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Allowed to stay and work, but will not be given free passage to america. amid tense relations with its northern neighbour, mexico is under increasing pressure to help stem the flow of migrants to the us. but despite the firm response on the border, many say they are so desperate, they will keep trying anyway. representatives of australias tourism industries say the countrys recent bushfires have already cost them almost $700 million, with that number likely to increase further in the coming mont...

The lev parnas interview. anderson cooper speaks with the man who says absolutely what was going on in the ukraine. the full interview in just a few minutes.

Relief to less than $15 an hour. miss her, i miss that talent. thats minimum wage. well, is vladimir putin and none of the funding can go trying to stay in power after to the islands notoriously his term expires? cnn is live in moskow. frail electric grid. puerto rico is reeling from a series of recent earthquakes, hurricane maria in 2017 and corruption crisis that led to a governor resigning last year. jeffrey epstein allegedly trmted underage girls to his home in the u.s. virgin islands an...

Independent panel on climate change of increasing the woodland cover for us in england, wales and northern ireland from 10% of our ownership to 1796, ireland from 10% of our ownership to 17%, and weve calculated that would involve around 18,000 hectares, which is about 20 million trees. so a big task and we will enlist the help of our many staff, our supporters and volunteers as well as community groups and contractors to all pull together to plant those trees. something like 38,000 trees a week...

Hello there. day two of 2020 brought some rain and some of it heavy. in fa ct, some rain and some of it heavy. in fact, in the highlands of scotland we had a0 millimetres of rain by close of play on thursday. you can see how relentless it was, with warm weather fronts sweeping across the borders to be replaced by another but as those frontal systems sweep steadily south and east as we speak, it means today it will introduce some thing a little colder behind but fingers crossed hopefully a little...

Living creatures on earth. >> but even these giants have an a quil chee-- achilles heel. >> yeah, their demand for water. we measured an individual sequoia tree uses up to a thousand gallons of water in a single day. >> if that water supply diminishes, there has to be an impact on the trees eventually. >> since 2015, theyve been scaling trees like this one, 250 feet high in order to record the droughts impact on their health and growth. on this day, they brought me along for the climb. >> i alwa...

The data told you. >> they are really good at minute miedzing how much water they lose under drought conditions by shutting down the little tiny pores in their leaves, those tiny pores are also what allows them to absorb carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. >> it sounds like they are shut down for business. >> yeah. >> and that is troubling for two reasons. the less carbon dioxide trees capture and store, the more of the heat hen trapping gas stays in the atmosphere fueling global warming, also the...

It shows by the end of the century, even with our best efforts to reduce greenhouse gas, 80% of joshua trees will be wiped out. if no action is taken, the species will become nearly extinct. joshua tree national park is the only place you will find the species. s.ere are nearly a million throughout the mojave desert. they survive because their deep roots find ground water and store it. but rising temperatures are making it almost impossible for them to grow and reproduce. huese joshua trees have...

>> he had learned that they were going to build a new wal-mart there at the corner of -- >> where the bones were. >> where the bones were. and harry told him, you have to come back down here and move the bones, almost as an order. >> wolfe came back to florida. >> he said he went out there in the middle of the night, collected what he could find, put them in a trash bag, and went back to barbara brittons familys house and put the bones out for the trash in a plastic bag. >> michael wolfes story ...

For many disorders, including leprosy, epilepsy and pain. >> and so you have to consider that. i started looking at medical cannabis as an alternative to opioids. >> in 1999, the california state government gave $10 million to wallace and others to study the plant at the center for medicinal cannabis research in southern california. within a decade, there were half a dozen studies to show that cannabis could relieve certain kinds of pain. the results made the cautious doctor more comfortable. he...