and we go to norway, which is famously eco-minded.oes its sovereign wealth fund also invest sustainably? the climate crisis is slowly -- too slowly -- taking center stage in public awareness around the globe. companies involved in oil, coal, and gas are the target of mounting criticism. more than 70% of greenhouse gas emissions come from just 100 fossil-fuel producers. the top five are petrochina, exxonmobile, bp, sinopec, and royal dutch shell. investors used to love fossil-fuels as a way to make lots of money. but now many are frightened of holding stranded assets. investment is turning into divestment. investors s are reversing cour, shedding stocks and bonds in coal, gas, and other climate-killers. norway is taking it very seriously. its sovereign wealth fund is pursuing a program of divestment. how well is it working? reporter: norway's sovereign wealth fund has assets of nine trillion norwegian kroner. that's roughly a trillion euros. it's known as the oil fund. it invests worldwide, and is run by the centrtral bank. it w s set

and we go to norway which is famously eco minded does its sovereign wealth fund also invest sustainably. the climate crisis is slowly to slowly taking center stage in public awareness around the globe companies involved in oil coal and gas are the target of mounting criticism more than 70 percent of greenhouse gas emissions come from just $100.00 fossil fuel producers the top 5 are petro china exxon mobil be peace in a pack and royal dutch shell. investors used to love fossil fuels as a way to make lots of money but now many are frightened of holding stranded assets investment is turning into divestment. investors are reversing course shedding stocks and bonds in coal gas and other climate killers norway is taking it very seriously. its sovereign wealth fund is pursuing a program divestment how well is it working. norway's sovereign wealth fund has assets of 9 trillion norwegian kroner that's roughly a trillion euros it's known as the oil fund it invests worldwide and is run by the central bank it was set up in 1009 $190.00 and is now the largest fund of its kind in the world the aim of

also coming up norway says it wants its sovereign wealth fund to become green but environmentalists say that's just lip service either way the funds investments have become a heated topic of debate. and do robots and alcohol mix we take you to an unusual bar in prague to find out. this is the business i'm just on in berlin thanks for joining us it's the latest step in china's ongoing bid for tech superpower status the newly created tech exchange called star market had a debut of astronomical games with some share prices shooting up by 520 percent here's a look at that 1st day. trading at china's new star market tech exchange was launched with a gong sounded by the country's securities commission chief and shanghai as communist party secretary the chinese government has been pushing for a tech exchange as it battles with the us for technological supremacy modeled on new york's nasdaq star market will give small chinese investors a chance to buy into tech industries that have so far listed their stocks on wall street beijing hopes to catapult the country into a leading technological posit

norway is a rich country it has a trillion dollars in the bag so to say that money was made from the country's vast oil reserves and norway's sovereign wealth fund has become $1.00 of the largest single investors around the world but now they know we've since discovered a green conscience and have decided to pull many of its investments from companies who make their money with well oil and other fossil fuels that's a massive indorsement of green energy one could think about environmentalists are not happy. the aim of norway sovereign wealth fund is to ensure responsible management of the revenue from the country's oil and natural gas sales for the benefit of current and future generations so what does responsible management mean the funds investments have become a topic of heated debate the norwegian parliament has barred the fund from owning stakes in a range of arms tobacco and fossil fuel firms it has had to sell holdings in hundreds of companies in a major divestment initiative called produce our. coal producers to their my nurse or our producers based on coal. for for those at t

also coming up norway says it wants its sovereign wealth fund to become green but environmentalists say that's just lip service either way the funds investments have become a heated topic of debate. and robots and alcohol makes we take you to an unusual bar in prague to find out. this is the business. and in berlin thanks for joining us it's the latest step in china's ongoing bid for tech superpower status the newly created tech exchange called star market had a debut of astronomical games with summer share prices shooting up by 520 percent here's a look at that 1st day. trading at china's new star market tech exchange was launched with a gong sounded by the country securities commission chief and shanghai's communist party secretary the chinese government has been pushing for a tech exchange as it battles with the us for technological supremacy modeled on new york's nasdaq star market will give small chinese investors a chance to buy into tech industries that have so far listed their stocks on wall street beijing hopes to catapult the country into a leading technological position in th

