until the arrival of abiy ahmed. hed out to eritrea, conceding territory. it was a gamble. a new leader acting against expectations. abiy was shrewd. at the end quickly he unrooted ha rdliners abiy was shrewd. at the end quickly he unrooted hardliners on his own side and by giving back territory he presented the dictator of eritrea with an offer for peace he could not refuse. most importantly, he had the overwhelming approval of his people, tired of the longest ever war between two african nations. i noticed that when you are speaking, andi noticed that when you are speaking, and i mention the prime minister's name, it went like this and had your hand up as if to heaven. what does that mean? the peacemaker abiy ahmed learnt the value of compromise early in life. he dropped here, the child of a muslim father and christian mother. he was taught to respect different identities. his family say he was always the peacemaker. but it was an events during his army career that warned abiy ahmed of the catastrophic danger of eth

after decades of political and ethnic division, abiy ahmed is promising healing.on — to villagers, to factory workers, to medical students. you should be part of the reform, he said. use your words and knowledge, don't fight. the country he took over nine months ago had thousands of political prisoners. all are now free. a 20—year conflict with neighbouring eritrea was ended. the presidency, chiefjustice and half the cabinet posts are allocated to women. birtukan mideksa was a political prisoner and exile. abiy asked her to come home and run elections. thousands, if not millions of people, paid to see this kind of change in this country. to have the former opposition leader, a former dissident to lead an institution with significant independence of action, you know, it means a lot. but change has opened up challenges. ethiopia is a complex ethnic mosaic, with more than 80 different groups, and clashes between some have led to the displacement of millions. at this displaced camp, we met ethnic somalis who had fled fighting with their neighbours from the oromo group

which we documented in 2005, that made him notorious and prompted prime hmieter'ef ' f 7 ethiopia, abiy ahmedor president bashir. is almost irrelevant. his regime, as far as the protesters in the street, hated by many of his own people, wanted for genocide, president bashir has everything to lose if he falls. he must surely worry now that, despite his crackdown, resistance seems only to be growing. the british prime minister has been meeting members of her cabinet to discuss the future of her brexit plans. she has also held talks with senior officials in brussels, including the european council president, donald tusk, to try to move the process forward. 0ur political correspondent ben wright reports. mr gove, are you confident of getting the brexit deal that you want? so what now? today the prime minister continued to listen, with cabinet ministers trooping in and out to share their advice with the prime minister, who has a brexit deal the house of commons hates and the eu insists cannot be changed. just got to get into a car. tight—lipped, but for brexiteers, some red lines on trade must sta

we filmed president bashir recently when he visited the reformist prime minister of ethiopia, abiy ahmedshir. how long he will stay in office, whether it is a week or a year is almost irrelevant. his regime, as far as the protesters in the street, has lost all credibility. hated by many of his own people, wanted for genocide, president bashir has everything to lose if he falls. he must surely worry now that, despite his crackdown, resistance seems only to be growing. fergal keane, bbc news. new details have emerged about the planet saturn — and the famous rings that surround it. it's now believed those rings are much younger than the planet itself. the information has come from the cassini probe — which ended its mission in 2017. the bbc‘s tim allman has more. it's one of the most spectacular sights in our solar system. saturn, a planetary giant. in its orbit, vast rings made up mostly of ice and rock. the planet itself is believed to be more than 11.5 billion years old, but its rings are likely to be much younger. in its final moment before crashing into saturn's atmosphere, the space p