event than that. the race is a wild mix of horses, skiing, all done over this frozen lake. before the main event, i caught up with valeria, who s been crowned overall winner here twice in past years. before the first race, i always said, why am i doing this? and after the race, i said, yeah, i know why! 2009, i was the first woman to do skijoring. it was really special because everyone was looking at me, can she do that? is she strong enough? is she not scared and everything? but it was really nice because i had a third place in my first race. can you control the horse with the reins, and how different is it for the horse? we definitely can control them. we have to control them because if there is something next to you, you have to go left or you have to go right. you have to stop the horse if something happened. after the start, they normally say, ok, where is my boss? ok, it s six metres behind me, and they are sometimes really looking for you and trying to conne
troops will also be instructed in the use of more powerful weapons systems. the measures will be introduced in 2024 and come after a review of the island s defences. now on bbc news, the travel show. hello and welcome to this very special edition of the show, coming to you from the spectacular valley of the kings here in luxor in egypt. if you were watching last week, you d have seen me unearthing the story of how tutankhamun s tomb was discovered here 100 years ago this year. well, it s such a breathtaking location that we thought we d stick around for a while to bring you this our best bits of 2022. well, from the baking sun of here in egypt, let s switch to the snow of switzerland where, back in march, carmen got to experience a horse race like no other where the jockeys don t need saddles. they use skis. this is st moritz in the swiss alps. it s the place, so they say, where the concept of the winter holiday was born. it also occupies a unique place in sporting histor
there after beijing relaxed containment measures this month. those are your headlines. you are watching bbc news. good to have you with us. now, the travel show. hello and welcome to this very special edition of the show, coming to you from the spectacular valley of the kings here in luxor in egypt. if you were watching last week, you d have seen me unearthing the story of how tutankhamun s tomb was discovered here 100 years ago this year. well, it s such a breathtaking location that we thought we d stick around for a while to bring you this our best bits of 2022. well, from the baking sun of here in egypt, let s switch to the snow of switzerland where, back in march, carmen got to experience a horse race like no other where the jockeys don t need saddles. they use skis. this is st moritz in the swiss alps. it s the place, so they say, where the concept of the winter holiday was born. it also occupies a unique place in sporting history. it s where the bobsleigh was create
the taiwanese defence ministry says it s detected 71 aircraft and seven warships around the island a tenth person has been killed by an explosion at a block of flats injersey earlier this month. kathleen mcginess was injured by the blast and died in hospital yesterday. the 73 year old lived in a building adacent to the flats. more rohingya refufgees reach the indonesian province of aceh as the un refugee agency fears 180 may have died, after their boat was adrift for weeks in the indian ocean. you are watching bbc news. next it s the travel show. hello and welcome to this very special edition of the show, coming to you from the spectacular valley of the kings here in luxor in egypt. if you were watching last week, you d have seen me unearthing the story of how tutankhamun s tomb was discovered here 100 years ago this year. well, it s such a breathtaking location that we thought we d stick around for a while to bring you this our best bits of 2022. well, from the baking sun
if something happened. after the start, they normally say, ok, where is my boss? ok, it s six metres behind me, and they are sometimes really looking for you and trying to connect you with the reins. some horses, they love to do it. they say, wow, there is nobody on it, i go. cries of encouragement. at one point, valeria was in the lead and looking good. come on, come on! go, go! for the riders, the sheer amount of snow and ice kicked up by the horse s hooves mean face protection is pretty important. by the horses hooves mean face protection is pretty important. by the final lap, you could see the horse is beginning to tire and she was desperately trying to hang on. so, our rider came fourth, unfortunately, but it did look like a really tough race. they came round three times and, gosh, these horses were going so fast. it was really thrilling. carmen high up in the alps there in march. 0k, we re off to sri lanka now. and at the start of the year, our adventurer karolis