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dc later this year — and one foundry in gloucestershire has played a key part. the extraordinary work of art has taken pangolin foundry in stroud and american sculptor sabin howard around 10 years to create, as amanda parr reports. a depiction of one soldiers journey through the great war and a creative journey like no other for the team here at pangolin. the american sculptor, sabin howard, searched the world for a foundry he trusted and he discovered it in stroud. as you can see, t...

this is uzbekistan. once part of the enormous soviet union, uzbekistan is a country of arid deserts, lush mountains and ancient cities. in its long history, its been home to many civilisations, remnants of which can still be seen today. and now its more recent past is as much of a draw. im starting myjourney here in tashkent, the biggest city in the whole of central asia. its dynamic, full of young people — with almost half under the age of 30 — and its booming. though wherever you...

has said his country is in a war for its existence, which it would continue, despite what he called the "heavy price" paid by israel. he was speaking after the israeli army shot dead three hostages in gaza by mistake. an israeli soldier opened fire on the men as they emerged from a building in the suburbs of gaza city, holding a white flag. an official investigation said the shots were fired in breach of the armys rules of engagement. alon shamriz, yotam haim and samer el—talalka wer...

hello, im lucy gray, welcome to the programme. the metropolitan police in london says it understands that public concern about the arrest of 52 people trying to take part in demonstrations during the coronation of king charles. the met said it had received information that some protesters had been determined to disrupt the occasion. the head of the anti—monarchy group republic, graeme smith, spent nearly 60 hours in police custody. there will be more coronation celebrations over the ...

believe it was an assassination attempt on president putin. lets take you straight to these videos claiming to show the attack. this is the moment of the explosion coming up the moment of the explosion coming up now. there it is. that is circulating on social media. it appears to be a drone flying in from the left hand side before that explosion. we cant be sure of course. this is unverified footage at the moment. here is the drum from another angle, again not verified. shortly you wil...

the capture of bakhmut would be the first russian victory of note in more than six months of fighting. our diplomatic correspondent, james landale, sent this report from the capital, kyiv. this is bakhmut, or at least what is left of it, after some of the fiercest fighting since russia invaded ukraine. for more than six months, russian shells and missiles have rained down on the city. thousands of russian soldiers have died trying to seize it and now their commanders are growing increa...

are charged with gross negligence manslaughter after a baby was found dead in woodland in sussex yesterday iran says its appointed a special branch of a tehran court to investigate a spate of apparent poison attacks at girls�* schools in several cities across the country and how the great pyramid of giza — continues to reveal extraordinary secrets. scientists discover a new hidden corridor welcome to newsday. we begin in india, where a meeting of 620 leaders has ended without an ag...

despite a chinese threat that america will "pay the price" for her visit. liz truss scraps a plan to link public sector pay to local living costs following a backlash from a number of senior conservatives. hello, welcome to bbc news. the energy company bp has reported its second highest quarterly profit in its history. between april and june it made £6.9 billion pounds in profit — three times the figure for the same period last year. the company said its oil trading performance was ...

at the independent tom peck and former communications director for the trump campaign brian lanza. welcome to the programme. donald trump "knew" he had lost the 2020 election. he had been told repeatedly by those closest to him. his campaign manager, legal council for his campaign, his data analysts and his daughter had all had told him so. but the then—attorney general bill barr told the committee in a videotaped session that "after the election, he didnt seem to be listening". and ...

Breaking news out of slovakia. An assaniation attempt on the Prime Minister of slovakia. Robert fitzo has been shot and injured an incident which happened earlier this afternoon. Theses pictures show the immidiate aftermath of the attack, with the Prime Minister being dragged into a car. His official Facebook Page says he was shot several times. From a different angle at the scene, we can see a man being arrested by people who appear to be police officers. We still dont know anything about the m...