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contains images some viewers may find distressing. hello, i m carmen roberts. thank you forjoining me here injapan s capital, tokyo, for this special edition of witness history, celebrating five extraordinary moments in japanese history, as told to us by people who were there. coming up: the trees that survived the atomic bombing in hiroshima and stand as beacons of hope. the campaign to make the contraceptive pill available in japan. and an imperial wedding that broke with tradition. but first we head back to 1964, ahead of the first olympic games here in tokyo when the fastest train the world had ever seen was launched. the shinkansen, or bullet train, ran between tokyo and osaka and reached a top speed of 210 kilometres an hour. witness history spoke to one of the train s first drivers. it looks like a bullet, this super express that thrusts aside all existing ideas on train speed. it runs on rail links a mile long on which it has reached 150 miles an hour on a trial run.
a takeover deal worth £6.3 billion from a consortium of investment groups, led by the american owner of majestic wine. our business correspondent katy austin reports. morrisons has nearly 500 stores and employs about 110,000 staff in the uk. the takeover offer it has agreed, led by fortress investment group, is higher that one it rejected last month from a different firm. 0ne stockbroker told me the supermarket is seen as an attractive prospect. the main issue is i think they will feel the price is too low and there is value to be had. the company is profitable, it s got very limited debt, it has got a good, popular business, it s got a good business model and the shares have done very little for the last five years, so i think they will genuinely think they are getting a bargain. more sins owns most of its sites. so would a new owner look to sell some and lease them back? fortress says it is not anticipating doing that. it is also made a series of other commitments on thing
hello, this is bbc news. i m lukwesa burak. the headlines: the countdown is on as england prepare to take on ukraine in the hope of winning a place in the euro semifinals for the first time in a quarter of a century. the opportunity is there, the confidence is there and the belief. and, yeah, i think they re looking forward to the challenge. meanwhile, england fans have been told not to travel to italy for the match but for those already in the country, the excitement is building. supermarket chain morrisons accepts a multi billion pound takeover bid by a us investment group, led by the owner of majestic wine. britain s main doctors union urges the government to keep some measures in place after the 19th ofjuly when all covid restrictions are due to be removed. at least two bodies have been found and around 20 people remain missing injapan, after a landslide sent mud cascading down a hillside, smashing into homes and sweeping away cars. cheering she s done it teenager emma
for the first time in 25 years. england fans have been told not to travel to italy for the match but for those already in the country, the excitement is building up. supermarket chain morrisons accepts a multi billion pound takeover bid by a us investment group led by the owner of majestic wine. britain s main doctors union urges the government to keep some measures in place after the 19th ofjuly when all covid restrictions are due to be removed. officials injapan say two people have died and at least 20 people are missing after a landslide sent mud cascading down a hillside smashing into homes and sweeping away cars. now on bbc news. witness history presented from japan introduces us to five important moments injapan s history including the royal wedding that broke over 2,600 years of tradition. a warning the programme contains images some viewers may find distressing. hello. thank you forjoining me here hello. thank you for “oining me here in ja an s hello. thank you for