a torrent of water pouring off the greenland ice sheet.around the world would rise by seven metres. and then once its level, i'll will leave it to to take the measurement. until now, scientists thought the big threat to the ice was from the warm sunshine of summer, but there's now something else for them to worry about — rain. these pictures were taken at a research camp while rain was falling, and it melts the ice, notjust in the summer, but also in the winter, when the ice should be expanding. a big shock for researchers. it shows us that the ice sheet is becoming vulnerable, even in winter. and that's frightening to see, because you expect there's a huge ice sheet and a lot of ice and if you see the big area, the vastness of the ice sheet, and you see how vulnerable it becomes, even at times when it should gain mass. the big surprise is that even when greenland should be at its coldest, there can be flows of warm, wet air coming up from the south, and these are happening more frequently. so after five days of clear sky conditions we hav

a new t study fint rainy weather is becoming more common in greenland. islt, the ice melting, and scientists e surprised find rain falling in the winter.lo david shukmas at what the long-term impact of climate change could be. david: a bright stam of melt water heading for the coast. the more the ice melts, the more the level of the sea rises aroundhe world. scientists had focused on summer sunshine as the big cause of melting, but they now realize more rain is falling and damaging t ice. these pictures were taken while rain was falling one summer. it melts the ice, or weakens it. a big surprise is that this can even happen in the coldest months. >> it is happening even in winter, and tt is frightening to see. david: when ice melts in summer, it is balanced by more snowte falling in w but recently greenland has been losing more ice than it is gaining, and more rain could make this worse. >> after five days of clear sky conditions, we have thhi rain. david:scientist, sheltered from rain on the ice sheet, and he says that global warming will bring more of

and a melting glass here in greenland makes a comeback but scientists say a pill to get too optimistic you were born is not slowing down the. cone of a warm welcome to you i'm on the. we. begin in china a recent spate of high profile disappearance cases a tract of international attention being disappeared as people in china court it seems to be a common practice dissidents often held at secret detention facilities and usually only handed over to the judiciary system after a confession has been extracted did mathias belinda met a human rights lawyer who disappeared for six months before he was jailed for subversion historied. the detention room is like a cooling chamber with a metal door escape from this room is impossible. was one of two hundred human rights lawyers chinese authorities rounded up in july two thousand and fifteen. everything inside is wrapped in soft material the walls the table it so you can't kill yourself. i didn't see daylight for half a year a bright light is on twenty four hours a day you don't know if it's day or night. feels like you've been locked up in hell. y

and a melting glacier in greenland makes a comeback but scientists say don't get to optimistic global warming is slowing down. plus these people are suing monsanto they want to know if the chemical giant knew it was selling. we'll tell you what a california court has decided. well i'm terry martin welcome to the program. we're going with the political deadlock in the u.k. over briggs it and the announcement the theresa may will quit as prime minister there for her twice defeated breaks the deal is approved by parliament last night m.p.'s voted on eight different options on how the country's withdrawal from the european union should proceed the proposals included leaving the e.u. without a deal remaining in the bloc single market and customs union or holding a new referendum results only ended up highlighting division. so what does this whole mean. joins us now from london to talk about that bigotry survey is offering to resign of parliament approves her breaks the deal is that supposed to be an incentive suggesting parliament might sign off on the deal just to get rid of her. exactly

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yeah it is worrying proof that the speed of change in ocean temperatures can affect the glaciers in greenland. to sports now and we begin with women's champion the two women's champions league now in football where two of europe's top clubs met in the second leg of their quarterfinal germany's post-war hosted defending champions league with the french club already holding a two one lead. eight minutes into the match and wolfsburg hopes of a comeback were hit when goalkeeper on the chilled underestimated jennifer minus shuns free kick. the german national player but leone ahead. later in the half another mistake this time in the midfield. a desperate show fouled in the area and the referee awarded the clear penalty. when he even not had no trouble converting and it was two nil spirit needed four goals at that point to reach the semifinals just after the break they got the first thanks to denmark forward printed the haka. a couple of minutes later how to level the stores that to all and most were dreaming big but their chances of progression evaporated on the hour mark. man made it three two on

