and we'll be looking at why increased snowfall in antarctica is actually a bad thing.ive from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news. it's newsday. good morning. it's 7am here in singapore, midnight in london and 7pm in new york — where the un security council has met in an emergency session to discuss the suspected chemical attack in a rebel—held syrian town. the ambassador from russia, which backs syria, said the use of chemical gas was "not confirmed". the us ambassador called syria's president assad a monster who must be held to account. earlier, president trump said "major decisions" about a response to the attack would be made in the next 48 hours. here's our middle east editor, jeremy bowen. a warning that his report contains some images which you may find distressing. most of the casualties in syria's war were attacked with bullets and high explosive, but chemical weapons are the special horror. this is the aftermath of what witnesses said was a chemical attack, as douma — a town just outside damascus — fell to the regime. we're not showing

i think, as you already mentioned, it's very clear that antarctica is losing mass.ig so that is good news but at the end of the day, the ice sheets are shrinking and contributing to sea level rises so we are trying to understand the two pieces of the puzzle, how much snow falls, and we have to understand the ice losses at the periphery and unfortunately, it's stilljust not enough, the ice sheets are still shrinking. it could be a scene straight out of a hitchcock movie. take a look at this. thousands of noisy corellas — they're a type of white cockatoo — have been terrorising residents in the south australian capital of adelaide, wreaking havoc to street lights, signs and trees in their search for food. the local council in the suburb of playford has tried using everything from drones to pyrotechnics to move them on but has only managed to bring down their numbers by two thirds. for more, let's bring in glenn docherty, the mayor of playford, north of adelaide. why's it been so hard to get rid of them? good morning. it's been a flood of birds in the city of playford,

antarctica is changing. scientists capture the moment that vast chunks of ice break into the ocean., sea levels will rise around the world. so the urgent question is how rapidly the glaciers, the great streams of ice, are moving. satellite pictures already reveal that one of the biggest of them, thwaites, is shedding huge blocks of ice. if the whole lot went, the sea would end up nearly a metre higher. this matters for the millions of people who depend on sea defences to keep them safe, from the thames barrier in london to walls of mud in bangladesh. the key is predicting how fast the sea will rise. we found, definitely, a place that really could uncork the genie, in terms of sea level rise, at a much shorter timescale than has been talked about before. things that would really make it difficult for coastal planners, cities, countries, to react fast enough. this latest research will focus on the western edge of antarctica, where the massive thwaites glacier, one of the largest on the planet, flows into the ocean. now, scientists already know that warm seawater is working its way und

david: antarctica is changing. scientists capture the moment that vast chunks of ice break into the ocean. ththere is so much ice herat even if just some of it melts, sea levels will rise around the world. the urgent question is how rapidly the glaciers, the great screens of ice, are moving. sallite pictures already revealed that one of the biggest is shedding huge blocks of ice. if the whole lot went,d he sea would nearly a meter higher. this matters for the millions of people who depend onea defenses to keep them safe from the thames barrier in london to the walls of mudngladesh. the key is predicting how fast the sea will rise. >> we foundy definitplace that could uncork the genie in veterms of searise at a much smaller timescale then talked about before, things that would make it difficult for coastalrs plannd cities and countries to react fast enough. david: this latest research wilw focus on ttern edge of antarctica, where a massive glacier, one of the largest on the planet, fws into the ocean. scientists alr

and it's the size of britain and melting — scientists gather in antarctica to study one of the world'slaciers. and coming up on bbc news: the fa's technical director, dan ashworth, says england could win the world cup this summer. but while there's no specific target for the team, an early exit would be "disappointing". good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. the new home secretary, sajid javid, has said his most "urgent task" is to help the windrush generation. the former communities secretary has taken over from amber rudd, who resigned late last night for misleading mp's about immigration removal targets after days of criticism over the windrush scandal. the departure of a close ally is a loss to the prime minister, who is coming under renewed attack now from labour. they are calling her the architect of the windrush crisis during her time as home secretary. our political editor, laura kuenssberg, has more. 8.30, off to work. but where's the office? good morning. half an hour later, at 9am, sajid javid took the call that gave the answer. the new home secretary. will you be

