welcome to addis ababa. is here. mr happy. you found it already. welcome to addis ababam is nice.ery friendly, full of energy and happy to meet me and i was excited to meet him. there you go. you have it easy. welcome to your couch surfing place. your happy home. myspace, thank you. take off the load. this will be your sleeping spot. just a mattress? yes, a mattress. i would like you to sleep on the floor. 0k, great. one of sleep on the floor. ok, great. one of the main components about my travelling is food. eating food, talking about food, sometimes buying food and cooking. hello, i would like to buy one. i was very fortu nate like to buy one. i was very fortunate that mr happy kindly offered to cook for me some local ethiopian food. how much is that altogether? 70? i got a kill of tomatoes and a killer of chilli. people are lovely, very helpful, very kind. some people speak a little bit of english. i asked the quy little bit of english. i asked the guy to help refine the food and he took me to the shop. help me by the food. it was a lovely experience. sometimes it can be confus

so, we are heading into north addis. gallery for blind and visually impaired people. i'm assuming some kind of tactile art exhibition. different textures to make a picture or pictures. that's what i'm assuming. we'll find out when we get there. thank you. the entrance? hi, tony. welcome. hi. welcome to my studio. thank you, i'm really looking forward to it. let me show you one of the art pieces. wow. so, we're touching a piece of art. these are people, who are laughing. this is their mouths. 0k. this is their nose. this is their eyes. these are like buttons, are they? yes. so it is a face. you can see their hands, they are screaming, happy, expressing themselves. do you like it? it's really good, it's really interesting. it really gives a blind person a better understanding of expression of people. it's amazing. it's really inspiring. so many times you go to art galleries with your friends, and you sort of feel excluded. touching this made me feel included. a christian cross. actually art i can appreciate. i felt equal.

i have explored quite a bit of addis andi i have explored quite a bit of addis and i think it is time to move on and i think it is time to move on and explore a bit more of this wonderful, fascinating country that is ethiopia. i really want to try to get to the rift valley and try to visit some of the lakes, get some of the nature and natural ambience. really get off the beaten track. we are going to the village, it is roughly two or three hours south of addis ababa. it is one of the fresh rift valley la kes. addis ababa. it is one of the fresh rift valley lakes. apparently it has lots of bi rd rift valley lakes. apparently it has lots of bird life and hippopotamus. what is your name? my name is arlo. my what is your name? my name is arlo. my name is tony, i am from england. ican hear my name is tony, i am from england. i can hear something. a tractor? a helicopter? my motorbike. motorbike, yeah. the lakers this direction? yeah. the biggest problem for me is, i've got no direction, it is just an open field. there is nothing to follow. and the wind is giving me problems. we are trying

this is a town about 126 kilometres south of addis ababa's airport.n, with the loss of 157 lives. no police or security are here. but with debris still strewn across the area, the investigation into who is responsible for what happened is becoming an international dispute. 0ne leading american politician is one of many voices in the us blaming the pilots. the pilots trained in the us would have successfully been able to handle this situation. but the boss of ethiopian airlines disagrees. the senator seems to be seriously misinformed, or he doesn't have the facts on his hand when he said that. why have they grounded 380 aircraft around the world? simple, right? the facts speaks for itself. boeing is working on changes to the flight control system that the pilots wrestled with before crashing. but for now, these jets are sealed, covered, and going nowhere soon. as the battle over who to blame continues. simon browning, bbc news, in addis ababa. and of course hear it six am. you can hear more during breakfast. this is the briefing from bbc news. the late

from addis ababa, this report. reporter: grounded, parked up, and going nowhere. if european airlines boeing 737 max 8, they have sat here since march. these to be a fifth plane. crash on a flight from addis ababa to nairobi in kenya, kiveing eryone on board. it came down in remote countryside, several hours' drive from the bustling capital. this is where flight 8302 came to rest, behind that fence over there is the accident site. it crashed six minutes into its journey after taking off from addis ababa airport. here in the rolling fields is where 157 people lost their lives. now there is a blame game underway. some influential figures in the united states suggested the pilots of the stricken aircraft >> pilots trained iesthe united stould have been successfully able to handle the situation. >> it is a tragic accident reporter: that is a suggestion the boss of ethiopian aallines emphat rejects. >> the senators and to be seriously misinformed, or does not have the facts when he says that. reporter: who do you think bears the prime responsibility? >> the fact thatlo

