concerning. in antarctica, now working there .ar explorers are successfully conducting research on the sixteenth belarusian expedition, recently scientists completed a multi-day trip to a little-studied part of the continent that... belarusians are studying. scientists visited a remote area with large mountain ranges and conducted research over an area of ​​more than 1.2 km. the group was headed by alexey gaidashov. it consisted of 10 people. in 4 days in the ice desert, the polar explorers covered almost 600 km. to carry out the work, three vehicles of the belarusian-antarctic expedition were used, as well as a russian snow and swamp-going vehicle. our scientists took samples of natural materials and surveyed the area. at the camp site were. if you look at how events are developing in the world, issues of peace in this probably global understanding of peace and security and issues of preserving family values, values, they are probably one of the most difficult priorities, this is how you resolve this issue today , these issues ar

let's now move a little to antarctica.n two presidents gave parting words to our polar explorers, alexey gaidashov, head of the sixteenth belarusian antarctic expedition. alexey , hello, please tell me, well, asking about what you are doing in antarctica is probably stupid, because we really very often see and hear the news that comes from you, that is, i, for example, am surprised at the workload of scientific, which you currently have, plus everything. also this image, well so-called press officer, when you have to give an interview, coming to minsk , while being there, but in fact, these are the most , let’s say, interesting things for the press that you have managed to do recently, so that it would be interesting, let’s say, to the public, the general public, this is definitely a purposeful work of the national academy of sciences and the belarusian antarctic expedition to expand the geography of research in antarctica and strengthen the country’s presence there. we have been in the antarctic treaty system since 2006,

is, of course, surprising. to a hard-to-reach unexplored area of ​​antarctica, that is, this is not people, i always emphasize this, we have purely practical scientific interests, therefore the hike itself, yes, is a very complex event that is worked out in detail, primarily from the point of view of safety and feasibility of carrying it out. details here is yesterday's purely utilitarian thing for you from yesterday's event, what do the russians help us with, what do we help them with? well, this is a long history, since 1955 belarusian specialists have participated in the work of soviet antarctic expeditions, the vostok station as such is not just a point for us. on the map or information from sources that it is very harsh there conditions, our specialists wintered at this station in soviet times, everyone knows that the vostok station is the pole of cold of the earth, but few people know that the lowest temperature on the planet was recorded by our fellow countryman, vladimir karpyuk in 1983, while he was wintering , at the vostok station as a meteorologist, this is a wonderful p

kind of like the morning when you wake up in antarctica. look at this.e made it to the bottom of the world. >> i am not a fan of the cliche, but i've decided i am going to describe this place as alaska on steroids. [ laughter ] >> like when you go to alaska, they say there is the glacier. >> yeah. >> and you come here, glaciers don't have names because there are so many of them. >> there is one there, there, there. >> it's continuous. >> it may be the wildest place as seen on seven continents. and it is a very happy place for ar recovery friedlander, marineocologist with the university of california santa cruz. he fell in love with the ice and these animals over 25 years ago, and has been chasing whales ever since. >> you see something? >> i saw something come out of the water, but i didn't see what. >> there he is right under us. >> oh, yeah! >> oh, my god. >> no way. hello big boy. oh, my god. >> this is a minke, the smallest, steltiest and stinkiest of the baleen whales. as a result, the safest from the whale hunters. algae, they get scrubbed off on l

also going to antarctica is scientist tom jordan.he drone to draw a picture of what's under the ice sheets to help predict how fast they could not. so, the spiky bits in the middle, this is actually a mountain range about the size of the european alps. and, looking around, you can see other areas which look suspiciously smooth. actually, they're not smooth at all — these are gaps in our knowledge, sojust gaps in the map. it'sjust that no—one has ever been there to make these measurements. this drone won't stop the ice melting. but the knowledge it gives us will help us prepare for our planet's future. georgina rannard, bbc news, eryri, north wales. tom reed is one of the engineers and autopilot lead who designed this drone for the british antarctic survey. he told me about its capabilities. it was designed as a cargo aircraft. fundamentally, we intended to put lots of stuff in there and take it for long distances. that lends itself to fitting scientific sensors and payloads in it to carry out this mission on the antarctic survey. obv

better for me, there’s enough cashback for everyone, vtb, together everything will work out, in antarctica 400 m , a fragment of ice 1 million years old was recovered, it is most interesting for scientists, since it was during this period that the climate on earth changed, in this way it will be possible not only to nominate. hypothesis about the causes of these changes, but to predict them in the future, report by evgeniy nipot. a discovery by russian scientists that will help to better understand how the climate has changed and how it will change not only in antarctica, but on the entire planet. such a sample was found in one of kern, extracted from a borehole above lake vostok, where the russian station of the same name is located. the uniqueness of the reservoir, which in size can be compared with half of lake baikal, is that it is located under many kilometers of thickness glacier, growth from above. the so-called atmospheric ice, then begins, one might say, complex relict ice, which goes all the way to the water surface. the ice above the surface of lake vostok, it is 3.5 km, contain

