Whoa ho! this is so cool! you have to release the rope. Yeah, 0k. Until the sail is flapping. Just. You can release, yes. So the flapping starts. Yes. And then from the flapping, we bring it injust. A little bit. Just to stop. Yes. That s perfect now. Two centimetres. Ah, look at me! i m a sailor! france and england may be neighbours, but in the middle ages they were bitter rivals. Mainly thanks to this man william, the duke of normandy who history would come to know better as william the conqueror. In the year 1066, he left these shores to invade england and set it on a new course of history. William was descended from the fierce vikings or norsemen who gave normandy its name. In 2027, normandy will mark the 1,000th anniversary of william s birth. But the preparations for this big occasion have already begun. La mora was the flagship of william s invasion fleet. And now, a historical society in the port town of honfleur are busy recreating the viking style longship that would
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Anticipation of hearing the former president speak. For me, what was important was speaking with the people around in the hours leading up, hearing how excited they were. And then, of course, when we heard the shots fired, immediately everyone ducked, and i was there to speak to them and hear from them and heartheir immediate reactions when it all took place. Gary o donoghue from the bbc, where were you? we were set up just close to the exit where people i were would come out from once the shooting started and peoplej started running and wel were there with our car. We were actuallyjust about going on air on the bbc world service. And you can actually hear this on the bbc world service recording the shots being fired live while they re coming to us. And so, we weren t penned in in the way many of the media were in on the riser,. Which is the sort of big structure that s often built i at the back of these events. You probably see it with sort of wood and metal where the crews all stan
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Hello there. It s 7am in singapore, and 7pm in washington where the white house says presidentjoe biden has tested positive for covid 19. We ve just received these pictures showing him cutting short his trip to las vegas and getting on board a plane, which will take him to delaware, where he will recuperate. His press secretary said mr biden is vaccinated and boosted. He has had covid twice before. His illness means he has had to cancel several planned appearances in las vegas. Our correspondent tom bateman has been travelling with president biden s campaign here s what he told us. We re now rolling again in the motorcade. We were holding outside a restaurant for over an hour and a half after the president made that short visit, then recorded an interview inside while we were in the van. And it was becoming increasingly clear that there was a delay, and the last time ijust went to check with staff in one of the other vans, and was told to get back in ourvan. And the motorcade is