the bbc that they question whether or not these people were able to leave the building, and many for example relying on chats from the government to give themselves security that they were able to leave. now we have seen videos emerge on tiktok as well as weibo, which is china s equivalent of twitter, showing people coming up against officials in hazmat suits, screaming out, lift the lockdown, as well as hitting drums. all of this comes about as the fact that china was the first into this pandemic and it seems like it is going to be the last out. it has now been almost three years that people have faced lockdown pressures, quarantines, as well as having to deal with snap lockdowns. so what we have seen, for instance on that front, particularly when it has come to the world cup, people have seen that is triggering, they have seen videos of people online out and about in crowds with no masks on. on friday we saw the third day in a row of consecutive daily cases hitting about 35,000 and t
it s been under stringent coronavirus measures for three months as beijing continues to grapple with a steep rise in covid infections, despite its so called zero covid policy . 0ur correspondent katie silver is following this story from singapore. the fire broke out on the 15th floor of this apartment building on thursday night. we understand it took authorities about three hours to put it out and according to state media, ten people died from it and nine were injured. this deadly blaze has then attracted attention on social media, making many complain and question this ongoing commitment to zero covid. some residents telling the bbc that they question whether or not these people were able to leave the building, and many for example relying on chats from the government to give themselves security that they were able to leave. now we have seen videos emerge on tiktok as well as weibo, which is china s equivalent of twitter, showing people coming up against officials in hazmat suits, sc
months as beijing continues to grapple with a steep rise in covid infections, despite its so called zero covid policy. our correspondent katie silver is following this story from singapore. the fire broke out on the 15th floor of this apartment building on thursday night. we understand it took authorities about three hours to put it out and according to state media, ten people died from it and nine were injured. this deadly blaze has then attracted attention on social media, making many complain and question this ongoing commitment to zero covid. some residents telling the bbc that they question whether or not these people were able to leave the building, and many for example relying on chats from the government to give themselves security that they were able to leave. now we have seen videos emerge on tiktok as well as weibo, which is china s equivalent of twitter, showing people coming up against officials in hazmat suits, screaming out, lift the lockdown, as well as hitting drums.
been one of the most loved films to have come out of japan s equivalent of disney, the renowned studio ghibli. growls: to-to-ro! with legions of global fans, there s a lot riding on the new show, not least how to replicate the magical furry totoro. this is our backstage puppet workshop, where we re. puppet designer basil twist, who devised the dementors in the harry potter films, isn t giving much away. so, you re showing me chickens. i want to see totoro. right, well, you ll see chickens for now. we re still keeping totoro under wraps, so that people can find the surprise of him when they come and see the show. there are clues from los angeles, where basil created the totoro puppet and others with the company behind the muppets, jim henson, in a real east meets west collaboration. i would keep in touch with the japanese as i went, and they re very specific about totoro s eyes, the distance between his eyes and the shape of his head and how that works, because once you come into a thre
in near impenetrable swamps full of snakes and crocodiles, but the scientists, using hand held drills, have discovered a fantastically large expanse of peat. so we want as many samples as possible from as many different locations. and this rotting vegetation is important, because it traps carbon. we estimate that there s around 30 billion tonnes of carbon stored in the peatlands of the cuvette centrale in the congo basin. and that s equivalent to around 20 years of us fossil fuel emissions, so a huge amount of carbon. the scientists here have discovered something extraordinary in these swamps a slab of peat that s two metres deep and as large as england. it s the biggest of its kind anywhere in the world, and that makes it incredibly important when it comes to climate change. if all this carbon is released into the atmosphere,