we found plastic pollution on the arctic beaches. some of this debris had drifted for thousands of miles. tourists still trek here to experience what appears to be wilderness, creating their own pollution on the way. how do locals feel about plastic in snow? i'm here to show pure and clean snow, and dogs and the arctic nature and that's what i hope to do for the rest of my life. and if it continues this way i will not be able to. it woke me up, it woke my company up that we have to do something. so it's not good news but we must not give up. up here you look around you every day and you see or hear something that you think is the pristine arctic, as it's called, and it's not any more, and we see it every day and it's really, really sad. here's the truth — there is nowhere on the planet to escape pollution from us. however hard you run. roger harrabin, bbc news, in the norwegian arctic. asian markets have opened sharply lower after a volatile day of trading in the united states where all three of the country's indexes closed 3% down

even the arctic can no longer escape plastic pollution. the snow is no longer pure and the damage is raisings for wildlife and residents. >> you look around you and you see something at you think is the pristine arctic, and it is not anymore. laura: plus, two ads in britain are pulled for gender stereotypes. does the industry need to rethink how they sell? laura: for those watd ing on pbs ound the globe, welcome to "world news america." it was a brutal day on the maets, with the dow jones dropping 800 points. fears of recession and worrying signs from abroad combin t to maders anxious. as it was unfolding, president trump was tweeting about the federal reserve, calling the chairman clueless. for more i spoke with the bbc's michelle fleury in new york. what really spooked the markets, michelle?mi elle: a couple of things. first ofll, you had signs from the bond market flashing red where basically we had signs that holding longer term debt would be less rewarding than holding shorter-term debt, a sign that investors don't have confidence in

we have a special report from the arctic. also tonight — footballer emiliano sala was exposed to harmful levels of carbon monoxide on board his plane, before it crashed in the channel. millions face higher rail prices next year. some season tickets, up by more than £100, as users complain about the service. i pay £4,000 to sit on the floor. 150,000 members of the public sign a petition, calling for better funding, of social care. commentator: roberto firmino is in. and liverpool take on chelsea in football's super cup in istanbul. and coming up on sportsday on bbc news: jofra archer receives his first test cap at lord's despite rain preventing any play on the opening day of the second ashes test. good evening. there are shocking revelations tonight about the scale of plastic pollution, with scientists confirming they've discovered particles in falling snow in the arctic. it's a region long thought to be pristine, but is in fact contaminated by microscopic particles of plastic, carried on the wind from thousands of miles a

we found plastic pollution on the arctic beaches. some of this debris had drifted for thousands of miles. tourists still trek here to experience what appears to be wilderness, creating their own pollution on the way. how do locals feel about plastic in snow? i'm here to show pure and clean snow, and dogs and the arctic nature and that's what i hope to do for the rest of my life. and if it continues this way i will not be able to. it woke me up, it woke my company up that we have to do something. so it's not good news but we must not give up. up here you look around you every day and you see or hear something that you think is the pristine arctic, as it's called, and it's not any more, and we see it every day and it's really, really sad. here's the truth. there is nowhere on the planet to escape pollution from us. however hard you run. roger harrabin, bbc news, in the norwegian arctic. let's take a look at some of the day's other news. police in hong kong have used tear gas to disperse protesters shining lasers at a police station, du

the arctic — a place of pristine beauty. smothered with snow, clean and pure. 0r that's how it appears. but it's an illusion. arctic snow is tainted with microplastics and rubber particles and clothing fibres. given the amount of pollution in the atmosphere, it's perhaps hardly surprising that we're finding microplastics in snow. but we have such a strong belief in the essential purity of this stuff that some people will find this news rather shocking. dr melanie bergmann led the research. first stage involves a bit of low technology — a dessert spoon and a flask. i think we're not treating our planet very thoughtfully. basically, we produce all this packaging materials, we cover everything in polymer—based varnish, we use a lot of rubber, which we also find in our aerial samples, snow samples, and don't even think about it what is happening to this in the environment. but few people live here. where on earth do the pollutants come from 7 we know that most of what we are analysing up there and measuring are long—range

