countries report infections, but the head of the organisation says there is still a chance to contain the virus if its chain of transmission can be broken. fears that the outbreak could hit the global economy led to a sixth day of sell offs in stocks and shares. in the us and london, markets suffered their biggest weekly loss since the financial crisis in 2008. companies around the world have lost more than $3.5 trillion in value. there've been angry scenes outside france's most prestigious film awards, the cesars, after roman polanski, a convicted rapist, won best directorfor his film an officer and a spy. more than 100 women's rights activists clashed with police near the paris venue. you can get more on that on our website, bbc.com/news. heavy downpours are expected

to bring more flooding across england and wales as another weekend storm is expected tomorrow. up to 80mm of rain is expected to fall when storm jorge arrives, delivering another heavy blow for communities who've already been hit by floods. danny savage reports from the east yorkshire village of east cowik. in the village of east cowick, numerous houses are now flooded. the east yorkshire flood plains have overflowed into settlements. why have they flooded us? why haven't they done something about it? never underestimate the misery flooding can cause when your home is ruined. i'm absolutely devastated. devastated. we've been here 20 years, we've got a beautiful home and just look at it. the emotional impact is far worse than the actual impact of the work that you've got to do. people were so desperate to get back in, they were taking risks. the water is still rising, so sandbags are in front of nearly every door.

villagers have been told to move out. the drains have finally started backing up and we have had to move sharpish. the firemen came, didn't they, and said really advise you get out. on the river severn at iron bridge in shropshire, the temporary flood defences which were battered and broken by the highest waters here are being repaired. people who live and work here recall with alarm the point at which they failed. it was horrific, to see them go back three foot, your breathjust like... and then everything was all right, luckily. christine is back in her shop, but things are a long way from returning to normal. the most severe warnings have been lifted for now, but emergency workers remain. for us, we haven't really paused yet, we are still in response, we haven't got to recovery,

so we haven't been able to do a lessons learned or a review of what happened. there will inevitably be things we want to learn. dozens of flood warnings remain along the length of the severn, but, with more rain to come, the worry has to be that levels will shoot up again. back in yorkshire the flood plains of rivers ouse and aire now stretch for miles. one area is nearly the size of windermere in the lake district. the problem is they are brimming — water is running off into villages and homes that these washlands are supposed to protect. the last thing needed is another storm. danny savage there. now on bbc news, our world. do you have a thing for people of my race? errm. .. during apartheid south africa, you could go to jailfor during apartheid south africa, you could go to jail for dating somebody outside your race but now, more than 25 years later, a whole generation,

the born free generation, have grown up the born free generation, have grown up together and more and more of them are falling in love with each other and it's not just them are falling in love with each other and it's notjust black and white, what's it like dating between people of colour? apartheid was south africa's government sanctioned segregation based on race. destroy white south africa and this country will drift into chaos. and officially ended in 1994 when nelson mandela became president. everyone born after this year is pa rt everyone born after this year is part of the born free generation, but dating amongst this group is a minefield in race relations. being in south africa now it's a bit like a cappuccino nation, you have a little sprinkle of integration on the top. and hangups from apartheid are real. can you be honest? we come from old school and there are stigmas always there. so just how free are the born free generation of south africa?

this copy couple are blasian. the man is black and the girl is of mixed level descent. mixed asian, indian and coloured people were often given preferences over black people meaning divisions weren't just black and white. lots of people are in interracial relationships? there is more non— interracial relationships. within our friends. within our friends it's more interracial but it's more an indian person with a white person, not necessarily a black person. there is i'io necessarily a black person. there is no other blasian relationship. you see it in our class. our class is 300 people. in school. one or two but it's not common. it's not common

