Kazakh president orders troops to shoot if disturbances continue

The Kazakh president has given troops orders to shoot those he calls ‘terrorists’ without warning if there are further disturbances. He says order has been largely restored after days of anti-government protests during which security forces said they’d killed 26 people in the main city, Almaty.

Also in the programme: NATO foreign ministers hold an emergency video conference to discuss Russia’s military build-up around Ukraine; and scientists say vacuuming animal DNA out of the air could revolutionise the tracking of biodiversity.

(Photo: A vehicle that was burned during the protests triggered by fuel price increase is seen on a road in Almaty, Kazakhstan. CREDIT: REUTERS/Pavel Mikheyev)