and this lady is known as the voice of the indian ocean.e ravanne, a home—grown instrument. 0n the tiny islet of ile aux aigrettes, mauritius is playing host to a unique conservation project which takes us back to a time five centuries ago before mankind ever set foot here. the ecosystem of an island like mauritius is extremely fragile, and ever since mankind arrived in the 17th century, that ecosystem has been severely disrupted, and that has led to the extinction of some very important species like, for example, the dodo. the dodo lost the ability to fly through evolution because until man brought in predators, they didn't really need to. today the one remaining native mammal to mauritius, the fruit bat, can fly with elegant ease, but it's not a great favourite for some, like fruit growers. so this is the mauritius fruit bat. it is a bat which is unique to mauritius. it can travel for 15 kilometres, 20 kilometres, a0 kilometres in one night. it's like man has got hands, but these hands here have been modified, amazingly, to become a wing.

and this lady is known as the voice of the indian ocean.n instrument. and in this 50th anniversary year of independence, it seems the people of this island have plenty to celebrate. during my time here, i've seen a strong sense of nationhood amongst mauritians, and also realisation that precious wildlife must be protected. this is a relatively prosperous country, breaking free from its complicated and sometimes shameful colonial past. and what's exciting is that right now, its unique cultural identity is still evolving and making it so much more thanjust a high—end holiday hotspot. i'm annita mcveigh live in dublin — the headlines at 11: pope francis has arrived in ireland for the first papal visit in almost a0 years. the pope is expected to be welcomed by around half a million people in dublin. but the visit comes as criticism continues about the catholic church's handling of child abuse by priests. i'll be bringing you all the latest live from dublin. and i'm shaun ley — the other headlines this hour... women in england are to be allowed

going to be under right across from china all the way to spain and to the indian ocean you've got non-state actors like isis and other organizations also challenging the. allies and other regimes as well and i think what really president trump is trying to do is effectively grapple with the same problem. which post cold war president so i've kind of tried to outline which is the whole world environment has changed the big difference i think with president from things he doesn't really look at the idea of enjoyment of building an orderly system or an ordered a rules based system or rather he wants to open it up he wants to loosen it up and he wants to make it more transactional but i think what he's trying to do is say look we've got this big international series of regimes america's been ripped off it's paying too much it's has too many large deficits with everybody and what we're going to do is we're going to flex our nationals and try to read negotiate our position within it and effectively the board and the everybody else. ok.

and so anyone who wants to have influence in the indian ocean region would want. more divs on their side so this is way more diverse and important but survived for. or thousands of years without being involved in any global strategic conflict so i believe that maldives is going to continue to roll people over what is it twelve hundred islands i want to get to those specifics a bit later but let's take us back to arguably the beginning of the most current concerns take us back to the night of february seventh was of the day of every seven twenty twelve and the coup you know you became president what would happen if i was vice president at the time and there was mounting opposition against the president for various reasons economy and political president came in in a coalition together with me and other political parties but this coalition fell apart and so many of the coalition partners turned against him and so the mountain of clashes machine that's not it who's currently trying to get back. there is trying to come back but you know he made a mistake fundamental m

how does developing world nation leader today especially in the indian ocean let alone in it could be of course in the red sea or web so the caribbean managed to pivot between these huge trading blocks which are in effect actually at the moment in the in the global trade war we are caught in between the big powers in the region. india on one side and thailand the other side you know i mean we wish you both india and china were able to you know resolve their differences and not have small countries like motives get caught in between you know i it's very difficult for small countries not just the maldives but also for other developing and small countries in east asia and africa but you know we need the development funds from somewhere and unfortunately in our u.k. or u.s. not providing that kind of. development financing and so many countries not just maldives are being forced to go to china because those funds are available from china and you know when you have a democratic country where people's aspirations you know expectations have suddenly gone up you know the constitution that you

