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Industrial heartland. it german dams. and hit the countrys industrial heartland.— industrial heartland. it was a thrillin: industrial heartland. it was a thrilling experience. - industrial heartland. it was a thrilling experience. no - industrial heartland. it was a | thrilling experience. no other industrial heartland. it was a - thrilling experience. no other way to describe it. our briefing was to fly across the dam to drop the bomb as near as possible to the centre of the dam. so, it was p...

Our briefing was to fly across the dam, to drop the bomb as near as possible to the centre of the dam. so, it was practice, practice, practice. born in lincolnshire in 1921, johnny lost his mum when he was only three years old. he joined the raf as a teenager and for years rarely talked about the dambusters. but when he was in his 90s, johnnyjohnson returned to germany with a bbc film crew. he met local people who remembered the raids. hundreds of civilians were killed during operation chastise,...

South ossetia and abkhazia. youre a small nation of barely four million. your army is about 37,000. i mean, russia, if it wanted to, could take georgia in an afternoon. do you think it might want to absorb you? 0h, russia has always wanted to absorb georgia. thats a long dream of the russian empire first, then of the soviet union that in fact incorporated the independent georgia in 1921. in 1992, �*93, what people did not know that much, russia was completely involved in the fight of the separ...

Want to absorb you? 0h, russia has always wanted to absorb georgia. thats a long dream of the russian empire first, then of the soviet union that in fact incorporated the independent georgia in 1921. in 1992, �*93, what people did not know that much, russia was completely involved in the fight of the separatists against georgia and was actively militarily involved. 2008 was the latest manifestation of these attempts by russia. so we know that, were living with that and weve been living for a v...

For the massacre, r] young, who told me about the families ongoing fight forjustice. we ongoing fight for justice. are 100 we ongoing fight forjustice. are 100 years removed frl the we are 100 years removed from the 1921 tulsa race massacre, considered one of the great domestic terrorist acts in the united states, now we are at point about history where we are trying to find outjust how many people were killed and one of the ways in which we try to do that is uncover this unmarked grave that had...

Officials in oklahoma dig up 1a bodies for a second time, in the hope of using dna to identify more victims in 1921 the tulsa race massacre. now on bbc news, its time for click. this week, shiona has been to sweden to see how new organs could be printed in a lab. meanwhile, lara has been creating body parts of a different kind. whats happened to my ear? nick talks to a man in a box. and the man hunting the missing cryptoqueen explains how to find someone from a single selfie. even if i posted a ...

Lives are lost, then ugandans face the prospect of much tougher measures being brought in. protests continued into the night in iran after widespread demonstrations marking 40 days since the death in custody of mahsa amini. there were protests in at least 30 cities on wednesday. the security forces used live ammunition and tear gas against the crowds in some areas — including ms aminis home city, saqez, where thousands had gathered. many chanted �*death to the dictator. the us has imposed ne...

Sanibel had been hit with, quote, really biblical storm surge. but its not the first time that the island has been hit. in fact, its the 1921 hit that severed it from now what is captiva island. and no hurricane had pasted within 75 miles of sanibel, averages one in seven years each of which posed significant zach to life and property there. and three different storms caused mandatory evacuation orders. in august 2004, hurricane charley with winds of 138 miles per hour was the most destructive h...

You know, the evacuation zones, people in our area evacuated to the shelters or with loved ones that were not in the-- that would be in the evacuation areas, you know, the sand bags for months. weve always had sand bags prepared for something like this. you know, floridians stick together when it comes with this. neighbor helping neighbor. you know, the elderly going in with their kids and its all very important. we were prepared for the worst. we hadnt had a direct hit since 1921 in the tampa b...

Cuba is completely without power after hurricane ian pummelled the western end of the island. wind speeds of up to 195 kilometres an hour hit the island killing at least two people. after leaving cuba the hurricane has been gathering force in the south—eastern gulf of mexico. it is now bearing down on the us state of florida. the tampa bay area could receive its first direct hit from a hurricane since 1921. our correspondent, azadeh moshiri, is there. they�*d been warned that this could be a...