from the seagrass. so the government could trade carbon with countries wanting to offset emissions. the seagrass meadows of a small island nation are providing lessons in the fight against climate change. dingindaba jonah buyoya, bbc news, seychelles. to china now, where two young men are in the middle of an epicjourney which few have ever completed, running the length of the great wall of china. as stephen mcdonell reports, it means taking on the equivalent of a marathon every day for six months, through deserts, mountains and forests. 0n the quietest parts of the great wall any medical conditions, they are running. to young men half british half chinese completing a marathon on a day along the entire length of this phenomenal strap.
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a financial wrecking ball. now, the banks here are much stronger than they were on the eve of that financial crisis, but there are many who think that rolling back regulation to boost growth is not without risk. in fact, some argue it s precisely because financial services are so important to the uk that it needs tough regulation. we cannot afford another gamble with financial deregulation because what will happen is that if it goes wrong, the city will still walk away with its profits and its bonuses, but yet again, it will be ordinary people and ordinary taxpayers who will have to pay the price. both the city and the government are convinced that not changing is the biggest risk to future growth of all. simon jack, bbc news. to china now, where two young men are in the middle of an epicjourney which few have ever completed running the length of the great wall of china. more than 21,000km of it
tommy, from when he was zero. they say, they call it the great wall, and that s an understatement. what you see at the tourist sites, it s only a tiny, tiny fraction, a fraction of it. in 1988, their father relied on the hospitality of locals for his own great wall run, which the bbc reported on at the time. he stayed in china, got married. now, his sons are following in their dad s footsteps. starting in the far west, where the ancient wall was made from rammed earth. they ll finish at the north korean border. they ll pass their family s place atjiankou and check in with their dad. he s filled them with great wall knowledge since they were kids. it s been invaluable in getting them through this epic run, through the remotest of areas, even dodging zero covid lockdowns. constantly reminding ourselves that, you know, just to soak the journey in, to soak the landscape,
one person killed. to china now where two young men are in the middle of an epicjourney which few have ever completed running the length of the great wall of china. more than 20,000km of it that s more than 13,000 miles. 0n the quietest parts of the great wall, in all conditions, they re running. two young men half british, half chinese completing a marathon a day along the entire length of this phenomenal structure. we re doing this to fulfil our childhood dream of running the great wall. they ve trained for years, to traverse what are actually a series of walls and battlements. it s a gruelling undertaking. doing something like this, something very difficult, builds strength of character. oh, this is a nice bit of the wall, isn t it? check that out.