killed of this endangered species since 1999. this creature is intelligent and capable of understanding emotions. in the film review we have a look at the shape of water in which sally hawkins falls in love with an unusual creature. good evening and welcome to bbc news. 13 russians — and three russian organisations — have been charged with interfering in the american presidential election in 2016. three of those named have been accused of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and five have been accused of aggravated identity theft. the indictment says the russians set up fake social media profiles to spread disinformation about donald trump's rivals, organised political rallies, and tried to encourage minority groups not to vote. a russian foreign minister has said the accusations are observed. —— absurd. in the last hour deputy attorney general of the united states, rod rosenstein, has been outlining the allegations. in order to hide the russian origins and their activities, the defendants allegedly purchased space on computer servers, located here in the united states, in order to set up a virtual private network. the defendants allegedly used that infrastructure to establish hundreds of accounts on social media networks such as facebook, instagram and twitter, making it appear those accounts were controlled by persons located in the united states. they used stolen or fictitious american identities, fraudulent bank accounts and false identification documents. the defendants posed as politically and socially active americans, advocating for and against particular candidates. they established social media pages and groups to communicate with unwitting americans. they also purchased political advertisements on social media networks. the russians also recruited and paid real americans to engage in political activities, promote political campaigns and stage political rallies. the defendants and their co—conspirators pretended to be grassroots activists. according to the indictment, the americans did not know that they were communicating with russians. after the election, the defendants allegedly staged rallies to support the president—elect while staging rallies to protest the selection. for example, the defendants organise one rally to support the president—elect and another to oppose him, both in new york, on the same day. on september 13th, 2017, soon after the news media reported the special counsel's office was investigating evidence that russian operatives had used social media to interfere with the 2016 election, one defendant wrote, "we had a slight crisis here at work, the fbi busted our activity". "so i got preoccupied with covering tracks together with my colleagues". now, there is no allegation in this indictment that any american was a knowing participant in this illegal activity. there is no allegation in the indictment that the charged conduct altered the outcome of the 2016 election. let's get more reaction to this — joining me now from boston is former cia officer, glenn carle. how significant is this? this is a significant step, there are two processes which are linked together, one is the intelligence collection about hostile activity whereby foreign countries in this case the russian intelligence services. and there is the different standards in there is the different standards in the process, there is the legal one of punishing people who are charged with crimes and that is where this is, the standards are different, it is, the standards are different, it is frustrating that standards of evidence and proof that can be sufficient in intelligence work, don't need this in a court of law, but this now has addressed that and it isa but this now has addressed that and it is a good day for the united states legal system and democracy to ta ke ste ps states legal system and democracy to take steps against hostile meddling which is what has clearly been going on for a long time. however strong the intelligence and the evidence, how meaningful are indictments like this when they are against and foreign organisations? just because you tell someone to be nice, they won't stop doing bad things, and the only way that one can stop bad behaviour is doing sacked a cost and they will be some cost here. —— is to exact a cost. first you hold to account hostile parties and second exacting some sort of punishment, so the individuals may well be punished but more importantly this is not just a shot across the bow, these are just a shot across the bow, these a re steps just a shot across the bow, these are steps now taken concretely to challenge and suppress the hostile activities but one should not anticipate that the russians will continue, but know in advance that they will and they will continue to do so. the russian foreign ministry has said this is absurd to suggest that these 13 individuals could have carried out anything so meaningful against the might of the american authorities. what is this going to do to us—russian relations?” authorities. what is this going to do to us-russian relations? i didn't realise that the russians had such a wi’y sense realise that the russians had such a wry sense of humour, because that is something which is making me laugh, thatis something which is making me laugh, that is like saying, from the casablanca movie, my goodness, there's gambling happening in the back of my car? that is a silly thing. and the russians of course can't own up and say they interfered with election so of course they said that, but you have got to look at the source and the russian foreign ministry is not a source we should pay one second to in terms of telling the truth. no allegation that any american was known to have been involved, so how worried will president trump be? been involved, so how worried will president trump be ?