marine scientists from the university of oxford and the nekton institute have been examining the seychelles waters. there was a incredible diversity an abundance of fish especially in protected areas like aldabra which was a marine protected areas do work when they are put in place. the seychelles is aiming to become a model for marine protection around the world in an effort to slow the effects of climate change its president is hoping other countries will take notice we all know that we have a problem what is needed is a responsible global action and there is no there is no. the seychelles on its president are already seeing the effects of climate change they don't want discussion they want action now. let's give you a brief down some of the other stories making the news today china has announced sanctions on american n.g.o.s and it's suspending visits to hong kong by u.s. naval ships and military aircraft the tory measures coming after the territory's pro-democracy movement got a major boost from human rights legislation signed by president trump last week. more than $70000.00 people of

erika is a researcher based at the university of oxford. ten years and she has always loved them. for me, it is really important because the amazon cannot speak up, the trees can't speak up, they cannot say that they are worth it, and they have a value, they are really important. so i have made it as my life, i have made it to study them, understand them, understand the forest and be able to speak up about its importance. erika has got to know the forest very well. and she guides me through a stretch of it that is constantly under assault from loggers and invaders. so you have become used to seeing a thriving forest? yeah. what's it like when you see the opposite — the forest cleared? it is very sad. it's very, very sad. because emotionally, i know everything i am losing, the connection is not there any more, the life, but also i know how much biodiversity we are losing, how much it is contributing to climate change, so both rationally and emotionally, it's really difficult. here is one of the biggest trees in this stretch of forest. i mean

limit human activity and thus make marine life more resilient the marine scientists from the university of oxford and the nekton institute have been examining the seychelles waters and there was a incredible diversity an abundance of fish especially in protected areas they called dobra which was a marine protected areas do work when they are put in place. the seychelles is aiming to become a model for marine protection around the world in an effort to slow the effects of climate change its president is hoping other countries will take notice we all know that we have a problem what is needed is a responsible global action and there is no or there is no time for. the seychelles and its president are already seeing the effects of climate change they don't want discussion they want action now. well the madrid climate conference known as the cop 24 it's also known as the blue cup because of its emphasis on the oceans so dr listening how urgent is the action needed to protect them. well certainly the oceans are a huge ecosystem and many many people across the world living on coasts and in coastal areas

professor jan—emmanuel de neve, associate professor of strategy at said business school at the university of oxfordus that happy workers are better workers? it may feel intuitive to most people, and hopefully also to general managers, but the fact was, it was never actually proven causally with robust evidence from the field. so it took us over evidence from the field. so it took us over four evidence from the field. so it took us over four years, evidence from the field. so it took us over four years, collaborating with bt to get to the bottom of this. tell is a bit more about what you actually found. we have highlighted a few elements, but what did you find? the headline result, as you observe, is that in weeks where workers report being happy, and we posted every single week and thursday afternoons... is that the best that my current no, it is just to be consistent! the choice was that every week would pass, all these bt call centre employees, and for pm on thursday. we did this and matched it with the granular performance of these employees, and the result was that the results when people repor

marine scientists from the university of oxford and the nekton institute have been examining the seychelles waters there was a incredible diversity an abundance of fish especially in protected areas like of which was a marine protected areas do work when they are put in place. the seychelles is aiming to become a model for marine protection around the world in an effort to slow the effects of climate change its president is hoping other countries will take notice we are nor that we have a problem what is needed is a responsible global action. and there is no there is no tie probably. the seychelles on its president are already seeing the effects of climate change they don't want discussion they want action now. think it is a realistic possibility that the seychelles could disappear in our lifetime so what should leaders from small countries like this who are on the front lines of climate change what should they be expecting from the big economic powers in these next few weeks in madrid. so there are several things that could be debated in madrid one thing is that it will complete the 2 comp

lived in india for generations but i don't cotton as professor of law or legal theory at the university of oxford and general editor of the indian law review and earlier he told my colleague dying to abrogate a why the law has provoked so much anger. look this government has been chipping away at india's constitutional fundamentals for the last 6 years but this act does it so blatantly and so. expressly that there's no plausible deniability in an institution's constitutional solution so fail to stop the government from doing what it has done to the constitution and ultimately it seems that the people have decided that it's upon them to save india's pluralistic secular democratic constitution why is the citizenship law that's caused all these processed seen by many people as a threat to indian democracy as a whole so the been a lot of threats to in a democracy of late but this is the most blatant because for the 1st time in india as democratic independent history we are going to write religion as a qualification into us citizenship laws the law in giving fast track citizenship to basically non mus

