it's almost as warm as tonga. almost as warm.t park. how are you finding it? it's getting very real now. we're getting closer, racing two days. each day had there has been a little bit of progress, not as much as i would have liked. we're on a training kayak. that's not going to be as fun because it's a whole lot slower but each day there is an improvement in some little area. just hoping to cross the line and still be on the boat when i do. you knew it was going to bea when i do. you knew it was going to be a big challenge. is it tougher than you thought? so much tougher than you thought? so much tougher than i thought. i thought the physical part i'd be able to do but keeping the balance is the biggest challenge. have you been swimming here? i've been swimming non—stop. it's like they have a mind of their own. if you make a tiny mistake or think about another boat, they just kick you out. swimming in the water. there is a new team—mate, tell us about it. we've got a big surprise for you. no—one knows this. but i thought that, y

about an hour out of tonga, we started running into a few of them, patches of them.or something, that was the first thing i thought of. so i came up on deck and we first thought it was well put —— a whale faeces. but it became obvious, there was more of it that any normal—sized whale could come up with. so we realised it was pumice. itjust seemed with. so we realised it was pumice. it just seemed very odd. with. so we realised it was pumice. itjust seemed very odd. it seems like we had entered into pirates of the caribbean. it wasjust bizarre. we knew, we read briefly about pumice, it was obviously volcanic pumice. what i was worried about was that we might be running into volcanic activity. since we were going about 80 and a half, there was i'io going about 80 and a half, there was no way we could avoid it if we were going towards a volcano. it's officially the hottest august bank holiday monday on record. the new record of 31.2c was reached at heathrow this afternoon, beating the previous record of 28.2c, set in holbeach in lincolnshire, in 2017. andy moore reports

about an hour out of tonga, we started running into a few of them, just patches of them.ld be one row, and we were kind of go through it, and it would sound like tree branches or something, that's the first thing i thought of, and so anyway, i came up on deck, and shannon said, at first we thought it was whale hoop, but it became obvious that there was way more of it than any normal size pod of whales could come up with, so we realised that it was pumice. whales could come up with, so we realised that it was pumicem whales could come up with, so we realised that it was pumice. it was very odd, it was like we had wandered into pirates of the caribbean, and it wasjust bizarre. but we knew that we had read briefly about pumice, and it was obviously pumice, it was obviously volcanic. what i was worried about was that we might be running into volcanic activity. and since we were going about not under half, there was no way could have avoided it if we were going toward a volcano. something to think about! now it's time for a look at the weather with stav. thank you very much, c

athlete in the modern era to compete at three olympics in three completely different sports, but tonga'sita taufatofua has had a bit of a nightmare start to his canoe sprint debut. the olympian, who's competed in taekwondo at rio and cross country skiing at pyeongchang, struggled to keep his canoe facing in the right direction even before the race had begun, and his bad luck didn't end there as the tongan finished last, crossing the line 2a seconds after everyone else. but he says he won't be giving up. the debut party is over. it can only get better from here. the debut party is over. it can only get betterfrom here. the same the debut party is over. it can only get better from here. the same thing that happened on ski in, everyone doubted it could be done. the debut was terrible. this is probably a bit worse. i have faith that god will help me and i will keep asking until help me and i will keep asking until he changes his mind. that's all from sportsday. 171-6 in 171—6 in the third ashes test between australia and england. we'll have more throughout the evening. a man who filmed a car

chick is a serious one of the central african republic snoo special criminal court boniface where tonga knows that if the children come their parents will follow god or god he hands out information brochures it's the adults he actually wants to reach. he was very good these people are here to inform central africa and the super special way the victims of war crimes are committed in our country there has been a local muslim coffee. and they're doing it with theatre this woman's daughter was killed she expresses her suffering to the audience loudly and dramatically. in this cabaret heavy subjects are easier to digest. but of his what tongue is getting ready for his role he wrote the play which is meant to reflect daily life in the c.a.r. . let's inform us all so you can all see the book important information is communicated in bars and nightclubs in our country that's why i decided to fashion a theater piece in this way. through his own scene plays out in a bar part of his meet some friends and gets drunk then they hear about the new court on the radio and they explain it all to the audie

now we've been following tonga's pita taufatofua as he tries to become the first athlete to compete atoeing at next year's tokyo games. but, as nick hope reports, his campaign hasn't got off to the best start. you can see that as his k—i you can see that as his k—1 200 metre race got under way, a gust of wind blew his kayak out of position. he is using a bigger training kayak as he isn't yet able to balance in a narrower racing one. he finished 2a seconds behind the rest —— race one of its as you want to be giving up. the debut part is over. it can only get better from here. the same thing that happened with ski — everyone doubted it could be done. the debut was terrible. this is probably a bit worse. i have faith, i have faith that god will help me and if not i will keep asking until he changes his mind. you can get all the latest sports news at our website — but from me — and the rest of the sport today team, goodbye. hello there. just when we thought it was all over, it looks like summer is set to return. temperatures rising across the country over the next few days, really hotting

