welcome to hardtalk, with me, zeinab badawi.emoval of robert mugabe as president of zimbabwe in november led to several mugabe loyalists going underground. the most prominent of these is probablyjonathan moyo, until recently a cabinet minister, key ally and close adviser to robert mugabe and his wife, grace. he has been described as one of the most hated men in zimbabwe, and is wanted in the country on corruption charges. jonathan moyo is now in hiding in self—imposed exile, and says his family is being harassed, and that his life is under threat. we cannot disclose his location, at his request. this is his first interview since his ousting of president mugabe. what has he got to say for himself? jonathan moyo, welcome to hardtalk. why have you gone into hiding, and not wish to disclose your whereabouts? it is because of the extraordinary situation that exists in zimbabwe, following the unconstitutional overthrow of the government in a military coup that took place on 15 november. and on that day, the military specifically targe

welcome to hardtalk, i'm zeinab badawi. guest is the deputy president of south africa, cyril ramaphosa. this is his first interview with the bbc since he became president of the ruling anc. he could also become president of south africa very soon, ifjacob president of south africa very soon, if jacob zuma heeds calls to resign early. but is cyril ramaphosa and anc stalwart and wealthy businessmen the right person to lead a new south africa, a country mired in corruption and cronyism 7 deputy president cyril ramaphosa, welcome to hardtalk. thank you very much. it is good to be here. how worried are you about corruption in south africa? deeply worried, because corruption tends to be a very negative action that is taken by corrupters against the nation. it impedes growth, it is something that takes away the resources that are meant to advance the lives of our people, and it puts it in the hands of a few, and it is a criminal act, and that is why i have been determined that we should rid our country of corruption, because it ha

thank you very much, zeinab, thank you. wonderful talking to you.tart with a couple of weather watcher pictures. drizzly, and windy afternoon. a very different tuesday morning. a touch of frost across many parts of the country. the skies have been clearing in the last few hours. this is the satellite image from the last 12 hours or so. so initially we have the cloud. window clearer weather. so temperatures have been dropping like a stone. two or three degrees. degrees in the south. this is rush hour, then, across the south of the country. you can see that hue of blue here, so the frost still there. but outside of town, still chilly. lots of sunshine around. different story here in the western isles and north—western scotland. around as well. of england, particularly in these. you'll hold onto the sunshine for the longest. whereas in the west and south—west, clouds is streaming in. it's not going to be a nice afternoon. that sort of thing. brighter and colder. how are we doing compared to the rest of europe? so in london, it is around about nine. par

zeinab and said he was last seen alive in this grainy c.c.t.v. footage holding the hand of an unknown man and being led away his parents were on pilgrimage in saudi arabia at the time they accused the police of doing little when they reported him missing. she was found dead four days later in the city of customers right and strangled to death and discarded and a rubbish dump. the. use of her death ignited simmering frustration on social media and on the streets of a number of cities a perceived police in action and the government's failure to protect children and family last year police in short did a suspect in the killing of another child as he allegedly tried to escape they still investigating whether he was innocent but in the months that followed they were reportedly twelve other child mood is in custer district including zeinab. the hashtag justice for cyanide trained in pakistan. demonstrations turned violent and two people were killed local reports say the suspect is known to the family zeinab father mohammed amin has denied rumors he's a

the hash tag justice the zeinab printed in pakistan. demonstrations turned violent and two people were killed local reports say the suspect is known to the family zeinab father mohammed amin has denied rumors he's a relative and. his voice to cool it was a neighbor's killer to be hanging on your body well today during the committee meeting i demanded the accused behinds publicly since there's no provision for that in the constitution they moved an amendment process. because sergio international attention two years ago when police arrested several suspects in a child six simple no graffiti ring hundreds of videos of child molestation surfaced an official told al-jazeera it had been taken in for questioning in the initial sweeps but was released because of a lack of evidence. for police say they believe zainab killer is now in custody given the reaction to her death it will likely take more than a single arist to restore confidence medium to hunt. me maher says it's ready to start a long range of muslims back into the country even though

welcome to hardtalk, with me, zeinab badawi. my guest is south african jazz legend and political activist hugh masekela. his life and music have reflected the struggles of the anti—apartheid hero, and the years of black majority rule. so, why does he now describe south africa as "fast turning into a rubbish dump, and becoming removed from its authentic african culture"? hugh masekela, welcome to hardtalk. thank you, thank you, zeinab. you were born in 1939 in witbank, 100 miles east ofjohannesburg. you said "if i have a trumpet, i won't bother anybody". you say music is your religion? well, i was obsessed... i was actually bewitched by music from infancy. when i was five years old, my parents had to get me away from the gramophone and help me play the piano, with piano lessons. nine years later, i saw a movie about a trumpet player. it was a biopic, called "the young man with the horn". i had to play the trumpet. in fact, it was a man of religion, father trevor huddlestone, who gave you your first trumpet? he was a chaplain of m

