Spanning as far east as madagascar and a large number is believed to be due to slash and burn practices by farmers has been compounded by shorter rainy seasons why its orange dinahs Data Scientists and drought specialists who focuses on african agricultural trends he says the lack of rain in the past 3 years is having a huge impact the real issue is that the impact of these brush fires is getting worse if you look at a lot of parts of sani abacha parts of the african continent particularly the west african said hello this used to be a regular occurrence during the dry season and when the rains would come around. There would allow for grasslands to grow again but unfortunately we are seeing a very significant increase in variability of rainfall its making the rainy seasons very volatile and less predictable. Still ahead this half hour israel sends tanks and troops to its borders with lebanon and syria after carrying out acts strikes in both countries. And the u. S. Congress you to call
Everyone is being the for committing atrocities of making mistakes and this brings me to ask has said about the confusion of that same ability has been talking about which is you dont really get a sense of clarity about what the key players have in mind or the end game when it comes to yemen if the saudis are saying wed like to have a united yemen the emirate is seen as supporting the secessionists in the south would like to break away from the north which is in contradiction with the saudi agenda of they on a collision course saudi arabia the u. A. E. Oil is just a carefully manipulated political gamble by the 2 countries i think they are they have as i said from the very beginning different agendas when it comes to yemen. With different by probably a broader strategic aim thats how to shift iran and as they see the whole the as you know kind of run out course for the iranian. Interests in the region so this now does have a clear objective from the get go on the yemen and the america
Us on is there a start another day another Missile Launch by the North Koreans what are they trying to do here. Well we should always remember that when north korea carries out. Theyre always overdetermined they have more than one cause so well hear certainly that theres messaging involved with a possible a coming restart of negotiations with the u. S. Over the nuclear ization i would also argue that theyre simply testing the deployment in the fielding of no operational capabilities were not sure what it is yet could be the case 23 could be a c. M. S. Systems could be Something Else we dont know yet well find that out later but theres also of course internal messaging as well this is a way for kim jong un to send a message to his military that even though diplomacy may be ongoing commitment also still values his military and their capabilities right and its interesting timing because it comes a day off to south korea decided to actually end this intelligence sharing pact with japan bec
Is in any mood to buy because he has been traveling to moscow hastily after a phone call last friday with president putin amidst the ask elating situation and he described the situation as a humanitarian disaster and even a threat to National Security in turkey he wants president putin to rein in the Syrian Forces but president putins spokesman has said that he does understand the concerns of for one but he cant let these rebels which he describes as terrorist just do whatever they want he wants to also control these rebel forces so its not very sure how much compromise president putin will want to bring to the table today because even after this deal a year ago in sochi where militarized zone was agreed he feels that the turkish side doesnt really fulfill their promises of this arming the rebel forces and make sure that this the men militarized zone is being contained we will hear more in the next few hours about the outcome of this meeting which has been urgently arranged between the
Welcome to bloomberg surveillance. I am anna edwards in the city of london. Lets start with a check on the markets. This is how we are doing on the stoxx 600. We did either side of the flat line trading and we are losing around. 1 . A little of performance coming through in the london market as you might expect when you have Oil Prices Going higher by 2. 2 because of the tensions between the u. K. And around in the strait of hormuz. That is the focus for oil traders and they are pushing out some of the oil related businesses listed in london. S p futures point higher. We are a little range bound on these Global Equity markets looking for guidance, looking for the continuation of the equity story. That will come later on this week. Earnings reports from the baking sector. Going to be a lot to talk about. We will be looking for the ecb and the Interest Rate decisions have to make. A little bit later on, mervyn king is going to be joining the bloomberg team. Dont miss that conversation. A