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are expected to hit the high street, although footfall may be down due to pre christmas discounts. and the dateline london panel look ahead to 2017 and discuss brexit, migration and donald trump. that s in half an hour here on bbc news. good morning and welcome to bbc news. one of the biggest pop stars of the ‘80s and ‘90s, george michael, has died. he was 53, and is believed to have had heart failure. he rose to fame as one half of the group, wham! and went on to have a successful solo career. he sold 100 million albums worldwide and had 11 uk number ones. nick quraishi looks back at his life. # you put the boom boom into my heart #. suntans, bleached hair and upbeat songs propelled wham to number one around the world. they even conquered china. # last christmas i gave you my heart # but the very next day you gave it away #. their most famous song heard every year will now have added poignancy. born georgios kyriacos panayiotou in north london, george michael was 1 ....
our top team of year end reviewers are alexander nekrassov, a russian writer and former kremlin adviser, janet daley of the sunday telegraph, mina al oraibi who is an iraqi journalist. and thomas kielinger of die welt. well, in britain, across europe and in the united states it has been a tumultuous year. the brexit vote, donald trump s victory, political turmoil in france, italy and elsewhere. all have shown countries divided within themselves. scotland, post industrial areas of northern england and the prosperous parts of london at times appeared to regard each other as incomprehensible. trump and clinton voters often seemed to belong notjust to different states but different visions of the united states. how significant has 2016 been in terms of these major political events? the deep social and cultural divisions between so called populist movements and their critics. i mean, that has been the story of most of the big democracies. really big divisions, hasn t it? yes ....
the sense of loss here is as profound as anywhere. today s other news russia begins a day of national mourning for those who died when a military plane crashed into the black sea. the former governor of the bank of england, lord king, suggests the uk would benefit economically by pulling out of the single market completely, when it leaves the eu. also this hour the tills start jingling as shoppers head to the high street for the boxing day sales. these were the scenes in london as bargain hunters turned out to bag cut price deals but footfall may be down due to pre christmas discounts. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. one of the biggest pop stars of the ‘80s and ‘90s, george michael, has died. he was 53, and is believed to have had heart failure. he rose to fame as one half of the group, wham! and went on to have a successful solo career. he sold 100 million albums worldwide and had 11 uk number ones. nick quraishi looks back at his life. # you put the ....
brighten up there with sunshine. wednesday morning, frost. and by this stage, fog. tributes to the singer george michael one of the biggest stars in british music who has died at the age of 53. today s other news russia begins a day of national mourning for those who died when a military plane crashed into the black sea. will boxing day sales deliver? good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. one of the biggest pop stars of the ‘80s and ‘90s, george michael, has died. he was 53, and is believed to have had heart failure. he rose to fame as one half of the group, wham! and went on to have a successful solo career. he sold 100 million albums worldwide and had 11 uk number ones. nick quraishi looks back at his life. his popularity was not limited to his fans. fellow musicians were equally overwhelmed by his talent. here he is rehearsing for the 1992 freddie mercury tribute concert. according to his publicist, he passed away peacefully on christmas day. he died of h ....
jingling as shoppers head to the high street for the boxing day sales. these were the scenes in london as bargain hunters turned out to bag cut price deals but footfall may be down due to pre christmas discounts. and it s been such an intense year in british politics is enough to make you want to escape to a log cabin in the middle of nowhere. i m going to review it all in half an hour. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the music world has been paying tribute to george michael who died last arrived from suspected heart failure at the age ofjust 53. his career spanned four decades. he left to fame with wham!, enjoyed global success to fame with wham!, enjoyed global success in the 1980s and then forged a successful solo career. he struggled with presentation and his band members said that he was bereft at the loss of his friend. george michael doing what we did best. even then, he was potentially a music superstar. he and his school formed one in the 1980s. fo ....