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Takejohn, for example, who has vascular dementia. john was admitted to us 2017. he was given three months to live — he was very frail, very unwell. he had a lot of anxiety. he was so withdrawn. members of spitz worked closely with john. gave him a guitar, changed his life. through music, you get to know johns life history. we got to know whojohn is, and now, he is the centre of attention. he loves music, he is such a fun person to be around. and, hey ho! it is four years on now, he is here wit...

And sectarian clashes betweenjewish and arab citizens who live side by side,on the streets of tel aviv, lod and beyond have intensified amid warnings of civil war. from jerusalem heres our middle east editor, jeremy bowen. palestinian families are fleeing their homes in northern gaza this evening. they told the bbc they were escaping heavy israeli shellfire. dozens of civilians were killed in their area in the 2014 war, so they left in a hurry, with their children still in their new clothes they...

And division, colombians are turning against each other. here the people dressed in white who live in this exclusive residential complex say they were being attacked by indigenous people. here you can see one of those same people in white shooting fire guns. against a backdrop of violence, the colombian president says the police have a right to defend themselves. people say they will continue to protest even if it puts their life in danger. because for them, colombia needs a fundamental change. ...

Through music, weve got to know johns life history. weve got to know whojohn is, and now, hes the centre of attention. he loves music, hes such a fun person to be around. and, hey ho! its four years on now, hes here with us and i think were going to get many more years to come withjohn. i like music, and i like country and western — a lot. _ john will carry on having music therapy because spitz is now getting extra funding from an unexpected source. when paul harvey was given four notes by his...

This is bbc news. im shaun ley with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. palestinians flee their homes in gaza amid fears of a ground invasion by israeli forces. meanwhile palestinian militants continue firing barrages of rockets at israeli cities, as the violence shows no sign of abating. india records almost the same number of coronavirus cases as every other country in the world put together. this is not an indian problem. whats happening here could affect the worl...

The covid backlog. nearly five million people are now waiting for hospital treatment in england. waiting lists have reached a record high, after routine work was put on hold because of the pandemic. what they did say is you would normally be on a table in the next few weeks but we havent got one, we havent got a surgeon, we havent got a table. we are live at st thomas hospital in london to find out exactly how they are catching up on their waiting list backlog. well hear more about patients whov...

Rhiannan iffland has made her careerfrom jumping off things. four times she has won the cliff diving world series — but last years championship was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic. so, rhiannan went looking for a new venue for her daring adventures. and this one was full of hot air — as the bbc�*s tim allman explains. is the mists role through new south wales hunter valley, rhiannan iffland prepares herself for the days events that make it a little bit of history making up for a ...

From jerusalem, heres our middle east editor, jeremy bowen. palestinian families are fleeing their homes in northern gaza this evening. they told the bbc they were escaping heavily israeli shellfire. dozens of civilians were killed in their area in the 2014 war, so they left in a hurry, with their children still in their new clothes they were given for the end of ramadan. 0ne given for the end of ramadan. one man said the criminal occupation shows them no mercy. a renewal of the war between hama...

A warning, there are some flashing images. it was another night of explosions in gaza city, as heavy israeli air strikes and palestinian rocket fire continued. in the tel aviv suburb of lod, palestinian protesters torched a synagogue and confronted motorists. translation: they heard my accent was not arab. - they ran up to my car and started throwing stones. i was lucky there were no cars behind, so i reversed. i drove full gas in reverse. i almost ran into people in cars. i didnt see anything. ...

In the factories and there wasnt much sophistication. everybody knew everybody and everybody liked their music to kind of sound like the machines where they worked every day in the factories. i think that it was a, no bs kind of city. they wanted their music to be that. authentic? yes, authentic and more in yourface. there was nothing very frilly about detroit. it was hard rock. # schools out for summer. mark # schools out forever. # schools been blown to pieces. i hope you dont mind me saying, ...