Course as tensions in the middle east are very high also new chapter for u. S. Cosmetics giant avon its not part of the brazilian personal care group nutura the groups new ceo will join us later this hour. Stocks are extending a selloff, oil and gold prices continue to climb. This is iran and the white house, trade threats following of course the u. S. Air strike that killed irans top commander. Jim, happy new year. Happy new year. Nice to see you, my friend. Good to see you, buddy, way too long i missed you. I know you feel the same but i havent heard you opine on this market and what risk there is in the geopolitics, in the backandforth, our viewers im sure are familiar with the president s tweets over the last lets call it 24 to 48 hours, sort of saying weve identified 52 sites that we would take action against if in fact you do something, and also notifying the congress, he said, as well, if iran should strike any u. S. Person or target wed quickly and fully strike back, perhaps in
One of the worlds rarest birds, the spoon billed sandpiper, has been successfully reared in captivity for the first time, raising hopes the species can be saved from extinction. Its taken almost a decade, from rescuing eggs in russias far east wetlands, to breeding two of the birds, at the wildfowl and Wetlands Trust in gloucestershire. Victoria gill reports. The first sign of a conservation breakthrough. These spoon billed sandpiper chicks hatched from eggs collected in the far east of russia and brought into captivity in the uk. That rescue mission was eight years ago. Now, at last, those critically endangered birds have read their own chicks, the first captive bred spoon billed sandpipers. We have to cover up our outdoor close, so everything from rubber boots that we can wash on the way in, to overalls, to this very attractive handout, because we dont want to be taking anything in there, into the aviary, where these very precious birds are that might hurt them or make them sick. Thi
Quarter of a Million People signing a petition calling for the display to be cancelled because of the bushfires crisis. At ten p m, Reeta Chakrabarti will be hit with a full round up of the days news. First, time for our world and one of the highlights from the team this year. Steve rosenberg explores how Vladimir Putins russia is trying to regain its influence 30 yea rs is trying to regain its influence 30 years after the fall of the iron curtain. Its 30 years since the iron curtain fell. For millions across europe, it meant freedom. For moscow, it meant the end of its empire. Todays russia wants to forget about 1989. But three decades on, russia is reasserting itself. There are fears of a new stand off with the west. The baltic has become one of the front lines of what feels like a new cold war. As russia pushes for greater influence, i ask its leader how he sees his country. I am on a journey that will take me back to 1989 and across europe, to find out what it was like for moscow t
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Extreme weather brings flooding and landslides to 3 European Countries. The United Nations is calling for calm in eastern democratic republic of congo after hundreds of protesters in the city of beni stormed un buildings and set fire to the Mayors Office at least 4 people were killed by gunfire but the u. N. Denies that its peacekeepers shot at any one site iraqs reports on why the compound was talk of it. This is the moment protesters in Beni Rachelle time from inside the United Nations compound. The libyan people accuse the u. N. Mission in the democratic republic of congos of failing to protect them against the allied Democratic Forces rebel groups. Determined to kick counts one of the biggest peacekeeping missions in the world protesters stormed this u. N. Building and a few office. That was suffering a lot because the feeling in everyone for your entire lives ive lost my mother and father to the rebels on be honest about that the u. N. Must start celebrity syllables un more live t