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oh yeah. send photo. watch, he's gonna light it with an app. oh, gas... yeah kebob, one serving. get off your gas and grill with kingsford charcoal. hello. you're watching "gmt" on bbc world news. i'm lucy hockings. on today's program we focus on children of gaza and syria. the innocent victims of two brutal conflicts. thousands of young lives are lost. for those that remain, the daily horror of violence, fear, poverty leave them scarred forever. before the crisis i was a child that played and had fun. i never supported politics or war. the u.n. demands for immediate cease fire. the rocket fire continues from
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both sides. we'll take you live to jerusalem for the latest. government forces make significant gains against pro russian rebels in ukraine as they try to gain control over the area where mh 17 came down 11 days ago. aaron joins me with bad news for russian government. >> it's a tale of money, power, fraud. it all began with this man, once russia's richest man running russia's biggest oil company. changed when the government threw him in jail. a decade late, we'll explain why he must pay for his actions. it's midday here in london, 7:00 a.m. washington, 2:00 p.m. gaza where the latest victim in the conflict between israel and
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hamas is a 4-year-old boy killed by israeli fire. one in five being killed are children. this is the first day of the muslim festival. it was a quieter night. the conflict shows no real sign of a baiting. let's talk now to our national chief correspondent who return ed from the region and joins us in the studio. you see flashing on the computer the latest victim a 4-year-old. tell us about your experience of talking to children in gaza is last few days. >> everywhere you go, the children seem to be everywhere. when families are fleeing from israeli incursion, children are flooding the streets. when you go to the hospital, they're packed in. they're crying because they heard someone they love died in the conflict.
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israel says it doesn't intentionally target civilians. there's evidence to support that, but the problem is this is a densely, heavily populated slither of air. because jihad fire rockets at residential buildings, it's difficult to hit children. children died playing football on the beach, died on the roof playing with pigeons. children just being children are dying in the gains of adults. >> every single right is taken from them. the most basic safety. these children are not getting education either. they're not cared for in the basic ways. >> when violence strikes schools in developed nations we see how much care and attention is taken to to make sure children are protected. in wars of our time, which just keep unfolding in more and devastates way as, there's never the resources to give children.
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they've been through three wars. this is the way they live in these lives. >> the focus did fall on children for the first time. do you think when we saw the children killed on the beach in gaza. we had the pictures that were so shocking to people. >> this is the story of the poor. see the burnt out container. many journalists were watching that unfold. you see the children running. the first strike came on that container. israel says it was targeting hamas operatives. the first strike came and within seconds the second came. children running away were killed in the second strike playing on the beach. i met one of the brothers of one of the children. all four children were from the same family. he had the most sorrowful eyes. he says when it happens in real life it's not like you see on tv. he was devastated by the loss of
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his younger brother. he said we did everything together, slept in the same room, played together. you meet children and think how will they ever get over this tragedy? >> we wanted to share with you this 14-year-old that lives in the government controlled suburb of damascus. his family supports the regime. let's listen to him. we also see young children at such a young age. >> they look like children and are children but speak like adults. children like a lot of others have shocking clarity of what's
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happening in their lives. they talk at a young age of taking up guns themselves to fight for the side they're on. they believe they're on the right side. he talked about having friends on the other side, talked about being brainwashed. when we meet children with families on the rebel side, they talk in the same way. >> also children are in the refugee camps. let's listen to this 11-year-old. >> you must go for jihad. this is the future of the region. >> this is it. six children we followed six months tell us a lot about the syria of today. this was the decision. my understanding of going with children, they had the
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compelling stories to tell us to help us understand the war. they give a troubling glimpse of the future too. >> thanks. we're going to air the documentary later this week on bbc world news. children of syria saturday and sunday. there are the times on the screen. do make sure you watch. let's update you as to what's happening on the ground in terms of israel and gaza. the military in israel saying it carried out three air strikes on the area targeting hamas rocket launchers and infrastructure as well. both sides rejecting a i call from the united nations security council for immediate and unconditional cease fire. we are there now with the latest from gaza. >> even amid the ruins, people in gaza mark the end of the festival. traditional prayers were held in
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the mosque. the start of the three day festival is supposed to be a moment of joy and celebration. there's only bitterness and sorrow here. families paid traditional respects, but even the dead are not spared. the blast of israeli air strike unearthed one body that had to be reburied. more than 150,000 palestinians have been forced out of their homes by the fighting. most are staying at u.n. schools. there were no gifts for children here, only desperation from their parents. >> we have fled from our homes. those that have left their homes, the situation is miserable. i don't have one thing to give my son and daughter. we have nothing. >> this is the quietest period since this operation began three weeks ago.
