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with our spring broadcasting season
wrapping up this friday we're happy
you're taking 10 minutes this tuesday to
watch our show
i'm carl azuz and it's time to bundle up
y'all because even though a heat wave is
settling over the eastern part of the
united states
our first story takes us to a cold
archipelago in the arctic ocean
this is franz josef land it's part of
russiabut the only people who live here are
researchers and members of the russian
military
which has been upgrading its bases in
the far north
under the ice the arctic region is
believed to be rich in resources like
gas and minerals some experts think huge
reserves of oil and gas are located here
according to the united nations law of
the sea countries with territory inside
the arctic circle can freely make use of
these resources
within 200 miles of their coastlines
russia currently controls more than 50
percent of the arctic coastline
for years it's been working to expand
the arctic territory it has access to
and to prevent other nations from taking
what russia sees as its own
to accomplish this it's been building up
its military here
and increasing its presence in the
waterways nearby
but what's being called a race to the
arctic has created friction with other
countries
including the united states which don't
want russia to dominate everything the
arctic has to offer
the course due north flying for hours to
russia'snorthernmost military installation
moscow granted us a rare visit to its
space on
france yosef land a barren archipelago
in the arctic ocean
but which russia believes is key to
dominating the arctic
this entire air base is covered in ice
and yet the russians have managed to
extend the runway to a point
that they can land even their heaviest
aircraft here including strategic
bombers capable of carrying nuclear
weapons
the effort moscow is making to upgrade
its arctic bases
is massive inside the modern housing
complex called the
tree foil the air commander confirms to
me that even russia's dangerous tu-95
strategic bombers
a plane similar in size to the us's
b-52s
can now operate out of the airfield here
of course they can he says have a look
we can land all types of aircraft on the
space
a chilling prospect for the u.s and its
allies considering france yosef land is
only about
160 miles east of nato territory
that's well within range of these
powerful coastal defense rockets the
russians also showed us
they're capable of hitting ships more
than 200 miles off the coast
a threat that worries the u.s we have
concerns about some of the increased
military activities
in the arctic that increases the
dangers of prospects of accidents
miscalculations
as polar ice melts the region is
becoming more accessible
and russia is moving fast to stake its
claims
much of that effort is led from here the
headquarters of the northern fleet in
the closed military town of
civil morsk which we also got access to
russia has been upgrading its fleet up
here for years
its flagship is the peter the great
nuclear battle cruiser
outfitted with an array of weapons to
hit targets on
sea and land and fight off planes and
submarines
russia has a clear strategy up here in
the arctic and essentially
revolves around three different things
on the one hand a very strong military
thendominating the northern sea route and
also tapping and exploiting
natural resources and russia is warning
the us and its allies
not to mess with that planet
it has been absolutely clear for
everyone for a long time that this is
our territory
this is our land and we are responsible
for our arctic coast to be safe
everything that our country does there
is absolutely legitimate
rhetoric that increasingly has the us
and russia on a collision course in the
high northwith moscow so far in a stronger
position
fred plankin cnn siever remorse russia
in part of central africa government
officials are trying to figure out
whether it's
safe enough for thousands of residents
to go back home
this was what mount nerigango looked
like last weekend when it erupted for
the first time in 19 years
the volcano is located in the eastern
part of the democratic republic of congo
near that country's border with rwanda
and about 8 000 people
crossed that border after the eruption
began on saturday
some of them have gone back home since
but the norwegian refugee council
estimates that
600 homes have been destroyed along with
five schools
and officials say they've recorded at
least 15 deaths related to the eruption
goma is the nearest major city to the
volcano the united nations estimates
that 670
000 people lived there and many of them
spent the night outside after the
eruption started
the british embassy in the democratic
republic of congo said on saturday that
the eruption didn't threaten the city
itself
but lava from mount niragango did reach
goma's outskirts before it stopped
flowing on sunday
the mountain is one of the most active
and dangerous volcanoes in the world
its last major eruption was in 2002 at
that time it killed 250 people and left
thousands homeless
and some experts say its activity over
the past five years
was similar to its activity before the
2002 eruption
right now the priority for government
officials is building shelters for those
who've lost their homes
the democratic republic of congo says
the volcano continues to rumble
ten-second trivia in what nation would
you find masai mara national reserve
australia kenya indonesia or tanzania
this famous reserve is located in the
eastern african nation of kenya
the last time kenya recorded elephant
twins
was 40 years ago that's a quote from the
nation's tourism minister who's
participating in kenya's great wildlife
censusit's a 2.3 million dollar project to
track exceptionally valuable resources
the coronavirus pandemic has had
positive and negative effects on kenya
on the plus side elephants have had a
baby boom and no rhinos were illegally
killed in 2020
on the minus side the lack of tourism
dollars has hurt conservation groups and
locals who benefit from visitors
ahippo getting a break from curious eyes
now that the pandemic has stopped most
tourists from coming here
he's being tracked along with a thousand
other species
officials watching closely for an
irreversible decline in numbers
it's kenya's most ambitious conservation
effort
we didn't get the tourists to help us to
contribute to conservation
we lost a lot of livelihoods because
there are no tourism
the parks are closed and we could not
help the communities around this area
so can you lost 80 percent of your
tourism revenues because of the pandemic
yeshow long will it take to recover the
projection is that until
2024 so we need to rethink and remodel
ourour way of doing things so that we can
survive
till tourism repulses to do that
they are using aircraft gps trackers
camera traps
and a whole lot of manpower to know
exactly how many are left
i feel that i'm really empowered
and i did that i feel that yes i'm
contributing
to the conservation and getting out
data that can be used to inform
decisions on conservation matters
elephant elephants 126 right
five hours a day seven days a week
researchers are in the air
combing through every inch of the
country's rolling landscapes
we are just kilometers away from the
kenya tarzan near border
we're about 350 feet above ground this
is a good patrol height they say
to be able to count observe and record
any animals
that they see this wildlife census will
coverall of kenya's 58 national parks and
reserves
on land and on water the results will
provide the largest ever source of data
for kenya's conservation and tourism the
government says
it will help protect the millions who
depend on this for their survival
american actress marilyn monroe famously
saying that
diamonds are a girl's best friend this
could be a friend to anyone
or at least anyone with 29.3 million
dollars
that's how much it cost the winning
buyer at a recent auction to take home
the 15.81
carat purple pink stone it's the most
expensive diamond of this
color ever to sell at an auction and
it's been classified as internally
flawless
now that's the kind of call you want for
christmas even just a cut of that sales
price would give enough color to a bank
account that would add clarity as to why
folks carrot so much for the kind of
stone that no one would skip out on
it's just too bad for buyers who fall a
few bucks short because they'd be
between a rock and a hard place
up carl azuz kailua intermediate school
is catching the spotlight today
thank you for watching from kailua
hawaii we hope your day has plenty of
sparkle and shine
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