From your local County Office to the hallowed halls of capitol hill, conversations are right now underway about something that was a few years ago unthinkable here in the united states of america, the stuff we thought happens in struggling, fledgling democracies, not here. Officials today everywhere bracing for the possibility of chaos around the 2024 president ial election. Thanks to an expresident who launched a Coup Attempt that ended in violence instead of conceding his defeat last time and is now priming his supporters to be shocked, shocked if he loses to a candidate whose entry in the race has thrown him for a loop. A candidate beating him in levels of enthusiasm, crowd size, most polls, basically any significant metric for a president ial campaign. The Associated Press reports that one suburban Atlanta County is deploying local sheriffs at early voting locations and Panic Buttons that connect Poll Managers to 911. More from that reporting, quote, californias Los Angeles County
is one of the most severly damaged, with some of the country s significant historic monuments lying in ruins. now on bbc news, a look back at some of the travel show s recent highlights, including eva zu beck s trip to the canals of mexico city, ade adepitan s search for stolen art in rome and bbc 1xtra dj reece parkinson s look at how he manages his type 1 diabetes while partying on the spanish island of ibiza. this week on the travel show we are to taking a look back at some of our favourite recent adventures. in mexico, we are hands on with a salamander. oh, my god, it is so smooth, it is so lovely. face to face with italy s stolen art. wow, it is beautiful. and up to my neck in it in rural estonia. hello and welcome to switzerland. i m in the town of chateau d oex. it is known for its gruyere cheese, which is delicious, and the international balloon festival, held in the valley behind me every winter. but let s start somewhere a little warmer. mexico city s ancient canal
which has covered anti government protests in iran extensively says it s had to suspend its operations in the uk following threats against its journalists. you re watching bbc news. now its time for a look back at some of the travel show s recent highlights. this week on the travel show we are to taking a look back at some of our favourite recent adventures. in mexico, we are hands on with a salamander. oh, my god, it is so smooth, it is so lovely. face to face with italy s stolen art. wow, it is beautiful. and up to my neck in it in rural estonia. hello and welcome to switzerland. i m in the town of chateau d oex. it is known for its gruyere cheese, which is delicious, and the international balloon festival, held in the valley behind me every winter. but let s start somewhere a little warmer. mexico city s ancient canal network was first built by the aztecs. it stretches 180 kilometres and these days the whole district of xochimilco is a unesco world heritage site but one th
and, as a result, axolotl numbers are now increasing across the wetlands. armando s work is brilliant but to fully restore the area to its former glory, ultimately the pollution needs to be tackled. eva zu beck there in mexico city and next up, we are back in europe, in the italian capital of rome and if if you have ever visited the city, you ll know that seemingly around every corner there is a priceless work of art, right there on the display. that might be a total delight for tourists and art lovers but it also makes them vulnerable to theft, as ade recently found out. # la donna e mobile. they are just over 100 known works by the artist caravaggio. this is one that tourists can come and see and you can understand why he is able to make a name for himself. this one is just so explicit but what is really cool is that you can also see his masterpieces in everyday spaces all around italy, like in churches, for example. but sadly making artworks more readily accessible also l