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now there's mounting international pressure on israel and hamas to exact a long term cease fire. hamas says it will only accept if there's international guarantees that the blockade is lifted on gaza. the israeli military continues to destroy tunnels dumped by ammass hamas along the border. israel says until the safety of citizens is guaranteed, it has a right to continue. >> let's take you to jerusalem now and join bethany bell there for us. bring us up to date on hwhat limited fighting we're seeing. >> the israeli army said it carried out three air strikes on gaza in response it says to a rocket fired by hamas into
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israel today. it was interesting listening. while there's pressure on israel to bring about more long term cease fire, here in israel, there's very widespread support for what the army is doing in gaza. people here want the rocket fire on israel to stop. sirens are becoming a very regular everyday experience for people here in the south and central israel. also people are very concerned about the cross border tunnels that were discovered through which palestinian militants were trying to enter israel. people here very much strongly behind what the army is doing almost 90% of people according to a recent poll. >> thanks for the update from jerusalem. the u.n. says more than 1100 people have been killed in fighting in east ukraine since april. ukrainian forces are believed to
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have made significant gains of rebels in the eastern city of donetsk. this advance suggests the ukrainian army is trying to take control of two main roads. the government believes they'll be vital supply lines from russia. in the past few minutes we heard from the osce. he said investigators are trying to reach the site of the malaysian air crash but again have been forced back because of fighting. >> ukrainians separatist tanks shelling ukrainian government forces. this is unverified footage from separatists. the intensification of fighting has broadened expression of a alarm from the top human rights officials. not far from the crash site of mh 17, frustrating the efforts of international inspectors to get there. more unverified footage. this apparently pounding on the town. the ukrainian government has
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been making gains against the rebels. the united nations says both sides use heavy weapons in built up areas. 1,100 have died in conflict since mid april. the exchanges have intensified with western charges of interference on the ground denouncing western sanctions. >> maybe it will be more independent and confident of our own soil. i hope the situations will change. at the moment this has prevailed. >> for now, the renewed violence continued police to stop the investigation at mh 17 site having unease about what they'll find now when they get there and
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compounding the grief of victim's family's. >> it remains a possibility we won't get there in the near future. i don't want to consider the fact we may never get to the site. from a victim and family perspective, the government will do everything we can to get to the site. >> this conflict continues to bring suffering on the ground and grim repercussions personal and diplomatic continue to reverberate around the world. students who survived the sinking of a south korea ferry in april in which 300 died have been giving evidence for the first time in court. the trial of the captain and 14 crew members on charges of murder, negligence and abandoning ship. this is where the trial is taking place. >> six students have been giving evidence here at courthouse today. they've been telling a story of no safety briefing when they
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first got on the ferry. how the coast guard rescuers were not able to get on board the ship to rescue them once it had begun to sink. they had to get themselves out of that sinking ship. one student was describing how they were told to stay in their places and immediately did so until he said the water started coming in. first as a trickle then as a gush that swept students off their feet. many students died. one can imagine this must have been a heroing day for those in court. the ones giving testimony and also family members of those who lost their children listening to classmates of their sons and daughters. the court made the process easier for students giving evidence today. they proved the trial temporarily here to the
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student's hometown so they wouldn't have to travel across the country to give testimony. they restricted closely who was allowed to be in court today to try to make them more comfortable. it's also thought some students have been offered the chance to give eviden give evidence by video or behind a screen to make it less traumatic. this has gone to hearts of many south koreans. there's a sense of growing anger several months on from the growing disaster about how the regulations here in south korea have let people down. this is just one part of a wide investigation that's going to take many more months to provide answers. >> lucy williams in south korea for us. do stay with us on bbc world news. still to come, extraordinary weather in california. one man is killed and others are injured after being struck by lightning. ♪ the last four hours have seen... one child fail to get to the air sickness bag in time.