even twenty eighth in the same thing again scientists are looking closely at what's happening in greenland there's enough ice sheet here to make global sea levels rise by seven meters the latest finding a glacier salmon came as good news but the authors of the study and other scientists agree this changing trend is temporary. they believe a natural cyclical cooling of north atlantic waters likely caused the glacier to stop shrinking for now. what the measurements in the for your where this classic is demonstrated is that when the last year was retreating the waters were quite warm and they were beaten fed by waters from the ocean and when the glass it was started to thicken about wars is no longer that most of the said the oceans aren't woman it's just the transfer of heat from the ocean to the face of the glass has stopped too little too late that's the researchers message there's no sign that global warming is slowing down instead they say what's happening in samara is worrying proof that the speed of change in ocean temperatures can affect greenland biggest glaciers. sports now and we s

happening in samara is worrying proof that the speed of change in ocean temperatures can affect greenland biggest glaciers. the chemical john monsanto has consistently denied it's read wrong causes cancer and this challenge to scientific studies to the contrary but a court in california has ruled it's a major health risk awarding the plaintiffs who sued the company a total of eighty million dollars in compensation it's not the first time monsanto has lost a major claim involving the product more lawsuits look set to follow victory for edwin hard a man who has cancer he took on one of the most powerful chemical companies in the world and one the jury said round up was defective and the company deceptive today the jury sent a message loud and clear. that company should no longer pick products on the market for anyone. without being truthful without testing their product and without warning if it causes cancer the jurors said monsanto had been negligent by not using reasonable care in borning hardiman about its products potential risks last year a court in san francisco also found in favor o

happening in samara is worrying proof that the speed of change in ocean temperatures can affect greenland biggest glaciers. their worst kept secret in european football is out there going to are so sure has been appointed as the permanent coach of men's tester united on a three year deal on the norwegian was named interim coach back in december after the firing of a jos a marine ewen united have been in fine form since is an initial appointment including a remarkable comeback win over what he says i'm a in the champions league however they have lost their last two games. to the women's champions league now where two of europe's top clubs met in the second leg of their quarter finals tie germany's foes were coasted defending champions young with the french club already holding a two one lead. the minutes into the match and wolfsburg hopes of a comeback were head by goalkeeper ahmed chilled underestimated jennifer mush on the street kick. the german national player put leon ahead. later in the half another mistake this time in the midfield. a desperate show followed in the area and the refe

happening in samara is worrying proof that the speed of change in ocean temperatures can affect greenland biggest glaciers. for decades christo and his late authors created some of the most spectacular. and droppings of buildings around the. lord died in two thousand and nine but she was involved in crystals most recent megaproject floating pianos on a lake in northern italy all the installations are temporary and dismantled after a few weeks so the documentary film walking on water about the floating piers is all we have to remember of that walk in italy that was unveiled three years ago crystal was in berlin on tuesday evening for the premier. eighty three years old and completely undaunted the artist christo travelled across the globe to the german premiere of the documentary walking on water. the film shows how he made it possible for more than one million people to do just that his installation the floating piers on lake is zero in northern italy was the most visited art event of two thousand and sixteen. to pick up all the water. just as they would go. walk near the water so that. n

has left environmental scientists pleasantly surprised a new nasa study has found that in eastern greenland a major glacier that used to be one of the fastest shrinking ice and snow masses on earth well it's growing again climate researchers they have welcomed the news but they warn the trend is only temporary. this was glacier yeah in twenty fifteen when these images were captured the glacier had been retreating three kilometers per year and thinning by fourteen meters annually since twenty twelve leading scientists to ring alarm bells but a recent study by nasa shows that the glacier has begun to expand again it's about the same rate between twenty six you know twenty seven theme from two. separate. airborne missions we far. from big house. up to thirty meters now it's almost a hundred and one year. and between twenty seventeen and twenty three in the same thing again scientists are looking closely at what's happening in greenland there's enough ice sheet here to make global sea levels rise by seven meters the latest finding at glacier yeah came as good news but the authors of the study a

there we go. [ applause ] >> greenland. thank you very much for that. greenland has a lot of ice. that's one of the glaciers leading up onto the huge ice shelf. i think there is about 20 feet of sea level rise in greenland should it all some day melt. and it's starting to melt. in fact more than starting. and you see it everywhere you go. i don't know if you can quite make out the picture or not. you're on a boat going up to a glacier where we were going to do some work i'll describe in a minute. about you look carefully you see ou the of the front of the boat there is water as far as you can see. but if you look at the electronic navigation system, the beat is clearly a mile on solid land. i asked the captain about in with trying to contain whatever alarm might have crept into my voice. he laughed and said, well, the electronic chart is five years old. back then this was all ice as far as you could see. that's a sobering thought. we were there -- i was there because i was -- and this goes dean miller to what you were saying about story. a friend of mine, the woman on the left. sh

