christian: president cyril ramaphosa has been on the scene tonight to be briefed by emergency servicesw hours ago, he extended these condolences to 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. i do hope that the investigations into the fire will enable communities and authorities to prevent a repeat of such a tragedy. christian: the abandoned building is in the former business district in johannesburg, filledith homeless people who had moved looking for shelter during the cold winter months. many living there would be african countries, so it woulder not be considered formal accommodation. there is no lease on the building, as far as we know, and it was not being properly looked after. let's follow our correspondent, who is following the story for us. do we know how the fire started and how it spread so fast? >> no. investigations have begun and they are continuing to establish what has caused this fire. what we do know, and we heard from w

we heard from the south african president, cyril ramaphosa, is that it president, cyril ramaphosa, istitis president, cyril ramaphosa, is that it is a great indictment of this international community that we can spend so much money on war but we cannot support action that needs to be taken to meet the basic needs of billions of people in the world. that gives you a taste of some the messaging we had. we saw a lot of attention paid to ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky, to ukrainian president volodymyrzelensky, he to ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky, he was here speaking of the general debate as well, liposomes of the war in ukraine began. he delivered a fiery message, he gives rise of weaponising food and energy, wreaking havoc on the entire global order, as it were. he also said that issues like climate change cannot be effectively tackled until russia itself is pushed back. let's listen to a clip of what he said. ., ., ~' ., let's listen to a clip of what he said. ., ., ~ ., , he said. look, for the first time in — he said. look, for the first time in modern _ he said. loo

president cyril ramaphosa is to deliver a eulogy.children, they dreamt of becoming professional ballet dancers... what it felt like was just being bullied on a daily basis. ..training at two of the most prestigious ballet schools in the uk. the ballet world is a brutal place but telling people that you're too fat, i don't think that's preparing you for anything. now speaking out about what, for years, has been left unsaid... it is a culture of silence, a culture of not breaking ranks. there is something cultish about it, i cannot avoid that word. ..a world where eating disorders are common... i hadn'tjoined the school looking like that. it had been a change that had happened quite quickly. ijust kind of stood there whilst my peers gave me a round of applause for losing weight. ..producing wonderful dancers but also leaving a legacy of emotional problems. the school were not equipped to deal with mental health problems at the extent mine was at. nobody should be spoken to in a way that makes them walk away feeling worthless.

south africa's president cyril ramaphosa has described a fire disaster injohannesburg as a wake—up call people killed in a fire that destroyed a five—storey building. dozens were injured. the structure had previously been declared unsafe, but was taken over by illegal property gangs who rented it out mostly to migrants from other parts of africa. shingai nyoka reports. screams the sound of screaming piercing the night in the heart of africa's richest city. "fire! fire!" hey shout from a burning building home to hundreds of people.

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president cyril ramaphosa is to deliver a eulogy. now on bbc news, time for the travel show. is lucy edwards, and this is my first time injapan. yay! ooh, it's a latte! i'm experiencing it through sound, taste, smell and touch. all the colours taste different! different, yes! i'm a content maker, activist and broadcaster. hi, guys. this is my first blind vlog. ten years ago, i lost my eyesight and since then, i've been on a mission to prove that having a disability doesn't have to hold me back. that having a disability i've come a long way learning to live with sight loss... hello, sweetheart. good girl. ..but i've never been this far away from home. it's just hit me like a ton of bricks that it's actually really hard being in a new place when you can't see it. in this first episode... the ferry�*s about to depart! ..i'm travelling from the mainland to one of the remotest parts of japan. oh, what are these for? but will i be able to make sense of a country so famous for its visual beauty? this is japan — the way i see it. i'm injapan�*s capital city, tokyo. it's my first time

we saw south african president cyril ramaphosa speak before the assembly at say that at least the returnchildren, that some progress had been made. something that the africans themselves addressed when they were in moscow. so we're seeing many diplomacy levels come together. but also speaking with many voices which makes it a challenge to get everybody behind ukraine in one way or another. nicole: all that said, the war is not at the top of everybody's agenda. how are other countries competing for attention with ukraine? reporter: i have put this to many leaders here and also advanced nations who are suffering from acute climate change. they say that they totally get it, but they also feel that they are given the space to map out what really concerns them. there are more funding pledges, but as attorney general guterres has said, it isn't enough. action is needed fast. i spoke to the prime minister of fiji here yesterday on the sidelines. he said the recognition is there, but speeds of the essence and that is where ukraine could be perceived to steal the limelight to some degree, particu

