committee from unesco mates to look at more sites from around the world that are nominated for this special global protection. you could hardly pick a better backdrop for this year's unesco world heritage media the ancient walled city of baquba the azerbaijani capital already has 2 world heritage sites. palace built in the 18th century and the 12th century made in tower this is stork setting is where unesco members will decide what other landmarks deserve to be considered an official part of the world's cultural legacy. among germany's contenders a very insidious outscore which argues its medieval system of water management artificial canals sluices and sawmills some nearly 500 years old deserving asco recognition. it's a 12th century mining in the or mountains straddling the german czech border is also in contention communities on both sides came together to lobby unesco on the project. from the beginning on it was a project to bring together all the municipalities on both sides of the border and to give them the chance to work for the 1st time together not against each other to work together for a better development of these area on the basic over scotch will a natural richness pnas.

country in the world and every year a committee from unesco to look at more sites from around the world. for this special global protection. backdrop for this year's unesco world heritage meeting. johnny capital already has 2 world heritage sites. built in the 18th century and the 12th century tower this is store setting is where unesco members will decide what other landmarks deserve to be considered an official part of the world's cultural legacy.

welcome to our culture will be traveling around the world to find which splendid sets become unesco's new world heritage sites also coming up you'll find it decorative. all over rural pennsylvania they originally come from germany. and to meet the germans rachel stewart investigates how the german language has been invaded by so english. since 975 unesco world heritage sites have been protecting and conserving monuments natural sites and buildings that are considered it and sensual pots of mankind's legacy this with the agreement of practically every country in the world and every year a committee from unesco meets to look at more sites from around the world that are nominated for this special global protection. you could hardly pick a better backdrop for this year's unesco world heritage media the ancient walled city of baquba the azerbaijani capital already has 2 world heritage sites. palace built in the 18th century and the 12th century meeting tower this is stork setting is where unesco members will decide what other landmarks deserve to be considered an official part of the world's cultural legacy.

welcome to culture we'll be traveling around the world to find out which splenda sets become unesco's new world heritage sites also coming up. you'll find it decorative. all over rural pennsylvania but they originally come from germany. and did meet the germans rachel stewart investigates how the german language has been invaded by so. since 975 unesco world heritage sites have been protecting conserving monuments natural sites and buildings that are concerted and in sensual pots of mankind's legacy this with the agreement of practically every country in the world and every year a committee from unesco meets to look at more sites from around the world that are nominated for this special global protection. you could hardly pick a better backdrop for this year's unesco world heritage meeting the ancient walled city of baquba the azerbaijani capital already has 2 world heritage sites. palace built in the 18th century and the 12th century made power this is stork setting is where unesco members will decide what other landmarks deserve to be considered.

the 43rd session of the unesco world heritage committee is being held in baku. from professor tim o'brien, who's associate director atjodrell bank — and first teresa anderson, director of the jodrell bank discovery centre. merrimack enters a really important thing when you think about culture and heritage. everyone thinks it is to do with cathedrals and cities. but science is part of human endeavour and culture. and human history, and unesco and are starting to recognise that. a lot of the sites that are currently on the list do scientific elements. this is the first 20th—century observatory to be included. it is a big step forwards. it is absolute fantastic. just tell us it is absolute fantastic. just tell us how important jodrell it is absolute fantastic. just tell us how importantjodrell bank is today. we have listed its many achievements over the years, but bring us up—to—date with what goes on there now. it was an important point that the committee made, that it wasn'tjust point that the committee made, that it wasn't just about the history of jodrell bank,

the end of a decade—long bid to gain world heritage status, following a 2010 application to be included on the uk's nominations shortlist. the a3rd session of the unescoaku where i am joined by teresa anderson, director of the jodrell bank discovery centre, and tim o'brien, professor of astrophysics in the school of physics and astronomy at the university of manchester and associate director of jodrell bank centre. congratulations first to you both. on behalf of all those associated with jodrell bank. on behalf of all those associated withjodrell bank. why on behalf of all those associated with jodrell bank. why were on behalf of all those associated withjodrell bank. why were you so keen to get this status and why does jodrell bank deserve it? it's a really important thing. when you think about culture and heritage everybody thinks it's to do with cathedrals and cities and what have you. but actually science is part of human endeavour and culture and history. unesco are now starting to recognise that. a lot of the sites that are currently on the list do have an early scientific element, but this is the first 20th—century observatory to gain this stat

