police brought in a special robot to dismantle the $200.00 kilo bomb that was dropped by the british air force. anti-government protesters are once again rallying in hong kong police officers moved in after hundreds of demonstrators gathered in shopping malls across the city scuffles broke out between protesters and security forces several people were arrested a wave of pro-democracy demonstrations has been sweeping the city for more than 6 months now the protesters are denouncing police violence and they are calling for more autonomy from mainland china. let's go right to the scene where our correspondent mathias bellinger is standing by in hong kong with the latest time the tears i can see that you're in a shopping mall there and there have been scuffles taking place what more can you tell us about what's been happening today. these shopping mall protests we've seen them several times before protesters gather in several shopping malls throughout the city each in their own neighborhood and they start chanting slogans singing anthem of the protest movement sometimes they start spray painting o

he mentioned the royal air force, the british royal air force coming as far back as world war ii, if i heard him correctly. politically speaking, they've been a complicated ally. tom winter, what do you have? >> i covered an incident where three afghan solders who were here for training, they left the air force base, they were found trying to enter canada through the border point. at that time, i talked to the then head of the massachusetts state police and we went through the vetting that occurs for these people to, you know, not only in the -- weathhether theye from the middle east or afghanistan, but i think to pete's point, the vetting that occurs by the u.s. military here. this is an important reason why we don't want to jump to terrorism. of course it could certainly be a concern. but we don't want to jump to terrorism at this point because of the background vetting that's under way. we're trying to go through local pilot records. we heard at that press conference that this person was involved in training in aviation. that's something that we're going to look in both faa record

these russian aircraft over the north sea were filmed by the british royal air force. more and more nato aircraft are taking part in interception missions including one just airplanes. germany is making a substantial contribution to nato is program to help protect the baltic states. but such busy skies are not without risk. to n.z. for. imagine what would happen if for example a russian military aircraft crossed the border there by accident or deliberately and was shot down by a western or american forces like. there's a big danger such an incident could lead to an escalation that quickly spirals out of control and if. so the tensions present here in europe today are a major cause for concern. good to. see evidently. these u.s. b. 52 bombers are preparing to take part in a training exercise in the baltic states. many see this deployment as a message to russia. and it isn't the only message. we've seen at types of exercises that we haven't seen since the cold war were american be 52 bombers to fly up over the north pole to the launch point for nuclear cruise missiles an

zealand, canada, south africa, i mean, about 40 modern day nations are represented in the british flying corp and air force after they become independent. if you add up all the kills, you get 11,760 claimed kills. go look at the german records of how many planes they lost on the western fronts, about 3,000. you could easily play that game and reverse the germans claimed as many. that's the kind of thing you're dealing with. technology obviously plays a key role in all of this as well. it's the particular kinds of technologies like i said before. these pilots want to make technological advancements that make their planes more agile, more durable. things that help them do this fighter pilot thing better. and that's where they want to put their advances. these pilots had very close relationships with their technology. the whole knights and horse metaphor is an apt one. they had a personal intimate connection with their aircraft. i mentioned the single seat thing is one good example of the technology and culture coming together. one example of that is raul luftberry. he wases part of the lafayette escradrille.

saudi air force trainee who shot dead three people at a military base in florida on friday posted comments critical of us involvement in foreign wars, just hours before the shootings. the british heavyweight boxer, anthony joshua, has regained the titles he lost in a stunning upset in new york six months ago. in a rematch in saudi arabia, joshua won a unanimous points victory over the man who beat him injune, the mexican—american, andy ruinr. now on bbc news, the travel show. coming up on this week's show: i'm exploring the world of korean beauty and getting some home truths. oh, my gosh. i need a facelift? a little lift. the problems and benefits of travelling while deaf. and from barren rock to botanical wonderland. this is prime selfie location. boy band photo shoot going on up here. hello, and welcome to the travel show with me, carmen roberts. hello, and welcome to the travel show with me, carmen roberts. and this week, we are coming to you from seoul in south korea where looking good seems to be a national obsession. if you've never heard of k—beauty before, than a stroll in seoul's myeong—dong neighbourhood should give you a clue. so there is literally shop after shop s