but it's not common. it's not common but it's not common. it's not common but it does happen. i'm here at a meeting for the first time on saturday —— he is meeting. his stepdad and his mum and dad. i don't know if he's teasing me but he says his mum is going to cook traditional food and there will be party worms, like, live worms are got to eat. i'm excited but i'm i'iei’vous got to eat. i'm excited but i'm nervous at the time time because it can go one or two nervous at the time time because it can go one or two ways. nervous at the time time because it can go one or two ways. our mums are both, like, ithink can go one or two ways. our mums are both, like, i think they're can go one or two ways. our mums are both, like, ithink they're more can go one or two ways. our mums are both, like, i think they're more or less the same person and they're both, like, very loud. normally the way i both, like, very loud. normally the wayiam, both, like, very loud. normally the way i am, yeah, i mustn't pretend to be someone that i'm not, yeah. they must take us as we are if they want to ta ke must take us as we are if they want to take them as they are, that's it. ithra's family are from cape malay, a community of mixed asian ethnicity that have been in south africa for

decades. ithra's mum,... raised her own daughters out of it.|j decades. ithra's mum,... raised her own daughters out of it. i remember when she came home and said she was dating a black guy and it's hard for me to even say it, because it's not pa rt me to even say it, because it's not part of our conversation. it was, like, 0k, part of our conversation. it was, like, ok, how will i deal with this asa like, ok, how will i deal with this as a mother? how will i deal with this in terms of my family and friends? a lot of questions that i had which i haven't really had the chance to process. but interracial relationships in south africa have become more common among ithra's generation. data shows there's been an increase in relationships between white and black and white and asian people since apartheid ended, while blasian marriages have only increased by 0.1%. so my previous boyfriend was croatian and german. did you notice any difference in

terms of how people reacted when you we re terms of how people reacted when you were dating a white guy to dating a black guy? so, his mum actually wasn't very accepting of me initially, so that was kind of like oui’ initially, so that was kind of like our biggest challenge. unlike past experiences, ithra having a black boyfriend has led to family tensions. so we have a family group... a whatsapp group? a whatsapp group, yeah, and then i came home from a night shift at the hospital and i was really tired, and i thought everyone from my family left the group so i thought, something is happening. so iphone home and my sister was, like, something is happening. so iphone home and my sisterwas, like, no, my gran found out i'm dating a black quy gran found out i'm dating a black guy and apparently... she didn't even guy and apparently... she didn't eve n ever guy and apparently... she didn't even ever address me about it, she phoned my aunt in cape town to ask her opinion and she phoned my sister. where she comes from there very much about the community and the community was everything, so she's very concerned about what people think. this was two to three

months ago, 2.5 months ago, yeah. and there's been no contact? there's been no contact, no. when you were growing up, would it have been possible to date outside your race? no, no. that wouldn't happen. what would have happened if you brought home an indian boyfriend? i don't know. i don't know. it was not possible. i think i would be thrown out of the house! and i would be disowned completely. there is no way that i could bring home a black boy. it was indians, it was blacks, it was whites, that's it. you marry a black guy or a black woman. if you're indian, you marry the same... an indian boy or an indian girland that's the same... an indian boy or an indian girl and that's it. he introduced me to his friends.

they're all part of the born free generation, also described as mandela's generation of hope. in theory these young adults are free to live wherever and love whoever they want and i wanted to talk to them about what this meant in practice. it's a very cosmopolitan place and when you go to smaller places it's a lot more of each to their own. would your parents be ok with you dating a black girl? they wouldn't love it, i think about they've said yes but theory and practice is to different things, but i'd like to think so. preferably stick to your culture kind of thing. being in south africa now it's a bit like a cappuccino nation, so you have, like, your strong black society at the bottom and then you have your white and then you have your little sprinkle of integration on the top, ok? so, a few people actually integrate but a lot of the country is very much divided. so

even though we are born frees and we are living in this new south africa, we are still quite divided and we still have a long way to go as a country. people have a hierarchy that was, like, built up in ahead. they think, great. honestly they think white is better, then comes this, then comes that. everything except white, it's a bit mixed depending on who you are and what you think. it's not necessarily white people saying they are better, it's like people saying we are not as good. back home through and her sisters are worrying her mum's honesty about race may be misinterpreted.” are worrying her mum's honesty about race may be misinterpreted. i know you're disappointed. black twitter 01’ you're disappointed. black twitter or white twitter. black twitter or white twitter? it is hectic.