jodrell bank observatory in cheshire has been awarded unesco world heritage status.ce 1957. the organisation says it embodies the value unesco places on the universality of science, and its ability to build international collaboration and foster peace. now it's time for a look at the weather with susan powell. a lot of sunshine across the uk today, but actually not for everyone. if we look at the satellite picture, we have a weather front hanging on to the south, pretty slow moving away to the continent. still lingering rain as far north as london but the picture should improve in the south—east through the afternoon. more clout to the south—west and west wales. cloud coming down on a northerly breeze into eastern scotland and northern england which could also bring the odd sharp shower, and 1a england which could also bring the odd sharp shower, and 16 degrees for aberdeen and newcastle, rather cool. through the evening and overnight, perhaps isolated showers in lincolnshire and east anglia, but overall clear skies. chile in the scottish glens. cool enough for a gra

jodrell bank observatory in cheshire has been awarded unesco world heritage status.f space since 1957. —— has been probing. the organisation says it embodies the value unesco places on the universality of science, and its ability to build international collaboration and foster peace. scientific research began at jodrell bank observatory in 1945 when the physicist sir bernard lovell came to the university of manchester. the lovell telescope, which was the world's largest telescope when it was completed in 1957, is now the third largest. jodrell bank was on standby as the uk's early warning system against any potential nuclear attack during the 1962 cuban missile crisis. it tracked the first spacecraft to make a soft landing on the moon in 1966, printing this first picture from the lunar surface. from 1967, it also tracked us and russian crafts during the space race. and then in 1969 tracked the eagle lander onto the surface of the moon. today the site's new accolade marks the end of a decade—long bid to gain world heritage status, following a 2010 application to be in

jodrell bank observatory in cheshire has been awarded unesco world heritage status. says it embodies the value unesco places on the universality of science, and its ability to build international collaboration and foster peace. let's hear more from paco colomer, the director ofjive. which stands for the joint institute ofa which stands for the joint institute of a very long baseline interferometry european infrastructure consortium. thank you for joining infrastructure consortium. thank you forjoining us. i think you better explain what that title means. this is an international corporation of whichjodrell this is an international corporation of which jodrell bank observatory was a founding member. it involves up was a founding member. it involves up to 22 radio telescopes that are around the globe and we work together to synthesise the instrument needed to observe the universe with the highest detail. the participation ofjodrell bank observatory which is an icon, not only because of the unesco heritage but also a state of the art facility nowadays, it is the core of

jodrell bank observatory in cheshire has been awarded unesco world heritage status.sality of science, and its ability to build international collaboration and foster peace. live tojodrell bank — and our correspondent andy gill. this is a fantastic announcement, but tell us more about theirs. this will be used a lot of people in the uk. jodrell bank is famous for the image of this huge white radio telescope rising out of the green plains of cheshire. they are really delighted by this award of world heritage status. not least because one of the things they are keen on here is public understanding and public engagement with science. they think that having this unesco badge will really help to draw visitors in so will really help to draw visitors in so they can explain more about what they are doing, the work they do, to understand the universe. at the moment they have got some heritage lottery money and government money to build a whole new visitor centre. jodrell bank was started in 1945 by baudelaire vale by this is the lovell telescope. he was a pioneer of using radi

observatory in cheshire — which has been at the forefront of astronomical research — is declared a unesco world heritage

now 3 years ago and iraqi side was added to the unesco's world heritage list of the people living in the marshlands of southern iraq the marsh arabs for the new status hasn't improved their livelihoods as child stratford reports of government negligence and climate change are adding to their daily struggle. the sun rises over the marshes of southern iraq the what did region fade by the tigris and euphrates rivers. home to people as far back as the samarian this more than 5000 years ago in the early 1990 s. saddam hussein ordered troops to drain most of the area as punishment for a tribal uprising against him around 75 percent of the 250000 people known as the marsh arabs fled. when the dictator was toppled in 2003 many return to demolish the dams that had deprived their homeland of water for so long the use of violence oppression of the marsh arabs suffered under the former regime are over but they say that repeated promises by government since the fall of saddam hussein over better access to services have never been kept they can live according to their traditions now but i fear is

