but here's a chance for greenpeace to tell the world what's going on from the very top of one of the icebergs the plan is to broadcast live from within the proposed trees own on greenpeace's facebook page via the ship's intermittent internet connection wants shifted in line of sight and we can get the connection up for the life be over. it's the same old story wherever you are in the world trying to get a connection. but then their life. while. i am rely on this is kind of incredible when they are streaming from the top of an iceberg in the antarctic ocean specifically in an area when all see that we're campaigning to become an antarctic ocean sanctuary you can't help wondering what scots in the old explorers would have made of this broadcasting from a drifting iceberg in the middle of the great on. and so a day of scenic wonder ends with a magical show above and a rare site where the rays of the setting sun converge on the other side of the world kind of reverse sunset. and is just spellbinding. it is laundry day or not sunrise and here's the thing we all think of being good citizen

one of the earth's most sensitive ecosystems greenpeace has found tiny plastic particles that other talk sins in water and snow samples taken from the antarctic a sign that says that pollution is reaching even the most remote corners of our world. antarctica the earth's southernmost continent is a highly sensitive ecosystem at hope bay home to the penguin colony the environmental organization greenpeace took snow and water samples earlier this year to measure the extent of pollution here. this is what most of us imagine the antarctic as a pristine place of untouched wilderness but our findings show that sadly not the case anymore plastic was discovered make plastics and other pollutants which means that they have made their way here to the forty's and. the team examined remote areas at the tip of the antarctic peninsula the researchers found micro plastic fibers and toxins that are used by the packaging industry and found in sportswear greenpeace experts fear that plastic could get lodged in the tissues of marine creatures such as blue whales through the krill an algae they ingest m

at hope bay home to this penguin colony the environmental organization greenpeace took snow and water samples earlier this year to measure the extent of pollution here. most of us imagine the antarctic as a pristine place of untouched wilderness but our findings show that sadly not the case anymore plastic was discovered plastics and other pollutants which means that they have made their way here to the forty's and. the team examined remote areas at the tip of the antarctic peninsula the researchers found micro plastic fibers and toxins that are used by the packaging industry and found in sportswear greenpeace experts fear that plastic could get logged in the tissues of marine creatures such as blue whales through the krill an algae they ingest micro plastics in the food chain represent a global threat was. this is comparable to the empire of climate change or overfishing it's a massive problem eight million tons of plastic end up in our oceans every year such i took a moment and it's getting bigger all the time. and with that now you're up to date on i'm sara kelley in berlin thanks

the rossi is already protected the german government backs greenpeace's campaign to establish another protected area in the way. it would become the largest ocean sanctuary in the world. cup and russia's history on the court in germany have now finished their training camp in italy confident they have done the necessary john work for a successful tournament despite losing last week's friendly against austria the team was all back in germany for a final warm up match against saudi arabia after their very beginnings. cracking weather a laid back atmosphere and simple bowl drills the perfect end to germany's world cup training camp it's certainly good enough for the world cup's record goal scorer now a coach miroslav klose says he's happy with the team's progress. because of him years ago to india and i think we've trained well in this and we have to make sure we achieve the same things we did four years ago gets into that means developing a positive team spirit so it's not for pushing each other and training with an intensity that's enough to challenge even the established players that'

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and the microplastics reaching even the most remote parts of the antarctic, as greenpeace calls for urgention to curb pollutants. and coming up on bbc news, danny rose reveals he'd been suffering from depression and receives much public support as he and england play theirfinal world cup warm—up match tonight. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. house of fraser is planning to close more than half of its stores across the uk as part of a rescue deal. 31 of its 59 stores, including its flagship on oxford street, look set to be shut with the loss of around 6,000 jobs. the department store chain said it wouldn't have a viable future if the proposal wasn't approved. creditors will vote on the plan later this month. the retailer needs the majority of them to sign up to it, in order to be able to go ahead. theo leggett reports. the face of the british high street is changing. house of fraser is one of a long list of big names feeling the pressure of a hostile retail environment. the store chain has now proposed a deal with its creditors to reduce the amount of money it has to pay o

