weill. on that across africa, nomsa? well, i can tell on that across africa, nomsa?on that across africa, nomsa? well, i can tell you that _ on that across africa, nomsa? well, i can tell you that for _ on that across africa, nomsa? well, i can tell you that for south - on that across africa, nomsa? well, i can tell you that for south africa i i can tell you that for south africa as a government there is much relief because they don't have to effect an arrest warrant of vladimir putin because of alleged war crimes, he is only attending via video link and his forest minister —— foreign minister is going to be here. today there was a protest from a pro—ukrainian group that was saying that even the foreign minister of russia should not even be taking part in this summit here but there are also south africans who are pro russia because of the links and the history that russia shares with south africa.— history that russia shares with south africa. ., ., , south africa. nomsa, good to see ou, we south africa. nomsa, good to see you. we will _ south africa. nomsa, good to

our correspondent nomsa maseko is live injohannesburg, nomsa, what is on the agenda for this summit?ummit, but top of the agenda is the possible expansion of the brics bloc. there are at least 22 countries that have shown interest that want to be part of brics, however, there are members of brics, however, there are members of brics, however, there are members of brics who are not supporting this view of the expansion, particularly brazil, but as you can imagine, president vladimir putin of russia is going to be speaking here tomorrow via video link and he is expected to speak in support of the expansion of the brics bloc and another thing which will be spoken thatis another thing which will be spoken that is a possible use of a single currency for the countries that are members of the brics bloc and also to lessen the use of the us dollar and american's international trade influence. ., ., ~ and american's international trade influence. ., ., , influence. nomsa, thank you very much indeed. _ now a look at some other stories making the news. the hong kong government is banning seafoo

earlier i got the latest on the summit with our south africa correspondent nomsa maseko well, it's dayostly be closed to the media, but we do expect that there are going to be discussions around the possible expansion of the brics bloc. there are already some disagreements in terms of the criteria that is going to be used to ensure that applicants are allowed. we do know also that at least 20 other countries have applied formally to be part of the brics bloc, and that includes countries like nigeria, saudi arabia, argentina, and the uae. and we also know that the president of russia, vladimir putin, is going to be delivering another speech via video link at around 11 o'clock this morning. he spoke yesterday about the de—dollarisation of the brics bloc and also spoke about a possible use of a single currency within the region or the brics bloc itself or the use of the different currencies in all of these countries to ensure that the dollar is not used in these countries. and of course, it remains to be seen in terms of how this is actually going to be working and also how other countrie

live now tojohannesburg to speak to our correspondent, nomsa maseko.n global order. what will they discuss today? tt is what will they discuss today? it is indeed a what will they discuss today? tit 3 indeed a group that sees itself as a group that can take on the west geopolitically. it is expected the leaders of brics will talk about a possible expansion of the group, at least 20 other countries have now made formal applications to join the bloc. some of the countries include saudi arabia, argentina, egypt and the biggest economy in africa, nigeria. there is talk of a possible use of one currency by the brics countries, and this is aimed at trying to lessen the use of the american dollar and also to kind of prevent world domination of the americans when it comes to international trade.- americans when it comes to international trade. 0k, thank you ve much international trade. ok, thank you very much for— international trade. 0k, thank you very much for bringing _ international trade. 0k, thank you very much for bringing us - international trade. 0k,

our correspondent injohannesburg, nomsa maseko, told me what we've been hearing from the brics summitons — starting off with the leader of russia, vladimir putin, who spoke via video—link, saying that his country was committed to a peaceful and just solution to the war in the ukraine. and also reiterated that the conflict in the ukraine was as a result of the war that he says was unleashed by the west and its allies. and we also heard from president of china, president xi jinping, who spoke positively about the possible expansion of the brics bloc, saying that more countries needed to join the bloc to ensure that there is much more influence that the bloc currently enjoys. next... police in pakistan have arrested the owner and the operator of a cable car in which eight people were trapped on tuesday. they're being investigated for not having a permit, endangering lives, and negligence. one of those stuck in the cable car was rescued by helicopter, whilst the other seven were saved by local people. our correpondent aziz—ullah khan sent this update. this is the area where a cable car wa

during that address, he criticised the power of countries in the west. 0ur correspondent, nomsa masekparticularly by all the leaders of the brics nations, starting off with the brics nations, starting off with the leader of russia, vladimir putin, who spoke via video link, saying that his country was committed to a peaceful and just solution, to the war in ukraine. he also duke reiterated —— he also reiterated about the conflict in ukraine was as a result of war, which he says was a result of the west and its allies. we also heard from the president of china, president cheating paying, who spoke positively about the expansion of the block, saying that more countries needed to join the block to ensure that there is much more influence that the block currently enjoys. —— present xijinping. influence that the block currently enjoys. -- present xijinping. you very much for that. we will keep in touch with you and more coming out of the brics summit. we just remind you, before i go, of our main story this hour, that is, of course, how the events in india and on the moon, by becoming the fi

here's our africa correspondent, nomsa maseko: 40 countries have also applied to be members of brics,ttending, there is a little bit of disappointment, particularly from his supporters and those that do support the war in ukraine. but s you said, he will be attending virtually and his speech, which is expected to take place tomorrow morning, is highly anticipated. but today, what is indeed happening is a state visit, an official state visit by china's president xi jinping, who is actually meeting with president ramaphosa, earlier, in fact this morning in pretoria, where there will be discussions in terms of trade relations and also some agreements will be signed. researchers say using mri scans to screen men for prostate cancer could reduce deaths "significantly". mri scans have been found to be more effective than the current blood tests which can be unreliable. it's hoped thousands of lives could be saved. our medical editor fergus walsh has been finding out more. paul rothwell�*s prostate cancer was caught early and successfully treated. it was diagnosed here at london's university

our correspondent, nomsa maseko is injohannesburg for us now. points from the readers and particularly vladamir putin, of course, not appearing in person. vladamir putin not appearing in person because of a possible arrest warrant against him so he spoke via video link from russia and he said that the conflict in ukraine was an attempt by russia to end the war that was started by the west. he also spoke about the depolarisation that was inevitable and that his country seeks to ensure a just settlement by peaceful means they're in russia and he also called on countries to expand trade settlements by using each of their common and individual currencies. he also spoke about the fact that the summit will be held in russia next year. i summit will be held in russia next ear. ~' ., summit will be held in russia next ear. ~ ., ., ., year. i think a lot of the discussion _ year. i think a lot of the discussion today - year. i think a lot of the discussion today behind year. i think a lot of the - discussion today behind closed doors, obviously speaking

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