climate conditions which has actually allowed the breeding of locust in eastern africa then does not this has not happened as you rightly say it for 4 decades in december we had 4 cycle of switch formed in then on so it cause i don't look for moisture flames to come in the sun nothing in this allowed the locals to eat in mass and this locus can breed in millions and then if you sell out to really really dropped it so it is really you know me and f. octal or. climate conditions that have chains to make it suitable for the locals to predict ok that you think everything in the sites now how serious could the implications be. implications could be extremely serious am global figures so far report from ifill has shown that 821000000 persons outweight. in any nice enough in africa we have 227000000 busses who are who are going on in eastern africa contributes what they keep us and of these 200 in 27000000 and we see that in the last 3 to 4 years there has been an app by system drought all floods could record in kenya more than 100 in 20 something persons died because of threats last year s

that climate conditions which has actually allowed the breeding of locusts in eastern africa and this not this has not happened as you rightly say that for 4 decades in december we had 4 cycle and switch formed in then on so it caused i don't of moisture frames to comment he said nothing and disallowed the locusts to breed in mass and this locus can breed in millions and if he's allowed to actually can multiply very rapid so it is really. an f. octo or. of climate conditions that have chains to make it suitable for the locusts to breed ok that you think everything india cites now how serious could the implications be implications could be extremely serious am global figures so far report from ifill has shown that 821000000 persons outweight hungry of in any nice and half in africa we have 227000000 persons who are who are going on we have to date in eastern africa contributes well what that the percent of these 200 in 27000000 and we see that in the last 23 to 4 years there has been an app passes than drought or floods you could record in kenya more than $100.00 in 20 something person

a vast area to cover the un's food and agriculture organization puts the cost of spraying in eastern africa at more than 60000000 euros. the plague is driven by climate change and it's altered weather patterns much like the bushfires in australia but here the so-called indian ocean dipole brought unprecedented rainfall ideal breeding conditions the motion was due to an unusually award western indian ocean. some of egypt have seen the most thrilling full in any. recorded history experts fear the locust numbers could grow 500 times by the summer and spread to neighboring countries. roy a pin to the portuguese hacker behind the football leaks website which expose corruption in soccer has apparently struck again he claims responsibility for the leaking of hundreds of thousands of files of business dealings by isabel the son tossed the daughter of his former president the so-called new on the leaks allegedly shed light on how africa's richest woman built her vast business empire she and her husband found hundreds of shell companies in tax havens like multum richest and hong kong according to pin

destruction in eastern africa bringing the region to the brink of hunger. join me every thursday on the alex salmond show and i'll be speaking to us of the world of politics or business i'm show business i'll see you then. a modern day plague is wreaking havoc in eastern africa the region is suffering its worst locust invasion in decades hundreds of millions of them swept across kenya somalia and ethiopia with the u.n. warning of the potential for a firm and he's done of exploits. less than a month into 2020 and there's already been a whole year's worth of doomsday panic from fears of world war 3 to the coronavirus and now a biblical one africa is suffering from one of the worst locust outbreaks in the continent's history. they destroy everything in their path including our farm we want the government to act fast and someplace to spread them but insecticide otherwise they will destroy everything. and. if they can do. that they have desiccated everywhere here you cannot even eat outside never do you have to lock yourself in the house. for the locals the infe

news of locusts are wreaking chaos and destruction in eastern africa bringing the region to the brink of famine story after the break. we're going to talk about here is the debt because planet earth has a debt fear of approximately 3 to 4 times global g.d.p. which i think is between 80 trillion so there's like you know almost 400 trillion now in debt it's the debt us here and it has a profound impact on the 21st century. you know world a big part of the lot and conspiracy it's time. to dig deeper to hit the stories that mainstream media refuses to tell more than ever we need to be smart we need to stop slamming the door. and shouting past each other it's time for critical thinking it's time to fight for the middle for the troops the time is now for watching closely watching the hawks. an italian cruise ship with about $7000.00 people on board has been quarantined over fears of an outbreak of the corona virus the measure was taken after 2 chinese passengers on board fell ill the power of showing symptoms of the virus checks are currently being carried out a ship called the costa smelte

