a gold for botswana, their first, gold coast. a gold for botswana, theirfirst, and gold coast.t, and he gold coast. a gold for botswana, theirfirst, and he did it in real style. he was so happy afterwards. he started ups past the he started doing press ups past the finish line. so a very happy isaac makwala, finally getting that gold medal he has been promising us for a very long time. one of the disciplines everyone looks forward to, i know you do and i certainly do, the swimming. it has concluded, south africa were very good, australia were very good. england as far as the home nations, went to be well. wrap it up for us and tell us what the highlights were. well, the highlight really was australia. they absolutely dominated the pool. 73 medals for australia, that is enormous, over 50% of the total on offer. 28 of those medals were golden ones. now, that is the best ever performance by an australian swimming team at the commonwealth games, 28 gold medals. again, you have to put it in context. if you think back to 2012 in the london olympics, they performed so badly, they were

catherine saw him live for us in botswana catherine thank you. international criminal courts in the hague has detained mali and man accused of war crimes and crimes against humanity the indictment is over the destruction of religious sites in timbuktu in two thousand and twelve and two thousand and thirteen and he's also accused of enforcing policies that led to sexual enslavement and women and girls. still ahead on al-jazeera iraq's christian community tries to resurrect from the ruins of war for easter. pasar the world's longest bridges opens in china but it's creating divisions instead of bringing people together. the a. hello there we're going to big swirling mass over europe that's bringing us a lot of rain and a fair amount of snow to this huge area of cloud here that works all the way back into the eastern parts of england three giving us some heavy rain snow over the alps and some of the wettest of the weather has been across parts of italy and across the other side of the asiatic as well that system is pushing up into the eastern parts o

development party continuing its leadership of botswana i think you know they need this of the hand you haven't got those big problems when leaders take so long to leave by the time they leave their entire. you know their entire track record is diluted here we've got somebody who's done extremely well president come he sees shown strong leadership a little bit brusque little bit shot military type of fellow didn't get on with people said things how he felt them upset many even trump you responded very forthrightly to and from what i can hear from a c c i think he's going to belittle little bit more genial and maybe you know bit more powerful at the ballot box i suspect that he got such a thank you very much for the comments are coming in thick and fast and just wonder what the reaction has been like from your point of view a lot of reaction from africa jane and we'll get to messy she's name is trending in botswana along with the hash tag my c.c. inauguration and the city didn't take long to switch to this new role has touch of iowa says it all with the official title as the presiden

botswana swears in a new president after the leader steps down. plus living in the shadow of radiation we look at the dark secrets of one of russia's most polluted reverse. video has emerged which palestinians say shows a demonstrator being shot as he ran away from israeli israel's border with gaza it was filmed on friday as thousands of people began their protest against decades of land grabs on israel israel military says the man was a member of the armed wing of hamas his family though they have denied that claim and say he was unarmed and shot in the back israel warned it would use lethal fire on protesters and it did seventeen people. had been killed more than fifteen hundred others were injured and the u.n. says half of those are wounded by life fire united nations has called for an investigation into the violence but the us blocked a security council trafford solution condemning israel's use of force to sarasota delaminate has more from the gaza israel border. more and more videos are emerging about what exactly unfolded at the border fence

botswana and a new president after its leader steps down. and the u.s. and south korea could call for largest annual military exercise following a month long postponement. israel's defense minister adored lieberman has rejected calls for an inquiry into the killing of palestinian protesters on friday this comes as video emerged of a demonstrator being shot as he ran away from israel's border with gaza it was filmed as thousands of people began their protests against decades of land grabs by israel the israeli military says the man was a member of the armed weak of hamas as family though they have denied that claim and they say he was not armed and shot in the back but adela made reports from the gaza israel border. more and more videos are emerging about what exactly unfolded at the border fence area on friday and from the evidence on many of the videos it seems that israel was shooting quite randomly at protesters now israel had warned in the days leading up to the friday protests that it will have this zero tolerance policy that it also had announce th

still to come for you on the program botswana's new president pledges to ream a country off its dependence on diamonds as he's sworn in. and cloudy with a chance of space debris. china's defunct space station is forecast to crash back to earth in the next twenty four hours but no one knows where. the. hello there is still rather warm for many of us across china at the moment it will turn cooler over the next few days bazza for monday we're looking at twenty eight degrees in shanghai there are a few showers just to our west over there on hwy province but those gradually dissipates as we head through into tuesday say more of us will get away with a dry day shanghai temperatures twenty four degrees this time but over the next couple of days is when we're going to see the temperatures drop away over towards the west and there's a fair amount of cloud in the eastern parts of india and up through bangladesh but that melts away on the satellite picture and then if we see the old shower over the next day or so will be unlucky really most of us seeing fine dry weather but it is now getting very hot

