look who's leading the welcoming ramaphosa's mr. challenge.ayor denies numerous allegations of corption agains her. this official was forced to deny he ordered the killing of a party comrade. popularity. losing he has promised to defeat corruption. [indiscernible] winning the election f y be the leas battles. fergal keane, bbc news. jane: members of the royal family have welcomed the arrivab y sussex, their first public appearance since his birth. at the same time, congratulations continue to flood in. our royal correspondent nicholas witchell rep nicholas: the message from far and wide, congratulations. relayed at windsor case to the duqueen, accompanied by th of edinburgh at an official lunch. at a dinner in berlin, the prince of wales, speaking in german, saide was pleased to be there as the grandfather of a new grandson. from the duke and duchess of cambridge -- prince william: i am pleased to welcome my brother to the sleepr ation party that is parenting. no, i wish him all the best. i hope that the next few days they can settle down and

cyril ramaphosa is the popular leader of a party that's losing popularity. he do it, given how pervasive the rot is within his own party and almost every level of government? winning the election may be the least of his battles. fergal keane, bbc news, durban. a paralysed man who lives with constant pain has began a fresh legal challenge to the law that bans anyone helping him to take his own life. 63—year—old paul lamb from leeds lost a case at the supreme court in 2014, but argues that public and professional medical opinion on assisted dying has changed. our legal correspondent clive coleman reports. this was a young, fit paul lamb 30 years ago, before he was paralysed from the neck down in a car crash. now in constant pain, he wants to be able to end his life at a time he chooses, but he'd need medical help, and any doctor providing it could face prosecution and a sentence of up to 1a years. when it's bad, it's like i've been smashed on the back of my neck with a baseball bat. i think the worst thing in the world is for somebody to say, "you're going to

cyril ramaphosa is the popular leader of a party that's losing popularity. he do it, given how pervasive the rot is within his own party and almost every level of government? winning the election may be the least of his battles. fergal keane, bbc news, durban. we will have plenty of coverage across bbc news. members of the british royal family have been welcoming the arrival of baby sussex, with their first public appearances since his birth. just to warn you that lisa hampele's report has some flash photography. band plays congratulations. it is congratulations from the band of the royal regiment of scotland at the changing of the guards at windsor castle. just within earshot, baby sussex is settling in, to his new home in the private estate of windsor castle. at a luncheon for members of the order of merit, his great—grandfather made a rare public appearance at the queen's side. he was clearly delighted, as was she. the queen was quizzed about the latest addition to the family by the former prime minister of canada, the right honourablejean chretien. congr

cyril ramaphosa is the popular leader of a party that's losing popularity.an he do it, given how pervasive the rot is within his own party and almost every level of government? winning the election may be the least of his battles. fergal keane, bbc news, durban. much more of the election on our website. members of the british royal family have welcomed the arrival of baby sussex, with their first public appearances since his birth. just to warn you that lisa hampele's report has some flash photography. it is congratulations from the band of the royal regiment of scotland at the changing of the guards at windsor castle just as baby sussex is settling in his new home in a private estate at windsor castle. his great—grandfather made a rare public appearance at the queens side. he was clearly delighted, as was achieved. she was squeezed by the former prime minister of canada. congratulations. how many of them have you got now? you beat me by one. the parents of three of those great—grandchildren say they were thrilled. i am pleased to welcome my brother to the p

ramaphosa is in a hurry to undo an entire system of official corruption.s protest over anc misrule. across south africa, there's fury over what's been stolen. billions have been lost in bribes paid to top officials, lucrative tenders, profits from state enterprises, handed to cronies of the former president, jacob zuma. all this with unemployment running at 27%, and deepening disillusionment in the slum—like foreman road, where they wait forjobs and proper homes. this woman is a mother of three who runs a roadside stall. how long have you lived in this place? 20 years now. 20 years? yeah. 20 years, you've lived here? yeah. will you ever get out of here? she laughs. mqapheli bonono was a long time anc activist here, but quit in disgust over the growing corruption. the worst thing about corruption is when you see the conditions people are living in getting worse. we blame the government because the government are the ones who were supposed to be responsible. the anc can still rally the crowds, this near durban, and is expected to win, but has lost support to

