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victoria gill, bbc news. thousands of indian farmers marching on the capital after the government rejected their calls for state support. the farmers are determined to bring protested the streets of delhi, saying ministers are failing to take their demands seriously. farmers in italy, germany, spain and others also protesting, european climate change rules which they say threaten their livelihood. the scene in india is more violent and it could escalate as protesters reach the boundaries of delhi. reporter: india's capital has become a fortified city. massive blockades and security, neighboring states cut off from new delhi. noxious fumes quickly disperse crowds. these are india's farmers. who are heading towards delhi, demanding minimum pricing for their crops and better financial protections. >> see how peacefully the farmers are marching? yet police are dropping teargas canisters from drones hovering in the sky. reporter: barricades will not stop farmers from having their voices heard. this is one of the m
victoria gill, bbc news. thousands of indian farmers marching on the capital after the government rejected their calls for state support. the farmers are determined to bring protested the streets of delhi, saying ministers are failing to take their demands seriously. farmers in italy, germany, spain and others also protesting, european climate change rules which they say threaten their livelihood. the scene in india is more violent and it could escalate as protesters reach the boundaries of...
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victoria gill, bbc news. let's turn to some other news from around the world.ned after heavy snowfall. a regional official says more than 25 homes were destroyed. another atmospheric river is pinwheeling into california from the pacific ocean, prompting the waterlogged state to brace for more heavy rainstorms. officials are warning of dangerous flooding, strong winds and mudslides. capital one, one of america's largest banks has announced it is acquiring the major credit card company discover financial services. the deal is valued at more than $35 billion. consumers advocates have warned that such a deal would raise anti—trust concerns. thank you so much for watching bbc news. stay with us. hello. this round of incredibly mild weather continues as we go through the next few days. on monday, we saw temperatures reach 15 degrees almost in parts of london. that makes it seven consecutive days of seeing the temperatures of 1a degrees or more and well above the average of 6—8 celsius. but that kind of weather will be back later this week — feels much more like febru
victoria gill, bbc news. let's turn to some other news from around the world.ned after heavy snowfall. a regional official says more than 25 homes were destroyed. another atmospheric river is pinwheeling into california from the pacific ocean, prompting the waterlogged state to brace for more heavy rainstorms. officials are warning of dangerous flooding, strong winds and mudslides. capital one, one of america's largest banks has announced it is acquiring the major credit card company discover...
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victoria gill, bbc news.ast africa, an international charity that protects and improves the lives of horses, donkeys and mules around the world. he's been giving me his reaction to a potential ban. if a ban is implemented by africa, it will be unprecedented because then we've seen there is a whole direct relationship between the illegal slaughter and the illegal slaughter. i'll give an example. when there was legal slaughter in kenya the numbers of donkeys that were stolen ran through the roof when the country decided to ban that. we saw the numbers of donkeys stolen, really dropped dramatically, dramatically. so this is going to be a great decision by african union and we believe it's going really to go a long way in curtailing this trade all over the world. but do you think it perhaps might not fully solve the problem? because i understand some countries, such as kenya, have already made it illegal to slaughter donkeys, and yet there's an illegal trade there. yes. yes, i think the ban will not actually fini
victoria gill, bbc news.ast africa, an international charity that protects and improves the lives of horses, donkeys and mules around the world. he's been giving me his reaction to a potential ban. if a ban is implemented by africa, it will be unprecedented because then we've seen there is a whole direct relationship between the illegal slaughter and the illegal slaughter. i'll give an example. when there was legal slaughter in kenya the numbers of donkeys that were stolen ran through the roof...