also coming up norway says it wants its sovereign wealth funds to become green but environmentalists say that's just lip service either way the funds investments have become a topic of heated debate. and sudan keeps up its vital exports of gum arabic in spite of the troubles with get you kate. welcome to do business africa and monica jones and berlin good to have you with us and sudan is back on lie in a ban on the internet was recently lifted after the sudanese government had blocked access for over a month so don is just one of several african countries where citizens have been denied internet access there are more than 20 countries that have had some form of restrictions to internet access since 2015 and that is getting expensive just the shutdown in sudan could cost more than $1.00 and a half $1000000000.00 according to one estimate ordinary people and businesses are footing this bill and for telecoms the cost could be more than just the loss of money take africa's biggest telecoms operator m.t.n. it was accused by a group of n.g.o.s of being complicit in human rights violations

needs an artist from norway to make sound from every day. but 1st we present a lady with a very special mission german photojournalist. wants to climb the highest mountain in every european country sometimes it's just a small hill sometimes it's several 1000 meters high she calls a project adventure europe there are 47 mountains in 47 countries on her list we met up with her in under a. although oman is driven to test her limits over and over again. this is where she's in her element on her own with the forces of nature. to me obvious to me this is adventure and i think adventure doesn't mean bigger faster higher farther but simply the experience itself to focus on life. and i feel totally alive when i'm hanging off a cliff or trying to climb up it. it might not make a lot of sense but this is how i get to know my own limits and overcome them. has arrived in andorra she's going to scale the nearly 3000 meter come up with the tallest peak in this microstate in the pier a nice. it's part of her current project adventure europe she plans to tou

and then 2% norway. so that was kind of a lot of changes. >> reporter: the reason for the change? dna testing companies are constantly updating their algorithms. think about it. your dna test results ar only as accurate as the data behind them. and in this case that data is other people's dna. so as more people take these tests, the ethnicity reference panels grow. for example, ancestry says if your early result claims you were cascandinavian, they now break it down to norway and sweden. which would explain jennifer's newly discovered norwegian roots. >> my husband and i were just in norway. they're nice people, some of them look a little like me. but it didn't make me go oh, i'm norwegian. >> reporter: while jennifer isn't 100% sure of her ancestrys sheays it is fun to have a clearer picture of her ros. andonders where her next dna update will take her. bottom line, your na doesn't change but the methods that these companies use is evolving constantly. and they will automatically update you when there is a new change. >>> we've got another heads-up. if you use siri on your ihone

. >> they took took denmark, norway, belgium, the netherlands. >> every leader in europe who was listening to germany being nazi-fied, so to speak, with this fundamentally corrupt and barbaric ideology, didn't want to believe that this would dominate europe. >> german forces were able to trap the british and french armies on the coast at dunkirk. the french began to negotiate at that point. >> in june of 1940, british troops were surrounded and forced to evacuate france at dunkirk, leaving the french at the mercy of nazi forces. >> they really didn't have the ability to deal with this modern german army. >> the cancer was too deep. on june 14th, paris fell. >> with france occupied, hitler turned his attention to britain. in july of 1940. >> in the battle of britain, england stood alone and was ravaged by hitler's bombers. >> the nazi air force or luftwaffa began to bomb the city of london, terrified residents with a relentless bombardment. >> they didn't have precision bombing. they were basically carpet bombing the city of london. >> the british prime minister winston churchill rallied th

we are wishing military coup that would be got the profit for one of the for the region so maybe norway is their last chance to get out is fully it's a strange situation i mean it's been months of the sea since one guy joe declared himself the inner interim president but he's still not in power even as we speak nell why not and will it ever happen the answer we saw yesterday why though where went out to the streets with people i'm sure how to minutes are arrayed so the answer is because my wife doesn't have. any support but the message was clear yesterday i mean now there is going through that the straw food situation 130000 percent of inflation according to true true. numbers incredible yeah by the end of the year according to the international monetary fund that we're going to have 10 millions percent of inflation of 43 percent of unemployment so is one of the he's still there why because he has the weapons and yesterday these military parade was the message i mean he's certainly still there for now but as you know this week the u.n. pretty. entered a report that accused president we'

nikita parris is likely to start despite missing the penalty against norway and phil neville has calleder the best player in the world, she plays herfootball in lyon, and she says she is so app for taking on america. let's listen to lucy bronze. i want to play the us for all those reasons. they are the holders and to wina reasons. they are the holders and to win a world cup you have to be the best teams and they are definitely up best teams and they are definitely up there. we want to win the world cup having beaten one of the great teams in the tournament. it would have been a nice final but it is a brilliant semifinal. they are both big games and to play the us, it is definitely thinking we had in our minds. to play against the usa, so we are prepared for moments like this when we come up against them in the big competitions. you are up against some of the best players in the world and ultimately it is about who gets the better of each other. i'm sure me and lucy will be ready for that challenge, so will be ready for that challenge, so will the whole team across the page. 11 players a

