ah, the classic indian railway station. country better than the indian railway network. more than any political act, they say that this is what unifies this country. i remember as a small child being on an indian train and being totally overwhelmed by it, but i love it. ah, this feels imminent. who knows when this was made, this train? it looks pretty damn old to me. but wow, look at that. it's a network that ferries millions of passengers daily across tens of thousands of track to nearly 7,000 stations. it's one of the world's biggest employers. if there's one defining legacy of british rule, it's the vast, sprawling, creaking indian railway network. it's still the lifeblood of the country today. they sing. i'll tell you this. you wouldn't get this on a suburban train on a cold wednesday morning in london, or any other western city. this is unique. do you know everyone on this carriage? yeah. yeah, from the train journey? yeah, trainjourney, train friends. you're the train friends, excellent. you have a community. is it lu

despite the logistical sophistication of the operation, which included the building of a railway, the indian and british troops found it tough going. the sucking mud pulled them down. disease swept the ranks. but persistence paid off. leading to success, reaching line after line of ottoman defenders. like the american forces of 2003, maude's forces received little opposition in baghdad. in the face of superior firepower, the opposition simply melted away, but the british did find a city in crisis. as is the case during the american-led offensive, the hasty withdrawal of the enemy created a security vacuum in which looters were quick to take advantage. march 16, 1917 report from britain's "guardian" newspaper nald will of been written 2003 condition of "the new york times," or "the washington post." it read, many shops have been gutted and valuables have been cleared. the rebel was found engaged, tearing down bits of iron and wood. they even looted the seats from the public garden. enough however, the british imposed their authority over the city and maude arranged a reentry of the city for t

well except i suppose for internal peace for the first time in indian history as well as railways and the massive irrigation projects, obviously, and political unity of the subcontinent. they had never had that before. mass education i suppose has to be mentioned. newspapers, unprecedented amounts of international trade. standardized units of exchange. bridges. obviously, universities, and roads, and aqueducts and docks and things like that. but other than that, absolutely nothing else did we give india. the abolition of suttee, i suppose you have got to mention, that practice of burning widows on their husband's funeral pyres. and tuggee, the murderous travelers. i suppose we gave them the only incorrupt legal system in the history of the subcontinent and industrial development, and unprecedented disease prevention projects, but other than that, all one can really mention is the english language, the first national language ranko and telegraphic communications and two centuries of protections from the russians and the french and the afghans and other outside threats including that ob

railway carriages. she'd a child at 17, and then lived with peter rachman, a notorious slum landlord. later, a west indian. she was jailed for perjury. but she was often broke, a victim, many thought, of establishment hypocrisy and two marriages ended in divorce. tonight her son said she'd earnt her place in british history, but at huge personal cost. you are with the briefing. the headlines: senior us officials say president trump will recognise jerusalem as the capital of israel later today. arab states have warned the decision could provoke violence. the international olympic committee has announced that it's banning russia from the 2018 winter olympics. it follows an investigation into allegations of state—sponsored doping at the 2014 games hosted by russia. france's biggest rock star, johnny hallyday, has died from lung cancer at the age of 7a. known as the french elvis, he was hugely popular in the francophone world. the european court ofjustice is due to issues a landmark ruling on whether luxury brands can stop retailers from selling their products on online marketplaces such as amazon and ebay. t

railway carriages. she'd a child at 17, and then lived with peter rachman, a notorious slum landlord. later, a west indianassaulting her and christine lied in court. she was jailed for perjury. who is that, by the bins? she lives here. she owns the shop round the corner. she went on to write three books, one filmed as scandal. christine was happy to help with the film's publicity. i've told you, i'm happy as i am. i never felt bitter i think that's some press have said that. but i've never felt bitter, maybe they were hoping i was, but, no, not at all. i haven't felt bitter. i'm pleased that the truth can come out now. but she was often broke, a victim, many thought, of establishment hypocrisy and two marriages ended in divorce. tonight her son said she'd earnt her place in british history, but at huge personal cost. nick higham, on christine keeler, who died late last night at the age of 75. and in hull, lubaina himid has become the oldest winner of the turner prize, and the first black woman to pick up the award. the za nzibar—born, preston—based artist won the £25,000 prize for work addressing racial p

railway carriages. she'd a child at 17, and then lived with peter rachman, a notorious slum landlord. later, a west indianjailed for perjury. who is that, by the bins? she lives here. she owns the shop round the corner. she went on to write three books, one filmed as scandal. christine was happy to help with the film's publicity. i've told you, i'm happy as i am. i never felt bitter i think that's some press have said that. but i've never felt bitter, maybe they were hoping i was, but, no, not at all. i haven't felt bitter. i'm pleased that the truth can come out now. but she was often broke, a victim, many thought, of establishment hypocrisy and two marriages ended in divorce. tonight her son said she'd earnt her place in british history, but at huge personal cost. time now for all the sports news in sport today. hello, i'm tulsen tollett and this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre. coming up on this programme: russia has been banned from february's winter olympics but clean athletes can compete as neutrals. atletico madrid draw with chelsea but fail to make it through to the knockout stages