cyril ramaphosa is the popular leader of a party that's losing popularity. it, given how pervasive the rot is within his own party and almost every level of government? winning the election may be the least of his battles. fergal keane, bbc news, durban. a paralysed man who lives with constant pain has began a fresh legal challenge to the law that bans anyone helping him to take his own life. 63—year—old paul lamb from leeds lost a case at the supreme court in 2014, but argues that public and professional medical opinion on assisted dying has changed. our legal correspondent clive coleman reports. this was a young, fit paul lamb 30 years ago, before he was paralysed from the neck down in a car crash. now in constant pain, he wants to be able to end his life at a time he chooses, but he'd need medical help, and any doctor providing it could face prosecution and a sentence of up to 1a years. when it's bad, it's like i've been smashed on the back of my neck with a baseball bat. the worst thing in the world is for somebody to say, "you're going to be in pain for

ramaphosa humorously reminding them whose legacy is claiming. thought i ould wear a mandiba shirt, and they said no, wear suits and look presidential. fergal: from oppose it is in a hurry -- ramaphosa is in a hurry to undo a system of corruption. workers protest over anc misrule. ssacroouth africa, there is was stolen.at billions have been lost in o bribes paid twp officials. lucrative tenders, profits from state enterprises, handed to cronies of the former president jacob zuma. all this with unemployment running at 27% and and deepening disillusionhent in a slum they wait for jobs and proper homes. runs ar of three roadsi stall. how long have you lived here? >> 20 years now. fergal: 20 years? >> yeah. fergal: 2years you have lived here? will you ever get out of here? >> [laughter] fergal:ac a longtime anvist here quit in disgust over the growing corruption. >> couption is when you see the conditions getting more worse. we blame the government because they are supposed to be responsie. fergal: the anc can still rally the crowd, and is expected t

that despite the country struggling economy and growing complaints of inequality president cyril ramaphosa who's expected to stay in office has promised to spark growth and deal decisively with the country's twenty seven percent unemployment rate a statistic that translates to more than half of the country's youth being out of work. the african national congress is trying to secure a sixth consecutive term in africa's most developed economy a candidate in the may eighth election cyril ramaphosa has promised a new dawn after a decade of decline which has seen south africa regress so fast that only countries at war have fared worse. we are well into your we are. for first time voters like boy two mil or. who holds a degree in hydrology the prospects look bleak the country has just emerged from a recession and growth is only expected at one point five percent in twenty nineteen. good to eat at last year and i have been unemployed for over five months now and why would i be avoided this year i'm still kind of but decided that. the stifling economic climate is strangling the private sector and

what now for cyril ramaphosa's plans after his anc party sees its majority reduced in south africa?ould these he the radical new solutions for tackling chime at —— climate changes any research centre is unveiled? coming up in the business briefing. an $82 billion price tag — but it's never made a profit. investors pile aboard uber for the biggest stock market debut since facebook. are you in the a warm welcome to the programme — briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. cientists at the university of cambridge have unveiled plans for a new research centre to re—examine old ideas to tackle climate change. today we want to know — what ideas do you have to repair the ea rth‘s climate? join in the conversation on twitter, just use the hashtag #bbcthebriefing. as we go on air, new us tariffs on chinese goods are due to come into effect. levies on $200 billion worth of chinese goods will rise from 10% to 25%. it comes as talks in washington between trade negotiators fail to produce a breakthrough. more discussions are scheduled later on friday. the internati

mr ramaphosa also said south africans had chosen hope and unity over conflict and division.personnel seized off the coast of crimea last november. the president said it would allow russia to signal that it was ready to stop the conflict with ukraine in a civilised way. russia said the tribunal had no jurisdiction a civilised way. russia said the tribunal had nojurisdiction in the case. the incident in november dramatically escalated tensions between russia and ukraine. the ukrainian vessels had tried to pass through the kerch strait the only access to ukrainian ports on the sea of azov. russia has controlled the strait in its entirety since annexing crimea from ukraine in 2014. moscow saw the attempted passage as a provocation. its coastguards fired on the vessels, injuring several crew members, before boarding the ships. ukraine turned to the international tribunal when other efforts to secure the release of its sailors had failed. the courts did not uphold ukraine's request for moscow to suspend proceedings against the servicemen. they're accused of breaching russia's mari

