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and today the sleepy town of lerwick is facing an invasion from a long dormant foe. men shout the vikings. cheering and shouting so this is up helly aa. it's one of a number of viking festivals that take place in shetland every year. this one in lerwick is the biggest. up helly aa is best known for its night—time procession. almost 1,000 people carry flaming torches through the streets, then set fire to a replica viking ship. the day begins with a march through the town led by the jarl squad, a group of around 60 locals kitted out in elaborate viking garb. i mean, this is serious s...

there is rain in the forecast for there is rain in the forecast for the weekend. i'll tell you more a little later. good morning. it's saturday 11th november. our main story — the metropolitan police is preparing for a huge armistice day security operation, ahead of a pro—palestinian march. scotland yard has imposed an exclusion zone around the cenotaph, and it's also bracing for potential counter—demonstrations from far—right groups. our legal affairs correspondent dominic casciani has this report. barriers in place, nobody taking chances. in the last 2a hours, the metropoli...

Provides funding and financing for development projects in parts of the world. they guarantee funding where banks find it too risky. it is something that's not a big priority of this administration and the issue is for many, many years for decades, the world bank and the international monetary fund were the only games in town led by the united states. china is doing something very similar. they'll go into africa and all these countries as they'll fund your dams and hospitals and america is once again retreating from an important world stage. that's in a nutshell. >> good to know, ali velshi an...

Cons convulsions wracking their bodies. the horrifying scenes shocking the world. victims, some of them just children, gasping for their final breathe. >> reporter: syrian government had dropped a bomb on its own people. >> chemical attack in the syrian town led to the first american military strikes against the regime of assad. >> reporter: syrian president assad remains defiant. in 2017 two words would shock the world ethnic cleansing. >> armed government forces are attacking their own minority citizens. >> reporter: in southeast asia myanmar the state turned democracy, the unthinkable was h...

Last month a shocking chemical attack on the syrian town led to the first american military strikes against the regime of bashar al assad. what you're about to see is extremely disturbing. if you have children in the room you'll want to have them leave now as i toss to clarissa ward who presents never before seen footage terrifying and heartbreaking, shining a horrifying but important light on the immediate aftermath of that day. >> i want to warn our viewers that this is extremely disturbing material. and if you have children at home, you might want to have them leave the room. when the chemi...