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as a "western perception that the african female is a downtrodden wretch". but when you look around the african continent today — girls abducted in nigeria, polygamy re—introduced in kenya, child marriages and the prevalence of gender—based violence — how much is there to celebrate about being female in africa? ama ata aidoo, welcome to hardtalk. thank you very much, zainab. there's a lot of political issues and social affairs in your writings. how much do you see yourself as a writer with a mission? well, now, in retrospect, i suppose i could describe myself as a writer with...

he doubled down, no ifs, no buts, a lot of ifs and buts: taking back control, we are in control of legal migration, we grant the work visas, study visas, are you worrieded this is unsustainable, driving down wage, straining public services? are you encouraged, pleased we have the people we need the worker, the students keeping the great academic institutions solvent. migration, if we need it, we need it. and ukraine and hong kong are very much part of the mix here as well. we have top bbc experts, the best kind on hand, we have you on the phone, get in touch, if you have come here, y...

dangerous situation in sudan. it is deeply sad. we are seeing great human suffering. the temporary ceasefire is due to end tomorrow. more than 20,000 new police recruits in england and wales — the government says it has fulfilled its election pledge — labour says they're just playing catch up. we entrust our ancestral home to you. battling it out for the future of gaming — surprise as microsoft's 55 billion pound bid to buy the company behind world of warcraft and call of duty is suddenly blocked. and the king and queen consort set foot on liverpool's eurovision stage as it's r...

those weather seems tomorrow. this feature running in off the near continent will be the fly in the ointment because most of the country will have another dry and sunny day, with fresh breezes again. there is the cloud, outbreaks of rain getting in to east anglia and the south—east through the afternoon period. a bit of a disappointment for part two of the day. the wind is quite gusty for many areas, especially southern and eastern parts of england. it will be cooler along north sea coasts. temperatures, nine, ten, maybe 11. elsewhere, the low to mid—teens with western scotland f...

as he meets president xijinping for the first time since the invasion. and one of the all—time tennis greats, roger federer, announces his retirement. welcome to the programme. with shaun ley in westminster and me, ros atkins, in the bbc news room. tens of thousands of people are waiting for their turn to pay their respects to queen elizabeth ii at westminster hall where she is lying in state. these are live pictures from westminster, where the queue is currently stretching over some five km. some people have waited for more than eight hours to get here, inside westminster hall, wh...