that was the day a gigantic tsunami in the indian ocean killed more than 250000 people images illustrating the pools of these natural phenomenon shocked the world. 7 years later in 2011 a nuclear power plant in fukushima japan exploded after being engulfed by an earthquake generated tsunami. since these tragedies scientists rushed to the scene redoubling efforts to determine what causes these killer waves. because that knowledge can save lives it's clear that tsunamis can strike any region. the planet open eyes ation has made coastal communities even more vulnerable. than tsunami research protects them. to hate. it was doing a. half . on friday september 28th 2018 an earthquake followed by a tsunami devastated an area of the bay of palu on the indonesian island of slow way sea. within minutes 4000 people lost their lives 79000 others had to be evacuated how could this new design stay in indonesia occurred after the devastating 2004 tsunami 2 tsunami specialists were commissioned by unesco in the indonesian authorities to investigate cost us in our lockers at the university of southern cali

the seychelles an island off capella go in the indian ocean at the eastern age of the somali sea for many it's paradise on earth the islands were uninhabited throughout most of recorded history and known by arab sailors and other navigates and same trees ago the 1st records date back to the only 15 hundreds detailed when portuguese explorer vasco da gama crossed from india to east africa with these all modern expeditions and settlements by britain and france followed and after years of war the archipelago was surrendered to the british in 800 tame. but self-government was granted in 1995 when britain announced its intention to give a degree of independence to the colony james mansion who had served as chief minister of the crown colony and then as prime minister founded the democratic party but another movement the seychelles people's united party led by france albert rene advocated food independence and that came in 1976 a coalition government was cool and mansion became the country's 1st president and remains the prime minister but just a year later mansion was overthrown in a coup

out as the ultimate winner with more than 70000 voters scattered across dozens of islands in the indian ocean the polls posed a logistical challenge light aircraft and delivered ballot papers to remote polling stations it took 3 days for everyone to vote for president danielle for voted in

longer and stronger an undersea quake the more powerful the tsunami a treat is as in the indian ocean sea quake of december 26th. 2004. a full located 100 kilometers off banda on the indonesian island of sumatra ruptured along a length of 1200 kilometers the massive 9 point one magnitude undersea quake lasted more than 5 minutes. within 15 minutes the 1st waves up to 35 meters high smashed into sumatra while other large waves rippled across the indian ocean in all 230000 people lost their lives the waves advance was captured for the 1st time on video by hundreds of people caught up in the disaster. the world was shocked by these devastating show of natural force a force little understood at the time. for scientists it was a wake up call energizing research into tsunamis then still in its infancy. since 2008 unesco has maintained a global tsunami tracker it's a record of tsunami occurrences over the past 3 millennia. to date researchers have identified $1200.00 the least destructive are in white the most deadly in red each of these dots represents a potential danger for the future 70 p

that was the day a gigantic tsunami in the indian ocean killed more than 230000 people images illustrating the pools of this natural phenomenon shocked the world. 7 years later in 2011 a nuclear power plant in fukushima japan exploded after being engulfed by an earthquake generated tsunami. since these tragedies scientists rushed to the scene redoubling efforts to determine what causes these killer waves. because that knowledge can save lives it's clear that tsunamis can strike any region of the planet urbanize ation has made coastal communities even more vulnerable. can tsunami research protects them. on friday september 28th 2018 an earthquake followed by a tsunami devastated an area of the bay of palu on the indonesian island of slow way sea. within minutes 4000 people. lost their lives $79000.00 had to be evacuated how could these new designs to indonesia occur after the devastating 2004 tsunami to tune on the specialists were commissioned by units go in the indonesian authorities to investigate cost us in our lockers at the university of southern california and herman fritz of the geo

