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12/06/2014

Brazil 2014

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News and sport, plus George Riley in Rio as the World Cup kicks off today.

The Brazil World Cup kicks off today; plus a senior Iraqi minister warns that the country is in 'mortal danger' as several major cities fall to insurgents.

Nicky Campbell and Rachel Burden in the UK and George Riley in Rio ahead of the kick-off of the Brazil World Cup, leading Nicky to learn Samba dancing, capoeira and a host of interesting foodstuffs.  Elsewhere a senior Iraqi minister warns that the country is in "mortal danger" as several major cities fall to insurgents - and the former Lib Dem leader Charles Kennedy tells us why he thinks Scotland should vote "no" in Spetember's independence referendum.

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