|j been involved, so how worried will president trump be? i will place a bet and maybe i can get rich, i bet you a dollar that the trump administration probably has already issued a statement, saying this proves oui’ innocence issued a statement, saying this proves our innocence which is not the case in the least. this is what will be asserted and many americans will be asserted and many americans will believe it, though. what the fbi has said, the department of justice, these indictments do not contain information or allegations of direct collusion and they do not say there is no collusion in the kop administration. —— trump. these are separate listing —— separate distinct, but it is not what the president will say. these are different, in terms of what robert mueller is investigating, the members of the trump on to —— what about the details of how these are individuals came into america?” have worked closely throughout my career with the fbi, and the powers of investigation can be awe—inspiring when they set their energies and resources to a specific problem and as an investigative body they are superb. i'm not surprised at all. one little thing, the russians since the fall of the berlin wall which is a long time ago, the end of the cold war, ostensibly, but nevertheless they have retained active intelligence officers in the united states and they have never stopped being hostile to the united states. you have already said you are a gambling man, which direction do you think this investigation is going to head? my this investigation is going to head? my goodness. with regard to the russian meddling in our election there may be further indictments and further information that will come out, but regarding the issue of russian intelligence involvement with members of the trump team and members of his team involved with russians, two different things, although they happened together, and i anticipate there will be substantially more coming to light and there will be indictments. either hopping up and down from afar well before this ever became public, the evidence of russian involvement with the sunni team is overwhelming so with the sunni team is overwhelming soi with the sunni team is overwhelming so i expect that to happen. —— with the trump team. but the resistance to that, that anyone in their great mind would go to great lengths to put this in place, would of course frustrate any efforts? it is one word against another. if the trump tim kaine frustrate the investigation so they slither out from their activities they will do so “— from their activities they will do so —— trump team can frustrate. it isa so —— trump team can frustrate. it is a rare person who admits a crime, when in danger, stab and shout, —— stamp and shout, scream and cry, we have seen this from the sunni crowd response “— have seen this from the sunni crowd response —— trump crowd response to these accusations. thanks for joining us. and we'll find out how this story — and many others — are covered in tomorrow's front pages at 1040 this evening in the papers — our guests joining me tonight are kevin schofield, editor of politicshome and katie martin,the head of fastft. the fbi has admitted that it failed to act on information about the teenager charged with the murders of 17 people in wednesday's mass shooting at a florida high school. in a statement tonight, it said: more funerals of some of the victims have taken place in the town of parkland today. president trump is expected to arrive in parkland later today. 0ur north america correspondent aleem maqbool reports. they are coming to mourn a girl shot dead inside her school. one of the 17 victims of america's latest mass shooting. alyssa had been passionate about playing football and had been a popular and talented people. earlier, thousands had gathered to remember all of those who died, in many cases friends that only a few days ago they had shared classrooms with. they included 14—year—old jaime guttenberg, who family members say stood up for those who were bullied. her father spoke at the vigil. i sent her to school yesterday. she was supposed to be safe. among the others who died, meadow pollock, who was going to university next year. joachim 0liver a basketball player who loved writing poetry. nicholas, a promising swimmer and academic, and 14—year—old cara, who her family says was a great student who loved being at the beach. all lives cut short by a former student at their own school who had returned there with a gun. this is where nikolas cruz bought his weapon. all he had to do was produce his driving licence, give the most basic of personal details and then answer a question to say that he was not mentally ill. he was 18 at the time, too young to buy alcohol here but old enough to walk out of this shop with an ar—15 rifle. young survivors are insisting on better gun control but feel many adults