of our own mortality is absolutely central to the human story. why? well, all creatures strive to live on, to keep going. they wouldn t be around us any more if they didn t. the mouse that didn t care about surviving wouldn t pass on its genes. so we come from a long line of creatures that are determined to keep going. but we have these big brains, that s part of our survival mechanism, if you like, that allow us to see the future, to generalise. and we re conscious of ourselves as individuals, and that means we re conscious of our own deaths. and of all the billions of creatures on earth, very few creatures have to live with that terrible awareness that, one day, all of their efforts will come to nothing. and so, if we look back through human history, what we see is humanity struggling to make sense of this. some of the earliest archaeological evidence we find of human development is grave goods, for example, suggesting people very early believed in an afterlife. the oldest
the us and britain have begun strikes against targets linked to houthi rebels in yemen. we can cross to will vernon. what can cross to will vernon. what can you tell us? can you tell us? very few details at can you tell us? very few details at this can you tell us? very few details at this stage. - can you tell us? very fewl details at this stage. what can you tell us? very few- details at this stage. what we do know is that several us officials have been speaking to news agencies, to reporters, saying the united states and britain have started carrying out strikes against targets linked to the houthis in yemen. that s all we know so far. we haven t had any official word from the white house or from the pentagon. earlier today, when a pentagon spokesman was asked about that, they said they would not comment on any. they wouldn t speculate on any potential military action. from what we re hearing, it seems the strikes have started. one houthi official has written on socia
China warns voters here to make the right choic to avoid war and decline ahead of saturday s key presidential elections. beijing also has some tough words for washington accusing america of interfering in the poll, saying they risk doing serious damage. for regional supremacy. we ll find out what people living on the taiwan strait think. this is bbc news. it s newsday. welcome to a special edition of newsday from taipei on the eve of the island s general and presidential election. whoever is elected president on saturday will shape before we get to that, we do have some breaking news because
To avoid war and decline ahead of saturday s key presidential elections. beijing also has some tough words for washington accusing america of interfering in the poll, saying they risk doing serious damage. for regional supremacy. we ll find out what people living on the taiwan strait think. this is bbc news. it s newsday. welcome to a special edition of newsday from taipei on the eve of the island s general and presidential election. whoever is elected president on saturday will shape before we get to that, we do have some breaking news because
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