It isn t easy travelling in somalia. This is one of the most dangerous countries in the world to be a journalist, or for anyone else for that matter. We re with the red cross, and to ensure the safety of the team, we ve got to bring along some pretty serious security. Somalia is the only country in the world where the international red cross travels with armed guards as standard. We are headed out into the wild scrub that covers much of the country to meet a community who are right on the front line of climate change. Somalia is still overwhelmingly an agricultural society. Some two thirds of the people here depend on farming. About half the population earns its living by herding animals. Translation: when i had many camels, we would walk very far. | i would take them to places with good pasture where they could flourish. Sheikh don ismail used to be a nomadic camel herder. They sing the herders sing traditional songs to soothe the animals as they scoop water into the camels trough. T
But somalia is beginning to help itself investing in new technology. Starting new businesses. Translation: | buy food from the shop. | i cook it and i keep the profit. There is hope. There is a whole narrative in the country that s called somalia rising. So what will it take to lift somalia out of the vicious cycle of climate and conflict? it isn t easy travelling in somalia. This is one of the most dangerous countries in the world to be ajournalist, orforanyone else for that matter. We re with the red cross, and to ensure the safety of the team, we ve got to bring along some pretty serious security. Somalia is the only country in the world where the international red cross travels with armed guards as standard. We are headed out into the wild scrub that covers much of the country to meet a community who are right on the front line of climate change. Somalia is still overwhelmingly an agricultural society. Some two thirds of the people here depend on farming. About half the populatio
This is Bbc News, the headlines. Palestinian media say the number of people killed in an israeli airstrike on a former school in Gaza City has risen to at least 13. Israel says it targeted a hamas command room. Hezbollah confirms senior commanders are among the 31 people killed in an israeli strike on beirut. Israels military says it killed 16 terrorists. Russia is evacuating Twelve Hundred people after Ukraine Used Drones to attack an Ammunition Warehouse on the border of occupied crimea. It appears to be the second such attack in a week. 700 nato Paratroopers Land near the dutch city of Arnhem Part of events to mark the 80th anniversary of the second World War Operation known as Market Garden an attempt by allied troops to capture key bridges in the netherlands. Here on Bbc News its time for now on Bbc News. Somalia from Crisis To Renewal Climate Change is bringing droughts and floods around The World, but in many countries its doing something else as well acting as a kind of chaos
And conflict. And we speak to a professor of japanese history about how accurate the hit series shogun is. We start this hour in the middle east, where at least 20 people have been killed and hundreds injured in a new wave of attacks in lebanon this time it s walkie talkies that have been detonated. The latest blasts come just 2a hours after pagers used by the armed group hezbollah exploded simultaneously across the country killing at least 12 people and leaving more than 3,000 in hospital. Iran which backs hezbollah has described the attacks as mass murder. Hezbollah is blaming israel and has vowed to retaliate. Israeli defence minister yoav gallant says the country is opening a new phase in the gaza war and the centre of gravity is shifting to the north. 0ur senior international correspondent 0rla guerin sent this report from beirut. Hezbollah, coming to bury its dead in south beirut today. Casualties of a new chapter in middle east warfare. Killed not by air strikes, but by ex
Hello, im azadeh moshiri. Welcome to the programme. We start this hour with the latest on the electronic Pager Explosions in lebanon. Multiple reports say that israels mossad Spy Agency placed explosives in thousands of hezbollah pagers, before they detonated across lebanon on tuesday. So far, Israel Hasnt commented. And given the simultaneous explosions, hospitals in lebanon have been overwhelmed with casualties. The Countrys Health ministrys says at least 11 were killed among them an eight year old girl. Thousands more were wounded, with hundreds in a critical condition in hospital. Some were blinded, others lost fingers or required amputations. The context here is hezbollah, which is a proscribed Terrorist Organisation by The Uk and other Countries, had been using the pagers instead of Mobile Phones to communicate with each other. Thats due to the Risk Phones could be hacked. A senior lebanese Security Source told the Reuters News Agency they were brought into the country months ago