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and what s a bit of both? so hang on for a wild ride. for in nature, and in the world of animals, the truth is always stranger than fiction. just ask the kangaroo that lives in the tree or the dog with webbed feet or the bird that can look an elephant in the eye or the frog that looks like a tomato or any other astonishing animal you might meet. let s start with a startli statement. that s both so false and so true. confused? consider this. the river or nile hippopotamus, which is the great behemoth pachyderm most of us are familiar with, as well as the much smaller and much rarer pygmy hippopotamus, don t have true sweat glands. a thick red substance from their pores called, yes, blood sweat. okay, it s not blood, and its not sweat. but it does make the pygmy hippo shine. it even creates a foam behind the animal s ears. despite being thick-skinned, hippos have very sensitive skin that needs to be k kt wet most of the day, which is why, more often than not, if you happe ....
was ready to act. and taxi drivers in malaysia protest against rivals like uber, who are driving down their income. in sports it s been a hair raising night for andy murray. murray cut down by a resurgent nadal. more coming up later. isil has published an image of the improvise bomb that it used to bring down a russian plane that killed all on board. it said it smuggled the bomb on the plane after discovering lacks security in the sharm el sheikh. a detonator, power source and switch. one bomb expert said based on this photo the claim is credible. inside the can itself if it s full to capacity, probably 200 to 300 grams of high explosives in there. this is certainly a viable device and the sort of thing if it was placed in optimum position it could breach the shell aircraft which at 30,000 feet will cause it to disintegrate. isil displayed the device on its english channel. it said it was in revenge for the russian airstrikes. russia said a bomb was to blame ....
and new zealand have been voting on a potential new flag france s prime minister warned that his country could be under threat from other groups connected to the paris attacks. investigators confirmed the death of the ringleader in a police raid on wednesday. he died along side a woman that that blew herself up when officers went in. reporter: positive investigation of a man the french agencies described as the ringleader of the attacks on friday. fingerprints prove it abdelhamid abbaaoud. the other suspect was a woman believed to be his substance. it s not clear if abdelhamid abbaaoud blew himself up as the woman did. before detonating her vest, this is an exchange between the police and the woman. it is not clear whether abdelhamid abbaaoud blew himself up like the woman. belgian born, the 27-year-old of moroccan dissent is filmed in syria, where he spent time fighting for i.s.i.l., dates are known. i would like to send a message to those that stayed sitting. ....
one week on from the paris attacks which left 129 people dead. france and the international community are looking for a way forward. the french muslim council is urging mosque preachers to send a message of unity during friday prayers. the country s 2.5 thousand mosques have been asked to condemn all violence and terrorism in the wake of last week s attacks. a draft resolution to ute u.n. in taking attackes against islamic state in iraq and the levant. emergency talks later in brussels and we will have more on that in just a while, but first investigators have confirmed abdel hamid abaaoud was killed in a police operation earlier this week. aborigine drew simmons has more on the man suspected of planning the paris attacks reporter: in the aftermath of assault of special forces on this buildings, a positive description of the ring leader. the fingerprints of two bodies recovered from the rubble prove it s abdel hamid abaaoud. the other dead suspect was a woman believed ....
peace in the republic of africa. world leaders are gathering in paris for the oft n climate conference. it is the start of two weeks of intense negotiations aimed at forging a deal to limit globe app warming to 2 degrees c. 1477 heads of state and government are attending the opening day of the talks. in total 250 thousand official delegates are hoping to get a binding accord for every country to cut emissions. this needs to come into effect in 2020 when current commitments to the kyoto protocol cease. why are heads of state attending the first day rather than the end of this conference? reporter: that s all about boosting momentum because the spectre of copenlagen hangs over everyone here. there was so much hope and expectation for that to secure a deal but that ended in failure. nobody wants that to head here. normally they come at the end, but they re coming at the beginning to give it a boost. president obama will be talking and also president xi jinping because t ....