whether the indian ocean remains free open and stable. we have the east coast of africa. we have the island nations in the indian states. and so on. so we see it in a broader framework. i think our policy has been essentially one in which we can work together towards these countries with mutual respect, open up dialogues, create and participate which integrates with each other. there are actually working there, even if you take the various operating forums. whether they are the security forums, the regional forum, whether they are indian ocean association which is trying to create commonalities and bonds and economic prosperity in these countries. we have been engaging now for 25 years, and now -- and 15 years as summit partners. and this was celebrated when we had the honor of inviting and receiving all ten heads of state and government from those countries as chief guests last year. it gets 20% of india's investment. it gets 10% of -- we have 10% of our trade goes there. we have about 6 million people of indian descent living in the regi

in matters was on the other end of the indian ocean and that's what determines whether it defense free, open and stable. with east coast of africa and an island nation's in the indian states and so on and we have the maldives and we see it in a broader framework and we think our policy has been essentially one in which we can work together with mutual respect and open up dialogues and create that participated in that quota which integrates with each other and there are dozens of such working there and if you take the various operating but whether their security like the forms like original portal or whether it's the indian ocean which is trying to create commonalities and bonds and economic prosperity in these countries have been engaging after 25 years. in 15 years as summit partners and this was celebrated when we had the honor of inviting and receiving all ten heads of states and governments from the countries as chief guest for our republic last year. it's 20% of india's investment and get 10% and we have 10% of our trade goes through them and 6 million people of indian descen

the two countries are divided over the chagos islands a former british colony in the indian ocean, whichd is now home to a us airbase. next week mauritius will argue before the united nation's top court — the international court ofjustice — that britain should return the chagos islands. andrew harding sent this report. it's a serene setting for a diplomatic storm. today, the tiny tourist paradise of mauritius is taking on the british government and, against all odds, it may be winning. at stake, the fate of these slivers of land, the chagos islands. legally, they belong to britain. decades ago, the entire population was thrown off the islands by british troops so that the largest atoll, diego garcia, to be converted into a military base for the united states. at the time, mauritius wanted to keep the islands, but it was still a british colony. prime minister harold wilson told a mauritian delegation, the fate of the chagos islands was not negotiable. only one person at that meeting is still alive today to recall wilson's ultimatum to the mauritian people. he told him, "if you don't agree

and out here in the middle of the indian ocean, we're starting to see the results.s a battle for its full independence. but britain's grip is weakening and the hopes of those it exiled so long ago are getting stronger. andrew harding, bbc news, mauritius. we will let you know what happens there. gustav klimt, egon schiele, alfred kubin, just a few of austria's best known painters. now, you can add a new name to the list — yang yang. two minor issues — firstly, she's not technically austrian, and, secondly, she's a panda. as so often when it comes to these kind of stories, the bbc‘s tim allman explains. meet the artist in residence. 18 years old with the deftist of brushstrokes. yang yang is a mistress of the canvas... just as long as she's not feeling too peckish. translation: well, at first, she found the paintbrush very exciting. she pulled it towards her, sniffed it and took a bite, tasted it. it's important only natural materials were used. the paintbrushes are made from bamboo. then she learnt what the paintbrush is for, that pictures can be made from it, and i

and out here in the middle of the indian ocean, we're starting to see the results.n what it sees as a battle for its full independence. but britain's grip is weakening and the hopes of those it exiled so long ago are getting stronger. andrew harding, bbc news, mauritius. we will keep a track of that story and what happens there. let's go back to the main story, is there a new nafta? back to the main story, is there a new nafta ? company back to the main story, is there a new nafta? company has said he's reached a new agreement with mexico ofa reached a new agreement with mexico of a trade deal, we could call it a new nafta if canada was involved and it isa new nafta if canada was involved and it is a three party deal, but it is not. philip cross is an economic analyst, and hejoins us now from ottawa in canada. philip, what does canada think about this, how difficult a position does it put your country in? it's in a lot worse position than at the beginning of these talks. any time a country gets isolated in trade talks, when it appears to be two against one now and t

and this lady is known as the voice of the indian ocean.ealisation that precious wildlife must be protected. this is a relatively prosperous country, breaking free from its complicated and sometimes shameful colonial past. and what's exciting is that right now, its unique cultural identity is still evolving and making it so much more thanjust a high—end holiday hotspot. good morning, welcome to breakfast with rogerjohnson and babita sharma. our headlines today: john mccain, considered to be one of the most influential american politicians of his time, has died at the age of 81. his death has led to tributes from across the political divide. former president barack obama said he was an american hero. the pope says there will be consequences for those who covered up abuse, as he meets victims during his historic visit to ireland. i got the strong impression that no one will be exempted from just penalties. in sport, mo salah sparkles once again to fire liverpool to three