lucy bronze scored a blinder against norway! tennis. wimbledon, what a shock that was!n. six out of ten. blame it on someone guardian. six out of ten. blame it on someone else. venus who is 39, beaten by 15—year—old cori gauff who a p pa re ntly beaten by 15—year—old cori gauff who apparently is to hundred places below her. quite a surprise. coached by her dad. we were watching the end of it. what an incredible start! such a remarkable young woman. venus had won four grand slam titles before gough was born. such a great start. such a remarkable win but what i love from her as the quote that i wouldn't be here if it wasn't for her. because she had inspired her? usual model she beats today but a lovely passing of the torch in some ways. we talked about role models in women's football and venus and serena. the number of young women they have inspired to play the game must be countless! and these images are so brilliant. the look of sheer shock and disbelief on her face. i think that captures the magnitude of what she has done. as she has realised i have beaten my heroin an

. >> 5% france, voila, and then 2% norway so that was kind of a lot of changes. >> reporter: the eason dna testing companies are constantly updating their algorithm. think about it. your dna test results are only as accurate as the data behind them, and in this case that data is other people's dna,o as more people take these tests the ethnicity reference panels growth. ancestry says if your earlier result claims you were scanned knave cran they can break it down to norway andweden which would explain jennifer's newly discovered norwegian roots. >> my husband and i were just in norway. they are nice people and some look a little like me.e it didn't mak go oh, i'm norwegian. it was little bizarre. >> reporter: while jennifer still isn'100% sure of her ancestry, she says it's fun to have a clearer picture of her roots and woernsd where her next na update will take her. >> so bottom line,our dna never charges but the methods these testing companies are using is evolving every single day, and they will automatically send you these updates. real neat, isn't it? >> did you pay for the updates

amazing very prescient artists just for david friedrich the dutch school all the painters of light from norway and sweden. and petra very who came to germany to study art. you know where it's more appreciated words more precious. when james tarell frames light as in a painting he's following a centuries old tradition of western art. from the baroque period which in modern times artists have been captivated by the power of light. light can bring a scene to life increase its dramatic effect and focus the viewer's attention. in the 17th century of the use of light transformed the world of art. for the 1st time artists used like to highlight their subjects and not just saints but mere mortals . and even the artists themselves. they created a world of sharp contrast between light and dark. the renaissance sought to bring light into darkness using science and reason to counter the influence of the church and religion. rembrandt's the anatomy lesson of dr nicholas told is the quintessential renaissance art work the participants are gathered around the corpse of a criminal and the body is bathed in li

and the world's best player, ada hegerberg from norway, who you mentioned before, she isn't even at the her federation since 2017. the reason for that is pay. and, what she calls respect. so there's a lot of movement around a lot of protest and there is court action. there is also political action because the world cup is on, people are engaged, people are watching, the politicians coming in and saying this isn't good enough, why are the women being paid so less? why are they being treated so poorly? and the people who are watching, too, mums and dads, you know, if they have a fantastic little football player in theirfamily, they want career pathways for her, they want a living wage for her. so they're also on—board. so there's a push from the grassroots right up to politicians who are pushing for a change. who do you think will win the world cup? i think it will be 1-1 after overtime, and then i don't know who will win after penalty kicks. you have been watching newsday. and i'm rico hizon in singapore. stay with us. coming up: india's new budget. we will be following the country's fir

i have been to japan and norway for fly casting competition.at the club and at the casting pond. it's a great place to learn and have fun. on a season day like this, it was the perfect spot to be. i find fly casting very relaxing and also at the same time very challenging sport. takes me out into the nature. almost like drawing art in the air. and then i can make these beautiful loops out there. >> even though people from across the globe come here to compete, it's still a place where locals in the know relax and enjoy some rely unique scenery. until next time, get out and play! >> this facility is the largest project in our sewer system improvement program. it has a price tag of 1.3 borghese. it is rebuilding one -- $1.3 billion. the policy and government affairs team helps the finance team talk to legislative officials and policymakers creating financial programs for us to get low interest loans. >> getting the funding for the project was important to save money for the ratepayers of san francisco and enable us to build the project on budget.

