We test drive the continents fastest and highest ride. Watch some Masterpiece Maintenance in the netherlands. It looks incredible. Yeah. 0h, Here We Go Again. And travel back in time over 2000 years as wejoin the crew of a Replica Galley in greece. Hello, and welcome to The Travel Show, coming to you from a very chilly st pancras station. Now normally, this place would be bustling with people going back and forth from the uk to the continent on the eurostar. Pre pandemic, it was carrying around 11 million passengers every year between britain and Mainland Europe but that number has dropped by 95 since last march and today, i can only see two outbound trains on the board. Unfortunately, im not catching a train today as we are still under lockdown but that isnt going to stop us from looking back at some of our favourite european trips. We begin with christas trip to france in 2018, marking the 70th Anniversary of one of the countrys most iconic cars the citroen 2cv. The 2cv was born in 1
Hello and welcome if youre watching in the uk or Around The World. Pope francis has held a symbolic meeting with one of the most powerful figures in shia islam on the second day of his landmark trip to iraq. The popes encounter with grand ayatollah Ali Al Sistani, the spiritual leader of millions of shia muslims, took place in the holy city of najaf. It is the pontiff s First International trip since the start of the pandemic and the first ever papal visit to iraq. Our rome correspondent mark lowen is travelling with the pope and has sent us this report from the city of ur. If the first day of the pope francis s visit to iraq was about the politics and about meeting the countrys dwindling christian community, today was about the outreach towards other faiths. Most notably a meeting this morning with the countrys top shia cleric, grand ayatollah Ali Al Sistani, bringing together the leader of the worlds catholics with perhaps the most powerful and influential figure in shia islam. It is
Concerns over unnecessary Self Isolation for schoolchildren in england, because of inaccurate coronavirus test results. A warning for the Un Security Council that anti coup demonstrators in myanmar are beginning to lose faith in the organisation. Now on bbc news, while the west bought billions of vaccines quickly and cheaply, some people argue a global Vaccine Apartheid is unfolding, with less wealthy nations missing out on supplies. Zeinab badhawi and guests discuss in global questions. Hello, welcome to global questions with me, zeinab badawi. World leaders are constantly saying that covid i9 is a global problem that Needs International cooperation. But do these words sound hollow when we see how rich nations are buying up supplies of Covid Vaccines. As they rush to vaccinate their entire populations, many poorer countries have yet to administer a single jab. Thats global questions. Vaccine apartheid. Well, to bring you this edition of global questions, our two panelists and our ques
Theyre usually a sign that spring has sprung but why is this host of golden daffodils being left unpicked . But why is this host of from 1 the arrival of pope francis baghdad, the arrival of pope francis at a cathedral where he is about to give mass for iraqs much diminished christian community. It was about 2. 5 million 20 years ago, now down to something over 100,000. Nonetheless a passionate and devoted part of the christian church, and one of the oldest, in fact. The territory that is now iraq, in the First Century ad, some of the earliest people in the middle east to adopt christianity. The pope giving matt there this afternoon, we will bring you some pictures and the atmosphere of that a little later. Giving mass. Welcome to hardtalk im stephen sackur. What is the Chinese Government doing to the Muslim Uyghur population of Xinjiang Province . Well, a combination of personal testimony, leaked documents and Satellite Imagery Points to a systematic policy of repression so far reachi
Temperatures dipping close to if not below freezing. Here is how tomorrow is shaping up, it will be cloudy across much of scotland. Elsewhere we should see plenty of sunny spells and temperatures similar to today, turning less settled as we look towards next week. Hello this is bbc news. The headlines pressure grows on the uk government over its pay offer to Health Service staff in england more unions join the backlash. Speaking out for dialogue pope francis meets one of the most powerfulfigures in shia islam on day two of his historic trip to iraq. Concerns over unnecessary Self Isolation for schoolchildren in england, because of inaccurate coronavirus test results. A warning for the Un Security Council that anti coup demonstrators in myanmar are beginning to lose faith in the organisation. Theyre usually a sign that spring has sprung but why is this host of golden daffodils being left unpicked . Now on bbc news, time for click. This week, we look at gaming in your gaff, holograms in