no you can still see cape town parts of the table mountain is still on fire you can still see a lot of smoke on top of the city ball and parts of the southern suburbs so they still things happening the fire is still on which we initially imports insistence that behind the fire the reason where homeless people according to the park or 30 who were doing a fire up on the slopes of table mountain if that is true that would have not been the 1st time that this was happening especially because of the pandemic the number of homeless people in capetown significantly increased in the past months and some of them do live and sleep on the slopes of table mountain and obviously if they want to prepare food this is also where they would do it but it is not 100 percent confirm what is clear though we had a very hot sweet n.t.n. cape town it is still the dry season and because of the strong winds today the fire managed to spread pretty fast and this is what's this is why we have such a large scale of the fire at the moment still table mountain is obviously came towns biggest landmark as part of a you

city officials say they've managed to contain a massive fire at on table mountain which is of use aging since sunday morning has impacted thousands of people in the area of had to evacuate their homes and devastated more than $400.00 acres of land further compounding these firefighting efforts has been the fields when smaller than 70 kilometers per hour which is also led to the suspension of a coffee water bombers have not been able to take in and around the table mountain area officials are now still investigating the origins of this fire but there have confirmed that at least one suspect has been administered for alleged arson there's been a mess of outpouring of support from all of the public have taken in a lot of the students from the university of cape town for thousands of them living on campus who had to find alternative accommodation hotels in the area have also opened their doors to these students at the fire department which is right in the city of kut done about one kilometer from where the fire was taking place a little earlier maybe the nations have been lit by the public

a massive wild fire is tearing through table mountain national park.ay one man has now been detained as they investigate whether the fire was deliberately set. michael holmes has the story. >> taking everyone out because there's a fire starting. there's fire already inside. >> reporter: an out of control fire that broke out in capetown's table mountain national park on sunday spread to the upper campus to the university of capetown. >> strange. out! out! >> reporter: students evacuated. you see nearby restaurants and historical structures damaged. including mustard's mill which was built in 1796, the only working windmill in africa south of the sahara. >> it's horrible. it's bad. it's worse than i expected. >> reporter: residents watched as the fire spread from the mountain to other parts of capetown. >> helicopters were bringing water to kwechblg the fire. >> reporter: a statement from table mountain national park said an early investigation shows a fire unattended by a homeless person might have sparked the blaze. a fire and rescue officials said two

officials suspect a fire left by a homeless person may be partially to blaze for the blaze on table mountain a historic wind wheel was damaged as well as well as heritage buildings. what more can you tell us, and how is the city being threatened here? >> well, robin, it's very much an active situation. a very scary scene developing in the early morning hours around capetown city. the wind around 2:00 p.m. according to officials picked up dramatically, a southeasterly wind which means the fire ripped around the mountain towards the city of capetown, and many pe people in the neighborhoods near the city have been evacuated, and nobody has been seriously hurt at this point except for the firefighters. the problem is with the winds officials say it will be difficult to get the helicopters up in the morning hours up this morning to battle that blaze. the city itself is shrouded in smog and haze from the fire and it's the second day of battling the fire that has burnt a large section of the iconic table mountain. >> also other iconic structures, particularly at the university of capetown, the impa

hikers in the table mountain national park were urged to leave.f surrounded by spoke and flames. it was a bit stupid of me. smoke...my eyes. ha, that's hot. panting. the smoke — my eyes. i can't see. he did eventually manage to make it home safely. all day helicopters have flown back and forth, dropping thousands of gallons of water on the mountain below. people have been told to stay inside and keep their windows shut as the battle goes on. tim allman, bbc news. after more than a year of being unable to leave their home country, the first flights of australian residents have left for new zealand. it marks the beginning of the trans—tasman bubble — a two—way travel corridor. both countries say the bubble is only possible because they've generally been able to contain the virus. from monday, those in australia and new zealand can travel freely between the countries without needing to quarantine on arrival. but it won't be quite like pre—covid travel. passengers will be required to wear a mask on the plane. and at airports they will be taken through

a great line coming to us this is so scary the fire started at the slopes off table mountain and according to initial investigations by the pockets already it was caused by homeless people and it turns out to be true it wouldn't be the 1st time that this was happening the amount of homeless people in cape town has tremendously increased over the past months because of the pandemic and some of them are living on the slopes of table mountain after was the fire moved here to the campus of the university of cape town the students way evacuated on time but several buildings where factors among them the library the university is one of the most prestigious ones not only in south africa but on the continent hence the library is also home to very real national collections we're not sure yet whether these special collections where affected because recently fire doors were installed and at this point it is not safe to go inside the building and have a look it was a dream. greece reporting there now to a massive shake up in european football 12 top clubs from spain italy and england have announced th