a lot of the criminal fishing happens off the antarctica peninsula. because this area is also the main feeding grounds for the wildlife, greenpeace and others have proposed this as an ocean sanctuary. >> swing around and keep up with them, marty. probably abreast like this. >> reporter: frank is a greenpeace veteran. the greenpeace reps have just placed themselves in between the ukrainian vessel and the reefer, hoping to be able to block the transshipment from taking place. there is already a chinese vessel off-loading on the other side. greenpeace makes radio contact with the ukrainians. >> we have no intention of taking control of our vessel. our protest is peaceful. >> reporter: but the greenpeace inflatables are no match. the team speeds out again. >> that rope, that rope. >> reporter: greenpeace believes that protecting the criminal now in this vital region may help save the planet later. >> let go a little bit. >> reporter: it's about preserving the balance of an ecosystem that we are all reliant on for our survival. >> transfer the tank to the

next we are going to turn to antarctica. this is where the thwaites glacier is in antarctica.if it did, it could push up the oceans by 80cm or more. and if sea levels rise here, they rise all around the world. take a look at this timelapse. these are satellite images which shows the thwaites glacier melting. you can see chunks of the glacier breaking off. this project is a massive undertaking. 100 scientists are taking part. i spoke to the bbc science correspondentjonathan amos. it isa it is a big campaign, probably the biggest fear campaign ever undertaken in antarctica, they will ta ke undertaken in antarctica, they will take ships and planes and helicopters —— field campaign. submarines and even sales, they will attach sensors to seals to swim around in this particular part of antarctica, together data and to test the every behaviour of the glacier and to understand precisely what it does and how it will respond toa warming what it does and how it will respond to a warming world. we have computer models that suggest this particular glacier, if it is kicked by more melting,

getting scientists there will involve one of the largest operations ever mounted in antarctica. weather. but if they can help predict the rise of the oceans, they say it's worth it. david shukman, bbc news. a man has died after being swept out to sea in kent, as heavy rain and winds hit parts of the uk. a large—scale rescue operation was launched in ramsgate. two other people were pulled from the water. across england, flood warnings and alerts have been issued by the environment agency, with two areas remaining at immediate risk of flooding in the south east. the government has been defeated in the house of lords on a central part of its brexit legislation the eu withdrawal bill. peers voted by a big majority to give parliament a vote on how to proceed if there is no final brexit deal after a sometimes acrimonious debate. this new clause is thoroughly and fundamentally misconceived. i am afraid it illustrates the length, the appalling lengths to which the die—hard remainers are prepared to go to achieve their aim and i urge your lordships to reject it. lord howard talks about a

he tried to become first person to sail solo around the americas and antarctica in one year. randall reed adventure hasn't turned out exactly as he thought. "today in the bay" speaks to him about when dreams meet reality. >>> dreams are a funny thing. sometimes you chase them no matter where they lead. last fall bay area sail or randall reefs prepared for the journey of a lifetime. >> i'm planning to be the first person to sail around the americas and antarctica solo in one year. >> reporter: in october he set off full of hope and ambition and adventure but two months into the trip near the bottom of south america near cape horn, the smooth winds of change became winds of rage. >> waves were probably 30, 40 feet high. and one of them knocked the boat over completely. >> reporter: though the ocean water destroyed his steering mechanism, he was able to get back on the road so to speak. but not long after in the indian ocean came another whopper of a storm. >> waves picked the boat up and threw it down off of 23-foot height on its side and filled the boat with water. this entire

if all of antarctica's ice melted, worldwide sea levels would rise by about 200 feet. in mexico, immigration auththorities say they're planng to disband a caravan of more than a thousand central american migrants who are bound for the u.s.-mexico border amid a series of threats by president trump against the migrants. in an early morning tweet today, president trump wrote -- "the big caravan of people from honduras, now coming across mexico and heading to our 'weak laws' border, had better be stopped before it gets there." trump's tweet followed a flurry of threats on easter sunday to tear up the north american free trade agreement unless mexico agree to join his crackdown on immigration. on monday, mexico's national institute of immigration told buzzfeed it will allow some migrants, including pregnant women and people with disabilities to remain, while others will be allowed to apply for humanitarian visas. this is georgina garibo, coordinator of the group pueblo -- people without borders. >> migrants should not be abandoned because of some tweets. it is very characte

