this is the earliest known film of tibet. it was shown in cinemas all across the uk.ere gripped by this astonishing footage of a strange and mysterious new world. they were taken by a young army officer on the first attempt to reach the summit of mount everest in 1922. before they set off, the climbers seek a blessing at a monastery. they're treated as honoured guests and shown ritual dances. this one is a tale of reincarnation. around their waists are aprons made from a lattice of human bones. and theirface masks are made from stretched human skin. the cameraman was captainjohn noel. although it was shown in cinemas, his daughter has actually never seen the film — until now. he suggested to the mount everest committee that they took film, and they pooh—poohed this idea, said, "no, it would vulgarise the expedition." but he nevertheless persuaded them, and he said, you know, "this is a record that we need to make, like scott of the antarctic." this was going to be a world event. it was a bit like the moon landings. yes, it was, it was, yes, we'd just come back through

tibet wants dialogue. hong kong wants dialogue. decided to get their own flight to beijing to have a dialogue. the chinese government said, no dialogue. and you have tried to return to your homeland several times. you have said, arrest me and then take me back to my homeland. and then i can continue that dialogue in the courtroom of china. even in the form of indictment. are you serious about that? despite the comfortable life in taiwan, you would rather go back to your homeland to face a court and make your case for democracy? and then i could see my parents, at least in the form of a prison visit. to continue unfinished business. i remember one of our respected teachers back in 1989 who was in the street and supporting us. now she is a dissident in china. she says if you are not in prison, there is something morally wrong. iam moved. can there be democracy in china? in your lifetime? absolutely. i have to be optimistic. i watched one of the early bbc shows interviewing the mahatma gandhi. he was optimistic. thank you very much. g

i think the chinese certainly realize that the events in tibet were a problem. book wherert of the they say they would go around to different afro asian countries, especially nepal and indonesia and he would say look, this whole problem, what is the cause? it is colonialism. it is a legacy of colonialism. that is how they would try to massage this issue. they would say we were victims of colonialism. your victims of colonialism. you should understand that colonialism. there's a lot of chinese propaganda, more simple taperanda that tried to over the problem. a lot of chinese magazines saying that you still see this today in china. -- the dalaiwere lama instituted a slave system. china had liberated the slaves. time, i was in china watching television because i had nothing better to do. i saw one chinese policymakers aegon -- mausus dong endedao ze slavery into that. china had very specific arguments that they made about the issue, not everybody bought it. i think this was one of the more effective dimensions of u.s. diplomacy. i do believe the chinese were very m

he was awarded with the uc san diego medal for humanitarian work the spiritual leader of tibet spokereating a more peaceful future and also finding inner peace. >> the happy family, happy society, ultimately very much depend on our inner peace. so, inner peace, just a mere education not necessary inner peace. inner peace with warm heartedness, then inner peace come. >> the 14th dalai lama is a 1989 nobel pea >> giant rubber duck is just hanging out a little bit in tacoma washington this week. the duck hailed as the world's largest floated neat frost waterway. officials say the golden giant is six stories tall and made it look like a rubber duck. the duck and more than 20 sailing ships will be featured on the tacoma waterfront through june 18. the four day festival is the largest tall ships event in the seattle region. food, wine. >> and a look at a big old duck. >> had to go virginia on you for a second little virginia southern accent. that's "eyewitness news" for lesley chelsea all of us, i'm natasha brown. you are not thinking about the fans. you're thinking about what you need to

the huge rescue operation is taking place in south—west china close to tibet. people are feared to have been buried by a landslide. now on bbc news — sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday with me katherine downes, and tim hague. the headlines this evening: a pummelling for the pride — the all blacks show the lions why they're the best team in the world, and why beating them on home turf may prove too tough a task. not the start they wanted — england's women lose the first match of their world cup campaign to india. and at the european team athletics championships, great britain are third after the opening day, as elidh doyle does her bit, with a season's best in the 400metre hurdles. good evening. it seems like it's been a long time since the british and irish lions landed in new zealand, but today the test series finally started — and the all blacks showed the lions precisely why this tour will be their biggest challenge in decades. yes, the world champions beat the lions 30 points to 15, and coach warren gatland says they have no excuses. it means the lio