are letting them down. the fact that i have to say this is horrifying but i feel the need to because this is the blood of children that is on the floor of the school now. these are 17 children that are dead. those children are the future, the future of this country. and what are we telling our children and showing the future of our country when they have to come to school and worry about being shot? politicians again promised change. you call this a talking point, why would this be any different to all the atrocities that have gone before, what makes you feel this is different? i have never seen students speak out as boldly as they have. maybe this is the turning point. close to the school, students demonstrated to demand a solution to stop this type of tragedy happening again. in truth america remains a long way off finding a way to end its problems with guns. there's been a big development in this story in the last half—hour. the fbi said a person close to nikolas cruz contacted them in january of this year, they said the person included information on nikolas cruz, that he owned a gun and that he displayed erratic behaviour and that he had troubling social media posts and that he expressed a willingness to commit a school shooting. despite all of that information by someone who was close to the shooter the fbi's public access line never investigated that tipped and they never passed it onto the fbi field office to look into them so that when completely under them so that when completely under the radar. the fbi director said he called up the families of the victims to apologise and he said he can't imagine the added pain that this is causing them, and throughout the last day we have heard from officials saying it is important for anyone who sees something to say something, but in this case someone did say something, but 17 people have died. we are expecting donald trump to visit florida fairly soon. yes, he said on twitter that he would be visiting the bravest people on earth, those who have had their lives shattered, and we are waiting for the white house to release more information on when exactly he will be here meeting with victims and law enforcement and i have to say, when i spoke to students and families here, on the one hand they were reacting to the latest information coming out of the fbi, expressing angen coming out of the fbi, expressing anger, but also you have so many of the students and families saying that they decided to speak out because they want president trump to do something and specifically they wa nt do something and specifically they want president trump to do something on gun control. an issue which has long evaded lawmakers in washington in terms of coming up with some kind of consensus and some kind of way forward to make sure that no other school in america experiences the horror that those did here. our correspondent in florida. the headlines on bbc news: 13 russians have been charged by the fbi with interfering in the us 2016 election. the fbi has said it didn't properly follow up on a warning that the florida school gunman might carry out an attack. 0xfam has agreed to withdraw from bidding for funding until the government is satisfied it can meet the expected standards. sport now and a full round up from the bbc sport centre. the fa cup has reached the fifth round stage. there are two matches this evening. chelsea are hosting hull at stamford bridge. the premier league side have never lost at home to hull in all competitions. chelsea took the lead inside a few minutes, a crisp strike from willian. leicester city are hosting sheffield united. that remains goalless. four senior west bromwich albion players have apologised after breaking a curfew and allegedly stealing a taxi from outside a fast—food restaurant in barcelona. the team are bottom of the premier league and were on a mid season training break in spain. jonny evans, gareth barry, jake livermore and boaz myhill have releassed a statement apologising for the incident. catalonia police interviewed but didn't arrest the players in the early hours of thursday morning. the club say the players will be "subject to the full rigours of internal disciplinary procedures." it was more than just a quarterfinal at the rotterdam 0pen for roger federer tonight. he's beaten robin haase by two sets to one, but more importantly by doing so, he's regained the world number one spot. and become the oldest man to hold that accolade. it was actually a double fault from haase that handed match point to the 36—year—old federer. but a very popular victory, the the crowd in rotterdam loved it — and he was presented with a special award to mark the occasion. we're already looking forward to day eight of the winter olympics with great britain's lizzy yarnold in bronze medal position at the half way stage of the women's skeletion — she'll be looking to emulate or even improve on dom parson's performance. pa rsons's became britain's first medallist — claiming bronze in the men's event. after a dramatic final run, he finished 0.11 seconds ahead of fourth—placed martins dukurs. parsons looked to have lost out on a medal until world champion dukurs made mistakes on his final run. i thought i'd lost it, i thought it had gone away. i looked up at the time, i'd made a fewjammu —— too many mistakes in that mans zelmerlow but martin made