This countrys stunning forest are facing devastating losses. But it is notjust the trees that need saving. It is also the creatures. Im meeting the remarkable people trying to save honeybees. You are a Bee Whisperer. And those building turkeys brown bears a safe to roam. This is extreme conservation turkey. Turkey is huge, a vast and varied country stretching over 1,500km. Turkey is surrounded by water on three sides the mediterranean sea, the black sea and the aegean and then in the east, its mountainous and rugged, and all that influences the climate in very different ways. It is a country that is so rich in natural diversity, its sweeping pine forests are one of its key assets. But as temperatures rise, these forests are being destroyed by wildfires that are getting ever more intense. I start myjourney on turkeys western coast, a short boat ride from the coastal town of bodrum where thick pine forests stretch all the way down to the beaches. Like so many places around the world, sum
again on 23rd january. i know there s a lot of controversy about us striking, and that we re not kind of getting those calls and getting to patients today, but in realistic terms, day to day, we re not getting to patients. we ll be talking to a paramedic in devon who says it s notjust about pay, it s about the intense pressure on staff. it s notjust the nhs, 100,000 civil servants are to strike on 1st february in their campiagn for better pay. also tonight. as russian forces intensify their efforts to occupy eastern ukraine around the mining town of soledar, there s a heightened concern about the fight of two british men who have disappeared in eastern ukraine, where they were helping locals. and could the elgin marbles be sent back to greece on loan? and stay with us here on bbc news for continuing coverage and analysis from our team of correspondents in the uk and around the world. good evening. the national health service is facing the prospects of more is facing the prosp
meeting with japan s prime minister. but there s an issue loming over the white house. the mounting fallout over biden s handling of classified documents during his post obama years. thbz has learned one of the classified documents found at the d.c. office was marked with the highest classification in the u.s. government. that s according to a senior u.s. official and another person familiar. we got that development after attorney general merrick garland announced he s appointed a veteran prosecutor to serve as special counsel to review the documents. ahead, what we re learning about hur and how he s proceeding. plus the tight rope both the white house and justice department are walking considering there s another special counsel investigating president trump. also this morning, devastation across the southeast. search and rescue operations are underway after tornadoes in multiple states. by the grace of god, we all survived. we jumped out the car and we all got in the
welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. vladimir putin s ruthless bid to impose his will on ukraine hasn t worked, at least not yet. on the contrary, it has taken an enormous toll of russian blood and treasure, and left the country militarily and economically weakened. so, how come there hasn t been more open dissent within the russian elite? is it fear, brainwashing or a deeper, shared ethno nationalism? well, my guest, boris bondarev, is unique. he s a russian diplomat who quit and condemned putin s ukraine war. why is his a lone voice of insider dissent? boris bondarev, in switzerland, welcome to hardtalk. i want to begin, if i may, by getting a sense of what life is like for you today. last may, you quit your post. you delivered a scathing condemnation of putin and his war. so how is life for you today? well, it s become relatively easier than it was because i don t have to go to my office any more. and i. well, officially and practically, iam now unemployed, so i have a
live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. we begin in the united states where the federal aviation authority says that an investigation has shown that the failure of the safety messaging system which led to all departing flights being grounded early on wednesday was caused by a damaged file in a database. a tweet confirmed that there is no evidence of a cyber attack. flights have been getting back to normal. our north america correspondent gary o donoghue reports. it was in the early hours that the problems began to emerge with the notam system, which warns pilots of any dangers before they take off. byjust after 7:00am, the federal aviation authority was ordering all carriers across the us to ground their planes until further notice, causing chaos for early morning travellers. i m a little annoyed. a little nervous. we re going on a cruise. we have a cruise to catch at 6pm. i feel bad for the people who are actually sitting on planes right now. i mea