justin rowlatt, bbc news.ddressed the nation about the recent violence in the country. the unrest follows the imprisonment of his predecessor, jacob zuma, on charges of contempt of court. so far, more than 200 people have been killed in rioting and looting. president ramaphosa said what he thought lay behind it. it is clear now that the events of the past week were nothing less than a deliberate, a coordinated and a well—planned attack on our democracy. the constitutional order of our country is under threat. the current instability and ongoing incitement to violence constitutes a direct contravention of the constitution of our country and the rule of law. these actions are intended to cripple the economy of our country, to cause social instability and severely weaken or even dislodge the democratic state. let s get some of the day s other news. a federaljudge has ruled that a programme which protects migrants from deportation — if they came to the united states as children — was illegal. judge andrew hanen sa

justin rowlatt, bbc news.he uk has recorded more than 50,000 new coronavirus cases in a single day for the first time since january. it comes as the office for national statistics suggests one in 100 people in the uk has the virus. on monday, the majority of covid restrictions in england are due to be lifted, and some will be eased in scotland. here's our medical editor, fergus walsh. queueing for art and for a vaccine — exclusive access to tate modern�*s galleries this evening was on offer to those getting a jab at this iconic london setting. it's estimated 650,000 people in the uk had covid last week, up around 60% in just seven days. so with restrictions being lifted in england on monday, the race between the virus in the vaccine is intensifying. i'm a manager of a pub, and i thought with restrictions being lifted soon, it was prudent to get it done now. and, you know, with the facemasks being optional and so forth, ijust thought, to be on the safe side, get the vaccine. in newham, in east london, just over

justin rowlatt, bbc news.violence of the past week in the country was a deliberate and well—planned attack on democracy. cyril ramaphosa also acknowledged that the authorities had been unprepared and slow to deal with the crisis. gail maclellan reports. under heavy guard, the president visited a shopping centre, a clean—up operation is ongoing. cyril ramaphosa has ruled out declaring a state of emergency, he says cam has returned or is returning to most of the affected areas. the events of the past week, he says, a deliberate attack on the country �*s democracy. says, a deliberate attack on the country 's democracy. these actions are _ the country 's democracy. these actions are intended _ the country 's democracy. these actions are intended to - the country 's democracy. these actions are intended to cripple l actions are intended to cripple the economy of our country, to cause social instability, and severely weaken or even dislodge the democratic state. the violence sparked by the incorporation of former pr

justin rowlatt, bbc news.ic cleansing in tigray — in northern ethiopia. tigrayan forces are continuing to extend their control over the region — prompting the ethiopian government to abandon a unilateral ceasefire. more fighting is now expected in the west of tigray — an area close to the border with sudan — from where our africa correspondent andrew harding has this report. three teenage boys emerge from the gloom, trudging their way to safety. they have escaped from tigray overnight, over a river stop carrying nothing except stories of spiralling ethnic conflict. translation: some armed soldiers came from home to home and they gave us two days to leave. there is a kind of ethnic cleansing going on in the town, just across the border? on in the town, 'ust across the border? , , , border? yes, yes, we feel bad, it is our country _ border? yes, yes, we feel bad, it is our country and _ border? yes, yes, we feel bad, it is our country and our- border? yes, yes, we feel bad, it is our country and our land. l it i

our chief environment correspondent, justin rowlatt, has been looking at the efforts the sport is makingxhaust are what formula one is all about for many fans. so how does a sport born out of the awesome explosive power of fossil fuels go green? that is the challenge ross brawn has taken on. the engineer behind michael schumacher�*s seven world titles says he is determined to put sustainability at the heart of f1. but electric engines are a nonstarter, he told me. there is no electric solution today. we don't want them looking at power conservation modes and trying to make the battery last long enough to get to the end of the race or saving the battery up so in the last five laps they can really go. that doesn't seem to engage the fans. your instinct, it sounds to me, is possibly hydrogen is maybe the solution you are set on? maybe hydrogen is the root formula one could have, we keep the noise, we keep the emotion. but we move into a different solution. silverstone, on the day of the season's most i exciting grand prix — the british grand prix. the cars have come a long way since jackie

