and those within the anglican church were speaking a, to a reverent him castillo jabber of the anglican church. and he was also part of the planning of this funeral service at reverend, certainly a fitting tribute to a global icon for march. we had to make sure of that because much of what has happened in the service itself because of all was the wishes of the archbishop. we had to make sure that we put together in a way that reflects most accurately what he desired and who he was saw in the 1st place. people were asked him why in a formal church service as such. and the response immediately which he gave or thought or that is with the archbishop was the service, was a bit context off, a eucharist him holy communion were from which was a fitting way of firm and giving thanks for a life of this nature. the eucharist is really a central feature of our life or faith because it takes us back to the heart of both christian remembrance and as part of his own life and spirituality. the archbishop placed that eucharist at the heart of we was and many of us do believe that with fucked devotion a

we're speaking there to reverend, concealing your job there from the anglican church explaining some of the rituals and traditions around the fe. well, to the archbishop desmond to, to, we know that the presidential convoy is also left the church now alongside the family of the late archbishop and, of course that africans are really a sad day. one with the last of the generation of both political and religious leadership or has been lost a proposal ahead of the news our including we look at how thousands of people displaced by fighting and nigeria preparing to leave comes from return to the homes from new york to sidney cities across the world. welcome that you. yeah. some under heavy covered 90 restriction. ah no. currently that kim jong has laid out his new year's plan for the country without making any specific comments about the united states or south korea. estate media report, his main goals are economic development and improving people's lives as a country faces what he has described as a great life and death struggle. robert kelly is a professor of political science and diplom

in his case, the anglican church is not separate from our politics and what happens among people, why the churches exist, if not to minister to the flock, so to speak. and desmond to, to, let's remember i'm, i'm old enough to remember that when nelson mandela was in prison, none of us had seen nelson mandela. none of us it had his voice until 1990 and so in the 1980s it was desmond to to who was the face and voice of the people of south africa. and that freedom struggle for much of the world. and he was that voice a while wearing the cloth, while archbishop ship of cape town wall an anglican clergyman. and let's remember that he had to push the anglican church to take a moral stance on a path. and remember the anglican church refused for a long time. to die fest from south africa. so he was pushing them and up to the present day. he was consistent. desmond tutu saw the clear parallels as we had between apartheid in south africa and apartheid today in palestine. and he has the same message. he was one of the tiny handful of people of his stature, who is willing to say, as we boycott to

we're speaking to reverend wilma jacob said i'm of the anglican church. reverend, it's certainly an emotional time not only for the church, but for south africans at large and a very emotional and, and personal service that we've just seen take place. yes, it was a beautiful service and a beautiful tribute to an amazing man, but of course, so many personal moments and feeling swirling in every single person. and then collectively to the service itself as a rhythm, as well goes through in certain moments that are maybe a little bit way motional and others. but for some people, the music touches them deeply for others, the readings touch him deeply and each person helps him to the service and experience the service in their own particular way. but he has hot, hot, hard so full and a half hours rate of chip but to the music readings, sermon, holy communion, which he celebrated every day eucharist. every day we participated in that same service that he did every day and a range of people, a wide range of people there. but, but we're to have fitting and it was a wonderful tribute to this man. but

but also within the anglican church, a huge spiritual figure, a huge leader for people of the anglican faith. or i will cross her across with you throughout the day as the procession gets underway, the memorial gets under way. thank you very much. from in a mil alive for us in kept him moving on now and most of the world has now welcomed in the new year. but the shadow of the all me covariance still looms lodge. victoria gave me reports on the scout back celebrations across the globe. and how covet has crushed the party again. ah, in capital cities around the world, new year's eve celebrations were more muted than they would be normally in london, official events were cancelled. so too, in berlin, where uneasy party at the brandenburg gate took place without a live audience. as a tv show, only madrid is one of the few cities in europe to celebrate new year's eve. but there the crowd was limited to less than half its usual size. thailand welcomed the new year with the fireworks display bangkok on the heavy cove 19 restrictions. oh, it was one of the few places in the country to host end

