0:00:01 > 0:00:11Gulf States join Saudi Arabia in withdrawing their monitors from the
0:00:11 > 0:00:11
0:00:11 > 0:00:17Arab League mission to Syria. The Syrian Foreign Minister accuses the
0:00:17 > 0:00:20Arab League of blatant interference of Syrian internal affairs. Mitt
0:00:20 > 0:00:22Romney releases his tax returns, after pressure from his rivals for
0:00:22 > 0:00:25the Republican presidential nomination. A prominent Spanish
0:00:25 > 0:00:28judge goes on trial for breaking an amnesty on investigating human
0:00:28 > 0:00:38rights abuses in the Franco era. Welcome to BBC World News. Also in
0:00:38 > 0:00:41
0:00:41 > 0:00:51this programme: two -- to little sunshine. There is a risk of
0:00:51 > 0:01:01vitamin D deficiency. Three look at the thread used to make the largest
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0:01:04 > 0:01:08The six Gulf states have announced they are withdrawing their monitors
0:01:08 > 0:01:13from the Arab League mission to Syria. In a statement, the council
0:01:13 > 0:01:20said it was following the lead of Saudi Arabia. The Saudis pulled out
0:01:20 > 0:01:23on Sunday claiming that Syria is playing tricks but -- respect
0:01:23 > 0:01:29anything. The Foreign Minister has issued a statement. Listening to
0:01:29 > 0:01:34that, in fact the statement is still going on. He is having a
0:01:34 > 0:01:39press conference. He is taking questions from a number of
0:01:39 > 0:01:47journalists. Listening to that is Jon Leyne from Cairo. What did you
0:01:47 > 0:01:52make of that statement? Just sum it up for us. Very bitter words, weary
0:01:52 > 0:01:56words from the Syrian Foreign Minister. He describes this as
0:01:56 > 0:02:01Arabs implementing the phases of the conspiracy already agreed on
0:02:02 > 0:02:11against us. He described what had been agreed by the Arab League as a
0:02:11 > 0:02:17blatant interference into internal affairs of Syria. They were talking
0:02:17 > 0:02:27up a transition to a new system of. It was thoroughly rejected the of
0:02:27 > 0:02:28
0:02:28 > 0:02:33DUP he said that Syria had been a beacon of pan-Arabism and Islam. --
0:02:33 > 0:02:38pan-Arabism. Complete defiance of what had been offered and agreed at
0:02:39 > 0:02:44the Arab League. So far not yet rejecting the Arab peace plan they
0:02:44 > 0:02:48said they are complying with. That was denied by Saudi Arabia and
0:02:49 > 0:02:54other countries. For the moment, the Arab League monitoring mission
0:02:54 > 0:02:59stutters on inside Syria. Now even greater hostility between Syria and
0:02:59 > 0:03:04the Arab League. There is the division and continued divisions
0:03:04 > 0:03:10within the region. How will that affect the ability of the world to
0:03:10 > 0:03:16put pressure on Syria? That is a fundamental issue. Divisions not
0:03:16 > 0:03:23just within the Arab Leach, growing divisions within the Arab League. -
0:03:23 > 0:03:30- Arab League. Six countries have pulled out of it. Also at a higher
0:03:30 > 0:03:34level in the UN Security Council. The big question is whether they
0:03:34 > 0:03:40can get anywhere past a Russian and Chinese veto, which has blocked
0:03:40 > 0:03:48decisive action so far. Has there been a shift in the Russian
0:03:48 > 0:03:55position in the last few months? None whatsoever. Russia is
0:03:55 > 0:04:03determined to stick by Syria. We saw a Russian naval flotilla dock.
0:04:03 > 0:04:07It is such -- a strategic port for Russia. It is a clear indication
0:04:08 > 0:04:13that it will stick by Syria and of why it will stick by Syria. It is
0:04:13 > 0:04:17not going to change its position. We're going to bring you a short
0:04:17 > 0:04:24extract of what the Foreign Minister had to save. It is a
0:04:24 > 0:04:34blatant resolution that harms the sovereignty of Syria. It is an
0:04:34 > 0:04:36
0:04:36 > 0:04:42interference in the internal affairs of Syria. They have not
0:04:42 > 0:04:49discussed the report in detail. That is despite their work on the
0:04:49 > 0:04:53ground for one month and their fact-finding mission on Syrian land.
0:04:53 > 0:04:57That was the Syrian Foreign Minister speaking a short time ago.
