50 years ago humpback whales were considered an endangered species after decades of commercial whaling decimated the population. around that same time scientists learned something extraordinary. whales were communicating with each other, sometimes by song over long distances. in part because of that discovery scientists and conservationists rallied to enact laws to protect the whales, and it worked. the humpback whale population has made a remarkable comeback. but now they face a host of new threats. global warming is killing off their food source, and human activity is causing thousands of whale deaths a year. from the stress of underwater construction noise to fishing entanglements and ship collisions. in the next hour cnn s bill weir takes us to antarctica, a place very few people get to visit, to study these remarkable creatures and show us why saving the whales may also be saving the planet. because they are one of our best partners in battling climate change. reporter
the hands of police on tuesday. some 40,000 police are being deployed across the country and in the last couple of hours we ve learned that the policeman who shot a 17 year old nahel has apologised to his family while in custody. lucy williamson reports. in nanterre today, thousands gathered to mark the void left by one local teenager and the rage that flowed in to fill it. the violence here last night still mapped onto the surrounding streets in ash and debris. nahel s mother leading a chant of police assassins. evan came from a suburb on the other side of paris but the problems there were just the same, he said. translation: we don t have jobs, we don t get hired - if we don t lie on our cv. there is nothing for us. we feel abandoned. and on top of that we get attacked by the people supposed to protect us. this is one offence too many. the march ended this afternoon in a different kind of protest burning cars, tear gas, clashes with police. 0ne local resident told her is
various small are towns scattered across the reykjanes peninsula. the town of volga is just north of the eruption, and the plumes of fire are very visible during night time. the eruptions glow could also be seen from the capital reykjavik, which is only a 45 minutes drive from the eruption site. by the autumn of 2023, southwest iceland was experiencing increasing earthquake activity. come november, emergency precautions commenced. this is grindavik, the small town in iceland, which has been evacuated over fears of a volcanic eruption. thousands of tremors have rocked the region in the last few days, like this one. you need to stay tough in these situations and that part is pretty much exhausting. there s no relaxing now. translation: this is| a very strange feeling. i ve been tearful. it s been a long 2a hours. even though it s been a very difficult time, it s heart warming to see the solidarity in times like this. this is an unprecedented situation. since the 25th of octobe
at auction next week. a very warm welcome to th programme. president macron of france and the president of the european commission, ursula von der leyen, are in beijing, where they re holding talks the chinese leadership. the joint trip is the latest push by europe to engage with china, and they are expected to urge it to use its influence on russia to halt the war in ukraine. this was a short time ago at the great hall of the people. the europeans meeting china s premier, li qiang. in his first comments, president macron said the visit would focus on economic ties as well as international stability. he and ursula von der leyen will also have talks with prseident xijinping, that meeting is expected in a couple of hours. let s go live to our asia hub, and speak to the bbc s mariko oi. today the official talks get under way, took us through what has happened so far. has happened so far. indeed, toda is has happened so far. indeed, today is the has happened so far. indeed, to