this is a woodstock right that the bottom of table mountain only thing is just little bits of smoke at the moment firefighters backing up getting back to base the scenes earlier on monday residents were packing up the stuff it was smoke everywhere it was pretty chaotic. some people fled to safety others chose to whiten out. is that in the 40 years muhammad simon says he's seen his share of mounting violence or fires ok the last fire was a mess of it was more than a fire but this one is more when the donations from the public and big business have been rolling in for firefighting crews and those displaced by the fire have been taken in by people nearby. there is no city like the motor city when we have a crisis in this city no other city in south africa response like this no other city has this kind of here's where you will see these kind of donations and volunteer activity and outpourings of contributions and assistance this is a thing of the mother city and we're very proud that people are willing to come forward and make these kind of contribution right now the hope is that the winds

a large fire in cape town has ravaged large parts of table mountain the slopes above the new orleans neighborhood are in flames more residential areas are threatened cape town university has been evacuated fires often break out in this part of south africa during periods of drought or robin adams is live for us now in cape town robyn just bring us up to date before the latest is on the situation. in the 50 plus hours for the $263.00 well so far if i can essentially from one across the city to contain this blaze as things stand at the moment the blame has not yet been under control or brought under control and neighboring areas particularly on the slopes of the health. and evacuate their homes nodes of the adjacent been closed as well and schools have been closed to we are at the station at the buckets to c'mon this particular operation and as i said $200.00 firefighters being tasked with bringing this blaze under control at the moment if that's all being employed someone. who was a little mountain national park said that they were hoping that some course of this week speaking at leas

a wildfire on south africa's table mountain has forced students from the university of cape town to evacuate one firefighter has been injured the bushfire began on the slopes of the mountain and spread to surrounding areas helicopter crews dropped water to try to quell the blaze as winds rough and spread the for the flames. the united states has warned russia there will be consequences if jailed opposition leader alexei navalny dies in prison of all these doctors say after almost 3 weeks on hunger strike his life is hanging by a thread of all me says he doesn't have access to independent medical care. this is deja news from berlin you can find more headlines on our website that's t w dot com and also on our social media channels. welcome to this new special edition of check in this time we focus on 3 cities in bavaria. that are all home to unesco world heritage sites. explores fruits book. because flourish shows us around regions books will town. and then who gets to go dives into our water management history our 1st destination on this special edition of judging is fritz book painting $1000

emergency teams are racing to contain a wildfire on south africa's table mountain the blaze started on sunday and reached parts of the university of cape town burning the historic campus library and forcing hundreds of students to evacuate at least one firefighter has been injured . we turn our attention now to the u.s. state of minnesota where the trial of a former police officer charged with killing george floyd last year is wrapping up today both the prosecution and the defense are making their closing statements mr floyd's a 48 year old black man died while being restrained by a white police officer derrick show and during his arrest in minneapolis last may the event shocked the world and sparked global protests about racism and police violence while the jury will have to decide whether mr chauvin committed homicide the verdict is set to have huge political and social reverberations. guilty or not that is the question 12 men and women will debate behind closed doors after the george floyd murder trial moves to closing arguments. the defendant derek show in was fired from the minnea

a wildfire on south africa's table mountain has forced students from the university of cape town to evacuate helicopter crews drop water bombs to try to quell the while far as winds rapidly spread flames across dr bush. more than $100.00 protesters gathered in front of the russian embassy in prague to express their anger over the kremlin's alleged involvement in an explosion at the munition depot and $24.00 team that killed 2 people the czech republic as expelling 18 russian diplomats after officials said they found clear evidence moscow operatives were involved. doctors for a jailed russian opposition leader alexander said he could quote die any moment based on medical tests received from the bombings representatives the 44 year old has been on hunger strike for 3. weeks and says he doesn't have access to independent medical care w. reporter federico baggio has been following the story federico welcome what has medical teams so worried. about his personal doctor and. his cardiologist they said they've been examining these latest blood test results which the. achieved through his lawyers who

a wildfire on south africa's table mountain has forced students from the university of cape town to evacuate at least one firefighter has been injured helicopter crews drop water bombs to try to quell the wildfire as winds rapidly spread flames across dr bush. well as promised earlier german football manager and in the bundesliga dortmund reignited hopes of a top 4 finish with a win over vera bremen and puts them within 4 points of a champions league qualification spot. following their chickens league exit in midweek dortmund strode out in a special retro shirt hoping to draw inspiration from their mid ninety's glory days but. brought them back to reality less than a quarter of an hour in a stunning pass for a much bigger story and set the winner up for only his 2nd of the season. after nearly leaving in the summer russia has enjoyed an injury blighted campaign but is finding his form in the run him he's now schooled on back to back status however and rallied to just before the whole cowboy gio reign of smashed in the belt to level the schools that jolted his teammates into at. captain mark

