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By the jailing of former president jacob zuma on contempt of court charges. and lebanon, too, is hitting a crisis. exacerbating pre-existing tensions of poor covid readiness. protests and anger ever present as rocketing inflation, rolling power outages royal passions. the nation reeling from the economic impact of decades of syrian civil war next door compounded by years of political infighting. and to cap it all, a port blast last summer shredding much of central beirut. and iraq this week beca...

Injured. many believe the trigger for this is much more than the jailing ofjacob zuma and theyre pointing to the economic situation. its dire. according to the world bank — over a third of people are unemployed. in younger people thats even higher — 46.3 % dont have a job. and heres the economist. south africa is led by the ruling african national congress — the anc. and there are clear divisions between its leaders. heres one example. this is a tweet from jacob zumas daughter accusing pre...

United fans in our house, so we all love him. its perhaps ironic this is maya and her that the jailing of this man, former presidentjacob zuma, daughter violet. as part of the governments efforts she left a note saying, to call out billions of dollars "be kind, be loving, of alleged corruption, to clean up south africas economy be more like rashford." we experience racism and make it attractive on a daily basis, being people to foreign investors, of colour ourselves. is now triggering further ec...

Americans of the problems that the energy crisis has brought to them. leaders meet in paris- fora summit on pollution, inflation and third world debt. this morning, theyjoinedl the revolution celebrations for a show of military might on the champs—elysees. . wildlife officials in australia have been coping with a penguin problem. fairy penguins have been staggering ashore and collapsing after gorging themselves on their favourite food, pilchards. some had eaten so much, they could barely stand...

Erupted after former president jacob zuma handed himself in, to begin a is—month jail sentence. mr zuma was convicted of contempt of court, afterfailing to attend an inquiry into corruption during his presidency. the bbc�*s southern africa correspondent nomsa maseko has the latest. south african police were clearly overwhelmed. they had their hands full, trying to stop mobs who started looting shopping centres. nothing was spared. every shop was looted here. the military was then deployed. w...

Welcome to bbc news — im david eades. our top stories. in cuba, the biggest protests against the communist government in decades — president biden says the protests are a "clarion call for freedom". at least a0 people have been killed in a fire at a iraqi hospital treating coronavirus patients, in the city of nassiriya. dozens of patients are missing. south africas president appeals for an end to days of violence and looting, sparked by the jailing of his predecessor. the wildfires rage on, ...

People might not have to wear masks, and thats not really— going to protect her. shes wearing a mask thinking it will protect herself and me. - personal responsibility or legal controls — a clear difference of approach between the governments in england and scotland in how best to manage covid. both are urging public caution as the third wave grows. fergus walsh, bbc news. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: we report from south africa, where the violence is getting worse in the unrest ...

Than 100 have been arrested, and while some have been released, the whereabouts of many still unknown. ever since they took part in the largest series of demonstrations to hit cuba in a generation. protesters calling for freedom as food and medicine shortages devastate the island. with pressure mounting on the biden administration, the government is reviewing its cuba policy, but says they have no immediate decision or change on that. the cuban exiled community once again showing their support h...

The parole board said it has immense sympathy for the families dawn ashworth and lynda mann however the parole board panel are bound by law to assess whether a prisoner is safe to release. it has no power to alter the original sentence set down by the courts. now aged 61, colin pitchfork has been found not to be a danger to the public. but his release will be subject to strict licence conditions. sian lloyd, bbc news. at least 45 people are now known to have died in south africa as violent unres...

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