rishi sunak called the execution a callous and cowardly act. now on bbc news, extreme conservation: the maldives. i m michaela strachan, a wildlife presenter with a passion for conservation. for the past 35 years, my work has taken me all over the world. and in that time, i ve seen huge changes, many due to climate change. in extreme conservation, we travel to different countries, meeting inspirational people. hello! ..with new ideas. this time, i m in the maldives. this seems like paradise, but behind all the beauty and the luxury lodges lies a very real and looming threat, and that s climate change, which is literally washing these stunning coral islands off the map. as soon as they realise i m from the maldives, they re like, oh, when is it sinking? i ve got to get there before it sinks. the maldives needs solutions, and it needs them fast. our islands are eroding at an alarming rate. we depend solely on our coral reefs for income, for protection, and for our survival
village is still there. and as long as the carbon is in the ground, this struggle is not over. russia has launched missile strikes across ukraine, hitting residential areas as well as energy infrastructure, plunging much of the country into an emergency blackout. at least 12 people were killed and dozens injured when an apartment building was struck on saturday in dnipro. according to the regional governor, several children were among those hurt. rescue workers are still combing the rubble for survivors. 0ur correspondent, paul adams, is in dnipro with the latest. this was one of the worst attacks here in dnipro in many months. we don t know what russia was aiming at or even exactly what caused the damage, but whatever it was, a russian missile or perhaps something intercepted overhead by ukrainian air defence, it tore into this apartment building, carving a great gaping hole. as you can see, rescue workers and volunteers worked frantically for hours, trying to find survivors
in the uk a seven year old girl is in a critical condition in hospital, following a shooting in central london. four women and a 12 year old girl were also injured in the attack. police believe the shots were fired from a moving vehicle which then drove away from the scene. now on bbc news, talking business. hello, everybody. a very warm welcome to talking business weekly with me, aaron heslehurst. let s go take a look at what s on the very first show for 2023. a new year has dawned, but is there any change for the deep problems facing the global economy? the war in europe continues to rage, driving up prices, interest rates, food scarcity and hardening divisions between the global economic superpowers. the imf, the international monetary fund, says a third of the world will be driven into recession this year. its big boss there she is, managing director kristalina georgieva, joins me for an exclusive interview about the year in front of us. also on the show, as the fashion w
a month, but the chinese government has been accused of not releasing the full details of the pandemic. now on bbc news, reporting iran: inside bbc persian. here we go in ten, nine, eight, seven, six. - hi right, so you want me to. up sound next, up sound. woman sobbing phone line cuts off. phone line cuts off give me a thumbs up, l rana, that you can hear. phone line cuts off thank you very much, everybody, thank you. lovely, good stuff, well done. that was the toughest interview of my entire career. we didn t know that we were going to get him. i had no idea that we might get him. so just literally five seconds before the interview, the producer shouted in my ear, saying that we have mahsa s father on the line. i just didn t know what to tell him. what do you tell someone who spent all his life, raising his daughter to the age of 22, and now she s gone? over, just for nothing. right, so we need to choreograph it a bit. so we are getting ready for our live at 12.30, which
the carbon is still in the ground. we are still here. litter and so still there and as long as the carbon is in the ground this struggle is not over. russia has launched missile strikes across ukraine, hitting residential areas as well as energy infrastructure, plunging much of the country into an emergency blackout. at least 12 people were killed and dozens injured when an apartment building was struck in dnipro on saturday. according to the regional governor, several children were among those hurt. rescue workers are still combing the rubble for survivors. 0ur correspondent paul adams is in dnipro with the latest. this was one of the worst attacks here in dnipro in many months. we don t know what russia was aiming at or even exactly what caused the damage, but whatever it was, a russian missile or perhaps something intercepted overhead by ukrainian air defence, it tore into this apartment building, carving a great gaping hole. as you can see, rescue workers and volunteers w