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in the next episode of earth royce clark two into greenpeace crew and one for each through the little scene to highlight the importance of protecting this fragile antarctic ecosystem against an expanding list of manmade threats beneath the surface of this magnificent desolation is just teaming with life believes in the remotest. antarctic century on al-jazeera. again this is al jazeera our top stories this hour the trumpet ministrations imposing tariffs on steel and alley many of imports from the european union canada and mexico u.s. trade partners are threatening to retaliate with tariffs of their own stoking fears of a global trade war. the u.s. secretary of state says he's made great progress in his talks with kim yong. one of the north korean leaders closest aides it comes as high level meetings between north and south korea resumed in the demilitarized. pakistan to swear in a caretaker government ahead of elections in late july former judge nice little ball will run the country until after the vote the three main political parties are looking to convince voters that they can grow

greenpeace calls for urgent action as a report finds microplastics are reaching the most remote watersort with adam wild. good evening. good afternoon. england play theirfinal warm up game before flying out to russia on tuesday. a last chance for gareth southgate to work out his starting 11 as england take on costa rica at elland road in leeds. 0ur reporterjo currie is there for us this evening and the squad have been given the royal seal of approval today, i understand ? yes, that is right. they werejoined a little earlier by his royal highness the duke of cambridge. prince william, of course, the president of the fa popped in for a quick chat with manager gareth southgate before captain harry kane introduced him to the rest of the squad. prince william, to be fair to him did very well, knowing who most of the players were, and he got to kieran trippier, at which point you have to ask his name? the rest of the players found it funny. he presented trent alexander—arnold with his first england shout. it will be a huge moment for the liverpool defender tonight. the manager gareth southga

activists from the environmental group greenpeace have stormed the annual general meeting of the oil company a small group of activists descended by rope from the ceiling chick look at this or at least a dozen others being drums and saying song as a wes. they were protesting turtles exploration of the amazon basin in search of new oil supply. here in germany severe storms have been causing flash flooding in parts of the country in the west especially there have been some dramatic scenes in one town it was reported that several big cat had escaped from the zoo people feared that they would become the cat's dinner but mostly the flooding alone has been dramatic enough. it's dark and pouring rain you're awoken from sleep and decide to go take a look and this is what you see outside your door. an incredible sight. at least on xbox near the french border witnesses say the water came from all directions until it displaced cars and tore pavements apart town officials were stunned. first i'm going to see what happened i mean what else can i do but. the eiffel mountains were also hit by thund

activists from the environmental group greenpeace of storm be on even general meeting of the tom oil company a small group of activists descended by rope from the ceiling while at least a dozen others banged drums and sang songs they were protesting totalis exploration of the amazon basin in search of new orleans supplies. north and south korea have resumed high level peace talks survey says the u.s. tries to persuade them to shut down its controversial nuclear program seoul says reconciliation between the two koreas will be a key part of efforts to resolve the nuclear standoff with pyongyang. and the european union has responded to the imposition of new u.s. trade tyrus by threatening to challenge the move of the world trade organization e.u. trade commissioner c b m l strummer also accuse the us of protectionism but here mill more from her in a moment first though a look at what many fear is the start of a global trade war. they began this morning at six am central european time twenty five percent import tariffs on steel ten percent on aluminum the european reaction is clear. it i

activists from the environmental group greenpeace of stormie annual general meeting of the two tiled oil company protesters descended by rope from the ceiling want to dozen or so others bands drums and sang songs they were protesting against hotels exploration of the i was in basin in search of new oil reserves. the big cat scare in a western german town is over or sources of tracked down five wild premises that were believed to have escaped from a zoo a drone spotted the two lions two tigers in the jug you are still on the premises of the eiffel sue in the town of moore about several enclosures have been damaged by storms overnight in the outer most of disappeared from view the police hunted through the flooded town followed within nearby residential areas all marked down a fugitive bear that did escape was shot and killed. and the d.w. reporter david martin is that welcome david so this appears to have ended happily for everyone except the bear. indeed except the bear the bear unfortunately had to be shot and killed this morning after did escape from it and its enclosure had zero h