the tongas is a massive stretch replete with old growth spruce, hemlock and cedar, rivers running and dramatic fjords. in addition to being massive and 40% of the salmon in the western united states, the tongass is a massive buffer for climate change for the whole globe. don't take my word for it, do it based on the pictures. they need to let the tongass be drilled and mined and not just chopped down. this was from last summer addressing climate change on the tongass national forest. they currently see quester and store large quantities of carbon. the good news for southeast alaska and the temperate rain forests is the relative stability of coastal rain forest buy onlies. the climate niche is particularly resilient to respected changes in climate over the next 30 to 50 years. the tongass is doing important work. the tongass is resilient and stable. it eats up tons and tons and tons of climate change accelerating carbon from the atmosphere. how resilient is it against mining, oil and natural gas. >> right. >> the usda announced the importance and now this past week president trump has

was first reported by australian sailor and is believed to have come from an underwater volcano near tongam whitehead and shannon lenz sailed their boat into the pumice field. well, it was very unusual. it started very slowly. we had slicks of what looked like rocks and dirt floating. itjust seemed very odd. it was like we had blundered into pirates of the caribbean. it was just bizarre. earlier i spoke to scott bryan, a geologist with the queensland university of technology, and i started by asking him how rare the phenomenon is. no, it's quite a common occurrence actually for our region. in the southwest pacific it happens around every five years or so. the last one was 2012 and i3, so this is just history repeating. but can this pumice really revitalise the great barrier reef? yeah, so what we've seen in the past is — these last eruptions that we did studies in detail and over 20 years or so, this pumice is going to drift past coral reefs and islands in fiji, vanuatu, new caledonia and the east coral sea. and when they come into contact with these islands and reefs, the pumice is going

experts say the mass likely came from an underwater volcano near tonga that erupted earlier this monthas it became obvious that there was way more of it than any normal sort of sized pod of whales could come up with, so we realised that it was pumice. whales could come up with, so we realised that it was pumicem whales could come up with, so we realised that it was pumice. itjust seemed very odd. it seemed like we had wandered into pirates of the caribbean, and, you know, it was just bizarre. it truly was. scientists hope the pumice will bring millions of new coral all the way to australia's great barrier reef. here's the bbc‘s science reporter laura foster with an explanation. so, pumice rock isn't how you imaginea so, pumice rock isn't how you imagine a rock to be, whichjust sinks right to the bottom of the ocean, pumice is actually different, it is full of all these air bubbles, as you work and that is one of the reasons we can see it floating on top of the ocean as we can at the moment. the scientist think it came about after an explosion, a volcano near congo. and the idea is that

experts say the mass likely came from an underwater volcano near tonga, which erupted around the seventhaugust. this has been the hottest late august bank holiday on record — though it is not a holiday in scotland. temperatures rose to more than 33 degrees celsius in west london — beating the previous record of 28 degrees two years ago. richard lister has more details. it's europe's biggest street party, and this year the notting hill carnival was hotter than ever. over the past two days over a million people danced their way through temperatures in the 30s. officially, today's temperature record was broken rather more quietly here at tibenham in norfolk when the thermometer here hit 28.6 celsius. in frinton, a nearby resorts in essex, beach—goers were undeterred by a possible contamination issue that made 150 people seek medical attention yesterday after swimming in the sea. today they couldn't get enough of it. fantastic, yes. amazing, loving it. i've never been here before, so... yes, i didn't even know this was here in england. amazing. there was loads of space on the beach. just a g

pumice stone says an australian couple said they travelled through the patch for up to 8 hours near tonga scientists say that the promise likely came from an underwater volcano explosion there are patches expected to drift towards australia. you're watching the w. news still to come manchester united football club fed up with the online braces to view against its players the club's plans to meet with twitter and facebook to try to put a stop. to the discrimination that's coming up in just a moment. but 1st 2 states in eastern germany are gearing up for elections this weekend that could see a far right party make big gains opinion polls put the alternative for germany or the a.f.d. party tied for the lead in the state of brandenburg which is just outside of berlin and they put the party in 2nd place in neighboring saxony. you traveled to the city of candidates in saxony the scene of far right rioting following the fatal stabbing of a german man by an asylum seeker last year. election campaigns are in full swing encampments there is parties are hoping to win over undecided voters people lik