the zulu prince was honored with a state funeral, and president cyril ramaphosa delivered the eulogy.owledgement of mr. buthelezi is anglican beliefs. bbc news, south africa. stay with us here on bbc news. hello. quite a temperature contrast across the uk through the evening hours. the south of the country is still under the influence of air coming off the continent. so its warm, quite humid too. in the north, particularly across scotland, it is going to be a chilly evening, even a touch of frost on the way overnight. so here are the 9:00 temperatures. we will have seen around 11 in aberdeen, 21 in london. and then through the course of the night, the clear skies and the light winds in scotland will lead to a touch of frost in the sheltered glens. elsewhere to the south, much milder than that, in fact, quite balmy in the south. and also chance of some showers. here are the morning temperatures, 6 a.m., 15 in london, 14 in liverpool, 12 in newcastle and aberdeen. a really fresh start, three degrees, but there'll be some sunshine around. by 9:00am it'll probably be about five. notice al

the zulu prince was honoured with a state funeral and president cyril ramaphosa delivered the eulogy.ledgement of mangosuthu buthelezi's anglican beliefs. nomsa maseko, ulundi, south africa. finally some pictures from space. soyuz ms—zii spacecraft left kazakhstan bound for the international space station. just three hours later, two russian cosmonauts and an american astronaut successfully docked with the iss. stay with us here on bbc news. warm and humid conditions in the south—east of england, pressure in scotland and northern ireland. a weather front slicing the uk more or less in half, to the north that cooler air mass. here is the weather front, the cloudy conditions, and showers in place across wales and south—west. the weather front still with us through the course of the night. a touch of frost on the way in eastern parts of scotland stop to the south of the weather front, it remains warm and humid. for sandy, a storm chance across some south—western and western parts of the uk. -- south—western and western parts of the uk. —— for sunday. for some of us, these thunderstorms r

meanwhile the south african president, cyril ramaphosa, says an independent inquiry has found no evidenceons were loaded onto a russian ship in cape town bound for russia. the us ambassador to south africa had claimed the russian cargo ship lady r had picked up ammunition and arms in cape town last december, and accused the country of supplying weapons to russia despite its claims of neutrality in the war in ukraine. president ramaphosa said the inquiry panel had no evidence to support the claim. when all matters are considered, none of the allegations made about the supply of weapons to russia have been proven to be true. and none of the persons who made these allegations could provide any evidence to support the claims that had been levelled against our country. let's take a look at some of the stories in the headlines in the uk. maximum red weather alert have beenin maximum red weather alert have been in place in spain. residents in madrid have been asked to stay at home due to exceptional and abnormal rainfalls. australia is that it will send additional police to the solomon islands t

south africa's president cyril ramaphosa has described a fire disaster injohannesburg as a wake—up calltressing problems of inner city housing that must be addressed. 12 children are among 7a people killed in a fire that destroyed a five—storey building. dozens were injured. the structure had previously been declared unsafe, but was taken over by illegal property gangs who rented it out — mostly to migrants from other parts of africa. the bbc�*s shingai nyoka reports. screams. 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 to jump 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 re

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south africa's president cyril ramaphosa and the former zimbabwean first lady, grace mugabe were in attendancenth's election fell short of democratic standards and the country's own constitution. 0pposition leader nelson chamisa instead called for new elections. the bbc�*s shingai nyoka sent this update. emmerson mnangagwa took his oath of office before thousands of supporters in the national sports stadium today. this election was seen by many as a referendum on his six years in office. in 2017 he took over power in dramatic fashion from his predecessor, robert mugabe, with the help of the military, pledging to put in democratic reforms. but there has been criticism. the opposition party has said that his 53% election when was a gigantic fraud. they boycotted the inauguration and have called for fresh elections. —— election win. president emerson mnangagwa, after being sworn in as president, pledged to again entrance democratic reforms, as well as lift millions of people in zimbabwe out of poverty. but it isn't clear how he will do that now. many members of the international community had bee