he is looking for gold for botswana. in the pool last night, and they will be looking for another gold on the track, because caster semenya is here. she goes as the favourite in the 1500 metres a little later on, her preferred distance is 800 metres, but she has such qualities, she is expected to win that quite easily. you will remember her winning the gold in rio, and of course, the gold in london. she is an olympic champion and she is the quality athlete on the track this evening here in the gold coast. a lot going on, a lot of gold medals being one, and a lot of lives being changed. quite a story. many, many stories. many people hitting records and changing their lives, really. stay with us here on bbc news. i will see you soon. hello there. it is a very slowly changing weather pattern this week. broadly, the week is going to be disappointing temperatures for many parts of the uk, because there is a lot of cloud and could be some further rain at times. easterly winds bringing that lot so it's always going to be bright

still to come on al-jazeera botswana's new president is sworn in with a pledge to win the country off its dependence on diamonds glass cloudy with a chance of space debris china's defunct space station is forecast to crash back to work in the next twenty four hours but no one knows where. the a. and either the rain is still pouring across many parts of europe at the moment the satellite picture is showing this huge expanse of cloud that falls bringing us our very wet weather we're also seeing some hail out of this and lots of thunder and lightning to the whole system is working its way up towards the northeast and it's still developing as it does so so we're seeing strong the winds on monday and more intense outbreaks of rain and snow a lot of that will be snow particularly on its move an edge behind it the something of a break so berlin looks nice at seven degrees vienna about fourteen but in the west there's another weather system that's piling its way in and that will bring us some very heavy downpours over parts of britain and ireland as we head through monday i think actually pus

still ahead on al-jazeera botswana's new president pledges to wean the country off its dependence on diamonds as he takes office and scientists discover two of the world's oldest cancer cases in egyptian mummies details coming up. from dusk the sunset so it's proving something. to summarize the talk in a nation metropolis and we've still got a lot of cloud over the middle east at the moment the satellite picture is picking up that cloud over saudi arabia and that stretches all the way up into catholics down it's not really giving us a great deal of wet weather but ahead of it we think that pretty strong winds that wind is picking up a lot of dust so we're seeing quite a bit of dusty conditions across many parts of the middle east at the moment where we're seeing that cloud though that's going to thicken up i think as we head through monday and to choose day so particularly for some of us in afghanistan and up through into the stand we are going to see a fair amount of cloud a few outbreaks of rain and even some snow over the mountains as well another system is in the northwest of our

botswana as an older age of the new president at a ceremony designed to highlight a smooth transition of power of what c c c took over from him who stepped out on saturday. pope francis is used his annual easter message to call for peace in the middle east saying that the conflict does not spare the defenseless the head of the catholic church addressed programs that some pieces square in vatican city as christians around the world celebrate easter the pontiff touched on conflicts in the region and praised those helping marginalized people. we beseech fruits of reconciliation for the holy land which also experiences in these days the wounds of ongoing conflict that you not spare the defenseless for yemen and for the entire middle east so that dialogue and mutual respect may prevail over division and violence the u.s. and south korea have resumed joint military drills after a pause during the winter olympics nearly twelve thousand u.s. troops and three hundred thousand south korean soldiers are holding the largest annual exercises between the two nations kathy novak reports from seoul.

botswana's new president has vowed to tackle youth unemployment and reduce his country's dependence on the diamond industry by what see my sissy was sworn in on sunday and will rule the country until elections next year former president income a step down on saturday after completing the maximum term of ten years in office catherine thought reports from. the president were quite seem a sissy inspect the troops of to being sworn in as boots won his fifth head of state he takes to go from former president comma in another peaceful transfer of power in one of africa's strongest democracies he's inauguration a proud moment for many who braved heavy morning rains to witness the ceremony and in his facet dress to the nation. tackling joblessness will be the fast priority at the moment youth unemployment stands at around twenty eight percent. well jennifer is a mere od of challenges such as unemployment poverty crime hiv and aids alcohol and drug abuse amongst others. therefore one of my top priorities as a president of this country will be george just the problem of unemployment especially a

