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And sole traders, who are desperate for cash and it is much easier to apply for and that is what is making the difference. started at an animal market in wuhan in china — researchers are studying the global trade in wildlife as they try to find out how it leapt species to humans. there are calls for all wildlife markets to be banned — as our science correspondent victoria gill reports. captured to be sold. the global trade in wildlife is now under new scrutiny as the possible origin of this pandemic, because before the first human case, the coronavirus moved undetected across the species b...

The easy going lifestyle is part of the island's charm but cher's friends and family said it wouldn't be like her to leave abruptly and leave her cherished island with all of her belongings still here. cher' aunt mary started calling relatives in panama. >> everyone saying cher might have gone for a week and lost her phone. well, okay. maybe? >> reporter: mary logged on to cher's facebook page and reached out to those friends. >> where is cher? i don't know but we are mad at her too. dog gone it. she calls me everyday. why would she not call me? we were aggravated with her. >> reporter: a text...

Here. >> reporter: cher's aunt mary started phoning cher's friends in panama. >> we immediately started calling her friends and everyone going, "what's going on?" and everyone was saying "you know cher. she might've just gone -- for a week. and you know, lost her phone, and we're like, "well, ok, maybe." >> reporter: mary logged on to cher's facebook page and reached out to those friends. >> "where's cher?" and they're going, "i don't know. but we're mad at her, too. doggone it, we -- she -- she always calls me. she calls me every day. what -- where did she go? how -- why would she not call me...

Was like nothing i had seen before and, tragically, it seems that this gorilla family were caught up in it as well. the bigger picture here is that if we return to the 1980s there were only 250 of these iconic big apes left in the world, centred around central africa and uganda, rwanda and the democratic republic of the congo. through a phenomenal conservation effort over the last few decades which has brought together local communities, national government and international conservation organisations, this number of 250 gorillas has now been raised to around 2000 today. so even though this is...

Despite the country receiving the heaviest rainfall in almost 20 years, many of the fires in the east of the country are still burning. we actually have 723 firefighters still in the field of operations. they are dealing with 38 fires, 19 uncontained, but the rainfall is obviously providing some welcome relief to many of the bushfires that have been raging. a welcome relief, but a challenge in its own right. there have been 13 rescues, flood rescues, which u nfortu nately has doubled since yesterday. i would appeal to the community to be very conscious of the fact that drains, rivers and any n...