well my look like wanton destruction is in fact helping indigenous flora. alien invasion trees like eucalyptus from australia wreck havoc on the eco system explains evil masters they have no natural enemies here so they grow rapidly very quickly and what especially if you kill a person is that you see behind me as well. the three year old trees can absorb up to ninety liters of water a day where they're full grown truth can take of close to a thousand liters a day of water the effects are huge you can see the the river and you can see the water line where the rivers are supposed to be and where the water actually is and there's a lot of these trees absorbing a lot of the water it's a massive problem for the drought stricken country another only one caused by invasive plant species there are about soon hundred of them in south africa. become petes with indigenous plants cos erosion and intensify the impacts of wildfires we're diverse stating effects on flora fauna and humanness. so there is reason enough for you and his team to cut down the unwanted trees it

. >> supervisor peskin: flora. >> oh. >> supervisor peskin: the one we just talked about. >> give me a second. i'm confusing two different bills. >> supervisor peskin: that was the one to include the scooters on sidewalks. >> i believe it passed handily out of transportation and it's pending in appropriations. >> supervisor peskin: do your magic. thank you. any questions for mr. watts? seeing none, is there any public comment on this item? seeing none, public comment is closed. commissioner yee. >> supervisor yee: i'm supporting the opposed position. i'm just curious is mta here? something from mta? >> supervisor peskin: dylan is here. >> supervisor yee: so, is mta taking any position on this? >> through the chair, to the commissioner, i know that we are working -- we are working with the mayor's office and the state legislative committee. we have concerns on the bill as well. and we've also been working directly with chair peskin in his capacity as supervisor: >> supervisor yee: ok. i'm hoping that you'll -- mta will take quicker movement in opposing this. this certainly, even thoug

in the middle, we have sabir's wife, flora.ou can tell us who we are going to hear from. the reason the family are sitting in front here is because flora has some mobility issues, and the family wants to be with her. can you please bring the microphone closer to you?” interviewed some words on the behalf of sabir's brother. —— i'm going to read some words. sabir was not only my brother but my best friend. the only sibling i had here in the united kingdom. we did everything together when we were kids, and even until he died, with would always make decisions together. being so close engagement that as kids, we grew up lame, fighting and arguing. but more importantly, we grew up loving way and favouring each other over other siblings. the bond we had was unbreakable. a bond like no other. we shared our times of trouble in sickness and hardship, but most importantly, we shared our happiness. our kids grew up together, and they are like brother and sister, the relationship that we had, andl and sister, the relationship that we had,

examines the theme of politically divided but historically related countries are hybrids juxtapose flora and fauna from neighboring countries it's a utopian vision. the two sends workers more radical her new seam of own belongings is an astute metaphor for an eagle a tear in world. a gaping grimace of false teeth question. dividing lines between castes ethnicities and genders. facing india an uncompromising view of the subcontinent and the world we live in. and of course we've got much more up our sleeves look for us on facebook under d.l. you culture. now more discoveries from india picked up on our radar. the german indian production paavo is german director modern lit facts feature film debut. the twenty six thousand release is based on the true story of a young tibetan. is tibetan for hero. it's. the. largest. in stark powerful images the film tells the story of georgie's life. in two thousand and eight he was arrested during tibet and protests against chinese rule and endures six months of torture in a chinese prison. and so on feel strong enough. to fight. the wars. that's a. magic

after a long and cold winter flowers are finally in full bloom across europe and one place where the flora is truly celebrated is in zero nine in northern spain in may of every year this town turns into a paradise of flowers all courtyards private houses and churches service showrooms for floral decorations of every kind while this temporary burst of color draws and tourists from all over which is quite welcome in this sleepy little town. temp to fuel the annual flower festival in the spanish city of your own a culture is in spring time the preacher's two hundred floral artworks that graced the gardens monuments and courtyards of your own as hold down. the displays are designed by catalonian florists and artists such as jordan. he was decorated the steps of the cathedral and to him that's a special honor. not the that i was born here my roots are here but there so this means a lot to me i'm thrilled on the one hand but i also feel a strong sense of responsibility that i wanted to create something beautiful. suited to this landmark building a cathedral made me feel. creating the lavish disp

