field producer jim wickens to the aceh region of north sumatra. here the leuser ecosystem is one of the last remaining strongholds for indonesian wildlife. it's a 6-million-acre protected park, but it's being illegally cut down to make room for palm oil. >> we've driven into the leuser ecosystem. this is a place of tigs, elephants, rhinos, and orangutans. 's supposed to be protected. but we've been tipped off by rangers here that there is illegal deforestation going on as we speak. we're going to go and try to film them and get right up close to the destruction. keep going. we've been hiking for hours to get here, right on the edge of where the trees are being cut down. i'm standing just mete from where the chainsaws are operating. i'm whispering because we've been told by our guides that these people are highly dangerous. [chainsaws in background] and it's likely to get violent if we move any closer. [man shouts in distance] you can hear the trees falling through the canopy. it's one of the most biodiverse places on the planet. [cpping] and it's

borneo, java, and sumatra were in the dutch east indies, as well as the british colonies in red, were all rich in proven oil reserves. french indochina was a source of rubber and tin. and because japan had none of these resources, the temptation to seize them was all but irresistible. to japanese army officers in particular, the move into south asia was not only economically appealing. in their it is a curious and kind of contradictory vision. to complete the conquest of china, they needed access to the european colonies. they would have to fight a war with britain and holland and the united states and the japanese army leaders saw that as acceptable, if it enabled resolution of the war in china. in for a penny. in for a pound. roosevelt certainly knew that america's near monopoly on oil was a potential key to influencing japanese behavior, but he was reluctant to play that card. to use the modern euphemism cutting off oil to japan was the nuclear option. it would force japan into a corner where her leaders would have no choice but to knuckle american demands or to find oil elsewhere.

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in the way of heavy rain over the next few days especially along the malay peninsula, vietnam and sumatrad the west coast. on the other side of the pacific, areas of low pressure, both drifting in allegedly north—east. snow showers moving out of california for instance towards the midwest. and also this low pressure bringing freezing rain and snow as it moves to the north of new york, combined with a strong destructive win. for the likes of montreal seeing destructive weather through tuesday but to the south of that, things looking much quieter. the satellite image of africa shows becky ayres about buildings from central africa, we had heavy rain and flooding across rwanda for instance. those heavy showers will drift slowly affecting congo and gabon over the next few days and also heavy downpours for south africa and gusty wind along the north coast of africa. further north for europe, temperatures on tuesday morning widely below freezing, and ongoing problems with widespread winter fog and passed ongoing problems with widespread winterfog and passed round. that could be slowed to clear w

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