[woman] this is one of cape towns main sources of water. a source that could run completely dry within a matter of weeks. the last ten percent of the water is unusable so to all intents and purposes this reservoir is empty. [chiwetel] old farm houses old roads from before the dam was flooded. rows of vines that have stood many years under water. the man-made solution to cape towns water problem was no longer up to its job. [insect chirping] [anthony] a dam always has in the bottom a sediment pile and when the dam dries out, that desiccates. it becomes dry like blotting paper. so, when the rain starts falling and the first water comes in, the first thing it has to do is rehydrate that pile of blotting paper. so, you are talking of 100s of millions, if not billions of liters of water that will get absorbed by that before the water becomes available, uh, as yield. there is a need for a philosophical shift away from we are masters and owners of nature to we are now developing in partnership with nature. we have to give nature a little bit of a

cape town is the — because of the darkness. cape town is the murder _ because of the darkness.urder capital of i because of the darkness. cape town is the murder capital of a country which experienced 25,000 murders last year. criminal gangs, drugs, a policing system riddled with corruption, and endemic poverty make for a poisonous cocktail. and the levels of suspicion and fear rise when the lights are out. ~ ., ., fear rise when the lights are out. . ., ., ,., fear rise when the lights are out. ~ ., ., ., out. what are you doing with the stuff? — out. what are you doing with the stuff? this _ out. what are you doing with the stuff? this was - out. what are you doing with the stuff? this was a - out. what are you doing with the stuff? this was a routine j the stuff? this was a routine bust. the stuff? this was a routine bust- drugs _ the stuff? this was a routine bust. drugs and _ the stuff? this was a routine bust. drugs and knives, - the stuff? this was a routine l bust. drugs and knives, better no violence. just the background noise of the society close to the edge.— close t

khayelitsha township, cape town. nestled under majestic table mountain, a sprawling reminder of south africa's status as the most unequal society on earth. in africa's most advanced economy, at least half of young people can't find work. life here is never easy but, right now, south africa's power crisis is hitting the poorest hardest. no—one in khayelitsha wants to be sick when the power is off, but it happens every day. the main township hospital has had to adapt to what they call "load—shedding". the man in charge is david binza. with load—shedding now in place and the different stages, instead of reducing, they are actually increasing. we've had to adjust our lives and work around that. now, as we are going to get that at 12:00, we have to switch off our ct scan machine. scan machines have to go off? it has. that service has to come to a halt. because there's a danger that it could damage the machinery. we have experience of that. do you? it's notjust a danger, it was a lived reality. if we lose power, this machi

we should work together meeting in the cape town playground and for bilateral contacts.rgey lavrov communicates with his indian colleague, who, in turn , is interested in how the trip of the head of russian diplomacy to african countries went , a separate meeting with lady pandora. in addition , lavrov presented the badge of the russian foreign ministry to the head of the south african media holding, a symbol that the two countries stand for a genuine diversity of points of view in the world more and more people are willing. interact with brix among ministers of foreign affairs of saudi arabia, who arrived in cape town, where they do not hide their interest in the format , summed up the results of the first day of the meeting at a joint press conference. we also discussed the issue of expanding the brix organization - this is an association that is different from the rest. this is a new organization based on the principles of equality and mutual respect. brik symbolizes the evolution of a multipolar world. and the fact that this organization attracts more than a dozen co