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this is close to tibet. the amount of rock and earth that slammed into the town is the equivalent of about 3,000 olympic-sized swimming pools. it was likely triggered by heavy rains that have hit much of china in the past few days. now, this landslide blocked more than a mile stretch of a nearby river, and one of the major roads lead and out of the town. the local province has sent about 2,000 rescuers and two dozen dogs to search for survivors. now, this is an area that has seen tragedy before. an eight-magnitude earthquake hit this part of sichuan province back in 2008, killing nearly 70,000 people. so far there, have been very few people rescued from this landslide, but they do include at least within couple and their two-month-old son. ben tracy, cbs news, beijing. >> ninan: british authorities revealed today that 27 high-rise apartment buildings across the country have siding that failed fire safety tests. officials scrambled to evacuate four public housing buildings overnight after experts say they wer

the search is taking place in a mountainous area of sichuan province, close to tibet, after the side heavy rain. stephen mcdonell reports from beijing. chinese rescue teams have been digging through mounds of rubble in the village searching for survivors. more than 40 homes were buried when the top of the mountain collapsed causing a major landslide in this remote causing a major landslide in this re m ote pa rt causing a major landslide in this remote pa rt of causing a major landslide in this remote part of western sichuan province, . remote part of western sichuan province,. working in constant rain, and with roads covered by mud and rocks, the rescue effort has been difficult. and yet local officials say some survivors have been pulled out and taken to hospital. they say this has included a couple and also a baby. translation: at around five o'clock the baby cried so i change the nappies and then i heard a loud noise. i went to then i heard a loud noise. i went to the front door but was hit by wind and water and stones came flying that pinned me to the ground. my wife and i slowl

the search is taking place in a mountainous area of sichuan province, close to tibet, after the sidewing heavy rain. iraq's prime minister says mosul will be liberated from so called islamic state militants within days. an estimated 300 to 400 remaining is fighters are battling to keep hold of part of iraq's second largest city. 0ur correspondent 0rla guerin has made it to the front line in mosul‘s old city — along with cameraman nicholas hameon and producer firle davies. her report contains images some may find distressing. a journey to the front line. 0urwindscreen, reminder of the dangers ahead. 0ur escort, from iraq's elite counterterrorism force. snaking forward towards an enemy that is still inflicting casualties. like this wounded soldier being rushed away as we arrived. and families fleeing, too, on foot. escaping hunger and fear a beloved city robbed of life. no food, no water, mosul dead. this is the old city area, it's really the heart of the battle. and when you look around you, you get a real sense of how fierce the fighting has been. the damage is immense, in every dire

elliott avenue strip lasted 16 months in which he spent much time in exotic places like india and tibet and wrote vivid expressive letters about hunting exploits which theodore must have savored gregarious lee. elliott wrote poetry all of his life and on this journey abroad he spent much time composing poetry, fairytales, children stories and riddles. these are kept in the archives of the franklin roosevelt library in hyde park right over there. from a young man of sensitive and introspective as elliott, one would expect brooding melancholy verse and some of it is precisely that. most of his output is more in this vein. beautiful potato, you are doomed to fade. your heart severed by the ruthless state, slumber until winter fled, spring will call you from your earthy bed. then shall you bloom in light of day,. nightly by the mood gray, to lie on my plate the welcome site shall stimulate my appetite. this collection contains clues to elliott's taste in books, his father had given him volumes by such edifying novelists as dickens and george mcdonald. when he returned to elliott, but people