cheshire — which has been at the forefront of astronomical research — has been declared a unesco world heritagee. coming up now on the bbc news channel, it's dateline london, which this week looks at whether hong kong is losing the battle for hearts and minds following thejuly 1st protests. hello and welcome to dateline london. i'm carrie gracie. and this week: threats of tanker tit—for—tat after an iranian oil tanker is seized off gibraltar. hong kong's protests turn ugly. and balloting begins. will boris johnson be britain's prime minister before the end of this month? my guests today — iranian writer amir taheri, political commentator adam raphael, isabel hilton of the website china dialogue and greg katz of the associated press. welcome to you all. over recent weeks we've talked a lot about rising tension in the gulf, with western powers blaming iran for attacks on half a dozen oil tankers. this week the action moved to the mediterranean, when british royal marines seized an iranian oil tanker off the territory of gibraltar. in the same week, iran carried through on its threat to breach the

gives the island essential focus the jane seeman gallery a dazzling you attraction on the unesco world heritage site museum island. let's take up the point of view nasco world heritage site i mean obviously there were restrictions in the area where you could build but was that also restrictions because of unesco did they have to approve your plans they didn't have to technically approve but they certainly could've made it more difficult if they weren't happy with them. i think the question was was yes it was restrictive site physically restrictive in terms of being bounded by the by the cannot physically difficult because of that the water table that the ground conditions there are absolutely awful we were building many i mean remarks as well been building in the river when we were for a few years but also as you say the historical restrictions that the importance of the surrounding buildings i mean we were coming on to a very. pre-determined stage. the sanaa graffiti the incredible sanogo feel of the 19th century. museums was clearly something we had to think about very very seriously and ther

jodrell bank observatory in cheshire has been awarded unesco world heritage status.rnational collaboration and foster peace. let‘s go live tojodrell bank — and our correspondent andy gill. fantastic news for the site, what does it all mean? here they are absolutely delighted to get world heritage status, not least because if you think of some of the other british places that have hit like the liverpool waterfront, lake district, giant‘s causeway, very much about landscape but this is not just about the heritage here at jodrell bank but the science as well. the only real parallel in britain is perhaps the kew gardens in london. behind me is the lovell radio telescope. named after sir bernard lovell who started the radio telescope here in 1945 and pioneered the use of radio waves to explore space, rather than visible light. this was the biggest radio telescope in the world when built, it still the third biggest. it tracked the russian and us spacecraft in the space race of the 1970s. it‘s pushed forward our understanding of the moon and meteorites and quasars. as an es

look at these finish and bar through ins now more than 2000 years old they're also one of 3 unesco world heritage sites incentives that in years to come will be flooded by the sea as you can see it's very close to the ruins. of this beach at the popular tourist town of how met is expected to disappear and restaurant owners in the area are concerned they could lose their businesses in a matter of years 10 years ago. by blows it was. 4050 meters of the sea. it's only going to move is. we're not going to have a breach in sydney is 80 percent of timmy's is economy relies on almost 2000 kilometers of coastline and with climate change taking its toll people here say it needs urgent protection before it's too late. al-jazeera along to museums coastline. and reminder the top stories on al-jazeera protesters in hong kong 4 with police in a town near the boundary with mainland china as thousands rallied against the presence of chinese traders demonstrators threw on brothers and hard hats the police who were tolerated by swinging buttons and firing pepper spray shoppers and traders from the chinese mainland

to the former to leech to salt mines for 7 centuries table salt was mined here today it's a unesco world heritage site with around $1000000.00 tourists every year there are 2 ways to descend into this underworld you can take the stairs. or if you're in a hurry there's the elevator. the mines and 9 levels of maya between 64 meters and 135 meters below the surface more than 2000 chambers were created by the mining process now you'll find fascinating items such as sculptures made of rock salt carved by the miners. and. after walking around for an hour through the tunnels and chambers visitors will come upon the mines greatest attraction the chapel of st. built around 1905110 meters below the surface usually 3 youthful mind is the idea of are you because of different acts. so mine is $1.00 to $2.00 have places to pray that's why they cough chocolates and that's why in chapel they call for religious figures. during their tour this choir was inspired to say. the chapel has become famous for its acoustics and for its many details such as chandelier is made of rock salt. visitors can also experience how

