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Convention. a team of nepalese climbers has safely descended after becoming the first ever to reach the top of the worlds second highest mountain k2, in winter. k2, along the pakistan—china border, is notoriously challenging with hurricane—strong winds and sub—zero temperatures. one of the leading members of the team is a former gurkha and british special forces soldier, and hes been speaking to our correspondent, secunder kermani. conquering the so—called savage mountain in the depth of...

The worlds poorest countries. and risking temperatures of up to minus 70 to scale the worlds second highest mountain —the team talk of their relief at making it safely back down from the summit of k2. we start here in the uk — where the rate of coronavirus infection is beginning to fall. as you can see — after peaking in december — new lockdown measures have seen the number of new infections start to fall. in the last 2a hours there have been less than 40,000 new cases — the first time...

Ajudge in moscow is deciding whether to send the russian opposition activist alexei navalny to prison. ministers come under pressure to extend the £20 a week uplift in universal credit, as labourforces a commons vote on the issue. coming up, well hearfrom one of the team of ten nepali climbers who have set a new world record by becoming the first to reach the summit of k2, the worlds second highest mountain, in winter. lets return to the news that millions more people in the uk are to be invite...

The men began as members of different teams but banded together to reach the summit. a huge success for nepal, whose mountaineers have often worked out of the spotlight supporting western climbers. secunder kermani, bbc news, islamabad. thats it. now on bbc one, time for the news where you are. have a very good night. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. joining me are lucy fisher — deputy political editor, the daily telegraph and jack blanch...

A team of nepalese climbers has safely descended after becoming the first ever to reach the top of the worlds second highest mountain k2 — in winter. k2, along the pakistan—china border, is notoriously challenging with hurricane—strong winds and sub—zero temperatures. one of the leading members of the team is a former gurkha and british special forces soldier nirmal purja — hes been speaking to our pakistan correspondent secunder kermani. conquering the so—called savage mountain, in ...

This is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. im tim willcox. detained for 30 days within hours of returning to moscow. opposition leader alexei navalny urges people to take to the streets "for the future of russia". the fbi vets all 25,000 national guard troops on duty in washington for wednesdays inauguration looking for possible right—wing extremists. once in the white house, what will a biden presidency mean for asia and us leadership in the region?...

We hearfrom one unit — where staff and resources are stretched to the limit. so you know were going to run into a problem because we havent got any beds. he is quite sick, he could die from this by the way, im sorry to have to say that. but the vaccine rollout continues apace , four million so far in the uk, and the over 70s in england are now invited to get a jab. mps back a labour motion calling for the 20 pounds increase in universal credit to be continued but tory mps abstain, accusing the...

Frostbite in the fingers, some of them have frostbite on their toes, face, and all that. these ten people are some of the best climbers in the world, so that is what it took us to make this happen. but everybody wanted this to happen, and we worked together as a team, brother to brother, shoulder to shoulder, and he made the impossible possible so it was a huge team effort. is there anyjoy in climbing in those conditions? im sorry i lost your question. is there anyjoy in climbing in those condit...

Well, kt is the worlds second highest mountain. it was the greatest and the hardest 8,000 metre peaks that remain to be conquered in winter. for us it was key as nepalese climbers, we wanted to take the last remaining challenge for our climbing community. i must say that this did not come easy. all of us have at least, i must say, contributed a bit. some of the guys have got some frostbite in the fingers, some of them have frostbite on their toes, face, and all that. these ten people are some of...

To the summit together. some of the, obviously, team members were very emotional as well, including myself. there are 14 mountains in the world higher than 8,000 metres. k2 was the only one yet to be scaled in winter — because its so challenging. dozens have lost their lives on the mountain. k2 is super steep, you know. either you have to go through, you know, blue ice or rock, so its very technical. on top of that, if you add, you know, the temperature up — to —65 degrees, you know, even ...