flora was just 19 years old when she was sold in 1796 and this silhouette was created to market her.ng about her future. silhouettes became even more popular with the emergence of physiognomy, the idea that the shape of somebody‘s profile could reveal character and personality. by the early 1800s, with the development of a machine called the physiognotrace, which traced the shape of your profile and literally was a technology that people were dying to see how it worked, there were lines out of the door, hundreds of people getting silhouettes made on any given day in any town in america. this exhibition shows how silhouettes have inspired contemporary artists. so, we're standing in the middle of my interactive installation. there's a depth camera on the ceiling that's looking down on us. camille utterback takes the abstract nature of silhouettes to explore the virtual traces of our online profile. so my software then takes that data and extracts your silhouette as seen from above, from that information. cara walker looks at race through the blackness of silhouettes. while kumi yamashi

from here, you can see the sort of flora and fauna around the veil. here it is centred at the very end of this beautiful bouquet, but every single aspect around here is not repeated. time for a look at the weather with matt taylor. at the main exception is northern ireland and western scotland. occasional rain, which could turn a bit heavier and more persistent. we have also got some mist and sea fog. temperatures here dropping down into single figures, but nothing untoward is to start monday morning's rush hour. grain is a cost eastern counties, that will break up some fog lingering. still wet across the highlands, ireland and northern ireland. brightness towards country to —— audi down. this 20 celsius across south—east scotland, 2a parts of england and wales. the midlands, wealth and the south—west, could be heavy and sundry. one or two showers possible, a lot of dry and fine weather to come. take care. this is bbc news. our latest headlines: the royal family has thanked the public after thousands of people lined the streets of windsor to celebrate

rural him system and we now know since about ten years that the micro biome which is microbiology flora of interest time. seems to play a very important reason also in this whole complex of irritable bowel syndrome and even some psychological disorders so what kind of diagnostic tools to have sex magick medicine we have very few. real diagnostic tools in the real medicine we look into strasse factors we look into. blood levels of inflammatory mediators we do a very thorough psychometric diagnostic and we try to. activate people and get things like cognitive behavioral therapy for example in the program and maybe even third p. can be helpful and i just want to take a closer look at this scene. mr therapist so what is out therapy all about. yannick with martin therapy enables people to give visual expression to their feelings to what they might be experiencing within themselves another very important aspect is that it unleashes their creative impulses and abilities that patients discover that they can do things they might never have imagined that they could and that boosts their self-este

visitors are flocking to this year's euro flora in the italian port city of genoa the international exhibition sold out on monday for the vicious consecutive day and it's the biggest foreign garden show in the mediterranean region and usually takes place every five years. this year it's spread over an area of eighty six thousand square meters. five kilometers of pathways to wander along between planted gardens and historic villas the installations have been designed to represent the four elements. found water near a floor and runs until may sixth. actually . the number of new hiv infections has dropped nevertheless. here in germany alone some three thousand people are infected with the virus every here the situation is worse and developing countries their mune deficiency disease remains one of the most dangerous health problems worldwide this weekend at an annual charity event and bomb ten opera singers donated their time i'm presented a very program. soprano heather engebretsen from the u.s. singing from mozart's oprah the abduction from the surrounding. i'm christina mchugh taria another one

good morning, iam indeed crude side verges, home to 45% of flora, but they are under threat.tails on why and a forecast for you which isn't a bad one! see you in 15 minutes. good morning. first, our main story: serious organised crime, like gun smuggling, modern slavery and sexual exploitation are the greatest threat to national security, according to the uk's top law officials. the national crime agency estimates there are more than 4,500 gangs involved in such crimes in the uk with many of their offences under—reported. our home affairs correspondent dominic casciani has more. firearms seized days ago in dollars, assault rifles and handguns hidden ina assault rifles and handguns hidden in a lorry, one example of why the national crime agency today says organised crime groups are the greatest threat to national security. three years ago, this was britain's biggest gun smuggling operation. armed officers surrounding a boat is a gang offloaded surrounding a boat is a gang offloa d ed 3! surrounding a boat is a gang offloaded 3! machine—guns. today's annual survey of organised

