what happened here wasn tjust a defeat for president putin, it was a complete humiliation. twitter confirms that the world s richest man, elon musk, is going through with his bid to buy the company. australia announces plans to halt its extinction crisis and save more than one hundred endangered species. # when i was born a coalminer s daughter. and, musicians and fans pay tribute to the american country music star, loretta lynn who s died at the age of ninety. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. it is one of the most severe humanitarian crises anywhere in the world right now. somalia is in the grip of the worst drought since the 1980 s. hundreds of thousands of people, many trapped by conflict, are facing extreme hunger and death. a full blown famine, where households have no food children suffer acute malnutrition and people die every day from starvation is likely within a matter of weeks. 0ur africa correspondent andrew harding reported on soma
to buy the company. protecting the planet from plastic pollution scientists discover saliva from the lowly wax worm can degrade the additives that make it hard to break down. # diamond art forever, forever. and proving that nobody does it better 60 years after the world premiere of the first james bond film, a special concert honouring the super spy s film music. a very warm welcome to the programme and we start in the uk. the british prime minister will attempt to get her party back on side, when she makes her keynote speech at the conservative party conference later today. liz truss is also expected to insist that her economic plans are worth the disruption they ve caused. so far, the event has been dominated by dramatic u turns, policy changes and threatened rebellions. 0ur political correspondent ione wells has the details. how is it going? very well. the chancellor how is it going? very well. the chancellor loves how is it going? very well. the chancellor loves
a greenpeace banner. elsewhere. ukraine says it has recaptured new territory in the south as russian forces retreat. police in england and wales have pledged to send an officer to attend all home burglaries. rail services across the uk will be severely disrupted again with around 9000 train drivers in the aslef union on strike. billionaire elon musk has apparently changed his mind about buying twitter, again. he s told the social media firm he wants to proceed with his takeover of the platform, at the price he offered months ago before trying to quit the deal. good afternoon and welcome. liz truss has used herfirst good afternoon and welcome. liz truss has used her first speech as prime minister to defend her plans on economic growth, saying, i get it, regarding the 45p income tax. she told delegates that her tax cuts would help britain break out of what she called a high tech slow growth cycle. signalling people said whenever there is trick change, there is disruption an
this specific worm, you can see wriggling away, is the wax worm, and spanish researchers say they have discovered chemicals in the wax worms s drool that can break down polyethylene, one of the most widely used plastics in the world. now we found that worms can do that through their saliva and in the saliva there are two enzymes that can actually oxidise and degrade polyethylene. according to the scientists who carried out the research, just one hours exposure to the saliva can break down the plastic as effectively as years of weathering, and that could be crucial. polyethylene is an extremely useful, but durable, material. first created in 1933, it is cheap to produce and doesn t interact with food. that means it can be particularly useful for things like food packaging but it can also be very hard to get rid of. the original concept of biodegradation in the environment, so throw the plastic bag and it breaks down, i don t think it is feasible.