Well have the latest on that in os sport. Scientists in australia say two thirds of the coral on the Great Barrier reef have been damaged in the past two years. The damage is called bleaching it happens when corals under stress drive out the algae that give them colour. And bleaching is caused by rising Ocean Temperatures which in turn are linked to global warming. The reef is off the queensland coast in australias north east. Theres been two consecutive years of bleaching and thats particularly bad. This is one of the studys researchers. That means that even when mass bleaching events happen 12 months apart theres no prospect of recovery for reefs damaged in 2016. The bbcs science editor david shukmans latest report looks at the issue. A world of brilliant colour, teeming with life. This is the Great Barrier reef at its best the largest single biological structure on earth, but vulnerable to the slightest change. This is how part of reefs look, a ghostly white. The corals more like a graveyard than a thriving habitat. A new survey has found long stretches of the reef have turned pale for the second year running, giving the corals no chance to recover, and the scientist in charge says hes worried. It seems likely that between this event and last event roughly 50 of the coral on the Great Barrier reef will have died, in a period of less than 18 months. That binding measure is a huge blow to the reef. What is happening to the Great Barrier reef is deeply shocking to the scientists who are studying the bleaching of the coral. This gives you an idea of what is at stake. On the left, this is healthy coral, rich in colour; on the right, thats coral thats turned white, and is at risk of dying. Healthy coral has algae growing inside it, providing energy, but if the waters too warm, the algae are expelled, which leaves the coral bleached and starving. Last year, scientists found that the northern third of the Great Barrier reef was most badly hit. That is where the waters are usually warmest. This time, the central section has suffered worst, and thats surprising because usually the waters there are slightly cooler. Being bleached two years running, makes it all the harder for coral to recover. It can take a decade at least. Some corals are weaker than others and are less likely to survive in warmer waters, so scientists are trying to find out which ones may recover. Coral can bleach but it does not necessarily die. If a Coral Bleaches year after year, then that is going to reduce its ability to recover. So, two years in a row is worrying. The reef faces all kinds of threats, from pollution to industrial development. But on top of them, there is climate change, bringing higher temperatures, that makes bleaching more likely. More on that story online from the bbc news website and the bbc news app. Next on outside source, we turn to south sudan and a report from the bbcs africa correspondent alastair leithead. This country is one one of the toughest places in the world to be a woman and a girl. There are many shocking statistics, one is that a 15 Year Old Girl is more likely to die in childbirth than she is to finish school. Alistairs been talking to three women about the challenges they face. In a town run by soldiers from where most people have fled, janifa poni earns a little Money Making Alcohol out of grain. She explained the process. Its a bit like percolating coffee, using a few adapted pots and pans. Janifa left school at 12, had her first for children at 13 and is now trapped by war, making enough money to survive but not enough to get her family out. And they want to get out. Translation there are so many things that happen here. I saw a pregnant woman whod been killed, they cut the baby out of her womb and left it there. When you go to dig vegetables you might live, you might die. So many things happen. Three Million People have been forced from their homes in south sudan, 230,000 have ended up in Sprawling Un Protected camps. Rita nyedeng came here when the fighting came because she thought she was going to be killed because of her ethnicity. Translation life in the camp isnt good, there isnt enough food or medication. But i cannot go back to my house because it was dismantled. We were displaced by other people. Now she and her team help keep the Camp Community together and protect people. Many things happen to women. There is abduction and also rape. Sometimes the women, if they go outside to buy greens, or collect wood, they can be taken by the government. They can rape them. Nearly half the Women In South Sudan are married before the age of 18. And its one of the worst places in the world to be a mother. A 15 Year Old Girl in south sudan is more likely to die in childbirth than she is to finish her education. Very few make it to secondary school. In south sudan here, they dont take much interest in education. Achol majur is 19, she is head girl and this is a mentoring session. She has made it her mission to stop girls from dropping out. Since i know the benefit of education, i want my girls to know about it and i talk to them every time because i dont want to be the one benefiting alone i want others to benefit. She persuades parents to keep the girls in school. If you get an education, if you educate boys and abandon girls, that doesnt make sense both Boys And Girls have to go to school. Now, some of the bigger Sports Stories in the world. Starting off with an announcement we were expecting but it is still significant. The us, canada and mexico will announce a joint bid to host the 2026 world cup. Itll be the first expanded version of the tournement with 48 teams taking place. The announcement was made at the top of one World Trade Center in new york. We have the full support of the United States government in this project. The president of the United States is fully supportive and encourages us states is fully supportive and encourages us to have this joint bid. He is expressly pleased mexico is part of this bid, and in the last few days we have had further encouragement on that. Were not concerned about some of the issues other people may raise. We looked bidding low and decided