this is the wus coming to you live from a building collapses in nairobi a fear dead rescue workers of course 10 people after the rubble alive but the desperate search goes on for most of our lives as we go live to the kenyan capital for the day meetest also coming up jimmy's child the uncle of metal remembers the victims of one of the worst crimes against humanity. shortly to make a 1st official visit to the auschwitz death camp where the nazis nadda more than a 1000000 people most of them jews. and francis battle as well one of his biggest nationwide strikes in decades public sector employees are protesting against proposed pension reforms and they are not finished yet so what will happen on friday we get the latest from paris. hello and welcome on the dutch a 6 story building has collapsed in kenya's capital nairobi authorities say some could be trucked in the debris military personnel have arrived to assist with the search and rescue operation after local sports 10 survivors from the rubble with their bare hands building collapses are common in nairobi a recent survey by kenya's na

and it was a showcase project for china in africa so why is the moment also nairobi railway struggling to attract business. this is your business after report i'm stephen beers in berlin thanks for watching. south africa has slipped back into negative economic growth latest figures showing g.d.p. shrank by 6 tenths of a percent during the 3rd quarter of this year that's well below the small amount of growth that analysts had predicted and it continues a volatile trend that has seen south africa a yo yo between expansion and contraction over the past few years and this time around the economy was let down by certain industries in particular namely mining manufacturing storage and communication now add to that rolling blackouts and unemployment of 29 percent and you have a worrying picture of south africa's economy. now earlier i spoke with bronwyn seaborne about these figures she's business editor of south african broadcaster bt t.v. and she joined me from johannesburg. infrastructure underperforming industries there are a lot of issues here but is there one overriding problem afflictin

when the mombasa nairobi railway line opened 2 years ago the president hailed it there now as. but many freight operators have shunned it moving a container between the ports and the capital cost $800.00 us dollars with a truck the train costs $1200.00 making food and other goods more expensive it also takes a lot of time for importers to get their goods cleared at the jesters nairobi trained . they might have to get used to that because now they will have to use the train service kenya owes the chinese lend the ex-im bank $6500000000.00 for the railway and other projects that's about a 10th of its national debt. kenya railways says the high of freight charges are necessary to meet the loan repayments china has sought to allay fears that its infrastructure projects overload some countries with debt last year a degree to restructure more than 12000000000 dollars in repayments owed by ethiopia whose chinese funded railway is also struggling now some kenyan politicians are asking whether their one so promising railway was worth the cost. i guess only time will tell and that's all

the national headquarters of culp in kenya in nairobi. patrick yoker has been a national director since 2013 he took up his post at a difficult time there was friction between members with various tribal affiliations. we are beyond. that. with. and without bringing the politics and the lineage in the cotton under for now we are saying we have grown beyond the tribal lines and you find out even copying what cannot. stop. faith has been working as a project manager at the national headquarters for the past 3 years. she introduced the vertical bank project here as an agricultural scientist she understands the problems that farmers face. bring kenya's management team visits the various groups regularly face a movie also instructs the members on how to use the vertical sacks. a man challenge right now is their climate change because for the previous years on that rain has not been well so most of the groups they've banned or agriculture and have ridden or rain there's a lot of drought and for them food is that are becoming a challenge. it's ex

service those talks aimed as global tech giants like facebook will speak to our correspondent in nairobi. on the thought is expecting i've been nonstop for christmas. but what about the items that don't jump on the christmas tree. this is business offer caught on tape ferguson welcome boeing c.e.o. dennis mullen burke has stepped down the aircraft manufacturer faced multiple setbacks this year including industrial scandals after 2 fatal crashes of boeing's 737 mox jetliner an inquiry reveals major problems with regulatory oversight of the company's operations will impact departure is effective immediately he'll be replaced by chairman david cole whom the company says it needs to restore confidence and repair relationships with regulators customers and other stakeholders now for more on this let's go to his financial correspondent gets caught up on wall street against thanks for joining us why is this happening now. the pressure was clearly mounting on dennis'. from clients or from the airlines for instance they complained that dennis mellon burke was giving folsom statements when the 73.

