It S Er News Today

shouting. saturday night in the port city of marseille, as frances summer of strife continues. police and protesters clashed, officers fired tear gas to disperse the crowds. unrest in france over the police killing of a 17—year—old continues. sirens wail. in paris, a beefed up security presence. they had been called on social media for protesters together in the city centre, but it seems they had been outnumbered by the police. it is lights out here in the french capital. the mood ...

for 300 years, on and off, estonia was part of russia... ..ruled first by the tsarist empire, then the soviet union. links between the two are many and deep. in fact, around a third of the people here have russian as theirfirst language. but since the invasion of ukraine, the government has steered a course very firmly away from its powerful neighbour. there have been travel bans for russian tourists and something even more dramatic. historic russian and soviet monuments are being remo...

..ruled first by the tsarist empire, then the soviet union. links between the two are many and deep. in fact, around a third of the people here have russian as theirfirst language. but since the invasion of ukraine, the government has steered a course very firmly away from its powerful neighbour. there have been travel bans for russian tourists and something even more dramatic. historic russian and soviet monuments are being removed from public view, and notjust here. the other baltic ...

you with 10 seconds of skateboarding history. this is aussie skateboarder arisa trew becoming the first female to land a 720 in a competition. thats two full rotations in the air. and shesjust 13. youre all caught up now. see you. this is bbc news. we will have the headlines and main news stories for you at the top of the hour straight after this programme. this week on the show... pulling down the past. i believe that the monuments would not give a tribute to the regime, but they shou...

Times have changed, though, and its now becoming apparentjust how useful these bogs are. the worlds peatlands store twice as much carbon as forest, according to the un, and that makes them enormously valuable in the fight against climate change. its odd to see a digger at work in a forest and to know that its doing good. margus! hello. im christa. good to meet you. nice to meet you. as a result, estonia is making efforts to restore and re—bog some of the land that was drained decades ago. what...

Its...er, almost decayed, but not totally decomposed plant material. ah, you can still see the fibres. and here it was, maybe depth of peat layer is two metres, which means that approximately, the lowest layers are 2,000 years old. were trying to restore the forest habitats because in 1960s, back then, this type of landscape was considered as total wasteland. why is it important to restore these peatlands? it is important for carbon emissions. we want to stop carbon emissions here. we want that ...

Nice to meet you. as a result, estonia is making efforts to restore and re—bog some of the land that was drained decades ago. what is this big... i mean, it looks like mud, but is this peat? yeah, that is peat. actually, its...if you look, its...er, almost decayed, but not totally decomposed plant material. ah, you can still see the fibres. and here it was, maybe depth of peat layer is two metres, which means that approximately, the lowest layers are 2,000 years old. were trying to restore the...