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with a series of letter bombs, sent to high profile critics of president trump. cesar sayoc faces up to 48 years in prison if found guilty of federal crimes, including illegal mailing of explosives. the fiancee of the journalist jamal khasoggi has spoken for the first time about her pain following his murder. in a tearful interview with a turkish television channel, hatice cengiz spoke of her panic when mr khashoggi did not emerge from the saudi consulate in istanbul. health officials in the gaza strip say israeli forces have shot and killed five palestinians during protests along the border with israel. the demonstrations have been ongoing since march. israel says around 10,000 palestinians had gathered along the border and were throwing missiles at israeli troops. seven members of a gang who used
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drains to smuggle drugs and mobile phones into prisons have been given sentences ranging from three to ten yea rs. sentences ranging from three to ten years. the drones were used to fly more than £500,000 of drugs into a presence in the midlands and north—west of england. their operation was referred to as "a spider web of activity". the cctv footage shows exactly what they did. packaging up drugs, attaching them to drones, then inmates instructing the pilots where to deliver them. today, seven of them were jailed while six were given suspended sentences. all for transporting £500,000 worth of synthetic cannabis, crack cocaine and heroin into england's jails. this operation shows that this isn't a victimless crime, these are serious organised crime groups dealing a drug smuggling ring inside and outside prisons. this operation shows that this isn't a victimless crime, these are serious organised crime groups dealing a drug smuggling ring inside and outside prisons. i think the message needs to come out that using mobile phones in this way to try to organise this, using drones in this way, if you're outside a prison,
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either assisting orjust driving somebody there, or inside the prisons organising it, will end up with the police prosecuting you and end up with you injail. their operation began two years ago. the gang made at least 55 drone deliveries to seven prisons across the country, including hmp liverpool, birmingham and hewell, not too far from here. the group were caught after detectives found several drones that had crashed or were positioned for take—off, all with drugs attached to them. the men and women were told by the judge, this was a sophisticated commercial operation and due to the high value placed on drugs, "it was designed to make you hundreds of thousands of pounds in profit." some of the men rolled their eyes as they were being sentenced. coming up at 6:00, breakfast with naga munchetty
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and charlie stayt, but first on bbc news, the travel show. this week on the travel show, i'm in norway, because i have heard of what must be one of the world ‘s most unique ute —— music festivals where the stage and even instruments are made of ice. so i am taking the chance to head off from 0slo to bergen on a musicaljourney along one of the world's most spectacular railways. i'm going to look deep into norway's routes, try to get a sense of how this country's landscape, culture and society are brought to life through its music. i lost at! but first, i start my trip in
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norway's capital city of oslo. it is here on the oslo waterfront that a huge transformation has been taking place, and a big part of that was this rather spectacular building, the oslo 0pera this rather spectacular building, the oslo opera house. it celebrates its 10th anniversary this year, and isa its 10th anniversary this year, and is a symbol for the city's treatment to the arts. it is a perfect place to the arts. it is a perfect place to hear some traditional norwegian goat horn. horn blows. . that is so good! that is amazing, such a variety of sounds come out of what i guess is such a simple instrument. is quite simple, as you see. it is a bowl and a goat — horn.
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it was not made for making music, the shepherds had it to keep the wolves ended years away. this was a warning, not music. not many melodies are written down as we know, but some. would you say that there is something unique running through norwegian music, and where does that come from? nature gives me a lot of power and a lot of inspiration to make music. we are quite isolated, people could work with their own things in a way, still there are people that do this, try to make their own voice. still there are people that do this, try to make their own voicelj still there are people that do this, try to make their own voice. i am about to head off through the country to bergen, listening to music along the way, is there something i should be listening out for, is there something i should be paying attention to? try to find
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some folk music, or singers, and go to small jazz clubs, some folk music, or singers, and go to smalljazz clubs, look for the small spots. there are people working all over the place. so now! have my mission, there is a train to catch. joining me for the first part of my journey is catch. joining me for the first part of myjourney is jan oslund, a train fanatic and author of a book on the bergensbanen train line. so why did you write a book about this railway? the bergensbanen is an iconic railway in norway, but also in europe i think. very many people in norway have been in there, they know the name, and they know what they will see when they are going here. along its 308 miles, the train navigates challenging but stunning terrain. at its peak of over 1200
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metres, it is one of europe's highest railways before it descends steeply into norway's second city of bergen. this elemental landscape pose the huge challenge and an engineering triumph for those working on the rail during its construction between 1894 and 1909, with around 20 people thought to have died in the process. at a time when norway's independence was a horizon the construction of the bergensbanen was much more than just an added convenience of travellers. this line connect did the east and the western part of norway. before that people had to go around and ta ke that people had to go around and take boats by the sea, or small horse roads over the mountains. the train was opening norway. the construction work was started in 1898, and we were administrated by sweden and they did not like it at all, because i think they thought it
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could be used to military purpose. this was a sign of norwegian strength, that maybe was not approved of? you could say that. in approved of? you could say that. in a way this is a symbol for the founding of the norwegian nation? all this makes special will stop you can't find this on the other lines. this is what norway is. as yun reaches his stop i settle in. 3.5 hours from oslo, bergensbanen pulls into another town, but that is my destination. for the last 13 years, jalo has played host to norway's ice music festival, the organisers decided that after too many warm yea rs, decided that after too many warm years, enough was enough, so on i 90, years, enough was enough, so on i go, upwards in altitude to the festival's new home in finse.
