malawi's former president joyce banda has returned home after four years in self-imposed exile she left malawi after failing to win reelection in twenty fourteen and in. amidst of the country's biggest corruption scandal as mariana holmes now reports bunder says she's not afraid of being arrested the she has done nothing wrong. at jubilant crowd and preparing to welcome home the woman many call a mother and dad who will yet and who are being asked i'm as happy as a woman who just delivered a baby because we missed our mother and this bundle joins with under is back and is as free as any citizen of malawi. many supporters have feared malawi's former president might never return for years after leaving malawi under a corruption cloud joyce banda is back on home soil my daughter surprised but given over to end up and i'm sure it good for that you came bundle was malawi's first female president and the second woman to lead an effort in country but that league a-c. is being overshadowed by the biggest financial scandal in malawi's history widely known as cash gate it came to light during her

malawi's former president joyce banda has returned to the country after four years abroad despite facing the threat of arrest of allegations of corruption she was met by hundreds of supporters when have flight from johannesburg landed in blantyre banda fled malawi in two thousand and fourteen after losing power amid the scandal known as cash gate and tens of millions of dollars mr golden from this day she thanks to those who turned out to greet her. i'm told are you surprised but you know putin and i'm sure it did too that you came. obama was malawi's first female president and the second woman to lead an african country the cash gate scandal in two thousand and thirteen so thirteen million dollars stolen from state coffers in the space of just six months the scandal her malawi's international reputation foreign donors pulled one hundred fifty million dollars in aid from the country there is still an active arrest warrant for bandit a fact that led to dispose in a planned return to malawi last year so i'm joined in the studio now by alex vines the head of the africa program at the chatha

also joyce banda is back why the former president of malawi has returned to the country risking arrest. demonized by the president but still seeking sanctuary a caravan of refugees reaches the us mexico border. i'm tatiana sanchez with the day's sport past alone i have won the league fans hit the streets to celebrate i have facts and plenty more coming up. problems of the news are donald trump's new secretary of state issued a strong warning to iran during his middle east tour like pompei you criticized teheran saying it's destabilizing the whole region on players stripping three visits to saudi arabia and israel and comes as trump edges closer to a decision on whether to pull out of the twenty fifteen iran nuclear deal kerry falls it has more from west jerusalem in the middle east might pump a zero double down on the theme that has dominated his first international trip as secretary of state iran's threat to the region and the world and the solidifying u.s. threat to pull out of the iran nuclear deal iran destabilize this entire region that supports proxy militias and terrorist groups

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aware that something is missing stephanie decker al-jazeera gaza now malawi's former president joyce banda has told al-jazeera that she knows nothing about an arrest warrant against her for corruption allegations and the return to the country on saturday after four years abroad and was greeted by hundreds of supporters and left malawi after losing power during a scandal known as cash gate and tens of millions of dollars were stolen from the state police say an arrest warrant issued in july last year remains valid but banda told us she's not planning another presidential run but wouldn't rule it out if that was popular support by law we did anybody being what they are. i don't want to and then it would be so i always wonder. i am not going to start dancing on a one you know there are. not and i am not going to and he does not mean this is out of line for michel only the president but i know i was president. and i am the first president but i want to read the letter for. who and people went there i want to. meet your time even my route where people are going well as. you did or did it is arg

malawi's former president joyce banda says she is not afraid of being arrested after she returned home from four years of self-imposed exile police of confirmed an outstanding warrant for corruption allegations marian one hundred ports. a jubilant crowd and preparing to welcome home the woman many cool a mother and dad who will yet and who are being asked i'm as happy as a woman who just delivered a baby because we missed our mother this bundle joins me on the is back and is as free as any citizen of malawi. many supporters had feared malawi's former president might never return for years after leaving malawi under aggression cloud joyce banda is back on home soil my daughter surprised but many of you tend. to recall that you came bundle was malawi's first female president and the second woman to lead an effort in country but that league a-c. is being overshadowed by the biggest financial scandal in malawi's history widely known as cash gate it came to light during her time in power politicians civil servants and business people all stand accused of pilfering tens of millions of dollar

hundreds of people have welcomed the former president of malawi, joyce banda, on her return home afterexile. it's not clear whether ms banda plans to engage in politics. she fled malawi when she lost power following a massive corruption scandal. scientists working to save the tasmanian devil from extinction have discovered a small but healthy population of the animals in the remote south west area of tasmania. more than eighty per cent of the carnivorous marsupials have been wiped out in the past twenty years by a form of facial cancer. but the fourteen creatures discovered in the australian state are all healthy. thousands of people have returned to the streets of the northern spanish city of pamplona to continue protesting, after a court acquitted five men of raping a teenager at the annual bull—running festival. the men were convicted of sexual abuse instead. it's the third straight day of demonstrations. sophie long reports. tens of thousands of people — one message. it's not sexual abuse, it's rape. this is the third day people have filled the streets of pamplona and other cities

