Gentle giants some of the last of that kind elephants with tusks this lauch have become rare only a handful remain in all of africa theyre protected but theyre not cited from coaches to feed an insatiable demand for i prayed. The shot decline in africas elephant populations is being compounded by human encroachments on their habitat projections say for been people in south of the sahara by centuries and. Move. This report traces the significance of ivory from prehistoric times to the present from the stone age can see germany to the savannahs of africa to china and to russia where the siberian permafrost contains tusks from an extinct species that could help south africa. Sullivan says. The earliest known artifacts made from billy mammoth ivory run earth in the mountains of southwest in germany in 2017 the site of their excavation was added to the list of unesco World Heritage sites under the designation caves an ice age out in the swabian euro. The perforated rock formed during the li
President donald trump has arrived in china on the latest stop of his tour of asia received a warm welcome to beijing despite his heavy criticism of the country on the campaign trail for its trade practices president xi jinping escorted the u. S. First couple on a tour of the city and ask a World Heritage site which was declared off limits to terrorists the day. China correspondent adrian brown has been. Exactly a year to the day that he was voted into Office President from arrived in china the country very savaged throughout the president ial campaign when he called china a currency manipulator and said that china was raping the u. S. Economy all that was forgotten on wednesday afternoon as president xi jinping and his wife scored at the trumps around the forbidden city one of the most popular Tourist Attractions in china a chance perhaps for president xi to remind donald trump the china was once the center of culture and civilization president xi. Very much wants china to be center s
Hello im Maryam Namazie and london youre watching out there also coming up syrias army in iraq a militia team up to drive i still from the last major town they held in syria how yemenis a coping a saudi arabias new blockade of the country drives prices up even further. And probably independence castle and storm stations and block roads demanding the release of a jail separatist leaders. Exactly one year after his surprise election victory u. S. President donald trump has traveled to china for the latest stop on his tour of asia north korea and trade between the two countries are likely to top the agenda during what could be a difficult day of talks but his first day so i receive a warm welcome to beijing despite his heavy. Criticism of the country and its trade practices while on the campaign trail trump stepped out of air force one on to a red carpeted staircase in contrast to last years visit by braca bomber who was forced to exit his plane from a lower door on the five star treatmen
Cervical cancer about how it was discovered. Hello, welcome to the programme were live until am this morning. Lots to talk about today. You can get in touch on all the stories were talking about this morning use the hashtag victorialive. If you text, you will be charged at the Standard Network rate. Our top story today. Theresa may has warned pro eu conservatives that she will not tolerate any attempts to block the Brexit Process. In a sign of her intent, shes outlined plans to enshrine in law the exact moment that britain will leave the European Union 11pm on 29th march, 2019. But the man responsible for writing the article 50 withdrawal process cross bench peer lord john kerr says brexit could still be reversed. Our Political Correspondent emma vardy is in westminster. What has prompted the pledge from the Prime Minister . Call it theatrics, called it symbolic, this is theresa may publicly underlining her commitment to brexit. Her message is, we wont go against the democratic will of
The last time that the plane gave a package of information about the functioning of the engines was at 1 07 last saturday morning. That came from chief executive of the Malaysian Airlines system. Were talking about sophisticated equipment deployed by the u. S. And china. So to say its just on our shoulders i think is unfair. Because the overwhelming support and unprecedented effort on a multinational level is something very proud about. We need to find the aircraft. inaudible . Until we find it, i will never feel we are anywhere forward. inaudible . I think you should not make sweeping statements like that. We have had quite a lot of cooperation. We do not want to continue dialogue here. Is it possible for anyone to turn off the systems you can turn off the system and it basically will not transmit anything. What we have heard from the minister is without the debris we cannot think we are making progress or finding a way forward. inaudible . You get the appropriation from the countries