sekunder kermani, bbc news, andarab.ut rampant gun violence. this follows a spate of killings in bars in recent weeks in that country which left at least 25 people dead in one weekend in various mass shootings. pumza fihlani looks at the country's increasing gun violence problem and what is being done to rid criminals of unlicensed firearms. gunshot late on in sunday night in a bar outside pretoria... gunshot a shooting at a tavern packed with people. one of many incidents like it in south africa in this month alone. that same weekend, a group of armed men stormed into a bar in soweto, opened fire and disappeared into the night. i6 people were killed. the people here told us gun violence is all too common. every night they are shooting, shooting, every day. but this is not a new problem. or even unique to soweto. in cape town, dying by the gun has become the norm with communities besieged by gun violence for many years. 23 people are killed with guns in south africa every day, up from 18 people six years ago. that is a 2

sekunder kermani, bbc news, andarab.s raising tensions between bejing and washington. a spokesperson for china's foreign ministry says if the visit goes ahead, china will resolutely respond with countermeasures. china regards taiwan as its territory — even though taiwan sees itself as an independent country, with its own constitution and democratically—elected leaders. final preparations are underway for the 2022 commonwealth games — held this year in the english city of birmingham. over 11 days, more than (ani) 5000 athletes from 72 nations over 11 days, more than 5000 athletes from 72 nations and territories will compete in 19 different sports — this year's games are historic for a number of reasons. they'll feature the largest number of events for women and para—sport athletes. it's the first multi—sport event to award more medals to women than men, and it's the first major multisport event that's carbon neutral. the opening ceremony is expected to play out to a stadium audience of 30,000. it'll celebrate the games —

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secunder kermani, bbc news, andarab.i—finals match of the women's euros. both teams got a goal before half time, but germany took the lead in the second—half to win 2—1. the eight—time european champions will now face england in sunday's final at wembley stadium in london. and finally, a new statue has been unveiled here in washington, in the capitol building's statuary hall. it's a tribute to amelia earhart — in this year which marks the 90th anniversary of her solo flight across the atlantic. earhart�*s statue brings the total number of women in the hall to ii — out of 100 statues, two from each of america's 50 states. i'm laura trevelyan. thank you for watching world news america. hello there. the weather is quite quiet through the middle part of the week. it's all about high pressure at the moment, but it's a rather cloudy high, so after early morning sunshine, the cloud did arrive as we went through the day and, in actual fact, there is a few isolated and well—scattered showers around as well. so the high is startin

secunder kermani, bbc news, andarab.aking place for the 2022 commonwealth games. over 11 days, more than 5000 athletes from 72 nations and territories will compete in 19 different sports — that's 280 medal events. this year's games are historic for a number of reasons. they'll feature the largest number of events for women and para—sport athletes, it's the first multi—sport event to award more medals to women than men, and it's the first major multisport event that's carbon neutral. what you're seeing here is from a little earlier today — it's the queen's baton relay. the baton has already visited the 72 competing nations and territories and is now in birmingham. this is just from the last hour. actor and comedian — and west midlands local — sir lenny henry is carrying the baton into the city centre. earlier, he described what the moment means to him. these things have meaning, you know. it's notjust carrying a baton. for a lot of people, it's... you know, our parents came here in the �*50s, and we walked cold streets an

sekunder kermani, bbc news, andarab. the "deprinter" evaporates the ink, allowing the piece of paper to be re—used. our energy and environment analyst roger harrabin went to check it out. countless millions of trees are felled worldwide to satisfy our demand for paper and cardboard. the process uses lots of heat — much of it created by polluting coal or gas. this firm in sweden is heading for zero carbon emissions, but pulp and paper worldwide is the fourth—biggest carbon—emitting industry. amazingly, demand for paper is still going up. after 50 years of talking about the paperless office, we haven't got there. so, we could change that by changing the amount of paper and packaging that we're all using. i'm now going to introduce you to an invention that is so bold, so brilliant, and so extraordinary that you will think it is a trick. it isn't a trick. this is real. it's to do with solving the problem of what we can do with all the waste paper in the world — all the paper we print up and then just throw away. well, in her

sekunder kermani, bbc news, andarab.ort of announcing his candidacy for 2024, but predicted republicans would retake the white house. many of the world's mountain glaciers are at risk of being lost because of climate change. scientists are warning if current trends continue, the alps glaciers could lose more than 80% of their current mass in the next 80 years. temperatures are currently warming at 0.3 degrees celcius per decade, about twice as fast as the global average. mcdonalds is increasing the price of its cheeseburgers in the uk for the first time in 14 years. the company said it would be adding between 10 and 20 pence to a number of its menu items because of high inflation. kitkat maker nestle, marmite maker unilever and bakery chain greggs are among those which have already increased prices this year. vast amounts of planet—heating carbon dioxide are created during the manufacture of the items we use in our everyday lives. in fact, the making of these materials creates more greenhouse emissions than all the world