well he's former president joyce banda says she's not afraid of being arrested after she returned home from four years of self-imposed exile police have confirmed an outstanding warrant for corruption allegations that anna holmes reports. a jubilant crowd and preparing to welcome home the woman many call a mother and dad who will yet and who are being asked i'm as happy as a woman who just delivered a baby because we missed our mother this bundle joins with one that is back and is as free as any citizen of malawi. many supporters had feared malawi's former president might never return for years after leaving malawi under aggression cloud joyce banda is back on home soil my daughter surprised but you know if you tend. to ridicule that you came bundle was malawi's first female president and the second woman to lead an effort in country but that league a-c. is being overshadowed by the biggest financial scandal in malawi's history widely known as cash gate it came to light during her time in power politicians civil servants and business people all stand accused of pilfering tens of millio

malawi's former president joyce banda has returned home after four years in self-imposed exile she left malawi after failing to win reelection in twenty fourteen and in the midst of the country's biggest corruption scandal as maria hold reports bunder says she's not afraid of being arrested as she's done nothing wrong . jubilant crowd and preparing to welcome home the woman many call the mother and dad who were younger who are being asked i'm as happy as a woman who just delivered a baby because we missed our mother this bundle under is back and is as free as any citizen of malawi. many supporters had feared malawi's former president might never return for years after leaving malawi under aggression cloud joyce banda is back on home soil my daughter surprised but you know if you teamed up and i'm sure it will that you came bundle was malawi's first female president and the second woman to lead an effort in country but that league a-c. is being overshadowed by the biggest financial scandal in malawi's history widely known as cash gate it came to light during her time in power politicians

now the former president of malawi joyce banda has returned home after spending four years in self-imposed exile she lost her bed for reelection in two thousand and fourteen after revelations that the biggest corruption scandal in the country's history happened while she was in office when she later fled malawi and it accusations of abuse of money and money laundering abuse of office rather and money laundering was malawi first female president of the second woman to lead an african country the cash gate scandal in two thousand and thirteen for thirty eight million dollars stolen from state coffers in the space of just six months scandal hurt a lobbyist international reputation found on his poor one hundred fifty million dollars in aid there was still an active arrest warrant for bond a fact that led her to postpone a planned return to malawi last year well let's get more on this now we're joined by a researcher at al-jazeera center for studies very good to have you with us as always why do you think joyce banda is coming back now i think it's most liked we're most likely to see the d.p.p.

hundreds of people have welcomed the former president of malawi, joyce banda, on her return home afters. she fled malawi when she lost power following a massive corruption scandal. for a third day running, tens of thousands have taken to the streets of pamplona in spain — where there is anger about the sentence handed to five men accused of gang raping a woman during the running of the bulls festival two years ago. protesters say the verdict is too lenient, and sets a dangerous precedent for gang—rape cases — as tiffany wertheimer reports. the chant from these protesters — "alone or drunk, "i want to return home". for the third day in a row, tens of thousands of demonstrators have filled pamplona's streets. mostly women, they are protesting against what they say is a severe injustice against rape victims. translation: all we want is that, when we go out at night, not to feel fear. we feel it constantly, and this is so horrible and unfair. it was during the popular running of the bulls festival in 2016 when five men surrounded an 18—year—old woman. according to a police report, they had

hundreds of people have welcomed the former president of malawi, joyce banda, on her return home aftere. it's not clear whether ms banda plans to engage in politics. she fled malawi when she lost power following a massive corruption scandal. a volcano known as piton de la fournaise or the "peak of the furnace" has begun to erupt on reunion island, for the second time this year. the volcano lies on the eastern side of the island, which is a french territory off madagascar in the indian ocean. the area around the volcano is uninhabited, so the eruptions don't pose much danger to the population of reunion. stay with us here on bbc news. still to come: saving the tasmanian devil. scientists discover a family of marsupials free of a disease threatening their extinction. alfie evans, the terminally ill baby at the centre of a long legal battle here in the uk, has died, nearly a week after his life support was withdrawn. alfie, who would have been two next month, had a degenerative neurological condition. judith moritz reports. they call themselves alfie's army, but today their fight turned t

