until diesel and gasoline a gone for good if ever the current catch phrase when it comes to cars is highbridge that means a combo of combustion engine and electric motor we visited one of germany's biggest automotive supply is to find out how it's being gearing up for a hybrid electric future. this electorate motor is destined for a mercedes germany's said f group has been making car parts for board than a century. your gordon tossed heads the electro mobility department as the combustion engine falls out of favor electric cars and hybrid drives are the future despite the company's decades of experience technology for electric cars is still uncharted territory for them. an electric motor is much more efficient than a combustion engine it just hasn't been through the long history of optimization that the combustion engine has always and i think that's the achievement of german engineering in particular and so this is where the journey really begin that's. almost. electric motors are easy to produce because they have fewer components than combustion engines. the technology is less difficult to d

, but we need to think now about getting resources to find longer-term solutions to places like highbridgere going to need 30 million pounds of commitment from the government, so we will be seeking ministers to come down and have a look and think with us about how we can protect this environment. we can't do it alone. correspondent: once the river returns to normal levels, serious questions are still to be answered, like what to do with the tens of thousands of new homes which, according to a new report, have been built over the last 10 years in areas of britain that are at greatest risk of flooding. the prospect of storms that are heavier and more regular is forcing the country to think hard about how it copes in the future and how it will pay for the solutions. montego'sent: government has deployed 10,000 police officers to ensure security for the saturday election. the current president is seeking a fourth term that could see him stay in power until 2040. we have more from the capital. correspondent: nearly 10,000 policemen are deployed throughout togo to provide security for the electi

are still a number of entrance points from mainland china to hong kong including the macallan jew highbridge the airport is still open to travelers coming from china to hong kong and the shans and by checkpoint is also open and other health workers here in hong kong are currently on strike they want full border closures to try and keep up or certainly stop the spread of this coronavirus and as a result they've extended their strike until friday simply because if struggling to cope and other unions are now joining that strike and the health workers i'm aging the hospital authorities today on thursday simply asking for further closures and better access to medical gear and protective gear to try and cope with the situation now the cruise ship behind me this is currently in quarantine we have more than 3600 passengers and staff there in lockdown as of yesterday now we just heard an announcement with all passengers on board the ship they will have a temperature checks in about an. our but they're all currently in lockdown in their rooms as a result and this is simply because this particular ship

other entry points are still open that's the shans in a check point we also have the macau jus highbridge which is still open but this certainly has the highest number of the highest amount of traffic from mainland china with regards to travelers but the flights are being canceled and also a number of airlines are also pretty much giving their staff unpaid leave hong kong airlines has announced yesterday on friday that it's flying off $400.00 staff so the impact of the krona virus is being felt across the economy here and certainly with regards to the numbers of people arriving from mainland china the government will be hoping that these quarantine restrictions will certainly see a decline in numbers all right so plant growth thanks for that turkish armored vehicles and tanks are vented it liberal vince in northwestern syria the last rebel held region it's in response to an advance by syrian government forces and could pave the way for them to stage an offensive on the provincial capital of course all reports so he is determined to start fights syrian government forces in the suburbs of s

poems, they have done a fantasticjob and it's been wonderful that so many people in burnham and highbridge learning. sister river, brother river, mother river, father river. 0h, life giver, oh, life taker, oh, friend river, what have you in store for a poor fisherman today? and yet by heaven i think my love is rare. in flanders field, the poppies blow. between the crosses, row on row. that mark our place, and in the sky, the larks still bravely sing and fly. i met a traveller from an antique land, who said, "two vast and trunkless legs of stone stand in the desert... near them on the sand, half sunk, a shattered visage lies, whose frown and wrinkled lip and sneer of cold command." the school's entering a national competition called poetry by heart, so what do they think, i ask, in an artistic car park? poetry, rap and songs, and like all of these things have this ability to bring people together, and to help them express themselves. to see kids here at this age already, kind of ingesting this and being able to express themselves in this way, is really inspiring. there is a boy called simon

the other one of course is the airport where we were today as well the other one is the macau zoo highbridge these 3 entrance entrance points are still open into milan china ok sarah clarke with the latest for us from hong kong sara thank you. as president donald trump has fired 2 major witnesses in his impeachment trial barely 48 hours after the senate acquitted him ambassador of the european union gordon stalin was recalled just hours after lieutenant colonel alexander van was escorted from the white house both them are critical of president trump's handling of military 18 crain and gallacher reports gordon sunderland was considered a close ally of president trumps the 61 year old businessman gave trump's inauguration committee a $1000000.00 became ambassador to the european union and is said to have had the president's number on speed dial all that changed after someone's explosive testimony to the president's handling of military aid to ukraine was there a quid pro quo as i testified previously with regard to the requested white house call and the white house meeting the answer is yes an

hong kong and we've got the airport we've got the shins in checkpoint we've also got the macau jew highbridge. hong kong has been basically an easy expects a point for the mainland travelers to escape china if they do want to flee or the fear of catching this virus as a result of hong kong as being the 1st point of 1st destination for these troubles so there's been anger on the streets here about the the the open borders to mainland china but today these restrictions are imposed and potentially that my kind of see a decline in numbers of travelers coming from mainland china sarah clarke there for us and hong kong thanks very much there well meanwhile more than 3000 passengers and crew are stuck on board a cruise ship in the japanese homma the diamond princess ship has now 61 confirmed cases of the virus matthew smith is one of the passengers who doesn't have the virus that is under quarantine and he's on board that ship i spoke to him earlier about his experience there. it's hard to speak to anyone else other than us because the korean team we are all instructed to stay in our own cabin my yo