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Individuals have to act responsibly we need to social distance we need to wear for our face coverings if were in settings where we cant social distance particularly in these hot zones the centers for Disease Control has recommended the use of mass but not the demand required it because they dont want to send the president and that their president should be example you know real men wear a mask be an example to the country and wear the mask and its not about protecting yourself its about protecting others patty call him is just outside washington and says several states face tough decisions. Here in the United States weve seen a huge spike over the last 2 weeks more than 50 percent number of cases across the country were see that the most is in the west and the south these are states mostly led by republicans that really pushed to reopen the economy saying that that was what was important and what we saw then were just people flood into restaurants and bars and shops and many of them not worry math because in many of these states theyre not mandated to in fact in many of these states the governors have told local officials that theyre not allowed to make people wear masks so now were seeing this rapid increase although the Vice President. Vice president said that there is no correlation between the 2 Health Experts say of course there is and the situation in the u. S. For brazil is the worlds 2nd worst that country with more than 1300000 cases and over 57000 deaths a staggering 246000 infections were recorded in the last 7 days alone in response 1000 crosses have been placed in front of the Brazilian Congress to all nor those killed by covert 1000. 00 the display is also a protest against the president. Malawis new president has been sworn in kwaito want to use they spoke with 58 percent of the vote the election was a rerun of last years president ial ballots won by the then incumbent. That vote was marred by irregularities and the former leader supporters claim the same thing as happened this time around counting it is underway in local elections across france the 1st round of local elections was held in march but the 2nd part was the late due to the coronavirus Prime Minister eduardo has claimed victory in the battle to become mayor of the Northern City of laughter the election is seen by many as a test of president the final immigrants policies and there is concern turnout was low. Many people simply stayed away and they also stayed away from the 1st round of these elections which took place more than 3 months ago for the very same reasons because just a couple of days after the 1st round france went into lockdown so people already concerned by the Health Situation theres no doubt as well when you have to round so far away people simply also just lose interest they seem to lose the thread of whos running away and france of course is going into its traditional summer break but theres no doubt that its a cause for concern weve heard from the early say the president might call has said that he is concerned about the abstention rate because of course it is a worry when so many people in your country dont want to take pause in the democratic process and meanwhile in the polish elections that the president has won the most votes there but its not enough to prevent a runoff pole incumbent under a duda took just under 42 percent of the vote and will now face a 2nd poll in 2 weeks time against his main challenger warsaw mayor ruffle of checkups these are the top stories the news continues after face to face mandela and the clerk thanks for watching. At turn my heart for turns. But the states are suffering not that this very we. Are would also like to take this opportunity. To come right the late Michael Burgess a 3rd a lot of. Very 1st Earth Government that brought. The crowd to. Make. That turn around the room. And to enter our country and. Through the imposition of the system of about. December 1993 the pact. City home owners Nelson Mandela the hero of the antiapartheid struggle and frederick the clown the last white president of south africa ive years ago. People would have seriously question the sanity of anyone who would have predicted that mr madela and i would be joined in the severe of the by the by the bill. And yet both of us. Are before you today behind the code to choose the 2 leaders are at olds and the tension in the country is at its highest. Will with an eagle a potence. We disagree strongly all issues and we will soon fight the strenuous election plain against one of them. Standing in the cement the spro quest which will buy. All the 30000 people have died in Political Violence. Since the beginning of this year mandela and dick clarke partners as much as rivals 2 characters representing a cruising campus engaged in unwilling to move to solutions a political and personal june that was poised to put an end to one of the most racist when the plants. d 7 kilometers west of cape town Nelson Mandela was a prisoner for 18 years raised in a village in eastern south africa he founded the 1st black law from in the country appalled by the treatment of blacks and people of color he created the armed wing of the African National congress to fight against the Apartheid Regime that i many people feel that it is useless and for a future for us to continue talking peace and nonviolence against the government was a block is only a savage attacks. Under defenseless people. In 1962 mandela was arrested 2 years later he and his fellow accused were sentenced to life imprisonment for sabotage and conspiracy he was 46 years old. During his incarceration and social unrest spread and intensified among the black people who represented almost 3 quarters of the population in the state who responded with increasingly savage repression. In the 1980 s. The country was subjected to the iron fist leadership of peter both or head of the National Party regarded as a hard liner he was nonetheless aware that profound change was inevitable among his most influential ministers was frederick vellum declare an