a special report on plastic pollution in the arctic. even the snow is contaminated, raising concerns for wildlife and local people. asian markets drop reacting to 3% falls for the main american indices. analysts suggest the us may be heading for recession. with tensions very high in an already very tense region of the world, india's prime minister is about to address the nation from red fort in delhi. india is celebrating its 73rd independence day, and this is narendra modi's first independence day address since he was returned to power with a massive election mandate. he is all but certain to address his government's massively controversial decision to scrap article 370, which granted special status to jammu and kashmir. rahul tandon is in delhi for us. rahul, in case people are new to this and wondering why we're paying so this and wondering why we're paying so much attention, this is an area and region over which india and pakistan have fought two wars, both are nuclear armed powers, and they came close recently to another war. it ma

and it might be a snowdrift in the arctic. every action has a consequence, are you so arctic. every action has a consequence, are you so much arctic. every action has a consequence, are you so much for explaining that. the british prime minister is embroiled in a very public row with one of his senior colleagues over a no deal brexit. borisjohnson has accused mps who oppose brexit of a "terrible collaboration" with the european union. he was speaking after former chancellor philip hammond accused mrjohnson of trying to wreck the chances of a brexit deal, by making demands the eu will never accept. leaving the eu without a deal would be just as leaving the eu without a deal would bejust as much leaving the eu without a deal would be just as much of the trail of the referendum result as not leaving at all. the british people were offered all. the british people were offered a proposition that we could leave the european union while having a close relationship, they were told it would be the easiest deal ever done. and all the evidence points to people wanting to maintain a close

even the arctic can't escape plastic pollution. the snow is no longer pure and the damage is raising alarms for wildlife and residents. we are not treating our planet very thoughtfully. we produce on the packaging materials, we cover everything in polymer based varnish. plus — the first british tv adverts to be banned — under new rules on gender stereotyping. hello and welcome — i'm katty kay in washington and david eades is in london. anyone who thought getting a new leader into downing street would unite the conservative party should think again. borisjohnson is embroiled in a very public row with the former chancellor over a no—deal brexit. the prime minister today accused mps who oppose brexit of "a terrible collaboration" with the european union. he was responding to phillip hammond's accusation that mrjohnson‘s government is trying to wreck the chance of a brexit deal, by making demands the eu will never accept. mr hammond added that leaving the eu without a deal would bejust as much a betrayal of the referendum res

we found plastic pollution on the arctic beaches. some of this debris had drifted for thousands of miles. barking. tourists still trek here to experience what appears to be a wilderness, creating their own pollution on the way. how do locals feel about plastic in snow? sad. it's... of course, this is... i'm still young and this is what i have to continue to work with and to make it all better. i'm here to show our pure and clean snow and dogs and the arctic nature. that's what i hope to do for the rest of my life. and if it continues this way, i will not be able to. when i hear that, my heart is crying. i feel really terrible and i'm not satisfied with what i hear. but it wakes me up. it wakes my company up that we have to do something. so, it's not good news, but we must not give up. we must start to fight against this. what can we do? it is not surprising. and itjust makes you really, really sad. up here, you look around you every day and you see something that is the pristine arctic, as it's called and it's not any more. and we se

but it's not as concrete as the arctic railway. heini, the handicrafter, who lives close to the russian border, has found out that a proposal for the arctic railway has been included in the development plan for finnish lapland. those plans i have seen. so it seems like it would go straight through our house. and my opinion is it would be a genocide. if the plans for the railway are approved, it's likely that heini would be forced to move. it's a painful reminder of the past. heini is a skolt sami. many of her people were forced leave their ancestral homes in russia and resettle in finland in 1944. all these kind of mining plans are our big nightmare here. yeah, we're very afraid of those. that is why skolt samis had to move after the second world war. nazis did want to have this nickel mining in petsamo. we are only few. in finland skolt samis are around 600. and everyone has kind of tried to work to maintain the culture, keep the language alive. and if we have to do fight against this kind of international greed it takes too much