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the dw corresponding privilege most fund here is in cape town. i asked him how big a shadow the russian president's potential august visit is cast. it does cost a big shadow over this meeting. i think if you look at what has been happening, the discussions and, or the price of the little being that has been happening before this meeting. he installed off, he got it up, his costs a big send over this meeting. and you find that if you look at the, even the old position here in, um, so that the guy that the d a has filed a court of um, action to stop a prison put needs to be admitted all the step or not. so that we can so it was and then the other thing is if you look at even the up to be switched around. thing up uh, uh, pressure on, uh so that'd be good. not to meet a prison. unfortunately, we saw even at the meeting, what it is, it was going on there, there was a group of funds, ukrainian association. and so that to go with, with picketing at the meeting as well. uh, calling for um the re 10 or fi ukrainian children, that's way. unfortunately, th

most fun here in cape town. just time to remind you of our top story. this out. you probably being present along to me is that asking as address to somebody, it's of your family does involved of discussing security concerns and the face of russia's ongoing i'll be back at the top of the hour. i've been a spanish a has the w use asia in just a moment. the every jenny is full of surprises. we've gone all out to give you some of the rain in.

at cape town, this beautiful in the atlantic city, bricks meeting is an important event in our diploma to calendar on more so at a time when the international situation is challenging. critics, the global environment today, dumont's, the we, the bricks, nation's approach, key contemporary issues seriously, constructively, and collect all gathering must send out a strong message to the body of this month. people that it is re balancing and that the old ways cannot address new situations. we are a symbol of change, and must i uploaded the sponsibility is even greater as we contemplate the domestic thing after effects of dakota, bundle mc, distresses arising from conflict, the and the economic distress of the global soft, the on the line, the deep short comics of the current international architecture, which does not reflect today's politics, economics, demographics, or indeed expeditions. photo tickets. we have heard calls for reform of multilateral institutions, only to be continuously disappointed. because the folder imperative that bricks members demonstrates in children. in regard to

jens of assad in cape town. to the close of the week and some pretty tough news to swallow if you are on the investment banking side at goldman sachs. goldman have had multiple redundancies. we know there is speculation of a 250 senior bankers to go. a pretty risk off tone from clients. this is john waldron who spoke at the alliancebernstein conference yesterday. he said it feels like we will have a contractionary period for a period of time. this is hunkering down. but bankers can always see a truck coming towards them first. dani: maybe they want to head to make of america, not that it is much better. their ceo says we think we will have a/quarter. -- flattish quarter. if goldman sachs is talking about 25% drops, maybe a flattish quarter is ok? manus: if you are a star trader you are probably ok. there is a whole community in zurich from credit suisse that will have to look elsewhere for their opportunities. it is progress, it is jobs day, what will the whisper number become 250, and if it is that maybe we get

g 0 cape town. at least 18 people have been killed and fighting between the 2 dogs, warring size as a market and the capital costume. the violence came soon after the army pulled out of talks and saudi arabia with the power of military wrath and support. forces. both sides accuse each other violation a truce that was meant to allow the safe passage of humanitarian aid. but the united states has it's prepared to continue its mediation efforts. i'll correspondent, have a moving, has worn out from the ground to then undermine splicing between the sudanese army and the power military rapids support forces on wednesday resulted in artillery, selling landing in a market in the southern parts of the capital of 2 residents. say that several people were killed and dozens of others injured. as a result, i'm blamed both sides for the attack thing that they've been normally to present in the area when they're selling landed. no magic said that the hospital that is received was entered is facing a shortage of me

and that seems kill with friends at the block, joining the folks in cape town and they include several african states, saudi arabia, and the wrong me de la l. g 0, cape town, a traditional pro have has been launched in india to investigate recent ethnic violence in the northeastern states of money for india. as interior minister says overtime judge will lead the case. the state has experienced weeks of unrest from fighting mainly between the mate and cruelty communities of equations of state jobs . and the pugs favoring the may take at least 16 people listen kills and 35000 this displace. yes. okay, i do see, i have insurance from civil society organizations from both communities. they say that misunderstanding will be cleared out soon. i also have a report showing that leaders from both sides are reaching out to that communities . i'm optimistic that when a judge hose, these discussions with all concerned parties will be able to find a solution are still ahead here on out of here based 18 deep la calvin slicing and loc as through dawn of to the army, pulled out of space 5 to the top i

