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david shukman, bbc news.nner in brazil's presidential election. he was stabbed in the chest during a campaign rally. he's a controversialfigure — his far right speeches have outraged many people in brazil, but he's been performing strongly in recent opinion polls. with its enviable living standards and comprehensive welfare state, sweden has for decades been held up as a beacon of social democracy. but elections this weekend could see a far—right party win a fifth of the vote. so what's behind this challenge to the political establishment? from southern sweden, jenny hill sent this report. today we fight. and it's a battle for the soul of this country. as they recreate sweden's past, populists fight the establishment for its future. they are the voice of the people. they are sort of taking the people's voice and putting it into politics. he's talking about the sweden democrats. once a neo—nazi party, they don't like the eu and they don't like migrants. this is where they live, where they live. they put cars o

david shukman, bbc news.ied after a ferry capsized on lake victoria in northern tanzania. it's thought around 400 passengers were on board the vessel, which was heavily overcrowded, and the fear is the number of dead could rise. anne soy reports from nairobi. a desperate attempt to save lives, but as the hours pass, hopes of finding survivors fade. volunteers pull more and more bodies from lake victoria. back on the shore, relatives wait for news. they fear the worst. translation: we can't reach my brother. yesterday morning he spoke to our mum. we've not heard from him since. translation: my nephew is on the island. each hold me the news that his father, my brother, was on the ferry. he said he would be taking the ferry to head home, after the accident he tried calling him but he couldn't get through. translation: i was told i'd lost my aunt, my father and my younger sibling. it is a huge loss to us. lake victoria is the largest on the continent. it's shared by kenya, uganda and tanzania. the ferry was trave

david shukman, bbc news.n entertainers and broadcasters, and one of the bbc‘s highest—paid stars, is to leave his radio 2 breakfast show at the end of the year. he'll return to virgin radio nearly 20 after he left the station. 0ur media editor amol rajan looks at the factors behind his decision to leave the bbc. britain's most popular radio presenter stepped away from the bbc today. it can do many great things, and i'm sure it will continue to do that. today he left listeners stunned. i'm going to leave radio 2. some of us are mountain climbers, and if you get to the top of your favourite mountain, and you just stay there, then you become a mountain observer, and i need to keep climbing, i've got to keep climbing. casting himself as a human alarm clock, eva ns' climbing. casting himself as a human alarm clock, evans' rambunctious style a nd alarm clock, evans' rambunctious style and emotional openers have garnered him a big following over his long career. a year ago when top salaries were released, he came ou

david shukman, bbc news. the time is 6.15.y could face new laws over online child abuse if more isn't done to stop it. and alistair cook — england's most prolific test batsman — announces he's retiring, saying he has nothing left in the tank. coming up on sportsday on bbc news, tottenham have confirmed all three of their champions league group games this season will now be played at wembley. a british company has unveiled a new robotic surgery system which is expected to be used at several nhs hospitals from next year. the robotic arms, which carry out the operation, are controlled by a surgeon using a console. it's one of a new generation of surgical robots on the horizon, as our medical correspondent fergus walsh reports. imagine this operating on you. it's the latest in surgical robot technology. all controlled by a human hand at a console, with the aid of a 3—d monitor. the aim is to make laparoscopic or keyhole surgery technically easier for surgeons, allowing greater precision, and so giving better outcomes for patients.