and many countries are having their eyes on the arctic right now and america's certainly one of them. now damien i want to turn to you you're actually on record as saying this isn't so irrational i mean oliver was bringing up some strategic interest you know you were saying in fact that trump's line of thinking could be something like quote let's buy it before the chinese do i mean can you explain that notion. president turned his group to denmark in the state of the early september. and then the side of he started in the white house revealing about. a lot of china's interest in greece which is a critical issue for the security of united states you know that they probably ease about chinese vestment you may consider. let's buy between markets. in terms of invest. for chinese all over let's go back to you mean why just walk us through some of the details here why might the president actually be interested in buying an entire country and walk us through these exact strategic interests you were mentioning the fore. well 1st of all the ice is melting the arctic as a whole is warming up f

competition in the arctic you have iceland and actually when don't trumpet this week denmark. this would be. the after and shows america is actually going to iceland next week to discuss obvious issues we've heard a lot of the counterparts how to get him out. right now. all of our back to you on bad official visit by president trump heading over to denmark what do you think will come up in a conversation well it's not on the agenda yet greenland and there's also no official statement announced by the wives house as of now but as you know president trying to always up for surprises so we can be excited to follow that event taking place denmark has made very clear that they're not interested in selling greenland and of course you also have to ask the 56000 people living there as well r d w's all over salat joining us from washington d.c. and dom in georgia a consultant specializing in greenlandic and arctic affairs thank you very much to both here. the leaders of nations at risk from rising sea levels have failed to agree on tough new climate change commitments the meeting of pa

still the locals are willing to put up with quite a lot from the solvent tourists arctic holidays are a business prospect for the future there is room for growth but not necessarily in the summer season so we try to spread it throughout the air and also to make at the vessels especially the christmas will stay longer when they come. along you know a boon has had to reinvent itself it was built on coalmining but those days are almost over. and the people sense climate change is a threat here there is more rainfall and less snow the ground soaks up the rain like a sponge and eventually the steep slopes give way. houses once stood here at the edge of town in 2015 they were buried in an avalanche 2 people lost their lives. now there are plans to move the little cemetery west along you know boone the most recent landslide in june 28th just barely missed it. the church has to be really founded the foundation has to be made so. the real sense of insecurity is we don't know what it's going to look like to live here. and i suppose it's what makes it really difficult. christiane and her family

the arctic will play an increasing role in geo politics as ice starts to melt. i think this year is on tracking to the fastest melt that we've seen so far. greenland becomes much more strategically important in this case and that resources will become more available and it is more strategically important as the climb atwarmate warms and a same time, trump doesn't acknowledge that climate change is even happening. >> to all of your points, greenland is really important but you don't have to purchase greenland to make it a strategic asset. we have a military base there, not only because russian missiles can be detected from our military base in greenland. as you mentioned, russia, china, the united states are all vying for superiority in the arctic region but you don't have to buy the place. why don't you just sit down and talk to the authorities in greenland. even talk to denmark and think about how to use it most wisely. >> you know him very well, michael. why wouldn't the president just simply talk and exert that effort to exploit or capitalize or have a diplom

circle it's summertime in the russian arctic at 1st glance the natural surrounding here seems healthy but russian scientists are going to see more of disagrees here at the bank of the coli mar river he shows us how siberia is permafrost is melting. and sure as the microbes here have been sleeping almost 50000 years when they wake up they will immediately start eating and will be producing carbon dioxide we have so many microbes if they all thought out europe's climate would become intolerable. the arctic permafrost is key to the world's climate it contains twice as much carbon as is found in the earth's atmosphere if it thaws climate damaging gases will be released and this frozen layer is melting more quickly than previously believed in order to protect the permafrost sergei simone wants to revive the ice age in an area about the size of liston stein together with his son nikita has been cutting down trees planting primeval grasses and introducing grazing animal herds. you know what is it that we do have to in december there's a thick layer of snow here it insulates the soil from the

our top stories: vast swathes of arctic siberia are ablaze after intense summer temperatures and high winds — we have a special report. president trump's pick to become the next director of national intelligence withdraws his name — just days after being chosen. celebrating in puerto rico as the island's governor resigns after weeks of protests. desperate efforts to shore up the dam that's still threatening a british town — authorities warn of a substantial risk to life. and a swedishjudge orders the release of the american rapper asap rocky. hello and welcome. russia's arctic north and far east are being ravaged by huge wildfires, with up to four million hectares ablaze and vast areas engulfed by smoke. the prime minister, dmitri medvedev, has ordered police to investigate whether the fires were started deliberately to hide evidence of illegal logging. russian militaryjets are providing back—up to firefighters battling the blazes, which have been burning in some cases for weeks. fires are common at this time of year, but record—breaking summer temperatures and strong winds