cyril ramaphosa humourously reminding them his legacy he is claiming.sm event in durban i thought i should wear the type of show that nelson mandela used to wear. they said no, no, no, that is not appropriate. wary suit and look presidential. cyril ramaphosa is in a hurry to undo an entire system of official corruption. on durban's streets, workers protest over anc miss rule. across south africa, there is fury over what has been stolen. billions have been lost in bribes played to top officials —— paid. lucrative tenders, profits from state enterprises handed to cronies of the former president jacob zuma. all this with unemployment running at 27%, and deepening disillusionment in a slum like foreman road, where they wait forjobs and proper homes. this woman is the mother of three who i’u ns woman is the mother of three who runs a roadside stall. how long have you lived in this place? 20 years now. 820 years? yeah. 20 years? yeah. —— 20 years. now. 820 years? yeah. 20 years? yeah. -- 20 years. do you think you will ever get out of here? laughter this man

mr ramaphosa also said south africans had chosen hope and unity over conflict and division.estigious cannes film festival has drawn to a close and the top prize, the palme d'0r, has gone to the south korean film, parasite, directed by bong joon—ho. it's a tragicomic tale, which tackles the gulf between the rich and the poor. 0ur arts correspondent, vincent dowd, reports. a young man from a poor background taking upajob a young man from a poor background taking up a job with a rich family. parasite, the dark yet comedic is really exploring class, wealth and social dynamics in south korea, now a palm door winning film. awarded cannes top prize. translation: when i was cannes top prize. translation: when iwasa cannes top prize. translation: when i was a little boy of only 12 years old i fell in love with film and wa nted old i fell in love with film and wanted to become a film director. now it is a great astonishment to hold this award in my very hands. thank you very much. there was no shortage of glitz and glamour on display across the red carpet. the 72nd cannes film festiva

this is date over the news live from the land south africa swears in its president cyril ramaphosa pledges to battle corruption as he takes office in a lavish no ration ceremony we hear from our correspondent about the challenges he faces also coming up. u.s. president donald trump arrives in japan for a special state visit as the new emperor is 1st foreign guest. and celebrities gather on the red carpet one last time as the cannes film festival proles to its climax our film critic scott ross broke the final downfall and gives us his prediction for who will take home the competition pompadour. thanks. i'm rebecca ritter's welcome to the program cyril ram opposed has been sworn in as president of south africa after being returned to office in elections earlier this month has promised a new dawn for the country which suffers from high crime slumping economic growth and high unemployment from opposes presidency follows a corruption scandal that brought down his predecessor inauguration took place in a stadium in pretoria with regional leaders in attendance. rather pose a risk the issues aroun

but when he took over from list for mr ramaphosa.from his predecessor, jacob zuma, about two years ago, he vowed to crackdown on corruption. something many voters will feel not enough has been donejust yet. ramzan karmali, bbc news. we go live now to new york. dan magaziner teaches south african history at yale university. thank you for your time. we have been reading this is the anc losing an unusually large number of votes, how do you read this results? in one sense that is accurate. the anc is for the first i'm going to come in at under 60%, which has been, a long time, been seen as a magic number, signifying the strength of their support. so i think they are losing, even as they are winning. but i've read it slightly differently. because they think part of the story here is that people support ramaphosa and the party more much more significantly than any party in the political scene in south africa was up and has been one year since he has been in power, slightly more than a year. and i think that he headline, for me, is that the

i think the difficulty is whether ramaphosa takes control of the anc because he is not incompletely -in complete control of his own party. and if he will stamp out corruption, which is the biggest issue in south africa at the moment. brent: it is hard to imagine that after 25 years we are talking about the main party in power having a leader that really it is maybe not in control and a party that is part and parcel of rampant corruption. that is a horrible place to be after they have had democracy for 25 years. anli: and opinion polls show more than 50% of the population of south africa is very unhappy because the ruling party is the face of corruption in the country. and he has promised and he said after the election, the rule of law -- people will be charged and all of that, but he still sits with the vice president who isis very c corrupt with his gel secretary of the anc, who is a gangster in many ways. and he does not seem to have got control of his party. in some ways very similar to mandela who never managed to get control of his own party. brent: whahat effect is time having h

ramaphosa and his ruling a.n.c. party have been watching their approval ratings nosedive as he struggles to make good on promises to fight corruption and get the economy back on track although the a.n.c. is expected to win this election as it has every time since the country emerge from white minority rule in one thousand nine hundred four i'm melissa are predicting that it's margin of victory could fall sharply. into the critias covering this election for us from johannesburg. and this could really be a decisive election for the country one of the issues at play right now. after talking to some of the voters here visit polling station earlier i asked them what are the expectations for the new government that will come in and beyond was the same like the one i feared and counted times before everybody here says they want the new government to fix the economy unemployment rates are extremely high every fourth person if not more is unemployed the economy has been struggling the growth is lower than the growth of the p