0:04:57 > 0:05:06William Hague is disappointed that Syria has not taken up the Arab
0:05:06 > 0:05:09League plan. The race to secure the Republication nomination for the US
0:05:09 > 0:05:12Presidential election continues to build up steam. Mitt Romney has
0:05:12 > 0:05:15finally released his tax records after pressure from the media and
0:05:15 > 0:05:20rival candidates. They show that he received $45 million in income over
0:05:20 > 0:05:26the past two years. He paid $6.2 million of that in tax, which is an
0:05:26 > 0:05:29effective tax rate of 13.9% in 2010. Mr Romney's tax rate is below that
0:05:29 > 0:05:34of most Americans because much of his income is derived from capital
0:05:34 > 0:05:38gains on investments. But he did give $7 million to charity in the
0:05:38 > 0:05:43same period, about half to the Mormon Church. I spoke to Charlie
0:05:43 > 0:05:52Wolf of Republicans Abroad. He says Mitt Romney is paying no more - or
0:05:52 > 0:05:57less - than he is required to by law. One thing knowing latter-day
0:05:57 > 0:06:02Saints, the modern church, they prize ethics in business and
0:06:02 > 0:06:07honesty in business very highly. Because he is paying capital gains
0:06:08 > 0:06:12on his investments, he is paying much less than ordinary Americans.
0:06:12 > 0:06:17Critics might say, in the last two years, he might have known he would
0:06:17 > 0:06:23come into politics in the last few years. What about the last 10
0:06:23 > 0:06:29years? I do not know how far we have to look back. The issue is, is
0:06:29 > 0:06:35he honest? That is the main issue. If you have some shares and I have
0:06:35 > 0:06:41some shares, I may not have millions in shares like Mitt Romney,
0:06:41 > 0:06:46but I pay the same tax rate as Mitt Romney. I pay the same on interest.
0:06:46 > 0:06:51Can he open accounts in the Cayman Islands? There is nothing illegal
0:06:51 > 0:06:56about that. There is nothing unethical about it. You have to
0:06:56 > 0:07:01declare your income. All my accounts are in a foreign land -
0:07:01 > 0:07:07they are here in London. As long as I declare them to the US government,
0:07:07 > 0:07:12that is legal. Doesn't it make him look incredibly out of touch?
0:07:12 > 0:07:17issue how he should play it is he has been very successful. He knows
0:07:17 > 0:07:24how to run the business and that is what he has been doing. Do you
0:07:24 > 0:07:33think he will be damaged? I do not. It will be a storm in a teacup. The
0:07:33 > 0:07:38Obama administration will chide to change -- try to change the % thing.
0:07:38 > 0:07:48We pride success. We do not have the same sort of class warfare as
0:07:48 > 0:07:56
0:07:56 > 0:07:59in the United Kingdom. One of Spain's highest-profile judges is
0:07:59 > 0:08:02on trial for trying to reopen human rights cases dating back to the
0:08:02 > 0:08:04Spanish civil war. Judge Baltasar Garzon who indicted the former
0:08:04 > 0:08:07Chilean dictator, Augusto Pinochet is accused of breaking an amnesty
0:08:07 > 0:08:09law, when he tried to investigate alleged human rights abuses,
0:08:09 > 0:08:17committed during Spain's civil war and during the dictatorship of
0:08:17 > 0:08:21Franco that followed. They want to remember the past. Crimes committed
0:08:21 > 0:08:29under a dictatorship should be remembered in a democratic Spain.
0:08:29 > 0:08:34Their support -- Bay are supporters of this man, Judge Baltasar Garzon.
0:08:34 > 0:08:40He will go on trial again. started to investigate alleged
0:08:40 > 0:08:44crimes committed during -- during the Spanish Civil more and under
0:08:44 > 0:08:48dictatorship of General Franco. He stands accused of breaking the
0:08:48 > 0:08:55amnesty law which was brought in after the death of General Franco's
0:08:55 > 0:08:58so that Spain could move on. This has serious implications about the
0:08:58 > 0:09:04silence of Spain and where the crimes committed in the past could
0:09:04 > 0:09:10be the subject of future investigations. Baltasar Garzon
0:09:10 > 0:09:15became a champion for human rights fund -- campaigners when he
0:09:15 > 0:09:20indicted Augusto Pinochet for crimes committed under his regime.
