then a roman empress, helena, sets off on a dramatic quest to find it. >> helena changed everything. the discovery of the cross is shrouded in mystery. there's intrigue. there's murder. there's sex. there's violence behind all of this. >> her discovery will be hacked into tiny pieces and traded around the globe, venerated by millions, ridiculed by others. >> i don't think there's a snowball's chance in hell that helena discovered the true cross. now for the first time, modern science set outs to answer the question: is the true cross a hoax that mocks the crucifixion or the relic of relics? >> the true cross is one of the greatest mysteries of christian history. we have the tools to solve it. >> the cross, an object of savage torture. >> that cross was an instrument of death, pieces of wood nailed together to kill a human being. >> but also an object of deepest veneration. >> the cross on which jesus died really symbolizes for me the greatest act of love in human history. >> the cross remains hugely powerful because jesus survives the cross. he doesn't just die an ignominious, shamef

helena: i am helena humphrey, glad you could join a.ngela merkel has made her first official visit to the former auschwitz death camp. the site in poland with the nazi largest death camp in the second world war. this marks the anniversary of the foundation that preserves the memorial. she pay tribute to the victims and spoke of the necessity for men bring atrocities committed there. >> it is almost midday when german chancellor angela merkel arrives at the place that revokes the crimes of the nazi era like no other. auschwitz. formerer concentration and exterminatation camp. the murder machine. by 1945, as many as 1.5 million people had been killed here by the nazis. silently, merkel approaches the so-called wall of death, with the polished prime minister. at this while, the germans shot dead thousands of polls -- p oles. this is michael's first visit to auschwitz as chancellor. for 24 years no german chancellor has walked through this gate, beneath the sign with that cynical slogan, work sets you free. a survivor who recalls the cruelt

helena: this is dw news live from berlin. britain's brexit legislation clears a major hurdle. >> as one reinvigorated nation, as one united kingdom. helena: lawmakers back johnson's withdrawal bill by 124 votes. also coming up, auststralia's prime minister's response to criticism m d cut shorort his vacation to face the bush fire crisis. crews woworked to contain momore than 100 fires. police in india tackled protests against its controversial new citizenship law. 11 people die in the unrest and thousands are detained. plus, top tube riders in hawaii. find out which country dominated in qualifying for surfing's debut at the olympics next year. ♪ helena: i am helena humphrey, glad you could join us. boris johnsoson has won the backing of lawmakers for his bill to take britain out of thee european union. the vote followed the conservative leader's victory in last week's snap election. the bill has more stages to go through, but getting past this first hurdle means the u.k. is finally on a definite course to leaving the europepe

they made their way back to helena, and in the court at helena, they will deputize 75 american legion members. the 75 legion members that they deputize will then go to the armory and be provisioned with weapons, and go back out to where the hoops spur shooting occurred and arrest the union members that are still there. quite by surprise, i guess all of us have hobbies -- one of my hobbies is to take in at takes and old, dirtys places for records. working on the elaine massacre, i spent a lot of time in old buildings around helena and in a lane -- in a looking atelaine, closets. was theg we discovered minute book, the original minute book of the american legion post. in it, it describes the post in action. the post in action matches the story of ef james. es.a.f. jam they were called by the sheriff and deputized in the courthouse, and then went out to elaine and captured the men who were involved. but that is not the ending of the post involvement. in other minutes, other points in the minutes, i find out that the committee of seven, the men who are in charge of investigating the massa

helena wilkinson reports.abriel diya, the 52—year—old father who died trying to rescue his daughter. and here he is with nine—year—old comfort. they were on a family holiday when on christmas eve, she got into difficulty in this hotel swimming pool. despite her father's efforts, she also died, as did her 16—year—old brother, praise—emmanuel, who also tried to help. postmortem examinations confirmed that all three drowned. a 14—year—old girl, the children's sister, raised the alarm. today in south—east london, neighbours of the family have been speaking of their shock. they were just beautiful, lovely people. i'm absolutely devastated. yes, it's shocking, shocking, to hear somebody died by drowning, especially, who went for holiday. it is a bit shocking. mr diya was a parish pastor. one of the churches he was associated with has paid tribute, saying their thoughts were with his family and friends at this difficult time. the foreign office says it's continuing to support a british woman in spain, thought to be t