mr ramaphosa also said south africans had chosen hope and unity over conflict and division. to a close, and the top prize, the palme d'0r, has gone to the south korean film parasite, directed by bong joon—ho. it is a tragicomic tale which tackles the gulf between the rich and the poor. 0ur arts correspondent vincent dowd says the winning film may be a surprise to some. bong joon—ho, not everyone will have heard of him but he is quite well known internationally. in 2006 he made the post, which is sort of genre film. this is a social satire, as you say, about the very rich and the very poor, that is the kind of story which tends to play around the it is about a nice young guy from a penniless family, goes to be a tutor toa penniless family, goes to be a tutor to a hugely rich family. he kind of sneaks his sister into a job alongside him, and then... things start to happen. it's kind of a comedy, but it's definitely got a satirical point to it as well. daly 0k, there's something else we want to mark you, and that's the director who won the second prize, the grand prix, this is

ramaphosa isink doing? he points out jacob zuma had nine wasted years. rem opposer was amaphosa was- rom oppos not around? goolam: the deputy president can .rgue he was impotent the power vested in the president jacob zuma as well as the former president. especially the criminal justice system, it all meant he had an astonishing amount of absolute power that left of the former ramaphosasident impotent to affect change. the amc and of both state, the authority he is able to wield to reform his agenda has already been shown over the last year. voters going to reward him for the job he has done thus far? do they think he has done well or will it be difficult to convince them to give him the time he wants? goolam: already president ramaphosa has been able to affect significant change, especially with regard to leadership positions at a variety of government institutions. that he isprising quite towering in terms of poses. he towers relative to former president jacob zuma and to opposition leaders. and also the economic freedom fighters. president the former

cyril ramaphosa has been sworn in as president of south africa after being returned to office in elections earlier this month from a post as promised a new dawn for south africa the country suffers from high crime slumping economic growth and high unemployment his presidency follows a corruption scandal that brought down his predecessor you know curation took place in a stadium in pretoria with regional leaders in attendance. for more on this let's now bring in our correspondent the encrease who joins us from cape town ali and after being sworn in ramaphosa had a message for the people in south africa what did he say. well we call you mainly try to spread optimism and hope for the audience where in this stage you remember more than 6000000 of young voters did not even registered although they were eligible to vote in this election so there's a lot of frustrations especially amongst young people and i'm opposed to try to address them try to tell them well we're still working very hard to make this nation a better place he promised that he's trying everything to end poverty in this country w

cyril ramaphosa is a very capable leader and he seems to have the anc had his back for now but what hed to that kind of statistic are deeply structural. he is going to have to change a tremendous amount of things about the economy and institutions to bring about change. the question for me is whether that is going to be possible unless there is more than a single party majority. well, julius malema and his party are unlikely to help in that? they are very unlikely. you might try to help in some way, in the way he is done with land distribution, offer olive a nswe i’s with land distribution, offer olive a nswers to with land distribution, offer olive answers to people who are supporting the eff. it doesn't look like those olive branches worked in the election. but i'm sure he is going to keep trying. officer, thank you very much. syrian government forces are attacking the provinces of idlib — northern hama — and western aleppo — the rebels' last remaining strongholds. a takeover of some areas — by extreme islamist fighters — has led to the collapse of a recent ceasefire — as our middle

when the end south africa's cyril ramaphosa was reelected the spite the failure of his ruling a.n.c. party to get a grip on the economy and corruption the former union leader turned business magnate has promised to create jobs and continue to fight corruption he needed a resoundingly victory to unite a party that has been deeply divided since the ousting of scandal plagued jacob zuma a year ago unemployment is at a 15 year high of 27 point one percent but youth unemployment is at the highest level in the world the economy grew just 0.8 percent in 2018 after recovering from a recession ramaphosa hopes to create $275000.00 jobs a year but the economy hasn't grown more than 2 percent over the last 5 years. and all this against the backdrop of inequality electricity and water shortages now does it is for me to miller has more now on the challenges facing the country during its election campaign the african national congress promised to clean up corruption now it's in areas like this where the impact of the corruption is most felt the government says that it loses at least 2000000000 doll

