the perfect look. but beneath the surface lies a murkier side. for every pristine peak, broken boards and piles of cheap polystyrene dumped on our beaches. it s really disheartening to see this amount of waste come forward. surfers may enjoy the fresh sea air, but the industry relies on toxic chemicals, producing suits and boards derived from oil. and living that dream of being at one with nature is getting more and more difficult. we do want to encourage people to get outdoors, but at the same time, at what cost to the planet? so i want to know, can surfing clean up its act? i ve surfed for more than a decade, but this is my first day on the water for over three years. new year s day 2020 and the fin of my board went into my face. i was left with 16 stitches, and it has taken me this long to start trying to get over my fear. today i ve come to the calmer waters of an inland surf lake near bristol to try and start getting back my love of surfing. as a journalist covering the
hello and welcome to the bbc s headquarters here in central london for another edition of unspun world. this week, what s it like for a journalist to be treated like an enemy in moscow? as relations deteriorate between russia and the uk and russia and the west, and just when you think they can t get any worse, they get worse. you know, that makes it difficult. the civil war in myanmar, something the outside world seems completely unaware of. it really is a david and goliath war here, when you re seeing drones versus russianjets. so if they do win, it will be extraordinary. and after all this time, did covid i9 really escape from a laboratory in wuhan? there are a lot of people now- who believe that china s primary aim here isn tjust to deny- the possibility of a lab leak, but it is to deny the possibility- that covid came from within china s borders at all. the disaster at the nova kakhovka dam on the dnieper river, flooding parts of the front line in southern ukraine, could
donald trump has condemned the federal charges he s facing as ridiculous, baseless and a travesty ofjustice. in his first appearance since he was indicted on 37 counts over his handling of classified documents, mr trump claimed it was a politically motivated campaign to keep him from the white house. fans are celebrating after manchester city won the champions league football final for the first time, plus the treble. the premier league and fa cup champions beat inter milan 1 0 in the final. the winning goal in istanbul was scored by the spanish midfielder rodri. now on bbc news, unspun world withjohn simpson.
donald trump has condemned the federal charges he s facing as ridiculous, baseless and a travesty ofjustice. in his first appearance since he was indicted on 37 counts over his handling of classified documents, mr trump claimed it was a politically motivated campaign to keep him from the white house. fans are celebrating after manchester city won the champions league football final for the first time, plus the treble. the premier league and fa cup champions beat inter milan 1 0 in the final. the winning goal in istanbul was scored by the spanish midfielder, rodri. now on bbc news, surfing s dirty secrets. that surfing dream. the perfect wave.