Hello and welcome to the film review with me, mark kermode, reminding you that while cinemas may be closed, there is still plenty of new movies to enjoy in the comfort and safety of your own home. The most mainstream release this week is the dig, A Bittersweet Real Life Drama about the unearthing of the sutton hoo treasures on the the eve of world war ii. What are they . Do you hazard a guess . Burials, men, id expect. We are standing in somebodys graveyard i reckon. Viking. Maybe older. Apparently local girls used to lie down on them in the hope of falling pregnant. Ive read plenty of legends. Ive heard plenty of legends. Is that why you want to dig, mrs pretty . Details of Buried Treasure . Ralph fiennes stars as basil brown, the self taught archaeologist who wears his immense learning lightly and who is enlisted by carrie mulligan s wealthy widow, edith pretty, to excavate the imposing Burial Mounds on her property. My interest in archaeology began like yours, edith tells the initia
A moment use of welcome to the show we begin in australia where a record heat wave is fueling fears of another scorching brush fire season. The Southeastern State of New South Wales, seeing temperatures topping 40 degrees. Wildfires are already burning and officials have put residents on high alert for more. The big fear is of a repeat of last years black summer in which dozens perished in blazes. This fires in the sydney suburb of north me to its just one of dozens of wildfires that have been burning across the state of New South Wales. Its also reminiscent of the scenes the played out during the devastating bushfires in australia last summer. Huge swathes of londra destroyed then on the authorities are warning australians not to complacent this time around. We cannot fall into a false sense of security. The community at there unfortunately thinks that after the last season, we are not at risk. The reality is 90 percent of the state is still untouched by heat. Waves are not unusual in
Produce. At a different type of exam season half a 1000000 students in south korea tackle the most important day in the academic calendar. In the past 24 hours more than 2700 americans have died from covert 19 thats the highest daily death toll in the country west affected by the virus since april further to bass for the 1st time hospital admissions across the u. S. Topped 100000 in just 24 hours and 200000 new cases were reported thats another record now the head of the u. S. Centers for Disease Control has warned that by february a further 200000 people could die from the virus. So were in that range potentially now. To see if seen 100 to 2000 to 2500 nasa day. From this farm so yeah the mortality concerns are real. And i do think unfortunately before we see february we could be close to the floor and 50000 americans have died from this virus in the u. K. The pfizer bio and tech coated 19 vaccine will be administered to high risk groups within days its the 1st country to approve a va
Streets of delhi farmers vent their frustration towards the governments new agricultural legislation. That after decades of mistreatment and sanctuaries finally found for compound the worlds loneliest elephant. We begin then in ethiopia, where Prime Minister ali ahmed is juda, speak to parliament about the 3 week long conflict in the to greater reach. And hes declared victory there after the army announced that it took control of the regional capital mccully. But the Ground Forces say that they shot down a federal military plane and captured the pilots on sunday. Hundreds of been killed and thousands forced to flee to neighboring sudan since the fighting began. Lets go live to one. Nairobi where aljazeera is. Malcolm webb is keeping an eye on developments in ethiopias parliament. What are we expecting to happen . This session has already begun, but we, we are yet to hear from the Prime Minister. Right now, some members of parliament talking tenting question, congratulating the armed fo
Life lessons iraqi students are back in the classroom, but catching up on lost schoolwork isnt the only challenge ethiopias Prime Minister has told parliament that federal forces of not killed a single civilian during the 3 week long conflict in the degree region. And insists that the army will not destroy the regional capital. Mackellar after having captured it on the weekend. Thats just to ground forces, say that theyre still facing federal soldiers near the kelly. Hundreds have been killed and thousands, forced to flee to neighboring sudan that another in person thought to get them and theyre not. The most important, every target has been signed and approved. The house can see that every missile launched is backed by a signature of authority. 99 percent of them hit their targets and 99 percent of them didnt have collateral. No countrys army can show this kind of performance. Our army is disciplined and victorious. But luckily, the toughest going to be said, you will destroy mckelway