the un says it has begun an evacuation of humanitarian staff from eastern zaire.our website, bbc .com/ news, or you can download our mobile app and if there isa download our mobile app and if there is a story you want to talk about or something you want to share, get in touch with me on twitter, i am at jamesbbc. stay with us. hello. sunny skies are on the way back, but it's going to feel colder. there will be showers and it will be windy. it all follows a spell of rain on sunday, low pressure making things very changeable again after high pressure, which may have kept us dry but certainly recently, it has given us these grey, gloomy skies, and it did again on saturday. sunday starts without a frost. dry across the east, except for the odd shower. wet in the west. the rain from this weather front moving west to east across the uk on sunday. behind that wet weather, we're in the blue. this is the colder air coming in. within that, there will be sunny skies to start the new week, also showers — cold enough for those to be wintry in places, as we will see in a moment

the un has begun an evacuation of humanitarian staff from eastern zaire. to our witness history team. a driver in the us has been caught trying to disguise a fake skeleton asa trying to disguise a fake skeleton as a passenger so he could use a lane reserved for cars with high occupancy. an official noticed the skeleton, which was wearing a hat and tied to the passenger seat with and tied to the passenger seat with a yellow rope, and the driver was given a penalty ticket. nice try. we'll be taking an in—depth look at the papers with our reviewers — prashant rao, international editor of the atlantic, and katherine forster, journalist at the sunday times. that's coming up after the latest headlines and a full sports update. that is coming your way in a couple of minutes. now it's time for a look at the weather. a week long spell of settled weather and now things are changing, pretty wet across western parts of the uk. more rain to come in the course of today. in any 1 more rain to come in the course of today. in any1 place, the rain not lasting for too long a

it have begun an evacuation of humanitarian staff from eastern zaire. tour, saying she has to rest because of an injury. she was due to begin a run of 15 london performances at the palladium on monday and it comes after she cancelled a show in lisbon earlier this week, posting on social media to tell fans she was deeply sorry, adding" as you all know i have had injuries that have plagued me since the beginning of the tour but i must always listen to my body and my health first" and it will ta ke and my health first" and it will take awhile to get back the groove. iamon take awhile to get back the groove. i am on twitter atjames bbc news. hello. sunny skies are on the way back, but it's going to feel colder. there will be showers and it will be windy. it all follows a spell of rain on sunday, low pressure making things very changeable again after high pressure, which may have kept us dry but certainly recently, it has given us these grey, gloomy skies, and it did again on saturday. sunday starts without a frost. dry across the east, except for the odd sh

congo was subsequently renamed zaire after in the moments former agents to seize power. his 3 decade long dictatorship received active backing by the west in 1974 he pulled off a major p.r. coup when the rumble in the jungle the fight for the world heavyweight boxing title took place in kinshasa on stage at the accompanying music festival where u.s. stars such as b.b. king and james brown. the truth is i think the message was fascinating of this fight with muhammad ali took place in kinshasa. from french and was broadcast globally for kinshasa this is what's interesting because today we forget that there was already this african renaissance piece this is does this isn't all throughout the city because i don't think. it. was this exact to go from a cultural political point of view the 1960 s. and seventy's put africa on the global map to say yes we are here now but then it all fell apart was. the. after the rumble in the jungle reality quickly caught up with congo mobutu's power clique looted the country together with european and u.s. corporations the people could only l

the classically trained musician became the music director of the national ballet of zaire in the mid 1970 s. . in the blues the management calls him and says look this is going very well we want to do an opera too. i said operas different from bali. for an opera you need a libretto. they said. we have the popular movement of the revolution the story of. the study group. so things then became uncomfortable because i told them that i could not spend my whole life singing about mobutu i couldn't have principles so when i was invited to the united states. i never return to congo. when the and numerous other african musicians left the continent in search of a better life the family of games moved to paris. unfortunately i was born here the congo is known to be a complicated country it's been at war for many years because of its wealth it's a great misfortune. since. when you come from a country like this that is in a civil war it's always very complicated because everything is out of balance. people are forced to leave the country to seek happiness elsewhere could be. many turn their back

i'm not going to go through the whole list but i will take you back to a country which was known as zaire known as the democratic republic of congo where a previous president asked us to get involved in assassinating one of his ministers who was that president that was president mobutu he wanted his minister says and i hated because the minister was caught stealing money you know we're not in the business of carrying out assassinations on behalf of governments we will go in to help a government that's in a conflict situation and that is actually given up hope when in fact we are the last people they turn to. and sometimes it can be too late to actually help that government. i think the the 2nd part of that question is we're approached by governments we don't go and told governments that they must give us a contract but we work in an area now where the playing field is very unlevel and i say i'm level because governments have to pay us where is a lot of the foreign companies that come in are sponsored by their host government so it costs the government nothing so the coin is flipped to eit

i'm not going to go through the whole list but i will take you back to a country which was known as zaire now known as the democratic republic of congo where a previous president asked us to get involved in assessing 1001 of his ministers and who is the president. we will continue our conversation with even barlow on the next episode of talk to al-jazeera. on counting the cost 2020 we pick through what could be the geo political and geo economic topics of the year for the most important election in the free world and we ask if the world can come together the time global warming inequality and globalized. counting the cost on al-jazeera. january on al-jazeera president donald trump is that the president in history to be impeached what does this mean for the future of the u.s. leader on the brink of an election before much chilian presidential candidate explores the defeat of left wing political parties across latin america and look at how this year's world economic forum to focus on ways to tackle the impact of climate change the next probation of family links to the sillies regime examine

. >> relatives are also remembering zaire chester and her 13-year-old daughter payton. >> christina mowzer was an assistant basketball coach. she leaves behind her husband matt who is also a teacher and a coach and three young children ages 3, 9, and 11. >> the pilot was said to be well respected in the aviation community. he was instrument rated to fly in fog and in clouds. . >>> the initial 18 member crash site investigation team held a press conference at 4 p.m. :00 p.m. given the noteriety the national transportation safety board will send its very best teams to figure out from the charred parts, radio traffic, and other evidence exactly what happened. >> our investigators began documenting the scene, collecting evidence shgt taking pictures and we had drones in the air to begin mapping the wreckage. we are not here to determine the cause of the accident. we will not determine that on scene. we have a request for the public. we're looking for photos of the weather in the area of the crash. >> the helicopter kobe bryant was in was 29 years old to which sean coil a veteran helicopter pil

what is the city to city game zair?iz jozsef: we have reported strong earnings.r report areings -- reporting's, we growing the business. we are not trying to steer passengers -- steel passengers from other airlines. [indiscernible] ofhave a lot in terms dealing in this industry and this will continue to be the source of -- in the future. we look forward to all of the challenges. francine: you have an airbus fleet. some of your arrivals have young or half and half have been able to take advantage because you are solely airbus given the 737 is grounded? think we have to be somewhat fair from an industry standpoint. boeing is struggling to get the 737 max in the air but there are problems with airbus they have not -- airbus. they have not been able to deliver and companies have been affected. we made a strategic choice for airbus years before this thing. it is the best suiting vehicle we can have. it will remain effective for the consumers and stimulate the market. justine: we also saw yesterday airbus putting to bed concerns over bribery allegations. does it help i