they set off from the capital pretoria and are heading all the way to cape town, visiting major cities way. that's all for now — stay with bbc world news. hello. thursday brought us a day of heavy and persistent rain across some parts of the country, particularly for parts of northern england. there was 75mm of rain by the end of the day in sheffield and many areas have seen flooding problems and quite a lot of travel disruption too. we still have numerous flood warnings and severe flood warnings in force as well. although the worst of the rain will be easing away, river levels will be lagging behind the main rainfall, so still a lot of flooding problems through friday morning. now, the overnight rain has slowly been shifting a little bit further south, but an amber warning was issued from the met office for up to 100mm of rain across parts of south and west yorkshire, derbyshire, and greater manchester too.

i want to leave you open if they should come to you know because no pleased in japanese north of pretoria the organisation i guess a job encourages drug users to never give up hope the founder moses lets low slow was an addict and dealer himself it all changed when he was caught with 60 kilograms of marijuana at a london airport in 2006 after spending 4 years in jail he returned to south africa and decided to help other addicts turn their lives around. if you like or you know they go through like you or your marriage they're living your life let so slow strategy for reaching out to fellow addicts a simple. listening to them making them feel the someone who wants to listen to me you know because off. them goes they are victims of circumstances. back with the 2 brothers eagle takes the 1st hit. then he injects his intoxicated blood into marvin marvin stayed clean for 6 weeks at the beginning of the year but after watching to get high every day he started taking drugs again but soon the brothers want to stay off drugs together before it's too late. my 1st guest today is sean shady he is the

as offices in the capital pretoria business the south african president condemning the attacks in septembero amount of and. and frustration and grievance can justify such acts off wanton destruction and criminality. there can be no excuse for the attacks on the homes and businesses of foreign nationals just as there can be no excuse whatsoever for xenophobia or any form of intolerance all right well it's in baby is a south african political analyst he's also a brother to the country's former president i will take you mr beck it's lovely to have you relate as the we're hearing the south african president condemning the the attacks on foreign nationals in south africa something that made headlines across the continent you recently wrote an opinion piece and you said it comes down to you called it directionless political elite elaborate on that well what i was referring to was in our relations follows the relations between south africa and the rest of africa. the political elite which include the president you've just seen they really have no direction as to what kind of relationship they want

south africa's world cup victory tour began in pretoria where thousands lined the streets to greet the play is and their prized trophy. the country's 3rd world title makes it the joint most successful team in rugby union and the fans are revelling. in the springboks moments of glory. brought the day motions of head down as. troy so rarely had before to voice president cyril ramaphosa help to kick off the celebrations his predecessor nelson mandela was a key figure in making rugby a true national sport after it had been dominated by white afrikaners during the apartheid era now the team's 1st black captain see a khaleesi stance as the personification of the vision espoused by mandela who is often referred to locally as men dba fort hood are said to nato nations and then. we degrade to a hippie though they're both good and bad. cop and then yeah we should celebrate. those celebrations will continue throughout the nationwide parade of the trophy the party is just getting started. up next news africa with christine for more news and information visit our website dot com thanks for watching

kolisi proudly lifted the webb elllis trophy — as the bus carrying the springboks travelled from pretoriatiger woods has named himself as one of his captain's picks for next month's presidents cup against the international team in melbourne. (gfx) woods has also picked former masters champion patrick reed and two rookies — the current us open champion gary woodland and tony finau. it means the american team will include three of the year's four major winners, and seven of the world's top 10. woods is the first "playing captain" of a presidents cup team since hale irwin in 1994. meanwhile, ernie els picked two rookies among his captain's picks — and they include im sung—jae who recently won the genesis championship in his native south korea. earlier in the season, im claimed a hole—in—one at the greenbrier classic on the pga tour. that tournament was won byjoaquin niemann who became the first chilean golfer to win on the pga tour. he'll now be the first player from chile to play in the president's cup. it's going to be a really fun week. there are a lot of good players on oui’ there are a

south africa's rugby world cup winners kicked off their nationwide celebration tour in the capital pretoria the springboks were greeted by jubilant fans including president cyril ramaphosa the south african rugby union has bought insurance for the webb ellis cup while it parades around the country they've even appointed someone to manage the trophies movements during the parade and make sure only squad members and the president get their hands on it. this is the live from berlin up next doc film on the night the wall came down for more news visit our website e.w. dot com. from the above. it's all happening to children coming. to link to news from africa and the world your link to exceptional stories and discussions continue and we will come to see their views africa in program tonight from for a new journey from the zito i would say down here.

