of the dambusters raid tonight there will be a special fly past over the lancaster bomber s former bases. and coming up on bbc news. my legacy is already exceptional! pep guardiola s words on the eve of manchester city s champions league semi final against real madrid as they try to win the trophy for the first time. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. as food prices rise at their fastest rate in 45 years, the prime minister today gathered farmers, supermarket bosses and food industry representatives in downing street with a pledge to help make it easier to source our own food in the uk. the cost of food has soared in the past year, with some items like meat and vegetables more than doubling in price. supermarkets have also had to contend with a shortage of supplies. today, the government urged retailers to pass on any savings to customers who are struggling. our economics correspondent dharshini david looks at why prices are staying so high. brunch with the
museums in germany. the raid at one of the oldest and richest treasure collections in the world took place at the green vault in dresden in 2019. only some of the collection has been recovered. jenny hill reports in the dead of night, an audacious heist on dresden s treasure trove. masked robbers wielding axes struck at the heart of the city s royal jewel collection. it took time to smash the reinforced glass of the display cabinet, but eventually they got away with precious items worth millions and millions of pounds. a glittering haul, 18th century jewellery, polished gemstones, even a diamond encrusted sword. this was a meticulously planned operation. the gang recced the site several times and even prepared their entry point well in advance, using hydraulic cutting machinery to
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Norwich University will spotlight its present its service tradition and its future incoming students in the semester and 2020-21 academic year’s next-to-last week,
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reporter: by the time the police showed up within minutes of the 5:00 a.m. heist, the thieves had vanished. but here they are on security camera video, armed with flashlights and an ax. one repeatedly smashes the glass until it shatters. and this is the sumptuous room they hit. known as the green vault, it holds one of the largest treasure collections in europe, priceless paintings, sculpture, and plenty of gold. but the robbers were after one thing, millions of dollars worth of diamonds in 18th century settings. the police say it was a sophisticated hit. first, a fire was started nearby to knock out streetlights and the alarm system. then the thieves broke through an iron grill and a window. their getaway car was later found torched. curators and art lovers are devastated, but they are
possession that in black and white confirmed what he was saying about the president focusing on the investigations, we know there s a paper trail of mulvaney, bolton and pompeo, probably with pence, but would that ultimately change my colleagues minds? i think it would if and when the people in their district and public opinion starts to look at the reality of this. the if and when, of course, is the big question. we appreciate your time. thank you so much. thank you. all right. we re just learning some new details this morning about a brazen heist at a museum in germany involving one of europe s largest treasure collections. we re going to give you the breaking details on this next. we re reporters from the new york times.