greenland, thank you very much for that, greenland has a lot of ice. that's one of these glaciers leading up under the huge ice shelf. i think there is about 20 feet of see level ice in greenland, should it all some day melt, and it is starting to melt. in fact, more than starting. you see it everywhere you go. i don't know if you can quite make out that picture or not. we were on a boat going up to a glacier where we were going to do some work that i'll describe in a minute, but if you look carefully, you can see that oust front of the boat, there is water as far as you can see, but if you look at the electronic navigation system above, the icon representing the boat is clearly a mile on to solid land. i asked the captain about this, with trying to contain whatever alarm might have crept into my voice, and he laughed and said oh, well, the electronic chart is five years old. back then, this was all ice as far as you could see. that's a sobering thought. we were there, i was there because i was, and this goes demiller, to what you were saying about sto

a new study suggests rain is becoming more frequent in greenland, accelerating the melting of its ice should be well below zero, there can be flows of warm air bringing rain. scientists say the total disappearance of greenland's ice sheet would see the world's oceans rise by seven metres. and we'll be taking a second in—depth look at the papers with our reviewers rachel cunliffe, comment & features editor at cityam and stephen bush, political editor of the new statesman — that's coming up after the headlines at 11:30. now it's time for the weather with ben rich. hello there. after a blustery and in places wet day on thursday friday brings something drier and calmer. certainly to start off with. but it is only a temporary interlude. you can see the zone of clear whether on the satellite picture. you can also see the next weather system hurtling in from the atlantic. this is just the first sign of what is going to be an unsettled weekend. friday sta rts be an unsettled weekend. friday starts chilly with a touch of frost, but dry and bright with sunshine. blink and you will mist it. this

a new study suggests rain is becoming more frequent in greenland, accelerating the melting of its icewinter nights — when the temperatures should be well below zero — there can be flows of warm air bringing rain. scientists say the total disappearance of greenland's ice sheet would see the world's oceans rise by seven metres. european football's governing body, uefa, has announced it's investigating the premier league leaders manchester city over alleged financial fair play violations. the club denies any wrong doing, and this evening, the captain vincent kompany told the bbc that the inquiry wouldn't affect the players, as they focus on trying to win an unprecdented four major titles. kompany, who was attending an event for his homelessness charity, spoke to our sports editor, dan roan. 0n the field, vincent kompany is the leader of the dominant force in english football, but off it, the manchester city defender is just as passionate about tackling homelessness in the place he has lived for the past decade. this evening, the belgian was the star turn for the charity has set up to com

, which triggers widespread ice melt and runoff, contributing to the 270 billion tons of greenland's ice added each year to the earth's oceans. u.s. army whistleblower chelsea manning says she's headed to federal court today where she'll face possible jail time for criminal contempt after she declined to offer questions before a grand jury. -- to answer questions. manning says she was subpoenaed by federal prosecutors in virginia's eastern district to appear for questioning wednesday about her 2010 release to wikileaks of hundreds of thousands of state department and pentagon documents about the u.s. wars in iraq and afghanistan. last year, the prosecutors inadvertently revealed they've indicted wikileaks founder julian assange under a sealed indictment, but the charges against assange remain unknown. in sacramento, california, prototests are continuing g ovee police killing of stephon clark, a 22-year-old unarmed african american who was shot dead in his grandmother's backyard last year. demonstrations erupted over the weekend after county prosecutors said they would not press crimi

sustainable development in our collective efforts to achieve the objectives and other part of the greenland of the twenty thirty agenda for sustainable development. i'll be talking to the un's assistant secretary general about that one planet summit in nairobi in a moment but first to a group of kenyan environmentalist going to great lengths to raise awareness about the harmful effects of plastic they built an entire boat out of plastic waste to highlight the importance of recycling. the good ship flipflop you set sail on a mission it's the first sailing vessel built completely out of plastic waste incorporating around thirty thousand flip flops and other garbage the team took two years and ten tons of plastic to build this ten meter vessel on lamu island off the kenyan coast we had this dream of being recycled plastic to us there was so much crying about the plastic. we feel responsibility eight million tons of plastic waste end up in the world's oceans every year and some of it makes landfall here in kenya this group of environmental activists want to change that they collected garbage an

we report from greenland where a rise in rainfall means a gloomy outlook for the country's ice sheet.

