those are your latest headlines. now on bbc news, the travel show. each day, before the sun rises in northern chile s atacama desert, people venture up and up. across bumpy terrain to where the altitude is high enough to make you lightheaded. the air is thin and even in summer, the temperatures are near freezing. summer, the temperatures are nearfreezing. so, these are one of the main draws for tourists coming here to the atacama desert. an incredible place, it is the largest kaiser field in the largest southern hemisphere and here in the andes mountains, over 4000 metres, it is the highest the world. but what i find especially incredible is that we are in the atacama desert. i m sure you ve heard of it. the driest place on earth. but i m notjust in chile sightseeing, i ve come because bubbling up in this country has been an appetite for change. 30 years on from the era shaped by dictator augusto pinochet, many here still want change and in 2019, millions took to the stree
primary defeat, saying she s thinking about running for president. the congresswoman is one of donald trump s fiercest critics, and lost to a candidate hand picked by mr trump. now on bbc news, three engineers at the forefront of reimagining the carjoin kevin fong at the science museum in london. applause. hello and welcome to the science museum. i am kevin fong and this is the engineers: the future of ca rs. i am in the information age gallery, sat in front of an object called the rugby tuning coil, and 100 years ago, this big wheel of copper wrapped in wood was the most powerful transmitter in the world. so it is an appropriate place for us to have this broadcast which brings in an audience from five different continents through the magic of our video link, as well as a large audience here in the gallery for a programme that will be broadcast on bbc world service, on radio and television. the climate catastrophe and the sheer weight of traffic on our roads and the horrific
from five different continents through the magic of our video link, as well as a large audience here in the gallery for a programme that will be broadcast on bbc world service, on radio and television. the climate catastrophe and the sheer weight of traffic on our roads and the horrific rate of accidents that they cause has forced a revolution in the way we think about cars. with me today are three engineers who are at the forefront of that revolution. we have arjo van der ham from the netherlands who is the chief technical officer at a company called lightyear. he has developed the world s first family sized solar powered car. jamie shotton, an expert in al and in autonomous vehicles. he is the chief scientist at a company called wayve and he is here to tell us about autonomous driving vehicles and, last but not least we have linda zhang from the united states. she is the chief engineer for the f150 lightning and has managed somehow to electrify one of america s most iconic
gustavo petro, takes office in august. mr petro himself a former rebel has become the country s first left wing leader after winning sunday s presidential election. now on bbc news, it s the travel show. coming up on this week s travel show. hello and welcome to this week s travel show, with me, ade adepitan. now, it s a beautiful day, and i am in my home city of london, where the international tourists are slowly returning and it s so good to have them back. well, over the last couple of months, i m really pleased to say, everyone on the show has been able to do a fair bit of travelling too, and i know the whole team has been really happy that we ve been able to get back out there, especially after all the restrictions that we have all had to put up with over the last couple of years. so this week, we re going to look back at some of the places that we ve been to as the world starts opening up again. 0k, first up, back in march, carmen went to chile. now, you re not go
in nearly 50 years, it would take weeks worth of rain to replenish water sources, while experts warn england s drought could last into the next year. now on bbc news: three engineers at the forefront of reimagining the carjoin kevin fong at the science museum in london. applause hello and welcome to the science museum. i am kevin fong and this is the engineers, the future of cars. i am in the information age gallery set in front of an object called the rugby tuning coil and 100 years ago this big wheel of copper wrap in wood was the most powerful transmitter in the world. so it is an appropriate place for us to have this broadcast which brings in an audience from five different continents through the magic of our video link as well as a large audience here in the gallery for a programme that will be broadcast on bbc world service, on radio and television. the climate catastrophe and the sheer weight of traffic on our roads and the horrific rate of accidents that they cause