0:09:20 > 0:09:27In at a room full of Spanish and foreign journalists in Madrid,
0:09:27 > 0:09:32human rights lawyers condemned the judge's trial. They said this was
0:09:32 > 0:09:39the first time in an established democracy that a judge was being
0:09:39 > 0:09:43prosecuted for investigating alleged abuses of human rights.
0:09:43 > 0:09:48years after the death of General Franco, someone is finally being
0:09:48 > 0:09:53prosecuted in Spain in connection with his crimes. It is the very
0:09:53 > 0:09:58judge who sought to investigate those crimes. Not far away, in his
0:09:58 > 0:10:05office full of files related to the case, the man whose organisation
0:10:05 > 0:10:09brought the trial of against Judge Baltasar Garzon. He said he was
0:10:09 > 0:10:16politically motivated when he started to investigate alleged
0:10:16 > 0:10:20crimes during the Franco era. TRANSLATION: Undoubtedly he has
0:10:20 > 0:10:26opened old wounds which people of all political colours had overcome
0:10:26 > 0:10:34and moved on from the Franco regime. You have to take into the account
0:10:34 > 0:10:41that he is a judge from the left. A judge is on trial for her let --
0:10:41 > 0:10:47the fact a judges on trial for investigating alleged trials has
0:10:47 > 0:10:57angered many abroad. It will perhaps reignite some of the
0:10:57 > 0:11:00
0:11:00 > 0:11:05divisions of the past. Jobs, how many do we need? We are talking
0:11:05 > 0:11:09about the International Labour Organisation. It has released its
0:11:09 > 0:11:12global report and it says it is a really tough situation. Three years
0:11:12 > 0:11:18of the financial crisis and leading to the economic slowdown has
0:11:18 > 0:11:23resulted in an extra 29 million people out of the labour force
0:11:23 > 0:11:27since the start of the crisis in 2009. They are turning around and
0:11:27 > 0:11:31saying 600 million jobs, that is what governments around the world
0:11:31 > 0:11:36need to create over the next decade. It is a really big problem. Several
0:11:36 > 0:11:42months ago they warned governments around the world saying you have to
0:11:42 > 0:11:45do more. You need to create growth and create jobs. Despite that
0:11:45 > 0:11:50warning and despite strenuous efforts by governments around the
0:11:50 > 0:11:56world, this ugly, global jobs crisis continues unabated. It is a
0:11:56 > 0:12:03real worry. 1.1 billion people around the world are out of work or
0:12:03 > 0:12:08in poverty. A real serious situation. I spoke to one of the
0:12:08 > 0:12:12senior economists and asked him how worrying it was, given their making
0:12:12 > 0:12:16some effort but the job crisis continues. There has been a
0:12:16 > 0:12:21tremendous response. Early on there was a lot of money which was put
0:12:21 > 0:12:26into the financial system to support banks. Especially in
0:12:26 > 0:12:31developed economies, to support jobseekers and firms. It is a
0:12:31 > 0:12:36concern going forward. We have a period a very difficult finances.
0:12:36 > 0:12:42Governments are having difficulty raising capital. We need to target
0:12:42 > 0:12:47our efforts on the job markets. ILO has said governments need to
0:12:47 > 0:12:52create 600 million jobs over the next few years. That does seem
0:12:52 > 0:12:56unrealistic, doesn't it? The first thing I would say is it is not the
0:12:56 > 0:13:01Government's that one need to create these jobs. It has to come
0:13:01 > 0:13:04from the private sector. We need public support. There is a
0:13:04 > 0:13:10tremendous amount of cash being held by companies around the world,
0:13:10 > 0:13:14in the US and in Europe. That is because of the high levels of
0:13:14 > 0:13:20uncertainty. We need to see that money invested in building plant
0:13:21 > 0:13:25and hiring workers. Now for some of the other business news. The Bank
0:13:25 > 0:13:35of Japan has downgraded its forecast for economic growth. It
0:13:35 > 0:13:35
0:13:35 > 0:13:42expects Welt to shrink and contract. Forum %. That would -- contract by
0:13:42 > 0:13:470.4 of a %. Yoshihiko Noda warned Japan would miss targets. It
0:13:47 > 0:13:57announced plans to double sales tax to help plug the hole in the
0:13:57 > 0:14:01
0:14:01 > 0:14:07coffers of Japan. Although Japan may be in recession, a
0:14:07 > 0:14:15representative is upbeat. It refers to the downgrade or refers to the
0:14:15 > 0:14:25forecast - the new forecast - for 2012, as more less unchanged. That
0:14:25 > 0:14:25
0:14:25 > 0:14:30forecast is 2% Kriss Akabusi. It up graded its forecast for 2013. --
0:14:30 > 0:14:34growths. I would say most of the negative quarters are behind us.