attacks now since last month there's been a group camped outside the un h t r's offices in the capital pretoriabusiness or south african president was that condemning the attacks in september no amount of anger and frustration and grievance can justify such acts of wanton destruction and criminality they can be no excuse for the attacks on the homes and businesses of foreign nationals just as they can be no excuse whatsoever for their not for bia or any form of intolerance all right well it's him basically is a south african political analyst he's also a brother to the country's former president i will take you mr beck it's lovely to have you released as the we're hearing the south african president condemning the attacks on foreign nationals in south africa something that made headlines across the continent you recently wrote an opinion piece and you say that it comes down to you chordates directionless political elite in every cell that. well what i was referring to was in our relations policy relations between south africa and the rest of africa. the political elite which include the preside

sports south africa's rugby world cup winners kicked off a nationwide celebration to end the capital pretoria today the springboks were greeted by euphoric fans including the president fitted. the south african rugby union has brought insurance for the web telescope won it grids around the country even appointed someone to manage the trophies movements during the parade to make sure only squad members and the president get their hands on it. on to football and match day full of the champions league dave bronczek from the sports desk is here to talk us through the action welcome dave not to the games left in the group stage and we've already had a couple of a few teams which if qualified any favorites among them yes so p.s.g. you ventus and byron munich are the 3 1st teams to go through and there are some of the biggest teams in the world so of course you always expect them to be in the mix but i'm not sure if i call any of them really favorites through for instance and they are in in the midst of some complete chaos at the moment they're really struggling actually just last week and they let

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pieces who's the deputy director of the national security program at the 3rd way think tank and in pretoria. the senior research on counterterrorism at the institute of security studies welcome to you all right so we have seen the u.s. repeat what it said many times in the past and that iran is the west state sponsor of terrorism and in this report we've also heard the u.s. say that the gulf crisis is straining these regional counterterrorism efforts so just how much are regional tensions hindering u.s. attempts to try to keep iran in line. in fact all of this there is a this and it's that but it is in the region the tensions the ramification of the arab spring the fragility of at least 10 states and out a book. all of this contributed to the what so called terrorism and the activities of those groups let's take a dim memory always defined those 2 groups being on a state activists and on us there are those basically what's contributing to their strength their activities their narrative their slogan is backs but actually instability is in politics and actually the united states is on a state

they've already taken in pretoria, johannesburg, soweto, durban, east london and port elizabeth.ight have missed over the weekend was one of the strangest red cards you're likely to see. it came in the german bundesliga match between frieberg and frankfurt where frankfurt captain david abraham was sent off after shoulder barging the frieberg manager whilst he was standing in the dugout. he has since apologised and cleared the air with christian streich — who looked none too impressed with abra ham's forcefulness. just when you thought you'd seen it all! 0ne one of the subs was sent off in the melee as well. you can read the report on that and plenty more via our website, bbc.com/sport. check out the app too. but from me and the rest of the team, that is your monday sport briefing. let's go through what we have been discussing today, what amazon's head scientist to say about the future of alexa, it may be an interactive companion, may even walking around the home. is this a thrill or a threat? many have been in touch. 0ne person says "i hate talking to inanimate objects, anyone wh

south africa's world cup winning rugby team as a rise in pretoria ahead of a victory parade the springboks squad was greeted by presidents. and social ceremonies the team won the trophy for a 3rd time thrashing in saturday's final in japan. this is al jazeera time take a look at the headlines the impeachment inquiry into president trump is to begin televised hearings next week washington's top diplomat in ukraine is due to appear he's previously said the us president made military aid to kiev dependent on whether he would have vested gate ukraine would have best to gauge his political rivals i think you will see throughout the course of the testimony not only their testimony but many others the. most important facts are largely not contested we are getting increasing appreciation for just what took place during the course of the last year and the degree to which the president and listed the whole departments of government in an illicit aim of trying to get you framed to dig up dirt on a political opponent as well as further conspiracy theory about the 2016 election that he believed would b