ambitious afrikaner who entered politics in 1971 f. W. As everyone called him came from an influential conservative family. One must remember that his father had been a very senior National Party politician it being president of the senate his uncle had been Prime Minister so he was deeply. Involved in the whole growth and development of the National Party mr declared it was perceived to be on the conservative side that he was predicting what group rights as it was called but i think to his credit one was always that he was never in favor of a Security Solution for the country never. In 71 i still embraced the concept of separateness which i believed idealistic could bring justice in the early eightys. I came to the conclusion and not only me many of my colleagues around me that the concept of separateness is just institutionalizing in justice that it was our own and that we had to abandon the concept of a part they separate us. In the early eightys Nelson Mandela returned to the mainland after 2 decades of brutal detention he was transferred to post more prison then in 1988 to more comfortable housing within the victor 1st of prison about 100 kilometers from cape town. For mandela was no ordinary prisoner convinced that negotiation could bring an end to apartheid he had begun secret meetings with government representatives notably we could see how the Justice Minister and neal barnard the head of the secret services. And so p. W. Identified a team of which i was there at the time they start in total secrecy negotiations with one below which in fact started in my 988. 00 until usually they met some got 50 times or 48. 00 times every week for hours on end and nobody not is almost the archetype of an african a nationalist mandela use that to get to know the minds of the africans the minds of the National Party and by the time he came out he knew more or less what they were what they were thinking what was possible what wasnt possible he knew more or less how to treat them. Both at home and abroad calls for mandelas release grew louder and gained more support for his party the a. N. C. Represented him as the symbol of the antiapartheid struggle. And early 1989 bhutto was weakened by a stroke shortly after a secret meeting with mandela he was forced to resign as party leader and later as president. I relented in august his former minister frederick de klerk age 53 took over as president of the country his priority to end the deadlock crippling south africa. On december 13th 1989 mandela left the victor vast the prison for a few hours he was secretly taken to the center of cape town to detain heis the president s office for the 1st time the black leader and white president found themselves face to face. I did not have. High expectations of a 1st meeting with mr mandela and when i did have my 1st meeting i did not try to achieve much for both the him and me that 1st meeting was to get an understanding of each other to get a feel for the person sitting across the table to start with mandela was much taller than he expected. And he was also very impressed by president of mr mandelas eristic radek bearing because we must remember that that mandela was actually raised to be the Prime Minister of the paramount chief of the 10 booze so you have natural a natural sense of authority very dignified a very charming after that 1st meeting there was the feeling that yes we can do business with each other so i did expect that he would be positive about the concept of negotiations but we both of voided talking about the real challenges and the real issues at that time it was a sizing up process and so that was the beginning of of a long and sometimes very very rocky relationship. On february the 2nd 1990 the eyes of 37000000. 00 South Africans were turned towards cape town for the opening of parliament didnt declare was about to pronounce his 1st general policy speech many were hoping he would commit the country to a new direction. It is time for us to break out of the cycle of violence and to break through to peace and reconciliation the steps that have been decided on the following the prohibition of the African National congress the pan african as congress the south African Communist Party in a number of subsidiary organizations is being nice and people serving prison sentences merely because they were members of one of these organizations will be identified and released i think the clark when he took over as president in 1009. I was faced with a choice he knew that the countrys economy was in really deep trouble he knew we were almost facing a civil war inside the country and here suddenly the thing landed on his lap was he going to do more about it more oppression more police more military and destroy the economy get into a civil war or was he going to be the sturrock a figure that ended the war and i think the berlin wall helped him a lot because it was a strong argument to use to say we had to fight against the a. N. C. Because they were communists but no communism is dead sanaa we can talk to them which made their message easier to accept by the white people however what is very crucial to make the point that this change. The clear speech was not simply the result of a free condom nationalism of his party and of the clerk suddenly becoming good guys and through the good heart the siding there must be a change it was the pressure from the struggle i wish to put it plainly that the government has taken a Firm Decision to release mr mandela unconditionally im serious im serious about being this matter to finality without dealing the speech i made on the 2nd of february 9090 contained a package of measures of which the release not only of Nelson Mandela but also of all Political Prisoners was just a part i listed the state of emergency. I tried in that speech to do it that is each and every excuse in the sea could offer not to come to the negotiation table and during that period we were the only communicators and town and they had all of the t. V. Cameras they needed to use. How and when to release the iconic mandela this was the subject of the 2nd