justin rowlatt, bbc news.k has recorded more than 50,000 new coronavirus cases in a single day, for the first time since january. it comes as the office for national statistics says new figures for england show one in every 95 people has the virus. on monday, the majority of covid restrictions in england, are due to be lifted, and eased in scotland. here's our medical editor, fergus walsh. queueing for art and for a vaccine, exclusive access to tate modern�*s galleries this evening was on offer to those getting a jab at this iconic london setting. with restrictions lifting in england on monday, in cases increasing, the race between the virus and the vaccine is intensifying. in newham in east londonjust vaccine is intensifying. in newham in east london just over a third vaccine is intensifying. in newham in east londonjust over a third of adults are fully immunised, half the uk level. so council teams are going door to door to encourage people to have the jab. the number of first vaccinations across the uk has

. —— damage to the environment and our bodies. 0ur chief environment correspondent, justin rowlatt, joinsport is the impact our eating habits are having on the environment? it certainly is. the global food system is the second biggest contributor to global warming, but it is also the biggest contributor to biodiversity loss and deforestation, drought, freshwater pollution, the collapse of aquatic wildlife, so a huge problem caused ijy wildlife, so a huge problem caused by the food industry. what henry dimbleby does as he tries to identify the source of that. he says nature is invisible in the economic system. there is no price attached to using nature so we tend to over exploit it. he proposes that, for example, we set aside a fifth of all land in england to be wild, for nature. he says we should designate some land for intensive farming and some land for intensive farming and some for low intensity or traditionalfarming. he says some for low intensity or traditional farming. he says that, if farmers make the commitment to switch to more sustainable practices, they should be guaranteed pa

justin rowlatt, bbc news.he bank of england's 2% inflation target for a second month. the office for national statistics says the rise has been driven by higher food and fuel costs. eating and drinking out also cost more, while clothing and footwear, usually cheaper at this time of year, also went up in price. there's been a coronavirus outbreak among staff at a japanese hotel that's hosting a number of brazilian olympic athletes. seven staff members at the hotel in the coastal city of hamamatsu have tested positive for the virus. olympic officials say that those infected have not been in contact with the brazilian delegation, which includes judo athletes. the olympics are set to begin in tokyo in ten days' time. it was called the black woodstock. in 1969 stevie wonder, nina simone and gladys knight were some of the stars who played at the harlem cultural festival in new york. it was all filmed, but the footage was left to gather dust in a basement. now, the archives have been turned into an award winning movi

justin rowlatt, bbc news.red there by a girl, and then attacked by two boys carrying knives. the girl, 1a, admitted manslaughter. she will be sentenced with the two boys, also both 1a, at a later date. none of them can be identified, for legal reasons. duncan kennedy reports. he was just 13 years old. but, in the words of his dad, olly stephens was "a precious gift", whose death became the stuff of nightmares. this was olly injanuary, walking past a neighbour's door bell camera at 3:34pm. by 5pm, he was dead. not at the hands of an adult, but by other children. those children, who olly knew, included a 13—year—old girl, who lured him to this park so he could be confronted by two other boys aged 13 and 1a. it was, in effect, an ambush. and it was all because olly had simply posted a message on social media. olly was later stabbed during the fight. the girl and the two other boys can't be identified, because they're children. the court was shown this phone footage of the younger boy playing with a knife in his b