i came back from the arctic, going through all our arctic nations, seeing what's going on there, russia seems to be downsizing the surface combatants, retiring their aircraft carrier, cold water destroyers, but rapidly expanding the submarine force. they're now producing the largest nuclear submarine for so starting in f.y. 2018, budget, we've been spending on nato base in iceland and they have been deploying the p.h. class. i spent time in iceland. they have more substance, russian substance -- subs, russian subs through the north arctic than before the cold war. offense or defense? admiral gilday: offense, sir. senator manchin: offense again. we spend $700 billion-plus a ear. $250 is doing all this on billion equivalent. russia is doing it on about $65 billion. how do i go back to my little state of west virginia and explain to them how we're getting the best bang for our buck when we are not keeping up with the deployment that we should, basically, the shipbuilding we should be doing, the modernization, replacement? how do we get that back on track? how do i explain the difference in

're seeing now that russia has the resurgence, north atlantic, arctic. i came back from the arctic. going with all the nations seeing what's going on out there. russia seems to be downsizing their surface combatants, retiring their aircraft carrier, cold water destroyers, but they are rapidly expanding their submarine force. they are now producing the largest nuclear submarine in the world for ballistic missile duty. so starting in f.y. 2018, budget, we've been spending on nato base in iceland and they have been deploying the p.h. class. i spent time in iceland. they have more substance, russian substance -- subs, russian subs through the north arctic than before the cold war. offense or defense? admiral gilday: offense, sir. senator manchin: offense again. we spend $700 billion-plus a year. commean is doing all this on $250 billion equivalent. russia is doing it on about $65 billion. how do i go back to my little state of west virginia and explain to them how we're getting the best bang for our buck when we are not keeping up with the deployment that we should, basically, the shipb

still the locals are willing to put up with quite a lot from the solvent tourists arctic holidays are a business prospect for the future there is room for growth but not necessarily in the summer season so we try to spread it throughout the air and also to make the vessels especially the christmas will stay longer when they come. along you know a boon has had to reinvent itself it was built on coalmining but those days are almost over. and the people sense climate change is a threat here there is more rainfall and less snow the ground soaks up the rain like a sponge and eventually the steep slopes give way. houses once stood here at the edge of town in 2015 they were buried in an avalanche 2 people lost their lives. now there are plans to move the little cemetery west along you know boone the most recent landslide in june 28th just barely missed it. the church has to be really sounded the foundation has to be made so of course the real sense of insecurity is we don't know what it's going to look like to live here. in some year. and i suppose the uncertainty is what makes it really dif

how green technologies are threatening arctic traditions. hello and welcome to bbc news. brazil's president, jair bolsonaro, has ordered the military to help fight the devastating fires in the amazon rainforest. the announcement comes after european leaders threatened to scrap a major trade deal with south american nations unless brazil took action. the fires are scattered widely across the amazon, most notably in the north of brazil. president trump said he spoke by telephone to president bolsonaro, offering american help. conservationists say bolsonaro has encouraged farmers to log the land. the flames in the amazon continue to rage, thousands of fires, almost impossible to control. this is the world's biggest rainforest and carbon store, home to 20 million people. we travelled to one area on the fringe of the rainforest, where the flames have devoured huge areas. firefighters in the state of rodonia, one of the most affected affected by the amazon fires, have been working here for the past two weeks, trying to put out the flames, but resources are an issue here, as it'

our top stories: vast swathes of arctic siberia are ablaze after intense summer temperatures and high winds — we have a special report. russian we have a special report. militaryjets are providing backup russian militaryjets are providing backup to firefighters battling the blazers which have been burning in some cases for weeks. buyers are common at this time of year. and record breaking summer temperatures and strong winds have made this year particularly bad. our moscow correspondent steve rosenberg has travelled to the remote irkutsk region of siberia and he sent this report. for weeks now, siberia has been smouldering. vast swathes of forest shrouded in smoke and many ravaged by fire. wildfires are common here, but not on this scale. in siberia, an area the size of belgium is burning. the kremlin has sent in the army, military planes doing what they can to extinguish the blaze. the fires are sparked by hot weather and dry thunderstorms. they're mainly in remote areas, but could the effects be more widespread? there's concern that carbon emissions from here may be melting ice in