more mistakes and he is the last person i thought would make those mistakes. as we mentioned the women's skeleton could well provide further medals, — they're half way through their competition. lizzie yarnold is the defending champion after gold in sochi and led after the first run. but she lost time on the second to sit third overall. i think ithink i'm i think i'm still well in the mix, and that is the big goal, which is frightening to say, but to become the first british winter 0lympians to retain my title. it has been a ha rd yea rs to retain my title. it has been a hard years but hopefully i can do it for everyone who has supported me. laura deas is the other british competitior in the event. and she improved on the second run when she was second fastest. to sitjust a place behind yarnold in fourth overall. the medals are decided after two more runs tomorrow lunchtime. britain's men have suffered their second defeat of the curling competition. they were trailing european champoins sweden with one end to go. they couldn't provde the special finish needed to take it to an extra end. so they've won two lost two in the round robin phase. that is all the sport for now. studio: thanks for joining that is all the sport for now. studio: thanks forjoining us. a woman employed by oxfam as a junior aid worker, during the relief effort in haiti after the 2010 earthquake, has told the bbc she was physically abused and sexually assaulted by a more senior male colleague. she also claims she was the victim of another sexual assault by an oxfam worker, at a party in south sudan in the same year. it comes as the department for international development announced that oxfam won't bid for funding until the government is satisfied it meets the high standards expected. our diplomatic correspondent james landale has the full story. his report contains some distressing details. haiti in 2010. and the chaotic aftermath of an earthquake. a country heaving with humanitarian workers. some of them there to help like this young woman working for oxfam for the first time. i studied oxfam in university in england and learned about them, they are the leader in the world, after unicef, a lot of humanitarian response. i always dreamed of working for them. but her dream turned sour as a more senior colleague became over—friendly and then not so friendly. you will understand why we have protected her identity. he literally pinned me against the wall, he was groping me and grabbing me, kissing me, and i was just trying to shove him off. i got him off eventually and he got mad and through his glass at me and it shattered on the floor. and later on we got in the car to go home and he got in next to me and i was scared so i got out and i went to sit on the back. i didn't fall out of my seat, he threw me out of my seat and then pinned me to the ground. one of my colleagues, a woman, also my room mate, reached back and tried to grab me and pick me out. iwas hitting him, kicking him. she helped me and i got back into the middle seat and ijumped into the front seat, on the passenger side. as soon as we got home i ran out of the car and went up to my room, i didn't want to say anything. and then in south sudan she was assaulted by another oxfam colleague after a new year party. i went to my room and i was starting to undress and go to sleep and hejust walked in, shoved me on the bed, tried to rip, he did rip some of my clothes off, he got naked, forced himself... iwas shoving him, kicking him and screaming for anyone. i know that the man next door heard because the next morning he even said something like, hey, are you all right, after what happened last might. nobody came to help and ijust pushed him and kicked him and kicked him, and eventually he got up and walked outside for a bit and i ran to the door and shut it. and i stood at the door with all my might, keeping it pushed shut as he was pushing from the other end. it felt like, for so, so long. i was exhausted. i don't know, i was just crying. i didn't know what to do. i was screaming for help. i thought someone would come help me. but nobody came. today oxfam announced they had set up a new commission to investigate cases like these. there will also be tougher checks on staff references and three times more money spent on internal safeguarding procedures. but can you guarantee that there are no sexual predators working for oxfam today? we have cases that we are investigating today, and i am determined that we deliver justice in those cases. thousands and thousands of oxfam staff, doing the right thing in the most dangerous places in the world. protecting people, saving lives, that work must go on. you cannot give that guarantee that there are no sexual predators working for your organisation? how would i be able to guarantee that there is no one who is going to offend? what i can guarantee is that we will build a new culture that doesn't tolerate bad behaviour. what went on in haiti has cost oxfam donations and public trust. so it is promising justice and changing its rules. but its future depends on changing a culture that seemed to tolerate sexual misconduct. earlier, james joined me in the studio to outline the department of international development's announcement that oxfam won't bid for funding until the government is satisfied it meets the standards expected. from