getting scientists there will involve one of the largest operations ever mounted in antarctica.say it's worth it. david shukman, bbc news. let's talk to andy smith who is a glaciologist with the british atlantic survey — he's in cambridge. thanks forjoining us. we were hearing some details of this extraordinary project, what is the significance of it? the fate of this glacier, it is one of the biggest in antarctic science at the moment, hence the need for this big effort to understand it. but we do know already that it is melting? yes, we do. a few things we do know, it is melting and changing, and we know those changes driven by the ocean offshore and probably linked to atmosphere and climate, what's really difficult about this glacier in the ticket, it's proving very difficult to make good predictions for what it will do in the future —— this glacier in particular. and what will the contribution be from this glacier to the sea level. this is the one that seems to have the biggest potential to give us a scare ina biggest potential to give us a scare in a nasty way in terms of s

germany's antarctica at germany's neumeier station three reported that they had harvested eight pounds of salad greens eighteen cucumber seventy radishes and it was all grown without a lick of dirt sunlight for pesticides the project which you just began on january twenty eighth and is expected to produce another ten pounds of fruit and vegetables along with expansion of crops just in the next few months these innovative hydroponics n l e d lighting developed in this project will give astronauts and travelers the chance to survive and thrive and stay so let us turn of the b. to get corny on the trip to the final frontier a lot of problems level a storm folks look and so when you're the world right now and there's a lot of danger there's a lot of people who want to see a lot of death and dismemberment in this world and that's why it's important to know that you know we are being told we're loved enough so i'm going to tell you i love you because it's important to hear those words right now i am to overthrow i'm top of them all if people are watching those talks of a great pyramid everyb

a remarkable journey, he tried to become the first person to sail solo around the americas and antarctica one year, but randall reeves adventure hasn't turned out exactly as he thought. here's nbc bay area's joe risotto junior. >> reporter: dreams are a funny thing. sometimes you chase them no matter where they lead. last fall, bay area sailor randall reed sailed around san francisco bay planning for the journey of a lifetime. >> i'm planning to be the first person to sail around the americas and antarctica solo in one year. >> reporter: in october, he set off, full of hope, ambition and adventure. but two months into the trip, near the bottom of south america near cape horn, the smooth winds of change became winds of rage. >> waves were probably 30, 40 feet high. and one of them knocked the boat over completely. >> reporter: though the ocean water destroyed reeves' steering mechanism, he was able to get back on the road, so to speak. but not long after in the indian ocean came another whopper of a storm. >> the way it picked the boat up and threw it down, onto its side, broke the grass,

and, as scientists discover increased snowfall in antarctica, what does it mean for global warming?

the uncertainty in antarctica could add another one metre on top.t has been initiated many years ago with policies we have undertaken? well, we haven't undertaken policies for many years around sea—level rise, and the thames barrier is an example. but we hope to be able to inform government and policy makers generally as to what kind of infrastructure they need to think about now in order to put off events that may happen in 50 years' time. thank you for your time. let's go back to the resignation of amber rudd. sajid javad appointed this morning. we have heard from the leader of the labour party, jeremy corbyn, speaking in south london. she had to resign because what she was telling us was not accurate and not correct and she had to go as a result of that. sajid javid is the new home secretary. they have confidence in him being able to sort out the current mess? i'll have confidence in a few makes it very clear that he will deal with the issues amber rudd failed to deal with and the issue of the hostile environment created by her and her predecesso

and we'll be looking at why increased snowfall in antarctica is actually a bad thing.

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antarctica * it sounds like a sci-fi movie. a space station out of control and heading for us.t's expected to happen in the next 24 hours or so. officials say that 8-ton hunk of space junk from china could virtually land anywhere on the planet because no one can accurately calculate where or when it will specifically make reebb tri. bria -- make reentry.reporter: h on earth sometime today or by early monday, according to the european space agency. it predicts it will come down 8:00 p.m. eastern, give or take 2 1/2 hours. scientists don't know when and where it will fall. because it's tumbling and spinning around earth at 17,000 miles an hour. china's first space station stopped responding to the country's commands in 2016. but only recently did scientists get a better idea of where this bus station may land. somewhere over most of of the united states, china, africa, southern europe, australia and south america. russia, canada and north america are out of range. the chance of getting hit by space debris are extremely low. scientists say it will probably crash in water and most