also coming up south africans go to the polls to pass judgment on their president cyril ramaphosa took office amid high hopes for an end to corruption and economic mismanagement but support for his party the a.n.c. has been sliding. and liverpool put four goals past barcelona's goalkeeper to one place in the tournament final it's a stunning come from behind victory that may well cement coach in clubs placed in history. i'm sorry kelly walked into the program we begin with breaking news a ron has announced it is partially withdrawing from a landmark nuclear deal struck with world powers in twenty fifteen president hassan rouhani says that his country plan to stop implementing some commitments under the accord you said that if the deal isn't renegotiate within sixty. days the country will once again begin enriching uranium to high levels. for itself instead of selling it to other countries and the move comes as tensions mount washington in tehran u.s. secretary of state mike on pale made in unannounced trip to neighboring iraq because of what he called the threat of imminent attacks from

speaking at the results centre in johannesburg, president ramaphosa pledged to build a prosperous andtry. we can declare with certainty that democracy has emerged victorious in our country, our people have given all the leaders of this country a firm mandate to build a better south africa for all. the yellow vest movement in france is marking six months of weekly protests with a series of marches across the country. it's hoped the anniversary will re—galvanise support for the group. protest numbers have fallen from a high of 300,000 to less than 20,000 so does this mean the end of the yellow vests? kieron mirchandani reports. in november last year, the yellow vest protests sorts thousands come out on the streets of paris. contrast with today's protest, and it is a very different scene. only a small group of protesters are taking part, their message still strong but their numbers depleted. a lot has changed in france since the yellow vest movement erupted six months ago. president emmanuel macron was set to implement a fuel tax which many argued would unfairly target the poorest in fra

and now president ramaphosa of the a.n.c. has jumped on that bandwagon himself wanting to accelerate that redistribution in the hope of luring votes away from. the results of the election are expected by saturday. and w.'s christina is in johannesburg for she's covering the election for his good evening to you the really a.n.c. party it is remarkable isn't it it's been in power for twenty five years it's had basically a free house for a quarter of a century and now would struggling to keep the voters on its side what is the a.n.c. offering voters to keep their support for the a.n.c. is offering settled on a process after nearly a decade off and levels of corruption and mismanagement in government and a lack of service delivery the a.n.c. say add to the leadership. these issues are going to be addressed it is the first time we hear the ruling party talk of having reflected and admitting the stakes that it's made them opposed his message to supporters and people who have not supporting the party is that and to my leadership thi

this is date of the news live from birth in south africa swears in it president cyril ramaphosa pledges to battle corruption as he takes office in a lavish inauguration ceremony we hear from our correspondent about the challenges he faces also coming up. here as president donald trump arrives in japan for a special state visit as the new emperor is 1st foreign guest. and then suck up by in munich battle it out we'd like to shoot in the german cup final it will also be this one song for to it by an international superstar was. i'm rebecca races welcome to the program cyril ram opposes been sworn in as the president of south africa after being returned to office in elections earlier this month has promised a new dawn for the country which suffers from high crime slumping economic growth and high unemployment and opposes presidency follows a corruption scandal that brought down his predecessor you know gratian took place in a stadium in pretoria with regional leaders in attendance. from opposed to address the issues around corruption that the country and his party have been facing our peop

it faces the strongest challenge challenge yet to its twenty five years in power president cyril ramaphosa is propose promising new jobs and economic growth yancey has governed south africa since the racist apartheid system ended but has been shaken by several corruption scandals. joining me live from that rally in johannesburg a state of me is christine christine hi the a.n.c. has been in power since ninety four when nelson mandela became president what's at stake for the party and the selection. as you rightly said this is the most contested election in south africa's history post a party that is they see has enjoyed big majority wins when it comes to the polls but in the last two elections supports has been sliding what the new leadership of the african national congress is looking to do by sort of them of course is to reverse those losses at the polls you now have another play on the scene that is the economic freedom fight is taking away young people from this party young people were frustrated that the african national congress has not done enough to change their lives twenty five ye

this is date every news live from berlin and south africa swears in its president cyril ramaphosa pledges to battle corruption as he takes office in a lavish in over a short ceremony we hear from our correspondent about the challenges he faces also coming out of the screenings adama's the jury has deliberated all that's missing is the lbl fresh from can now film critic scott prosper will be good to look at through my tapes that coveted golden. tandon suck up via munich babble about the plight of fish in the german cup final also be the swan song for 2 hours by an international superstar that's. i'm a backer of his welcome to the program cyril ramaphosa has been sworn in as president of south africa after being returned to office in elections earlier this month has promised a new dawn for the country which suffers from high crime slum pick slumping economic growth and high unemployment rather poses presidency follows a corruption scandal that brought down his predecessor you know ration took place in a stadium in pretoria with regional leaders in attendance. addressed the issues around the