to actually our government in botswana in the foreseeable future could still see so many thanks dave for being with us michael moore that from kent in the united kingdom this is the news hour from al-jazeera still to come on the program. iraq's christian community tries to rise from the ruins of war for easter. possible take a look at the dark secrets of one of russia's most polluted rivers. and a belter of about it says here britain's and the joshua as he takes another step to becoming boxing's undisputed heavyweight champion. the u.s. and south korea have resumed joint military drills after a pause during the winter olympics nearly twelve thousand u.s. troops and three hundred thousand south korean soldiers are holding the largest annual exercises between the two nations kathy novak reports from seoul. these annual joint military drills usually take place earlier in the year but they were delayed so as not to coincide with the winter olympics and paralympics that were taking place here in south korea north korea usually react angrily to drills like this calling them a rehearsal for

botswana, one of the richest african nations and is one of the least happy. why is that? least happy. why is that7m seems to be that there is a scale of happiness competitor rich you are. let's say you are a multi billionaire and i am on the average wage. if both our networks are doubled, then who is going to marginally more happy? the stats say me because i am therefore able to send my kids to a private school, why a different house whereas you are simply... what if you start off with more money, not if you double your money? that is different. the uk here is pretty average on this map. around the same level of happening as spain, germany, sweden and russia. for the poorer countries, where you are looking at, sorry, for the richer countries, one thing i was looking at is the availability of land. people building houses and in those particular countries it is not available. we don't have a lot of time. talking about back pain. i pull you avoided lifting heavy things in this article suggests that you need to start lifting heavy things because it helps. another oxymoron. it

botswana's new president is sworn in with a pledge to wean the country off its dependence on diamonds and then in sport the fairytale run for this college basketball team and their ninety eight year old chap that has and. at least four civilians have died in massive anti india protests which broke out in the southern villages of indian administered kashmir the demonstrations kicked off after indian forces launched a counterinsurgency operation overnight killing at least thirteen rebels three soldiers also died in the gun battle. several protesters tried to launch to the gun battle sites to help attract fighters to escape residents then began throwing rocks at indian forces who responded with live ammunition shotgun pellets and tear gas many kashmiris say they openly support and anti india rebels i am not going to get i care tonight they cordoned off the villages there is no count of the injured people they martyred all civilians the majority and the thinking of the kashmir struggle for freedom or end by such means but god willing the freedom movement will rise like the sun this strugg

seeing an abundance of wildlife like this in an african park and you might think of botswana, kenya orctacular wildlife here. and lots of it. i've come to find out how the population of elephants and other animals in the park have rebounded in recent years to rival even the finest national parks on the continent. i thought it would be this depleted park that had suffered so badly at the hands of poachers, but in fact it's just teaming. the reason for this turnaround has been largely credited to a private non—profit organisation based in johannesburg called african parks, who took over management of zakouma eight years ago. it came at a time when its elephant population had been hit hard by poaching. in 2002, the park was home to 4,000 elephants but by 2010, that number had plummeted to around 450. experts feared zakouma's remaining elephants could have been gone in a few years. but thanks to new strategies to protect the elephants, their numbers have increased to over 500. african parks now protects 15 areas in nine countries across the continent. this is the operation centre and this

seeing an abundance of wildlife like this in an african park and you might think of botswana, kenya or is spectacular wildlife here. and lots of it. i've come to find out how the population of elephants and other animals in the park have rebounded in recent years to rival even the finest national parks on the continent. i thought it would be this depleted park that had suffered so badly at the hands of poachers, but in fact it's just teaming. the reason for this turnaround has been largely credited to a private non—profit organisation based in johannesburg called african parks, who took over management of zakouma eight years ago. it came at a time when its elephant population had been hit hard by poaching. in 2002, the park was home to 4,000 elephants but by 2010, that number had plummeted to around 450. experts feared zakouma's remaining elephants could have been gone in a few years. but thanks to new strategies to protect the elephants, their numbers have increased to over 500. african parks now protects 15 areas in nine countries across the continent. this is the operation centre an