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more than 30 have died in clashes between the army and islamist militias. the violence broke out in the city. there's also been shelling in the capital tripoli. firefighters are battling a massive blaze after a rocket struck a fuel storage tank during the fighting in the capital. let's bring you up to date from the line in tripoli. the first of this massive blaze. how are they getting on trying to control it? >> it is near the airport that's been closed two weeks because of the fighting over it. it's practically turned into a scrapyard now. the storage tanker was hit by a rocket from the fighting presumably. it was a stray rocket. firefighters still trying to
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fight that blaze. they're struggling with it. the latest we're hearing from the government in the last half hour is a call for everyone with any kind of car and water supplies that can help in p putting out the flame. the problem is there's still stray rockets falling around airport road. i was speaking earlier to a colleague here who went there and said that there's still rockets that are falling near the site. they couldn't get close to that fuel storage facility. >> thanks for the update from tripoli. all this taking place in the worst clashes seen in the country since the overthrow. later here on "gmt," speaking to one of my colleagues to bring you further analysis on who's fighting who. stay with us for. that.
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most border crossings in liberia are closed to halt the spread of ebola. the restrictions followed the meeting of a task force. it's been established by the liberia government to tackle this highly contagious virus. >> when a disease is this contagious, even cautious medical professionals are at serious risks. the virus spreads through contact with bodily fluids and fatal in 90% of cases. two americans working at treatment centers in liberia have been infected. one of them, 33-year-old dr. cole brantley seen on the left. the world health organization told bbc that in total, 100 health workers have been infected this year. half of them have died. >> this is the deadliest outbreak of ebola on record. the latest figures from the world health organization show
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more than 1,200 have been infected in guinea, sierra and liberia. more than 670 have died. 300 deaths were in guinea, 100 in liberia. now the first death on nigerian soil, a man died after flying. that case highlighting how difficult it is to to prevent infected people from traveling. >> screening systems in west africa are week. the initial symptoms including fever and a sore throat resemble other illnesses. sigh beer i can't have closed most border crossings and set up testing centers at the few entries left open including the airport. in nigeria, all points of entry, air, sea, land are on red alert
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trying to halt the further spread of the disease which has no vaccine and no cure. now to a story that's shocking. people across japan. a high school girl is arrested on suspicion of killing and dismembering a classmate. she was 15 years old arrested sunday. police say the girl beat her friend with a metal instrument and strangled her. then severed the victim's head and cut off one of her hands. let's take you to tokyo. an absolutely extraordinary story. quite horrific. what are the police saying? >> we're getting dribs and drabs of information act their interrogation of the high school student accused of carrying out this gruesome murder. what the japanese media is reporting, police are saying she is showing no remorse.
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she has apparently said that she enjoyed dissecting animals as a small child and wanted to dissect a human. if those reports are correct and i have to say they come from japanese media, then the implications are this is a deeply disturbed child. the media here focussing on the fact she was a teenager and lived separately from her family. her mother died last year. her father recently remarried. thinking perhaps of potential problems at home. this has been just very, very shocking for people here. this country thinks of itself of being safe and particularly safe for children. these crimes shock people here. they would anywhere. particularly a country crimes like this are rare. >> thanks for updating from tokyo there. the philippines military says 18 have been killed on a road ambush on the southern island. it blames militants who are
