my innovation journey starts inland, south of morocco s major cities and mighty atlas mountains, just north of the sahara desert, near the quiet outpost of ouarzazate. this part of saharan morocco is known as the door of the desert. the landscape out here, it s almost like it s from another world. feels like we could be on mars. these plains receive three times the sun as parts of northern europe. ..and are home to a world leading project of staggering scale. this is noor, a solar power station, putting morocco at the forefront of pioneering renewable technology. i m used to feeling small, but this makes me feel even smaller. hello, abed, salam. hello, my friend, salam. nice to meet you. nice to meet you, too. this is incredible! and lots of sun. lots of sun, yeah. which is what we want for something like this. yeah. this is not an ordinary solarfield. panels with over 7,000 mirrors follow the sun. and i can hear lots of sounds at the moment. it s quite eerie. is that the pan
my innovation journey starts inland, south of morocco s major cities and mighty atlas mountains, just north of the sahara desert, near the quiet outpost of ouarzazate. this part of saharan morocco is known as the door of the desert. the landscape out here, it s almost like it s from another world. feels like we could be on mars. these plains receive three times the sun as parts of northern europe. ..and are home to a world leading project of staggering scale. this is noor, a solar power station, putting morocco at the forefront of pioneering renewable technology. i m used to feeling small, but this makes me feel even smaller. hello, abed, salam. hello, my friend, salam. nice to meet you. nice to meet you, too. this is incredible! and lots of sun. lots of sun, yeah. which is what we want for something like this. yeah. this is not an ordinary solarfield. panels with over 7,000 mirrors follow the sun. and i can hear lots of sounds at the moment. it s quite eerie. is that the pan
carried out air raids in the gaza strip, striking targets belonging to the islamichhad militant group. palestinian sources told the bbc that at least nine palestinians were killed in the air strikes which targeted the homes of three of the top commanders of the al quds brigade, the armed wing of islamichhad. civilians are reportedly among the dead. a bbc correspondent in gaza said explosions were heard throughout gaza city and rafah in the south of the gaza strip, causing panic among residents. we ll have more next hour. we ll be speaking to our correpondent in gaza city. to the us state of texas, where the driver of a car that struck a group of people at a bus stop killing eight, has been charged with manslaughter. it happned in the city of brownsville, texas, it happened in the city of brownsville, texas, which is right near the mexico border. police have identified the driver as george alvarez, a 34 year old brownsville resident with a lengthy criminal history. investigato
on us and global economies. so how did washington get here and what would happen if the borrowing ceiling is not lifted? my colleague samira hussain has been investigating. the first of all, this debt ceiling crisis is actually a political crisis. itjust happens to hinge on a months pass piece of legislation to save the nation from economic catastrophe. so what exactly happening? weeks to go before the federal government is unable to pay its bills. will the us government spend more money that it brings in. so it needs to boro money to pay its bills. it can only boro a certain amount of money. and if it needs to boro more, congress has to prove that. it used to be a routine thing, but not any more. republicans see this as an opportunity to extract demands, like cuts to affordable housing or other social security spending. but the us presidentjoe biden says no way. you need to pass this legislation with no strings attached. so off to the white house the two warring political
a default could have on us and global economies. so how did washington get here and what would happen if the borrowing ceiling is not lifted? my colleague samira hussain has been investigating. first of all, this debt ceiling crisis is actually a political crisis. itjust happens to hinge on a must pass piece of legislation to save the nation from economic catastrophe. so, what exactly is happening here? weeks to go before the federal government is unable to pay its bills. well, the us government spend more money that it brings in. so it needs to borrow money to pay its bills. it can only borrow a certain amount of money. and if it needs to borrow more, congress has to prove that. it used to be a routine thing, but not any more. republicans see this as an opportunity to extract demands, like cuts to affordable housing or other social security spending. but us presidentjoe biden says, no way. you need to pass this legislation with no strings attached. so off to the white