staying on the subject of flowers a belgian flora's and geoffrey moore todd made sure that sculpture has become i catches with his. floral decorations some colorful caps hats or beards he even put his mark on the famous mannequin peacetime show in brussels for the next part of our series inflow for blue we take a look now at how more tired spruces up sculptures around the belgian capital. classical statues are getting a modern update a crown of colorful flowers to decorate a normally bastogne head. all around brussels stone and bronze figures are sporting bouquets of beautiful blooms around their heads. belgium's former king leopold the second even got a bright new bed. for the project is the brainchild of belgian floral artist. some find it funny that i put flowers on someone else's work others downright disrespectful but my interest stems from a romantic inclination to hide the statue and allow it to be rediscovered at the same time. even brussels most famous statue the mannequin pierce has been given a flowery. figure was created by sculptor sharon do kanwar in sixteen nineteen. s

so to go to native flora and make an interesting thing out of it as well, i would think if i were starting a garden now myself with shrubs, trees and also flowering plants, i would love to be able to plant endangered species or very interesting species and be able to share with others the stories of them and so on. so that is one of the major ways that we can help wildlife of all sizes in this country. >> i agree with him. >> thank you. [laughter] >> yes. >> hi, my name is ben, and my question is, first of all, i think ken burns correctly said that the u.s. park service is probably america's best idea. so i just wanted to thank you for that. >> it is. >> my question is for professor wilson. if we think about really holistic and thoughtful conservation, the staggering population growth in the world seems to be somewhat problematic in terms of conservation. and experiments with addressing population growth have been problematic. china's experimentation with population limitation has had a number of issues. so is there a need to decrease our skyrocketing billions of people growth, and if ther

turn violent in germany may day rallies also resulted in clashes between demonstrators and the all flora cities. yes. broke out between the police and anti fascist activists in berlin up to ten thousand people attended the march despite it not being authorized more than five thousand officers were deployed to control the march. next generation politics could spell trouble for the democrats in the u.s. according to recent polls it's revealed americans born after nine hundred ninety five or generations ears they're being called have more conservative leanings than older voters hired at the same age a survey of over fifty thousand people under the age of twenty three shows increasing support for the republican party while a large number of them would also back donald trump's reelection in twenty twenty unlike the so-called millennial generation the younger voters are more sensitive to conservative policies with the economy education and gun rights taking priority over the policies kaleb more pain has been finding out whether young americans values are changing. are young americans just less

cosmic sense and also in an individual sense as an artist and then beyond that became the australian flora and fauna and nature and geology and all the things that make it such a unique place. last year, nearly 2.5 million people enjoyed the event, bringing a $100 million boost to the economy. with the spotlight remaining on sydney for the next three weeks, that could soon be outshone. what a great way to shake off the winter blues. as for the weather here, no winter blues but possibly bank holiday once. in an arab rule plans this weekend, plenty of sunshine and warmth around but some dark clouds particularly in england and wales. the risk of a few severe as thunderstorms. but the most they will only be a small portion of the weekend. they towards wales and the south—west into the later stages of the day. warm wave have sunshine. 25 in the highlands. a little cooler down the east coast. nor north—east scotland, low cloud. more severe storms pushing up from france, lightning, the risk of flooding, gusty winds. humid night in southern areas. a few showers lingering into sunday morning. poten

she finished 43 seconds behind winner flora duffy of bermuda. jodie stimpson came in 14th place. for now, now it is time for click. replica art, replica popstar and a robot that we wish could replicate doing the laundry. the future starts here. more specifically at london's victoria and albert museum. i have come to an exhibition that hopes to make us think about how we want to live our lives in the future. there are over 100 items on display, a lot of them we have seen on the show before but here they are presented in a different light, in a somewhat unsettling one. here is an immersive dome. a reminder of how our lifestyles are poisoning the earth. it's not every day you an artificially intelligent sandpit and it really is quite compelling to play with. so there's some more water. the creators have extracted topography data from thousands of satellite images and fed that into a neural network to create this interactive display. as i dig deeper, the land level drops and it turns to sea, or if i pile up the sand, it transforms into green mountains. this is a future that i could e