marine scientists from the university of oxford and the nekton institute have been examining the seychelles waters as there was a incredible diversity in abundance of fish especially in protected areas like a which was a marine protected areas do work when they are put in place. the seychelles is aiming to become a model for marine protection around the world in an effort to slow the effects of climate change its president is hoping other countries will take notice we are nor that we have a problem what is needed is a responsible global action and there is no or there is no time for believe. the seychelles and its president are already seeing the effects of climate change they don't want discussion they want action now. well will they see it let's talk about that more now with did have you science and environment reporter louise osborne good morning luis. the u.n. secretary general there sign is issuing a dire warning the planet approaching the point of no return is there an expectation that this conference can can turn things around well it's difficult to say whether it will turn it around

george magnus of the university of oxford china center. of that is going to deliver into economic growth? "oomberg economics wrote, lower uncertainty could boost gdp by 0.6%." still with me as david kelly of j.p. morgan asset management. you've got to sides their. where do you sit for global growth? david: i don't think you can say with that much precision that it will be 0.6%, but i do think that global growth will do better. it is not just the exports and imports. it is the investment spending that is held back. if you have less tension, you get more investment spending. also, this is about a manufacturing slowdown. manufacturing is notoriously cyclical. i am more optimistic about global growth going forward. if we do see the dollar come down after all these years, i think that will spur more investment around the world, so that will be doubly helpful. alix: it is a hard time looking up and being a ceo, saying now i am going to make that $20 billion investment in a plant. david: i don't think we will see a lot of excitement about it, but

in india for generations now don't cause them is professor of law and legal theory of the university of oxford and general editor of indian law review and earlier he told my colleague diana gaita why the laws provoked so much anger that this government has been chipping away at india's constitutional fundamentals for the last 6 years but this act does it so blatantly and so. expressly that there's no plausible deniability in any solutions a constitutional solution so fail to stop the government from doing what it has done to the constitution and ultimately it seems that the people have decided that it's upon them to save india's pluralistic secular democratic constitution and why is the citizenship law that's caused all these processed seen by many people as a threat to indian democracy as a whole so the been a lot of threats to in a democracy of late but this is the most blatant because for the 1st time in india as a democratic independent history we are going to write religion as a qualification into our citizenship laws the law in giving fastrack citizenship to basically non muslims but als

culture under threats this week it's a time he's a professor of law and legal theory at the university of oxford he's also the general editor of indian law review he's joining us from london thanks very much for being with us on the al-jazeera news hour so interesting the reporter from the delhi was just saying that the students who are protesting right now in front of the universities are discussing the importance of upholding the indian constitution yet you say that the government is using unconstitutional means to curb freedom of expression what do you mean by that. so look this government has been chipping away at india's constitutional fundamentals for the last 6 years but this act does it so blatantly and so. expressly that there's no plausible deniability in an institution's constitution institutions have failed to stop the government from doing what it has done to the constitution and ultimately it seems to the people have decided that it's upon them to save india's pluralistic secular democratic constitution so it's it's really amazing to see how the constitution's preamble has become t

i'm joined by janet smart from the university of oxford's said business school. ? is it possible for this deal to be done by the end of next year7m depends, as the previous guest was saying, infrastructure needs to be in place in order to make it work. think, in particular, about what will happen at the border. whether it is the irish border down the irish sea, or the border with the eu. there will have to be quite a lot of work done to put the infrastructure in place. and the it systems, developing training systems and recruiting people, training people in their businesses to be able to use these new systems. it will take time to get brexit done. how long does that normally take? will take time to get brexit done. how long does that normally take7m would take easily a year, being a border agent is a complex job. would take easily a year, being a border agent is a complexjob. there are many different roles that will need to be done. and has any of that started ? need to be done. and has any of that started? it's hard to know, the original due date was january last

doctor claas kirchhelle is from the wellcome unit for history of medicine at the university of oxford the world in the 50s and 60s but what actually happened is that it disappeared from rich, high income countries, but remained endemic in low income countries. 0ver endemic in low income countries. over the past 50 years, typhoid that has remained in these countries has become increasingly resistant to treatment with antibiotics. the new vaccine, the tcb vaccine trialled in the pile is a real game changer in the pile is a real game changer in the way we hope to control it. is being used now i believe against that outbreak in pakistan i was mentioning. yes, the who has been rolling it out for i believe ten days now. the goal is to reach 10 million children by december the 7th. they seem to be on track to reach it. these are top-down interventions, of course, these vaccination programmes and this one is showing remarkable success which is showing remarkable success which is wonderful. but i know you would argue in orderfor people is wonderful. but i know you would argue in order for peop

