indeed, the south african president cyril ramaphosa | african president cyril ramaphosa has said thatis government is in support of an expansion of the brics bloc and some of the countries include saudi arabia, argentina, egypt and even africa's biggest economy nigeria have all applied officially to be part of brics but it remains unclear if a decision will be made at this current sitting in terms of allowing other countries to be part of it because it is not all the brics nations that are welcoming this expansion, particularly brazil has said that it does not really want to see an expansion of the bloc but of course negotiations are still going to continue on that. find course negotiations are still going to continue on that.— course negotiations are still going to continue on that. and what about the view of — to continue on that. and what about the view of russia _ to continue on that. and what about the view of russia and _ to continue on that. and what about the view of russia and the - to continue on that. and what about the view of russia and the war - to continue on that. and w

coming up, south africa has cyril ramaphosa backs an expansion of the brics group.e are live from johannesburg with the details for you, next. this is bloomberg. ♪ >> brics or brazil, russia, india, china, and south africa. it has gone from an acronym to a powerful club that dozens of countries across the political spectrum want to join. it was coined by jim o'neill in 2001. initially, bric, the "s" joined in 2010. nearly a quarter of global gdp and 1/5 the world trade. these nations saw their collective voices as a way to exert greater influence in a u.s. dominated world but much like other multilateral forums, such as the g7, producing an agreement at its annual gathering has become one of the biggest challenges. now, more than 40 countries have expressed interest in joining the club, many of which are african. >> the brics partners are significant investors in africa. >> among the items on this year's agenda will be how to boost the influence of the so-called global south in multilateral institutions such as the united nations. brics still only has 15% of voting

the south african president, cyril ramaphosa, has expressed his deep sadness at what he called a greatrespondent shingai nyoka reports, and a warning that you may find her report distressing. the worst imaginable noise to wake up to — people screaming, "fire, fire, fire," in a building housing hundreds of people. residents trapped inside by a locked gate, unable to escape. their bodies now piled up. at least 12 children among the dead. i was watching out the window, all the buidling was fire, so i decided myself tojump first. ijumped down, my wife throw for me a baby, i catch him. i tell him to tie a bed sheet, she came down it, i catch. relief and shock etched on the faces of those who managed to escape, their home now completely gutted on the inside. but now that the flames have been extinguished, the realisation that not everyone is coming out has set in. woman wails. translation: i couldn't get into the second floor- because the fire was so bad. someone found my five—year—old and rescued him. but i lost my two—year—old. i don't know what to do, i don't know where to go. the flames

cyril ramaphosa, as the search and rescue becomes a search and recovery operation. search and rescue becomes a search and recovery operation. he said such a tragedy must never happen again. shingai nyoka, bbc news, johannesburg. for more on this i'm joined by eyewitness news reporter, orrin singh. iam reading i am reading some of the testimonies from the families, one mother says, i don't know which hospital my child is in and i don't know what mortuary my other child is in.— my other child is in. yes, very concerning — my other child is in. yes, very concerning news _ my other child is in. yes, very concerning news coming - my other child is in. yes, very concerning news coming out l my other child is in. yes, very| concerning news coming out of johannesburg. a tragedy words. we saw the president during his visit this evening expressing the same sentiments —— beyond words. we must recall or consider that this is not something new forjohannesburg, much like other cities within south africa, on the coastal town durban of the major city in the province has similar iss

president cyril ramaphosa is heading to the scene to be briefed by the emergency services. a few hours ago he sent a condolence message to the families of the victims. my deep condolences to the families of those who have passed away and those who are injured. and our hearts go out to every person who is affected by this disaster. and i do hope the investigations into the fire will enable communities and authorities to prevent a repeat of such a tragedy. the abandoned building is in a business district in johannesburg. it was filled with homeless people who had moved in looking for shelter during these current cold winter months. many of those who lived there would be undocumented migrants from other african countries. so it wouldn't be considered formal accommodation. there was no lease, and quite clearly the building was not being properly looked after. live now to shingai nyoka who is at the scene. lets talk about the tragedy itself. do we know how the fire started and why it spread so fast? the investigations _ why it spread so fast? the investigations have - why it spr