david shukman, bbc news. warned that they faced the prospect of new legislation if they don't do more to prevent child abuse online. home secretary sajid javid said some of the firms were refusing to take the issue seriously enough, whereas he'd been impressed by their work to tackle terrorism online. the national crime agency said it received more than 82,000 referrals of child sex abuse images last year, a sharp increase since 2012 as our home affairs correspondent, june kelly, reports. it's a final briefing, before we actually go and execute the warrant. officers from the national crime agency gearing up for a recent raid on a suspected paedophile. every month, the nca and police forces around the country arrest around 400 people for accessing child abuse images online. what was it i've done? earlier this year, matthew falder, a cambridge graduate, was sentenced after nearly a decade of offending. he tricked his victims into sending him naked images of themselves. he also encouraged acts of self degradatio

david shukman, bbc news.bridge. staff at fulbourn hospital called in experts who said "honey oozed" from the between gaps in the brick and plasterwork when a roof panel was removed. the tree bee society took 12 hours to remove the bees, which they say had probably been there for years. singing's supposed to bring many benefits — making you feel calmer, happier and more positive. but a worldwide project to get people to sing together has even higher ambitions — to promote global peace. the one day one choir initiative began a few years ago with just a handful of choirs taking part, but has grown to involve singers from across the globe. today is world peace day and we sent our correspondent rich preston to find out more about the project. one of the initiatives to mark the international diof peace is this. one day, one choir. a collection a million singers in more than 70 countries round the world, singing for peace. one day one choir was set up byjane hanson in 2014. new additions to their line up this year i

david shukman, bbc news.ycles, visit bbc.co.uk/news, where you can access more information. at least 151 people have drowned after a ferry capsized on lake victoria in tanzania. it was sailing between two islands when the accident happened. ferries on the lake are often overloaded. from nairobi in neighbouring kenya, anne soy reports. they stand and watch, helpless. just a few hundred meters away, the upturned hull of the mv nyerere. rescuers who arrived by boat recovered bodies from around the capsized vessel. back on shore, relatives waited anxiously for news. translation: i was told i lost my father, my aunt and my younger sibling, it is a terrible loss. translation: my nephew's on the island. he told me the news that his father, my brother, was on the ferry. it's unclear how many people were on board the mv nyerere. witnesses say it could be as many as 400, four times its official capacity. translation: when the captain was trying to slow down and about to dock, the passengers were already running to the

david shukman, bbc news. david shukman, bbc news.it is great. you can put your postcode on it and it tells you what you can put in your bin. you can check it but i still don't get it. i thought they didn't take any of the black plastic anywhere but 20% of councils do that. shall we go on now? get in touch! we will be speaking to the facebook head of global safety. lots to talk about, including fake news, intimidation, whether the web is a safe s pa ce. intimidation, whether the web is a safe space. if you have a question for them, please get in touch. e—mail us. she is head of global safety, so let's keep the issue about safety as well. do you fancy a coffee ? about safety as well. do you fancy a coffee? i've got one i'm waiting to drink. we will have loads this morning if we needed because ben is talking manufacturing in birmingham ata talking manufacturing in birmingham at a coffee machine factory and he joins us now. got one! good morning. —— he's got one. we i hear talking about manufacturing, my dream job. the organisation that

david shukman, bbc news.tion. one of the initiatives to mark the international diof peace is this. one day, one choir. a collection a million singers in more than 70 countries round the world, singing for peace. one day one choir was set up byjane hanson in 2014. new additions to their line hanson in 2014. new additions to theirline up hanson in 2014. new additions to their line up this year include azerbaijan, bermuda and bangladesh. we have literally all kinds of people joining we have literally all kinds of peoplejoining in, which is wonderful. the whole premise was that anyone could join in, however old, however able so we have 40 cathedrals, hundreds of schools, mosque, temples old people's homes, offices and main stone prison were involved and the prison choir were singing for peace, everybody and anybody. with voices not usually known for their single talents getting involved. among those performing is mohammed, who came to the uk three yea rs mohammed, who came to the uk three years ago as a refugee f

david shukman explains further. avid: in san francisco, final construction of a massive jepr with an incredibly bold ambition, to try to clear the oceans of plastic waste. this amation shows how the huge structure is meant to collect millions of pieces of plastic, to make them easier to get rid of. sites like this have shocked people around the world.da images of thge to wildlife have inspired this effort to clean up. >> if we don't do it now, all the plastic will start breaking down into smaller and r pieces. the smaller the pieces are, the more harmful and harder to extract from the marine environment. we feel there is a sense of urgency. david: there is plastic waste in every ocean around the world. this is the fit attempt to clean it up. it will take place in the eastern pacific a rotating current that tracks plastic, whge is called the great gar patch. it is greater than britain and france combined. how is the project meant to work? a giant tube 600 meters longwi float on the surface, and bend into the shape of

