The perilous state of the Planets Wildlife is being laid bare at the worlds largest biodiversity summit. The International Union For Conservation Of Nature has released its revised red list of Endangered Species. Theres s some good news for tuna, but the fate of many other animals still hangs in the balance. Gail maclellan reports. Weighing in at around 150 kilograms, the Komodo Dragon is the worlds largest living lizard. They are notorious hunters with deadly venom and no predators, so it is hard to imagine that they are under threat. But it has just been added to the Endangered Species list. They are only half found on a handful of Indonesian Islands and their habitat is shrinking rapidly. Indonesian islands and their habitat is shrinking rapidly. Globalwarming and Climate Change, is shrinking rapidly. Globalwarming and Climate Change, rising is shrinking rapidly. Globalwarming and Climate Change, rising sea and Climate Change, rising sea levels, that species will lose 30 of its hab
And two more medals for great britain on the final day of the paralympics, with bronze wins in the Mens Badminton and mens wheelchair basketball. Hello and welcome if youre watching in the uk or around the world. The Chief Executive of one of Prince Charles charities the Princes Foundation has temporarily stepped down following claims that he helped secure an honourfor a major donor. Two british Newpapers The Sunday Times and the Mail On Sunday allege that Michael Fawcett used his influence to assist a Saudi Businessman. Mr fawcett was until 2003 the princes valet. Heres our royal correspondent, jonny dymond. Michael fawcett was once one of Prince Charles closest aides, a man whom the prince relied upon to guide and organise his personal life. Three years ago, he became Chief Executive of the prince s foundation an Umbrella Group for a number of Prince Charles charitable interests. Newspaper reports allege that Mr Fawcett offered to assist a wealthy saudi national and major donor to th
Badminton and mens wheelchair basketball. Hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. The Chief Executive of one of Prince Charles charities the Princes Foundation has temporarily stepped down following claims that he helped secure an honourfor a major donor. Two british Newpapers The Sunday Times and the Mail On Sunday allege that Michael Fawcett seen here this morning returning to his home used his influence to assist a saudi businessman. The donor named in the story denies any wrongdoing and says he didnt expect anything in return for his donations. Heres our royal correspondent, jonny dymond. Michael fawcett was once one of Prince Charles closest aides, a man whom the prince relied upon to guide and organise his personal life. Three years ago, he became Chief Executive of the prince S Foundation an Umbrella Group for a number of Prince Charles charitable interests. Newspaper reports allege that Mr Fawcett offered to assist a wealthy saudi national and major
Mark your cards with the news thats worrying them. The they this week are steve richards, author of the Prime Ministers we never had and after 30 years in the highways and byways of westminster, he should know. Eunice goes is a portuguese journalist and academic, and with me in the studio is bbc health editor, hugh pym. Welcome, hugh, and welcome to both of you, as well. Good to have you with us. Now, here in the uk, covid has quietly slipped down News Programme running orders. During the summer, newspapers and Website Front pages have had other headlines olympic and paralympic glory, and, of course, afghanistan. It was scotlands First Minister who brought us up sharp tuesday, when she told the Scottish Parliament that cases had increased there by 80 in a week. Scotland has just recorded its highest Daily Rate of infections since the pandemic began. Pupils returned to school in mid august. Will other parts of the uk now experience a similar rise in cases as the term begins there . Well
Today we have robotics. Archaeology. And. Cookery . Hey, welcome to click we are back after a summer of silliness. I hope you managed to have some kind of break yourself. I tell you, the best thing about being back on this sofa for me is i get to see my good mate, back in her box its been weeks since weve done it like this, isnt it . Hows your summer been, how are you . Oh, its good to be back and its lovely to see you too. And my summer has been good, thank you. Ive spent two hours a day working out, which is my idea of a break. I know, ive seen your instagram, youve been hitting it hard hmm. What have you been up to . Ive been exercising my brain, ive been trying these, um, Interactive Puzzle Books which ive become a bit of a fan of. On each page theres some sort of weird puzzle here and once youve worked out whats going on, you scan the Qr Code and it takes you to a website and tells you whether youre right or not. And that, ladies and gentlemen, is my idea of fun. Goodness, and you