zeinab badawi, and all of the team on ourwill debate, goodbye. —— zeinab badawi, and all of the teamour latest live update from bbc weather. friday, tomorrow, and they shall we are looking at the weekend. we will in this forecast. out there at the moment, there are showers around. still particularly into parts of england and wales. it has been wet for some of us. north—west england in particular. a few of the showers will continue overnight. as you are dotted about through northern parts of scotland. much of scotland dry and clear. filed in northern ireland. any way clear for any filed in northern ireland. any way clearfor any period filed in northern ireland. any way clear for any period of time than i could see some frost. we could see the risk of surmise where we have had showers. here is how friday morning is shaping up. they cold and frosty start for much of scotland, parts of northern ireland. here there are few for patches to begin with. more cloud to the south. particularly in england. that will clear lead into the night and into the first private tomorrow to the south. parti

and zeinab, if i can can, you can can!damp and grey with the exception of western scotland which saw a little sunshine. into wednesday we start to see a bit of change to the weather. a band of rain slowly moves eastward across the country. first thing on wednesday, across central and western areas, clear skies and quite chilly with a touch of frost, a little fog. wednesday for many of us looks brighter. we should see some sunshine, particularly in the afternoon because it begins cold with ice in northern ireland. central, northern and east areas has a weather front slowly moving out into the north sea, leaving a little cloud hanging back. in fact, for a good portion of scotland it could stay damp all day. there will be a little mist and murk and hill fog. most of the rain across north—east of scotland and into the northern isles so i think some western fringes and south—western parts of scotland should see sunshine in the afternoon. that veil of cloud with the weather front is draped across the eastern counties of england

and zeinab, if i can can, you can can!the uk. it has continued to move away into the baltic states as you can see here. it is weakening now. the next area a low pressure is showing signs of deepening. the next area of low pressure is showing signs of deepening. it could bring severe gales during the course of this afternoon. initially, it is going to send a weather front out ahead of it. some of the rain will be fairly heavy and persistent over the overnight period and to start this morning. but further north and east, a dry and chilly start to the day with a little bit of frost and fog potentially in northern england and scotland. so, today, there's going to be that early—morning rain. then, the afternoon, winds pick up across the south. a wet note to start with this morning in the south—east, east anglia, pushing in to the north—east midlands. those rains behind the rain band picking up. the rain will be persistent and fairly heavy in northern england, pushing it to northern scotland and northern with elevation, we could

and zeinab, if i can can, you can can!a stormy start to wednesday. met office amber be prepared warnings for the wind likely to expire during the early hours of wednesday. it's likely we could see disruptions, power cuts, maybe even trees down in places because of this, storm eleanor, which brought some very strong winds across parts of ireland during tuesday evening. it's continuing its journey eastwards. tightly packed isoba rs across much of the country, away from the north of scotland, which will have relatively light winds. but very strong winds to start wednesday across the north of england, southern scotland. 70—90 mph gusts. certainly 90 mph in exposure. 60 mph widely across england and wales, with the risk of 70, maybe 80 mph across the south coast there. so likely to be some disruption from these severe gales for much of the uk through the early hours and to start wednesday. keep tuned to bbc radio for your latest updates, particularly if you head out for the morning rush. a very windy morning, gale force winds.

and zeinab, if i can can, you can can! good morning.quite widespread fog, particularly across the western half of the british isles, and some dangerously dense patches to be found out there at the moment. the knock—on effects to travel certainly if you're heading on the roads, but also i think for some of our airports as well. a chilly start to thursday across scotland, with a frost here, and dense fog through the southern uplands, and the central lowlands. murky conditions across northern ireland for the rush—hour, as well, for the north—west of england, too. further east, it's murky conditions but for a slightly different reason, the remnants of a weather front here introducing a lot of moist air, so low cloud particularly hanging across the hills. a chilly start for wales and the south—west of england here, with dense patches of fog that have fallen overnight, lingering across the west country, as well, making things pretty messy. then, in the east, some drizzly rain out of the remnants of our weather front. all in all, a pretty gloo

from the world economic forum in davos, here's zeinab badawi.wiss resort of davos, where movers and shakers of politics and culture gather annually at the world economic forum. the topic in this debate is fake news and the challenges and threats it presents the politics and society is. from influencing voters to fostering prejudice, there are growing calls for something to be done. on line giants like google and facebook say they are trying to prevent fake news spreading on their websites, but is it too late to stop the rot? welcome to the world economic forum in davos, where the debate starts on fa ke davos, where the debate starts on fake news. it is one of the buzzwords of our time. it is a significant phenomenon of the internet age. jimmy wales, co—founder of wikipedia, on a mission to fight fake news with the launch of wikitribune. the managing editor of the new york times. it was founded in 1851 and has received more than 120 pulitzer prizes. the deputy editor in chief of rt, a kremlin backed network. and the chairman of the pakistan peopl

