this is bbc news. the headlines: western leaders are warning president putin not to annex parts of ukraine as officials in russian—held areas of the country said they would be holding referendums on becoming part of russia. a chorus of leaders at the un general assembly said such ballots would be a sham. in iran, three people have died in protests which have followed the death in custody of a woman who was arrested by the morality police. the authorities say 22—year—old mahsa amini died of natural causes but her family says she was attacked by the police. hurricane fiona is continuing to lash parts of the turks and caicos islands in the caribbean with strong winds and heavy rain.

officials have warned of life—threatening flooding. there have been gusts of up to 185km/h and reports of power outages on five of the islands. now on bbc news, the travel show: life in london is slowly returning to normal after the funeral of queen elizabeth on monday. parks are really turning to open after two weeks and flags are again at full mast but normal business is resuming. for king charles and the royal family it is time away to take some time away from the glare. in the peace and beauty of the countryside,

king charles iii will escape the glare of the last week and he will be working here, viewing government papers and taking phone calls of condolences. across the uk, flags are now returning to full mast as national mourning is now over. the country adjusts to the new head of state. the grandeur and precision of the funeral yesterday was an intense experience for those directly involved. this lieutenant colonel, in the centre of the screen, lead the gun carriage procession, the significance of what he did is only now thinking in. it significance of what he did is only now thinking in.- only now thinking in. it was the proudest _ only now thinking in. it was the proudest moment - only now thinking in. it was the proudest moment of. only now thinking in. it was| the proudest moment of my only now thinking in. it was - the proudest moment of my love, the proudest moment of my love, the most important duty of my military career and elated to be part of something very big and i've had now moments to reflect on the passing and i

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his first international trip as monarch. at the end of the funeral day, the royal family released this photo of the queen from the early 70s. she was at our moral, where her son now privately grieves. now on bbc news, the travel show: coming up on the travel show. this places a real fiesta! wow! look at this! _ this places a real fiesta! wow! look at this! something - this places a real fiesta! wow! look at this! something so - look at this! something so exhilarating _ look at this! something so exhilarating about - look at this! something so | exhilarating about watching horses _ exhilarating about watching horses running. theme music.

hello and welcome to the travel show. this week, we are taking a breakfrom being on the road to look back at some of our favourite stories from the past three months. this summer has seen record temperatures in london and in other parts of the world. some airlines and airport struggle to be so many of us wanting to travel again and sometimes does seem the price ofjust and sometimes does seem the price of just about and sometimes does seem the price ofjust about everything has gone up. but that has not stopped us from bringing you some of the best travel stories around the world. and we have been joined around the world. and we have beenjoined by new member the team! been joined by new member the team! ., ., ., . team! how do i have so much stuff? how — team! how do i have so much stuff? how will _ team! how do i have so much stuff? how will i _ team! how do i have so much stuff? how will i fit _ team! how do i have so much stuff? how will i fit all - team! how do i have so much stuff? how will i fit all of - stuff? how will i fit all of this? in that tiny little car? backin this? in that tiny little car? back injuly, we welcomed top

travel blogger ava to the team and we spent no time sending her to mexico, to find out more about a simple but effective way of cleaning up the country's waterways, with the help of tourists. this week, i'm in the asian wetlands in the south of mexico, unesco world heritage site and one of the must see destinations. this sprawling network of canals was first built by the aztecs and stretches over 180 kilometres. not surprisingly, the area now attracts masses of tourists every year. check out all of these amazing boats. they are so colourful! i am here to meet carlos, one of the best tour guide is in town. this is not your typical sedate trip along

the river. i was honestly expecting to go on a quiet little boat ride but this place is a real fiesta! we are stuck in a trafficjam of about ten posts, tourist floating. —— tourist floating boats. mariachi band plays singing away from the joyful

chaos, singing awayfrom thejoyful chaos, i singing away from the joyful chaos, i want to to carlos chaos, i want to talk to carlos about life on the canals. that is if i can keep us dry, of course! how important is tourism here? translation: how has the area changed in that time?

