In Uganda, bananas have long been a staple of the local diet. Now, a company has devised a unique product based on the popular fruit, hoping to use it to pioneer a new kind of business boom in the country. Shoaib Hasan has the story.

#Ugandan #Textiles #BananaWaste

As the UK celebrates National Gardening Week, the number of people who have been bitten by the gardening bug is on the rise. Millions of people have picked-up a spade and shears for the first time over the past year, with lockdowns encouraging people to take-up more home-based hobbies. And now with restrictions on outdoor socialising lifting, some are keen to spruce up their outdoor spaces for guests. But it's not all rosy. As Natalie Powell reports, getting hold of plants has become trickier since Brexit.

#Gardening #Britain #Pandemic

Every year in April, the western Saudi city of Taif blooms with roses. And this year, the harvest season falls during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. While the pandemic has slashed the income of many farm workers, the gradual reopening of the Saudi economy gives the industry a 'rosy' outlook. Tayyibe Aydin has more.

#SaudiArabia #RoseFarmers #Harvest

The Academy Awards are usually all about summer blockbusters and movies that draw huge crowds to movie theatres. But the pandemic has turned this notion on its head. Netflix dominated this year's Oscars with seven awards. And as the competition heats up and more platforms spend big on their productions, the success could keep 'streaming in' even after the pandemic. Mobin Nasir reports. We spoke to Beth Webb in London. She's a film and TV writer and a broadcaster, and is a Contributing Editor at the industry magazine, Empire.

#Netflix #AcademyAwards #Oscars

For the fifth straight day, India has set a new global daily record of new coronavirus infections, with more than 352-thousand reported on Monday. The rapid surge has overwhelmed the country's healthcare system, as hospitals scramble to expand critical care units and secure reserves of oxygen from the nation's dwindling supplies. New Delhi officials have extended a lockdown in the worst hit city by a week, while international aid trickles in to help alleviate the crisis. Laila Humairah reports. We got more on this story from Ishan Russell who's in New Delhi.

#IndiaHealthcare #CoronavirusInfections #Vaccines #Ventilators

The European Super League is over before it started. The proposed competition between Europe's top football clubs was going to be bank-rolled by JP Morgan and there were hopes it would bring-in billions of dollars for the teams. But just days after announcing the new league, nine of its 12 founding clubs called it quits after intense backlash from fans, as well as threats of sanctions from governments and football's governing bodies. Paolo Montecillo has more. Kieran Maguire is a sports finance expert at the University of Liverpool. He tell us more about the impact the Super League would've had on football

#EuropeanSuperLeague #JPMorgan #UefaChampionsLeague

Hong Kong may be best known for its towering skyscrapers and its local cuisine, but some of the city's best kept secrets lie beneath its emerald waters. Scientists say its coral ecosystem is more diverse than those in the Caribbean Sea. But they're at risk of being completely wiped out due to a warming ocean. And as Laila Humairah reports, conservationists are going high-tech to rescue the fragile reefs.

#HongKong #Reefs #3DCorals

Chile is the world's second largest exporter of salmon. But its sought-after fish stock is drastically dwindling. A recurring algae infestation is to blame, and it's threatening hundreds of salmon farms.

#Chile #SalmonFarms #Algae

The world's largest economy is already feeling the effects of the climate crisis. California has had to fight increasingly severe wildfires, states on the Gulf of Mexico are routinely bombarded by stronger hurricanes, and sunbelt regions like Texas and Oklahoma are getting hit with snowstorms. But in the Midwest, farmers say global heating has become a threat to one of America's favourite foods. Paolo Montecillo has the details.

#GlobalHeating #PotatoFarming #ClimateChange

Turkey has ramped-up its efforts to meet its renewable energy goals as it joins other countries in the global fight against the climate crisis. The government has increased gas exploration in the Black Sea and the eastern Mediterranean. Ankara has also committed to decreasing its carbon footprint by investing in alternative sources of energy. It aims to reduce its carbon emissions by two-billion tonnes by 2030. Selen Esencay reports. We got more from Suha Cubukcuoglu in Istanbul. He's an energy advisor at the Turkish Energy Strategies and Politics Research Centre. We spoke to Suha Cubukcuoglu in Istanbul. He's an energy advisor at the Turkish Energy Strategies and Politics Research Centre.

#Turkey #cleanenergy #zeroemissions