despite the hopes of hundreds of onlookers, its condition deteriorated rapidly, and vets from london zoo at teddington lock in south—west london. the minke whale that had become stranded in the river thames was euthanised this evening. animal welfare experts say it was the only way to avoid any more unnecessary suffering. the whale was first seen late yesterday afternoon. it had become stranded on a concrete ramp on richmond lock, around two miles along the river. and a seven—hour rescue operation began. during the night, the whale was towed away so that vets could try and carry out a health check. but it swam free from its harness. today, crowds gathered in teddington, along with the rspca and the rnli, after it was spotted again. for a while, the whale captivated onlookers as it swam by the lock gates. but at around 2:30pm this afternoon, it found itself unable to leave shallow waters by the riverbank. so the whale has become stranded yet again in the shallow waters here and now all efforts are under way to try and set it free. those efforts unfortunately were not enough to free the wh

we won't know what that is, but the pathologist, the vat pathologist at london zoo will do an autopsyy will work out the history of the animal. a captivating site for many over the past 2a hours, but sadly this minke whale was unable to return to the open sea. tim muffett, bbc news. now on bbc news, more than 700 people have been killed by the myanmar military since they seized power three months ago. our world follows a brother and sister now fighting for their future. myanmar is in the grips of an uprising, triggered by a military coup. protesters are demanding a return to democracy. they are met with brutal force. borders are closed, the internet is blocked. the military doesn't want the world to see this. we follow a brother and sister who are part of a generation that briefly experienced democracy. they are now fighting for their future. yangon. myanmar�*s biggest city was opening up after decades of oppressive military rule. bhone and his sister cindy lived through a brief period of democracy. for the last five years, the military has been sharing power with aung san suu kyi's p

we won't know what that is, but the pathologist, the vat pathologist at london zoo will do an autopsyhe past 24 hours, but sadly this minke whale was unable to return to the open sea. tim muffett, bbc news. fulham became the third team to be relegated from the premier league tonight after losing at home to burnley. fulham nowjoin west bromwich albion and sheffield united as the teams going down to the championship. a decision is expected tomorrow on where the champions league final between manchester city and chelsea will be played. it was due to take place in istanbul at the end of the month. but turkey is now on england's travel red list, meaning fans can't travel there. wembley was considered an alternative option but another country has now emerged as the likely venue. 0ur sports correspondent laura scott is at wembley and can tell us more. with 19 days to go until the final between chelsea and manchester city it remains unclear where the match is going to be played. it has been a fraught days of discussion since turkey was added to the uk read less for travel on friday and it now

we won't know what that is, but the pathologist, the vat pathologist at london zoo will do an autopsyhours, but sadly this minke whale was unable to return to the open sea. tim muffett, bbc news. you would have hoped for a happy ending but sorry, not to have been on this occasion. i hope for a happy ending to this story, it is about hanging on for dear life to a bridge. this is in china and it is was left, literally, i mean, he'sjust clinging on, at a bridge when the glass panels across it simply blew away. the wins were very high. he was visiting the structure 100 metres up the good news is he did manage to get back to safety. 0ne good news is he did manage to get back to safety. one of the on—site staff helped him and he was not injured either. that is a snap i am sure he will be holding onto. a reminder of the main story of the bulletin and throughout the day here because at least 20 people are said to have been killed after airstrikes by the israeli government forces, following a series of rocket launchers aimed towardsjerusalem. a aimed towards jerusalem. a number of aimed toward

we won't know what that is, but the pathologist, the vat pathologist at london zoo will do an autopsyhis minke whale was unable to return to the open sea. tim muffett, bbc news. have you ever gone on holiday and taken a bridge photo? you know, the one of you standing in the middle of said bridge, holding onto the side, slightly awkwardly, a marker of your adventurous spirit and relaxed persona? if so — you will be thankful that that's as far as your dealings with a bridge on holiday goes. spare a thought for the man in china was left dangling — yes dangling — from a bridge after some of its glass panels blew away in high winds. he was visiting the 100 meter—high structure in the piyan mountain, in the north—east of the country, when the incident happened. this image — widely shared on social media — shows the man holding on for his life in the middle of the bridge, located in a scenic area near the city of longjing. we are pleased to report he managed to get back to safety himself with the help of on—site staff and was not injured. hello. as yesterday today is shaping up hello. as yes

despite these losses cunningham knew his trip to conquer europe he shipped them to london the traps of the fume and zoos. in london they performed nightly at the crystal palace which was constructed in $1051.00 full of the greatest submission in. june seen by a series of truly bizarre no i'm not sure whether the visitors at that time had enough distance to say to themselves this is a business this is not really real but just acting is full of solution which i don't think that the distance was there and that's a dangerous thing he says to eskimos live. up to england the average new set out an extensive 2 or 3 the old world series has the news of course . just asked not to come in berlin in cardia and some pieces but. the fully visionary and paris with the last survivors were photographed jenny in time beaching you who would both contract to bachelor's as. is the case and billy tan most companion is on. the eyes are really. very shy. and just this wonder where years struck mary mapes compute. the press feeling. logar los lobos teams of his team are going overseas into another world into a spin stripped of