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victoria gill, bbc news.ng charles and queen camilla arrived from their private sandringham home, and were driven the short distance to nearby clarence house. it's thought king charles has returned for further treatment — which started last monday. the type of cancer he has is not being revealed. tetley�*s — one of the uk's most best known tea makers — says supplies of tea are tight, and sainsbury�*s has also issued warnings about the availability of black tea. it's all down to the continued attacks in the red sea. katy austin is here. just how tight are tea supplies now then? there is no need to worry. they should be enough t in the shops. it's fair to say there is some strain on the system, so the ships that bring many goods to europe are avoiding taking the red sea route because of attacks by the who sees in yemen. they are going along the route in the stead, and customers at sainsbury�*s have noticed a sign warning of supply issues with black dee —— by the houthis. tetley�*s have told us are tighter than
victoria gill, bbc news.ng charles and queen camilla arrived from their private sandringham home, and were driven the short distance to nearby clarence house. it's thought king charles has returned for further treatment — which started last monday. the type of cancer he has is not being revealed. tetley�*s — one of the uk's most best known tea makers — says supplies of tea are tight, and sainsbury�*s has also issued warnings about the availability of black tea. it's all down to the...
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victoria gill, bbc news. school. ministers say the purpose is to improve behaviour in the class room. the guidance reminds headteachers what they can do if they want to ban mobiles during both lessons and breaktime. but one headteacher�*s union has said most schools already have policies in place to deal with mobile phones. here's yunus mulla. good friends and in the first year of high school but with year seven there's also more time on their mobiles and screen time away from home. i can't phone my friends at school because we normally. because we normally, we sometimes have different lessons. sometimes i need to contact my parents. perhaps no surprise to find talk of taking those devices away during school hours hasn't gone down well. like, when you are trying to learn it can be distracting, but, like, i don't really see the harm at, like, lunchtime or break. for parent olivia her daughter having a mobile away from home is reassuring and although the school has a strict policy, there are concerns. outside i
victoria gill, bbc news. school. ministers say the purpose is to improve behaviour in the class room. the guidance reminds headteachers what they can do if they want to ban mobiles during both lessons and breaktime. but one headteacher�*s union has said most schools already have policies in place to deal with mobile phones. here's yunus mulla. good friends and in the first year of high school but with year seven there's also more time on their mobiles and screen time away from home. i can't...
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victoria gill, bbc news.t at oldham university thank you for coming onto the programme. so how worried are you by these findings? i'm very worried. but not necessarily i'm not worried more than i was before. this data fills in an important gap in our understanding we have long known that polar bears are vulnerable to see i was lost the biggest concern for their persistence but we have had some outstanding questions about what that means for each individual season of the year. to this report helps us get a much better understanding of what is happening for them during the summer. at the big picture remains the same. that we should all be very concerned about sea ice loss of the persistence of the species. what about adaptations _ persistence of the species. what about adaptations they - persistence of the species. what about adaptations they are having to find more food in different ways is it possible that they simply do and that this is a minor blip, as it were? . , . that this is a minor blip, as it were? .
victoria gill, bbc news.t at oldham university thank you for coming onto the programme. so how worried are you by these findings? i'm very worried. but not necessarily i'm not worried more than i was before. this data fills in an important gap in our understanding we have long known that polar bears are vulnerable to see i was lost the biggest concern for their persistence but we have had some outstanding questions about what that means for each individual season of the year. to this report...
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let's speak to our science correspondent, victoria gill.i gave a couple of the headlines, but tell us more.— but tell us more. yeah, it is a fascinating — but tell us more. yeah, it is a fascinating study, _ but tell us more. yeah, it is a fascinating study, a _ but tell us more. yeah, it is a fascinating study, a really - fascinating study, a really interesting method, the scientists i have spoken to about this experiment say the researchers have been so creative, because these are incredibly difficult animals to study, these are baleen whales, the animals that save huge amounts of food through these saves in the mouth, they grow to massive sizes, some of the biggest animals that have ever lived, these baleen whales, and they have managed to study three by finding stranded whales, so i mainly wail and a humpback whale, and they dissected and studied there vocal apparatus. what they did in their laboratory was test them by pumping air through the voice box and showing that vibrations in the tissue, much like the vocal folds in our throats,
let's speak to our science correspondent, victoria gill.i gave a couple of the headlines, but tell us more.— but tell us more. yeah, it is a fascinating — but tell us more. yeah, it is a fascinating study, _ but tell us more. yeah, it is a fascinating study, a _ but tell us more. yeah, it is a fascinating study, a really - fascinating study, a really interesting method, the scientists i have spoken to about this experiment say the researchers have been so creative, because these are...