and that seems to kill with friends at the block of joining the pope's in cape town. and they include several african states, saudi arabia and iran. somebody dumler ultra 0 cape town, but still a head on al jazeera, a top, a strategy, and sonya accused of war crimes in afghanistan loses his defamation case. and india begins mandatory testing for colton cert. exports off today with link to the dates of children, the a. hello, that's a mixed bag weatherwise across south asia. at the moment we think a lot of heat particular across the northeast. the 7 says the states seem to have just said well above the seasonal norm, but down in the south, it's a much west to pick. show those monsoon rains now starting to move away further north of the bay of bengal, bringing west so whether to places like carol under projects and tell them not to over the next few days for the north across central area. some cloud here in that west. so to the north, west, north west, some parts of india and pakistan continuing to see those thunderstorms. does it go into such a date? it's still a story

all right, let's go and bringing our guests in cape town solution. i do a senior research fellow at the institute for global dialogue, an independent foreign policy. think tank in london, chris, we for chief executive officer at macro advisory, strategic consultancy. that operates in the razor region and in washington dc. surely you a political economist and senior fellow at the harvard kennedy school, a warm welcome to you all and thanks so much for joining us today on inside story. surely let me start with you today. so foreign ministers of the bricks group of nations are presenting themselves as an alternative to the g 7. as a counter balance to the west coast, the block actually shift the balance of the world's trade and power, or is this merely a political pipe dream? i think it's entirely likely the brakes countries is expending as we speak of my 2 more members are looking at joining. but as it stands right now, it represents about 26 percent of the rosie g, d p on mom and on turns on p p p. basis, it's already a larger economic block, then the

it should also go to south africa , though not in cape town, but in vuhannesburg at the end of augustbaeva. vladislav dubovitsky ntv cape town south african republic right on the positions of the units, the commander of the grouping covering the state borders. vladimir kochetkov thanked the military personnel of the western group, including the commanders. this is a rifle battalion of lieutenant colonel alexander nikitin for courage , selflessness and personal contribution to the common cause vladimir putin signed a decree on the award the day before. nikitin of the order of courage, other fighters received today medals for courage and also st. george's crosses. the enemy has left, the border is the goal of moving forward the car. moved forward the goal we practiced on heavy equipment enemy support was with us. our support together amicably. all was good. the russian military border guards never prevented an attempt at a major terrorist attack , which the kiev regime intended to arrange , the ukrainian security forces planned to break into the city of shebekino, belgorod region, but t

the miller, for us in cape town. the ellipse now speak to william committed hayes, the also of south africa in brick, salvation or ruination. and chief person of the democracy works foundation. he joins us 5 scott from cape town. thank you very much for being on al jazeera festival. is we could uh for me to military uh, correspondence. uh, so i moved in and doesn't nations want to join this blog? i mean, who is likely to be at the top of the list? and i guess, can you give us an idea of how powerful this union could potentially become or thank you for having this is certainly the most southern to most significant meeting of pigs actually since it's, it's much at all just because, especially as that sort of past time plastic where people discuss the dramatic expense. they're not just adding in one country, but, you know, adding potentially a 1000 countries are, you know, some of the countries um, that are very likely to be considered as massaging to united mexico. solved yet, idea. egypt unites so it's a pop m. is it

we bought it from cape town. his offices oaks on a boy is one of the main concepts ation over the whole share any boundaries, warner's one big ocean that is sometimes referred to as the global ocean. i'm the ocean really changes. this is very similar to ritz members in visions, the global economy political countries this is a very appealing idea, not only to the founding members of russia in china, and many other countries because it is being attempted by a very wide age of team denisia. and many others i had a chance to discuss this issue with russia. we welcome this initiative called south african chest. you have invited a great number of importance in flash. so countries to the media meeting, we invest into breaks holes, police go, we will, and practical origin. this to be there where things happen. wiring example, the world's moving away from western german pages by the development, powerful country. the other thing that i wanna mention, the slide is no issue charges moving into russia and make up its own pos