when two presidents, alexander lukashenko and vladimir putin, contacted scientists who work in antarcticavery important here, but we understand perfectly well that this is also a kind of, say, geopolitical statement, because there the interests of superpowers and smaller powers in antarctica and in the arctic are already colliding, in your opinion. what we wanted from the first interaction in science today we saw how this interaction has increased very much, thanks to western sanctions, which are primarily trying to deprive us of scientific technologies, today we are bringing our actions very close in this regard, we are bringing the work of our research centers very close together , with regard to work in antarctica, this... development of technologies, work in general, study, research at low temperatures, this is a very serious experience that is practically possible today. that today this territory needs serious protection, the development of elements security, and here it is the belarusians , who have had good experience since soviet times , have the groundwork, scientific, essentiall

in antarctica , a fragment of ice 1 million years old was recovered from a depth of almost 4.00 m.scientists, since it was during that period... that the climate on earth changed, so it will be possible not only to put forward hypotheses about the causes these changes, but to predict them in the future. report by evgeny nipot. a discovery by russian scientists that will help to better understand how the climate has changed and how it will change not only in antarctica, but on the entire planet. such a sample was found in one of the cores extracted from a borehole above lake vostok, where the russian station of the same name is located. the uniqueness of the reservoir, which in size can be compared with half of lake baikal, is that it is located under a multi-kilometer layer of glacier, the so-called atmospheric ice, further on, one might say, complex and relict ice begins, which goes all the way to the water surface. the ice above the surface of lake vostok, 3.5 km long, contains consistent information about climate over the past more than half a million years. these inclusions of

petersburg scientists brought from an expedition to antarctica ice samples that are a million years old; their study is of great interest to science; they contain not only data on how the climate changed in the past, but will also make it possible to predict the future. dmitry pishchukhin for more details. specialists from the russian antarctic expedition take out the ice block as carefully as possible. from the glacier above lake vostok, this sample is more than 1 million years old, and it contains unique information about climate changes on earth. before us ice kerm obtained from a depth of 3.513 m, we assume that its age is 1 million years, and it carries information about climate changes during this period of time, and after we study it, this data will be included in the climate models and will help us predict climate change in the future. for scientists, ancient age ice. about a million years is of great interest; it was during this period that an increased concentration of carbon dioxide could be observed in the earth’s atmosphere, and presumably during this period on the planet t

we have the latest. 80 years in antarctica — a milestone for the uk's first base on the most remote continentn earth. we have a special report. israel's prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, has ordered his military to devise an evacuation plan for civilians from rafah, as it prepares to take on hamas fighters near gaza's southern border. the white house has warned israel that staging a military offensive in rafah without planning would be a "disaster". in some of his sharpest comments to date, president biden says israel's conduct in gaza had been "over the top." earlier this week, the top us diplomat, antony blinken, left the region without a breakthrough, after israel rejected hamas demands for a ceasefire. gideon levy is an israeli author and columnist for the haaretz newspaper. i asked him if the us concerns would make much of a difference to benjamin netanyahu's plans. no, as long as the us remarks are only remarks or concerns from the us and they are not followed by practical measures, israel will ignore it. in any case, israel learned to ignore advice. if the us wants to prevent the nex

russia has a wide pool of projects to explore antarctica. one of the ten antarctic vostok stations was updated on january 28. president vladimir putin, via videoconference, launched the commissioning of a new wintering complex. according to scientists, this will help take projects to study the mainland to a new level. the vostok station novo-wintering complex has been put into trial operation and a scientific research program has already been prepared. this will be a project of such a comprehensive global scientific research of the entire region around the vostok station, around lake vostok, this will include penetration into the lake, the development of the necessary technologies, our friends from the mining university will do this, this project has already been planned for almost 20 years in advance, we really hope that the government will support us, preliminary results of research on the extracted sample may be known by the end of the year, now a team of scientists is on the way home to st. petersburg, from vostok station they get to...

as tom jordan speaking to me earlier live to antarctica.more rain to come. this is the weather front that's been straddling the uk. that chillier air to the north with showers milder to the south. but you may have noticed behind there's another weather front on the way. so still a continuation of those heavy showers with some hail, some thunder and lightning and gale force winds in the north. a lot of cloud further south as we go through the night. misty and murky over the coast and the hills and bits of drizzle. but the main rain's coming back in later in the night to western scotland and northern ireland. that's really the main player for the next couple of days, particularly for western, central, and southern scotland. we could see a good couple of inches of rain, even at lower levels towards the central belt, but over the hills double that. so, it's likely we'll have some flooding impacts, ithink, with that amount of rain in such a short space of time. but also it's a wetter day for parts of northern england, for northern ireland, cloud