i've reared you guys to be racist, but the reality is it's the first time i'm stepping into a black family under the context of possible in laws, you know? somehow it sits differently, but it goes back to what you were saying, that people are not ready to have the difficult conversations stop the it's just sensitive, everything is so sensitive, everything is so sensitive around the race issue. because i lived in apartheid, those divides were real. i remember being so angry divides were real. i remember being so angry with my parents and my grandparents for not doing something about it. how could we be part of such a cruel and unfair system and you allowed it. when you have that kind of purpose, of course i'm going to have kids that i've raised that is free of that reality, but i'm

also human and i come from a certain community so, you know, it does go deeper. more than 500 kilometres south—east ofjoburg, durban has the largest indian origin population in africa. one of the features of apartheid meant people of different races were made to live in different areas. a segregated city planning that still exists today. sha ba na segregated city planning that still exists today. shabana did not go del macro other around black people. even today her extended indian family live on the same street, and her black boyfriend has not welcomed by everyone. my mum, she didn't like it at all, and she proceeded to make life difficult for me via texts. what were the kind of messages she sent? the kinds of things she said

was, like, that! sent? the kinds of things she said was, like, that i was sullying myself by being with a person of this race. it's not what she envisioned for me. things around those lines. it was purely because of his race. durban's chatswood market is a former indian township, but today asian origin and black storekeepers work side—by—side. asian origin and black storekeepers work side-by-side. have you ever dated a black boy? -- girl. not really. you think this community would accept it? not sure. have you ever dated an indian girl? know, why not? i like malaysia and. you like? malaysia. we don't integrate, we don't form meaningful relationships, so there is this chasm between us. we don't

fraternise so therefore we get along because neither of us are bothering each other. that's not getting along. we are doing a film about interracial relationships, do you think it's ok to date outside your race was yellow no, it's not right, it's not right at all stop it's not right. we didn't expect... since this government took over, this is what it's all about. mixing the old national people like together like black, white and green, blue or not. they acknowledge the blacks are doing more problems than the indians. who says that? i say that. you say that? i say that because... after a couple of months he is giving her blue eyes in.|j after a couple of months he is giving her blue eyes in. i have been told about a young blasian couple in

the rural province, home to the most brittle riot between indian and black people. the durban rights of 1949 was anti— indian and resulted in more than 140 deaths. here in our area, like, ifeel like we're in more than 140 deaths. here in our area, like, i feel like we're the couple that... we are the only couple that... we are the only couple in this area. yeah, we are. are there any other places you would not hold hands? we don't even hold hands. in public! because it is like so hands. in public! because it is like so unromantic, we do not hold hands in public! i was so, so scared of my father, especially, that! in public! i was so, so scared of my father, especially, that ijust kept my whole pregnancy a secret from the whole family. we are scared about telling our father. daddy, whole family. we are scared about telling ourfather. daddy, i'm whole family. we are scared about telling our father. daddy, i'm about to have a baby. with a guy. oh, gosh, i think i'm going to die right then and there and i said daddy... i did the thing you are going to hate

the most. i literally gave birth on my bedroom floor. and my mother was just there like... oh my gosh! she is having a baby! i told my auntie please tell my parents that i have got a baby now. with an indian girl. then my auntie told my parents and they phoned me like why you never told us this? they were like chastising me but after two weeks, they were fine with that, they were like so when can we see the baby? and there is the baby now! there is the baby now. you could not date an indian girl, you could not date a white person, so i would say shows there is freedom now. we are born free. it is the evening before one and a partner family believe that the first time and although back and her grandma have not spoken since they found out about her partner,

