in the norwegian arctic, this local conservationist is trying forlornly to clear it up. er‘s antlers were trapped by a discarded fishing net. it died. this arctic tern met its death by starvation. this polar bear was tangled in another fishing net. we try to sell this as arctic and pristine and untouched. and it looks that way on pictures, but once you get here and you start to walk along the coastline, you get a completely other picture. the plastic is here with a vengeance. i've collected this waste in just a few seconds. some of the fragments may come from norway, some clearly don't — like this elaborate bottle for instance, or this butter tub from spain. norway can try as hard as it likes to clean up the arctic, but unless all nations cooperate, it can't succeed. scientists blame fishing for most of the plastic pollution here. the crews say they have stopped dumping nets. we have, for years, for decades, been collecting all the garbage that we produce on—board. in big waste bags, big bags, compressing it, taking it out to shore. so where this comes from today, i'm not

in the norwegian arctic, this local conservationist is trying forlornly to clear it up. y starvation. this polar bear was tangled in another fishing net. we try to sell this as arctic and pristine and untouched. and it looks that way on pictures, but once you get here and you start to walk along the coastline, you get a completely other picture. the plastic is here with a vengeance. i've collected this waste in just a few seconds. some of the fragments may come from norway, some clearly don't — like this elaborate bottle for instance, or this butter tub from spain. norway can try as hard as it likes to clean up the arctic, but unless all nations co—operate, it can't succeed. scientists blame fishing for most of the plastic pollution here. the crews say they have stopped dumping nets. we have, for years, for decades, been collecting all the garbage that we produce on board. into big waste bags, big bags, compressing it, and taking it all to shore. so where this comes from today, i'm not sure of. the fishermen say they've stopped dumping lengths of rope into the ocean. but

our environment analyst roger harrabin has been to tromso in the norwegian arctic to see for himself.c sea ice is created when sea freezes. it looks pristine but it definitely is not. in fact, ice cores show sea ice contains more fragments of plastic per square metre than anywhere else in the open ocean. it's because sea ice freezes from the top and that's exactly where the plastic bits are floating. one litre of melted sea ice contained 234 plastic fragments like these. we have a situation in the world now that there is nowhere that's so far away that it's not affected by plastic waste. there's plastic on the beaches too. this local conservationist is trying forlornly to clear it up. here's what plastic does. this reindeer‘s antlers were trapped by a discarded fishing net, it died. this arctic tern met its death by starvation. this polar bear was tangled in another fishing net. we try to sell this as arctic and pristine and untouched, and it looks that way on pictures, but once you get here and you start to walk along the coastline, you get a completely other picture. the plastic is

looked in the arctic ocean. 0ur environment analyst roger harrabin has been to tromso in the norwegian arcticine but it definitely is not. in fact, ice cores show sea ice contains more fragments of plastic per square metre than anywhere else in the open ocean. it's because sea ice freezes from the top and that's exactly where the plastic bits are floating. 0ne litre of melted sea ice contained 234 plastic fragments like these. we have a situation in the world now that there is nowhere that's so far away that it's not affected by plastic waste. there's plastic on the beaches too. this local conservationist is trying forlornly to clear it up. here's what plastic does. this reindeer‘s antlers were trapped by a discarded fishing net, it died. this arctic tern met its death by starvation. this polar bear was tangled in another fishing net. we try to sell this as arctic and christine and untouched, and it looks that way on pictures, but once you get here and you start to walk along the coastline, you get completely other picture. the plastic is here with a vengeance. i have collected this waste in

our environment analyst roger harrabin reports from tromso in the norwegian arctic.sday is coming up at midnight. now on bbc news, it's time for newsnight. tonight... images of a massacre. reuters publish the investigation that they say led to their reporters being jailed in myanmar. they claim for the first time to have evidence from within the burmese security forces themselves of attacks on the rohingya carried out by them. the editor—in—chief of reuters is here to tell us why they have published even while their reporters remain in a burmese prison. it's here, it's there, it's everywhere. mps are in washington, tackling the tech giants over fake news. one of the few people donald trump follows on twitter is here to bite back against the mainstream media. and the power of the humble t—shirt — remember this unique one? the designer and campaigner, and queen of the political tee, katherine hamnett, talks about the day she made it and wore it. good evening. the rohingya crisis has led to at least half a million rohingya muslims fleeing mainly buddhist myanmar in the