railway carriages. she'd a child at 17, and then lived with peter rachman, a notorious slum landlord. later, a west indianry. who is that, by the bins? i never felt bitter. i haven't felt bitter. i am i never felt bitter. i haven't felt bitter. lam pleased i never felt bitter. i haven't felt bitter. i am pleased that the truth can come out now. but she was often broke, a victim, many thought, of establishment hypocrisy and two marriages ended in divorce. tonight her son said she'd earnt her place in british history, but at huge personal cost. france's biggest rock star johnny hallyday has died from lung cancer. french media says the news was confirmed by his wife. he was 7a. the singer, real name jean—philippe smet, sold about 100 million records and starred in a number of films. he was made a chevalier of the legion d'honneur by presidentjacques chirac in 1997 — the highest honour for any french citizen, whether civilian or military. the french have simply called him "ourjohnny". but outside the french speaking world, hallyday was almost unknown. and that is about it from us. and you can get in touch wit

railway carriages. she'd a child at 17, and then lived with peter rachman, a notorious slum landlord. later, a west indian. she was jailed for perjury. i never felt bitter i think that's some press have said that. but i've never felt bitter, maybe they were hoping i was, but, no, not at all. i haven't felt bitter. i'm pleased that the truth can come out now. but she was often broke, a victim, many thought, of establishment hypocrisy and two marriages ended in divorce. her son said she'd earnt her place in british history, but at huge personal cost. cricket now and play is under way on the final day of the second ashes test and england's hopes of pulling off an unexpected victory are in tatters. they started the day requiring another 178 runs, with six wickets remaining. however, chris woakes was out to just the second delivery of the day. and skipperjoe root fell soon after. and moeen ali has just gone too. chasing 354 for victory, a few moments ago england chasing 354 for victory, a few moments ago england were 193—7. france's biggest rock star johnny hallyday has died from lung cancer. french media says

railway carriages. she'd a child at 17 and then lived with peter racham, a notorious slum landlord. later, her west indianin court. she was jailed for perjury. who is that, by the bins? she lives here, she owns the shop round the corner. she went on to write three books, one filmed as scandal. christine was happy to help with the film's publicity. ican get i can get you a place of your own. i've told you, i'm happy as i am. i never felt bitter, i think that some press have said that. but i've never felt bitter, maybe they were hoping i was, but, no, not at all. i haven't felt bitter. i'm pleased that the truth can come out now. but she was often broke, a victim, many thought, of establishment hypocrisy and two marriages ended in divorce. tonight her son said she'd earnt her place in british history, but at huge personal cost. christine keeler, who died late last night at the age of 75. a bbc investigation has found that online streaming apps, used by children to make live broadcasts, are being infiltrated by men trying to groom young people. the national crime agency says it's arrested more than 190 men a

the indian prime minister's home state gets ready to declare results after a crucial regional election. i'm going to new getting highlights the view from the world's steepest finicking a railway. chile has become the latest latin american country to shift to the political right by electing the conservative billionaire sebastian pinera as president but here is the overcame his center left opponent in the runoff the second time he's been elected to the country's highest office in america and it's on the sea and human reports from santiago. chile's billionaire president elected got what he wanted another crack at the presidency for the second time in twenty seven years chile has swung from the center left to the center right both times the civil stamping it out the markets favorite the former president a successful businessman promises better times ahead as he extends an olive branch to the uk if he does i want to renew our commitment to old chileans a commitment to unity and dialogue and so i invite all of our previous presidents to share their experience and advice with me so that we can reach national agreements to tackle our biggest problems. at the headquarters of center le

railway carragher is. she lived with a notorious slum landlord later. later, a west indiannt on to write three books. she was happy to help with the film's publicity as well. i never felt better. that is just some press which said that. i never felt bitter. not at all. i am pleased the truth can come out now. but she was often broke. a victim, many thought, of establishment. two marriages ended in divorce. some said she earned her place in british history but at huge personal cost. we saw a little bit of the film scandal. we will speak to the film producer behind that bit later. ——a little bit later. tens of thousands of people have been forced to flee their homes in california because of wildfires which have destroyed hundreds of buildings. mandatory evacuations are taking place in the cities of ventura and santa paula, north of los angeles, and more than a thousand firefighters are tackling the fires which continue to spread due to high winds. our north america correspondent, james cook, is in los angeles now. what's the latest? it has been a pretty incredible day, to be

railway of texas. it was a subsidiary and very much part of the santa fe line but from indian but from indian territory at higgins, texas, down to amarillo, that was a separate company, okay? and denver city also shipped cattle to kansas city through fort worth. >> what kinds or what breeds of horses were used for driving cat until w tle? was there one preferred over the other? >> that's a great question. the meat wasn't very good so, almost immediately, durhams, short horns, heffers, angus came later, are brought down and they start crossbreeding so, most of the animals that come to kansas city are not purebred, not long horn thishgs about half-and-half. so the meat quality was better. as far as the horses were concerned, to improve the horse herds the mustangs started almost immediately as well, okay. so there were thoroughbreds brought in, standard breds, all different kinds and they were crossed usually, because the qualities of what was called the spanish mustang, sure-footedness, hardiness, the pilt to go a long time without water, was something they wanted to maintain, likewise with the texas lo