Meters across the river. And the singular world of german artist they are paying is celebrated in a brand new exhibition in his hometown of the face. Well its back in 1959 at the 1st asterix comics appeared in the franco belgian magazine and 38 volumes later and just in time for its 60th anniversary asterix and the chieftains daughter has just been published with a nod to the politics of today because for the very 1st time in history the tiny goal actually steps aside to let a female hero drive the narrative. Asterix is celebrating his 60th birthday with a brand new adventure the fans can hardly wait. To creators are once again. And. Its their 4th book theyre the successors of the
asterix originators. And. Typical hero hes no superman but more a caricature when you look at him you cant really take him seriously. If. The little guy uses his brains and bravery against the romans brawn he wins every time asterix is a modern version of David And Goliath with his fame has spread far beyond
Good morning. Welcome to breakfast with rogerjohnson and sally nugent. Our headlines today President Trump warns the United States has a list of 52 targets that will be hit very hard if iran retaliates for the killing of its top military leader. The royal navy is to begin escorting british ships in the persian gulf and the foreign secretary is to travel to washington for talks. Hundreds more homes have been destroyed in australia as the countrys Prime Minister warns the bushfires crisis could last for months. The shadow brexit secretary, sir keir starmer, joins the labour leadership contest. Still firing at a0 Aaron Wilbraham scores a late equaliser for league one rochdale, to force an fa cup replay with newcastle of the premier league. Stop quite a quiet day weather gcioss stop quite a quiet day weather a cross m ost stop quite a quiet day weather across most parts of the British Isles. A lot of dry weather around for the north and North Western parts of scotland, still got a weather
21 passengers on board a cruise ship of california have tested positive for coronavirus. The ship was denied entry to San Francisco and will now sale to a non commercial port were all 3500 passengers and crew are expected to have tests. No warplanes have been reported to have been flying over the syrian province of idlib as a ceasefire appears to be holding for now. On the ground there have been some classes, 15 people are reported to have been killed in fighting between Government Forces and islamist militants. The former brazilian footballer, ronaldinho, has been arrested in paraguay after he attempted to enter the country with a false passport. He and his brother were allegedly given false passports when there plane touched down. Last month was the wettest february ever recorded in the uk with storm after storm sweeping the country. In east yorkshire more than 80 homes in snaith and cowick still cant be reached and the water is taking a long time to recede. Our correspondent danny s
Tonight at 10 the latest government promises to residents and staff of care homes in their fight against coronavirus. Theres a pledge to do far more testing. Anyone going from hospital into social care in england should be tested for the virus. But the governments target for nhs testing is still way off, so ministers are asked how realistic their new promises are. As we build capacity further over this month and then beyond to that 100,000 a day target by the end of this month, well expand further those who are eligible for tests. Well have more on the latest pledges and well be reporting on the picture in scotland, where a quarter of all coronavirus deaths are happening in care homes. Also tonight. One of the latest nhs staff victims was a pregnant nurse from luton, but her baby was delivered and is doing well. A new device an alternative to a ventilator designed by clinicians, engineers and formula one, is now being delivered to the nhs. Its back to school already in denmark, where s
The United Nations estimates that more than half a Million People have been displaced over the past two months 80 of them are women and children. It took years of fighting and a Massive International effort to defeat the Islamic State group. But is was a different type of terror group its fighters didnt travel alone, but brought entire extended families with them. The result is that there are now 70,000 is followers, including 10,000 children being held in the middle east. 0ur correspondent Quentin Sommerville and cameraman Darren Conway travelled to North Eastern syria to meet some of the children of is fighters, brought from their homes in indonesia and now detained without much hope of return. The detention camps of the Islamic State group arent just a stain on syria. Theyre a black mark on the conscience of the world. In this desert of good and evil, there are the guilty. And the innocent. Few countries have bothered to sift and separate what is left behind. Nada fedulla is being p