moscow says the plane was carrying ukrainian prisoners of war involved in a prison exchange. it has accused ukraine of deliberately ta rgetting the plane. ukraine says kyiv had not been advised, on this occasion, to ensure the safety of airspace where it happened. according to moscow, the military plane crashed about 44 miles north east of the russian city of belgorod. there are said to have been 7a people on board, including 65 ukrainian pows. our russia editor steve rosenberg has the latest from moscow. caught on mobile phone, the moment a russian military transport plane fell from the sky. woman speaks russian. good god, she cries, as the consequence of what has happened becomes clear. the wreckage was strewn across the fields of belgorod region. not only did russia accuse ukraine of shooting the plane down, it claimed that on board were dozens of ukrainian prisoners of war who were about to be exchanged. translation: on board the plane there were six crew members, - 65
Maria callas is one of the most extraordinary and influentialfigures in the history of opera. Anima viva. You must serve music because music is so enormous and can envelop you into such a state of. Of perpetual anxiety and torture. When music fails to agree to the ear in other words, to soothe the ear and the heart and the senses then it has missed its point. She enjoyed the Bright Lights of fame and endured its dark side. Her every word and move scrutinised by press and public. When a public loves you so much, you want to do so much more. They cant just applaud the legend if you dont give them something. And after all, what is the legend . The public made me. Maria callas was born in new york in December 1923 and christened Cecilia Sofia anna maria kalogeropoulos. Her parents, george and evangelia, left greece for america shortly before her birth, where they abbreviated the family name to callas. In 1937, after the marriage broke down, evangelia moved back to athens with her two daugh
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to the top of the hill. then, he marched them down again. political persecution like something straight out of a fascist or communist nation. this is southern israel and that is gaza, and the war here has dominated the news agenda since early october. tragic and polarising, it s one of the biggest stories of 2023 and one that i have followed here and reported on throughout, speaking to people in israel and in gaza about how they re living through it. the year has seen many important and profound stories, from the war in ukraine to donald trump s legal affairs in the us and for india, a successful moon landing. i m going to bring you just some of those moments. we begin in turkey and syria and the devastating earthquake that struck early on the sixth of february. these images show the moment the first quake hit. with a magnitude of 7.8, it destroyed hundreds of buildings and killed thousands of people. a second powerful tremor hours later increased the death toll even further.