bronze in yokohama injapan earlier, finishing 43 seconds behind winner and commonwealth champion, floratted afterwards that she had been looking at a future away from the sport. i spent last night googling job obligations, and over breakfast this morning i was reading what i had to do to apply for this particularjob. idid not do to apply for this particularjob. i did not expect that at all today. it has been a really tough two yea rs. it has been a really tough two years. i've got her a lot of ups and downs, and this is part to be super cruel and super—tough. it just downs, and this is part to be super cruel and super—tough. itjust shows if you stay patient and keep looking away than you can get back up there, really. meanwhile, mario mola of spain won the men's race. the spaniard finished first for a record third consecutive time in yokohama, to extend his lead at the top of the standings. britain's grant sheldon was 18th, with thomas bishop back in 24th. now, breaking the cycle of youth crime in britain's cities has become one of our most pressing social issues. knife crime — in parti

the lawyer for his family, martin howe qc, read these words on behalf of his wife, flora.sband will not be with us for farhad's wedding, able to see his grandchildren or share in thejoy farhad's wedding, able to see his grandchildren or share in the joy of becoming grandparents. those hopes and dreams have been shattered. the chance to enjoy such special moments asa chance to enjoy such special moments as a close, loving family have been taken away from saber and there's a heavy sense of loss in our hearts which will never, ever go away. saber had always been there for all of us. he never complained, and he a lwa ys of us. he never complained, and he always did everything with a smile. he was my husband, he was my best friend. i miss him so much. you will a lwa ys friend. i miss him so much. you will always be the love of my life. families will continue to remember their loved ones in statements expected to last two weeks. sir martin moore—bick, who is chair of the inquiry, said he hopes that along with the sorrow will be the chance to remember happier times. during the co

from here you can see the beauty of the flora around the veil centred on the beautiful bouquet.'s time to get all the latest from the bbc sports centre. hello. i'm gavin ramjaun, and welcome to your monday sports briefing. coming up: we'll look ahead to game 4 in the nba's eastern conference finals series between the cleveland cavaliers and the boston celtics. rafa rules on clay again in italy just a week ahead of the french open. and we'll check out some fantastic football celebrations in germany. it wasn't looking great for the cleveland cavaliers, after two games of their eastern conference finals, but they've got the momentum heading into their fourth game against the boston celtics on monday evening. lebron james was on fire on saturday. james scored 27 points, and had 12 assists as the cavs won 116—86. the cavaliers remember are trying to reach the nba finals for a fourth straight year. we'll keep you fully updated here on bbc world news. rafa nadal has won the italian open for an eighth time, beating alexander zverev in three sets. the win means the spaniard will regain t

and beyond that came the australian flora and fauna and nature and geology and all the things that make00 million to the economy. with the spotlight remaining on sydney for the next three weeks that could soon be outshone. thousands of football fans are converging on key for saturday‘s champions league final. this was the scene as some of real madrid‘s most dedicated fans left for ukraine. hugh woozencroft is in the ukrainian capital ahead of the game, soaking up the atmosphere. welcome to keogh of, where the atmosphere is building nicely ahead of the champions league final between liverpool and real madrid. —— kiev. fans have been having a great time here at the centre of the city, taking in the sights, enjoying new cuisine, new drinks, having a great time, generally seen some liverpool and real madrid legend ‘s alia as well. i‘ve got a couple of liverpool fans here. alia as well. i‘ve got a couple of liverpoolfans here. i alia as well. i‘ve got a couple of liverpool fans here. i have come from south africa. how have you found the booking of the travel, the infrastructure, getting your

wouldn't it be amazing if we took the 53 countries of the commonwealth and embroidered flower and some floraauna from each one of those and that they would go up one of those and that they would go up the aisle, thatjourney up the aisle with you. she said, i love the story of that. she said that was an amazing moment for her, to have that idea of all of those countries walking with her through the ceremony. i saw her after the service. she was absolutely radiant. there was just glued to her. you could tell they were so in love in that moment when it had all come together for them and just looked absolutely exquisite. there have been problems on the first day of a major overhaul of rail timetables, designed to reduce pressure on services in and out of london. all trains run by great northern, thameslink, southern, southeastern and the gatwick express are operating to a new schedule. it has already caused delays with some services today not running at all. govia thameslink railway, which operates three franchises, has already had to amend the amended timetables today. it says that there have b

