victoria gill, bbc news, indonesia. now on bbc news, the travel show. wow!t's just a taste of what's coming up in the next half—hour, as we take a look back at some of the best bits on what has been a truly memorable year. it's taken us to all four corners of the world, we've met some amazing people with some fantastic stories. but first, let's kick off with these ones. in a moment we've got me fishing for my lunch here in finnish lapland and then rajan gets to be the first member of the public to take a ride on europe's tallest and fastest rollercoaster. but first, back injanuary henry travelled to turkey to explore a massive underground city recently found that is slowly revealing some fascinating stories about the country's history. wow, look at all of this. i find it hard to believe that people were living on top of here and all of this was actually hidden, so they had no idea this was here. that is insane! wow, that ceiling is unique. what's all this? this is a mystery and, according to the scientists, the monastery dates back to the sixth century a.d.

victoria gill, bbc news, indonesia. it's been a difficult ashes so far for english cricket fans.day ashes test, but australia have already wrapped up the series. patrick gearey reports. in the days since the defeat in perth in the third test, when england lost the ashes, the question has been where they go now? well, the answer geographically, at least, is here, melbourne, the mcg, this great cathedral of australian sport, ahead of that great cricketing occasion, the boxing day test. there has also been debate around the reasons behind this ashes defeat. england have now lost eight test matches in a row on these shores. some are blaming county cricket, saying it doesn't produce enough fast bowlers and spinners, whereas others say there needs to be widespread change in the management of english cricket. well, the man at the top of the game is ecb chief executive tom harrison and today, he faced a few bounces of his own from the media but said there is no need for revolution just yet. we have got a young captain who is doing a greatjob and i've been very impressed with him privatel

victoria gill, bbc news, indonesia.n hour? that‘s what thousands of people will be doing on monday, and britain‘s horse racing industry depends on them. joe wilson reports. 6am, cotswold morning, creeping daylight in the yard reveals the unsung human heroes of christmas sport. for thousands of grooms like jacob and lily, christmas day will always be another working day. start off anywhere between 5:00 and 6:30. i muck out five horses. they don‘t know it‘s christmas time or anything like that, they still expect their food. we ride them out, and put christmas hats on and stuff. i don't know if they know, but they might enjoy it! obviously, yeah, we love the animals, and myself and lily, we obviously have a goal of eventually one day riding. my dream would be to be a professional jockey. boxing day is very important for british horses because there are eight meetings around the country on december 26th. in total in britain, there are some 111,000 race horses in training, and all of them need their day—to—day care and atten

victoria gill, bbc news, indonesia.u were another warty pig you might find them quite attractive. let‘s ta ke let‘s take a look at the weather forecast. it‘s mild for this time of year. i suspect the warty pigs might like this time of weather. there is chance of a bit of cold weather and snow but it‘s likely to be in the north. stay tuned because there are uncertainties in this forecast about how far south the weather will come. what a beautiful shot sent in from dehra a couple of hours ago. a beautiful setting sun. we‘ve had some sunshine, it has been mild and grey but where the sun has come out its been beautiful. the sunshine wasn‘t in abundance and cloud is more likely to cover the sky. rain has got —— rain for scotland and northern ireland. we are seeing for performing at lower levels in parts of the midlands, east anglia and north—east england. we‘ve got is a westerly wind coming in of the atlantic. a mild direction for the uk. behind that is where the cold air is lying. it will be a rather grey start the christma

victoria gill, bbc news, indonesia. nick has the weather. a mild christmas doesn't sound right!lderfor you think, ijust wanted to turn colder for christmas with a bit of snow and it's actually on boxing day that the cold will arrive. just off one day. until then it is looking mild. we've seen 1a celsius at the moment in north—east scotland. we had 15 in the far north—west of scotland. misty and murky fulsome of us scotland. misty and murky fulsome of us at the moment, only a few have sometime this afternoon, we've had sometime this afternoon, we've had some clear spells and seen some sunshine over the past few hours, maybe east of wales, the west of north midlands, lincolnshire, you can see a few fog patches in the picture, we'll have the cloud towards western areas, some hill fog as well. some misty, murky weather continuing, some outbreaks of rain pushing into parts of northern ireland, reaching into the central belt, north east scotland is wet and windy, the rain will be moving further south over scotland in the next fisher hours, the central belt seeing more rain this evenin

let's go live to new 0rlea ns, victoria gill next door.s, victoria gill is with us. we had to start with how do you measure the way rain makes an impression on the earth? quite. this is something they already knew the amount of rainfall from hurricane harvey was colossal, standard rain gauges had about 50 inches of rain. but these scientists here in the us wa nted but these scientists here in the us wanted a much more detailed measurement and what they used with gps stations, an array of gps stations that advertised their exact position on earth. what they could do was actually see how much the earth was pressed down as the huge weight, the tonnage of rainfall fell. so one scientist described this, when you look at the data and these positions shifting, d epar almost ripples and breathes like a living animal. you can see it being squashed and rebounding so that is a clear measure of the weight of the rainfall. we all knew the store was huge so we would expect the amount of rainfall to be considerable, support else can the scientists learne

victoria gill reports. the javan warty pig, described by some as one of the world's ugliest pigs. that researchers thought the species

populations of the animals still survive deep in the indonesian rainforest, as our science correspondent victoria gillig, described by some as the world's ugliest pig. the last surveys of the remaining catches of their habitat showed such dramatic declines in these animals the research is thought the species may now be extinct. this is a really good place, ithink. but may now be extinct. this is a really good place, i think. but from that —— when his motion activated cameras in the forest go into a pleasant surprise. we had no idea if they we re surprise. we had no idea if they were left. we were looking through the video we saw some forest something, and then we had the pigs. this is the first footage of the ca ptu red this is the first footage of the captured of javan warty pig this is the first footage of the captured ofjavan warty pig in this is the first footage of the captured of javan warty pig in the wild. it was really fantastic and really good footage, like, the photos showed and it was really good. this small wildlife centre in west java has just a few of the animals in captive breeding pro

victoria gill is there. what have you been hearing, please?entists from 12 different countries reporting from the top of the planet. all of the science going on measuring temperature, sea ice, satellite data or on the ground data. they say this is the new normal, the warming and crucially, dynamic arctic is not the reliably frozen north it once was. it is co nsta ntly frozen north it once was. it is constantly changing, they have seen higherair constantly changing, they have seen higher air temperatures and the maximum of sea ice in march in the winter was the lowest records. those are the headlines from the arctic report card. as the arctic changes, what impact does it have on the environment around the globe? that is crucial, it is something the director of the arctic programme said. he said it is like leaving the planet's refrigerator door open. he said the arctic has been acting like a giant fridge for the planet because that reflective ice reflects so much of the sun's energy back into space. it is one of the major issues pointed out by t

victoria gill, bbc news, indonesia. the leader of the conservation effortjoins us in the studio. you ask the local people they sometimes do not know these pigs are in the forest. there is the european whites pour so sometimes they are mistaken for another species. they are quite shy. catching them on camera is one thing but what can be done to preserve the species? we will do interviews with hunters or people who have hunting as a hobby and try to find out why they hug them. one could be because they protect their crops because the animals going to the rice fields —— why do they hunt of them? we could help them build structures to keep them out of their crops if they have it as a hobby, it could be something to think about alternatives, other hobbies, or put laws in place allowing them to fund the european wilds boar but if they encounter this pig they cannot kill it and have to let it go. but you have to work with the local people and save them with the local people. that is all from bbc breakfast today. thank you forjoining us. have a good day. goodbye. this is bbc news. i‘m sh