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This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service.

I'm Nigel Adely and at 13 hours GMT on Wednesday the 30th of August, these are our main stories.

The President of Gabon is reported to be under house arrest after army officers seized power.

Thousands have fled the Gulf coast of Florida as Hurricane Adalia makes landfall.

Also in this podcast.

It looks like a drone.

It looks like a grenade from a drone.

Just hit right in front of a vehicle.

As Cruz missiles hit key and Ukrainian drone strikes caused damage across Russia,

we hear about life on the eastern front line.

We start this podcast with news of another coup in West Africa,

where Gabon's President Ali Bongo was declared the winner of Saturday's election

at 4am local time this morning.

But within an hour, the military moved in.

An unidentified spokesman read out a statement surrounded by other men in uniform.

In the name of the people of Gabon and as guarantors of the institutions,

we have decided to defend peace by putting an end to the current regime.

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