poverty denied him the chance to become a doctor, instead he was drawn into the anglican church.ica was now controlled by an increasingly strict system of racial apartheid, of racist laws designed to subjugate the black majority. by the 1970s, tutu was dean of the anglican church injohannesburg and it was now that he took a step down the path that would come to define him. channelling the anger, the frustration of south africa's downtrodden. in a letter to the white apartheid prime minister, tutu warned that "a people made desperate by injustice "and oppression will turn to desperate means." "i am frightened, dreadfully frightened," he wrote, "that we will soon reach a point of no return. "i wish to god that i am wrong." basicallyjust saying to him that if the government doesn't show, by some dramatic, symbolic act, that they are taking seriously our anguish and our expression of it, that i had a nightmarish fear that we were going to have an explosion. and this was 1976, may. and he dismissed my letter contemptuously and, of course, something like a few weeks later 16 june happe

can watch the funeral service on big screens, but also people belonging to the angry church, anglican church, excuse me. and south africans in general, have been urged to visit churches and parishes around the country. simply because of the coven 19 restrictions. only a 100 people have been allowed in the church behind us, and that includes president sal, rama portia, as well as at least 2 former presidents, but very much centered around the anglican church and the $22.00 family. and so, because of coven 19 restrictions, a lot around the funeral service, and the proceedings have that to be adapted and numbers limited. okay, thank you very much for me to mila live for us in cape town, and we will take the main urology from presidents, cyril ram, oppose a shortly i in the next aero star. so we'll type that live when we bring that to you. when we have it, ok, moving on and most of the world has now welcomed the new year. but the shadow of the current of ours pandemic still looms lodge. laura been a manly reports on the scout back celebrations across the globe. and how cove it has crash the part

the anglican church is important to them, right they give their money to the anglican church, right? because it's a state church, you know in the mid-atlantic, you know religion becomes important because of the way it's it can be freely practiced, right? and of course new england where it's sort of saturates the the landscape the point is there is naturally going to be in in kind of the way. we think about the enlightenment in the high enlightenment, right? there's naturally going to be attention between religion and and the enlightenment and these reason right, so if you were to take the enlightenment to its logical conclusion. in terms of religious belief right forget about just forget about the colonies for a second. but if you were to take the enlightenment to its logical conclusion. where would you be religiously? dylan or you probably be landing on that people can like improve himself and be like morally good without. christ, okay. so where would you end up like how would i categorize that kind of religion? so dylan said if you didn't hear him, he said he said you could you cou

the head of the anglican church, the archbishop of canterbury, justin welby, paid tribute saying desmondlit up the world'. president cyril ramaphosa called him a �*crusader in the struggle forfreedom forjustice, for equality, and for peace�*. the archbishop's daughter the reverend nontombi naomi tutu, spoke at the service: many of the messages we received have said thank you for sharing him with the world. well, it actually is a two—way street. because we shared him with the world, you shared part of the love you held for him with us. and so we are thankful and lastly to him who has gathered rcr we say thank you, daddy for the many ways you have showed us love, for the many times you challenged us, for the many times you comforted us. thank you. the head of the anglican church, the archbishop of canterburyjustin welby made his tribute in a prerecorded message. for any archbishop of canterbury to give a tribute to the archbishop is like a mouse giving a tribute to an elephant. for archbishop desmond tutu lit up the world. south africa has given us so much in the last 30 years, so much in

and ideally, it might not have been the way that the anglican church might have done this prior to coven 19. but it has become a necessity indeed. or i will call back to you as the farewell begins. thank you very much. if i'm in a mil, alive for us in cape town, to the us now and a truck driver sentence to 110 years for a fatal collision, has had his prison time cut to just 10 years by the governor of colorado state governor jared palace said the crash that killed 4 motorists back in 2019 was tragic but unintentional. he said rogue l aguirre la maderos sentence was a disproportionate. nearly 5000000 people signed a petition calling for clemency. a fast moving wildfire that tall through several towns in colorado has largely burned itself out. almost a 1000 and homes have been destroyed. heavy snow is forecast so, and it's expected to help put out those remaining embers. john hinge and reports, tens of thousands of colorado pins are waiting for the smoke to clear to learn what they've lost. things look ok from here, but there isn't smoldering in there until you really get down there. it's