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you may notice that every route takes you on a northward arc a detour in a sense over canada and greenland that's because flights have had to stay with. then i shot of the land based radar towers there but starting this month new eyes will be watching and watching from space to us companies carry on and radio have teamed up to operate a satellite flight surveillance system that leaves no area of the planet uncovered the last of the web of sixty six satellites were delivered to orbit in january the only system that has truly global coverage meaning that there is no spot on the earth the poles south pole north pole anywhere that there isn't covered the m h three seventy disappearance led to new international standards for aircraft position reporting over open ocean ariane any radium say their technology exceeds those standards feeding location data to air traffic controllers at least every eight seconds we won't have another situation that arises where we lose an aircraft but if it were to arise with the technology we have now we would know exactly where it is the vast majority of planes alr

yes yes to greenland then little by little you pick yourself up and start over again but if you put in the levy them . twice a day fresh goat's milk is brought down from the mountain to ivy to small dairy in the village. marianna comes from a village nearby she started working here as an internal a few days ago she wants to learn the secrets of making goat cheese first hand. so let's make. rubio love as a soft right but cheese. hockey too explains that she refuses robey all the way and her cheese making process here. way is full of enzymes and they react with the milk. supply. to this mixture is left to coagulate and create kurds for twenty four hours. i always say you either like your work and you keep at it or you hate it in quite. the pot to do have some cool see if foursomes thai took several courses on how to make cheese in france. and then i tried to figure out what people here might like and you could use a piastre you pursue me because right now i make fifteen different kinds of cheese so i can meet varying tastes and fill lots of different orders from customers. the body of th

federica: scientists are looking closely at what's happening in greenland. there's enough ice sheet here to make global sea levels rise by seven meters. the latest finding at the glacier came as good news but authors of the study and scientists agree the trend is temporary. they believe a natural cyclical cooling of north atlantic waters likely caused the glacier to stop shrinking for now. >> what the measurements in the field where the glacier is demonstrated that when the glacier was retreating, the waters werere warm fed by warm waters in the ocean and when the glacier started to thicken, that warmth is no longer there. it's not to say the oceans aren't warming but the transfer of heat from the ocean to the face of the glacier has stopped. frederica: too little, too late, that's the researcher's message. there's no sign that global warming is slowing down but what's happening is warning proof that the speed of change in ocean temperatures can affect the biggest glaciers. brent: moving now to an unlikely place to find kids playing and reading and it is thr

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what more we can do regret the decision of the british ball them and despite the use of the bus to greenland i regret the outcome of tonight's bricks that vote so today parliament is set to debate and then vote on the question of whether the u.k. should leave the e.u. without a deal next step is another vote that would be on whether to extend article fifty in other words whether to delay bragg's at the moment it's penciled and as many of you will know for the twenty ninth of march so the brags that saga is looking more out of control than ever and this week rain a strange sort of brags it purgatory where both the option of no brags it and no deal are both still on the table. discuss the prospects of bragg's it saying the u.k. parliament finds itself in a particular rut. i think we might be going to have to delay breaks in any event because we've even had the miracle happened and she had one tonight we simply don't have enough time now between now and the end of the month to put in place filling in the statute two statutes three minutes objects or don't we we need now i think frankly that it

we report from greenland where a rise in rainfall means a gloomy outlook for the country's ice sheet.

