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Now playing Next Ukraine Chernobyl thirty years on On April 26, 1986 a reactor at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine exploded, causing an environmental disaster never before seen. Acute 24/04/2016
Now playing Next Italy Rome celebrates its 2,769th birthday Rome has reached the grand old age of 2,769. To celebrate the foundation of the Italian capital, a parade was held to portray key moments from its 24/04/2016
Now playing Next no comment Cervantes honoured in Spanish parliament Actors put on a performance inside the Spanish parliament as part of a commemoration of the 400th anniversary of writer Miguel de Cervantes’s death. 22/04/2016
Now playing Next United Kingdom Beacons lit across UK to mark Queen's 90th birthday Crowds of well-wishers lined the streets of Windsor in the United Kingdom on Thursday to wish Queen Elizabeth II a happy 90th birthday. Many had been 22/04/2016
Now playing Next United Kingdom Queen Elizabeth II turns 90 at Windsor Britons, members of the Commonwealth, and well-wishers worldwide are celebrating the 90th birthday of her Majesty the Queen. The nation’s 21/04/2016
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Now playing Next world news The silent screams of Pripyat, 30 years on It’s the silence that strikes one the most in Pripyat when you see the artifacts that once formed part of thousands of everyday human routines 21/04/2016
Now playing Next United Kingdom Queen Elizabeth still going strong at 90 It was business as usual for Britain’s Queen Elizabeth who was out and about on the eve of her 90th birthday. She carried out two public engagements 21/04/2016
Now playing Next United Kingdom Britain marks Queen Elizabeth's 90th birthday, Royal Mail's 500th Ahead of nationwide celebrations for her birthday, the queen shared the spotlight with another British institution: the Royal Mail. 20/04/2016