Iam here i am here to guide you through five extraordinary moments from history. We will need a South African judge who took part in the truth and can see a show in reconciliation committee. And we will hear from a british scientist about the smog that used to engulf britain. We start with one of the 50th anniversary of the vietnam war. During 1968, communists in North Vietnam launched a huge surprise offensive across South Vietnam with the support of local guerillas, the vietcong. This is one of the members of the vietcong which fought american and South Vietnamese forces in the city. They have been forced back to part of the northern side of the river dividing the city. The americans and their allies cannot drive them out without destroying the city. Translation the american bombardment was very heavy. We hid underground. When we came out, it was like standing on the moon. Com plete was like standing on the moon. Complete destruction. That is how fierce it was. Of course, facing deat
Wa ke tomorrow morning some of us will wake up to snow on the ground and the ground is frozen solid. No rob for the snow to settle pretty much anywhere. For the course of the day, the wintry showers will be blown further inland. Anywhere tomorrow could catch a few flakes of snow. On monday night into tuesday, that is when the snow showers start to develop across the north sea. They will start to be blown further inland and there is already an amber warning in force from the met office for eastern and central areas first thing on tuesday morning. Fightback this is bbc news our latest headlines a shift of policy on europe by labour shadow brexit secretary sir kier starmer confirms the party would keep britain in a customs union. The winter Olympic Games come to a conclusion with the closing ceremony in pyeongchang. Team gb go home with a record tally of five medals. Chinas president xijinping could serve indefinitely under changes that the communist party is proposing to the countrys con
Following this morning. A Police Officer has been shot and killed in washington state. This is still a developing situation for police there. We will be updating you every ten minutes. Good morning. Thursday. It is december 1st. Here we go. Im brian duffy. Tia im tia ewing. The other big story will hit you right in the face when you open the front door. After a few days in the 60s, the temperature is dropping like a rock this brian sam, driving in this morning it looked a little glazy to me. Samantha we had that rain last night and very early this morning. There is some wintery precipitation outside, so you may notice like sheen on the roads, if you will, but i dont think it will slow you down too much or be dangerous, anything like that. So it is safe to send your Young Drivers out on the roads this morning. Just watch out for the light precipitation that we do have. 6 01. With temperatures above freezing, of course, thats why i dont expect any major issues from this. Some light winte
Being the the crc is to seven hundred thousand euro had not been received from the friends that support the board approve the payment of the departed successor told the committee he knew nothing about. Your memorable moments the seven hundred trucks but knew nothing about. Most important the archival collections from irans revolutionary period go from lying. Basically it means that the people seem to be true if the organization you cant credit the foundation of the state i knew. Welcome to six long short on to mikes thoughts not one member of local accounts committee has described the biggest revelations of top up payments at the central remedial connect the committee was told today that the crc former chief executive paul wylie received secret payments of more than seven hundred and forty thousand euro when he retired and that the money came from the clinics fund raising tts has been previously told the payment was two hundred thousand euro said they were called back by the revelation