major hurricane. any upgrade from here and we re talking about a category 3. the issue is that the storm has really got its structure together over the last several hours which is allowing it to continue to rapidly intensify. so welcome into fox weather. we d like to offer a special welcome here at the top of the hour to our viewers on fox news channel. i m ian oliver and i m jane minar fox news is your hurricane head coaches and so many of you watching the development of idalia fox weather with you have every step of the way on every connected tv device, also on your phone 24/7 with the free fox weather app. again idalia to reach category 4 intensity at land fall. we have you covered with our extensive team coverage on the ground tonight folks in place across the southeast as the faster forward motion of this storm is expected to bring hurricane conditions well inland but as we mentioned, idalia is expected to reach major hurricane status tonight. it could be at any minute
france says it has no plans to withdraw around 1,000 of its soldiers based in niger where they are part of an international effort to fight islamist militants. aichatou kane is the nigerian ambassador to paris and the uk she has been in contact with president bazoum in niger and just before we came on air she told me how he is doing. the president of niger. effectively, we have a daily call and is still a serious threat. but he is well and his morale is high as well as his family s morale. does he think there will be a solution? and does he know when he ll be freed? no, no, he don t talk with us on his terms. but as you know, the prime minister of niger is here in paris with him. we exchanged on the prevailing situation in niger, which is most worrying. and what is the prime minister saying? 0ur exchange is about the niger situation. we think together that this unfortunate event for our country cannot be caused by any internal crisis on all fronts. we are on a good traj
from the civil aviation authority. the hope is that, once that s complete, a suborbital launch could be completed by the end of this year, with actual rockets going up into space by the middle of next year. police in australia say a former childcare worker has been charged with more than 1,600 child abuse offences, including 136 counts of rape. the man s alleged victims, more than 90, were all young girls. police say they were alerted when they found material on the dark web, that they could trace back to a childcare centre. the 45 year old man who has not been named was arrested nearly a year ago. officers said his alleged crimes were unfathomable . 0ur correspondent phil mercer gave us this update from sydney a little earlier. well, these are deeply disturbing allegations it goes without saying given that this is an individual who s charged with more than 1,600 child abuse offences against alleged victims numbering more than 90. now, investigators here in aus
it is disruptive, incredibly disruptive. it is wrong and it is clear that the international condemnation to this action including the leadership in the region. what we wants, but i am here to demonstrate is the fact that africa is a continent that has huge potential. for more on how western governments are responding to the crisis, our africa correspondent catherine byaru hanga sent in this report. some european governments say they are working hard to get their citizens out of niger, first off there is the french, the french government saying it would start its evacuations on tuesday afternoon. this is because it says that niger s airspace has been closed making it hard for individual citizens to get themselves out of the country. italy and spain are following suit but the k government says it is advising its citizens to stay indoors and to register for the citizens to stay indoors and to registerfor the moment, it will not be carrying out evacuation missions. this is all ha