at that time, i was teaching sometimes beheading or they made arthur mitchell was the principal and that was the most beautiful at the university and a brother shoot his brother. dancer with the new york thing in the world to me, the university was occupied by isis. what made mosul eye at that time city ballet and he was the first they had no question. mosul eye was a website i set up so powerful, is that african—american to achieve that whereas i had nothing but question. to get information out of the it's message reached out the international level in a major american ballet company. in a sense, dance theatre media and they made he looked around at this of harlem is ahead of this is bbc news, the headlines: isis controlled city of mosul it public everywhere. neighbourhood and he said, its time now, there is a desire to the rest of the world. newsnight has spoken tributes have been paid i wake up in the morning, to the writer of a blog, a these kids don't have a future. to bring more diversity to to the first victim to be named blog called mosul eye which has been education is terrible, ballet. we have been performing all over in the london bridge attack. i go out, i collect the schools are failing, cambridge graduate jack merritt, information, and then i go back. communicating the plight in the city nobody cares about them, the place, celebrating its 50th was running a prisoner i write everything by hand, and then for over two years. they do not have a way anniversary. it is notjust about being perfect rehabilitiation conference, i was visiting the fundamentals of breaking the cycle to which his attacker i scan it and put it online. of their narrative of poverty. but if i teach in ballet, i am on balance in a tutu. had been invited. the british government says and it was something that is just a sliver the licence conditions of every 0ne mistake could lead they really did not like. going to get them something else of what ballet can do. to death, to the end. that was my strength and that was my convicted terrorist released from the pulpit, the isis leader to draw from within themselves. virginia johnson is now the from prison in england and wales proclaimed himself ruler of all power, that i found a we started with 30 children and two dance theatre of harlem's artistic director. are way to resist isis and all i had dancers and everyone said i was that is all from witness history muslims. i felt very offended, because who is this guy to claim at that time was the pen and paper. crazy, because i was for now, we will be back next to that he is in charge of our city? using a european art month with more extraordinary 0mar has since left mosul form, classical ballet. accounts of moments in history. nobody knew that i was mosul eye. but i think that is the strongest but now, from me be but still contributes technical foundation. not even to the website mosul eye. once you have the technique, and finally, to europe. you can do anything the and witness my mother. where in 1969 the first classical you want. reviewed. ballet company to focus on black classical ballet is impossibly difficult and it requires history team, focus, it requires self—discipline isis was getting into dancers was founded a maltese businessman has been the city, into the in a converted garage in harlem. and it requires perseverance. goodbye. charged with complicity neighbourhood, there the dance theatre of harlem in two months i had 400 in the murder of the journalist was only a thin wall between me and isis are still running today. kids, in four months i hello there. daphne ca ruana galizia. when i was virginia johnson was one had 800 kids, that shows there good morning. yorgen fenech was arrested last week reporting against it. of the first dancers next door was an isis to is a want, a need a desire for this. signs of change towards the end as he attempted to leave malta senior fighter, the other of the coming week. on his yacht. house next to our house i got to new york in the fall of but new month, same he has pleaded was an isis fighter, 1968 and somebody to me that arthur in front old cold air across the uk. not join mitchell was teaching a class up we're dominated by this cold guilty to the area of high pressure. of us in harlem on saturdays the last of the mild air charges. and i could go up and take a class that was towards the south—west hundreds of climate campaigners and get a little in eastern germany have occupied was a the and the channel islands, several open—cast coal mines ballet back in my life. together with that weather front to demand their closure. whole and ijoined dance theatre which brought some pockets of light police say three officers of harlem in the rain, that's moving away now, were injured when they tried house spring of 1969 and right getting blown to remove demonstrators company. from one of the sites. of from the start it was magic. the protesters have rejected it's too soft! away by the government's plan to phase out he was maniacal. that's it! coal mining by 2038, isis. if we were going to do ballet, it was not until i was graduating we were going to the best