simon browning, bbc news, in addis ababa.ges have been dying out in australia and what is being done to preserve them. there was a bomb in the city centre. a code word known to be one used by the ira was given. army bomb experts were examining a suspect van when there was a huge explosion. the south african parliament has destroyed the foundation of apartheid by abolishing the population registration act, which for 40 years forcibly classified each citizen according to race. germany's parliament, the bundestag, has voted by a narrow majority to move the seat government from bonn to berlin. berliners celebrated into the night but the decision was greeted with shock in bonn. just a day old and the royal baby is tonight sleeping in his cot at home. early this evening the new prince was taken by his mother and father to their apartments in kensington palace. the real focus today was valentina tereshkova, the world's first woman cosmonaut. what do you think of the russian woman in space? i think it's a wonderful achievement and i

from addis ababa, theo leggett reports. grounded, parked up and going nowhere.hey've been sat here since march. there used to be a fifth plane — three months ago it crashed on a flight from addis ababa to nairobi in kenya, killing everyone on board. it came down in remote countryside several hours drive from the bustling capital. this is where flight et—302 came to rest. behind that fence over there is the accident site. it crashed just six minutes into its journey after taking off from addis ababa airport. so here in these rolling fields is where 157 people lost their lives. now, there is a blame game on the way. some influentialfigures in the united states have suggested the pilots of the stricken aircraft were at fault for the crash. the pilots trained in the united states would have successfully been able to handle this situation. it's a very tragic accident... that's the suggestion the boss of ethiopian airlines emphatically rejects. the senator seems to be seriously misinformed. or he doesn't have the facts on hand when he said that. who do you think bares

diplomatic staff in addis ababa harding joins us on the phone from addis now selena what what do we know about what what happened. how shall we know if there is a to attend and behind our earlier today by far is about 500 kilometers north of out of south about the capital here it's the capital of the higher region so you mentioned the prime minister was on the television earlier so he did wearing military clothing and he said that there was an attempt to kill the army chief he didn't say the name but we know that the army chief is higher in the town and we don't know. anything about wounds earned his state right now but we just know from the prime ministers from the prime minister's. beachy that was the army chief who had in the tent to put fascination on him earlier so there are security forces in the haidar the prime minister was very adamant in saying that the security forces were able to control and have a. secured operation within about an hour in the head on and that he was saying that the federal forces are strong and that they can respond to any uprising and asked people to stand

it out in the northern region as we've been saying you are there in addis ababa what set the lie what is it what's the mood like where you are and i mean is there a sort of changed military presence on the streets what what sort of measures of the government taken well since saturday there's definitely been and increased military presence several roads were closed earlier in the week since saturday several of those roads have opened we actually don't have any reports at least on thursday got roads were still closed so we do think the road systems have gone back to normal but the biggest difference would be the internet and there is a mood shift there people been really frustrated that not been able to get on line it's been difficult for our team i know but to day thursday in addus it was a the internet was partially restored just in parts of the city earlier in the morning we're in the southern part of ethiopia there was still no internet there so we don't know how when that will be restored to the rest of the country but for now it is just centralized in different parts of the capita

this is the village of hama quntushele, about 125 kilometres south of addis ababa.is where ethiopian airlines flight 302 came down just about three months ago, with the loss of 157 lives. no police or security are here. but with debris still strewn across the area, the investigation into who was responsible for what happened is becoming an international dispute. one leading american politician is one of many voices in the united states blaming the pilots. pilots trained in the united states would have successfully been able to handle this situation. but the boss of ethiopian airlines disagrees. the senator seems to be seriously misinformed, or he doesn't have the facts to hand when he said that. why on earth have they grounded 380 aeroplanes all over the world? simple, right? the facts speak for themselves. a sense of shock still exists at the airline's huge flight school, where leading pilots strongly defended their colleagues' actions. i think our pilots have done whatever they could and whatever that was recommended by boeing as well to save the aircraft, but the

