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British Icon of the Week: Sir David Attenborough, the Godfather of Nature DocumentariesBy Nick Levine | May 7, 2021
The great
Sir David Attenborough turns 95 tomorrow (May 8), so we re marking his milestone birthday by making him our British Icon of the Week. If you fancy celebrating his big day by watching some of his landmark nature documentaries such as
Planet Earth and
Blue Planet, BBC America is showing a whole host of them Saturday, plus a program about his life and career,
Attenborough s Journey, which airs at 8pm EST. Check out the full schedule here.
And in the meantime, here s a guide to just 10 highlights from his remarkable career.
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Anti-coup protesters display pictures of deposed Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi in Yangon, Myanmar, March 2. Police in Myanmar repeatedly used tear gas and rubber bullets against crowds protesting Febuary’s coup, but the demonstrators regrouped after each volley and tried to defend themselves with barricades as standoff s between protesters and security forces intensified. (AP Photo)
The Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) has demanded a halt to the violence and killings gripping Myanmar stemming from a military coup staged in early February. The leaders of South East Asian countries met in a special summit with the coup leader to address turmoil ravaging the troubled country once known as Burma.
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A specter is haunting the United States’ foreign policy: the specter of Donald Trump, at least as far as some of the questionable aspects of the former president’s choices is concerned.
On China the new Biden administration has ratcheted the hostile rhetoric, blaming Beijing for a raft of misdeeds while praising it as a strategic partner in “saving the planet” whatever that means. On Russia the new US president has triggered a series of diplomatic gesticulations while talking of close cooperation on issues such as persuading the mullahs of Tehran to return to the infamous “nuke deal” concocted by Barack Obama. At different level Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is designated as something of a gang leader while courted as a partner in chasing the mirage of peace in Afghanistan.
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