i talk to medical experts. watch them at work. and i discuss what you can do to improve your health. stay tuned and let's all try to stay in good shape. this is the news africa coming up in the next 15 minutes is a lawless libya getting closer to political settlement there's been a flurry of diplomatic engagements but the theater is crowded with foreign actually is who have different interests and back rival powers in the country. and the price of saying i do in africa i'll be talking to one of the un is most sought after waiting.

hello i'm christine want to welcome to news africa it's good to have you along turkey and russia have called for a cease fire in libya which they want to come into effect on sunday to present richard and his russian counterpart vladimir putin agree this should be a truce in libya but they support different factions in the country i'm kyra backs the administration in tripoli which is recognized by the u.n. and most western powers for its part moscow supports general who controls most of the country and has been advancing just take over the capital tripoli now on this map you'll see tripoli in the west and general huffed as pollard based in the east each side is backed by different militias and adding to the mix a number off foreign policy with various interests in the via. one country 2 governments numerous militias. ongoing fighting that the situation in libya

it's triggered a flurry of diplomatic meetings in the last days the un backed government of national caught us in brussels for talks why the government's main rival generally for have was an italy was foreign access increasing involved in libya another diplomatic meeting attracted special attention talks between russia and turkey the 2 countries who back rival sides in libya have called for an end to military excellence. our president. and russia's president putin are calling for a cease fire in libya starting january the 12th at midnight the night slinking saturday to sunday. which is all on those that you. for now the fighting in libya continuous general have to us forces say the government is amping up its recruiting. we appeal to international organizations to monitor this the government

is no recruiting students from the 9th grade of. early of the sea cuffed us forces allegedly see the sticky city of still to as a push to what the capital tripoli by the government of national caught the international community is wanting off an escalation of hostilities. for him we want to avoid libya becoming the side of a proxy war and libya must also not become a stick in syria and that is why we need a political process to begin quickly. so far diplomatic efforts have failed to bring opposing factions together a cease fire could be a 1st step to what's a political solution. we've invited emitted in-body to give us analysis on these developments he's a political analyst currently at the european university in the italy welcome to

news africa there are some people concerned that libya will become the 2nd syria because of all the fighting that we've seen there how is this affecting the lives of civilians ordinary civilians in libya. well as opposed to syria maybe in libya's case the conflict is slightly more localized in the sense that it is predominantly happening in tripoli its capital however the doesn't mean the conflict should be underplayed because the capital tripoli is actually home to almost 42 more than 50 percent of the population of years very sparsely populated so most of the population actually lives there and due to this conflict and the fact that it is predominantly being waged in tripoli suburbs that is affecting through a lot of layers artillery affecting civilians lives yeah so you have these 2 major

powers to can russia and they're now calling for a cease fire in the country. on sunday i mean how likely is that. think that they might want to sort of get to an agreement together or not clash with one another directly because both sides have troops or proxies on the ground in the case of turkey they've sent syrian fighters to libya and some military advisors so turkish troops on brush aside they sent mercenaries as well so both sides and mercenaries of their own but i don't know how in practice they would implement the cease fire especially since they're not the only player involved however what is important to take into account is that they're also the main players are they also position ideally right now is for our brokers joy to leave because the americans and europeans have largely left libya or have been inactive over the past 9 months facing this conflict emitted in buddy political analyst and

libya expires thank you thank you. now in many parts of the world the costs of getting married have reached an all time high and african countries are no exception with waiting it's becoming increasingly lavish and expensive many african culture is waiting saw about more than the bride and groom they're about family and the community which means weddings off $500.00 people and upwards are common now hosting an extravagant event for so many people costs a bomb some couples are prepared to spend the money others are taking a more modest route. for many couples it is the pinnacle of their relationship a big fat wedding this doesn't come cheap i'm old and susan from kept all know the couple married big last year with 700 people. for me because my dream. why plan to. getting

married like called trading is the family for me was not an option susan an old spencer the equivalent of $5400.00 us dollars on the a big day with food and duck all being the biggest expense that's 4 times the average monthly income in south africa in order to pull of the wedding they planned 3 years in advance we decided to start early and try to bring down expenses pick up it in a month check it people who are also helping us and. grateful . for other couples a big wedding isn't a dream but a nightmare to feel pressure to hold a big wedding but want to break with tradition like when the little and honey. there was no way for us to be able to afford all of that honeymoon overseas white

waiting waiting so we had to look at it and be like. is it really worth it if we invited so many people for the club and the wiping so we decided we can have a small thing with that many right that does not even close lunch and then we can go on a honeymoon because this is basically about us not about the whole community. honey and a husband who only spent around 400 years dollars on your wedding with their money deceived they paid a deposit on the car and travelled to thailand for their honeymoon but how did the friends and family react you don't want to know. but my mother had. the 1st one to get in the 1st one in the family she didn't put the wedding venue and expense to put the whole. thing so. we actually don't want to do that so. i just know i had to think this is what we want and what you

want is what we want is how we want to do and i think they came around after one that came along. in the end the families enjoyed the budget wedding no one felt stubby had missed out on anything honey and one gus advise is to stick to what you can afford after all a wedding it's not about everyone else but about the bride. now the rising cost of weightings is a dilemma facing couples across the continent not just in south africa and to get more on this i'm joined by janet dell awaiting panel with the main event company general hayden janet good to see you so why all these weddings getting more leftish now than they were a decade or so ago on decades ago. right so in the guardian context. first of all i think is the influx of social media i have

brize that come in with a huge part of inspirations from lebanese where didn't an australian where do. you know and which i naturally love you know so we haven't to replicate those sorts of where didn't hear as well as this one forgets the spending part of. it has increased. of course the. more refined etc right and i wondered i mean when you put together an event like this essentially way all most of the costs. right so i mean like events have evolved so much i work in a family business my mom started this business about 30 years ago and she talks about how much events have evolved you know back in the day it was so easy to produce and events you know it's nothing like lighting systems and all that but

these days there's so many elements that go into producing and events to produce one event you need like a team of professionals. but. why yeah but specifically for the weddings i wondered what which other things that make them so costly what aspects of the weightings are the most expensive so one i one of the most expensive elements a deck or you know they see the way to the decor the ambience is almost everything so the deck or the food are some of the most expensive elements in my country right and for people that are thinking about getting married and once sort of instagram social media waiting but still don't have the budget i mean where would you advise . do you know i always tell my clients i was tell my brights pig the about if you want to cox course you can to have

everything so pick the things you are most passionate about spend on them fine end just worked with a budgets all right drew because also or gets love than anything else that is true wise words from all waiting planted jannat jandal thank you that is a one hour feed of the news africa as always you can catch. us on our website and facebook page and on the topic of your small photos a couple celebration a big database i found out.

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shock announcement released on instagram by prince harry and mag of the duchess of sussex that they want to step back from royal judy's to a certain extent and the notorious british tabloid press who's hot headlines about the couple of no doubt contributed to this decision have already given it a name meg's it. howry and meghan on their wedding day it was thought to be the start of a new chapter for the british royal family but it was not meant to read like this in an instagram post the couple explained they would step back a senior royals and were deemed to become financially independent it seems the cult even the queen off our guard she's reported to be heart one commentator said it was beyond belief last year was pretty dreadful you know.