in port elizabeth was the headquarters of the security police for that region.en converted into a block of flats. steve biko was being brought to his death along this very corridor, and the man poised to fill the void left behind after mandela wasjailed. we were taken up to the fifth floor and we were manacled each to a separate window. one of the senior police, a major, came in and said, now i can confirm that you are officially being detained under section six of the terrorism act. that is the act in which you literally disappear. they separated us. i can only had a chance to shout steve's name and that was the last time i saw steve alive. three weeks and three days later i had just heard a lot of commotion. many, many people singing protest songs, the cell next to mine was being filled with many people. then young men told me that they have just returned from the funeral of steve biko. and that was the first time i heard about the death of steve biko. i went to my mat that was my bed and i just sat there. with... to me it was like a huge hole in my soul, just

we were locked up together in one cell. we sped towards port elizabeth. police for that region.has been converted into a block of flats. mandela wasjailed. to a separate window. detained under section six of the terrorism act. that is the act in which you literally disappear. they separated us. time i saw steve alive. three weeks and three days later i had just heard a lot of commotion. was being filled with many people. from the funeral of steve biko. and that was the first time i heard about the death of steve biko. i went to my mat that was my bed and i just sat there. with... which even today would make me weep at unexpected moments. when he was being restrained. deliberately by the police officers. would go to protect itself. 1000 radio programmes. just go to the online archive. over the river kwai over the second world war. of the suffering of human heroism. 700 miles to jungle, through rocks and we were the means. for almost four years as it turned out in the end. at that time they hated the people that did that for them. in fact if you had a rifle you would have shot the

in the pro 14, ulster moved to the top of conference b after beating southern kings 28—7 in port elizabethangus curtis with the last of them. they are now a point clear of lenster whereas southern kings remain rooted to the bottom of the table. it had been billed as the fight of the year — the rematch between canelo alvarez and gennady golovkin a year on from their previous fight, which ended in a controversial draw. last night in las vegas, canelo became the new unified middleweight champion, winning by majority decision but there's already talk of a third encounter between the pair. our reporter ade adedoyin was in las vegas and says last night's fight was close. we know rematches don't always live up to expectations, but saul alvarez and gennady golovkin delivered another highly entertaining contest, one that ebbed and flowed, sometimes within the same round. i spoke to many of the journalists ringside — they all had it close, some for golovkin and some for alvarez and some even called it a draw. alvarez got the decision and he described it as one of the greatest moments of his life. he

now let's head to port elizabeth in south africa and we enter the joe slovo township where more than sixty percent are unemployed left to survive on very little money and often have to contend with violence around in just the township kevin came with designs buildings that can be used as youth centers nursery schools and workshops for local businesses and they're all made from recycled materials dr nick believes that is green and sustainable designs can be used to empower local communities we had a look around. south africa's cities are growing rapidly architects are looking for ways to provide millions of new residents with affordable housing one of them is kevin kim well up here in the joe slovo township near cape town he's developing green buildings that are within the means of the people who live here both affordable and sustainable. in south africa six to seventy percent of the people live in this environment and they want to for the. solar panels so it needs a different approach to the community members themselves. with support from the city the local university and the communi

millimeters in the reservoirs around cape time this promise is more and it moves eastward towards port elizabeth again another area which could do with the reservoirs topping up emergency sanctions at the moment so this is going to be good news for thursday and quite possibly friday as well. as europe's public opinion shifted slavery's abolition. human exploitation took on new homes as that became the hidden face of europe's industrial revolution these two sleep news not the black history and it's not just the history of white colonization but the history of human equality it is the legacy for all of us the slaveries new frontino part three of slavery on al-jazeera . hello again you're watching al-jazeera reminder of our top stories this hour the leaders of north and south korea will meet later this month in pyongyang to talk about denuclearizing the peninsula south korea says kim jong un has expressed an interest in closer cooperation with the u.s. at a meeting with a special envoy from solved at least two people are dead after a powerful earthquake hit parts of the northern japanese island of

