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The Nova Kakhovka Dam in Ukraine has collapsed. Millions of cubic metres of water are flowing out. About 22,000 people and 80 settlements are in danger. The cooling of the Zaphorizhia nuclear power plant may also be affected. Ukraine says Russia destroyed the dam to slow down its counter-offensive. Russia blames Ukraine for collapse. What happens next? Here’s a report.

Species. >> what are the two or three most important things to do now? >> so, the most important things we can do is make sure were getting those ghost nets out of the water, we work with our friends in the fishing community. you know, i actually commercial fish in the summer myself. but the fishing community, they are our allies and theyre our partners to this success. for example, we now have these incredible state of the art technology lobster traps that actually deploy the buoys when theyre ...

Sea rangers in some of Australia's remotest waters are battling to protect marine life from the vicious problem of ghost nets.

KOTA KINABALU: A group of conservationists who were diving to check on the health of coral reefs were instead greeted by ghost nets stuck on the corals at Mantanani Island, off Kota Belud, some 100km from here.

In line with the measures taken to clean the seas of abandoned fishing lines and nets, the Agriculture and Forestry Ministry has initiated a new project to recycle these ghost nets for using them in manufacturing plastic parts of white goods.

Thats nearly 2000 times more pieces of plastic in our oceans than there are stars in the milky way galaxy, and most of it was put there since 2004. no really, this is an you can look at the curves of plastic waste. this is a business decision. this is petrochemical companies and plastic lobbies. who want to double and triple the production of this stuff as the demand for gasoline goes down, petrochemicals are the are the new frontier, especially in africa, in places where theres zero regulation....

LABUAN: Labuan waters have not been spared from ghost nets - fishing nets lost or abandoned at sea.

12 nations signed oon there is now 55 nations, they stopped the slaughter of humpback whales back in our great-grandparents generation, killed them by the millions, this he would kill the penguin, use their blubber to kill the whales. all of those species, many of them have come back fully now. there are other new pressures, the climate change, ocean pollution, ghost nets, shipping traffic that threatens these creatures as well. but as an example of what can happen if humanity agrees on somethin...

Jayson Tatum scored 18 points in a pivotal third quarter and finished with 41 points as the Boston Celtics held on to beat the Cleveland Cavaliers 117-113.

BOSTON (AP) — Jayson Tatum scored 18 factors in a pivotal third quarter and completed with 41 factors because the Boston Celtics held on to beat the