greenpeace activist and biologist grant oakes said a major culprit is single-use plastic. >> single use plastic, they believe now is accounting for up -- in the ocean. for the moment of convenience, sometimes it has hundreds of years of lifetime in the ocean. amy: this month the european commission unveiled draft rules that would ban an array single-use plastic items, including plastic plates, cutlery, and straws. and ira berlin, the extraordinary historian who chronicled t the history of u.s. slavery, has died at the age of 77. he studied millions of documents in his lifetime to tell the stories of african americans fighting for emancipation. his books include "generations " and many thousands gone. the first two centuries of slavery in north america. he once said of his work, one does not get over hiy. one just has to come to terms with it. and those are some of the heads. this is democrnow!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. m amy goodman. nermeen: and i'm nermeen shaikh. welcome to all of our listeners and viewers from around the country and around the world. president tru

the air is contaminating even the freshest snow in antarctica — those are the conclusions of a greenpeaceess of microplastics. the bbc‘s claire marshall was on board the ship when the trawling and testing began — she sent us this report. this is the most remote continent on earth. it looks pristine, but today, there is new evidence that microplastics are now reaching even these waters and perhaps more disturbingly, there's also pollution from airborne chemicals in freshly fallen snow. we'll put it over the side. we were with scientists on board a greenpeace ship injanuary as they began testing waters off the antarctic peninsula. very little data exists. it's a question of picking a tiny bit of the southern ocean and lowering in a manta — a trawling device. any microplastics should find their way into the net. the team searched some of the most isolated places on the planet. this is hope bay, it's off the cruise ship trial and not much fishing happens nearby. you won't really see plastic washed ashore, but scientists are worried what may happen here in the future. they also hunted for poll

the ocea ns greenpeace is campaigning for.ling with it, that it terrible plan of dealing with it, thatitis terrible plan of dealing with it, that it is a good one to focus on. the main stories this morning. the nightclub owner peter stri ngfellow the nightclub owner peter stringfellow has died at the age of 77 which has just been announced in the last hour, he was diagnosed with cancer. theresa may will meet with senior ministers today to tackle tensions to avoid a hard border in ireland after brexit. carol is having a haircut today, apparently. wait till you see this. it's so cute. isn't this gorgeous. this is caspian, owned by lovely lizzie here and georgia was only 2.5 himself. caspian is actually a lamb. caspian isa caspian is actually a lamb. caspian is a boy. he's only months old. lizzie comes from a long line of farmers and george will be the sixth generation and you can see loads of other southdown sheep here this morning just chilling before they have their show later on. i am at the south of england show in west suss

those countries environmental group greenpeace also thinks the chinese ban has led to an increase they're concerned with the contamination electronic waste causes heavy metal in water and soil and airborne toxins but the more immediate concern there's no specific law that deals directly with the waste management. being up there and we have from the country that we don't have that the we don't have a fertility and we don't have the infrastructure to do that he says there's another domestic ways to keep the current business is open so there's no economic reason for thailand to take in other countries. it's got harder al-jazeera bangkok and for the second part of our series on waste our focus turns to malaysia. some people see massive opportunities after china's ban on plastic waste imports which came into effect at the start of the year but could the ban also turn south these asian countries into a dumping ground i'm florence louie in kuala lumpur and we'll have that story on friday. al-jazeera. where every. day when the news breaks. on the mailman city and the story builds to be forced to

encourage people to use fewer bags and also recycle david santillan is a senior scientist with the greenpeace research laboratories and joins me live via skype from exeter thank you very much for taking the time to speak to us and you start by explaining how and why so much plastic ends up in the ocean. one unfortunately is down to. sustainable production use of plastic and our treatment of it as a disposable material plastic by its nature doesn't break down in the environment it's very persistent and i think the problem is that we use it for a very short part of its long time and then it joins the waste stream where it gets out into the environment and we forget about it but of course it's still there it's still there for decades if not longer to come and it's now become a globally widespread problem causing issues for marine wildlife especially right where around the world. in is this problem getting worse is there anything people can do to alleviate the problem. well the problem is definitely getting worse because we still are producing more and more plastic there are various estimates put