0:14:34 > 0:14:39The European Union is putting pressure on Greece to reach a deal
0:14:39 > 0:14:45with its private creditors. They need to be agreed this week if
0:14:45 > 0:14:54Greece is to receive the second rescue plan. Without that it is
0:14:54 > 0:14:58likely to default on billions of dollars. That would destabilise the
0:14:58 > 0:15:07whole eurozone economy. The block of 17 finance ministers meet again
0:15:07 > 0:15:11in Brussels later on on Tuesday. have reviewed the process on the
0:15:11 > 0:15:18operation between the Greek government and the creditor groups
0:15:18 > 0:15:25as well as holding discussions in Athens about the new adjustment
0:15:25 > 0:15:30programme. We welcome the increased convergence and ask the Government
0:15:30 > 0:15:40to reach, in the next few days, a current understanding of the main
0:15:40 > 0:15:43
0:15:43 > 0:15:46Europe's largest oil refiner has filed for insolvency in Switzerland.
0:15:46 > 0:15:48Petroplus said it would have to shut down three of its five
0:15:48 > 0:15:51refineries and default on $1.75 billion of debt after creditors
0:15:51 > 0:15:54called in their loans. The Swiss group employs 2,500 workers across
0:15:54 > 0:15:57Europe. Industrial equipment giant Siemens
0:15:57 > 0:16:00has reported a 17% fall in profit. The German group blamed worsening
0:16:00 > 0:16:03government finances across Europe which, in turn, have delayed big
0:16:03 > 0:16:10rail and wind power projects. Siemens made $1.9 billion in the
0:16:10 > 0:16:13last three months. Saudi Arabia's kaeblt says it will approve efforts
0:16:13 > 0:16:17to develop oil and gas co-operation with China. It follows a visit by
0:16:17 > 0:16:22the Chinese Prime Minister to the world's biggest exporter of oil.
0:16:22 > 0:16:30During the visit he pressed Saudi Arabia to open its mark totes
0:16:30 > 0:16:35Chinese investment. The U kfplt S as added another Iranian bank to
0:16:35 > 0:16:38its list of sanctions. It's been blacklisted for providing services
0:16:38 > 0:16:41to banks and companies which are under international sanctions for
0:16:41 > 0:16:48their involvement in the country's nuclear programme.
0:16:48 > 0:16:52A quick look at the markets. We start in Asia, there is Asia. A bit
0:16:52 > 0:16:59of a catch-up for some of the markets in Asia. On Monday many of
0:16:59 > 0:17:05them were closed for the Chinese new year public holiday.
0:17:05 > 0:17:10Europe turned a bit foul, heading south in the mid-Training Day. Same
0:17:10 > 0:17:16old story, like a broken record! I am the broken record here. The
0:17:16 > 0:17:20markets are eyeing this deal that hasn't been reached yet between
0:17:20 > 0:17:23Athens and the private creditors and they really do need this and
0:17:23 > 0:17:31the European Union finance ministers, as I mentioned, giving
0:17:31 > 0:17:34them just days to get a deal on the table. They'll focus on Italy and
0:17:34 > 0:17:38Spain then. You are watching BBC World News.
0:17:38 > 0:17:48Still to come: Conservationists struggle to help whales stranded on
0:17:48 > 0:17:50
0:17:50 > 0:17:54New Zealand's coastline. International efforts are being
0:17:54 > 0:17:57stepped up to tackle the threat of a new food crisis in the Sahel
0:17:57 > 0:17:59region of West Africa. Nearly seven million people are at risk of
0:17:59 > 0:18:02severe food shortages, due to insufficient rains, poor crops and
0:18:02 > 0:18:04pest damage and high prices in local markets. Britain has
0:18:04 > 0:18:06announced that it is sending therapeutic food for 68,000
0:18:06 > 0:18:11children, as well as providing fodder and vaccinations to keep
0:18:11 > 0:18:15livestock alive. Our world affairs correspondent, Mike Wooldridge,
0:18:15 > 0:18:19reports from Niger. This man and his family are struggling at the
0:18:19 > 0:18:24moment. They're now trying to make a living in this district on the
0:18:24 > 0:18:30outskirts of the capital and keep hunger at bay.
