that a new lease of life for libya's historic sites malik traina al-jazeera subrata the british antarctic surveylead an expedition to study a renegade iceberg that's on a collision course with one of the ukase over seas territory the iceberg known as a 68 broke free from a larger ice shelf and on target to cut back in 2017 since then it's been moving north towards the south georgia islands scientists fear to destroy the rich ecosystem and wildlife haven surrounding that islands during tarling is from the british antarctic survey he says they diverse aquatic life surrounding the south georgia island has never seen a threat like this before. mostly our spokes when they're in the open ocean they tend to break up and go into smaller icebergs this one remarkably as remained intact and that is still even more remarkable because it's got quite a shallow keel it's not very thick so we'd expected to break apart so something the size of luxembourg is going to be a massive impact on an island like south georgia which isn't that much bigger than luxembourg itself i mean it could scour large areas of the con

. # let it shine, let it shine, let it shine #. 8000 miles from home, members of the british antarctic surveymbers of the british antarctic surveyjoined in. in the middle east, divers from hms ledbury clapped and washed their hands at the same time. in the skies above wiltshire, the pilot of a light aircraft plotted his flight path to spell out his gratitude. while on the ground, the social distancing red arrows. from bin collectors in norfolk, to the royal family. back in the midlands, sarah and her husband who is a delivery driver, have moved into a caravan on the drive. we love you loads, thanks for all you do. so they do not put sarah's mum at risk. when is 83. clapping for her daughter and for thousands of others and she will be saying thank you again next week. all right now. case numbers and hospital admissions began to fall. lockdown restrictions we re began to fall. lockdown restrictions were eased across the uk will stop but life was far from easy for those needing nonurgent operations which had been postponed because of covid pressure on hospitals. he said this is not even up for d

surrounding that island and could also block hunting routes for penguins and seals so the british antarctic surveyll lead next month's expedition the goal to determine what impact the iceberg could have on one of the world's most important ecosystems let's all speak to garage link he's from the british antarctic survey which is organizing that mission and he's joining us from cambridge over in the u.k. thanks very much for your time with us on al-jazeera just tell us what's happening right now with the iceberg and how long before it actually reaches south georgia islands well the iceberg is just 50 kilometers away now from the continental edge of south georgia or the sun really complex and we need strong currents around south georgia so it could actually do quite a circuitous route you call actually foundering on some of the continental edge so how fast then is it moving. it's moving quite slowly but actually quite fast for an iceberg so to a maximum speed of about a kilometer per hour about 20 kilometers or so per day so actually you can travel quite a large distance in quite a short amount of ti

british antarctic survey's are concerned about the impact the iceberg could hnde, so it is g missiond by oceanographer dr. paul abramson. >> the iceberg is about 200 meters thick. it goes on mt 200 meters into the sea, and we are concerned that as it gets closer to the island, it may welcome onto the shelf -- may well come on to the shelf and ground there. so we are travelg to the falklands in january, and should be able to set off at the end of the month towards south georgia, on the research ship james cook, operated by the national oceanography center in southhampton. we are planning to do measurements from the ship while we are in the area, but also with these robotics to carry on further measurements after we left -- after we have left. they will conduct further measurements on the seabed, because they will get damage from the iceberg itself plowing into the sea floor. as it comes to rest on the w shelf, il be melting, releasing electric freshwater into the ocean in the area, and ngalso cooown the ocean. and for ver highly adaptede creatures like see the oceans in antarctica and

the real big thing that they all doing is just scaling back the research for instance the british antarctic survey they aren't sending teams to the center of the continent any will they're just trying to maintain that base the research station there until the pandemic casas all right i know we have to leave it there but thank you for checking in with us and bring us up to date on the story all right now it's turn to some of the other news stories making headlines around the world u.s. president donald trump has rejected a new coronavirus relief bill passed by congress on monday calling it a quote unquote disgrace trump called for more money and more individuals and small businesses the $900000000000.00 bipartisan bill was passed after months of wrangling between democrats and republicans. commercial flights between israel and morocco have started after the countries agreed to normalize relations the 1st flight from tel aviv arrived in robot carrying a delegation including u.s. envoy jared kirschner is the latest diplomatic deal between the jewish state and the arab nation despite protests from pal