we wanted to bidding low and decided we wanted to bid with our partners in North America and have a strong encouragement from president rampaul to that very end. Very interesting. Bearing in mind what mr trott said about mexico, wanting to build the wall and not happy with the free trade agreement, its interesting he has got right behind this idea. President donald trump. Sport is a great leveller and brings people together. I think it will help out with this world cup bid. The Bidding Process gets under way later in the year. If you remember the last time the North American held it in 1994, at the rose bowl in pasadena, with brazil winning 3 2 on penalties after it finished goalless after extra time. Roberto baggio with that famous missed penalty for the italians. They ended up losing and brazil taking the title. It was a very hot day and a hot place to be Playing Football in North America, but i certainly think it will be a fantastic tournament for going back there. Looking at a situation here where we have 60 games that are going to be played in the us. Ten which will be played in canada and ten in mexico. Canada posted the 2015 womens world cup. In the us they have grand stadiums and can use they have grand stadiums and can use the nfl arenas which are state of the art. Mexico have three orfour stadiums they state of the art. Mexico have three or four stadiums they can use. This is going to be a tournament that would be with us leeming, the 250th year of the independence agreement, so be something to look forward to. You would expect around the 4th of july the fai would be in the usa. Thank you, we will keep an eye on that. If you are a regular viewer you know we will bring new coverage of sports that are underreported. Next rock climbing. The International Federation of sport climbing held its first world cup event of the year at the weekend. It was in switzerland. It was seriously impressive. This particular discipline of climbing is called bouldering. The climbers attempt different walls or boulders of varying difficulties although, all variations on incredibly difficult. No harness, though they wont fall far. Their ranking depends on how many boulders they successfully complete. Britains shaun coxsey won the womens event, japans kokoro fujii the mens. Were going to be following climbing closely including Speed Climbing which is going to feature at the olympics. Before we finish. Ijust i just wanted to ijust wanted to mention this. Particularly those watching on the bbc news channel in the uk. The bbc will be showing the Womens Super League one across tv, radio online when the spring series starts in april. The womens football show on bbc two will show highlights, while games will be shown live on the bbc sport website. Really Exciting Development for bbc sport here in the uk. We will show the best womens football in the uk. Inafew the best womens football in the uk. In a few minutes we will be turning to hungary. It has seen some of its biggest protests in yea rs. Its over the potential closure of a respected university. Well have the full story. A photo of a woman smiling at an English Defence league protester in birmingham, snapped after she stepped in to defend another woman has gone viral. The image of Saffiyah Khan has been shared thousands of times as Bob Hockenhull reports. An image thats travelled around the world. Today, at home in aycock screen, Saffiyah Khan was reflecting on her moment of defiance saturdays Edl Demonstration in birmingham. She says she stepped in to help a muslim woman who was being threatened. She seemed scared, but regardless of whether or not she felt scared, the Fa Ct Of Whether or not she felt scared, the fact of the matter is there was a group of edl surrounding her, and i dont think anyone should be in that position. The photograph shows Saffiyah Khan appearing to smile at the edl leader ian crossland. She says he was poking his finger in her face but she was determined to become. I was just looking at the guy, and sometimes its the best response, just to smile. Work you scared when you interbreed . Am i afraid of the edl . I wasnt then, im you interbreed . Am i afraid of the edl . Iwasnt then, im not you interbreed . Am i afraid of the edl . I wasnt then, im not now and i dont intend to be. Ian crosland hasnt yet commented today but he did speak on saturday, before the photograph was taken. Its not a demonstration against muslims but against radical islam. Around 100 people took part in the rally. The edl said it moved the protest from derby to birmingham because khalid masood, the westminster attacker, lived in the city. On a site claiming to be the edls official facebook page, it said saffiyah had been disrespectful, shouting during a minutes silence for victims of Terror Attacks and then being treated like a hero. Saffiyah khan says there was no one minute silence. Saffiyah khan also denies claims she is a member of an antifascist group. People we spoke to were happy to photograph has been circulated around social media. To were happy to photograph has been circulated around social medial think its a brave act, especially because there are a lot more aggressive and physically taller and more threatening than she is. Aggressive and physically taller and more threatening than she isl think because she was so calm it brought more awareness to it, rather than causing an argument. Saffiyah khan says she finds it strange she has attracted such notoriety but hopes it will motivate people to fight racism. This is outside source live from the bbc newsroom. Our lead story is. The g7 meeting of Foreign Ministers has been taking place in italy. Countries involved are seeking to renew pressure on russia over its role in syria. Coming up shortly on bbc news if youre outside of the uk, its world news america next. They have more on the rumours of a battle for influence between president trumps chief strategist and his son in law. Its being called a Power Struggle of shakespearean proportions. Here in the uk, the news at ten is next. Theyre covering the funeral of pc keith palmer, the policeman killed in the westminster attack. Thousands of Police Officers