hundreds of people have welcomed the former president of malawi, joyce banda, on her return home aftersed exile. it's not clear whether ms banda plans to engage in politics. she fled malawi when she lost power following a massive corruption scandal. thousands of people have returned to the streets of the northern spanish city of pamplona to continue protesting, after a court acquitted five men of raping a teenager at the annual bull—running festival. the men were convicted of sexual abuse instead. it's the third straight day of demonstrations. sophie long reports. tens of thousands of people — one message. it's not sexual abuse, it's rape. this is the third day people have filled the streets of pamplona and other cities across spain after a court acquitted five men gang rape. their 18—year—old victim had been at pamplona's bull running festival when they surrounded her and made her have sex with them. they used smartphones to film it and brag about it. calling themselves la manada, or "the pack". but this court acquitted them of rape and found them guilty of the lesser offence of sexua

hundreds of people have welcomed the former president of malawi, joyce banda, on her return home after to engage in politics. she fled malawi when she lost power following a massive corruption scandal, known as cashgate. scientists working to save the tasmanian devil from extinction have discovered a healthy population of the animals in the remote south—west area of tasmania. more than 80% of the carnivorous marsupials have been wiped out in the past 20 years by the deadly devil facial tumour disease. but the 14 creatures found trapped in the australian state are all healthy. around 4000 people have fled renewed fighting in northern myanmar, where the burmese military is reported to be pounding ethnic kachin rebels with airstrikes and artillery. the united nations says thousands more civilians are trapped by the violence. myanmar human rights expert, david baulk, from the group fortify rights, told us this fighting has been going on for decades. be conflict between the myanmar in military and the kachin independence army is one of the longest running in the world, it has been raging fo

and joyce banda is back why the former president has returned to the country risking arrest. however let's settle across southeastern parts of china very different story further north still some very heavy rain up towards will hang up towards shanghai so you know it's twenty eight celsius twenty eight celsius there for hong kong as well the rain becoming a little more wise but as we go on through monday but for the south again hong kong dust a fine and dry scattering the showers down into india china scattering of showers to into the philippines has some rather shabby rain also affecting parts of thailand recently and that was the weather well that makes its way right across the bay of bengal southern parts of india pushing across into sri lanka seeing the showers continue not to the northeast of india up towards bangladesh again we are staying a rather disturbed here over the next couple of days so we are going to see some very heavy rains in the far north east of india temperatures still getting well above the forty degree mark for many little more clout there's you can see

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the former president of malawi joyce banda has returned home office spending four years in self-imposed exile she lost her bid for reelection in two thousand and fourteen after a corruption scandal she later fled malawi accused of abusing her office and money laundering obama was malawi's first female president of the second woman to lead an african country two thousand and thirteen cash scandals thirty million dollars stolen from state coffers in the space of just six months the controversy hurt malawi's international reputation of foreign donors pulling one hundred fifty million dollars out in aid there is still that to arrest warrant for bond that that led her to postpone a planned return to the law last year but the basis for could is a researcher at the al-jazeera center for studies and he says it will be difficult for bonded to revive her career i think for her to to go away was mostly cooling period and interestingly is that while she was in exile she did not actually preach politics but she embraced the more strongly the women and girls issues and that's what she became known fo

government says at least forty twenty people have died in the violence malawi's former president joyce banda has returned to the country after four years abroad despite facing the threat of arrest over allegations of corruption she was met by hundreds of supporters when her flight from johannesburg landed they were blantyre than the flood malawi in twenty fourteen after losing power amid the scandal known as cash gate and tens of millions of dollars were stolen from the state she thanked those who turned out to her and. i was totally surprised but we know. that you came. while it's vines is head of the africa program at the chatham house think tank here in london he says banda has returned to malawi for personal reasons. she's homesick she wanted to go back to malawi she wants to go back to her house up. and so it's for years and she thought this is time to return i think she's also had a conversation with the current president the festival to reka to try and ensure that she had a soft landing in terms of her return and she is a malawian patchett that is the country that she she she loves an

the un has called the military crackdown against the ranger ethnic cleansing of former president joyce banda has returned to malawi are for four years of self-imposed exile despite the risk of a rest over corruption allegations but banda fled malawi in two thousand and fourteen after losing power in the cascade scandal when tens of millions of dollars were stolen from the state hundreds of supporters were at the airport in blantyre to welcome her home. he asked me. there's a what are the what is to what do you see so i'm saying ever since i've been doing this wake it up just explain not one day has it done to me died like that to help or what and what is how mass is blaming the palestinian authority for last month's attempted assassination of the prime minister in gaza or army humvee skate on her while five guards were injured garza's rulers say three of the authority senior officers planned the roadside bombing of his convoy palestinian president blames ham ass for the attack which is de railed reconciliation efforts with the rival fatah have fashion in the occupied west bank those are the

