nearly 80,000 new cases of coronavirus in the past 2a hours, and has been registering record numbers of deaths this week. the country is battling a more contagious variant which is taking a heavy toll on young people. freya cole reports. the start of another hectic day for intensive care workers in sao paulo. the ward is full of covid—19 patients, relying on ventilators and constant monitoring so they can stay alive. for the head of intensive care, the biggest concern now is a sharp rise of younger people being admitted in a serious condition. translation: today we face | the prospect that the situation will get worse because the patients we are witnessing have a slightly different profile than before. we are seeing more younger patients with very serious conditions and no underlying health issues. covid—i9 has left a trail of death across brazil. a local variant is highly contagious. in the last 21 hours almost 3000 people died, the second highest daily death toll since the pandemic began. the hospital workers have had no reprieve. some doctors say the health system is on the brink of collapse. translation: there is a waiting list at practically all— hospitals with icu beds. that creates a problem for us health workers because we are already tired, we have been doing this for a year now and causes it us additional stress because we know we are not helping everyone who needs us. having to hospitalise more young people in brazil only adds to the pressure because young immune systems resist the disease more so than older people. it means beds are taken for longer, creating a backlog which doctors feel is never—ending. freya cole, bbc news. now on bbc news, christa larwood looks back at some of the travel show�*s favourite adventures in thailand. this week, a look back at some of our top clips from thailand. henry's rolling with the punches. look at his abs! they're ridiculous! mike gets stuck in. i'm knee deep and still sinking further. and carmen tries a tech solution to pollution. i'm cleaning the beach. hello and welcome to the travel show. it's hard to believe it has been around a whole year hello and welcome to the travel show. it's hard to believe it has been around a whole year since life changed for everyone here in the uk, thanks to the covid pandemic. the vaccine scheme is giving us hope we'll soon be able to travel. in the meantime, stay with us for inspiration and tips that will come in handy when we can travel again. this episode, the tried and true traveller favourite, thailand. we kick off — literally — in the thai capital of bangkok, where, in 2017, we convinced henry to train like a champion and try his hand at the country's national sport. muay thai is said to have been developed by thai warriors on the battlefields of the 14th century, where it became known as the "art of the eight limbs" — that's because hands, shins, elbows and knees are all used as points of contact. really quite high octane. these fighters are absolutely astonishing watching up close and personal, but some bright spark at the travel show decided it was a good thing for me to try it out first—hand. so, tomorrow morning, i'm heading out to an actual muay thai camp that trains muay thai fighters from all over thailand. i hope i don't come out the other end too bruised and banged up. so i head 45 minutes to the north of bangkok, to meenayothin gym, where some of the country's top champions live and train. tourists who want to get fit can stay at camps like this throughout thailand, but this place is known as the country's toughest. how has the experience been so far? good, man. these guys, they're tough — really, really tough. i mean, they're the best. back home, i'm training two hours a day and that is supposed to be like the real tough stuff, for competition. here you train, like six or seven hours a day and that's the normal. these guys train twice a day, every day. they're determined to make me sweat even more. it's all about balance. you always think of leaning into a punch. actually, with muay thai, you have to stay pretty much dead centre — keep your weight evenly distributed. it's weird. it's like breaking habits. children here start learning from a very young age and it takes years to master the practice. i'm about to step in the ring with momo, who's top contender for muay thai in japan. he looks really mean. look at his abs! they're ridiculous! i have got a fair way to go yet. 0k. practice, yeah? just the basics! whistle blows. thank you. i will have to call it a day. these guys are finely tuned athletes. i've had the tiniest bit of training here. but my time here is up, so i hope you enjoyed my agony. greatjob from henry, there, channelling his inner warrior. up next, a local community battling to save its wildlife. back in 2019, we sent mike corey to the coast where conservationists have found an ingenious — albeit muddy solution — to an ongoing conservation challenge. few international travellers venture here, but in recent years the amazing transformation of its ecosystem has begun to draw people like me. it might not be one of the most beautiful ecosystems, but it is actually quite full of life. there are snails, cockles, crabs, macaques, birds — all kinds of wildlife, here. there's a monkey right here with a crab in its mouth. this place is quite an experience. the shellfish, shrimp, and crabs which thrive in this environment were almost at the brink of collapse a few years ago, because of the dramatic loss of one single thing — mangroves. industrial shrimp farming left the mangrove forest decimated, and with it a fragile ecosystem which the villagers depended on to survive. but the local people began to fight back. paiboon helped bring hundreds of people from nearby villages to replant the mangroves. eventually, their work began to pay off and a caught the attention of royalty. ok, when i knew that i was going to be planting mangroves, i brought hiking boots — good traction, waterproof — but apparently this is not the footwear of choice. instead, we wear these, a fusion of yoga pants and a woman's brassiere. i put these on my feet, and we go waist deep into the mud and that's how we plant mangroves. i'm ready. three, two, one.... i'm knee deep and still sinking further. how does it work? one? 0ne. i've got one. i dig a hole. and you plant it in, just like a normal tree. alright. over 32 years since the repainting began, the mangrove forest has regained a third of what was