at the world cup alongside france argentina tonga and the us we feel like we're going in the right direction we feel that we're building a building toward something. to do today is. another step along so as i said the most exciting thing for for everyone to not just in reno the minute is up is that it feels like there's a lot more in us. the badminton world championships are coming to a close with the finals on sunday men's singles 5th seed andres and beat his tie opponent in the semifinals 21152110 the young dame will have to be world number one can toma moto for his chance to when his maiden title in switzerland. and india is one step away from having a badminton women's world champion 2 time silver medalist. to have a straight games victory over number 3 seed you say china. it's very important to keep yourself just focus because it's not a way yet for me yeah i'm. not satisfied yet there's one more match to go and then i definitely i would want to get the gold for sure but it's not going to be easy at the same time i think i have to focus very much and be way too much patient and give my

at the world cup alongside france argentina tonga and the us we feel like we're going in the right direction we feel that we're building a building toward something. to do today is. another step along so as i said the most exciting thing for for everyone to not just in reno the minute is up is that it feels like there's a lot more in us. the badminton world championships are coming to a close with the finals on sunday men's singles 5th seed andreas and beat his tie opponent in the semifinals 21152110 the young dane will have to be world number one can toma moto for his chance to win his maiden title in switzerland. and india is one step away from having a badminton women's world champion 2 time silver medalist. who had a straight games victory over number 3 seed you say china. it's very important to keep yourself just focus because it's not a way yet for me yeah i'm. not satisfied yet there's one more match to go and then i definitely i would want to get the gold for sure but it's not going to be easy at the same time i think i have to focus very much and be way too much patient and give my

they face tonga on september 7th, while australia host samoa on the same day. night — and in the end she was congratulating elder son jamie and commiserating with his brother andy. jamie murray came out on top with his doubles partner neal skupski in the quarter—finals, in a really tight three—setter against andy murray and feliciano lopez. andy will switch his focus back to his return to singles now — he's playing at next week's atp event in north carolina. that's all the sport for now. now for the weather with tomasz shafenacher. hello. not a bad day for most of us across england and wales but in scotla nd across england and wales but in scotland and northern ireland, blustery showers are the order of the day and they will continue into tomorrow and the week ahead as well. this is the weather front that brought that wash—out to the day across the country yesterday. the weather front has moved out of the way now and the skies have cleared. low pressure is here to stay all through the weekend and you can see a lot of isobars there, an indication that the winds

running high among leaders of pacific island nations as they debate climate change the prime minister of tonga was reportedly in tears in one meeting but the talks fell far short of what many hoped for aciphex island leaders met to draft an official statement on climate change targets but the negotiations nearly collapsed twice australia was accused of resisting calls for a strong declaration to take action. we were exchanging facts for larry language not swearing but. but of course you know expressing the the concerns of leaders and i was really happy with the exchange of it was frank prime minister motion of course stated his positions imo stated my position of the leaders we need to save these people the prime minister of tom actually cried in the retreat did you know that. the leader of drama actually shed tears in front of the leaders i understand the sensitivity to these issues particularly where we're standing and and and i should respect towards that in my judgment it's not just about a strike as a call to me. it's about. it's about how strider action continues to provide the support t

scientists say the rocks likely came from an underwater volcano near tonga, which erupted on august 7s reached at heathrow this afternoon, beating the previous record of 28.2c, set in holbeach in lincolnshire, in 2017. andy moore reports on this scorching bank holiday weekend. over a million people are expected to attend what will be the hottest ever notting hill carnival this bank holiday weekend. temperatures approached 33 celsius yesterday and will probably hit a similar level today. those attending the festival are being urged to keep drinking water. several revellers were treated yesterday for dehydration. at frinton, holiday—makers were back on the beach in their hundreds after that scare yesterday. today, there was no evidence of the problem — just lots of people having fun. even the sea water is warming up — 19 celsius in frinton today. that's pretty good for uk waters. if you could not get to a beach, this lido at brockwell in south london was the perfect place to cool off, so long as you had the patience to wait in the queue to get in. the reeth show is a traditional agricul

against wales, ireland and italy before their opening match of the world cup against tonga in sapporo see are the names on the bbc sports website. andy murray makes his long—awaited return to singles action later today. he thought his career may be over 8 months ago, but a second hip operation has been a success. murray, now at 324 in the world rankings, says he's playing without pain — and has enjoyed some success on the doubles circuit. his return to singles action starts at the cincinatti masters against the frenchman richard gasquet. sometimes the thing that is difficult in tennis in comparison to other sports is when you are coming back from an injury, if you look at football or basketball, is that you don't play 90 minutes straightaway. you might come into a football match and play 15—20 minutes then 30 then 60 minutes but with tennis, once you step back on the court you have to be ready to compete and play three sets. the pga tour is reviewing its policy on slow play after the american golfer bryson duchambeau was criticised over the weekend. here he is in the flat cap in the m