and instead want the industry to be behind that there was another from the washington the breeze. closed down immediately. house of isis and then in school of ballet that the director dancers ever seen. thousands ofjobs in the middle of all of this, it was extremely difficult came to me and she said, "you know, and painful, those first head further north, though, i was reporting against isis. you're going to have a career, you yea rs. nothing that we did was right. there are still some patches of fog the region from the beginning, i decided that he was driving us, through the midlands, east wales, i would only write facts. are a really wonderful dancer, but he was pushing us every minute. depend on maybe the vale of york, by knowing you're never going to be to me, ballet is about around the solway firth, the mines. a ballerina, because of the elevation of the and into the central the source the colour human spirit. i always said that dancing belt of scotland. a few showers around the coasts rail passenger groups or witnessing the of your on point is the closest that of northern ireland and the far you can get to flying. north of scotland, but generally have criticised a decision skin." it is an expression of how event myself. it was following the assassination limitless the spirit the northern half of the uk starting of martin luther king in 1968 that is. cold and frosty widely. by train religious police there's more patchy frost further companies to increase fares by controlled everything. shaving, smoking were all arhtur mitchell decided considered immoral and the to set up a dance 00:01:20,078 --> 536870762:55:21,247 company 536870762:55:21,247 --> 1073741525:49:22,416 for 1073741525:49:22,416 --> 1610612288:43:23,585 black 1610612288:43:23,585 --> 2147483051:37:24,754 people 2147483051:37:24,754 --> 4294966103:13:29,430 inharlem. south where we've got that breeze. punishment and that will tend to lift the mist an average of 2.7% injanuary. it and fog through the midlands was means some commuters face rises of more and wales much more quickly. anything further north, a few patches may than £100 in the cost of their linger until the middle part season than £100 in the cost of their season tickets. railway firms say from of the day, at least. the extra money will pay for so, there were black people but generally it public becomes dry and sunny. improvements to who did not want to use the white got a few showers on that keener lashings man's art form and there were white breeze across the north of scotland, the network. people who thought we would never do it, down those north sea coasts, christmas is coming and for and particularly later into kent. commuters on south western railway to because we do not understand it or these are the temperatures that means almost a month of scenes for the first day of december. we do not have the like these as strikes on the line execution. talent in our bodies. similar to what we had on saturday. we were really fortunate, not quite as chilly start on monday. for our first new york performances, as it was, though, perhaps, so the news that train fares one of the critics from through the midlands with more will rise again next year, the public executions the new york times said this above the standard rate were a system that isis sunshine here as there will be of inflation, has not gone down well imposed on the city. is the most exciting thing in ballet. in the south—west of england they were enjoying this. and so, he gave us a little nod where it's going to be dry. with these they were feeling the pleasure of terrorising the people. and people were saying, "0h, 0k high pressure, cold air continues passengers in isis wanted to make it like a show. overnight as we head into monday. let's go and see them and see but signs of change bristol. as if they were shooting if they're any good." into the north—west. a film for hollywood. 00:01:52,532 --> 1431655367:45:44,832 a 1431655367:45:44,832 --> 2863310735:29:37,133 horror 2863310735:29:37,133 --> 4294966103:13:29,434 movie. ten years after that, i would see 0ur air beginning to come i think the rail service probably in from the atlantic. needs to be improved nationwide young people walking into a patchy frost for scotland before they can think the studio with and northern ireland about putting up fares. a sense of ownership. 00:01:56,158 --> 536870762:55:52,817 of 536870762:55:52,817 --> 1073741525:49:49,476 course 1073741525:49:49,476 --> 1610612288:43:46,135 i 1610612288:43:46,135 --> 2147483051:37:42,794 can 2147483051:37:42,794 --> 2684353814:31:39,453 be 2684353814:31:39,453 --> 3221224577:25:36,111 a 3221224577:25:36,111 --> 3758095340:19:32,770 ballet 3758095340:19:32,770 --> 4294966103:13:29,428 dancer. on monday morning it won't be i've just come over from cambridge as cold, with the frost more widely and it would have been cheaper for england and wales. for me to go after a starry night,

we're going to have plenty to paris. of sunshine today's announcement means many on monday and lighter winds. south—westerly breezes commuters face an increase of more blow a bit more cloud than £100 in the annual into northern ireland cost of getting to work. and particularly into scotland, where we'll see some pockets for example, a season ticket from eastbourne to london goes up of rain, especially in the north of the country, where £136, tipping it over temperatures may actually get the £5,000 mark. a season ticket between glasgow into and edinburgh will set you back by £4,200 a year, up £116. double but the rail industry defends the increases, saying 98 pence from every pound spent on fares goes into running figures. the railway. at the moment we're going through a record splurge on the railway network, for many, temperatures more money is being put are going to be at sixes and sevens. onto the network now we've got high pressure than at any other time dominating then at the moment. since the victorian era. gradually, as we head so, we are replacing half into tuesday and wednesday, it slips away into continental of the entire nation's fleet, europe, getting eroded by these but we are also putting money elsewhere, by adding extra services milder atlantic winds. with higher pressure close where they are to southern parts of england where the winds are lighter, really needed. skies clear, we've got to maybe worry about some mist, fog, train companies and passengers say and low cloud in the morning. they would like to see a new, that could linger, actually, more flexible system until around about lunchtime before for tickets put in place. tending to lift and break up. but the future of fares and indeed it should be a dry day on tuesday, the railways will be in the hands even across the north of scotland. of whoever wins the election. katie prescott, some sunshine for northern ireland. and those temperatures typically at sixes and sevens once again. another chilly sort of day, bbc news. i think, on wednesday.