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our environment analyst roger harrabin has been to tromso in the norwegian arctic — a warning that youution is drifting to the furthest corners of the planet. the arctic sea ice is created when sea freezes. it looks pristine but scientists are finding that it definitely is not. in fact, ice cores show sea ice contains more fragments of plastic per square metre than anywhere else in the ocean, it is because sea ice freezes from the top and that's exactly where the plastic bits are floating. one litre of melted sea ice contained 234 plastic fragments like these. the numbers are way higher than i think most people expected, and definitely than what i expected. it shows that it's a serious problem and you have a situation in the world now that there is nowhere that is so far away that it is not affected by plastic waste. there's plastic on the beaches too, this local conservationist is trying forlornly to clear them up. here's what the plastic does macro. this reindeer‘s antlers were trapped by a discarded fishing net, it died. this arctic turn met its death by starvation. and see the plas

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want to halt the spread of industrial fishing into currently untouched areas of the arctic we're demanding that the norwegian government sets up protected zones in the maritime areas around spitzbergen. greenpeace has won some battles to protect the arctic according to their own information businesses like birdseye and mcdonald's a staying away from fish from sensitive regions. maybe it's a small brain. for the fascinating world around spitzbergen. the song enabler has started its journey. it's heading into the arctic ocean the crews searching for the northernmost on the field. the first challenge now is the narrow passage of which is only three hundred thousand wide the radius just about one hundred s. so we don't want to touch anything it's also a kind of sensitive area for the organizations like for instance greenpeace if they try to fly was down. that that will be the place itself. the cutting edge oil rig is self powered just like a ship. the team is nervous running aground would put an abrupt end to this trip. on. the narran strait is exploited by greenpeace activists their protest plays well in the me

on the norwegian archipelago of the high arctic scientists have recorded temperatures thirteen degrees centigrade above average sea ice is for treating exposing warmer water below and releasing more heat into the atmosphere and while arctic temperatures increase the wacky weather continues to leave europe out in the cold. al-jazeera in southeast england. this is al jazeera these are the top stories a second attempt to impose a humanitarian ceasefire on a rebel held enclave in syria is due to begin in the coming hours russia's partial truce is planned to allow aid in and get the injured outs of eastern ghouta close to the capital damascus the first attempt on tuesday failed to stop the onslaught by government forces. there's no food or water they always say there's a ceasefire but they come back in the form asked the situation is really bad prices are very high we do not have money at the shelter he's no food or water and we do not feel warm one of christianity's holiest sites in jerusalem has reopened three days after it was shot because of attacks protest the church of the holy sepulc

all the norwegian archipelago of the high arctic scientists have recorded temperatures thirteen degrees centigrade above average sea ice is for treating exposing warmer water below and releasing more heat into the atmosphere and temperatures increase the wacky weather continues to leave europe out in the cold. in southeast england. the top stories on al-jazeera russia's pause in fighting in is underway for a second day the first attempt on tuesday fell to stop the onslaught but at least thirteen killed in fighting the u.n. says it's impossible to evacuate the injured or send in a during the truce is short window between nine am and two pm is following developments from neighboring lebanon. the needs are great really first and foremost that medicine medical supplies according to the united nations one thousand people need to be evacuated urgent evacuation they need medical treatment outside. we have to remember that this bombing campaign started approximately ten days ago but has been coming under fire since december the government really bent on recapturing this enclave east of of damas