headlines around the world today emergency teams are racing to contain a wildfire on south africa's table mountain the blaze started on sunday and reached parts of the university of cape town burning the historic campus library and forcing hundreds of students to evacuate at least one firefighter has been injured . the been emotional scenes of airports in new zealand and australia after these reopen borders for the 1st time in over a year a new travel bubble means people can travel freely between the countries without. tight restrictions and but nations have kept $1000.00 cases low the moscow has expelled 20 czech diplomats a day after prague ordered out 18 russian officials who it said were military spies russia have promised to retaliate saying the czech republic was trying to really to please the united states. well the european union has called on russia to give election avani immediate access to his doctors in the last few minutes news agency interfax reports that the jailed opposition leader has been moved to a medical facility yvonne these doctors have warned he could die within days of not

there's a massive effort to battle an out-of-control fire on a famous landmark, south africa's table mountainurning this morning the flames quickly spread. hikers overlooking capetown had to leave and hundreds of students from a nearby university were evacuated. >>> tonight, we're kicking off a week-long series of special reports addressing the climate challenge facing our planet. sarah harman traveled to iceland to see the remarkable new technology they're using to literally clear the air. >> reporter: in this barren lunar landscape lies a cutting-edge experiment to combat climate change. these huge fans, sucking carbon dioxide directly from the air. it's called direct air catcher the co2 is mixed with water and pumped deep underground by the icelandic company. carb fix >> we're looking at one of our wells. >> the mixture ultimately injected into highly reactive basalt rocks >> before, it was very open, very porous. this is what it looks like after. >> reporter: co2 in the environment yesterday is in this pipe today tomorrow it will be underground and in two years it will be stone? >> absolu

great line coming closer and it's just so scary the fire started at the slopes of table mountain and according to initial investigations by the park or 30 it was caused by homeless people if it turns out to be true it wouldn't be the 1st time that this was happening the amount of homeless people in cape town has tremendously increased over the past months because of the pandemic and some of them are living on the slopes of table mountain after was the fire moved here to the campus of the university of cape town the students were evacuated on time but several buildings where factors among them the library the university is one of the most prestigious ones not only in south africa on the continent hence the library is also home to very real national collections we're not sure yet whether these special collections where affected because recently fire doors were installed and at this point it is not safe to go inside the building and have a look krishna reporting there from south africa next to 2. a massive shake up in european football 12 top clubs from spain italy and england have anno

firefighters in south africa have largely contained a blaze on the slopes of cape town's table mountain. the forest many to evacuate their homes. a library containing rare books was badly affected. holding flowers in me and mari. hunters have marched in protest. it was a number of rallies across the country to show support for the national unity government announced last week by protest leaders. today, the military said it is outlawing this shadow government. tonight in the republic of chad, the president has died just a day after he won election, securing him a sixth term in office. troops have been deployed to the streets of the capital. air and land borders have been closed until further notice and a curfew is in effect between 6:00 p.m. and 5:00 a.m. he was reportedly killed while visiting troops on the front line of a battle against a rebel group in the north of the country. the army has named his son as interim head of state should the rebels have rejected this transition. they are vowing to march on the capital. >> residents of chad reacted with disbelief to the televised announc

the mayor of cape town says firefighters have contained the fire that has ravaged the slopes of table mountainanned the flames preventing emergency crews from using helicopters. residents were evacuated from the suburbs under threat. it is a trip no helicopter has ever made before. a nasa craft called ingenuity has made the first successful flight on mars. it is the first time that engineers on earth have operated and flown an aircraft on another planet. repo>> confirmed. reporter: the excitement from these nasa scientists and engineers was clear as they made spaceflight history. these still images from mars show ingenuity, the first helicopter to fly on another planet. and then came the video. >> it shows it hovering three meters above the martian surface and then touching back down. amazing and brilliant. >> it is not yet over. this is just the first. congratulations. let's get back to work. more flights. [applause] reporter: ingenuity took off from the dusty red surface of mars' crater early on monday. the data took several hours to reach earth. nasa scientists compared this flight to the f

emergency teams are racing to contain a wildfire in south africa's table mountain the blaze started on sunday and reached parts of the university of cape town burning the historic campus library and forcing hundreds of students to evacuated at least one firefighter has been injured . as millions of people around the world remain separated by travel restrictions people living in australia and new zealand are now free to visit each other again the 2 countries have opened a quarantine free travel bubble for the 1st time in more than a year olds have been playing host to emotional reunions. reunited after more than a year apart families friends and grandparents smooching their not so newborn grandchildren for the 1st time and relief as a travel bubble between australia and new zealand finally opens. for everybody is going to have no words on a cigarette pack or come back i was shocked to run out this welcome home is testament to both country's efforts in fighting the pandemic they've managed to defeat the virus with strict border controls and quarantine requirements. it was really weird fe