we're going to the village, it's roughly two or three hours south of addis ababa. it's one of the fresh rift valley la kes. and apparently it has lots of birdlife and hippopotami. hello. what's your name? my name is arlo. my name's tony, i'm from england. i can hear something. a tractor? a helicopter? a motorbike. motorbike, yeah. the lake's in this direction? yeah. the biggest problem for me is, i've got no direction, it's just an open field. there's nothing to follow. and the wind is giving me problems. we're trying to follow the sound of the cow and the wind is taking away from my hearing aids. this is one of the biggest problems for me when i'm travelling, is the wind. because if i can't follow something on the ground, i've got to try to follow sounds. like, traffic, or other noises. i've got the cow's tail! here he goes. managed to grab his tail, but it has decided to run off and drag me with it. so that was fun. there are some local kids around, giving fish to the marabou stork. i've got some fish, now i'm feeding the birds. 0h! one of the main reasons i come

has more from the capital addis ababa . we have some new information regarding the chief of staff and the head of the ethiopian military we now know that he was killed by his bodyguard it was an inside job and the prime minister is responsibly scenary. isn't particularly important here because he was actually in the process of trying to stop the attempted coup that was going on and and then that is when his bodyguard. killed him so he was trying to calm the tension had sent the military there to try stopping this coup and it was that was when it happened and there was another federal general that was also killed in that attack now the army intelligence general said that the coup would meant to create chaos in division especially in the military. the military now though has control over the situation at their command posts around the country that the military is in control with the prime minister ahmed of course over the military. in the democrats a republican begun an offensive against an group in the east. the fight to get

para aclararnos todo lo que estaba pasando tenemos a nuestra querida addis. addis: buenos dÍas. o no comparto es que ella haya escrito que es un sacrificio que hace por mis hijas porque el sacrificio lo hago yo, es mi responsabilidad. lo hago con todo el gusto del mundo. addis: pero se sostiene porque dice que si geraldine trabaja no es para sus hijas. gabriel soto: yo tengo todos los recibos de todos los meses. no voy a entrar en detalles de todo lo que pago. addis: es una situaciÓn de decisiÓn mÁs no de necesidad imperante. gabriel soto: es su elecciÓn, no es un sacrificio. cuÁntas mujeres realmente estÁn en la posiciÓn donde no tienen la ayuda de su ex pareja y realmente tienen que sacrificarse para dejar de ver a sus hijos. ella es una elecciÓn que estÁ haciendo, es una elecciÓn personal. addis: ahora como proveedor y padre que trabaja, disfruta pero tambiÉn comprende el numerito. gabriel soto: ojalÁ tenga más oportunidades asÍ. desgraciadamente hay cosas que ya estÁn estipuladas. yo me tuve que ir a guadalajara dar funciÓn por dos dÍas. finalmente nos conjugamos que lo impo

the main issueis landed in addis ababa. about the terrorist group, the janjaweed, who are bombing most of the cities into sudan. this group has to be identified as a terrorist group, and action has to be taken. has to be identified as a terrorist group, and action has to be takenlj imagine there is a lot of concern about rapid response services known as the janjaweed. what do you want to see, do you want to see the african union intervened with troops, or the international community? we don't want any army or intervention in sudan. what we want is for the tmc to be paralysed, not to be identified or welcomed by the international community, and we would like a mediated intervention so would like a mediated intervention so that we can have a swift and smooth handover of power to the civilian government. we would like the janjaweed to be recognised that asa the janjaweed to be recognised that as a terrorism group, and that would have an implication about what would happen next, by transitional justice. we want the detainees to

a high ranking military official his military chief mckinnon was killed at his home in the capital addis ababa shot by his bodyguard the leader of the northern i'm horrid was also shot and killed in his office along with his aide i'm horace attorney general was also reported to have been wounded well that morris states is one of 9 or 10 of his regions in ethiopia people reported hearing gunfire in the state capital by head which is about 500 kilometers north of addus on saturday night that was and the u.s. embassy also issued warnings for i did off the reports of gunfire. when you hear his intelligence address the nation and he called for calm holding. a light of these attacks ethiopian people should remain calm and i want to take this opportunity to assure people there is nothing within the military to worry about and lastly this attack was against the people and the government and all of its armed forces this was also an attack against an entire country everyone in the military and the public should strongly oppose this attack and those who are behind this will be brought to justice an