roberts: butut what happened afafter that was that southehern african governments, n namely botswana,namibia, and zimbabwe put incredible pressure e on cites parties s to reopen a quote/unquote limited ivory trade, allowing stockpile sales from stockpiles in those three african governments to one approved trading partner, japan. thorntnton: that t trade from me sosouthern afrfrican countntrieo japan stararted to leaead to an crease in achinggain. narrator: in a controversial move in 2008, cites authorized a second sale of stockpiled ivory to japan and china. once china became involved, poaching skyrocketed. thornton: the allowing sale by cites of legal ivory to japan and chinina, all the evidence shows that w was a catastrophic blunder. narrator: ivory in african government stockpiles is confiscated, or r comes from culled or naturally deceased elephants. its sale is s legal, but legal ivory creates a stream of commerce in which illicit ivory, or ivory from poached elephants coconceals itself. the loophole in cites was that it only banned international ivory trade, not domestic trade

one bridge to link three of the region's biggest economies syria plock al jazeera you high china botswana has inaugurated more see bussy seen as his new president the former vice president takes over from ian comma who stepped down after his term limit was reached elections will be held next year catherine sawyer now reports from hebron the president will. inspect the troops of to being sworn in as bullets won his fifth head of state he takes over from former president comma in another peaceful transfer of power in one of africa's strongest democracies his inauguration a proud moment for many who braved the heavy morning rains to witness the ceremony and in his facet dress to the nation she said tackling joblessness would be the fast priority at the moment youth unemployment stands at around twenty eight percent well jennifer is a mere dogged of challenges such as unemployment poverty crime hiv and aids alcohol and drug abuse amongst others. therefore one of my top priorities as a president of this country will be george just the problem of unemployment especially among the young people w

still to come on the al-jazeera news hour botswana's new president is sworn in with a pledge to win the country of its dependence on diamonds class. i'm gonna hold this is russia's radioactive river touch up one of the world's most polluted water words. on top to make history against chelsea and salah has all the details in sport. and i there the rain is still pouring across many parts of europe at the moment the satellite picture is showing this huge expanse of cloud that falls bringing us all very wet weather we're also seeing some hail out of this and lots of thunder and lightning to the whole system is working its way up towards the northeast and it's still developing as it does so so we're seeing strong the winds on monday and more intense outbreaks of rain and snow a lot of that will be snow particularly when it's all the nature behind it the something of a break so berlin looks nice at seven degrees vienna about fourteen but in the west there's another weather system that's piling its way in and that will bring us some very heavy downpours over parts of britain and ireland as we

to stop those of course countries of botswana i'm slightly different but the other countries are our countries are finding something complex or find themselves in in difficult repressive states and you know often in these countries and others. it's called for and often a response to a conflict of terrorism or organized crime and i think our message is always been in these contexts exactly when you can get the biggest miscarriage of justice is when the justice is most weak it's most lately when innocent people are killed and it's actually not an effective way to to to reduce crime to tackle terrorism and there are many other things that are not and use as a diversion in your experience how big of all though does public opinion play in a state's decision to abolish capital punishment i mean what can people on the grassroots level tail. huge to think political opinion come to an important role and i should just painful role sometimes in favorable issues but also it can. press across sometimes in calling for the return of the in some countries or were resisting a change and i think we un

botswana, she doesn't have any reason to go back. reason to go back. work here and pay taxes and getnd, yes, it is her home. britain and, yes, it is her home. can, that 0pelo kgari can stay in britain? britain? just to clarify one point on the previous question. on the previous question. is a risk of persecution in botswa na. is a risk of persecution in botswana. for set-mac? and her mother. mother. some other country and be safe there. there. so there is in fact a proven risk of persecution. risk of persecution. legal representations with the home office. office. let's see what they come back with. back with. right decision this time and allow them to stay. them to stay. if not, obviously we will take legal proceedings further. will take legal proceedings further. thank you. we will see what happens. thank you very much. let's bring you this news. this news. release of yulia skripal from salisbury district hospital. salisbury district hospital. brought your statement earlier from the deputy chief at the hospital. the deputy chief at the hospital. skripal, and this is the statement f

rather we should be seeing the dry season coming in here hasn't apparently occurred to south africa botswana looks like having a dry couple of days at least along with symbolic. a story fourteen hundred years in the make. the story of succession. the jersey that tells the story of foundation and the emergence of an empire. the kind of episode one. jersey the. other again you're watching al-jazeera has reminder of our top stories this hour the white house says all options are on the table for u.s. response to those suspected chemical attack in the syrian town of duma as far as an earlier tweet by donald trump warning the syrian government's main ally russia to get ready for missiles to be fired. algeria has announced three days of mourning after a minute sea plane crash killed two hundred fifty seven people aircraft went down shortly after taking off from both our military airport near the capsule is most of the dead was soldiers and their families. and doesn't buy john's presents a secured a fourth consecutive term in a snap election that was boycotted by the main opposition parties with mos