0:18:30 > 0:18:35A lot of people leaving their village, people going to search for
0:18:35 > 0:18:39gold, people go to Ghana or Nigeria because of difficult harvest.
0:18:39 > 0:18:43Efforts are under way to curb the hunger, migration and risks with it.
0:18:43 > 0:18:47Some of the poorest and most vulnerable are staying, for now.
0:18:47 > 0:18:51Constructing a basic irrigation system, which would help the
0:18:51 > 0:18:54village in future droughts. Wye like to be given something that
0:18:54 > 0:19:01would last longer than food, this woman says, to help me raise
0:19:01 > 0:19:05animals or start a business, but she says the work is good.
0:19:05 > 0:19:11She gets a share of the millet and beans being distributed by the
0:19:11 > 0:19:15World Food Programme. The UN agency also provides a nutritious lunch
0:19:15 > 0:19:18for the children at this school in the same area to help prevent them
0:19:18 > 0:19:26being pulled out of school. This is the kind of aid that links efforts
0:19:26 > 0:19:30to tackle the crisis It is facing now with reducing malnutrition in
0:19:30 > 0:19:35the longer-term and help families withstand future crises. Education
0:19:35 > 0:19:45will play a big part in that N the lifetime of these children Niger
0:19:45 > 0:19:53
0:19:53 > 0:19:57has seen a devastating famine. Can the cycle of crises now be broken?
0:19:57 > 0:20:02Gulf states follow Saudi Arabia in pulling their 55 Monday stores out
0:20:02 > 0:20:12of the Arab League mission to Syria. And multimillionaire Republican
0:20:12 > 0:20:19
0:20:19 > 0:20:22ropl knee Releases his tax returns. Here in Britain we often joke about
0:20:22 > 0:20:24the lack of sunshine but the Chief Medical Officer is now worried
0:20:24 > 0:20:28about people suffering from a shortage of Vitamin D. Doctors are
0:20:28 > 0:20:29being told to make sure those at risk take a supplement. Jenny Hill
0:20:29 > 0:20:32reports. It's hard to believe he once
0:20:32 > 0:20:35struggled to walk, Toby was four when he was diagnosed with Ricketts.
0:20:35 > 0:20:39No one had told his mum she should take vitamin D supplements during
0:20:39 > 0:20:43her pregnancy. There should be more awareness. They should be telling
0:20:43 > 0:20:50people to get calcium into your body you need vitamin D otherwise
0:20:50 > 0:20:53you can't absorb it. It's thought one in every three babies lacks
0:20:53 > 0:21:03vitamin D. At this children's bone clinic they treat the resulting
0:21:03 > 0:21:04
0:21:04 > 0:21:09disorders. They see children who have been overprotected from the
0:21:09 > 0:21:15sun. It's feared deficiency can cause all sorts of health problems.
0:21:15 > 0:21:19Even death. Jaden was just four months old when he died, his skull
0:21:19 > 0:21:24was damaged and he had broken bones. His parents were accused of child
0:21:24 > 0:21:29abuse. In fact, a judge cleared them recently. Jaden was simply
0:21:29 > 0:21:34deficient in vitamin D. Jaden's one of two babies whose deaths have
0:21:34 > 0:21:39been linked to a lack of vitamin D. One pathologist has told the BBC
0:21:39 > 0:21:43she believes deficiency may have contributed to the deaths of nearly
0:21:43 > 0:21:4730 other youngsters. Healthcare professionals do not know enough
0:21:47 > 0:21:51about vitamin D and some know nothing. In fact, they're giving
0:21:51 > 0:22:00out misinformation, they're telling families that as long as your diet
0:22:00 > 0:22:04is good you don't need vitamins and that's fundamentally wrong.
0:22:04 > 0:22:07At this nursery in Birmingham they run awareness programmes for
0:22:07 > 0:22:12parents. In this city every child under five and pregnant woman is
0:22:12 > 0:22:17offered free sreut Amin D -- vitamin D supplements. Ricketts
0:22:17 > 0:22:22cases here have halved in the last four years.
