since 975 unesco world heritage sites have been protecting and 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 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 bot

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.

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.

the azerbaijani capital already has 2 world heritage sites. palace built in the 18th century and the 12th century maiden tower this is stork setting.

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 .

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in cheshire — which has been at the forefront of astronomical research — is declared a unesco world heritage the usa play the netherlands in the women's world cup final in france in an hour's time — the americans are aiming to win the trophy for a fourth time. and in half an hour here on bbc news, the best of the week's interviews and reports from the victoria derbyshire programme. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. leaked emails from britain's ambassador to washington have described president trump as being "inept" and his presidency as "uniquely dysfunctional". in the memos — obtained by a sunday newspaper — sir kim darroch says, despite his shortcomings, president trump's administration shouldn't be written off. the foreign office says the leak of diplomatic cables is "mischievous". angus crawford reports. the blu ntest of language, about the most powerful man in the world, and his administration, from britain's top diplomat in the us, sir kim darroch. two years of his secret e—mails leaked. in one, he wrote... on donald trump's recent state visit to the uk, he said the president had

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

more than just the buffalo and a world heritage site. the west sunset. hello the weather remains very hot across southern parts of here but it really has freshened up further north behind this by the cloud that stretches its way down across germany poland pushing right up to ward northern parts of france high pressure in charge down towards the south and that's where we are keeping the heat in place since the $34.00 celsius there forever $32.00 in athens but there's that fresh weather quite a keen wind as well blowing out to scandinavia around the boat 6 days 2122 for warsaw and to get to $24.00 in london still $32.00 for paris and not too bad at $34.00 celsius also into maturity as we go on through the next 24 hours or so you see how this band of cloud and rain violent storms asti pushed their way further south was there will be quite so heavy rainfall coming through some destructive weather certainly a possibility large hail also on the cards for many ring the thirty's once again across southern most parts as you can see is the high teens now for berli

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

they may look content for one life's not so lush for more than just the buffalo to world heritage site their stories after the break. we've got quite a weather coming into something positive pan over the next couple of days following on from the extensive floods that we saw last week floodwaters still remain hiding say still some pockets of heavy rain 209 millimeters of rain here just to the south of kona shoe in the space of 24 hours that's pulling out into the open water as you can see how wide the skies tried to push in behind here's a seasonal front the my you buy a front that will just not a little further research as we go through sunday there's that west of weather there in tokyo no higher than around 21 celsius some warmth still in behind around 30 degrees there across the korean peninsula not just of beijing remember last week getting up to 40 degrees celsius higher than about 26 on sunday afternoon perhaps the top form of the basing on monday a little more cloud coming in a bit of cloud 2 just to run the korean peninsula pushing into japan but certainly much quieter much bett

the iraqi government was proud when unesco made the marshes a world heritage site 3 years ago. this magnificent building built almost entirely from reach is called the. here is where tribal elders discuss issues affecting the community such as environmental problems and what many say is government elect the woman that had that often i don't we have seen no improvement since the marches were listed as a unesco world heritage site there were hopes it could be a place for embargo mental 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 that al-jazeera in the marshlands of southern the rock donald trump is blaming a technology breakdown on the rain for a glaring historical error during his independence day speech while reciting highlights of america's war victories the president said george washington's revolutionary forc

thatjodrell bank in baku in azerbaijan today, the announcement thatjodrell bank does now have world heritage status, putting it alongside the giants causeway, the city of bath, liverpool waterfront, the lake district. the difference i think withjodrell bank is it has been recognised notjust for the historic and heritage science it does here but also for the ongoing science and that is something that the people here are really pleased about, that it is fairly unique recognition, the only place in the uk that has a similar kind of cachet to it, kind of cache to it, which has the world heritage badge, is kew gardens down in london. which has the world heritage badge, is kew gardens down in london. as you said, sir bernard lovell started things off here in 1916. the telescope here bears his name. he was the pioneer of exploring space using radio waves and notjust visible light. the news has spread throughout the astronomical community, the famous astronomer and tv presenter professor brian cox said it is superb news. unesco say this honour is to honour jodrell bank and their role in transforming

jodrell bank observatory in cheshire has been awarded unesco world heritage status.as probing the depths of space since 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. scientific research began at jodrell bank observatory in 19a5 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. the lovell telescope 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

they are really delighted by this award of world heritage status.y 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 radio waves instead of visible light in astronomy. it really transformed the way that we see the universe. jodrell bank has done really important work on the moon, meteorites, quasars as well. it also tracked the russian and us spacecraft during the space race of the 1960s and 70s. the unesco citation says thatjodrell bank has transformed the way that we understand the universe. that is one of the reasons why they have been given this but theyjust. there is a lot more exciting work injodrell bank‘s future. lot more exciting work injodrell bank's future. that's right, this award has two edges, historical

unesco, and finally, in baku in azerbaijan today, the announcement thatjodrell bank does now have world heritagee difference, i think, withjodrell bank is it has been recognised notjust for the historic and heritage science it does here, but also for the ongoing science, and that is something that the people here are really pleased about, that it is fairly unique recognition, the only place in the uk that has a similar kind of cache to it, which has the world heritage badge, is kew gardens down in london. as you said, sir bernard lovell started things off here in 1945. the telescope here bears his name. he was the pioneer of exploring space using radio waves, and not just visible light. the news has spread throughout the astronomical community. the famous astronomer and tv presenter professor brian cox said it's superb news. unesco say that this honour is to honourjodrell bank, and their role in transforming our understanding of the universe. and we will be taking an in—depth look at the papers with our reviewers, the parliamentaryjournalist tony grew and the entertainment journalist and broadca

by life's not so large and one of the world's heritage sites. and in sports we know messi seems rather corporate america. is here to tell us. their rescue ship with 46 migrants on board has defied the italian authorities and docks in the ports of lampedusa it's the 2nd vessel in a week to go against an explicit ban on rescue ships entering italian ports malta offered to accept the migrants when italy refused but the crew said it was too far for them to travel this island seekers were rescued from a rubber dinghy on thursday off the coast of libya and a german rescue boat that's been waiting to dock in italy has changed course and is now heading to malta instead the cia tweeted that italy was blocking it from docking and it couldn't wait any longer it's carrying 65 african migrants rescued off libya's coast the libyan coast guard had instructed the boat to return but the captain refused to return people to what he says are libyan torture camps well it isn't syria minister mathias salvina took to social media saying he's meant taining his hardline