that was the day a gigantic tsunami in the indian ocean killed more than 230000 people images illustrating the pools of this natural phenomenon shocked the world. 7 years later in 2011 a nuclear power plant in fukushima japan exploded after being engulfed by an earthquake generated tsunami. since these tragedies scientists rushed to the scene redoubling efforts to determine what causes these killer waves. because that knowledge can save lives it's clear that tsunamis can strike any region of the planet urbanization has made coastal communities even more vulnerable. than tsunami research protects them. on friday september 28th 2018 an earthquake followed by a tsunami devastated an area of the bay of palu on the indonesian island of pseudo way sea. within minutes 4000 people. lost their lives 79000 others had to be evacuated how could this new design stint in indonesia occur after the devastating 2004 tsunami. tsunami specialists were commissioned by unesco in the indonesian authorities to investigate cost us in a lot because of the university of southern california and herman fritz of the g

of plants and animals it's also the source of several rivers that flow through so malia to the indian ocean providing millions of people with water. the banner mountains are the water reservoir for the whole region since 2004 the frankfurt zoological society has been helping to preserve the national park the society's director coast of shank has come to see what the situation is like on the ground he knows how important this area is. for non jewish i'm told be used to be able to shift your bio diversity is an evenly spread on our planet and 80 percent of species are found on just 20 percent of the earth's surface the reason we just have to protect the right places for the gums reached is the most important parts are the so-called hot spots as these are regions where the earth's secular abundance of the sixty's and computing folk ones that only exist in those regions as a form one of these hot spots are shrinking hotspot one is the afro alpine region including the bol a mountain of the culture of the ball about a girl. most of the region is covered by forest one of the last intact expanses a

why is that for their navy to impose influence and control on india and the indian ocean. djibouti. why is that? to impose influence and control in the middle east where 62% of their oil passes through the gulf and out of iran. so yes, china's influence is economic to be sure, but it's also becoming a global military power. maria: in the midst of china's growing economic and military threat came covid-19. my husband and i have never eaten healthier. shingles doesn't care. i logged 10,000 steps today. shingles doesn't care. i get as much fresh air as possible. good for you, but shingles doesn't care. because 1 in 3 people will get shingles, you need protection. but no matter how healthy you feel, your immune system declines as you age, increasing your risk for getting shingles. so what can protect you? shingrix protects. for the first time ever, you can protect yourself from shingles with a vaccine proven to be over 90% effective. shingrix is a vaccine used to prevent shingles in adults 50 years and older. shingrix does not protect everyone and is not for those with severe

of plants and animals it's also the source of several rivers that flow through so malia to the indian ocean providing millions of people with water. the ballad mountains are the water reservoir for the whole region since 2004 the frankford zoological society has been helping to preserve the national park the society's director christopher shank has come to see what the situation is like on the ground he knows how important this area is. for a month so i'm told be used to be able to shift your biodiversity is an evenly spread on our planet and 80 percent of species are found on just 20 percent of the earth's surface reason we just have to protect the right places for the guns which there's the most important parts are the so-called hot spots as these are regions where the earth's circular abundance of basics you can get beaten for kwan's that only exist in those regions for more on these hot spots are shrinking in the courts but one is the afro alpine region including the ball a mountain of the car 2 bin of the polyp alligator. most of the region is covered by forest one of the last intact e

helicoptered out to the carrier of the "uss nimitz," which was returning from long months of duty in the indian ocean and told the crew of that ship that he advocated better pay for them and their comrades. where does he really stand now that he's back onshore? i'll tell you where i stand? i do not favor a peace time draft or registration, but i do favor pay and benefit levels that will attract and keep highly motivated men and women in our volunteer forces. and back them up with an active reserve trained and ready for instant call in case of emergency. you know, there may be a sailor at the helm of the ship of state but the ship has no rudder. critical decisions are made at times almost in comic fashion but who can laugh. who was not embarrassed when the administration handed a major propaganda victory of the united nations to the enemies of israel, our staunch middle east ally for three decades and then claimed the american vote was a mistake, the result of a failure of communication between the president, his secretary of state, and his u.n. ambassador. who does not feel a growing sense of unease