lost. right here? that's good? 0k. fun fact about the mangrove tree — they're actually shaped this way, like a torpedo, because when they fall from the trees, they're supposed to stick into the ground themselves and basically plant themselves. there we go. mangrove forest, one step bigger. high five. and there's more than one way to get clean after a day working in a mangroves. i'm told that years ago, local kids found another use for these boards. it's great to give something back when you are travelling, but it's even better if you can have a little fun along the way. mike getting good and messy there off the thai coast. won't it be nice when we get to have adventures like that ain? 39 followed by a nice warm shower, of course. stay with us for more memories coming up, including henry learning survival skills when he gets lost in the thai jungle. this, ladies and gentlemen, is actually extremely co mforta ble. and rajan looks awesome some a car during a stay at a buddhist monastery. this is a feast. it is only once a day, but it's a good feast. so do stick with us for that. time now to head to thailand's famous sandy beaches. the country has about 3000 kilometres of beautiful coastline which, of course, makes it a huge draw for tourists, but that doesn't always mean good news for the environment. so back in 2019 we set carmen to songkhla, in the country's south — not to catchy some rays, but tojoin a clean—up mission. cleaning up thailand's beaches has become a priority for a network of volunteers called trash heroes. the group operates in 25 cities across the country. cleaning the beaches of trash and tiny pieces of cigarette seems a never—ending task. but the trash heroes here could soon have some help. why do we need a beach robot here? because there is too many trash. this place i grew up, so many tourists come to this beach and if the beach gets dirty no—one wants to come, so i started this project. how does it actually work? the robot is digging in the sand about five centimetres, shaking to separate the sand out and move the trash back to the truck. and how much rubbish do you actually collect? before this, we went about 80 metres and we get about likg of trash. likg in 80 metres! ok, i'm dying to have a go to control it. sure, just easy control. ok, so that's forward and backwards, 0k. yeah, and turn left and right. oh, wow, 0k. and this is to control, to speed up the shaker. 0h! and if you push this down, it will dig in the sand. wow! this is great! yeah! i'm cleaning the beach! doctor a and his team are working on a second prototype that will separate the shells out from the trash — at the moment, it has to be done by hand. so satisfying to see so much rubbish coming in! there's a big focus here on getting the next generation to think differently about how they treat the country's beaches, to protect this beautiful landscape for the future. carmen doing her bit there on the beach. well, now to dig deep into the travel show archives — back to 2014 when we shot a film with henry, long before he became a hollywood star! we sent him to trek in the jungles near phuket and everything was going just fine, until he got lost. this barefoot explorer is survival expert dave williams. for years, he has been teaching trekkers basic survival skills that could mean the difference between life and death. dave, i'm lost. i need your help. what's the first thing i should do. just relax. it's not that big a deal. you can't be that lost. i have a mobile phone but the battery is very, very low — one bar left — and hardly any signal. what are my priorities? do i use it now or do i save it? well, you've only got one bar, we've got one hour of light, i would not wait for that. the chance of us getting rescued now are pretty slim. let's accept our fate, enjoy the night — we've got a night in the jungle to spend. let's do this and then, tomorrow we'll figure out — we'll walk around just a little bit, find two bars, make the call. dave's most important tip is to keep hydrated. without water, the body and brain soon go into shut down, so that's what we need to sort out first. we're gonna hopefully find some water in bamboo. bamboo holds a lot of water. this water is pure, it's a little bit sweet and it tends to be cool temperature—wise, so i'm gonna take and i'm gonna make myself... there it is. ..a straw. 0k. there could be this much water in here, there could be this much water in here. it's a little bit late in the dry season, so i'm just gonna expect to be a little bit of water here. so we can cut up in here. there we go. let's have a little taste. that is good! that is very refreshing! dave originally worked in the shipyards of virginia. when the work there dried up, he decided to head to asia — his home ever since. so dave, how did you get involved with all of these survival techniques? i've been into wild, edible plants and stuff all my life — ijust find it a very interesting subject. when i lived back in america, if you know one dozen plants basically in my home state, you had it sorted. here, i got a dozen plants in my yard! with sunset fast approaching, i had to sort out where i was going to sleep for the night. so why is it so important to build a shelter? certain times of year when it's a little bit cold, the ground is cold. it doesn't have to be but a few degrees colder than your actual body temperature to literally suck the life out of you. but you're getting off the ground to get the creepy crawlies and things that are gonna annoy you and keep you from sleeping. go around everything as many times as you can to make it as tight as you can. 0k! we've got the foundation going. check this out, man! that's pretty stable. that's pretty good! now all we have to do is put some slits across and we are done. hold my breath! holding my breath! 