environmental group greenpeace also thinks the chinese ban has led to an increase they're concerned with the contamination electronic waste causes heavy metal in water and soil and airborne toxins but the more immediate concern there's no specific law that deals directly with waste management for picking the cow dumping up it and we have from other countries that maybe we don't have composite the we don't have. the and we don't have the infrastructure to do that he says there's another domestic ways to keep the current business is open so there's no economic reason for thailand to take in other countries garbage it's got harder al-jazeera bangkok and for the second part of our series on waste our focus turns to malaysia some people see massive opportunities after china's ban on plastic waste imports which came into effect at the start of the year but could the ban also tend southeast asian countries into a dumping ground on florence lee in kuala lumpur and we'll have that story on friday the youngest player at this year's football world cup took the field for australia a little earlier i

environmental group greenpeace also thinks the chinese ban has led to an increase they're concerned with the contamination electronic waste causes heavy metal in water and soil and airborne toxins but the more immediate concern there's no specific law that deals directly with the waste management. dumping up from other country. and we don't have infrastructure to do that he says there's a nuff domestic ways to keep the current businesses open so there's no economic reason for thailand to take in other countries. show for this way remember you can get in touch with us via twitter news the hash tag a j c t c when you do drop us an email counting the cost of al-jazeera that is our address is more for you on line al-jazeera dot com. that'll take you straight to our page which has individual reports links and entire episode for you to catch up on. for this edition of counting the cost i'm sammy's a then for the whole team here thanks for joining us news and al-jazeera is next. to the intersection of reality and comedy and post revolution to. mission to entertain educate and provoke debate thr

carbon emissions are set to rise at their fastest rate in six years according to a new report from greenpeace the environmental group examined official chinese statistics on emissions from manufacturing of call cement oil and gas the researchers found that carbon emissions from those sectors rose four percent in the first quarter of the year china is estimated to account for roughly one quarter of global carbon emissions carbon dioxide emissions global carbon emissions rose in twenty seventeen after three flat years experts say getting china to turn the corner and greenhouse gas emissions is critical to mitigating global warming and climate change in related news the us national oceanic and atmospheric administration announced that the planet has just experienced the hottest month of may ever recorded the average temperature for may was five point two degrees fahrenheit above the historical average. and is singapore president trump a north korean leader kim jong il who did a lot of handshaking and backed flapping amid the historic meeting and they signed a document today asserting that the us

carbon emissions are set to rise at their fastest rate in six years according to a new report from greenpeace the environmental group examined official chinese statistics on emissions from manufacturing of call cement oil and gas the researchers found that carbon emissions from those sectors rose four percent in the first quarter of the year china is estimated to account for roughly one quarter of global carbon emissions carbon dioxide emissions global carbon emissions rose in twenty seventeen after three flat years experts say getting china to turn the corner and greenhouse gas emissions is critical to mitigating global warming and climate change in related news the u.s. national oceanic and atmospheric administration announced that the planet has just experienced the hottest month of may ever recorded the average temperature for may was five point two degrees fahrenheit above the historical average. and is singapore president trump a north korean leader kim jong own did a lot of hand shaking him back flapping amid the historic meeting and they signed a document today asserting that the u.s.

environmental group greenpeace also thinks the chinese ban has led to an increase they're concerned with the contamination electronic waste causes heavy metal in water and soil and airborne toxins but the more immediate concern there's no specific law that deals directly with the waste management. dumping up. and we don't have to do that he says there's a domestic to keep the current businesses open so there's no economic reason for thailand to take in other countries. show for this remember you can. twitter use the hash tag a j c t c when you do drop us an email. address is more for you online. that'll take you straight to our page which has individual reports links and the entire episode for you to catch up on. for this edition of counting the cost. for the whole team here thanks for joining us. well waiting well we'll see idea popped into it when they're on line it's undoubtedly chief goal. of again inequality in society today or if you join a sunset criminal justice system is dysfunctional right now this is a dialogue what does it feel like bringing you to go back for the first time

activists from the from the ib environmental group greenpeace of storm the annual general meeting of the total company protesters descended by rote from the c. one a dozen or so others banged drums and sang songs protesting against a tells exploration of the amazon basin in search of new oil reserves. north and south korea have as you tired of the peace talks this as the united states tries to persuade the north to shut down its controversial nuclear program so says reconciliation between the two koreas will be a key part of efforts to resolve the nuclear standoff with pyongyang. of big cats in a western german town is over or thought is of tracked down the five wild practices that were believed to escaped from a zoo a drone spotted the two ryans two tigers and jug you are still on the premises of the eiffel's or near the town of mood about several enclosures have been damaged by overnight storms and the audibles have disappeared from view police hunt through the flooded town followed putting nearby residential areas on lockdown the fugitive gravatt didn't stray was shot and killed.

