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ISIS Attacks Ramadi While Iraqi Forces Focus on Tikrit; BBC Suspends Top Gear Host Jeremy Clarkson; Hillary Clinton Responds to Email Controversy; "Blurred Lines" Ruled Copy of Marvin Gaye Song; New Zealanders Fed Up With Tourist Drivers

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ANDREW STEVENS, HOST: I'm Andrew Stevens in Hong Kong. Welcome to News Stream where news and technology meet.

Iraqi forces take back part of Tikrit while ISIS pushes ahead in Ramadi as the fight for Iraq continues.

Hillary Clinton says she did not break any rules by using personal email for government work.

And the BBC punishes one of its biggest stars suspending Top Gear host Jeremy Clarkson.

Major developments in the fight against ISIS in Iraq. The militant group has launched an attack on the city of Ramadi from all sides, detonating

track bombs at key points and firing mortar shells.

Meanwhile to the north, Iraqi forces are pushing ISIS back in Tikrit. They regained control of the military hospital in the city center.

But while there's a battle for control on the ground, ISIS is also waging a war on social media. A brutal new video shows this Israeli-Arab man being

shot and killed by a child. The group claims he was a spy. Israel denies that.

Well, we're going to get more now on both developments. We want to start, though, with the ground combat now underway in Iraq.

Senior international correpsondent Arwa Damon is following this from Istanbul and she joins us now.

Arwa, two very distinct phases going on. ISIS being pushed back in Tikrit while it is making gains in Ramadi. What are the latest developments on

those two fronts?

ARWA DAMON, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Well, the fact that the Iraqi security forces backed by the Shia militia is being supported by Iran as

well as handful of Sunni tribes were able to capture that hospital in Tikrit is fairly important. But they are continuing to press forward

towards the city center from four fronts.

But despite the gains that are being made there, we're seeing ISIS relaunching a fairly major offensive in the city of Ramadi. Ramadi is in

Iraq's Sunni heartland, very significant. ISIS has in the past launch previous attempts to try to gain full control over Ramadi.

According to the deputy head of the Anbar provincial counsel this morning and throughout the day, ISIS launching around 150 mortars, GRAD missiles

into Ramadi and detonating around 17 vehicles laden with explosives. It most certainly seems, at least according to him, that this is ISIS's

reaction to the territory that has lost in Tikrit.

But both of these very significant cities, both of these very intense battles.

STEVENS: Let's talk about where you are, Turkey, because Turkey has taken a lot of criticism recently about the flow of jihadis across the border

into Syria to fight alongside ISIS.

Now James Clapper, the national intelligence director saying that Turkey had a permissive environment when it comes to allowing these jihadis

across.

Turkey, meanwhile, says it's doing what it can to stop it.

So what is it doing?

DAMON: Well, Turkey is in a very complex situation here, because on the one hand it did need to open its borders to a certain degree because of the

flow of refugees currently hosting well over 1.6 million, but as you were saying there, Turkey also coming under heavy criticism, especially in the

early years of the fighting in Syria for something of an open border policy.

Both Turkey now arguing that it is doing what it can while Europe and the United States want to see it doing even more.

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DAMON: For years now, the porous Turkey-Syria border has been a well- traveled highway for refugees fleeing the violence and fighters intent on joining the complex battlefield. And Turkey has long been accused of

turning a blind eye to the flow of jihadis and their weapons, allegations Ankara has consistently denied.

In late 2013, CNN was taken by a smuggler along the route he used to one of the illegal crossing points. He claimed to have shipped hundreds of

fighters across in just a few months, many to join al Qaeda-linked groups.

Under increased international pressure, and as ISIS gained in notoriety and power, Turkey has tried to crack down.

At airports across the country, additional screening measures have been implemented. Turkey has a list. It is compiled of some 10,000 individuals

who are barred from entry. And plain clothes officers wait as passengers disembark certain planes.

Turkey argues that Europe needs to do its part as well in preventing suspicious individuals from traveling, point to confiscated items like

these that were found on passengers Turkish intelligence suspected were on their way to war in Syria and Iraq.

Turkey has also been digging massive ditches along parts of the border, fortifying others with thermal cameras, guard posts, and a beefed up

military presence.

