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whoa ho! this is so cool! you have to release the rope. yeah, 0k. ..until the sail is flapping. just. you can release, yes. so the flapping starts. yes. ..and then from the flapping, we bring it injust. a little bit. just to stop. yes. that s perfect now. two centimetres. ah, look at me! i m a sailor! france and england may be neighbours, but in the middle ages they were bitter rivals. mainly thanks to this man william, the duke of normandy who history would come to know better as william the conqueror. in the year 1066, he left these shores to invade england and set it on a new course of history. william was descended from the fierce vikings or norsemen who gave normandy its name. in 2027, normandy will mark the 1,000th anniversary of william s birth. but the preparations for this big occasion have already begun. la mora was the flagship of william s invasion fleet. and now, a historical society in the port town of honfleur are busy recreating the viking style ....
france s history as our sports editor dan roan reports from paris. it was meant to be playing out in front of more than half a million people, the spectator numbers have been brought down to just over 300,000 because of security concerns. but of course, that s the big question. it s quite hard to overstate the level of this vast security operation we are having to negotiate along the banks of the river seine, with thousands of metal barricades set up, tens of thousands of officers on duty for this opening ceremony, of which there will be many world leaders who have been welcomed here by president macron, a huge thing for him and those in the country. i met up with the deputy mayor of paris and asked him whether or not the city was ready. we are definitely ready to welcome the olympics and the world, and the olympic athletes are already arriving for us. the venues are totally ready, and we are in the last preparations for the opening ceremony, for sure, because we have t ....
it was meant to be playing out in front of more than half a million people, the spectator numbers have been brought down to just over 300,000 because of security concerns. but of course, that s the big question. it s quite hard to overstate the level of this vast security operation we are having to negotiate along the banks of the river seine, with thousands of metal barricades set up, tens of thousands of officers on duty for this opening ceremony, of which there will be many world leaders who have been welcomed here by president macron, a huge thing for him and those in the country. i met up with the deputy mayor of paris and asked him whether or not the city was ready. we are definitely ready to welcome the olympics and the world, and the olympic athletes are already arriving for us. the venues are totally ready, and we are in the last preparations for the opening ceremony, for sure, because we have two day remaining before it. but we have worked on that project for ....
fires were started at three points on tgv lines running west, north and east of paris, with 800,000 travellers affected. eurostar services from london to paris have also been hit with several trains cancelled and services diverted off high speed lines and onto slower routes. efforts are under way to repair the damage, but they re not expected to be completed until after the weekend. speaking at a press conference just now, the chief executive of the french rail network sncf said an investigation was in progress, but they didn t yet know who was responsible for the attacks. i don t know, there is an inquiry at the moment. the police force are looking for the people who have committed this assault against the french network, so it is ongoing. i have no information, no specific information on that. joining us now on the line is our paris correspondent andrew harding. ata at a railway station in paris. what is happening where you are? good morninu. is happening where you are? goo ....
paris. for the first time you will see paris. you for the first time you will see paris, you will see the louvre museum. paris, you will see the louvre museum, the notre damejabari, all those museum, the notre damejabari, all those landmarks that make paris beautiful, those landmarks that make paris beautiful, that will be the backdrop for all beautiful, that will be the backdrop for all the beautiful, that will be the backdrop for all the stuff you will see tonight for all the stuff you will see tonight. if the weather is nice or not nice. tonight. if the weather is nice or not nice. it tonight. if the weather is nice or not nice, it is the same, for sure. musically, not nice, it is the same, for sure. musically, i not nice, it is the same, for sure. musically, i tried to bring as much honesty musically, i tried to bring as much honesty and as much horsepower into the music honesty and as much horsepower into the music and i think you will love ....