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hello, i m sally bundock. welcome to the programme. we begin with breaking news, a story developing overnight. the israeli military has carried out air raids in the gaza strip, striking targets belonging to the islamichhad militant group. palestinian officials said three commanders of the group were among at least 12 people killed. several others have been wounded. powerful explosions were heard throughout gaza city and rafah in the south of the gaza strip, causing panic among residents. in a statement, the al quds brigade, the military wing of islamichhad, said resistance to israel would continue. the death in israeli custody of an islamichhad hunger striker last week was followed by the firing of hundreds of rockets from gaza into israel. soon we will go live to gaza city to speak to rushdi abualouf. three senior officials killed in gaza airstrikes, his say the israeli military launched strikes against the militant group on tuesday. these are the pictures we are receiving a
allman explains. this is one of the most famous and iconic paintings of all time. vermeer s girl with a pill airing showcasing his skill, his technique and his use of colour. but where would a modern day artist looking to use authentic 17th century technique going to get their paints. how about here. we got 1200 in the paints. how about here. we got 1200 in the netherlands, - paints. how about here. we got 1200 in the netherlands, but i 1200 in the netherlands, but one year and this is the one. every morning for the last 42 years pete would bring this centuries of windmill into life. to massive extent weighing ten tons would crush rock into powder producing coloured pigments, techniques that date back around 400 years, creating paints like
but where would a modern day artist looking to use authentic 17th century techniques go to get their paints? how about here? we got 1200 windmills in the netherlands. but one is for paint supplies. and this is the only one. every morning for the last 42 years, pete would bring this centuries old windmill called the cat into life. two massive grinding stones weighing ten tonnes would crush rock into powder, producing coloured pigments. techniques that date back around 400 years, creating paints like ultramarine blue that were incredibly valuable. it was the most precious colour that was existing as a pigment. and the story goes, which sounds very interesting, and i think they can prove that it s right.