in fact, the presence of a station in antarctica is not only a geopolitical indicator.their own stations in antarctica, seasonal or year-round. including the republic of belarus, and there are literally only a few small countries that have stations in antarctica, the czech republic, bulgaria, the republic of belarus, well, perhaps, is everything, so we have something to be proud of, research began in 2006, we first landed on the land of enderby, eastern antarctica, on the coast of the cosmonaut sea. hopes that a belarusian antarctic station will appear in this region. the fundamental decision to build it was made in 2013, initiated by the national academy of sciences. this initiative was supported by the government, the ministry of natural resources, funding was agreed upon and began in 2015 construction of the station. in fact, it was an experience. which i did not have, or rather, it was a construction procedure, experience that we did not have until now, this is construction, stations, so to speak, from the wheels, assembly of the ship, structures were delivered by h

vote yes on e. >>> when in antarctica, do as the whales do, right?reporter: to be honest, i wasn't sure what kind of tourist i'd meet on a south pole cruise with whale scientists. >> i did it! >> you did it! >> reporter: turns out, this kind. >> come on down. >> okay. >> three, two, one. >> it's much worse than you think. >> steve and carrie were moved to take a very different kind of polar plunge. >> steve, you are a real gentleman, and i love that you always put me first. >> reporter: vowing to stay together in sea sickness and in health. [ cheers and applause ] but on the "ocean endeavor" nature is the main event. and the antarctic peninsula now draws over 100,000 nature lovers a year. more people go through jfk airport in a single day. but all it takes is one invasive virus to upset this pristine ecosystem. so we must disinfect every boot and bag before every excursion. we finally get a chance to go ashore and are greeted by thousands of gentu penguins. >> how can you not love penguins? my little boy is obsessed with penguins. and i'm obsessed wi

part of antarctica are of great interest to science, but the study of an ice core from the depths ofrofessionals. ksenia kolchina about how the competitions went in the far east. some are ahead of the record time, some are only thinking about how not to fall, but they are all skiers, each bravely walking along their own route. they are recognized by their caps, the main trophy of the russian ski track, with the year it was held indicated. always the same and the ski tracks keep everyone. today i will be hosting for the sixteenth time, the sixteenth time since 2008. always hundreds of participants, little snow. winter was in the seaside, but in this area at the kalinovka ski base, 3 hours drive from vladivostok, there are always snowdrifts, each of them will run their own distance today, some a kilometer, some several times more, the ski track is given to very young athletes of respectable age , there is only one rule: warm up well before the start, i liked you, yes, a rarity, a rarity of the seventies, carefully i comment with respect for sports, many of them are already over 70, but

in fact, it is of great value for science, russia has a wide range of projects for the study of antarcticathe ten antarctic vostok stations was updated on january 28. before scientists on their way home to st. petersburg from vostok station get to the coastal progress, and this is almost 1500 km through the antarctic desert, by the way, this year there are especially many penguins at progress, antarctica after all. evgeniy nipotan pogonin, news. alfabank was the first in russia to cancel all commissions for payment transfers. order a free one. debit alpha card , not just profitable, alpha profitable, i help with liver problems, i esncaali forten, tested and ready for action in 24 hours, available on the yandex market, temperature, take effervescent paracetamoleneval, effervescent tablet of acetyl solicylic acid rinival , we trust renival, we choose renival, what are men silent about, that life is out of control? struggles to stop being a man are symptoms of prostatitis. longidaza promotes the breakdown of fibrous tissue and helps eliminate the effects of prostatitis. the recommended course

also going to antarctica is scientist on dominic tom jordan.ominic under the ice sheets, to predict how fast they could melt. the spiky bits in the middle are a mountain range about the side of the european alps. looking around you can see other areas that look suspiciously smooth, actually they are not smooth at all. these are gaps in our knowledge, gaps in the map. it's just that no—one has ever been there to make those measurements. but this code will not stop the ice melting but the knowledge it gives us will help us prepare for our planet's future. georgina runner, bbc news, north wales. thank you for watching a show and we have the latest information and analysis from a correspondence there. am sumi somaskanda in washington. stay with us. hello. cloudy, windy and mild pretty much covers sunday's weather forecast in most parts of the uk. we do have this wriggling weather front which will bring rain for some, particularly in the western side of scotland. but with that front edging a little bit further northwards, it will introduce milder ai

hello from antarctica!ter to penguin counter. it's three months that we've been here in port lockroy and it's going fantastic. i think we're just absolutely loving it still. it's getting used to everything taking a lot longer. just that adjusting to such a different life is what we were doing, first of all, and i think we've completely got into the swing of things now. it feels really special because it feels like we are walking in the footsteps of the people that have come here before us. and in some ways sometimes we compare our lives to how it was here in the 'aos and the '50s. those who set up the first base at port lockroy had the reassuring company of penguins. and that's something that hasn't changed. we've got now more than 2,000 on the island because we have the adults and all the chicks with us. we've got 771 chicks with us. it's very busy around us. the team will return home soon. now a part of the history of this special place, carrying on 80 years of tradition on the coldest continent on earth.

