In this task, you will be presented with a passage and have to answer a question based on your understanding of the events inferred from the passage. Try to find the best answer that is most likely to fill in "_". Note that the URLs in the text have been replaced with [Link].

Example Input: Terrified: Miriam, 11 (left), and Ayesha, nine (right), are currently living in fear in their basement A terrified British family who are stuck in a basement in war-torn Yemen have launched a desperate appeal to be evacuated to the UK. Louise Henderson Alakil, 49, moved to the Middle Eastern country 27 years ago and worked as a teacher at the International School in the capital Sanaa until recent fighting forced it to close. She is now hiding in a shelter below her family home on the outskirts of the city with her youngest children, Miriam, 11, and Ayesha, nine, amid heavy shelling and while bombs fall all around them.Louise Henderson, 49, moved to Yemen 27 years ago to work as a teacherHer family are now caught up in fighting in the country's capital, SanaaShe is currently hiding below her home with her two young daughtersMiriam, 11, and Ayesha, nine, have pleaded for the bombing to stop and for their family to be evacuated to the UK 
 Question:The family are facing a number of problems in their fight to leave the country, as Louise and her children's passports have expired and the _ authorities are closed.
Example Output: British

Example Input: The wife of a man jailed for killing his own brother has vowed to stand by her man. Mark Lowe, 32, from Skelmersdale, Lancashire, is currently serving a five-year sentence for beating and kicking his brother Wayne to death, after Wayne, then 33, attacked him in his bed with a knife. Mark's wife Sarah is now looking after three young children alone and said: '[Mark] will regret what he did for the rest of his life, because he loved his brother.' Mark Lowe, 32 (left), is currently serving a five year sentence for beating and kicking his brother Wayne (right) to death, but his wife Sarah (bottom) is standing by her manMark Lowe, 32, beat his brother Wayne, 33, to death last SeptemberWayne, who was known for being violent, attacked Mark in bed with a knifeMum-of-three Sarah Lowe insists her husband, a nurse, is a good manMark is now serving a four year eight month prison sentence 
 Question:But prosecutors accepted a manslaughter plea 'on the basis of a loss of control' as he was first attacked by a knife-wielding _.
Example Output: Wayne

Example Input: Washington (CNN) More than five dozen state and local election offices requested help from the Department of Homeland Security to protect their election systems from cyberattacks, according to DHS documents obtained by CNN. Before the 2016 US election, 33 states and 36 local governments requested an assessment of their election systems to help prevent cyberattacks, and another two states and six localities requested the assessment since the election, according to a DHS memo issued in response to questions from Missouri Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill. The memo gives more detail on the scope of how many states and cities had concerns about the potential risk of a cyberattack last year, even before the Obama administration had issued its report confirming Russian hackers meddled in the US election.33 states and 36 local governments asked DHS for help from cyberattacksSince the election, another two states and six local governments also requested assistance 
 Question:In the memo, the department states it observed along with the intelligence community "_ cyber actors attempting to access voter registration databases prior to the 2016 elections."
Example Output:
Russian

