the transition hasn t always been smooth, but hong kong retains its own currency and identity. it s one of the most densely packed cities on the planet, it s got more skyscrapers than anywhere else on earth and it s a fusion of cantonese culture with a colonial past. sojoin me as i explore this unique mix of east and west where. .. ..i put my dumpling making skills to the test. she laughs 0k, well, not bad. yeah! ..learn more about the visual identity of the city. ..and meet the conservationist putting hong kong back in touch with its rural roots. came out of nowhere and they kind of sound like ducks. who knew? horn blares now, this is the way to arrive into hong kong. i m on the star ferry, which goes from kowloon all the way into the heart of hong kong island. and it costs about four hong kong dollars, which is about 50 us cents, so i think it s fair to say this is probably one of the best value cruises in the world. you ll find hong kong off the southern coast of mainland
the missing british boy who was found after six years is expected to travel back to the uk over the weekend. the grandmother of the now 17 year old said she can t begin to express her relief and happiness. now on bbc news: talking movies: review of 2023. hello from new york. i m tom brook and welcome to our talking movies review of 2023. in today s programme, highlights from the world of cinema in the past 12 months. hi, barbie. hi, ken. we ll be revisiting barbenheimer one of the more memorable movie events of 2023. he s going to now. pull me off the train. also, during the year, tom cruise did it again, bringing us a new mission: impossible film, but it didn t perform as well as expected. and 2023 was defined by industrial strife in hollywood, with both writers and actors going on strike. we hear from an actor who spent time on the picket lines. i m the king of rock and roll! and year s end brought forth a wealth of documentaries poised for awards all kinds of stories,
we start with the israel gaza war, and the qatari television network aljazeera has said one of its cameramen has been killed in gaza as the result of an israeli strike. aljazeera said that samer abu daqqa was wounded either by shrapnel or in a drone strike on a school in khan yunis, in central gaza. he bled to death when rescue workers failed to reach the school. this comes as hundreds of people gathered in tel aviv on friday night to call for the israeli government to secure the release of the remaining hostages held by hamas. the israeli military has admitted it killed three israeli hostages in gaza city, after they were mistakenly identified as a threat. the israeli defense forces have expressed deep remorse over the incident, which is now under investigation. from jerusalem, here s our correspondent, lucy williamson. israel s army is in gaza to kill hamas fighters and bring hostages home. clear targets obliterated in the chaos of conflict. three of those shot dead in th
the reaction in israel that the country s military accidentally killed by her maths. seen here left to right was shot by military forces as they were identified as a threat. aljazeera is one of the few networks still broadcasting out of gaza. the network says one of its camera operators has been killed in the south of the strip. as a result of the israeli strike. by shrapnel or a drone strike in khan younis. we will begin our coverage with this report from lucy williamson. israel s army is in gaza to kill hamas fighters and bring hostages home. clear targets obliterated in the chaos of conflict. three of those shot dead in the northern district of sharjah. not hamas gunmen, but the captives. israel came to save. one of them was yotam haim, 28 years old, a drummer with a heavy metal band kidnapped from kibbutz kfar aza. his mother spoke to the bbc last month. they are talking about release, a few here, a few there. i know that they are playing with us, with our minds, with our
must be prepared to propose additional and stronger sanctions on north korean nuclear and ballistic missile programmes. this is a real threat to the world. whether we want to talk about it or not, north korea is a big world problem and it s a problem we have to finally solve. people have put blindfolds on for decades and now it s time to solve the problem. donald trump, there, offcourse. of course. joining me now, nada tawfik in new york and steve evans in seoul. this sum and is new. while everything is not. yes. that is true. what we see briefings, we very rarely see 100 senators going to have a meeting with the secretary of state and the defence secretary, amongst others. we ve also heard that the us house of representatives also was to be briefed on north korea. this comes ahead of us officials fearing that north korea will go ahead with a six nuclear test, to mark the anniversary, the 85th anniversary of the founding of their military. sixth. donald trump has said t