an american adventurer, victor vescovo, has become the first person to visit the deepest places in allic ocean's molloy trench to a depth of more than three miles. he'd already reached the floors of the pacific, indian, southern and atlantic oceans. andy moore reports. he's already climbed the highest peaks on seven continents. now he's reached the deepest spot in five oceans. five! you put your mind to it and you get the right people working with you, almost anything is possible. the final leg of the five deeps expedition took victor vescovo and his support ship to a location deep inside the arctic circle. his submarine limiting factor went down to a place no human has ever been to before. surface, this is the lf, the lf has landed, the lf has landed at bottom. roger that, we will go for a release. earlier this year, mr vescovo dived to the deepest spot on the planet, the mariana trench in the pacific ocean, nearly 11 kilometres down. his 12 tonne sub has a titanium core especially built to withstand huge pressures. the texan financier has ploughed much of his own wealth into the ende

earlier this year, mr vescovo dived the deepest spot on the planet, the mariana trench in the pacific a titanium core especially built to withstand huge pressures. the texan financier has ploughed much of his own wealth into the endeavour. at bottom! applause it seemed a bit like being on the moon but a wet version of it. there were small craters here and there, there were slight undulations. even at these incredible depths, there was evidence of human activity. this small pyramid—shaped object in the shadow on the right hand side is a plastic bag. but there was also evidence of amazing marine animals, some of them new species. well done, team! unsurprisingly, having explored some of the most inaccessible places on earth, victor vescovo is now setting sights on his next frontier, space. andy moore, bbc news. a true adventurer. in a moment, the weather, but first here's victoria derbyshire with what she's got coming up in her programme at 10.00. is the uk heading into a prescription drugs crisis like the us, one in four british adults is being prescribed potentially addictive drugs and

earlier this year, mr vescovo dived the deepest spot on the planet, the mariana trench in the pacific1 kilometres down. his 12 ton sub has a titanium core especially built to withstand huge pressures. the texan financier has ploughed much of his own wealth into the endeavour. at bottom! applause it seemed a bit like being on the moon but a wet version of it. there were small critters here and there, there were slight undulations. even at these incredible depths, there was evidence of human activity. this small pyramid—shaped object in the shadow on the right hand side is a plastic bag. but there was also evidence of amazing marine animals, some of them new species. well done, team! unsurprisingly, having explored some of the most inaccessible places on earth, victor vescovo is now setting sights on his next frontier, space. andy moore, bbc news. he has seen some things. that is quite difficult to get your head around. five kilometres down. the pressure down there must be incredible. space next. some of us struggle with a decent work—life balance, butjust take a look at this. tight rop

in his finaldive, victor vescovo used a submersible to travel 5.5 kilometers down to the bottom of thehat‘s all. stay with bbc world news. as always, you can find background and analysis on all our top stories on the bbc news website. log on to bbc.com/news or download the bbc news app. now we‘re crossing live to singapore for asia business report. i the iphone goes pro. apple unveils its latest range of devices but will its latest range of devices but will it be enough to beat the competition? battery powered porsche sports cars electric models makes its frankfurt motor show debut. good morning, asia, hello, world. it is a wednesday. glad you could join us for this midweek edition of asia business report. i i‘m rico hizon. we start off with apple because the technology giant has just unveiled its newest devices at its headquarters in california. but this year, the threat of new tariffs loomed over the company‘s product launch event. and even without that, some say apple is not innovating fast enough. to justify its some say apple is not innovating fast enough. tojustify its high price

unsurprisingly, having explored some of the most inaccessible places on earth, victor vescovo is nowmuch of that has cleared away and for many of us it is a fine and dry day. look at the scene here in leicester. that is from one of our weather watchers. similar scenes in east sussex. decent sunny spells here and floppy cumulus cloud in the sky. we keep the fine weather from many parts of england —— fluffy cumulus cloud. we got some rain within n. the winds are strengthening and gusts of a0 to 50 mph later in the west of scotland and some heavy rain. the maximum temperatures this afternoon getting to around 15 to 19 celsius. a degree or so higher than yesterday. 38, the theory of rain is going to move its witness at the eastwards and will become quite patchy into the hours —— early hours of wednesday morning. sting quite windy here, but it is not going to be cold night, temperatures not lower than ten to 12 degrees. on the rain is going to come from the remnants of exotic and durian. it is moving its way northwards to scandinavia ——! hurricane dorian. quite blustery conditions, these