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authorities are describing this fire as an unprecedented tragedy and earlier this evening president cyril ramaphosathe inner city ofjohannesburg to try to console some of the survivors in what has been an unimaginable day for so many families. and just a warning that some of their stories are disturbing. screaming. the sound of screaming piercing the night in the heart of africa's richest city. "fire! fire!" they shout from a burning building home to hundreds of people. officials say many residents were trapped inside by a gate, blocked by the bodies of those who had already died. i was watching out of the window, all of the building was on fire so i decided myself tojump first. ijumped down, my wife throw for me the baby, i catch him. i tell her to tie a bed sheet. she tied a bed sheet and came down it. i catch him. relief and shock etched on the faces of those who managed to escape, but the rows of body bags are a grim reminder of those who didn't. many who lived inside this building were migrants from across the continent. the residents here were living in overcrowded conditions without consiste

dictator's passage to the brics summit would mean automatic detention the president of south africa, cyril ramaphosa panic. what to do with it, the couples consulted even at a debate in the parliament, in the end, after a frank request not to go, the frightened putin stayed at home and everyone breathed a sigh of relief to accept him not to accept to arrest him not to arrest well, who needs these headaches, you understand yourself the fact that putin didn't come, he didn't come because he can be arrested and sent to prison, you understand, in general, it does not inspire respect for the leader of a great power when his arrival at the summit is connected with such with problems with such problems, the problem turned out to be even putin's remote participation in the brics summit, not only that the world ridiculed how it looked like five leaders and there is a computer there or a monitor screen and there putin means the fifth on the monitor with them next to the flags with steps this reflects this the role of the place of russia, where did putin lead, and with his many lines , the speech of the russia

they did not call this war russian, but they will look for ways to do so, said president park cyril ramaphosa at the plenary session of the 15th summit of the brics countries, they continue to support various efforts aimed at ending this , as he called the conflict, through dialogue , mediation and negotiations on announced by mr. president of the republic of south africa, according to him, diplomacy, negotiation process and adherence to the principles of the un charter are essential conditions for achieving a peaceful and fair settlement of international conflicts. he speaks the right words, it is necessary to adhere to the un charter, and a person from moscow who simply violated these un charters and participates in the brics this is precisely the brics that says that they will make maximum efforts to help bring peace to ukraine, well, some such double standards, to put it mildly. well , everyone suffers from ukraine and from the war in ukraine and that is why it needs to be completed as soon as possible, already on twitter, and not specifically at the bricks summit, wrote the president of

early in the morning and travelled to pretoria for talks with his south african counterpart, cyril ramaphosa to johannesburg for the summit, in what will be his fifth trip to south africa since he became president in 2013. the russian president, vladimir putin, will be attending by video link, due to a threat of arrest for alleged war crimes. mr putin has sent his foreign minister — sergei lavrov — who was welcomed by a troupe of traditional dancers at the airport. the terms bric was first used by a british economist in new york who grouped together brazil, russia, india and china. they were seen as four economies with a high potentialfor growth — all with large populations. the four nations had completely different political systems — but the term stuck and the bric countries held their first official meeting in 2009 — in russia. a year later — south africa joined and the bloc became known as brics. it's thought it could emerge as a diplomatic rival to the g7 group of nations — which is dominated by western democracies. our correspondent is in johannesburg, and i asked what the leaders have

south african president cyril ramaphosa, said it was a tragedy.ur correspondent in johannesburg, pumza fihlani, sent this report. piercing screams as a fire rages through a building in the heart ofjohannesburg. home to hundreds, residents have described the horror of people clamouring to get to the nearest exit as smoke filled the building's narrow corridors. many were not that lucky. the actual fire escape was closed, so there was a lot of people, you know, a lot of people with smoke, people were suffocated, a lot of people died because of the smoke, because there was a lot of pressure, some of the gates were closed. as bodies are pulled out of the gutted building onto the street, grief sets in for some of the survivors. the reality of their loss sinking in. many of those who have died are said to be burnt beyond recognition. hours later, and the flames are finally out. this has now become a recovery operation, emergency workers have said. officials have told the bbc that it is unlikely that any more survivors will be found. they still do not kno