he's mapped antarctica before but now, he needs more data.ct how fast they could melt. so, these spiky bits in the middle, this is actually a mountain range about the size of the european alps and, looking around, you can see other areas which look suspiciously smooth. actually, they're not smooth at all — these are gaps in our knowledge, so gaps in the map. it'sjust that no—one has ever been there to make these measurements. before tom leaves for antarctica, we check in with the base. how's the weather like this season? has it been panning out 0k? for us, really, the weather is everything. we only fly when conditions are conducive to fly. in the winter, we see winds of 70 knots at times, so that's about 75 mph, on the station. the landscape you can see behind me, we'll certainly be flying over there. they'll be carrying out survey work and environmental measurements in that area, and wider afield also. this drone won't stop the ice melting but the knowledge it gives us will help us prepare for our planet's future. georgina rannard, bbc news.

when two presidents, alexander lukashenko and vladimir putin, contacted scientists, who work in antarctica the scientific sphere is very important here, but we understand perfectly well that this is also a kind of, say, geopolitical statement, because there the interests of superpowers and smaller powers in antarctica and in the arctic already collide. the arctic, because now several of the largest states there are laying claim to the arctic shelf. are laying claim to all those minerals that in the foreseeable future will not only be in great demand, but will also become actually accessible. we see how today russia is building a new logistics system, the northern sea route. we see that today this territory needs serious protection and the development of security elements. and here it is precisely the belarusians who have had good experience since soviet times and have the groundwork, scientific, essentially directions. a country in our region that tried to restrain everyone, to find common ground between all forces, between poland and russia, between poland and belarus, between the baltic

also going to antarctica is scientist, tom jordan. what is under the ice sheets, to help predict how fast they could melt. these spiky bits in the middle are a mountain range about the size of the european alps. looking around you can see other areas that look suspiciously smooth, actually they are not smooth at all. these are gaps in our knowledge, gaps in the map. it's just that no—one has ever been there to make those measurements. but this drone will not stop the ice melting but the knowledge it gives us will help us prepare for our planet's future. georgina rannard, bbc news, north wales. in rio dejanerio, street parties kicked off the city's carnival season. dancers and performers dressed in bright, glittering costumes weaved through the santa teresa neighbourhood in a celebration called ceu na teirra or heaven on earth that first started in 2001. it's one of 49 street parties that took place saturday in rio. that is our show at this hour. stay with us here on bbc news. hello. cloudy, windy and mild pretty much covers sunday's w

hello from antarctica!orts ofjobs between them, from postmaster to penguin counter. it's three months that we've been here in port lockroy and it's going fantastic. i think we're just absolutely loving it still. it's getting used to everything taking a lot longer. just that adjusting to such a different life is what we were doing, first of all, and i think we've completely got into the swing of things now. it feels really special because it feels like we are walking in the footsteps of the people that have come here before us. and in some ways sometimes we compare our lives to how it was here in the '40s and the '50s. those who set up the first base at port lockroy had the reassuring company of penguins. and that's something that hasn't changed. we've got now more than 2,000 on the island because we have the adults and all the chicks with us. we've got 771 chicks with us. it's very busy around us. the team will return home soon. now a part of the history of this special place, carrying on 80 years of tradit

any materials from the continental part of antarctica are of great interest to science.ths of the glacier above lake vostok. will allow for a better understanding of the geological structure of the sixth continent. dmitry pishchukhin, alexey sasyrin, dmitry mishchersky, alexandra kalkova, galina orlova and vladimir minyailov, northwestern news bureau. this is the news of what will happen next in our program: israel is preparing for a large-scale operation in rafahi in the south of the gaza strip. in the united states, a private plane crashed onto a highway and caught fire, and north korean resorts opened to russians. more about this and more after the advertisement. see you. "i want you to come back to me, figure out who you are with, your wife or volodya or sklifosovsky, new episodes, we watch on monday on rtr, we go to the doctor , we take up a lot of his time with empty complaints, and we don’t go to the doctor when we seriously need to go, warned. means armed, any remedy has a downside with the most necessary knowledge about health, we dispel myths, help you find out

. >> a norwegian cruise was scheduled to travel around south america, then to paradise bay, antarcticabut after boarding, helen midler says the itinerary changed and we are not going anywhere near mainland antarctica, which is what we paid for. officials say new regulations lions due to whales in the area forced the change. >> it's been largely a disappoint moment. um, in terms of not knowing where we're going , norwegian saying while we tried to maintain original itineraries as much as possible at times modifications are made to optimize the itinerary or to accommodate certain circumstances back in december, passengers on a different cruise were outraged when. instead of going to the bahamas, they turned north and went to canada instead because of a storm. >> it is 40 degrees. >> experts say. it's a good reminder cruise lines can change your itinerary for a variety of reasons. >> we always recommend that passengers read their cruise contract carefully. also we recommend working with people like travel advisors who can serve as your advocate for you in case something goes wrong on one

