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President Bush responds to Tiananmen Square massacre (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Washington correspondent Nick Peters reports that there has been a firm and swift response from President George H. W. Bush to the Tiananmen Square massacre.
Neil Kinnock on European socialism (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Speech
Labour leader Neil Kinnock was in Paris yesterday, speaking at a rally of socialists from all over Europe ahead of the European elections. He used his speech to highlight the divides in the Conservative...
Funeral of Ayatollah Khomeini (1989)
- Genre
- News report
The Ayatollah Khomeini has finally been buried in Tehran . The burial ceremony, delayed by hours, took place with revolutionary guards battling to hold back frenzied mourners. Reporter Peter Russell...
Clapham Junction disaster inquiry (1989)
- Genre
- News report
The chairman of the public inquiry into the rail disaster at Clapham Junction in which 35 people were killed and over 130 injured says he believes British Rail is on the way to achieving a safer railway....
Tim Marshall on new D-Day memorial (1989)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Speech
The Queen Mother has joined in celebrations marking the forty-fifth anniversary of the D-Day landings in Normandy by unveiling a stained glass window in the eleventh-century Bayeux Cathedral. As Tim...
Orchid thief jailed (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
An Old Bailey judge has jailed an orchid grower, because of his obsessive plundering of rare flowers from the jungles of the world. Thirty-seven-year-old Henry Azadehdel admitted smuggling, harbouring,...
Tom King on Shorts takeover (1989)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
The Belfast aircraft and missile firm, Shorts has been sold to a Canadian company. Ulster Secretary Tom King confirmed today that the Belfast planemakers has been bought into private hands by the...
Actors fight Rose Theatre development plans (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Environment Secretary Nicholas Ridley is expected to give his decision today on the fate of the Rose Theatre site in Southwark. Meanwhile, campaigners have been continuing their vigil at the site in an...
Chinese violence provokes the US (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Vox pop
There was shock and anger in the United States at events in Beijing, where fighting has broken out. President George Bush announced immediate, limited sanctions against the Chinese Government, while...
Tiananmen Square massacre (1989)
- Genre
- News report
Tanks and armoured personnel carriers have rolled over tents and shot at demonstrators in a final push into Beijing’s Tiananmen Square. The dawn attack by Chinese troops on the square has come after...