Scotland is a perennial favourite when it comes to travel. From its rugged and dramatic highlands to its vibrant cities and festivals. Considering its relatively small size, scotland really does punch above its weight when it comes to tourism. And this week were looking back at some of our favourite travel show adventures there, kicking off with the time i headed to shetland to experience something thats firmly based in the islands viking past, although a big change is under way. Sitting halfway between the scottish mainland and norway, the Shetland Islands have a unique combination of cultures. And today the sleepy town of lerwick is facing an invasion from a long dormant foe. Men shout the vikings. Cheering and shouting so this is up helly aa. Its one of a number of viking festivals that take place in shetland every year. This one in lerwick is the biggest. Up helly aa is best known for its night time procession. Almost 1,000 people carry flaming torches through the streets, then set
Return to the front line leading the reform party. Nigel farage, welcome back to political thinking. Thank you. You are back where you like being, arent you . The centre of attention. Well, ive always been a bit of a show off. I mean, there is some truth in that. Yeah, its a funny thing, but i think Current Affairs, politics and Current Affairs in the uk today has such a dearth of personalities that i find myself at the centre of debates, whether im trying to or not, i sort of get dragged into things. There are some people listening to the radio or watching the telly now who were saying, why on earth are they talking to nigel farage . Hes not a party leader. Youve not been elected to anything for a very, very long time. Well, thats not quite true, actually. Who cares what he thinks . Well, thats not quite true, actually, is it . Because in may of 2019, you know, i led a party that was been alive forjust less than six weeks, that won an election, a european election, so dramatic that it
it s been handled. ukraine s president zelensky has sacked the head of the armed forces we ll bring you the latest on that. and we re still waiting for early results from pakistan. the votes are being counted at the end of a very tense few days. good evening. back in 2015, the world leaders gathered in paris to agree a target, to limit the global average temperature rise to 1.5 degrees celsius above pre industrial levels. that target was seen as crucial in preventing the worst effects of global warming. today, the eu s climate service copernicus, revealed that last year that 1.5 degrees limit was met or exceeded every single month. in fact, these past eight months have been the hottest on record. and, what s more, the sea temperature, has been rising every single day since april although that has been driven in part by the current el nino effect. here s our climate editorjustin rowlatt. this is where the electricity company sse plans a £2 billion water battery. the hydro
and the ukrainecast presenter vitaliy shevchenko has been following developments. he gave me some background on the general who s been dimissed. valerii zaluzhnyi, to put simply, he was in charge of the ukrainian army. and as such, he was the architect of ukraine s initial counteroffensive backin ukraine s initial counteroffensive back in 2022. he is the face of ukraine s relative military success. he is credited well with the fact that ukraine s still there, still fighting, and yet he has been sacked. it s a move that will not go down particularly well with some parts of the military and the public in ukraine. general valerii zaluzhnyi has been very well thought of, respected and revered by many, so questions have been asked and are being asked about why this has happened. there s a lot of talk about a personality clash between the two leaders, between volodymyr zelensky and valerii zaluzhnyi. i keep presidential adviser in ukraine said that one important reason why a reshuf