the british scientist — james lovelock — who's died at the age of 103.the english city of birmingham. over 11 days, more than 5000 athletes from 72 nations and territories will compete across 19 different sports. this year's event is historic for a number of reasons. they'll feature the largest number of events for women and pa ra—sport athletes. it's the first multi—sport event to award more medals to women than men. and it's the first major multisport event that's carbon neutral. the opening ceremony is expected to play out to a stadium audience of 30,000. it'll celebrate the games — and propel birmingham onto a global stage. birmingham, is the uk's second largest city by population. it saw massive growth during the industrial revolution and is now a hub for higher education, commerce and art. the total cost of the event is expected to be around 0h... that's all the time we have for now. to stay with bbc world news. hello there. the weather story's looking pretty benign for the next few days. we'll have very little wind around to move the weather along

the british scientist, james lovelock, who's died at the age of 103.ng men who have sex with other men to reduce their number of partners, in order to limit the spread of the monkeypox virus. 98% of monkeypox cases are in men who have sex with men. 18,000 cases have been reported in 78 countries, mostly in europe. there have been five deaths. let's there have been five deaths. bring in our professo infectious let's bring in our professor of infectious diseases. can you just help me with this one. do we know why gay men, in particular are more at risk. we have the particular are more at risk. - have the perfect storm of two seminal events in europe, lots of people happen to be in this community they went to those communities and the country and it was amplified by events like pride events, it happened to be the right timing, pool parties and so on. if you can imagine it was like a bunch of little monkeypox bombs going off in different communities. it happens to be in this community but it's not exclusive in terms of biology we know in 2003 in the us it

onto the l death of james lovelock on his 103rd death of james lovelock on his 103rd birthday, stephenr how to talk with him, he was an extraordinary unorthodox scientist who never went along with the orthodoxy of the scientific world which made him so brilliant. did you read that book you did on the gaia theory of the universe, and just how pressing it he was about these things? of course backin he was about these things? of course back in the 19605 and he was about these things? of course back in the 19605 and 705, itju5t didn't seem as relevant as it is today. leie i didn't read the book but i've been reading about him, such an interesting character. for such an interesting character. far ahead of his time in the 1960s and 705. _ ahead of his time in the 1960s and 70s. and _ ahead of his time in the 1960s and 70s, and turning his back on the green _ 70s, and turning his back on the green orthodoxies of recent times, saying _ green orthodoxies of recent times, saying we _ green orthodoxies of recent times, saying we shouldn't be worried about whether_ saying we shouldn't be worried a

the british scientist — james lovelock — who's died at the age of 103.es — held this year in the english city of birmingham. over 11 days, more than 5000 athletes from 72 nations and territories will compete across 19 different sports. this year's event is historic for a number of reasons. it'll feature the largest number of events for women and para—sport athletes. it's the first multi—sport event to award more medals to women than men and it's the first major multi—sport event that's carbon neutral. i've been speaking to peter beattie — the former premier of the australian state of queensland — who was chairman of the 2018 gold coast games. i asked him what england's second city could hope to get out of the event. an enormous amount of work has gone into it and birmingham will be a big winner because it puts birmingham on the world stage and from what i've seen from afar, they have done a magnificentjob in preparing for the commonwealth games. the reality is, when we went through this in the gold coast in 2018, there was an enormous amount of pressure

the british scientist — james lovelock — who's died at the age of 103. hello there. notice over the next few days is that it'll be warming up, particularly across england and wales. most places will be dry, but there will be some showers around — increasingly so across the north and the west of the country as we move into the weekend. so, we've got this weak area of high pressure just to the east of the uk, rather cloudy high, drawing up some warmer airfrom the near continent. but there is a lot of cloud trapped underneath it, so a rather grey day, i think on thursday. showery bursts of rain continuing to affect parts of northern ireland, northern england, southern scotland, certainly through the morning, it'll tend to ease down into the afternoon. could see a few showers developing across western areas, most places will be dry. despite the cloud amounts, it'll feel warmer — 22—24 celsius in the south. we could see 20 celsius or so in the central belt of scotland. so, it looks like it should be a dry affair for the commonwealth 6ames�* opening ceremony in birmingham,

multitalented lovelock made the _ ice.gether evidence and invented the equipment to detect a man—made hole in the ozone layer over the antarctic. i do believe in gaia. and it will defend itself against all dangers. including man. man willalways dangers. including man. man will always win against nature. lovelock�*s idea that the earth is a kind of single living organism made him a hero to the early green movement of the 19605 early green movement of the 1960s and 70s. it early green movement of the 1960s and 70s.— early green movement of the 1960s and 70s. it was bound to be taken up — 1960s and 70s. it was bound to be taken up as _ 1960s and 70s. it was bound to be taken up as a _ 1960s and 70s. it was bound to be taken up as a kind _ 1960s and 70s. it was bound to be taken up as a kind of - be taken up as a kind of something almost spiritual for the green edge to hang onto. growth we want the damaged forest in particular was undermining the earth's capacity to regulate itself as carbon dioxide levels rise but his support

lovelock away from the uk.a theory that has informed climate science in the 50 years since the theory argues our planet is a singular self-sustaining organism, made up of all the water, plants, an animals on its surface. earth, he argued, regulates its temperature and atmosphere to remain stable and to support life in a way no other planet does dr. lovelock held that the behavior of humans had begun t throw off that equallibrium. the theory was dismissed at first. his work laid the foundation for modern climate science, he died on tuesday at home in the southwest of england on his 103rd birthday when i found thee buffalo it just fit. i know that she has a good coat, good energy over all and i would do anything to make sure that she's the best dog she can be. this is john. he hasn't worked this hard to only get this far with his cholesterol. taken with a statin, leqvio can lower bad cholesterol and keep it low with two doses a year. side effects were injection site reaction, joint pain, urinary tract infection,

facing, as it gets drier and drier. james clayton, bbc news, mariposa county, california. james lovelockpeed that an electron goes across the wire. goes across a wire. and this gives the artificial intelligence an enormous advantage, a millionfold advantage. once it starts working, it can be enormously simpler, and it is, and it can do things that we can't do. bob ward from the grantham research institute on climate change at the london school of economics joins us now. the gaia hypothesis, how i would remember him, but he was very much a poly mouth, wasn�*t he? he did so much else. flit poly mouth, wasn't he? he did so much else-— much else. of course. he was a great scientist and — much else. of course. he was a great scientist and a _ much else. of course. he was a great scientist and a great _ much else. of course. he was a great scientist and a great mentor, - scientist and a great mentor, studied chemistry, and it was really his independent thinking, his refusal to be bound by traditional barriers and divides that led him to these great insights about the interdependence between lif

credited with inspiring the global green movement, tributes are paid to environmentalist, james lovelock

tributes are paid to the environmentalist james lovelock — who has died at the age of 103.

credited with inspiring the global green movement — tributes are paid to the environmentalist james lovelock

credited with inspiring the global green movement — tributes are paid to the environmentalist, james lovelock

credited with inspiring the global green movement, tributes are paid to the environmentalist james lovelock

credited with inspiring the global green movement — tributes are paid to environmentalist, james lovelock

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