blasian‘s, agreed to speak on camera. you know, we it is a new south african out here and before it would have been different but everything is so very, very different and you know, to us really, it is not about colour. it is not about colour. it is more culture. culture. and also it depends on religion also. because we are all religious people. and you seem a are all religious people. and you seem a nice are all religious people. and you seem a nice person are all religious people. and you seem a nice person and he comes from a decent home and that is very important and they love one another. what can we say? there is nothing we can do. would you want to do anything? in the beginning, it is a bit tough because you know, like, we are from old school. where i come from, an era where it was apartheid. it was the apartheid era and you know, there were barriers. the whites one side and the colours one

side and, and the black swan side. but as the years i going by, we need to a cce pt but as the years i going by, we need to accept one another, we are living in south africa and it is the rainbow nation. but what were the initial worries that made the kind of lack of contact, what were your initialfears? ok, of lack of contact, what were your initial fears? ok, let of lack of contact, what were your initialfears? ok, let me put it to you like that. it is a culture. it isa you like that. it is a culture. it is a culture. and stating a white quy is a culture. and stating a white guy 01’ is a culture. and stating a white guy or a black guy, doesn't a difference? but his racist actually. that is racist, no, we were very racist and i will be honest with you because we come from old school and the stigma is always there and it will never go away but it is strange when it comes to your own family thanit when it comes to your own family than it is a different scenario and you have to accept it, you see? and like i said, is more cultural. and it is social. it is that what it is is. you? it is social. it is that what it is is. you ? the it is social. it is that what it is

is. you? the rainbow nation. chuckles. on the big day, i went along early to help prepare for the family lunch. it is like a whim, i am scared of it, it is like a whim, it is like a whim, and they are from it, you have to pick them from the tree. and they have set? they look slightly like a fat caterpillar! yeah, looks a caterpillar. sour... which is like maize? and then you have got the chicken feed which still has the nails on. yes! and you we re still has the nails on. yes! and you were telling me how to eat them, which is... by taking off the nails and then you take it out and eight. what if ithra's family are not fans of worms or chicken feed and they are like! of worms or chicken feed and they are like i do not know if i can eat all of... ido are like i do not know if i can eat all of... i do not know if i can eat right? how would you feel? well, we're going to buy halal meat and

make halal meat and then if they don't like this, they will have halal. would you be offended if they did not like the worms or chicken feed? no, but my daughter said to me mum, cannot wait to eat the worms. they said that? yes, they told me yesterday that they cannot wait. have you ever heard of the girls coming overfor? have you ever heard of the girls coming over for? yeah. with their family? no, never, and that is why it is such a big thing, it is making me nervous because it is like setting an example of what it really means to integrate, like 0k, cool, we're going to come here and you will come here and see but you will eat our food and we're not going to make, we're not going to get pizza notjust accepting make, we're not going to get pizza not just accepting you as ithra and your culture and your religion and everything is like i'm not going to bea everything is like i'm not going to be a part of that i will be a part of this like you have to be part of the whole thing is the part of it. so, yeah. do you think she is outside? i do think she is outside

andl outside? i do think she is outside and i can see them, actually, they are outside, yeah, they are right there. i'm going to go say hi. yeah, all right. hello. hello. long time! finally! finally! my friend! i am with my friend! i am rhianna. thank you, nice to meet you. this is the favourite. oh, i know! you had almost the same reaction, if you we re almost the same reaction, if you were saying to this age if you brought home a black boyfriend, what

the reaction would have been and i asked the opposite question and exactly the same reaction. no way! it's true, hey? nothing has changed. what i was thinking about, because obviously, last night was pretty intense, we went to see my mum and dad and they spoke on camera and actually, it was the first time we really got to hear how they really felt. i know. and the reaction was based on fear. we got straight to the reasons of racism and, you know, everything else that the media is feeding us but when we look at it from an emotional point of view, it looks a little bit different. it is. can we please a black people and not black's. thank you. i actually really don't know, and i said this yesterday as well on camera, i struggle to say like generally. you