confrontation between the 2 men one week later at the president s office. I announced to him that he would be released on the 11th of february and the 1st reaction was its too soon and i said why is it too soon he said we need more time to prepare insisted that this process cannot work without me i am the key to this thing so when you want to release me you release me at a time that suits me and my family because i have to manage the a. N. C. And it was one of the things of me will you are my prisoner you will do as i say and i said to him mr mandela you and i will negotiate about many things but you been in jail long enough you will be released on the 11th of february let us discuss what time of the day and from where you will be in east. On february 11th 1990 at 5 oclock in the oftener there was great excitement at the victor fest a prison everyone had been waiting for several hours to see Nelson Mandela released arm in arm with his wife when. After 27 years in jail a free 71 year old man returned to his home in so wet oh determined to win freedom for his people. After 4 decades of conflict the adversaries met over 3 days and put ischia on official building in cape time in may 990 the jailer and his former prisoner walked side by side presenting a cordyline image there are bound to be difficulties but there is cautious optimism as well as faith and conviction that problems will be solved by negotiation. And i trust that these discussions will be another milestone on the road to a new and you just saw that i think it was. Overwhelmingly framed. It was like people who came together for the 1st time we didnt know each other but who wanted to meet each other. That was a that was a wonderful experience and was about the fact that. We suddenly realized on both sides that we had to work out jointly and collectively. A way forward and the doctor sponsible of the rest of us nobody else could take that as far as. You can imagine. With the background of the participants 2 sides that has been fighting each other. For the year were. Suddenly being. Of course theres a measure of mistrust. We do know al qaida still. We didnt know. But the point is we had to agree theres only one way to discover. That is to me. Is striking feature. Of the discussions. Which we have head. During the last 3 days. Has been the at cordiality. We have had. Discussions on sensitive not. In a spirit of conciliation and understanding. Despite the signature of a Peace Agreement 4 months later the relationship between de klerk and monday ella was tainted by violence around the often lethal conflict had broken out in various regions of south africa particularly in causing confrontations erupted to between a. N. C. Supporters from the closer ethnic group and supporters of the i f p the in qatar Freedom Party made up of zulus and led by monks who to buthelezi. Not just that is the places they are. Not in the leaders the people who can only shoot at the beginning of a real discount. More people got killed in south africa between 10091904 than were killed by a part of forces in the entire history of a part it. There was a natural competition between the i have p. And the n c u d f but it was aided and abetted by the former military and Police People called it the force. The 2 big black groupings fighting and a 3rd force egging them on and fomenting more violence leading police teats and intelligence chiefs including military intelligence were working with elements of the put to lazy party and the soft course was how mundane the came to use that label and to the end and to accuse the clerk of the statistics. Word law. And National Party has got that dab agenda for the negotiations process on the one hand a talk about reform and change. That they still want to hold on to you can nominate and but it got power he said you see you dont care about the live lives of blacks that tell us you have allowed that situation to develop and this is why these things have happened even of that we have given you our commitment even when we have in no way committed had to discipline our people you behaved in this way because you dont care about black life i think the accusation that i didnt do enough was unfair and that was not based in fact from the moment that i started to have a suspicion and also in conjunction with all the allegations they were making i appointed judit to judicial commissions of inquiry. The one commission of inquiry came up and opened up a can of worms to show that yes there were elements in the Security Forces against my orders against the policy ive laid down who continued with politically this had the underground activities that resulted in the dismissal all the time and of a big number of very Senior Officers the credit card the difficulty he had to walk a tightrope he couldnt just walk into the military compensate well go give up your arms the n. C. Is taken over he had to take yet to move very carefully with the police and with the military. And he did it slowly and and Nelson Mandela has indicated that he understood that so there was a game that mandela would put pressure on him. To disband and to end this that for violence and that that would defend. As the 2 leaders exchanged accusations about the causes of the violence talks continue and a conference was soon organized could desa the convention for the democratic south africa to discuss the countrys future institutions 300 delegates took part the a. N. C. And their allies demanded a majority electoral system where blacks would be dominant in the government declared can his party wanted various measures to protect the white minority but on the very 1st day december 20th 1991 the talks almost collapsed when dick clark took the floor. With. All the other. Do not have a jewelers. Because one cannot be. Lifted. To be shown solutions if you only just peters loss leave the leadership. Role certainly films with on schedule make and the phone was not going to go to new and yes to the concept of up action. I spoke last and i made a strong attack on the see what went on me i sent a warning to president mandela that i would be making those statements the mission which i believe did not get to him so Nelson Mandela set there and watched the kruk a decade in this way and i have never before or since seen mandela so angry at the result was then that mandela did the study to gain Something Back to the microphone and started to make an attack on as the ticket. I heard a concern. About the behavior. Off mr decay he had been less and friend. Everybody had. And egypt has. Discredited. My team as he. Has certain moral standards but hope. Very few did. What might happen here with saturday. Capturing a moment in time. Lapse shots of other lives. Other stories one people are afraid to come back again and provided a glimpse into someone elses mouth pursue the dream of your life inspiring documentaries from impassioned filmmakers. Witness on aljazeera. If you want to help save the world. Isnt hero. 