he's mapped antarctica before but now, he needs more data.een there to make these measurements. before tom leaves for antarctica, we check in with the base. how's the weather like this season? has it been panning out ok? for us, really, the weather is everything. we only fly when conditions are conducive to fly. in the winter, we see winds of 70 knots at times, so that's about 75 mph, on the station. the landscape you can see behind me, we'll certainly be flying over there. they'll be carrying out survey work and environmental measurements in that area, and wider afield also. this drone won't stop the ice melting but the knowledge it gives us will help us prepare for our planet's future. georgina rannard, bbc news. eryri, north wales. now, with clutch of oscar and bafta nominations, poorthings now, with clutch of oscar and bafta nominations, poor things is in the spotlight. this is bella. a sexually charged coming of age fairytale that riffs on frankenstein. poor things sees emma stone as bella baxter, a woman brought back from the dead using

, i don’t know, you look, americans are generally a great people, they took a penguin from antarcticaenough moscot of the democratic party now works for them as vice president of the united states, how andrei’s favorite laughs, yes, good, but this is typical, you know, yes, who moscots are, probably , yes, that is, well, this is a typical ass , no, well , of course you can joke about this, maybe... after all, these westerners are raising the stakes, they know macron is there, this is a trial balloon, the americans ordered, he just macron is just an insignificant idiot who is trying at any cost to divert attention from the problems at home, no, well, there was also this one, a man ran away from the exhibition when he was almost torn into a bunch of small macrons, although it would be much better to tear it smaller, his own was remembered by saakashvili from gal, yes, yes, well, he has a government that takes care of everything there. so an attempt to scare russia so that it would negotiate there, to compromise, alarms me, but what an attempt to scare russia, what are we, let’s tear hal

carries information about climate changes during this period of time and after we... about how antarctica information about the subsoil, about what is hidden, about possible prospects, including the geological structure, including some mineral reserves. subglacial lake vostok, one of the largest on earth, was discovered at the end of the 2nd century in antarctica, in the area russian antarctic station. today, this is the least studied place on the planet; for several million years, the lake vostok ecosystem has been isolated from external influences. ice will be clear after research on what secrets do ancient samples hold ? isotopic analyses, it is impossible to carry them out in antarctic conditions, so scientists are waiting for more correct data after studying climate change in the laboratory in st. petersburg. in the near future, samples will arrive at the scientific laboratory. institute the arctic and antarctic, any materials from the continental part of antarctica are of great interest to science, and the study of an ice core from the depths of the glacier above lake vostok will al

when two presidents, alexander lukashenko and vladimir putin, contacted scientists who work in antarcticaentific sphere is very important here, but we understand perfectly well that this is also a kind of, say, geopolitical statement, because there the interests of the superpowers and smaller powers in antarctica and the arctic are already colliding. the helsinki project, to argue, helsinki 2, we have no shortage of initiatives or people who could implement all this, so the question of leadership in the future, i think that it will not be questioned, let’s go back to history a little, yes, both leaders were present in st. petersburg at the eightieth anniversary of the liberation of leningrad from the fascist blockade, great attention was also paid to the event and it is clear that for many people personally, this is his hometown. why do you think it is important to hold such large-scale events, why is it important to remind us of what happened in those years? i think that’s the main thing for us. we will be celebrating july 3, this is a very important moment, a reminder that the people wh

. >> reporter: in antarctica, a continent with almost no humans, he hunts for man made pollutants, namely microplastics which have if filtrated what should be one of the best preserved ecosystems on earth. >> translator: we are polluting the waters of antarctica, a continent at this moment we call the heart of the planet. we are connaminating it with microplastics. >> reporter: the marine biologist uses a net to seive water. things we'd hope not to see in our oceans or food, but it might be inevitable. the u.n. says we produce more than 430 million tons of plastic worldwide every year with an estimated 200 million tons in our oceans right now. new zealand researchers first found microplastics in the antarctic snow in 2019. now this team is tracking for more. >> translator: moy croplastics themselves a pollutant. it's namaterial not natural. the sea does not produce plastic. plastic is produced by human beings. and if we find microplastics here is because somehow in whatever form, it arrived here. >> reporter: researchers say these tiny pollutants could be traveling via ocean currents, the

i'm just telling this on all continents, by the way, including antarctica, including antarctica, so itill be february 24 of the 24th year on all these continents, and and we know about it, we know that there is a lot in europe, in the united states, i did not know about the antarctic, we do not know what is happening in the russian federation, by the way, this is quite interesting, just one of my questions would be to mr. pavlo. i understand that you can't talk about it out loud, because they will be immediately arrested, put in jail and killed, we know that putin has already let go completely and is simply killing his political opponents of all kinds, even those who are not very big, not very cause or can cause some danger to existence his regime, so it is definitely difficult before the eyes of death, but... it is very interesting that there may be some underground moments, maybe some ukrainians in russia are pasted up, as during the time when ukrainians, during the second world war, also distributed some leaflets, they were doing something , they were somehow showing resistance , th

