Now witness history hears from a survivor of the khmer rouge regime, and a warning, some viewers may find some scenes upsetting. Hello, and welcome to witness history here at the Royal Academy in london. Im tanya beckett. Today, we present five extraordinary moments in history as told to us by the people who were there. Coming up, we meet the scientist who tried to find a cure for the common cold. The diver who discovered the lost plane belonging to the author of the Little Prince. And the african man who ran away as a boy to live in the arctic. But first, its a0 years since the end of the brutal regime of the khmer rouge in cambodia. Around 2 Million People are thought to have been killed under its extremist rule. Sokphal din survived four years in what became known as the killing fields. A warning, this piece contains some distressing images. The cambodian people are the victims of a hideous experiment in communism that failed. The khmer rouge guerrillas triumphed in the spring of 19
Hello, this is bbc news. The headlines emergency workers are in a race against time to prevent a catastrophic collapse of the damaged reservoir in Whaley Bridge in derbyshire. There are fears of storms tomorrow that could cause water levels to breach the dam. The Prime Minister has visited Whaley Bridge and promised a major rebuild to make the dam safe. Talks aimed at averting strikes by thousands of Heathrow Airport workers have resumed. The airport has already cancelled 177 flights scheduled for monday and tuesday after staff who are members of one Union Rejected a pay offer. Rival demonstrations are taking place in hong kong where tensions remain high after weeks of Anti Government protests. Now on bbc news, in this episode of witness history, we hear from a survivor of the khmer rouge and the man who tried to find a cure for the common cold. Hello, and welcome to witness history here at the Royal Academy in london. Im tanya beckett. Today we present five extraordinary moments in hi
Taliban after combat operations end in december. And im farah ill have all the sport, including Mani Pacquiao dismisses suggestions hes past his best as he successfully defends his welter weight title its a landmark moment for tunisia. The first president ial election since the uprising and revolution of 2011. Some polling stations have seen large queues of voters, in total more than 5 Million People are eligible to vote. There are 22 candidates to choose from. Two have emerged as frontrunners. 87yearold Beji Caid Essebsi is the favourite. He is the leader of the secular nidaa tounes party, which won the county elections in october. His closest rival is the Current Interim president moncf marzouki. And he has been in charge since the outing of former president zine El Abidine Ben ali. Nazanine moshiri joins us live from the capital tunis. Hugely a significant moment for tunisians. How is the front runner suggesting and what has he been saying . Yes, he did vote here at the polling stat
Holidaymakers have arrived back in the uk, after a last minute dash to avoid new quarantine rules. Travellers from france, the netherlands, and four other countries would have been subject to m days self isolation after concerns over rising coronavirus cases abroad. Andy moore has the details. There were long queues at calais early this morning as people scrambled to get back to the uk ahead of the 4am deadline. At passport control, to get this far, they told us we should be fine to get back to the uk for the 4am deadline. On one of the last ferries out of france from dieppe, some exhausted travellers. And im told the ferry people know we need to get to the uk before four oclock, so we will see you later. The ship docked in new haven just before the deadline. 3 58am in the uk. They laugh fantastic one group of edinburgh based musicians who had been performing in normandy. Classical music plays. Hired their own fishing boat to get back in time. After an eight hour crossing, they landed
Arrests of migrants, camp destruction operations and searches of NGO premises: since the end of April, the anti-migrant policy has taken on an unprecedented scale.