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to his home in oxfordshire shortly before 2pm on christmas day. they ve confirmed he was found dead at the scene. it s being treated as unexplained but not suspicious. george michael shot to fame in the 1980s with the group wham, and went on to have a hugely successful solo career. andy moore looks back at his life. # well, i hadn t seen your face around town a while, so i greeted you, with a knowing smile. he burst onto the scene in the early 1980s when he formed wham with andrew ridgeley. the duo had number one singles around the world. they even conquered china, becoming the first western pop band to perform there. george michael loved fame but never became used to it. to be obviously a part of people s lives as an artist, that s what i dreamed of and that s what i m still grateful for. but my god, i wish i could cope with the other stuff the way other people do. i wish i d been born with that particular suit of armour, you know, because i wasn t. # you know not ever ....
a hint there‘s lots of adorable penguins. the only continent on earth with no native human population. but antarctica‘s coasts are teeming with life. so how can scientists study and protect that wildlife year round through the harshest winter on the planet? i‘m victoria gill and i‘m following a team of scientists who are setting up remote cameras in penguin colonies here. here in the antarctic peninsula, penguins are largely declining. why? that‘s ok, bud. i want to understand what the threats are to penguins in this region and how to get rid of those threats. climate change is already having an impact on penguin populations here. so what can antarctica‘s most famous residents reveal about the future of our planet‘s greatest wilderness? we are on the shortest possible crossing to antarctica from the southern tip of argentina. it‘s actually quite hard to breathe when you put your face in the wind. it takes more than two days to cross the infamously roug ....
in sport, sam allardyce takes charge of a football match, for the first time since he was sacked as england manager. his new side crystal palace will face watford in the premier league. and matt has the weather. good morning, stormy boxing day for some in scotland, 90mph gusts in orkney and shetland, frequent wintry showers, but not the same for all. a cracking day for others to walk off that excess christmas pudding. all the details in 15 minutes. first, our main story. one of the biggest pop stars of the 80s and 90s, george michael, has died. he was 53, and is believed to have suffered from heart failure. he rose to fame as one half of the group, wham! and went on to have a successful solo career. he sold 100 million albums worldwide and had 11 uk number ones. nick quraishi looks back at his life. # you put the boom boom into my heart. suntans, bleached hair and upbeat songs propelled wham to number one around the world. they even conquered china. # last christmas i ....
brought the united states into the second world war. he and president obama are due to visit a memorial that honours the sailors and marines killed in the 1941 attack. before his departure from tokyo, mr abe said he wanted to send a message that japan would never repeat the atrocities of past wars. the bbc‘s laura bickerjoins us from washington. what do we know about the form of this visit? first of all, he has arrived in hawaii. he will meet with president obama over the next few hours. it will be their finalsummit the next few hours. it will be their final summit together and then the pairof them, final summit together and then the pair of them, both presidents, will visit the memorial, the uss arizona, where shinzo abe abbey will take pa rt where shinzo abe abbey will take part ina where shinzo abe abbey will take part in a ceremony to remember the lives lost there, the majority of them were killed on that battleship, them were killed on that battleship, the uss ar ....
up out of a key time. to dry. next upfor out of a key time. to dry. next up for are world, we went to antarctica tojoin up for are world, we went to antarctica to join scientists monitoring wildlife. there will be a lot of penguins. the only continent on earth with no native human population. but antarctica s coasts are teeming with life. so how can scientists study and protect that wildlife year round through the harshest winter on the planet? i m victoria gill and i m following a team of scientists who are setting up remote cameras in penguin colonies here. here in the antarctic peninsula, penguins are largely declining. why? that s ok, bud. i want to understand what the threats are to penguins in this region and how to get rid of those threats. climate change is already having an impact on penguin populations here. so what can antarctica s most famous residents reveal about the future of our planet s greatest wilderness? we are on the shortest possible crossing ....