i'm travelling with professor david vaughan, the director of science at the british antarctic survey.south for five hours, i get my first glimpse of antarctica, snow and ice stretching as far as the eye can see. finally, our destination. we are heading to mcmurdo. which is pretty much straight off over there. it is the last fingerhold of civilisation, the most southerly town on earth, and the largest centre for scientific research on the continent. and out across the sea ice, the first peaks of the mighty tra nsa ntarctic mountains. keep it staying in place... it is here in mcmurdo that our expedition to the thwaites glacier begins. so, thwaites glacier is vulnerable and there is nothing stopping a collapse once it really takes hold. thwaites glacier is the size of britain and already accounts for 4% of global sea level rise. the fear is if the melt rate increases, much of the west antarctic ice sheet could go, too. that could raise world sea levels by more than three metres. why is the glacier changing, why is it being eaten away? it's being eaten away because there are winds on the

the rich ecosystem and wildlife haven surrounding the islands garang tarling is from the british antarctic survey is organizing that expedition he says the diverse i quote it's life near a south georgia island has never seen a threat like this. mostly i suppose when they're in the open ocean they tend to break up and go into smaller icebergs this one remarkably as remained intact and that is still even more remarkable because it's got quite a shallow keel it's not very thick so we'd expected to break apart so something the size of luxembourg is going to be a massive impact on an island like south georgia which isn't that much bigger than blocks of itself i mean it could scour large areas of the continental shelf but diversity on that shelf on the bench is equivalent to what we find in areas such as local hackers and the really significant amounts of carbon is stored up in this which part of us to be on the seabed but also you could get in the way of these enormous colonies of seals penguins globally significant populations over hoth of walking penguins for instance i found on the island south geo

the british antarctic survey is sending a team there to study the impact this could have.r to the island, it may well come onto the sheu island, it may well come onto the shelf and ground there. so we are travelling down to the falklands in january and should be able to set off at the very end of the month towards south georgia and this will be on the james cook operated by the national oceanography centre in southampton and we are planning to do measurements from the ship what we are in the area but also release these two little robotic gliders to carry on further measurements even after we have left. concern about the creatures that live on the sea bed because they could get damaged or killed by the iceberg itself ploughing into the sea floor. but as it comes to rest on the shelf, it will be melting and releasing a lot of fresh water into the ocean into the area and also cooling down the ocean and for very highly adapted creatures like we see in the oceans around antarctica and around south georgia, this could be quite bad for the plankton at the very bottom of the plank

he's leading this investigation, and oceanographer at the british antarctic survey.herfordshire will be in the covid—19 high alert level and face tier 3 restrictions. it means, among other things, that indoor entertainment venues will close after tonight. it includes theatres, which only reopened less than two weeks ago. restaurants, cafes and bars will also close except for takeaways, and people can't mix with other households indoors. the mayor says there's a lot that needs to be done. we need to roll out mass testing in our schools and colleges, where the virus is spreading hugely. but, secondly, we must give financial support to these businesses. many of them may not reopen when it comes to us leaving tier three, and we could have, in the early year, thousands and thousands of londoners being made unemployed. there's confusion among parents and pupils in greenwich this morning as to whether state schools are open or not. thousands of parents were contacted yesterday afternoon, saying schools would be closed after an appeal from the leader of greenwich council ask

let's speak now to oceanographer dr povl abrahamsen from british antarctic survey, who is leading theen when it eventually gets there? at the moment, it is heading towards the moment, it is heading towards the island of south georgia, in the south atlantic, and this iceberg is about 200 metres thick, so it goes almost 200 metres into the sea. and we are concerned that, as it gets closer to the island, it may well come onto the shelf and ground there. and then what is your worry? what will happen after that? we are concerned about the creatures that live on the sea bed, because they could get damaged or killed by the iceberg itself ploughing into the sea floor. but as it comes to rest on the shelf, it will be melting, releasing a lot of fresh water into the ocean in the area, and also cooling down the ocean. and for very highly adapted creatures like we see in the oceans around antarctica and south georgia, this could be quite bad for the plankton at the very bottom of the food chain.” bad for the plankton at the very bottom of the food chain. i don't mean to be rude, but given the siz