this having devastating consequences millions of locusts are wreaking chaos and destruction in eastern africa bringing the region to the brink of famine i'll tell you more on that later in our news bulletin. that the u.s. has warned the u.k. has been put at risk over london's decision to greenlight the involvement of the chinese tech giant huawei in the building of britain's new 5 g. network ahead of a meeting with the prime minister boris johnson washington's top diplomat might pompei warn that intelligence sharing between allies could also be compromised. the chinese communist party presents the central thread of our talks our view is fundamentally this when you have a chinese state sponsored company deeply tied to the chinese communist party to permit the private information of your citizens or the special security information of your citizens to transit a network that they chinese communist party has the legal mandate. to obtain creates risk and so we've been talking about this with the united kingdom for so long. trying to put as much pressure on the u.k. as possible to reverse the decis

a modern day plague as we can have like in eastern africa the region is suffering its worst no custom vacation in decades hundreds of millions of swept across kenya somalia and ethiopia with the u.n. warning of the potential for famine it has the details. less than a month into 2020 and there's already been a whole year's worth of doomsday panic from fears of world war 3 to the coronavirus and now a biblical one africa is suffering from one of the worst locust outbreaks in the continent's history. even if they destroy everything in their path including all farmers who want the government to end fast and send planes to spray them but insecticide otherwise they will destroy everything. and i really. do it because it's their country that's what got us here they have desiccated everywhere here you cannot even eat outside when ever do you have to lock yourself in the house. for the locals the infestation means much more than just having to stay indoors they've eaten everything farmers complain brought to the brink of desperation with their plantations left barren people facing famine by th

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plus swarms of locusts are eating their way across eastern africa the insects are destroying everything in their past and threatening the food security of millions of people. i'm call assman thanks for joining us australia has become the latest continent to confirm a case of the corona virus which originated in china 3 cases have also been confirmed in france those are the 1st cases reported in europe here's a look at the latest numbers the virus has now killed at least 41 people with more than 1300 others also infected travel restrictions remain in place in over a dozen cities in china as authorities try to contain the spread over the lunar new year holiday. as the scale of the outbreak grows so. the urgency of the response in construction is in full swing on a new hospital for coronavirus patients chinese authorities say it will be complete in just over a week. the city at the outbreaks at the center remains under a transport lock down that road checks drivers with temperatures are sent for treatment. across china almost 40000000 people have had their travel restricted to during the i

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as the world focuses on the corona virus outbreak eastern africa is suffering its worst locust invasion and decades hundreds of millions of the bugs have swept across kenya somalia and ethiopia with the un warning of a threat of devastating hunger for people in the region are to seekers down of has the story. less than a month into 2020 and there's already been a whole year's worth of doomsday panic from fears of world war 3 to the coronavirus and now a biblical one africa is suffering from one of the worst locust outbreaks in the continent's history. when a destroy everything in their path including now farm will want the government to act fast and some planes to spray them with infest the site otherwise they will destroy everything. and. do it because. that's what they have desiccated everywhere here you cannot even eat outside when ever do you have to lock yourself in the house. for the locals the infestation means much more than just having to stay indoors the counter they are most affected at the moment. and. but this warns of locusts are also moving towards. and and uganda just to

indo-pacific so us which doesn't mean the whole eastern africa is going to be barred those approachesto that part of some new cooperation in the shop for his place said no what it means that the persian god there's going to be a part of please just conscience for all the persian gulf is a part of the indian ocean as they said you know if you're so with me instead it has still the same. players as in the agent but if the crazy but it is do it just because someone wants to separate church seems pretty slim as certain divides of lines. so much so i just wanted to make sure that our indian friends understand it clearly. and i listened to it again in. the asia. these images you see to denote is a cut. down and this is. a crisis between iran and. the situation in afghanistan. i haven't answered the previous question regarding the kashmir problem this is a discussion of the security council were always advocating for. resolving the matter. between india and pakistan. and they graham and that leads me to contras you have adopted pieces that our it stands for but it looks whenever someone sugg

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towards friday more sun of the forecasts with the temps are there of about 12 well for north eastern africa that same storm is still causing a problem in terms of the winds and particular it's going to be along the coastal areas we're talking into parts of libya as well as towards cairo as well tempter wise we aren't looking too bad there still in the mid teens across much of the area and for cairo it could be some rain showers in another forecast with a temperature of 16. the in the. students across india have been protesting for a 2nd day after pupils and academics were attacked at a prestigious university them strangers from different cities came out in solidarity with pupils from nehru university in new delhi last assailants raided the institution on sunday injuring at least $35.00 people the raiders' been blamed on the students' union which is closely linked to prime minister narendra modi's party it comes as nationwide protests against the controversial new citizenship law continue. and staying in india for men convicted of the gang rape and murder of a female student in 2012 have bee

