Groups across africa taking up the fight against poaching. This illegal trade has threatened the very existence of animals like these. At the endangered species enclosure at ol pejeta, will and i have been brought to meet mother and daughter, najin and fatu, the last surviving two northern white rhinos on earth. And here, its very soft, on their ears. Here. Whos this . This is najin. Hello, najin hello, sweetheart. Good girl. 0k, there you go. And then at the back here, its rough, you can touch at the back here. Oh, yeah at least you are able to lay your hands on what is the last of a being on the planet. It is sad and i hope it doesnt happen again to another species. And why are they so rare, james . Um, its basically poaching, which has just been driven by human greed and greed in different forms greed for power, greed for their medicinal aspects. Someone who has been made to believe, traditionally, that if they drink a rhino horn, its a cure for cancer. They can pay any amount to ge
Impossible route in and impossible route out. Ol pejeta conservancys canine unit are just one of the many groups across africa taking up the fight against poaching. This illegal trade has threatened the very existence of animals like these. At the endangered species enclosure at ol pejeta, will and i have been brought to meet mother and daughter, najin and fatu, the last surviving two northern white rhinos on earth. And here, its very soft, on their ears. Here. Whos this . This is najin. Hello, najin hello, sweetheart. Good girl. 0k, there you go. And then at the back here, its rough, you can touch at the back here. Oh, yeah at least you are able to lay your hands on what is the last of a being on the planet. It is sad and i hope it doesnt happen again to another species. And why are they so rare, james . Um, its basically poaching, which has just been driven by human greed and greed in different forms greed for power, greed for their medicinal aspects. Someone who has been made to bel
Hello, sweetheart. Good girl. 0k, there you go. And then at the back here, its rough, you can touch at the back here. Oh, yeah at least you are able to lay your hands on what is the last of a being on the planet. It is sad and i hope it doesnt happen again to another species. And why are they so rare, james . Um, its basically poaching, which has just been driven by human greed and greed in different forms greed for power, greed for their medicinal aspects. Someone who has been made to believe, traditionally, that if they drink a rhino horn, its a cure for cancer. They can pay any amount to get a small piece of rhino horn. But thats not true on the black market, a kilo of rhino horn is now selling for something more than us 60,000. You can imagine a rhino, that is a lot of money and its a lot of business and thats why still poaching becomes a serious problem. I kind of want to show you a footprint of a rhino. Right here, we have one. Its humbling to meet najin and fatu, but frustrating
so, i was in shanghai and i did a lot of exercise outdoors to get back in shape, so go out for runs. and after i think two or three months, i started to have difficulties breathing and that s when i thought maybe i caught the flu, maybe i caught the cold, and it kept on lasting until the point i really left china, left shanghai and went went back to germany. and only after i came back, i realised, hey, there s definitely a connection to the air quality in china and my personal health . that s when it clicked and i realised i have to do something about the air quality in cities. for the past eight years, green city solutions have been growing moss up to 15 times faster than in nature. each moss mat takes just under 12 weeks to grow. and i have to say, there s something very soothing about being in their greenhouse. do you just come in here and stroke the moss? when i m stressed. ccool about moss is that this plant doesn t have roots, so they can capture all nutrients through
rishi sunak, says the government will discuss a pay deal that s affordable with the nurses union to settle strikes. that s welcomed by the biggest nursing union as a chink of optimism . president biden is to visit the us border with mexico for the first time since taking office today. record numbers of migrants have crossed over recently. hello and welcome to bbc world news. thank you forjoining us. we start with some breaking news. thousands of supporters of the former brazilian president, jair bolsonaro, have stormed the country s national congress in brasilia. in scenes reminiscent of the attack on the us congress in washington two years ago, demonstrators wrapped in the brazilian flag quickly overwhelmed police and entered the complex. some have reached the senate chamber, where theyjumped onto seats and desks. protesters have also invaded the presidential palace and supreme court. mr bolsonaro lost the october election to the socialist, luis inacio lula da silva who