against danger and disaster. shona is in sweden to put the first average female crash test dummies through their paces. whoa! 0k! i m ready to be rescued right now! that looks chilly. it certainly does. but how could drones help rescue swimmers in distress? lj takes the plunge to find out. and then from cold and wet to hot and dry. laura checks out the ai watching for wildfires. the alert s come through. i didn t even notice that, but the camera did. as cars get ever more powerful and ever more numerous, the quest for road safety is an ongoing battle. some cities, like london, have introduced congestion zones, which reduce the amount of traffic and make things safer for pedestrians, but there s also research, of course, going into how to protect the passengers inside the vehicles too. car safety testing is still largely done on the same crash test dummies that we used in the 1980s, and they were based on the male form. but now a team of engineers in sweden are in the final st
governing body fifa to ban their national team. they say it follows the violent crackdown against protesters. the group is made up of athletes inside and outside of iran. now on bbc news, the travel show. mind blowing. look at this. incredible! i have been to japan several times but never to explore expect the unexpected. the extroverts. japan. but 500 kilometres south of tokyo is the kansai region they call the heart of japan. and a city with a very different history and personality: osaka. korea and china, especially. and it was run and still is by businessmen and merchants. and it is those generations of wealthy traders who have shaped the city, creating its own unique culture. it has become a centre for food and developed as a home it is frantic behind there. in particular, humour became osaka s speciality. flourishing into a multimillion dollar business. it is about nine o clock in the morning and look at this. this is the hottest ticket in town. osaka is japan s mecca o
The pro-West government of Moldovan President Maia Sandu touted major gains in elections over the weekend despite losing out in big cities, including the capital.