lebanese levity in the iberian peninsula and the canary islands should actually be considered as a nature reserve for practicing astronomy in europe. less than a meal in. their geographic setting with the mountains and climate make these islands a kind of window on the cosmos where many nations would like to carry out groundbreaking research. to this book we have telescopes from a great many countries especially at the observatory about the record their last one shot show sun the palm island you'll find the best set of telescopes in the northern hemisphere there if not in the whole world is going to the moon. astronomy arguably the first science cultivated by humans is in some danger light pollution from cities obscures the stars. and. astronomers and astrophysicists were the first to identify the danger of losing the night sky society wasn't aware of the importance of preserving that sky people thought astronomers were the only ones interested for scientific or personal reasons but it's the movie. we may be witnessing the end of dark nights. in the city's or excessively illuminated. most

we head for tenerife, one of the canary islands.nimal rights activist and elementary school teacher who is opposed to dolphinariums. soon after we set sail, a school of dolpinsns begins following r boat. teo lucas tries to get some good shots. he would never take his students to a dolphin show. instead he organizes boat tours so that children can see the marine mammals in their natural environment, rather than in captivity. >> when you talk to children about freedom, or about family, they understand exactly what you mean. if you ask them: what if i removed you from your environment, your home, your family? do you think you would like that? all of them say, 'no'. >> the dolpin shows are a mainstay of spain's tourism industry. there are four dolphinariums on the canary islands already, and another one is being built -- on lanzarote. teo lucas says that dolphins suffer in the aquariums. constant stress makes the dolphins aggressive toward the weerer animalsls in the group. it's only huhunger t that makesm obey the trarainers.s. here in

that's what the residents of and yet oh one of the canary islands have been promised at least.all reports. went to see how much progress is actually being made. it's early in the. morning and. the trade winds are blowing the clouds over the volcanic mountains this spanish island off the west coast of africa is almost always windy so why not make use of it. the smallest of the canary islands is trying to realize big plans to supply all about surround seven thousand inhabitants with sustainable energy through a unique combination of wind and hydro power the energy shift has cost eighty three million euros and ran twenty million over budget critics say that's far too much even of half was covered by e.u. subsidies but the project still hasn't those yeah stick supporters. what i mean. i think it's very positive that as yet it was able to actually implement this project. at the beginning a lot of people doubted it could be done but today it's a project that works one that creates jobs and brings in money. in the next few years it will turn a profit. but if you see the wind turbines

their trade routes later extended further to the north and west with expeditions reaching the canary islands and senegal the most famous explorer was marco polo who set off in the thirteenth century on his journey to china. new markets opened up and venice increasingly became the center of european trade deals were struck on the reality show in front of the church of santiago soon the fruit and vegetable sellers were joined by many other traders sold from venice is only goon with the sale along with pepper from india first from russia and silks from the orient. the money changers and the goldsmith's had their shops in the arcades the nation artifacts found their way around the world. in the thirteenth century a small group of artists and began glassblowing on the island of murano their little workshops eventually developed into a large industry then as became a center for crafts one historian describes it as the jewel case of the world but not all the beautiful things in venice were produced by the locals hard work what venice couldn't buy it could usually find a way of stealing. in seventee

one man was due to fly to the canary islands with 30 friends and family, for a wedding, only to be toldternative flights. gutted, really, to be honest with you. i think it's bang out of order. they've done — they've not even apologised, you know, and i think that's just disgusting. in manchester, passengers were equally stunned. i'm still in shock, really, because we've just arrived only to find this out. this is the first we've heard. 0n arriving at the airport, we find out that there's a problem with the flight. customers who booked atol—protected package holidays should be able to claim back the cost, but mostjust bought flights with no atol cover. they are being told to try and claim through their card company or their travel insurance, but that may only cover those who picked airline failure as an optional extra. in cambridge, monarch employees gathered to share... i'm going to miss you. ..and perhaps drown their sorrows. there were a lot of tears this morning. it was very emotional at the administrators' meeting this morning. but, yes, it's one very big family. 110,000 passengers

after an iago aspas hat—trick helped his side to a comfortable 5—2 win over las palmas in the canary islands's 250th appearance for celta vigo and the victory came after goalkeeper ruben blanco was dismissed with more than half an hour remaining. and in italy's serie a, hellas verona have moved out of the relegation zone and up to 16th after romulo's goal proved the difference against benevento, who remain bottom of the table having lost all eight matches this season, scoring just twice and conceding i9. real madrid head coach zinedine zidane sees his european champions take on tottenham at the bernabeu on tuesday. zidane described harry kane as the complete player before the two sides meet in group h of the champions league. the england international has scored 43 goals in 38 games for club and country in 2017 and zidane was asked if he could see kane as a real player one day. translation: well, i don't know what will be of kane's future but i can talk about the present. he's a fundamental player for tottenham, he's very good at everything and what he does is score goals. he's not a static

for this here in spain article one five five was very briefly invoked over a dispute with the canary islands but it didn't get very far not even beyond the first stage before things were sorted out then we're into unknown territory in the short but it could mean a host of different things there's a lot of speculation about what it would mean on the ground here worst it could potentially mean the suspension of the entire government here in catalonia it could also mean the potential arrest of colors pushable it is within the prime minister's powers to do that whether or not he will go that far though it's very difficult to say ok we could see the government here being replaced by a technocratic government by space fellows who are just keeping things going for the time being but the future right now is very very clear we are likely to see a host of different scenarios being discussed behind the scenes in madrid but it's very hard right now to imagine any of those scenarios not being met by mass demonstrations here in barcelona all right and even we'll speak to you as the day goes on thank you f