year found rising sea levels and coastal erosion are threatening around 90 percent of its unesco world heritage sites on low lying coastal areas along the mediterranean. we've been traveling from the north of the country and we're heading down the decided to stop here and take a look at these finnish involved through ins now more than 2000 years old they're also one of 3 unesco walls heritage sites in tunisia that in years to come will be flooded by the sea as you can see it's very close to the ruins. of this beach at the popular tourist town of how met is expected to disappear and restaurant owners in the area are concerned they could lose their businesses in a matter of years 10 years ago by blows it was. 4050 meters of the sea. it's only going to move to. have a breach engine is 80 percent of tunisia's economy relies on almost 2000 kilometers of coastline and with climate change taking its toll people here say it needs urgent protection before it's too late it's. al-jazeera along to his ears coastline. well still to come a look at efforts to revive a lake that's already disappears. i'm so fa

it's right next to the historical special spot which with its 19th century warehouses is a unesco world heritage site in one of the former warehouses the maritime museum documents 3000 years of seafaring history. ready the world's biggest model railway is also in the special start it also shows hamburg with the philharmonia and the port in miniature. around the lake known as the inner allstar. you'll find the old city center with a town hall 1800000 people live in hamburg making it germany's 2nd largest city. ready its main church song michelle michelle for short is visible from afar. the hanseatic city offers plenty of places to stay the 4 seasons hotel and hotel atlantic are among the most luxurious. hamburgers one of the most visited cities in germany just behind berlin and munich. it took a long time and was more expensive than expected but it seems to have paid off the filo many concert hall has won many fans since its opening in 2 tails in 17 that makes it quite difficult to get concert tickets but the visit to the observation deck the plaza is free. a great new balcony 360 degrees pure ha

the former feel each has salt mine for 7 centuries table salt was mined here today it's a unesco world heritage site with around $1000000.00 tourists every year there are 2 ways to descend into this underworld you can take the stairs. or if you're in a hurry there's the elevator. the mines 9 levels live between 64 meters and 135 meters below the surface more than 2000 chambers were created by the mining process now you'll find fascinating items such as sculptures made of rock salt carved by the miners. after walking around for an hour through the tunnels and chambers visitors will come upon the mines greatest attraction the chapel of st king up built around 895110 meters below the surface usually 3 full mine is the idea every year because of different knocks. dence so mine is $1.00 to $2.00 have places to pray that's why they come off chapels and that's why in chapels they call for religious figures. during their tour this choir was inspired to say. the chapel has become famous for its acoustics and for its many details such as chandelier made of rock salt. visitors can also experience how it m

which with its 19th century warehouses is a unesco world heritage site in one of the former warehouses the maritime museum documents 3000 years of seafaring history. ready ready the world's biggest model railway is also in the start it also shows hamburg with the philharmonia and the port in miniature. around the lake known as the inner allston or you'll find the old city center with a town hall 1800000 people live in hamburg making it germany 2nd largest city. ready its main church sunk michelle michelle for short is visible from afar. the hanseatic city offers plenty of places to stay the 4 seasons hotel and hotel atlantic are among the most luxurious. hamburg is one of the most visited cities in germany just behind berlin and munich . it took a long time and was more expensive than expected but it seems to have paid off the elk feel money concert hall has won many fans since its opening in 2017 that makes it quite difficult she gets concert tickets but the visit to the observation deck the plaza is free. a great new balcony 360 degrees pure hamburg. where are you from well i'm from

cheshire — which has been at the forefront of astronomical research — has been declared a unesco world heritage some breaking news coming we understand a 7.1 magnitude earthquake has struck eastern indonesia. there has been a tsunami warning issued. a 7.1 earthquake has hit indonesia, with a tsunami warning issued. more on that as we get it. now on bbc news, the deaths of 1a children at a summer camp shocked russia in 2016. yulia james meets some of the families of the children, who are still looking for answers. in 2016, a summer holiday turned to tragedy when 1a children were killed during a boating activity at a camp in russia. the news shocked the whole of russia. three years on, a trial has found the summer camps director and her deputy guilty of leaving children in danger. they were sentenced to 9.5 years in prison, while the case against the officials who are responsible for organising the trip is yet to come to court. it was widely reported that it was a sudden storm which was to blame for the tragedy. the bbc has seen evidence which suggests that there were systematic failures on the p