of age, but the university says the policy was meant to give younger academics a better chance of promotion. katharine da costa reports. it's one of the world's oldest and most respected institutions. yet oxfordart says his research into developing more efficient engines to reduce carbon emissions was in full swing when he was forced out under 0xford's retirement policy, two years ago. i was very disappointed and frustrated because i felt that i had more to give. i felt there was an issue of ageist attitudes to older people here that needed to be challenged. and thatjust because you reach an arbitrary age, doesn't mean that you cease being useful or can contribute to the work of the university or society. under current uk laws, there is no set age for retirement but 0xford, cambridge and st andrews universities claim their policy of removing professors over 67 is necessary to refresh their workforce and promote diversity. the tribunal found 0xford's policy had limited success. some experts now feel the ruling could lead to changes. i think it will put pressure on all cause them to rethink their policies because what they will not want is to be challenged again, and in fact it might have an im

. >> in kansas city, professor tom higham of oxford university is trying to figure out a way of drillingnto a relic of john the baptist. >> because here is open already, i think it's probably best to go in here first and see how we go. >> he hopes to date the carbon inside the bone and perhaps even get a dna profile that can then be matched against the first-century relic he has already tested from bulgaria. >> it's the collagen part of the bone that we want to date. that's the protein part, and that, in modern people, is about 20 percent by weight, but of course in older materials, the collagen decays and -- and degrades, and so it's often not present in that large an amount. and, of course, when we're dating very small relics, tiny bones, it becomes very, very -- very, very difficult to get a useful enough sample size if we're to extract the collagen for dating. >> with limits to how far he can drill, he can't be sure they've got enough to determine whether this bone could have belonged to john the baptist. in jerusalem, the more john the baptist denounces herod, the more he risks enfl

earlier, dr claas kirchhelle, from the wellcome unit for history of medicine at the university of oxforden a game changer in the way we hope to control it. and is being used against that outbreak in pakistan. yes, the who has been rolling it out for ten days now and the goal is to reach 10 million children by december 7th. they seem to be on track. these are top—down interventions, these vaccination programmes. this one is showing remarkable success which is wonderful. i know you would argue in order for people to benefit in the long term, there also has to be investment at a ground level in communities where these vaccinations are being given, tell us more. for a long time, typhoid intervention has often focused too much on individual technological interventions. they are cheap, they show dramatic effects sometimes in the short term but what has been lacking over the last 50 years is a systematic investment in the underlying structural drivers of typhoid, lacking access to health care systems, lacking access to effective water sanitation and hygiene systems on the ground. the new vaccin

of course, wrote alice in wonderland. he lived just down the road in oxford, he was a professor at the university of oxford and he wrote thee nave came to take them away. she was handy with her off with the head catchphrase. one of the things that may have made you lose your head is if there were white roses. she did not like white so white roses. she did not like white so all roses were painted red. it is a chilly start to the day for some of us. also after all the rain that we had there is still flood warnings from there is still flood warnings from the environment agency in force across england, one in wales. none in scotland. so we have low pressure driving our weather today. the weather front in the north—west enhancing the showers and here they will be heavy through the day. another weather front moving from the west to east across england and wales, taking showers with it as it does so full showers in the east today will be few and far between but the showers in the north and west will be prolific, some of the merging to give longer spells of rain. but for most of us today it will be a dry day, a bright day with som

artificial intelligence no longer just a hollywood dream as a path ahead of us a dangerous one will our lives. while i'm here in oxford university. questions to one of the most prominent bankers this field make. it's really great to have you with us so you're a philosopher you're author who writes about what's going to happen to us basically possibly so one of the ideas that you put forward is this idea of vulnerable world right yes so correct me if i were wrong but if i get this correctly it's it's basically that humanity may come up with a technology that may do this to extension and therefore we would need computer surveillance while that might be an oversimplification but the vulnerable world hypothesis. is the hypothesis that at some level of technological development it gets to be said to destroy 6 basic things so that by default one civilization reaches the level of development. will get the stated. there are a couple of different ways in which this could be true one maybe the easiest way to see is. if it just because very easy at some level of development even for a small group or individual to cause must destruction so

would actually validate the presence of a tradition that has been there for nearly 1,800 years. >> the time has come to put the relic to the test. >> oxford universitygland. professor tom higham and dr. georges kazan are about to test a sample of bone, a sample taken from a relic venerated as an arm of the apostle thomas, believed by millions of thomas christians to have brought the teachings of jesus to india in the first century. >> the first stage of the laboratory process is to make sure that what we're dating is the original carbon from the bone rather than the bone plus contaminations. >> once the sample is clear of any form of chemical contamination, collagen is extracted from the bone. >> the end result is a material that looks rather like cotton wool. >> finally, a mass spectrometer is used to date the bone and reveal the age of the relic. >> this is where the samples are coming. >> yep. >> they're now positively, triple-positively charged through here. >> yep, yep. >> and they're going about 15 million miles an hour. >> in india, a tradition preserved in song, dance and the acts of thomas tells how the apostle came here to spread the word