this professor has been monitoring the pollution, and it's pretty plain to see why the situation is getting worse. this isn't the most beautiful spotin this isn't the most beautiful spot in mexico city, is it? can you tell me exactlyjust how bad the water is contaminated here? it bad the water is contaminated here? , , here? it is highly contaminated. i here? it is highly - contaminated. pathogens, chemicals, pesticides, hormones and human waste.— chemicals, pesticides, hormones and human waste. maire! yeah, and and human waste. wow! yeah, and we have a lot _ and human waste. wow! yeah, and we have a lot of _ and human waste. wow! yeah, and we have a lot of places _ and human waste. wow! yeah, and we have a lot of places like this. , , ., ., , this. this is not the only area? no. _ this. this is not the only area? no, we _ this. this is not the only

area? no, we have i this. this is not the only area? no, we have a i this. this is not the only | area? no, we have a lot. this. this is not the only i area? no, we have a lot. not only does _ area? no, we have a lot. not only does the _ area? no, we have a lot. not only does the pollution i only does the pollution contaminate the water but the dangerous pathogens can also evaporate into the air and be absorbed into the crops that are grown in the wetlands. the moment you — are grown in the wetlands. the moment you leave _ are grown in the wetlands. the moment you leave behind the super busy boats behind, it felt like you are in a different world. there is so much wildlife and greenery, it is so serene! luckily, my friend, the professor, mayjust have identified a simple but effective solution. in a rather basic looking laboratory in the wetlands, herteam basic looking laboratory in the wetlands, her team have invented a system that produces tiny bubbles, called nano bubbles, that can be pumped into the polluted water. how does the science behind this actually work was yellow yeah, we create the nano bubbles with

the solar energy so the nano bubbles can destroy the contaminants. as well as tackling the pollution, the nano bubbles oxygenate the water, breathing life again into the waterways. and what is even more encouraging is that this simple but effective technology can be used on tracking apathy, so the tourist boats can be part of the solution in the fight against pollution! — as can be used on the tourist boats. they use aim apathy. —— apps. it is amazing to think this piece of technology is cleaning canals as we speak. amazing, hey? what these projects across the

wetlands hopefully show is that with a bit of creativity and collaboration, tourists can play a key role in helping to maintain stunning places like this. and it has got to be good news! that was our new member reporting from mexico. as i was saying before, summer 2022 was one of the hottest on record across many parts of europe. spain and france were just two countries that for devastating forest fires break out as a result. none of them was as widespread as those that affected the greek islands in july 2021 and a year on we sent our reporter to find out how it has been recovering. i have been sent some pictures of the

place we are on the way to now and it looks lovely. looks really lush and green and fertile but i have been told that since the fires hit this whole area it now looks very different and even looking at the window, as far as the eye can see, all you are looking at is burnt trees. it is really sad. this couple work for a tracking company. they used to take tourists on hikes through these once stunning forests. and it looks like our path is blocked. i don't think we can stay on the path.— stay on the path. that is astonishing. _ i remember seeing it from the television, from the news. i remember it on tv. i felt it was fake news.

i couldn't realise this is really happening. i was thinking it can't be true. how much of this area was damaged by the fire? well, in numbers, it was half a million hectares. you can consider it as even bigger than the city of athens. yes. was burnt by the fires? even teams of firefighters from other countries had to come here to support us, bringing planes, helicopters, trucks, in order to try to stop the fire. my next stop on the island is an animal sanctuary. before the fires it was home to horses and donkeys. children could visit for riding lessons.

look at these guys, wow! something so exhilarating and majestic about watching horses run. i had a chance to see the extent of the damage the fires have had on the land here in this area. but now i want to see what sort of impact it's had on the lives around here. what was like before fire? it was a paradise. it was calm. it was a forest, it used to be a forest, with so many trees, green. i can see in your eyes how emotional it is and it must have been a really difficult time. what was it like when the fires were raging here and what did you do? we knew the other villages was completely burnt, so we just say, we look at the place for the last time and we went.

we go. i was thinking, i am gonna get out alive, because everyone was leaving by car and we were on foot with six horses and two donkeys. as the fires raged through the night, the animals broke loose and ran away. we lost them. you lost them? yes, because we were just four people, us two and two friends that came for help, and the others escaped. when it was finally safe to come back, it was with a heavy heart. it was really difficult to come inside this place because all the trees was burnt and down. so there was no entrance, nothing. but they were here, all together. they went away to survive from the fire and then they came back here and theyjust... waiting.

