rebecca morelle, bbc news.t from the british antarctic survey. thank you forjoining us. the figures are really stark. 90%. in lehmans terms, how do you reach that prediction? how has that figure arrived? , , . . prediction? how has that figure arrived? ,, . ., ., , arrived? the specific observations we have made _ arrived? the specific observations we have made as _ arrived? the specific observations we have made as part _ arrived? the specific observations we have made as part of- arrived? the specific observations we have made as part of the - arrived? the specific observations| we have made as part of the study arrived? the specific observations i we have made as part of the study is that four out of five colonies have failed. that's the first time we've seen a loss on this scale of individual colonies failing. in terms of looking forward, it's hard to predict what will happen to sea ice and how penguins may respond but this study provides the first empirical evidence that widespread failures are happening.

our science editor, rebecca morelle, reports.nd on is vanishing. and this year has seen a record melt, leading to a catastrophic loss of chicks. this is really a sign of things to come. we expect that emperor penguins are going to really suffer with climate change. and this is really poignant because most of these penguins will never have seen a human being in their life. but it's human—induced climate change which is driving their futures and a future which is looking really bleak at the moment. to breed successfully, emperor penguins need nine months of solid sea ice. the chicks are cared for by their parents as they develop and grow. they need to stay on the ice until they replace their fluffy down for waterproof feathers. the problem is the ice is melting much earlier in the season, and if the chicks enter the water before they're ready, they don't survive. the red line on this map shows where the sea ice used to reach at the end of antarctica's summer. 2023 has seen a record low. only the white and light blue areas are ice.

rebecca morelle, bbc news.e known as britain's wonkiest. the crooked house pub in himley in the west midlands caught fire earlier this month, and was demolished without permission 48 hours later. phil mackie has more. yes, let's just remind yes, let'sjust remind people yes, let's just remind people about the crooked house, it's a pub that stood for more than 200 years, it got its nickname as the one kissed pub because of subsidence left it sort of leaning at a slightly precarious angle go —— with its nickname as the wonkiest pub. in july it was sold to new owners. it was not going to continue to be used as a pub. then on saturday august the 5th, it burns down. although large parts of the structure remains, then on monday diggers came in and demolish it, as you say, without permission from local authority and that has led to massive local outcry notjust in the black country but across the rest of the uk as well. lots of people thinking this is part of our heritage that has been lost. police a couple of days that

rebecca morelle, thank ou. the cable car left dangling over a ravine for 15 hours in pakistan yesterday — a child's foot poking out as it hung around 1,000 feet above ground. this extraordinary footage was filmed by a drone and shows the full horror of their situation after a cable snapped. miraculously all eight of them survived. today some of the boys have been describing their ordeal as caroline davies reports from islamabad. hanging hundreds of metres above the ground. imagine being here for more than 15 hours. obtained by the bbc, this drone footage shows the precariousness of the rusting cable car. attached by only one cable. rescuers tried to figure out how to save them. below, crowds watch and wait. military helicopters made several attempts to try to reach the cable car. the wind made it difficult. it was at this point that many on board became desperate. pictured here on the phone gul faraz. today he spoke about the terrifying moment the rescue went wrong. translation: the helicopter's wire got stuck

rebecca morelle, bbc news.tion. it follows heavy criticism for kissing a play on the lips after spain's victory in the women pulled back a world cup final. reports in spain suggest he will resign tomorrow. great britain's matt hudson—smith has won silver in the 400 metre final at the world athletics championships in budapest. he was just beaten by the jamaican here's our sports correspondent natalie pirks. when talent meets form, amazing things can happen. matt hudson—smith was in the form of his life. and away they go... with both the world and olympic champions absent, hudson—smith went out hard to grab his moment. but hudson—smith has blasted out here. but leading off the bend, he soon paid the price for his fast start. hudson—smith is fading! he's faltering! watson will take it on the line! hudson—smith, with a silver medal. he seems to be struggling to hide his disappointment there, because he truly believed that gold was possible. but that silver is still superb. and an upgrade on the bronze he won last y

rebecca morelle, bbc news.football fans — especially those of lionness, mary earps. nike has announced it'll make and sell the replicas ofjersey worn by the lionesses�* goalkeeper. the company's faced widespread backlash for not making the shirt available to buy — including a petition, signed by more than 150,000 people. today it confirmed it would make a �*limited quantity�* of the earps jersey and those for the us, french and netherlands teams. in a statement, the company said it... let's get reaction to this and go live to sao paulo. thank you for joining us. what do you make of what nike has said there?— nike has said there? thank you for havin: nike has said there? thank you for having me- — nike has said there? thank you for having me- i— nike has said there? thank you for having me. ithink— nike has said there? thank you for having me. i think it's— nike has said there? thank you for having me. i think it's an _ nike has said there? thank you for| having me. i think it's an important statement for nike t

rebecca morelle reports. >> they live in the most remote part of the planet.it to survive the harshest conditions. but for emperor penguins, the sea ice they depend on is vanishing. and this year has seen a record melt leading to a catastrophic loss of checks. >> this is a sign of things to come. we expect the emperor penguins are going to suffer from climate change. this is poignant because most of these penguins will never have seen human being in their life, but it is human-induced climate change driving them to a bleak future. >> to breed successfully, they need nine months of solid cis. the chicks are care for by their parents -- cared for by their parents until they replace their fluffy down with waterproof feathers. unfortunately, the ice is melting too fast. if they go in the water before they are ready, they don't survive. this is where cis used to reach by the end of the summer, and 2023 has seen a record low. this area lost all of its sea ice. five emperor penguin colonies are located there, and for lost all of their chicks, 5-10,000 birds. out of 6

rebecca morelle, bbc news. jonathan, how concerned are people in the science community about the resultsy concerned. _ results of the survey? very concerned. emperor- results of the survey? very i concerned. emperor penguins results of the survey? - concerned. emperor penguins the been looking out for a while now and they know most of the colonies, and the antarctic, but 66 with the understand is that the penguins are really dependent on the sea ice and his rebecca was explaining, the sea ice has become unreliable in recent years. i have a satellite image of one of the locations of the scientists are looking at and it was cold :—) island and they need about eight or nine months of solid sea ice in which to bring up the chicks and towards the end of that period, which is around december and january, that ice will still be there to enable the chicks to flee. the feathers and slick waterproof feathers and as you can see, by satellite, you cannot see the individual penguins but you can see the white icing as we move into october, the ice is starting to be in no way and moved into the beginni