and more than 60 years after its first flight, the uk s last airworthy vulcan is looking for a new home. hello and welcome to bbc news. we ll start in somalia, where security forces say they re searching a hotel in the capital mogadishu for explosives after ending a 30 hour siege by islamist militants. at least 13 people died at the hayat hotel during the attack, but officials warn that number could rise further. al shabab militants stormed the hayat hotel on friday. emily brown reports. gunfire. the crackle of gunshots penetrating the mogadishu air. a crumbling hayat hotel in the somali capital under attack after it was stormed by an islamist militant group on friday night. al shabab attackers detonated at least two bombs outside the hotel before making their way in. the deadly siege lasted for 30 hours. the hotel is known for being popular with journalists and politicians. gunmen held hostages inside. some were rescued. many needing hospital treatment. al shabab is the main
this, my sweet, is a letter from my solicitor telling you that your husband has filed a petition for divorce. happy christmas, ange. that was dirty den handing angie watts divorce papers after she d lied to him about having six months left to live. 30 million people tuned in to watch that episode of eastenders, more than half the population. today, the show averages between 4 and 6 million per episode, much of it through iplayer. so do soaps matter any more? what s their place in the cultural landscape? are we going through a messy den and angie divorce with them? or is it still enduring love, like scott and charlene? i m joined by sir phil redmond, creator of three of the biggest british soaps of all time grange hill, brookside and hollyoa ks. daniel kilkenny is soaps editor for entertainment news website digital spy. tv critic and soap fan emma bullimore is here, and charles collingwood, who s been farming, flirting and digging into his wife s venison pie for a whopping 4
hello and welcome to bbc news. we ll start in somalia, where security forces say they re searching a hotel in the capital mogadishu for explosives after ending a 30 hour siege by islamist militants. but there has been no independent confirmation. al shabaab militants stormed the hayat hotel on friday. the group said some of its fighters managed to escape. emily brown reports. gunfire. the crackle of gunshots penetrating the mogadishu air. the crumbling hayat hotel in the somali capital under attack after it was stormed by an islamist militant group on friday night. al shabaab attackers detonated at least two bombs outside the hotel before making their way in. the deadly siege lasted for 30 hours. the hotel is known for being popular with journalists and politicians. gunmen held hostages inside. some were rescued. many needing hospital treatment. al shabaab is the main islamist militant group in somalia. it s engaged in a long running conflict with the federal government. some
is looking for a new home. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. watching in the uk the daughter of one of president putin s close allies, aleksandr dugina, has been killed in a bomb attack. russian media says darya dugina died after her car exploded near moscow. there s been no comment from the authorities. it s thought that her father who s often called putin s brain could have been the intended target of the attack. the pair were reportedly set to travel back from an event in the same car. aleksandr dugina is a prominent ultra nationalist philosopher and strategist. mr dugina was interviewed by the bbc s gabriel gatehouse in 2016. he had this to say about his philosophy. truth is the question of belief and postmodernity shows that every so called truth is the matter of believing. so we believe in what we do, we believe in what we say, and that is the only way to define the truth. so we have our special russian truths that you need to acc
oh, my god, just spectacular. i will meet the people using this milestone to address the park s complex history by returning america s largest land mammal back to native american tribes in an historic partnership. the ecological importance of restoring animals to the landscape heals the land. by integrating this animal back it heals us. i will attempt to track down the park s elusive wolves that were reintroduced during one of the most successful rewilding initiatives of all time. it doesn t happen too much in human endeavours where your ancestors have made a terrible, terrible mistake in terms of killing off wildlife that you can correct that mistake and make it better and that s what happened here in yellowstone. it s a very positive story. yellowstone was one of the world s first national parks. established in 1872, it inspired a movement. and today there are thousands of them globally. lakes, volcanoes, and mountains span almost 4000 square miles of wilderness. home to ov