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and today the sleepy town of lerwick is facing an invasion from a long dormant foe. men shout the vikings. cheering and shouting so this is up helly aa. its one of a number of viking festivals that take place in shetland every year. this one in lerwick is the biggest. up helly aa is best known for its night—time procession. almost 1,000 people carry flaming torches through the streets, then set fire to a replica viking ship. the day begins with a march through the town led by the jar...

there is rain in the forecast for there is rain in the forecast for the weekend. ill tell you more a little later. good morning. its saturday 11th november. our main story — the metropolitan police is preparing for a huge armistice day security operation, ahead of a pro—palestinian march. scotland yard has imposed an exclusion zone around the cenotaph, and its also bracing for potential counter—demonstrations from far—right groups. our legal affairs correspondent dominic cascia...

like, ive felt worse for sure. i cried when i got off the court, but the... you know, for me, i kind of realised i was watching iga win this tournament last year and i was pregnant, and it was just my dream to be able to play her. so, when i kind of think of it like that, i think im doing pretty well. its hard to have any logical thoughts because for sure, it was really intense. and on a really high level. and i was in huge trouble in the third set, but i managed somehow to win this ma...

hello, im lenny. im going to bejoining you all today to do some funny things. and meet children in needs newest and youngest host — bafta—award—winning lenny rush. we have heavy rain by pushing northwards and eastwards today. behind it, sunshine and showers. windy in the south. and later, storm ciaran in the south—west will bring heavy wind and damaging gusts of wind. all the details throughout the programme. its wednesday the 1st of november. gazas largest telecoms provider co...

joining us on sportsday. were going to start at the french open in paris, where there was a thrilling and dramatic contest between defending champion and world number one, iga swiatek, and quadruple grand slam winner naomi osaka. in a tense first set, the in—form swiatek, with four titles to her name already this season, taking it on a tie—break. osaka, though, dominating the second, overpowering her opponent to take it 6—1. the third set was an absolute nail—biter. swiatek 4�...

mohammad shtayyeh, welcome to hardtalk, and thank you forjoining us from ramallah. now, the terrible scenes in rafah are just the latest mass casualty event of this war. as we stand nearly eight months into this phase of the conflict, how do you envisage the current war in gaza coming to an end? well, first of all, i hope there will be an immediate ceasefire and an immediate end to these atrocities that israel is committing against our people. as you rightly said, what is happening in ...

than 40,000 south african miners employed by anglo american. in a statement, bhp ceo mike henry said... anglo had rejected bhps previous offers, saying they undervalued the company and its prospects. speaking of deals, its been a big week for consolidation in the energy sector. the latest development? conocophillips�*s acquisition of marathon oil in a $22.5 billion deal. erin delmore has all the details and more on this rising trend. think about the early days of the pandemic. people...

israel and gaza. ijust want in the middle east. the war in israel and gaza. i just want to show you pictures that we are getting in. the latest from southern israel looking into northern gaza as we touched on in the headlines there. if youre telling us it is expanding its assault deeper into the northern gaza strip. wejust had its assault deeper into the northern gaza strip. we just had a little earlier from an gaza strip. we just had a little earlierfrom an idf gaza strip. we just had...

afghanistan have rashid con, ardent targets for his 100th one day international. well, sri lanka improvised their way to 241, i total that seemed to chase a ball. watch out. in reply, afghanistan 0—1, the excellent gone. a steady 62 made, afghanistan regained control. as the 23—year—old added to the energy and three sixes. the captain ensured his team got home with 28 balls to spare. a happy englishman at the world cup. jonathan trappeds coaching is part of the story. afghanistan...

the ground is very saturated across the ground is very saturated across the country at the moment, so any heavy rainfall will be unwelcome. this system moves through in the early hours of wednesday and into thursday. there will be some snow in scotland, which will not last. but a pretty wet day in scotland. the storm will be driven along by a strong moving and it will intensify in the early hours of wednesday thursday. precision of that low is still subject to uncertainty, but it will ...