now on, the oxfam is no longer going to apply for government funding for projects. normally, on a rolling basis, charities bid for different projects to say, if we get a bit of money from the government, we will deliver that aid, because that is what it does. what has been announced, as oxfam has decided until the government is satisfied with whether or not oxfam is getting its house in order as a result of this crisis, it is not going to bed for any government contracts. the question is, what does that mean in practice? if there are a few big contracts up for renewal that we don't know of, it could have quite an impact, and oxfam will have to find the money from private donations. if a lot of those contract renewals finish sometime several months away, it it will not have an immediate impact on the funding. in terms of the proportion of funding oxfam receives, how much of a blow would it be if the government funding stopped? it's quite a large chunk, something less than a quarter, about £30 million a year. a lot of money. but that is if the entire funding stream is withdrawn. all the existing contracts that the government has agreed is still funding it so the existing money is still secure, it's just no future contracts, at least for now. the chief executive of oxfam has been speaking to the media again today. tell us about some of the comments he has made. they might surprise people. there has been a contrast between the different messages oxfam has been getting out. this time last night, i was talking to the executive director of oxfam international, the global organisation, winnie byanyima. and her tone was contrite, apologetic, firm in terms of being realistic about the changes that oxfam needs to make and a commitment to a series of new commissions that will investigate new changes to the references paid workers have, lots of forms. but this afternoon, mark goldring, the chief executive of oxfam uk, has given an interview to the guardian. he has pushed back against the criticism of oxfam saying, the intensity and ferocity makes you wonder, what did we do? we murdered babies in their cots? the scale and the intensity of the attacks feel out of proportion to the level of culpability. so clearly there is a contrast here. we hope you have enjoyed the sunshine, decreasing amounts, as we go through the night, and there is a weather system going through the uk, they will be outbreaks of rain, and some snow on the hills, but not amounting to too much, gradually edging further east as we go through the night and by the end of the night reaching into parts of north—east england. temperatures not as low as recently but still a fast in central and south—east england going into the morning, tomorrow the system weakens, nothing more than a band of cloud, a few showers followed to the west, more especially in north—west scotland, into the hills, more snow out of that, and temperatures reaching around 7—10, just a few spots reaching 11 in the afternoon. looking ahead to the second part of the weekend on sunday, more cloud, outbreaks of rain spreading east and next week looks like it will turn colder. this is bbc news, our latest headlines: 13 russians and three russian organistions have been charged by the fbi with interfering in the us 2016 election. moscow has called the charges absurd. in a tweet, president trump has said there was no collusion. the fbi has admitted that it failed to properly handle a warning about the gunman who killed 17 people at a school in florida. a caller told their tipline about nikolas cruz‘s disturbing social media posts mentioning his desire to kill people. oxfam has agreed to withdraw from bidding for funding until the government is satisfied it can meet the expected standards. theresa may has said she's determined to strengthen ties with germany after brexit, describing it as a vital partner of the uk. the number of young people in the uk who own their own home has fallen dramatically over the last 20 years. the german chancellor, angela merkel, has insisted she's not frustrated by the lack of detail from the uk about its post brexit plans, despite her office warning this week that time was running out for the negotiations. however, speaking alongside theresa may after a meeting in berlin, mrs merkel did say she was "curious" about how britain pictured its future relationship with the eu. the prime minister reiterated her desire to maintain closest possible economic ties with germany and the eu. our chief political correspondent, vicki young, spoke to us from berlin. with her cabinet divided, theresa may has been under pressure from brussels, from berlin as well, to put more flesh on the bones, to lay out how she sees britain's feature relationship with the european union. tomorrow, theresa may will head to munich where she will make a speech. she wanted to come here and emphasise the shared values between the uk and germany, particularly when it came to their trading relationship. it is notjust a one—way street. i want a future economic partnership that is good for the european union, good for germany and good for the remaining members of the european union and is good for the uk. i believe through negotiations we can achieve just that economic relationship. angela merkel may have been slightly weakened by recent election results. she spent time trying to stitch together