including china's coziness with pakistan on its growing influence in india's neighborhood in the indian ocean region gatekeeping india out of international organizations and really the watershed moment of conflict on the border that showed that not only was the relationship competitive but it can actually need to military escalation as a result of which india has been diversifying and strengthening its partnerships not only with the us but we did a number of other countries including france vietnam indonesia japan shadia and even the e.u. . how do most people in india carious feel about the country's involvement in the quad which if you look at a map essentially looks like an m circle much strategy from china's point of view. so it's interesting china's views of the quad have really often made between calling the seafoam back to disappear shortly to the asian nato and the military aspect of the quad is actually quite exaggerated but for me the more interesting question and also for a lot of people in india is the broader trend why did countries in the region feel the need to revive tax forms

including china's coziness with pakistan on its growing influence in india's neighborhood in the indian ocean region gatekeeping india out of international organizations and really the watershed moment of conflict on the border that showed that not only was the relationship competitive but it can actually need to military escalation as a result of which india has been diversifying and strengthening its papa ship not only with the u.s. but with a number of other countries including france vietnam indonesia japan australia and even the e.u. how do most people in india and carious feel about the country's involvement in the quad which if you look at a map essentially looks like an encirclement strategy from kind of point of view. so it's interesting china's views of the quad have really often made between calling it the seafoam back to disappear shortly to the asian nato and the military aspect of the quad is actually quite exaggerated but for me the more interesting question and also for a lot of people in india is the broader trend why did countries in the region feel the need to revive tax fo

announce pretty much what is or even go to the date i go to is also being held in the semi autonomous indian ocean i keep a log of which has a history of contested polls and violence after results are announced opposition leaders have accused police of using force on protesters who alleged some ballot papers had been pre-marked there is no doubt of this election far from being free and. without doubt as good issues in this election possible of course. the. playground is not level both in terms of the institutions which are governing or managing the selection as well as the conduct of the security agency. the ruling party kind of dr house and when the sign of a former president and a relative newcomer in zanzibar politics is up against a safe sheriff complaining for the 6th time i'm odd say he won the last presidential election 5 years ago the result was a nod by the electoral commission and he was caught at the rerun samana lists fear that an opposition defeat could trigger another violent fall out with the ruling party and governor i also has the latest on just how version is going this morning .

the ultimate winner with more than $70000.00 voters scattered across dozens of islands in the indian ocean the polls posed a logistical challenge light aircraft and delivered ballot papers to remote polling stations it took 3 days for everyone to vote for president danielle for voted in the capital victoria his party has governed the archipelago since independence from british colonial rule more than 40 years ago 1st as the soviet aligned one party state and then wheeling every previous election on the remote tea party system the economy depends mostly on tourism wealthy foreigners flock to the islands pristine beaches but few have come since the global pandemic seychelles is one of the most on equal countries in the world hotels and businesses are owned by a wealthy minority mostly of european origin. many others are descendants of in slaves the africans who were brought here by the colonialists past inequalities persist that so many people are in say show us some you drop ins because they are so poor i don't like i would vote for a candidate that can do all things for everybody and every

have closed in the seychelles in presidential and parliamentary elections residents across the indian ocean are angry papen casting their ballots since thursday and as malcolm webb reports it's an election that brings its own challenges. with more than 70000 voters scattered across dozens of islands seychelles presidential election needs some logistics light aircraft and boats to take ballot papers to remote polling stations it takes 3 days for everyone to vote and nearly everyone does turn out for usually more than 90 percent. president danielle for voted in the capital victoria his party has governed the archipelago since independence from british colonial rule 54 years ago 1st as a soviet aligned one party state and then winning every election on the remati party system what is more important is for us to rebuild the economy after the effects of 19 the economy depends mostly on tourism wealthy foreigners flock to the pristine beaches the few have come since the global pandemic the main opposition party l.d.s. has won a growing share of the vote in past polls it lost the presidency by few