know, because ijust don't feel that we should be using this, you know, these words. i have heard lacks use so these words. i have heard lacks use so often is a derogatory term and it makes me uncomfortable, like, to hear black people be referred to as black's more than other blacks. sure. thank you for raising that. if we really wanted to move away from the word colour is associated and with it a brand of racism, a brand of discrimination. black's is always proposed as wrong and whites is... always, correct. if wejust proposed as wrong and whites is... always, correct. if we just listen to people's language patterns and then we inherit that as a society we inherit that, it creates more prejudice and more discrimination. do you think saying oh, a cultural, you know, division is what we are concerned about? or a religious division is what we are concerned about is actually giving an easier excuse to being bigoted? now, poste

apartheid, everything is ok and eve ryo ne apartheid, everything is ok and everyone is living happily when it isn't, there are still subtle racism and structural racism. when mandela got elected as the president, that was the moment, it was never the moment. right? in my view, things got a little bit worse. i wanted to raise my kids and we will go to a better school because i think that was nonracial. in other words, it will have other races so they must learn what i couldn't learn. i never met an indian when i was working. every generation has its own problem andl every generation has its own problem and i think this generation, this is their problem. no doubt. the born free generation makes up about 40% of south africa's population. soon the majority of the country will be

populated by people who were born after apartheid ended. but for now, after apartheid ended. but for now, a true rainbow nation seems at least a true rainbow nation seems at least a generation away. what would be your hopes for chloe and her future? ido your hopes for chloe and her future? i do feel like you people are more open to it and more people start to date outside of their race, then it could possibly be less of an issue going forward. because people would see chloe as an example that two people love each other and have created something so beautiful. i feel like that could be enough to change people's mines. eventually. hello. friday brought more rain to areas which didn't need it. another 10—15mm fell across shropshire. around 40mm of rain fell in around 12 hours in cardiff.

meanwhile, across scotland, there's been further snow. and through the weekend, parts of the highlands could see another 20—30cm of snow, and all eyes this weekend are on this area of low pressure. this is storm jorge, which was named by the spanish met service. through the early hours of saturday morning, we will see further heavy, squally rain pushing its way eastwards, cold air tucking in behind. we could see icy conditions across parts of northern ireland first thing on saturday. but the main focus this weekend is the strength of the wind. gales, if not severe gales, across a large swathe of the uk, gradually easing down through sunday. very wet and windy first thing across the eastern side of england. sunshine following. lots of showers pushing in from the west, likely to be wintry. it's very wet and windy across the northern isles through the afternoon. some more persistent rain and maybe some hill snow across northern england and into southern scotland. it's a cold day, particularly when you factor in the strength of the wind. so temperatures not much higher than 6—7 celsius in places and some

gusty winds, quite widely 40—50 miles an hour, but through the afternoon, some really strong winds developing across parts of wales, northern england and into southern scotland, where they could gust up to 75 miles an hour, maybe even 80 miles an hour for some western coasts of scotland. and also some heavy, persistent rain for a time across northern england, southern scotland, northern ireland and also some snow once again over higher ground. through the early hours of sunday morning, we keep this focus of rain and hill snow across northern england and southern scotland. to the north and south of this, some clear spells, but squally, blustery showers. the strength of the wind should keep the frost at bay first thing on sunday morning. so storm jorge slowly pulls away northwards through sunday. we're keeping an eye then on this feature here which will start to push some outbreaks of rain into south—east england through sunday morning. so two things to keep an eye on. the winds will be slowly easing down, but still some outbreaks of rain and snow across northern england and southern scotland. rain for a time perhaps across south—eastern england. we will need to keep an eye on the timings of that.

then between all of this, there'll be some spells of sunshine, some wintry showers, the wind slowly easing down, but it's still a windy day. it's certainly still feeling cold, given the strength of the wind. but we start to lose those severe gales as we go through sunday. so it's a blustery day and for most, a mixture of sunshine and showers. and that's actually the theme into next week. it won't be as windy, it will be somewhat drier for a time. but still, some showers around. bye— bye.

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