environmental group greenpeace also thinks the chinese ban has led to an increase they're concerned with the contamination electronic waste causes heavy metal in water and soil and airborne toxins but the more immediate concern there's no specific law that deals directly with the waste management. dumping up. we don't have to do that he says there's a domestic to keep the current businesses open so there's no economic reason for thailand to take in other countries. show for this way remember you can. twitter the hash tag a j c t c when you do drop us an email. address is more for you online. that'll take you straight to our page which has individual reports links and the entire episode for you to catch up on. this edition of counting the cost. for the whole team here thanks for joining us. it was a wall that united egypt and syria had against israel but in the heat of the battle that different agendas soon became apparent i suppose the dream was to the fringe to see tonight the six to seven when president sadat came to a poet he told us just give me ten centimeters of land in the east th

i know that some local authorities and greenpeace have already got their legal papers ready to serveoing to be really, quite frankly, a very long time, if ever, that there will be any spades on the ground. that was robert barnstone there. and we will of course be talking about those heathrow proposals throughout the afternoon on bbc news. it is 17 minutes to two. melissa ohden was 1a when she learned a shocking secret — she was the survivor of a failed abortion. in 1977 her 19—year—old mother had left the hospital in america, believing the toxic saline solution she'd been given over a five—day period when she was eight months pregnant had aborted her child. in fact, unbeknown to her, she'd delivered a baby that was still alive. melissa was adopted into a loving family, but after learning about her unlikely birth, she spent nearly two decades searching for answers. melissa and her birth—mother have now been reunited. she told victoria derbyshire how she felt when she first found out what had happened. it affected me in a huge way. i don't think anybody‘s ever prepared for this kind of

carbon emissions are set to rise at their fastest rate in six years according to a new report from greenpeace the environmental group examined official chinese statistics on emissions from manufacturing of call cement oil and gas the researchers found that carbon emissions from those sectors rose four percent in the first quarter of the year china is estimated to account for roughly one quarter of global carbon emissions carbon dioxide emissions global carbon emissions rose in twenty seventeen after three flat years experts say getting china to turn the corner and greenhouse gas emissions is critical to mitigating global warming and climate change in related news the u.s. national oceanic and atmospheric administration announced that the planet has just experienced the hottest month of may ever recorded the average temperature for may was five point two degrees fahrenheit above the historical average. and is singapore president trump a north korean leader kim jong il who did a lot of handshaking and backed flapping amid the historic meeting and they signed a document today asserting that the

environmental group greenpeace also thinks the chinese ban has led to an increase they're concerned with the contamination electronic waste causes heavy metal in water and soil and airborne toxins but the more immediate concern there's no specific law that deals directly with the waste management. dumping up. and we don't have to do that he says there's a domestic to keep the current businesses open so there's no economic reason for thailand to take in other countries. show for this remember you can. twitter the hash tag a j c t c when you do drop us an email. address is more for you on line. that'll take you straight to our page which has individual reports links and the entire episode for you to catch up on. this edition of counting the cost. for the whole team here thanks for joining us. and monday pointed on. u.s. and british companies have announced the biggest discovery of natural gas in west africa but what to do with these untapped natural resources is already a source of heated debate nothing much has changed they still spend most of their days looking forward to full dry river

carbon emissions are set to rise at their fastest rate in six years according to a new report from greenpeace the environmental group examined official chinese statistics on emissions from manufacturing of call cement oil and gas the researchers found that carbon emissions from those sectors rose four percent in the first quarter of the year china is estimated to account for roughly one quarter of global carbon emissions carbon dioxide emissions global carbon emissions rose in twenty seventeen after three flat years experts say getting china to turn the corner and greenhouse gas emissions is critical to mitigating global warming and climate change in related news the u.s. national oceanic and atmospheric administration announced that the planet has just experienced the hottest month of may ever recorded the average temperature for may was five point two degrees fahrenheit above the historical average. and is singapore president trump a north korean leader kim jong own did a lot of handshaking and backed flapping amid the historic meeting and they signed a document today asserting that the us

