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on boxing day morning. good morning and welcome to bbc news. the hollywood actress debbie reynolds has died, just a day after the death of her daughter, the film star carrie fisher. she was 84 and is believed to have suffered a stroke. reynolds‘ career spanned seven decades, and she was best known for her role in the 1952 musical, singin‘ in the rain, opposite gene kelly. our los angeles correspondent david willis reports. debbie reynolds had been at her daughter s bedside since the star wars star suffered a heart attack on christmas eve. she died just a day later at the age of 84 following a stroke. herson, todd, said simply she wanted to be with carrie. # good morning, good morning, it s great to stay up late # good morning, good morning to you.# debbie reynolds, 19 years old, singing and dancing on film for the very first time. it was her performance alongside gene kelly in singin‘ in the rain that set her on the path to fame. born in texas, she moved with her ....
bradley wiggins may have retired yesterday but but mps on the culture sport and select committee say that the package that the was not enough evidence that it did not contain a legal decongestant. one of his former team mates says his achievements in cycling won t be repeated. he agrees his use of performance enhancing drugs from medical reasons have cast a shadow. it is a real shame that all this has come right at the end of his career and there is a cloud and it is understandable. in terms of the rules of the sport he has broken none. the world governing body have said there is nothing to answer for. but there is still obviously a question of has it been ethical and i think that is a separate issue, but it is certainly not the ideal way that bradley wiggins would have wanted to retire. has that been potentially a little bit of a push into him making this decision now? potentially. will we see him back in six months racing? who knows? former world champion ricky hat ....
food and nesting places as a result. first pictures of a rare giraffe born at chester zoo, discovered by staff when they arrived on boxing day morning. good afternoon, welcome to bbc news. the russian president, vladimir putin, says the syrian army and opposition have agreed to a nationwide ceasefire which will come into effect at midnight. there ll also be fresh peace talks. the deal was brokered by russia and turkey, who are on opposing sides in the conflict in syria. mr putin said they had signed a number of documents outlining the details of the deal. translation: three documents have been signed. the first document between the syrian government and armed opposition on a cessation of fire on the territory of the syrian arab republic. the second document is a set of measures on control over the ceasefire regime. the third document is a statement on readiness for the start of peace talks on the syrian settlement. turkish foreign minister said turkey and russia will se ....
and how migrating birds risk missing out on vital breeding grounds because of rising global temperatures, according to a new study. good evening and welcome to bbc news. russia has announced a nationwide ceasefire in the syrian conflict. the deal has been brokered by russia and turkey who ve been on opposing sides in the conflict. the syrian government and main opposition groups have agreed to a ceasefire from midnight local time tonight. but some groups including so called islamic state are not part of the agreement. the announcement was made in moscow from where our correspondent steve rosenberg reports. for nearly six years, syria has been torn apart by civil war. a country reduced to ruins. a conflict that has left more than 400,000 people dead. there have been peace initiatives before which brought no peace. but today russia announced a breakthrough. in the kremlin, russia s defence minister handed vladimir putin a list of syrian opposition groups that had si ....
year. gavin grey on at 1am. now on bbc news, witness. tanya beckett introduces us to five extraordinary moments in history. hallo, and welcome to witness with me, tanya beckett. iam here hallo, and welcome to witness with me, tanya beckett. i am here at the british library in london for the last time this year to bring if i wa nt last time this year to bring if i want our favourite stories from 2016. we will meet a former member of chairman mao s intimates red guards, a woman astronaut who trained with the challenger space or crude an art restorer who brought a leonardo da vinci masterpiece back to life. but first, witness has travelled to the bamyan valley in afghanistan. for over 1,000 years to huge statues of border towered over the valley at in 2001 they were destroyed by the taliban. mr hussein was one of the local people forced to lay dynamite around the statues. this year is the 50th anniversary of the start of the cultural revolution in china. at the forefro ....