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Hello im Adrian Finnigan this is counting the cost on aljazeera a weekly look at the world of business and economics this week 2019 and what a year its been to the world put aside short Term Economic gain to save humankind from latin america to the middle east people took to the street to protest the unequal spread of wealth and demand that governments end. At a trade war between the United States and china has put the brakes on Global Growth and is reshaping globalization. The biggest story of this year and for that matter this century has to be Climate Change and the lack of will or apparently the lack of will to do anything about it with the exception of the ....
Hello. This is bbc news with shaun ley. The headlines the star of grease Olivia Newton john is made a dame in a new year honours list which also recognises four members of englands world cup winning cricket team. Ben stokes receives an obe. More than a thousand people are recognised, including 94 year old d day veteran Harry Billinge who raised over £10,000 for a national memorial. A woman whose husband and two children drowned on Christmas Eve in a Swimming Pool at a resort in spain says all three could swim. She blames a fault with the pool. Concerns for australias wildlife as an extreme heatwave hits the country, putting increasing pressure on Fire Fighters battling the bushfires. Iamoff iam offto i am off to g ....
For another look at the papers. Ill be back with the headlines at 11. But first on bbc news, its time for the travel show. This week on the travel show, im in the jungles of borneo exploring malaysias biggest state sarawak. In the western corner of malaysian borneo, sarawak has some of the most spectacular and diverse ecosystems. But it can be overlooked by tourists drawn to the bright lights of kl and the resorts of its neighbour state sabah. So im going to discover for myself the sights and inhabitants of this remarkable state. Along the way i will be hanging out with these guys. Climbing jagged peaks. Easily one of the most beautiful and one of the most difficult hikes i have done. My trip starts here in sarawaks biggest city, kuching. And does the word kuching mean, it means something special, right . Yes, kuching is mean cat, in english, called cat. Like the city of cats . Yes, cat city. Were starting here in the state capital, kuching, and were travelling all the way up here to t ....
The first sign of a conservation breakthrough. These spoon billed sandpiper chicks hatched from eggs collected in the far east of russia and brought into captivity in the uk. That rescue mission was eight years ago. Now, at last, those critically endangered birds have read their own chicks, the first captive bred spoon billed sandpipers. We have to cover up our outdoor close, so everything from rubber boots that we can wash on the way in, to overalls, to this very attractive handout, because we dont want to be taking anything in there, into the aviary, where these very precious birds are that might hurt them or make them sick. This is their breeding aviary that they now live in. They are kind of still babies. Theyre just a few months . I think theyre classed as juveniles now. They would have been on their migration now, really. Theyre very small. Yeah. We still see them as babies. Your babies. Laughter. This long mission, though, has been punctuated by highs and heartbreaking lows. Chi ....