agenda as foreign ministers from the breaks group of nations. gala in the south african city of cape town. the lines made up of present, russia, india, china, and south africa would also have discussed the admission of new baptist st. 6, great to global influence. the south africa's foreign minister, the lady ponder, welcome to the russian town to pots, okay, left off. but there is uncertainty over whether vladimir posted will be welcomed and breaks. heads of states meet your homes. but in august, the vice president is the subject of a war crimes arrest warrant issued by the international criminal court corresponding privileges on henry's in cape town about summit. and i asked him how big a shadow the russian presidents, potential august, because it was casting it is suddenly cost the big shadow on this meeting. i think proceeding this meeting, there's been a lot of exchanges and you look at what sort of again the government has done to does. it's a little that is going to be giving diplomatic immunity to or delegates that are going to be coming to the breaks on each come august. there's

hearing reporting from cape town. negotiators from a $175.00 countries, a meeting in paris to hammer out a global preaching to end plastic pollution. this is the 2nd of 5 rounds of talk, so trying to reach a legally binding deal by next year. environmentalists worry the negotiations focus too much on was cycling rather than reducing plastic production, which doesn't buy well for communities. in fact, emerald waters and plastic waste, 15000 cubic meters of it, in bosnia as 3 not over is known for its breathtaking scenery. but when it flows into this trash barrier outside the town of bishop gerad, it's an eyesore with driftwood. plastic bottles use dias, and household appliances dumped by 3 body can states residents here are designed to the situation. i mean, i can already called body of to all these years of to move into decades of living alongside this river. we have to accept this as a fact of life. we actually believe that we will die before the united clean of garbage with a tree stuff. the dream runs over 300 kilometers from the mountains of mountain neutral to serbia and both no

in 2018 reserves and the south african city of cape town were so low that there were fears the city could run out of water altogether, a so called a 0. these types of conditions, can you raise people's entire livelihoods? a situation many if you can, shepherds are currently struggling with or i'm going to, i don't know how to do anything other than being a nomadic shepherd. i'm not educated and i don't know how to find out. this is the only way i know how to survive. in somali, the shepherd's native language, the drought is called fema. that means equal because drought said everyone equally . but what climate experts, stress is that some communities have your resources to adopt that if we continue business as usual, if we don't realize that's actually a harming of planets, we have hacked in the most vulnerable people and it's up to top looters to make sure the chrysler is like, these don't become even more likely want to just one more amazing thing the author provides for us, as long as we use it sensitively. bunch, even areas where the res, very lead to water, some life is able to thrive

the latest from cape town. privilege, as always. thank you. all right, you want to go back now to our top stories of encouraging signals tonight for you crate. they therefore administer is meeting a doorway today said that the door for membership remains open. the meeting also discusses the need to guarantee ukraine's future security. once the war with russia is history. most foreign ministers agreed that because of nato's mutual defense clause, there can be no further discussion of ukrainian membership until then they the chief in stilton. barry also said that the alliance wants to bring sweden into the followed by july of or more. now i'm joined by rows that go to miller, the former nato, deputy secretary general. and now electra and international studies at stanford university in california. it's good to have you on the program is good to know that i want to ask you, we're, you know, we know that ukraine wants to join nato. what has to happen in order to make that a reality. busy rather than having this war, become history, which i think wi

he joins be from cape town. privilege. i want to ask you how big of a shadow is the potential of the russian president's presence in august? how, how big of a shadow is it casting over this meeting of the it does cost a big shadow over this meeting. i think if you look at what has been happening, the discussions and, or the price of the low being that has been happening before this meeting here in south africa. it's uh, his costs to beach sandra over this meeting. and you find that you look at the, even the old position here in, um, so that the guy that the da has filed a court eviction to stop a prison puts need to be admitted august step or not. so that's again, so it was. and then the other thing is if you look at the, even the active east, what ramping up uh uh, pressure on. uh so that'd be good. not to meet a prison. unfortunately, we saw even at the meeting what it is, it was going on there. there was a group of funds, ukrainian association and so that to go with, with picketing at the meeting as well. uh, calling fo