gradually, later on in the week, it turns milder, it turns windier, and we'll see some patchy coming up at 6:00, breakfast with rogerjohnson and tina rain, mainly in the north and daheeley. but first on bbc news, witness history comes west. from the royal academy in london, with razia iqbal. hello and welcome to witness history. as we present five extraordinary moments from history, as told to us by people who were there. coming up, the peaceful demonstrations which started the fall at the berlin wall. the fight online against the islamic state group in mosul and the dancers who broke down barriers to become the first black

classical ballet com pa ny. but first, as part of the bbc‘s crossing divide season, we bring you two perspectives on a historic moment in the relationship between the us and iran. in 1979, a group of iranian students overran the us embassy in tehran and took good morning. the americans welcome to breakfast with rogerjohnson inside and tina daheley. 0ur headlines today: hostage. the ministry ofjustice launches an urgent review of the licence we had an opportunity to convey conditions of all terrorists freed the message of the iranian from prison in response to friday's people to the world. attack at london we had to make the best bridge. two people, including 25—year—old jack merritt, of this were killed in the attack by convicted terrorist usman khan — opportunity. the victims will in iran, hundreds of be remembered students have broken into the american embassy in tehran, at church services holding a number of staff hostage. revolutionary guards and police this morning. did nothing to stop the former wales rugby captain gareth thomas tells prince harry he wants breaking students take the stigma around hiv to be his ‘everlasting legacy‘ over. in an interview to mark world the last week has seen a series of strong aids verbal attacks on the united states,

including several statements. today, he day. voices support joe root finds some form in new zealand. for the he hits an unbeaten century, student's action. as england edge themselves back into the i was attending classes at second test the university when i was approached by some of the students who told me in hamilton. that the students inside the embassy, they need you. good morning. a cold and frosty they are asking start for many of for you tojoin them. we were us some sunshine young people. later on but watch out for mist and fog patches. all personally, i the details in was a 15 young student. minutes. i had no military experience, the government is reviewing i had no experience in the licence conditions of every dealing with reporters, no experience in dealing with such a convicted terrorist who has been freed from prison, serious responsibility. the students started in the wake of the attack making contact with their friends in the states, other iranian at london bridge. students who were there. two people were fatally stabbed they started constructing a delegation of on friday by a man who had been american jailed in 2012 for his role in an al-qaeda inspired plot. john mcmanus is on london bridge people. for us this morning. this is as close as we they would be invited can get to to visit iran for about a london bridge. the bridges still week, directly they could closed traffic and the buses you can come and see what was

happening in iran, see what is happening with the students, who these people are. we had arranged everything and they arrived one by one, from the airport, naturally they were very tired. we went together to visit a localfactory into iran. the workers there started speaking about the problems that they had during the shah's regime. the shah was always talking about the doors of civilisation, but these doorways were nowhere in sight for our workers, for the people who actually were suffering due to the severe poverty, the economic challenges that the country had at that time. we had a visit to the cemetery where thousands of martyrs of the revolution lie there. there is an opportunity to speak about the revolution itself. if we intend to confront violence, if we intend to confront war in today's world, if we intend to

establish and restore a just world order for peace, forjustice, by the betterment of humanity, before all we need to engage in dialogue. a dialogue that will promote a profound understanding between the east and the west. she went on to become a cabinet member and the iranians government. if we intend to confront violence, if we intend to confront war in today's world, if we intend to establish and restore a just world

if we intend to confront violence, if we intend to confront war in today's world, if we intend to establish and restore a just world order for peace, forjustice, by the betterment of humanity, before all we need to engage in dialogue. a dialogue that will promote a profound understanding between the east and the west. she went on to become a cabinet member and the iranians government. now, from the other side of the cultural divide, we hearfrom the rabbi who was a member of the delegation. he visited iran at the time. demands calling for the immediate release of 60 americans being held prisoner in iran. the hostages had been kept inside the embassy. the embassy is now controlled by a large group of students. the students are followers of the rule of iran, the ayatollah camino. ——

khomenei. members of the delegation assembled at the church on the upper west side of manhattan. and, i guess, we were taken to kennedy airport and we took off to tehran. there were many members of the delegation from different parts of the country, but they seemed to be, you know, of the same mind. that they wanted to help. i felt very purposeful. very committed. very focused on my mission. that i would employ every fibre of my being to make it successful, to reach out to the hostages and to comfort them at a very difficult time. when we landed at the airport, here was an airport like a terminal atjfk, ripped off all the signs and just pictures of the revolution. there where militants with guns.

