Now on bbc news, The Travel Show stories from scotland. Coming up on this weeks show. The atmosphere is brilliant. Youve got the singing, lots of shouting. Thats so good. Thats so tasty. Some people want train sets, i wanted a castle. Scotland is a perennialfavourite when it comes to travel. From its rugged and dramatic highlands to its vibrant cities and festivals. Considering its relatively small size, scotland really does punch above its weight when it comes to tourism. And this week were looking back at some of our favourite travel show adventures there, kicking off with the time i headed to shetland to experience something thats firmly based in the islands viking past, although a big change is under way. Sitting halfway between the scottish mainland and norway, the Shetland Islands have a unique combination of cultures. And today the sleepy town of lerwick is facing an invasion from a long dormant foe. Shouting the vikings. Cheering and shouting so this is up helly aa. Its one of
Hello, welcome to the programme. Final preparations are under way to send the first shipment of aid by sea to gaza. Humanitarian organisations are co ordinating a delivery of about 200 tonnes of food and medical supplies, which will go via a Maritime Corridor with israels agreement. But its unclear how or where the boat will actually dock, and even if the aid does arrive, some groups are warning of problems in distributing the aid across gaza. Wyre davies reports from jerusalem. In the cypriot port of larnaca, they have been working around the clock. The spanish ship, open arms, is preparing to tow a barge with 200 tonnes of food with medical aid all the way to gaza. Its a precarious, untested plan with obvious risks. Translation yes, we will tow this platform to gaza, where The Last Mile will be the most complicated operation. The disembarkation will be done on a pier that is being built right now by the world central kitchen. How the aid will be unloaded into gaza, where there is no
hoping to ease tensions, as china s foreign minister says relations between the superpowers are at their lowest point in years. key issues include taiwan, spying and the dangerous military encounters. will blinken meet with president xi? matt rivers in beijing. a weekend of deadly gun violence. 20 people shot, 1 killed at a juneteenth celebration outside of chicago. two dead when a gunman fires randomly at a music festival in washington state. and a teenager killed in st. louis. new details in the investigation into letters containing suspicious white powder sent to kansas lawmakers. more than 90 letters sent. lawmakers tell abc news, most were sent to republicans. the cryptic message in those letters and the hunt for a suspect. pope francis makes his first public address since undergoing abdominal surgery, thanking the faithful for their prayers. his doctor proclaiming he s better than before. ukraine s counteroffensive. explosions ripping through a dozen russian amm
napping during the day could help preserve brain health. we will speak to scientists who have done that fascinating research. now we can go to the bbc sport centre. update on the final day of the first ashes test match between england and australia at edgbaston. play started after a lengthy rain delay. it has started. england have just taken the wicket of travis head for 16. australia started the day needed 174 more runs to chase down the target of 281. england took the wicket of scott boland. they have now lost travis head. he was out caught behind. you can keep up to date with that on the website. developing story, in france, french police searching the headquarters of the organisers of the paris 2024 olympic games, officials say the raid part of corruption investigations and the bbc understands the probes are in connection with the awarding of building contracts connected with the games. the organising committee said the body is committing fully with the investigation. ste
with plans to lower healthcare and drug costs. president supporting democrat candidates including tina huizenga type governor s race. shoppers are hesitant revised retail sales number for september are flat. crime wave and major cities has many people living in fear the country. dan springer is live from the president s campaign stop in portland, oregon. was spoken to a lot of voters this weekend, their top concerns are high gas prices, runaway inflation and especially here homelessness but president joe biden spent almost all of his speech today talking about inflation reduction act lowering prescription drug prices in the future. he also took shots at republicans in congress. when it comes time to do something about inflation around the kitchen table, republicans in congress said no. they take control, their first aim is to get rid of the inflation reduction act and inflation will go up, not down. the democratic candidate for governor in oregon, she s trailing by slim