ukraine hasn t declared any involvement. also in the programme, the latest trial of the hollywood film producer harvey weinstein has begun at a court in los angeles, where he is facing 11 further charges of abuse. and good news for sea life in britain, as the uk begins recycling fishing nets dumped at sea. a bumpy ride for the iphone m as roller coasters reportedly trigger the latest apple product to make emergency distress calls. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it s newsday. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. we begin in ukraine, where russia has launched a wave of missile strikes across the country. president volodymyr zelensky described the escalation as an effort to wipe ukraine off the face of the earth. president biden says the us will provide ukraine with advanced air defence systems in response. killing at least 11 people and damaging infrastructure. the capital kyiv has been targeted for the first time in
they find out in the open sea. so, if you imagine, everybody was dumping their nets, after 6 12 months, you can imagine what would be out there. now nobody s doing it and now we re trawling it all up. it s a massive difference, we re doing, a massive difference we re making. see if it s ok. for the last few years, a scheme has been in place which takes away the fisherman s old nets once they have been brought to shore. part of the reason why recycling fishing nets is so complicated is because they are made up of all sorts of different materials. there s metal in here. there s different sorts of plastic. and that all has to be sorted out, and that is what neil is doing here, before the plastic parts, the recyclable bits, can be sent off to be processed. this is the new processing facility in the cotswolds, which means that nets from british trawlers can, for the first time, be recycled here in the uk. they re usable in a variety of different applications. for example, our footwear compo
part of the reason why recycling fishing nets is so complicated is because they are made up of all sorts of different materials. there s metal in here. there s different sorts of plastic. and that all has to be sorted out, and that is what neil is doing here, before the plastic parts, the recyclable bits, can be sent off to be processed. this is the new processing facility in the cotswolds, which means that nets from british trawlers can, for the first time, be recycled here in the uk. they re usable in a variety of different applications. for example, our footwear components here contains the fishing nets. so, these are in people s shoes? these are in people s shoes, yes, so people walking around with some of our customers shoes on, they ll have some fishing net in them. incredible, so it s gone from being a net to footwear. yeah, absolutely, yes. it s a small step forward in what will be a long journey cleaning up our polluted oceans. jonah fisher, bbc news, in brixham harbour.
can be sent off to be processed. this is the new processing facility in the cotswolds, which means that nets from british trawlers can, for the first time, be recycled here in the uk. they re usable in a variety of different applications. for example, our footwear components here contains the fishing nets. so, these are in people s shoes? these are in people s shoes, yes, so people walking around with some of our customers shoes on, they ll have some fishing net in them. incredible, so it s gone from being a net to footwear. yeah, absolutely, yes. it s a small step forward in what will be a long journey cleaning up our polluted oceans. jonah fisher, bbc news, in brixham harbour. the prince and princess of wales have recorded a special edition of bbc radio one newsbeat to mark world mental health day. william and kate became newsbeat reporters for the day to lead a discussion with a panel in the field of mental health. william said part of what they ll do is talk about coping skills
with fishermen now bringing in their old nets as well as any debris and plastic they find out in the open sea. so if you imagine, everybody was dumping their nets, after 6 12 months, you can imagine what would be out there. now nobody is doing it and now we are trawling it all up. it is a massive difference, we are doing, a massive difference we are making. see if it s ok. for the last few years, a scheme has been in place which takes away the fisherman s old nets once they have been brought to shore. part of the reason why recycling fishing nets is so complicated is because they are made up of all sorts of different materials. there s metal in here. there s different sorts of plastic. and that all has to be sorted out, and that is what neil is doing here, before the plastic parts, the recyclable bits, can be sent off to be processed. this is the new processing facility in the cotswolds, which means that nets from british trawlers can, for the first time, be recycled here in the uk.