botswa na botswana is home to one third of africa's remaining elephants, 130,000 of them, roaming thehave a problem. mike chase is a scientist who has carried out aerial surveys a cross scientist who has carried out aerial surveys across africa and during his recent survey of more than botswana, he saw something that alarmed him. ca rcasses. he saw something that alarmed him. carcasses. this particular area is approaching metaphor is a poaching hotspot and within 1000 approaching metaphor is a poaching hotspot and within1000 kilometre area, there are 88 which elephants. but he says the government ignored his warnings so he went public. the response level his observations" false and misleading" and his licence was withdrawn. with the aerial survey was done in this area, they identified a large number of elephant carcasses with evidence of poaching will stop we have come out here in the helicopter to verify those results. i was here in september, four months ago, and at that time, this carcass was fresh. they sold. you can see clear evidence of poaching, half of its cranium has been cho

tourists provide botswa na's second income after diamond mining.y. as soon as we stopped the hunting, brand botswana grew around the world and botswana became the most sought after tourist destination in africa. the tourism arrivals, the revenues paid, they all shot through the roof, my worry is it is going to knock the big picture and will have a negative impact on jobs, occupancies, government revenues etc. some wilderness areas are not suited to tourists. well—regulated hunting can be used as a conservation tool. and in an election year, hunting appeals to rural voters. well, this is the remains of a cow that was killed by predators, right on this join between the conservancy area over that side of the fence and the community area over here. the real cost of living next door to elephants, which knock down fences. the human/wildlife conflict is big, but so is the tourism money that comes with having so many elephants. botswana now has to decide whether culling and hunting is better or worse for the country's conservation. the 91st academy awards

these figures are small, compared to botswa na's elephant population, but some high—end safari operatorsts out of control. i think the government has been hiding it for a while, and now that it's been brought out in the open, we are now realising how serious the problem is. and these big poachers have actually infiltrated further than we expected them to be. the government does have the resources to act. but the poaching issue is caught up in a battle between two political heavyweights — a new president and his predecessor, which is clouding the whole debate. alastair leithead, bbc news, in the okavango delta. the inquests into the deaths of 21 people who were killed by two ira bombs in birmingham in 1974 will reopen this morning. six men, who were jailed for the pub bombings, served 17 years behind bars, before their convictions were quashed. this report from sima kotecha. what happened in birmingham in 1974 will never be forgotten. it was an evening in november, two bombs exploded in the city centre, destroying two pubs. 21 people were killed, almost 200 were injured. julie hambleton‘s

tourists provide botswa na's second income after diamond mining.nting would drive many away. as soon as we stopped the hunting, brand botswana grew around the world and botswana became the most sought after tourist destination in africa. the tourism arrivals, the revenues paid, they all shot through the roof, my worry is it is going to knock the big picture and will have a negative impact on jobs, occupancies, government revenues etc. some wilderness areas are not suited for tourists. well—regulated hunting can be used as a conservation tool. and in an election year, hunting appeals to rural voters. well, this is the remains of a cow that was killed by predators, right on this join between the conservancy area over that side of the fence and the community area over here. the real cost of living next door to elephants, which knock down fences. the human/wildlife conflict is big, but so is the tourism money that comes with having so many elephants. botswana now has to decide whether culling and hunting is better or worse for the country's conservatio

these figures are small compared to botswa na's botswana.i think the government has been hiding it for a while. now it has been brought out into the open, they are realising how serious the problem is and these butchers have infiltrated further than we expected them to be. —— butchers. infiltrated further than we expected them to be. -- butchers. the poaching issue is caught up in a battle of two heavyweights, the previous president and now. from sombre news, let's go to north africa. the duke and duchess of sussex have taken part in a horse grooming session as part of their three—day tour to morocco. the couple visited the royal moroccan equestrian club in the country's capital rabat — staff told them of how youngsters at the centre are benefiting from working with horses. later meghan will cook a meal with underprivileged children in the city — using a recipe from her grenfell cookbook. we will catch up with that later. now let's have a look at the weather. here assignment. it is hard to believe it is february. a lot of sunshine across the

of what the reason is and of course the president's predecessor was so successful with wildlife in botswaed. —— tasks. this kind of behaviour, it remains truly shocking, doesn't it? it is completely shocking. these are huge organised poaching syndicates and gangs that are moving down to africa. it really was only a matter of time or them to get to botswana. we have seen it in kenya and we have seen we have seen it in kenya and we have seen it in tanzania and now we are seeing it here and it is alarming and it needs to be addressed quickly, not hidden away. if we were looking to any positives, maybe people are thinking the conservation is so much higher up the agenda yet not locally than not internationally. if we are looking for positives, what are they right now? you are right, there are so many different things happening in the world that are equally as important. we do have a lot of very good things happening, a lot of people involved, massive campaign is happening around the world all the time to highlight the world all the time to highlight the fact that we are losing the last elepha

these figures are small compared to botswa na's elephant population, but some high—end safari operators. has been hiding it for a while, and now that it's been brought out in the open, we are now realising how serious the problem is. and these big poachers have actually infiltrated further than we expected them to be. the government does have the resources to act. but the poaching issue is caught up in a battle between two political heavyweights — a new president and his predecessor, which is clouding the whole debate. the businesswoman karren brady has stepped down as chairwoman of the company that controls sir philip green's retail empire. earlier this month, the daily telegraph published details of sexual misconduct allegations against sir philip, which he denies. just weeks ago, brady had said that she would stay on in the role despite the allegations. now to australia, because the media watchdog there, the australian press council has ruled that a controversial cartoon of serena williams published in an australian newspaper last year did not breach media standards. critics had comp

these figures are small, compared to botswa na's elephant population, but some high—end safari operatorsf control. i think the government is... has been hiding it for a while, and now that it's been brought out in the open, we are now realising how serious the problem is. and these big poachers have actually infiltrated further than we expected them to be. the government does have the resources to act. but the poaching issue is caught up in a battle between two political heavyweights — a new president and his predecessor, which is clouding the whole debate. alastair leithead, bbc news, in the okavango delta. time for a look at the weather. here's lucy. it isa it is a scorcher! 23.3 celsius in west wales, breaking the february record for the uk. probably the first time we have recorded above 20 celsius in winter, according to the met office. —— 20.3 celsius. whether records are falling left, right and centre. this is the record for scotland, that was beaten on thursday just gone. scotland, that was beaten on thursdayjust gone. these are the temperatures we need to beat for northern irelan