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Anthony: its morning in the arabian desert. the place explorer, bertram thomas called "the abode of death." but its a beautiful place, the kind of place i look for more and more these days. stark, empty, clean sand that stretches out, seemingly forever.

Cubed beef on skewers rubbed in cumin, garlic and cardamom, then grilled. and local slipper lobsters of course. and do not forget, the cuttlefish. >> anthony: delicious. this is, wow that cuttlefish is incredible. >> omar abdullah: we cannot live without the sea, our relationship with the sea is too strong. >> anthony: so youre on the water every day? >> al jabri: myself i like be in the water, even 24 hours i dont mind. ♪ >> al jabri: this is whats so great about oman itself. people cannot go...

Here, its too hot. this is the point. >> anthony: good. >> mohammad: its good if youve got whiskey or brandy or -- [ laughter ] >> mark: you know, the empty quarter is emptier than its ever been. its almost impossible to do what the old explorers did, because they relied upon local people being in situ. bedouin have migrated to their edge of the deserts where lifes easier, really. but they dont want to let go completely. amer sends his children to school, in badr, yet he wants them to live in th...

Now an bbc news review 2021 the year in sport. 0ur sports presenter adam wilde takes a close look at the highs and lows of a memorable year. theres never been a sporting year quite like 2021. it would, though, take a little time for the volume to be turned up. like everything else, it had to wait. as the year began, the backing track was the sound of silence. fans were still some way behind. covids cancellations and chaos continued, the pandemic still providing all the background noise. the empt...

Their key message is "get yourjab", with military personnel helping in taunton and at other centres. theyll hope they can keep up with the spread of the virus. then, starting in scotland, appeals for people to reduce mixing indoors with other households, and to think carefully about who they socialise with. the warnings were stark. i am not asking you to cancel or change your plans for christmas day, boxing day, or whenever you have your main festive celebration. but, in the run—up to and in t...

When the year began, the backing track was the sound of silence. fans were still some way behind. covids cancellations and chaos continued, the pandemic still providing all the background noise. the empty stadia, a stark, constant reminder that no amount of fake sounds or even fake crowds could drown out. that was over here. over there, well, this was how the worlds best tennis players were preparing for one of the first major sporting events of the year, the australian open. strict total quaran...

Last year, cult underground tranceteer Tasadi signaled an end to his epic seven-year studio hiatus. It perhaps wasn’t the ‘when’ that

Increase in covid hospital numbers — a view echoed by other senior officials. we are concerned with the large volume of individuals who are being infected every day in the population, that we are going to have a very difficult four weeks ahead with cases in the community. their key message is get yourjab, with military personnel helping in taunton and at other centres. theyll hope they can keep up with the spread of the virus. then, starting in scotland, appeals for people to reduce mixing ind...

President vladimir putin from ordering an invasion of ukraine. the idea here, the thinking that russias economy is not strong. if putin sees this sweeping array of sanctions as a potential if he invades ukraine, he may think twice about doing so. where do the talks go from here? administration officials have said they hope there are talks coming forward in january, not only between the u.s. and russia, but also perhaps between nato and russia that would lead to an off-ramp, a way to avoid an esc...

The variant later today. outside the us, more countries have introduced restrictions to deal with rising cases. mark lobel reports. texas was bracing itself for an omicron storm, now it reports whats believed to be the usas first related death. look how quickly, over the past week in the states, omicron, in purple here, has taken over the delta variant, represented in orange, in new cases. three, two, one, happy new year! so with ten days until 2022, its dominance — including 90% of new cases ...