this was a town about 126 kilometres south of addis ababa airport. came down, with the loss of 157 lives. no police or security are here. but with debris still strewn across the area, the investigation into who is responsible for what happened is becoming an international dispute. one leading american politician is one of many voices in the us blaming the pilots. pilots trained in the us would have successfully been able to handle this situation. but the boss of ethiopian airlines disagrees. the senator seems to be seriously misinformed, or he doesn't have the information at hand when he said that. why have they grounded 380 aircraft around the world? simple, right? the fact speaks for itself. what a sense of shock still exists at the airline's huge flight school, where leading pilots are strongly defended their colleagues' actions. i think defended their colleagues' actions. ithink our defended their colleagues' actions. i think our pilots have done whatever they could, and whatever was implemented by boeing as well, to save the aircraft, but they c

by a high ranking military official military chief mckinnon was killed at his home in the capital addis ababa shot dead by his bodyguard appeared to on television late on saturday night dressed in army fatigues. when he was head of intelligence addressed the nation and called for calm. in light of these attacks ethiopian people should remain calm and i want to take this opportunity to assure people there is nothing within the military to worry about and lastly this attack was against the people and the government and all of its armed forces this was also an attack against an entire country everyone in the military and the public should strongly oppose this attack and those who are behind this will be brought to justice and i call on everyone including those in the military to cooperate with the investigation. the army and the democratic republic of congo has begun an offensive against an armed group in the eastern territory of did you go to the fighting in recent weeks has killed at least 100 people and displaced hundreds of thousands. residents of istanbul voting in a controversial 2nd

simon browning, bbc news, in addis ababa. theo leggett, is at the paris air show where boeing is being discussed. this is normally a great opportunity for the aerospace giants to put on a show, to announce new orders and say how well they're doing. but, at this show, all the emphasis is on boeing and the 737 max — when will it fly again? that aircraft has been grounded since the ethiopian airlines crash in march. there is no sign of it flying anytime soon. boeing's chief executive said yesterday that it might fly before the end of the year. but that's about it. as for shifting blame around, the preliminary reports into both 737 max accidents have suggested very strongly that the problem started, at least, with a flight control system, a piece of the software, but activated at the wrong time and forced the aircraft into a dive when they were supposed to be climbing. now, american politicians, perhaps you can call them friends of boeing, have been trying to cast of the blame around a little bit. boeing itself says that the acti

dressed in me fatigues his military chief say autum a cannon was killed at his home in the capital addis ababa shot dead by his bodyguard and leader of the northern hora region was shot and killed in his office along with his aid. i'm horace stages one of 9 autonomous regions in ethiopia people reported hearing gunfire in the state capital. about 500 kilometers north of us on a barren saturday night at the u.s. embassy issued warnings for i did have a after reports of gunfire that well the prime minister came to power in 2018 after a time at a time of unrest he quickly secured political and financial support from a number of parties like the united arab emirates the european union and the world bank he restored ties with eritrea for a long time border dispute and improved diplomatic relations with djibouti and somalia have a also implemented rapid reforms lifting a state of emergency releasing thousands of political prisoners and giving hall for his cabinet posts to women well joining us here in the studios i had a friend the professor of politics at the heart institute for graduate stud

the chief of defense force has been shot and injured in the capital addis ababa it is not clear right now how serious injuries are to senator mcconnell in the shooting happened after a failed attempt to oust a regional government leader and i'm horace. so dan's leading protest group says it's accepted a plan for a transitional government ethiopia's leaders had been mediating this political process the plan proposes the creation of a governing body made up of civilian and military members. senior white house advisor and president on a son in law laid out the 1st part of his so-called deal of the century that's a middle east peace plan that he says is based on $50000000000.00 of investment more than half of be spent on palestinian infrastructure over 10 years the rest of the split between egypt lebanon and jordan one of the main projects is a $5000000000.00 transportation corridor to connect the occupied west bank and gaza only 2000000000 would be injected into the palestinian tourism industry questioners trying to drum up support for the 179 and for structure and business projects have