wacky weather but it could in the future be the shape of things to come on the norwegian archipelago speil barden the high arctic scientists have recorded temperatures thirteen degrees centigrade above average sea ice is for treating exposing warmer water below and releasing more heat into the atmosphere and while arctic temperatures increase the wacky weather continues to leave europe out in the cold. al-jazeera in kent southeast england. this is al jazeera these are the top stories the first five hour cease fire for the besieged suburb of syria's capital damascus has brought a little rest fights to the people there that have been multiple violations and he said a hotel with both sides are blaming each other. afghanistan's government says little sets no preconditions for peace negotiations with the taliban down group says it's willing to talk to the united states to try to end the bloodshed south africa's parliament has passed a motion allowing the government to take private land without compensation a new president said obama pose a promise to speed up the transfer of land to redress disparities in ownership t

wacky weather but it could in the future be the shape of things to come on the norwegian archipelago of speil barden the high arctic scientists have recorded temperatures thirteen degrees centigrade above average sea ice is for treating exposing warmer water below and releasing more heat into the atmosphere and while arctic temperatures increase the wacky weather continues to leave europe out in the cold eve barca al-jazeera london. the future for the internet of things and connected devices is one of the main technology talking points at this year's mobile world congress the conference is europe's biggest annual technology industry gathering charlie angela is there. the world will see the most edge technology this year we're seeing a focus on smart devices use in health and social these are a couple of being developed by the telecoms company eighteen t. this is a portable diagnostic tuberculosis these are smart glasses for the blind which can be worn by a visually impaired person and if they get into a tricky situation they press this button this camera then comes up in the control center and someone guides them t

wacky weather but it could in the future be the shape of things to come on the norwegian archipelago of speil barden the high arctic scientists have recorded temperatures thirteen degrees centigrade above average sea ice is for treating exposing warmer water below and releasing more heat into the atmosphere and while arctic temperatures increase the wacky weather continues to leave europe out in the cold parka al-jazeera in southeast england where you can find out much more about the stories we're following and al-jazeera don't come. let's take another quick look at the top stories in syria the first in the five hour window when fighting is supposed to stop in eastern huta has come and gone with little success pause was designed to allow civilians to leave the rebel held suburb of damascus but after a brief lull residency government planes resumed their strikes. my kids. was just. any kids in eastern good. fear for any sound just like the air raid of course i have to lie to them to tell them it's ok it's fine just cause i was close to maybe for two months now. even. if they cannot go out for being in they go didn't

wacky weather but it could in the future be the shape of things to come on the norwegian archipelago of speil barden the high arctic scientists have recorded temperatures thirteen degrees centigrade above average sea ice is for treating exposing warmer water below and releasing more heat into the atmosphere and while arctic temperatures increase the wacky weather continues to leave europe out in the cold. dark al-jazeera in southeast england. in colombia these five soldiers have been killed and ten others wounded in a bomb attack by marxist rebels the national liberation army rebels bombed military vehicles on the road between the northern towns of tiba and salazar the last palm us it's hacky one day after the group said it would hold a unilateral ceasefire are during elections june next month. afghans have lived through decades of war and instability and one of the biggest threats they face now are landmines left from either the soviet invasion or the fight against the taliban well in two thousand afghans were killed or injured by landmines last year about five times the number of civilians killed six years ago th

on the norwegian archipelago in the high arctic scientists have recorded temperatures thirteen degrees centigrade above average sea ice is retreating exposing warmer water below and releasing more heat into the atmosphere and while arctic temperatures increase the wacky weather continues to leave europe out in the cold. al-jazeera in kent southeast england. larry for decades we will put on efforts to clear afghanistan of deadly memory. venezuela's economic crisis spilling over its borders tens of thousands of refugees are crossing into brazil. and the basketball team inspired by hollywood make their bid to sign an n.b.a. superstar details coming up later in sports. hello again it's getting colder and colder in northern europe and while stuck cold feet in this direction with pumping up moisture in a bit of warmth from the south whether to join a lot of snow is floating out the scotches narrows the relief a sudden ukraine for rumania still gets a ball garriott it look at the difference between the temperatures modest six in bucharest and plus eleven in ankara and it's cold that temps dif

