ecosystems on the planet, is being strangled. the mekong is under an onslaught of dam building, intensifying climate change and sand mining. but there is some hope. join us, as we head downstream in cambodia and meet the communities having to adapt to the changing nature of this river. translation: there will be no fish for the next generation. . ..and those trying desperately to save it. translation: when i see this, it makes me worry i about mekong s fate. mi lives in a world of water that was once predictable, reliable, renowned for an abundance of fish. but in recent years, he and thousands like him have been asking, where are they? this is the tonle sap, south east asia s largest freshwater lake. fish caught by communities here feed millions across cambodia. translation: these past few years, there is less and less i water and fewer and fewer fish. i didn t expect to get a lot of fish because when i felt the weight of the net, it was very light. i felt right around it
and sand mining. but there is some hope. join us as we head downstream in cambodia and meet the communities having to adapt to the changing nature of this river. translation: there will be no fish for the next generation. . ..and those trying desperately to save it. translation: when i see this, it makes me worry about mekong s fate. mi lives in a world of water that was once predictable, reliable, renowned for an abundance of fish. but in recent years, he and thousands like him have been asking, where are they? this is the tonle sap, south east asia s largest freshwater lake. fish caught by communities here feed millions across cambodia. translation: these past few years, - there is less and less water and fewer and fewer fish. i didn t expect to get a lot of fish because when i felt the weight of the net, it was very light. i felt right around it and i just couldn t feel many fish. if they were there, i would feel them splashing around. this is not the catch mi and his fa
autumn statement mid week with the potential for another tax hike. it the potential for another tax hike. , . , the potential for another tax hike. , ., , ., , hike. it is a big worry. if there is hike. it is a big worry. if there is more hike. it is a big worry. if there is more goes - hike. it is a big worry. if there is more goes on, | hike. it is a big worry. if. there is more goes on, you can tjust keep passing it on to the end user and you can t keep squeezing the margins. at some point somebody will fall off the end, and we don t want to be one of those businesses. so we would strongly request that duty stays where it is, or hopefully would improve. the government hopefully would improve. the government did, though, cut duties on beer served in pubs. the aim, to reduce price at locals like this one. landlord roy felt the benefits has roy felt the benefits has roy felt the benefit? roy felt the benefits has roy felt the benefit?- roy felt the benefit? no, i
growing, too. 16 to 3a year olds are now as likely to have a health issue affecting work as a middle aged person was a decade ago. and it cost hundreds of millions of pounds to set up formula 1 in vegas but the first practice was cancelled afterjust nine minutes when carlos sainz hit a loose manhole cover. the second session was delayed and fan areas closed. let s hope the rest of the weekend is smoother! and time now for 10 seconds of a car park cat. benjy gets reported missing many times a day when people find him wandering round his local shop in south shields but i reckon he sjust having a fun time seeing all the different sights of aldi car park. i mean, can you blame him? you re all caught up now. see you later. voiceover: this is bbc news. we ll have the headlines and all the main news stories for you at the top of the hour, which is straight after this programme. this is arguably one of the most important rivers in the world. the mekong sustains tens of millions of l