our polar explorers are successfully conducting research in antarctica. belarusian expedition is working there. scientists recently completed a multi-day trek to a little-studied part of the continent. what do belarusians study there? scientists we visited remote areas with large mountain ranges and conducted research on an area of ​​more than 1.2 km. the group was headed by alexey gaidashov. it included . in their good deeds, because the organization is not only rapidly gaining some momentum today, but in organizing events, first of all, of course, all these events are worth more. degree of such a charitable nature, but i would like to note that we are growing significantly every year in numbers, yes, there are a lot of women today who want to join organization, not just to join, but to be useful to society, to really unite, and the most important thing is that all the projects that we initiate today are supported, they start very successfully and are completed, and you know, there are already even those that we. .. that we are really interesting, there

and british scientists and engineers arrive in antarctica to test a new drone that will help forecastt of climate change. hello, this is bbc news, i'm lukwesa burak. we start in belfast on a historic day, as a devolved government has been restored in northern ireland, with its first irish nationalist leader. michelle o'neill has been elected first minister of the devolved government. her party, sinn fein, hopes to one day unite northern ireland with the republic of ireland. sinn fein became the biggest party during elections two years ago. it is also two years to the day that the assembly at stormont last met after the main unionist party, the democratic unionists, walked out of the power—sharing agreement over post brexit trading rules. our political editor, chris mason, reports from belfast. good morning, stormont! stormont sits back up and running today, we've been running the past two years. limbering up and under way — park runners here first thing pounding around the stormont estate. and the politicians are back, too. whoo! and it's notjust you guys rattling around here now. no,

antarctica, which is why the north pole is not quite a continent.rents, namely the hallstream, it condemns not only the north pole, but also the entire arctic ocean, makes it warmer, not the main reason, they put forward their third, the first, as far as i understand, there is no land there, metric, well what, what is the earth, why is it i asked him why the continent of antarctica is there , but it’s not just a continent, there it ’s a serious continent under... sort of mountains, i won’t torment him further, because there were two reasons somehow indirectly sounded, i read the correct answer, but you decide it's a medal or an order, the north pole is in the middle of the ocean, the ocean acts as a heat store of course, not in the center of the continent like the south pole, and secondly the north pole is at sea level, they are at an altitude of 2000 800 meters on the polar plateau of antarctica, yes. the direction of thought was correct, indeed there is a connection between the ocean and the continent from the point of view of climate, but still t

also going to antarctica is scientist tom jordan.alps. and, looking around, you can see other areas which look suspiciously smooth. actually, they're not smooth at all — these are gaps in our knowledge, sojust gaps in the map. it'sjust that no—one has ever been there to make these measurements. this drone won�*t stop the ice melting. but the knowledge it gives us will help us prepare for our planet�*s future. georgina rannard, bbc news, eryri, north wales. it�*s one of the most talked about films, �*poor things�* is a visually spectacular larger than life satire about a young woman�*s self discovery. here�*s katie razzall. this is bella. ba—ba! a sexually charged coming of age fairytale that riffs on frankenstein. poor things sees emma stone as bella baxter, a woman brought back from the dead using the brain of a baby. sounds fantastical? it is. i am bella baxter. when i heard about poor things, ijust fell in love. you said, what would a woman be if she were able to start from scratch? was that what was it that appealed to you? that

no, fedor, the discoverers of antarctica were fadey bilenhausen and mikhail lazarev.o it became be, you answered yes, well, if i, well, yes. and prokhor, how did you answer? i also answered yes, because, if i’m not mistaken, it was discovered by the lazarev brothers, and the latter discovered it because the seas there were very cold, it was difficult to swim there. prokhar , please tell me, i’m not asking for an exact date, although if you remember, it’s great, but at least in what century did this happen, in the 19th century, it seems, in the 19th century, really, antarctica. the last continent to be discovered happened in 1820 . correct answer: yes. second question: is it true that in front of you is a painting by mikhail savitsky of the partisan madonna? time. pauline. i remember that we covered this topic in art, and the picture is actually depicted here. partisan madonna, this picture, this is the partisan madonna, well, in my opinion, yes, let’s say, anna, she answered no, because i remember that the partisan madonna, this picture looked different, uh-huh, dmitr

scientists from the british antarctica survey want to use the drone to reach inaccessible parts of the continent to understand the impacts of climate change. the drone is operated remotely and engineers monitor it from a computer. this first experiment is surveying the mountains under an ice sheet — time for a look at the weather. here's chris fawkes. i'm going to show you something we haven't seen much of in recent weeks, snow on the scottish mountains. yes, it might be february but northern scotland yesterday at 14 but northern scotland yesterday at 1a celsius, no chance of seeing any snow, but colder air is moving into their courtesy of these north—westerly winds, those winds i bring in much cooler weather conditions with temperatures dropping significantly. yesterday, real top temperature of 15 celsius. this afternoon, temperatures of around seven celsius and you will notice that change because it's all due to a cold front, this area of rainjust here has due to a cold front, this area of rain just here has dropped temperatures by five celsius in the space ofjust one hour as it has