now south africa's world cup winning run with tame as arrived in pretoria ahead of a victory parade the springbok squad was greeted by a presence or rather hoser at an official ceremony the team won the webb ellis trophy for a 3rd time crashing england at saturday's final in japan. judges at the international criminal court are due to sentence a former colonies rebel leader of war crimes and sexual slavery these are live pictures now from the i.c.c. bosco and think gondo is also known as the terminator he was convicted of 18 war crimes and crimes against humanity for the killings of civilians in the democratic republic of congo the atrocities were committed in the touring reason which were in 20022003 thank god they became the 1st person to be found guilty by the hague of sexual slavery he faces a 30 year prisons in squares there's no into what the judges are saying the chamber found mr gundry responsible for sexual violence crimes committed against 2 distinct types of things namely members of the civilian population this was charged on the grounds for 57 and 8 and 2nd against female u.

there have beenjubilant scenes in pretoria and thenjohannesburg. in the days of apartheid. their five—day tour will finish in cape town on monday. throughout the campaign, bbc news will be looking closely at the places where the election could be won and lost — visiting ten parts of the uk where seats will be closely contested. today, we're in leeds, where regional newspapers have published a set coordinated front pages promoting a five—point manifesto for the north. christian fraser is in the city centre. as you have been hearing, labour are setting out policy today that would shift a sizeable amount of investment from the south east to the north. to reflect that, newspapers across the region have coordinated their front pages. business leaders have published their manifesto for the north, calling for a clear framework for devolution. they want local control over education, a commitment to rebalance the economy and a dedicated transport budget for the north. in the coming weeks the parties here will have to react to that. we followed them on the f

you own dealt with a school pretoria material in the presence of probable cause and the police officer is not required to take that into consideration. you are suggesting a different standard from reasonable suspicion? >> i'm not sure i'm understanding. >> probable cause if the defendant gives which seems to be a reasonable explanation for why he did not commit this crime. we don't obligate police officers to investigate that answer but we say probable cause exists and offers can arrest for probable cause and recreating a different rules for reasonable cause? under reasonable cause you prepare to say that the rule is different if you have reason to believe it's not the driver. >> i don't believe so. we have under the circumstances. >> there's totality. >> and this hypothetical situation against the officer if they find at their searching for a six year old man and is able to identify that driver is a 20 year old female then the suspicion i initially attracted the officer to the vehicle would be dispelled and that is the totality of circumstances. >> it's known as a set city to officer

continue to tour the country after bringing home the well count thursday celebrations starting in pretoria on a set to finish in johannesburg via some wet i see a khaleesi the 1st black springboks captain pose with the trophy alongside courage most and south africa's president sideroad. will stay with world champion lewis hamilton has been celebrating its 6 f one title back at the mercedes factory in the united kingdom how milton wrapped up the championship at sunday's us . i mean when i joined this team everyone said it was the worst decision that i could ever make and just everything every time arrive at the track and every time we come away with success and ticking at the end the year i just i don't have to say anything because i know the people that were saying that and now saying i knew and didn't do it. and believe it or not this isn't real formula one this is in fact a computer game it's the latest event in the f one e-sports priory series in london for about those darn your bones are you winning 2 of the 3 races to go for the 5 are on the ground final is an early good start to get

our correspondent milton nkosi is in pretoria for us now. what's happening this morning?bus, touring the city, showing south africans the webb ellis trophy and from here they move to johannesburg and webb ellis trophy and from here they move tojohannesburg and from there they go to the largest township in south africa, soweto. so the time to soak up the victory and celebrate is on in south africa. it certainly is. milton, you enjoy it. milton, good to see you in such good spirits. it's lovely. we are trying to catch up it's lovely. we are trying to catch up with some of the images as they progress through the crowds and celebrating through the morning. it's nearly eight to most of us like to get together over a cuppa to talk about the things that matter to us. so it seems fitting that we've sent out jayne with our bbc breakfast coffee cart to find out about the issues the people of leeds care about in the run up to next month's election. jayne. maybe have a cup of coffee as she passes by your neighbourhood. where are you today? we are in leeds city centre and it is piddli