this morning ahead of the meeting and travelled directly to pretoria for talks with president cyril ramaphosassian foreign minister sergei lavrov is also attending, in the absence of vladimir putin, who is subject to an international arrest warrant. the group already represents more than 40% of the world's population and a quarter of global gdp. but on the table is a framework and criteria for admitting new countries. 0ver a0 have expressed interest in joining. half of them have already asked to be formally admitted. so what does it all mean, and how closely aligned are they? joining me live now from cambridge in the us, graham allan, professor of government at the harvard kennedy school. he is in cambridge in the united states. welcome to the programme. the headline today is that these five countries want to expand the grouping, but how closely aligned are they? grouping, but how closely aligned are the ? ,., ., grouping, but how closely aligned are the ? , ., ., ., are they? good question, and a good toic. i are they? good question, and a good topic- i would — are they? good question, and a

president putin thanked south african president cyril ramaphosa for handling the summit.ference of the three—day summit held in johannesburg. he did not comment on last night's plane crash. it is an expansion to the group that has been the main topic that was discussed by the two countries who are gathered here injohannesburg from tuesday. they believe the expansion of the group will ensure that there is much more international trade that takes place and also to lessen the influence of america and international trade and the use of the us dollar. in fact, the use of the us dollar. in fact, the president of brazil, lula da silva, said the interest of other countries to join silva, said the interest of other countries tojoin brics silva, said the interest of other countries to join brics showed how relevant his its pursuit for a new economic world order was becoming. i cannot help but notice the varying levels of democracy among some of the members of the group. talk us through that. the members of the group. talk us through that-— through that. firstly, ithink it is imorta

earlier we saw him meeting with south african president cyril ramaphosa, talking about the importance of that relationship. a lot of people saying this is potentially a missed opportunity for him to tout his economy and helped the strength that they believe -- and tout strength to believe the economy has at this point. we did instead hear from the commerce minister during a business meeting. lizzy: thanks to jennifer zabasajja. closer to home we will get the euro area deposit pmi survey later today and that should give us more insight into the impact of monetary tightening in the area. maria, let me bring you in. what do economists expect on this data? maria: we went from china and ended up here. when you look at the pmi it is a good way to get a sense of where things are. there are two themes. do we get the continuation of a real weakness that we saw play out in july with the numbers that we get today for august? there is a perennial theme about manufacturing and services. we know that european manufacturing is in a downturn in recession. the numbers are not good but what about servi

i want to stick with the geopolitical theme because the south african president cyril ramaphosa is hosting chinese president xi jinping in pretoria ahead of the brics summit which kicks off today. it is a rare trip abroad for xi jinping. jennifer zabasajja has been well across the story. what is on the agenda for the meeting? jennifer: this is an of cans because as you mention, the brics summit is happening this week but this is the only state visit we will see this week. this is important for the two countries. they enjoy very vibrant economic relationship and they have done so for the past 25 years. on the agenda from what we have learned is figuring out how to really strengthen and develop that partnership and collaboration that we have seen. china is a important investor into this economy in south africa and vice versa. south africa is important to china. it has been china's biggest trading partner on the african continent for 13 years in a row. there's a lot of opportunity to deepen the relationship and we have seen were business leaders coming together with chinese leaders over the p