a moment the developed world and countries like your own country mark or your neighbor is finland norway the consistently ranked higher than. other democratic western countries like for example the united states or south korea for that matter and this is where i think gets a little bit ideological what kind of an economic system what kind of a capitalist system is more conducive to. social wellbeing is there an answer to that a clear cut answer to that so what we did see in the world happiness report is that there is a group of countries that do consistently well when it comes to life satisfaction the nordic countries finland sweden norway iceland but also the netherlands switzerland canada new zealand australia all doing quite well and you're right the us i think currently ranking nineteen's i think russia's place 68 so this seems to be something that is working with some of the nordic countries one of the areas is. well. investing in education investing in universal health care think the nordic countries they're by no means perfect but i think they're doing some things right in terms o

you told us about the sovereign wealth fund in norway, thatis sovereign wealth fund in norway, that isnies that they are... that are focused purely on exploration and production and not renewables. that captures the big companies that have an element of renewables too. thank you, thank you for being with us. thank you, thank you for being with us. the music is playing, that means it is the end of the programme. we will see you soon. good morning, it has been a lovely start to the day for many parts of england and wales, lots of sunshine out there at the moment, and as we are going through the day, is going to stay largely dry with those sunny spells, i say largely dry, in the far north of scotland, some outbreaks of rain, mainly in the far north—west, more cloud for scotland and northern ireland into the afternoon. england and wales, fairweather rain developing, —— cloud. maximum temperature is getting up to 15 to 18 degrees northern areas, up to 22 celsius in the south—east. at wimbledon, on wednesday, we are going to see dry weather with those sunny spells and fairly warm afternoon t

that do consistently well when it comes to life satisfaction the nordic countries finland sweden norway iceland but also the netherlands switzerland canada new zealand australia are often doing quite well and you're right the us i think currently ranking nineteen's i think russia's place 68 so this seems to be something that is working with some of the nordic countries i've seen one of the areas is. investing in education investing in universal health care in the nordic countries. by no means perfect but i think they're doing some things right in terms of creating good conditions for good lives i know that in the latest world happiness report on mark was pushed. by finland do you have any sound so what allowed the fence to get ahead of you. i mean i'm not sure whether we've got a list happy happy. but i mean the top. of the 2nd decimal when we look at the absolute happiness numbers that sets those countries apart so i'm happy for them and. happy for the danes as well. and you know we can we can either try to become happy or we can try and make the finns less happy i would go with the 1s

government but he hasn't given a date on that as representatives last met with government takers and norway in may but those discussions stalled. in his way last has been ravaged by 5 years of economic chaos marred by shortages of food medicines and other basic necessities a plunge deeper into political turmoil in january when declared himself acting president. the u.s. has won the women's world cup for a record 4th time defending their title against another lengths in france they can pay no open the scoring with a 2nd half penalty to see her top goal scoring sheets for the golden boot award and roosevelt scored the winning goal to make the usa the most successful team in the tournament history they have looked a cut above the competition for out the tournament which started with a 13 mill demolition of thailand but the team is also in the midst of suing its own soccer federation for gender discrimination the players want equal pay with the u.s. men's team. and of course millions of fans back in the u.s. watch their team's latest try out a festive 8 viewing figures for the term as a whole t

six people were hurt as p&o's britannia sailed to southampton after a week—long trip to norway's fjordson suspicion of assault. plates and furniture were reportedly used as weapons during the incident in the early hours of friday. demolition work has begun on the eight cooling towers at ferrybridge power station in west yorkshire. the power station has been providing the uk with energy for 50 years, but today the first of the cooling towers was blown up in a controlled explosion to make way for a new gas—fired power station. four more towers are expected to be demolished in october. a british teenager has won nearly a million pounds after coming second in the world cup finals of the online game fortnite. jaden ashman, from essex, was competing in new york, in what was billed as the biggest ever "e—sports" event. joe tidy reports. your fortnite world champions! aqua and nyhrox! they are as shocked as you are. playing the game they love has just earned them a shared $3 million, or £2.11 million. 16—year—old emil bergquist pedersen from norway, known online as nyhrox, and 17—year—old david

a moment the developed world and countries like your own country mark or your neighbor is finland norway the consistently ranked higher than. other democratic western countries like for example the united states or south korea for that matter and this is where i think gets a little bit ideological what kind of an economic system what kind of a capitalist system is more conducive to. social wellbeing is there an answer to that a clear cut answer to that so what we can see in the world happen this report is that there is a group of countries that do consistently well when it comes to life satisfaction the nordic countries finland sweden norway iceland but also the netherlands switzerland canada new zealand australia all doing quite well and you're right the us i think currently renting nineteen's i think russia's place 68 so. this seems to be so.