firefighters in south africa have contained a blaze in cape town's iconic table mountain it starts on sunday and rips through the university campus as well as residential areas many have been forced to leave their homes a library containing read books and manuscripts was also destroyed. a chance president it was debbie has died just a day after he won election securing him a 6th time in office troops have been deployed to the streets of the capital in germany now air and land borders all closed until further notice and the curfew is now officially in place debby was reportedly killed while visiting troops on the frontline of a battle against a rebel group in the north of the country that we saw and is now named as interim head of state but the rebels have rejected the transition and are vowing to march on the capital. residents of chad reacted with this belief to the televised announcement of president idriss devotees death. martial of chad idriss deby it know as he did every time when the republic's institutions were seriously threatened not to go to heroic lead in a combat operation

firefighters in south africa have largely contained a blaze on the slopes of cape town's iconic table mountain it started early sunday and ripped to words the university campus and residential areas forcing many to evacuate their homes a library containing rare books and manuscripts from badly affected. holding flowers in me in maher hundreds have marched in the southern city of die away in protest against february's military coup it was just one of a number of rallies across the country to show support for the national unity government announced last week by protest leaders today the honcho said it was outlawing this shadow government. germany's chancellor angela merkel has said she is very concerned about the health of jailed russian opposition leader alexina hallie and calls for him to receive adequate medical treatment her statement follows reports that mr vali was on the brink of death after 3 weeks on hunger strike. after a bruising power struggle germany's governing or conservatives have agreed on a candidate to succeed chance uncle america in the country's elections this fall i mean la

he is living in the presidential polls a large fire and cape town has ravaged large parts of table mountain the slopes above the newlands neighborhood are in flames more residential areas are threatened as well cape town university has been evacuated fires often break out in this part of south africa during periods of drought robyn adams has more from cape town. well it's been going to be 30 plus hours with the $260.00 or so firefighters group from one across the city to our complaint displays as things stand at the moment the blade has not yet been under control or broken the. neighboring areas particularly on the slopes of people who they have been asked to evacuate evacuate their homes loads of good roads adjacent loads of been closed as well and schools have been closed we are. running a station at the back of the stick a monsoon to this but you can offer. relation and i situated to buy if i could being tasked with bringing the slaves under control at the moment i efforts are being hampered somewhat by gradient winds being called a tidal bank and national parks you could say that they w

a wildfire on south africa's table mountain has forced students from the university of cape town to evacuate at least one firefighter has been injured helicopter crews dropped water bombs to try to quell the far as winds rapidly spread flames across dry bush. well as promised earlier german football now and in the bundesliga dortmund reignited hopes of a top 4 finish with a win over vadra bremen that puts them within 4 points of a champions league qualification spot. following their champions league exit in midweek dortmund strode out in a special retro shirt hoping to draw inspiration from their mid ninety's glory days but braman has mellowed russets brought them back to reality less than a quarter of an hour in a stunning pause for a much bigger star and set the winger up for only his 2nd of the season i often merely leaving in the summer rush has enjoyed an injury blighted campaign but is finding his form in the running he's now schooled on back to back stage. however you don't want rallied to just before the hawkeye. gio raina smashed into the bell turf to level the schools that do. whic

the coming days as investigations continue into the source the origin of this massive fire on table mountain a monitoring group in myanmar is warning the military will continue to torture and murder pro-democracy activists if the international community doesn't act the assistance association for political prisoners made the plea to state television broadcast images of 60 taney s with signs of what it called harrowing abuse meanwhile supporters of a newly formed pro-democracy government rallied in darwin on sunday the national unity government says it should be included in crisis talks with neighboring countries it's criticised an invitation issued to issued by the regional bloc asked for the military their leader to attend the special summit in jakarta on saturday. credit virus infections over its record levels in india nearly 274000 cases were confirmed on monday and more than 1600 deaths the government has announced a weeklong curfew in the capital region of delhi and britain's prime minister has just cancelled his visit to india that had been planned for next week victoria gate and he has

the fire started on the slopes of table mountain at the weekend, and soon swept across the universityo limit the damage, while the mayor spelled out what was at stake. this one is a major problem for us. it's a library with lots and lots of old, ancient valuables in the library. the library's collections include unique manuscripts, and the personal papers of prominent south africans dating back to the 18th century, as well as photographs and anti—apartheid pamphlets. it's thought some items may have been saved by five steel doors, which were triggered by the fire alarm and stopped the fire spreading further. library workers are trying to salvage what they can but water damage is making that difficult. courtney bembridge, bbc news. now it's time for a look at the weather with nick miller after yet another frost in scotland a glorious day has followed plenty of sunshine, not like that across the uk. the same weather system that brought us, the northern ireland cloud only in yesterday's impacting parts of anyone and wales. a frustrating day here but there isn't more rain falling from the

