gail maclellan reports.eens, world wars. jonathan lives on saint helena. and at approximately 190, hejust missed meeting napoleon by a few years. he was here when there were boer prisoners of war here and he actually five when queen victoria ascended to the throne, so... chuckles. he's believed to be the oldest living land mammal and the oldest tortoise ever. he's a seychelles giant tortoise and is enjoying a comfortable retirement in the official residence of the governor of the island. his birthday�*s being marked with parties and the issue of a special stamp. he might be slowing down a little — though, how can you tell? — and a lot of the food he eats seems somehow to miss his mouth. i think his favourite is probably banana and gouyave — that's guava, but we call them gouyave here — so, but he tends to makes a big mess when he eats those, but he really likes them. chuckles. and, like most 190—year—olds, he has a girlfriend. her name is emma, and she's and she's young enough to be his great—great—great—gre

gail maclellan reports.s. jonathan lives on saint helena. and at approximately 190, hejust missed meeting napoleon by a few years. he was here when there were boer prisoners of war here and he actually five when queen victoria ascended to the throne, so... chuckles. he's believed to be the oldest living land mammal and the oldest tortoise ever. he's a seychelles giant tortoise and is enjoying a comfortable retirement in the official residence of the governor of the island. his birthday�*s being marked with parties and the issue of a special stamp. he might be slowing down a little — though, how can you tell? — and a lot of the food he eats seems somehow to miss his mouth. i think his favourite is probably banana and gouyave — that's guava, but we call them gouyave here — so, but he tends to makes a big mess when he eats those, but he really likes them. chuckles. and, like most 190—year—olds, he has a girlfriend. her name is emma, and she's and she's young enough to be his great—great—great—great— granddaught

gail maclellan, bbc news.tching bbc news. hello there. last week, the weather story was dominated with low cloud, mist and fog. this week, however, there's quite a significant gear change to something a little bit more wintry. certainly turning colder. yes, there's going to be a chance of snow — more on that in just a moment. widespread frost as well for all of us. so, last week, we were under the influence of this area of high pressure but over the next few days, we can track the isobars back to the north, the wind direction changing and that will introduce this colder air. not quite there during monday — more of a north—easterly flow. monday will be a lot of low grey cloud, a cold day, some showers spilling off the east coast and filtering a little bit further west. not that much sunshine around. favoured spots — western scotland and northern ireland, with highs of five to eight celsius. so, the wind direction starting to drag down that colder arctic air as we move through tuesday, particularly tuesday night

gail maclellan reports.y at cyril ramaphosa's farm, phala phala in limpopo, in 2020 that set this in motion. after an estimated $4 million in cash hidden under sofa cushions was stolen by robbers who fled into namibia, a former security chief accused the president of trying to hide the theft, and also prompted allegations of money laundering. the president denied any wrongdoing but, following an outcry, an independent panel was set up to investigate. their report suggests that the president should face further scrutiny. underlining the seriousness of the situation, one of the panel — former chiefjustice sandile ngcobo — said any moves to impeach the president must be based on firm evidence. dragging the president before an impeachment process is a huge decision. it cannot be done on flimsy grounds. there has to be something tangible that you can hold onto before you take that decision. the speaker of the national assembly set out the next steps. the house will consider the report, its findings and recommenda

gail maclellan reports.y at cyril ramaphosa's farm, phala phala in limpopo, in 2020 that set this in motion. after an estimated $4 million in cash hidden under sofa cushions was stolen by robbers who fled into namibia, a former security chief accused the president of trying to hide the theft, and also prompted allegations of money laundering. the president denied any wrongdoing but, following an outcry, an independent panel was set up to investigate. their report suggests that the president should face further scrutiny. underlining the seriousness of the situation, one of the panel — former chiefjustice sandile ngcobo — said any moves to impeach the president must be based on firm evidence. dragging the president before an impeachment process is a huge decision. it cannot be done on flimsy grounds. there has to be something tangible that you can hold onto before you take that decision. the speaker of the national assembly set out the next steps. the house will consider the report, its findings and recommenda

gail maclellan reports. the blows just keep coming for the women of afghanistan.ter cannons, days after the taliban blocked them from a university education. now they are also barred from working for ngos. following claims that some staffers failed to wear the hijab correctly. it is the latest assault on women's rights in afghanistan. since the taliban returned to power last year, and it could have a devastating impact on the incomes of afghan families, as well as the life—saving work of aid agencies. women who are working right now in the ngos are the only breadwinners for their families, the only people who are working and bringing income to their families, in the context that there are no job opportunities and there is an economic crisis going on on. and there is an economic crisis going on. dozens of non—governmental organisations working in afghanistan could be affected by the latest ban. the international rescue committee says it is the international rescue committee says its 3,000 female staffers are critical for the delivery of humanitarian assistance and

gail maclellan, bbc news.s and one or two for the eastern areas and one or two for the east of northern ireland on one or two along the southern coast and temperature is already a bit below where they should be for the time of year. overnight the wind direction changes slightly to a northerly and it was as the showers from the south coast and clears the sky is a little more, so the frost will be more widespread as we go into tuesday morning with temperatures widely below freezing in rural parts but more so as we get to wednesday morning with a really harsh frost on thursday and friday mornings, so there will be ice on the cars first thing in the morning and maybe slip the patches where we had the showers and the showers are going to be with us on tuesday and for most of us despite the cold start it will be bright with sunshine and there will be a scattering of showers running out of the irish sea and progressively they will turn to snow on the northern isles later in the days so it will be a cold day tomorrow