looking for a deal it s thought many have stayed at home after already splurging in store on pre christmas offers. and coming up in half an hour in a special edition of our world, allan little examines the forces behind the momentous events of the last year and explores the new political landscape as we enter 2017. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the music world has been paying tribute to george michael, who died last night from suspected heart failure at the age of 53. the singer sold more than 100 million albums in a career spanning nearly four decades. he leapt to fame with the pop duo wham, enjoying global success in the ‘80s, before leaving to forge a successful solo career. but he struggled with the pressures of fame and press attention. his bandmate andrew ridgeley said he was heartbroken at the loss of a beloved friend . 0ur correspondent lizo mzimba reports. # wham # bam # i #iamaman #iamaman #job or #iamaman # job or no job. george michael doing what he
immigrants, so the mentality of the two things. and my mother was also very british in that she had very. i get my attitude to money from her, which is that it was something to be afraid of and that of a long time for me to get over. yet, my father s attitude to money was to grab it and move up. was it to be rich and famous, your ambition? i realised about six months ago that somebody asked me a question and i realised that at no point during my early life when i was. in all my ambitions and when i started to realise them, at no point did i ever ordered it ever occurred to me that one of the by products of this would bei one of the by products of this would be i could buy whatever i wanted live in a big house and have flashy car. they are all very pleasant things, but it hadn t occurred to me. idid things, but it hadn t occurred to me. i did not want to be rich, i wa nted me. i did not want to be rich, i wanted to be filled fully famous. did you think it will make you more at
on pre christmas discounts. and in half an hour i will be looking back at the past 12 months for the royalfamily, looking back at the past 12 months for the royal family, dominated looking back at the past 12 months for the royalfamily, dominated by the celebrations to mark the queen s 90th birthday. that is review 2016 the royal year. good evening and welcome to bbc news. the music world has been paying tribute to george michael, who died last night from suspected heart failure at the age of 53. the singer sold more than 100 million albums in a career spanning nearly four decades. he leapt to fame with the pop duo wham, enjoying global success in the ‘80s, before leaving to forge a successful solo career. but he struggled with the pressures of fame and press attention. his bandmate andrew ridgeley said he was heartbroken at the loss of a beloved friend . # wham, bam #iamaman wearing a bikerjacket and a white teacher, george michael takes his first steps into the limelight
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 arizona.
tribute to george michael, who died yesterday, from heart failure, at the age of 53. the singer sold more than 100 million albums in a career spanning nearly four decades. he rose to fame with the pop duo, wham, enjoying global success in the 80s, before leaving to forge a successful solo career. but he struggled with the pressures of fame and press attention. his former band mate andrew ridgeley said he was heartbroken at the loss of a beloved friend . our arts editor will gompertz looks back at his life. # wham bam, i am a man #. wearing a bikerjacket and a white tee, george michael takes his first steps into the limelight as one half of the pop duo, wham. back then, he had big hair and a perma tan it was his idea of early ‘80s glam. the reality was a little different. so they stuck us in this hotel that couldn t have hotel that couldn t have been more than 80p a night. i was sleeping the night before my first top of the pops in polystyrene sheets and it was a childs