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Hello im Barbara Starr in london these are the top stories on aljazeera more than 10000000 people are now known to have been infected with corona virus across the world almost half a 1000000 people have died 6 months after it was 1st detected in china well a quarter of those infections are in the United States which has become the worlds worst that country with 2 and a half 1000000 cases the number of new cases was more than 40000 for the 3rd day in a row on saturday there are concerning uptakes and the number of infections in southern and western states the window is closing we have to act and people as individuals have to act responsibly we need to social distance we need to wear for our face coverings if were in settings where we cant social distance particularly in these hot zones. The centers for Disease Control has recommended the use of mass but not demand required it because they dont want to send the president and their president should be example you know real men wear masks be an example to the country where the mask. Its not about protecting yourself its about protecting others. Always new president has been sworn in last year is such a quitter want to use this poll with 58 percent of the vote the election was a rerun of last years president ial ballot won by the then incumbent peter. That vote was marred by irregularities in the former leaders supporters claim the same thing has happened this time around turnout meanwhile is low in local elections across france the 1st round of local elections was held in march but the 2nd part was delayed due to the coronavirus lockdown Prime Minister Edward Phillips has claimed victory in the battle to become mayor of the Northern City of. Election is seen by many as a test of president policies and polands president has won the most votes in the election there but its not enough to prevent a run off poll incumbent under a do that talk just under 42 percent of the vote and will now face a 2nd poll in 2 weeks time against his main challenger the mayor of warsaw rough chunk of ski. Those are the top stories in the news continues after face to face mandela and the clerk after that im going to have the aljazeera news hour for you with the latest on all the stories we have been mentioning i hope youll join me then thanks for watching by. 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My data just as he. Has certain moral standards for hope. Very few did. What i had to head with such a moment. When you responded to the clerk was the closest we came to not having a negotiated solution. I also think what he said is what mandela really thought about the clerk he never said it publicly because he knew the kind of many years he knew he had to say i accept his bona fides hes a man of integrity otherwise his followers wouldnt do it but there he was and he is provoked and he was angry because he didnt he wasnt warned and and that was a scary moment and i think that told me everything i wanted to know about the relationship between the track and and mandela it was a terrible one it was not only assure that he was fighting for the ride for his people and what he believed in and what should one expect more from any man he could have been very rude and very brutal if need be and all of this left a mark it left a scar. Or go sit on their personal little unsure but also on the process and a need to cause some damage unavoidably so. The negotiations would last for months under the pressure of white extremists declared called a referendum in march 1902 asking almost 3000000. 00 white voters if they approved of the path he was taking more than 2 thirds of them voted yes. On june 17th 1902 zulus from the in cutter Freedom Party left their hostel accommodation and headed for the boy petang timeship near johannesburg where the attacked a. N. C. Supporters 45 people were brutally killed in the massacre the repercussions were dramatic exasperated mandela was very ill and in his response. And that point in that. The administration of the was the only you knew that had the capacity in the power and the command was there was there to do those people and therefore to prevent that from happening even when that what was was going to happen intelligence would have reported that there theres a. Pileup of stocks of there and then there were people that were they members who went through that i can no longer explain to our up it. Would continue to talk to our government or its him which is not guarding our people were. Not. Why do we are pro quo we cant fight back he alleged at that stage on behove the a. N. C. That this was an example of Government Forces that were utilized and that point has never been proved but even through the consideration commission it was that that so mandela break off the negotiation it became frozen. We launched in that period almost immediately a call for roading mass action to revive and get to very high level the activity of the the masses in marchers demonstrations protest. In early august 1992 a campaign of strikes and demonstrations was launched the power struggle culminated on august the 5th with the march on pretoria the countrys Political Capital was. In front of tens of