the deposits lie offshore in the indian ocean international oil companies including total and any that invested billions of dollars in preparation to extract it from local populations been marginalized and most have lived in poverty for generations watching the investment foreigners getting jobs has ceded discontent and fueled the rebellion which some analysts say could stop the gas projects entirely i really think that the possibility exists that this project will not go forward because if the grass to be drawn so high. yes and no oil nearby indians and here. in the places mozambique's armed forces have steadily lost ground to the armed groups military support from the european union and funding from the us both being discussed but nothing's been finalized yet securing the coastal kathy extraction facilities might be possible securing the 2000000 people who live across the province will be much more difficult malcolm webb al-jazeera afghan president's ashraf ghani is in doha with his style a geisha in the ongoing taliban afghan peace talks a correspondent to some a bunch of aid spoke

announce pretty much what is or even go to this i go to is also being held in the semi autonomous indian ocean. which has a history of contested polls and violence after results are announced opposition leaders have accused police of using force on protesters who allege some ballot papers had been pre-marked there is no doubt of this election. without doubt issues. of course. the playground not limb. both in terms of our institutions which are governing or managing this election as well as the conduct of the security agencies in the run up to the selection of. the ruling party candidate dr has and with the son of a former president and a relative newcomer into politics is up against safe sheriff might compel me for the 6th time state he won the last presidential election 5 years ago the result was announced by the electoral commission and he played quite actively by some analysts fear that an opposition defeat could trigger another violent fall out with the ruling party cathy zoi al-jazeera. saying i will back or as an observer where tanzania elections watch he says the opposition will struggl

the deposit lie offshore in the indian ocean international oil companies including total and any that invested billions of dollars in preparation to extract it the local populations been marginalized and most have lived in poverty for generations watching the investment and foreigners getting jobs has ceded discontent and fueled the rebellion which some analysts say could stop the gas projects entirely. think their. projects will not. be. nearby in the near. mozambique's armed forces have steadily lost ground to the armed groups military support from the european union and funding from the us both being discussed but nothing's been finalized yet . securing the coastal catholics traction facilities might be possible securing the 2000000 people who live across the province will be much more difficult malcolm webb al-jazeera. let's bring in our guests impending mozambique fend limit political commentator and chairman of media to an independent media group in mozambique in oslo stigall hansen professor in international relations at the norwegian university of life sciences also in mozambi

for the opposition in the 40 years since independence votes in took place for 3 days across the indian ocean archipelago malcolm where this in nairobi and explains why the opposition won the vote of confidence. he's wanted to be the leader of the seychelles for decades he's run 5 times before and lost every time to the ruling party but with a steadily increasing share of the votes and this time he's pulled it off is a priest because priest and it was his work for the church that originally threw him into politics that was in the 90 nineties and he was critical of the one party state and its human rights abuses at the time the one party state became the ruling party of the seychelles up till now so this is the 1st change in power in seychelles essentially since independence as he said run column on has been fighting for this for successive elections finally he's managed to get his message across to the voters and they've delivered him a victory a lot of people have lost confidence in the ability of the of the of the ruling party the former ruling party and its welfare policies which for decad

opposition in 40 years since the independence of seychelles was into place over 3 days in the indian ocean nation. in the us both president trump and his rival joe biden have been rallying in support of rallying support rather in battleground states well then 57000000 people have already cast their ballots coronavirus cases meanwhile hits an all time high on friday as trump continues to insist the nation is turning a corner and gallacher reports live from miami. the president trump and his democratic rival joe biden these final days are all about the battleground states i voted for a guy named trouble we can. thank after casting his ballot in florida the president held a rally in north carolina before moving on to ohio all crucial states in his bid for a 2nd term and i would not put joe in charge despite rising cases of the coronavirus a record daily high of more than 80000 on friday the president continues to tell supporters it's not an issue the pandemic that's all i hear about a chilling you turn on television coverage covered covered go because of it covered a plane goes down 500 peopl