group of nations gather in the south african city of cape town. the lines made up of brazil, russia, india, and china as well as south africa, but also discussed the admission of new members as it seeks to get a great high level influence. early as south africa's foreign minister and the depend on welcome to the russian count about. so he loved rough at this uncertainty of a, with a lot of me put and will attend a breaks heads of state summit in johannesburg. in august. the russian president is the subject of a war crimes arrest warrant issued by the international criminal court. all the deputy correspondent privilege, most fun hitting is in cape town and we asked him how big a shadow of the russian presidents, potential august visit was caustic of the it does cost a big shadow over this meeting. i think if you look at what has been happening, the discussions and what was the price of the little being that has been happening before this meeting here in. so i'll figure it out. his costs a big saddle over this meeting and you find that you look at t

african states, saudi arabia, and the wrong me dumler ultra 0 cape town. a nasa has held its 1st public meetings on u. f. o is a year after a panel of experts he wants to study into unexplained sightings, space agencies set up the group to examine what it's cooling, unidentified, normally phenomena or you a page. since i'm on a, as more and the findings, they are with a conspiracy theorists say the truth, it's out there, but now it's nasa scientists who are seeking it out. they spent nearly a year trying to understand you of those, or you a piece as the experts call them. they've looked at hundreds of cases, some to fight explanation metallic. this video was shot a name location in the middle east. it shows around object flying at high speed sensor, but while the pal doesn't know what it is, they say there's no evidence of phenomena like this has anything to do with aliens . the current existing data and i witness reports alone are in sufficient to provide conclusive evidence about the nature and origin of, of every you a p event. they're often in for an i

but there's been little progress in deciding who will make the cuts off to 2 days of meetings in cape town. at the moment, the groups made up of 5 countries result, russia, india, china, and south africa at least 19 countries including saudi arabia. iran in gabon have expressed interest in joining the blocks for many it's the most as an alternative to west and dominance, and potentially providing account a balance to the west. it's a kind of a strategy and building sort of organization, because i think it back to see itself is not aligned. but you know, it's an increasing tyler oswell that we're in at the moment. we address a and the, and the with nato, all at each of his trucks. you know, to have one of those poles of the new conflict that is already a brickman, but creates a complication that it's planned for a common currency for trade within the block has not been finalized. and for now wants to increase trade among its members, states in their local currencies, ultimately reducing reliance on the us dollar. south africa's foreign affairs minister and a lady bundle says the group is ho

, and they include several african states, saudi arabia, and the wrong me dumler ultra 0 cape town. it all is reportedly significantly increasing extolled pile of enrich uranium 20 weapons grade level. that's according to confidential reports from the international atomic energy agency. the nuclear watchdog says that the roles estimated stopped pot as mold in 23 times the limit sent out in the 2015 nuclear deal of the us pulled out of that deal. 5 years ago, a judge in tennessee has opened a new investigation into political figures, including major opponents of present, ty site, but facing accusations of conspiring against state security. as follows, the series of arrests of opposition leaders in recent months described by sides critics. as a political clump down the delegation from me and most visited the wells largest refugee camp in cox has bizarre in southern bangladesh. the 2nd time in less than 3 months. it's part of a pilot project to repass res, around a 1000 ring of refugees. but it's been met with skepticism with rights campaign is calling is a public relations campaign.

