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this is bbc news. the headlines: the usjustice department has released the legal evidence used to justify the unprecedented search of donald trump's florida home. large parts of the affidavit were blacked out to protect witnesses and the integrity of the ongoing investigation. mr trump has called the operation a witch—hunt. the authorities in pakistan have issued emergency warnings of severe flooding in the north—west of the country as the heaviest monsoon rains in decades continue. near the city of quetta, homes, railway tracks and road bridges have been washed away. stock markets in the us ended the week sharply down following tough comments by the head of the central bank. the federal reserve chairman warned that controlling inflation was the key to combating the fastest rise in prices in nearly four decades, but said it would be painful.
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those are your latest headlines. now on bbc news, the travel show. each day, before the sun rises in northern chile's atacama desert, people venture up and up. across bumpy terrain to where the altitude is high enough to make you lightheaded. the air is thin and even in summer, the temperatures are near freezing. summer, the temperatures are nearfreezing. so, these are one of the main draws for tourists coming here to the atacama desert. an incredible place, it is the largest kaiser field in the largest ——
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southern hemisphere and here in the andes mountains, over 4000 metres, it is the highest the world. but what i find especially incredible is that we are in the atacama desert. i'm sure you've heard of it. the driest place on earth. but i'm notjust in chile sightseeing, i've come because bubbling up in this country has been an appetite for change. 30 years on from the era shaped by dictator augusto pinochet, many here still want change and in 2019, millions took to the streets, angry at inequality and poor public services. but by 2020, there were celebrations. a once in a generation rewrite of their constitution was voted for. i visited as the finishing touches were being put on the new draft, which voted in next
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week's supporters say will bolster public services, give environmental protections and recognition to chile's indigenous communities the first time. —— for the first time. i wanted to see for myself some of the ways that the country is changing as it considers reshaping not only its constitution but also, its fundamental identity. which is why 18 hours later, i find myself in the middle of the desert as night presses in. so, it's 11:30pm and ifeel like i am in the middle of nowhere and i'm not quite sure what i'm getting myself into. the new constitution will also
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enshrine individuals�*s rights to water. a precious resource in the country suffering droughts and something crucial for the indigenous community of the atacamenos. this ceremony brings together members of the atacamenos indigenous people, who live around northern chile, and have around northern chile, and have a deep respect for nature, having adapted to life around the desert. they've given us special permission to come along.
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and so emotional about this ceremony. ifeel really ceremony. i feel really privileged ceremony. ifeel really privileged that we were able to be invited to something like this. you can still hear the drums in the background. it's after four in the morning. drums in the background. it's afterfour in the morning. i believe them to it. —— i might leave them to it. but a community rooted in tradition has been rubbing up against a world evolving at pace. like at the nearby town of san pedro de atacama which has expanded significantly over the last two decades due to tourism. 0k, look at these. there is a restaurant here, there is a tour operator there, a cute little gift shop and a store selling hiking boots over there, buskers on the street, hotels with all of their swimming pools. this is a town thatjust swimming pools. this is a town
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that just revolves around tourism. i cannot imagine how much water that uses up. 0utside much water that uses up. outside of the town, here in this hostile, barren desert, there is not much that grows. but still, techniques passed down by the indigenous people allowed them to live here in harmony with nature. i wanted to catch up with rosa, the water bearer from last my�*s ceremony, to find out a little more about how their position in the modern world here is changing. rosa, how is it so green here? this is crazy! it’s green here? this is crazy! it's like magic. — green here? this is crazy! it�*s like magic, thanks to the water. the idea is we respect the cycle. in winter, mother earth rests.— earth rests. some of the techniques _ earth rests. some of the techniques you - earth rests. some of the techniques you use - earth rests. some of the i techniques you use ancient atacamenos methods like irrigation channels, which
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allow these plants to be watered sparingly, just once a month. watered sparingly, 'ust once a month. ., ., , , ., . month. the idea of this pro'ect teachers to fl month. the idea of this pro'ect teachers to the i month. the idea of this pro'ect teachers to the world i month. the idea of this pro'ect teachers to the world how h teachers to the world how important it is to preserve and protect the mother earth. when you come to the desert, not only is the landscape and picture, it's introducing an understanding how to live the local people, how important is the water. and we can live and we can protect the wildlife too. ., ., , too. there are other big changes _ too. there are other big changes afoot _ too. there are other big changes afoot for - too. there are other big changes afoot for the i too. there are other big . changes afoot for the wider community here. can you talk me through what this will mean for your people? through what this will mean for your maple?— through what this will mean for your people?— your people? while this is a aood your people? while this is a good opportunity _ your people? while this is a good opportunity to - your people? while this is a l good opportunity to recognise the indigenous people in chile, in the constitution, we have other concepts for life and thatis other concepts for life and that is very important because they give more tools for
