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Didnt all go to plan. we have put up all of the tents now. when a say "we", i mean mostly these guys. but its going well. its a lot warmer than i thought. so, after some hard work, our camp is set and, ill be honest, a hot drink has never been more satisfying. as the sun fell behind the mountains, little did we know that this would be our last chance to take in this amazing environment. it was most definitely the calm before the storm. although its absolutely freezing and getting colder by the s...

Its hard work on my hand. basically this rope is holding my body weight and im having to release the rope to get me down. this way of coming down is faster and scarier than before but a lot more exciting! —— the fall. we reach the last part of the descent and im so relieved to finally get to the bottom. i know its crazy, i didnt expect quite so much water. oh, that was amazing! what a rush! yeah!

0k, 0k, yep, hands are up. ok, im good, 0k. the constant attacks on the 0ttomans‘ railway supply lines worked. the war ended and several new nations — syria, iraq, lebanon, and jordan — were then formed. the origins of the middle east that we know today can be traced back to these attacks on the hejaz railway and the subsequent carving up of the region by the brits and french. well, that was rajan there under bombardment in the blazing heat of the jordanian desert. well, its a bit of a tem...

Good morning, welcome to bbc news, im victoria derbyshire — here are the latest headlines. more job losses because of coronavirus — 5,000 jobs are under threat at sandwich chain upper crust and 1,700 jobs are to go at airbus uk. pressure on the government to give councils data more quickly to deal with virus spikes — after criticism it took too long in leicester. information is being made available to local authorities. there is a dashboard and information on test and trace is made availab...

Morning, welcome to bbc news this monday morning. im victoria derbyshire, here are the headlines: £1 billion promised to rebuild crumbling schools in england — and millions more for repairs. but critics say its a fraction of whats needed. wales reopens all of its schools from today, with staggered sessions for all year groups until the end of term. high street shops in scotland are opening their doors for the first time since the lockdown restrictions came in back in march. the number of peop...

Too, why the president would not have been told and asking why has been done to protect our forces and hold putin accountable. the white house press secretary was asked if the president had a message for moscow. she said there was no message for moscow, because the president hasnt been briefed on it. and tom, she gave no indication that he wants to be. tom? >> okay, martha, thank you. the press secretary was asked today. we turn to the supreme court rule, as well. the justices striking down lo...

On the hejaz railway and the subsequent carving up of the region by the brits and french. well, that was rajan there under bombardment in the blazing heat of the jordanian desert. well, its a bit of a temperature change now and we head to the chilly austrian alps, where ben braved —30 degrees centigrade and a gathering storm for a spot of snow camping. and lets just say, it didnt all go to plan. we have put up all of the tents now. when a say "we", i mean mostly these guys. but its going well....

Good morning. welcome to breakfast, with naga munchetty and charlie stayt. 0ur headlines today: the return of the foreign holiday. from july 6th, british tourists will be allowed to travel to european countries including spain, france and greece, without having to self—isolate when you fly back to the uk. more mass gatherings as liverpool fans are urged to stay at home after huge crowds descended on the city centre last night. in west london there were clashes as police tried to break up an il...

Bandits. normally, youd welcome the arrival of the police with open arms, but oui’ of the police with open arms, but our coyote tells us to run. we have to go. we have to go.

>> investigators decided to zero in on one aspect of freds story. was it really possible for leslies body to float from where he said she fell in to where she was found 150 feet and three waterfalls downstream? >> when we brought in the really topnotch water flow experts, we had to go back and try to duplicate the water flow as it was on the evening of the event. >> in august 2009, 15 months after leslie died, investigators headed up to cottonwood creek to conduct some tests. they dressed a woma...