[laughter] polk from north carolina, moved to columbia, tennessee and then helena. was a friend of cleburne's, joined the army with cleburne and became colonel of the 15th arkansas, and was then promoted to general in december 1862. later on, after this engagement, he would be very severely wounded in the battle of kennesaw mountain, which ended his military career, but he did live a long, prosperous life after that. his brigade was down to 545 men, representing six regiments, if you can imagine that. lowry, mark. lowery. he was an interesting fellow, a southern baptist preacher in mississippi and a colonel of the fourth mississippi. was wounded in the arm and in 1863.general cleburne called him the bravest man in the confederate army. his men called him the preacher general, so he must have been fun to be around. confederate soldier sam watkins actually wrote about polk, in his book. every battle polk was engaged in men to in, he led his victory or held the enemy at bay. he always seemed to snatch victory out of the very jaws of defeat. in every battle, polk's brig

helena could see dusting overnight. dusting of the east bay hills, san mateo.an jose catching a little bit of a break. but colors change. higher in elevation, above 36 hnz feet is 32 degrees and colder atop mt. hamilton. and summit of mt. diablo, 33 degrees, possibly sleet or wet snow there overnight as well. could be a chance for thundershowers. strong storms offshore may drop brief hail. if not snowflakes, maybe hail. overnight, 1:00 a.m. to the beginning of "today in the bay" news program, probably see heavier showers move out. midmorning might catch a little bit of a break but then showers start turning from southeast, heading northwest. area of low pressure in center of the storm will track by to the south. by late tomorrow may still see lingering showers, san jose to morgan hill. likely biggest rain totals near the santa cruz mountains. most likely get snow, mt. st. helena, top of mt. diablo but mt. hamilton most likely. santa cruz mountains could get some snow. thursday, friday, saturday also looking dry around the bay area. next chance of rain dropping

. >> my name is helena -- >> how do you spell it? [inaudible] >> so my grandmothers name is helena. she's my polish jewish grandmother and my second daughter name is helena. it's very unusual to meet a helena. >> so my question is what are your views on raising taxes on the rich and capitalism? >> my view on capitalism is that it has done a lot of good in the world. it's lifted a lot of people out of poverty in the world. it has not worked very well the last 50 years in america. we need to recognize that fact. when you're living in a country where for 50 years the bottom 90% of americans have had their income the completely flat and the top .1%, the top 1%, the top 5%, the top 10% have all seen the income go like that, there something wrong, especially went as i said earlier you have an education system that is reinforcing that inequality. we do have the greatest income inequality we've had since 1928. we have to address it. democracy cannot survive without shared prosperity. without everybody benefiting when the economy grows, and we have to get back to that. i think we can get bac

here's helena wilkinson.—year—old boy was with his mother on this tenth floor viewing platform, when out of nowhere a teenager appeared, picked him up, held him over the railings and threw him. he fell 100 feet on to this concrete roof. there was a little commotion with a very loud primal scream. the child's mother then tried to climb the rail. i restrained her and pulled her back. he didn't seem to have any remorse, hejust almost giggled at one point, saying, "i did it, yeah, i did it". the boy was treated at the scene, before being taken away by paramedics on a stretcher, under this blue tarpaulin. he suffered a bleed to the brain and life changing injuries. today, jonty bravery, who's autistic and suffers from a personality disorder, admitted trying to murder the boy. the teenager was under the care of the local authority. after he was arrested by the police, he told them he had planned to hurt someone at tate modern so he could be on the television, and he wanted people to know he was unhappy with the car

