police in belgium are hunting a gang who used the sewers to break into a bank in antwerp. of at least 20 deposit boxes. the sewerage company said the risk from gas and flash flooding made the heist extremely dangerous.

antwerp boasts the world's largest diamond quarter, with an annual turnover of more than $50 billion.ay, $100 million of diamonds, gold and jewellery was stolen in the so—called "heist of the century". this is unlikely to be on anything like the same scale but while the search is underway for the criminals, so far police, the bank and its customers remain in the dark. andy beatt, bbc news. google's parent company alphabet has posted strong revenues just days after facebook‘s record profits. with me is andrew tuck who's editor of monocle, a global news and business magazine. google are coming out with these numbers. it has been a really busy couple of weeks for earnings. their earnings are extraordinary. we are talking billions of dollars every quarter. they have made a 39.2 paint eight ——30 9.2.8 billion in revenues. if strawberry thing is the market was unsure about it because the risk, they are having to go up against amazon against ad revenue. that is where they make their money. hitting you and me to click on those ads is costing them because they have so many challenges in the ma

in the heart of antwerp, stone's throw from the diamond district, are highest. these are thought to have tunnel through the sewer. in toxic conditions they then crawled 300 metres on their stomachs. another tunnel took them to the bank vaults. inside the force open at least 20 deposit boxes then vanished without trace. one resident said she heard a lot of banking but the alarm was not raised until nearly 12 hours later. translation: i do not know ifi save has been opened. it cannot cope downstairs. the police are investigating. translation: a lot of people are keeping family pieces. the bank cannot give any information now. the police cannot confirm what was stolen and admit they have no idea who the perpetrators could be. the robbery all the maul remarkable because of the risks. translation: digging this tunnel could have caused a collapse. if it rains, the sewerage caused a collapse. if it rains, the sewerage quickly fills with water, and there are other hazards such as gases. it is not the first time this was the neighbourhood has been targeted. an annual tur

in antwerp. robbed it is unclear if anything was taken. it made headlines. >> police got a call of a possible bank robbery. they were sure it was a false alarm. the fall was locked and no one heard of. then they found the tunnel. one lead from a hole in the vault to the sewer system. 30ide the vault, some deposit boxes were found empty. >> it is like a movie. >> police have been unable to quantify what was taken. >> a lot of people don't have just money or jewels. they have family heirlooms. clear, it was daring and dangerous. the thieves would have s squeezd their way through sewers measuring less thahan a meter wild.. -- a meter wide. dangerous for the robbers because of the possible collapse. inside the sewer, you have all kinds of danger. recalled a 1976y robbery when a criminal gang used tunnels to break into a bank and empty security boxes. >> paris investigatorsrs say thy are not rolling out a criminal act after a blaze. rises to 10ll people with dozens injured. nationslatin american army.enezuela's donald trump appears to deliver h

police in belgium are hunting a gang who used the sewers to break into a bank in antwerp.t's thought they tunnelled from sewage pipes, boring into the vaults and making off with the contents of at least 20 deposit boxes. the sewerage company said the risk from gas and flash flooding made the heist extremely dangerous. you are up—to—date with the headlines. it is about 4:30am in the morning, i have to break it to you. it is time now for hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i'm stephen sackur. right now, venezuela is in the grip of political and economic chaos. two men are claiming the presidency, protesters are out on the streets and the international community is divided in its response. well, today i'm in miami to meet christian zerpa. until december, he was a justice on the venezuelan supreme court. now he's one of the highest—profile defectors from the maduro regime. so does this erstwhile insider believe the socialist revolution is in its death throes? christian zerpa, welcome to hardtalk. let us begin with your personal story. here you sit with me in miami and yetjust a few

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police in belgium are hunting a gang who used the sewers to break into a bank in antwerp.s thought they tunnelled from sewage pipes, boring into the vaults and making off with the contents of at least 20 deposit boxes. the sewerage company said the risk from gas and flash flooding made the heist extremely dangerous. search teams have found the wreckage of the light aircraft housing the footballer sala. it was found on the seabed near guernsey. the wreckage of the light aircraft which was carrying emiliano sala and piloted by david ibbotson. resting on the sea bed, in more than 60 metres of water. it was discovered yesterday by a vessel commissioned by the footballer‘s family, following a crowdfunding appeal. we wanted to go out there and find the plane. we're pleased that that happened. it's going to be, you know, people use the word closure, this is just the first step. it's a long, long way, but at least this is the route for people — for them to have answers. the cardiff city striker was being flown to south wales from nantes in france by 59—year—old david ibbotson when

