this week, we re diving into the world of artificial reefs. the advantage to this is you can take all of the best qualities of a natural reef and you can exaggerate them, completely. the robots have come to town. and paul finds out how old bangers are being given an afterlife. it s an engine ina dishwasher. course it is! our oceans and the marine life they support are under threat. climate change is causing them to warm at record levels and as the seas absorb more co2 they also become more acidic. and that as well as other man made damage like trawling for fish can have a devastating impact on important habitats like reefs, but can technology offer a solution? well, adrian murray has been finding out about some conservation efforts to help bring back marine life in two very different parts of the world, starting in denmark. just off the island of samso, plans are under way to build an artificial reef, and i m about to join a group of researchers on the water for a closer loo
leader to retreat. yevgeny prigozhin, the head of the wagner mercenary group, has been pictured apparently leaving the russian city of rostov on don along with his troops. only yesterday a heavily armed column of wagner troops was heading from rostov on don towards moscow, where defences were being prepared. those troops got to around 300 miles south of the russian capital. then, at around 6.30pm uk time, prigozhin announced that he had agreed to stop the advance, in a deal brokered by the belarusian leader. with all the details, here s our eastern europe correspondent sarah rainsford. mutineers cheered as heroes. this crowd are shouting wagner, the name of the mercenary group that led me to putin had said treason a couple of hours earlier. in a day of high drama. the wagner group had rolled into rostov on saturday morning, leasing attacks on city streets and taking over a military command post for the ukraine war. there, wagner s boss was filmed haranguing senior milita
Israel says the offer doesnt meet its key demands, but it will negotiate. It comes after 100,000 palestinians were told to leave the Southern City of rafah ahead of an anticipated Ground Offensive. Refugees were told to move to what israel called a humanitarian zone near khan younis an area gazans say is already overcrowded. 0ur reporter Vincent Mcaviney has more. Overnight, israel conducted what it described as targeted strikes against hamas in eastern rafah. The major Ground Operation anticipated for several weeks has not materialised. Late last night, the Israeli Government deployed a Negotiating Delegation to egypt that it said would explore reaching an agreement under conditions acceptable to israel. Earlier in the day, there had been a jubilant mood in gaza after hamas accepted a Ceasefire Proposal being brokered by qatari and egyptian mediators. The details of the deal are still not confirmed, but its thought to include the release of all hostages in return for palestinian priso
Of rabbits from the hat during party conference, he was under a lot of criticism because of the hs2 farce, so he has picked on one of the biggest groups in society, which are smokers. We have to remember that to put this in perspective, Smoking Rates have been falling for 50 years and they continue to fall, and the current Smoking Rates in all age groups are the lowest ever recorded level. So there is absolutely no need for this type of draconian policy. This is only going to fuel the black market because it will not stop young people smoking, they will simply get their tobacco from the black market, and of course once they are older they will get it from abroad. But there is more important issue, thats the whole in fertilisation of british society. Once you are 18 you are an adult and its up to you to choose whether you wish to drink alcohol, whether you wish to drink alcohol, whether you wish to drink alcohol, whether you wish to Smoke Tobacco and of course, fewer and fewer people ar