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And the welsh opera singer, bryn terfel. Thick fog is causing delays at airports for a second day. Heathrow says 45 flights have been cancelled, because planes were in the wrong place following yesterdays disruption. And its new year down under, sydney welcomes in 2017 in style with a spectacular firework display. Now on bbc news, witness. Hello, and welcome to witness with me, tanya beckett. Im here at the British Library in london for the last time this year to bring you five of our favourite stories from 2016. Well meet a former member of chairman maos infamous red guards, a woman astronaut...

And the welsh opera singer, bryn terfel. Thick fog is causing delays at airports for a second day. Heathrow says 45 flights have been cancelled, because planes were in the wrong place following yesterdays disruption. And its new year down under, sydney welcomes in 2017 in style with a spectacular firework display. Now on bbc news, witness. Hello, and welcome to witness with me, tanya beckett. Im here at the British Library in london for the last time this year to bring you five of our favourite stories from 2016. Well meet a former member of chairman maos infamous red guards, a woman astronaut...

Dream" speech. selective use by republicans. take a look. >> a funny thing happened in january 1986, the first time this country officially marked martin luther king day or mlk day as we're doing so today. then president ronald reagan who had originally opposed the federal holiday before signing it into law marked the first official mlk day with these words. >> we are committed to a society in which all men and women have equal opportunities to succeed, and so we oppose the use of quotas. we want a color blind society. a society that in the words of dr. king judges people not by the color of t...

I wanted to share with you something we highlighted on my show earlier tonight. the constants disingenuous and very selective use of a famous quote from dr. martin luther king's i have a dream speech. take a look. >> a funny thing happened in january 1986. the first time this country officially marked martin luther king the. or mlk day as we're doing so today. president, ronald reagan who oppose the federal holiday before signing into law marked the first official mlk day with these words. >> we are committed to a society in which all women and men have equal opportunities to succeed. so we op...

University of south carolina. >> when questioned, bell denied any involvement in the murders of shari smith and debra helmick. >> the only thng he wanted to say over and over was this larry gene bell didn't do it. it was the bad larry gene bell. >> larry gene bell stood trial for the murder of shari smith in january 1986. >> in my closing argument, i told the jury, shari smith had the fortitude and courage to write out her last will and testament. and i put the pen that we took from the sheppards' house in front of the jury. i said, now each one of you, i want you to have the courage to sign y...