from all over the country lined the route of the funeral procession. Let me show you these pictures that came in to the newsroom overnight from hungary. At least 50,000 people took to the Streets Budapest over new laws that could lead to the closure of one of the countries most prestigious universities. There has been a further update in the last few hours. This from a news agency in hungary saying the president has approved the law that regulate Foreign Universities and could force the college out of hungary. That is a reference to this. The Central European university. It will be unable to award diplomas because it is registered in the us. That will be a problem under the new law. The university was founded by philanthropist george soros. The hungarian government says. The suggestion is he is trying to interfere in hungarian politics. Oleg boldyrev explained the disagreement between the government and george soros. The government essentially holds george soros accountable for at least defending the rights of those migrants who were coming here, as pa rt migrants who were coming here, as part of the wave of refugees. How it came to conflict with the Central European university is a long story. On sunday tens of thousands of people marched on this bridge, urging the government to reconsider, urging the government to reconsider, urging parliament to reconsider, urging parliament to reconsider, urging the president not to sign the law, which means that ceu will not operate. The president when the other way. There is talk in the town that there will be protests, if not an eye on wednesday. The dynamic of that protest has been quite impressive. Two weeks ago it was 10,000 people, on sunday there were 80,000 people. Ispoke 10,000 people, on sunday there were 80,000 people. I spoke to a government representative today, he said basically the government is not changing its position. They say it is about morality. They say the ceu only needs to be in the us to operate. Those who defend the Central European University Say this is an attack on Academic Freedom, this is part of something much larger, which is the hungarian governments drive to have a controlled democracy. There are tens of thousands of those who want that university to operate, or demand Academic Freedom here in hungary. The government accuses george soros of trying to influence hungarian politics via this university and other ngos, is that fair . That is basically the entire argument which the two sides are having. Our ngos only helping those in need or do they contravene Government Position and government line, undermining it . Certainly the two sides are not agreeing about that. But certainly there are dozens and dozens of those who support the Academic Freedom. There are many letters sent from political leaders around the world, by noble lawyers, saying that the university should not be called an instrument of influence. That basically this is an institution that is fair to make science, not to influence political decision and nobody is doing that. The government is holding a radically different view. We have heard from hungary switzerland, the us and the uk and sudan. Next we turn to sweden. A minutes silence has been helped remember those killed and injured in the truck attack in stockholm. These are the pictures we had a little earlier. The swedish prime minister, the royalfamily the swedish prime minister, the royal family and other senior officials took part in the ceremony outside stockholm city hall. Meanwhile swedish prosecutors confirmed the man suspected of carrying out the attack is a 39 year old from uzbekistan. Swedish authorities have been trying to deport him after his Asylum Application was refused. Earlier we had this statement from the police. Translation when it comes to the investigation i am confident we have the right perpetrator who drove the truck. It is up to the prosecutor to prove this in court and the court has to make its assertions. From the police perspective, we feel great confidence. With that story and almost all the stories we cover here on outside source, if you need more information, whenever you want that information, whenever you want that information you can get it through the bbc news app or the bbc news website. Im pretty sure you will know where to find that. Next weve got a report from catrin nye on microdosing thats the taking of tiny amounts of Psychedelic Drugs as part of your normal day. The people here in the uk who do it say it boosts creativity and can have medicinal benefits theres no Scientific Research to back that up. Heres catrins report. Psychedelic drugs, lsd, Magic Mushrooms, are usually associated with long, mind bending trips. Some people, though, are now taking the Class A Drugs in tiny doses. They argue it improves their day but also, in some cases, helps deal with Mental Health problems. Its called micro dosing. Hi. Im catrin. Anna, whose name ive changed, is a mum of two. Shes tried micro dosing with lsd and Magic Mushrooms in the past. I had learned that a really useful, nice thing to do with it would be to have it on a day off and have quite a normal day. But the quality of that day, on all sorts of fronts, would just be a lot better. So, i would go for a walk and i would be struck by how blue the sky was. All those bits of sense data, that i think we often just lose, to getting stuff done and being outcome focused, would be really, like theyd be there. Theres something relaxing and grounding about it. Simpa micro doses regularly with lsd and says it helps with his Mental Health problems. Can you tell me what youre dealing with, and how it helps . Depression and anxiety as a result of this Childhood Trauma that led to Borderline Personality Disorder and post Traumatic Stress disorder. So, all of these things together, are currently dealt with by gps with a large amount of different pills, each of which causes more side effects, ifind in my personal experience, than the benefits these drugs provide. These substances, ive found, give me the benefits without any of those drawbacks. There has recently been a cautious revival in scientific trials involving Psychedelic