the iraqi government was proud when unesco made the marshes a world heritage site 3 years ago this magnificent building built almost entirely from reaches calderwood day if. it were tribal elders discuss issues affecting the community such as environmental problems and what many say is government neglect. we have seen no improvements since the marshes were listed as a unesco world heritage site there were hopes it could be a place for environmental tourism but that hasn't happened yet it's estimated the marshes have shrunk to a 3rd of the size they were 100 years ago now the people with a unique culture are living in a long suffering region of political violence states climate change and broken government promises that all the biggest threats to their lives. in the marshlands of southern iraq. why good medical care isn't just a vote for a strong being the right treatments research has shown that empathy with patients is vital to achieving the best possible outcomes one training center in new york is aiming to improve nursing students communication skills balance christensen let me find ways no

observatory in cheshire — which has been at the forefront of astronomical research — is declared a unesco world heritagen the past five minutes, the united states have won the 2019 women's world cup. they beat the netherlands in lyon, 2—0. it's the fourth time america has triumphed. let's go straight to olly foster in the bbc‘s sports centre. and they are a very worthy champions. they simply overpowered the netherlands, the only oddity about this world cup final, which was a sell—out, by the way, over 57,000 in attendance, to see the now four—time champions, as it was goalless at half—time but itjust turned on a couple of goals within two, three second—half minutes. the dutch keeper performed absolute wonders, to actually keep the netherlands in this match but then megan rapinoe scored a penalty after eu var incident, there will be questions asked at the tournament about how var has been interpreted by the officials, some of the officials put their capabilities have been questioned. it was a penalty, rapinoe went to the top of the golden boot list alongside team—mate alex morgan on six goals. it was a l

it's right next to the historical special spot which with its 19th century warehouses is a unesco world heritage site. in one of the former warehouses the maritime museum documents 3000 years of seafaring history. ready the world's biggest model railway is also in the start it also shows hamburg with the philharmonia and the port in miniature. around the lake known as the enter also you'll find the old city center with a town hall 1800000 people live in hamburg making it germany 2nd largest city. ready its main church sunk michelle michelle for short is visible from afar. the hanseatic city offers plenty of places to stay the 4 seasons hotel and hotel atlantic are among the most luxurious. hamburgers one of the most visited cities in germany just behind berlin and munich . it took a long time and was more expensive than expected but it seems to have paid off the filo many concert hall has won many fans since its opening in 2017 that makes it quite difficult to get concert tickets but the visit to the observation deck the plaza is free. a great new balcony 360 degrees pure hamburg. where are you

state of ohio here explains why it took so long for unesco to i babble on to the world heritage list. as a society. typically in the seventy's and eighty's a lot of reconstruction had been had done to the side as part of you know trying to reenact it or recreate its original shape so a lot of what we see in babylon busy at today is not the actual original archaeological component but you know reconstructing parts but there's another aspect here in that you know iraq in general and cultural heritage sites like pablum suffered terribly in the last few years as a result of the ongoing conflicts in the region and the rise of isis and so it's a full and so adding a site like babylon is it is a good signal is a positive message that to add to the world and to the region they have you know us could just carry on while the student draw attention to the sights of the region and the damage that they have been suffering from so i think that the time you know that the timing is right well another iraqi site that's been added to the world heritage list in the past few years is the marshlands in th

we have seen no improvements since the marshes were listed as a unesco world heritage site there were hopes it could be a place for environmental tourism but that hasn't happened yet it's estimated the marshes have shrunk to a 3rd of the size they were 100 years ago now the people with a unique culture are living in a long suffering region of political violence states climate change and broken government promises that all the biggest threats to their lives chance travel al-jazeera in the marshlands of southern the rock. these sports and then if you can run out of this race in the bag about why did he stop with. the details coming up in a moment. in the article. well i think one of our biggest strengths is that we talk to normal everyday people we get them to tell their stories and doing that really reveals the truth people are still gathered outside these gates waiting for any information most of them don't know whether their loved ones are alive or dead or miami really is a place where 2 worlds meet we can get to washington d.c. 2 hours to get on juries in the rest of central america