0oh! ah! that's reasonably comfortable! hold on. just shift down a little bit. shift down, get your weight right — you might want to take your knife off. and what about a pillow and a bit of a shoulder rub? chuckles. oh, there we go! there's your pillow. ah! and that's the shoulder rub. there you go. this, ladies and gentlemen, is actually extremely co mforta ble! henry there getting some tips from dave williams, who's still out there, hacking through the undergrowth and teaching survival skills. well, to finish the show this week, it's time for something a little more relaxing and even consciousness—raising. across the world, thailand is known for its hundreds of buddhist monasteries, where monks and nuns spend their lives in simplicity, contemplation and meditation. back in 2014, we sent rajan to get a taste of that lifestyle — for a day, at least. the first duty of the new day is collecting alms — food from the local community. every morning, there is a number of routes from this monastery and the monks divide into small groups and go out to each route. dog barks. as i'm soon to find out, this is not the only source of sustenance for the monks. there you go. this is a feast! it's only once a day, but it is a good feast! next on the agenda is one of my daily duties. has everyone else gone? you may have noticed that the task of sweeping up is given, really, to the most enlightened person here in the monastery — that's why i'm doing it! and after that is complete, a chance to meet some of the foreign monks as they finish theirjobs. some, it transpires, have had rather colourful previous lives. i used to be a photographer. used to be a photographer? yeah, and i travelled through the world, enjoyed myself so... fashion? oh, really? yeah, so fashion magazines. and successful? oh, yes — yes, quite. successful enough. turns out that michael was also the manager of the model claudia schiffer for three years. he was then a monk for a short period in 2001 and returned to the faith 1.5 years ago and this time, he says it's for good. mostly my family thinks yeah, i should have a family, i should make lots of money and what people normally think in the west, so... i have no possessions any more, no health insurance, nothing at all. nothing in the bank. both chuckle. no safety net. it is quite simple — you train yourself daily seven, eight, nine hours served in meditation and you are able to still your mind. it becomes very peaceful. and this experience is actually much better than all the money that you have. michael has not completely forsaken his old life. he's still curious about the english premiership football scores — arsenal especially — and then reveals the abbot is a secret liverpool fan. all chant. monks have to observe 227 strict precepts, or rules, so really, my efforts were rather pathetic. but in truth, as i left, i realised i did gain something out of the experience. in that short period, i had appreciated the routine, the simplicity and the absence of empty choices you frequently have to make in the outside world. the point, though, is most of us live in that world. rajan taking some time to find himself back in 2014. well, that's all we have time for on this week's programme but coming up next week — we head underground in edinburgh to find out how one iconic street dealt with epidemics almost 400 years ago. you almost walk a mile in their shoes. you can really, really understand what these people went through. oh, wow! and mike's in zanzibar to visit the showpiece palace that tragically collapsed in december. it's a mess. don't forget, you can catch up on anything you've missed from this programme and others on bbc iplayer. until next time, from me and the rest of the travel show team, stay safe and we'll see you next time. hello there. most parts of the country are going to have a dry day on sunday with some sunshine at times. on saturday, the sunshine was focused more across eastern scotland and the north—east of england, and temperatures reached 17 celsius at bridlington, 18 in aboyne, aberdeenshire after a frosty start. quite a bit colder in merseyside and kent. those areas may get a little bit milder during sunday but we're not expecting 17 celsius because that warmth was ahead of this weak weather front here that's been bringing some thicker cloud and a little drizzle southwards. but once that moves through, it actually introduces cooler air, a different sort of air mass. so, temperatures won't be quite as high on sunday despite the fact that there will be more sunshine more widely. and by the time we get to the morning, temperatures could be close to freezing where we've got those clearer skies around lothian, fife and tayside. we still have some more cloud and some damp weather across south wales and the south west of england to move away and it should brighten up here in the afternoon. still quite cloudy in the far north of scotland, a bit damp as well. but elsewhere we should see some sunshine coming through from time to time. and the winds, they should be quite light as well but remember, the area is a bit cooler on sunday. so, temperatures are typically 10—12 celsius, may be lower than that in norfolk with the onshore breeze and also in the far north of scotland. but high pressure is keeping it quiet throughout the weekend and into the beginning of next week keeping these weather fronts at bay in from the atlantic. so, we're looking at cloud again and how much there will be and i think many places will see a little sunshine at times on monday. always more cloud towards the north—west. with the breeze picking a little bit up here, there could be some drizzle in the north—west of scotland but again temperatures aren't changing very much. typically 11—12 celsius, that's near normal for this time of the year. and moving quickly onto tuesday, it's a similar sort of picture. again, some sunshine in many areas, a fair bit of cloud around too, mind you. you'll probably notice a stronger breeze, i think, on tuesday. similar sort of temperatures and rain's not far away from the north—west. now, that band of rain on a very weak weather front will push its way eastwards tuesday night and into wednesday, and then pressure will fall and we're looking at our weather to come in from the atlantic. so that means it's going to eventually turn more unsettled — later on in the week i suspect, and as you can see, most of the wetter weather will be towards the north—west of the uk. there won't be much rain at all in the south—east. hello and welcome to bbc news. there are signs of growing frustration across europe as many nations reintroduce lockdown measures to control the coronavirus pandemic. infections are on the rise as a third wave begins to sweep the continent. there have been protests in poland, where a strict new lockdown has come into force, after a sharp increase in cases. there were also angry demonstrations in vienna, with many frustrated protestors calling for chancellor sebastian kurz to step down. this protest took place in finland, which has more

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