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protect the area, especially the water. protect the area, especially the water-— the water. recognition is beginning _ the water. recognition is beginning to _ the water. recognition is beginning to take - the water. recognition is beginning to take shape. j the water. recognition is - beginning to take shape. some tourist sites, like the geysers, are now comanaged by the indigenous community, allowing them to take an active role in their changing world. but the atacamenos were not the first indigenous people to call chile home. i left rosa and headed further up the coast to arica. between 7000 and 1500 bc, the hunter gatherer ginger opeople lived here and developed complex mummification practices which have a standard 21st century researchers —— chinchorro. last year chinchorro. last year chinchorro culture was officially recognised by unesco, who placed it on the world heritage list. but despite this, the chinchorro still have not entirely caught the public�*s imagination. the
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small fishing village of cullity camarones is the closest town to one of the world's top sites where the chinchorro mummies have been found. but here, chinchorro enthusiasts will find little more than a themed restaurant and some statues. so before we came here, some people said we could see the mummies in the ground and some said you could not, so i'm not sure what we would find but while we were having lunch, we got talking to the guy who runs the place and he says he can show us some mummies in the ground, and its two minutes down the road, so we're our way. ——so we are on our way. currently, the mummies buried in the ground are being left there by archaeologists for their protection. 0k. left there by archaeologists fortheir protection. 0k. here? and as we approach, we take
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there are thought to be thousands of mummies still in these hills and evidence of the chinchorro is scattered all around the area. behind the scenes of the san miguel supper museum, the careful study and preservation of the majority of the chinchorro mummies takes place. there's so many mummies here, vivian! how many?- place. there's so many mummies here, vivian! how many? yes, we have about _ here, vivian! how many? yes, we have about 70 _ here, vivian! how many? yes, we have about 70 mummies, - have about 70 mummies, chinchorro mummies, in this store. let me tell you in... let me show you one now. it’s let me show you one now. it's uuite let me show you one now. it's quite small- — let me show you one now. it's quite small. what can you tell me about this mummy?
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do you know what i find really amazing is that i had never even heard of the chinchorro mummies untili even heard of the chinchorro mummies until i came to chile. this is crazy because they are the old mummies in the world and everyone of course has heard of the egyptian mummies but not the chinchorro mummies. so i get the feeling that things here are slowly changing and may be in the future they will get the recognition that they deserve. along with his renewed appreciation of ancient chilean culture, there is also a greater focus forming on the stunning and unique landscapes and wildlife that you will find here. i headed south to patagonia's new route of parks.
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here, the parts arejoined together to create a huge network of wild areas to explore, an area the size of switzerland. it has been one outcome from the largest private land a nation in history to create a conservation project on a vast scale. myjourney to its heart takes me six hours in a 4—wheel—drive. so, we have blown a tire, and as you can see behind me, the road is pretty rough. we had one of these huge potholes and i guess thatis these huge potholes and i guess that is part of the story of tourism here. infrastructure is still a work in progress. fortunately all the locals are being super helpful. truth philanthropists, the route of parks was one project in chile and argentinian patagonia. 0ver and argentinian patagonia. over the course of 30 years, doug,
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chris and the tompkins conversation organisation or 2 million acres of land across chile and argentina. i million acres of land across chile and argentina.- million acres of land across chile and argentina. i am very roud of chile and argentina. i am very proud of what _ chile and argentina. i am very proud of what we _ chile and argentina. i am very proud of what we do - chile and argentina. i am very proud of what we do because l proud of what we do because every hectare we have ever purchased was right back to the people of the country. if you want to conserve a territory and bring back species who have gone toward a point where their numbers are quite low, you have two, a, consult the geniuses of the place who are the people who have lived here for a very long time, because we are coming in and we don't really know that much about how these areas function, and they do. but chilean gaucho traditionally is a horseman skilled at protecting cattle and sometimes hunting creditors. but this gaucho now