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the ancient city of babylon has been added to the in asco world heritage list it came after years oflobbying by iraq making it a 5th world heritage site within the borders of a country known as a cradle of civilization today visitors can stroll through the remnants of the city's brick and clay structures and see the fanged line of babylon statue as well as large portions of the original stargate. farhood says the decision is a win for humanity. i consider this a great day in a victory for iraq it's a historic day i've had to have 3 dates in my life the 1st was when the american forces withdrew from this site in 2005 and today is the 2nd day because we have been added to the world heritage list where a bit of good news from iraq where more now website the latest on top stories right here al jazeera dot com. just a brief look at the headlines this hour the world health organization says almost a 1000 people have died in fighting around the libyan capital over the past 3 months this is new footage emerges of the moment an asteroid hits a migrant detention camp near tripoli on tuesday ki

let's take up the point of view nasco world heritage site i mean obviously there were restrictions were 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 have made it more difficult if they weren't happy with that. i think the question was was yes it was a restrictive sight physically restrictive in terms of being bounded by the by the cannot physically difficult because of that the water table that the ground conditions that are absolutely awful when you were building any i mean reminds as well been building in the river. we were for a few years but also as you say the historical restrictions the importance of the surrounding buildings i mean we were coming on to a very. pre-determined stage. of the snow graffiti the incredible snow graffiti of the 19th century. museums was clearly something we had to think about very very seriously and therefore fitting into this preexisting architecture was really one of the biggest costs and also i mean also another.

look at these phoenician bathrooms now more than 2000 years old they're also one of 3 unesco world 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 is. not going to have a breach engine is 80 percent of timmy's years 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 new jersey is coastline. as is al jazeera and these are the headlines the us house of representatives has voted to prohibit the sale of some munitions to saudi arabia and the united arab emirates for one year these weapons are the ones being used in the war in yemen the bill still has to pass the senate and to be signed off by president trump the amendment was put forth by house

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 ancient mesopotamian city of babylon has been declared a world heritage site.been campaigns for over a0 years to have it added to the prestigious list. unesco warns ba bylon prestigious list. unesco warns babylon is in an extremely vulnerable condition and needs urgent conservation work. tim allman has more. a000 years old, have or take, once home to the mythic hanging gardens of ba bylo n, home to the mythic hanging gardens of babylon, one of the seven wonders of babylon, one of the seven wonders of the ancient world. it's almost a surprise display steeped in history wasn't already on unesco ‘s list. translation: babylon is a symbol of identity for the iraqis, so the city is considered part of the history of iraq, whether on the architectural or scientific aspects. but babylon has suffered in recent years. first, from the construction of a palace by saddam hussein, then it being used asa saddam hussein, then it being used as a base for us troops. the iraqi government has promised millions of dollars to safeguard the site. translation: when i come to babylon an

the ancient mesopotamian city of babylon has been declared a unesco world heritage site.nation's prestigious list. but unesco has warned that babylon is in an extremely vulnerable condition and needs urgent conservation work. the bbc‘s tim allman has more. 4,000 years old, give or take. 0nce home to the mythic hanging gardens of babylon, one of the seven wonders of the ancient world. it's almost a surprise that this place, steeped in history, wasn't already on unesco's list. translation: babylon is a symbol of identity for the iraqis, so the city is considered a part of the history of iraq, whether on the architectural or scientific aspects. but babylon has suffered in recent years. first, from the construction of a palace by saddam hussein, then with it being used as a base for us troops. the iraqi government has promised millions of dollars to safeguard the site. translation: when i come to babylon and see the civilisation and ruins here, i feel proud that my ancestors built this. therefore, it's our duty to preserve it. world heritage status is meant to protect places

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

sea levels and erosion the economy relies heavily on the coastline where a number of you know world heritage sites are also threatens. reports. yes seen bran has been fishing for 40 years along the tin is increased to a town of hard and many and while the traditional method of catching fish hasn't changed for generations the climate has you seen says the effects of global warming are evident in these water. 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 to newsies population lives along its costs 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 . for. service and workshops locally and will r

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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

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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

they may look content why life's not so lost for more than just the buffalo in a world heritage sites. and in sport with leo where in brussels the city hosts the opening stage of this year's tour de france. sponsored by. hello there we still have plenty of heat across southern parts of europe or further north anything really freshening up and you can see this line of clouds just around the western side of russia down across ukraine and slogging its way further towards the west and that marks the boundary between the hot air down towards the south and all these areas of high pressure further north where you've got the the cloud in place and you see the i said fairly tightly packed there as we got the freshening winter to continue to dig their way in over the next couple of days to 21 celsius 22 celsius there for warsaw and berlin on saturday afternoon further to further south there we go into the thirty's that's where the heat remains in place glorious sunshine continue but as we go on through the next 24 hours or so we start to see the clouds building the colder air undercutting very

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