authorised the armed forces to neutralise 22 gangs that are listed as terrorist organisations after masked gunmen stormed a tv studio during a live broadcast. a two month state of emergency is now in force. will grant sent this from the city of guayaquil. viewers in ecuador watched in disbelief as masked and armed gang members entered a state tv channel and held staff hostage all of it televised live. translation: they shot one of our cameramen in the leg. | broke the arm of another one. they were shooting bullets inside the studio. the police were called and came in minutes. the gang was soon arrested and the hostages released, but the tv station ambush was just part of the descent into chaos. panic as gunmen stormed guayaquil university, explosions around the country, schools and businesses shut down and widespread rioting inside ecuador s prisons. in response, president daniel noboa called a state of emergency and imposed a curfew. by decree, he designated 22 gangs, te
that, for weeks on end, they see no sunlight at all. until now, this spectaular sunrise was the first they ve seen in 30 days. the people there have held a sunrise festival to celebrate. researchers say they ve discovered that sperm whales live in human like clans, with distinctive cultures, and even dialects. the scientists used underwater microphones and drones to examine the sounds and behaviour of the animals. jon donnison has that story. low-pitched clicking. the clicks and clacks of a sperm whale. and, as you might expect from the creature with the biggest brain on the planet, their chitchat has more to it than meets the ear. this latest research, published in the royal society 0pen science journal, found there are at least seven separate clans of sperm whales in the pacific ocean,
low-pitched clicking the clicks and clacks of a sperm whale. and, as you might expect from the creature with the biggest brain on the planet, their chitchat has more to it than meets the ear. this latest research, published in the royal society 0pen science journal, found there are at least seven separate clans of sperm whales in the pacific ocean, each with its own distinct culture and vocal dialect. while the sperm whales sound very simple, their patterns of clicks is a bit like morse code. the two clans we discovered this on, one sounds click click click click and the other sounds click click click. . . click. the study also showed the whales use their distinct dialects to communicate and make democratic consensual decisions about where to go. one example saw them take an hour and a half to decide whether or not to make a 90 degree turn,