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the 70s or 80s that you have on your roof. but it seems to be doing the job. your roof. but it seems to be doing thejob. 0h, yep. i can hear it. 99% of the original population are thought to have been lost, placing the breed on the endangered list. with don daniel's help, we soon spotted something in the distance. gosh, look at don daniel go. so, we have actually found the deer. can you see him in the distance? he isjust sitting there in the grass and he is quite well camouflaged. we moved for a closer look and quickly see that there are in
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an hour, and here we are, able to get this close to them. doug tompkins sally never saw his plan finalised as he passed away in 2015. abs, his plan finalised as he passed away in 2015— away in 2015. a good friend of mine from _ away in 2015. a good friend of mine from new _ away in 2015. a good friend of mine from new york - away in 2015. a good friend of mine from new york city - away in 2015. a good friend of| mine from new york city wrote to me just a few days after he died and she said, look, you have a choice here. it can be the long—suffering widow or you can get out of bed and go do these things. and she was right. i had... that was a conscious decision i was going to have to make, and so ijust thought, 0k, to have to make, and so ijust thought, ok, let's go for it. and that is when i started trying to tie up everything, and within two years we had them all donated.— and within two years we had | them all donated.- and and within two years we had them all donated. marga. and that them all donated. wow. and that was a lot of _ them all donated. wow. and that was a lot of work. _ them all donated. wow. and that was a lot of work. and _ them all donated. wow. and that was a lot of work. and i - them all donated. wow. and that was a lot of work. and i think it saved my life. needing to do
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that. ., i it saved my life. needing to do that.- l think _ it saved my life. needing to do that.- i think there - it saved my life. needing to do that.- i think there is - it saved my life. needing to do that.- i think there is a i that. yeah. i think there is a tremendous _ that. yeah. i think there is a tremendous amount - that. yeah. i think there is a tremendous amount of - that. yeah. i think there is a - tremendous amount of enthusiasm in chile right now. young and old. and certainly the environment is one of the big platforms of this new administration. ijust don't think i was expecting what an amazing place of contrast this country is. but at the same time, there is lots bringing it together at the moment. a new focus on the environment and conservation, and ambition to set a new course to the future, treasuring their common heritage and their common land for generations to come.
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hello. we ended the week with some fairly quiet weather, and that's how it's going to continue into the weekend. and, of course, for many of us, it is the august bank holiday weekend. here's the summary — plenty of sunny spells on offer, a few showers too. but it will become breezy, particularly by monday, and really quite cool on the north sea coasts. but at the moment, the weather is quiet. weather systems out at bay in the atlantic. there's a chance that this weather front will brush the north—west of the uk through the course of saturday. but this is what it looks like early hours of saturday — clear spells in many areas bar the odd local shower. temperatures, 15 in london, around 8 degrees in the lowlands of scotland. so here's that weather front, which will brush parts of northern ireland and the western isles
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of scotland, just spits and spots of rain here and there. but i think through the afternoon, sunny spells will give way to showers in a few areas, perhaps the pennines, central england, in the south too. and saturday also sees the notting hill carnival or the return of the notting hill carnival since before covid. so, here, sunny spells in london and a small chance of a shower. 0nto the forecast for sunday, and again, anotherfine day, and i think fine weather for most of northern ireland and the western isles of scotland as well. best temperatures, i think, in south—western parts of the uk, 25 for cardiff, closer to the low 20s there on the north sea coast. now on monday, we are going to see this high pressure strengthening across the uk, and also around it, we'll develop quite a strong breeze blowing off the north sea, which will drag in some low cloud. so from the aberdeenshire coastline, the north—east, all the way to east anglia, possibly the kent coast,
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it may actually turn quite cloudy. in this situation, coastal areas really will be quite chilly. the best of the weather will be out towards the west, and again, the highest temperatures here, perhaps around the mid 20s for cardiff. but if you are in scarborough, for example, it could only be 16 degrees with a keen breeze off the north sea. how about the week ahead? with high pressure in charge, the weather, again, is not looking bad at all. very little rain in the forecast with steady temperatures in the mid 20s in the south, the high teens in the north. have a great weekend.
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good morning, welcome to breakfast with naga munchetty and charlie stayt. 0ur headlines today: fearing for the months ahead. children's charities express serious concern about young people spending winter in cold homes, as energy bills soar. a second man is arrested on suspicion of the murder of 9—year—old 0livia pratt—korbel in liverpool. it has now been five days since 0livia was shot in her own home, and as tribute here continue to pour in the home secretary pledges more funding for merseyside to help take guns off the street.
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