lot of wet weather over the southern parts of africa recently particularly over parts of namibia botswana but the showers a moving their way northwards and so for many of us hit should be a little bit drier there will still be some showers in the eastern parts of south africa though so jo'burg is likely to head the old rule but the funded during the day the further west is fine forcing cape town at twenty. the weather sponsored by cats on race. what makes this moment this era we're living for so unique all this is really an attack on truth itself is a lot of misunderstanding a distortion even of what free speech is supposed to be about the context it's hugely important level wise to publish if you have a good cheap to be offensive or provoke the thought of it as people do setting the stage for a serious debate up front at this time on al-jazeera. you're watching al-jazeera time to recap our headlines video has emerged of what appears to be a young palestinian being shot by the israeli military while running away from the border with garza he's one of seventeen protesters who died on frida

lot of wet weather over the southern parts of africa recently particularly over parts of namibia botswana but the showers moving their way northward and so for many of us here it should be a little bit drier there will still be some showers in the eastern parts of south africa though so jo'burg is likely to hear the audible bit of thunder during the day for the west is fine forcing cape town at twenty two. systemic corruption from politics through business to who is controlling what states of resources people in power investigates the misuse of south africa's state assets nobody who'll he's implicated or named in the lives of ford was able to put their point of view on the financial rewards available to unaccommodating business community south africa corruption inc on i'll just. welcome back you're watching al-jazeera let's remind you of our headlines this hour now video has emerged of what appears to be a young palestinian being shot by the israeli military one running away from the border with dancer he's one of seventeen protesters who died on friday more than fifteen hundred palestini

still in the full cost in choosing the middle of south africa were drawn to the north of the three botswana i'm going to still looking found he went in the movies try to make it as well and guess what you don't expect very many showers this time of day from wednesday in south africa and there on sunday the line. on counting the cost how to get ahead in digital advertising why the new mad men dislike regulation but like harvesting everything they can about you the french president's big test. and i mean you were in focus this week counting the cost. of this is the opportunity to understand a very different way where there are people who happens and we don't leave. you watching al-jazeera time to recap our lines pro-government media are reporting missile strikes on two syrian air bases syrian state television says missiles were intercepted over shite and homs and hezbollah media says to my old airfield was attacked the u.s. says its military was not active in the area at the time. russia says international inspectors willing to do more on wednesday to investigate the suspected chemical attack

emotional moment for the botswanan athlete who won, you may recall he was the chap from botswana whoally stopped from entering the championships because it was thought he was suffering from the nora virus. certainly shown tonight in the last hour what london was missing with a dominant display. apart from the province from wales, a disappointing night overall for the home nations —— apart from the bronze. the home teams need to catch up. talking of disappointment, imagine coming all this way and not being allowed to enter, that is what happened to data melissa, gutted after an administration error meant she could not enter the women's time trial. there will be a review. brett lee she can enter the road race. second chance at the weekend, separate event. —— at least she can enter the road race. now the weather. it looked a bit

there we should be seeing the dry season coming in here hasn't apparently occurred to south africa botswana looks like having a dry couple of days at least along was symbolic. they're with sponsored by qatar and we use. the scene for us when they're on line which is a very nice time in yemen that peace is possible but it never happens not because the situation is complicated but because no one cares or if you join us on sat there are people that choosing between buying medication eating this is a dialogue i want to get in one more comment because this is someone who's an activist and has posted a story join the global conversation at this time on al-jazeera. and again you're watching al-jazeera has a reminder of our top stories this hour the white house says all options are on the table for u.s. response to the chemical attack in the syrian town of to close by donald trump born in the syrian government's main ally russia to get ready for missiles to be filed. algeria has announced three days of mourning after a military plane crash killed two hundred and fifty seven people went down shortly

fairly regular shastri out the tropics but once again we generated quite significant rain in namibia botswana and south africa what topped clouds here again unfortunately not so much for cape time but go to the east i want to get focus around you have this big that's the area where shall start to build during tuesday and on wednesday they fade but it's still wet in mozambique. but again a reminder the top stories here on al-jazeera and president donald trump condemns the syrian government's suspected chemical attack in duma and says he will decide on a major policy decision within forty eight hours. russia and syria have accused israel of carrying out strikes on a military base in homes which is said to be controlled by iranian forces. and facebook c.e.o. . has apologized to u.s. lawmakers for a previously breach affecting tens of millions of users admitting his social media network did not do enough to protect people's data. independent monitors it questioning the fairness of hungary's elections which sold it to oban went straight as prime minister the organization for security and cooperati

