Hello im christine want to welcome to news africa its good to have you along turkey and russia have called for a cease fire in libya which they want to come into effect on sunday to prison richard and his russian counterpart Vladimir Putin agree they should be a truce in libya but they support different factions in the country and kyra backs the administration in tripoli which is recognized by the u. N. And most western powers for its part moscow supports general who controls most of the country and has been advancing to take over the capital tripoli now on this map youll see tripoli in the west and general have to polish based in the east each side is backed by different militias and adding to the mix a number off Foreign Policy with various interests in the via. One country 2 governments numerous malicious. Ongoing fighting that the situation in libya its triggered a flurry of diplomatic meetings in the last days the un backed government of national air caught us in brussels for talks why the governments main rival generally for have was an italy was foreign excess increasing involved in libya another diplomatic meeting attracted special attention talks between russia and turkey the 2 countries who back rival sides in libya have caught for an end to military excellence. Was going to go on our president. And russias president putin are calling for a cease fire in libya starting january the 12th at midnight the night linking saturday to sunday. As we just saw on the stage and for now the fighting in libya continuous general have to Us Forces Say the government is amping up its recruiting. We appeal to International Organizations to monitor this the government is no recruiting students from the 9th grade of. Earlier this week have to us force us allegedly see sticky city of still to as they push to what the capital tripoli hurt by the government of national caught the International Community is warning off an escalation of hostilities. We want to avoid libya becoming the side of a proxy war and libya must also not become a 2nd syria and that is why we now need a political process to begin quickly. So far diplomatic efforts have failed to bring opposing factions together a cease fire could be a 1st step to whats a political solution. Weve invited emitted inbody to give us analysis on these developments hes a political analyst currently at the European University in the italy welcome to news africa there are some people concerned that libya will become the 2nd is syria because of all the fighting that weve seen there how is this a fake seeing the lives of civilians ordinary civilians in libya or as opposed to syria maybe in libyas case the conflict is slightly more localized in the sense that it is predominantly happening in tripoli its capital or over the this doesnt mean the conflict should be underplayed because the capital tripoli is actually home to almost 42 or more than 50 percent of the population of years very sparsely populated so most of the population actually lives there and due to this conflict the fact that it is predominantly being waged in tripoli suburbs that is affecting through a lot of layers artillery those affected civilians lives yeah so you have these 2 major powers to a can of russia and theyre now calling for a cease fire in the country on sunday i mean how likely is that. Think that they might want to sort of get to an agreement together or not clash with one another directly because both sides have to sort of proxies on the ground in the case of turkey theyve sent syrian fighters through the b. M. Some military advisors so turkish troops on brush aside they sent mercenaries as well so both sides and mercenaries of their own but i dont know how in practice they would implement the cease fire especially since theyre not the only player involved however whats important to take into account is that theyre also the main players are they also position ideally right now is for our brokers jointly because the americans and europeans have largely left libya or have been inactive over the past 9 months facing this conflict in madrid in buddy political analyst and libya expires thank you thank you. Now in many parts of the world the costs of getting married have reached an all time high and african countries are no exception with waiting becoming increasingly lavish and expensive many african culture is waiting saw about more than the bride and groom theyre about family and the community which means weddings off 500. 00 people and upwards are common now hosting an extravagant eventful so many people cost a bomb some couples are prepared to spend the money others are taking a more modest raise. For many couples it is the pinnacle of their relationship a big fat wedding this doesnt come cheap im old and susan from. The couple my big last year with 700 people. For me it was my dream medicine. Why plan to. Getting married like. Is the family for me was not an option susan and spencer the equivalent of 5500. 00 us dollars on the a big day with food and duck all being the biggest expense thats 4 times the average monthly income insult our free card in order to pull of the wedding they planned 3 years in advance we decided to start early and try to break down expenses pop it in a month check it people who are helping us and when the wedding came. Grateful. For other couples a big wedding isnt a dream but a nightmare to feel pressure to hold a big wedding but want to break with tradition like want to live to end honey. There was no way for us to actually be able to afford all of that honeymoon overseas like waiting waiting so we had to look at it and be like. Is it really worth it if we invited so many people for the club and the white plaything so we decided we can have a small thing with family right that does not even close lunch and then we can go on a honeymoon because this is basically about us not about the whole community. Honey and a husband only spent around 400 years dollars on their wedding with their money deceived they paid a deposit on the car and travelled to thailand for their honeymoon but how did the friends and family react you dont want to know. My mother had. Im the 1st one to get in the 1st one in the family the wedding venue and expense to. Date and everything so when you. Actually dont want to do that so. I had to stand up is what we want and what we want is what we want is how we want to do and i think they came around after one that came along. In the end the families enjoyed the budget wedding and no one felt stubby had missed out on anything honey and one gus advice is to stick to what you can afford after all a wedding its not about everyone else but about the bride. Now the rising cost of weightings is a dilemma facing couples across the continent not just in south africa and to get more on this im joined by janet awaiting panel with the main event company. And it gets good to see you so why all these weddings getting more leftish now than they were a decade or so ago on decades ago. Right so in the guardian context. First of all i think is the influx of social media i have brides that come in with huge part of inspirations from lebanese where didnt an australian weddings etc. And naturally love it you know so we havent to replicate those sorts of where didnt hear as well as this one forgets the spending part of. It has increased. Of course the. More refined etc right and what did i mean when you put together an event like this essentially way oh most of the costs. Right so i mean like events have evolved so much i work in a Family Business my mom started this business of artists years ago and she talks about how much events have evolved you know back in the day it was so easy to produce and events you do is nothing like Lighting Systems and all that but these days theres so many elements that go into producing and even to produce one event you need like a team of professionals. But. Why yeah but specifically for the weddings i wonder what which other things that make them so costly what aspects of the waiting the most expensive so one of one of the most expensive elements a deck or you know they see the whedons the decor the ambience is almost everything so the core of the food some of the most expensive elements in my country right and for people that are thinking about getting married and want sort of instagram social media waiting but still dont have the budget i mean where would you advise. You know i always tell my clients i was tell my brights pig. About if you want to course you can have everything so pick the things you are most passionate about spend them fine and just work with a budget. All right because also gets. Love than anything else that is true wise words from a waiting planet and that. Thank you. And it isnt but now it is africa as always you can catch all our stories on our website and Facebook Page and on the topic of your small photos a couple celebrating a big day i found out. Every 2 seconds person is forced to flee their home. The consequences been disastrous our documentary series displaced depicts dramatic humanitarian crises from around the world. For good thing we dont need them at the i didnt go to university to kill people my family a financial panic people feel for their cars and their future so they seek refuge abroad but what will become of course stay behind and simply. My husband went to peru because of the crisis that if he hadnt gone there we would have died of hunger one of them. Displayed scars trimmers 15. Welcome to sun culture news and well be looking at the latest rift in the British Royal household as harry and meghan want to go their own way also coming up the 2 great surrealist Salvador Dali and Rene Magritte face to face in a major exhibition. And the biggest piano in the world is to be found in that field. So the big news in britain on wednesday evening was the shock announcement released on instagram by prince harry and meghan the duchess of sussex that they want to step back from royal duty is to a certain extent and the notorious british tabloid press whos harsh headlines about the couple of nodes contributed to this decision ive already given it a name megs it. How you and meghan on their wedding day it was thought to be the start of a new chapter for the British Royal family but it was not meant to read like this in an Instagram Post the couple explained they would stay back a senior royals and would aim to become financially independent it seems the cult even the queen off guard shes reported to be heart one commentator said it