sanctions a strategic waterway links the indian ocean with the gulf a crucial route for energy supplies of oil and liquefied natural gas around nineteen million barrels of petroleum products are transported every day from the arab gulf states to the rest of the world a third of all oil traded at sea passes through the strait any disruption could trigger a major supply issues and unsettle markets i asked a wall street correspondent if a crisis is coming our way. well i would say that depends on how serious iran is on blocking the strait of hormuz they have threatened to close it and that's done that previously and the strait of hormuz as a crucial conduit for global energy supplies and the narrow passage in the persian gulf to send the ten the movement up some thirty to thirty five percent of the world maritimo all trade so now the conflict around iran has gained momentum after the reimpose sanctions so charmed by andrew on the vote are choosing a very strong and bold way year very strong gestures and that could definitely lead to an escalation and u.s. official said the u.s. assesses th

. >> this area has been hit before. 2004 indian ocean earthquake that issued the devastating tsunami appeared. haae there been advances in warning systems to predict earthquakes? cannott -- hwat -- what we cannott discovever, the prece time of n earthquake. forecast -- weis look to see a particular area's earthquake history and say an earthquake of a particular magnitude is possible in he next so many years. with that innormation we can make sure pooulations may be ready and understand what to do when an earthquake of that size comes. what o you make of what we have seen taae place in indonesia? thousands of buildings have been destroyed. wwat was the preparedness from your vantage point of tte area? >> the problem you have in t ths area is that t the earthquakes e quite shalllw. beneath the surface of the earth. when you get a magnitude 7.0 earthquake shallow llke this, you will create a lot of damage however prepared you are. we see now the search and rescue aidation and t the ability of agencies to get food and fresh drinking wwter and things like until structures can be rebuilt.

it links the indian ocean with the gulf. it is the crucial route.average, 19 million barrels of petroleum is transported every day to the rest of the world. almost one third of all oil traded at sea passes through the straight. any disruption could trigger major supply issues. let's go over to sophie on wall street for us tonight. could this spark an oil crisis? sophie: it depends on how serious iran is on blocking the street. they have threatened to close it and they have done it previously. the straight is a crucial conduit or global energies across and the narrow passage in the persian gulf facilitates the movement of 30 to 35% of maritime trade. the conflict around ran has -- around airan. president trump and rouhani are choosing very bold decisions. it could trigger an escalation. the exercise is in response to rhetoric from the u.s. so some say this is rouhani targeting the united states with the newly imposed sanctions and tariffs. >> they have made the threat before. it is a strong bargaining chip that they do have. what is the likelihood th

and out here in the middle of the indian ocean we are starting to see the results.s full independence. but britain's grip is weakening and the hopes of those it exiled so long ago are getting stronger. andrew harding, bbc news, mauritius. just two days after the death of senatorjohn mccain — president trump is facing criticism for not continuing to fly the us flag at half—staff at the white house and elsewhere. it was lowered at the weekend, but raised again today ? far earlier than would normally be the case. from washington, nick bryant reports. washington withoutjohn mccain is a lesser place. he was a human landmark in this city, an american hero whose broken body personified the land of the brave. flags at the us capital remained at half staff in honour of his sacrifice and service. but at the white house where the flag was lowered at the weekend, no such act of ongoing remembrance today. ordinarily when a figure of the stature ofjohn mccain passes away, the us president issues a proclamation, ordering flags to remain at half—mast until the burial. but donald tr

resist across the sands to its new home the indian ocean conservationist. is satisfied with a job well done but back in his office he seems on the money because he immediately sets out on a mission to save another title. young my work involves risking sea turtles that have been caught accidentally by fishermen when you're bored. sea turtles are amazing creatures. they're also an endangered species and if they weren't protected there's a chance i may never even have known about them so my story. kitty has been working with sea turtles for a decade now. before the project started. about all the stuff was. in what turned on them cost total protection is being spearheaded by an organization called local trust. turtles were coming up to nest on the beach here in the what henri national park. a times they would get so people became quite upset about all of that and sort of patrolling the beach at night and that's how the first program started everything back. here. by the local fishermen he drives through the village buying up titles that have become trapped in f