emergency teams are racing to contain a wildfire on south africa's table mountain the blaze started on sunday and reach parts of the university of cape town burning the historic campus library and forcing hundreds of students to evacuate at least one firefighter has been injured . his expelled 20 checked diplomats a day after prague ordered out 18 russian officials who were military spies russia had promised to retaliate saying the czech republic was trying to please the united states. and the european union has called on russia to give election a bonnie immediate access to his doctors as concerns mount over the health of the jailed opposition leader of these doctors have warned he could die within days if not given urgent treatment of 44 year old has been on hunger strike for 3 weeks after being denied access to his own medical team the united states has warned russia of consequences if nobody dies in prison. let's bring in close and here he's a russia analyst and joins us now from moscow good to see you what do we know about alexina bonnie's medical condition and how he's being treat

has ravaged large parts of table mountain slopes above the new neighborhood and flames more residential areas are threatened keep down the university has been evacuated as often break out in this part of south africa ensuring periods of drought. police in brazil have raided illegal parties in sao paulo as the country sees records daily covered in 19 deaths and a new dangerous strain armed police officers closed down venues and detained party goers as part of a special task force to enforce social distancing in the past month police have been cracking down on hundreds of clandestine pardons. latin america received its 1st batch of vaccines in december and there was great fanfare but it would end the pandemic there but 4 months later deaths and infection rates in some countries have reached record levels i missed while the reports from buenos aires were vaccination programs of barely got going. another 800000 doses of the coronavirus vaccine have arrived in argentina they're part of the world health organizations culverts program designed to ensure they reach all corners of the globe yet

they can't rely on the united states now a massive fire in capetown has ravaged large parts of table mountain the slopes above the newmans neighborhood or in flames more residential areas of threatened cape town university has been evacuated far as often break out in this part of south africa during periods of drought. 12 of europe's biggest football clubs say they'll launch a breakaway superleague 6 english teams including liverpool chelsea and both manchester sides have agreed to join other european giants real madrid barcelona and eventers will also play in the lee the club's owners are being accused of a power grab football governing body's fee for and you a far right thing legal action can credit palmeri is the be in sports correspondent in italy he says the proposed european super league is all about money it's a time where the football is. not only to bring people together. but it is especially one of the biggest industries in the will of the making the most of the revenues possibly the biggest entertainment. factor they weighed. cinema but the feeling is that. the people who thought t

emergency teams are racing to contain a wildfire on south africa's table mountain the blaze started on sunday and reached parts of the university of cape town burning the historic campus library and forcing hundreds of students to evacuate at least one firefighter has been injured . moscow has expelled from the czech republic is trying to please the united states. the united states has warned russia there will be consequences of jailed opposition leader alexina body dies in prison if asked to see his doctors in march to treat back pain and numbness in his legs when the prison denied his request he began a hunger strike as condition has since deteriorated almost 3 weeks into a hunger strike no vollies doctors still haven't been able to visit him but blood test results they've seen tell them his life is once again in danger. i'm worried about my patient i was alarmed by the test results he has extremely high levels of potassium and increased creatinine which may indicate kidney failure that's why i think we need to save the man in an instagram post from friday nov only stated that prison

a large farm in cape town has ravaged large parts of table mountain the slopes above the new orleans neighborhood are in flames more residential areas are threatened cape town university has been evacuated far as often break out in this part of south africa during periods of drought. cuba's governing communist party is meeting this week to select its new leadership and policies the government is under increasing pressure especially from younger generations to make reforms there is a bow has more. and i learned that stuck in the past that's the feeling people like i will may sad have had about cuba for many years. he's a cook in have an heir and estoppel leaving in the government's so-called reforms. if there's no radical change in the system there is no way out there has to be a different way of thinking if not then i'll have to see how i escape displace i've been a cook for 10 years and because of the pandemic we have no work. with the social reforms over the past decade including the expansion of internet access have strengthened cuban civil society and many are now daring to speak

the mayor of cape town says firefighters have contained the fire that's ravaged the slopes of table mountain strong winds had fanned the flames and prevented emergency crews from losing l.-a copters buildings have been destroyed at the city's university and residents were evacuated from suburbs under threat. now it's a trip no helicopter has ever made before a nasa craft called ingenuity has made the 1st successful flight on mars it's the 1st time that engineers on earth of operating then flown an aircraft on another planet or a burden man leave reports. ok matt our data. on. the excitement from these nasa scientists and engineers was clear as they made space flight history these still images from mars show ingenuity the 1st how to cope to ever to fly on another planet and then came the video it's granted at 1st and then shows us covering our 3 meters above the arson surface and then touching back down is amazing brilliant you know there are indeed making a difference i guess or greater mars is not yet over isn't just a 1st rate by. the united nations take a moment off to the best of both th

