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1000 years of mont—st—michel. there is the shadow of mont—st—michel on the sand. and saving these bundles of fluff from extinction.— and saving these bundles of fluff from extinction. give them some time. im beginning this week in northern france on a journey that 2.5 million people take each year. you kind of get an idea of how popular this place must be because its off—season, its super cold, but this bus is packed. you can see, ive just got a glimpse of the abbey. it doe...

this week on the travel show... ..mont saint—michel marks its millennium. that view is pretty amazing. theres the shadow of mont saint—michel on the sand. oh, yeah! the parps and toots that make this port one of a kind. horns blaring. one, two, three, four, five. and saving these bundles of fluff from extinction. twittering and squawking. yeah, hes thinking about it. all right. well give him some time. here he comes. im beginning this week in northern france on a journey that 2.5 m...

ukraine condemns president putin after he visits the devastated city of mariupol — captured during the russian invasion. an aide to president zelensky called him a criminal returning to the scene of his crime. environmental scientists prepare to unveil eight years�* work showing the global scale of the climate change. this report is expected to become the benchmark for world governments on how to respond to the growing crisis. youre watching bbc news...now its time for the travel s...

on government issued mobile devices. several thousand people have been protesting for a second day in paris and a number of other french cities. this follows president macron�*s decision to force through pension reforms to raise the national retirement age from 62 to 64 without a parliamentary vote. now on bbc news — the travel show. this week on the travel show, mont—saint—michel marks its millennium. that view was pretty amazing. millennium. that view was pretty amazing-— m...

a dedicated father who took a photo of his son every day for the first 21 years of his life, says its been "a joy" to capture his child growing up. ian mcleod, from harrogate, wanted to make sure he didnt forget a moment of cory�*s childhood, so picked up his camera and started snapping. now cory, whos aged 30, has taken over photo duties and is continuing the project. you know, what if i took his photo every day? and itd be pretty cool to see birth til death. so im just going to kee...

several thousand people in france are protesting the changes to the pension system with demonstrators lighting firecrackers and filling in the liniment police. just going 8:30 p:m.. coming up shortly if news watch but first its time to escape with the travel show. im beginning this week in northern france on a journey that 2.5 million people take each year. you kind of get an idea of how popular this place must be because its off—season, its super cold, but this bus is packed. you ca...

This is the best of mediaeval engineering. and it started off as a sanctuary dedicated to st michel, st michael, in the year 708. then it took off. you know, the pilgrims started to come. they had to come across the bay, so walk through the sands. and then it developed in the 11th century with the construction of the church. the abbey sits at the top of the cliff, surrounded by the village below. even nowadays, there are quicksands out there. there are a lot of strong currents. so, it must have ...

This is mont saint—michel, one of frances most visited sites. its an island off the coast of brittany in normandy, connected to the mainland by a half a mile—long bridge that opened back in 2014. and this year, the island celebrates a very special anniversary. it is the 1,000 anniversary of the construction of the church. how on earth did they construct something like this 1,000 years ago? mm—hm. yeah. this is the best of mediaeval engineering. and it started off as a sanctuary dedicated t...

You can see, ijust got a glimpse of the abbey... it does look pretty special! this is mont—saint—michel, one of frances most visited sites. it is an island off the coast of brittany and normandy, connected to the mainland by half a mile long bridge that opened back in 2014 and, this year, the island celebrates every special anniversary. it is the 1000th anniversary of the construction of the church. how on earth did they construct something like this 1000 years ago? this is the best of media...

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