this is bbc news. the latest headlines: the us and chinese presidents are to talk on the phone as bejing warns washington it will bear the consequences if house speaker nancy pelosi visits taiwan. the united states says it has offered russia a deal aimed at freeing the american basketball player brittney griner. climate change is now a bigger threat to elephant conservation than poaching, so says kenya s wildlife and tourism ministry. in the last year the country has recorded 179 elephant deaths due to the ongoing drought affecting the horn of africa. the bbc s merchuma reports from the tsavo national park in kenya, where poor rainy seasons, have seen rivers drying up and grasslands have
what they might have to replicate in the east further down the line. russia is said to be sending reinforcements to kherson. to lose such an important city would be the most significant defeat for moscow since it withdrew its forces from around kyiv back in april. but if it happens, it is not going to be quick. in the eastern donbas, the grinding bombardment from russia goes on, not as intense as before, but tell that to the people of this town. here, a lucky escape, but the city is being hit hard. if the course of this war is changing, it is changing slowly. pauladams, bbc news, kyiv. climate change is now a bigger threat to elephant conservation than poaching so says kenya s wildlife and tourism ministry. in the last year, the country has recorded 179 elephant deaths due to the ongoing drought affecting the horn of africa. merchuma reports from the tsavo national park in kenya, where poor rainy seasons have seen rivers drying up and grasslands have shriveled
fiona mckay from the menopause maze, thank you very much for your time. thank you. climate change is now a bigger threat to elephant conservation than poaching so says kenya s wildlife and tourism ministry. in the last year, the country has recorded 179 elephant deaths due to the ongoing drought affecting the horn of africa. merchuma reports from the tsavo national park in kenya, where poor rainy seasons have seen rivers drying up and grasslands have shriveled in the game reserves. a bone here, a jaw there, ribs scattered around. these are the remains of an elephant. in the last few months, such scenes have been found by rangers in kenya s largest park, the tsavo. for the last about 30 minutes we have been following a really, really strong stench. the rangers say that stench will lead us to a carcass. this is the carcass of an elephant and it is still fresh.
Odisha's Forest and Environment Minister Bikram Keshari Arukh informed the state assembly on Monday that 406 elephants died in Odisha due to various reasons in the last five years.
While the Forest Department tries to stop the elephant deaths, electric fences go up. The latest spate of killings is a serious blow to the already dwindling number of the magnificent giants in the country