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samira hussein, bbc news, bihar. a mysterious roman artefact found during an amateur archaeological dig is going on public display for the first time in lincolnshire. it's been baffling experts ever since it was dug up in a field in last summer. what is known is that it's one of only 33 dodecahedrons found in britain, and thought to be more than 1,700 years old. we know it's not a tool. we know it's not a practical item, because ours shows no signs of wear whatsoever. it's been under an electron microscope. there's nothing to indicate that it's been used in any way like that. it's not a measuring device, because dodecahedra don't come in standard sizes. they all vary enormously, so you can't measure things with it because of that. what's more likely to have been the case is that we think there's some religious connection with our site. we know back in 1989, there was a small roman rider god found in norton disney, very close to where our find was, which is only found on temple sites, generally. and ours was found in
samira hussein, bbc news, bihar. a mysterious roman artefact found during an amateur archaeological dig is going on public display for the first time in lincolnshire. it's been baffling experts ever since it was dug up in a field in last summer. what is known is that it's one of only 33 dodecahedrons found in britain, and thought to be more than 1,700 years old. we know it's not a tool. we know it's not a practical item, because ours shows no signs of wear whatsoever. it's been under an...
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samira hussein, bbc news, bihar. with the election already underway in india, the southern part of the country is hit by searing temperatures soaring above 41 degrees celsius — nearly five degrees above the normal temperatures for the current time of year. local media reported on monday that at least two people died of suspected heatstroke in the southern state of kerala. record temperatures are also being recorded in neighbouring sri lanka and in bangladesh, where schools are shutting down for a second consecutive day. let's turn our attention now to germany: a trial has gotten underway in stuttgart over an alleged far—right coup plot planned with overthrowing the government and putting an aristocrat as head of state. it's one of three trials coming up it's one of three trials coming up in the next three months, which forms one of the largest legal cases in german history. the nine suspects going on trial today formed allegedly the paramilitary wing of this failed coup attempt. some of them are former soldiers a
samira hussein, bbc news, bihar. with the election already underway in india, the southern part of the country is hit by searing temperatures soaring above 41 degrees celsius — nearly five degrees above the normal temperatures for the current time of year. local media reported on monday that at least two people died of suspected heatstroke in the southern state of kerala. record temperatures are also being recorded in neighbouring sri lanka and in bangladesh, where schools are shutting down...
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samira hussein, bbc news, bihar. both the political parties are putting health care in their political manifestos, but it doesn't really appear as a major issue when you go to rallies, be it for whichever political party. and it's an interesting thing to look at, givenjust how badly india was hit by covid. and even though so many people were talking about health care at that time, it's really noticeably absent from the political discourse right now. you're watching bbc news. the uk government is proposing major changes to disability benefits. they would mean that people suffering from depression or anxiety could stop getting cash payments. the government wants the personal independence payment or pip as its known to be more targeted. but the disability charity scope says the proposals are "a reckless assault on disabled people." here's our disability correspondent, nikki fox. the main thing i use my pip for is my wheelchair accessible vehicle. pip helps me pay for our easy cook and ready meals. it enabled me to get m
samira hussein, bbc news, bihar. both the political parties are putting health care in their political manifestos, but it doesn't really appear as a major issue when you go to rallies, be it for whichever political party. and it's an interesting thing to look at, givenjust how badly india was hit by covid. and even though so many people were talking about health care at that time, it's really noticeably absent from the political discourse right now. you're watching bbc news. the uk government...
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george orwell's original name was eric blair and he was born actually on an opium station in moti in bihar. and his father was an opium agent. you know, who spent his whole life in the opium department. and, you know, george orwell was obviously very well informed about all of this. and he probably smoked opium when he was in burma. and so that's just one that he had. kipling, his sort of godfather, was a man called the sir henry cabinet, who was a baronet who ran the opium department, and he was a he was a great sort of patron of kipling and his father and kipling, the ghazipur opium factory, and wrote an article it and it's really kind of you know, i analyzed the article in the book where, you know, this whole thing he writes about it as see so often you know colonial, discourse tends to be always written in the passive. so, you know, he comes to this thing, this opium factory exists, it's producing, you know, almost quantities of opium for the british. never once does he mention that it was the british empire that sets it up. you know, it's only because of the chinese blame the chinese,
george orwell's original name was eric blair and he was born actually on an opium station in moti in bihar. and his father was an opium agent. you know, who spent his whole life in the opium department. and, you know, george orwell was obviously very well informed about all of this. and he probably smoked opium when he was in burma. and so that's just one that he had. kipling, his sort of godfather, was a man called the sir henry cabinet, who was a baronet who ran the opium department, and he...
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we've had many, many, many hearings, two very notable whistleblowers and francis haugen, and arturo bihar. our message has been and will continue to be that we need to see action now, we've done enough talking. >> okay, so there's nothing new under the sun. there's always been misinformation, there have been children who've had drug problems, or they've been bullied at school, or they've been bullies. there's all kinds of things that have been going wrong in society for centuries. but what's distinctive about the period that we're living in, is the way in which digital technologies have put various of these problems on steroids. and therefore, in my mind, no question that the technology companies being the masters, mistresses, bosses, whatever, of that technology have a uniquely important role to play, the idea that the cops are going to sit on the network's monitoring stuff or watching stuff, it's i mean, it's probably even scarier. it's a very scary notion. and it's not the practical notion. so the companies have to step up and take an important role. i can't think of a single area of l
we've had many, many, many hearings, two very notable whistleblowers and francis haugen, and arturo bihar. our message has been and will continue to be that we need to see action now, we've done enough talking. >> okay, so there's nothing new under the sun. there's always been misinformation, there have been children who've had drug problems, or they've been bullied at school, or they've been bullies. there's all kinds of things that have been going wrong in society for centuries. but...