Earlier this year, we met two smugglers in a town close to the border. For the last few months, Turkey has really cracked down, one told us.

But fully shutting down a border of 800 kilometers, or 500 miles, is impossible. There will always be security breaches and alternate routes,

especially for those who believe that joining ISIS is their ultimate destiny.

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DAMON: And Andrew, Turkey says that it cannot do this on its own, again calling for more support from Europe and the United States while Europe and

the United States are saying that Turkey really needs to up its own efforts.

When it comes to Turkey's position vis-a-vis the war in Syria and Iraq, it is quite complex because Turkey does not just want to go after ISIS, Turkey

wants the ultimate aim of any sort of coalition to also see the downfall of the regime of Bashar al-Assad -- Andrew.

STEVENS: Arwa, thank you very much for that. Arwa Damon joining us live from Istanbul.

Well, meanwhile, Israel is trying to absorb the horrific details of the latest video from ISIS. It's said to show a child shooting an Israeli Arab

prisoner in the head. ISIS claims that prisoner was a spy, but now the Israeli Defense Minister has responded to that.

CNN's Elise Labott joins us now live from Jerusalem. And what is the defense minister saying, Elise?

ELISE LABOTT, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, he's saying, Andrew, that despite this Palestinian teen who had Israeli citizenship Muhammad Musallem,

despite the fact that he did have this Israeli citizenship he was not tied in any way to Israeli intelligence and his father and his family also says

the same. We spoke to his family, his father. Said Musallem told us he described a much different person, a young, funny teen who was working as a

volunteer firemen.

Take a listen to what his father told us last night.

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SAID MUSALLEM, MUHAMMAD MUSALLEM'S FATHER (through translator): Muhammad told me and his brother that ISIS took him. They sent him money through

the Western Union. They said you will have girls, money, cars, villas, paradise, but after he finished his training and spent time, and after he

trained and went to Deir Ez-Zor, he discovered that there is nothing.

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LABOTT: And his father also told us, Andrew, that when he saw his son speaking to him on Skype he didn't even recognize him. He had a long

beard. He was armed. And he said he tried to get his son home. He wired him money. He tried to get the Red Cross involved. But about a month ago

he was told that when his son was trying to escape, to try and cross the border back into Turkey that he was picked up and obviously the family very

devastated by the news that Muhammad has indeed been killed by ISIS -- Andrew.

STEVENS: You can only imagine the family pain at the moment, and so many families still not knowing what's happened to their children, too.

Elise, thank you so much for that. Elise Labott joining us live from Jerusalem.

Now, community activists in London are attempting to contact young people to warn them about the dangers of radicalism. But they say their job is

now more difficult than ever. CNN's chief international correspondent Christiane Amanpour went back to visit an activist that she firstpoke with

in 2007.

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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: It is Monday morning. Absolutely beautiful outside.

CHRISTIANE AMANPOUR, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Eight years ago, I met Hanif Qadir (ph). He's a youth worker in Waltham Stow, one of London's

most diverse and deprived areas.

HANIF QADIR, ACTIVIST: With street crime, gun crime, drugs, car theft, credit card fraud, but then you've now got a new threat.

AMANPOUR: What's the new threat?

QADIR: Radicalism. It's a cause. Everyone wants a cause.

AMANPOUR: That threat has mushroomed. Today, radicalized Muslim teens are a major worry for Britain's government, police and security services.

And Hanif's group of London outreach workers are on the front line, trying to stop young Muslims from joining ISIS.

MOHAMMAD ABDUL GHATAR, OUTREACH WORKER: You have a lot of young Muslim boys who do not understand the religion per se. They're brought up in

Britain. They're born Muslims. And the radicalization takes place because of understanding.

AMANPOUR: Mohammad hands out magazines saying ISIS is unIslamic, and warns everyone not to get involved.

But the message doesn't always get through.

GHATAR: Quite a few from this area have left. They've gone to Syria because of misguidance. They do not understand what they're doing. And

they've picked themselves up without giving their warning and they've left the country. And at this moment, I don't think whether their family know

if they're dead or alive.

AMANPOUR: And Hanif's job has got much harder in the eight years since I first met him. Recruiters have moved from mosques to online.