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that is why we are putting all of this effort into antarctica to find out.vy rain and strong winds. through today that is likely to cause some disruption to travel. the potentialfor likely to cause some disruption to travel. the potential for localised flooding in the south—east of england and east anglia. a different picture further west. look at the sunshine and the blue skies in north wales. contrasts around. that is shown on the satellite image. we have a big swell of cloud sitting in southern and south—eastern parts. clearer skies and sunny spells. that is how we looked as he had towards the end of the day. late sunshine in scotland, northern ireland and into wales will stop some of the gusts of wind reaching around 50, 50 five miles an hour particularly around the coast with dixie, 70 millimetres of rain possible. certainly enough to cause a chance of localised flooding. mostly it is dry and clear this evening and overnight. the next area of rain is approaching from the west. in between the two bands of rain it is a chilly night. a bit colder in a few

we tried to find one place where women were safe, so we googled "sexual harassment antarctica" and wewhat should be done next? as we traveled the country, we tried to seek out opinions from every vantage point. seattle to times square. older and younger. >> among older generations, maybe they were just like, keep your head down and put up with it but i think our generation is more, "well wait, why do we have to put up with it?" you know? >> are you looking at me? [ laughter ] >> reporter: i dropped in at "marie claire" magazine because they have tried to tackle a new kind of conversation. editor ann fulenwider. >> we can't risk having men leave the conversation because they're fearful of their careers going down in flames. >> reporter: 13 floors down, "esquire" magazine. editor jay fielden. >> welcome to esquire. it is a men's problem. >> reporter: a number of people in the room seem to think the same things we were hearing across the country -- the next chapter of the movement has to include more men. the legendary cartoonist bob mankoff has an idea -- well, a joke. >> it's a generat

we have found them in the middle of the oceans -- antarctica, the arctic am a frozen in ci's. the deep seafloor sediments. distribution has gone global of the small bits. as big of a grain of rice or smaller. they're everywhere. amy: what is the impact of plastic song human beings? >> on us, you can say it is twofold. the issue of plastics as waste that contaminates other living things, including sash the world depends on, think 16 of the planet if the protein from fish. we are seeing this explosion, these clouds come the smog of foodplastics impacting the chains. and the toxins that stick to plastics are also polluting organisms in that food chain. pre-consumer product, which you might grab off the shelf, we're still finding some synthetic chemistry in those that you don't want in your body or the bodies of your children. disruptors,ine carcinogenic. there's a pre-consumer and the post consumer impact of throwaway plastics on human health. amy: i want to go to another clip from your documentary that you produced on the junk raft project. >> two fifths of the plastic made in t

it spends about seven months a year in antarctica.can plow through solid ice 6 to 10 feet thick. if it hits something thicker -- >> we'll back up about two ship lengths and come ahead again at speed and hit the ice. >> reporter: that's right. it literally rams walls of ice until they break. the captain said all this vibration is like driving on a highway rumble strip 24 hours a day taking a toll on the ship's equipment. >> if we had a catastrophic failure, that would be the biggest risk or unknown. >> reporter: it's a risk because if the polar star ever gets stuck, say one of its massive 16-foot diameter props breaks, there would be no one to come to the rescue and the ship would be frozen until spring. it's lieutenant ross' job to make sure that doesn't happen. >> sometimes we don't have the spare part on board with us, so we'll have to make our own. >> reporter: that's not easy because the ship is more than 40 years old and many of the electronics were built by westinghouse which doesn't even exist anymore. recently they bought thes

on his right say but he's now the fastest marana of bodies polls having set a similar record in antarctica last. ok but for now more lights are london's parliament square has and his statue in for the first time it is a woman that's innocent fawcett who campaigned for six decades for women's right to vote she died in one nine hundred twenty nine one year after voting rights were extended to all lead. that's also may keep it or a tear in jordan's on the other side of the break. the foreign minister. stories of life. and inspiration. a series of short documentaries from around the wilds. that celebrate the human spirit. against the odds. al-jazeera said acts palestinians. from the hills of northern greece the places in turkey where refugees hideouts before trying to cross easy to see the crossing countries means crossing the intimidating everal through a more and more refugees are attempting this route even though they know how dangerous it is even outside the risk of drowning or dying of cold in these huge empty spaces any number of refugees have told us that confessions and forcibly turned