by the 1970s, tutu was dean of the anglican church injohannesburg and it was now he took a step downling the anger, the frustration of south africa's downtrodden. in a letter to the white apartheid prime minister, tutu warned there are people made desperate by injustice will turn to desperate means, i am frightened, dreadfully frightened, he wrote, that we will soon reach a point of no return. i wish to god that i am wrong. return. i wish to god that i am wron._ return. i wish to god that i am wronu. , , return. i wish to god that i am wron. , return. i wish to god that i am wron.. , , ., wrong. basically 'ust saying to him that if b wrong. basically 'ust saying to him that if the _ wrong. basicallyjust saying to him that if the government. him that if the government doesn't show, by some dramatic, symbolic act, that they are taking seriously our anguish and expression of it, that i had a nightmarish fear that we were going to have an explosion. and this was 1976, may. and he dismissed my letter contemptuously and, of course, something like a few weeks later during the 16th happened,

i met him through may church, i was an altar boy in the anglican church when i was young, and he camewas a dean in the late 19705, that when he was a dean in the late 1970s, that is when i first met him and followed his teachings forever after that. we and followed his teachings forever after that. ~ , h, ,. after that. we 'ust saw the scene there inside _ after that. we just saw the scene there inside the _ after that. we just saw the scene there inside the cathedral, - after that. we just saw the scene there inside the cathedral, and i there inside the cathedral, and there inside the cathedral, and there he is now, dancing in those purple robes. many people said he used those robes as something of a shield or rather they provided protection for him when he took on the apartheid regime. did he do that consciously? fill. the apartheid regime. did he do that consciously?— the apartheid regime. did he do that consciously? oh, yes indeed. he was ve much consciously? oh, yes indeed. he was very much aware _ consciously? oh, yes indeed. he was very much aware of— consciously? oh, yes indeed

hill lewis, reverend michael, dean of cape town, leadership of the anglican church of south africa, retiredhop michael, leaders of the faith for the denominations that are here present, leaders and representatives of political parties and general chief of the defense force of south africa and veterans of the liberation organizations and fellow mourners. archbishop, soon after the passing of our father, i went to visit the tutu family and after that visit, some journalists were standing outside and they asked me will the archbishop be given a category i funeral. i said, of course, it will be a category i funeral. then i added with religious characteristics. and may i say that today, you may well have written another chapter in government orders and processes of what a category i funeral with religious characteristics is. thank you very much. i've just seen it for myself. if archbishop desmond tutu were here, he would have said, hey, hey, why are you looking so glum? so unhappy? he would have wanted to illicit a smile, a laughter from among all of us. that was the type of person that he was.

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the clergy, anglican church wardens, and then marching bad landing the —— lining the streets.one of the world's great moral voices, lying in state for a second day in a plain pinewood coffin in with his wishes. thousands of people have been flocking to st george's cathedral to pay their last respects. 0ne george's cathedral to pay their last respects. one man hit sites for more than 1000 kilometres just sites for more than 1000 kilometresjust for this moment. kilometres 'ust for this moment._ kilometres 'ust for this moment. �*, ., ., moment. it's a memory that i would live — moment. it's a memory that i would live for _ moment. it's a memory that i would live for the _ moment. it's a memory that i would live for the rest - moment. it's a memory that i would live for the rest of - moment. it's a memory that i would live for the rest of my i would live for the rest of my life. and theyjust hope, as he said, in his words, he said," south africa, you must be careful. if you don't live according to those values you might buy the dust." archbishop tutu campaigned _ might buy the du

and the anglican church is very much expressed how important it was for the archbishop to have the service delivered in the way that he wanted. he was very much involved in terms of how he would be laid to rest the how the funeral would go. and it's basically taking the form of what's called a queer mass, which for anglicans really speaks to their spirituality. at least 12 people have been killed in a stampede at a religious shrine in the indian administered catch me. and it happened that the hindu rational davy shrine in the country north where diverse hayes were mocking the new year. at least 13 others were injured. a wildfire that swept through several times in a state of colorado has likely burnt itself out. almost a 1000 homes have been destroyed. tens of thousands of people have been forced to flee. so far there have been no depths reported. and legendary american actor betty wyatt has died less than a month before her $100.00 birthday she held. again. this will record as the female entertain with the longest television. korea that is the headline. news continues here on al jazeera.

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