the world s tallest skyscraper opens later today. the burj dubai has easily overtaken its nearest rivals. this is bbc news. our top story: the renowned kenyan conservationist and fossil hunter richard leakey has died at the age of 77. let s stay with that now. bernard wood was a professor of human origins at george washington university and was friends with richard leakey for more than 50 years. richard s achievements were many. he was an extremely good organiser and he organised expeditions to northern kenya. he recognised that when he went to ethiopia, in place of his father, that there was a much better chance of recovering the fossils he was looking for in northern kenya,
where the consequences of the changing climate are as stark as in northern kenya. recurring droughts mean the land is so dry, some people spend their days simply searching for water. on the front line of climate change, a seven hour trek brings something to drink. this grandmother is part of the turkana community, a million people who have lived off the land for centuries. life here has never been easy. but recent droughts have robbed these people of water, livestock and vegetation. now they are fighting to keep the only life they have ever known. translation: they claim it has changed, we don t get water- from underground anymore, because the wells are dried. i have nothing left. yet another desperate search where water used to be.
in the river for now. but soon, they too will have to take on the fight. there are few places in the world where the consequences of the changing climate are as stark as in northern kenya. recurring droughts mean the land is so dry, some people spend their days simply searching for water. on the front line of climate change, a seven hour trek brings something to drink. this grandmother is part of the turkana community, a million people who have lived off the land for centuries. life here has never been easy. but recent droughts have robbed these people of water, livestock and vegetation. now they are fighting to keep the only life they have ever known. translation: they claim it has changed, we don t get water- from underground any more