QADIR: The recruitment techniques and the ideology has rapidly changed. You've got young men and women on social media platforms in the middle of

the night when they should be doing they're homework or should be in bed, but they're being engaged and they're being groomed online, even though

they may not know it.

AMANPOUR: Some say that videos of bloodshed in Syria that ISIS circulates over the Internet, can help drive people to radicalism.

QADIR: Since January, I've had six cases come to my attention. I'll say the majority of them don't even understand Islam. They don't know which

direction to pray. They haven't been radicalized through Islam, they've been radicalized emotionally.

AMANPOUR: Back at the youth center, Hanif tries to warn these young people about the dark side of social media, reminding them that these three girls

were groomed online and have now turned up in Syria.

QADIR: These are very innocent young girls. They weren't stupid. These girls have been ripped out of their household to go join a network of

individuals that clearly haven't got their best interests at heart.

How did this happen? Social media.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: It's not about being on social media. They're just (inaudible).

AMANPOUR: These teenagers don't think they're vulnerable. While some leave convinced tonight, others are more skeptical.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: We have to (inaudible) religious. They'll come up to us and they talk about it. Yeah, we listen to it, but then after they go

it's just (inaudible).

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STEVENS: That report there by Christiane Amanpour.

Now, 11 members of the U.S. military are missing after a helicopter crash in the state of Florida. The seven marines and their air crew were on a

training mission near the city of Pensacola when the chopper went down. Debris has been spotted.

They were in a Blackhawk helicopter similar to this one. A dense fog advisory was in effect when the helicopter went missing. The search and

rescue operation is now underway.

New video from Argentina shows the moment two helicopters collided in mid- air, killing 10 people. You can make out these choppers passing behind a tree there. First, the rotor blades are shredded and then they collide

knocking each other out of the sky.

The footage appears to confirm what witnesses have said that the crash happened in what was described as good weather conditions. Three French

sports stars were among those killed. The two Argentine pilots and five French nationals also died.

France has begun a manslaughter investigation, which is standard procedure when French citizens are killed overseas.

The victims were on their way to film a reality TV show.

You're watching News Stream. Still ahead on the show, Hillary Clinton has finally spoken out about the controversy surrounding her use of personal

email while secretary of state, but she -- did she say anything that would actually silence her critics? We'll take a look.

Plus, road rage in New Zealand after several serious accidents caused by foreign drivers. Now some want to target the tourists. Details on that

debate in just a moment.

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STEVENS: Welcome back.

Now this week on News Stream, we're shining a light on social media. On Monday, we showed you a project that highlights how some people fail to

protect their digital privacy. On Tuesday, you heard a target of Gamergate call on companies to police online abuse.

So now let's talk about what some companies are actually doing about these issues.

Well, Reddit's new privacy policy has just gone into effect. And it bans what it calls involuntary pornography, what's known as revenge porn.

Reddit just announced those changes about two weeks ago and said, quote, "that we also recognize that violent personalized images are a form of

harassment that we do not tolerate."

Well, the company plans to report the number of takedowns that occur each year.

Twitter and Facebook took action to help fight cyber abuse towards the end of 2013. Take a look at Twitter. It introduced an in tweet report button

to allow users to flag abuse. The company also updated its rules to clarify that it does not tolerate abusive behavior.

Facebook launching its bulling prevention hub back in November of 2013. That provides information about resources to address bullying on Facebook

and also in real life.

YouTube says that it has clear policies towards gratuitous violence and hate speech. In a statement it says, quote, "we remove videos violating

these policies when flagged by our users."

As you may have noticed that's true for all of these sites. And it's up to users to report abuse and adjust their own privacy settings to protect

themselves. Very important. You have to protect yourself.

Now it appears that Hillary Clinton has failed to silence criticism over her use of private emails to carry out official business when she was

secretary of state. The latest point of contention whether she has turned over all her work related emails.

Well, CNN's senior Washington correspondent Jeff Zeleny reports.

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JEFF ZELENY, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Hillary Clinton finally breaking her silence over the e-mail controversy that has consumed her

campaign in waiting.

HILLARY CLINTON, FRM. SECRETARY OF STATE: Looking back, it would have been better for me to use two separate phones and two e-mail accounts. I thought

using one device would be simpler. And, obviously, it hasn't worked out that way.

ZELENY: She acknowledged she may have made a mistake, but insists it was an innocent one.