meanwhile, the south african president cyril ramaphosa says an independent inquiry has found no evidence loaded onto a russian ship in cape town bound for russia. the us ambassador to south africa had claimed the russian cargo ship lady r had picked up ammunition and arms in cape town last december and accused the country of supplying weapons to russia despite its claims of neutrality in the war in ukraine. president ramaphosa said the inquiry panel had no evidence to support the claim. when all matters are considered, none of the allegations made about the supply of weapons to russia have been proven to be true, and none of the persons who made these allegations could provide any evidence to support the claims that had been levelled against our country. in the uk, the chancellorjeremy hunt says the government will "spend what it takes" to secure school buildings that are affected by crumbling concrete. labour has criticised what it called a "bare bones" response to a crisis. more than 100 schools have been forced to close buildings, and others could follow, because they contain a type o

south africa's president cyril ramaphosa has described a fire disaster injohannesburg as a wake—up call among 7a people killed in a fire that destroyed a five—storey building. dozens were injured. the structure had previously been declared unsafe, but was taken over by illegal property gangs who rented it out — mostly to migrants from other parts of africa. the bbc�*s shingai nyoka reports. screams. 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.

south africa's president cyril ramaphosa has called for urgent action to tackle the problems of housinginjohannesburg. the cause of the blaze has not yet been established. it's been claimed that many of the residents were migrants, who were renting rooms from criminal gangs who had taken over the former industrial building. 0ur correspondent shingai nyoka sent us this update from johannesburg. a day after the fire broke out emergency services are still at the scene conducting one final sweep in search of remains. and the families are also still here in search of answers. and some of that trauma is visible on their faces. some of them bear the physical scars of the events of yesterday broken bones, head injuries. over 70 people are now confirmed to have died, and the grim task of identifying them is underway. but many of the relatives here say that their relatives are still missing and they don't know whether they made it out alive. the south african government has pledged to assist the survivors, but it's a very difficult situation for many of them because they are undocumented migrants

non—western leaders, including brazilian president luiz inacio lula da silva and south africa's cyril ramaphosaiden is set to meet with israeli president benjamin netanyahu on wednesday, though it's not the meeting setting netanyahu had hoped for. but not everyone is showing up. several world leaders, including british pm rishi sunak and france's emmanuel macron are staying home. joe biden is the only leader of the us... to attend. the un general assembly can be a chance to bring forgotten issues to the forefront. with syria's crisis is now in its 13th year, i asked geir o pederson, the united nation's special envoy for syria, what he wants to shine a light on. great have you on bbc news. you were recently in damascus. you are in touch with civil society members there. the conflict in syria is in its 13th year. what did you find there? what is a situation i? situation inside syria, wherever you live, whether you live in government—controlled areas or in the three other areas that are not controlled by the government, it is extremely difficult. but it is also difficult. but it is also difficult

we heard the president yesterday, president cyril ramaphosa, referring to that, that this is a wake uprant sentiment that has been expressed within our country and it's not something new. we look back at 2014 when there was a number of xenophobic attacks within the cbds of the coastal city of durban — that sticks out to my mind. but i think the social development minister, lindiwe zulu, came out this this afternoon to say that, you know, at the end of the day, they're not concentrating on the aspect of illegal migrants within the country, or undocumented nationals at this present moment in time, the government is focusing on assessing the the families and concentrating on the well—being of families. now, you know, it's difficult to ascertain as to where these families are being being sheltered. when i spoke to a victim or survivor who managed to actuallyjump from the fourth floor of that building, and he fractured his leg quite badly, he told me he had to seek out his own shelter and own refuge last night. so it seems like a lot of these people were left in the room and didn't know wha

south african president cyril ramaphosa arrived in new delhi for g20 summit, in addition to his participationther details of those arrivals, we will bring those to you right here. it is rishi sunak you has arrived. he has often been dubbed the son—in—law of india. he has spoken about the visit being very special as a man of indian heritage himself. he isjoined also by his wife he was born and raised in india and is the daughter of one of india's richest men. number ten says the historic visit will be a powerful reminder of the living bridge between the two countries. 0ur correspondent samira hussain is in delhi for us. we've been speaking to her about vladimir putin and xijinping's decision to not attend the summit. we can't bring you that clip, unfortunately. live now to our india business correspondent nikhil inamdar in delhi. we were touching their on one of the first arrival, rishi sunak arriving there, keen to talk about trade. there are so many issues on the agenda at this international global gathering? agenda at this international global anatherin? ~ , agenda at this international glo