from johannesburg good to see you in this election is being seen as a verdict on president cyril ramaphosa the a.n.c. party which has ruled the country for a quarter of a century do south africans still have confidence in the party that helped and apartheid. well about ten percent of the votes are already counted and currently the a.n.c. is ahead was fifty four percent of the vote is of course too early to say whether this is a trend or what the final results will be but to does clear that this elections are largely a referendum on president cyrus he took over one year ago promising reforms promising to fight the issue of corruption remember before him jacob zuma was in power and under his watch corruption was rampant and all all levels of governance promised to tackle that issue but of course he will be judged on his performance of very very soon many observers are saying that he needs at least fifty five or sixty percent of the votes to have a clear mandate is to really clean up within its own party has made a lot of promises but he has to act so far he has established some commissions o

it's the first real test for president ramaphosa.ll also be live at the uber headquarters in san francisco as drivers from ride—hailing apps strike over wages and conditions. president trump has blocked congress from seeing the entire mueller report on russian election interference. the president has previously claimed the report's findings exonerate him completely. today for the first time, he used presidential secrecy powers to prevent the publication of redacted portions of the special counsel's report. this is a quote from a letterfrom the assistant attorney general. this letter was sent to the head of the house judiciary committee, jerrold nadler. and that was ahead of the committee's debate on whether to hold the attorney general, bill barr, in contempt of congress, for not providing an unredacted version of the mueller report. here is jerrold nadler speaking in congress. our fight is not just about the mueller report, although we must have access to the mueller report. our fight is about defending the rights of congress as an

south africa's recently elected president cyril ramaphosa is being formally sworn in at a ceremony in pretoria run across or is due to serve a full term as president he took office last year after jacob zuma resigned amid corruption allegations the african national congress who won the general election earlier this month but it was the party's worst performance in 25 years. from pretoria to talk us through today's proceedings. from a person has began the 1st address he's making to south africans as president of south africa in the 1st full term following elections and he's begun that address by thanking south africans for what he said is the trust that's been stowed on him but he's also 1 made a reference to the last few years of governance in south africa especially 25 years into the democracy and the freedom that south africans have enjoyed he says that while south africans have made massive strides in that time it's also been a time where they've been a number of challenges and this is where he referred to the arrow where jacob zuma was president now it's difficult to look up for c

incumbent, president ramaphosa, once a strong mandate to help hi defeat factions in the party mired inencehosa: the by our people is just amazing. this is a vote that reminds us of994. fergal: the anc is expected to win, but this party has a challenge to its dominance. economic freedom fighters want radical redistribution of wealth. continueople want to welfare, perpetuate the instituted corruption, they must continue to vote for the same pay they have been voting. fergal: the past shadows this electi. queues994, the long told the story of liberation from centuries of oppression. now a younger generation has apathy and alienation. half of those between 18 and 30 didls not sign on the voter r the fact that many young people didn't register to vote will worry all of the party. if history offers anlesson of ai is the necessity democratic process that holds leaders to account, that so many died to bring into being. this is a young democracy and a peaceful vote is a real hievement, but there will be turbulence ahead if the longing for change is unanswered. fergal keane, bbc news, johannesbu

it is a test of whether president cyri ramaphosa can reinvigorate support for his y, which is losingamid growing inequality. our africa editor fergal keane send this report. fergal: it is the sheerit normalof the day that stood out. a free election and a fair one. no drama, no violence. only the hope things might get better. >> after this election we are going to have changes, especially the jobs. >> i think it is very important there should be fairness for everyone here and equality. fergal: this is the country's sixth democratic election in the 25 years sin the end of apartheid. age 90, he walked from his soweto home to cast a vote at the school. voting is avi pge he will never take for granted. what is voting mean to you as a pers >> it means that we africans are voting now. before, it was the white incumbent, president ramaphosa, o e a strong mandate to help him defeat factions in the party mired in corruption. confidencehosa: the by our people is just amazing. this is a vote that reminds us of 1994. fergal: the anc is expected to win, but this party has a challenge to its domina

