ramaphosa as a person was leading that investigation. do is remind our audience that mr ramaphosa denies all of these accusations that you keep sending his way. and the point is, how credible are you? you've been running a vendetta against ramaphosa for years. it's six or seven years since you labelled him a murderer. but the truth is, ramaphosa has won elections, he is the leader of the anc, and you simply refuse to accept his authority. no, but you are also peddling a lie — because ramaphosa never denied the allegations. he said he will answer at an appropriate forum. so you can't, to your audience, speak with authority that ramaphosa denied any wrongdoing. the reason why he's been struggling to answer questions to the public protector is because he's got no answers to give. so it's not true that ramaphosa has ever denied, because to deny is to lie and to lie is another charge of perjury, that the whole president existing under oath can loosely lie. you can't quote ramaphosa here on hardtalk where he says, "i vehemently deny the allega

government officials who attended today's proceedings have said president cyril ramaphosa has endorsedls in somalia say the security services have ended a 30—hour siege at a hotel in the capital, mogadishu. the claim has not been independently verified. at least 20 people are believed to have been killed after the popular hayat hotel was stormed by members of the islamist militant group, al—shabab. that is it from us for now. you can reach me on twitter. i'm @richpreston. thanks for your company. we will see you next time. hello. a fine end to the day for many of us, but a bit of rain in the forecast, too, particularly in the north. but on the whole this evening and overnight, at least for most of us, it is going to be dry with clear spells. so, let's have a look at the forecast, then. here's the big picture, and in the last few hours, we've seen a weather front moving southwards across the country. here it is. and it's been affecting northern parts of the uk, so a little bit of rain here, which is going to fizzle away as we go through the course of the evening. you can see it crossing

government officials who attended today's proceedings have said president cyril ramaphosa has endorsed's take place next month. it for us for an hour. there that's it for us for an hour. there is much more on our website, oryou there is much more on our website, or you can download the bbc news app. you can reach me on twitter. please get in touch. hello. a fine end to the day for many of us, but a bit of rain in the forecast, too, particularly in the north. but on the whole this evening and overnight, at least for most of us, it is going to be dry with clear spells. so let's have a look at the forecast, then. here's the big picture, and in the last few hours, we've seen a weather front moving southwards across the country. here it is. and it's been affecting northern parts of the uk, so a little bit of rain here, which is going to fizzle away as we go through the course of the evening. you can see it crossing parts of lancashire through yorkshire, approaching hull, and then there's really not much left of it. apart from a few showers here and there, maybe in western parts of scotland,

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government officials who attended today�*s proceedings have said president cyril ramaphosa has endorseds bbc news. the headlines: unconfirmed reports say security forces in somalia have ended a 30—hour siege of the hayat hotel in the capital mogadishu. up to 20 people may have been killed. russia�*s activates its air defence systems over crimea, as the home of its black sea fleet comes under ukrainian drone attack for another night. more now on our top story. javed ali is a counter—terrorism expert and former senior director with the us national security council. i asked him to give us his assessment on the hotel siege in mogadishu. to me, this is another example of al—shabaab�*s ability to present a threat not only in mogadishu but inside the country, i mean, this is a very persistent, resilient group, that has suffered significant casualties on its own through military actions and counterterrorism actions by the us, the african union, and the somali government, but time and time again it has shown an ability to conduct attacks like this. just give us the bit of extra context here. rem

government officials who attended today's proceedings have said that president cyril ramaphosa has endorsedl of afghanistan. to show solidarity, people across the uk and europe are taking up the ancient afghan tradition of kite—flying. 0rganisers want the kite festivals to remind the world of the freedoms which have been lost in afghanistan, and the help its people still need. megan paterson reports. on a hillside in bradford, naweet shows off his kite—flying skills, learnt in his homeland afghanistan, a tradition stretching back hundreds of years, a little piece ofjoy from a place he had to flee. what is it like flying the kites here today? it looks like you really enjoyed doing it. translation: i truly en'oy it today, it took me back h to my memories, it really felt like i went back to afghanistan, to the same location, it felt as if the same kite, the same experience, i really enjoyed it, it took me back to afghanistan, ifelt i am there. the delicate art of making and then flying a traditional afghan kite is being celebrated today with events across the uk, europe, and america, a skill p