thousands of supporters mandela came to openly defied the clerk beneath the windows of the Union Building was the official seat of government and did not find out are. They in big debt is the nation of unintended and ive. Had a free hand finding lashes fat and thank goodness and. They say to the mat. On stage you know after tomorrows all you have sat under the counter. Then i less than that satisfactory by the government. Negara see asians carry cannot and will not a 0. Am. The a. N. C. Maintained the pressure he and dick clarke were no longer speaking but in secret their lieutenants continued the discussions on the future of south africa. Another massacre oblige the 2 men to officially renew the negotiations on september the 7th 1992 and a small town in the homeland of cisco by 70000 e. N. C. Supporters demonstrated against a local military leader supported by the government Security Forces opened fire killing 29 people and wounding hundreds of others. Out of the big issue issue came a meeting between our officials and the clerics and the decision to carry on and resume with the negotiations desperately seeking an agreement to clerk capitulated and ceded to mandelas demands in september 992. 00 the principles behind the future constitution were determined it would be a majority system the white minority would have no veto or particular protection the date for the 1st multiracial and democratic elections was set april 27th 1994. It was therefore 2 electoral rivals who went to also in december 993. 00 to receive the Nobel Peace Prize in. Norway the 2 men attempted to put on a good show but dick clark could barely conceal his frustration. I think the decision of the nobel peace Laureate Committee was a very courageous decision and the award to more must among dello was a popular one the award to me was a controversial award because people said but i have practiced a partake in the past i had no problem with their system on download receiving it at times it appeared as if he and the a. N. C. Did not like very much the fact that it was also wanted to me i know that there were 2 that felt. Nelson should not have shared with him i think that would have been a terrible mistake their contribution through the Nobel Peace Prize was their contribution to say we congratulate you the people of south africa you for it amongst each other but in the course of that fight you learned to appreciate each other as humanity. And mandela was irritated by this man from the Apartheid Regime the people who put him in jail the people who oppressed these own people for so long trying to say i ended up after it praise me the clerk felt that he did not get enough credit for ending up after it and he wanted to be on the International Stage he wanted to be. The big the big historical figure. But he was mandela he was the biggest icon in the world so the 2 perspectives and the 2 egos really clashed and it was also difficult because there was a very strong and he apartheid lobby in norway didnt want him to get the you the prize atoll and at one stage she and mandela went out on to a balcony or. Of the group the hotel and the main road of arcelor and the norwegians who were supposed to be having a torchlight parade boo de klerk and they shared mandela so it was a bit humiliating for ford truck. Back in south africa the president ial Election Campaign proved to be extremely tense. Encounters a loose threatens not to take part in the vote and violent confrontations were frequent even in the center of johannesburg. As the world focused on saw a few days before the vote the 2 candidates faced off in a historic televised debate. Where have what that plan appeared at that time i was i think and a better life means housing. Starts 3 quarter tank of geisha Hospital Services we believe. That there is out of me and my eyes in the eye and shes policy is riddled with that which has failed it is riddled still with clinging to nationalize ation you want Good Investments as long as that is the case they says that applause often men or is not used to address the as signees of the charter to the population or as government is committed to it for a small minority he is not alarmed at that or have for devote so much of his last. Or is called sounds like. They just in general how do you write him off if you talk about. That. Far. And nation. How i am proud to hold your. Thought as to profile. On election day no one doubted that mandelas a. N. C. Would he manages the fix of the question was whether the party would gain 2 thirds of the vote. The final score was indisputable 62 percent for the a. N. C. Im just 20 percent for the National Party. I hold out my hand to mr mandela in friendship and cooperation as far as my own post position is concerned i should like to make it clear. That i believe that my Political Task is just beginning everything that we have done so far the 4 years of difficult and often frustrating negotiations the problem and the crises. Abin simply a blip in nation for the work that lies in. On may 10th 1994 after 4 years of negotiations and several 1000 People Killed in Political Violence Nelson Mandela became president of south africa he was 75 years old. I think also the future i think is a good idea for self africa finally there that which we have set out to achieve as befits. The direct thought it was a glorious moment. Because it was peaceful it was accepted by the war the leaders of the world with their defeat on that day he saw it as the conclusion of these project that started in 1809. According to the terms of an agreement signed in 1903 monday ellen led a government of National Unity assisted by 2 Vice President s tabu on becky one of his right hand men and frederick declare. So you have made it big enough to call father and i love. Allison. Growing up by side. If a 4 but there are probably about 5 of them. So. I knew it was a snow day apartheid was overcome the last white president attending the swearing in of south africas 1st black president. My overwhelming sense was a feeling of accomplishment yes i had questions and i still have it in my mind. Whether