in the pro 14, ulster moved to the top of conference b after beating southern kings 28—7 in port elizabeths curtis with the last of them. they are now a point clear of leinster whereas southern kings remain rooted to the bottom of the table. that's all the sport for now. british cyclist simon yates has just won the top cycling race. the victory means all three of the sport's grand tours are now held by british riders. sky's chris froome won the tour of italy in may while his teammate geraint thomas won the tour de france in july. let's speak to the former president of british cycling, tony doyle, and a pretty mean cyclist himself in his day. tony, thanks forjoining us. how much of an achievement is this by simon yates? it's a phenomenology. the first time a british rider has won the tour of spain, but the simon and his twin brother, adam, they are probably the most successful c/o twins in sporting history ever so it's an amazing performance and i'm delighted for them. nearly everybody must have heard of the tour de france if they don't follow cycling, but not necessarily la vuelta. what is

on new zealand at the top of the rugby championship by beating australia by 23 points to 12 in port elizabethhallenge cup winners catalans, and huddersfield are both unable to finish in the top four so that one for pride. later london will be aiming for a second win in a row, and third at home, when they welcome halifax to the trailfinders sports club — and that would keep alive the broncos hopes of a return to super league next season. we will keep you updated on that. time for a quick look at the other stories making the headlines today. norther ireland'sjonathan rea has become the first rider to win four consecutive super bikes titles. he's now won seven races in a row and has an unassailable lead in the championship. rea says he's "living the dream". callum smith is the new wba super—middleweight champion after a seventh round knockout over george groves. he also lifted the muhammad ali trophy in saudi arabia for becoming super series champion. smith is the youngest of four fighting brothers. his brother liam has already held a world title. the super league triathlon season is under way w

in the pro 14, ulster moved to the top of conference b after beating southern kings 28—7 in port elizabetht of them. they are now a point clear of leinster, whereas southern kings remain rooted to the bottom of the table. great britain will be seeded in next year's revamped davis cup competiion after beating uzbekistan 3—1 in their world group play off tie this weekend. british number two, cameron norrie beat sanjar fayziev in glasgow in the first of today's singles matches to give great britain victory in glasgow. kenya's eliud kipchoge has set a new marathon world record after destroying the field in berlin with a time of two hours, one minute and 39 seconds. the 33—year—old took more than a minute off the previous best. jo currie reports. shock and surprise, perhaps not that it was eliud kipchoge who led the way or that it was on the flat streets of berlin, where many of the fastest ti mes streets of berlin, where many of the fastest times have been run before. what was a surprise was the margin by which he smashed the marathon world record. the kenyan‘s time of two hours, one minute an

extremely difficult a corresponding modest weight on the storyboards in elizabeth city north carolina maya thank you very much for the port city of wilmington took the full brunt when floor schema sure not everyone evacuated some stayed and they've written out the storm that includes my next guest kelly warren she joins me on the phone now from her home in wilmington north carolina kelly good evening can you hear me anchor and i can hear you how did it good thank you how bad was it i mean has the worst passed where you are right now. i think we have gotten the worst of the storm for us but the worst came early this morning i woke up to about four thirty five o'clock and some trees snapping out when i actually came through our bedroom thank goodness it just landed beside our bedroom so we had no structural damage here at home i do however have coworkers at morehead city which is just further south point of the outer banks and from what i understand they've got a ton of damage there people are trying to be rescued from their attics and their cars. they've really gotten a lot of bad weather there you know you took cal you to

>> one of the stories in the book is about elizabeth thomas, who owned land on what is known as port stephens and when the united states government decided to build a fort there they informed her that she was going to have to give up her land and they said, we will compensate you for it later. -- on that land -- she was there when lincoln was there -- she was there during the battle, according to the story. then he never got -- and washington actually had some document about her that tells the story about her and her relationship to lincoln and mentioned that lincoln had promised her that and it was not lincoln's fault but because he was killed -- he believed she would've gotten the compensation had lincoln survived. so it tells that story and provides some documentation and photo in their -- there about what was due to her after the war. actually i was really interested -- we can explore notes because i don't know if i had found anything you -- a few things in the congressional period set about her. all of the ancestry and stuff -- the oral history -- oh no, wait. maybe we can put o