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fighting for a separatist homeland in the region. families were celebrating the end of the festival. the military feud could be behind the attack. a man in his 20s as died and eight others taken to the hospital after being struck by lightning during a storm on a beach in los angeles. the storms caused bush fires and power cuts. extraordinary event. wendy has more. >> reporter: tourists and locals head for venice beach every weekend to stroll the famous board walk, swim in the ocean or soak up sunshine. the last thing they were expecting on sunday was bad weather. that's exactly what they got. for 15 minutes, a fierce thunderstorm battered the beach and then lightning struck the water and board walk hitting several people. the california fire department was quick off the mark deploying rescue boats right away. more than one dozen lifeguards
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jumped in the surf looking for victims, forming a line and inching forward to make sure they didn't miss anyone. a number of people were in shock after the lightning struck. lifeguards tried to keep the beach calm. one person had to be given emergency life saving treatment on the beach. lightning also struck nearby catalina island sparking two brush fires. a 57-year-old man playing golf on the island was also injured but said to be in stable condition. back in la, emergency helicopters continue to hover over the ocean just to make sure everyone is safe. bbc news. a video of the turkish prime minister scoring a hat trick in a match has gone viral. he was really showing off his skills during the exhibition
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hello. welcome to "gmt" on bbc world news. i'm lucy hockings. in this half hour, more than 30 killed in the clashes with the army and militias. look at what is fuelling the violence. were dinosaurs wiped out by a giant asteroid? was there extinction? some are calling this a colossal case of bad luck. also on the program, aaron is back with a new series for us. >> got a new series. all this week look at the working lives of the next generation with many that
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struggled to find jobs since the crisis five years ago. we start in india where the internet hass created a host of new ways of making a living. we're going to start with a closer look at the violence in libya at the moment. it's been getting worse over the past few weeks. more than 30 have died in clashes between the army and islamist militias in the last day. violence breaking out in the city of benghazi. also shelling in tripoli firefighters are working to battle a blaze after a rocket caused it. many say the clashes now are the worst since 2011 period of instability. let's look at the reasons libya
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is lawless. people are saying libya is on the edge now. with me is bbc arabic. we were told about the blaze
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near the airport that they're struggling to put out. can you put the situation in terms of lawlessness, in terms of fighting into context for us? >> the airport since 2011 controlled by tribes in the region. we see conflict happening in tripoli between the tribes and militia. they're now fighting to take back control of the airport. the this is a strategical area in tripoli. what's happening in gaza is a completely different story. it's happening because the ex general in the military, his forces are leading different conflict with the islamist militia in the region. >> is anyone in control of the country anywhere? >> basically no one is in control. libya themselves don't know what's happening. politics itself is not organized. there's no one political agreement saying we're going to
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stop this and do something about the situation. politics itself is not happening. >> the entire country has weapons everywhere. >> yes. militia didn't give in weapons. they still have the weapons. lots have spread in the country. >> how terrifying is it for people going about their ordinary lives? >> they feel unsafe. around the airport they're calling for people to evacuate. people were saying it's difficult for families themselves to go. some of them don't have a places to go. they're afraid of leaving the area in case they get caught in gunfire. >> in terms of fighting against each other, state of lawlessness at the moment, is anyone doing anything to try to stop this and bring some kind of security? >> we saw embassies like the americans, british, german, french. they've all called people to leave the country.
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also the arab league had a meeting while back in july to try to decide what's happening and maybe find a solution. they said it has to happen from inside. they need to decide what steps they need to control the spread of weapons in the country. >> are people feeling abandoned? >> i would say they are. the community was behind them when the revolution happened in libya. after that, now we see the bit of absence of the international community. >> i know this affects basic services. one statistic i saw earlier said 3,000 filipinos are leaving the country. they're the doctors and nurses. all of a sudden the health care service is not operational. >> also the oil fields are caught up in the fight. probably the oil industry is affecting workers trying to leave the area.
