Three centuries until they were swallowed up by the roman empire. Now all that s left are the enigmatic remains of their great desert cities of petra and hegra, in modern day jordan and saudi arabia. And this is where i have come to explore, to find out how they survived and thrived here, who they were, and even what they looked like. I want to search for clues about their world. I ll investigate their ancient sites, delving deep into their secret tombs and sanctuaries. Oh, my goodness! indiana jones, eat your heart out. Wait till you see this. I m tracking down the leading experts doing new research who will help me build up a picture of the nabataeans. They did not use slave. It s a respectful job. The secret nabataeans possessed is the knowledge of the great deserts around them. And i m going to meet the people who are living here now to try and understand what life was like then in this remarkable landscape. This is what enabled the nabataeans to trade and they re beautiful. Join
Saying that 15 hezbollah fighters were killed in an Air Strike in the south. Meanwhile the war in gaza continues. Bbc examines a fatal Air Strike on a school in Gaza City which killed multiple children. And, prosecutors in the Election Interference Case against Donald Trump allege that the former president resorted to crimes to overturn the 2020 election result. Hello, im annita mcveigh. Welcome to Bbc News now, three hours of fast moving news, interviews and reaction. The Uk Government says it has agreed a deal which gives mauritius full sovereignty over the Chagos Islands which are located in the Indian Ocean while allowing the uk and the us to retain operational control of their Diego Garcia joint Military Base there. Mauritius has claimed sovereignty over the islands, which are around 500km south of the maldives, since independence in 1968. The uk evicted its population of more than 1,000 people in the 1960s and 1970s, to make way for that Military Base. Under the terms of the agr
From each one and James Cleverly vowing to sell the benefits of conservativism with a smile. He talked about positivity as the person who talked before him, Tom Tugendhat, had. He went further and tugendhat, had. He went furtherand told tugendhat, had. He went further and told the tories, they need to be more normal, as he put it. He talked about such a wide range of different issues. His wife and how she battled cancer, and how the nhs was wonderful when she needed it, and he talked about some of the achievements of the conservative government. He also talked about his time in government. Lets talk to our Correspondent Listening in. Damian, what do you take from James Cleverly . It felt like it went on for more than 20 minutes, im not sure if itjust felt like that. I sure if it just felt like that. I think its dead. We were not tailing exactly. We think it went on for maybe 30 minutes we were not i think it did, we were not timing exactly. You could hear some of the moments were clear
There are fears this morning of a Widening Conflict in the Middle East after iran unleashed a barrage of 118 missiles on israel. Aerial assault swiftly prompting israel to Promise Retaliation which could push the Middle East closer to a region wide war. There is no war in the Middle East. Israel cannot reach. Theres nowhere we will not go to protect our people and protect our country. Good morning. This is fox is ongoing coverage of the Crisis And Conflict in the Middle East. Im Jonathan Hunt live in los angeles. The u. S. Helped Israel Defeat irans attack by intercepting about a dozen missiles while Israels Defense systems took down most of the rest of those missiles. Irans escalation in the Middle East, a big talking point, as you would imagine, at the first and only Vice President ial debate. Both tim Walz And J. D. Vance trying to make the case that their ticket is best suited to calm tensions in the Middle East. You saw it Experience Today where, along with our israeli partners an
Starts now. Tonight on the reidout you know, these are smart, smart people. They re not so stupid. But they have to be taught. If you had one really violent day, one rough hour, and i mean real rough, the word will get out and it will end immediately. End immediately. A new low as trump advocates for a day of violence. A national blood letting, essentially the purge. That s his rhetoric takes an even more sinister and dangerous turn. Also tonight, bernie moreno, the republican running for senate in ohio, doubles down on his weird comment that women over 50 need not be concerned about abortion because apparently their bodily autonomy doesn t matter anymore. His opponent, sherrod brown, joins me. But we begin tonight with an answer, at long last, to the question many in the political world have wondered over the last eight years since trump went from reality show host, failed casino magnate, and frequent wwe performer to presidential candidate, declaring he would make america great agai