the norwegian government says it will spend thirteen million dollars to upgrade the global seed vault on the tenth anniversary of the opening of the facility on the arctic island of. the vote was opened in two thousand and eight to protect the world's food supplies its and natural deep freeze containing samples of nine hundred thousand seed samples from all over the world the upgrade is to protect the facility from global warming the vote was required for the first time in two thousand and fifteen to replenish seeds destroyed in syria's war. material is gone you have no backup backup and then it's gone forever well that is the world's last is the last to get through to your boat is that. so the vault is meant to be there in today's that anything goes wrong around the world . hope it doesn't go wrong but unfortunately things to go wrong and that is why it is comforting to know that we have backups in small guard. well al jazeera still to come on the program the message from three nobel laureates to myanmar unsung suchi after their emotional visit to a were hengel refugee camp in bangladesh and israel advances controversial changes to the way land dispute

wacky weather but it could in the future be the shape of things to come on the norwegian archipelago speil barden the high arctic scientists have recorded temperatures thirteen degrees centigrade above average sea ice is for treating exposing warmer water below and releasing more heat into the atmosphere and while arctic temperatures increase the wacky weather continues to leave europe out in the cold parka al-jazeera in southeast england. still ahead we'll have all the same boat social media game underwhelms many of us. and you'll have that story. the internet of things is one of the biggest talking points. thank you so much mary more power sanjay mounts a striking neymar still has a small chance of playing in next week's champions league game against a rail madrid the french club have thought confirmed the two hundred eighty million dollars striker has a fracture in his right thoughts the world's most expensive player was injured during his team's one of them are say on sunday appears to have denied reports that the brazilian will require surgery his team host next choose they haven't lost the first leg of tha

wacky weather but it could in the future be the shape of things to come on the norwegian archipelago of svalbard in the high arctic scientists have recorded temperatures thirteen degrees centigrade above average sea ice is for treating exposing warmer water below and releasing more heat into the atmosphere and while arctic temperatures increase the wacky weather continues to leave europe out in the cold. dark al-jazeera in kent southeast england. ok does your fridge know when it's out of milk maybe your home's going to meter to monitor heating or one of the main technology talking points at this year's mobile world congress is the so-called internet of things charlie angela reports from barcelona . sorry for all that. automated connected peppa is popular he can dance and change color but he isn't solving any real world problems and that's where the focus is at this is mobile world congress so this device you see originally impaired in blind people the internet of things or io t. is a network of devices connected to the internet that talk to each other to gather information analyze it and act on it and the possibil

starvation bye bye the norwegian government says it will spend thirteen million dollars to upgrade the global seed vault on the tenth anniversary of the opening of the facility on the arctic island. the vote was opened in two thousand and eight to protect the world's food supplies it's a natural deep freeze containing samples of nine hundred thousand bills from all over the world it was required for the first time in two thousand and fifteen to replenish seeds destroyed in syria's war those are the headlines the stream is next stay with his era. you know you're coming up there. ok i'm also from nigeria and your also in the stream today and the latest model installments may be the most political entertaining and provocative and yet it's still box office is a week ago smashing records and filling theaters with a view as over or eighty as it has won praise from critics at celebrities and audiences alike and it has also spot a huge reaction from black people all over the welt this is bad. side of. the world. what happens. to the rest of the white. so this ain't your grandma's disney film it has a mostly black cost a black designer a black director and a close friend about two

looked in the arctic ocean. 0ur environment analyst roger harrabin has been to tromso in the norwegian arcticrning that you may find some of the images in his report disturbing. plastic pollution is drifting to the furthest corners of the planet. the arctic sea ice is created when sea freezes. it looks pristine but scientists are finding that it definitely is not. in fact ice cores show sea ice contains more fragments of plastic per square metre than anywhere else in the ocean, it is because sea ice freezes from the top and that is exactly where the plastic bits are floating. 0ne litre of melted sea ice contain 234 plastic fragments like these. the numbers are way higher than i think most people expected, and definitely then what i expected. it shows that it isa then what i expected. it shows that it is a serious problem and you have a situation in the world now that there is nowhere that is so far away that it is not affected by plastic waste. there is plastic on the beaches too, this local conservationist is trying forlornly to clear them up. here is what the plastic does macro. this reinde