Darkness Falling News Today

>> chances are, you havent been to this place. chances are, this is a place youve never seen. other than maybe blurry cellphone videos, old black-and-white newsreels from world war ii. chances are, bad things were happening in the footage you saw. myanmar. after 50 years of nightmare, something unexpected is happening here, and its pretty incredible. ♪ ♪ in yangon, capital city of myanmar, its dark. blackouts are frequent with the ancient power grid. what sources of light there are...

quite a number of protesters were wearing poppies. its an important day to remember those who died, but amongst them, the 10,000 palestinians whojoined the british army. the atmosphere as the rally began was relaxed and good—natured, but from early in the day, police had been concerned about what they categorised as a right wing counterprotest. there were scuffles a short distance from the cenotaph. the met commissioner, sir mark rowley, paid a visit to his command team as riot squad...

Common, however, is a tonika, a face paint and sunblock made from tree bark that masks many of their faces. its ubiquitous here. at first jarring to see, it quickly becomes something you get used to and take for granted. ♪ yangons gravitational pull broken, and with darkness falling, the train picks up he

Yangons gravitational pull broken, and with darkness falling, the train picks up speed. at times, terrifyingly so. >> philippe: i mean, this thing is going to derail at some point. they have lost how many wheels yesterday on this one train? so, truly, its about being in the right car, the one that keeps its wheel. >> anthony: derailments, or "rail slips," as they are referred to here, a somewhat more benign-sounding occurrence than, say, "rolling off the tracks into a rice paddy," are not uncomm...

Looking around at my fellow passengers, it could be hard to distinguish between the 135-plus ethnic groups that make up the burmese population. the very name "burma" refers actually to only one of these groups. what they all seem to have in common, however, is thanaka, a face paint and sunblock made from tree bark that masks many of their faces. its ubiquitous here. at first jarring to see, it quickly becomes something you get used to and take for granted. yangons gravitational pull broken, and ...

Yangons gravitational pull broken, and with darkness falling, the train picks up speed. at times, terrifyingly so. >> philippe: i mean, this thing is going to derail at some point. they have lost how many wheels yesterday on this one train? so, truly, its about being in the right car, the one that keeps its wheel. >> anthony: derailments, or "rail slips," as they are referred to here, a somewhat more benign-sounding occurrence than, say, "rolling off the tracks into a rice paddy," are not uncomm...

The space between things gets wider, more pastoral, and more beautiful. looking around at my fellow passengers, it could be hard to distinguish between the 135-plus ethnic groups that make up the burmese population. the very name "burma" refers actually to only one of these groups. what they all seem to have in common, however, is thanaka, a face paint and sunblock made from tree bark that masks many of their faces. its ubiquitous here. at first jarring to see, it quickly becomes something you g...

Yangons gravitational pull broken, and with darkness falling, the train picks up speed. at times terrifyingly so. >> if this thing is going to be derail at some point. they have lost how many wheels yesterday? on this one train? so truly its about being in the right car, the one that keeps its wheels. >> derailments or rail splits as theyve referred to more is more benign sounding than rolling off into the rice paddies, which are not uncommon.

The very name, burma, refers actually to only one of these groups. what they all seem to have in common, however, is a thanaka, a faps face paint that masks many of their faces. at first jarring to see, it quickly becomes something you get used to and take for granted. yangons gravitational pull broken, and with darkness falling, the train picks up speed. at times terrifyingly so. >> if this thing is going to be

Common tanaka, a face paint and sun block made from tree bark that masks many of their faces. it is ubiquitous here. first jarring to see it quickly becomes something you get used to and take for granted. ♪ yangons gravitational pull broken and with darkness falling the train picks up speed. ♪ at times, terrifyingly so. >> this thing is going to derail at some point. they have lost how many wheels yesterday on this one train?