i m beginning this week in northern france, on a journey that two and a half million people take each year. i m kind of getting an idea of how popular this place must be, because it s off season, it s super cold but this bus is packed. i can see i vejust got a glimpse of the abbey. it does look pretty special. this is mont saint michel, one of france s most visited sites. it s an island off the coast of brittany, in normandy, connected to the mainland by a half a mile long bridge that opened back in 2014. and this year, the island celebrates a very special anniversary. it is the 1,000th anniversary of the construction of the church. how on earth did they construct something like this 1,000 years ago? mm hm. yeah, this is the best of medieval engineering. and it started off as a sanctuary dedicated to saint michel, saint michael, in the year 708. then it took off, you know, the pilgrims started to come. they had to come across the bay, so walk through the sands, and then i
of sub saharan africans by rights group human rights watch following a wave of anti migrant sentiment and clashes between locals and migrant communities in the country. our reporter, yasmin khatun, dewan is in the newsroom with more. according to a tunisian 1200 some safran migrants have been deported to tunisia to the port of algeria and libya over the last few days. the mp who made the statement suggested he wants to and hope that number would increase to 4,000 by the end of the week. he said the migrants had been sent with food and medical supplies. he is the mp for the region in tunisia whether been clashes between migrant communities in the last few days at local tunisians and one tunisian man was killed with his funeral just yesterday. even writes or suggests between 500 700 of the migrants are now stranded on the border to libya with little food, shelter or medical support. they said they spoke to a number of the migrants who said they saw large groups who had come to
england s euro 2024 qualifying campaign begins this week but without in form striker marcus rashford. he s one of three players to have withdrawn from the squad for the qualifiers against italy and ukraine. the 25 year old is having the best goal scoring season of his career for manchester united, with 30 goals in all competitions so far. but he s withdrawn from gareth southgate s squad after picking up a knock during the 3 1 fa cup quarterfinal win against fulham. mason mount and nick pope will also miss the start of england s qualiying campaign. fraser forster has been added as goalkeeping cover. meanwhilejonny evans has withdrawn from northern ireland s qualifiers against san marino and finland. the leicester centre back has 100 caps for his country but misses out due to a hamstring injury. the new wales captain aaron ramsey is urging his young team mates to make their own history . they begin their qualifying campaign against croatia on saturday. wales then take on l
called the russian president a criminal returning to the crime scene. it was the first time mr putin had been to a newly occupied ukranian territory. now on bbc news, the travel show. this week on the travel show. ..mont saint michel marks its millennium. that view is pretty amazing. there s the shadow of mont saint michel on the sand. the parps and toots that make this port one of a kind. horns blaring. one, two, three, four, five. and saving these bundles of fluff from extinction. twittering and squawking. yeah, he s thinking about it. all right. we ll give him some time. there he comes. i m beginning this week in northern france, on a journey that 2.5 million people take each year. you re kind of getting an idea of how popular this place must be, because it s off season, it s super cold, but this bus is packed. you can see it. i ve just got a glimpse of the abbey. it does look pretty special. this is mont saint michel, one of france s most visited sites. it s an island off
of ukrainian grain from the black sea has been renewed hours after it was due to expire. it says the agreement will continue performance while moscow says it agreed to just 60 days. now i m bbc news the travel show. this week on the travel show. ..mont saint michel marks its millennium. that view is pretty amazing. there s the shadow of mont saint michel on the sand. the parps and toots that make this port one of a kind. horns blaring one, two, three, four, five. and saving these bundles of fluff from extinction. twittering and squawking yeah, he s thinking about it. all right. we ll give him some time. there he comes. i m beginning this week in northern france on a journey that two and a half million people take each year. you re kind of getting an idea of how popular this place must be because it s off season, it s super cold, but this bus is packed. you can see it. i ve just got a glimpse of the abbey. it does look pretty special. this is mont saint michel, one of france