there is more meaning and mutual understanding in exchanging a glance with a gorilla than any other animal i know when sir david attenborough made his famous visit to a mountain gorilla family back in the 19705, it was, in his words, tinged with sadness. we see the world in the same way as they do. because he feared he might be seeing the last of their kind. poachers preyed on the mountain gorilla population. and the civil wars in rwanda and the democratic republic of the congo made conservation in those countries very difficult. so, how were the fortunes of the world s last mountain gorillas turned around and what can it tell us about conservation elsewhere? the first step was ensuring legal protections were in place. the bwindi impenetrable forest was made a national park in 1991. next, says the warden in charge, they needed to get the local people on side. the communities are critical in conserving the gorillas because, you know, these communities live next to the park
that we ve seen behind me and you ve had that come through to your phone as an alert. yep. can i have a.? can i have a look? yes. so, we get a notification on our desktop, laptop, whatever device we ve got. so, you ll be able to see pretty much in real time almost someone dumping something? yes, 100%. oh, there i am! oh, look at that bang to rights! and it s very clear, crystal clear. so, literally, we can see the person, we actually can see what the items are on that trolley. is that important sometimes to actually be able to identify what it is that they re dumping as well? very important, because our crew really we want to know what they re going for. if it s got asbestos related, if it s got anything that is also a health and safety concern. given these cameras are operating in busy urban environments, they re often triggered over 100,000 times a day. the captured footage could just show a passing car or pedestrian. so why, then, aren t the councils getting thousands of
so for wednesday, we ll see lighter winds than tuesday, with a mixture of sunny spells and scattered showers. again, if you see one of those showers, they do have the potential to be heavy, but some sunny spells coming through in between. the temperatures, 17 in aberdeen, 2a degrees celsius, though, for parts of east anglia. bye bye. hello, this is bbc news with me, lewis vaughanjones. the headlines russian cruise missiles strike the ukrainian capital, kyiv, causing large explosions. one person is killed. on the first day of the g7 summit in germany, a committment to mobilise $600 billion for global infrastructure programmes in developing countries by 2027. the prince of wales accepted a suitcase containing a million euros in cash from a former qatari prime minister, according to the sunday times. there is no suggestion the payments were illegal. and at least 21 people are reported dead at a nightclub in the south african city of east london. now on bbc news, the travel sh
hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. russian missiles have struck the capital of ukraine just as g7 world leaders gather in germany and as president zelensky warned the war was entering a difficult phase. the russian strike hit a nine storey residential building in kyiv, killing one person and injuring six others, including a seven year old girl. our correspondent nick beake has been at the scene. once again, ukraine s capital is under attack. explosion this video said to show the city s horizon as more russian rockets hit. and once again, civilians are in the firing line. a residential block in the centre of kyiv smouldering, ripped apart. screams inside, rescuers reach a young girl, pinned down by debris. they manage to bring her to safety and then take her to hospital. moments later, a ukrainian official appears outside, brandishing a russian passport, saying that one woman still trapped is originally from moscow. shortly afterwards, parame
the mp patrick grady steps away from his snp membership while police investigate allegations of sexual harassment against him. good evening. russian missiles have struck the capital of ukraine just as g7 world leaders gather in germany and as president zelensky warned the war was entering a difficult phase. the russian strike hit a nine storey residential building in kyiv, killing one person and injuring six others, including a 7 year old girl. 0ur correspondent nick beake has been at the scene. once again, ukraine s capital is under attack. this video said to show the city s horizon as more russian rockets hit. and once again, civilians are in the firing line. a residential block in the centre of kyiv smouldering, ripped apart. screams inside, rescuers reach a young girl, pinned down by debris. they manage to bring her to safety and then taken to hospital. take her to hospital. moments later, a ukrainian official appears outside, brandishing a russian passport, saying that