than we thought we might be able to while in a historic move the united nations has announced that gabon will become the 1st african nation to receive international funds to preserve its forest it's all part of an effort to fight climate change under the 10 year deal norway will provide gabon with $150000000.00 to fight deforestation the central african nation has been a leader in preserving its rain forests by creating 13 national parks. hong kong police have fired tear gas to disperse protesters who trashed parts of a shopping mall and an adjacent metro station protesters also trampled on a chinese flag and net fires as they targeted stores run by mainland operators sarah clarke reports from hong kong. they arrived in the hundreds taking over some of the city's largest shopping mall at the new term plans are in shot team they converged on every floor shops linked to the mainland with a time at this time some were stopped on china's national flag before ripping up. the who was the hours they sang and yelled abuse at story writers suspected of being pro beijing pro hong kong government a

as you may know the name off gabon's capitol hill translates to free city because that's exactly what it is it was officially declared the city for freed slaves in 849 and has since grown into a bustling metropolis full of culture and history to help us get our bearings they are just choreo king shows us around his home town. hello hello i'm kirk and welcome to liberal to my neighborhood. in the capital of. illustrated by king the city in the gulf of guinea home. is rich in raw materials but for many survivors still an everyday struggle. comes from one of its pora neighborhoods. we are in the so-called stadiums on the level. here. and there you have this. is the mosque and on the other side the hospital this is where i grew up this is my area this is my muse. among these tin roofs and rain flooded. so this was the only place he could afford. this is where i lived 3 years ago this was the place where i created my 1st pieces of started my career as an artist. was difficult because whenever it rained i was up to my uncle's in water i had to save my artworks and how to save my own skin be

gabon is set to become the 1st african country to be paid to preserve its forests using international funds the announcements come from the u.n. from the bonnet which is almost 90 per cent covered by forest will get one $150000000.00 from norway to battle the 4 station as part of a 10 year deal the gabba needs minister of forest welcomed the news saying he hoped it would encourage more similar investment the country has been a leader in central africa and preserving forests having created 13 national parks since the turn of the millennium. the world's oldest travel company thomason collapsed after failing to secure a last minute bailout more than half a 1000000 people worldwide are currently on holiday with the group the u.k. aviation authority is beginning an operation to bring customers stranded abroad back to britain it's being billed as the largest repatriation effort and british peacetime history. polities a chance to de strace and recharge the batteries not so for these travelers among hundreds of thousands of thomas cook customers wondering how one hour they're going to get hom

two gorillas were recently sent to reserve in gabon, the zookeepers insisting they can play a small part tim allman, bbc news. this is the briefing from bbc news. the latest headlines: the bill to stop a no—deal brexit makes its way through the british parliament as the eu says negotiations are in paralysis. officials in the bahamas say at least 20 people lost their lives in hurricane dorian. now it's time to look at the stories that are making the headlines in the media across the world. we begin with the times and uk prime minister borisjohnson who's attempt to trigger a general election next month was blocked by mps last night after a string of heavy defeats for the government in both houses of parliament. meanwhile the picture on the front of the sun doesn't hold back as the paper accuses labour of being "chicken" after leader jeremy corbyn blocked borisjohnson‘s plans for a snap general election. in other news, the south china morning post leads with embattled hong kong leader carrie lam who announced she would formally withdraw the hated extradition bill that sparked the city's pro

than we thought we might be able to while in a historic move the united nations has announced that gabon will become the 1st african nation to receive international funds to preserve its forest it's all part of an effort to fight climate change under the 10 year deal norway will provide gabon with 150 $1000000.00 to fight deforestation the central african nation has been a leader in preserving its rain forests by creating 13 national parks. hong kong police have fired tear gas to disperse protesters who trashed parts of a shopping mall and an adjacent metro station protesters also trampled on a chinese flag and lit fires as they targeted stores run by mainland operators sarah clarke reports from hong kong. they arrived in the hundreds taking over some of the city's largest shopping.

two gorillas were recently sent to reserve in gabon, the zookeepers insisting they can play a small partg in for the renowned photographer peter lindbergh who died on tuesday at the age of 7a. famous for his black and white portraits, the photographer worked with a number of major fashion designers and magazines. recently he worked with the duchess of sussex, meghan markle, on her forces for change edition of british vogue. a statement posted on the duchess' instagram acount said, "there is no other photographer she considered "to bring this meaningful project to life." whilst actress and model charlize theron said he was one of the best human beings she had ever met. and you can get in touch with me and most of the team on twitter — i'm @duncangolestani. bye for now. hi there. many northern areas were quite chilly on wednesday and it was a very windy day with gusts of 50, close to 60mph across the north and west of the uk. today it does not look bad. pressure is building so fewer showers around although it will be quite breezy it will be less windy than what we had on wednesday. there's

two gorillas were recently sent to reserve in gabon.m allman, bbc news. and in a reminder of our top story, members of parliament voted to reject prime minister boris johnson's plan for an early general election. this comes after the prime minister lost control of the house of commons, and members of parliament backed a bill to block a no—deal brexit if the prime minister hasn't agreed a plan with the eu ahead of the 31 october deadline. now all eyes will be on his next move. and you can get in touch with me and most of the team on twitter — i'm @duncangolestani. hi there. many northern areas were quite chilly on wednesday and it was a very windy day with gusts of 50, 60 mile an hour across the north and west of the uk. today it does not look bad. pressure is building so fewer showers around although it will be quite breezy it will be less windy. quite breezy it will be less windy than what we had on wednesday. there's wednesday's low pushing off to scandinavia, high—pressure building in the south—west and you will notice the isobars ar