Hi there. Thank you for being with us. Indonesia generals who sees powers so they have closed airspace against what they call airspace against what they call a threat of intervention against them. A deadline expired for them to restore the ousted president or face the possible action from the west African Regional grouping known as ecowas. Thousands of people gathered in the capsule to support the Militaryjunta Support The Military Junta despite support the militaryjunta despite condemnation of soldier actions. Some majoring dominant neighbouring countries including mali, burkina faso and guinea have voiced support for the coup leaders and algeria which borders niger to the north says it is categorically against armed intervention. France says it will support efforts by ecowas to restore nigers elected president. The premise to meanwhile was in paris on saturday to meet lawmakers and Greeting Protesters against the coup outside the countrys embassy. Ive spoken to a senior associate at
We begin in niger, where the Breaking News in the last half an hour is the military leaders who staged a coup say they have closed the countrys airspace over what they called the threat of intervention against them. The announcement came as a deadline expired for them to restore the ousted president or face the possible action from the west African Regional grouping known as ecowas. Earlier thousands of people gathered in nigers capital to support the militaryjunta, despite International Condemnation of the soldiers actions. Some neighbouring countries including mali, burkina faso and guinea have voiced support for the coup leaders. And algeria, which Borders Niger to the north, has said it is categorically against armed intervention. France says it will support efforts by ecowas to restore nigers elected president. Nigers Prime Minister was in paris on saturday, meeting lawmakers and greeting protestors outside the countrys embassy. He has dismissed that pro coup protests are taking p
as hospitals and large residential areas. elsewhere, thousands of military and paramilitary personnel are working to fortify flood defences to rivers such as the daqing river, as floodwaters continue to cause devastation. henna hundal is a climate and policy researcher at the stanford school of medicine. i asked her why she thinks this year s floods are particularly severe. there is research to suggest that tropical cyclones are increasing in intensity. there was a study done two years ago looking at 90 scientific peer reviewed studies and it found that human induced climate change has contributed to warming up the surface of the ocean, which is in turn contributing to increasing intensity of tropical cyclones. we are also seeing a greater proportion of these tropical cyclones being category four and five, which are the most destructive in most danger to infrastructure and obviously the most catastrophic to human well being and livelihood.