In the late 19th seventys the world was in turmoil never before had so many people taken to the streets millions of demonstrators demanded more democracy grace of freedom higher wages and world peace. Time to cross the globe women are calling for equal rights. To all these hopes seem to take a back seat revolt shekel to the ongoing confrontation between the United States and the soviet union. Then appeared to be little alternative to the 2 political blocs the cold war had the world friendly in its grip. List was still feeling the after effects of the oil crisis of the ne 970. 00 s. Economic growth had slowed and unemployment was steadily rising the post will do comes when it. Caught our eye how do you show pings trip to the United States clearly marked the beginning of the chinese a balance with the west the rift between the 2 communist powers of china and the soviet union was now definite. The extensive deployments of somebody a troops in on chinas board is no longer a source of conce
Between argentina and great britain. Here, theres most definitely a before and an after 1982. After the war, the Falkland Islands developed a fishing industry, and they became rich. The falklands are still a british overseas territory, but theyre independant on many, many levels. They have a great education system, they have their own constitution, they have a great hospital, and theyre only 3000 People Living here. Pretty impressive. And people seem to be very happy. Its a land of wind, of sheep, of fish. And its a land of penguins. Welcome to the falklands. john fowler youre on the Falkland Islands. Were in the south atlantic, about 250 miles off the nearest point of the southern part of latin america. It is a windy place, but once youve learned to walk sort of leaning against the wind, its easy. Sophie Fouron john fawler. Born in england, hes lived in the falklands some fifty years, during which he has been a teacher, guide, journalist and editor. With Extensive Knowledge of this la
are a couple of stories here, yesterday was 17 degrees, back down to around eight or nine for thursday and friday but it will get chillier because we have a weather front coming, some much needed rain. this weather front coming, some much needed rain. this weatherfront is the coming, some much needed rain. this weather front is the colder air but once that weather front moves through there is very little rain on the horizon for the rest of february. high pressure is in, by friday staying into the weekend and the beginning of next week and we need the rain, it could turn out to be one of the driest february is on record, scotland have only had about 50% of the rainfall, in england only a few millimetres and even though we have cloud with us it is dry for the most part. misty and murky around the coast and we have that weather front looming but again even though we expect heavy rain in the room lest it might petered out in the east. where we see sunshine, perhaps around the mor
what does the future hold for liverpool, with the club s owners insisting the club s not for sale on the eve of their crucial champions league tie with real madrid? it is mild again but there is something cooler on the way. your full forecast on breakfast. it s tuesday the 21st of february. junior doctors in england have become the latest health workers to vote for strike action in a dispute with the government over pay. members of the british medical association are expected to stage a 72 hour walk out, possibly as early as mid march. our health correspondent katharine da costa has this report. this winter s seen the biggest wave of industrial action in nhs history affecting nurses, paramedics and physiotherapists. nowjunior doctors in england willjoin other health unions on the picket line in an increasingly bitter dispute over pay. when 98% of us vote to strike, i think it says a lot. dr andrew meyerson moved from the us to london eight years ago to study medicine. now a
Clashed for the second day running in central paris. The unrest was caused by a deadly shooting on friday at a kurdish cultural centre. The suspect has been taken to a police psychiatric unit for health reasons. Now on bbc news, ending the falklands. This programme contains details some viewers may find upsetting. Recording now. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Right, im ready to go. Are you keen to answer it as well . Oh, yes, yes. You can stop to think about an answer, you dont have to do it all in one go itsjust a conversation with me and ill take you ill take you through the experiences. Absolutely, yeah. Um, yeah, 0k. Clapper bangs youre literally lying face down, pressed your face into this frozen earth, thinking, i dont want to die here. I dont want to die here. Why . Sniffs yeah. You know, that, i think well, it was, for all of us, it was hugely traumatic. Theres corpses of your enemy, corpses of your friends, you know, just lying there. It had a massive effect on me and i know it had a massi