CLINTON: Even if I had two devices, which is obviously permitted, many people do that, you would still have to put the responsibility where it

belongs, which is on the official.

So I did it for convenience. And I now, looking back, think that it might have been smarter to have those two devices from the very beginning.

ZELENY: At the United Nations today, Mrs. Clinton took questions for nearly 20 minutes. Those two words came up again and again.

CLINTON: Looking back, looking back, now, looking back, again, looking back.

ZELENY: But now she's looking ahead to a second presidential campaign and she finds herself in the middle of another political firestorm, with

Republicans smelling new blood on a favorite old target.

Mrs. Clinton said she turned over work-related e-mail to be archived by the State Department.

CLINTON: When the search was conducted, we were asking that any e- mail be identified and preserved that could potentially be federal records. And

that's exactly what we did. And we went, as I said, beyond that, and the process produced over 30,000 work e-mails. And I think that we have more

than met the request from the State Department.

ZELENY: But this doesn't necessarily put the questions to rest. She acknowledged she was policing herself, making her own determination of

which e-mails should be turned over from her time as secretary of state.

She said she deleted all personal e-mail and she said she had no plans of turning over the private e-mail server for an independent review.

CLINTON: I believe I have met all of my responsibilities. And the server will remain private.

And I think that the State Department will be able over time to release all of the records that were provided.

ZELENY: The session today did little to quiet her Republican critics. Trey Gowdy, the head of the congressional committee investigating the Benghazi

attacks, released a statement that said, "Because Secretary Clinton has created more questions than answers, the select committee is left with no

choice but to call to appear at least twice."

(END VIDEOTAPE)

STEVENS: Let's turn now to another political controversy, and this one is right here in Hong Kong involving the former chief executive Donald Chung.

Now he may soon learn that -- if he'll be charged for alleged corruption. According to media reports, the city's secretary of justice says internatl

discussions has reached the final stage. Now if charged, Chung would be one of the city's highest ranking -- in fact, the highest ranking former

official to be tried for corruption here in Hong Kong.

He's accused of accepting favors from local tycoons, including free rides of private yachts as well as jets and also renting an apartment at below

market rates.

You're watching News Stream. Still to come here New Zealanders have had enough of tourist drivers and now some locals, well, they're taking the law

into their own hands. Stay with us.

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STEVENS: One of the many cruise ships that operates our of Hong Kong setting off on another journey.

Welcome back, you're watching News Stream.

Now French police are searching for 15 men who held up two vans loaded with jewelry at gunpoint. Robbery happened around midnight at a highway toll

booth in the Avalon area. The French media report says the jewels were worth an estimated $9.5 million.

No one was hurt. The vans were found empty nearby.

British tycoon Richard Branson is appealing to Indonesia to spare the lives of two Australians. Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran have been sentenced

to death for drug trafficking. Authorities say they were part of the so- called Bali Nine smuggling ring. They were taken to an island prison last week where they're due to face a firing squad.

Branson is a member of the Global Commission on Drug Policy says different countries have different approaches to drug use.

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RICHARD BRANSON, CEO, VIRGIN: We've studied different national approaches in great depth and what we've learned that -- is that treated drugs as a

health issue and not as a criminal issue, it actually helps lower the number of drug deaths, it limits the spread of infectious disease like HIV

and AIDS or Hepatitis C and it reduces drug related crime. It allows people who struggle with addiction to become useful in society again.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

STEVENS: Founder of the Virgin Group of companies, Richard Branson speaking a little earlier.

Now, New Zealanders are growing tired of tourists taking to their roads after several fatal car accidents caused by overseas drivers. Some locals

are taking matters into their own hands. David Malko has more on that.

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DAVID MALKO, CNN CORREPSONDENT: They're pulling out their camera phones to record close calls. And some are even taking it a step further.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Come around the corner and there was a car stopped in the middle of the road.

MALKO: So Robert Penman (ph) decided to take the other driver's keys.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I think of it as a safety thing. You know, a timeframe for police to get there.

MALKO: With more and more tourists taking to New Zealand roadways, locals say they're tired of encountering foreign drivers who don't know the rules.

A string of recent incidents has pulled the prime minister into the debate.

