i'm in tignes, a ski resort in the french alps.s part of the espace killy ski area, and home to the grande motte glacier, which rises to a whopping 3,450 metres. despite the resort‘s high altitude, like many others, it had to delay the start of its season by a couple of weeks due to lack of snow. across the world, global warming is shortening the ski season, and starting to seriously affect the economy for lower resorts. it may be hard to believe given recent heavy snowfall in europe, but the bigger picture is looking bleak. the charity protect our winters has been collecting data from climate scientists around the world, all with similar predictions. by 2050, the alps could see a reduction in snow by more than a0%. warren smith is an ambassador for the charity. so, lucy, tell me about your skiing background — what have you done so far? i'm still very much in plough territory. he's also an international ski coach based in the alps. here we go. change direction! i've noticed a massive difference, especially in the last 25 years that

i am in tignes, a ski resort in the french alps. mosque lassie which arises to a whopping 3450 metres. —— lacey. despite the resort‘s high altitude, like many others it had to delay the start of it season by a couple of weeks due to lack of snow. across the world, global warming is shortening the ski season, and starting to seriously affect the economy for lower resorts. it may be hard to believe given recent heavy snowfall in europe, at the bigger picture is looking bleak. the charity "protect oui’ looking bleak. the charity "protect our winters" has been collecting data from climate scientists around the world, all with similar predictions. i2050 the alps could see a reduction in snow of more than 40%. -- i2050. ryan see a reduction in snow of more than 40%. —— i2050. ryan smith is a ambassador to the charity. tell me about yours being, what have you done so far. —— your skiing. about yours being, what have you done so far. -- your skiing. he is also an international ski coach based in the alps. here we go. i have noticed a massiv

it's an icy plunge for me in the french alps.he canary islands. the ski season is now in full swing in the northern hemisphere. and so far, the snowfall has been somewhat unpredictable. i'm in tignes, a ski resort in the french alps. it is part of the espace killy ski area, and home to the grande motte glacier, which rises to a whopping 3,450 metres. despite the resort‘s high altitude, like many others, it had to delay the start of its season by a couple of weeks, due to lack of snow. across the world, global warming is shortening the ski season, and starting to seriously affect the economy for lower resorts. it may be hard to believe given recent heavy snowfall in europe, but the bigger picture is looking bleak. the charity protect our winters has been collecting data from climate scientists around the world, all with similar predictions. by 2050, the alps could see a reduction in snow by more than a0%. warren smith is an ambassador to the charity. so, lucy, tell me about your skiing background, what have you done so far? i'm st

now for him to quote in relations between france and italy they would change the reports from the french alps. kids europe's most ambitious engineering project a high speed train link being cut beneath the alps separating france and italy but as diplomatic relations continue to unravel it's proving to be a tunnel too far at the heart of the ten billion dollar peroration is this drilling machine two thousand four hundred tons of steel churning to the rock nonstop towards italy greece and a version of me is if this is really the project of my life i hope to keep on and finish this tunnel. but emerging from a citizens god house on the italian side of the border it's fulvia as a lifetime ambition to make sure the tunnel never breaks through. for years now thousands of locals here have been taking part in demonstrations against it down the simi lorry that we don't really have so many things to be down or things attributed to the community and let's say for progress what is being done with this tunnel is a waste of frowns we waste a montane of found wasted with and fulvio has some backing in high p

