over 3.5 billion litres of sewage dumped into the river. government have simply turned the policy of the polluter pays into one of it pays to pollute. billions of cicadas have emerged in the east of america, after spending 17 years underground. the insects spend almost their entire lifecycle below the surface, as nada tawfik reports. it is a sight and sound that will make your skin crawl. billions of periodical cicadas emerging out of the earth and overtaking the eastern united states. the rare spectacle has americans in awe. it was deafening, really deafening. the grants have lived here for decades, and like clockwork, the brood ten cicadas have arrived at the same time every 17 years to mate. it can get so loud that some of theirfriends have mistaken the male insects droning song
the mosque sits in taksim square, next to a public space traditionally seen as a symbol of the secular turkish republic and dwarfs a nearby monument to the republic and its founding. in 2013, opposition demonstrators took over taksim square and next door gezi park in protest against a separate government plan to build a replica barracks in the area. every 17 years, they cause havoc and the occasional shudder. billions of cicadas known as brood x or brood 10 are emerging in a synchronized event that only happens in the us. and as the bbc s nada tawfik reports from the state of newjersey ? the great eastern brood is causing quite the buzz. it s a sight and sound that will make your skin crawl. billions of periodical cicadas emerging out of the earth and overtaking the eastern united states. the rare spectacle has americans in awe.
billions of periodical cicadas emerging out of the earth and overtaking the eastern united states. the rare spectacle has americans in awe. it was deafening, really deafening. the grants have lived here for decades, and like clockwork, the brood x cicadas have arrived at the same time every 17 years to mate. it can get so loud that some of theirfriends have mistaken the male insects droning song for a police siren. because of my hearing disadvantages, i don t put my hearing aids when i come out in the garden. otherwise i get the whole sound magnified. the mass emergence and its timing is all part of a clever survival strategy to evade predators. then the metamorphosis from nymph to adult happens relatively quickly. so, here we have a fully grown female that s now ready to mate and lay her eggs.
for a police siren. because of my hearing disadvantages, i don t put my hearing aids in when i come out into the garden, otherwise i get the whole sound magnified. the mass emergence and its timing is all part of a clever survival strategy to evade predators. then the metamorphosis from nymph to adult happens relatively quickly. so here we have a fully grown female that s now ready to mate and lay her eggs. she ll only live four to six weeks, though, after being underground for 17 years. this is when they are most vulnerable, right here, because their body is so soft. it s a magical time for entomologist drjessica ware, whose16 year old daughter wasn t even alive the last time she saw these insects.
welcome to bbc news i m ben boulos. our top stories: the 6 trillion dollar plan. president biden pushes the biggest spending programme since world war two to reboot the us economy. belarus s leader accuses the west of trying to destablise his country. he s met president putin as tensions mount over last week s plane diversion. thousands of manchester city and chelsea fans arrive in portugal ahead of saturday s champions league final. and, love em, hate em or eat them how americans are dealing with a once in generation invasion of cicadas.