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days thousands will die when the smoke clears three quarters of the city will lay in ruins. According to legend the Apostle Peter was in rome at the same time to supervise the citys fledgling Christian Community. Later he would go down in the annals of the Catholic Church is the first Bishop Of Rome. With. Another natori as legend emperor nero himself started the fire as an excuse to rebuild rome to his own liking and to rename the city mirabilis and thats not all. The Mad Megalomaniac watched the conflagration from his palace on the palatine you know merrily singing and playing his life. In need of a scapegoat he blamed the fire on the christians so many indiscriminately and
mercilessly crucified. Because of peter was also
Youre watching news coming up next doc film the renaissance factor part two theyll be more at the top of the hour thanks for joining us. Europe ill be going to. Put whats become of it. What will it look like tomorrow. Evening for a Better Future isnt enough. Requires work which is sufficient. You know actions twenty nineteen may twenty sixth on g. W. The renaissance was when people started keeping track of time. Locksmith peterhead life invented the pocket watch in fifteen ten it soon became a profit tool merchants and a fortune with it. And it is out seafarers to navigate the distant oceans. Shortly before Christopher Columbus had arrived in the americas and the known world triple up inside. People began to understand our planets in new ways and an empire rose on which the sun never sets. This was all thanks to the new portable timepieces scholars could measure and calculate the paths of the heavenly bodies more accurately discovering the mechanisms of Planetary Motion and ultimately
Simply a shipment. Was neil armstrong. Was his destiny starts july 20th on t. W. Look at the fact that. This is deja vu news live from berlin party for germany as they are knocked out of the world cup but joy for sweden as they prevailed 21 in a tight quarter final down now face The Netherlands in the semifinals. And talk of deals instead of threats of tariffs at the g. 20 summit u. S. President donald trump and his chinese counterpart xi jinping agree on
a truce in their countrys trade war well review some of achievements and shortcomings for you from osaka japan. And italian authorities arrest the skipper of a Ship Carrying Migrants rescued at the met a trip brilliancy captain Carlotta Caro wrecked catcha had defied in order to stay away from italian sports. Unexpired sir welcome to the Program Germany is out of the Womens Soccer World Cup after a tight 21 defeat by sweden in the quarter finals. Germany took the lead in the scorching heat in france through Lena Mccool One Of The Best
This is bbc news, the headlines an enormous crowd of opponents of the belarusian president , alexander lu kashenko, has gathered in minsk to demand his resignation. It comes amid growing anger over alleged poll rigging, and Police Violence at subsequent protests. But the president has vowed to stay in power, claiming belarus is under threat from foreign forces. The speaker of the us house of representatives, nancy pelosi, has said that she will recall the chamber later this week to vote on legislation to protect the Postal Service. Democrats have accused President Trump of trying to hamstring the cash strapped Postal Service to suppress postal voting in novembers election. New zealands Prime Minister has announced that general elections due to take place in mid september have been postponed because of a fresh covid 19 outbreak. Jacinda ardern said date has been pushed back to october the 17th, giving parties time to resume their suspended election campaigns. Now on bbc news, as wales b
This is bbc news. Im Lukwesa Burak with the latest headlines more than a thousand people have been arrested in russia as police crack down on protests by supporters of the jailed Opposition Leader alexei navalny. One of those detained is mr navalny s wife, yulia, who was at a demonstration attended by thousands in moscow. These are live pictures from moscow as the protests continue. Riot police growling with one of the protesters there. Senior doctors call for changes in the vaccine roll out in the uk they want the 12 week gap between the first and second dose of the pfizerjab to be halved. What we do need to be assured of is that people are properly protected, because if the level of protection with the second dose
is compromised by a longer delay, that of course will impact on the doctors that i represent, because they are facing the virus at close quarters as they look after patients. The leader of welsh conservatives paul davies has resigned after admitting drinking on the senedd e