justin rowlatt, bbc news.ure, as for this weekend, what are we looking forward to? i guess the real challenges for lewis hamilton to find a way past verstappen. perhaps that random factor of that sprint race tomorrow mightjust play into his hands one way or another. i think random factors are what lewis hamilton needs the season. thank you ve much, hamilton needs the season. thank you very much. joe- _ still to come, we hear why farah wants more to be done about online racism. to wants more to be done about online racism. ., , , , ., racism. to me, this is my home. social media _ racism. to me, this is my home. social media companies - racism. to me, this is my home. social media companies need . racism. to me, this is my home. social media companies need to| racism. to me, this is my home. i social media companies need to do racism. to me, this is my home. - social media companies need to do a lot more. they need to be held accountable. the final part of this weekend's stellar sporting line—up is rugby league

justin rowlatt, bbc news.ros final. the four—time olympic champion has been speaking to victoria derbyshire. sir mo farah has won multiple medals in the 5,000 and 10,000 metres and now he wants to give his support to england's footballers, who were racially abused. it was really important for myself to show support throughout the world for black people. do you think that the abuse that some black sportsmen and women receive is actually getting worse? it seems like it's getting worse, in my honest opinion, because back in the days — or back in my time, should i say — there was never so much social media. what kind of racist messages have you had on social media? i've had some shocking ones. i've had some that say, "you don't belong here." i've had quite a bit. how does that make you feel? to me, this is my home. i've always thought that. the social media companies need to do a lot more, they have to be accountable to what people get up to. have sent the message, i've gone delete, i've blocked, i've reported, go

and with me in the studio is the bbc�*s chief environment correspondent, justin rowlatt. warm welcome to all of you. good to have you with us. like all political leaders who pre announce their departure, angela merkel�*s influence has been in decline ever since. two recent rebuffs within the european union: her proposal for an eu—russia summit, seen off by poland and the baltic states, and her suggestion that british visitors, vaccinated or not, should be quarantined. the german chancellor was in the uk, friday. instead of quarantine, there was tea with the queen. thomas, chancellor merkel suggested that vaccinating brits after she had her meeting with borisjohnson it might get us a warmer welcome that she received in britain. has her influence been declining for some time and is that simply because she preannounced that she was going or is her cautious, deliberative style of politics just going a bit out of fashion in germany? of course anybody who announces the day of their departure and power is automatically converting himself or herself into a lame duck as we call it

justin rowlatt, bbc news. stay with us on news, still to come...sters and suspends parliament with help from the army. a man has been describing how he tried to save his drowning wife in a tragedy which also claimed the lives of his nine—year—old son and a family friend. the three of them died after getting into difficulty in the water near pulpit rock at loch lomond on saturday evening. a total of six people drowned at the weekend in scotland's lochs and rivers. widower waris ali paid tribute to his wife and son. he's very good, he's very caring, very nice. he sacrificed everything. like she no see, i can't do anything, still shejumped... and your son bore the happy memories of the holiday that you had. he was very happy. there've been international calls for calm in tunisia, after the country's president sacked the prime minister and suspended parliament. kighs saied has been accused of staging a coup, though he insists that he acted in line with the nation's constitution. the political unrest followed sunday's violent protests over the govenrmen

justin rowlatt, bbc news.ive images. we're waiting for a briefing from president biden. meeting with the iraqi prime minister, possibility that they will be withdrawing. well, it's been a fairly quiet day today, but tomorrow, you might have to run for cover. we've got the big rain clouds on the way. heavy showers are expected to form downpours in places, thunder and lightning, too, but they are showers. discrete areas of heavy rain with plenty of bright weather around, too, so it won't be raining everywhere. this is the big picture across our part of the world. the jet stream to the south of us, that often means cooler air comes in out of the north atlantic, so it's pushed all the warmth and heat towards the south. we're in this cooler airstream, and it's also a very unstable airstream, which means that shower clouds easily form when we get a bit of sunshine — not, obviously, at night. it's dark, so clear weather across eastern areas, but a weather front is approaching western parts of the uk, so there will be