helena, 36 miles per hour.visibility just over an hour in napa, petaluma, and from our east bay hills camera we have a break right now. periods of rain and wind this morning, advisory and warnings through 3:00 a.m. monday morning. the wet, unsettled pattern continues into next week. rainfall amounts have been 2 1/2 inches, oakland barely 2/10ths. santa rosa, 2 winds pick up the moisture, and as it slides to the east, not a whole lot left. but we're still looking at more rain throughout the day today as this system lingers and stalls offshore. winds continue until early monday. the rain today continues in the same locations. although by the afternoon, san francisco, east bay, still wet. south bay. this is overnight and into early monday morning, you've got showers. the break comes monday afternoon. and then we're looking at still monday night, a few showers. let's put the rainfall totals together, the rest of your sunday and monday. the green indicates the higher elevations. and looking at the enhanced rainfall.

helena, 40 3/100. sfo about 22. after that, almost everybody in on it. a lot of moisture streaming across the system. very light snow in the sierra, a rain and snow mix, 50s withof 54 degrees san francisco downtown, 53, 51 seems pretty popular in the east bay. pittsburgh in there, brentwood, clayton, lafayette. pleasant, martinez, and albany. but i do not think i have seen that. that is called isothermal. a little bit of a break, a slight couple hours with fog. there is a southeasterly component, not that strong but in the hills, 10-60 miles per hour in the greene county hills. a southeast breeze, 32 truckee on the outside. again, the snow level is higher. 50 ukiah and also sacramento, you can see how the system right there is done, little bit hanging on, a lot of that is just rain, we will get a break in between systems without the cloud cover has to go somewhere, mostly cloudy, mild, especially to the south with mid 60s possible, rain moves back in, not heavy, very similar to what we had last night, again it looks like friday into saturday breezy aroun

helena wilkinson, bbc news. the headlines on bbc news...ours data leak — in which the addresses of celebrities, politicians and police officers were published were published online. five people are injured in a knife attack in new york during hanukkah celebrations at the home of a rabbi. a quarter of a million people sign a petition calling for sydney's new year's eve fireworks to be cancelled and the money spent fighting nearby bushfires instead. this month's general election saw 12 new women being elected as mps. while it might appear that there are more females in parliament, it's still nowhere near an equal 50:50. if the figure rises at the same rate at each election, it will take decades to get as many women in parliament as there are men. but there's a movement that's already trying to change that. with me now is dolly theis who is a co—founder of the 50:50 campaign called hashtag ask her to stand. also i'm joined by wendy chamberlain from fife who is one of 7 women who joined the campaign and was elected as an mp earlier this month.

helena wilkinson reports.2—year—old father who died trying to rescue his daughter. and here he is with nine—year—old comfort. they were on a family holiday when on christmas eve, she got into difficulty in this hotel swimming pool despite her father's efforts, she also died, as did her 16—year—old brother, praise—emmanuel, who also tried to help. postmortem examinations confirmed that all three drowned. a 14—year—old girl, the children's sister, the alarm. the children's sister, raised the alarm. today in south—east london, neighbours of the family has been speaking of their shock. they were just beautiful, lovely people. i'm absolutely devastated. i cannot... i'm still trying to get it in my head that this has really happened to them. it's just so cruel. it's just so unfair. yes, it's shocking, shocking, to hear somebody died by drowning, especially, who went for holiday. it is a bit shocking. mr diya was a parish pastor. one of the churches he was associated with has paid tribute, saying their thoughts were

helena wilkinson, bbc news.hey are in a state of shock. flamur beqiri was a swedish national aged 36. detectives are continuing to appeal for anyone with information to come forward. no arrests have been made. campaigners are calling for a radical overhaul of britain‘s railways to try to improve travel. the pressure group campaign for better transport argues there should be a major fares reform, a single national railcard and more control of services given to major cities outside london. olivia richwald has the details. tannoy: the train to nottingham has been cancelled... leeds station this morning where passengers faced delays and cancellations. britain‘s trains have been described as expensive, overcrowded and unreliable by the campaign for better transport, and today the group is calling for a radical overhaul of the way the railways are run. it suggests that franchises should be scrapped and fares reformed, but it doesn‘t estimate how much that would cost. before today‘s report, the government was already c