a vet from london zoo euthanised the animal at around 6pm last night. it managed to swim free of its harness and travelled the wrong way along the river until it found itself stranded again. whales have been found on the thames before, but it's rare for a living one to be found so far from home. it could have been ill, it could be sick, separated from the mum, wouldn't be feeding. wouldn't have been feeding. if it was weaned, then maybe it's had a problem actually feeding itself. but something has happened. we won't know what that is, but the pathologists, the vet pathologists at london zoo, will do a necropsy. and they will work out the history of the animal. crowds gathered at teddington lock to show their respects to an animal whose name they did not know. its appearance in the capital was truly remarkable but animal welfare specialists say the young minke whale had been injured and putting it to sleep was the only way to stop unnecessary suffering. sean dilley, bbc news. andy mayo was involved in the rescue operation and joins us now. i appreciate y

record what happened during the pandemic for the next generation, has acquired a special sign from london zood they feel quite personal and intimate. so i hope when i release them into the world, people like them. and then i guess, yeah, i need to get back in and write more for some kind of album that's coming soon. and for more on the airwaves festival, just go to the website on your screen. and listen to bbc radio london from 1030. travel now. the circle line has minor delays, and there's no overground between clapham junction and wandsworth road due to a signal failure. and the limehouse link tunnel has been closed in both directions for safety reasons. now the weather with elizabeth rizzini. hello, good morning. it's a milder start to the day than we saw this time yesterday, many of our temperatures in double figures. there's also quite a bit of cloud around, as well. there's a weather front sitting right out towards the west — it's not giving us any rain, but it is throwing us plenty of cloud, so a cloudier day than we saw yesterday. there will be some breaks emerging, some spells of sun

and was expected to announce that zoos, museums, and gyms could reopen on the 11th of may, but that has now been postponed. >> the u.s. secretary of state is in londonet g7 foreign ministers. the g7 is a gro that solve -- of some of the world's wealthiest countries and this is the first in person meeting the foreign ministers have had in two years. here's mr. blinken the uk's foreign secretary. top of the agenda was china, in particular the way the u.s. handles its diplomacy with beijing. >> it is not our purse to try to ctain china or to hold china down. what we are trying to do is to uphold the international rules based order that our countries have invested so much in over so many decades, to the benefit i would argue not just of our own citizens, but of people around the world, including, by the way, china. >> let's look at the differences between the trump approach to china and the biden approach we are seeing now. >> the biden administration is trying t pursue a more strategic approach when it comes to china. we see more emphasis on upholding values in u.s. foreign policy of the current administration. also more emphasis on strengthening coope

farms and zoos they say that for now pets like these cats are very unlikely to become a risk to their owners. 4000 people no masks no social distancing it seems unthinkable think again london is making it happen the 41st brit awards became the 1st major indoor music events with a live audience in the u.k. capital in over a year the ceremony was part of a government program looking at bringing cultural events back without pandemic restrictions. research could sound so good that 2021 brit awards are music triumphantly returned to the big stage after the coronavirus hiatus and then from 7 audience of mostly essential workers this year's nominees proved they still know how it's done. after being slammed for snubbing female artist in 2022 years brits song women dominate all major categories the power trio little mix made history becoming the 1st all female back to take home the award for best british group. it's not easy being a female in the u.k. pop industry we've seen the wow my dominance of the sexism and you can talk that seeing the power was to. sit down to surround ourselves with strong women and now using our voices more than ever to. the big winner of the night with so

zoo keepers who'd kept it quiet have been detained by police. hello, i'm katty kay in washington, christian fraser is in london.hose of us old enough to remember the two intifadas know how quickly things can spiral beyond control in the middle east. tonight it seems it may be happeneing again. here is the latest. tonight the palestinian militant group hamas has fired some 130 rockets at tel aviv. air raid sirens have sounded in the city, a building was hit and once person killed. an energy pipeline has also been hit and set on fire. the israeli defence force has continued its bombardment of the gaza strip. this evening it targeted a 13—storey residential tower, in gaza city, which later collapsed. the residents had reportedly been warned to evacuate before it was hit. the triggers for this outbreak include heavy—handed israeli policing of palestinians during ramadan and controversial efforts in the israeli courts to evict palestinians from their homes. today there were protests in cities in the west bank, injordan, and in lebanon. the head of the arab league blamed the israeli government for its tolerance of je

zoo wildlife alliance t org. >> coming up, that on the screen is the iconic globe theater in london.ounds] ♪♪ >>> it's one of the world's most famous stages, the globe theater in london where shakes spears' most -- shakespeare's most well-known plays were first performed. there's a project which is called racialized dynamics in his words. one professor tied to the project is arguing in connection with other plays this language is everywhere, the language oval darkness and light, the racial elements. british author douglas murray is here to react. douglas, always love having you on the program, you bring such a voice of reason to an insane time in history and here we arrive at another one of those moments in history. shake spears must be -- shakespeare must be decolonized, explain how it makes any sense whatsoever. >> i can't because it makes none. this is just the latest target of the people who have come out, mainly i have to say from america, people like abraham kennedy who declared everyone must become actively anti-racist, that's what they say, actively anti-racist and decolonize