just before we go, a young marine scientist from mauritius is taking her environmental message to new depths. shaama sandoya dove into a remote stretch of the indian ocean, to highlight the importance of seagrass ecosystems. the under—water plant has become a priority for conservationists. it represents a tenth of the ocean's capacity to store carbon. shaama is trying to draw attention to the un's goal of protecting at least 30% of the planet's land and oceans by 2030. a reminder of our top story: america's top diplomat antony blinken is meeting his opposite number from china, against the snowy backdrop of alaska. but in their opening remarks, the two sides haven't pulled their punches. mr blinken said the us would not shy away from issues such as xinjiang, hong kong and taiwan. we'll bring you loads of updates, and more on our website. thanks for watching. hello there. we saw plenty of sunshine across scotland on thursday. that pushed temperatures up to 19 celsius in edinburgh, making it the warmest day of the year so far. for most, though, it was rather cool and cloudy, and that's

and before we go tonight, a young marine scientist from mauritius is taking her environmental message to new depths. shaama sandooyea dove into a remote stretch of the indian ocean, to highlight the importance of seagrass ecosystems. the underwater plant has become a priority for conservationists. it represents a tenth of the ocean's capacity to store carbon. shaama is trying to draw attention to the un goal of protecting at least 30% of the planet's land and oceans by 2030. iam laura i am laura trevelyan. thank you so much for watching bbc world news america. have a great night. hello. for many of us, it was quite a cloudy day and that's how it's going to stay for the next few days. there was very little change on the weather front with high pressure very close to the uk. having said that, in one or two areas, the skies did clear today and it was in fact the warmest day of the year so far in scotland. temperatures got up to around 18 celsius, but that really was the exception for many of us. it was nowhere near as warm. here's the high pressure through thursday evening. it's going to

just before we go, a young marine scientist from mauritius is taking her environmental message to new depths. shaama sandoya dove into a remote stretch of the indian ocean, to highlight the importance of seagrass ecosystems. the under—water plant has become a priority for conservationists. it represents a tenth of the ocean's capacity to store carbon. shaama is trying to draw attention to the un's goal of protecting at least 30% of the planet's land and oceans by 2030. what a fantastic way of getting a message across. a reminder of our top story: america's top diplomat antony blinken is meeting his opposite number from china against the snowy backdrop of alaska. we will keep you updated as to any updates on that meeting. thanks for watching, i'll be back soon. lots of spring sunshine on the offer. and what a beautiful day it's been in the highlands of scotland. take a look at this weather watcher picture. kind of wish you were there, yeah? for scotland it was the warmest day of the year so far, temperatures reaching 15 celsius in edinburgh, but it wasn't a warm spot in the uk. a num