see has also helped put wind in brazil sells 4 weeks ago the central bank cut the benchmark interest rate by a half point to 6 percent. right wing populist president shy of also naro push through pension reform legislation saving the brazilian state roughly 250000000000 euros men must now wait until 65 to retire women until 62. analysts also believe also narcan succeed in passing a tax reform measure. brazil's agricultural sector stands to gain from the trade agreement between the e.u. and the americas or trade block which brazil belongs but the deal has begun to look more fragile as parts of the brazilian amazon burn through e.u. now accuses the government of not doing enough against the fires and the wider deforestation of the region. and finally an english couple has unearthed thousands of ancient silver coins worth an estimated $6000000.00 the haul discovered with

a metal detector includes rare pennies stating back to the era following the norman invasion of 1066 the discovery was made in the southwest english county of somerset should the coins be declared a national treasure the couple and the land owner would be entitled to an equal share of their present day about. the. program thanks for watching.

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husband her story is all too common in nigeria. then the game that almost disappeared from the villages of the central african republic that's making a comeback. hello i'm kristie want to welcome to news africa it's good to have you along with some fun stuff today scientists have just released images of what. could have looked like the reconstruction is based on a 3800000 year old skull fondant ethiopia which is you know often seen as the birthplace of mankind now announcing the scientific finding and at this alba researchers say the discovery changes our understanding of how ancient humans evolved it's here on the far reaching of ethiopia more than 500

kilometers north of the capital at this ababa but this latest discovery was buried profess that you have as haile selassie and his team found the ancient early human skull here in 2016 after only days of sifting through the sand 1st they spotted the all but jawbone sticking out of the ground then uncovered the rest of the fossil my 1st instinct was this 2 pieces were perfectly joined i picked up the maxilla and i picked up the crimean and click perfect. the skoll is 3800000 years old and about the size of a modern chimp and see it's the most complete one of that age ever found giving the scientists a chance to reconstruct how this early human ancestor might have looked. you have his haile selassie is one of the world's leading evolutionary scientists he

says the find challenges ideas about how the 1st humans evolved from apelike ancestors. this is really. you know a lot of ways and answers questions that we've had lingering around for decades and . now from this beautiful. and that's because this new find has some distinct differences to another ancient skeleton found nearby that of lucy probably the most famous human fossil it's further proof that early humans were a diverse bunch with different species living in the same time period. scientists say with this discovery they can now finally put a face to the name of some of our earliest ancestors. now physical abuse of women is currently one of the most discussed topics in nigeria after s n it's a was caught on camera a few weeks ago brittany slapping a woman is now being investigated and faces possible dismissal from the and i chair

in senate al correspondent. on the devastating effects of violence against women in the country. fatima is a young single mother who has 3 children she wants to keep right there to see he do fatima says she endured beatings for my husband for 11 years of the american church the most severe was when he beats her for taking the biggest fish in the ports as i was friends with. our goods i'm going to have everything and ours are due for the family. to be established it's. good to be here fatima was rushed to hospital by her neighbors the violence she suffered from her husband has scarred half forever but 5 as it gives women doesn't only happen in

relationships and in the home it's much more widespread a few weeks ago this c.c.t.v. video triggered outreached responses it shows in nigeria and sinitta slopping a woman more typical times. i have. to man had intervened in the argument he was having with the shop owner the case is now in court experts say this proves how commonplace violence against women and file is in the whom he's in nigeria. the mystic fall in their hands and so proving that it's us skyrockets. warm out of every $54.00. again is why you find out so far from domestic violence doc told to marquis says people are more open about reporting

violence against women and seeking help these days but it seems usually prefer to settle out of court so most perpetrators don't face punishment known to lose again by just one seems manliness and i won't. move to be bullied. for team i decided to stay with her husband but he passed through we while the case for me being said today in court. let's go over to lagos where low level is standing by she works with lagos state domestic and sexual violence welcome to the african let's give us a sense off how big the problem off islands against women is in nigeria. thank you good afternoon and thank you for having me balance against women such a. big issue for us especially when. it's not like the

safety issues have not always been there but what is on the increase now is reports and people are speaking up more people on behalf of all of us it means that you. and to some extent they believe more in the system and that's why i just think you know and trying to get help so it is a big issue it's a public health issue and something that's everybody knows is it be concerned and we have a restless ability to ensure that we address these issues for me a holistic perspective that's interesting to note because as you as you've just said it's a recent phenomenon that people are starting to to speak out about apps in light of us as to why people feel comfortable speaking out now. yes i think for also we can we can attribute this to 3 reasons number one there's a 0 tolerance to this issues especially in the it. people are speaking of as monday to have you quarters just because on the house for others there is also one

includes awareness as to steps that can be taken there's information now people know that there are numbers to call to hundreds to for people to reach out offices to go to police stations that have changed police officers are let into these cases so as soon an increasing reporting and then there is the political will to fight this menace in lagos state and i dare say in some more states in nigeria so with the political will increase and access to. information and 0 tolerance we're seeing is steady increase in reporting of these cases. for that really sounds incredible i know that with your work and your organization you work with a lot of victims people who've been in the situation and you help them on their way out talks about some of that work you're doing and perhaps some of the preventative measures as well that you're employing yes yes of the as well like

a one stop shop where legal assistance to go support psychosocial support we come in in times of emergency where we need to rescue women or children that are being abused there's also empowerment a good majority of the survivors of domestic violence are financially dependent and you have to say as a government is there to ensure that these women won't part so our system under will to heal and so will we we look at it for me holistic perspective and that is why we have different people on the team providing support to survival's we believe greatly in convention if we're able to prevent will not have to respond and so we do a lot of advocacy. a vocation for children a vacancy for firenze trainings and we privileged to have a comment that policies that have now been accepted by the government most think most recently we have and the book you see for when we do we fall is because you know we need to start to promote positive must unity if we're able to address boys

from the young age we are we empowered them to be ambassadors we believe that who called step to see if we dock surely in the commission of these offenses in the 1st place and so we have what we call king's love initiative at the circle just call levels when we are on power boy the stand up for girls for some form of gender equality are we all that you know with this information the boys will not begin to calm day or the boys or men that perpetuate this violence so look at. from always possible we sent just yesterday when we started our journeys for religious institutions because in nigeria live girls live just institutions are the really just clerics. keepers most of the cases go to belgrade for its colludes at the government's. lower level at any thank you. thank you samaritans.

now a traditional sports lost in time has returned to the central african republic people have stopped playing became known is because of the country's precarious security situation now it's being revived by some young enthusiastic thanks to a law in the country. it's fast and rough whacking a homemade pack with thin sticks requires sharp reflexes speed and team skills the aim of the game is to stop the puck coming to a standstill in your half of the pitch for some watching this traditional game triggers memories of happier times isn't a trick is but it's again that was played during initiation rites it's a game that united people which reminded people of the values of community life so now we're thinking about how the values of the game can help rebuild our country is . traditionally people played the game of against neighboring villages but when the

central african republic spiraled into violence in the early 2000 sometimes animosities were played out on the field. but some point the game got too rough sometimes the children would drop the sticks and downs out the eyes of the other children the parents would say i don't want you playing that's that's what and baba disappeared until now. recent relative calm has allowed to return. but this book it's a sport that we had started to play when we were children says it's a joyous sport that unites that's what i like about him bubba. as more and more neighborhood matches spring.