exploring the coldest region of the planet, belarusian polar explorers continue to explore antarcticaram "events" is on air. in the studio of veronica buta. hello. belarus and russia are preparing for the eleventh forum of regions. experience shows that this is an excellent platform not only for communication, but also for concluding contracts. what is the emphasis of this? our columnist olesya vysotskaya will tell you. innovation in the economy of the union state is a central theme, or one might say, it is dictated time, because the technological safety of our enterprises and the emphasis on import substitution are at stake. orc-moments the form was discussed in minsk, the creation of a logo, the preparation of exhibitions and, of course, the cultural program. it will, as always, be wide and varied. for the first time, the event will be held in three cities at once: vitebsk, polotsk and novopolotsk. we want to show within the framework of this forum not only the economic... component, but also, of course, focus on culture, history, our traditions, our national traditions, the histori

studying the coldest region of the planet, belarusian polar explorers continue to explore antarctica. event program is live. in the studio of veronica buta. hello. belarus and russia are preparing for the eleventh forum of regions. experience shows that... this is mexico, equatorial guinea and even new zealand, but of course, russia remains the main partner, our participation in the prodexpo exhibition will help us find new ones, it will be held in moscow in february. the prodexpo exhibition is probably the largest, largest exhibition event in in which the belgos food industry concern takes part. this year in february we plan to present 23 enterprises at this exhibition, total, total area. the area for individual stands will be about 350 km, so we are placing a fairly serious bet on this exhibition; we expect that our investments, let’s say, will pay off in the form of growth and exports of our enterprises in this direction. in the year of quality , the belgospischeprom concern faces an important task - to increase exports to half a billion dollars. belarus and uzbekistan are expandin

our polar explorers are successfully conducting research in antarctica, and the sixteenth belarusianedition is currently working there. scientists recently completed a multi-day trek to a little-studied part of the continent. to carry out the work, three vehicles of the belarusian antarctic expedition were used, as well as a russian snow and swamp vehicle. our scientists took samples of natural materials and surveyed the area. the flags of belarus and the national academy of sciences were raised at the site of the camp. news. sorry, please, i didn’t come for this at all, this is for you.

like antarctica. we'll show you what scientists are finding in those once pristine waters. stay with us. >>> no matter how pristine the landscape, it seems no place on earth is safe from pollution. scientists are looking for and finding evidence of micro he plastics in one of the world's most remote places, antarctica. >> reporter: a continent with almost no humans, this man hunts for manmade pollutant, namely micro plastics, which have i infiltrated what should be one of the best protected on earth. >> we're polluting the water, a continent that at this moment we call the heart of the planet. we're contaminating it with micro plastics. >> reporter: the marine biologist uses a net looking for particles not even 5 millimeters in size. they form when plastic breaks down including synthetic car tires, textiles or other consumer products, things we'd hope not to see in our ocean ors food. but it might be inevitable. the u.n. says we pru more than 430 million tons every year. with an estimated 200 million tons in our oceans right now. new zealand researchers first found micro pl

is it true that the last one opened was antarctica the mainland? time?of course, this is true, fadey fodievich belingsgauzun and lazarev, russian sailors , discovered antarctica. kirill, well, i answered yes, well, because i read textbooks on man and the world, and it was written there that after the discovery of australia, people began to assume that there was some kind of southern land and they also began to send expeditions to antarctica. maybe you will remember those two, well , perhaps the most important, main people in this expedition, who did this? no, fedor, open it. if i'm not mistaken, it was discovered by the lazarev brothers, and the latter discovered it because the seas were very cold there, it was difficult to swim there, prohar, please tell me, i’m not asking for an exact date, although if you remember, great, but at least in what century did it happen , in the 19th century, it seems, in the 19th century, indeed, antarctica was discovered by the last continent, this happened in 1800. second question: is it true that in front of you is a pa

hello from antarctica! that we've been here in port lockroy and it's going fantastic. i think we're just absolutely loving it still. it's getting used to everything taking a lot longer. just that adjusting to such a different life is what we were doing, first of all, and i think we've completely got into the swing of things now. it feels really special because it feels like we are walking in the footsteps of the people that have come here before us. and in some ways sometimes we compare our lives to how it was here in the '40s and the '50s. those who set up the first base at port lacroix had the reassuring company of penguins. and that's something that hasn't changed. we've got now more than 2,000 on the island because we have the adults and all the chicks with us. we've got 771 chicks with us. it's very busy around us. the team will return home soon. now a part of the history of this special place, carrying on 80 years of tradition on the coldest continent on earth. frances read, bbc news. we can have a lo

