Many people in the ancient world believed spices came from paradise. The egyptians mummified their dead with cumin, the chinese burnt cloves to commune with the spirit world, this is a clove tree. Now cloves that we use in cooking are the dried flowers and some Medieval Europeans that come from this tree. Believed nutmeg was the plant originated on some the only cure for the plague. Incredibly small volcanic pepper was so valuable islands called the moluccas, it was used instead of money, and centuries ago, thousands of people and it was pepper that the romans were so mad about. Lost their lives fighting over the little thing, because it was more valuable than gold. Imbued with magical properties, im in the roman ruins of baalbek, situated 50 miles sought after for medicines east of beirut in lebanon. And aphrodisiacs, with the power to build empires here in baalbek once stood the most impressive and destroy lives, temples outside of rome. This is the story of spice. They took 10,000 s
The road. It seems like a shower and she looked me in tokyo until mixed the day its. I know im still here it with nhk world tv. This is what the week where we can hear the selection of upcoming programs. Lets get started with out first. She ishe ireased pollution and many chinese are moving to remote villages with clean air and water. These places are already attracting large numbers of residents and tourists. Well what the villages balance between development of its natural as a base. Next on saturday is the creator of one which profiles to what many different fields. Should this time spotlight is on air km she produces traditionally imperfect back to the staff more than a hundred. Writing makes custom clothes using janese dyeing techniques and our final choice. Also on saturday it was an american film director visiting japan. This summer oliver stone its backers of the hiroshima and nagasaki atomic bombings and spoke with people about the American Military presence in okinawa. She al
Half of its workforce. And whats holding up a new 400 billion rescue plan for Small Businesses . Nursing homes in crisis. Shocking numbers. 55 dead at one home, 70 in another as facilities face chronic Staff Shortages. Tonight the new federal guidelines that allow covid positive aides to keep working. Emergency room cuts in the s ddle of a pandemic, cbs news has learned that doctors and hospital staff are facing pay cuts and layoffs. Cuts and layoffs. We go through the stages of grief when you get a pay cut, and we all did. He odonnell and with the lights off on broadway, one star performs every night. His inspiring story and performance thats lifting spirits. This is the cbs evening news with Norah Odonnell reporting from the nations capital. Thank onnell good evening, and thank you for joining us. Were going to begin this new week with the country in a heated showdown over reopening the economy, and as we come on the air, the outbreak is getting worse in some parts of the country. At
Hit by coronavirus. Our world follows the lives of some of those at the heart of the crisis. This is a story ofjust a few of the people making sacrifices to save lives. I follow their efforts through the peak of the pandemic in spain. Until the lockdown begins to be lifted. Spain is under one of district is locked down is in the world. People are only allowed to go out on their own to buy food or medicine and walk their dogs. It is forbidden for children to go outside. In just a single week, the number of covid infections has tripled. And hospitals across spain are struggling. The uk has started its own lockdown. Ive travelled the world making documentaries. Now, for the first time, i making a film about my own country from my home in london. La mancha, region two hours south west of madrid has been hard hit by the virus. I make contact with a nurse in the region. Her husband, jesus, is supporting her. Loli and jesus have two children. When the crisis started, she took them to live at
The Channel Island of guernsey has become the first part of the British Isles to remove nearly all its lockdown restrictions, after reporting no new cases of covid 19 for over three weeks. Robert hall has more. In a guernsey garden, eight week old Charlie Flood is meeting his widerfamily. Until now, his grandparents have only had glimpses of him at a distance. Today, the family can hold charlie and hug each other for the First Time Since lockdown began. Were so fortunate because in england, they cant do that. It must be so, so difficult for them. Were just really, really lucky. It feels absolutely amazing. It has been a long time coming. And it feels so nice i cant put him down on the 16th of may, guernsey moved into phase three of the lockdown exit plan. Guernsey families and friends can meet up under what is called a bubble system, gradually widening their contacts. Guernseys success against covid i9 is down to a community effort. Social distancing, combined with testing and tracing,