if you look at things like the university of oxford and other russell universities, they are all in therom class do not miss out on the interaction completely. that is great because so much of the learning is about the report with the teacher. getting on with them is important. yes, and imagine in remote important. yes, and imagine in re m ote parts important. yes, and imagine in remote parts of the world, where you only have ten students per class, but you could have the same robots in somerset. and then we have got this one here. this is on in the mailon this one here. this is on in the mail on sunday. this one here. this is on in the mailon sunday. i'm this one here. this is on in the mail on sunday. i'm going to cover this up because it is one that we didn't want to show, the various reasons. i'm not doing a very good job. let me fold this. it is not a massive story, it is about soccer stars and big car cover bills. yes, the reason i picked this story is when i talk to my students about the probability of mass, you get statisticians and actual scientists looking at various risk fact

of the facade into the air. researchers at oxford university have discovered that spider's web covered in a glue that attracts and keeps hold of electrically charged particles in the air. this could form the basis for a new technology to tackle air pollution. this 7 meter construction smog free tower by the social design lab of dutch artist and innovator dan rosegarden cleans the air around it it uses positive ionization technology to capture fine dust and transform it into course dust. it cleans 30000 cubic meters of power and uses a modest amount of green electricity. it provides a local solution for clean air in a radius of about 60 meters in public spaces. towers have been tested in poland and china as well as the netherlands. regulating traffic is one essential solution to improve quality in most cities the expansion of the board system has not quite kept up with the growing amount of traffic in the city of hamburg germany. technology is now being used to veg unit and control the traffic in order to avoid congestion and to improve quality in a sustainable manner. as our cities become increasingly congested w

only realised afterwards that one of my colleagues, someone i had recently met, but for months and months since i had been planning to come to cambridge and oxford, universityorganising work that had been done was done by one of the first people who was attacked, and who ultimately, by the end of the day, passed on. and so, he was brave in his own regard. he was the first line of defence. he was the first person to confront him at the door. this is jack merritt? yeah. and so, i want to honour him. you talked about jack a bit. what were your dealings with him? how did he come across? he was inspiring. he had a bright light in his eyes, and he was a young kid, but he was a cambridge grad, so he could have been anywhere, done anything with his privileged education. and he chose to spend most of the last day of his life, the day before we spent together, at watmore prison. imean... the whole. .. to see these things and to never be able to unsee them is something i'm going to hold onto for the rest my life. usman khan's release from prison on licence has led to a political row over sentencing and the conditions under which offenders are released. the bbc has lea

no longer just a hollywood dream is a path ahead of us a dangerous one will our lives still be real while i'm here in oxford university to ask all these questions to one of the most prominent thinkers in this field nick bostrom. nick.

intelligence no longer just a hollywood dream as a path ahead of us a dangerous one will our lives still be real while i'm here in oxford university to ask all these questions to one of the most prominent thinkers in this field nick bostrom. it's really great to have you with us so you're a philosopher or author who writes about what's going to happen to us basically possibly so one of the ideas that you put forward is this idea of. you know. so correct me if i were wrong but if i get this correctly it's it's basically that humanity may come up with a technology that may do this to extension and therefore we would need computer surveillance while that might be an oversimplification but the vulnerable world hypothesis. is the hypothesis that at some level of technological development it gets to be said to destroy 6 basically so that by default one civilization reaches the level of development. will get that stated. there are a couple of different ways in which this could be true one maybe the easiest way to see is. if it just because very easy at some level of development even for a small group or individual to cause must destructi

of philosophy from oxford university. for thed as a law clerk united states court of appeals andthe district of columbia work for justice anthony and kennedy of the supreme court. he was in private practice. he was principal deputy associate general, attorney general at the u.s. department of justice. he was appointed to the united states court of appeals, 10th circuit in 2006, he served on the standing committee on rules and practice and procedure of the u.s. judicial conference and chairman of the advisory committee on rules of appellate procedure. he taught at the university of colorado law school and president john jay trump -- president donald j. trump nominated him to the supreme court and he took his seat. please welcome the honorable justicesuch, associate of the supreme court of the united states. [applause] >> thank you. [applause] >> it is wonderful to have you back. you were here test after you -- just after you were seated. it is nice to have you back with us. >> it is always nice to be here. it is a wonderful