british weapons manufacturers the biggest contract on this deal. and the option that they presented was 2 and a half times more expensive than the plane that the south african air force actually wanted. a systems real performance real advantage. as money was about to step down from public life its successor tabone becky made the decision to spend $10000000000.00. quite scarce public resources. on this weaponry that we didn't need. rather than provide lifesaving medication for the almost 6000000 south africans who were then living with hiv aids. the primary reason for those deals was that around $300000000.00 in bribes were paid to senior politicians. and sadly to the african national congress the a.n.c. my own party. i was called in by a senior member of the n c's national executive council he said to me look i'm going this is a battle you cannot win because this money bribe. we used to fund our 999 election . and almost immediately i'm asked to make a statement to the press that says there's nothing to investigate. it's all over. and i looked at him and i said no it's not. i won't be able to live with myself. if i stop this investigation but at the same time i'm als

british teenager harry dunn. he was riding his motorcycle in august just outside a military base in england controlled by the u.s. air forceauthorities say ann was driving on the wrong side of the road. his parents are leaved with the new charges. >> we set out for this to happen for a trial to be brought from the start and today we got what we set out to get. >> we feel that we've taken a huge step in the start of achieving the promise to harry that we made. >> reporter: the parents realize part of the promise to harry may not be kept. shortly after the accident, ann cooperated with british authorities but then she lawyered up, claimed diplomatic immunity and three weeks after the accident she bolted, fleeing to the u.s. they will try to get her extradited but tonight the state department said it's disappointed by the decision to charge her and will not bring a resolution closer. her lawyer says she extends condolences but won't voluntarily return to britain. the lawyer says this was an accident and 14 years in prison is not a proportion nats response. the family spokesman is outraged. >> the accused doesn't get to say i'

saudi air force trainee who shot dead three people at a military base in florida on friday posted comments critical of us involvement in foreign wars just hours before the shootings. the british heavyweight boxer anthony joshua has regained the titles he lost in a stunning upset in new york six months ago. in a rematch in saudi arabia, joshua won a unanimous points victory over the man who beat him injune, the mexican—american andy ruinr. now on bbc news, dateline london. hello, and welcome to dateline london. i'm carrie gracie. this week: something we didn't expect — president trump defending nato against attack from a european leader. something we did expect — a teenager shaking up a global climate change conference. and something where no side dares trust its expectations — a british election. my guests this week are abdel bari atwan, writer on arab affairs, portuguese writer eunice goes, henry chu, international editor of variety, marc roche of french news weekly le point. welcome to you all. is it too easy to knock nato? at a fractious summit to mark the alliance‘s 70th birthday, the french president stood by his assessment that it was brain dead, the american president

british caver by calling him ‘pedo guy‘ on twitter. king salman of saudi arabia expresses his condolences over the killing of three people at a us miltary base by a saudi air forcelash over security, the economy and brexit. and a ‘mega fire' burning out of control poses a major threat to sydney — we'll be live with the latest. homeowners living just one hour outside the city have been told to leave

british caver by calling him ‘pedo guy‘ on twitter. king salman of saudi arabia expresses his condolences over the killing of three people at a us miltary base by a saudi air forceee. in the last big debate before next week's uk election, boris johnson and jeremy corbyn clash over security, the economy and brexit. and a ‘mega fire‘ burning out of control poses a major threat to sydney — we'll be live with the latest. homeowners living just one hour outside the city have been told to leave immediately. a jury in los angeles has found in favour of elon musk in a libel case involving a british cave explorer. the two had engaged in a public argument about how to rescue children trapped in a cave in thailand. in a tweet, mr musk called the cave diver "pedo guy" — a phrase he argued was not meant literally. anyone must ended court on friday for the and now final day of this trial. what has surely been the most intense, not to mention extensive examination ever of a single tweet. how many of you? that tweet, sent in july 2018, came in the midst of the miraculous rescue of 12 thai boys and therefore all coach from a flooded cave. —— theirfootball coach. vernon unsworth,

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the american story today and the british during the night could put house bombers over just about any target in northern western europe. the united states army air forcese venerable air force didit mostly . with the b-17 bomber area and as i said, most of their race consisted of about 1000 bombs. depending on the range, the missions lasted anywhere from eight hours, ranged up to about 1000, perhaps 1200 miles. by then they were fortunate to have either escort depending onthe desired effect , each one of those bombers would carry anywhere from 6 to 12 bombs of any given so in a raidwere talking about 6 to 12,000 bombs . every single one of those bombs and every single one of those bombers were focused on a single aim point. thousand bomber, 6 to 12,000 bombs. those bombers navigated by dead reckoning. they use compasses and stopwatches. occasionally they would have, they would be able to use landmarks and other things to check their course and check where they were going but many times it was simply done by dead reckoning. especially because at various points during theyear most of the continent was covered in clouds and therefore the ground was not alw