cyril ramaphosa has been sworn in as south africa's president tomorrow it was a day of celebration for him it followed the west's election yet for his ruling african national congress for me to miller explains from pretoria for the president there that would place raise up your butt and slowly help off. in front of thousands of south africans so ramaphosa took his oath of office well this is the beginning of rum a process 1st full term as president he came to power 15 months ago when jacob zuma resigned amid corruption scandals his party the african national congress is struggling to recover from the damage caused by suma and internal conflict called him a process calling his presidency a new dawn he's also acknowledged his party's fading as in recent times our people have watched some of those in a home they had invested they are crossed 4 have summoned up to the temptation of kawan and richard. they have seen some of the very institutions of our democracy eroded. and resources wander the challenger's not a what country faces are huge and they are real. but they are not in some.

clearly, repairing an ailing economy will be high on the list for cyril ramaphosa but when he took overd two yea rs predecessor, jacob zuma, around two years ago, he vowed to crackdown on corruption, something many voters will feel not enough has been done just yet. ramzan karmali, bbc news. let's go live to francis nesbitt. good to talk to you. the anc vote is well down and a lot of people who could have voted don't seem to have voted at all. what do you think is going on? i think the anc is playing to all these accusations of corruption and a lot of the youth are unemployed, they feel the economy is not working for them. it's just working for the small group of rich people and so they didn't turn out to vote so actually, yes, it's way down from the 2014 election, for instance, even the 2018, because of this new party, the new party that has come up as promised to redistribute wealth and land and take over the minds and many people feel that is how they can change the economy in south africa so it's a combination of corruption, accusations of corruption, accusations of corruption, the

what are the issues cyril ramaphosa and the a.n.c. have been elected on what the voters expect from them now. so these elections were largely a referendum on. the current president he took over about a year ago from jacob zuma and you have to remember under his his leadership corruption was rampant in the country in all levels of governance the took over and promised to change that he promised to go after corrupt people also within his own party and now many people say it really depends how many votes he will get in the end of this election if he gets more than fifty five sixty percent that will give him a strong mandate to really follow up on his promises to really go after people in his own party because there's really a strong disconnect. part of the party of the leadership party and the people here many people here have the feeling that there are some corrupt elites who are just enriching themselves and they're not serving the country and the people and from a post i made these big promises now it is time for them to follow up on

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in front of thousands of south africans the subtle ramaphosa took his oath of office well this is the beginning of rome a poor says 1st full term as president he came to power 15 months ago when jacob zuma resigned amid corruption scandals his party the african national congress is struggling to recover from the damage caused by suma and internal conflict while rome of course is calling his presidency a new dawn he's also acknowledged his party's failures agree sometimes * our people have a large a sum of those in a home they heard 1st that they are crossed or summoned out to the temptation of power and. they have seen some of the very institutions of our democracy eroded. and resources juanda their challengers not a what country they are huge and they are real. but they are not insurmountable among those where at least 50 heads of state and dignitaries and more than 50000 people many south africans see them oppose us presidency as the government we committing to working for them from of course those used his address to reassure south africans that be an end to unemployment poverty an

president cyril ramaphosa acknowledged the anc had made mistakes in government — and that it had lostote gave the anc just over fifty—seven per cent of the vote. the final result still puts it comfortably ahead of its next closest rival, the democratic alliance on 20.7 pr cent. the radical economic freedom fighters came third with 10.8 per cent. speaking at the results centre in johannesburg, president ramaphosa pledged to build a prosperous and united country. we can declare with certainty that democracy has emerged victorious in oui’ democracy has emerged victorious in our country, our people have given all the leaders of this country a firm mandate to build a better south africa for all. the headlines on bbc news: aid workers say a pledge by houthi rebels in yemen to withdraw troops from key ports is a big game changer, as it may open a lifeline for millions of people facing famine. concerns over climate change might restrict the growth of flying in the uk, according to a senior civil servant. a 74—year—old man shot with a crossbow as he adjusted his satellite dish at his home on g

