but he is part of the oldest continuing hereditary monarchy in the world dating back to around 600 bc. we will be bringing you more on that throughout the evening here on bbc news. the secretary general of nato, jens stoltenberg, says support for ukraine has to be long term and mustn t waiver. his comments were made in the wake of russia s latest assault on the country, including an attack on a children s hospital in kherson. ukraine s armed forces say they ve shot down dozens of iranian made drones fired since new year s eve by the russians. there have been more air raid warnings tonight. 0ur correspondent hugo bachega gave us the latest from a bomb shelter in kyiv. this gives you an idea of the reality of millions of ukrainians across the country who have to deal with this air raid alerts, day and night, missile attacks,
no wonder. it is kind kind of fitting fors week. juan: you are up. jessie: do no one of the dumbest things you can do? think about it. don t say it. a bunch of guys trying to rob a gun store. look what happened here in tennessee. they are congregating around, they snatch a bunch of guns and everybody in the store is armed. they take them outside and they try to make it to the vehicle and everyone just draws on the vehicle and they can t even pull out the parking lot. now they are all charged with theft and probably going to spend some time in jail. juan: that is unbelievable. katie: today is national canine sputtering tank which is identified to set aside to honor the brave dogs who serve side-by-side with her people overseas. in 600 bc they were used, the
last week isis released a video showing militants destroying artifacts at the ancient mosul museum. they used sledgehammers to smash some of the sculptures. barbara starr is monitoring the situation. what do we know about the extent of the damage to this ancient city that s been bulldozed with all these historic artifacts? reporter: i have to tell you, the information very sketchy coming out of the iraqi government. they are saying that isis went there and did bulldoze nimrod in northern iraq. this is a priceless site. these are artifacts, an ancient city that dates between 900 b.c. and 600 b.c. if you look at the existing photos images you begin to get a sense of the great historic and cultural treasure that this location is. the iraqis say that it has been virtually destroyed.
may have attracted those seeking his counsel, so too would the temple that he s said to have built. solomon s temple was of course an astonishing building. reporter: in the bible pages and pages are devoted to describing the temple. solomon s temple, as far as we can tell, was built as a replica of the garden of eden. when human beings and gods lived close by one another. reporter: and through the ages people have imagined what it might have looked like. it s a very common human yearning to feel that god is here among us and that in this abode we have built, that is where god dwells with us on earth. reporter: and the bible says that solomon placed the ark of the covenant at the center of the temple in the most sacred spot. but it said that the temple was destroyed when the babylonians sacked jerusalem around 600 b.c., and ever since then this is where many people believe that the great temple once stood.
explosives. thus saving lives. construction crows blowing off the top of the mountain. scientist plan to build the largest telescope and study black holes and galaxies in space. england, stone henge monoument to mark the summer solstice. it draws huge crowds to the mysterious standing stones that were erected 3500 yearsing on. the reason they are there is unclear to this day. china, an avrnient bronze vessel is back where it belongs after a century overseas. the vessel dating back to 1600 bc was discovered in 1919. it was bought and solid several times before being returned by