a coalition government but she is still an influential figure with the eu. today she was asked whether she was frustrated by britain not laying out enough detail and she said, i am not frustrated, i am curious about how it will all work. i think certainly downing street will be pleased that heard tone seemed pretty warm. translation: in the end, the outcome needs to be a fair balance that deviates from the single market and not as close partnership as we have had. but i think one can that and we the eu 27 will be carefully vetting that process. it is going to be different from what britain currently has a member. warm words do not hide the fact there are difficult negotiations to come as they try to find a way through. a lot of unresolved issues. vicki young in berlin. let's return to these indictments against 13 russians regarding meddling in the us presidential election of 2016. president trump has acknowledged on twitter, as is his one, that russia launched an anti—us campaign ahead of the election but in a message centre robert mueller, he said his campaign had done nothing wrong. his tweets said russia started their anti—us campaigning in 2014, long before i announced i would run for president. the results of the election were not impacted, the tram campaign did nothing wrong, no collusion, it says. —— the trump campaign. the new south african president, cyril ramaphosa, has delivered his first state of the nation address to parliament in cape town, a day after being sworn into office. he set out his plans for the economy and for ending the corruption scandals that forced his predecessor, jacob zuma, to resign. mr ramaphosa told mps that the tide would be turned on corruption in south african institutions. we must fight corruption, we must fight fraud and collusion, as well as in the private sector, with the same purpose and intensity that we want to fight it in the public sector. we must remember that every time someone receives a bribe, there is someone who is prepared to pay it. we will make sure that we deal with both of them. new figures show a dramatic reduction in the number of young people buying their own homes across the uk, in the last 20 years. the institute for fiscal studies found that only a quarter of those aged 25 to 34, and earning average incomes, were able to buy a property, compared with two—thirds in the 1990s. simon gompertz has the details. i've been living here a couple of years now. aged 30, keen to buy, but shut out of the market. so this is my room. tom bourlet says renting here in brighton is money down the drain. but the house prices are beyond him. it's mission impossible at the moment, there's not a chance of being able to get the deposit. it's such a cost and with utility bills, with the cost of trains going to london, with my rent prices, it's just unachievable. and my friends, they are all around the same age, and none of us are on the property ladder yet. the institute for fiscal studies looked at young people like tom, aged 25—34, on middle incomes of around £22,000 to £30,000 a year for a household after tax although most of them were couples with children. over two decades the number of young owners has dropped across britain from 54% to 44% in the north—east and cumbria, the smallest move, from 61% to 36% in the east midlands, in london. there's been a collapse in the home ownership rates of young adults across the country and it has been concentrated on middle income families. if this continues into their later life, they're going to be paying rent forfar longer, potentially into their retirement, and mean, they have less real resources for other spending when they are in old age. the huge increase in house prices is the reason why it's become so difficult. 20 years ago, a young family would need four times their income in order to buy. now it's more like eight times, so for increasing numbers, buying a home isjust a nonstarter. the government's help to buy scheme is helping people afford more, particularly new homes. and first time buyers have had their stamp duty cut. but the problem is also one of supply. councils complained that developers are sitting on planning permissions for more than 400,000 homes which have not been built, and that's aggravating the shortage. it's really hard to see how we can make this better when we are still seeing huge demand for housing, and that housing demand is not being met with the right number of houses. so i think that it's all coming down to the individual now. they are having to make their choices, they are having to decide for themselves, do i want to rent and have the flexibility but pay more for it or do i want to make a lot of difficult decisions and get on the housing ladder sooner? my mother always says she got on the property ladder at 25, 26, and she tells me her deposit price and how cheap the deposit was. tom is aggrieved that is missing out, part of a generation in which most people like it or not stuck with renting. brazil's president, michel temer, has authorised the army to supervise all security operations in the state of rio de janeiro. the president said it was in response to a rise in gang violence, which he described as spreading like a cancer into the rest of brazil. one of scotland's largest councils is to consider providing free lunches to children from low income households every