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you really feel it, see it in the air, it is cold here. and it is these cold, the icy conditions that drew polar explorers like shackleton to train here before their exhibitions. it is going to reach a low of —24 celsius tonight. so we have to rug up. what makes this festival extra special is that the instruments are actually made on the
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day from nearby ice. among the line—up this year is everything from ice horns to ice drums and ice didgeridoos. the concert is only hours away and he you are making the instruments. this has to be an unusual thing for a musician? from yet is not. for most musicians it is. -- yet is not. for most musicians it is. —— for me it is not. good sounding ice is the most difficult part. you can't just sounding ice is the most difficult part. you can'tjust go to the freezer or the nearest lake. there are good years and bad years with ice as with wine. so why ice? what inspired this festival? it is nearly 20 years since the first time i tried ice, andi since the first time i tried ice, and i found this sounds so fantastic, beautiful. with this
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water we can drink it after the concert, or we can just give water we can drink it after the concert, or we canjust give it water we can drink it after the concert, or we can just give it back to nature. where it belongs. and also the ice reminds me that we have to treat the ice so gentle, so not to treat the ice so gentle, so not to break it. it is like we should treat nature. why is this kind of festival happening in norway in particular, aside from all the ice? one of the reasons we can do this in norway is that we are very lucky, we have so many years at a government that wants to support art and music, and this makes it possible for a musician like me that works in contemporary emprise music to survive, to be able to buy a house and have a normal life. it is also possible for me to experiment. what is this instrument overhear? this is
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an iceophone. the sound is lovely, isn't it? you like it? yeah. haunting. it is lovely —— haunting music plays. i promise to show no musical ability whatsoever, you may as well give it to a kid. plays iceophone. it works! this is great. but one of the biggest challenges of putting on this festival is the construction of the venue itself, and ice concert hall. that project
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is overseen by this professor. pedr and his students have been battling presence “— and his students have been battling presence —— blizzards for six days ata presence —— blizzards for six days at a frozen water around giant nets and bedding to create a structure. each day ‘s work as resulted in disaster. we started with plan a, and ended up with plan... y. it is like you are climbing wall, slippery annually on the top and you fell down again. of course this is a bit frustrating, but that is how it is, and that is the challenge. you have to work with the forces, because you can never beat them. yeah. when you work with them, it is like you're
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having a good friend. it seems like your team is working very hard, good luck. we will see how it works out! we just have to finish now, we have some hours left. so as evening approaches the finishing touches are fast being made around the site. approaches the finishing touches are fast being made around the sitelj really fast being made around the site.|j really like it because it is kind of the sound of nature. it doesn't sound like anything else you have ever heard. so people are really surprise when they hear it for the first time. we don't get to crack this, the music gets made on stage —— practice, the music gets made on stage in front of the audience, it is really special, and it is almost not possible, so it is critical that
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we can do it. —— pretty cool. there isa we can do it. —— pretty cool. there is a lot of folk music in it, it is very nordic with ice and snow and the cold winters. just in the nick of time all is ready and we gather foran of time all is ready and we gather for an evening of ice music. music plays. that was amazing. it was such a
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bonkers soundscape, and incredible to think that all of those strange sounds that were building into this big crescendo were made from ice. i think it is also a really interesting way to experience the landscape of norway, freezing cold with the full moon overhead. having said that, it is freezing cold. i'm frozen through. time to head in. next morning, the festival continues without me, as i am back on me bergensbarnen for the next part of my journey. travelling bergensbarnen for the next part of myjourney. travelling on this stretch of the line, you start to
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appreciate the vast landscapes that this country has to offer. and i can't imaginea this country has to offer. and i can't imagine a better way of experiencing them than this. well, my train has arrived at its destination but my musicaljourney across norway is not finished yet, because i am in bergen, a cultural hotspot and a great place to explore norway's rich musical heritage. edvard griek, possibly norway's most
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well known and loved classical composer. here in bergen, set among woodland alongside a vast lake, a museum to edvard griek has preserved and restored the grounds where he once lived and worked. now, you can see we will enter the house, this is the main entrance. this year will be a milestone for the man because it will be 150 years since he wrote his famous piano concerto. he really was a very much appreciated composer also in his lifetime. we know that in great britain he was one of the most popular living composers in his
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time. the second part of the 19th century was going together with all this national movement in norway. and norway was by then a country together with sweden, with one king, living in sweden. and he found this young and fresh style and i think that look upon that. —— ilk upon. i think he looked upon the folksongs are some universal. something surviving from generation to generation. some of that folk music that