running high in the pacific islands as national leaders to bait climate change the prime minister of tonga reportedly was in tears in one meeting for the talks fell short of what many hoped for with negotiations nearly collapsing twice australia was also accused of resisting calls to commit to far more action to prime minister sharon some thoughts about the discussions. we were exchanging votes for larry language not swearing but of the stuff. but of course you know it's pristine the the concerns of leaders and i was really happy with the exchange of it was french prime minister motors and of course they don't is bush reasons i'm those they did my positions of the leaders we need to save these people the premise of toma actually cried in the retreat you know to. the leader of don't know that surely shed tears in front of the leaders i understand the sensitivity to these issues particularly where we're standing and and and i should respect towards that in my judgment it's not just about a strike as a commie. it's about. it's about how strider action continues to provide the support that we

experts say the mass likely came from an underwater volcano near tonga, which erupted around the seventhees celsius in west london — beating the previous record of 28 degrees two years ago. richard lister has more details.

control and iranian fighter jet has crashed in the southern province of bushehr fighter went down in the tonga stand region iranian leaders reporting that it was a technical problem that caused the crash the 2 people who were onboard are reported to be safe at least $31.00 people are dead after 3 small ferry boats capsized in the philippines police say bad weather caused the boats to overturn in waters between eloi your city and good modest island 55 other passengers and crew to their rescue. aid workers are warning and ebola outbreak in the democratic republic of congo is not under control and could last up to 3 years doctors without borders says nearly 2 thirds of those who've been infected have died and one in 3 patients are under the age of 18 well now other countries in the region are trying to stop the disease from reaching their borders mozambique which is 2000 kilometers away setting up disease checkpoints along its border with malawi rwanda briefly shut its border with the democratic republic of congo on thursday after 4 patients in the eastern congolese city of goma tested positive f

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it's believed to have come from an underwater volcano near tonga which erupted earlier this month.ng it, to learn how the bugs communicate with each other. the team hopes that will allow them to develop systems to lure mosquitoes away from populated areas, or design devices to catch and kill them, helping to reduce the spread of malaria and yellow fever. our science correspondent, pallab ghosh, has more details. for us, the whining sound is annoying, but for the mosquito, it's a love song. the buzz helps the insects find mates and reproduce. so, what if we could learn to talk mosquito and sabotage their love lives? malaria and yellow fever is spread through mosquito bites. the vast majority of cases are in africa. in 2017, 200 million people had malaria and nearly 500,000 of them died. one way to defeat mosquito—borne diseases is to turn their buzz against them. for me, it is a sound of utter sophistication. if we could simulate these sounds and use them for new technological devices to perform the attraction of mosquitoes, to lure them away from the sites where they can transmit d

experts say the mass likely came from an underwater volcano near tonga, which erupted around august 7thin scotland. temperatures rose to more than 33 degrees celsius in west london — beating the previous record of 28 degrees two years ago. richard lister has more. it's europe's biggest street party and, this year, the notting hill carnival was hotter than ever. over the past two days, over a million people danced their way through temperatures in the 30s. officially, today's temperature record was broken rather more quietly here at tibenham in norfolk, when the thermometer hit 28.6 celsius. in frinton, a nearby resort in essex, beach—goers were undeterred by a possible contamination issue that made 150 people seek medical attention yesterday after swimming in the sea. today, they couldn't get enough of it. fantastic, yeah. amazing, loving it. i've never been here before, so... yes, i didn't even know this was here in england. amazing. there's loads of space on the beach. it's just a gorgeous day. because of yesterday's contamination scare, the official advice on this stretch of coast is

experts say the more than 58 square-mile stretch probably came from an underwater volcano near tonga. reef's coral that will have suffered major declines due to climate change. they say sea organisms can attach to the rocks which helps them spread. >> that video we were looking at pumice? that wasn't ocean around -- it was on top of the rock? >> he office top of the rock. it's 90% below water. 10% above water. >> wow. >> if you hadn't told us, i wouldn't know what we were looking at. >>> big night in music. >> yay! >> the mtv video music awards. among winners, rapper missy elliott who received the michael jackson video can guard award. billy eilish took home best new artist. and cardi b. thanked fans for signing a petition at the end of her video that called for congress to pass the ekwult act. >> in voting for this video means that you want a world where we're all treated equally under the law. [ cheers ] regardless of who we love, regardless of how we identify, i want to thank everyone who signed that petition because it now has half a million signatures which -- [ cheers ] which is