leftovers! this week, i am on canada pacific coast where vancouver lies in the shadow of the mountain range that is the only barrier between the city and one of the worlds most advanced wildernesses. surrounded by water, every year, thousands of people travel here to marvel at the whales as they danced along the whales as they danced along the coastline, returning after a long winter away. british columbia is the most bio diverse territory all of canada. it has seals, and as sea lions and hundreds of other species living in these very waters. it s also home to the biggest port in the entire country of vancouver. and we bring animals and humans you bring animals and humans you bring them in such close quarters, problems can arise. more boats means more underwater noise, which can confuse animals, leading them into trouble. last year alone, the local marine mammals helped over hundred animals to safety. some were injured and others simply confused. two of them ended up here.
We start with liberia, where it was announced a short time ago that the former International Football star george weah has won the president ial election. His supporters celebrated as the Electoral Commission announced that with almost all the ballots counted, mr weah had won more than 60 of the vote. George weah made his name playing for ac milan, he was the first and only player from africa to win the coveted ballon dor award. But for the last three years he has been a senator in liberia. When he becomes president next month, it will be liberias first democratic transition in more than 70 years. Umaru fofana is in the liberian capital monrovia. Obviously this has been a huge reaction. What is it like on the ground . Absolutely. Wild celebrations. Minutes after the Electoral Commission announced the result, hundreds of people celebrated in front of the building. And then, across the city, you could hear the sound of jubilation, honking horns. It has been 12 years of waiting. It is goi
Begun to arrive and one record has already been broken with ninety two nations competing bouts more than ever before but the games are overshadowed by the problem of doping with the whole russian team banned and china has for many years also been suspected of engaging in systematic doping but people have been reluctant to speak out fearing tough reprisals now those who were injured in once a leading a lympics sports doctor in china has been talking to our reporters the eighty year old has recently been granted Refugee Status here in germany but still she lives in fear of the chinese authorities. At the age of eighty. Engine has had to begin a whole new life. She fled to germany a few months ago together with her son young way dong and his wife. The move from china to the shores of Lake Constance has meant a huge change for her. But even here she lives in fear of the communist regime in beijing and yet she used to be part of that regime herself. As a sports doctor she was responsible fo
In china, has been talking to our reporters. The 80yearold has recently been granted Refugee Status here in germany. But still she lives in fear of the chinese authorities. At the age of 80, xue yinxian has had to begin a whole new life. She fled to germany a few months ago, together with her son yang weidong and his wife. The move from china to the shores of Lake Constance has meant a huge change for her. But even here, she lives in fear of the communist regime in beijing. And yet, she used to be part of that regime herself. As a sports doctor, she was responsible for chinas top athletes during the 1980s. I was given this bag during the 1988 Olympic Games. I take it wherever i go. Its my last momento of that time. It was the pinnacle of her career. But she was soon to fall from grace. None of our friends dared to contact us anymore. Our telephone was tapped. The police were always outside our house. She made herself unpopular by consistently opposing the doping of athletes. Even when
In china, has been talking to our reporters. The 80yearold has recently been granted Refugee Status here in germany. But still she lives in fear of the chinese authorities. At the age of 80, xue yinxian has had to begin a whole new life. She fled to germany a few months ago, together with her son yang weidong and his wife. The move from china to the shores of Lake Constance has meant a huge change for her. But even here, she lives in fear of the communist regime in beijing. And yet, she used to be part of that regime herself. As a sports doctor, she was responsible for chinas top athletes during the 1980s. I was given this bag during the 1988 Olympic Games. I take it wherever i go. Its my last momento of that time. It was the pinnacle of her career. But she was soon to fall from grace. None of our friends dared to contact us anymore. Our telephone was tapped. The police were always outside our house. She made herself unpopular by consistently opposing the doping of athletes. Even when