in these mountains, people and pumas just don t get along. this man alone has killed dozens of them. and today he has one more in his sights. [ speaking foreign language ] at the ends of the earth is a land of extremes, home to spectacular wildlife. for centuries people and animals have battled for supremacy. but now enemies are becoming allies. together they face new challenges. in our rapidly changing world. you are at the mercy of the elements. this is the story of what it takes to survive on the edge of the world. patagonia, one of the world s great last wildernesses. it stretches to the southernmost tip of south america. towering above the region are the andys, dividing chili have argentina. we re headed on an epic journey up through the highlands, from its foothills to its volcanic plateaus, all the way up to its high ice fields. our journey begins on the grass lands on the patagonia step, at 1,500 feet. here one predator reigns supreme. the puma. this big cat r
in these mountains, people and pumas just don t get along. this man alone has killed dozens of them. and today he has one more in his sights. at the ends of the earth is a land of extremes, home to spectacular wildlife. for centuries people and animals have battled for supremacy, but now enemies are becoming allies. together they face new challenges in our rapidly changing world. you are at the mercy of the elements. this is the story of what it takes to survive on the edge of the world. patagonia, one of the world s last great wildernesses. it stretches for more than a thousand miles all the way down to the southernmost tip of south america. towering above the region are the andes dividing chile from argentina. we re headed on an epic journey up through patagonia s wild highlands, from its foothills to its volcanic plateaus all the way up to its high ice fields. our journey begins on the grasslands of the patagonian step. at 1,500 feet. here, one predator reigns su
there s always talk about it being so unpolitical but ijust don t see how it is. tonight with the context, lord bilimoria president of the confederation of british industry and founder of cobra beer and ron christie former senior advisor to president george w bush. welcome to the programme. after weeks of dicussions, eu leaders have agreed on a partial embargo of russian oil imports. the plan is expected to affect up to 90% of russian oil imports by the end of the year. it will only affect oil that arrives by sea that s around two thirds of imports. but not pipeline oil, following strong opposition from hungary. first, this is the eu s foreign policy chief. we were in versaille bursae a few weeks ago, not many observers would ve thought it would ve been possible for us only in a few weeks to take such a concrete and historic decision. we have decided to sanction russia by banning russian oil, this is extremely important and we will succeed in the following months to i
In 2004, a un plan to reunify the island was put to a vote. The Turkish Cypriot north said yes. The Greek Cypriot south said no. And a Divided Island joined the european union. In the talks in geneva, there are still serious obstacles to be cleared. But there is a chance, a good one, that this time the frozen conflict will end. The headlines on bbc News Donald Trump says the director of National Intelligence has called him to condemn a leaked report, claiming the President Elect was vulnerable to blackmail by russia. Snow and strong winds are causing disruption across many parts of the uk, and some areas of Eastern England are being evacuated following severe flood warnings. Tributes have been paid to the former england manager graham taylor, whos died at the age of 72 from a suspected heart attack. An update on the Market Numbers for you heres how londons and frankfurt ended the day. And in the the United States this is how the dow and the nasdaq are getting on. You can see there the
Earlier the Manchester Mystics won the inaugural womens bbl cup, with a 71 60 victory against nottingham wildcats. That is all from sportsday. Coming next, meet the author. How much do we still live in tune with the rhythm of the seasons, and why does that matter . In his much admired novels, tim pears has consistently worked to explore our relationship with the land, the old habits, an inherited feeling for how nature works, and maybe to try to rediscover an understanding that could be slipping away. Its one of the themes of his new book, the horseman. Set in the west country before the first world war, telling the story of an unlikely and almost forbidden relationship, and the coming loss of innocence. Welcome. One of the most powerful elements of the horseman is the sense of the force of nature, the cycles of the seasons and so on, and its obvious that thats not a device. Have you always been conscious of that closeness to the way, frankly, the earth works . I have, yes, definitely.