adding to these warnings is sir david attenborough's latest documentary.er says that climate change is the biggest threat we face. it may sound frightening, but the scientific evidence is that if we have not taken dramatic action within the next decade, we could face irreversible damage to the natural world and the collapse of our societies. last year saw record—breaking heat waves. in australia, as temperatures rose above 42 celsius, fruit bats were unable to survive. it's estimated that more than 10,000 of the animals died. scientists say the impacts of climate change are becoming clear, as is the new movement it sparked. joining the campaign is the next generation. students on strike around the world. with scientists warning that the time to act is running out, they say the fate of the planet is in their hands. our home affairs correspondent tom symonds has been following the protests across central london and explained the challenges to the police in dealing with the situation. this afternoon, police arrived in force and increase the pastes in force an

a stark warning about climate change as sir david attenborough launches a landmark bbc documentary.he reviews are in, and they make uncofortable reading. several reviewers trash samsung's new $2,000 galaxy fold smartphone as it develops serious screen issues afterjust one or two days of use. a warm welcome to the programme, briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. and you can be part of the conversation. from mid—july, the uk becomes the first country in the world to make porn websites verify the age of uk visitors to their pages or face being blocked. it's to try and stop under—18s viewing the material. tell us what you think, just use the hashtag #bbcthebriefing. north korea says it has tested a new type of tactical guided weapon, which will increase the combat power of its army. analysts say the test, overseen by kim jong—un, appears to be of a short—range weapon that would not threaten the united states, but could increase tensions. live now to our correspondent, laura bicker, in the south korean capital seoul. laura, what more do we know about th

in his documentary david attenborough calls for urgent action.ine in the us, land is vanishing at one of the fastest rates in the world. an area the size of a football pitch is disappearing on average every a5 minutes. with entire communities having to relocate, scientists say the time to act is running out fast. rebecca morelle, bbc news. and you can see more of sir david attenborough‘s assessment in climate change: the facts at 9pm tonight here on on bbc one. three days of mourning have been declared on the portuguese island of madeira, after 29 german tourists were killed in a bus crash. the vehicle veered off the road and came down an embankment, landing on the roof of a house just outside the capital funchal. portugal‘s president has confirmed that all the tourists on the bus were german but some local people could also be among the casualties. retail sales have risen more than expected last month despite turmoil on the high street. the office for national statistics says the year—on—year growth in march was 6.7%, the highest since october 2

the clip from david attenborough reinforces that. we have to take action.we feel everything —— we need to decarbonise our grades. we need to build more efficient new builds in the future. we need to change the way we move as it is in terms of transport. we need to reduce our waste and we also need to reduce our waste and we also need to think about our diet and changing our diets to be more sustainable. really looking at her lifestyles and changing the systems that support them as well. some people listening might say we can make changes, we can eat less meat and turn our thermostats down by one or 2 degrees, but develop people around the world, especially perhaps in developing countries, are not taking actions and what difference does it make? absently, we had this quite a lot so i think one of the things i would say is that it is the richest people and the richest countries that are causing the most damage. if you think about emissions associated with the products that we all enjoy, they might be reduced elsewhere dash may be produced elsewhere, so they m

subject was explored last week's bbc one documentary climate change — the facts, presented by david attenboroughs marked by monday's earth day and highlighted by the visit to the uk on tuesday of the 16—year—old swedish activist greta thunberg, who spoke to mps and appeared on a number of bbc outlets. what was this media focus on what the teenager called "an existential crisis" a one—off, and has bbc news failed to give the subject sufficient attention up to now? ian price also recorded a video for us. in the light of the united nations climate report, that we only have 12 years to change our lifestyles to avoid climate catastrophe, dare i suggest that bbc news and current affairs' attitude on the matter is fairly relaxed? one might expect that the prospect of imminent climate change would lead to frequent reports about small changes we could make to our lifestyles. ian price there. and sarah cooper echoed that sentiment, writing... and jack lewis agreed... well, to respond to that charge, i'm joined now from coventry by roger harrabin, the bbc‘s environment analyst. thank you for coming on news

