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Will have the latest on the us election for you and also coming up, new research on dinosaurs suggest they were thriving right up until they were thriving right up until the moment that meteorite wiped them out. lets begin with some good news... us pharmaceutical giant, pfizer, says latest data suggests its coronavirus vaccine is even more effective than we first thought. pfizer and biontech have released preliminary data which suggests the vaccine is 94% effective in people aged over 65. last w...

Whether they will deliver on those promises, you know, is yet to be seen. what would have happend to dinosaurs if they hadnt been wiped out by a meteorite hitting earth 66 million years ago? well the popular thinking has been that they may have been dying out in any case. but new research here in the uk suggests they could have continued to dominate the planet but for that devastating moment. andy moore has the story. an asteroid the size of the isle of wight hurtling towards the earth at 20 tim...

The scientists in this latest study examined various dinosaur family trees to come to their conclusion. they used statistical modelling to fill in gaps in the fossil record. dinosaurs ruled the earth for tens of millions of years, and if it hadn‘t been for a chance encounter with some interplanetary debris, they might have carried on ruling the earth for millions more. andy moore, bbc news. with us now is dinosaur expert, professor phil manning from the university of manchester. lovely to have...

Investigation into this. dinosaurs were not in decline at the time of their extinction when an asteroid hit the earth 66 million years ago. and they may have continued to dominate the planet if that had not happened. this is suggested by new research from the university of bath and the natural history museum in london. andy moore has the story. an asteroid the size of the isle of wight hurtling towards the earth at 20 times the speed of a bullet. this is what scientists believe caused the extinc...

To dominate the planet. andy moore reports. an asteroid the size of the isle of wight hurtling towards the earth at 20 times the speed of a bullet. this is what scientists believe caused the extinction of the dinosaurs 66 million years ago. but there‘s disagreement about what was happening before that. some scientists say dinosaurs were already in decline, and the asteroid was the final nail in their coffin. but this new study says the dinosaurs were thriving — and if it wasn‘t for the ast...

But what our study has shown is that that wasnt the case and that, had the meteorite not hit the earth, the dinosaurs probably would have done really well, which could have led to a world where the mammals didnt evolve as much as they have, and it could have led to a world in which we dont exist. the scientists in this latest study examined various dinosaur family trees to come to their conclusion. they used statistical modelling to fill in gaps in the fossil record. dinosaurs ruled the earth fo...

All of our children and their mothers their safety. also coming up in the programme... new research on dinosaurs suggests they were thriving — right up til the moment a meteorite wiped them out. the us regulator the federal aviation authority has given the boeing 737—max airliner permission to fly again, nearly two years after it was grounded, following two fatal crashes. the 737 max was boeings best—selling plane, but every one in service — nearly 400 around the world — were suspended...

And ever since, volunteers on kanagaroo island have been doing their best to help them recover. our australia correspondent, shaimaa khalil, reports. they survived australias fires. now these koalas are ready to go back where they belong. its a very different scene from nearly a year ago. pictures of the badly burned animals shocked the world. hundreds were brought to this wildlife park when the flames tore through the island. as well as being faced with the burns and the starvation and the dehy...

Sleep here in the day but i cannot smell her. first if you see a wild boar in part of the forest, dont worry, be happy. take your phone, make a photo. dont give them food. wait some minutes, maybe one minute or more, if you are alone, talk with wild boars because it is important that they know that you are there. although elsa and herfriends have stayed hiding today, there are places where you are almost guaranteed a sighting. wildlife sanctuaries like this one are here to help people feel conne...

Was held at the site, and the wreckage of the train was lifted off the track. three people died when the aberdeen to glasgow service was derailed, after hitting debris which had fallen onto the tracks after torrential rain. the investigation is ongoing. wildlife populations have fallen by more than two—thirds in less than 50 years, with nature being destroyed at a rate never seen before. thats the verdict of a report by the conservation group wwf, which says the catastrophic decline shows no s...