environmental group greenpeace also thinks the chinese ban has led to an increase their concern with the contamination electronic waste causes heavy metal in water and soil and airborne toxins but the more immediate concern there's no specific law that deals directly with waste management. dumping up and we have from other countries that we don't have composite be we don't have. the and we don't have the infrastructure to do that he says there's another domestic ways to keep the current business is open so there's no economic reason for thailand to take in other countries. it's got harder al-jazeera bangkok. more time for a quick check of the headlines here on al-jazeera u.s. president donald trump has bowed to pressure and signed an executive order to end his policy of separating migrant families at the mexican border children will now be detained with their parents for the maximum of twenty days but donald trump wants that extended so we're keeping families together and this will solve that problem at the same time we are keeping a very powerful border and it continues to be a seri

environmental group greenpeace also thinks the chinese ban has led to an increase they're concerned with the contamination electronic waste causes heavy metal in water and soil and airborne toxins but the more immediate concern there's no specific law that deals directly with the waste management both. dumping up and we have probably the country that we don't have composite the we don't have. the and we don't have infrastructure to do that he says there's another domestic ways to keep the current businesses open so there's no economic reason for thailand to take in other countries. it's got harder al-jazeera bangkok russians are reveling in football world cup success right now one of the first two teams to qualify for the knockout stages founds a basking in the host countries unexpectedly strong start to the tournament the lowest ranked team has reached the last sixteen for the first time since one nine hundred eighty six when it was part of the soviet union or russia's place was guaranteed off to europe why beat saudi arabia one nil much to their fans delight the south americans and the

environmental group greenpeace also thinks the chinese ban has led to it in please their concern with the contamination electronic waste causes heavy metal in water and soil and airborne toxins but the more immediate concern there's no specific law that deals directly with the waste management. being up there and we have for all of the country. we don't have the we don't have. the we don't have the infrastructure to do that he says there's another domestic ways to keep the current business is open so there's no economic reason for thailand to take in other countries. it's got hardly al-jazeera bangkok. prime minister just sent our darn has become the second only ever elected leader to give birth while an office she announced a rival of a baby girl by posting a photo on instagram that thirty seven year old will be maternity leave for the next six weeks with her deputy when stampeders running the country a first world leader to give birth while on the top job pakistan's been a servant to almost thirty years ago. take a look at the headlines now on al-jazeera the saudi murat a coalition

in one thousand nine hundred two greenpeace activists tried to stop the crew of a russian tanker from doing just that but to no avail to this day countless containers with radioactive waste lie on the bottom of the ocean. thus the seldom in a satirical of how we dealt with technology in the twentieth century we saw the positive sides progress growth energy all buzzwords that drive things forward but we ignore the downside for an entire on to ignore the well there were only a few voices early on saying you know this is a big problem that we need to solve now was is probably a must for foodservice who is most those voices didn't prevail because it's. a now the waste is then. technology philosopher. is one of the people charged with coming up with a concrete and objective answer to the question where should it go definitely underground that's the consensus among scientists around the world locked up in salt clay or granite the goal is to found a final storage site by twenty thirty one. storage should then begin in twenty fifty the decisive criterion is that the nuclear waste be stored sa

during this timeframe you have greenpeace volunteers skydiving off the smoke stacks in protest, toxic pollution in the air work commandeering whaling ships. earth first or decide to chain themselves to trees in california, taking the fight to the front lines of industry. all that extreme activism. what's happening? that's all new and of course easy to bring a cell phone our camera crew along on those crusades and so in an interest-- instant an individual action can bring real trouble to a company that might be doing pretty bad stuff, so all of these things that changed during this time period. the fifth idea we write about in the book is this notion of an adversarial allies and every field and every cause with you have a successful movement or a struggling movement, you have got internet warfare. different nonprofits competing for money, media attention, my policy agenda is the way we should go, not the way your organization wants. there's always strife, but what we found is sometimes movements were not able to eliminate the conflict, but had enough of a common agenda and get the majo

