a seat in the resting place of its national heroes. josephine baker is the first black woman to be honoured here, a member of france s wartime resistance movement and a lifelong campaigner against racism. that campaign shaped herfamily, too. baker adopted 12 children from around the world, calling it her rainbow tribe. these children represent an example of real brotherhood. they show to people that it is possible to live together if we so wish to. the pantheon today echoed with her trademark song, j ai deux amours, a love song to paris, as the city that revered her a century ago claimed herforever as its own. lucy williamson, bbc news, paris. that s all for now stay with bbc world news.
racism and pass messages for the french resistance during the second world war. this is one of the greatest honours france can bestow, a seat in the resting place of its national heroes. josephine baker is the first black woman to be honoured here, a member of france s wartime resistance movement and a lifelong campaigner against racism. that campaign shaped herfamily, too. baker adopted 12 children from around the world, calling it her rainbow tribe. these children represent an example of real brotherhood. they show to people that it is possible to live together if we so wish to. the pantheon today echoed with her trademark song, j ai deux amours, a love song to paris, as the city that revered her a century ago claimed herforever as its own. lucy williamson, bbc news, paris.
tonight, almost a century after she performed there, josephine baker will be honoured in a nightclub in paris with a tribute show. i m not trying to bejosephine, i can t bejosephine, she is too. it s enormous, she is too big for me. idealist and idol, singer and spy, her trademark song j ai deux a lovesong to paris. the city that claimed her and has never let her go. lucy williamson, bbc news, paris. the headlines on bbc news. face mask rules return in england in efforts to combat the spread of the omicron variant later today borisjohnson will set out plans to accelerate the boosterjab programme with all adults in the uk to be offered a third vaccine.
josephine baker will be honoured at the bal blomet nightclub in paris with a tribute show. i m not trying to bejosephine, i can t bejosephine, she s too. it s enormous, she is too big for me. idealist and idol, singer and spy, her trademark song j ai deux amours a lovesong to paris. the city that claimed her and has never let her go. lucy williamson, bbc news, paris. the brilliantjosephine baker. time for a look at the weather. here s stav da naos. good afternoon. it started cold this week but it is much milder today. the contrast in temperatures this morning to yesterday morning, you will see why. there was a solid,
idle, singer and espy, herl idle, singerand espy, her trademark song j ai deux amours a tribute to paris. a love song. the government of botswana has lost an appeal to overturn a court ruling decriminalising homosexuality. thejudges ruled unanimously that the criminalisation of same sex relationships violated constitutional rights. gail maclellan reports. the appeal is dismissed. and botswana made human rights history. applause. botswana s government had gone to the high court in an attempt to overturn the country s 2019 landmark ruling decriminalising homosexuality, but the high court upheld the previous law. prompting jubilation and some tears. before 2019, anyone caught in a gay relationship could be sentenced to seven years injail. this unanimousjudgment confirms, said thejudge, that criminalising such individuals violated their constitutional rights to dignity, liberty, privacy and equality.