here's helena wilkinson.tform, when out of nowhere a teenager appeared, picked him up, held him over the railings and threw him. he fell 100 feet on to this concrete roof. there was a little commotion with a very loud primal scream. the child's mother then tried to climb the rail. i restrained her and pulled her back. he didn't seem to have any remorse, hejust almost giggled at one point, saying, "i did it, yeah, i did it". the boy was treated at the scene, before being taken away by paramedics on a stretcher, under this blue tarpaulin. he suffered a bleed to the brain and life changing injuries. today, jonty bravery, who's autistic and suffers from a personality disorder, admitted trying to murder the boy. the teenager was under the care of the local authority. after he was arrested by the police, he told them he had planned to hurt someone at tate modern so he could be on the television, and he wanted people to know he was unhappy with the care he was getting. four months on, and the little boy is still rec

helena wilkinson reports.as eve a father and his two children got into difficulty and drowned. but exactly what happened is still not clear. 0lubunmi diya, the wife of gabriel diya and the mother of comfort, pictured here, thinks there was something wrong with the swimming pool, but the resort where the family was staying issued a new statement disputing that, and it said the claims made by mrs diya were at odds with the findings of the police report. it said... the civil guard also said they'd been told mr diya could not swim. a spokesman said his widow confirmed that to them, saying she had not seen him swimming while they were together. but mrs diya insists her husband, son and daughter all knew how to swim, and she says her children went into the pool by the steps but found themselves dragged into the middle where it was deeper. her husband jumped in to help, not long after all three were underwater. the police have described it as a tragic accident but the wife and mother of the victims appears to still h

helena wilkinson, bbc news. the headlines on bbc news...honours data leak — in which the addresses of celebrities, politicians and police officers were published online. five people are injured in a knife attack in new york during hanukkah celebrations at the home of a rabbi. a quarter of a million people sign a petition calling for sydney's new year's eve fireworks to be cancelled and the money spent fighting nearby bushfires instead. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's jane dougall. england are chasing a target of 376 to win their first test against south africa. if they do it they'll make history — it would be their highest successful run chase in test matches. they did look like they were chipping away at the runs but they've just lost a third wicket — ben stokes forjust 1a. in the morning session england had only added 18 runs before rory burns fell for 8h. then joe denly went for 31 lbw off the bowling of dwane pretorious. and in the last few minutes, ben stokes has gone forjust 1a. 168 runs to win. meanwh

helena wilkinson, bbc news.n phanfone devastated several islands. tens of thousands of residents are still sheltering in evacuation centres where many celebrated christmas. a dozen people are missing. hospital services in the pacific state of samoa are beginning to return to normal after the government lifted a state of emergency called last month to tackle a deadly outbreak of measles. there have been no more fatalities in recent days, and a compulsory mass vaccination campaign has brought down the rate of infection. the proportion of people in samoa who've been immunised has climbed to nearly ninety— five per cent. this month's general election saw 12 new women being elected as mps. while it might appear that there are more females in parliament, it's still nowhere near an equal 50:50. if the figure rises at the same rate at each election, it will take decades to get as many women in parliament as there are men. but there's a movement that's already trying to change that. i've been speaking to dolly theis who

helena wilkinson, bbc news.asgow school of art, his murals feature in many public buildings in glasgow while his debut book, lanark, has been described as one of the masterpieces of 20th century fiction. first minister of scotland, nicola sturgeon paid tribute to him as one of scotland's literary giants. a group of former labour mps who lost their seats in the election have called for "fundamental change" at the top of the party. in a letter to the observer, the group — which includes former mp for wakefield mary creagh — said "cronyism" in the party and labour's "unwillingness" to stand up to anti—semitism were repeatedly raised as issues on the doorstep. and that issue shamed the traditional values of the labour party. here in the uk, it's been more than two years since big ben's famous bongs were paused to allow for essential maintenance work to be carried out. but new year's eve just wouldn't feel right without those iconic chimes. so, for one night only, they will return to ring in the new decade in london.

