Fiona, hello. Hi there, how are you . Im very well, thank you. And welcome back to newscast. Thank you. In previous episodes, we have had about 15 minutes. We have now got about a0 minutes, so. Good job the world is quite chaotic at the moment. There is plenty of Trouble Spots that we can look at. Before we go on a kind of tour around the world, ijust wanted to do a bit of your personal history. So what was happening in County Durham in the 80s when you were a teenager and he decided that russian was the thing that you wanted to get into . Well, that was the period that actually, it is the subject of a Netflix Series at the moment about the Cold War and the bomb where we had the War Scare with the Soviet Union. The 1980s, there were several but the most memorable, at least from my perspective was 1983, when you just could palpably feel the sort of tension internationally. Even as a kid, teenager, in school in County Durham, it is thanks to the bbc, which we were watching religiously e
criticised by quake survivors, over the shoddy construction of buildings that were supposed to be tremor proof but still collapsed. now on bbc news, a look back at some of the travel show s recent highlights, including eva zu beck s trip to the canals of mexico city, this week under the travel show we are to taking a look back at some of our favourite adventures. in some of ourfavourite adventures. in mexico, we are hands on with a salamander. 0h, hands on with a salamander. oh, my god, it is so smooth, so lovely. face to face with italy s stolen art. it lovely. face-to-face with italy s stolen art.- italy s stolen art. it is beautiful. italy s stolen art. it is beautiful. and - italy s stolen art. it is beautiful. and up - italy s stolen art. it is beautiful. and up to l italy s stolen art. it is l beautiful. and up to my italy s stolen art. it is - beautiful. and up to my neck in internet - beautiful. and up to my neck in internet. in beautiful. and up to my neck in i
to hurry up its delivery of military supplies. he warned that any delay would be a big mistake and there was no alternative to a ukrainian victory. and a former security guard at the uk embassy in berlin has been sentenced to 13 years in prison for spying for russia. you re watching bbc news. now it s time for the travel show. hello, and welcome to switzerland. i am in a town known for its gruyere cheese, which is delicious, and the international balloon festival held in the valley behind me every winter. let s start somewhere a little warmer. mexico city s ancient canal network was built by that aztecs. now it is a unesco heritage site, but one thing to do with a bit of a clean up. we went there to find out why. out here in the more remote areas of the wetlands, pollution is danger in one of mexico s most beloved animals. the strange looking axolotl. what is so special about these creatures? ican i can believe this is happening. i m about to hold. it s so smooth, it s so lo
and britain s andy murray is out of the australian open. he lost to spain s roberto bautista agut in four sets in what could be his last time at the tournament. the uk conservative party chairman, nadhim zahawi, has responded to reports that he had to pay a penalty as part of a multi million pound tax settlement. in a statement, the former chancellor said the tax office had disagreed about the exact allocation of shares his father had in the polling company yougov which mr zahawi founded. he said the uk s tax authority, hmrc, had concluded it was a careless and not deliberate error, and that he had paid what was due. labour had earlier called for mr zahawi to resign over the matter. our political correspondent, jonathan blake, has more on today s statement. for almost a week, nadhim zahawi has been under pressure to give more detail about his tax affairs. there is one central question at the heart of this scrutiny and that is whether he used an offshore entity to hold shares
Smith documents case, where judge Aileen Cannon has a big decision to make, is she going to throw out the testimony of tabarras, the team member whos cooperating with the team. Ken, good to have you. Talk to me about the meadows appeal and the request hes making of the court while the appeal goes forward. Hes requesting that the judge grant a temporary stay of his own order. Which ruled obviously that mark meadows could not have his case removed to Federal Court but that it should go back down to state court. Meadows is saying he could be irreparably harmed by this decision. He wants to appeal and have the judge put a pause on things while he appeals. If this judge doesnt do that, hes going to ask the Appeals Court to do that. Generally you get a stay if you have a chance of winning on appeal, and this judges opinion was pretty resounding that mark meadows didnt meet any of the tests to remove his case to Federal Court, and what the judge said is it was clear that mark meadows, when lo