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they say the thieves emptied about 30 deposit boxes inside a vault in antwerp and did it by digging a tunnel from a nearby home into the sewer system. after risking death moving through three-foot-wide pipes they dug another tunnel into the vault. police have not said how much cash was stolen. >>> well, there is a new number one. chicago o'hare international is now the busiest airport in the u.s. the faa says more than 903,000 flights passed through o'hare last year. that's about 8,000 more than atlanta's airport which now ranks second.a., t.nd denver rounded out the top five. >>> well, coming up, the explosive revelation about liam neeson. why the actor says he once thought about killing a black man and how his fans are reacting. >>> also ahead, tom brady, the exclusive interview. how he stays grounded and the one thing most americans do on a regular basis that he says freaks him out. but in my mind i'm still 35. that's why i take osteo bi-flex to keep me moving the way i was made to. it nourishes and strengthens my joints for the long-term. osteo bi-flex because i'm made to move. ne

moreover, the allies faced severe supply problems, because although the great lord of antwerp had been captured in early september, the approaches on the river shall remained under german control and the fort was useless. allied forces were shooting to tons of mo every minute of every hour of every day, but some big by october 1940 four, or down to four rounds a day. ,mar bradley's 12 army group headquartered in luxembourg city, reported that there artillery had reached a state of almost complete collapse. remained largely on the defense in october. the war department summoned veteran gunners backed ammunition plants in america to lead pep rallies, known as firepower for eisenhower. all in all, they calculated that the failure to ouncock antwerp meant that 15 divisions were held impotent. through all this, friction between the army high command and general montgomery had intensified in the aftermath of the market garden debacle. here's montgomery with his senior commanders. you see left to right, dempsey, hodges, montgomery, simpson and the canadian -- those frictions culminated in a m

police in belgium are hunting thieves who tunnelled from the sewers into a bank vault in antwerp, closethe city's diamond trading district. they forced open at least twenty deposit boxes. if you thought they squeezed into pipes measuring just a0 centimetres gci’oss. a0 centimetres across. now on bbc news, monday in parliament hello and welcome to monday in parliament, our look at the best of the day in the commons and the lords. on this programme, it's the u—turning car. nissan goes back on its pledge to build the new x trail vehicle in sunderland. mps react to the news. his government's handling of brexit is undermining our industrial strategy. what immediate steps has the secretary of state taken to reassure the whole uk automotive industry? extra money for deprived areas. is the prime minister expecting votes for her in return? having ad hoc specific discussions of this nature is not just legally unwise, but a disreputable act of a desperate prime minister. and mps speak out about cuts in further education. post 16 and special educational needs are absolutely suffering. but first, ni

in the heart of antwerp, a stone's throw from the famous diamond district, a host where the of hollywoodand here's your latest sports news. the great lynsey vonn is competing at her last alpine skiing world championships. it's the first day of competition in sweden and the american, a former olympic champion, who has won a record 82 world cup events, hasn't made the greatest of starts. she failed to make it to the bottom in the super g, crashing quite spectacularly hitting one of the gates and careering into the safety netting. the race was halted while medics checked her out, she maanged to make her own way down ut we now wait to see if she will race in the downhill on sunday, in what will be her final race that was so can patriot who actually won gold, reacting to that crash. she released a statement last week saying that she was going to quit the sport describing her body as broken beyond repair. —— mike here can patriot. —— her can patriot. there's a big blow for the england rugby union side, maro itoje has been ruled out of the next 2 six nations matches with a knee problem. the sar

the commodities upon which modern-day brussels and antwerp are built.e and after the belgians, it provided more basic things. water to wash, to clean your clothes in, to cook with, to drink. also fishing. since long before the expeditions of dr. livingston and henry morton stanley, the wageni tribe has been fishing the river in unique fashion. highly coordinated and acrobatic, the wageni dive into the treacherous rapids in what is still referred to as stanleyville falls. navigating between baskets going down the river, perched on a precarious network of wooden poles they hoist together. the catch these days -- not much. >> so it is the second-biggest force in the congo river. >> oh, yeah. >> he's a fisherman and was a guide, bringing tourists to his village. since the last two wars, kisangani tourism has been pretty much nonexistent. chief of the wageni, pierre mu sala abaka. it is said is a direct descendant of the king who greeted stanley in the 1870s. >> please thank him for the privilege of seeing his community. [ speaking foreign language ] >> tran

over the next week, swastikas spread to london, antwerp, paris, new york, other cities in the united states. on january 6, vandals defaced a statue of fdr, president roosevelt, in oslo, norway. with the phrase, the pots jewish peddler. it is strange, but it will come back in our story. meanwhile, in west germany, in a 20 day span, swastikas are appearing all over the place. by january 10, 1960, just two weeks after that first incident, 500 episodes across 34 countries. over the next several months it would rise to 2500 attacks in 45 countries. this is forgotten today, but this was the first global outbreak of anti-semitism after world war ii and that is why there are some interesting parallels. it was known as the swastika epidemic and people began to debate, what we do about this? british politicians reported the most mail they ever received, demanding the british government do something. there were calls to the u.n. to mobilize an emergency force. some people said maybe west germany is so anti-semitic it no longer belongs -- now what was happening over here with people like morris