the iraqi government was proud when unesco made the marshes a world heritage site 3 years ago. this magnificent building built almost entirely from reaches cold war day if. it were tribal elders discuss issues affecting the community such as environmental problems and what many say is government neglect that. we have seen no improvement since the marshes were listed as a unesco world heritage site there were hopes it could be a place for environmental tourism but that hasn't happened yet it's estimated the marshes have shrunk to a 3rd of the size they were 100 years ago now the people with a unique culture living in a long suffering region of political violence say it's climate change and broken government promises that all the biggest threats to their lives. in the marshlands of southern iraq. still to come in sports india go to the top of the table at the cricket world cup the can they stay there. the term pre-crime comes from this movie minority report in which a prediction is being made about something an individual has not yet done but is going to view and a preemptive arr

but we have seen no improvements since the marshes were listed as a unesco world heritage site there were hopes it could be a place for environmental tourism but that hasn't happened yet it's estimated the marshes have shrunk to a 3rd of the size they were 100 years ago now the people with a unique culture are living in a long suffering region of political violence states climate change and broken government promises that all the biggest threats to their lives chance travel al-jazeera in the marshlands of southern the rock. tibetans around the world are saying happy birthday to the dalai lama he's $84.00 and the question of who his successor is going to be is definite causing tension with china china's communist party says the spiritual leaders reincarnation must comply with chinese laws so hieratic splaying. the dalai lama turns 84 in their mashallah city in northern india where he lives in self-imposed exile. hundreds of tibetan exiles and refugees help him celebrate you but for you the journey today is a very a species day for us i pray has a long life and stays with us always. th

remain but only 9 a completely intact south korea has put in a bid to have them included in the unesco world heritage list. so one is south korea's precious cultural heritage they help preserve the spirit and activities of new york confucianism unesco listing would help ensure this valuable irritation is passed down to the next generation. most were built in secluded picturesque places considered by confucian teachings as ideal conditions for learning and contemplation education in a so one focused on developing not just the mind but also body and spirit so one would not just places for scholarly pursuits they will libraries private academies and at their peak centers for public opinion they were home to influential confucian scholars. some consider so want to be the spiritual birthplace of the korean intellectual class but these days they tend to attract more tourists than students still some of these confucian academies continue to serve as centers of learning albeit of lesser importance to. present day students sit in modern classrooms built close to the so on and learn about confucian values in i

and erosion the country's economy relies heavily on that coastline and reports a number of unesco world heritage sites are also being threatened by climate change . yes seen bran has been fishing for 40 years or longer to new zealand crystal town of harbor in men and while the traditional method of catching fish hasn't changed for generations the climate has you seen so the effects of global warming are evident in these waters. there's no 80 percent less fish than before we now live day to day we catch a pitiful one to 2 kilos of fish then head home with nothing else to do we have no other source of income. 2 thirds of the news is population lives along its coast but climate change is threatening their habitats and livelihoods plastic waste water pollution and illegal urban expansion are worsening the problem farmers in the heart and many say their crops are blooming too early pests are appearing and their bees are suffering too. yes ian says the government hasn't responded to their plea for help but they say they're trying to tackle the problem and raise awareness . of. services and workshops l

year found rising sea levels and coastal erosion are threatening around 90 percent of its unesco world heritage sites on low lying coastal areas along the mediterranean. we've been traveling from the north of the country and we're heading down the case moves decided to stop here and take a look at these finish and bar through ins now more than 2000 years old they're also one of 3 unesco world heritage sites incentives that in years to come will be flooded by the sea as you can see it's very close to the ruins. of this beach at the popular tourist town of how many it is expected to disappear and restaurant owners in the area are concerned they could lose their businesses in a matter of years 10 years ago by blows it was. 4050 meters of the sea. it's only going to move is. not going to have a breach since it is 80 percent of tunisia's economy relies on almost 2000 kilometers of coastline and with climate change taking its toll people here say it needs urgent protection before it's too late. al-jazeera along to museums coastline facebook's reported to be the facing the largest fine ever imposed by