we will go ahead to the presidential election in benin, where the pandemic has left huredsf cars strata near the border in nigeria. ♪ blustery showers rattling across victoria and tasmania. eventually that wetter weather will extend to the western side of new zealand. sheltered by the mountains in japan, tokyo not looking too bad, plus some wintry weather across northern parts of japan that will clear through on friday. bright skies come back in the hind, but a tad cooler. >> the athletes are larger than life, but -- getting the pandemic under control with a >> while the pandemic hasy. devastated many industries, it has given a huge boost to the videogame sector. >> when the top stories, u.s. president joe biden has announced a series of measures to tackle gun violence, calling the situation an epidemic and an international embarrassment. a critical care doctor says george floyd died from a lack of oxygen after he was handcuffed and pinned to the ground. dr. tobin was testifying at the trial of derek chauvin, the former police officer accused of killing floyd last year. joshua men has b

and angelique kidjo is an internationally renowned singer—songwriterfrom benin, who has received fourrammy awards for her music. she fled benin in the 1980s for political reasons, and continues her activism both through her campaigning and music. her new album, mother nature, is made with young artists and is out injune. welcome to you both, and of course, also to you wherever you're watching or listening to this programme, and to my questioners, whojoin us from all corners in africa. and if you want to be part of the conversation, it's #bbcglobalquestions. let's get down now to our first question, and it's from kenya from joel. joel, fire away, please. so, my first question is to doctor machel. i is the current education| system in africa failing? well, short and direct to the point, isn't it, graca machel? is the education system in africa currently failing? your answer, please. i have no doubt to affirm that yes, education systems in africa are failing our young generation. first, the way it conceived to educate young people too sick for a job. second, the quality so far is so bad

things like the benin bronzes — you know, germany says it's going to return a whole load of them.frica in 2015 and resonates here at cambridge university, where you were also briefly a student. i mean, the world has moved on, don't you think? zeinab, i think that change is in process in the world, and i think that people are looking to change many of these structures that were set up over half a millennium. i don't think that the structures that were created over half a millennium can be changed within the span of, let's say, a decade, so it's an ongoing process. it's something we have to be invested in for the long term. then the other side of it is that the structures that were created in that time, over half a millennium, have thrown up entities like the african governments that we see that are still very much embedded within the global economic system. so, all of those things have to be dismantled, too. the very fabric of society in africa has to be changed so that we throw up different kinds of africans who are not going to take on the role of, really, destroying africa again

it was a little bit discouraging, especially, you know, in benin restaurants and bars. i mean, we were shut down when malls are open and i can't distinguish all would be open and we can sit down at table with your friends that some food and a drink for some, the advice to dine outdoors will not be hard to follow. they think for now it's it's a little safer to be outdoors. i don't really feel comfortable going to eat inside being indoor. it feels a lot more in close and still little uncomfortable. but others have eaten indoors and plan to continue. i would eat indoors again, i think everybody has make their own. you know, to what feels right for also thursday. doctor cody suggested people delay nonessential travel. in other words, spring break vacations due to the chance they pick up a covid strain elsewhere and bring it back to santa clara county. >> if someone does travel because they have to. it's essential we urge people to oneswear masks consistently. and 2 quarantine. when you come back. that means you come back and you stay in your residents for 10 days. >> and do

and all round the world, we have a decision by the university of aberdeen to send back one in the beninfe and i myself am a principal investigator in a project thatis principal investigator in a project that is creating a database for objects that are supposed to be best if you did. i am working even with the university of oxford on it. and we're hoping actually... there is a big discourse on the streets and within academic circles and we are to get discourse started also in terms of political will for restitution. i believe that we should not rest you do everything, but i think the objects that are important for the modern egyptian identity ought to be distributed. dr monica hanna, from the college of archaeology, where she is acting dean, the college of archaeology and cultural heritage. thank you very much for speaking to us, great pleasure. and i hope you enjoy the parade! even seeing it on the television, thank you. thank you. let's take a look at the weather prospects now. hello. a lot of dry, settled weather in store for much of the easter weekend, but things are turning cold and

it was a little bit discouraging, especially, you know, in benin restaurants and bars. i mean, we were shut down when miles we're open and i can't distinguish would be open and we can sit on a table with your friends that some food and drink for some the advice to dine outdoors will not be hard to follow. they think for now it's it's a little safer to be outdoors. i don't really feel comfortable going to eat inside being indoor. it feels a lot more in close and still a little uncomfortable, but others have eaten indoors and plan to continue. i would eat indoors again, i think everybody has make their own. you know, to what feels right for also thursday. doctor cody suggested people delay nonessential travel. in other words, spring break vacations due to the chance they pick up a covid strain elsewhere and bring it back to santa clara county. >> if someone does travel because they have to. it's a central we urge people to one wear masks consistently. and 2 quarantine. when you come back. that means you come back and you stay in your residence for 10 doctor cody was asked

i met several weeks ago with metropolitan police officer benin, whom you may recall was prodded withack and so we are going to continue to see these cases of course, the issue will be showing the nexus and the fact that the president, in fact, caused this. we believe that that's clearly demonstrated you can demonstrate that i am sure over time they will have the ability to subpoena, to call witnesses, to do depositions over protracted period of time, and we believe that they will find even more evidence than was available to us at the time of the impeachment trial. >> a jury's job in a civil case is to assign a dollar value to, in this case, human suffering, and they can use compensatory damages to compensate you for that suffering they can use punitive damages to punish the person who inflicted that suffering on you. what do you think a washington, d.c., jury is going to feel when they hear this testimony about this officer being subjected to the n-word thrown in his face all day, first time in his life he went through anything like that, when they take that evidence into their deli

it was a little bit discouraging, especially, you know, in benin restaurants and bars. i mean. >> we were shut down when miles we're open and i can't distinguish bryan ma would be open and we can sit down and with your friends and have a some food and drink for some the advice to dine outdoors will not be hard to follow. they think for now it's it's a little safer to be outdoors. i don't really feel comfortable going to eat inside being indoor. it feels a lot more in close and still a little i'm comfortable. but others have eaten indoors and plan to continue. i would eat indoors again, i think everybody has make their own. you know, to what feels right for also thursday. doctor cody suggested people delay nonessential travel. in other words, spring break vacations due to the chance they pick up a covid strain elsewhere and bring it back to santa clara county. >> if someone does travel because they have to. it's a central we urge people to one wear masks consistently. and 2 quarantine. when you come back. that means you come back and you stay in your residents for 10 doc

waiting time for results has enclosed from a maximum of 12 hours to at least $24.00 and often longer benin's imap mutable since the past 3 days i've been running around for my report where's my report here the officials have no answers for me asking me to go from one place to another if i am ill if i am sick where should i go what am i supposed to do like many indian states of delhi has been recording its highest number of cases since the pandemic began its leader announced new restrictions for the capital's 30000000 people from friday. every day cases are increasing to control the situation delhi government has taken some decisions today we had a meeting with the you can and governor of delhi and we have decided to impose a weekend curfew in the capital. and all morgues gyms and spas must close and restaurants will only be allowed to do deliveries the state wants to avoid the shortages of hospital beds oxygen supply and health care workers being seen in other places like maharashtra and good. numbers are rising and it's anybody's guess this number to stop. all kinds of activity still happen