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our science correspondent victoria gill has been looking at the results.collar cameras that scientists fitted to 20 polar bears during three summer weeks in arctic canada. the bears foraged, swam and socialised. but what this glimpse revealed into their lives during the summer months when there is no sea ice to hunt from and the polar bears spend their time inland is that they are unable to find enough to eat. the camera collars show that bears exhibited a diversity of behaviours when they were summering on shore. including some bears spending the entire time resting and other bears primarily being active and looking for food like berries and birds. but 19 of the 20 bears still lost weight. the research focused on one of the most southerly points in polar bears' range, a part of the arctic where temperatures are rising much more quickly than elsewhere. so the scientists say it is a snapshot of a warming future. this large male bear was lucky enough to stumble across a dead whale who gained weight during the study. the other 19 bears, though, lost about one
our science correspondent victoria gill has been looking at the results.collar cameras that scientists fitted to 20 polar bears during three summer weeks in arctic canada. the bears foraged, swam and socialised. but what this glimpse revealed into their lives during the summer months when there is no sea ice to hunt from and the polar bears spend their time inland is that they are unable to find enough to eat. the camera collars show that bears exhibited a diversity of behaviours when they were...
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earlier, we spoke to our science correspondent victoria gill to learn more about the study�*s findingsave been so creative because, actually, these are incredibly difficult animals to study. these are baleen whales, the animals that sift huge mouthfuls of food through these these sieves of baleen in their mouths and grow to massive sizes. you know, some of the biggest animals that have ever lived on earth are these baleen whales, and they've managed to study three of them by finding dead, stranded whales — so a minke whale and a humpback whale — and they've dissected and studied their vocal apparatus. so they removed their voice boxes. and what they did in their laboratory was test them by pumping air through those voice boxes and showing that vibrations in that tissue, much like the vocal folds in our throats, does actually produce these sounds. but it's very special, this baleen whale vocal apparatus. instead of these vocal folds that we have to breathe in and pass air across, they can actually recycle air. they have this special sap in their throat that they can close off and pump i
earlier, we spoke to our science correspondent victoria gill to learn more about the study�*s findingsave been so creative because, actually, these are incredibly difficult animals to study. these are baleen whales, the animals that sift huge mouthfuls of food through these these sieves of baleen in their mouths and grow to massive sizes. you know, some of the biggest animals that have ever lived on earth are these baleen whales, and they've managed to study three of them by finding dead,...
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our science correspondent victoria gill reports.reatures and not a study has revealed how some of the ocean bottom of the largest whales sing underwater. the researchers studied three dead whales that have been found stranded and removed and examined their voice boxes. this strange footage, captured by the scientists with a tiny medical camera, is filmed inside the vibrating vocal anatomy of a whale. you pumped air through these focal structures and what did that show? it these focal structures and what did that show? , ., , ., that show? it showed something in wales but it _ that show? it showed something in wales but it was _ that show? it showed something in wales but it was also _ that show? it showed something in wales but it was also in _ that show? it showed something in wales but it was also in a - that show? it showed something in wales but it was also in a very - wales but it was also in a very unique way, so they exhale air from their lungs, past the larynx, then it gets collected in a sack here and then when they are don
our science correspondent victoria gill reports.reatures and not a study has revealed how some of the ocean bottom of the largest whales sing underwater. the researchers studied three dead whales that have been found stranded and removed and examined their voice boxes. this strange footage, captured by the scientists with a tiny medical camera, is filmed inside the vibrating vocal anatomy of a whale. you pumped air through these focal structures and what did that show? it these focal structures...