JOHN KEY, NEW ZEALAND'S PRIME MINISTER: I really would advise people not to do that. I think people taking the law into their own hands is not

sensible.

MALKO: Over the past few months, New Zealand has seen some horrific crashes, including this one when a car carrying a family of four from Hong

Kong collided head on with a logging truck. None survived.

Some safety campaigners want to go so far as requiring visitors to take driving tests. Authorities say it's unfair to single them out.

DAVE CLIFF, ASST. COMMISSIONER OF ROAD POLICING: Well, I think foreign drivers are subject to exactly the same issues that local drivers are.

(inaudible), traveling too fast, not wearing seat belts. So the same things in terms of driver behavior play their part.

MALKO: In an effort to lower the number of accidents, some highway upgrades are being accelerated. And rental car companies are putting road

safety tips front and center.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: If the road is completely blocked, simply stay in your side of the road.

MALKO: This video part of a drive safe government initiative points out some of the surprises drivers might encounter like one lane bridges.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: If the large arrow points ahead, then you have the right of way.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Just chance, really, you know, that you're not in an accident.

MALKO: Authorities say some of these new road rage incidents target foreigners have had a nasty racist tinge. And while the driver who took

matters into his own hands says he would do it again, local reports say he was also breaking the law for driving with an expired license.

David Malko, CNN, Hong Kong.

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STEVENS: Coming up on News Stream, a somber day for Japan as the nation remembers the victims of the major earthquake and tsunami four years on.

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STEVENS: I'm Andrew Stevens in Hong Kong, you're watching News Stream. And these are the world's top headlines.

ISIS has launched an attack on the Iraqi city of Ramadi just as it begins to lose its grip on Tikrit. The ground offensive to take Tikrit has made a

major advance with the Iraqi army regaining control of the military hospital. But in Ramadi, ISIS is attacking the city from all directions.

New video shows the moment two helicopters collided in Argentina. Three French athletes were among the 10 people killed in Monday's crash. They're

on their way to film a reality TV show. France has launched an investigation.

French police are searching for 15 men who carried out a daring jewel heist along a highway. Two security vans loaded with the jewelry were robbed at

a tool booth in the Avalon area. No one was hurt. The suspects took off at high speed in four cars. The vans were found nearby empty.

It's been four years since a devastating earthquake and tsunami in Japan wrecked communities and killed almost 16,000 people.

Towns and cities across the country held memorial ceremonies. The emperor and empress led the tributes to those who were killed in the tragedy.

Families of the victims laid flowers at a monument in Tokyo. Tsunami sirens were set off at exactly the moment the undersea quake struck,

followed by a nationwide moment of silence.

Well, for those who lived through it, they'll never forget that day. Some had cameras rolling when the quake and tsunami hit. We want to look back

now at some of the firsthand accounts as told by CNN's iReporters.

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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: It is still going. Oh my god, the building is going to fall.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: The whole ground was shaking so much, it was -- it was unreal. I can't describe it. It's just -- it was -- it felt like someone

was just pulling you back and forth like side to side as hard as they could.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: It just blew up. This is crazy.

MATT ALT: You couldn't even stand up. I mean, literally at the peak of these waves that were washing over the ground you literally could not stay

on your feet.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: We have an earthquake right now. And this is actually moving. Can you see the cracks moving?

RYAN MCDONALD, FUKUSHIMA RESIDENT: I've been awake about 35 hours. And that's because every time I lie down to go to sleep or rest, there's a big

aftershock.

JOHN VAUSE, CNN CORRESPONDENT: iReporter Aaron Lace who was attending a college graduation at a theater in Tokyo when the earthquake hit. And

Aaron just describe for us the moment of the earchquake when all of this essentially as pandemonium broke out.

AARON LACE: It was an absolute horrific event, obviously because lives were lost. The aftershocks are coming extremely regularly. They're

coming literally every hour at least and they're coming in doses that are extremely strong. And it's something that you would not wish upon your

worst enemy. And the way the Japanese people in a dignified manner and in an absolute civilized manner have handled the aftermath of this.

There has been absolutely no loss of law or order, no loss of any kind of civilized decorum of a people.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: You can see my house is -- looks like a bomb hit it. You can see this some damage here. My -- all my pictures are screwed up.

And my kitchen is a little bit in disarray.