resist across the sands to its new home the indian ocean conservationist. is satisfied with a job well done but. he seems an emergency call immediately sets out on a mission to save another title. young my also an endangered species. if they weren't protected there's a chance i may never even have known about them so my story. security has been working with sea turtles for a decade now. started. all the stuff was. in wartime or on earth and cost total protection is being spearheaded by an organization called local trust. turtles we're coming up to nest on the beach here in the what henri national park. a times they would get so people became quite upset about all of that and sort of patrolling the beach at night and that's how the first program started everything back in the day started. here. by the local fishermen he drives through the village buying up titles that have become trapped in fishing nets each title saved and the fisherman between three dollars to ten dollars depending on size and location the. weight and tugged i'm about are not going to let.

took away the cell phones and cameras and news deploy to diego garcia, a little island in the indian ocean, send up a smoke signal when you solve some problems, we have the talent to solve a lot of stuff, but what happens is you get people who agree on policy, and they say, the politics of this, if we can wait, so what happens is, people put off solving the problem. intellectually, everyone knows the math doesn't work on what we are doing. there are a few people who have convinced themselves that deficits don't matter. there are enough of us who believe math is real. host: you went to school before common core. [laughter] you, i have seen a republican party for a decade much,ashington spends too and this year, we are going to have a $1 trillion deficit. what do you do? rep. davidson: trump had this great message, make america great again. my campaign was much less ambitious. it just said, don't bankrupt america. that's probably the harder task. the path we are on is not sustainable, and for people who have convinced themselves that deficits don't matter, maybe the soviet union believed tha

mauritius may seem isolated in the middle of the indian ocean, but it was actually nicely placed on thes whose forefathers came over from india in the 19th century, but there's a distinctive mauritian accent to the food too. itjust hit me! now, this is a multi—ethnic, multicultural, multilingual, multi—religion country, so hinduism is the majority religion but you've also got christianity, islam, chinese religions, buddhism, it's all here. where are we? we're in a small market that is made up of street vendors. all these people used to be selling everything from clothes, to food to electronic gadgets on the street, but that was illegal so the state gave them some spaces. bonjour. ca va? so this is arthur, he used to be on a street corner in chinatown selling dumplings with his father. so now he's here. chinese—mauritian? yeah. this is the long fish? yes, the long fish. mmm. that is nice. that is really good. how many will years have you working? for myself, after schooling, nearly 50 years. 50 yea rs! the sheer diversity of food is one benefit of the cultural hotpot in mauritius. anothe

many governments had naval forces out there and they're working to clear that golf in indian ocean. of the pirates. and that's internationally recognized mandate. i haven't seen any real evidence of what they're doing. those are the two biggest participants. in south africa in the meeting just finish in south africa last week. they have a lot of economic influence. they're trying to sell them nuclear power. they have economic deals as a lot of mining and diamond operations going on. south africa and russia are very friendly. i would not be surprised if there commercial operations going on. given what we know about the previous government of south africa. they vote will earned reputation for corruption. they are probably using it as well. africa is an expanding area for the russian military. for business communities. the traditional means of influence are the nuclear energy. and the armed sales. and the intelligence and as a result russia can then come in and say that they're doing that and ready to help mediate civil wars. that's the way it is. i think you meant to say that. there i

initiative which is going to be under right across from china all the way to spain and in the indian ocean you've got non-state actors like isis and other organizations also challenging. allies and other regimes as well and i think what really president trump is trying to do is is effectively grapple with the same problem. which host cole or presidents of. to try to outline which is the whole world environment has changed the big difference i think with president from he doesn't really look at the idea. of building an orderly system or ordered a rules based system or rather he wants to open it up you want to loosen it up and he wants to make it more transactional but i think what he's trying to do it's look we've got this big international series of regime it's america's been ripped off it's going to much it's has too many large deficits. and what we're going to do is we're going to let sun nationals and try to read negotiate. and effectively of ordinates everybody else ok not that we the big grown ok although again like i said it looks like it's going back to the great powers of the ninet

