Tea . And now, is a danger coming closer . Were two men may think waiting in the bushes. One man said shooting. An attack on the expert helping us with this story. People say its never going to happen here. I know that can happen here, because it happened to my husband. , dateline. Alexander litvinenko former russian agent jim Alexander Litvinenko was a four critic of the russian government. But it could make a very rich man or a dead mat one. His Murder Set off an international investigation to discover who wanted in silence. Heres Richard Engel with spy games. A former russian agent, poisoned. A multi millionaire found dead in his bathroom. An investigative reporter, executed in front of her home. Their lives had been interconnected. But what about their deaths . Random acts . Or as some suspect, part of an international murder conspiracy. That stretches across two continents and several world capitals. Well investigate who wanted them dead and why. The case will take us from moscow
We will never know what L Cassidy saw and what she didnt see. N maybe she couldnt tell detectives who the killer was, but maybe she didnt have to. The fact that cassidy was spared, would that mean anything to a jury. , the Person That killed the mother cared about cassidy. Hello, welcome to dateline. Michelle young was married to her college sweetheart, four months pregnant with her second child when the unthinkable happened. The young mother beaten to death in her own bathroom. Troubled marriage. But husband was away on businesn and unraveling this complicated case would take years. Heres Keith Morrison with Silent Witness. I think i paused for a second and had to take a deep breath and just the reality of what was going on sank in. Those who saw the footprints will not forget them. They were tiny, and they were bloody. I had to get my composure to finish searching this house to t make sure there was nobody else in the house. Rc it was the 3rd of november, 2006, early afternoon. Scott
to unravel the mystery we follow the tale of a dark conspiracy. are you frightened for your life? we ll meet and confront the prime suspect. did you put the polonium in the tea? and now is the danger coming closer? with two men waiting in the bushes, one man said shoot him. an attack on the expert helping us with this story. people say, oh, it s never going to happen here. i know it can happen here because it happened to my husband. hello and welcome to dateline. former russian agent alexander litvinenko was a vocal critic of the russian government. but in his world access to information could make you a very rich man or a dead one. his murder set off an international investigation to discover who wanted him silenced. here s richard engel with spy games. a former russian agent, poisoned. a multimillionaire found dead in his bathroom. an investigative reporter executed in front of her home. their lives had been interconnected. but what about their deaths? r
infection rates have fallen by two thirds in england since the latest lockdown. and in our weekly video for bbc online, we ll look at what it ll take to reopen schools during the pandemic. we start on mars, because in just under two hours time, nasa s perseverance rover will attempt to land on its surface. only 50% of missions to the red planet are successful. it s a nail biting moment for everyone involved. and for quite a few people watching as well. mars is a70 million km away and it s taken the rover seven months to get there. its mission is to search directly for signs of life the first nasa mission to do so since the 1970s. rebecca morelle has a simulation of what the scientists are hoping is about to happen. nasa calls it the seven minutes of terror. an approach to mars at 12,000mph, then, just at the right moment. ..a parachute opens, dramatically slowing it down before a complex landing system brings the perseverance rover down to the ground. that s the plan, but
the uk is to be the first country in the world to deliberately infect volunteers with covid 19 in a human vaccine trial. and we ll bring you the latest on the coronavirus pandemic from across europe. in some countries, cases continue to rise alarmingly. queen elizabeth s husband, the duke of edinburgh, has been admitted to hospital as a precautionary measure. buckingham palace says the prince, who will be 100 years old this year, is expected to remain there for a few days. here s the bbc s royal correspondent nicolas witchell. fanfare plays. he s been retired for more than three years now, and he s remained largely out of public sight during the lockdown. this was an exception. july last year, when he took his leave from the rifles, one of the regiments of which he d been honorary colonel in chief for many years. the most recent image of him is this, at windsor castle with the queen, a photograph released by the palace last november to mark their 73rd wedding anniversary. pri