south africa's president cyril ramaphosa has called for urgent action to tackle the problems of housingthe cause of the blaze has not yet been established. it's been claimed that many of the residents were migrants, who were renting rooms from criminal gangs who had taken over the former industrial building. our africa correspondent catherine byaruhanga has more. this is turning out to be one of their worst residential fires in south african history and that is why the president had to go there literally on the same day to commiserate with the families of the victims who died in this fire. he has called for an investigation into what happened and that is because this building was owned by the city authorities, so there are questions as to how it was allowed to be so how do meat run down and turned into this informal settlement. as you mentioned, these were people who are desperate for any kind of shelter, so you had migrants and refugees from different parts of africa who had come to south africa hoping for a betterfuture. but he had come to south africa hoping for a better future. but

non—western leaders, including brazilian president luiz inacio lula da silva and south africa's cyril ramaphosae speeches pushing for the rebalancing of the global system, advocating for what's often referred to as the global south. and president biden is set to meet with israeli president benjamin netanyahu, wednesday, to improve the strained relationship between the two leaders, though it's not the meeting setting netanyahu had hoped for. earlier, my colleague catriona perry spoke with the president of the un general assembly, dennis francis, to preview more of what's ahead this week here. thank you very much forjoining us on bbc news, president. this is honestly a very busy week at the general assembly but also special summit on the sdgs, globalfinance, high—level global finance, high—level health meetings, globalfinance, high—level health meetings, but leaders of some of the most powerful countries have chosen not to attend. france, the uk, india, china, russia. do you consider that a snob?— that a snob? no, i don't. i don't at— that a snob? no, i don't. i don't at all. _ that a snob? no, i

last year. president cyril ramaphosa last year .ar. this is gb news on tv, on digital radio and just say play gb news into your smart speaker too. now it's back to andrew and . emily >> well, it's going to be a big speech from the home secretary, suella braverman this afternoon. she's in washington, dc. she's calling the un. refugee calling on the un. refugee convention, signed back in 1951 to be ripped up and rewritten for modern times. yes, the refugee council charity says the uk should be instead addressing the real issues in the asylum system, such as the record backlog and providing safe routes for those in need of protection rather than tearing up agreements as well. the former australian foreign minister, alexander downer , minister, alexander downer, joins us now. no stranger to this program, alexander , this program, alexander, welcome. very good to talk to you again. what do you make of the home secretary's speech? she's going to be a lonely voice, i imagine, calling for voice, i imagine, in calling for this convention to

the south african president cyril ramaphosa has described a fire injohannesburg, which killed 7a peoplenner—city housing issues. it's emerged that the five—storey apartment block was owned by the city authorities but had been taken over by a criminal gang which was renting rooms to migrant workers. energy customers, who lose power after a storm, will now be eligible for up to £2,000 pounds in compensation — that's up from the previous maximum pay—out of £700. the watchdog ofgem announced the increase following a review into the aftermath of storm arwen, when nearly a million homes and businesses lost power. the sale of fluorescent lights for general household use is banned from today. it follows a similar ban on halogen bulbs two years ago, as the government aims to promote the use of energy efficient leds. nearly 300 staff at the retail chain wilko will lose theirjobs next week in the first round of redundancies after the business went into administration. the firm employs more than 12,000 people, but many of those jobs may be saved if a rescue bid by the owner of hmv goes ahead. harry

south african president cyril ramaphosa, stay last year . that ramaphosa, stay last year.t from me for the moment. but you can get more on your smart speaker. just say gb news on your digital radio and on your television. of course, now it's back to markham . and it is it's back to markham. and it is definitely ellie. >> thank you very much, aaron. coming up, more on that breaking news, a gb news exclusive, indeed. our political editor chris hope has been speaking to andy burnham, the mayor of greater manchester. he has just told him he is considering taking legal action against the government if it fails to carry on with that northern link on the hs2 line. of course, you will know that chris philp, the home office minister, spoke to reporters this morning saying that there would be no decision made on whether to axe or delay the northern leg. but the government was reviewing how the cost it could be controlled. yes >> so new line there from andy burnham that he could take the government court if they government to court if they backed down on hs2. perhaps no surprise foll