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inspired edvard grieg can still be heard today, and one of the best ways to experience it is with dance. dance company frika perform contemporary dance all around norway and beyond, inspired by nature and traditional norwegian folk roots. they have agreed to come and show me some of the traditional elements found in norway's dance. fiddles play. the dance, it is mostly sort of a
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show off dance. 100 years ago women also did that dance, but it is mostly boys, or men, doing the dance, because we want to impress the other men or other women. put the right foot in front of the left. believe me, this is harder thanit left. believe me, this is harder than it looks. i think ithink i'm i think i'm getting the hang of it. one, two. then we can move down here. no! so, what is the
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relationship between the dance and music. this is our national instrument. some people say the music came because of the dance, and some say the other way. i think they are depending on each other. for me, and for many, it is very important to use the music, dancing, and the music makes me want to do certainly some steps and routines. it is life. it is nothing planned. it isjust happening. back in the old days, they used the ceilings to kick down a coin orjust keep their heels. kick the ceiling? yeah. they were a bit smaller houses, back in the old days, but in the 1800s, the military
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started with competitions, kicking a hat from a stick, and it was about kicking the highest. then it became incorporated in the halling, the folk dance. so we do it as a part of the dance, and it is of course, it has to be a good kick. the higher it is the better it is. everybody in norway, i think, is the better it is. everybody in norway, ithink, if is the better it is. everybody in norway, i think, if i say halling, they say, kicking the hat. it is the main goal in the halling. it is more like the dance is the main goal, kicking the cat is stopping it. —— topping. wooh! could kicking. finally, i wanted to get a sense of
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where all this is leading stock in a former meat factory, a short walk from a city centre, this serves as a gig venue and melting pot for all types of artists in the city. this creative hub is home to the studios of election, jazz, hip—hop and many other types of musicians, including reuksopp, and it is where much of norway's future music is being thrashed out. these days it is this new mixing of all traditions with a very new electronic music. he has a studio here and he plays saxophone into night's dig. —— in tonight's gig- tonight we are playing with a guitar
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player, with some acoustic folk, jazz, experimental ambient something, you know? the bergen scene, i think it has a lot to do with the size of the city because there are only a few people playing every kind of thing so you have to co—operate. i feel like i've rediscovered this place through its music. it is a country constantly inspired by nature of epic proportions. it treasures its traditions, but isn't afraid of looking forward, where artists are free to experiment and are supported asa free to experiment and are supported as a crucial part of norwegian society. and wear distinctive sounds can be found in the smallest of communities. if the bergensbanen showed me norway's muscle, its music has shown its heart and soul. hello.
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british summertime ends this weekend as the clocks go back. it has nothing to do with the weather. clearly we are not in summer any more. it will feel that we are not even in autumn, though. cold arctic air in place across the uk. a biting wind. many of us will be dry with crisp, clearsunshine, but there will be some showers about. some of those will be heavy, even wintry and places, too. the air coming all the way from the arctic, all in the blue. and it is a strong wind well. the showers are predominantly
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in the areas that are exposed to the wind. here is how it looks first thing. these are the starting temperatures. a touch of frost. that is the distribution of the showers. they've been coming in overnight into northern scotland, icy and places, and a bit slushy on higher routes, ice risk in northern ireland, with temperatures close to freezing. the showers will continue on the northerly wind running into ireland. northern scotland and the west of wales and far south—west of england. in the name, it penetrates inland across parts of the midlands, east anglia, and south—east england. showers could be heavy or thundery with hail. for many, as you see, it will be dry and sunny. everywhere has that biting northerly wind. that has an effect on the feel of the weather. last weekend top temperatures close to 20. this weekend nowhere near. because of that wind, it feels even colder. mid to low single figures in places. that's how we end the afternoon. many will be dry on saturday night, clear, cold, with frost setting in. showers will continue, though, particularly across eastern parts of the uk. again, it could be wintry in higher ground. remember on saturday night the clocks go back an hour. an extra hour in bed for some of us. as we start off on sunday morning, well, again, it will be cold and frosty in places with a risk of ice in some spots,
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too. and the showers going on through sunday will really be across eastern parts of the uk. the north—easterly wind will penetrate a bit further inland at times. but a lighter wind for scotland and northern ireland. possibly a stronger wind in the east and south—east of england. for many on sunday it will be dry, sunny, again — but the temperatures, maybe a degree or so high, but the wind will still be a bit stronger. going into next week, wet at times, but low pressure close by. the temperatures will gradually creep up again. bye bye. good morning — welcome to breakfast with charlie stayt and naga munchetty.
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our headlines today. arrested and charged — the florida man accused of sending at least 14 letter bombs to critics of donald trump. the president calls it a despicable terrorising act. £1.5 billion will be allocated in the budget to help reveive struggling high streets — critics say it's not enough to help small businesses. will it be high fives for lewis hamilton in mexico. as he looks to clinch his 5th world title, his hopes were stalling again in practice yesterday.
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