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Life changing. Plus, marine a is a free man. Royal marine Alexander Blackman, who was jailed for shooting dead a wounded taliban fighter, has been released from prison. Overnight. He received a life term in 2013 for murder, but his conviction was reduced to manslaughter. His wife spoke to this programme in march when she heard the news that he would be released. I spoke to him shortly afterwards and i think it took a little longer for the realisation to hit. I think he had worked very hard to pr...

So it gives us a great excuse to start thinking about travel again and taking a look back at some of our favourite adventures from recent months here on the show. up first, lets remind ourselves of a trip that carmen took in march to the philippines. its a fascinating country made up of more than 7,000 islands, but carmen chose just one of these to take the plunge and go swimming with some creatures youd usually be trying to avoid. carmen: ive left siargao to visit sohoton cove national park on ...

Of these to take the plunge and go swimming with some creatures youd usually be trying to avoid. carmen: ive left siargao to visit sohoton cove national park on the island of bucas grande. which im told is one of the few places on earth youll find a certain rather slimy creature thats not normally that popular. jellyfish are amazing creatures. theyre tough, and have been around for aeons. but with their foreboding tentacles equipped with venomous stings, its no surprise they arent many peoples f...

Trying to avoid. carmen: ive left siargao to visit sohoton cove national park on the island of bucas grande. which im told is one of the few places on earth youll find a certain rather slimy creature thats not normally that popular. jellyfish are amazing creatures. theyre tough, and have been around for aeons. but with their foreboding tentacles equipped with venomous stings, its no surprise they arent many peoples favourite animal. sohoton cove is the realm of the stingless jellyfish. the sanct...

Jellyfish are amazing creatures. theyre tough and have been around for aeons, but with their foreboding tentacles, equipped with venomous stings, its no surprise they arent many peoples favourite animal. i havent travelled two hours by boatjust to do some sightseeing. sohoton cove is the realm of the stingless jellyfish. 0h! hi! joining me on the adventure to the jellyfish sanctuary is cristel. shes a student whos been studying these specific species at university, but this will be the first tim...

A certain rather slimy creature thats not normally that popular. jellyfish are amazing creatures. theyre tough, and have been around for aeons — but with their foreboding tentacles equipped with venomous stings, its no surprise they arent many peoples favourite animal. i havent travelled two hours by boatjust to do some sightseeing. sohoton cove is the realm of the stingless jellyfish. 0h! hi! joining me on the adventure to the jellyfish sanctuary is cristel. shes a student whos been studying ...

Best of the best. see you thats the thats the heart of my unique collection of masterpieces with dion and i you may have seen the blue coverall of oz upstairs made of enameled cloth there is no other like it anywhere. none of the museums encountered charge an entrance fee art is open to everyone the tourists the qatari and also the foreigners who often work here for little pay. the exhibits come from many islamic countries. shakes owed bin mohammed out tani founded this collection and in additio...

Thats racist and sanders is at the podium trying to spin it.ii? >> the moment that donald trump became the republican nominee, they agreed to normalize racism. they are aeons beyond where they were in 2012 when they decided to issue a gop autopsy report studying how to engage with communities of color and women and millennials better. instead of really leaning into what those findings might have been -- let me be honest, they werent that great -- they could have made some marked progress, right?...

Behind everybody else. in fact, the press is always in a hurry for appointments. if you look at where most appointments are made, a few scattered in november but most really start picking up mid december. >> i think thats right. i dont know about you all but it feels like its been ten days since the election and it feels like aeons. so i think one of the things is the incredible novelty of a trump transition has sort of warped a lot of you are impressions about the pace of these things. and also...

Says, these are not jobs where -- >> 29 years old is much different when i managed a fast food restaurant aeons ago. the average age was probably 19. >> the the low-wage work force in general has been shifting to be older and better educated than ever before. 80% of workers that make $10 an hour across our economy are over the age of 20. these strikes are responding to this change in our labor market and the need to raise pay for millions of workers in our economy. >> depending how many kids the...