is it click bait, that you are more likely to click on aliens living antarctica than you are somethinghat's real. >> click bait is ann umbrella term to talk about. what we are looking at here is the effect of the recommendation algorithm. >> right. >> so this is basically a recipe that -- >> anybody who uses you tube knows you are looking at something this the main window and down the right there are thing that in theory you would like. >> right, they say to its users, you searched for this, you might like this. kind of of like floirk. you watched sleepless in seattle, you might like the notebook. but here, if you served for nasa you might like to learn how the moon landing was faked. that's concerning. >> people are on you tube a lot. how do you deal with this? how do you protect yourself from getting served non-sense? >> i mean, the first step is awareness. just being aware in a your attention is always being tugged and monetized by this engine that's edging people towards more and more extreme content. and check your sources. use quality content. you know, practice mindfulness. unpl

frostbite on his right say but he's now the fastest marana of both poles having set a similar record in antarctica last ok that's it for now more lights are on the parliament square has a new statue for the first time it's a woman it's nelson fawcett who campaigned for six decades for women's right to vote u.k. prime minister paid tribute to prosecute the ambulance or also died in one nine hundred twenty nine one year after the shooting rights rights tended to all. i would not be standing here today as prime minister no female m.p.'s would have taken their seats in parliament none of us would have had the rights and protections we now enjoy were it's not for one truly great woman day millicent garrett forsett that's all for me for the news hour more news on the other side of the break there. on the twenty seventh of april the leaders of north and south korea will hold a rare into korean summit off the caves of heightened tensions on the peninsula is this the meeting that will pave the way for more dialogue we'll bring you live coverage and analysis here on al-jazeera. the sams in archaeology gradu

on his right ear but is now the fastest more runner at both poles having set a similar record in antarctica last year. ok there is a sport is looking for now let's get back to lauren in london. thanks so much andy london's parliament square has a new statue and for the first time it's a woman it's militant force it you can paint for six decades for women to have the right to vote force that died in one nine hundred twenty nine one year after voting rights were extended to all women from institue reason may pay tribute to her at the unveiling ceremony. i would not be standing here today as prime minister no female m.p.'s would have taken their seats in parliament none of us would have had the rights and protections we now enjoy were it's not for one truly great woman day millicent garrett false it. any time on our web site address that is al-jazeera dot com. that's it for me if this news out of chile mcdonnell will be here in a minute with another full round of the day's news by sorcery. the scene for us where they're on line is american sign in yemen that peace is possible but not. because

these are the southern lights across antarctica. this is a charter flight.hey actually go out and pay to see the northern lights from the airplane. a spiritual experience. i encourage everybody to do so. >> it's gorgeous. thank you. >>> coming up, the mysterious death of a 16-year-old crushed in the backseat of a van. his desperate 911 call raising new questions about police response. >>> and an audience member suing famed illusionist david copperfield. could he be forced to reveal his secrets on the stand? reveal his secrets on the stand? because my body can still make its own insulin. and i take trulicity once a week to activate my body to release it, like it's supposed to. trulicity is not insulin. it comes in a once-weekly, truly easy-to-use pen. and it works 24/7. trulicity is an injection to improve blood sugar in adults with type 2 diabetes when used with diet and exercise. don't use it as the first medicine to treat diabetes, or if you have type 1 diabetes or diabetic ketoacidosis. don't take trulicity if you or your family have medullary thyroid can

everyone above and below this latitude, you're save inant arkn antarctica.ry and you see africa all within the -- i think the question is, can we get a better idea of exactly where? that's a pretty wide space of where this may hit. >> yeah, my experience is that they struggle to pinpoint this kind of stuff with any amount of accuracy. so right now my understanding is it's a 6 to 12 hour window of predictions. if you see a plot with a lot of ground tracks, today at this moment most of them are over the south pacific or africa. >> all right. so if they're lucky maybe they get a good show. if not so lucky, let's hope nothing happens. we'll keep on eye on the story. thank you so much. >> my pleasure. thank you. >> i'm a little nervous. next hour, mike huckabee, matt schlapp and bob goodlatte coming here this send us our photos at fox news.com. we'll be right back. >>> families across our nation gather in homes, churches and synagogues, to light candles and to praise god. on easter sunday we proclaim with joy christ is risen. >> nothing can stop this now. he's go