Madagascar Arrests Frenchman in Plot to Stir Unrest

0:00It's April 29th, Global News Today starts now, AI powered and always on. Madagascar just nabbed a former French serviceman named Guy Beret, accusing him of plotting to shake up the island nation by pushing security forces. To mutiny and messing with power lines to spark massive blackouts. Meanwhile, the foreign ministry kicked out a French embassy agent, calling their actions unfit for diplomacy and tying them to the same, destabilization scheme. Police say this ties into a bigger conspiracy with the local army colonel and other players. The country is one of the poorest spots on earth, an old French colony with rocky politics, and has been unstable for years. Last October, military leader Michael Ranjri and Nierina grabbed power after young protesters ousted the previous president. Prosecutors hit the suspects with charges like spreading fake news to rile folks up, sabotaging state power plants and harbors, hiding fugitives, and... Straight up criminal plotting.

1:00They point to a WhatsApp group as proof, planning hits around April 18th like traffic jams and youth rallies to sterk chaos. French embassy hasn't commented yet, and while Beret sits in max security, the colonels up next for a judge with two others on watch, but not seen as. The big bosses. The engines stay high as the probe rolls on.