cosmic sense and also in an individual sense as an artist and then beyond that became the australian florallion people enjoyed the event, bringing a $100 million boost to the economy. with the spotlight remaining on sydney for the next three weeks, that could soon be outshone. a great way to banish the winter blues but i'm not sure the prospects look so good here in the uk. time for the weather with tomasz schafernaker. let's shine a light on that and the weather, not looking too bad because most of us so far have enjoyed a fine day with some sunshine around but there is a risk of thunderstorms this evening and indeed, the rest of the bank holiday weekend. at the moment, showers across south—western areas. as we go through this afternoon, we will see storms building across the south, rolling off the english channel and sweeping in this general direction. that means central southern england, parts of the midlands, wales, eventually, will get storms. some of them will be really nasty, frequent thunder and lightning, hail and gusty wind as well. notice that further north, there's absolutely n

it's the new scheme to enrol and engage a new generation, almost six, which flora told me as her age. liked cricket is a long—term challenge for the sport. finding a tea m challenge for the sport. finding a team to win a test match was the immediate issue at lord's. 15 minutes into the summer, that was mark stoneman removed for four. 0pening summer, that was mark stoneman removed forfour. 0pening batsman is a recurring problem for england as pakistan know. now batting the eternal alastair cook and joe root, the calm heads. hang on, was that close ? the calm heads. hang on, was that close? very. but you have to stay positive while you're still in. a little nudge and watch the ball run between the fielders. cook has been doing that for a dozen years in test matches. and our‘s play, england we re matches. and our‘s play, england were going 0k matches. and our‘s play, england were going ok but one of the great truths of this ground in this sport, you can't lose concentration. not even for a second. 0ne rash shot and joe root was court, boom indeed. stand—by for ali's celebration again as

cosmic sense and also in an individual sense as an artist and then beyond that became the australian floranjoyed the event, bringing a $100 million boost to the economy. with the spotlight remaining on sydney for the next three weeks, that could soon be outshone. what a great way to shake off

she finish 43 seconds behind the winner, bermuda's flora duffy.ow. now for the weather. compared to last weekend where we saw record—breaking warmth and sunshine for that bank holiday weekend, this one is looking a little bit cooler and more unsettled. there will be some rain at times, particularly across the eastern side of the country during tonight and sunday morning. that said, some areas will stay dry, lots of sunshine, a warm weekend. it has been a glorious start across much of the uk this morning. further south, we start to see the cloud build up. outbreaks of rain will begin to push towards the south—east because of some rain moving across the channel. you can see itjust pushing into the south—east as we head into the latter part the morning and into the afternoon. a few showers will develop across the south west of england and towards south wales, too. maybe the odd shower elsewhere, maybe for northern ireland. but essentially central and northern areas looking dry for the afternoon. very pleasant indeed. temperatures reaching around the

wouldn't it be amazing if we took the 53 countries of the commonwealth and embroidered flower and some florana from each one of those and that they would go up the aisle, thatjourney up the aisle with you. she said, i love the story of that. she said that was an amazing moment for her, to have that idea of all of those countries walking with her through the ceremony. i saw her after the service. she was absolutely radiant. there was just a glow to her. you could tell they were so in love in that moment when it had all come together for them and she just looked absolutely exquisite. is clare waight keller, the designer of meghan‘s wedding dress. although details of the evening reception have been scarce a firework display was seen over the windsor rooftops late last night. these were some shots taken by a viewerfor these were some shots taken by a viewer for us. the party for 200 close friends and family was hosted by prince charles and held at frogmore house on the outskirts of the town. ina break in a break with tradition, amongst many others, the bride herself made a speech. they will not

from here you can see the beauty of the flora and fauna around the vale, here centred at the very end is not repeated. more than 30 firefighters are tackling a large grass fire on arthur's seat in edinburgh. the emergency services were related to the blaze close to the summit at around 1:30 p:m.. fire chiefs have warned of an increase of risk of wildfires. one person was injured and crew remain at the same. military bomb disposal experts have successfully detonated a 1000 kilo world war ii german sea mine found ona world war ii german sea mine found on a sussex beach yesterday. a big session of the beach had to be cordoned off. when some dog walking friends spotted this imposter in the shallows they wasted no time in sizing up the threat. from the short it looked like a huge tank. the closer you get you can see there is a mechanism and a nose on it, so it is quite clearly a weapon, so we backed off. the beach at alma was cordoned off while bomb disposal teams worked out how to deal with what they identified was a 6—foot long, 1000 kg anti—ship mine dropped bya long, 1000 kg anti—ship