zeinab and said he was last seen alive in this grainy c.c.t.v. footage holding the hand of an unknown man and being led away his parents were on pilgrimage in saudi arabia at the time they accused the police of doing little when they reported him missing. she was found dead four days later in the city of customers raped and strangled to death and discarded and a rubbish dump. the. use of her death ignited simmering frustration on social media and on the streets of a number of cities a perceived police in action and the government's failure to protect children and family last year police in short did a suspect in the killing of another child as he allegedly tried to escape they still investigating whether he was innocent but in the months that followed they were reportedly twelve other child move is in custer district including zeinab. the hash tag justice for cyanide trended in pakistan. demonstrations turned violent and two people were killed local reports say the suspect is known to the family zeinab father mohammed amin has denied rumors he's

community in grief after zeinab i'm sorry vanished on her way to a koran class last week and this is the last image of her alive an unknown man leading her away holding her hand. police discovered her body on this trash heap on tuesday and sari is believed to have been raped several times and then strangled to death her family wants a thorough investigation. what i'm told by you. demanding that the murderer be arrested alive to be. the police shouldn't just try to lift the burden from themselves by killing some innocent person and then saying now you have justice. the law whore high court chief justice has ordered the police to take swift action in this case but with residents furious at what they see as a failure to properly investigate previous abductions there could well be more protests to come. our want to tell you now about some of the other stories making news around the world. the saudi led coalition for aiding in yemen has said it courted an attack on a saudi tanker by who think fighters over the weekend will get a coalition destroyed a boat carrying explosives near the red

the country and sparked violent demonstrations two protesters have died in clashes with police and zeinab ansari is the twelfth child to be sexually assaulted and killed in that area in just the last year and the killer tonight still at large demonstrators are accusing the police of being too slow to act. boils over the death of another little girl and investigators failure to find out who killed her. just through the tone of targeting the local police station officers opened fire and chaos ensues. protesters attempt to carry away the injured. the girl's family is over the police response to the protests. seen ups father told d.w. that he wants justice for his daughter. and that the government take steps to ensure the safety and protection of in this country. i'd also like to appeal to the army chief and the chief justice that steps be taken to avoid such tragedies like those taken in many army counter-terrorism operations. this is a community in grief and vanished on her way to us last week. this is the last image of her alive and. holding her hand. police discovered her body on this tra

i'm zeinab badawi. my my guest today is funny. comedian, actor and disability advocate maysoon zayid, who was born in the united states to palestinian immigrant parents. since birth, she has been living with cerebral palsy, a condition that affects the brain and nervous system. the conversation explores the power of comedy, particularly its ability to help people overcome disadvantage and prejudice, and prejudice, and asks where the line needs to be draw between humour and going too far. theme music plays maysoon zayid, welcome to hardtalk thank you so much for having me. really wa nt thank you so much for having me. really want to shake your hand at a shake too much to do so. consider it done. you said that you could win the gold medal of pressure olympics. i would definitely win the gold medal, i am i would definitely win the gold medal, iam palestinian, muslim, a woman of colour, disabled and i live in donald trump's america. you do not get more oppressed than that. we will come to donald trump's america perhaps a little bit la

sunday close to the city of madder than it follows outrage over the rape and murder of eight year old zeinab and sidey whose body was found last thursday the case has caused that widespread protests with authorities being accused of negligence the u.n. says more than half of somalia's population is in need of emergency aid due to a major drought and worsening conflict millions have been forced from their homes and hundreds of thousands of children have been left malnourished the u.n. says the situation will worsen unless it receives one point six billion dollars in extra funds bernard smith reports. most somalis are finding it hard just to survive day to day after more than four years of drought and the continuing war with fighters the u.n. says it just managed to stave off famine in somalia last year but with poor rains forecast again this year more intensive aid will be needed to help the one an every two somalis who are displaced by widespread fighting. together over the more than two million a fifth of the population were. displaced away from their homes this is fuelling suffering it is

and joining us now from new york is zeinab salbi, founder of women for women international.n, that waitresses and nurses and people working in regular office buildings are starting to feel the impact of the need to movement? absolutely. -- the need to movement? absolutely. -- the me too movement. are they feeling it is getting better because of the proper citation? —— the publicity? better because of the proper citation? -- the publicity? it is at the beginning, now we are talking about race and class issues, not only because 0prah's speech yesterday which brilliant, but because of her fund just created by several a ctresses because of her fund just created by several actresses including natalie portman about defending women's rights across all lines, class and race in all these things, including waitresses and staff members at hotels and all of these things. now the people who talked about it are starting to actually be more inclusive of a larger endemic that it is. you were the founder of an organisation that helps women's rights around the world, what is the impact of thi

saying in pakistan where there's widespread outrage about the rape and murder of a six year old girl zeinab ansari authorities are being accused of not doing enough to keep children safe after a series of similar killings diana karim has a story. that. they're calling for justice for zainab a girl whose body was found in a dump on tuesday four days after she went missing in the district some of the horn . protests have since broke out in several cities in pakistan some of them turning violent. there were funerals on thursday for two men killed in the city of pursuer an enraged crowd stormed a police station. officers responded by firing live rounds on demonstrators law enforcement is being blamed here zena father says the police did not act fast enough when his daughter went missing last week the local police chief has been sacked for negligence related to the case. if the culprits in earlier cases had been caught and punished than this incident would never have happened if they had been given exemplary punishments people's daughters would have been safer today eleven other child murders ha