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>> thank you for joining us and bringing us up to date of what's happening in libya. huge amount of unrest there. a plan by the ethiopian government to expand the capital administrative control into neighboring states has sparked months of student protests. the government says 17 have been killed in violence. human rights groups says that number could be much higher. emmanuel has gained rare access to the town where the protests are taking place. the world's attention, alleged killings of students. from uk, australia and u.s., hundreds of ethiopia are demonstrating what they claim to be human rights allegations. the expanding capital and towns around it. the government says master plan would allow them to better
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extend services to rural areas that are less well served. but many fear once implemented they would lose identity. we traveled 100 kilometers west to the scene of the worst violence blamed on government forces. months after the full scale of what happened here is not yet known. bbc has got rare access. this is where it was happening. three months ago the scene was different. students were met outside this gate by agencies. some of them were shot along this road. it is not clear how many lost their lives in that with the government and local community giving contradicting numbers. >> many locals are afraid to speak to to us in public. this young man that lost his brother in the protest was
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willing to speak. >> translator: he was shot in the head. his head. i saw his body inside the coffin. i had them open it. all of his head was blackened and torn apart. the bullet had gone through his temple. the government has denied security officers shot and killed demonstrators. ethiopia information minister also defended the plan administrative changes as vital for the country's growth. >> now we are engaging in development. we have railway and road development. also we have debt in the cities too. that has to be managed well. it has nothing to do with political merger. it has all to do with
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synchronization of the plan how to make the best use of resources we have. >> there's no doubting it is growing at a fast pace and changing. it's convincing people in towns like ambo and other neighboring areas to be part of the change. this is a time of what happened just a few months ago as yet to subside. let's bring you up to date with business. aaron is with me now. you've got the plot of the through thriller for us. >> absolutely real life. remember years ago, a decade ago, we were talking about big time story occupied the front pages. let me explain in detail. thanks very much. hello there. a court in the hague has found that shareholders in the now defunked oil giant have won a court battle against the russian government and one of the largest ever commercial legal cases. moscow has to pay out around $50
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billion for the con if i skags of details a decade ago. it's got money, fraud, power. it all began with this man here. before his arrest on a siberian run way in 2003 he was the wealthiest man in russia with fortune of $15 billion. he ran russia's largest oil company at the time. it all went pear shaped when he was arrested for fraud and tax evasion and sent to a russian prison camp where he spent ten years. his company was seized by the russian government and nationalized. the state sort of sucked it up. today's story is about the company shareholders for the past decade have been fighting to retrieve the billions they lost when the kremlin seized the money. they found out they won and moscow has to pay them $50 billion. it's an interesting saga if you will.
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let's get more from the russian world service. great to have you on the program. can we be clear. for viewers around the world watching this, when the russian state took that company and nationalized it. at the time shareholders got nothing at all? >> well most of the guys who were trying to sue russia since that time got little to nothing. some shareholders retrieved some of the cash they got. six main shareholders who were involved in this literally got nothing. up until now, they were trying to retrieve at least some part of the money they lost. looks like they succeeded this time. the main man you mentioned, he was not involved in this case actually. he said he's not going to fight for his assets and his friends and former partners who are dealing with this now.
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>> it's one thing having a court saying though the kremlin you've got to pay $50 billion. it's another thing for the kremlin to fork that out. will shareholders get that money? will russia pay out? >> that's the question. looks like they have to a oblige the court decision. russia said they're going to appeal. it's not appeal in the normal sense of civil courts. it's serious appeal. shareholders want to bring this court decision in various countries and start to have russian assets all over the world if russia denied payment. we'll see what russia will do and see if they'll appeal it first place. >> we'll watch that. it's also to know when government took yukos, they absorbed it. some say that helped rosneft to become the company it is.
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some say they should receive profits from the rosneft. >> they made a statement saying they don't think this will negatively impact their activity or assets. that's the question because shares in moscow stock exchange dropped 2% already today. we'll see. so far, it doesn't really -- it's not year whether they can make their hands to russian assets as of yet. the main production fails in siberia, that's true. >> fascinate a -- fascinating saga. appreciate it. we'll look at the working lives of the next generation and how many are creating whole new careers. we'll start at india. this is changing the way many
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work and how people get involved in writing blogs for fun. some are managing to make a living from it as long as they choose a topic that gets a big enough audience. >> hey everyone. >> every week they chat with celebrities and ask them pretty much anything. she's not a tv presenter. this isn't a tv show. it's a google hangout, live event to broadcast across the internet and spin off from her job as one of the most famous bloggers. her news and gossip mainly about the world of show business especially bollywood started six years ago. she decided to go full time in 2011. now there's so much web traffic she has a small team of people working for her. >> if you want to be a good blogger, your passion should be for your art and blog.