acidic than before the industrial revolution, we know about sea levels rising and that sir david attenborougho watch, actually. i think it's really important. and extinction rebellion, these campaigners who are rebellious by nature and name, they are the same ones who were in parliament and struck off their clothes in public to show their bottoms. the last thing i was doing here. but, yes, they caused chaos in london, but they say unless we create this type of disruption, no—one's really noticing how big an issue this is. some have pointed out the irony in blocking bus routes and stopping the light railway that goes to the docklands part of london, is public transport that they ideally wa nt public transport that they ideally want people to use rather than cars. there i think it is difficult to strive a balance —— strike a balance, yes, they are affecting people who drive cars, and retailers. but retailers of the second largest producers of the issue. so i think that this is, you know, it's difficult really. difficult issue. but i think some will welcome the fact that it will raise the profil

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next on the front page of the daily mirror, a striking image and a striking warning from sir david attenboroughnd in the metro this morning, the climate protests which caused havoc across london yesterday, and today i'm sure, with demonstrators blocking roads and public transport. and finally to the guardian where an investigation has revealed half of england's property market is owned by less than one percent of the population. so let's begin with the front of the times. with me priya lakhani, founder and ceo of century tech, a uk—based education technology platform. hello. nice to see you. hello. nice to see you. is things were, we were meant to be talking about the uk's —— were not meant to be talking about the uk's participation in eu elections, but it looks like because of the delay the uk will be participating in the deal is

in his documentary, david attenborough calls for urgent action. in the world. an area the size of a football pitch is disappearing on average every 45 minutes. with entire communities having to relocate, scientists say the time to act is running out fast. rebecca morelle, bbc news. and you can see more of sir david attenborough‘s assessment in climate change: the facts at 9pm tonight here on on bbc one. crossway will —— cross rails might not be finished by the spring of 2021, two years behind schedule. none of the stations have yet been completed. there are concerns about signalling issues as well. the project is already £3 billion over budget. this is why a new rail line is needed. even during easter holidays, the rush hour is a squeeze. holidays, the rush hour is a squeeze. now another warning for commuters that crossrail might still be some way off. it doesn't surprise me because most things are delayed. it will happen eventually, whenever that is. it sounds like a bit of a joke, doesn't it? it was supposed to open december last year. when it f

all the princes there and only one person there wearing a name badge and it is of course david attenboroughsay he is more recognisable, really. does it say david? it says david. 0k. just in case you won't clear. should we introduce... it would make life a lot easier. what your nickname?” got several, depending where i am. jebel got several, depending where i am. jebel, jackal. you don't want to go there! how are we onlyjust discovering this? i've told charlie before. i think i've heard gerbil before. i think i've heard gerbil before it. i try not to use it and now i'm going to try to push it away again. because i resemble a small rodent. i'm bringing proceedings to a close. it's 6:20am. the milk you put on your cereal or in your tea this morning has almost certainly been pasteurised. but more and more people have taken to drinking "raw" milk. three million litres were sold last year, but there are concerns over its safety. john maguire is at a dairy farm in gloucestershire for us this morning. there we go. he's busy. tell us all. good morning. morning to everyone at home. this is a raw, unp

an anonymous text, "getting fed—up with david attenborough preaching at me yet again and i can't be they one. turning me off so give it a rest for goodness sake." do get in touch on all the stories we're talking about, use the hashtag #victorialive. if you text, you'll be charged at the standard network rate. first rebecca jones has the news. we got the leopard—print message together, didn't we! at least 29 people are now known to have died after a tourist bus plunged off a road and overturned on the portuguese island of madeira. another 27 were injured in the accident outside the capital city funchal. portugal's president has confirmed all the tourists on the bus were german but some local people could also be among the casualties. officials said the bus met safety standards and it was "premature to talk about what caused the crash". north korea has test—fired a new tactical guided weapon with a powerful warhead, according to the country's state media. it's the first test of this kind since de—nuclearisation talks between leader kim jong—un and us president donald trump ended without a