the flames are moving across dry brush on the slopes of table mountain, other university buildings caughthistoric windmill. nearby burned firefighters are working from the ground and from the air to try to put out the flames. the united states and china are now vowing to put their past differences behind them and work together to fight climate change. president biden's international climate change envoy john kerry and his chinese counterpart made that announcement at the end of carries four day trip to asia carries trip comes ahead of a white house international summit on climate change, which gets underway later this week. carrie says climate change is a global crisis that can no longer be ignored even if we did ever everything that we set out to do in the paris agreement. the earth's temperature is going to increase a very significant amount, perhaps as much as 3.7 degrees or more. this agreement marks a major step forward in the battle against climate change. the united states and china are the world's two largest carbon polluters. the founders of the animal rescue foundation, walnut c

plan fighters in south africa have largely contain the blaze on the slopes of cape town's iconic table mountain it started early sunday had ripped towards the university campus and residential areas forcing many to evacuate their homes a library containing rare books was badly affect. voting flowers in me and more hundreds have marched in protest against february's military coup it was just one of a number of rallies across the country to show support for the national unity government announced last week by protest leaders today the military junta said that it is outlawing this shadow government. but tonight in the republic of chad president idriss deby has died just a day after he won elections securing him a 6th term in office troops have now been deployed to the streets of the capital air and land borders have been closed until further notice and a curfew is in effect between 6 pm and 5 am debbie was reportedly killed while visiting troops on the frontlines of a battle against a rebel group in the north of the country and the army has named debbie's son as interim head of state but the rebel

firefighters in south africa have largely contained a blaze on the slopes of cape town's iconic table mountain it started early sunday and ripped towards the university campus and residential areas forcing many to evacuate their homes a library containing rare books was badly affected holding flowers in me and mar hundreds have marched in protest against february's military coup it was just one of a number of rallies across the country to show support for the national unity government announced last week by protest leaders today the junta said it is outlawing this shadow government. where the european union's medical regulator has backed the johnson and johnson coated 1000 vaccine despite a possible link to blood clots last week the company halted its european rollout amid concerns over rare but potentially deadly clots the e.u. may says that the benefits outweigh the risks but that a warning should be added to vaccine labels. the european medical agency has given johnson and johnson's one shot called the 9 tame back same the green light despite finding a possible link to rare blood clots the

to violent protests that killed 3 people a huge fire in cape town has ravaged large parts of table mountain slopes about the newmans neighborhood are in flames more residential areas are threatened us space agency nasa has made history by successfully flying a helicopter on mars provides called ingenuity it's powered by solar batteries and it's controlled by a team here on earth it was sent by month to mars attach the perseverance rover which touched down in february those are the headlines will have more in about half an hour go by. well russia would go to war against ukraine moscow masses its troops along the border what prompted the escalation how much of a threat is it to ukraine's unity this is inside story. alone welcome to the show i'm sami's a than concerns are growing of a possible war between russia and ukraine the 2 have been in dispute since 2014 when russia and the crimea and back separatists fighting government troops in eastern ukraine there had been a relative stalemate in fighting cease fires and violations of cease fires but the situation is now on the brink of a major esc

stories are following a fire in the south african city of cape town as told through large parts of table mountain slopes above the new orleans neighborhood are in flames and nearby residential areas under threat cape town university has been evacuated fires happen frequently in the city but cheering for long periods of drought. cuba's communist party is currently meeting to elect its new leadership and set policy guidelines the government is under growing pressure especially from the younger generation to implement reforms that will improve people's lives otherwise as to rise above our reports and likely to seek a new life abroad. and a land that stuck in the past that's the feeling people like i will may sad have had about cuba for many years. he's a cook in have anna and estoppel leaving in the government's so-called reforms. if there's no radical change in the system there is no way else there has to be a different way of thinking if not then i'll have to see how i skate displace i've been a cook for 10 years and because of the pandemic we have no work. with. social reforms over the past decad

a wildfire started on the slopes of table mountain spreading to the university campus.tim allman reports. the failure began on part of the mountain called, appropriately enough, devil speak. huge billowing cloud of smoke drifting into a brilliant blue cape town sky. firefighters desperately trying to get the flames under control but pretty soon they had spread to the campus of the local university. historic buildings damaged, hundreds of students forced to flee for safety. also in the path of the fire, the us historic mostert�*s mill, ct�*s historic mostert�*s mill, the oldest surviving and only working meal in south africa. now back down and almost completely destroyed. people in the national park urged to leave. this cyclist find himself surrounded by spoke and flames. —— smoke. it himself surrounded by spoke and flames. -- smoke.— flames. -- smoke. it was stupid of me. smoke... _ flames. -- smoke. it was stupid of me. smoke... my _ flames. -- smoke. it was stupid of me. smoke... my eyes. - flames. -- smoke. it was stupid of me. smoke... my eyes. i- of me. smoke... my

