Long civil war and in that time, many of the citys Historic Buildings were damaged. One artist, maya husseini, spent years restoring their stained glass windows. But the recent explosion in the port destroyed much of her work. Its just made her more determined to start over. Heres her story. Now on bbc news, its the topless tongans tokyo quest bbc sports nick hope talks to a taekwondo fighter turned Cross Country skier. Samba music welcome to brazil for the greatest show on earth. Listen to the welcome for tonga and flag bearer pita taufatofua. The countrys flag bearer won gold on the internet with his shirtless and oiled up performance. They said, youre trending everywhere in the world. I said, i dont know what trending means, but it sounds good. A social media sensation. Could you ever have imagined what was going to happen next . We had no idea. 3 billion people saw that. 200 million google hits. Where is tonga . Who is the tongan flag bearer . All of a sudden, now youre a celebrity
Beirut was on the frontlines of lebanons15 year long civil war and in that time, many of the citys Historic Buildings were damaged. One artist, maya husseini, spent years restoring their stained glass windows. But the recent explosion in the port destroyed much of her work. Its just made her more determined to start over. Heres her story. Now on bbc news its witness history, where we hear from five people who have experienced important moments in history, including a jewish woman who found refuge in britain after she was transported out of nazi germany. Hello and welcome to witness history with me, razia iqbal, here at the Royal Academy in london. Today well hear from five people who have witnessed incredible moments in history. Coming up the soldiers who fought for the british but were not allowed to settle in britain. The last days of the sri lankan civil war, the first latin american coup, backed by the us, and when the soviet union banned alcohol. But first, to a story of love, hop
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