I think we're OK there.

My wife's office. This pretty much destroyed.

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STEVENS: Some harrowing stories there, but remember they were the lucky ones. They survived.

In four years, Japan is still recovering from the destruction. Places are still waiting to be rebuilt. Tons of debris yet to be cleared. The

government has promised to start a new stage of reconstruction.

Now Greece and its creditors are once against sitting down in Brussels. Athens has until the end of April to agree on the details of its financial

reforms to secure more bailout money.

Meanwhile, the Greek government must pay $340 million to the International Monetary Fund by Friday and two similar amounts over the next two weeks.

There have been reports that Athens may not have enough cash to do that, although Greek officials have promised the debt will be paid in full and on

time.

One of the most widely watched TV shows in the world is off the air, at least for now. Still ahead, how the controversy surrounding the host of

Top Gear isn't the first that's caused him problems.

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STEVENS: Welcome back. You'll probably remember Robin Thicke's "Blurred Lines" as the number one song of 2013, but now a jury says that the track

crossed the legal line and is going to cost the singer millions of dollars.

(MUSIC)

STEVENS: Pherrell Williams wrote and produced the song, Thicke sang it. But on Tuesday, a federal jury in Los Angeles said that song was

plagiarized.

Well, Thicke and Williams admitted that "Blurred Lines" was a little reminiscent of Marvin Gaye's hit song "Got to Give it Up," but the jury

found that they'd copied the crack without permission.

Judge for yourself.

(MUSIC)

Certainly no doubt in the jury's mind. They awarded Marvin Gaye's children $7.3 million. Thicke and Williams say that they're disappointed with the

verdict. They're also considering their next move.

Jeremy Clarkson is again in hot water. The BBC says that it's suspended the host of the hit show Top Gear after an altercation with a producer.

It's just the latest controversy involving one of the BBC's biggest stars.

ITV's Duncan Golastani has more.

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DUNCAN GOLASTANI, ITV NEWS: On Sunday's addition of Top Gear, Jeremy Clarkson was his usual excitable self.

JEREMY CLARKSON, TOP GEAR HOST: Yes, you're good.

GOLASTANI: The show has made the presenter and the BBC a lot of money.

But this afternoon it said in a statement "following a fracas with a BBC producer, Jeremy Clarkson has been suspended pending an investigation. No

one else has been suspended. Top Gear will not be broadcast this Sunday."

Until now, the BBC has stuck by Clarkson. Last year, Top Gear's crew was forced to flee Argentina. The presenter was seen behind the wheel of a car

with a number plate, which looked a lot like a reminder of the 1982 Falklands conflict.

Then there are the frequent accusations of racism. A derogatory term used in Burms, which saw Top Gear told off by the broadcasting regulatory.

CLARKSON: Eeny, meeny, miny, mo.

GOLASTANI: And then the use of a offensive word during unbroadcast footage. For that the star issued an explanation.

CLARKSON: I realized that in one of the mumbled version, if you listen very carefully with the sound turned right up, it did appear that I'd

actually used the word I was trying to obscure. I was mortified by this, horrified. It is a word I loathe.

GOLASTANI: Clarkson was put on his final warning.

CLARKSON: It just never shuts up. It would drive you mad.

GOLASTANI: The BBC now has to decide what to do with the star and the program, which is one of its biggest money spinners.

Duncan Golastani, ITV News.

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STEVENS: Never a dull moment in the world of Jeremy Clarkson.

So, Paris Fashion Week had an unexpected surprise on Tuesday.

In the flesh, Derek Zoolander back. Ben Stiller's famous alter ego and his nemesis Owen Wilson's Hansel showing the models how it's done as they

walked the Valentino runway.

Well, Stiller immortalizing his blue steel model pose in the 2001 Zoolander film.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: What would you say your trademark is if you have one?

BEN STILLER, ACTOR: Well, I guess the look I'm better known for is blue steel.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: What's that look like?

It's impressive.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

STEVENS: Timeless stuff that.

Stiller and Wilson filming the Zoolander sequel in Europe right now, but still finding time to dazzle the runway. Fantastic.

And that is it for News Stream. Thanks so much for joining us. I'm Andrew Stevens. Don't go anywhere, World Sport with our friend Patrick Snell is

up in just a moment.

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