in his finaldive, victor vescovo used a submersible to travel 5.5 kilometers down to the bottom of thec ocean. that's all. stay with bbc world news. now on bbc news, it's hardtalk with stephen sackur. welcome to hardtalk. i'm at stephen sackur. —— i'm stephen sackur. indonesia has big ambitions to be a 21st—century regional superpower. it has the right kind of assets in terms of population, natural resources, and strategic position, but there are clouds on the horizon. not least in west papua, the vast territory incorporated into indonesia after the end of dutch colonial rule. for five decades, jakarta has suppressed a papuan independence movement. in recent months tensions have flared into violence. my guest is benny wenda, exiled leader of the west papuan liberation movement. can he take onjakarta and win? benny wenda, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. last month we saw violent clashes between indonesian security personnel and civilians in west papua. there were a number of deaths, some very serious clashes. now the indonesians say the situation is now calm and order has been restored.

in his finaldive, victor vescovo used a submersible to travel 5.5 kilometers down to the bottom of the

the american adventurer victor vescovo has become the first person to visit the deepest places in alle to the bottom of the arctic ocean's molloy trench — a depth of 5.5km. he'd already reached the floor of the pacific, indian, southern and atlantic oceans. andy moore reports. he has already climbed the highest peaks on seven continents. now he has reached the deepest spot in five oceans. you put your mind to it and you get the right people working with you, almost anything is possible. the final leg of the five deeps expedition took him in his support ship to a location deep inside the arctic circle. his submarine limiting factor went down toa submarine limiting factor went down to a place no human has ever been to before. surface, this is the lf, the lf has landed, the lf has landed, at bottom. roger that, we will go for a release. earlier this year, he dived the deepest spot on the planet, the mariana trench, nearly 11 kilometres down. his 12 time sub— has a call especially built to withstand huge pressures . especially built to withstand huge pressures. does make has a call. he ha

an american adventurer, victor vescovo, has become the first person to visit the deepest places in alle deeps expedition took victor vescovo and his support ship to a location deep inside the arctic circle. his submarine limiting factor went down to a place no human has ever been to before. surface, this is the l., the lf has landed, the lf has landed at bottom. roger that, we will go for a release. earlier this year, mr vescovo dived to the deepest spot on the planet, the mariana trench in the pacific ocean, nearly 11 kilometres down. his 12 tonne sub has a titanium core especially built to withstand huge pressures. the texan financier has ploughed much of his own wealth into the endeavour. at bottom! cheering and applause. it seemed a bit like being on the moon, but a wet version of it. there were small craters here and there, there were slight undulations. even at these incredible depths, there was evidence of human activity. this small pyramid—shaped object in the shadow on the right hand side is a plastic bag. but there was also evidence of amazing marine animals — some of them ne

in his final dive, victor vescovo, used a submersible to travel five—and—a—half kilometres down, to thehed the floor of the pacific, indian, southern and atlantic oceans. which means he will need a new goal. let's talk about climate change — and more specifically, "adaptation". in the context of climate change, this means the way we adapt the way we live to deal with higher temperatures, rising seas, and fiercer storms. this is new report from the global commission on adaptation. you can find the whole thing online if you want to read it. it says that wealthy countries need to invest a $1.8 trillion in the next decade on safeguarding food and water in poorer countries. they argue that will create $7.1 trillion in the global economy. the group behind the report contains 3a leaders from politics, business, and science. and its lead by mircosoft founder bill gates and former un secretary general, ban ki moon. here he is at the report's launch. adaptation can save lives. protect our homes and communities, and safeguard and build a better future for us all. we have a phrase at the global com