helena showers but well forth thunderstorms that's on the way. that has initiated the flash flood watch from 10:00 this morning through 10:00 tonight for parts of marin, sonoma and napa, with rain rates increasing there. it's 59 in hayward. 57 in santa rosa. milder this morning due to the breezy south winds. they're gusty around half moon bay. 26 miles an hour. upper elevations, over 40 miles an hour. and throughout the afternoon with the downpours we'll have the gusty winds and as we look at your 2:00 hour, very active around here with the thunderstorms pushing across the bay. liz. >> lisa, thank you. no question, the rain is definitely here. you may have heard it overnight. and from the video in the maren it looked like a soggy night along the embarcadero near the ferry building. our reporter cornell bernhard in sonoma county with a look at those breaking out umbrellas bracing for the storm ♪ let it snow ♪ rain at the annual tree lighting. >> it's been pouring down rain here some time. a lot of wet people here. >> the storm brought out umbrella

helena showers but well forth thunderstorms that's on the way.

helena wilkinson reports.re, a teenager appeared, picked him up, held him over the railings and threw him. he fell five floors on to this concrete roof. there was a little commotion, with a very loud primal scream. the child's mother then tried to climb the rail. i restrained her and pulled her back. he didn't seem to have any remorse, he just almost giggled at one point, saying "i did it, yeah, idid it". the boy was treated at the scene, before being taken away by paramedics on a stretcher, under this blue tarpaulin. today, jonty bravery, who is autistic and suffers he has suffered a bleached of the brain and life changing injuries. —— a bleed to the brain. today, jonty bravery, who is autistic and suffers from a personality disorder, admitted trying to murder the boy. the teenager was under the care of the local authority. after he was arrested by the police, he told them he had planned to hurt someone at the tate modern so he could be on the television, and he wanted people to know he was unhappy with the c

that was helena wilkinson.f mast across kazakhstan in a day of mourning for the victims of friday's plane crash, which killed 12 people and left 47 others in hospital. the plane was carrying 90 passengers and five crew members when it crashed into a building in freezing weather shortly after take—off from almaty airport. the country's aviation committee has since suspended all flights operated by the budget airline bek air, as well as those involving fokker 100 aircraft, pending the results of an investigation. we've been speaking to one survivor, who described the moment the plane crashed. it was that quick and the force was huge. and once... i think it first hit the ground, then we slide and hit the two—storey concrete building. and i think the concrete building stopped the plane going further. and the thing i remember is that, starting from the front end of the plane, you start squeezing, especially the ceiling, the ceiling started falling very fast and everything was falling apart in the plane. and it was l

our correspondent helena wilkinson is with me now. helena, what more do we know?pened on christmas eve in spain. what she has said, it contradicts what the police in spain have been putting out in terms of information. mrs diya has put out a statement saying she is disturbed by what she describes as an accurate information. initially, it had been reported that the father and your numberto it had been reported that the father and your number to my children could not swim, where unable to swim, did not swim, where unable to swim, did not know how. she has said that is com pletely not know how. she has said that is completely untrue, all three of them knew how to swim and she has given more detail about what happened on that day. she said the whole family, they have another daughter as well, they have another daughter as well, the five of them went to the swimming pool. the children went in down the steps and as you mentioned, she said the children find themselves dragged into the middle of the pool, which was deeper. her husband went in to help the children, she wen

