But will they help protect one of africas most endangered species . Live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news. Its newsday. Good morning. Its 7am in singapore, midnight in london and 8pm in bolivia, where president evo morales has welcomed what he called the small offer of Financial Aid from the g7 to help fight the fires in the amazon. The rainforest stretches across several south american countries including bolivia and brazil. Satellite data shows the fires mostly in the Amazon Region are still burning at record levels. Sophie long is in the brazillian city of altamira. The heart of the amazon, the worlds lungs on fire. A chorus of condemnation echoed around the world and this ecological disaster became a Global Political issue. Brazils president didnt strike the match that lit these flames but many say given his policies and his response to the crisis, he might as well have. Were just passing over an area of rainforest that is still burning. My guide tel
Africanamerican supporters at the white house on this day. He told any plans to monitor heritage when asked about the violence in chicago the president said the city is out of control. Senate republicans are welcoming the president s nominee to the court. Judge neil gorsuch headed to the hill today. Democrats are somewhat skeptical of judge gorsuch, some activists claim hes hostile to womens rights judge gorsuch siding with businesses who argue, their reledgeous convictions would be violated if they had to provide contraceptive insurance under the Affordable Care act. Democrats could filibuster his nomination, which has been the best defense. Org, republicans dont have the filibuster. But they do have a simple majority, a 52 republican senators, they could break with tradition and use the socalled nuclear option. Despite its name, its a legal way to change the rules so that lawmakers cant filibuster a Supreme Court nominee. If it gets to that point, Mitch Mcconnell should just go for i
Im live at many the forecain t. Maybe a few est of the day will be dry later on this afternoon. That is where were talking about some record High Temperatures. Temperatures closer to 70 in some spots and many record highs for today are in the mid60s. Enjoy it for now. Tomorrow were also going to be unseasonably warm. The normal highs in the mid40s about 20 degrees or more above normal for the area today and tomorrow but were back to reality on thursday. A much colder thursday with a chance of snow coming up well take a look at that for your forecast, but for now lets check the roadways with Melissa Mollet. So chopper 4 headed to the outer loop of van dorn ood right now. U street northwest at 10th street that is that fatal pedestrian crash from overnight. Lanes are blocked because of that accident and investigators are on the scene. We just spoke with police and it should be out of the way within the hour or so. Single tracking on the orange line and blue and silver between armory and a
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While all elephants African or Asian are social animals, the search for their prospective mates has run into a quagmire of monetary, legal, logistical and, importantly, ethical considerations. Not to mention, availability