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future and they will be more intense and we all the skeptics say that these mobile locks in the adriatic sea won't protect venice under either ina is among them he's also angry that the museum money wasn't used to maintain the city's historic buildings. if. you know floods are a problem. but the ships and the cruises are worse because they're causing the foundations of the city to erode and they're endangering the structures and old opal click the route that the future does live from knowing it as well it would make sense to drain the canals on a regular basis and renovate the foundations of this maintenance work hasn't been done for decades. mona campbell seanie is more optimistic about music she hopes that the tests will prove that the mobile look system can run smoothly and silence the critics. block it out this it will be no really satisfying when the residents of venice stay nice and dry the next time there's a serious flood to shore that up as i am not about that it's a. so far the system has only been tested in good weather perhaps it will prove itself when the next flood comes otherw

it is made up of 78 mobile barriers to stop tidal surges from the adriatic sea. syste will not come into full operation for at least another eight teen months. you are watching bbc world news america. still to come how chinatown, vrant new york's most neighborhoods is hurting as icoronavirus takes toll in very different ways. turkeys president hascr sned a that has turned one of -- will turn one 'the countrys most important buildings, hagia sophia, back into a mosque. this follows a court ruling that the blding should not have been turned into a museum. >> it is not a surprise. we hadteen expecting i for some time. there was a lot of political commentary and choreography indicating the decision would go this way. we expecd the announcement to come before the 15th of july, which is the anniversary of the failed coup attempt against president erdogan. there was a widespread expectation that moves loangh prayers be held at hagia sophia that day. we have had a statement fromhe court that the decree made by the turkish cabinet back i1934 under the founder of the moder

made up of 78 mobile barriers, which can be raised in the lagoon to stop tidal surges from the adriatic seather year and a half. the high court in london has been hearing details of arguments between the actorjohnny depp and his ex—wife amber heard. mr depp has been giving evidence for a fourth day in his libel trial. he's suing the sun newspaper for calling him a "wife beater". david sillito was in court. johnny depp and a fourth day of questioning about his turbulent relationship with his former wife amber heard. this case for libel against the publishers of the sun was triggered by an article that described johnny depp as a wife beater. in court, johnny depp was questioned about those alleged assaults. he was shown photographs and texts, all of which amber heard says is evidence she was attacked, and which he says is an elaborate hoax. he was asked about an incident involving a phone in may of 2016. it was put to him... he was shown this photograph and asked... a police officer who was called at the time said her face was, she felt, flushed and red and from crying but there was no sign o

made up of 78 mobile barriers, which can be raised in the lagoon to stop tidal surges from the adriatic sealf. hundreds of people have gathered to pay their respects at the funeral of dame vera lynn, who died last month at the age of 103. the singer's cortege was accompanied by a battle of britain flypast as it travelled through her home village in east sussex. representatives from the royal british legion stood with flags as they waited to honour dame vera. there was also a private service at the crematorium chapel which included music from the royal marines. staying with the battle of britain, it's emerged that a schoolgirl from london had a hand in the raf‘s victory in that aerial fight. she helped to improve the firepower of the airforce's new fighters, the spitfire and the hurricane, which were key to defeating the german luftwaffe. sophie raworth explains. july, 1940, and nazi germany is beginning the first of many bombing raids in what became known as the battle of britain. but the raf‘s pilots managed to fight off the luftwaffe and defend these shores in their spitfires and hurrican