the early filling of the massive dam on the blue nile river as historic the announcement came as abbey ahmed said his country has reached a major common understanding with sudan and egypt over the controversial project. south africa's president cyril ramaphosa has announced that public schools will close for 4 weeks as confirmed coronavirus cases roza to more than 400000 he said it was important to ensure that schools did not become sites of transmission. lines or. the latest round of talks between the u.k. and the european union have ended with a downbeat assessment from both sides the chief negotiator michele said a trade deal will look to unlikely for the u.k. david frost also admitted there was a long way to go. well a german court has handed down a jail sentences to several men convicted of raping an 18 year old woman in the southern city of freiburg the assault in october 28th scene was carried out in large part by refugees prompting anti immigration populists to seize on the case. the judge sentenced the primary defendant to 5 years and 6 months imprisonment saying he had raped the wo