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you can't start a blog saying i'll blog about this and make all sorts of money. there has to be depth and content to it. >> millions of bloggers all over the world write about pretty much anything you can imagine from the latest fashion friends to technology and tattoos. some try to make money by advertisements on their blog. the reality is that relatively few bloggers make good money out of it. not that it stops people from trying every week. you'll find colorful streets of mumbai getting her photographs taken in different outfits for her fashion blog. she's been doing this almost a year. even though her blog gets 10,000 visits every month she can't make a living from it. >> this thing i don't have enough comments on my blog
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section. they won't pay for views. not a single money out of my job. >> back in the office, she is busy discussing ideas with her team. right now only about 20% of ind indiain indians are internet users. while online trends are changing, expect plenty people here to launch blogs about subjects they're passionate about even if that remains a struggle. >> how much money is she making? if you know in india, tweet me. let's touch on other stories making headlines around the world. the meat scandal in china. all products produced from the unit are pull ed from the marketplace. the tv station said the shanghai plant had repackaged old beef
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and chicken with new expiration dates. great. they supply meat to mcdonald's big macs and quarter pounders. shinzo abe wrapped up the latin american tour. after making energy deals in mexico, mr. abe will join columbia, chile and brazil for meetings. that's it with the business. follow me on twitter. tweet me @bbc aaron. >> i can tell from your tan this is familiar to you. >> it was close. >> many have been heading off to holidays for their place of choice. what other tourism hot spots around the world and who are the biggest spenders? i wonder if aaron is one?
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let's take a look. >> last year we made over 1 billion trips a broad. >> with more people on the move than ever before. >> where are we all going? >> the most popular region is europe. >> drawing in over half the world's tourism. >> that's more visitors than the population of the region itself. >> in 2012, france alone hosted 83 million visitors making it the world's top destination. >> how do we define tourists? >> although holiday makers make more than half all journeys -- >> many others travel to france to see relatives and for health and religious regions. >> a good chunk is business trips. >> in the last year, this mammoth industry generated an estimated $1.4 trillion across the globe.
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>> that is $3.8 billion everyday. >> and the biggest spenders, the chinese. >> parting with a record $129 billion around the world. overwhelmingly chinese tourist stayed fairly close to home. >> helping them become 2013 most visited city in the first asian city to grab the top spot. >> 2014 marks 100 years since the dawn of commercial aviation. in 2013, over 3 billion passengers were flying international or domestic flights. it took more than 36 million flights to carry. >> where will you be planning your next holiday? three weeks and counting
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i'm lucy hockings. the top story this is hour. 110 have been killed in heavy fighting. the israel military has carried out rocket fire on gaza after both sides reject the immediate call for cease fire. let's talk about dinosaurs.
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they were wiped out when at their most vulnerable according to a study. this study brought together 11 leading dinosaur experts from uk, u.s. and canada to assess the latest research on the extension of dinosaurs 66 million years ago. let's talk about it now with the dinosaur expert at natural history museum. thank you for being with us. i like the sound of dinosaurs being vulnerable. how are monstrous creatures vulnerable? >> these gigantic animals were suddenly wiped out. we see the period when dinosaurs go, theres a set of circumstances probably stressing them. environmental changes dealing with the climate, volcanos sending gas into the atmosphere changing plants and air they
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lived in. just about coping with it. then out of the sky comes a huge lump of rock. >> this asteroid hit a few million years earlier or later, they may have survived? . it's plausible. lots of different types all over the world, very successful with huge numbers of animals doing everything from being the size of a sparrow to 100 tons looking over the top of your house. little bit later, different environmental changes come in. looks like they're starting to play with dinosaurs and then this straw that broke the camel's back. big rocks from space come in and finishes them off. >> do some survive? >> not all did die out immediately. we have dinosaurs with us today. the birds are nothing more than small feathered meat eating dinosaurs. one particularly group of dinosaurs did get through. we don't think of them as dinosaurs because they don't have the horns, big, sharp
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pointy teeth. >> we had the eco logical leash at the time. did that allow mammals to move in after that and flourish? >> that's right. roles in eco systems previously filled by dinosaurs become vacant. it allowed mammals to start taking over, get larger in size and explore ways of life. >> we survive now because of e thes astro -- the asteroid? >> yes. we also have new techniques for looking into dinosaurs. boring techniques from medicine and engineering to get an idea of what they were like as living animals. >> thank you for joining us from the national history museum.
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a quick reminder of our top story, no sign of the conflict in gaza coming to an end. the rocket fire continues from both sides. we'll have the story throughout the day on bbc. from me lucy hockings and the team on "gmt," we'll see you later. ♪ find yourself. in an accomodation where you get to do whatever it is that you love to do! ♪ booking.com
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