when you are so unhappy, suddenly you are happy. so they are alive, we are alive. that was a year over the truly devastating forest fires. stay with us because still to come on the travel show: we look for ancient roman ruins on spain's mediterranean beaches. i ancient roman ruins on spain's mediterranean beaches.- mediterranean beaches. i can't believe i'm _ mediterranean beaches. i can't believe i'm holding _ mediterranean beaches. i can't believe i'm holding a _ mediterranean beaches. i can't believe i'm holding a piece i mediterranean beaches. i can't believe i'm holding a piece of. believe i'm holding a piece of fury believe i'm holding a piece of jury from thousands of years ago, it's amazing.— jury from thousands of years ago, it's amazing. playing my “unk in ago, it's amazing. playing my junk in hong _ ago, it's amazing. playing my junk in hong kong. _ ago, it's amazing. playing my junk in hong kong. so - ago, it's amazing. playing my junk in hong kong. so many i junk in hong kong. so many rules! the huge sand dunes of

southern spain are some of the largest in europe yet they remain relatively unknown. even amongst the most will explore travellers, with even fewer people aware of the treasures concealed beneath the moving sands. i am concealed beneath the moving sands. iam meeting eddie, a writer and travel journalist who specialises in uncovering hidden places. she is guarding me off the beaten track on a mission to learn more about the living sand dunes of southern stand. where are you taking me? we're the wild weights _ where are you taking me? we're the wild weights you _ where are you taking me? we're the wild weights you are - where are you taking me? we're the wild weights you are beach i the wild weights you are beach and we can see that this is the way because we have noted of each grass here. there are no signs, so it's — i said it was a wild way. i'm definitely glad that eddi's here to show me the way on this one. wow! look at this! there you go, so you've got your desert dune just there.

wow! this is the bolonia sand dune, one of spain's largest sand dunes, standing at over 30 metres high and 200 metres wide, all concealed within the estrecho nature park, one of cadiz�*s most unspoilt and off—the—beaten—track areas. hey, there — we did it! probably the best way to think about this coastline, which is endlessly shifting down the centuries, is as a living sand dune. and now, with climate change, the winds are getting stronger and pushing with them these dunes. so, they're really moving? yeah, exactly. these dunes are being battered by hurricane—force winds, forcing them inland and revealing some remarkable hidden history concealed below. if you think about it in terms of history, this is a melting pot of cultures. you've got africa, you've got europe, you've got all of the mediterranean and then, the travels across the atlantic, and all of those peoples have left their vestiges, their archaeological sites along this coastline,

which have been kept perfectly intact down the millennia. my next stop is cape trafalgar, 60 kilometres down the coast from bolonia, where archaeologists from the university of cadiz have just discovered some remarkable ruins, thanks to these moving sands. so, when you discovered and realised it was a tomb, you must�*ve been preparing to find some bones in here, right? so, the excavation here is very similar to the excavation in egypt tombs and they have preserved very well the bones, so the state of preservation of the tomb, of the bones is excellent. we have found arrowhead. speaks spanish pendant.

she gasps i can't believe i'm holding in my hand a piece of jewellery from thousands of years ago. that is amazing. speaks spanish a bead! uncovering the past in spain. injune we were nothing secret in hong kong, not ancient ruins about clues as to how to win the game marginal. that chinese

test of skill and cunning one—time looked in danger of disappearing because young people that seem more interested in gazing at their smart phones rather than outputting their opponents at the marginal table. as carmen found out, the game is enjoying a resurgence that we send her to pick up some tips. some say the game of margin was invented by confucius himself. others by chinese fishermen around 1,000 years ago. whatever its roots, it is massive in hong kong. it's pretty serious business which is why am trying to keep my voice down but if you can watch a game in progress it's a great way of getting under the skin of the city. the basics are simple. the winner is the first to collect four sets of three and a pair. but it still takes a bit of figuring out. i get confused with the win. it's