>>> well, let's go overseas to check out the french alps. do you ski, jana?no, i haven't. >> i am a skier, i have never tried this, though, it's a thing, most dangerous, skiing at the same time, this guy sydney cohen and some of his friends went to the french alps, took some pictures. this is what you get, it looks like a broken leg waiting to happen. >> and playing criss-cross in the background. whoever picked that out s. also some dangerous activities of flipping fail, flip and fame this man is a tumbling sensation, except he has no situational awareness and hit that wall. there we go, go, go, oh. >> i think we shouldn't be laughing. >> that proubl hurt. >> i'm sure he's all right. >> oh, tattered wall, maybe? >> hopefully. >> who's filming? >> somebody couldn't go, wall! wall! he's gotic rm mov on. i bet your 8-month-old couldn't do this. i couldn't when i was 8 months old, they are calling him the double dutch baby. check that out. >> look at her go. >> it's intense coordination right there. >> yeah. double dutch aerobatics, dutch double aerobics baby fro

it‘s an icy plunge for me in the french alps.er, which rises to a whopping 3,450 metres. despite the resort‘s high altitude, like many others, it had to delay the start of its season by a couple of weeks, due to lack of snow. across the world, global warming is shortening the ski season, and starting to seriously affect the economy for lower resorts. it may be hard to believe given recent heavy snowfall in europe, but the bigger picture is looking bleak. the charity protect our winters has been collecting data from climate scientists around the world, all with similar predictions. by 2050, the alps could see a reduction in snow by more than a0%. warren smith is an ambassador to the charity. so, lucy, tell me about your skiing background, what have you done so far? i‘m still very much in plough territory. he‘s also an international ski coach based in the alps. here we go. i‘ve noticed a massive difference, especially in the last 25 years that we‘ve been doing it, of the glaciers retreating, the glaciers getting smaller. in the win

i'm in tignes, a ski resort in the french alps.by a couple of weeks due to lack of snow. across the world, global warming is shortening the ski season, and starting to seriously affect the economy for lower resorts. it may be hard to believe given recent heavy snowfall in europe, but the bigger picture is looking bleak. the charity protect our winters has been collecting data from climate scientists around the world, all with similar predictions. by 2050, the alps could see a reduction in snow by more than 40%. warren smith is an ambassador for the charity. so, lucy, tell me about your skiing background — what have you done so far? i'm still very much in plough territory. plough. he's also an international ski coach based in the alps. here we go. change direction! i've noticed a massive difference, especially in the last 25 years that we've been doing it, of the glaciers retreating, the glaciers getting smaller. in the winters, our winter season is getting shorter, you know, they used to start in november very comfortably, and now

join us next week, when lucy prepares to go subzero in the french alps.'m not as nervous as i thought, but i haven't touched the water yet, so i honestly have no idea what to expect. find out how she got on with her first attempt at ice diving. and don't forget, you can follow all our adventures in real time on the road by going to our social media feeds. but for now from me, ade adepitan, and from all the travel show team here in stunning morocco, it's goodbye. hello. there is more snow to come in this forecast as we head into friday. the main focus is the zone, say, from south wales across east anglia and anywhere south of here. all driven by this area of low pressure, which stays close by as we go into friday. now, whilst the earlier amber warning from the met office has expired, we still have yellow warnings in place for both snow and ice. so, slippery surfaces, tricky travelling conditions. stay up—to—date with the latest travel news on your bbc local radio station. by friday morning, we are likely to see perhaps 5—10 centimetres of snow across parts

it's a very familiar area to us on "right this minute" but normally people are wind wind wd in the french alps and on the glaciers. you can hike down to the glacier and we can all hike. >> check it out. >> they have everything set up, the ladders are all there. walk down the ladders. >> it's fine if you hold on real good. >> exactly. once you have hiked down to the glacier, all you have to do is keep going down. this is mikko matthew with his crew. you will see right here they just take that rope down into the crevasse. the guys are all about the expedition. all about going to places that are difficult to get to. exploring and watch the point of view footage from mikko's camera. he descends into the crevasse. if you have any kind of claustrophobia, now might be a good time to turn away. down, down and down he goes. it gets darker. he does reach some sort of end to this crevasse. but getting out you might imagine not quite as easy as getting in. at this moment it looks like mikko is having a difficult time so he can reach up and stab again. he struggles. he works hard at it. then just manages t