it was hard to be one—on—one with these people. i just remember empathising, but really not have much interaction with the ordinary people, the people in huts, the people in poverty. i remember it being very intense and iran, like every moment of the day was prayerful, it was dedicated, it was acutely alert, all of the senses. the day we saw the hostages, valentine's day, there was a knock on the door, then all of a sudden here we are, in front of the embassy. there are the students, they look like 11—year—old students doing their homework. but they had machine guns. and we were, i guess, searched and checked out and so on, and brought into a room in the embassy that had been covered with blankets and maybe

pictures. and then, the hostages came in, they looked nervous. so, i remember breaking the ice with them and saying, "hey, guys, i guess you want to know who won the world series," and they sort of relaxed. they said they were treated ok, but by that time i was very, very doubtful. as we were leaving, they said, "we have to detain you, one of you received a secret message from one of the hostages." so, they took me apart from the other americans and searched me. right down to my underwear, after the longest 10—15 minutes of my life, they let me go.

i remember we were quite tired from all these efforts. we hoped that we did our best, could we have done more? but at least when i come back i will be able to tell people a story that is more true. about what happens to human beings and how they suffer, without in any way condoning the taking of hostages. and when the american hostages were finally released from the tehran embassy, the rabbi was invited to greet them at the white house. now, to east germany, where in the autumn of 1989 a series of mass demonstrations in the city of leipzig shook the communist though to the core and paved the way for the fall

to the berlin wall. here is the story of one of the protesters. in 1989, i was living in leipzig, in east germany as a peace activist and singer—songwriter as part of the oppositional movement. when i was a student at high school, i started being observed by the socialist secret service of the gdr. because of my oppositional writings, of poems and songs and so on. since 1987, istarted being a member of a circle of oppositional dissidents around protestant church in the centre of leipzig. in the beginning of the 80s, i started something that we called the peaceful prayer movement. this was once a week and it was kind of peacefuk prayer against this logic of the cold

war. what many east germans seem to object to is not socialism as such, but this cold authoritarian version that has been thrust upon them. a frustration summed up in the contrast... in the centre of leipzig at the weekend another dissenting view has been articulated. the demonstrators and the new political groups formed a la poland and hungary are calling for democracy and free elections. everybody was in fear of a civil war and nobody could imagine what follows that, with the russian interfering. we thought if they're would be civil war in leipzig, maybe the west had to react. when i went to church that afternoon to do the preparations for the peace prayer, i can see that already thousands and ten thousands of people had filled the whole centre of leipzig. i could see families

with little children, with grandmothers, old people and so on. i really asked myself, what will happen to them if we would really have a violent conflict? ‘s but when the church doors were closed for the prayer, we could only we could only hear that something was going on outside. we could hear people shout, we could take the sirens of police cars and so on. when the doors opened at the end of this peace prayer, we could not go out, because the city was so crowded, everybody was waiting outside. there was no space for the people to go out. nobody in this situation wanted to give the order to shoot. why? there is only one answer, because we were too many in the streets. they were prepared for maybe three

or 4000 people, more than 70,000 people, some experts say 120,000 people, came to leipzig, stood in the street and said ok, troops. if necessary, shoot us, but know that you are the people's army, people's police and we are the people. at the end of this evening you could not see a conflict line any more. it was really a party atmosphere. i remember people sitting in and on the with of a police car, having a cigarette together with the policeman and giving a light to each other. everything that followed after that, a few months later the wall came down, a few months later we had the very first free elections in east germany. nearly exactly one year later we had the reunification of germany. it was a consequence of that moment, the moment when the decision was made, this conflict

will end peacefully. martin is now a writer in berlin. remember, you can watch witness history every month on the bbc news channel or catch up with all of our videos and thousands of radio programmes on our online archive. just search for bbc witness history. now, in 2014 the islamic state group took over mosul in iraq and they flooded the internet with propaganda. but one historian living in the city decided to launch a counter narrative. he told witness history at great personal risk he set up the website mosul eye to expose the atrocities of violence taking place in his city. isis is a gropuing of some of their world's most violent militants. they have been disowned by al-qaeda. in less than a week the army took mosul. you have to take a side. you have to decide whether you're with them or against them. 00:17:56,390 --> 715827684:07:11,896 i 715827684:07:11,896 --> 1431655367:56:27,402 decided 1431655367:56:27,402 --> 2147483051:45:42,908 to 2147483051:45:42,908 --> 2863310735:34:58,414 stand 2863310735:34:58,414 --> 3579138419:24:13,920 against 3579138419:24:13,920 --> 4294966103:13:29,426 them.