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with the people because it's hard to learn at the beginning but when you know how to play the game it's fun and you are addicted, you want to play every night! sometimes people play until very late. you every night! sometimes people play until very late.— play until very late. you are the youngest _ play until very late. you are the youngest person - play until very late. you are the youngest person i've i play until very late. you are i the youngest person i've seen on this trip playing mahjong. why do many young people get into it? ., , ., ~' into it? people more like -la in: into it? people more like playing videogames i into it? people more like playing videogames the i into it? people more like i playing videogames the phone. everyone has their phone, they play their games on the phone. in hong kong we have a problem of lack of space. you need to set up the mahjong table, get for people together and play. it's not easy hong kong because everyone has only small house. it's not the most accessible part of hong kong culture especially for tourists. rules are completed and most policy aren't that welcoming to newcomers. but there are places that'll teach you, like this hostel. surprisingly, i'm finding it really fun.

that's all for this time but join us next week when we have something very special for you. coming up on next week's programme, kristie goes to wendy straits of gibraltar. to find out why the spanish town of terry fey has become the best place to kite surf in europe. best place to kite surf in europe-— best place to kite surf in euroe. ., .,, europe. that was so good! i loved it- _ europe. that was so good! i loved it. n _ europe. that was so good! i loved it. it really _ europe. that was so good! i loved it. it really felt - europe. that was so good! i loved it. it really felt like i loved it. it really felt like being a kid again.- loved it. it really felt like being a kid again. and you're not gonna — being a kid again. and you're not gonna want _ being a kid again. and you're not gonna want to _ being a kid again. and you're not gonna want to miss i being a kid again. and you're not gonna want to miss that. let me assure you. in the meantime, don't forget to follow us on social media. thanks for watching and goodbye.

hello. whist weather conditions have been fairly quiet for us, across the other side of the atlantic we have seen a hurricane has battered parts of puerto rico, the dominican republic and turks and caicos, a first major hurricane with winds gusting over 130 mph. getting close to bermuda, thursday, friday, but could maintain the hurricane status as it slams into the east of canada, aided and abetted by unusually warm sea waters in the north atlantic. instead of spinning towards us, it could head to the arctic, seeing some very warm air there as well. to our shores, rather cool conditions. milder with south—westerly winds developing ahead of the weather front.

it means it's going to take a few days before the warm air gets in because it will be a chilly start to wednesday, six degrees across the south—eastern areas, mist and fog. mildest towards the north and west but here the breeze, cloud and outbreaks of rain. western isles, rain all day long. orkney, shetland, some outbreaks of rain developing as we will see in caithness. to the west of northern ireland it will turn damp late in the day. isolated showers for southern scotland, northern england. most of the uk having a dry day. mist and fog in the south clearing, some cloud through eastern england, sunny spells elsewhere into the afternoon, the best of which are around the coasts, feeling warmer than recent days. temperatures up a degree or so. winds lightest to the south and east on wednesday afternoon. strongest towards the north and west. across the western isles, we could see gale force winds before the day is out. the winds strengthen across the rest of scotland and northern ireland as we go into wednesday night. wednesday night into thursday, outbreaks of rain developing widely. a little bit of a rain shadow so not much rain towards the north—east of scotland. some rain into cumbria and the isle of man. around that rain band,

a pretty mild night, 12—14 degrees, fresher further south. the odd mist and fog patch but a dry and bright start for most on thursday for england and wales. turning cloudy with outbreaks of rain, north—west england, north and west wales through the day. that moving to the south—east of northern ireland and staying that way in the south and east of scotland. but north—western parts of scotland, the rest of northern ireland should brighten up, feeling fresher later on. to the south—east of the rain band, which will be in to west wales by the end of thursday, it's going to be another reasonably mild if not warm day of 21—22 degrees. milder air squeezed gets out as the weather front meanders slowly and erratically to the south—east corridor heading into friday, it could bring rain to cardiff and london, showing up on the capital city forecast. but by the weekend, fresherfor all again, many places will be dry.

this is bbc news. our top stories: separatist leaders in ukraine announce a series of referendums to decide if their regions willjoin russia — western leaders queue up at the un to condemn president putin's invasion. translation: when they are responsible _ for the displacement of vast populations, the idea of organising a referendum in those regions where people have been forced to flee is the very signature of cynicism. exhuming the dead — we report from one city in eastern ukraine where the bodies of civilians are still being unearthed. further protests across iran over the death in custody of a young woman accused of breaking the islamic dress code.