king misuzulu ka zwelithini received a certificate of recognition from president cyril ramaphosa.th africa became a democracy in 1994. our correspondent nomsa maseko sent this report. chanting. zulu warriors saluting king misuzulu ka zwelithini after taking his oath. chanting continues. the accreditation certificate, handed over by president cyril ramaphosa, endorses the 48—year—old as the ninth leader of the zulu nation. king misuzulu acknowledged that he had come to the throne at a difficult time. i understand that history has chosen me at this time, when the zulu and other nations are facing several challenges. among the challenges are poverty, unemployment, a trust deficit in government and traditional leadership structures, climate change disasters, economic meltdown, food insecurity, famine, disease that do not only ravage our people, but also our economies. president ramaphosa hailed the watershed event and emphasised the role that the king would play in binding together the zulu nation. the coronation took place despite rifts within the zulu royal family. some of its membe

the king will be acknowledged as monarch by the president cyril ramaphosa today.chy has a yearly tax—payer funded and the monarchy has a yearly tax—payerfunded budget and the monarchy has a yearly tax—payer funded budget of more than £3.6 tax—payer funded budget of more than 5.6 million. northern ireland is facing the prospect of another election, after parties failed to reach agreement on a return to power sharing. the secretary of state, chris heaton harris, has said he will call an election, but has delayed setting a date. our ireland corespondent emma vardy has this report. i have limited options ahead of me, i have limited options ahead of me, i am under a legal duty to call an election within 12 weeks. i have had lots and lots of talks with all the parties and will continue to do so. there was the option to legislate and delay— there was the option to legislate and delay this moment, how does calling _ and delay this moment, how does calling an — and delay this moment, how does calling an election help solve any of the _ calling an election help solve any of

the king received a certificate of recognition from president cyril ramaphosa.ce south africa became a democracy in 1994. our correspondent, nomsa maseko, sent this report. zulu warriors saluting the new king after taking his oath. the accreditation certificate handed over by president cyril rama poser, announcing him as a knife leader of the zulu nation. i announcing him as a knife leader of the zulu nation.— the zulu nation. i understand history chosen _ the zulu nation. i understand history chosen me _ the zulu nation. i understand history chosen me at - the zulu nation. i understand history chosen me at this - the zulu nation. i understand l history chosen me at this time. the zulu nation. i understand - history chosen me at this time. when the zulu and other nations are facing several challenges. among the challenges are poverty, unemployment, a trust deficit in government and traditional leadership structures. climate change disasters, economic meltdown, food insecurity, famine, disease that do not only ravage our people but also our economies.— but also o

he will be officially recognised as monarch by president cyril ramaphosa.ollowed by a ceremony when the king hunted a lion. 0ur correspondent nomsa maseko is in durban. take us through what is happening. thousands of people started gathering here at the stadium in south africa's coastal city of durban to witness the official coronation. we understand that the king's motorcade has arrived and zulu warriors are now standing by to usher him inside the stadium for the official start of the ceremony. now, president will be here to give the new king and accreditation certificate, which basically certifies them as the ninth king. and the thousands of zulu gathered her say they have been waiting for this for a very long time. this is the first time in 50 years that are zulu king has been correlated. the last time that happened was in 1971 on a rainy day when the late king was correlated by the apartheid government. this is the first time that a black president is going to be handing over this accreditation certificate. . ~ , ., certificate. take us through the role

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the king is formally acknowledged as monarch by president cyril ramaphosa.he day. we still have no pressure nearby. quite a few isobars on the charts, so it will be windy. 0ur air source coming in from the azores, which is why it is so mild. through tonight, the rain clears away from northern scotland. many places will be dry. some rain moving into east anglia and the south—east. blustery showers will start to move into northern ireland and south—east england. holding on to the mild theme overnight. the clocks go back one hourin overnight. the clocks go back one hour in the early hours of sunday. sunday will start mild. sunshine around. plenty of showers in the north and west of the country, some of them pushing their way eastwards. not quite as warm as today. all. hello, good afternoon. the household energy supplier 0ctopus is to buy its competitor bulb — the largest energy company to collapse amid soaring wholesale gas and electricity prices last year. the government has spent billions of pounds keeping bulb afloat since then. now, 0ctopus has agreed a dea