there is more meaning and mutual understanding in exchanging a glance with a gorilla than any other animal i know when sir david attenborough made his famous visit to a mountain gorilla family back in the 19705, it was, in his words, tinged with sadness. we see the world in the same way as they do. because he feared he might be seeing the last of their kind. poachers preyed on the mountain gorilla population. and the civil wars in rwanda and the democratic republic of the congo made conservation in those countries very difficult. so, how were the fortunes of the world s last mountain gorillas turned around and what can it tell us about conservation elsewhere? the first step was ensuring legal protections were in place. the bwindi impenetrable forest was made a national park in 1991. next, says the warden in charge, they needed to get the local people on side. the communities are critical in conserving the gorillas because, you know, these communities live next to the park
News out of iran where state media has confirmed the death of president Ebrahim Raisi on the countrys Foreign Minister after a Helicopter Crash, the bodies of those killed in the crash will be transported to a staging area in the city of Tabriz Iranian official say the helicopter with nine people on board ran into trouble amid heavy fog on sunday afternoon. What images of the crash site in irans East Azerbaijan province show the remote mountainous area where the aircraft went down, search teams found no survivors the president , another officials have been attending a ceremony for the opening of a new dam near the border with azerbaijan, rescues faced difficult Weather Conditions overnight including cold and heavy fog as they scrambled to locate the crash sayyed, well, iranians were urged to pray for the president before word of his death with the countrys Supreme Leader vowing, there will be no disruption in irans well, lets start with four handcuffs. Is following developments and joi
Coast, and 6 00 a. M. In gaza where daybreak is they are in the assault is well underway. Welcome to a breaking addition of americas late news, fox new at ninth. Americas longtime ally is now at work, israel is battling hamas after they conducted a Surprise Attack in Southern Israel over the weekend Slaughtering Hundreds and drago were across the border includin women, children, and the elderl who are now either dead or bein held hostage. Some 900 israelis have been killed in the conflict so far into night the white house is confirming at least 11 american were also killed in the attacks. Our middle east correspondents life or as on ground in souther it israel is with the latest on what israel is calling a complete siege. What relearning . Good evening, tonight is really Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed the nation in the world tane blinken asked for were another going to get a warbird that is really continue to strike the gaza strip from the air, thousands of airstrike condu
A really busy week. Lets get right to the conversations you might have missed. You were obviously white house spokesperson. This is an issue that is going to follow joe biden around in this campaign. This campaign. Especially because donald trump, or the people that want donald trump to win will continue to make this an issue. What should the Biden Administration do . I know you are uncomfortable doing this, telling people i was about to ask you, what should President Biden do . Inquiring minds want to know. Any thoughts on just the white house, democrats generally when asked about this . Look, i think there is a couple of issues at play here, clearly one is, what is going on at colleges and universities. These are not monolithic protests across the country and they are not even monolithic at individual campuses. So yes, we need to get to a point where students are graduating and there is maybe some relief during the summer. What are they figuring out over the next couple of months abo
temperatures as what s called a heat dome is causing the dangerous conditions to expand. in south eastern europe temperatures of a0 degrees celsius have caused power cuts in tourist hotspots like croatia, impacting all sorts such as traffic lights failing. and as you ve just been hearing, in saudi arabia at least 1,301 people died during this year s hajj pilgrimage to mecca the most devastating example of the impact of extreme heat. no surprise, then, that this is changing the way we choose to travel something that is particularly important for those countries who rely on tourism to support their economies. joining me now is andrew holden professor of environment and tourism at goldsmiths university of london. good morning to you. no good morning. so this issue of extreme heat is not new to us. we saw last summer many parts of europe experiencing very high temperatures, wildfires impacting tourism. to what extent are we changing our choices when it comes to where we h