of plants and animals it's also the source of several rivers that flow through so malia to the indian ocean providing millions of people with water. the ban a mountain or the water reservoir for the whole region since 2004 at the frankfurt zoo a logical society has been helping to preserve the national park the society's director coast of shanghai has come to see what the situation is like on the ground he knows how important this area is. for non jewish i'm told to be used to be a lot as a few file diversity as an evenly spread on our planet of sweat and 80 percent of species are found on just 20 percent of the earth's surface the reason we just have to protect the right places for the guns which there is the most important parts are the so-called hot spots as these are regions where the earth secular abundance of the basics you can get beaten for kwan's that only exist in those regions for more on these hot spots are shrinking in the courts but one is the afro alpine region including the baalei mountain off the cultural been of the polish gabriel. most of the region is covered by forest o

including china's coziness with pakistan on its growing influence in india's neighborhood in the indian ocean region gatekeeping india out of international organizations and really the watershed moment of conflict on the border that showed that not only was the relationship competitive but it can actually need to military escalation as a result of which india has been diversifying and strengthening its partnerships not only with the us but we are number of other countries including france vietnam indonesia japan shadia and even the e.u. how do most people in india ceria feel about the country's involvement in the quad which if you look at a map essentially looks like an encirclement strategy from china's point of view. so it's interesting china's views of the quad have really often dated between calling it sea foam that will disappear shortly to the asian nato and the military aspect of the quads is actually quite exaggerated but for me the more interesting question and also for a lot of people in india is the broader trend why does countries in the region feel the need to revise tax forms li

four countries cooperate in the wake of the boxing day, december 26 earthquake and tsunami in the indian ocean. over the years eidl of the dream of the quad is waxed and waned and the recent waxing has been a result of this real recognition that our four countries t-shirt enters, share values. really when you talk about it i think it needs to come up with a more rigorous schedule of meetings at various levels, notches foreign minister but at lower levels, but also to come up with something like a work n which would include a number of cooperative efforts in different areas whether it's security, infrastructure development, whether it's traditional development assistance, whether it's in the energy sphere, connectivity, road building, that kind thing. still early and it still meant to be sort of envisioning a fabric would connect all of us throughout the region, and to perhaps the question you've got about the participation, i mean, the quad was never meant to be exclusive. it's not meant to be insular and keep others out rather. i think it's meant to have the countries aspire to join, country

of plants and animals it's also the source of several rivers that flow through so malia to the indian ocean providing millions of people with water. the ban the mountains are the water reservoir for the whole region since 2004 at the frankfurt zoological society has been helping to preserve the national park the society's director coast of shank has come to see what the situation is like on the ground he knows how important this area is. for non jewish i'm told be used to be able to ship to file diversity as an evenly spread on our planet in 80 percent of species are found on just 20 percent of the earth's surface the reason we just have to protect the right places for the gums british the most important parts are the so-called hot spots as these are regions where the earth secular abundance of the sixty's and beautiful ones that only exist in those regions for more on these hot spots are shrinking in the courts but one is the afro alpine region including the ball a mountain of the culture been a good girl. most of the region is covered by forest one of the last intact expanses a forest in

indian ocean on comin through aden. seumas canal. when we arrived at the. southern end. the vessels were more outside on a convoy of 14 ships would commence the next day phase slice through a little bit a lake and then we would progress the journey through to port site which is roughly a 24 hour journey on not mourning. whately oped i'm kept on the convoy began to move into the base a late. this was the cold war a time of great tension between the superpowers of east and west rumors intelligence and espionage with occurrences of the day. and on the 13th of may 967 soviet intelligence warned of an imminent attack by israel the attack they said might begin on the syrian front where israel had assembled troops. egypt which at the time had a defense agreement with this syrian allies prepared for battle. these were extremely tense times in the region a decade earlier and 1956 research crisis had seen israel invade the sinai peninsula part of egypt in a conflict that drew in the world's major powers. a large number of egyptian ground forces crossed the suez canal and dug in of