signs of what it called how during abuse a massive fire in cape town is ravaged large parts of table mountain slopes above the new orleans neighborhood are in flames more residential areas are being threatened. and those are the headlines the news continues on after studio b. unscripted good buy. talking to al jazeera. can you tell me what the government you represent is now illegitimate and we listen we do not sell the fence material any country during the conflict in yemen we meet with the global news makers and talk about the stories that matter on syria. there was no way in life that i would have left damascus but then you're faced with this decision you either leave or you die. a filmmaker photographer and refugee from syria. conversations about food will allow you to have conversations about difficult things and this is what i tried to do. on a restaurant entrepreneur and after that. it's always very difficult when you're uprooted from your culture and your society and you live in exile especially when it comes to identity i am the face of every woman who has been sidelined because of t

a massive fire in the south african city of cape town has ravaged large parts of table mountain far as often breakouts in this part of south africa during the periods of traits. at least 70 people have been killed in violence in yemen smart and thais province's government forces say a battle for control of the all rich regions has intensified securing the past 24 hours well those are the headlines stay with us an al-jazeera inside story is next . well russia could go to war against ukraine moscow masses its troops along the border what's prompted the escalation how much of a threat is it to ukraine's unity this is inside story. alone welcome to the show i'm sami's a than concerns are growing of a possible war between russia and ukraine the 2 have been in dispute since 2014 when russia and next crimea and backed separatists fighting government troops in eastern ukraine there had been a relative stalemate in fighting cease fires and violations of cease fires but the situation is now on the brink of a major escalation kiev has expelled the russian diplomat in response to a similar move by

violent protests that killed 3 people a massive fire in cape town has ravaged large parts of table mountain slopes above the newmans neighborhood or in flames more residential areas are threatened cape town university has been evacuated those are the headlines coming up next on al-jazeera aids inside story good bye for now. you. lost thousands of our program. documentaries. subscribe to. al-jazeera english. well russia would go to war against ukraine moscow masses its troops along the border what's prompted the escalation and how much of a threat is it to ukraine's unity this is inside story. alone welcome to the show i'm sami's a than concerns are growing of a possible war between russia and ukraine the 2 have been in dispute since 2014 when russia and that's crimea and back separatists fighting government troops in eastern ukraine there had been a relative stalemate in fighting cease fires and violations of cease fires but the situation is now on the brink of a major escalation kiev has expelled the russian diplomat in response to a similar move by moscow and russian president vladimir pu

a wildfire started on the slopes of table mountain, spreading to the university of cape town campus.quench the blaze with water bombs dropped from helicopters. strong winds are fanning the flames and thick smoke can be seen from several kilometres away. germany is commemorating the victims of coronavirus at national ceremonies. almost 80,000 people have died there of the virus, and the country is currently battling a third wave. president frank— walter steinmeier has said the nation needs to pay a dignified farewell to those who've lost their lives in the pandemic. angela merkel also attended the service held in the kaiser wilhelm memorial church in berlin. to coronavirus now and in brazil, a study has found six in ten households now face food shortages due to the pandemic. government hand—outs introduced last year have been reduced as public debt rises. deaths continue to soar in the country, as mark lowen reports from sao paulo. every day, the faces of despair multiply. the food lines in sao paulo's largest favela go on and on. with most here working in the grey economy, queues hav

the fire started i on the slopes of table mountain at the weekend and soon swept across the university, stake. this one is a major stake. this one is a ma'or problem for us. �* stake. this one is a ma'or problem for us. it's �* stake. this one is a ma'or problem for us. it's a h problem for us. it's a library with lots and lots of old ancient items in the library. the library �*s collections include unique manuscripts and the personal papers of dominant south africans dating back to the 18th century as well as photographs and anti—apartheid pamphlets. it's bought some items may have been saved by five steel doors that were triggered by the fire alarm and stopped the fire spreading further. library workers are trying to salvage what they can but water damages making that courtney bembridge, bbc news. a state memorial service to remember prince philip, the duke of edinburgh is underway in new zealand. it is being held at st paul's cathedral of wellington, where queen elizabeth ii laid the foundation stone in 1954. prime ministerjacinda ardern acknowledged that the prince gave his entire