that was helena wilkinson.rator of the hotel, the club la costa world hotel for the british pastor and two of his children drown. they say that claims by the children's his children drown. they say that claims by the children's mother his children drown. they say that claims by the children's mother that something was wrong with the pool are directly at odds with the findings of the police report into the tragedy. we also know that the investigation has reopened. campaigners are calling for a radical overhaul of britain's railways to try to improve travel. the pressure group campaign for better transport argues there should be a major fares reform, a single national railcard and more control of services given to major cities outside london. railfares are set to rise next week. olivia richwald has the details. "expensive", "overcrowded" and "unreliable", three words which the campaign for better transport uses to describe britain's trains. today, the pressure group is urging a radical overhaul of the way the rai

helena wilkinson, bbc news.hot dead in wandsworth in south—west london on christmas eve say they are in a state of shock. flamur beqiri was a 36 year old swedish national. detectives are continuing to appeal for anyone with information to come forward. no arrests have been made five people who were on their way to a football game have been killed after their plane crashed in lafayette in louisiana. one person from on board the plane survived and is being treated in hospital. the plane hit a car as it crashed, injuring the driver. two more people on the ground were also hurt. campaigners are calling for a radical overhaul of britain's railways to try to improve travel. the pressure group, campaign for better transport argues that there should be major fares reform, a single national railcard and more control of services given to major cities outside london. 0livia richwald has more. tannoy: the train to nottingham has been cancelled... leeds station this morning where passengers faced delays and cancellations. br

thank you very much, helena wilkinson.ave announced they've appointed carlo ancelotti as their new manager. with more on that and the rest of the day's action, here's holly hamilton at the bbc sport centre. good afternoon, holly. good afternoon. yes, the news came about an hour before everton kicked off their premier league match at home to arsenal. ancelotti is there, watching from the stands this afternoon — as is arsenal's new manager, mikel arteta. the appointment of ancelotti is sure to go down well with the everton fans — he's a man with an excellent track record, as michael redford reports. triumphs, titles, trophies, carlo ancelotti is a man who knows how to get success. next challenge— goodison park. etherton will be the tenth club he's managed in a career that spans nearly 25 years. his first big success came in 2003, leading ac milan to champions league glory. there was also cup and league success as glory. there was also cup and league success as well. another champions league final followed in 2005, although l

helena wilkinson, bbc news.rs list, but the cabinet office apologises, after the home addresses of more than a thousand recipients were accidentally published online. a woman whose husband and two children drowned, on christmas eve, in a swimming pool at a resort in spain, says all three could swim. she blames a fault with the pool. around 80 people have died after a car bomb exploded in the somalian capital, mogadishu. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's ben croucher. west ham united have sacked manager manuel pellegrini. it comes with west ham just above the relegation premier league relegation zone after defeat at home to leicester city this afternoon and ends an up and down 18 months at the london stadium. our reporter adam wild spoke to me a little earlier. that defeat to leicester city proving the final straw for west ham, no real surprise. that feed, they have been on a disastrous run. it left them in 17th place, just in point and it left them in 17th place, just in pointand a

here's helena wilkinson.n out of nowhere a teenager appeared, picked him up, held him over the railings and threw him. he fell 100 feet on to this concrete roof. there was a little commotion with a very loud primal scream. the child's mother then tried to climb the rail. i restrained her and pulled her back. he didn't seem to have any remorse, hejust almost giggled at one point, saying, "i did it, yeah, i did it". the boy was treated at the scene, before being taken away by paramedics on a stretcher, under this blue tarpaulin. he suffered a bleed to the brain and life changing injuries. today, jonty bravery, who's autistic and suffers from a personality disorder, admitted trying to murder the boy. the teenager was under the care of the local authority. after he was arrested by the police, he told them he had planned to hurt someone at tate modern so he could be on the television, and he wanted people to know he was unhappy with the care he was getting. four months on, and the little boy is still recovering. t