still going to be in power but it has lost support is this going to make it harder adrian for cyril ramaphosa to go for. so most analysts have before the election that up was on these at least fifty five sixty percent of the votes to really have a strong mandate to fight corruption within its own party and the way it looks like now you managed to get these mandates you have to remember that before him jacob zuma was in power under his watch corruption was thriving in this country in almost all levels of governance and come up with a promise to fight that he promised to tackle that many times before but now he has to act on it's and actually has got on those mind that by the people to really react now africans are really waiting if you will walk his talk. about opposition parties in this election age or in this bill that brought some changes for then we saw quite a bit of movement there south africa as a whole is is changing what were all of these opposition parties likely to play moving forward well i mean of course if you look at the struggles that the governing party has you would have expe

succeededaphosa has cyrilial ramaphosa -- ramaphosa faces the challenge of picking a cabinet. he vows to revive a flagging economy. manchester city has won the english premier league. winvictory came after a 4-1 . they clinch the title after a closely fought race with liverpool. the team won the highest point tally for any team that finished second in up or merely history. the teams also had the highest combined point total ever. global news 24 hours a day on air and on tictoc on twitter powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. this is bloomberg. anna: thank you very much. next, it is platinum week here in london. we will speak with the world's largest producer of platinum. the ceo joins us next. bloomberg radio is live on your mobile device or on dab digital in the london area. ♪ matt: welcome back to bloomberg markets. this is "the european open." we are 17 minutes away from the start of cash trading. the world's biggest miners are gathering for platinum week, but many will be focused on palladium. the commodity's premium over platinum r

also coming up south africans go to the polls to pass judgement on their president cyril ramaphosa took office amid high hopes for an end to corruption and economic mismanagement but support for his party the a.n.c. has been slighted clubs liverpool put four goals past barcelona's goalkeeper to win a place in the champions league final it is a stunning come from behind victory that a well samantha coach your been cops place in history. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program we begin with breaking news iran has announced it is partially withdrawing from a landmark nuclear deal struck with world powers in twenty fifteen it comes exactly one year after the us pulled out of the accord which was designed to limit tehran's ability to produce nuclear fuel now president hassan rouhani has said that iran plans to stop complying with certain parts of the agreement and says that if the deal isn't renegotiated within sixty days a wrong will once again begin and bring. can you grainy i'm too high levels the move is fueling a growing confrontation between tehran and washington on tuesday u.s. secreta

promises that followed or they've haunted politicians and unnerved voters today president cyril ramaphosa and his ruling a.n.c. party have watched their approval ratings plummet the party is struggling to make good on promises to fight corruption and revive the economy the a.n.c. has won every election since the country emerged from white minority rule twenty five years ago this year is expected to be no different with one important exception the agency's margin of victory may be the smallest in its history this time around. well we sent our very own christine to south africa to find out what issues matter most to voters. so i'm outside a polling station in so way to about four thousand people are expected to vote here today and these are some of the the early risers that you're seeing behind me a few people of course the folks have told us oh process takes about ten minutes once you're actually inside the classrooms where the voting is taking place a lot at stake in this election and of course these are the people who are going to be deciding south africa's future want to have a chat to

majority in the future also inside this parliament the person who wants to stop the trend cyril ramaphosa the president he promised a lot he wants to get the economy back on track he wants to stop the massive unemployment and stop corruption which has been rampant also within its own party so now south africans are watching closely if you can we walk his talk. now let's move on to a march on the reported story children with disabilities and their access to education the united nations educational body and the school says there are around 19000000 children with disabilities in the world in some places including parts of africa as many as 90 percent of duce children do not attend school but some countries like kenya are doing something about that the kenyan government has introduced new laws aimed at improving the inclusion of disabled children in schools at the moment several pilot projects have started around the coppertone i will be making sure kids with disabilities get a chance. to talk about this i'm joined in the studio by frederick haga from the education ministry in kenya thank you

coming up, cyril ramaphosa enters south africa's election as the front runner.l he be able to bring confidence back to the country? this is bloomberg. ♪ manus: it is "bloomberg daybreak: europe." entered the fifth stage of the world's largest democratic election. short of may fall just a clean majority. it is the first time the prospect of a coalition has been raised. >> we are very confident the or allianceority partners, we are very confident. >> you have the belt and road initiative coming up. why will india not join that? >> there are two significant reasons. projects passes in pakistan.ritory we cannot support the initiative. , it is supposed to be a project that benefits a number of countries. never any order for the project. >> can i push you want another issue? many outsiders immediately brought up the issue of the relationship between majority hindus and minority muslim population. reports from human rights watch say 36 muslims were killed by vigilantes. and 2019.y 2015 will you condemn those killings? >> absolutely. it has no place in our system. whene