formally been invoked there is no precedent for it it was briefly discussed over dispute with the canary islands but didn't get very far before the situation was resolved we are very much into uncharted territory could mean a whole host of different scenarios the possible suspension of the government here at worst the arrest of colors putting all our other leading figures in the catalan government we could see a technocratic government come in and replace this one possibly the deputy prime minister of spain taking the helm temporarily or indeed other political parties based here in catalonia who are against independent temporarily being in charge for a short period of time but another possibility is the takeover of the council and police service here they could be a financial squeeze is the strict the region of the ability to raise taxes there are a whole host of possible scenarios but it's very difficult to imagine any of those making people here voyage wanting to come out onto the street of mass once again for huge protests ok we've barker thank you. well pressure is intensifying on myanmar ov

that come with it and that are samples from the canary islands who are full of micro plastics.ou can see the difference everything that's organic fire would be plastic over there it's a disgrace made a. mess tourism hasn't yet come to the island and that's the way they want to keep it what the locals also need jobs so the idea is to help cycle the audience waste seventy percent of which is organic. or yeah your part that may not be these women are making commercial compost it's a new venture on the island and it's hard work the compost spades need to be turned three times a week. it's an important lastic that's bad at last. the women i mean to sell their first compost in three months they've already approached potential clients and i hope all their hard work will eventually pay off. but much thought as if it that i do this work it means a lot to us you know. we've never had jobs before. if you don't have the one. this is about our children's future. and we're determined to build something here for the next generation. if voice of the big up on a feeding. frenzy for a while and

the boat was in the atlantic, more than 800 kilometres from the canary islands.spells of sunshine boosting temperatures. no escaping the fact that in some spots, there was quite a bit of cloud around as well. and the odd bit and pieces of rain. not a shock to the system. temperatures in double figures. a lot of cloud around. at its figures across parts of scotla nd around. at its figures across parts of scotland with weak weather fronts dragging cloud from west to east are many areas. northern ireland perhaps a little bit drier and a fraction brighter. south of the border, the greater part of england and wales is dry. probably the odd hint of sunshine but not the case across parts of the fat south of wales and south—west england with moist air and cloud sitting low in the atmosphere and there could be some drizzly rain and breeze as well. hopefully that situation will improve as the day gets going with brighter skies also in the parts of wales, the north of england and certainly the scotland after a rather dismal start. northern ireland, i have not forgotten you

one man was due to fly to the canary islands with 30 friends and family for a wedding, only to be toldflights. gutted, to be honest with you. i think it's bang out of order. they've not even apologised. i think that's just disgusting. in manchester, passengers were equally stunned. i'm still in shock, really, because we've just arrived only to find this out. this is the first we've heard. 0n arriving at the airport, we find out that there's a problem with the flight. customers who booked atol protected package holidays should be able to claim back the cost, but most just bought flights with no atol cover. they are being told to try to claim through their card company or their travel insurance, but that may only cover those who picked airline failure as an optional extra. in cambridge, monarch employees gathered to share... gonna miss you. ..and perhaps drown their sorrows. there were a lot of tears this morning. very emotional at the administrators‘ meeting this morning. but, yes, it's one very big family. 110,000 passengers stranded abroad started arriving home today on specially char

autonomy there is no historical precedence for that it was briefly invoked over a dispute with the canary islands but never got further than the first initial stage so what this will actually look like nobody really knows they'll be several suggestions possibly the government here could be replaced with a technocratic government possibly led by the deputy prime minister they could also be an expulsion of the catalan leadership and of mr pidgen on himself there is also legally the option of the madrid government even arresting mr push him on although many believe that would be a step too far another option could see other opposition political parties essentially known as the session is forming a grand coalition to lead the region going forward religion very hard to imagine any of these options happening without large numbers of people turning out on the streets once again to protest neve barker in barcelona thank you very much for that neve to the philippines now where the defense minister says two senior isolate commanders have been killed in fighting in the southern city of merari is neon happen

invoking of article one five five in mainland spain it was briefly discuss over disputes with the canary islands but didn't get very far or talls so it's a whole different variety of possible scenarios that could on fall and that's something that the spanish government will need to work out probably ahead of that cabinet meeting on saturday but most certainly on saturday itself those points will then have to go in written form and a letter to the senate for it to be ratified there that's expected to happen quickly largely because of prime minister roy's strong dominance in the parliament but looking at the options themselves it looks as if some of the devolved powers that belong to catalonia could be removed power over the ability to raise taxes control over education health the police so on and so forth in theory we could see the castle leadership entirely suspended at worse we could also see some key members of the government possibly even cause bridgeable himself arrested it's very very hard to imagine these scenarios playing out without there being a very big response from the people who vot

we can talk to one of those stranded holiday—makers, who was in furtive insurer in the canary islandsng on the bbc website but yesterday my pa rents morning on the bbc website but yesterday my parents contacted us to say something may happen but we didn't know more than that. had you any idea there were issues when you flew out on a holiday? today when my pa rents flew out on a holiday? today when my pa re nts got flew out on a holiday? today when my parents got in contact to say there was lots of news in the uk but we haven't been contacted by monika themselves until mid—morning to save ourflight themselves until mid—morning to save our flight was cancelled so we were in the dark. you were there with your husband and seven—month—old florence, blissfully unaware of what is going on. when are you due to come back? can you hear me, rachel? it's a little bit on and off. we're having a bit of difficulty hearing you but we will persevere and hopefully can hear, when are you due to return home? we are due to fly home on wednesday night, 7pm, so they say they will get us put on a different f