that was helena wilkinson there.ed very well on his fourth day in hospital in london. prince charles spoke to well—wishers as he visited flood hit communities in yorkshire. dan johnson has been in the village of fishlake, which was hit hard by the floods last month. well, the prince got a real sense ofjust how much people here have suffered, and i think they welcomed the return of the spotlight, because you see the skip's full of furniture, you see the caravans on people's drives, and you realise just how many people here won't be spending christmas at home. but the reality is getting things back to normal here, getting back to the way they were, is going to take many, many more months, if not years. set up your picnic seat. clear the streets. this was a first for fishlake, an unprecedented visit after an unparalleled flood. the mints were shared. the shoes were shiny. and the south yorkshire handshakes? well, they're not afraid to get a grip. people here seem genuinely pleased to see the prince. thank you for coming

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helena wilkinson has more.is nine daughter comfort, they both died as did her brother praise emanuel. as wife and the children's mother, 0lubunmi diya, says all three could swim and suggested there was something wrong with the pool. police say there was nothing wrong with that but the family lawyer has questioned that. translation: if the spanish police can give us a possible cause for this tragic incident we might do a parallel investigation with experts to find out what happened. it's very rare for three people to die in the centre of a swimming pool, especially in the case of a tall, hefty man. earlier, the resort where the family was staying issued a new statement disputing mrs diya's claims. it said they were directly at odds with the findings of the police report and it makes clear, it said, that their exhaustive investigations have confirmed the pull was working normally and there was no malfunction of any kind —— pool was no malfunction of any kind —— pool. it christmas eve when the family all went to t

helena wilkinson, bbc news.ew decade in traditional style on new year's eve — taking a break from renovations for one night only. big ben bongs. we have missed that! for two years it's been mostly silent to undergo repairs, but work has been going on behind the scenes to make sure the famous bongs sound at midnight. to check everything works, clock mechanics will be testing the bell regularly, starting this afternoon. if you are in westminster end you hear that again that is why. if you are in westminster end you hear that again that is whym if you are in westminster end you hear that again that is why. it is 7:11am. an online data breach which saw the addresses of hundreds of people on the new year's honours list has been branded a "complete disaster". the cabinet office has apologised and is investigating. the former head of the civil service, lord bob kerslakejoins us now from our sheffield newsroom. a very good morning to you. an extremely serious breach. the cabinet office blaming human error. is that good

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menzi as prince philip and helena bonham carter as princess margaret oh this is the younger sister. of a big about well scott. is joining me now from the culture desk the obvious question about all those 3 all those a whole favorites and then produced by netflix yeah you know it's a really amazing this year they completely dominates the globes other got 70 nominations in film 70 nominations for team that's ahead of everybody else. both categories and i think it's really for to me main reasons one is money netflix is speed spending a lot of money just the irishman alone cost at least honored $50000000.00 they've been spending a lot of i just to get awards credibility so that's that's one reason but i think another reason is that netflix are making movies in particular that the big hollywood studios are making i mean marriage story is a great example of this is a very sort of delicate drama it's a divorce drama it remind me a lot of crime of a screamer if you remember that movie and this is the kind of movies that maybe 2030 years ago would have been a big studio film but but the stud

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and helena humphrey glad you could join me in australia a new heat wave is igniting more bushfires increasing the toll the blazes are taking across the country now 100000 people have been urged to flee 5 melbourne suburbs as flames are encroaching on the victoria state capital a volunteer firefighter has been killed battling a separate far in the countryside the 10th victim of the blazes now the high level foreigner has led to the council ation of hundreds of firework displays for the new year. if there's one thing that's considered a given that the in the fee cheer it's the images from across the world are flashy new year's celebrations and there is pride in being the ones to kick off the yearly affair. and you know a new story of the world looks at city. every single we're and i look at our vibrancy by look at our passion to look at our success. but for the last 3 months australia has been battling some of the worst bushfires in decades the blazes are predicted to peak on new year's eve despite the growing forecast the city of sydney confirmed on monday it would go ahead with this year's fi