russian defences ahead. ukraine says its forces are making gains in the south of the country and has recently expanded its units towards the strategic town of tokmak, which is a logistical centre for russian forces. last week, ukraine s military said it had captured the village of robotyne in the zaporizhzhia region amid a counteroffensive that is yielding incremental gains. sources in the ukrainian army have confirmed the breakthrough to the bbc. an adviser to president zelensky, alexander rodnyansky, explained the significance for kyiv s forces. we ve been waiting for this moment for quite some time. we ve been hoping that we would pierce through the russian defence line, the first defence line, which was the hardest to pierce through, if you believe military experts when they talk about it. so hopefully now, when we reach the second and the third lines of defence that the russians have established, those will be easier to essentially overcome. and perhaps hopefully this is
around that time, scientists learned something extraordinary. whales were communicating with each other. sometimes by song over long distances. in part, because of that discovery, scientists and conservationists rallied to enact laws to protect the whales and it worked. the humpback whale population has made a remarkable comeback. now they face a host of new threats. global warming is killing off their food source and human activity is causing thousands of whale deaths a year from the stress of underwater construction noise to fishing entang amments and ship collisions. in the next hour, cnn s bill weir takes us to antarctica, a place very few get to visit to study these remarkable creatures and show us why saving the whales may also be saving the planet. because they are one of our best partners in battling climate change. reporter: those are the songs of humpback whales, flying about 15 billion miles away from earth, on the off chance intelligent life out there wants to
50 years ago humpback whales were considered an endangered species after decades of commercial whaling decimated the population. around that same time scientists learned something extraordinary. whales were communicating with each other, sometimes by song over long distances. in part because of that discovery scientists and conservationists rallied to enact laws to protect the whales, and it worked. the humpback whale population has made a remarkable comeback. but now they face a host of new threats. global warming is killing off their food source, and human activity is causing thousands of whale deaths a year. from the stress of underwater construction noise to fishing entanglements and ship collisions. in the next hour cnn s bill weir takes us to antarctica, a place very few people get to visit, to study these remarkable creatures and show us why saving the whales may also be saving the planet. because they are one of our best partners in battling climate change. reporter
serious consequence in terms of the pricing of country garden debt but notjust for the company butjust for the sector in general and could create another round of market turbulence. which we have seen already. i would say that the key thing here is china s real estate problem is in the crux of other problems currently facing. we have seen rivals defaulting. how significant if country garden was to default? country carden garden was to default? country garden involves garden was to default? country garden involves at garden was to default? country garden involves at least - garden was to default? country garden involves at least 3000 l garden involves at least 3000 existing housing projects and a lot of them are in inaudible whereas for country garden, they have a lot more. on a brighter note, i would say that perhaps country garden seems to be less complicated in terms of structure than ever grand so there is a key risk to worry about but maybe there are also things like
consequence in terms of the pricing of country garden s debt. notjust for the company debt. not just for the company but for the debt. notjust for the company but for the sector in general. it could create yet another market turbulence, which we have seen in the past few months already. now, i would say the key thing here is china s problem like many other problems. inaudible. speaking of china, the us commerce secretary has warned china in interviews on us tv over the weekend that the patience of american business is wearing thin. the secretary, who was in china last week, said us companies deserved a predictable environment and a level playing field. she commented on china s economic slowdown, saying the world s second biggest economy did better when it was more transparent and market oriented. one of china s main trading partners, australia, will be releasing its latest trade figures this week along with retail sales and growth figures. also the monthly rate review by the