Drugs. James rucker was recently involved in a pilot trial, at Imperial College london, looking at the use of Magic Mushrooms in clinical depression. It did not, however, look at micro dosing . Micro dosing, we know, at a medical level, absolutely nothing about. There have been no trials looking at micro dosing at all, so we do not know whether there are any benefits associated with it, or indeed if there are any Harms Associated with it. The only way that we can sort out whether or not it works or it doesnt is by doing a blinded placebo controlled randomised trial. The definition of a micro dose is you dont notice the subjective effect, but that doesnt mean it is not having any effect on you. As well as this, the drugs being used are class a. Possession can result in up to seven years in prison. How do you justify this fact that it is completely illegal . When youre doing something that is not causing any harm to anybody else theres nothing really that needs to be justified there. That report is Available Online if you would like to show it to other people. One last word to put up at the end of the programme. It is where we started, the g7 Foreign Ministers meeting earlier on in italy. You will notice there are eight people in this photo. That is because this is the Foreign Policy representative of the european union, whojoined representative of the european union, who joined the seven other Foreign Ministers. A couple of other people to pick out, borisjohnson, the uks foreign secretary. He chose not to go to moscow, instead to concentrate on building a coalition to build pressure on russia. This is rex tillerson, the us secretary of state, he is going to moscow. He will be there on tuesday, meeting sergey lavrov, his counterpart. It will be very interesting to see how that conversation goes. See you tomorrow to talk all about it. Hello. If it is your first holiday of the year, i suppose the weather is very important. First thing is that, forget the 25 Celsius Weasel at the weekend. The weather is back to normal. Westerly north westerly dominating. Lets look at what we can expect for Easter Weekend Temperature wise. Not 25, closer to where we should be for this time of year. The sun getting a bit stronger and you will see it. It will feel warm and. Details coming up, but back to here and now. Tuesday, High Pressure in the south, low pressure dominant in the north. That means a day of rain at times. Particular on the hills of the Western Highlands into the hebrides, shetland. A soggy and windy day here. Maybe the odd spot of rain but generally try with lots of cloud. Sunshine further south you go. 16 celsius possible, just like we saw on monday. That will feel very nice. But as we go into the night, clear skies mean initial drop in temperature, but noticed the rain from Northern Scotla nd noticed The Rain From Northern Scotland starts to push further sap. Western scotland might see the rain, Eastern Scotland not seeing much, Northern Ireland by the end of the night and into the morning. Not quite as cold as we start wednesday as it will have been to start tuesday. This is the setup for wednesday. Low pressure more dominant than High Pressure. North Westerly Winds becoming more ofa north Westerly Winds becoming more of a feature through the day and that will make it feel much cooler across the border, even in the south. Patchy rain and drizzle Heading Southwards across england and wales but not much rain in southern parts of england. Sunshine and showers for scotland and Northern Ireland that Northern England. North Westerly Winds dominating to thursday. Some i pressure coming in. A chubby start to thursday. Temperatures around to three in some parts to begin with and then only 10 14 in the afternoon. They dry and sunny start. Adding overfrom the north and afternoon. They dry and sunny start. Adding over from the north and west with some occasional rain showers later. That takes us into the start of your Easter Weekend. High pressure not close enough to begin with. A Weather Front Straggling across Northern England and wales. Slightly milder day compared with thursday. Some sunshine here and there. A bit of sunshine to start there. A bit of sunshine to start the Easter Weekend in the far south. As we head into saturday, as that one Weather Front clears, low pressure one Weather Front clears, low pressure dominate. Saturday probably the greatest chance of seeing showers through the Easter Weekend. Wind growing more north westerly, it will feel cool. In the east most likely to see showers but even here sunshine at times. In southern and western areas, some showers but a lot of dry weather. It takes us into the Easter Weekend with this setup. The jet strea m weekend with this setup. The jet stream running down right across the uk. I pressure to the left, low pressure uk. I pressure to the left, low pressure to the east. Low pressure low pressure to the east. Low pressure always an area where we see showers nearby. Just about anywhere could see the odd shower through the weekend. Do not write off the Easter Weekend. It will feel cooler than last week but a lot this, dry weather. Some sunshine at times on the sun is getting stronger by the day. If you are in the sunshine it will feel pleasant enough. As we finished sima the high front becomes established the cell. The question next is where this low pressure the question next is where this Low Pressure System to the north west goes . Across as just scoot across the north . Well keep you updated on that in the few days. Tonight at ten. International pressure grows on russia to abandon its support for syrias president after last weeks chemical attack. Foreign ministers from the g7 nations are in italy to decide on a coordinated response. Borisjohnson says putin faces a stark choice. Stick with that guy, stick with that tyrant, or work with us to find a better solution. Tonight theresa may spoke on the phone to president , about the war in syria. To president trump. Also tonight. Thousands of police line the Streets Of London for the funeral of pc keith palmer, killed in the westminster attack. 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