africa you may see some rain developing for kate ten later on she come further north across parts of botswana through into may be a weather's looking fine highs of twenty seven in winter. welcome back a quick update of the top stories this hour the french president emmanuel macron as the united states to move away from nationalism and work with france to tackle global challenges on made the plea in an address to the u.s. congress thousands of people have been back out protesting it all media answering a call from the opposition leader. who accuses the government of refusing to negotiate the transfer of power. and large scale strikes have been held across south africa federation of trade unions are staging a shutdown in protest of changes to the minimum wage. at least nineteen people have been killed off the gunman opened fire at a catholic church in nigeria the early morning attack happened in a remote village in benue state on cheese day seventeen wash up as in two priests were killed the attackers also burned down fifty houses since two thousand and thirteen the region has seen violent clas

see an increase in rain in the last day or so and in the forecast certainly maybe you're down to botswana and into south africa looks like a good line there and that's the one to watch for developing showers and i think they'll become quite big in the next day or so not in the western cape but in central and eastern parts of south africa. and again a reminder the top stories here on al-jazeera medical staff say dozens of people were killed by a suspected chemical attack in the besieged rippling craigs in syria many more including children have been receiving treatment. polls have closed in the hungriest parliamentary elections prime minister viktor orban is expected to win a third consecutive in an election dominated by the issue of immigration. the nigerian army says it has rescued one hundred forty nine hostages held by boko haram in borno state in the northeast of the country. police in germany say they may have foiled a potential attack on the marathon on sunday but when it came has more now from one stone. berlin the police confirming that they have arrested six individuals varying i

still in the forecast in choosing the middle of south africa we draw to the north of the through botswana and go to still looking fairly went the movies try to make it as well and guess what you don't expect very many showers this time of day for the wednesday in south africa and there aren't any the either . the weather sponsored by qatar makes. the scene for us when they're on line what is american sign in yemen that peace is almost possible but not what happens not because the situation is complicated but because no one cares or if you join us on sat there are people that there are choosing between buying medication and eating this is a dialogue i want to get in one more comment because this is someone who's an activist and she's close to the story join the global conversation at this time on al-jazeera. you're watching al-jazeera time to recap the headlines pro-government media are reporting missile strikes on two syrian air bases syrian state television says missiles were intercepted of the show at alton. field was attacked the u.s. says its move she was not active in the area the ti

south africa over the next day or so the showers continue further north some more big downpours for botswana all the way into tanzania. the weather sponsored by cattle race. the scene for us where on line what is american sign in yemen that peace is always possible but it never happens not because the situation is bad but because no one cares or if you join us on sat there are people that there are choosing between buying medication and eating this is a dialogue i want to get in one more comment because this is someone who's an activist just posted a story join the global conversation at this time on al-jazeera. you're watching al-jazeera a reminder of our top stories so far today the former brazilian president believes the nuffield is expected to hand itself into the police assume a saturday after missing an earlier deadline he's in a trade union building in south palo where supporters have been rallying outside has been ordered to start a jail sentence for corruption. the israeli army has killed at least eight palestinian protesters and injured more than thirteen hundred in demonstrations

angola coming south it's looking fine across the mid be aplenty sunshine here fine day right across botswana and then as we head into south africa should be fine in cape town with a maximum temperature of twenty degrees. a quick reminder of our top stories here on the edges iraq. for palestinian protesters have now been killed by israeli gunfire during ongoing protests along the gaza israel border un special envoy for syria says chemical weapons inspectors in the syrian town of do much to do their job as quickly as possible without any interference commonwealth leaders have agreed that prince charles should take over as head of the group one squint elizabeth no longer holds the world. well that summit was overshadowed by criticism of the u.k. government's treatment of long term residents from commonwealth countries especially in the caribbean and a rally to show solidarity is taking place in south london the dean is they are high they're going to what are people been telling you that's important to them. well julie we've been hearing very passionate speeches from a succession of people. talk