and in half an hour, the travel show visits the french alps and the team try their hands at ice divingorning and welcome to bbc news. snow and ice is continuing to cause disruption across parts of the uk. in the south of england, dozens of motorists were left stranded for hours, as the wintry weather brought traffic to a standstill. highways england says overnight, its gritters covered 80,000 miles of roads. kathryn stanczyczyn reports. a nightmare journey home. as the extreme weather continued last night in southern england, some parts of hampshire saw 7.5 inches of snow. it led to chaos on the m3 when motorists were trapped for hours, emergency services struggling to reach them. swirling blizzards made driving dangerous on many other routes as well, including the a339, where ian crowder got stuck travelling home after celebrating his last day in work before retirement. it's very picturesque, i'm sure, but being here in the traffic that's stationary for nearly five hours now is not a huge amount of fun. sometimes even the people sent to help struggled. here in basingstoke, willing vol

italy instead a fiasco is in the making in the heart of europe david chase down jazeera under the french alps. you can read about how top story of a fire in the bandra dishy capital and much more on our website al-jazeera dot com . hello i'm mr doha with the headlines on al-jazeera a fire has destroyed several buildings in an old pos of the bangladeshi capital dhaka at least sixty nine people have died but that number is expected to rise the buildings housed residential apartments as well as plastics and chemical warehouses . if i assume with more noise that a sudden massive bang with fire and shock waves totally destroyed the roads or i was in a rickshaw when the explosion took place i don't think my rickshaw driver is a log anymore western governments are ruling on whether i still faces and their families can return her nineteen year old beggar who has been stripped of her british citizen citizenship and donald trump has directed the state department to stop american born from returning home the u.k.'s prime minister tourism a has visited brussels for more talks aimed at breaking the brics

italy instead a fiasco is in the making in the heart of europe david chase down to zero under the french alps well there is more on everything we're covering right here the address al-jazeera delcam. just a quick look at top stories now u.s. backed syrian democratic forces have started evacuating civilians from last remaining pockets of land in eastern syria several trucks have left the besieged village of fishel say the presence of civilians in the area of sloth their advance as they were being used by i.c.l. as human shields but syrian fighters say they now expect to liberate the town within twenty four hours and run khan has moved. now in about a square kilometer of territory that they are holed up in but they've been prepared for this fight for a very long time and they know the village well they know the territory very well so it will be an easy fight for the syrian democratic forces they'll have to go in through the main routes into the village and that's where they'll face stiff resistance also a lot of the isis forces actually underneath the village in tunnels that they've been diggin

now for what to call in relations between france and italy they would change the reports from the french alps. it's europe's most ambitious engineering project a high speed train link being cut beneath the alps separating france and italy but as diplomatic relations continue to unravel it's proving to be a tunnel too far at the heart of the ten billion dollar peroration is this drilling machine two thousand four hundred tons of steel churning to the rock nonstop towards italy. this is really the project of my life i hope to keep on and finish the tunnel. but emerging from a citizens' guardhouse on the italian side of the border it's fulvio is a lifetime ambition to make sure the tunnel never breaks through for years now thousands of locals here have been taking part in demonstrations against it the see me. of so many things to be down things attributed to the community and let's say for progress what is being done with this tunnel is a waste of frowns we waste a montane of found wasted. and fulvio has some backing in high political circles it leads deputy prime minister luigi mio head of the

describing the movement on twitter as saying that the winds of change were coming across the alps where the french foreign ministry has hit out at that describing the verbal attacks from italy and saying that those provocations just too much this is the statement that they were in east the most recent interferences constituted additional and an acceptable provocation they violated the respect that is owed to democratic choices made by nation which is a friend and an ally they violate the respect the democratically and freely elected governments each of them and his coat deputy prime minister within the italian government has also been one to hit out france and particular president macron recently offering his support to also the yellow best movement. i side with the millions of frenchmen who are complaining about a president who is harming the french people since i condemn any acts of hooliganism and violence without exceptions and. the minister of the european affairs here in france retorted with this france refrains from giving lessons to eataly salvina and to milan should learn to sweep their o

