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Few groups influence republican politics more than white evangelical christians. they played a part in donald trump winning the white house in 2016 and he might have won it again last year with their help. but that political influence might be coming at a cost. a new survey by the public religion research institute finds a drop in the percentage of americans who identify as white evangelical christians. check out this chart. back in 2006 on the far left of the chart, 23% of americans said they identified that way. last year, on the far right, it was down to 14.5%. that's the blue line. at the ...

This is about getting economically achievable access to the industrialization of space. it is a really important flight. virgin galactic plan to start commercial services in 2022. they say they could be running 100 flights a year, 12 months later. for sir richard branson this is one small step for a billionaire, one giant leap for mankind. tim allman, bbc news. and if you want to buy a ticket it's reported a trip will cost you a $250,000. that's it from me. celia will be here at the top of the hour with lots more. i'm off for a lie down and some controlled breathing for the next 14.5 hours unt...

To improve their litter strategy. it is bournemouth a special beach in any way? absolutely. we know this 14.5 miles of coastline is one of the most beautiful parts of the uk. but from a scientific perspective, or a little perspective, what is really interesting about this section of coastline is that it is erosional. that means the waves come up and removes the sand and anything that is left on the sand. anything that the tourists bring and leave here, any litter that has left behind, has the potential to be washed into the ocean, where it can cause thousands of years worth of damage. so it is...

A toothbrush for example. and we can do this to 47 different categories of letter, to over 95% accuracy. and that information is really useful to inform local council to improve their litter strategy. it is bournemouth a special beach in any way? absolutely. we know this 14.5 miles of coastline is one of the most beautiful parts of the uk. but from a scientific perspective, or a little perspective, what is really interesting about this section of coastline is that it is erosional. that means the waves come up and removes the sand and anything that is left on the sand. anything that the tourist...

As you can see we can very rapidly cover in just a few minutes several kilometres of this beach, and we take aerial images, so top—down, birds—eye photographs which are then processed by our software to identify the trash with the most photos. essentially we are building up a treasure map of trash. the brilliant thing about this is not only does the software identify where it is and how many items there are, but also the type of trash it is, the different categories, so whether that is a food container, a drinks bottle, a toothbrush for example. and we can do this to 47 different categorie...