justin rowlatt, tom is killing us. thank you very much. thank you all very much forjoining us.me flash flooding to edinburgh. for example, we had widespread thunderstorms for a time, and it's because we've got low pressure sat on top of the uk and it's with us through the day ahead. in fact, we're also watching this developing area of low pressure to bring some more persistent rain in later. but still plenty of showers as we get going on monday morning — perhaps a few in the south and east, as well as those close to the weather system in the north so, needless to say, a pretty mild start to the day. but it does look as if we will see more sunshine compared with sunday across the southern half of the uk. still plenty of showery rain across northern england, northern ireland, north wales and scotland as well, some misty low cloud near the coast, and some of those will turn out to be quite heavy, again with some thunder around — can't rule out the odd one further south — but fewer than we saw during sunday. some strong sunshine, but look at this coming in through during the mid af

for work on climate protection measures to be accelerated. 0ur chief environment correspondent, justin rowlattlimate change in the record amounts of rainfall now devastating parts of europe. the floods in germany are not the only extreme weather event we have seen this summer. there was the dramatic heatwave in canada and western us last month and russia, mexico and new zealand have all been experiencing unusually high—temperatures. the climate science is very clear on this, it has been predicting not just for years but for decades that if we continue to pump huge amounts of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, we will experience increasingly high temperatures and because warm air holds more moisture, that means heavier rainfall and therefore, floods. you only have to look at the pictures of these devastating floods to know that we need to do better. it is not ok with this number of people to die in 2021 from floods. the next obvious question is, is the world doing enough to tackle climate change? it is. the un says we need to reduce carbon emissions by 7% every yearfor the next decade if we ar

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justin rowlatt, bbc news.e recent violence that has rocked the country. the unrest follows the imprisonment of his predecessor, jacob zuma, on charges of contempt of court. so far, more than 200 people have been killed in rioting and looting. president ramaphosa descrived the violence as an attack on democracy that had failed. it is clear now that the events of the last week were nothing less than a deliberate and coordinated and a well planned attack on our democracy. the constitutional order of our country remains under threat. the current instability and ongoing incitement to violence constitutes a direct contravention of the constitution of our country and the rule of law. these actions are intended to cripple the economy of our country, to cause social instability and severely weaken or even dislodge the democratic state. sam mkokeli is a journalist, political analyst — and formerly served as a spindoctor for pravin gordhan — a south african cabinet minister under both jacob zuma and cyril ramaphosa. i as

justin rowlatt, bbc news.r life embarrassing, herwords. she says shejust wants her life back. one thing she does want is her own lawyer because the lawyer she has had all this time was court appointed, a guy called samuel ingham, he says he does not want the role any more and she wants new lawyer. role any more and she wants new la er. , ' , ., , , role any more and she wants new laer. lawyer. reminders, 12 years this has been in place — lawyer. reminders, 12 years this has been in place and _ lawyer. reminders, 12 years this has been in place and it _ lawyer. reminders, 12 years this has been in place and it controls - lawyer. reminders, 12 years this has been in place and it controls what? i been in place and it controls what? remind us of what she is trying to eradicate. _, , ., ., , , remind us of what she is trying to eradicate. , ., ., , , eradicate. the conservatorship has been placed _ eradicate. the conservatorship has been placed in _ eradicate. the conservatorship has been placed in 2008 _ eradicate

justin rowlatt, bbc news.n figures are out in about an hour's time. the cost of living has been rising over the past few months — and so has consumer spending as lockdown restrictions have eased. but are rising prices here to stay? ben is at a market in north london for us. morning, ben. if it does go up it could hit us all in our pockets.— if it does go up it could hit us all in our pockets. yes, we are looking at the cost — in our pockets. yes, we are looking at the cost of _ in our pockets. yes, we are looking at the cost of living _ in our pockets. yes, we are looking at the cost of living today _ in our pockets. yes, we are looking at the cost of living today because l at the cost of living today because we will get the latest official figures just after 7am which will show us quite how quickly prices are rising for all of the things we consume, and particularly we will be keeping a close eye on things like food and clothing prices and energy, whether that is the gas and electricity we use at home or the