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Than a million britons at the start of the coronavirus pandemic. the foreign affairs committee says the response was too slow, communications were inadequate and there was too much reliance on commercial flights. here 5 our diplomatic correspondent, james landale. when lockdown began in march, some 1.3 million britons were travelling the world. the government advised them to return in a massive repatriation. but for a lot of people, it wasnt easy. many countries shut their airports, closed their...

Scientists need to get there. so difficult to operate here all the planes are grounded. they are saying they wont fly anywhere. one only does anything in antarctica with the cooperation of the weather. antarctica is a place of extremes. it is the coldest, highest, driest and windiest continent on earth. capped by an ice sheet of up to five kilometres thick, this continent contains 90% of the worlds ice. i begin myjourney in new zealand. they say travelling to antarctica is like travelling to ano...

Species. the outcomes of this are shocking, the size of that loss. to calculate that, the scientists looked at a certain area and estimated the density of the animals ina estimated the density of the animals in a place covered by the bushfires and they multiplied it by the land and they multiplied it by the land and they multiplied it by the land and the area that was burned. in those days when we were reporting it, we were talking about millions of hectares that were devastated by the fires, yo...

And were finally about to get to the plane out to wais divide. i cant wait to get out and start the next phase of the melt project. you cant fly straight to thwaites. theres no ice runway that can take these big planes. so the 1,300 milejourney is done in stages. wais divide is the projects staging post in the middle of the west antarctic ice sheet. this is where passengers, fuel and cargo are dropped off before being ferried on to the field sites on the glacier itself. the plan is only to stay ...

Falls on the shoulders of black people. we all should be global citizens, so we should all be allies in pushing for diversity. having diversity doesnt mean that black people are going to all of a sudden ta ke people are going to all of a sudden take over the world, what it means is that there will be fairer chances and equal chances for everybody regardless of their skin colour.m is so great to talk to you both. thank you very much indeed. mps have criticised the way the uk foreign office handle...

Quickly. going into the bush now, there is grass and herbs in many areas, many of the trees are beginning to release proud. the general species can cope with that environment and they will come back quickly. but the species that have particular habitat requirements such as leaf litter or logs, it will take longerfor this kind of as leaf litter or logs, it will take longer for this kind of forest environment to come back. and what animals would that be? small birds, runners and mammals. some of t...

Good morning. welcome to breakfast with louise minchin and dan walker. our headlines today at 6:ooam: more pain in spain for holiday—makers as the government extends its ‘don‘t travel‘ advice to the canary and balearic islands. jet2 becomes the latest airline to suspend flights, warning passengers due to travel to the islands not to go to the airport today. the uks embassies are accused of being confusing and lacking in compassion in their efforts to bring people home at the beginning of...

Huge amounts of resources have gone into bringing the fuel and all the stuff you need. how does it feel to be, kind of, the top of the... the cutting bit. theres a serious sense of responsibility. theres a huge amount of money, time and effort gone into this by a lot of people to get us here. so many things can go wrong and if you lose the borehole, then youve lose all the fuel you need to make the borehole. youre ultimately fuel—limited. youve got a certain number of drums that we can use and...

Documented the games. this time around, it has fallen to a japanese filmmaker. carmen roberts sent this report from tokyo. today, tokyo station is very quiet. it should be heaving with commuters and tourists eagerly awaiting the upcoming olympic games. in the midst of the global pandemic events a re midst of the global pandemic events are on hold until the middle of next year. it is not for everybody. im on my way to meet japans most awarded and celebrated female director, naomi kuwase, who has ...

Communications were inadequate and there was too much reliance on commercial flights. here s our diplomatic correspondent, james landale. when lockdown began in march some 1.3 million britons were travelling the world. the government advised them to return in a massive repatriation. but for a lot of people it wasnt easy. many countries shut their airports, closed their borders and banned internal travel. the foreign affairs committee said "many fco staff went above and beyond to help people get ...