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a plague of locusts is devastating crops in eastern africa threatening supplies of food in a region already facing shortages swarms of now across from ethiopia and somalia into kenya local communities say a government insisting insecticide programme isn't working malcolm web has more from some brew county. second island then is attempts to scare off this woman locusts completely futile he's the chief of a community of herders here in eastern kenya. until it is finished you're going to want it because one of the small more shrubs. i know most kind of gotten tormes crossed from neighboring somalia and ethiopia in recent weeks it's the worst plague of locusts to fact the region in 70 years one locust by itself looks harmless but it can eat its body mass in plant matter every day if there were swarm of tens or even hundreds of millions can eat tons of food each day and that's devastating for the farmers and herders who live here it's dry for most of the year people depend on their animals to survive yet the moles depend on the plant and the plant being devoured the government started spraying i

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there was a december cyclone in taiwan that brought humid conditions to the eastern africa, creatingconditions for the locusts to develop. we have seen the development of locusts. they are already affecting the crops on range and pastor. -- pasture. the problem is that they are mature andh or -- they are laying eggs that will hatch soon and lead to a new generation of locusts which will come at a time for the planting of the next season in the region that will come around march, april. it means that that time we run the risk of really having the crops at risk and the situation with 9 million people who are already severely food insecure in kenya, ethiopia and somalia will see the situation further deteriorate. anchor: the number of people killed by a storm that battered eastern spain has reached 13. after days of off heavy rain. the storm has lasted for five days accompanied by heavy wind, snowfall and hail. bere are fears there could more people dead after reports of people missing. ahead, as turkey announces more troops to libya to support the u.n. recognize government, german chan

if you doubt that is a universal human expression many tribes of people living in eastern africa i think you will see photographs of they decorate themselves men and women everybody decorate themselves every day with flowers and mugs and color they decorate their whole body. i do think that body decoration is probably a human instinct it just doesn't have to be governed by group judgment. men don't have to strangle themselves with ties. and we don't have to wobble around on high heels. we should be able to express ourselves individually in the way that we decorate our bodies. if we have audience members who want to change the world what is your advice for them. >> start now. my advice is sound so big that we get overwhelmed. in fact is like doing everything you can. when you see something unfair or someone to answer question if you just try to do it day by day then we understand the revolution like the tree does not come from the top down it comes from the bottom up. then we get rid of the sheds and just do everything we can. thanksgiving just happened i'm sure it was a lovely ordeal for

kyrgios is the natural entry point for goods coming from asia but also from eastern africa into the centralnd eastern european markets. that's not going to change. and it would be very naive for us not to take advantage of that important geopolitical position. i'm a big believer in free trade. if you are a big believer in free trade then you also have to acknowledge the fact that you are in a position to facilitate free trade by virtue of your geography. greece is a natural entry point, a logistics center for this part of the world. we're not overly exposed to chinese investment. of course my goal is always to have foreign sources of capital, to be as diversified as possible. there will be new opportunities, if you look at ports, new ports to be prioritized, looking also for american and european interests in participating in these investment opportunities. greece and china also have important cultural ties. we're big civilizations. this is important within the context of, you know, the people to people narrative between our two countries. and of course china is a very big market for greek

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from national geographic, the black mamba lives in the rocky hills of southern and eastern africa. they are africa's longest and most venomous snake. they reach up to 14 feet in length. how did he get this nickname given this definition from national geographic? >> well, kobe became -- although he was late to social media, he became an unbelievable expert at marketing himself, and talking about himself on line. he was able to sort of take that black mamba name and apply it to his career. like i said, he would play through any injury. there was no challenge too big for kobe bryant. he went flew a stretch in his career, he won three championships with shaquille o'neal back in the early 2000s. >> uh-huh. >> shaquille was traded and kobe went through a very sallow period in his career. and he was highly criticized. what kobe did was he took that criticism and he turned it aroundthrough this embodiment of toughness, this nickname. and kobe went on to win two more championships something that people felt he might not be able to do on his own. he really willed the lakers franchise and thi