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Him for what came next. lou castro the seer had three angel alter egos. >> they were always watching over him. daniel, amber, and arthur. >> like, arthur was mean. and daniel was kinder. >> reporter: but you didnt wanna meet either of these alternate personalities, huh? >> no. no. >> amber was the angel of death. so, she would come around when somebody was going to die. >> reporter: he could see who was going to die? was that something he -- >> yes. >> reporter: said was in his powers? >> right....

In the summer of 2020, russia surpassed 1 million coronavirus cases. the kremlin had initially downplayed the pandemic and paid a price for it. but then president vladimir putin made a surprise announcement. >> a major medical milestone reached here in the past couple of hours. >> russia officially started rolling out a vaccine. >> if this claim turns out to be true, russia could be declared the pioneer -- >> putin has made no secret of russias ambition to be the first to win the global vaccine ...

Of the year award. the winner will be revealed by the duchess of cambridge later. here‘sjust some of the thousands of submissions. this one is by makoto ando. evie easterbrook took this portrait of some puffins. this dramatic picture of wildfires in brazil was captured by charlie hamilton james. and these little possums were caught on camera by gary meredith. good luck to them all. now it‘s time for a look at the weather with ben rich. good afternoon, a real mix of weather across the uk toda...

Different and it will give americans, when they go to the polls, a very clear choice. its a big night for wildlife photographers, as they wait to find out whos won this years wildlife photographer of the year award. the winner will be revealed by the duchess of cambridge later. heresjust some of the thousands of submissions. this one is by makoto ando. evie easterbrook took this portrait of some puffins. this dramatic picture of widlifes in brazil was captured by charlie hamilton james. and thes...

Wildlife groups are reporting a record season for the number of baby bats being rescued after falling out of their roosts. extremes of hot and cold weather during the birthing season is thought to be behind the rise. john maguire reports now from lancashire on a novel way to prepare the pups for a return to the wild. as the sun sets over the lakes at brockholes nature reserve near preston, it is time for daily exercise. to be more specific, flight training. these are common pipistrelle bats. whe...

As one of his key responsibilities. justin rowlatt, bbc news. you can hear prince william talking about the launch of the earthshot prize in a bbc news special, and theres a further interview with sir david attenborough in the new podcast, what planet are we 0n? both are available now on the bbc sounds app. its been a bumper yearfor bats — but not in a good way. wildlife groups are reporting a record season for the number of baby bats being rescued after falling out of their roosts. extremes o...

On this banana plantation in ghana. and, in the amazon, a football pitch of rainforest is cleared every minute for beef and soy that goes into animalfeed. a third of food produced for human consumption is lost or wasted. and this destruction has consequences. this isnt just about saving this isntjust about saving exotic creatures in remote places. research suggests the outbreak of covid—19 is linked to humans going more deep into the world, coming into contact with animals carrying diseases, l...

Are still working to identify the virus behind a pneumonia outbreak in the central city of wuhan... seven months on, the human cost of the coronavirus pandemic is still rising. worldwide 600,000 dead, nearly 16 million infected, the global economy in meltdown. so, how did we get here? this is an anti—terrorism door. its designed to reduce drilling for several hours and is also technically explosion—proof. dr stephen baker works with some of the worlds most dangerous viruses. he spent 12 year...

Professor, we know so many human illnesses have come from interaction with animals, do we need to rethink our interaction with the world, not just farming, our interaction with the world, not justfarming, and our interaction with the world, not just farming, and other wet markets, but what we eat, etc? is this not a massive wa ke—up but what we eat, etc? is this not a massive wake—up call?” but what we eat, etc? is this not a massive wake-up call? i think we really do and i think we need t...

Virus, most similar to this sars covid virus, was found in bats but its not this particular virus. so, yes, scientists have come to the agreement that more than likely sars covid originated in a virus in bats but somehow it got into humans. and how it got from bats to humans, particularly 40 or 70 years ago, we are not sure of yet. it originated in bats, then potentially got to another intermediate species, changed and then became very infectious to humans. potentially. being able to sequence th...