Zimbabwe will cull 200 elephants as it faces severe drought leading to food shortages. The meat from these elephants will be distributed to people struggling to feed themselves. Neighbouring namibia also carried out a Wildlife Cull last month due because of the drought. Zimbabwe is home to an estimated 100,000 elephants the second largest population in the world after botswana. Zimbabwes last cull was more than 35 years ago. Harry was just a toddler when he was shot in the head with an air pistol. He was given a one Percent Chance of survival. Now nine, hes about to start a three Mile Walk for to raise money for the hospital that saved his Life Bristol childrens. Cheryl dennis reports. Its hard to believe now, but eight years ago, harry was given just a 1 chance of survival. At 18 months old, he was shot in the head with an air rifle. Itsjust a miracle, you know . The fact that harry was given such a small percentage of survival, and the fact he can still run around and be a happy chil
President zelensky has repeatedly called for permission to use the weapons on targets across the border. He claims it is the only way to end the war. Our political editor, chris mason, has sent this report from the white house. I think the next few weeks and months could be crucial. What does President Biden make of russias threats against the west . I dont think much about that. This is the Blue Room of the white house, the president , the Prime Minister and their team spoke here for about an hour and a half. The war in ukraine dominated the conversation. Afterwards, Sir Keir Starmer wouldnt be drawn on whether he had persuaded the president That Authorising Ukraine To Fire Western Missiles at russia was a good idea. Instead, he said. Theres only One reason were having these discussions and thats because putin has illegally invaded ukraine and the quickest way to resolve this, obviously, lies through what putin actually does. Because its for him to end this, but we are having the disc
workers and the railway industry are outrageous. london euston station is eerily quiet this morning. some passengers are hoping to make a journey but there is widespread disruption across the rail network. how is the strike affecting you? are you working from home or did you have a trickyjounrey to work? do you support the strikes or not? we d like to hear your thoughts. get in touch with me on twitter @annitabbc and use the #bbcyourquestions. in other news a senior ukrainian official says russian forces have almost captured the strategic city of severodonetsk with ukrainian forces holding on to just one factory. a russian nobel peace laureate auctions his medalfor £81i million, to raise funds for children displaced by the war in ukraine. a former senior united nations official calls for an independent panel to investigate allegations of sexual abuse and corruption in the organisation. he attacks me in the elevator, he comes at me all of a sudden. i pleaded with him to sto
scaled back, but transport for london insists it is still needed. this railway is not built for today or tomorrow but for the next 100 to 150 years, we believe it is a catalyst propose pandemic recovery. you can see the reaction of customers are wild by the railway, we think it will drive customers back onto the railway.- we think it will drive customers back onto the railway. there was a celebratory back onto the railway. there was a celebratory atmosphere back onto the railway. there was a celebratory atmosphere as - back onto the railway. there was a celebratory atmosphere as the - back onto the railway. there was a | celebratory atmosphere as the new railway arrives with a promise to transform travel across london on the south east. it is not clear when something like this might be built again. katy austin, bbc news. time for a look at the weather. here s stav da naos. probably best to stay below ground today, don t be fooled by the sunny spells, the ominous sky behin
Ten minutes, if you have questions about the situation in iran, send them my way, bbcos is the hashtag. Lawyers for President Trump are trying to block the release of a book about him. Its called fire and fury inside the trump white house, its by Michael Wolff, its not even out yet already, but he and his publisher have received this 11 page letter. It says the book contains false and baseless statements which give rise to defamation by libel, inducement of breach of contract and much more besides. Any number of things may have upset mr trump. This bbc article lists the most remarkable claims. Top of that list is mr trumps former chief strategist, steve bannon, saying a meeting between the Trump Campaign and a russian lawyer was treasonous. It also claims Melania Trump cried when it became clear her husband would win the presidency and that mr trump was horrified. And that the president was upset so many a list stars declined to attend his inauguration. A lot of interest in this book,