Seeing africa by train. We witnessed seven lions that were chasing a zebra. It was like a movie and this was real. The history of selfies, lol. Selfies have a very interesting history that goes back 40,000 years. Distorted singing. And rocking the mic underwater in denmark. Making music woo hoo were starting this week in africa on a train line that passes through some of the continents wildest landscape. The Freedom Railway cuts through more than 18,000 kilometres of dense jungle, mountains and savannah as it winds its way from Dar Es Salaam in tanzania to zambias central province. 1,800km. But more than a0 years after it opened, its now beginning to show its age and is overdue for a major upgrade. We bought a ticket and went to find out what makes the journey so unique. And if youre tempted by a rail journey through africa, heres our pick of some of the highlights. The continents first ever high speed train line is due to open this summer in morocco. Itll more than halve the time it t
That within 16 years the population has plummeted by half. Deforestation is one of the reasons, but a large number of the animals are also being killed by hunters orfor raiding crops. Victoria gill reports. Hanging onto survival. Zoo programmes like this preserve small populations of bornean orangutans. But in the wild, they are being pushed rapidly towards extinction. Their rainforest home continues to be cleared for agriculture and mining, but a 16 year long study has now revealed that borneos orangutans are disappearing from areas where the forest is untouched. They are being targeted by hunters. Even in the areas where we think theyre safe, we are losing them. And in some of the large populations where we have measured this loss, its 50 over 16 years. It is an astonishing decline at the population level. Even without animals being deliberately killed, scientists estimate that deforestation alone could wipe out another 115,000 orangutans here in the next three decades. But this brid
Call the documentary. A large, elderly bear has been seen ambling around a suburb near los angeles. The 180kg visitor sluggishly sauntered around before being tranquilized and taken to a forest. A mild winter in california is thought to be the reason for the unusual february appearance. In search of food, no doubt. I am not sure he would have found much pickings in la. Lets have a look at the weather now. A mixture of sunshine and showers for the site of the afternoon. Any sunshine between them in the south hazy, and showers in the north falling to sleet and snow with blizzards over the hills. The wind gusts touching gale force in the far north of scotland. 4 5d at best in scotland, but up to 13 or 1a in the south east. A big contrast. May be a frost across eastern parts of scotla nd frost across eastern parts of scotland tonight, but temperatures rise elsewhere as cloud and more rain pushes in. Persistent rain to come for parts of wales and northern england, and parts of the midlands,
Pe, for example, or doing a class presentation. When i started my period in school, i would just go home. I wouldnt even consider going into the office because i was just too embarrassed. What message is being sent today with this vote in the Scottish Parliament . I think its about time. This should have been done ages ago, obviously, cause girls cant afford that, and people struggle. Even if you cant afford it, it should be accessible, because its a normal thing. Its a natural thing that happens to most women. Free sanitary products are already available in schools, colleges and universities in scotland, and in schools in england and wales, too. The vote at holyrood goes further, and will mean that tampons, sanitary pads and some reusable products will be available to anyone in scotland. Menstruation is normal. Free universal access to tampons, pads and reusable options should be normal too. Period dignity for all isnt radical or extreme. Its simply the right thing to do. The Scottish
Youve been watching democratic senator bernd bernie projected victory in the nevada caucuses. Hes told supporters he plans to lead a Multiracial Coalition to lead a Multiracial Coalition to sweep the country and hes promised a Grassroots Campaign and hes pledged universal healthcare and interestingly hes not speaking from nevada, hes not speaking from nevada, he is speaking from san antonio, texas. Texas is one of 14 antonio, texas. Texas is one of 1a states that will vote on super tuesday on the third of march. This strengthens his position in the democratic race. We have full coverage of the president ial campaigns on our website, where theres background and analysis on the differenct candidates. Thats all at or you can download the bbc news app. This is bbc news, the headlines Bernie Sanders has cemented his status as the Democratic Front runner to take on donald trump in the us president ial election. Hes projected to win nevadas caucuses, and early results suggest he is on course