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nature reserve in yunnan province and after 500km, they've now reached the outskirts of the city of kunmingephants are on the march. 15 of them, heading northwards, for reasons known only to themselves. occasionally, the smaller members of the group need a helping hand, or trunk, to get them on their way. translation: such a situation has happened for the first time | in history. it has never happened before, so everyone is thinking about the reasons. it remains to be further observed and studied. it is not entirely clear when their odyssey began but some suggest they set out as early as december, the animals forging a trail through the chinese countryside, occasionally straying into towns and villages, even helping themselves to something to eat as theirjourney progressed. translation: they like to go| to areas frequented by humans as there's plenty of food. the asian elephants take such areas as their habitats. the authorities have deployed thousands of people to evacuate homes, block off roads and try to lure the animals away from the local population but they have now reached a major ci

reserve in yunnan province, and after over 300 miles, they've now reached the outskirts of the city of kunmingtim allman reports. day after day, week after week, month after month, the elephants are on the march. 15 of them, heading northwards for reasons known only to themselves. occasionally, the smaller members of the group need a helping hand, or trunk, to get them on the way. translation: such a situation has happened for the _ first time in history. it's never happened before, so everyone�*s thinking about the reasons. it remains to be further observed and studied. it's not entirely clear when their odyssey began, but some suggest they may have set out as early as december. the animals forging a trail through the chinese countryside, occasionally straying into towns and villages, even helping themselves to something to eat as theirjourney progressed. translation: they like to go| to areas frequented by humans as there's plenty of food. the asian elephants take such areas as their habitats. the authorities have deployed thousands of people to evacuate homes, block off roads and try to lur

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reserve in yunnan province, and after over 300 miles, they've now reached the outskirts of the city of kunmingants are on the march. 15 of them, heading northwards for reasons known only to themselves. occasionally, the smaller members of the group need a helping hand, or trunk, to get them on the way.

they've now reached the outskirts of kunming — a city of more than eight million people. if you just walked more than 500 kilometres, you might fancy a bit of a lie down too. spread out like some giantjigsaw puzzle, the elephants of yunnan province take a more than deserved rest — well, most of them. why are they doing this? no—one knows but week after week, month after month, they have marched relentlessly onwards, with the occasional spot of help from the local authorities. translation: our staff members use excavators to make gentle - slopes on both sides of the river so that they can pass through. the elephants successfully crossed the river, after walking back and forth for several hours. as is the way these days, the whole thing has become big news on social media. hashtags, fan art and memes abound. but a herd of wild elephant, each one potentially weighing up to 4 metric tonnes, and the citizens of southern china are not necessarily a good mix. in china now, most of the country, people are getting back to normal so there are no covid—19 restrictions in place so pe

it's on the outskirts of the city of kunming, home to almost 6.5 million people.le on the ground, and by drone. here's one local official. translation: what impressed me most was the instant — translation: what impressed me most was the instant of _ translation: what impressed me most was the instant of the _ translation: what impressed me most was the instant of the boundary - translation: what impressed me most was the instant of the boundary of - was the instant of the boundary of the river in the city. it seemed that while elephants were checking the roads and surroundings of the river. howeverthey the roads and surroundings of the river. however they eventually felt across the river. 0ur river. however they eventually felt across the river. our staff use excavators to make slopes on the river so they could pass through. the elephants cross the river after walking back and forth for several hours. and, before we go, some people who are vaccinated decide to meet up with their friends for a cup of coffee or a walk in the park. well, for a few people in italy, th

they've now reached the outskirts of kunming, a city of more than eight million people.s tim allman explains. if you just want more than 500 kilometres, you might fancy a bit of a lie down as well. spread out like some giant jigsaw puzzle, the elephant of yunnan province take well and rest, well, most of them. week after week, rest, well, most of them. week afterweek, month rest, well, most of them. week after week, month after month they have much relentlessly on was with the occasional spot of help from the authorities. translation: we help from the authorities. translation:— help from the authorities. translation: ~ , ., ., , translation: we use excavators to make dental— translation: we use excavators to make dental slopes _ translation: we use excavators to make dental slopes on - translation: we use excavators to make dental slopes on both - to make dental slopes on both sides of the river. they were walking back and forth for several hours.— walking back and forth for several hours. ., several hours. the whole thing has loecome — several hours. the whole thing has

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they've now reached the outskirts of kunming, a city of more than eight million people.a superstars, as the bbc�*s tim allman explains. if you just walked more than 500 kilometres, you might fancy a bit of a lie down too. spread out like some giantjigsaw puzzle, the elephants of yunnan province take a more than deserved rest, well, most of them. why are they doing this? no—one knows but week after week, month after month, they have marched relentlessly onwards, with the occasional spot of help from the local authorities. translation: our staff members use excavators to make gentle - slopes on both sides of the river so that they can pass through. the elephants successfully crossed the river, after walking back and forth for several hours. as is the way these days, the whole thing has become big news on social media. hashtags, fan art and memes abound. but a herd of wild elephant, each one potentially weighing up to 4 metric tonnes, and the citizens of southern china are not necessarily a good mix. in china now, most of the country, people are getting back to normal so th

tropical nature reserve near the border with myanmar more than 300 miles later, they're in the capital kunming this realtime using china's vast network of surveillance cameras and now drones that follow the herd one possibility is that the leader of the pack got lost and they've all just kept going, including three calves the big question, how to safely guide them somewhere to do that, roads are being blocked with trucks to steer the herd they're also trying food bait. the elephants loving the corn, but taking a pass on pineapples. while wild elephants can attack, as we were told on a recent assignment. >> they're telling us there are wild elephants on the road. >> reporter: experts say so far this herd is doing what feels natural to them, and so they will trek some more, eat what they find, and captivate the millions who are watching, and then maybe eventually find their way home for "today," i'm janis mackey frayer in beijing. >> no laughing. >> why are you laughing? >> i mean, if roker were here he would probably say maybe they're leaving because they were being paid peanuts at their job. >

the animals have reached the outskirts of kunming — a city of more than eight million people.hing has become big news on social media. hashtags, fan art and memes abound. but a herd of wild elephants, each one potentially weighing up to four metric tonnes, and the citizens of southern china are not necessarily a good mix. in china now, most of the country, people are getting back to normal so there are no covid—19 restrictions in place, so people are moving around freely, and there have been cases in the past where elephants could actually kill somebody. hundreds of local officials have been assigned to protect the public and keep the elephants away from population centres. the ultimate goal — encourage the animals to pack up their trunks, metaphorically speaking, and head back home. tim allman, bbc news. what a fascinating story. i am going to have to follow the adventures and see how they get on. now it's time for a look at the weather. hello again. if you have an allergy to pollen, worth mentioning that the pollen levels across england and wales today are moderate or high.