i did a paper in botswana 'cause i had an eight month period where i was gonna not leave africa ever. i was gonna not leave africa ever. then my mom came and told me i have to graduate college. - come on back, yeah. and your first job was on the beached whale and cat in tree beat at newsday, as you said. and then you went to usa today where you were a breaking news reporter. and then it was there that you covered ferguson and trayvon martin. and then you went to the new york times in 2015, and now to the newshour. and you knew you wanted to be a journalist the whole time? - i knew i wanted to be a writer since i was probably three. - [evan] why? - it just naturally came to me. - not the family business. - it's not the family business. my mom has a phd in french literature and social work and is a social worker in miami, school social worker. my dad runs a large non-profit in haiti for disabled people, he's blind. so that's his life's work is helping blind people in haiti. and i just popped out in the world and was a writer. and my first memorable thing that i wrote was an angry essay

africa right over the next day or so the showers continue further north some more big downpours for botswana all the way into tanzania. winning the will of the people hinges on the mass media state p.r. machine it's going to overdrive. but just who is influencing who. we just don't know yet where the lines will be drawn between what can be said and what can't just that. some journalists decided to sacrifice their integrity for out of south polling the media or opinion the listening post but based time on al-jazeera. al-jazeera. where ever your. story is of life. and spiration. a series of short documentaries from around the world. that celebrate the human spirit. against the arts. al-jazeera selects hunted.

that we should be seeing the dry season coming in here hasn't apparently occurred to south africa botswana looks like having a dry couple of days at least along with symbolic. the scene for us where on line what is a very nice time in yemen to peace is always possible but it never happens not because the situation is complicated but because no one cares or if you join us on set there are people that there are choosing between buying medication and eating base is a dialogue i want to get in one more comment because this is someone who's an activist has posted a story join the global conversation at this time on al-jazeera. we understand the differences and the similarities of cultures across the world. so no matter where you call home al-jazeera will bring you the news and current affairs that matter to you. al-jazeera.

still in the forecast in choosing the middle of south africa we're drawn to the north of the three botswanaand go to still looking fairly went in the movies try to make as well and guess what you don't expect very many showers this time of day from wednesday in south africa and there aren't any the either. the scene for us whether online what is a very new site in your mind the piece is always possible but it never happens not because the situation is complicated but because no one cares or if you join us on sat there are people bit that are choosing between buying medication and eating bass is a dialogue i want to get in one more comment because this is someone who's an activist just posted a story join the global conversation at this time on al-jazeera. all jews are. swear every since.

lot of wet weather over the southern parts of africa recently particularly over parts of namibia botswana but the showers a moving their way northwards and so for many of us hit should be a little bit drier there will still be some showers in the eastern parts of south africa though so jo'burg is likely to head the order of bit of thunder during the day for the west is fine forcing cape town at twenty to. shot running away from israeli snipers one of the armed palestinians targeted by troops and killed seventeen people and injured more than fifteen hundred.

young elephants playing in botswana.scene is a much more sad trouble. the elephants are orphans. their parents are among the thousands killed in africa each year for the tasks. african nations have been calling on the rest of the world to halt the trade in antique ivory, to help curb poaching. and today the environment secretary michael gove announced the uk plans to dojust secretary michael gove announced the uk plans to do just that. after a public consultation on sales ban received an overwhelming response in of it. conservation groups say they hope the move will put a stop to the shocking decline in the world's elephant population. around 20,000 assorted —— are slaughtered every year to feed global demand five array. that has the number of elephants drop by almost a third over the past decade. it has been possible to sell items made with ivory before 1947 in britain without a certificate, but the new ban would all but stopped that. china, the us and france have tightened their approach to ivory sales, but campaigners

young elephants playing in botswana. but behind this heartwarming scene is a much sadder problem.lt the trade in antique ivory, to help curb poaching. and today the environment secretary michael gove announced the uk plans to do just that. after a public consultation on a sales ban received an overwhelming response in of it. conservation groups say they hope the move will put a stop to the shocking decline in the world's elephant population. around 20,000 are slaughtered every year to feed global demand for ivory. that has the number of elephants drop by almost a third over the past decade. it has been possible to sell items made with ivory before 19117 in britain without a certificate, but the new ban would all but stop that. china, the us and france have tightened their approach to ivory sales, but campaigners hope the uk's stance will help other eu countries to follow suit. joining me now is alexander rhodes, the founder of stop ivory, an independent non—government organisation which aims to protect elephants and stop the ivory trade. welcome. good morning. what's your response