archaeologists unearth an ancient egyptian pompeii close to some of the world's best known monuments.come to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. we start in the united states. president biden has described gun violence as an epidemic and an international embarrassment. on thursday, he put forward a series of measures to try to tackle the problem. the president said there was widespread public support for stricter rules — despite the efforts of the gun lobby. gun violence in this country is an epidemic. let me say it again — gun violence in this country is an epidemic and it's an international embarrassment. we want to rein in the proliferation of so—called ghost guns. these are guns that are home made. built from a kit. and include directions on how to finish the firearm. you can go buy the kit. they have no serial numbers, so when they show up at a crime scene they can't be traced. and the buyers aren't required to pass a background check to by the kit to make the gun. lebo diseko is in washington. hello. lots of presidents try and introduce stricter gun—control measu

archaeologists unearth an ancient egyptian pompeii close to some of the world's best known monuments. hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world. we are going to start in the united states. president biden describing gun violence is an epidemic and an international embarrassment. on thursday he put forward a series of measures to try to tackle the problem. the president said there was widespread public support for stricter rules, despite the efforts of the gun lobby. gun violence in this country is an epidemic. let me say it again. gun violence in this country is an epidemic. and it's an international embarrassment. they want to rein in the proliferation of so—called ghost guns. these are guns that are home—made, go from a kit, and include instructions on how to finish the firearm. you can go by the kit. they have no serial numbers. so when they show up at a crime scene they can't be traced. and the buyers aren't required to pass a background check to purchase the kit to make the gun. here are those gun control plans announced by president biden. thejustice dep

archaeologists have discoverd — in their words — the �*ancient egyptian pompeii', near the city of luxort lies near some of egypt's best—known monuments. peter lacovara is the director of the ancient egyptian heritage and archaeology fund. i asked why this discovery is so important. it is part of a huge city that was built for the jubilee festival of amenhotep iii. just like the queen, egyptian kings had festivals to celebrate, in his case, the 30th year of his reign so he built a huge palace and the city to go along with it in orderfor that big celebration. so the walls that we are seeing and the corridors, this is a living city where people would have lived. it looks quite big from the photos. why are we only discovering it now? parts have been excavated for over 100 years but it is such a vast city spread out over ten kilometres and little bits of it have been picked up here and there over the years but it is just too big to excavate the entire extent of it. i think we have some pictures here have other things they have recently unearthed. we have a skeleton. what is the significance

archaeologists unearth an ancient egyptian pompeii close to some of the world's best known monuments.

state former secretary of state as pompeii stated only 45% of russia's arsenal is subject to american limits. meanwhile that agreement restricted 92% of americans arsenal. now as you know, president without any effort to constrain china's builder. would you make are present biden's decision to extend the treaty was it lost opportunity? it was squandered opportunity. if these include roots with china's nuclear buildup is pretty opaque to us. it locks in the extension they're concerned about a land war against nato and europe. in the view these as an essential part of their work plans. and i just think it is hard to get the approval by congress for us to build you low yield nuclear weapons here in the u.s. so, it locks in the advantage and it does not include more modern weapons which they developed and it also fails to include the other major nuclear power and world china. i am not absently sure what kind of deal we could have gotten. but we really did not even try for the trump administration did try and held out the prospect of changing the agreement rather than extending or extendin

. >>> italy's pompeii archeological site is reopening.ists were there today with the luxury of not having to deal with the usual crowds the city suffered from a volcanic eruption 2,000 years ago. >>> the burning manifest value has been canceled for the second straight year. organizers had considered requiring proof of covid vaccination but decided the pandemic presents too many uncertainties. a lot of people will be bummed about that for sure. >> others will be pleased. >> touche. >> instagram will not be filled -- >> with scantily clad people >> rahel, thanks very much >>> an earnings alert on amgen meg tirrell has that for us. >> a very uncharacteristic miss on both earnings and revenue for amgen. its first quarterly miss on those metrics in more than three years. adjusted eps, $3.70 versus $4.05 as the average analyst estimate. revenue was $5.9 billion for the quarter versus $6.25 billion that the street was looking for. the company saying they felt the impacts of the pandemic, particularly in january and february as patients were not

it's been described as "an egyptian pompeii". stay with us on bbc news. still to come.... i think there are some people who we probably will never see in church again because of what we have gone through as a society. it will be very hard for them to get their confidence back and going and doing normal things once more. memories of a life without restrictions — as freedom beckons, some find themselves conflicted. i think i feel a bit more anxious but i still like the idea that i can go out for drinks with my friends again, but, strangers, please stay away, you know? yeah, i definitely feel a bit anxious but i'm not too bad. normality will mean readjustment, especially if you feel forever changed. i think it has made me a bit more introspective, if anything. - it's made me value i friendships a lot more. enticing the crowds back in. it comes with responsibility and a need for reassurance. i cannot wait to go to the cinema. spontaneity is what i'm looking forward to. i daniela relph, bbc news, northampton. now, it's the new trend that restaurants across the uk are capitalis

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