we conversations and talks that are taking place in norway between the opposition and the government of venezuela. we know that president maduro has said on many occasions that he is ready for these talks. and i hope in their decisions will be made to normalize the situation in venezuela . yes i also would like to see if your words about venezuela are like. you just heard we've discussed this issue at length it is a crisis of all that. has attracted the attention of the entire world. and i reminded mr putin that it's there are italian communes as well in venezuela that's why we are very sensitive. to what's happening in the venezuela. and in this regard to this position that is unchanged right from the start. has been holding at a very strict and straightforward position towards. the crisis that. some countries at 1st the very different position different from ours later they changed it and they agreed with us right from the start we've been saying that. together with other countries of the e.u. we believe that presidential elections. have no want. completely democratic and there. th

and the highest—paid female player, norway's ada hegerberg, earns 325 times less than barcelona superstarll magazine. but could this spectacular world cup be a turning point for women's football? well, i ask an expert in all things women's football and football finance from australia to get her opinion on what the impact of this world cup will be. i think it's going to be a big turning point. you just need to look at the ratings to see the tournament has really inspired a lot of people around the world to tune in. and there's reasons for that. the tournament, the world cup, is being shown in a lot of countries on free to air platforms. it's being shown, televised or re— televised in prime—time, and of course the women's game has grown a lot in professionalism. so you get to see a really fa ntastic world —class professionalism. so you get to see a really fantastic world—class game and women's sport, as you rightly pointed out is on the rise. another factor of course is patriotism. when your team's playing, of course you wa nt to your team's playing, of course you want to tune in. all of th

has been locked in a fight its job is to protect whales pushed close to extinction it 3 countries norway iceland and japan have pursued the right to hunt them late last year japan argued there was scientific proof some species had recovered enough to allow sustainable hunting and it pushed again for the $9906.00 ban on commercial whaling to be lifted when the whaling commission rejected japan's proposal japan with the true japan says it will only hunt in its territorial waters not the open seas of the antarctica north pacific where it has until now been hunting for scientific research and it's not clear whether they'll even be a market in japan for the whale meat the ships bring to shore consumption in japan has plummeted from around $200000.00 tonnes each year in the sixty's to just $5000.00 tonnes each year over the last 5 that could be due to the changing tastes of a new generation but changing attitudes to hunting whales a likely affected tune and things that the international whaling commission won't be different japan's departure has arguably lift it weakened but after more than 3

phil neville has made three changes to the side that beat norway 3—0.cause he has a drop karen bardsley to the bench and carly telford comes in. this is only her second world cup start. he also dropped fran kirby to the bench. and unsurprisingly, he has dropped toni duggan to the bench and brought beth mead and on instead. the big news comes from the usa team because they have made two changes to the side that beat france 2—1. but the big news from the us camp is that their talisman, megan, will not start. instead, kristen press will start. instead, kristen press will start. she has 121 caps but does she have the character and the enigma to match? you can probably see that their seats are starting to fill up behind me in lyon. both usa france and england fans anticipating a huge match and they could witness history tonight because if england do beat the usa, they will be the first senior team in england to get to a world cup final since 1966. # i have to praise you like i should. # i have to praise you. # i have to praise you. # i have to praise you. #

six people were hurt as p&o's britannia sailed to southampton after a week—long trip to norway's fjordsessex, were arrested on suspicion of assault. plates and furniture were reportedly used as weapons during the incident in the early hours of friday. the headlines on bbc news. the minister in charge of brexit no—deal planning — michael gove — says the government still aims to reach an agreement with the eu but is preparing for the "very real prospect" of no—deal. the labour leaderjeremy corbyn says his party would do everything it could to block a no—deal brexit. fresh protests in hong kong — as the territory continues to be engulfed by huge anti—government demonstrations. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's gavin. egan bernal is set to become the new tour de france champion and the youngest winner of the event in 110 years. the 22—year—old will also become the first colombian to win, after crossing the line alongside fellow team ineos rider and current champion geraint thomas on stage 20. today's final stage to paris, is a processional stage later, where t

six people were hurt as p&o's britannia sailed to southampton after a week—long trip to norway's fjordsigwell in essex, were arrested on suspicion of assault. plates and furniture were reportedly used as weapons during the incident in the early hours of friday. it's emerged that a british soldier who died in syria fighting the islamic state group was accidentally killed by allied operations. it was previously reported by us officials that sergeant matt tonroe was killed by a roadside bomb in 2018. however, the ministry of defence said the 33—year—old died as a result of explosives carried by allied american forces. the headlines on bbc news. the minister in charge of no—deal planning — michael gove — says the government still aims to reach an agreement with the eu but "no—deal is a very real prospect" tens of thousands have been protesting in hong kong — as the territory continues to be engulfed by huge anti—government demonstrations. a last—ditch effort to save the nuclear deal with iran — senior international diplomats will hold an emergency meeting today. sport and for a full round u