david shukman, bbc news.like google, facebook and twitter that they could face new laws unless they step up efforts to tackle images of child abuse. he said he wanted the technology industry to block illegal material as soon as it's detected and to do more to help the police catch offenders. it comes as the national crime agency says there's been a significant rise in the number of child abuse images reported to it over the last five years. it estimates around 80,000 people in the uk present some kind of sexual threat to children online. our home affairs correspondent june kelly reports. it's a final briefing, before we actually go and execute a warrant. officers from the national crime agency gearing up for a recent raid on a suspected paedophile. every month the nca and police forces around the country arrest around 400 people for accessing child abuse images online. what was it i've done? earlier this year, matthew falder, a cambridge graduate, was sentenced after nearly a decade of offending. he operated

our science editor david shukman explains.n of a massive project with an incredibly bold ambition. to try to clear the ocean of plastic waste. this animation shows how the huge structure is meant to collect millions of pieces of plastic to make it easier to get rid of. sites like this have shocked people around the world. and images of the damage to wildlife have inspired this effort to clean up. if we don't do it now, the plastic will break down into smaller pieces. the smaller it is, the more harmful, and harder it is to extract. there is a sense of urgency. there is plastic waste in every ocean around the world, and this is a first attempt to clean it up. it will take place in a rotating current, what's called the great garbage patch which is bigger than britain and france combined. so how will it work? a giant tube, 600 metres long, will float on the surface, shaped like a horse shoe. it will drift with the currents and wind. it will move faster than all the bits of plastic in the water so it should gather them together in

be made to get into the middle of the pacific ocean to try to clean it up. 0ur science editor david shukmanncredibly bold ambition. to try to clear the oceans of plastic waste. this animation shows how the huge structure is meant to collect millions of pieces of plastic to make them easier to get rid of. sights like this have shocked people around the world. images of the damage to wildlife have inspired this effort to clean up. if we don't do it now all this plastic will start breaking down into smaller and smaller pieces, and the smaller the pieces are the more harmful and harder to extract from the marine environment. so we feel there is a sense of urgency. there is plastic waste in every ocean around the world but this is the first attempt to clean it up. it will take place in the eastern pacific in a rotating current that traps plastic, what's called the great garbage patch. it's bigger than britain and france combined. how is the project meant to work? a giant tube 600 metres long will float on the surface and bend into a shape like a horseshoe, drifting naturally with the current and

huge plastic—collection system will be towed out from california tomorrow. 0ur science editor david shukman san francisco, final construction of a massive project with an incredibly bold ambition. to try to clear the ocean of plastic waste. this animation shows how the structure is meant to collect millions of pieces of plastic to make it easier to get rid of. sites like this have shocks people around the world. but images of the damage to wildlife have inspired this effort to clean up. if we don't do it now the plastic will break down into smaller pieces. the smaller it is, though more harmful, and harder it is to extra ct. harmful, and harder it is to extract. there is a sense of urgency. there is plastic waste in every ocean around the world, this is a first attempt to clean it up. it will take place in a rotating parent, what's called the great garbage patch which is bigger than britain and france combined. so how will it work? eight giant cube will float on the surface, shaped like a horse shoe. it will drift with pa rents horse shoe. it will drift with parents and wind. it will move f

