than 1,000 people recognised in the queen s birthday honours list. in other news. johnny depp s seen in a newcastle pub last night, while in the us his legal team celebrated his defamation win, but domestic abuse campaigners worry about the message it sends. a warm welcome back to buckingham palace, considerably quieter and calmer than it has been over the last few hours. the crowds have disappeared in the clear up is under way following the trooping the colour ceremony but there is much more from here at the palace tonight and will be talking with that in the next half an hour or so. there is much more to come. let s take a moment to reflect on what has happened today because the queen has been seen on the balcony behind me here at buckingham palace. she came out to greet the crowds as the trooping the colour ceremony. it s part of four days of celebration for her platinum jubilee. there are thousands of people here lining the streets, and we ve spoken to some who ve come fr
Our main story in the past few minutes, theresa may has arrived at the white house to hold talks with donald trump. She is the first foreign leader to visit since mr trump became president. Here are the pictures of the Prime Minister meeting mr trump. Here are the pictures of the Prime Minister meeting mr trump. Global security and a trade deal after brexit are high on the agenda. The Prime Minister will be holding a joint Press Conference with the us president in around an hours time, at 6. 00pm this evening. In a speech to us republicans yesterday, mrs may said the uk and United States could not return to failed Military Interventions to try to remake the world. Her visit comes amid the continuing controversy over President Trumps support for waterboarding terror suspects and his war of words with mexico over the building of a border wall. Heres our correspondent richard lister. The Prime Minister began her day in the Chill Winter Sunshine of Arlington National cemetery. On the quays
A result they have come to question the integrity of many written accounts from antiquity. The Apostle Peter is martyrdom on the vatican hill is one of them. It marks the dramatic climax of a religious legend but as one of the most powerful stories in church tradition. Some one and a half centuries later a Magnificent Basilica was erected on the vatican you know of the sign believed to be the very spot where peter was buried. Peters basilica is a monument to the apostle and one of the holiest catholic shrines. In the catacombs deep below the church is an Ancient Roman graves a veritable City Of The Dead in which according to legend jesus is first Apostle Simon peter was buried. Peanuts
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Aims and sluicing the twenty sixteen election. And the dozen friends sound like iraq and berlin on behalf of the entire news team thank you so much for spending this part of your day with us the news continues at the top of the hour see that. Letter we were. When we were. Eighty percent of americans at some point in our lives will experience hardship listen up. Double. Binds. Nero murderer and despot a madman on the imperial throne. Whose name is inextricably linked with one of the biggest disasters of the ancient world The Great Fire over a. Hero set rome a light to make room for his own building plans in takes the blame for the fire on the christians ordering the torture and execution of thousands. But scholars today question the legend of nero as the arsonist of rome and down to the initiator of policy of persecution against the christians. To date there is no archaeological evidence to support the theory that the Apostle Peter was ever in rome but there are mounting indications tha
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days thousands will die when the smoke clears three quarters of the city will lay in ruins. According to legend the Apostle Peter was in rome at the same time to supervise the citys fledgling Christian Community. Later he would go down in the annals of the Catholic Church is the first Bishop Of Rome. With. Another natori as legend emperor nero himself started the fire as an excuse to rebuild rome to his own liking and to rename the city mirabilis and thats not all. The Mad Megalomaniac watched the conflagration from his palace on the palatine you know merrily singing and playing his life. In need of a scapegoat he blamed the fire on the christians so many indiscriminately and
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