nairobi despite its smog and traffic jams is attractive to investors. one factor making kenya attractive is cheap and plentiful labor. that's drawing this indian manufacturer to the country to make. we as a manufacturer we are looking forward to a woman who fracturing programs to start all manufacturing programs became after we see how the market is responding off. this is also growing industry waste management and recycling. the sector was born out of necessity as kenya became overwhelmed by the garbage of industrialized nations. the western countries one where they can offer support just across the world look at their own food print we should have a driven approach to to every way it in part or in poor countries so that if there is a ticket for payment or compensation then that has to be something that is that britain can use example shows that environmental protection is important but that economic growth is essential if the lives of the poorest are to improve. now for more on this i'm joined by joy in uganda joy good to see you stand most of your ti

nairobi. express high profile undertaking that aims to bring prosperity to southern china and to 2 cities in particular. time to board the mombasa nairobi standard gauge railway or s.g.r. kenya's most expensive infrastructure project the distance between kenya's capital nairobi and the port city just under 500 kilometers and 2 years ago in 2017 this journey that we're on would have taken up to 10 hours in fact some passengers on the train see that up to 24 hours have been spent trying to bridge that gap between these 2 cities. for us will be able to make it to town. very fast. very fast. phase 2 is bound to happen which means that the standard will be running across the country of kenya and eventually leading up to a regional partners uganda and eventually south sudan opening up the region to trade and movement of persons the railway was built by chinese contractors and financed march we buy chinese loans that poses a debt burden. putting all this together hasn't come cheap $3800000000.00 keny

and to find out what all of this means let's go to joy to ring bearer in nairobi height ojt good to see you how would this new digital tax actually work so what can your revenue authority is going to do is collect data of all the digital funds or digital platforms and then be able to determine how much tax they can get from them as they already being taxed but this is only withholding tax which is majorly remey to 2 countries where these digital platforms originate and give an example of who has its headquarters in the united states so it becomes a bit difficult for the can your revenue authority to determine how much tax is going to come from that and so by collecting this data they're able to determine how much tax each of these platforms should be paying and you mentioned there of course it's only one of several multinationals that could be affected has there been any reaction from any of the others. of the has been this has definitely sparked some conversation because from the time that the president signed this into law that was in november of this year and we have seen many digita

for switching to an electric taxi in nairobi with a very 1st of its kind in the city. we stop the show it's a day with the atlantis where a research vessel recently made a trip from the far far south to germany it was on a mission to examine the state of the ocean and the effects of climate change a group of students from around the world took part in that research let's hear their findings. we are hundreds of kilometers west of the moroccan coast 3 weeks ago this research vessel set sail from the falkland islands to germany the students and researchers on board want to know just how serious is the state of the oceans how strong is the impact of climate change fanny i know. studies aquatic bio science in madagascar it's her 1st time on a ship like this she's never done any deep sea sampling before. they teach us how to collect samples from from to device but. we have no idea how to proceed like how to deploy directly or. for say before deploying me into the water so it was a bit challenging because you have no idea and at some point it will tell you all you have to tel

because one either kamandi is in nairobi and is following that story what more can you tell us about this building collapse well initially as you said everything regarding search and rescue was happening manually the 1st responders were actually neighbors from around the area who came out to support their friends and colleagues and most of the rescue efforts that were done initially were by civilians but as you've said that kind of defense forces are now on sites they've managed to cordon off the area and what's happening is more bodies are being pulled out unfortunately but at the same time we're also seeing people being pulled out alive but every time this happens the crowds that were initially a nuisance and also helping to put out the people are cheering but of course there's a lot of discussion here in kenya with people asking why is this happening again exactly and then of course it's become a resa gainst time it seems at the collapse of buildings is not that a common in the kenyan capital and why is this the case. you're absolutely right it's not at all uncommon and it's reall

the chorus line either kamandi is in nairobi and is following that story edith what more can you tell us about this building collapse. well initially as you said everything regarding such and rescue was happening manually the 1st responders were actually neighbors from around the area who came out to support their friends and colleagues and most of the rescue efforts that were done initially were by civilians but as you've said that kind of defense forces are now on sites they've managed to cordon off the area and what's happening is more bodies being pulled out and fortunately but at the same time we're also seeing people being pulled out alive and every time this happens the crowds of way initially a new sense and also helping to put out the people and sharing but of course there's a lot of discussion here in kenya with people asking why is this happening again exactly and then of course it's become a recent gainst time it seems that the collapse of buildings is not that a common in the kenyan capital why is this the case. you're absolutely right it's not at all uncommon and it's re

