it comes after a year of campaigning, but critics say the timeframe is unrealistic. donald trump has launched his campaign to return to the white house, with a rally for supporters in the state of texas. he used the platform to attack those who are seeking to put him behind bars. you re watching bbc news. now it s time for the travel show. this week on the travel show, i m in the philippines. horn beeps ..finding out how the island of siargao is bouncing back after being hit by a super typhoon. we went through the worst in our lives and we, you know, we kind of helped each other bounce back. ok, so, this leg down. this leg up. oh, my god. are you serious?! ..striking a pose for the human drones. ha! watch your head! watch your head. ..and i m journeying into the realm of the stingless jellyfish. humans are not part of their diet, so you re fine. this week, i m in the philippines, on the island of siargao, some 700km southeast of the country s capital, manila. named after a na
with wind speeds of up to 195km/h. these winds caused huge amounts of damage, while storm surges flooded coastal areas. oh my gosh. so, it has been a little over a year since super typhoon odette hit this island, but you can still see the scars. it has been a tough time for the islanders, who are so heavily reliant on tourism. visitor numbers have almost halved since 2019, following the double whammy of the global pandemic and the typhoon. but the industry is slowly recovering, and developing new and resilient tourism strategies. this farm offers visitors the chance to learn how the island is evolving. siargao relies heavily on food imports, so wants to grow more of its own crops. and tourists who want to try something away from the beaches get tojoin in. the tour company we have created is called lokal experience, so it s all about experiencing the local livelihoods and the local ways of life, and part of it that they really enjoy is they really get to interact with the loca
than two centuries have been returned to greece. the greek government is hoping to recover all the sculptures from its most famous monument including the elgin marbles in the british museum. you re watching bbc news. now it s time for the travel show. they speak on the travel show i am in the philippines. finding out how the island is bouncing back after being hit by a super typhoon. we went to being hit by a super typhoon. - went to the worst in our lives and went to the worst in our lives and we helped each other bounce back. this lake up. fire we helped each other bounce back. this lake um this lake up. are you serious? strikin: this lake up. are you serious? striking a this lake up. are you serious? striking a pose. this lake up. are you serious? striking a pose. and this lake up. are you serious? striking a pose. and i m - this lake up. are you serious? - striking a pose. and i mjourneying striking a pose. and i m journeying into the realm of the sting this jel
around 20 lives in siargao, though many believe if it wasn t for the mangroves that cover 50% of the island s coastline, more lives could have been lost. oh, it s vitally important. it s the heartbeat of the island. without the mangroves, there would. the island would be exposed to natural disasters like typhoons and tsunamis and storm surges, which is a regular occurrence in the philippines. this february, the philippines government recognised siargao s mangrove forest of del carmen as a wetland of international importance. this is good news when you consider, in bygone decades, mangroves were ripped up forfirewood and building materials. when we came out after, the day after odette, you could clearly see that all the leaves of the mangroves were gone. it was bare.
this is good news when you consider in bygone decades, mangroves were ripped up forfirewood and building materials. when we came out the day after odette, you could clearly see that all the leaves of the mangroves were gone, it was bare, it was like a nude mangrove. but the roots and the trunks were all intact, you could really tell those communities were much more protected than those communities that were exposed on the coastline. those were completely, 100% demolished. but those communities that lived behind the mangroves had much less damage. the island might always be in the firing line of extreme weather events. but people here are harnessing the benefits of their natural environment, as they seek to deal with the impacts. and if you re thinking of coming