many governments have naval forces out there and they are anding to clear the gulf the indian ocean of pirates. that's an internationally recognized mandate. any real evidence of what they are doing in djibouti. the americans and chinese are there. africa, as you know, a meeting just finished in south africa last week. they have a lot of economic influence and are trying to gain more. they are trying to sell them nuclear power. deals andeconomic there are probably a lot of mining and diamond operations. south africa and russia are very friendly. be surprised if there are commercial operations going on that nobody really wants to talk about in public given what we know about the previous government of south africa. mr. zuma has a well-earned reputation for corruption. they are probably using south africa as a base for other political, and may even military intelligence operations. very clear is that africa is an expanding area for the russian military, foreign affairs, and business communities. mozambique, angola, rwanda, and so on. traditional means of influence salesning, energy, arms

sanctions the strategic waterway links the indian ocean with the gulf it's a crucial route for shipping energy supplies of crude oil and liquefied natural gas on the average around nine eighteen million barrels of petroleum products are transported every day from the arab gulf states to the rest of the world almost a third of all oil traded at sea passes through the strait any disruption could trigger a major supply issues and unsettled markets let's go over to sophie szymanski she's on wall street for us tonight so if we could this spock and oil crisis well i would say that depends on how serious iran as i'm blocking the strait of hormuz they have threatened to close it and that's done that previously and the strait of hormuz is the crucial conduit for global energy supplies and a narrow passage in the persian gulf to send its head the movement of some thirty to thirty five percent of the world maritime all three so now the conflict around iran has gained momentum after the reimposed tension fell. through on the most of our choosing a very strong and bold way here very strong gestures

initiative which is going to be on the right across from china all the way to spain and include the indian ocean you've got non-state actors like isis and other organizations also challenging the stabilizing allies and other regimes as well and i think what really present trump is trying to do is effectively grapple with the same problem which post cold war president so i've tried to outline which is the whole world environment has changed the big difference i think with president trumpets he doesn't really look at the idea of enjoyment of building an orderly system or an ordered a rules based system or rather he wants to open it up you want to loosen it up and he wants to make it more transactional so i think what he's trying to do is say look we've got this big international series of regimes america's been ripped off it's paying too much it's has too many large deficits with everybody and what we're going to do is we're going to flex our national sprint and try to read negotiate our position within it and effectively the board and the everybody else. ok. ok again like i said it looks like it'

twist arms because of unpaid knots how does developing world nation leader today especially in the indian ocean let alone and it could be of course in the red sea org website the caribbean managed to pivot between these huge trading blocks which are in effect actually at the moment in the in the global trade war we are caught in between the big powers in the region. india on one side and down the other side you know i mean we wish you both india and china you know able to you know resolve their differences and not have small countries like maldives get caught in between you know it's very difficult for a small country not just the maldives but also for other developing and small countries in east asia and africa but you know we need development funds from somewhere and unfortunately in our u.k. or u.s. not providing that kind of development financing and saw many countries not just maldives are being forced to go to china because those funds are available from china and you know when you have a democratic country where people's aspirations are high you know expectations have suddenly gone up yo

three indian ocean wants to give al crew a firsthand experience of being with the sharks she explains the rules to us as if you begin to take interest in the boat. don't splash when you're into the water she says keep your arms time don't splay your fingers or they'll look like squid. my courage seemed windles when i spy shots near the surface. and eat meat. boston prepares to go in with some apprehension. one thing is i don't know maybe if i'm in the water. but the spirit of aloha the sense of basic trust seem to have rubbed off on him. there are twenty six shocks down there now. and i can only wonder what's going on. in. italy a lot of a chance. to get. a. chance to musters up the courage to dive down with the ocean. to hear what. they. were still there this is. the first thing is. to spend time with in that is you know the building and then with all the science that it went into burning up and going into a manage a way that actually streaming important to the oceans and i think a lot of people miss that a lot of people just think john was in t. been like what you usually see in the