the my name is melissa chan. thanks for joining us. we know global warming is having a huge impact on the world's glaciers. now international scientists have discovered that the glacier and ages, whom do christian will is home to the famous peaks of avarice, and k 2 is melting at an unprecedented rate. the report from the cap and 2 based international center for integrated mountain development says the himalayan ice fields could lose up to 80 percent of their volume this century is greenhouse gas emissions aren't sharply reduced. it also warrens that flash floods and avalanches will grow more likely in the coming years. the hindu kush himalayan mountain range has been called world 3rd poll because the snow and ice there is the largest source of fresh water outside the polar regions. that water is vital it for 2000000000 people who live down stream of the major rivers that originate in the mountains. let's bring in our room shesta regional program manager for the organization in cotton on do i rune? i'm not even going to ask you about w

my name is melissa chan, thanks for joining us in pockets. don, child labor is against the law, but is never the less widely prevalent. this has been exacerbated by catastrophic floods last year that destroyed infrastructure and made many families homeless and has been compounded by the political and economic spyro. the country has been in, in general, in the heat of us doesn't go to see if he doesn't particularly mind it, but he's also too young to understand what he might be losing out on. he says his father wanted him to stop working get a get an opportunity that the conditions at my home but were not good positive as one year of my father said that occasion had gained him nothing comes bought. so he said it would be better for me, want to learn the work of a car mechanic that instead of going to scan them, will they fight open the shop at 10 am and get free by now. be a good be gone. the deal i liked doing this job on the hughes father, please. he didn't have much of a choice when it came to educating his children. the bottom. i want my 2

my name is melissa chan. thanks for joining us. at this point, the officials estimate a death toll in the hundreds from the sinking of the overcrowded boat carrying migrants across the mediterranean. and the large number of the ground are passed on nationals as prospects of successful search and rescue diminish the country is in shock. and morning it started getting tragedy. hundreds of migrants, joan and the gap safe boat. i believe to be from blackest on. the new was passed and shock fee of students here in buckets on administer gush me according to local media is the $100.00 of the microphone on board. were from this area. the disaster has left families here in limbo. some still cling to the belief that the young men from the village we'd be found a life on the got the old guess. when children are not found to die, you can understand what a parent goes through. what is happening to us. we have no information, was there alive or did we pray to allow? let us see them. good. yes. it'd be in. i'm in the to all, most a 100. let me ju

the my name is melissa chan. thanks for joining us for the 1st time since 2018. a high level us diplomat visit staging, secretary of state antony blinking. primary goal is to simply re establish better lines of communication and what has become a tense relationship. the white house expects few deliverables and have set low expectations. given the 2 countries differences over trade, taiwan and ukraine, among many other issues, lincoln's trip has been tough to make happen. washington had postponed the visit following the chinese spied balloon debacle earlier this year. you'll remember the balloon had floated for more than a week across the united states, leaving a trail of breathless american media coverage along its path to earlier today blinking match with one e. the country's top diplomat, one was hawkish, no surprises. they're saying china has no room to compromise on taiwan and on relations with the u. s, he had this to say according to a read out from chinese state media quote. it's necessary to make a choice between dialogue and confrontation, co operation o

the my name is melissa chan, thanks for joining us. last night the u. s. coast guard confirmed what many around the world had feared at the 5 people aboard the missing submersible headed to the titanic or dead. according to the latest information, the vessel suffered a quote, catastrophic implosion in the ocean depths, most likely killing the occupants in an instant. among the pain passengers was the prominent pockets dani british business men, shows that the world who took the voyage to the century old ship, wrecked with his son, certainly not on father's day, no less a dw spanish job and joins me in the studio. these victims were largely unknown names, but as people followed the search and rescue mission, they've learned about more of these men stories and it's been massive news and pockets functioning. tell us a little bit about the dealt with family. i'm really not sure about that. about if from one to focused on richest business families, the family has been in business for over a century. and then 5 percent happen between focused on an india 1947.