the brakes meeting in cape town, south africa, have described the block as a symbol of change. now the meeting comes at an opportune time for south africa who is hosting that meeting, as well as cheering the brakes uh grouping this year. when the economic difficulties in the country unemployment rate has worsened and it continues to have a crisis in terms of its power supply. this grouping we presents a quarter of the most economic outputs and it's one way south africa is doing increasing trade. but it also has to balance that with this relationship with the united states and the european union, especially given the increasing tensions between russia and the waste. at a time when russia has invaded ukraine. and there's also a warrant of a wrist issued by the international criminal court court will put in, related to that invasion of ukraine, a, charging him with one legs war crimes. now those attending have said that this is a time for great to representation of the global south, and it's become increasingly attractive to a number of countries at least 19 of either applied form

minister of foreign affairs of russia brazil india china and south africa gathered today in cape towngs of brix participants are taking place there, the main theme is laying the foundations for the summit, which they should also take place in south africa at the end of august , the head of russian diplomacy arrived in cape town, completing his trip to africa from south africa . he organizes the summit this time the heads of the ministry of foreign affairs gathered in cape town at the foot of the mountain range of the 12 apostles. sergey lavrov has a rather dense program, the protocol service only managed to change flags. in the morning, the head of the russian foreign ministry met with his indian counterpart. despite the fact that the meeting was held within the framework of the brix and unilateral cooperation within the framework of the g20 and the shanghai cooperation organization, then sergey lavrov met with the hostess of the forum, all meetings are held at the 12 apostles hotel. i would like to draw your attention to the balcony where members of the delegation go out. in between

it should also take place in south africa , though not in cape town, but in johannesburg at the end ofit babaeva vladislav dubovitsky ntv katetown, republic of south africa one of the topics of discussion by the ministers of the brix countries was the mechanisms for resolving regional conflicts, just one of them has now flared up with renewed vigor on the african continent in sudan, fighting again began between the army and the rapid reaction forces of the ceasefire agreement reached earlier fg, mediated by saudi arabia , the united states is violated by both sides, and the humanitarian crisis in the country is only getting worse in 2 months of the conflict, 850 people died. this who data human rights organizations. it is said that the second more reasons for the next round of escalation were dealt with by yevgeny golovanov. this time the financial sector was chosen as the target of strikes, it is reported that the sudanese armed forces in khartoum seized and blew up a printing press that the rapid reaction forces used to finance their operations, the latter in response, allegedly. the

amir abdullahian received an official welcome upon arrival at the cape town airport it was decided that minister of foreign affairs is going to participate in the brics group of friends meeting, which will be held tomorrow, friday

the threat to cape town came and went. in may 2018, the three-year-old drought was over. -[laughter] -[indistinct chatter] [indistinct chatter] [chiwetel] they prayed for rain and the rain came. the whole city celebrated. [man] so having analyzed the new data, we are now in a position to state that we have not only managed to avoid day zero this year but we can also safely get through the summer of 2019. [chiwetel] water flowed back into the rivers, the dams filled up, cape town had been saved but for how long? [anthony] to simply assume that the next rain is going to suddenly wash all your problems away is, in my view, suicidal. unfortunately, the day zero debate only focuses on, on water for baths, water for toilets, water for drinking, water for showers. domestic water. thats not the significant water. there's water for the economy. theres water to sustain jobs. theres water for tourism. theres water for agriculture, for the food that we eat. thats big water. so there is no economic future based on the business as usual approach. [chiwetel] scientists do not expect the

andrew harding, bbc news, cape town. >> u.s.secutors have obtained an audio recording of donald trump in which he acknowledges keeping a classified document after leaving the white house, the former president has repeatedly claimed that all the material he kept after leaving office had been declassified. gary o'donoghue joins me. what more are you learning about this material? >> it seems to be a recording of a sort of meeting which took place in 2021 after donald trump left the white house at his golf course in new jersey. it appears and bear in mind no one was there has said anything on record, these are sources speaking to media outlets, that he was waving this document around which dealt with potential options for an attack on iran and indicating what he was doing that he should not be, because not everyone should be allowed to look at it. it's crucial because one of the investigators -- investigations was into whether or not the documents he took were classified and should have been in his possession. they have recovered hu

