a huge relief effort. and a qatari consortium has submitted a bid to buy manchester united bbc sport understands that a rival bid was also tabled by ineos, owned by british billionaire, sirjim ratcliffe, before friday s deadline. you re watching bbc news,now its time for a look back at some of the travel show s recent highlights. this week on the travel show we are to taking a look back at some of our favourite recent adventures. in mexico, we are hands on with a salamander. oh, my god, it is so smooth, it is so lovely. face to face with italy s stolen art. wow, it is beautiful. and up to my neck in it in rural estonia. hello and welcome to switzerland. i m in the town of chateau d oex. it is known for its gruyere cheese, which is delicious, and the international balloon festival, held in the valley behind me every winter. but let s start somewhere a little warmer. mexico city s ancient canal network was first built by the aztecs. it stretches 180 kilometres and these days
to hurry up its delivery of military supplies. he warned that any delay would be a big mistake and there was no alternative to a ukrainian victory. and a former security guard at the uk embassy in berlin has been sentenced to 13 years in prison for spying for russia. you re watching bbc news. now it s time for the travel show. hello, and welcome to switzerland. i am in a town known for its gruyere cheese, which is delicious, and the international balloon festival held in the valley behind me every winter. let s start somewhere a little warmer. mexico city s ancient canal network was built by that aztecs. now it is a unesco heritage site, but one thing to do with a bit of a clean up. we went there to find out why. out here in the more remote areas of the wetlands, pollution is danger in one of mexico s most beloved animals. the strange looking axolotl. what is so special about these creatures? ican i can believe this is happening. i m about to hold. it s so smooth, it s so lo
Now the union seems to have been reassured that everythings back on the table. The finer detail has to be worked out, but im very assured by the prime ministers intervention, and we certainly will as we have always said we will put our plans on the table, they can put their plans on the table, but im confident that we will come out with a fair pay settlement for our nursing staff. Neither side will say what numbers will be discussed or what might be offered for the next financial year. In the meantime, nhs leaders are relieved that escalated Strike Action has been called off. Its welcome news, first and foremost because it averts next weeks planned Strike Action which would have spelled major disruption for patient care. So, leaders across the nhs will be relieved this evening that talks will commence. The Scottish Government meanwhile has offered a 14 pay deal to Health Unions over two years. The rcn says it will recommend this to members. In wales, an offer around 7 this year is bein
country. velshi starts now. good morning to you. it is sunday, january the 28. i m ali velshi. demonstrators in major cities around the country took to the streets again yesterday after the memphis police department released footage of the brutal beating of tyre nichols by five members of its own police force. in the continuing aftermath, memphis pd announced yesterday that it has permanently deactivated its scorpion unit. scorpion what the departments anti violence group which has been under scrutiny in recent days after it became public that all five of the police officers who were fired, arrested, and charged with second degree murder in nichols death where members of the unit. joining me now from memphis, tennessee, is nbc s antonia hylton who have been covering the story from the beginning. antonia. welcome tell us a bit about this new development with the scorpion unit, of which all five of these police officers were members. ali, i was actually with protesters yest
. also the latest republican to join the 2020 for race is on a mission to abolish affirmativ action and destroy woke culture. i don t know if you know who he is. he will join us. he s made quite a splash lately. we will introduce you to him. first three weeks now after the disaster in east palestine in ohio and one day after a visit from former president donald trump, he was the first one to go. america s underqualified transportation secretary pothol pete made a trip to ohio. he was definitely not thrilled to be there as he looked miserable the entire time. he was dodging and ducking questions all day and refused t take any responsibility for anything. in fact, he all but blamed a right-wing conspiracy for his bad press that he has been receiving. even faulting the trump administration for the train wreck. according to pothole pete his only mistake is he didn t tweet about the crisis sooner. maybe you should have been dealing with the crisis and a chemical burn that was ki