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This is bbc news, with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. im maryam moshiri. indias vast vaccine roll—out is under way. we meet the hospital cleaner whos the first person in the country to be vaccinated. a government scheme to provide financial support to englands airports will begin within days, following the closure of all air corridors. angela merkel�*s party chooses armin laschet as leader, putting him in a strong position to succeed her as german chancellor...

And that is when the winds will maybe hit 60 or 70 miles an hour. in the wintertime, it can be 100 degrees below zero fahrenheit wind chill, so what they went through what they accomplished is astounding on the mountaineering community should be incredibly proud of them. i�*m sure they are, and what�*s the significance of the fact that they are nepalese? if you go back and you look at the history of the 14 8,000—metre mountains that you cited, all of them with the exception of k2 have all ...

But what i found was, i summitted everest when i was 54 years old in 2011, and as you noted, k2 in 2014 when i was 58, it is night and day. k2 is incredibly steep, it is technical. by that i mean you are using your hands on your feet almost the entire time. you are going across rock, very difficult, steep rock sections that you simplyjust don�*t have on the normal routes on everest. everest is all about altitude. k2 is all about technical climbing at altitude. the duke of cambridge has praised...

Are back down now at camp three. it was a 16 hour summit day, and what makes k2 so hard anytime is that it is steep, steep, steep and the weather is unrelenting. there is also tremendous objective danger and ijy tremendous objective danger and by that i mean avalanches and rockfall. so that is in the summertime, and that is when the winds will maybe had 60 or 70 miles an hour. in the wintertime, it can be 100 degrees below 0 f wind chill, so what they went through what they accomplished is astou...

India�*s huge vaccine roll—out is underway. the aim is to vaccinate around 300 million people by the end ofjuly. two vaccines are being used, one of which was developed in the country and given emergency approval. india has the second highest number of covid—19 infections in the world. 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 washingto...

They will play another smaller women�*s event as well. they will play another smaller womens event as well.- womens event as well. craig gabriel, thank _ womens event as well. craig gabriel, thank you _ womens event as well. craig gabriel, thank you so - womens event as well. craig gabriel, thank you so much l womens event as well. craig i gabriel, thank you so much for coming on. ten climbers from nepal have completed one of the last remaining challenges in mountaineering — reaching the sum...

K2 is incredibly steep, it is technical. by that i mean you are using your hands on your feet almost the entire time. you are going across rock, very difficult, steep rock sections that you simplyjust don�*t have on the normal routes on everest. everest is all about altitude. k2 is all about technical climbing at altitude. alex arnett. nasa has ground tested four new engines from its mega rocket at the space centre in mississippi. there it is. a crucial part of the artemis programme which aims...

The winter months. i spoke to alan arnette who became the oldest american to reach the summit of k2 in 2014, he told me why this latest effort was such an achievement. it�*s a fantastic day for mountaineering. i am just so proud of the nepali team that they got up there and they are back down now at camp three. actually, two went back down to base camp. it was a 16—hour summit day, and what makes k2 so hard anytime is that it is steep, steep, steep and the weather is unrelenting. there is al...

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 of which was developed in the co...

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 19505, 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 ...