meanwhile, in a new documentary, sir david attenborough gives his gravest warning yet on the threat of climate change. if we have not taken dramatic action within the next decade, we could face irreversible damage to the natural world and the collapse of our societies. investigations begin on the portuguese island of maderia after at least 29 people died when a bus carrying mostly german tourists crashed down an embankment. more delays to london's crossrail. the bbc understands the service might not open to passengers until 2021, more than two years behind schedule. tributes pour in for cbbc star mya—lecia naylor who's died at the age of 16. the ecstasy and the agony of the champions league. spurs are through to the semi—finals after a stoppage—time winner for manchester city is ruled out by var. good morning, and welcome to the bbc news at 9am. protests on climate change which have brought parts of central london and other cities to a standstill have entered their fourth day. activists are continuing to block major roads in the capital including oxford circus and waterloo bridge, and

david attenborough's eight—part documentary series our planet started airing on netflix earlier thisg to their deaths from russian cliffs have been horrifying many viewers. we can show you some stills from the clip now and be warned — it is graphic. the walruses are falling due to exhaustion after having had to swim long distances to find places to rest because the ice where they would usually sleep on has melted. the netflix series — produced in partnership with the wwf and silverback films — wants us to think about the impact global warming has on the world's habitats. earlier he told me global warming is a problem that needs to be addressed and it should have been done decades ago. we are definitely behind the curve on the climate change issue, especially the arctic ocean which is basically glad —— ground zero for climate change. the arctic ocean has been warming up at a rate three times the global average and with that comes the loss of habitat. this is indeed a very worrisome issue. is it repairable or direct the book?|j think it repairable or direct the book?” think this become

or how about this, if he has greta on one side and david attenborough on the other?e three hours well spent. but the truth is, mr speaker, that it will all be a giant waste of taxpayer money, because the us congress will never agree to a trade deal unless we have a solution for the irish border that will actually work. and this government simply doesn't have one. mr speaker, you know, it's just two short years ago that the right honourable lady said of donald trump, "we should welcome the american president. we have to work with him." i just wonder whether something has changed about the us administration, or whether something has changed about her own leadership ambitions to alter her words in this way now? emily thornberry said the firstjob of government was to keep its citizens safe. so if the government is serious about putting the country first, the whole of our country, will the minister for the cabinet office accept that that means finally getting serious about the cross party negotiations and putting the option of a customs union on the table? i can say that

yes, because there is more interest now with blue planet, david attenborough's recent programme on thecling is a key way in which people can make a really significant impact because recycling materials prevents us from mining raw materials and prevents plastics going into the ocean, a really key element and we are starting to get a bit more, a bit more interest, significantly more interest into it, we are benefiting. in terms of london, it is really important, and birmingham as well, introducing a clean zone in january, birmingham as well, introducing a clean zone injanuary, and the ultra low emission zone, that the mayor has brought in, really important we deliver services with low impact. an entire fleet is compliant, we are also making deliveries of recycling sacks and bins using bicycles and electric vehicles as well, we are making the transition ahead of most businesses to zero emission logistics. how do you scale up a business like this? you are competing with huge players, the likes of violia, how do you grow the business so that people migrate onto you, so other businesses migr

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think david attenborough or something like that. why not? it will work for them.they can lure in the advertisers which are already attached at the hip to walmart, then it starts to make a little bit more sense. caroline: would you buy something through it? , it would be shot people content, which i call it. at some point, you will be able to look at the show or probably an ad during the show. you can buy the quicker picker upper at the same time. romaine: coming up, more on these alphabet earnings and the reaction. nations security council held a moment of silence for the victims of attacks of -- places ofon worship. the ambassador to the yuan spoke to reporters. the time for talking and having a conversation is over. we demand action and now, it is simple. those who engage in .nti-semitism must be punished the ambassador continued, saying quote it is unacceptable that worshipers look back while they are praying. the nra tomp telling stop the internal bickering. the governor has challenged the tax-exempt status and oliver north has been ousted, following a battle

david attenborough is saying we have limited time to try to sort this out, we need to because various destroyed, are dying out because of rising temperatures and now is the time to act. it is a reminder of what the protesters are actually therefore. let us move onto the times. sam, this is interesting, a picture of the four, it is interesting, labour party activists who have attached themselves to jeremy corbyn‘s fence, but he was not going to stop to speak to them when he left home while being pursued by four camera crew. the story underneath is the one that might be more ominous for him —— channel 4 camera crew. nigel farage's new party, the brexit party is on 26 points. it didn't exist eight couple of weeks ago. within three months it has come out of nowhere to outstrip labour and the conservatives —— did not exist a few months ago. the conservatives are only on 15 points. it is astonishing. just on that, they noticed on one of the front pages which they don't have to hand, comres's boss, andrew hawkins, says he has never recorded a figure that low for the conservative party in a n

