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. 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.
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. 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
for our families, but it s also a bittersweet day. today, personally, ithink of my dear brother, frank, whose young life was taken by british paratroopers. he gave his life helping others, and as one of our witnesses said, he was very brave. the parachute regiment only had hate in their hearts when they gunned down her and the others. they were not peacemakers, they were not brave soldiers, they were nothing but cowards. there are hundreds of other killings from the troubles which remain unresolved. in many areas of northern ireland, feelings of loss and injustice have endured through the decades, but for the families of ballymurphy, now, a new sense of vindication. there s more information on what happened on the bbc news website. in the us, preparations are well under way for the arrival of the
those long locks, ! think. quite right. i did mine the other- those long locks, i think. quite right. i did mine the other day| those long locks, i think. quite right. i did mine the other day and it feels good. chris page in belfast, thank you very much. the easing of some lockdown measures in wales has been brought forward by two weeks after the latest review of restrictions. indoor activities for children can resume and group exercise classes will now be allowed from may 3rd, and it s hoped pubs and restaurants can reopen on may 17th. from tomorrow, up to six people from six households can meet outdoors. figures published this morning show that government borrowing rose to £303 billion in the year to the end of march the largest in peacetime. the ons estimates public sector net borrowing was £303.1 billion, that s £246.1 billion more than the previous year and the highest nominal public sector borrowing since records began in 1947. a new malaria vaccine has proved to be 77% eff
the headlines. a surge of coronavirus cases in india has left the country s health care system reeling. amid reports of hospital patients dying due to oxygen shortages, the prime minister has said industrial oxygen is being diverted for medical use. french leaders have paid tribute to a police clerk stabbed to death by a suspected terrorist at a police station near paris. president emmanuel macron said the nation stood by the 49 year old mother of two. a new malaria vaccine developed by researchers in britain has been 77% successful in stopping infection in early clinical trials. the drug was tested on a50 babies and toddlers from burkina faso. the jailed russian opposition activist alexei navalny has ended his hunger strike, after 2a days of refusing food. he says he has now seen doctors from outside the russian prison service about his back pain and numbness. at ten 0 clock reeta chakrabati