we will be able to stay on the right path there are threats and there are always dangers that even if you reach a good agreement that in the implementation of the agreement things can go wrong. But my general sense was one of this is a good day for south. All the parties with more than 20 deputies were represented in the government of National Unity intended to last 5 years a coalition unique in the world took office a cabinet when a former president officiated under the orders of his successor both at the head of opposing parties. Facing a monday along never chaired the cup. Becky the other Deputy President and i chaired the cabinet on meditational basis it was a good experience i realized and in serialize that they needed to gain experience in governance theyve been a Liberation Movement theyve been agitating theyve been fighting theyve been fighters in the field they didnt know how to deal with the Civil Service he possibly thought that his presence in the government of National Unity. Will give him the authority to teach then youll come ice. How to do things. Whereas he or trevor invested that he was also a newcomer into a situation that was new on twitter but there were moments when. I could see mr mandela getting frustrated it. All took patience between mandela and dick clark hit the headlines. In january 995. 00 i heated disputes during a Cabinet Meeting which forced dick clarke and mandela to stage a public reconciliation for the media. The main focus of our discussion was our past non working relationship. Our discussion was frank and to a character in some detail. With all the issues which caused the recent confrontation between us. We did not ask for an apology. We are asked for the recognition of al good faith. Honesty and our integrity. In the process of the confrontation also my confidence in the president was shaken. And our talk this morning achieved also the race to relation of that confidence. Im shaking you know you Love Movement on the t. V. Often about 18 months the a. N. C. Started to feel theyve had enough of a learning experience. And then they started to try and silence me because i was not only an executive Deputy President i was also the political leader of the main political opposition part and they were trying to say i cannot in public criticize the solutions with which i disagreed in the cabinet because im an executive Deputy President that was part of the problem which 6 months later after 2 years but old me to the decision with my party who was there all from the government of National Unity i think that the clear and his group where feeling that they were losing too much support from the white constituency and that if they remained in government with the a. N. C. They would continue to lose all that support again i think the correct ego came in the way that and hes personal circumstances and we sometimes talk about politicians and forget that they are ordinary human beings to clear cut then fall in love and married a new young woman a beautiful woman that he was very much in love with he lost his appetite for dirty politics for hard politics. And instead of leaving his party inside and going to die with lovely elites he took them all out declared can disporting left the government in june 1086 shortly after the adoption of the countrys new constitution and mandela himself left politics in 1909 handing over to topple him back in. In just 6 years of a hard fought to do the 2 men had radically changed the course of their countrys history and forever bound their own destinies they continued to see each other far from the political turmoil like in 2006 at a hotel in cape town at frederick declared 70th birthday. And i mean. Once they had retired they knew that they the 2 of them played a special role. In history. And they never become friends but on the one or 2 occasions public occasions they said nice things about italy we dish. And i feel like this is a. Moment that all. All of us wiretapped l o. O o. Added more this way what. I had occasion in the past was that our country has not sufficient knowledge. It occurs all. Out ever got rewarded or. Made ringback it in the us where were on. President mandela made. A wonderful short speech. At a function for all friends and family. I was deeply touched. By that a completion he gave to my contribution to. Help to bring peace to south africa i was deeply touched by the personal warmth which he extended to me. I even god a little bit if i can remember well. Hello there quite a bit of that across areas of australia and also cross into new zealand some very welcome rain will continue for the next couple of days particularly to the island be conceivably the bulk of australia is fun and dry not quite the fun and dry out across into Western Australia on monday weve got quite a bit of rain pushing itll bring the temperature low in the past is 19 fairly strong winds as well particularly along those coastal areas making much progress on monday across the great bias who got cloudy skies with some sunshine into the southeast and north about day in hobart as well but some of that rain is on its way through and shoes of the winds will be increasing and we could just see a policy hsia into adelaide melbourne and maybe one or 2 shows into sydney but it should be a better day should be dry on the whole and still the showers really affecting much of new zealand the thames is quite a bit lower and so the shoddy patterns you see there across into path with a high of 21 degrees now across into asia really Central China of course this is where were seeing the recent very heavy amounts of rain have a look at this very dramatic these pictures that actually captured as a landslide was happening you can see the damage that was done 69. 00 people had to be relocated amazingly nobody was hurt there were no injuries and of course the fed waters though they do continue across the entire region and they would have to go through monday Central Regions pushing off towards the east similar story on tuesday those rains then heading to japan. 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