might even be worth it so long as he is forced to sit next to greta sundberg or on one side, david attenborough on the other, that would be 3 hours well spent. the truth is it would all be a giant waste of taxpayers money because if the u.s. congress will never agree to a trade deal unless we have a solution for the irish border that will actually work and this government simply doesn't have one. >> mister speaker, in two short years ago the right honorable lady set of donald trump, we should welcome the american president. we have to work with him. i just wonder whether something has changed about the us administration or whether something has changed about her own leadership. the government. the government and the labour party, i thought, both wanted to see no tariffs, no quotas, no rules of origin checks, a seamless border on the island of ireland. yet three times the right honorable lady and her colleague have voted against a deal that would deliver those things they claim to be committed. it is about time she put principal at the national interest ahead of party advantage. >> only one side

we will be seeing sir david attenborough in a few minutes to tell us about what we are affecting on naturel tell you that multilateral organization are not extinct. vonnie: thank you. imf managing director christine lagarde there, saying that common sense prevails around the world. we will be back in the next hour with the federal reserve governor. let's check in now on the first word news. here is kailey leinz. kailey: it's been an eventful day for wiki leaks founder julian a sanchez. first he was expelled for ecuador's embassy in london, where he had been holed up for seven years. he was arrested by u.k. police charged on u.s. charges, and pleaded not guilty to british bail violations. british prime minister theresa may told parliament she is still trying to get a brexit deal approved to avoid getting stuck in a long extension. she also hinted a compromise might be possible in talks with the opposition leader party. stephen moore wants to shake things up at the federal reserve. the proposed nominee for the fed board spoke to bloomberg television today. mr. moore: i'm going to come with t

and in a documentary due to be broadcast tonight, sir david attenborough says climate change could causeorelle reports, and a warning — this report contains some distressing images. cheering blocking the streets, protesters from around the country descending on central london. rebellion! extinction rebellion leading another day of disruption. an attempt to force urgent action on climate change. this is the new wave of eco activism. it's giving climate change attention, but will it bring action? the campaigners here want greenhouse gas emissions to be reduced to zero by 2025. scientists say it's a target that's virtually impossible to achieve. the united nations agrees that we need to get to zero carbon emissions but over a much longer timescale by 2050. the uk government is aiming to reduce emissions by 80% by then. but they're considering going further. in any scenario, it will mean radical changes to how we live. it's perfectly achievable for us to get to zero emissions but it is a big challenge that we will have to grasp. it involves us using technologies that we know about and which

in his documentary, david attenborough calls for urgent action.going to take a couple of hours before people have analysed that report. jeff sessions the former attorney general when he told the council that special counsel had been appointed, the president said... president became angry. he said the attorney general was his most important appointment and he had been let down. the president said you were supposed to protect me. the president said everyone tells me if you get one of these independent counsels it burns your presidency. he says it takes years, this is the worst thing that could ever happen to me. the report says the team considered issuing a subpoena for the president but decided against it. plenty more coming from washington at 5pm. the temperatures are rising and we are headed for a warmer spell of weather we have had since february. back in february temperatures got up to 21.2 degrees. the outlook is looking even warmer this time. temperatures could hit the mid 20s in the next few days. over the weekend we will start to see warm a

subject was explored last week's bbc one documentary climate change — the facts, presented by david attenboroughhat the teenager called "an existential crisis" a one—off, and has bbc news failed to give the subject sufficient attention up to now? ian price also recorded a video for us. in the light of the united nations climate report, that we only have 12 years to change our lifestyles to avoid climate catastrophe, dare i suggest that bbc news and current affairs' attitude on the matter is fairly relaxed? one might expect that the prospect of imminent climate change would lead to frequent reports about small changes we could make to our lifestyles. ian price there. and sarah cooper echoed that sentiment, writing... and jack lewis agreed... well, to respond to that charge, i'm joined now from coventry by roger harrabin, the bbc‘s environment analyst. thank you for coming on newswatch. the extinction rebellion protests, have a huge amount of coverage in the last fortnight on bbc news. is it proof the bbc should have been doing much more about climate change before? i am an environment corresponde