how green technologies are threatening arctic traditions. brazil's president, jair bolsonaro, has bowed to international pressure and authorised the armed forces to tackle a record number of fires in the amazon forest. in a televised address, he said that wildfires could happen in any country and shouldn't be used as an excuse for international sanctions. the fires are scattered widely across the amazon, most notably in the north of brazil. they're the most intense in the region for almost a decade, as camilla mota reports from there. the flames in the amazon continue to rage, thousands of fires, almost impossible to control. this is the world's biggest rainforest and carbon store, home to 20 million people. we travelled to one area on the fringe of the rainforest, where the flames have devoured huge areas. firefighters in the state of rondonia, one of the most affected by the amazon fires, have been working here for the past two weeks, trying to put out the flames, but resources are an issue here, as it's a vast area with few people on the

the arctic territory is thought to be rich in natural resources. the u.s. government estimates it has as much as 17 billion barrels of crude oil, but here's what green landers have to say about mr. trump's idea. >> translator: we don't trade countries or territories anymore. if countries want other territories, it's war. it's not something you buy or sell. >> translator: i can only laugh, laugh at trump with these announcements. i can't take it seriously. >> why? >> translator: who takes trump seriously? i think that says it all about him. he's lost his connection to earth. >> well, they see the humor in it there in greenland. our senior international correspondent fred fliplieken i there and has more reaction of what people are saying. >> reporter: it seems like a lot of folks here in greenland seem to be mocking president trump's alleged idea to acquire this territory or possibly somehow purchase it. the government has come out and said, quote, greenland is not for sale. local folks in the southeast say look, this is something america has tried in the pas

how green technologies are threatening arctic traditions. hello and welcome to bbc news. brazil's president, jair bolsonaro, has authorised the armed forces to tackle a record number of fires in the amazon rainforest. it comes after intense pressure from european leaders, who've threatened to scrap a major trade deal with the main south american bloc because of his views about the environment. conservationists believe the brazilian president has encouraged loggers and farmers to clear the land. camilla mota reports from the amazon. the flames in the amazon continue to rage, thousands of fires, almost impossible to control. this is the world's biggest rainforest and carbon store, home to 20 million people. we travelled to one area on the fringe of the rainforest, where the flames have devoured huge areas. firefighters in the state of rondonia, one of the most affected by the amazon fires, have been working here for the past two weeks, trying to put out the flames, but resources are an issue here, as it's a vast area with few people on the ground, and low humidity and stron

they discovered that even in some of the most remote areas on earth like the arctic ice pack a single leader of snow can contain thousands of pieces of micro plastic the discovery that the atmosphere likely plays a key role in transporting plastic has implications not just for pristine environments but also for human health. let's bring in science reporter derrick williams is joining us in the studio so how could these micro plastics be harmful to our health well one of the problems when you create plastics is that you're not just making them from carbon and hydrogen these long polymer chains you also to gain all these different characteristics that various plastics have yet to link up those chains and often the the molecules that you're using to link those chains are toxic so we've all heard about micro plastics in the sea micro plastics are entering the food chain the very basic level when it comes to marine life in the and it's moving its way up the food chain so that's one danger to human health but this one is a brand new one this is this represents the fact that we're probably a

vast swathes of arctic siberia are ablaze after intense summer temperatures and high winds. we have a special report. hello and welcome to bbc news. the united states has officially withdrawn from an arms control pact with russia that dates back to the cold war. the intermediate—range nuclear forces treaty was a landmark agreement at the time but now the us accusses russia of violating it — which moscow denies. the fear is that without the restrictions a new arms race could get underway. the bbc‘s diplomatic correspondent james landale has more. it was a crucial moment towards the ending of the cold war. the moment in 1987 when the leaders of the united states and soviet union signed the intermediate range nuclear forces treaty. they promised to destroy all their missiles with ranges between 300 miles and 3&00 miles. eliminating at a stroke an entire class of nuclear weapons. the mobile ground—launched nuclear weapons were hard to detect and could strike anywhere in europe within minutes. but in recent years, russia has begun testing and deploying a new cruise missil