a wildfire on south africa's table mountain has forced students from the university of cape town to evacuate one firefighter has been injured the bushfire began on the slopes of the mountain and spread to surrounding areas helicopter crews dropped water to try to quell the blaze as winds rough and spread the for the flames. the united states has warned russia there will be consequences if jailed opposition leader alexei navalny dies in prison of on these doctors say after almost 3 weeks on hunger strike his life is hanging by a threat of al me says he doesn't have access to independent medical care. this is deja news from berlin you can find more headlines on our website www dot state dot com and also on our social media. gender equality is not the mythical concept it used to be for. scores and scores of women and men around the world have fought to bring us to the point where equal rights are basic but there are still many parts of the world that are struggling to accept this 2 activities the pandemic has brought quantities to before we have to fight harder. to have their voices ideas. intr

a wildfire started on the slopes of table mountain national park, spreading to the university of capees away. the billionaire issa brothers who own asda have bought the british fast food chain, leon. more than 70 leon restaurants across the uk and europe have been sold to the brothers' giant petrol forecourt business, eg group. the deal is believed to be worth around £100 million. the family of an elderly woman from south wales who was taken home from hospital by ambulance staff to the wrong address say she was "frightened" by what happened. elizabeth mahoney�*s son has been told she was also put to bed in the stranger's home, before anyone realised what had happened. the welsh ambulance service has apologised. nicola smith reports. treasured photos of elizabeth mahoney in healthier times. two years on after treatment for covid in hospital, she was ready to be discharged. but instead of taking her home, the non—emergency patient transport service took her to a house in newport several miles away. it's not clear how it happened, but her family believe she may have been mistaken for ano

when i was running, i was running -- i was just thinking that i was doing my normal trail run on table mountainxpect anything like this. i saw a little flame when i started, you know, a little smoke in the one corner, but it didn't look serious at all, and there was no wind and within seconds there was a wind and a huge fire. >> how did you actually get out and actually find your way from the flames and the smoke and realize, oh, i'm safe now? >> i realized i should make my way to the road and get out of the forest and as i reached the road there was a firefighter waiting for me. >> wow. >> yeah. and i just told him my car was in the area, and he took my keys and he said they will see if they can save my car and did not promise anything, and he came back and showed me pictures and the fire destroyed everything everywhere, and i lost my car. >> you got away with your life which is extraordinary. you must have been so relieved to see the firefighter, and i am sure you will relive those moments in your mind again, and tell us about how this fire started, because we are hearing various stories abou

emergency teams are racing to contain a wildfire in south africa's table mountain the blaze started on sunday and reach parts of the university of cape town burning the historic campus library and forcing hundreds of students to have i should at least one firefighter has been injured. as millions of people around the world remain separated by travel restrictions people living in australia and new zealand are now free to visit each other again the 2 countries have opened a current team free travel bubble and for the 1st time in more than a year airports have been playing host to emotional reunions. reunited after more than a year apart families friends and grandparents meeting their not so newborn grandchildren for the 1st time and really as a travel between australia and new zealand finally opens. everybody is going to have no time to say write back or come back i like she is here and now this welcome home is testament to both countries efforts in fighting the pandemic they've managed to defeat the virus with strict border controls and quarantine requirements. it was really weird feeli

a wildfire started on the slopes of table mountain — spreading to the university campus.sity. historic buildings damaged, hundreds of students forced to flee for safety. also in the path of the fire, the city's historic mostert�*s mill, the oldest surviving and only working windmill in south africa. now burnt out and almost completely destroyed. hikers in the table mountain national park were urged to leave, but it was a pretty close—run thing for this cyclist, who suddenly found himself surrounded by smoke and flames. it's a bit stupid of me. but... smoke, my eyes... 0k... ah, that's hot! smoke... my eyes... i can't see. he did eventually manage to make it home safely. all day, helicopters have flown back and forth, dropping thousands of gallons of water on the mountain below. people have been told to stay inside and keep their windows shut as the battle goes on. tim allman, bbc news. people in australia and new zealand can now travel between the two countries without needing to quarantine. the "travel bubble" has opened after more than a year of some of the toughest cov

images from cape town's iconic table mountain, a sweeping wild wildfire. priceless collections of african into goodies. they say the fire is largely contained. check this out, north carolina couple attacked as a bobcat as they were walking to their suv. the cat was slammed to the ground and then shot. he said he did not want to do it, but he felt like something was wrong and it was later confirmed the bobcat did have rabies. more than 30 shots each. ouch. i'm glad they are okay. the pilot of a restored world war ii era plane is fine after making this emergency ocean landing during the cocoa beach airshow over the weekend. there were dozens of spectators in the water, but witnesses say it appeared the pilot pulled up the plane at the last minute to avoid hitting anyone. they are all okay. a child in indiana seen falling into the text as second before the express train came barreling through. the woman walking with a little girl on the platform was blind, but luckily a station employee was licked to jump on the tracks and rescue that child from almost certai