Now theres a global race to get clean aviation off the ground. And some Companies Think theyre close to cracking it. Pretty soon, passengers will be flying in zero emission aircraft. But how did we get here . Archive The New Machine is called, optimistically, the flyer. Weve come a long way since the Wright Brothers first flight in 1903. That day, they lifted the world into a new dimension. Then we achieved bigger, faster planes. Great, but thats also how we ended up with all these emissions. Jet engines burn kerosene, which releases carbon dioxide, one of the main Greenhouse Gases causing climate change. The industry faces an enormous challenge to clean up its act, and that means coming up with new fuels. Lets take a look at some of the options. There are biofuels, which are made out of things like plants or vegetable oils, but they still produce some harmful emissions. Then theres electric. But although batteries are getting far more efficient, the size that youd need to power a pass
Good evening. World leaders are again calling for restraint in the middle east, after whats believed to have been an Israeli Attack on iran overnight. According to us officials, israel was responsible for air strikes near the city of isfahan, which is at the centre of Irans Nuclear programme. It appears to be the latest tit for tat exchange between the two arch enemies. For days, israel has been threatening to retaliate after it was targeted last weekend by 300 iranian missiles and drones. Well be live in israel shortly and well have the latest from washington but first, our Diplomatic Correspondent Caroline Hawley reports on what we know so far about the overnight attack. Its a strange position tonight where were still not sure exactly whats happened. Israel has not publicly acknowledged it carried out the strike. Iran is minimising it. So what do we know . Well, we know a clear message was being sent. There were explosions overnight in syria, iraq and, most significant of all, Deep I
The seventh hearing of the u. S. China economic and secure review commissions 2023 annual report cycle. I want to first thank staff, many of whom worked on several other hearings. And so, i appreciate the heroic effort that was involved in getting this hearing set up. So, thank you, jonathan and daniel, in particular, charles, i dont see. Many of us that have watched china for years appreciate that the magnitude of the economic challenges china must address now are not new rather, they have been worsening for years and were amplified by covid and the poor policy choices made during that time. Notwithstanding the ccps push for chinese households and non state businesses to drive recovery. Household consumption has been cautious. Government lending practices continue to favor unproductive state owned enterprises, higher performing non state sector at the expense of higher performing non state sectors. In most cities, property prices have plunged and Business Confidence has eroded as defl
Maria rally name tax overhaul closing that yet another record high yesterday. That is the 64th record this year. Feature showing a mixed opening this morning. Dow industrials up 25 points but the s p and nasdaq are lower. Much of the rally yesterday have been really the first. We have been up 200 points this session. Close up, but not as much big markets are lower. Flat on the session, the cac down two thirds of a percent as of the dx in germany. Markets are mostly lower the exception of korea up a third of a percent. Hong kong, hang seng up to 1 . The Supreme Court President Trump justices will love the white house to fully enforce the ban on the travel to the United States the United States for six mostly muslim countries now. We break that down coming out. California residents on alert this morning. Details of a Massive Wildfire north of los angeles explodes overnight. All the details. Terrifying moments, Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker taken to the hospital following a scary collisi
Media awards well bring you reactions. Just in the next sixty minutes a journey into the longest underwater caves on the planet we travel to mexico for a new look into it submerged cabins revealing traces of an ancient civilization. Bad. Bank. Hello and welcome i love the thought she must so glad you could join us. The eaves being slammed for its treatment of migrants an Asylum Seeker as a new Human Rights Watch report highlights europes efforts to prevent fresh arrivals in two thousand and seventeen and it criticizes the union force reliance of non e. U. Countries to stem the flow of people. Now the number of micro arrivals by sea was down in two thousand and seventeen by a round fifty percent as you can see but the report says the mediterranean remain deadly nearly three thousand people were reported dead or missing towards the end of last year Human Rights Watch says the Member States who took in the largest number of arrivals was shunned by the remainder of the union as a whole. Se