, and the us is very critical of china's inroads into the arctic. and one should remember of course that greenland is not part of europe, it is geographically part of north america, and the us is regarding greenland as a geographical buffer between america and their potential enemies in russia, north korea, china and so forth. the arctic ocean is opening for business, for traffic, for raw materials, the transport of military materials and so forth, so greenland is very strategically located, in particular from an american perspective. in the world of classical music, women are rarely the ones holding the baton. in britainjust one of the leading orchestras has a female principal conductor. there are efforts to change this, including at the welsh national 0pera, where a new role of female conductor in residence has been created. sian lloyd went to meet tian—yi lu, as she began her first week in thejob. ‘toreador song' plays. taking on one of opera's best known and best loved pieces of music in her own way. i think a rehearsal should be like childr

ahead of an arctic council meeting, china declares it considers itself to be a near arctic power. no one had heard that phrase before. china has about 900 miles away from the arctic circle. there's a lot of geopolitical interest in access to these trade routes that are expected to open up. the mineral resources that lie below some of the ice caps and on the seafloor, and a lot of nations that want to have a seat at the table once these things start getting discussed. there has been a debate in the u.s. for years about building up the fleet of icebreakers operated by the u.s. coast guard. this year, the pentagon and homeland security department announced an $800 million contract for the design of new icebreakers. there's a lot going on this front. we're expecting some type of arctic council meeting to take place later this year. the u.s. will be an active participant. david: one final thought on hong kong, a long way from greenland. we have had all of these demonstrations. reports there are more planned for the weekend. also reports the chinese may be massing forces on the border.

also coming up to the plate the plastic scientists say they have found micro particles of it in the arctic snow we will look at why plastic pollution now litter some of the early earth's most pristine environment. i'm sara kelly welcome to the program there's a voter supreme court has ordered the release of the iranian oil tanker seized by britain last month that's despite an application by the united states to keep the ship in detention now to a boat to police and the british navy seized the vessel the grace one at the beginning of july it was suspected of taking a brawny an oil to syria which would violate e.u. and u.s. sanctions down to voters chief justice says that iran has now guaranteed in writing that the oil was not going to syria 2 weeks after the grace one was seized iran captured a british flag to take. a spring and be used to race a trooper who joins us now from iran. and islands on the strait of hormuz teresa tell us what these latest developments that we're hearing now from divorce or what does it mean for the stand to imperilled that british flag tanker being held by tehran

scientists have found plastic microparticles in arctic snow. we look at why plastic pollution knauf threatens one of -- now threatens one of the earth's most pristine environments. a very warm welcome to our viewers on pbs in the united states and to our other viewers around the world. tonight, israel has barred two u.s. democratic congress women from entering the country after president donald trump said they should be banned in a tweet. prime minister benjamin netanyahu's office ended -- issued a statement. representative rashida tlaib is a born and bred american of palestinian heritage. bill henn omar of minnesota emigrated with -- ilhan omar of minnesota emigrated as a child. both are highly critical of israel's mistreatment of palestinians. president trump tweeted that the two congresswomen hated israel and all jewish people. all right. lotsts to unpack here. i'm joined by our jerusalem correspondent and a guest in washington as well. ththis is where the story is takingng place. has this ever happened before? >>>> it h has been described a

russia's arctic north and far east are being ravaged by huge wildfires with up to 4 million hectares ablaze in vast areas engulfed by smoke. eyes are common at this time of year but record—breaking summer temperatures and strong winds have made this year particularly bad —— fires are common. the new director for national security, john radcliffe, has withdrawn from considerationjust five radcliffe, has withdrawn from consideration just five days after he was nominated for the role. critics say he lacked the expertise to ta ke critics say he lacked the expertise to take on the role. crowds in puerto rico are celebrating the formal resignation of the island's governor, ricardo rossello, he agreed to stand down as governor in the face of mass protests over bulga text messages he showed with his advisers. he will be replaced by pedro pierluisi. those are the headlines. the governor of the bank of england, mark carney, has warned many businesses could weekly find they are not viable if the uk leave the eu without a deal at the end of october. he also told the bbc that food and fuel