new arrivals from tibet being an example.ast food. >> ali: this particular neighborhood that we are in now, jackson heights, has historically been the first stop for the newest immigrants. it's a big latino neighborhood, but the south asian's community's presence is pretty well known and i think it's very fitting that now this huge tibetan community which is very new looking for a home, where are they going to go? they're going to go near the indians right? >> anthony: so you guys grew up together? >> ali: yeah we grew up in queens. >> heems: i remember we were in the same little league. >> anthony: what position did you play in little league? >> heems: oh, they put me in the outfield. i was terrible. >> anthony: which outfield? that matters. >> heems: i would usually go to the right side. >> ali: the right field. >> anthony: yeah, yeah. >> anthony: heems joins me for dinner along with his friend and neighborhood advocate ali najmi. >> man on podium: i now would like to call up a close friend of mine, mr. ali najmi. >> ali: i

she seems disconnected and to be on drugs tibet . possibly mentally ill . >> this family brought their kids to the play structure >> i did not know, this is not where i would choose to hang out . we come through . on my own, i would not come here . >> thomas is in custody in dublin . no bail is allowed because the district attorney want to revoke her probation . henry lee, ktvu . >> henry, it seems like parents do not feel that is an appropriate place to bring children although there is a play structure . any word from police about more enforcement in that area to monitor the activity ? >> yes they have stepped up patrols in the area . people's park is known to regulars as not safe . some parents are unaware of the history of the park .>>> the san francisco office of fbi was one of more dozen agencies taking part in a two day emergency training drill . it got underway this morning and alameda . agencies are practicing how to respond and work together if someone drove a vehicle with chemical weapons to the port of oakland and started

but reported tibet in july and then it rose up again. >> tucker: okay, so, the new york time is biasedgainst democrats, a novel defense you say? all, but got weirder from there. a lot weirder. hillary went on to deliver a narrative so complex he could barely follow it but we did. she explained how donald trump and russia teamed up to rob her of her rightful job as president of the united states. >> how did they know what messages to deliver? who told them? who told them? who were they coordinating with or colluding with? there are all the stories about guys over in macedonia who are running these fake news sites. the russians, and my opinion, and based on the intel encounter and tell people i have talked to, could not have known how best to recognize that information unless they had been guided. and here -- >> guided by americans. >> guided by americans. within one hour -- one hour -- of the ""access hollywood"" tapes being leaked, within one hour, the russians, let's say wikileaks, same thing, dumped the john podesta emails. >> tucker: the russians, but not just the russians. the guys

profess professor t professor tibet, you write in your testimony regarding people stopping their medication because of an ad. you say i'm not aware of any large scale observation research that establishes a link between drug advertisements and patient decisions. it is possible it has no effect and whether consumers choose to discontinue. we did not find any evidence thaf increased drug injury advertising volumes associated with increased prescription rate. you then go onto cite some other studies which are subjective, if not at all dispositive. you're here testifying for some fellow witnesses this is a serious problem we should deal with. and yet you're saying you're not aware of any large scale observation research that establishes this cause of link. until we have such large scale observational research whoosh why should we act? >> thank you for asking about that. it's really hard to establish a causal link as a matter of observation, as a matter of science, it's really hard. and because the research is at such an early stage, i wouldn't be surprised if we haven't yet found a causal link.

wonder the side, tibet, slightly different but it has been an amazing story from start to finish.whatever i could get on everest, sugar, all the food you are not meant to be eating if you want to be healthy. we can see some of the conditions you went through there. we saw your tent flapping around in the wind there. what were the conditions like and how demanding was to get to the top? it was an unusual year for weather and the wind was very strong. that was when my tent was destroyed and a lost my agreement on food. i got a few things out and then we had to evacuate the camp won an expedition was over. and then overnight that was over. and then overnight that was mean a couple of guys who really to go back up. i begged and borrowed bits of equipment and food and a sleeping bag and got back up the next day. so you wake up in the early hours on the day, as it were, in the early hours of the morning and then what happens? when the tent was destroyed? no, when you are climbing to the summit. you get there late in the afternoon. you are meant to have a few hours and then you set off a