day of the year. north lanarkshire is the first local authority in the uk to discuss a plan like this. the council says the scheme would help tackle what it calls weekend and holiday hunger. here's our education correspondent jamie mcivor. a free school meals can make a big difference to a child. and a big difference to a child. and a big difference to a child. and a big difference to the family budget. electronic systems mean you can't tell now who does or does not have to pay the teachers say they notice the difference a good meal can make. it's well documented now how important a nutritious meal is for oui’ important a nutritious meal is for our children. it affects behaviour, and learning. we want our children to be healthy in body and mind. but at the weekend and during the holidays, children eligible for a free meal don't get one. now local council is to consider providing three meals 365 days a year, a first in the uk. we know low-income families struggle to feed their children over the holiday period, and that can result in significant increase in non—nourishment, which has an impact on cognitive development and attainment. there are development and attainment. there a re lots of development and attainment. there are lots of authorities looking and doing great work on tackling holiday hunger. we must look beyond that and look at weekends as well. the scheme would cost half £1 million a year, free lunches would be provided at facilities like sports centres when schools are closed. up to 16,000 children could get a free meal, but a limited pilot scheme at easter will help establish just what the demand will actually be. nationally, there is evidence more people turn to food banks over the school holidays. anti—poverty campaigners are welcoming the council's plan but say there must be no sense of discrimination. what will be important is that there is no stigma attached to it, and that healthy lunches are part of a wider programme of school holiday activities and all children are able to participate in those activities, evenif to participate in those activities, even if they are paying for their school lunch. the scheme could be in full operation by the summer. one challenge will be to prove over time that free meals all year is the best use of this council resources. orangutans are one of the world's most endangered species, under threat from deforestation and hunting. now a study has revealed that on the island of borneo, which is one of their last natural habitats, there could be just 70,000 of the primates left, and that's a fall of around 50 % in less than 20 years. an international team, including researchers from chester zoo, is working on new projects to help save them from extinction. victoria gill has the story. hanging onto survival. zoo programmes like this preserve small populations of bornean orangutans. but in the wild, they are being pushed rapidly towards extinction. their rainforest home continues to be cleared for agriculture and mining, but a 16—year—long study has now revealed that borneo's orangutans are disappearing from areas where the forest is untouched. they are being targeted by hunters. even in the areas where we think they're safe, we are losing them. and in some of the large populations where we have measured this loss, it's 50% over 16 years. it is an astonishing decline at the population level. even without animals being deliberately killed, scientists estimate that deforestation alone could wipe out another 45,000 orangutans here in the next three decades. but this bridge—building project is a much—needed sign of hope. where the forest is fragmented by agricultural drainage ditches, a team from chester zoo and the malaysian charity hutan is physically reconnecting it with tough polyester straps. this remarkable footage captured by a tourist is the project's first sign of success. when these animals use their arms, they move around, they move that height, they swing in the forest canopy and that's what they rely on in the wild. the zoo has learned from that to build bridges that will reconnect that habitat, just like the ones in the zoo enclosure. to actually see them using them and moving more freely across this habitat, that is so fragmented, is a really positive sign. this is very much a short—term solution. the long—term solution is to reforest the area. palm oil grown here makes its way into a huge variety of our food and other products, so conservationists are urging us consumers to check it's sourced sustainably. our choices, scientists say, could decide whether there is a future for these critically endangered apes. victoria gill, bbc news. time for the film review with jane. hello and welcome to the film review on bbc news. to take us through this week's cinema releases is jason solomons. good to have you with us, what have you been watching? this week we go to sacramento, an ordinary town where saoirse ronan stars as lady bird, dreaming of romance and not serving coffee anymore. we set sail on the oceans with colin firth single—handedly taking on the world in an around the world yacht race, starring as donald crowhurst in the mercy. and there is more water as sally hawkins stars in guillermo del toro's fishy fairy tale the shape of water, and an unlikely relationship with an aquatic alien.

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