you had protesters, school strikers, david attenborough and i think it's so important not to listen tovoices. so i think they've done a really, really good job of making sure it's on the agenda and that people are talking about it so i think that's been a real success of the campaign. thank you both very much for your time. multi—level marketing. you might not have heard the term before, but you might have seen friends or family selling products over social media. we looked at this kind of online selling last year on the programme after being contacted by viewers — and the online forum mumsnet — who were worried about it. the industry mostly targets young women with the promise of earning lots of money from the comfort of your own home. here's a clip from our report last year explaining how it works. firstly let's explain what multilevel marketing is. the company makes its own perfumes. fictional amy is recruited by her old school friend karen tojoin her team. amy joins by paying £100 for a starter kit. karen makes company for recruiting amy. amy makes money by selling perfume to her c

we'll go behind the scenes of sir david attenborough's new documentary, our planet.ather where you are. good morning, i'm asad ahmad. the mayor of london has backed the boss of transport for london — after a damning report into crossrail suggested the tfl commissioner should consider resigning over the delays. europe's biggest infrastructure project linking east and west london had been due to open in last year but was delayed just weeks before it was due to start. it won't now fully open 2020 at the earliest. a report from the london assembly this morning says warnings that crossrail would miss its december 2018 deadline were downplayed. a day after ‘extinction rebellion' activists took—over part of the natural history museum, police have placed restrictions around parliament square to stop further disruption. about 100 people lay down under the blue whale skeleton yesterday. 1,000 people have been arrested in a week of protests. the die—in at the museum lasted around an hour. self—harm among men is increasing faster in london than anywhere else in the country. figu

made up of an astonishing 275 waterfalls sponsored in netflix's "our planet" voiced by sir david attenborougherizing. ♪ let me introduce you to this beast behind me. it is devil's throat. the tallest of the waterwalls here at iguazu dropping 262 feet into a milky white abyss. iguazu is surrounded by the atlantic rain forest. >> this forest and the rest of the forests in south america are not only helping to pry fresh water but the oxygen we all breathe so we rely on them being healthy and the forest being intact. >> reporter: teeming with 2,000 species of plants and animals including the raccoon like cuoati and native birds before swooping straight into the falls. >> what we're trying to do with our planet is take people to these incredible landscapes and habitats and show people that aren't able to come here the value of these systems. >> through the rain forest more than a million visitors come to iguazu falls and walk these footbridges so they can access views like this. and along the river, the ultimate adventure. a boat ride feeling the strength of the falls. in this place that reminds u

state backed banks might even be worth it if he is forced to step aside greta on one side and david attenboroughcan president. we have to work with him. ijust wonder president. we have to work with him. i just wonder whether something has changed about the us administration or whether something has changed about her own leadership ambitions to alter her words in this way. the government and the labour party i thought both wanted to see new tariffs, no quotas, no rules of origin checks, a seamless border on the island of ireland. yet three times the right honourable lady and her colleagues have voted against a deal that would deliver those things to which they claim to be committed. it is about time that she put principle and the national interest ahead of party advantage.” principle and the national interest ahead of party advantage. i think mr speaker we will find that there is only one side of the size that has a leadership contest at the moment and it is active as we speak. in a week like this when we have all been shocked and saddened by the horrific a cts shocked and saddened by the horrifi

sir david attenborough, who has been warning of the impact of climate change for two decades, has givenest assessment yet of the threat. in a documentary, which will be broadcast on bbc one tonight, he says that without drastic and urgent action, we face a "man—made disaster on a global scale". it may sound frightening, but the scientific evidence is that if we have not taken dramatic action within the next decade, we could face irreversible damage to the natural world and the collapse of oui’ natural world and the collapse of our societies. we are running out of time, but there is still hope. a project to build a new rail line under london might not be finished until 2021, bbc news has been told. crossrail was supposed to open last year but none of the new stations have been finished, and there are concerns about the signalling system. our transport correspondent tom burridge has the story. it's one of the most impressive engineering projects in modern times stop a new high—tech high—capacity rail line underneath central london. but a senior source associated with ci’oss but a senior s