south african president cyril ramaphosa told the delegates brics already accounted for a quarter of thebal economy, a fifth of global economy, a fifth of global trade . he said africa was global trade. he said africa was a source of the minerals of the world's technological future. rich in lithium, europe , rich in lithium, europe, vanadium, cobalt, platinum, palladium, nickel, copper, rhodium, its not just an economic and military terms that the west nato looks increasingly exhausted across which is spreading the shadow of an unwritten tomorrow . those craven unwritten tomorrow. those craven coat holders of the media, the newspapers, the rest of the mainstream dinosaurs, even the erstwhile totalitarian control wielded by the new social media thans wielded by the new social media titans looks outmanoeuvred play at their own game. us journalist tucker carlson hosted donald trump in front of an online audience numbering in the tens of millions at least, if not the hundreds of millions . as hundreds of millions. as podcaster joe hundreds of millions. as podcasterjoe rogan routinely command

south african president cyril ramaphosa told the delegates brics already accounted for a quarter of thebal economy, a fifth of global economy, a fifth of global trade . he said africa was global trade. he said africa was a source of the minerals of the world's technological future. rich in lithium, europe , rich in lithium, europe, vanadium, cobalt, platinum, palladium, nickel, copper, rhodium, its not just an economic and military terms that the west nato looks increasingly exhausted across which is spreading the shadow of an unwritten tomorrow . those craven unwritten tomorrow. those craven coat holders of the media, the newspapers, the rest of the mainstream dinosaurs, even the erstwhile totalitarian control wielded by the new social media thans wielded by the new social media titans looks outmanoeuvred play at their own game. us journalist tucker carlson hosted donald trump in front of an online audience numbering in the tens of millions at least, if not the hundreds of millions . as hundreds of millions. as podcaster joe hundreds of millions. as podcasterjoe rogan routinely command

south african president cyril ramaphosa has said that for his country, at the very least, uniting witheed to develop strategic partnerships with other countries. they are in submission. someone else. well, an interesting statement by the head of our ministry of finance, anton siluanov. he said that the brix countries are considering creating a certain alternative to the dollar, and this will be some kind of single unit of account. here here it is important to seize on the words of the silanians , he was not talking about any specific new currency brix, but about a certain single unit of account. let's listen to him. now the main emphasis in the development of trade relations is on the settlement of national currencies, we really see the possibility of discussing the creation of unified settlement systems. well, it can be a unit of account. uh, for the countries of northern greece, the fact that the single currency, as in the european union, is a unit of account, as an alternative, to the dollar according to the brik summit with andrey ivanovich, probably that's all for now. if somethin

cyril ramaphosa says he hopes an investor foundation will help prevent a repeat of the incident, whichy in the early hours of this morning, hours after the blaze broke out, authorities and charged the building were still struggling to determine who may have lived there . dup leader sir have lived there. dup leader sir jeffrey donaldson has said it's time for change at the head of the police service of northern ireland. he says it's time for simon byrne to go . and the key simon byrne to go. and the key issue for the policing board now issue for the policing board now is determine who's best is to determine who's best placed to win back public confidence. a recent court ruling deemed the chief constable's disciplinary actions against two junior officers on lawful. the decision was reportedly driven by concerns sinn fein might withdraw support for policing , sparking for policing, sparking accusations of appeasement from unionists. sinn fein denies any suggestion of attempting to influence the matter . and a pret influence the matter. and a pret a manger has a pret a manger has been fine

cyril ramaphosa says he hopes an investigation will help prevent a repeat of the incident , which haslled at least 70 people and left 40 others injured . the multi—storey injured. the multi—storey building caught fire in the south african city in the early hours of this morning, hours after the blaze broke out. authorities in charge of the building was still struggling to determine who may have lived there . and dup leader sir there. and dup leader sir jeffrey donaldson has said it's time for change. change at the head of the police service of northern ireland. he says it's time for simon byrne to go . and time for simon byrne to go. and the key issue for the policing board now is to determine who's best place to win back public confidence. a recent court ruling deemed the chief constable's disciplinary actions against two junior officers as unlawful. the decision was reportedly driven by concerns sinn fein might withdraw support for policing, sparking accusations of appeasement from unionists. sinn fein denies any suggestion of attempting to influence the matter . this is gb influenc