intelligence no longer just a hollywood dream as a path ahead of us a dangerous $1.00 will our lives still be real while i'm here in oxford university to ask all these questions to one of the most prominent thinkers in this field nick bostrom. it's really great to have you with us so you're a philosopher or author who writes about what's going to happen to us basically possibly so one of the ideas that you put forward is this idea of a world right so correct me if i were wrong but if i get this correctly it's it's basically that humanity. they may come up with a technology that may do this to extension and therefore we would meet computer surveillance while that might be an oversimplification but the vulnerable world hypothesis. is the hypothesis that at some level of technological development it gets to be said to destroy 6 basic this so that by default one civilization reaches the level of development. will get that a stated. a couple of different ways in which this could be true one maybe the easiest way to see is. if it just becomes very easy at some level of development even for a small group or individual to.

of a nice guy. but he was an oxford student. he had been at oxford. he had been editor of the university of virginia law review.t of patrician and a little bit preppy, a mild southern accent. he was certainly not the same heavy accented southern good 'ol boy that he portrays now. it's like a 180-degree difference in personality. >> so you think he puts on that accent for a reason? >> yeah, well, you know, the senate is full of stuffed shirt. he's a very smart guy, and he probably figured the way to stand out is by acting as southern as he could. and by being the caricature of the clever, smart, good 'ol boy. and that way he could get national attention. and so that's what he's doing. but i've got to tell you, he doesn't sound or act anything like the guy that was in my institute of politics class. >> it's part of a much bigger problem in our politics, though, if you're watching the impeachment or any other news about president trump's behavior on fox news, there's a whole alternatively reali alternative reality. i want you to listen to this. >> the first phase of the democrats' impeachment coup attempt, the sch

we'll have reaction from across the political spectrum but 1st let's go to oxford university professor danny dorling author of peak inequality and front man of sheffield and reverent of the makers john macor who campaigned for labor in this election welcome both of you professor danny dorling. what now for boris johnson what can he do to prevent any other corporate politician threatening power and privilege like corbin did ever again in this country that'll be a high high priority for him because colby in the end and the labor party became available for that they were going to take away the kind of privilege of his wealth they were effecting it's cold is the whole background to media matters the easy thing for them today is to implement boundary changes we've been to have a new commission to make the seats even even smaller in areas that labor could do better in i mean that's that's probably on the cards but he may be thinking of us. you may be thinking of changing the voting system so you have to go through various stages of id to actually be able to vote and that would harm labor in particular ways it's per

we'll have reaction from across the political spectrum but 1st let's go to oxford university professor danny dorling author of peak inequality and front man of sheffield and reverent of the makers john macor who campaigned for labor in this election welcome both of you professor then it will link. what now for boris johnson what can he do to prevent any of the cool politician threatening power and privilege like robin did ever again in this country that'll be holly holly.

have been a safe haven for christians who were fleeing the persecution of the jewish authorities in the holy land. >> oxford universityan is in cyprus to test the relics believed to be those of lazarus. >> cyprus is very close to the holy land. there was an established jewish community here already. trade winds blow straight up from the south and take you right here by ship very quickly. >> lazarus drops out of the new testament after the end of the gospel of john, but there are some much later traditions, including one from the eighth century, in which lazarus ended up in cyprus, being appointed a bishop there. >> it's a tradition maintained by the present bishop of larnaca. >> saint lazarus left jerusalem and he came to larnaca. he was preaching the resurrection of our lord, jesus christ, when saint paul and saint barnabas came to cyprus, and they ordained him the first bishop of larnaca. >> the larnaca tradition talks about how he was invested with power by barnabas and paul to act as bishop of larnaca. now that trip of -- of paul and barnabas is documented in the book of acts. >> there is a tradition saying that h

we'll have reaction from across the political spectrum but 1st let's go to oxford university professor danny dorling author of peak inequality and front man of sheffield and reverent of the makers john mercurio campaign for labor in this election welcome both of you professor danny dorling 1st what now for boris johnson what can he do to prevent any other corporate politician threatening power and privilege like rubin did ever again in this country that'll be a high high priority for him because colvin and and the labor party became available for that they were going to take away the kind of privilege of his wealth they way from fighting it's cold is the whole background to media matters the easy thing for them to do is to implement boundary changes we've been to have a new commission to make the seats even even smaller in areas that labor could do better in i mean that's that's probably on the cards but he may be thinking of other things he may be thinking of changing the voting system so you have to go through various stages of id to actually be able to vote and that would harm labor in particular ways it's