that today prompted greenpeace toes deliver what they camed was as actual used trump hotel mattress who pruitt's epa office. of course, it's long been clear that shame does not really work on scott pruitt. lord knows we've tried on this program or on his boss, the president of the united states. despite pruitt's cartoonishly long list of transgressions which include a sweetheart deal on a condo belonging to i an lobbyist who had business before his agency and excessive spending on security and first class travel, president drain the swamp today lauded had his epa chief for a job well done. >> and administrator scott pruitt, thank you very much. epa is doing really, really well. and you know, somebody has to say that about you a little bit. you know that, scott. people are really impressed with the job being done at the epa. thank you very much, scott. >> hupp was not today's only resignation. alsoing shin was another aide. senior counsel sarah greenwald. both hupp and green wald came with pruitt from oklahoma where he had been attorney general. earlier this year we learned pruitt tried

activists from the environmental group greenpeace have stormed the annual general meeting of the totalcompany a small group of activists descended by rope from the ceiling one at least a dozen others banged drums and sang songs they were protesting against to tiles expiration of the amazon basin in search of new oil supplies. now for business news and we have good hard enforcing shares in dortch of recovered today after a distant performance on thursday as well as a minute on this happened after the federal deposit insurance corporation that the u.s. agency charged with maintaining stability in the banking system has named. banks u.s. business troubles and what became a double blow for germany's biggest lender ratings agency s. and p. downgraded the credit status of all that after the bank's new c.e.o. announced restructuring plans to put the bank finally back on track the news had do it your bank shares plummeting tuan historic low on thursday with the wall street journal reporting that u.s. institutions had lost trust in the bank about a year ago the federal reserve labeled the bank'

activists from the environmental group greenpeace the store be on your general meeting of the taba oil company protesters descended to by road from the sea and while that doesn't so others banged drugs and sang songs they were protesting against the tiles exploration of the amazon basin in search of new oil reserves. of the european union has hit back at new u.s. traded tariffs at home the home free is here with more on the house right phil reaction coming from across the block we've heard from french president emanuel michael he's called the moves illegal bringing up president trump no less to tell him so the e.u. trade commission is the cd among them says europe will not take washington's actions lying down the valley and to challenge the tariffs in the case the world trade organization and the u.s. government but it certainly didn't waste a moment in following through with its threats. they began this morning at six am central european time twenty five percent import tariffs on steel ten percent on aluminum the european reaction is clear. hours of it is unfortunate because this is f

we were with scientists on board a greenpeace ship injanuary as they began testing waters off the antarcticvice. any microplastics should find their way into the net. the team searched some of the most isolated places on the planet. this is hope bay. it's off the cruise ship trial and not much fishing happens nearby. you won't really see plastic washed ashore, but scientists are worried what may happen here in the future. we are going to take these three samples. they also hunted for pollution on land, gathering samples of freshly fallen snow. we didn't know it at the time, but even here, deposited either as a gas or dusk were molecules of man—made chemicals. the samples were taken to a laboratory. the majority were found to be contaminated. what we're finding is in almost all the samples of water we collected, we find tiny pieces of microplastics, maybe only a few fragments or fibres in every litre of water, but given that this is really the end of the earth, it's remarkable, once again, that we are finding microplastics almost wherever we look. jason roberts has worked in the polar region

to fly some other countries to stay into and might be one of those countries environmental group greenpeace also think the chinese ban has led to an increase their concern with the contamination electronic waste causing heavy metal in water and soil and airborne toxins but the more immediate concern there's no specific law that deals directly with the waste management so picking the cow dumping up somewhere from other countries that mean we don't have a cup of it the we don't have five till at the end we don't have infrastructure to do that he says there's another domestic ways to keep the current businesses open so there's no economic reason for thailand to take in other countries garbage got hardly al-jazeera bangkok's. the number of people feared drowned out for a tourist ferry sank in indonesia is now one hundred eighty authorities had originally estimated the figure at eighty you've been revised it to one hundred thirty now it's understood the wooden boat has three times the number of passengers it was built to carry bad weather has been hampering search efforts since the ferry sank on