it's a quick goodbye to william as more news of back to nairobi. his challenge is to design an app that can help william make a better life from farming. it is a sad story unfortunately. and was see the food prices in nairobi ridiculously high and these guys can sell their produce out here i mean for instance you give me an example here into the market 500 ceilings of all farm produce he only sold a 100 killings so the rest will end up protein and becoming compost. it's time for my new to brief his team i met a farmer william and here is the future lenses that he's facing as an indigenous crop of the i also know that sounds of meeting the group that he belongs to these farmers need from push information so we're looking at her technology. kamin and bridge he's got under so support them to get to the next level so movie these this information about. planting seeds on this date and then they come they have how much the i mean from the farm financial financial planning so the information we need to bridge that gap because the team decides to go with a

just a few years ago this place was known as nairobi's most dangerous slum presidents in korogocho lived in constant fear especially women like the 65 year old gary. he would hear screams all the time women were attacked by boys who had come to rake them. the grannies of coral gotto as they call themselves regularly targeted superstitions detectives believe the women were free and that sex with them could cure their own infection almost daily one of those numbers older women were sexually assaulted raped on that it. gave it a few months one day we found dead with broken bottles inside her body when we carried her body to the police but they closed the gates and didn't let a sin to get up on his part we took her body to the mortuary has just moved in with with it and on that day we decided enough is enough and we women will start helping ourselves in the planning to decide to do. in a force like korogocho as only women have had to bear the brunt of societal neglect and crime it is in this very community that many of them have been assaulted often sexually deemed as easy targets it is in h

place and shines but sometimes even the loveliest hair needs someone at this hairdressing salon in nairobi they use size 0 for hair extensions and braids in a wide variety of colors their own of the saloon are some took us a bully came up with the idea to use a fibers in head dressing she founded as a braids 2 years ago after kenya advantage single use plastic products and to then hex tensions were usually made of plastic i prefer. on say so because big boys may when grain phone doesn't sting they make him roll in doesn't cut it when being painted size so 5 by extensions are not just eco friendly they also proved to be cheaper over time the hairdressers here say demand is growing. look at branding with size so here is very good because even when my clients and do their hair they still use them but if in fact a care is only used one is safe and then thrown away the difference is that this text well not to braid and like synthetic hair and it also states noma within said the cat i bred very fast some to drugs once a week took america almost 400 kilometers west of nairobi together so i saw li

ride last year in nairobi you can hail it with an app. today the company has 11 vehicles operating in the kenyan capital. and as the drivers don't have to pay for gasoline they charge less for a ride the normal taxis do. it will take many more electric cars to make a difference to the polluted air in nairobi but it's a start. and how about you. if you are also doing your bit tell us about it visit our website or send us a tweet hash tag doing your bit. we share your story. why it made a little bungalow not only do they look great but also eco friendly 2 young men from germany decided to bring the idea over. until the by in their home country we're growing folks as we went to meet it but in truth we knew it we know that some of the. keel in northern germany is a city of boats and bikes. but even here the 2 bikes ridden by maximillian shy and youngish don't stand out from the rest. their frame are made of bamboo. the harvester states people always ask does it hold up that many people knock on it of their promise right and then they'll knock

then they take their biodegradable natural hair on a man's back to the sun one in nairobi 10 of their regular customers are committed fans of the new braids and extensions and some talk of has enjoyed the support of the think positive are tentative exists mentorship program run by the destroyed touch money center she dreams of setting her friendly fashion products around the world one day but for now she is concentrating on the domestic market in kenya. those expenses may go slicer can be useful for sit so they're not really a budget on the environment but he thinks about about how but sees what's going saying oh was toxic substances traditional once these on us it a new a once more and that's because may help link young couples may call on other missiles but i'm not on a dangerous fund with someone on a boat i thought of these chemicals can be separated unfixed like now a company and so many cars pushed up the recycling efficiency close to. germany is car country statistically every 2nd president owns an automobile christiane how nish does to the engineer also knows that when old car

