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[EX Q]: The trust running Telford's Princess Royal Hospital confirmed plans in September, with the closures projected to begin in early December. Shropshire and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) says staff shortages have prompted the move. Critics marched on Sunday to say it posed a risk to patients who would have further to travel for treatment. The rally in Wellington, Shropshire, also highlighted fears about burdening neighbouring hospitals to where patients will be sent instead. They include Royal Shrewsbury Hospital, which is also run by SaTH, along with New Cross in Wolverhampton and University Hospital Stoke. Among the members of the public taking part was mother Bridget Supple, from Newport, Shropshire, whose son has severe asthma. She said: "My placard says 'my son may die with increased transfer times'. "I've seen him come really close [to succumbing] - we can only just get him to Telford, but add the time of going to Shrewsbury, that's not going to work. "We need to keep the A&E [in Telford] because it's going to cost lives and I don't want it to be my son." Chris Holsten added: "My placard shows the distance between the Princess Royal and the Royal Shrewsbury, and the Wolverhampton hospital - 17 miles to Shrewsbury; 23 miles to Wolverhampton. "It doesn't take a genius to work out it'll take 40 minutes in the winter before you get to you nearest healthcare - and it'll cost lives." Telford and Wrekin Council, where leader Shaun Davies has been a vocal critic of the plans, estimated that 3,000 people took part. The BBC understands the figure to be accurate. SaTH says the move is temporary and set to last six months, between the hours of 20:00 and 08:00. It says it is also motivated by patient safety and cites a lack of specialist staff affecting its sites. In October it was announced SaTH's two hospitals must report weekly to the Care Quality Commission amid concerns over standards in emergency and maternity services at both sites. The trust was already under investigation over baby deaths.
[EX A]: An estimated 3,000 people took part in a protest over a hospital's decision to shut its A&E department at night.

[EX Q]: The actor had announced he was seeking Russian citizenship after the French government criticised his decision to move abroad to avoid higher taxes. Mr Depardieu met Mr Putin in Russia's Black Sea resort of Sochi. Mr Depardieu was then given his new passport, although the president's spokesman said Mr Putin did not hand it over personally. Mr Depardieu and Mr Putin shook hands and hugged each other at the meeting in Sochi. The actor was later invited to set up home in the central Russian region of Mordovia, known for its Stalin-era prison camps. Local governor Vladimir Volkov said Mr Depardieu could choose an apartment or a place to build a house, Interfax news agency reported. After arriving in Mordovia's main city of Saransk, the actor showed of his new passport, saying: "I am very happy, it's very beautiful here. Beautiful and soulful people live here." Earlier this week, Mr Putin signed the decree granting Russian citizenship to Mr Depardieu. The actor responded by writing an open letter saying: "I love your country, Russia - its people, its history, its writers. I love your culture, your intelligence." Mr Depardieu went on to describe Russia as "a great democracy, and not a country where the prime minister calls one of its citizens shabby". Mr Depardieu's highly publicised tax row began last year after new President Francois Hollande said he would raise taxes to 75% for those earning more than 1m euros (£817,400). The actor accused the socialist government of punishing "success, creation and talent", and announced in early December that he would move to Belgium. French Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault branded his decision to move abroad as "shabby and unpatriotic". The actor, described by Mr Putin as a friend, has developed close ties with Russia, which has a flat 13% personal income tax rate. He currently appears in an advertisement for Sovietsky Bank's credit card and is prominently featured on the bank's home page. In 2011, he played the lead role in the film Rasputin, a Franco-Russian production about the life of eccentric monk Grigory Rasputin.
[EX A]: French actor Gerard Depardieu has met President Vladimir Putin and has been handed his new Russian passport.

[EX Q]: Militants killed four US soldiers at the same place in 2017. Niger and other countries in the Sahel have been facing a growing militant threat from several Islamist groups. The Islamic State group has said it was behind the ambush but there has been no confirmation of this claim by the authorities. Militants belonging to affiliates of al-Qaeda are also active in the region. They are most active in neighbouring Mali, where French troops intervened in 2013 to prevent them from advancing on the capital, but they often stage cross-border raids. How did the attack happen? The soldiers were in pursuit of militants who attacked a high security prison 50km (30 miles) on Tuesday outside the capital, Niamey, a government spokesman told the BBC. "One of the soldiers' vehicles drove into a landmine and then the assailants started firing at our soldiers," Mr Zakariyyah told the BBC's Focus on Africa programme on Tuesday. It was initially reported that 17 soldiers had been killed in the ambush. Without providing any evidence, the Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for the attack via its news agency Amaq. According to the statement, 40 were killed and injured, although for now the government has said that the death toll was 28. Mr Zakariyyah did not identify the perpetrators of the attack but said it happened near where US troops and five Niger soldiers were killed two years ago. A search operation, aided by French and American troops, who have a base in Niger, continues. Niger is part of a five nation anti-insurgency force operating in the Sahel. It includes Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali and Mauritania. The G5 Sahel, as it is called, is backed by a 3,000-strong French force. Call to attack French allies By Louise Dewast, BBC West Africa correspondent This was the deadliest attack recorded in western Niger, where government troops and their international allies are fighting affiliates of al-Qaeda and the Islamic State group. Authorities say it was a complex attack in which the militants planted improvised explosive devices. Despite years of heavy deployments of French, US and UN forces, the region - including Niger - remains a tinderbox. The group called the Islamic State in the Greater Sahara (ISGS), which has claimed responsibility for the attack, has recently been subject to counter-militancy operations, mainly led by the French, making large-scale attacks against government troops difficult. For one expert on the region, Héni Nsaibia, a researcher at The Armed Conflict Location and Event Data group, this attack could be the result of French forces shifting its focus to central Mali, and to the recent hostage-release operation in Burkina Faso which required attention and assets. He adds it could also be that militants are heeding the call of Islamic State group leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, who in a recent audiovisual speech explicitly called on them to intensify attacks against France and its allies in the Sahel region. The statement released on Thursday was issued by the central Islamic State but is being attributed to its affiliate in the region. It is believed to be just the second official claim - in the form of a statement - from ISGS in the region.
[EX A]:
The bodies of 11 Nigerien soldiers missing since Tuesday's ambush have been discovered, bringing the death toll to 28.