huge plastic—collection system will be towed out from california tomorrow. 0ur science editor david shukmanthe ocean of plastic waste. this animation shows how the structure is meant to collect millions of pieces of plastic to make it easier to get rid of. sites like this have shocked people around the world. but images of the damage to wildlife have inspired this effort to clean up. if we don't do it now, the plastic will break down into smaller pieces. the smaller it is, though more harmful, and harder it is to extract. there is a sense of urgency. there is plastic waste in every ocean around the world, this is a first attempt to clean it up. it will take place in a rotating current, what's called the great garbage patch which is bigger than britain and france combined. so how will it work? a giant tube will float on the surface, shaped like a horse shoe. it will drift with the currents and wind. it will move faster than all the bits of plastic in the water so it should gather them together into a small area. under water, a kind of barrier will hang three metres down to trap plastic below

here's our science editor, david shukman.he country, different councils recycle plastic in different ways. in north oxfordshire, plastic goes into blue bins, along with all the other recycling, to be sorted later. in waltham forest in east london, black boxes are for plastic, and each council has its own rules about which kinds of plastic it'll take. confused? well, sue raymond lives near bracknell in berkshire, and like many, she isn't clear what to do. i don't know if i can put that in the bin, and whether that will get discarded the other end or whether they will recycle that. you will you assume you can or you assume you can't? i will put it in. because you think it will probably be ok? i'd rather try and put it in my recycling bin rather than put it in my rubbish. to help sue with her plastic, we take her to the local recycling centre in reading for a look behind the scenes. centre manager adrian clarke will be her guide. that will be made into food trays again. here, bottles, yoghurt pots and food cartons are all accept

to explain how it works, here's our science editor david shukman. is the first attempt to clean it up. it will take place in the eastern pacific, in a rotating current that traps plastic. what is called the great garbage patch. it is bigger than britain and france combined. so how is this project went to work? a giant tube 600 metres long will float on the surface and bend into a shape mikey hall shoe, drifting naturally with the currents and winds. —— likea winds. —— like a horseshoe. with bits of plastic in the water, it should slowly gather them into plastic in the water, it should slowly gather them into a plastic in the water, it should slowly gather them into a smaller area. underwater, a barrier will hang three metres down and trap the plastic below the surface. this design should mean that any fish will pass under it. once that plastic has been drawn into a dense mass, it will then be collected by ship and taken away to be recycled. so that is how it works. not everyone is in favour of this plan. will mccallum is from greenpeace. you suggest

and as our science editor, david shukmans reports, the warm weather isn't over yet... ..to the stark image of a dried—out reservoir in the lake district... ..to the punishing temperatures of city streets, filmed by a thermal camera the pavements, depicted in yellow, radiating heat. for anyone on holiday, it was perfect summer weather. beaches were packed and seaside businesses have been booming. no need to fly to distant resorts for plenty of sunshine. but for many the heat was tough to endure. this field in hertfordshire was typical of many across britain, the only trace of green was the cricket pitch. and for farmers, the long, hot dry spell became a constant source of worry. for mark in devon, the land now looks less parched, but the legacy of the heatwave continues. we all knew the summer was hot, but what do the met office figures actually tell us? well, the summer had an average temperature of 15.8 celsius, and because that is within a fraction of what was seen back in 1976, 2003 and 2006, they're are calling it a joint record. at the same time, england set a n

here's our science editor, david shukman.n rules about which kinds of plastic it'll take. confused? well, sue raymond lives near bracknell in berkshire, and like many, she isn't clear what to do. i don't know if i can put that in the bin, and whether that will get discarded the other end or whether they will recycle that. you will you assume you can or will you assume you can't? i will put that in. because you think it will probably be ok? i'd rather try, and put it in my recycling bin, rather than put it in my rubbish. to help sue with her plastic, we take her to the local recycling centre in reading for a look behind the scenes. the centre's manager adrian clarke is her guide. that will be made into food trays again. here, bottles, yoghurt pots and food cartons are all accepted. staff check everything is being sorted correctly. sue learns that if she gets things slightly wrong, the system can handle it. they seem quite tolerant with the amount of plastics that can go into the recycling bin, and they can do things with it. s