those are your latest headlines. now on bbc news, the travel show. each day, before the sun rises in northern chile s atacama desert, people venture up and up. across bumpy terrain to where the altitude is high enough to make you lightheaded. the air is thin and even in summer, the temperatures are near freezing. summer, the temperatures are nearfreezing. so, these are one of the main draws for tourists coming here to the atacama desert. an incredible place, it is the largest kaiser field in the largest southern hemisphere and here in the andes mountains, over 4000 metres, it is the highest the world. but what i find especially incredible is that we are in the atacama desert. i m sure you ve heard of it. the driest place on earth. but i m notjust in chile sightseeing, i ve come because bubbling up in this country has been an appetite for change. 30 years on from the era shaped by dictator augusto pinochet, many here still want change and in 2019, millions took to the stree
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the russian invasion. the vessel was chartered by the world food programme, to supply countries at risk from starvation. to ukraine now, where the army says it has destroyed command posts and ammunition depots on the second day of its counterattack against the russians in the south. the military says ukrainian forces are targeting bridges which provide russia s army with a lifeline to its troops around kherson. let s get more now from our correspondent in kyiv, james waterhouse. these counteract offensives by ukraine on and around the city of kherson are significant for ukraine, but there are some caveats. we are still talking about a sizeable chunk of territory, and ukraine aborts counterattacks in almost a daily basis. however, it is clear that after weeks of using these long range missile systems to take down important bridges, to strafe the russian supply lines, the target command centres as they claim it is clear the ukrainians have the confidence to push forward, which
e. 0ne party needs enough seats to form a majority government. now on bbc news, the travel show. this week, on the show, meeting mummies in chile. wow, there are so many mummies here, vivien. ..grannies in austria. this is the open kitchen where our grandmas and grandpas bake their lovely cakes. ..and cabbies in england. in the chilean region of arica, on the northern fringes of the country s atacama desert, you ll find clues that something significant lies beneath the ground. hidden in the sand are some of the oldest mummified bodies in the world, evidence of an overlooked culture that once lived and thrived here on the western coast of south america. it s amazing how close these skeletons are to the surface and, apparently, there is layer after layer after layer of bodies going down as low as 2m underground. this is crazy. ifeel quite strange, walking on the dead here. between 7000 and 1500 bc, the hunter gatherer chinchorro people called this area home and developed comple
shooting, and urges americans to reject the poison of white supremacy. defying the taliban to get an education, we ve a special report from the secret schools of afghanistan. leadership consists girls secondary schools will eventually reopen but that is being seen as unlikely. now on bbc news, it is time to get away from now on bbc news, it is time to get away from it now on bbc news, it is time to get away from it all. this week, on the show. meeting mummies in chile. wow, there are so many mummies here, vivien. ..grannies in austria. this is the open kitchen where our grandmas and grandpas bake their lovely cakes. ..and cabbies in england. oh, wow, look at this! this is amazing, john. in the chilean region of arica, on the northern fringes of the country s atacama desert, you ll find clues that something significant lies beneath the ground. hidden in the sand are some of the oldest mummified bodies in the world, evidence of an overlooked culture that once lived and thrived