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Appears for the stars of italian opera. and as final preparations get under way, i catch up with one of the conductors, ricardo frizza, and ask him what its like to conduct an orchestra with new social distancing rules. its difficult, its not the same as before. because, of course, the more distance between the musicians, theres been more complications for the ensemble, for them playing together. does the music suffer in quality because of social distancing, in your opinion? yes. it lacks a bit ...

Location that the original team felt the bodies of the person alive might be under and they could not find any sign so far. they even cleared three metres of surface around that location and so far nothing. but this does not mean that operation has stopped, this is still ongoing and they are are around ten people there with their bare hands, shovels, still try to clear the debris. they are adamant that they wa nt to debris. they are adamant that they want to continue after the minute to make sur...

You have deserved it and you guys have been really good this month and helping us out with this extraordinary broadcast, hanging off the side of battle tower. i really appreciate it. all of the lights are looking good. i went back at you can come back next year. i will replace that have gone by then. thank you so much and there we go, blackpool tower, the lights are all safely replaced and tonight, the big switch on, the illuminations will be switched on as well, theres going to bea switched on ...

Glory, how will you be feeling? believed. no, overthe moon, absolutely over the moon. i think friends and family will probably get bored with me talking about it, looking at the tower constantly. going out at night time, checking everything is working. put the fun of you and to place and see how it works? hopefully, the lights are on a yes, they are all working. you have done a very good job. not a single night out. to such an iconic site, iconic is an overused word but blackpool tower is as ico...

Rescuers from chile have been carrying out painstaking work. their key team member, a border collie called flash, who was the first to raise the alert when he detected a body at this location. night falls and floodlights are brought in, as the search continues, hour by hour. some rescue workers go back in. nearby, others regroup. the rubble is being removed here piece by piece, by hand. well, theyre getting set up here now to work through the night. theyre setting up a tent as an operations room...

Keeping their doors open. the department for education says it will continue to fund free places at pre—pandemic levels. this is bbc world news, the latest headlines: as more than 19,000 migrants cross from north africa to italy so far this year there are warnings that this sharp increase injournies across the mediterranean is building new tensions in southern europe one month after the blast that claimed so many lives, rescuers in beirut think there may be somebody still alive under the rubbl...

Deep in the rubble. hidden from view, sensitive scanning equipment, in the hands of a specialist rescue team from chile. on thursday morning, they picked up what seemed to be breath sounds. and for two days, they have been searching. painstaking work, much of it done by hand, clawing away at a ruling by hand, clawing away at a ruin that could collapse any second. the dust and debris being sucked out to clear a pathway to the second floor, the focus of the search. the work is continuing here hour...

The planning, just taking off all of the old lights and then it is a case of each light is individually addressed and has its own certain place on the tower. we have had to manage all that. and then manage with everything that has gone on with everything that has gone on with covid—19 and the weather as well, really. it has had a big impact. you mentioned the weather, of course, the irish sea isjust behind us and the wind is pretty strong. that is why the bulbs need replacing. yes, they will n...

Orla guerin has sent this report from beirut. probing for signs of life, deep in the rubble. hidden from view, sensitive scanning equipment. in the hands of a specialist rescue team from chile. on thursday morning, they picked up what seemed to be breath sounds. and for two days, they have been searching. painstaking work, much of it done by hand, clawing away at a ruling that could collapse any second. the dust and debris being sucked out to clear and debris being sucked out to clear a pathway ...

100 metres to go. i hope we get there before the rain. what ladder is this? the last ladder. the last ladder? this looks like the summit. is it it? yeah, the summit is here. we are here, guys. oh, wow! yeah! and there are so many of them! 0h! this is beautiful! yep! just daggersjutting out of the forest canopy.