Example so a kind mirror technically is an animal that has d. N. A. From 2 different sources so in this case obviously a mouse and a human or mouse on a rat as was the case before and the ethical dilemma is that this sort of work creates mostly focuses around the fact that people feel quite uncomfortable about it i think but. None of the sort of most ethically challenging organ systems will be researched at present so for example the Central Nervous system the brain. And the germ cells which will contribute to the eggs in the sperm they are not systems that people we will be researching essentially so were hoping to avoid basically too many of the deeper ethical pitfalls but its interesting that it took a while this is all rules have been changed by the japanese government. To enable this research to take place so that this study could become operational and that took a long time yes. Are we likely to see. Well i suspect very strongly with the International Community who will be watchi
In siberia, an area the size of belgium is burning. The kremlin has sent in the army, by pedro pierluisi. Military planes doing what they can to extinguish the blaze. The fires are sparked by hot weather and dry thunderstorms. Theyre mainly in remote areas, the governor of the bank of england, but could the effects mark carney, has warned be more widespread . Theres concern that Carbon Emissions from here may be melting ice in the arctic and speeding up global warming. So black carbon is black, small particles, which falls down on ice and turns them from the white to black, so the ice cannot reflect sun radiation and sun starts to heat the ice in the arctic and it melts faster. And as if fire wasnt bad enough, there have been floods too. In this town, injune, a dam burst, following torrential rain, 23 people died. Now, the town has flooded again. From forest fires, to flooding, so far this has been a summer of hell for people in siberia. And its because of wild fires and the floods tha
Hello and welcome to bbc news. Russias arctic north and far east are being ravaged by huge wildfires, with up to four million hectares ablaze, and vast areas engulfed by smoke. The Prime Minister, dmitri medvedev, has ordered police to investigate whether the fires were started deliberately to hide evidence of illegal logging. Russian militaryjets are providing back up to firefighters battling the blazes, which have been burning in some cases for weeks. Fires are common at this time of year, but record breaking summer temperatures and strong winds have made this year particularly bad. Our moscow correspondent Steve Rosenberg has travelled to the remote irkurtsk region of siberia, and he sent this report. For weeks now, siberia has been smouldering. Vast swathes of forest shrouded in smoke and many ravaged by fire. Wildfires are common here, but not on this scale. In siberia, an area the size of belgium is burning. The kremlin has sent in the army, military planes doing what they can to
One small step for man, one giant lea p one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind. Its 50 years ago today that Neil Armstrong took the giant leap to become the first man to walk on the moon. And in a special edition of witness history at 3. 30pm, hear the personal stories of some extraordinary moments in space exploration. The foreign secretary, jeremy hunt, has spoken to his iranian counterpart expressing what he said was extreme disappointment over the seizure of a british flagged oil tanker in the gulf last night. A Senior Iranian diplomat has also been summoned to the Foreign Office. The government has advised uk ships to stay out of the area of the strait of hormuz for an interim period after a meeting of the emergency committee, cobra, late last night. State media in teheran say the tanker, the stena impero, had violated International Maritime rules. But the ships owner, the Swedish Company stena bulkt, says the tanker was in full compliance with all navigation and inter
Demonstrators. Its one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind. Its 50 years ago today that Neil Armstrong took the giant leap to become the first man to walk on the moon. The crowd in the arena knows. Englands hopes of reaching their first netball World Cup Final have been dashed after they were beaten by four time winners new zealand in liverpool. Full details in sportsday in half an hour. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. The foreign secretaryjeremy hunt has expressed his extreme disappointment in a phone call to his iranian counterpart over the seizure of a british registered tanker in the gulf yesterday. He said iran had failed to honour a pledge to reduce tensions in the area. Germany, france, the netherlands and the eu have all called for the Immediate Release of the stena impero. Iran has released a video which appears to show masked gunmen descending from a helicopter to board the tanker, as paul adams reports. This is the Momen