journey goes to if you know where tens of thousands of children live on the streets of the capital addis ababa some n.g.o.s are trying to help by providing a roof over the children's heads and prospects for the future but it's a tough undertaking. the youngest children even 6 years old this boy is begging for anything just to survive he sniffing glue it beats the pain of hunger a common sight in the capital smain square. the last official survey put their numbers in the capital at 12000 but that was almost a decade ago many n.g.o.s believe today's figures chaya why. of them retrack provides temporary housing for street children this place is just for girls. last year a retraction altered more than 500 children and adults here when they have a chance to be children again. this 14 year old girl arrived a couple of weeks ago. to go into me and my family promised i'd be able to go to school but instead i had to work. she says she was 12 when she ended up as a domestic helper working 15 hours a day and subjected to abuse after 2 years she flight. retracts main goal is to reunite children with

the headlines here now to syria now if he or his chief of defense forces being shot in the capital addis ababa condition of silent my column is not yet clear the shooting happened after a failed attempt to oust a regional government leader and i'm heart of states. u.s. president told trump has tweeted he only stopped strikes against iran from going ahead for now and the prospect of military action remains on the table the u.s. is imposing additional sanctions against iran which will go into effect on monday. iran right now is an economic mess going through hell the sanctions have had a hard war sanctions are going to be put off a lot. it's hard to believe you could even but it is a rod want to become a wealthy nation to get. from abroad they will call it let's make the run rate again that they make the right way to get ok with me but they never going to do it if they think that vibrant 6 years they're going to have a nuclear weapon i know too much about nuclear a lot about let me tell you they're not going to have a nuclear weapon sudan's leading protest group says it's accepted a plan f

of the country's military chief it say on the kind of was shot dead by his bodyguard in the capital addis ababa the leader of the northern i'm heart region was shot and killed in his office along with his. iran's foreign minister says he's in negotiating military treaties that would allow the country to bypass u.s. sanctions to iran is reportedly in talks china india and russia and dozens of other nations to ditch the dollar in trade transactions such a currency agreements could weaken the u.s. dollar in the global market. polls of just plates of istanbul where people have been voting in a controversial 2nd merril election in march the opposition counted it was declared the winner of the 1st votes but that result was an old after the ruling ak party filed a legal challenge over alleged irregularities. u.s. national security advisor john bolton says iran should not mistake u.s. prudence for weakness bolton made the comments alongside prime minister benjamin netanyahu in israel that you have been discussing regional security as tensions are high between washington and tehran. iran can never

from the north eastern states which is home to ethiopia's 2nd largest ethnic group in the capital addis ababa if you up. military chief was also shot dead by his bodyguard the government said his killing was connected to those. in an announcement to the nation prime minister made safe security forces were in full control of m r state. you wanting. the people of ethiopia don't believe in son saying killing and claiming power by spilling the blood of their brothers and sisters on especially. american that. they believe power should be obtained only through democratic means unity and sacrifice that. young man has played don't accept totalitarian regimes and that they've shown that through a common struggle or coach as we've built on the moccasin past years they have rejected these efforts to silence people with a unified voice and the knowledge. and of course the whole world so what do these developments mean for the country we've invited william davidson senior ethiopia analyst at crisis group to give us some context william was ethiopia correspondent for 7 years and he's joining us now f

inside only a decade of the capital addis ababa has become a state of the art metropolis with its own metro line built by the china railway group ltd much of the boom has chinese credit behind it now china is sinking its money into industrial parks and industry but it will be easy for the government to supply all just like the utilities like electric power water and whatever it was to swallow the theo paean government offers tax incentives to attract foreign investors to these parks every morning buses drop thousands of ethiopian workers off at this one to work in its chinese own steel mill and other factories like chongqing based only found cars ethiopian wages have risen 50 percent in 10 years but they're still low enough to attract foreign investors. has not seen but competent to live i submitted just to tell you this worked ok be cheap because it's not a negative connotation so this is it's not multinationals like h. and m. and folks for moving in lured by the fact that the average ethiopian worker earns just $32.00 euros a month that's cheaper than bangladesh. and bara mental gro

