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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 the depth of winter. for decades, it defied the worlds toughest climbers. now this former gurkha and br...

Mr navalny says whats happening is "lawlessness of the highest grade". 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 be speaking to 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. sport and, for a full round up from the bbc sport centre, heres chetan. good morning. phil neville has...

Soldier nirmal purja. hes been speaking to our pakistan correspondent secunder kermani. conquering the so—called savage mountain, in the depth of winter. for decades, it defied the worlds toughest climbers. now this former gurkha and british special forces soldier... this is my team here, hello! ..along with a team of other nepalese mountaineers has made history. it was super cold, and every step we climbed was an effort. so, you know, when we got to the summit, what we did was just ten metres...

The team who did it talk of their relief at making it safely back. almost a third of patients who have recovered from covid—19 are readmitted to hospital within five months, according to the largest study of people discharged from hospital. the research by the university of leicester, based on office for national statistics data, also showed that up to one in eight patients thought to have recovered from the virus have died of covid—related complications. dr amitava banerjee is the senior au...

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 —70. what kept everyone going was, everybody wanted this to their bone. the men began as members of different teams that banded together to reach the summit. a huge success for nepal, whose mountaineers have often worked out of the spotlight, supp...

Hello, im maryam moshiri, this is 0utside source. in the uk, the rate of covid infections continues to drop, but the number of people being admitted to hospital is stil increasing. well bring you a special report from inside the royal london hospital with staff and resources stretched to the limit. a russian court orders — that the opposition politician — alexei navalny be held in custody for 30 days. this for 30 days. is impossible. whats going on here, this is impossible. whats going on he...

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 winter. for decades, it defied the worlds toughest climbers. now, this former gurkha and british special forces soldier... this is my team here in the tent, hello! ..along with a team of other nepalese mountaineers has made history. it was super cold, and every step we climbed was an ...

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 —70. what kept everyone going was, everybody wanted this to their bone. the men began as members of different teams but banded together to reach the summit. a huge success for nepal, whose mountaine...

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?...

Had to contend with. it is super, super cold and the temperature up here can get to —70 degrees celsius. it is quite extreme. so tell us more about the challenge. well, k2 is the worlds second highest mountain. it was the greatest and the hardest 8,000 metre peak that remained 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, ...