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How incredible is that? those pictures are amazing, arent they? we will talk more about that a bit later. ten climbers from nepal have completed one of the last remaining challenges in mountaineering: reaching the summit of the worlds second highest peak, k2, in winter. its the last of the ia tallest mountains to have been conquered during the winter months. k2, which is only 200m shorter than everest, is widely considered the most demanding of all in winter. lets take a look at some of todays f...

So long as they are in power, they are using guns. when you walk around kampala, every corner, there are guns. guns — are we in a war? whom are we fighting with? with this result, bobi wine still finds himself in a relatively strong position. his national unity platform is expected to be the biggest opposition party in parliament. a good result considering that it was only formed a few months ago. he will play a key role in ugandan politics in the coming years. for now, the opposition leader s...

I think something was lost there. it became all about whos going to get there, how fast, and what am i going to get out of that experience? and i suspect that it is only going to get worse in the future, unless there is an intervention. although the nepalese government collected £8,000 fee from foreign mountaineers, until now, there has been little regulation on tour operators or climber skill level. in the last 10 or 15 years, the peak has become more accessible to climbers with a lower skill ...

Now on bbc news... the travel show. this week on the travel show, whats in store for the year ahead? i think a phrase a lot of us can expect to hear in 2021 is "documents, please. " the worlds tallest mountain. i really hope that the people who want to go and climb mount everest really understand the significance of this mountain, the sacredness of this mountain. i thought id seen everything! and a detox that is not for the squeamish. wow, the visual of it is the most shocking part.

Mount everest is where our goddess miyolangsangma resides. it is a sacred mountain. for me, it is a magical place. i have enormous reverence and respect for mount everest. i have seen how beautiful and magic it can be. but ive also seen the tragedy, the death they can result from being on mount everest. in the 1950s, there were only like four or five western tourists who came into the everest region. by 2019, we have thousands, more than 35,000 tourists, who came to the everest region. to put th...

England and wales, but keeping cold weather across much of scotland. i want to show you this. this is rental accumulation. we do not show you this often. i want to point out through north—west england, wales, and across parts of the south—west of england, we could see in excess of england, we could see in excess of 100mm of rainfall before the week is through. and that, potentially, could lead to the risk of some flooding. i could lead to the risk of some floodinr. , ., ., flooding. i will g...

Continuing across much of northern england and wales as well. dryer across scotland and northern ireland. colder here as well. that will be significant later in the week. wendy in the south—east. the colder air will need south across the country by the get to thursday. turning cooler later in the week. the chance of snow, heavy in the northern hills of scotland and england for a while.

This is bbc news, the headlines: authorities in all 50 us states are bracing for more protests, asjoe biden�*s inauguration moves closer. 25,000 members of the national guard will patrol the streets around the capitol building in washington, with much of the city in lockdown. it follows the violence by supporters of president trump, earlier this month. indias huge vaccine rollout is under way. the aim is to vaccinate around 300 million people by the end ofjuly. two vaccines are being used, one...

Picture a short while ago, saying they are back safe and sound. he also paid tribute to fellow climber — sergi mingote — who died during a separate expidition on k2. he said they feel grateful to be a part of history for humankind but equally very deeply saddened to hear theyve lost a friend. the team will now take time to recover before sharing their story of reaching one of the worlds most dangerous summits, in the harshest of conditions. in the meantime — weve spoken to alan arnette —...

Next this week, a visit to the worlds tallest mountain. mount everest was closed for much of 2020 because of the pandemic. but could the lockdown have been a blessing disguise for this ultimate adventure destination? in the 1950s, there were only like four or five western tourists who came into the everest region. by 2019, we have thousands, more than 35,000 tourists, who came to the everest region. to put that in perspective, this is a region with about 7000 people, so it is five times the popu...