for more on this our correspondent joins us from nairobi kenya. so clearly people still need help how much support are they getting from the government. at the moment it's truly very difficult to gauge because this is a situation that is unfolding as we're speaking so government is sort of trying to do preventative work as well as search and rescue but there has been quite a little bit of money that's been pumped into this the government of kenya has put in because of a length of about 2000000000 u.s. dollars and i do know that the u.k. u.n. emergency fund has also contributed $3000000.00 so quite a lot of fundraising being done in and around this issue as i said as it's unfolding so what is the meaning of people right now. right now for the ones who have survived obviously it is just that initial trauma some of these people have lost not just their homes but family members life stalk their entire life who because we're talking about entire farmlands being swept away this is their main source of income and beyond that it's went to sleep where to g

care transparency international found out let's bring in our correspondent joy there in vera from nairobi joy why is botswana more successful in the fight against corruption than other countries. you know how that what's one a said to have one of the highest anticorruption or one of the best and corruption profiles on the african continent and also what's going to happen as to how one of the highest conviction rates. on the african continent too and that means that when it comes to dealing with issues to do with corruption or economic crime but so on i said have most of the conviction convictions successful convictions and prosecutions on the african continent that could explain why it is one of the least corrupt countries in africa. the it seems to work there but bob measures are in place for one i think they have the economic crime but that is implemented to the letter through the directorate of economic crime and it was established in 1904 since it was established over 1000 pieces have been prosecuted successfully and this is sent a message i guess to the citizens of the country about

to warmer temperatures in the indian ocean in a moment we'll get the latest on the response from nairobi but 1st this report from the sub kenyan village of. these floods may have killed scores deprived thousands of their homes you know they threaten to wash away the dead. not if these villagers have anything to do with it . anything that's moaned. a bomb goes late wife. we're putting big rocks on top of the grave to prevent the coffin from coming out due to these floods. the dying pours have only compounded the grief joseph married his wife just last week oh you mean at least the person varied here is my mother in law when we woke up we found that the water was almost removing the coffin from the grave. with the agreed fixed or no attention shift the evacuations. is on the we and like many here david a group who is desperate to get his family and their things to higher ground. but no one here can escape the devastation the 16 weather has unleashed. we don't have farms to cultivate and even our cows were taken away by the flood waters so we have a big problem. the our jewish rebuilding pr

a young kitchen in nairobi is fighting for the environment. the artificial hair she uses is made from the plant some salt instead of plastic. she cultivates the plant herself. all of its eco friendly benefits eco africa in 60 minutes. takes a person. with. stories that make the game so special. for all truth. because. and i'm sure. this is new news africa coming up in the next 15 minutes the gambia still reeling in shock the government say is that sending a team to mauritania to investigate the dead saw dozens of migrants who drowned at sea in one of the deadliest such disasters. as building proof houses for cheney lagos and local office a explains cooling design. there a mass grave in berlin all see the objects of fish.

the hygiene stands it in nairobi's poorer neighborhoods is terrible the road's a full of garbage and human waste bacteria spreads easily hair and that leads to disease people immediately reach for antibiotics gets them from a store around the corner cheap and without prescription. the man behind the counter has no pharmaceutical training people in poor neighborhoods often get poor quality antibiotics the dosages to all they're used in the wrong way perfect conditions to create antibiotic resistant superbugs if we're able to save the children by the positions at the local level they need to be used when we export a few months of weeks but i suppose if you're a drug we're not taking bugs from one place to another and ways with us so we must act to come to be able to affect the global aspects of what she says. this is been a growing problem for kenya's health care system doctors that could jobby hospital at discovering more and more resistant bacteria they've had to develop new standards for treating patients resistant bacteria can easily spread around the hospital and new in fact the p

solomon serwanjja, bbc news, nairobi.e in east london. melania trump met children from a nearby primary school, and helped pack christmas presents. she also revealed her lack of familiarity with a staple of the british christmas, the mince pie. there's flash photography in this report by our correspondent, daniela relph. traffic was stopped, the road closed. london e5 had a vip visitor. the salvation army in clapton was given just a few days' notice that melania trump was coming. the children of baden powell primary school nearby were only told this morning who they were about to meet. a church hall in east london is perhaps an unusual setting for a visit from an american first lady. but this is safe territory for melania trump. a christian organisation and a global charity, the salvation army was seen as a good fit for today's event. melania made christmas decorations and chatted to the kids and their teachers. the talk was of christmas in america, the journey to london and the trump family — along with the odd revelatio