well, yes, what an event, although of course many are drilling on our planet, in greenland and antarcticar ice reaches the deepest, and we dug 3,500 m, in this sense we are pioneers and... we went deeper than anyone else into the depths of the ice of other countries, we understand that when a tree is cut down, you can determine by the rings how many years it has endured, what kind of sores and so on, from the core, from this ice, you can understand how old this water is, if there are microorganisms there, who were they found? yes, only thousands of years and even millions of years, yes, the fact is that the cores are located there in this way, meaning layers in the core, and in this way we can calculate how many... warming, now there is a period, the next one, when it will be, or when the ice age will overtake us, will the planet freeze, is there some kind of cyclicity, well, it exists, yes, we must say that we live in the era of the interannual period, from one year to another, somewhere in between we are living now, perhaps we have not yet passed the peak of the warm phase, so it is pos

for antarctica, we check in with base-— leaves for antarctica, we check in with base. ., , ., ~ withrything and we only fly| 0k? for us, the weather is - everything and we only fly when conditions are conducive to fly and in the _ conditions are conducive to fly and in the winter, we see winds of 70 knots_ in the winter, we see winds of 70 knots at— in the winter, we see winds of 70 knots at times which is about 75 mph on the _ knots at times which is about 75 mph on the station. the landscape you can see _ on the station. the landscape you can see behind me will certainly be flying _ can see behind me will certainly be flying over— can see behind me will certainly be flying over there, we will be carrying _ flying over there, we will be carrying out survey work and environmental measurements in that area and _ environmental measurements in that area and wider afield as well. this drone won't _ area and wider afield as well. this drone won't stop _ area and wider afield as well. tn 3 drone won't stop the ice melting but the knowledge it gives us will help us prepare for our planet's fu

which is what we paid for. >> reporter: norwegian cruise line tells abc the ship did go to antarcticaing to the mainland, it went to admiral bay off an island more than 200 miles north. >> it's largely a disappointment, in terms of not knowing where we're going. >> reporter: passenger eric wang said this isn't what he signed up for. >> i don't feel like i experienced antarctica on this cruise. i think i would have to come again to be able to do that. >> reporter: in a statement, norwegian cruise line says while we try to maintain original i itineraries as much as possible, at times modifications are paid to optimize the itinerary to accommodate certain circumstances. due to a recent regulatory requirement in the area, the ship is operating at a reduced speed also impacting its original itinerary. this is not first time we've seen a ship change course with passengers preparing to board. in december, passengers thought they were headed to ocean cay in the bahamas, but 24 hours before departure the destination switched to canada. >> it's cold. wind blowing, cold. officially cold. >> repo

and 80 years in antarctica. milestone for the uk's first base on the coldest and most remote continent on earth. hello and welcome. in pakistan, the parties ofjailed former leader imran khan and the three—time prime minister nawaz sharif have both claimed victory in the election as early results trickle in. nawaz sharif had been seen as the powerful pakistan military s favoured candidate and expected to be elected pakistan's prime minister for a fourth time. but early results are still not conclusive. mr sharif told the bbc the vote had been �*absolutely fair�* despite the recentjailing of his rival imran khan on corruption charges. let's speak to our pakistan correspondent caroline davies who is in lahore. can you give us an update? we are waitin: can you give us an update? we are waiting for— can you give us an update? we are waiting for the _ can you give us an update? we are waiting for the final _ can you give us an update? we are waiting for the final official- waiting for the final official totals from th

we are going to russian antarctica. feeling of elbow in the liver region. how to survive on a bus?re on this after the news. news. hundred speedometer prison in perspective. drivers of the bus that killed four the person was sent to the isolation ward. the skill of the driver saved fellow travelers from inevitable death, the car was able to slip between two trucks, only the mirror fell off the mazda, you and i just almost lost our lives, the driver of the truck that was driving in the oncoming lane with a violation was found, he faces either a fine or deprivation of his license , there has not been a trial yet, there is a violation, the punishment has not been accepted, there will be no fine or deprivation of the reserve driving license yet, the state duma again... rejected the bill on penalties for aggressive road games in checkers, sudden changes in lanes and unpredictable maneuvers, everyone knows that this is dangerous, but they haven’t figured out how to punish it. the relevant committee decided that the term dangerous driving is too difficult to understand. in cramped conditi

scientists from the british antarctica survey want to use the drone to reach inaccessible parts of the computer. this first experiment is surveying the mountains under an ice sheet —

commissioning of trial operation , and the presidents worked, participated online in the new complex in antarcticapraised scientists, polar explorers, russians and belarusians, and even thought about whether they would go there themselves? the new complex, by the way, will become a platform for scientific programs of the union state, the presidents spoke about the economy, the military-industrial sphere, cooperation in import substitution, common markets for gas, oil, petroleum products, logistics, transportation of belarusian export goods through russian ports, says: the years there are also about strengthening a single economic space, in general, everything is in the interests of both countries, it has always been so. of course, those who do not wish us well, those who are haunted by the resources of vast russia and the comfort of our small country, would very much like all this not to happen, so that there is no friendship of a reliable brotherly shoulder. and today we are still thinking, this union is necessary, it is not necessary, but how the americans will look at it, and how the western eu