As warmer waters strip the colour out of much it, leaving it fragile. And finally after trying for 18 years spains Sergio Garcia wins his first major title after a nail biting finish. And Coming Up Sportsday on bbc news Evertons Ross Barkley is unhurt after what his lawyers have described as an unprovoked attack in a liverpool bar. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. The funeral of Pc Keith Palmer, who was killed in last months Westminster Attack, has been held at Londons Southwark cathedral. Thousands of Police Officers from all over the country lined the Route Of The Funeral Cortege Which set off from the Palace Of Westminster where his coffin had lain in rest overnight. Pc palmer, who was married with a five year old daughter, was guarding the houses of parliament when he was stabbed by khalid masood. A floral tribute on top of the hearse read no 1 daddy. Heres our home editor mark easton. At the gates of the palace of Westminster Police constable Keith Palmers coffin p
Scientists now say two thirds of australias Great Barrier reef has been destroyed by rising sea temperatures. This is 100 days, with me, katty kay, In Washington and Christian Fraser in london. Four days after donald trump launched Cruise Missiles against syria, its not clear what else he wants to do in that war, if anything. America today certainly doesnt feel as if its on war footing. And different members of the trump team are saying Different Things about americas syria policy and the future of President Assad. Here is the Us Ambassador to the Un Nikki Haley on sunday. There is not any sort of option where a political solution will happen with assad at the head of the regime. If you look at his actions, at the situation, it will be hard to see a government that is peaceful and stable with assad. But not everyone in the administration seems to advocate Regime Change. Heres us Secretary Of State Rex Tillerson with another. What we are hopeful is through this syrian process, working w
Well have the latest on that in os sport. Scientists in australia say two thirds of the coral on the Great Barrier reef have been damaged in the past two years. The damage is called bleaching it happens when corals under stress drive out the algae that give them colour. And bleaching is caused by rising Ocean Temperatures which in turn are linked to global warming. The reef is off the queensland coast in australias north east. Theres been two consecutive years of bleaching and thats particularly bad. This is one of the studys researchers. That means that even when mass bleaching events happen 12 months apart theres no prospect of recovery for reefs damaged in 2016. The bbcs science editor david shukmans latest report looks at the issue. A world of brilliant colour, teeming with life. This is the Great Barrier reef at its best the largest single biological structure on earth, but vulnerable to the slightest change. This is how part of reefs look, a ghostly white. The corals more like a
Well have the latest on that in os sport. Scientists in australia say two thirds of the coral on the Great Barrier reef have been damaged in the past two years. The damage is called bleaching it happens when corals under stress drive out the algae that give them colour. And bleaching is caused by rising Ocean Temperatures which in turn are linked to global warming. The reef is off the queensland coast in australias north east. Theres been two consecutive years of bleaching and thats particularly bad. This is one of the studys researchers. That means that even when mass bleaching events happen 12 months apart theres no prospect of recovery for reefs damaged in 2016. The bbcs science editor david shukmans latest report looks at the issue. A world of brilliant colour, teeming with life. This is the Great Barrier reef at its best the largest single biological structure on earth, but vulnerable to the slightest change. This is how part of reefs look, a ghostly white. The corals more like a
disappear. it can super charge storms, melt our glaciers and bleach our coral reefs. bleached corals are still alive, but they are extremely stressed. highly vulnerable, and if the heat continues, they may die. this is part of why scientists worry. the first location we dove to was south of key biscayne. we saw exactly what we feared, this is the moving front of severe bleaching up through the keys and now up into miami-dade. reporter: it was just a remarkable moment to stand next to these century-old giants, right? i mean, how else do you describe it? but it was very eye-opening to see this you a ray of a mixture of completely dead coral, bleached coral, and healthy coral. so i saw hope, but i also saw a tough situation and i can see what heat stress really does to these animals. they are sensitive, and i witnessed it. it was humbling. is there still hope?