picture of them and tweeted that picture saying that he hailed winds of change as crossing the alps well the french foreign ministry has described that and other things as a big of provoking this current situation as described the verbal attacks and i described it to me is meddling in its domestic affairs let's take a look at that statement now from the french foreign ministry. the most recent interferences constitute an additional and an acceptable provocation they violate the respect that is owed to democratic choices made by nation which is a friend and an ally they violate the respect the democratically and freely elected governments each although. well in recent weeks luigi demaio has also criticize france for causing poverty in africa suggesting that france hasn't let its colonial past and that's causing a lot of the problems which is led to the migration crisis in europe and he's not the only person in the italian government has given the support she the yellow best movement matel you sell the new deal the deputy prime minister has also offered his support for the yellow vests stating this j

linking the french and italian cities construction includes a fifty eight kilometre stretch which runs under the alps and already came with a pricice tagf over twenty billion euros. italy's brooding leak party has been firmly by shin five star movement part is not so much. they said they'll never support the project while still in powe. leading a question as to what could happen if work is abandon. shuttle as far as i know no work of this kind is and to be left incomplete. you can't just turn off the tunnel boring machine leave it where it is and go home. it would require a cleanup plan not only for the tunnels but also for all of the work sites and the rubble dumb stuttetering ususe right noww. that's likely to cost a furtherr one point three billion euros and contract penalties alone and not including costs already sunk with the latest reports i need likely to further muddy the waters. the third round of trade talks between the world's two largest economies continues in beijing. representatives are holding preliminary discussions before the official meetings begin on thursday. us president donald t

activists with the text the wind of change has crossed the alps and that did not sit well with officials in paris who call it interference in french politics we heard from political commentators who believe that france is in no position to accuse others of meddling. in the present government sustain situation to complain about the interference of the mail and there are fears when you see where they have just been in there is really the legal knows it which is government rules and even got all the county and presumably not we not do that except to foreign intervention military intervention dating a bit so it's a little bit like the do they need bia if you can get this early detail in government under them and the polish government that might cause the heatedly then they don't see where the guard will be friendly a movement which is a bit similar to the face that i'm going to need to lean. tensions have been continuing to rise in venezuela this week as the struggle for power there threatens to unleash chaos on friday the opposition leader told journalists that he's not ruled out calling for a u.s. military intervention against presi

alps". and he adds a photo of himself posing with leaders of the french anti—government, jiletsjaunes, "yellow—vestne thing, to exploit a relationship for electoral aims is another." france has recalled its ambassador to italy, saying the situation is "unprecedented" since the end of world war ii. here's our europe regional editor danny aeberhard with the background. it was a really breaching an unwritten rule, you do not go to other people's countries let alone on election campaign to politic. it was not provocation and said all they were doing was meeting people who they share political views and be yellow vests are interested in direct democracy which the 5—star movement has a big theme. there is not a lot of love lost between emmanuel macron's government and the populist movement in italy and this has been building up. it haas and underneath this is a number of other issues that the two countries have been sparring over and prime amongst them is the issue of immigration and them is the issue of immigration and the coalition partner, matteo sylvie any of the far right party has been pushing back

has crossed the alps as he lavished praise on the group for being the new face of european politics that did not sit well with officials in paris describe it as interference into french affairs we heard from political commentator john breeze moore who believes france is in no position to accuse others though of meddling. the present government a strange situation to complain about the interference of the mail into law there are fears when you see what they have just done in there is really are there the legal knows it which is government which isn't even going to hold the county and presumably not we not do that except to foreign intervention military intervention lady. so it's a little bit like the do they need bia if you can get this early deleon government under them and the political moment like my cause that he did lee then they don't see where the guard will be friendly a movement which is a bit similar to do that faced with a needle in. tensions have been continuing to rise in venice we'll have this week as this struggle for power there threatens to on chaos on friday the opposition leader told journalists he's not ruled out calling for a u.s. military interve