the un has called the military crackdown against the race ethnic cleansing of former president joyce banda has returned to malawi arf to four years of self-imposed exile despite the risk of a rest of a corruption allegations but banda fled malawi in twenty fourteen after losing power in the cascade scandal when tens of millions of dollars were stolen from the state hundreds of supporters were at the airport in blantyre to welcome her home. he asked me. what is to what do you see so i'm saying ever since i've been doing this work it up just explain not want a husband to need. help or what. have mass is blaming the palestinian authority for last month's attempted assassination of the prime minister in gaza or army skate on her five guards were injured gaza's rulers say three of the authority senior officers planned the roadside bombing of his convoy palestinian president blames ham ass for the attack which is the rail reconciliation efforts with the rival fatah half faction in the occupied west bank those are the headlines. al-jazeera is a very important force of information for many people

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but always former president joyce banda has told our jazeera she knows nothing about and rest warrant against difficult option allegations and a return to malawi on saturday after four years abroad she left after losing power during a scandal when tens of millions of dollars were stolen from the state and the told us she's done nothing wrong those are the headlines up next the coming war on china looks at the possibility of conflict between the u.s. and china. these american bases form a giant news in circling china with missiles bombers warships. if you're in beijing looking out eastern the tallest building in beijing a look out of the pacific ocean you'd see american warships you'd see quantum is about to sink because there are so many missiles pointed at china you look up the korean see american armaments pointing at china the chinese two thousand years ago built the great wall to keep the barbarians out of nothing they'd be a muchness film is to break a silence the united states and china may well be on a path toward a nuclear war is no longer unthinkable. shanghaied today use a p

president might never return to four years after leaving my law we entered corruption come out joyce banda is back on home soil my thoughts are you surprised but you know if you. and i'm sure it will that you came bundle was malawi's first female president and the second woman to lead an effort in country but that legacy is being overshadowed by the biggest financial scandal in malawi's history widely known as cash gate it came to light during her time in power politicians civil servants and business people all stand accused of pilfering tens of millions of dollars of government money through companies that didn't actually provide services more than thirty million was taken and just six months foreign donors pulled a hundred fifty million dollars in aid devastating for a country reliant on made around forty percent of its budget it also hit bundles really action bid she lost the vote in two thousand and fourteen and left malawi accused of abuse of office and money laundering the warrant for her wrist is still active speaking to al jazeera bunda said she has no reason to be afraid if she ha

the torah and the salami herders or staying on the african continent malawi's former president joyce banda has returned to the country after four years despite facing the threat of arrest over allegations of corruption she was met by hundreds of supporters when her flight from johannesburg landed at lime tree and flooded the lobby in twenty fourteen after losing power over the scandal known as cash gate when tens of millions of dollars were stolen from the state she thanked those who turned out to greet are. totally surprised that did me no good to end up and i'm sure it grateful that you came. and it's vines is head of the africa program at the chatham house think tank in london he told us he thinks it's primarily personal reasons as broadband back to malawi. she's homesick she wanted to go back to malawi she wants to go back to her house up. and so it's for years and she thought this is time to return i think she's also had a conversation with the current president the first summer to reka to try and ensure that she had a soft landing in terms of her return and she is a malawian patchett

now mother who is former president joyce banda says she's not afraid of being arrested after returning to the country and despite facing allegations of corruption she was met by hundreds of supporters when she touched down on saturday and then four years of self-imposed exile on the left malawi in twenty fourteen after losing power and with the scandal known as cash gate when tens of millions of dollars were stolen from the state of banda was malawi's first female president on the second woman to lead an african country the so-called cash case scandal in twenty thirteen so thirty million dollars stolen from state coffers in the space of just six months the scandal hurt malawi's international reputation foreign donors pulled one hundred fifty million dollars in aid from the country iris still an active arrest warrant for bond a fight about reportedly that her to postpone a plan to return to malawi last year we can speak now to joyce on the herself who joins us via skype from demasi in the southern malawi thank you very much indeed for coming on to. the first question i think many people

malawi's former president joyce banda has told al jazeera that she knows nothing about an arrest warrant against her for corruption allegations and a return to the country on saturday after four years abroad and was greeted by hundreds of supporters on the left malawi after news in power during a scandal known as cash gate when tens of millions of dollars were stolen from the state police a new arrest warrant issued in july last year remains valid on the told us she's not planning another presidential run but would not rule it out if that was popular support romney did anybody being what they are. people i don't want to bitch and then it would be site we swung at which they are i'm not going to start dancing on a one either they are. right i'm not and i am not going to do and it's not in this is out of line for me only the president but i know i was president and i'm proud. and i am the first president i'd want to read the night before to put on who and who and people went yeah i want to tell other your time even my route where people were dressed well as. you did or did it was like them