0:22:22 > 0:22:25Toby has made a full recovery. Last night the Chief Medical Officer for
0:22:25 > 0:22:28England told us she will now contact health professionals to
0:22:28 > 0:22:32emphasise the importance of supplements. The Government review
0:22:32 > 0:22:41into vitamin D is now under way. It's due to report back in two
0:22:41 > 0:22:44years' time. There's been a sue bomb attack in
0:22:44 > 0:22:49Somalia at a military base. The group al-Shabaab say they carried
0:22:49 > 0:22:56out the attack. Our correspondent in Nairobi told me more. This is a
0:22:57 > 0:23:02rare attack in that it's on an Ethiopian base, just inside Somalia.
0:23:02 > 0:23:08The town was taken by Ethiopian troops last month. What we
0:23:08 > 0:23:14understand is that a minibus was driven up to the gates of this
0:23:14 > 0:23:18military barracks, the base of the Ethiopian troops and an Ethiopian
0:23:19 > 0:23:23soldier fired to stop it and the driver blew up the vehicle. Al-
0:23:23 > 0:23:28Shabaab, it say it is carried out the attack and it's saying more
0:23:29 > 0:23:32than 20 Ethiopians were killed but we can't verify that number and
0:23:32 > 0:23:39eyewitnesses are describing a huge explosion but cannot verify how
0:23:39 > 0:23:42many were killed. Now, if you're frightened of creepy
0:23:42 > 0:23:44crawlies, you never know, our next item might just change your mind.
0:23:44 > 0:23:47The largest textile in the world created from silken thread
0:23:47 > 0:23:50extracted from spiders has been unveiled. The embroidered cape has
0:23:50 > 0:23:53taken three years to make and is going on display in London.
0:23:53 > 0:23:56It's probably not what you would wear to go to the shops or drop the
0:23:56 > 0:24:02children at school but this cape is unique. It's made from the thread
0:24:02 > 0:24:05of more than a million golden orb spiders in Madagascar. The golden
0:24:05 > 0:24:12colour is totally natural. The colour you see is the natural
0:24:12 > 0:24:16colour. We haven't tampered with it, done nothing to it. This is like
0:24:16 > 0:24:19the webs, these would have been dispersed in the wind. The spiders
0:24:19 > 0:24:23are prised from their webs first thing in the morning and clamped
0:24:23 > 0:24:29into special harnesses, a long continuous golden thread is
0:24:29 > 0:24:36extracted by hand. After about 20 minutes the spiders are released,
0:24:36 > 0:24:41unharmed, back into nature. The thread is then woven on looms
0:24:41 > 0:24:45to produce the dazzling fabric. thread is incredibly light. It's
0:24:45 > 0:24:51sticky. It's incredibly strong. You don't feel it when you touch it, at
0:24:51 > 0:24:55all. You might feel some warmth but otherwise you feel nothing. It's
0:24:55 > 0:25:01taken three years to make the cape, a labour of love for all those
0:25:01 > 0:25:07involved. But even after all that time Nick Godley still hasn't
0:25:07 > 0:25:13conquered his fear of spiders. Conservationists in New Zealand are
0:25:13 > 0:25:19battling to save dozens of whales stranded on a beach in New Zealand.
0:25:20 > 0:25:23It's a sorry sight, where time is running out. These whales beached
0:25:23 > 0:25:27themselves on Monday and already many have lost their lives.
0:25:27 > 0:25:31Conservationists are being helped by volunteers as they seek to
0:25:31 > 0:25:35refloat the marine mammals. Scientists don't know why they
0:25:35 > 0:25:41stranded themselves but pilot whales like these are notorious for
0:25:42 > 0:25:47doing so. The golden Bay is one of the most notorious whale strandings.
0:25:47 > 0:25:51We have a long finger of sand that skwruting right -- skwruts out in
0:25:51 > 0:25:54the path of these animals. It's not long since the last such stranding
0:25:54 > 0:26:01in the same location, at the beginning of this month it was only
0:26:01 > 0:26:04possible to successfully refloat 25 out of 70 whales. Experts know that
0:26:04 > 0:26:09mass strandings often occur when a single whale beaches and the rest
0:26:09 > 0:26:18of its pod follow. It's why the rescue team has its work cut out.
0:26:18 > 0:26:23Just always had a passion for marine mammals, dolphins and whales.
0:26:23 > 0:26:26I would do anything coy to help them out. A human wall is being
0:26:26 > 0:26:32formed in a bid to encourage the whales not to head back to the
0:26:32 > 0:26:35beach after refloating, something they often do.
0:26:35 > 0:26:41Those that are still alive on the sand are being kept wet in the
0:26:41 > 0:26:46attempt to save them. It's hoped that the high tide can be used to