elections

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Goodluck Jonathan "asleep on the job" and unlikely to be re-elected

The Nigerian elections postponed from this month are now scheduled to take place on March 28th.

Richard Dowden of the Royal African Society explains the political landscape and the why the chances that President Goodluck Jonathan will be able to hang onto power are looking increasingly slim.

Terror threat to shopping malls in US, Canada and UK.

"A new phase" of terrorism: US security chef Jeh Johnson is warning people after a new terror threat to American, British and Canadian malls. In a video, the terror group Al-Shabab “informed us that they will carry out attacks on shopping malls”. Our Washington Correspondent Simon Mark says the Obama administration is taking the video very seriously.

The direction of the Oscars

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The 2015 awards were dominated by independent, low profile films

With many of this years nominated films dealing with thought provoking human issues, film industry analyst.

John Baxter, discusses the direction the Academy's choices is taking, and why the awards are going more and more to films focusing on human issues and less and less to the action/adventure blockbusters.

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