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 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, as well. i travel across the islands to meet some inspirational people with exciting ideas. seeing the radical new ways to bring coral reefs back to life, and a completely new, sustainable way of reclaiming much needed land. this is extreme conservation. ..the maldives. the maldives is located about 500km south of india, in the pacific ocean. it s made up of almost 1,200 islands that sit within these circular formations called atolls. and it s these low lying islands th
your danny yourjohn . cuba says a major blaze at an oil storage depot has now spread, threatening to worsen an energy crisis on the island. and a big finish in birmingham, as the commonwealth games brings the curtain down on 11 days of competition. the former us president donald trump has issued a statement, saying that the fbi has carried out a raid on his florida home at mar a lago. he was not in the state at the time. mr trump said that a large group of agents arrived at the compound with a search warrant. they even broke into my safe! , he said. with more, here s our north america correspondent peter bowes. significantly, the fbi, thejustice department, are not saying anything about this at all. we know about it because donald trump released a statement, the one that you are referring to. it is quite a long statement. i lljust read a little bit more from it. he says, my beautiful home, mar a lago, in palm beach, florida, is currently under siege. this is a statement r
cuba says a major blaze at an oil storage depot has now spread threatening to worsen an energy crisis on the island. and a big finish in birmingham as the commonwealth games brings the curtain down on 11 days of competition. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. the former us president donald trump has issued a statement saying that the fbi has carried out a raid on his florida home at mar a lago. he was not in the state at the time. mr trump said that a large group of agents arrived at the compound with a search warrant. they even broke into my safe! he said. with more here s our north america correspondent peter bowes. significantly, the fbi, thejustice department, are not saying anything about this at all. we know about it because donald trump released a statement, the one that you are referring to. it is quite a long statement. i lljust read a little bit more from it. he says, my beautiful home, mar a lago, in palm beach, florida, is curr
now on bbc news, it s hardtalk with stephen sackur. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. there are some human experiences which most of us find very hard to get our heads around. my guest today experienced the unimaginable torment of more than four decades in solitary confinement in a tiny cell in one of america s most notorious prisons. albert woodfox was the victim of ingrained racism and brutality inside america s system of criminaljustice. he is now a free man. but what does freedom really mean after everything he has been through? albert woodfox, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. here you are, in london as a free man. but given everything you have been through, is it possible for you to ever feel truly free? well, yeah, i mean, philosophically, mentally and emotionally, i was free long before my actual physical freedom. and so, that was a part of my survival technique. my survival one of my many survival techniques. it allowed me to survive being in solitary confinem