the perilous state of the planet s wildlife is being laid bare at the world s largest biodiversity summit. the international union for conservation of nature has released its revised red list of endangered species. theres s some good news for tuna, but the fate of many other animals still hangs in the balance. gail maclellan reports. weighing in at around 150 kilograms, the komodo dragon is the world s largest living lizard. they are notorious hunters with deadly venom and no predators, so it is hard to imagine that they are under threat. but it has just been added to the endangered species list. they are only half found on a handful of indonesian islands and their habitat is shrinking rapidly. indonesian islands and their habitat is shrinking rapidly. globalwarming and climate change, is shrinking rapidly. globalwarming and climate change, rising - is shrinking rapidly. globalwarming and climate change, rising sea - and climate change, rising sea levels, that species wi
borisjohnson has warned the coming weeks will be the hardest yet as he announced another national lockdown for england. the uk is seeing a surge in coronavirus cases and patient numbers, but the prime minister said he believed the country was entering the last phase of the struggle . he s instructed people to stay at home, although there are some exceptions such as going out to medical appointments and for essential shopping. our political editor laura kuennsberg reports. since the pandemic began last year, the whole united kingdom has been engaged in a great national effort to fight covid. .. an effort that isn t over, not even close, as downing street pointed the finger of blame at the new variant spreading fast. as i speak to you tonight, our hospitals are under more pressure from covid than at any time since the start of the pandemic. with most of the country already under extreme measures, it s clear that we need to do more. that means the government is once again ins
but, if that happens on any scale, what you get is aeroplanes on the wrong place come up with the wrong amount of fuel, the wrong crew, and the knock on delays spread into tomorrow and potentially the day after. that is something we will be keeping an eye out for, we have no timeline for when this technical issue with the digital air traffic control system will be fixed. we do not have any control and we do not have any information on the course. we have no information about the timeline either, and that therefore means that if you are travelling today, or expecting to, today or tomorrow, you must keep an eye on the airlines, websites, and their statements. we have had them coming through, plenty of different airlines giving their updates. british airline, virgin atlantic, they have released a statement. we will have a look at what ryanair have said. they cancelled a number of flights as well. in a statement they said this. aer lingus s statement was keen to point out that th
army s de facto leader, abdel fattah al burhan, and a paramilitary group called the rapid support forces, led by mohamed hamdan dagalo. it began on 15 april of last year, when fierce fighting erupted between the two warring factions in the capital khartoum and the western region of darfur. a week later, foreign countries began evacuating their citizens as thousands of sudanese citizens fled their homes, many remained trapped. on 25 april both sides agreed to a 72 hour truce negotiated by the us and saudi arabia, but the deal was quickly violated. six months into the war, sudan became the largest internal displacement crisis in the world and during that same month the world health organisation said 70% of sudan s medical facilities were no longer functioning. the humanitarian crisis on the ground continued to deepen. the un s humanitarian coordinator martin griffiths says leaders from both sides have agreed to meet for talks on the delivery of aid though it s unclear whe