the m horror ethnic group 5 high ranking officials were killed and we could attacks in the capital addis ababa and in northern hora stick. turkey's constitutional court has ruled that the year long detention of turkish german journalist that is has or was illegal the judges found no grounds for a lower court's decision to jail him he writes for a german newspaper prosecutors had claimed that he was spreading propaganda for an illegal organization. well in just a few hours he was president on one trump is due to sit down for bilateral trade talks with chinese leader xi jinping on the sidelines of the g. 20 summit in japan the future of the world's largest trading relationship hangs in the balance with threatening to slap more tariffs on chinese goods if no deal is reached in osaka on day one of the gathering the us president struck a decidedly conciliatory tone with other world leaders. in the line of great britain. had to the relationship he wants that is the same man who usually bashes germany relentlessly well don't read too much into apple it's still double trouble who stands accused

trying to prevent the takeover say r m a con and was killed at his home in the cab in the capital addis ababa the leader of am horrid was also shot and killed in his office along with his aide a minister ahmed says the attempted power grab was led by a high ranking general head of army intelligence has called for calm. holding the. light of these attacks ethiopian people should remain calm and i want to take this opportunity to assure people there is nothing within the military to worry about and lastly this attack was against the people and the government and all of its armed forces this was also an attack against an entire country everyone in the military and the public should strongly oppose this attack and those who are behind this will be brought to justice and i call on everyone including those in the military to cooperate with the investigation at least 4 civilians have been killed in syrian government as strikes on the opposition held region of rescue workers say 2 children are among the dead more than 60 civilians have reportedly been killed in government air raid since wednesd

join us next week as he explores the capital, addis ababa, in the first of two special films.get you can follow our journeys on social media. until next time, though, from me, lucy hedges, and all the travel show team here in new york, it's goodbye. hello. the weather headlines may well be made by the fact that we have just experienced the warmest day of the year so far experienced the warmest day of the yearso far in experienced the warmest day of the year so far in way born in norfolk, but elsewhere there was quite a bit of cloud around, and they may not have completed the play at clifton in north yorkshire, and that was because this trailing portion of a weather front has gradually worked its way from west to east across many parts of the country over the past few hours, and we are not quite done with it just past few hours, and we are not quite done with itjust yet, because the pa rent low done with itjust yet, because the parent low will sit close by to the western side of scotland during the course of the wee small hours, and the figure clad there will keep those showers

join us next week as he explores the capital, addis ababa, in the first of two special films.ow our journeys on social media. until next time, though, from me, lucy hedges, and all the travel show team here in new york, it's goodbye. the story of today's weather across the british isles is a cold front with cloud and some rain spreading eastwards and cooler and fresher air following behind. shot from the scottish borders showing cloud and rain. ahead of the weather front hazy sunshine across eastern england lifting temperatures into the high 20s. the highest the uk has seen so far this year. even here there is a chance of showers and clouds later in the day. this is the position of the front. moving eastwards. behind it when you have cloud and rain expected to brighten up. sunny spells coming through. showers later coming back to northern ireland and western scotland. most of us through the high teens to 20 and the 30 at the high teens to 20 and the 30 at the hotspots in eastern england. there goes the last of any showers from the south—east later this evening. clear spells fo

join us next week as he explores the capital, addis ababa, in the first of two special films.neys on social media. until next time, though, from me, lucy hedges, and all the travel show team here in new york, it's goodbye. if you want to speeding up from iberia. by sunday, we will start to see cooler weather pushing into the west as low pressure takes an increasing influence. however, this afternoon, plenty of sunshine for south wales, through the midlands and increasingly into the north—east of england. temperatures will shoot up of england. temperatures will shoot up in the sunshine, perhaps up to 27 across eastern england in the afternoon. that will make it the hottest day of the year so far. in the north, clwyd, drizzly rain, showers for north—west of scotland and temperatures in the high teens. not a bad evening. the cloud will tend to thing and break before our next area of low pressure feeds from the atlantic, bringing heavy rain into scotland by the end of the night. i'm pretty muggy night, with clues in some spots of 16 degrees. for somebody, fresher air will be intro