our correspondent is in cape town. asked him how big of a shadow the russian president's potential presence in august is casting. >> it has cast a big shadow over this meeting. i think if you look at what has been happening, the discussions, and on the pressure, the lobbying that has been happening before this meeting in south africa, it has cast a big shadow over this meeting. if you look at even the opposition here and south africa, the da has filed a court action to stop president putin to be admitted and step on south african soil. if you look at even the activists who are ramping up pressure on south africa, not to get president putin, we saw even at the meeting, as it was going on, there was a group of ukrainian association in south africa who were picketing at the meeting as well, calling for ukrainian children that were possibly deported to russia. a shadow has been cast on this meeting because of the visit -- the intended visit by president putin in august. >> that may ask you, what are you hearing ther in sou

the foreign minister of our country arrived in cape town in south africa today to attend the meetingign ministers of the brics group. may this issue be an important step for iran's membership in the group, according to experts, there is still a long way to go to achieve this issue . 15 other countries are invited to this summit, and this shows that it is taken seriously as a powerful global power. arab countries, egypt, bangladesh, and muscles and the smallest uruguay and all of them, in fact, or the negotiations that have been carried out, are negotiating to join mustafa mohebi, radio news agency of cuba, the president of cuba once again called for the elimination of the us dollar in global exchanges and said that by removing the us dollar, farhad is developing sanctions and extortions. and washington's slanders will be abandoned and they can build a fairer world. 282 reza daei helps to create a more inclusive trade and can be mutually beneficial to the trading parties, that is, with countries that reject america's lies and empty promises . food of the union of american states south

welcome to hardtalk from cape town. i'm stephen sackur. south africa is a land of contrasting emotion. there's residual pride at the success of the struggle against apartheid. there's also deep frustration at the failings of the post—liberation political leadership. and those contrasting emotions are fertile territory for political satire. my guest today isjonathan shapiro, best known by his pen name zapiro. he is south africa's most prominent, most controversial political cartoonist. so, amid all of its troubles, is south africa able to laugh at itself? jonathan shapiro, better known by the pen name zapiro, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. well, it's a great pleasure to meet you, and i want to begin with something you said a few years ago. you said, "moral outrage is what drives a cartoonist." you've been at this cartooning for pretty much four decades. can you maintain outrage for four decades? you can. laughter when i was doing five or six cartoons a week, i would sometimes wonder what the hell i'm going to do today, and you wake up in t

those that took place in cape town last week, attended by a lead. i ordered the breaks for him and his does the shep pause and this was shep us who are assisting the ministers in terms of the big program. so i think i, as the chair of picks this year, we are aware that this issue was one of the agenda points that we've discussed in the midst of discussion. it's not the ink driven by one, but due to la country, it's something that it has said, let us look at this as a possibility. and so i'm going to accept that. now that would have been no conclusion on that particular one. because again, as i said earlier, the pro says is from the source, strep of, i mean the shape of the switch shape of, of the 5 brakes countries. and having to take them to the menu. spousal 40 no says, now of cause of from the mean is does a 40 no says if you to go to saw me to know where a decision would be taken or not to be taken in relation or it might say, there are certain things that stephen needs to be looked into in relation to just because i've personality i do not beli

she joins us all start from cape town. as a nation, i was interested to see in terms of a share of the world cdp, the brakes over took the g 7 and the last couple of months. i mean, that's remarkable. do you think that's given them types of prominence and the eyes of other countries is that by others might want to be joining a good evening associate. i think it's really a wrong that, but also i think countries are looking at the international system right now. looking at the global architecture, the inflection point that finds itself in, in terms of where the, the challenges, the discomfort this comes in terms of how the issue of done align with utilities being interpreted. the kind of push back and the, the kind of aggressiveness to seeing around the, the geo political deepening of the deal. that's a good tension. and i think countries like on and tina and others that for mentioned in that uh, foreign ministers press briefing that just took place recently a, a not so long ago. it's about understanding how to spread your r