. >>> a big surprise for scientists watching one of greenland's most important glaciers.y say it is getting thicker. until now it has been the fastest thinning and moving. researchers think koog ocean water brought about this change. however they say it is still melting faster than it grows which adds to global sea level rise. >>> a low credit score can stand in the way of your dreams buying a snpt have you been to the gas station lately? we reported the plant released excess emissions last weekend and it prompted a health alert. i forced parts of the plant to shut down to fix the problem. now aaa says prices have gone up by 15 cents in only one week. the increase is expected to last at least a week or longer. >>> having a good credit score is important to get a loan for a home or aer today. what happens if it is not good enou enough. >> reporter: dialect is a rap artist and educator. he decided to settle down and buy a house with his partner pamela. but a credit score he hadn't checked in years came back to haunt him. >> i never had any reap to think it was bad. >> then

rob: a massive glacier in greenland that was freaking rapidly appears to be growing again.ers slowing the melt and adding back to it. the giant ice had been thinning out for years, producing the most ice of any glacier in the northern hemisphere. jillian: superman in the snow going viral. watch as the man jumps into action to save two children in the path of a speeding sweater. rob: he picked up a child in each hand, jumps over the oncoming sled. everybody appears to be okay. and incredible video, retweeted 170 now. grab the fumble into the end zone. the media going pedal to the metal on russian collusion for two years. >> russian collusion coming into focus. >> the proof we need of a scandal worse than watergate. rob: much of the media has been proven wrong. can they recover. that and much more coming up in a few minutes. ok i'll admit. i didn't keep my place as clean as i would like 'cuz i'm way too busy. who's got the time to chase around down dirt, dust and hair? so now, i use heavy duty swiffer sweeper and dusters. for hard-to-reach places, duster makes it easy to clea

new york, ann london, you may notice that very route takes % detour in a sense over canada -pand greenland. that's ecause flights have to stay within eye shot offthe land-based radar towers there. but starting this month, nnw eees will be watching, watching from space. 6 c13 c1companies erian and iridium will operate a satellite system that leaves no area of the planet uncovered. the last of the web of 66 satellites were delivered to orbit in january. >> the only system that has truly global coverage. meaning that there's no spots pole, north pole, anywhere that there isn't coverage. to new international standards over open ocean. arian and irmedium say their technology exceeds those standardd, feeding location -pdata to air traffic controlle at least every eight seconds. >> hopefully we won't have another situation that arises where we lose an aircraft. but if it were tt arise, wwth the technology we have noww we would know exactly whereeit is. >> the vast majority of planes already have satellite trannmitters onboard. perhaps shering in a new industry standard. heidi jo castro, al jjzeer

particular, high north where you note greenland and iceland both are important. important bodies in that line communication. so i think we need to watch carefully china's investment in the sports. as you know, many of their commercial companies are actually stayed on. >> thank you. general scaparrotti i want to thank you for your service to our nation for over 40 years. and i know you been wearing that fourth star on your shoulder for longer than anyone else in the armed forces right now. you will learn the retirement that you had a heavy. that i think i speak for most members of the committee when i say that we would like to see you back in the employ of uncle sam sometime in the future. >> thank you both for being here. and for your service to the country. general lyons i want to follow up on some of the concerns that have been raised by senators reid and fischer about the phasing out of our casey 135's and when the kc 46 arrive. is my understanding in new hampshire where we have the 157th air refueling wing that there will be a period of months between the tim

i noted last year the government of denmark agreed to build airports at greenland which it controls. not considered a traditional ucom area, but it's within your area of operation. what are the implication ficati chinese in the high north? >> it could have an absolute impact. i'm concerned personally about the strategic investments we see by china throughout europe in air or seaports in critical technology and companies that hold that. particularly in the high north where you note greenland and iceland both are important bodies in that line of communication. i think we need to watch carefully china's investment in these ports. as you know, many of the commercial companies are actually state owned. >> thank you. general, i want to thank you for your service to our nation for over 40 years. i know you have been wearing that fourth star on your shoulder for longer than anyone else in the armed forces right now. you have well earned the retirement you have ahead of you. i think i speak for most members when we say that we would like to see you back in the employ of uncle sam sometime in

i noted with interest last year that the government of denmark agreed to build airports at greenland which it controls. not considered a traditional u-com area but it is within your area of operations. what are the complications of chinese presence if they were to get a foothold we they were denied in that airport construction projects last year in the high north? >> well, it could have an absolute impact. epiconcerned personally about the strategic investments that we see by china throughout europe in air, see ports or vicinities of that. and critical -- critical technologies in companies that hold that. particularly in the high north where you note greenland and iceland both are important -- important bodies in that line of communication. so i think we need to watch carefully china's investment in these ports. as you know, many of their commercial companies are actually state-owned. >> thank you. general scaparrotti i want to thank you for your service to our nation for over 40 years. and i know you've been wearing that fourth sta star on the shoulder longer than anyone else in the