Particularly into the south and west of the uk, some with hail and thunder. Gusty winds as well, plenty more showers to come into tonight as well, merging at times with western scotland into longer, heavier downpours. There will be some to the east, avoid most of the showers and stay dry with clearer weather here, we will see some of the lower temperatures going into monday morning. Low pressure close by tomorrow morning will be another day of sunshine and showers. These initially into the west, but notice how they do track east during the day. Again, the chance of seeing some hail and thunder, but not a wash out. There will be some sunny spells before and after the showers, still with those fairly gusty winds as well. Average speeds will be getting the gusts around 30 to a0 miles per hour, especially as those showers move through. Temperatures around ten to m degrees across the uk, turning milder to the south later in the week but a fairly wet and at times windy week to come. Goodbye. Hello this is bbc news. The headlines. More pressure on the uk government as thousands of doctors back the footballer Marcus Rashfords campaign for Free School Meals during the school holidays. Spain has announced a National State of emergency as coronavirus cases surge. Prime minister sanchez says curfews will be imposed between 11am and 6pm and travel between regions could be banned. Uk ministers consider reducing the 1a days isolation period for those in contact with people who have the virus. And lee kun hee the korean businessman who turned samsung into one of the worlds biggest Electronics Companies has died at the age of 78. Now on bbc news, the travel show team takes a look back at some of its most memorable trips to africa, including the time ben zand took part in one of sudans popular friday wrestling contests. From a once dystopian landmark. It is something that was built for the few and it is being repurposed now and finding its feet as something for the many. To the pyramids of egypt. That is awesome. Seeing them in real life is so cool. From a wrestling ring in sudan. These guys are going pretty ha rd. To gorillas in the clouds. My mind is absolutely blown. They are so beautiful. Coming up this week, a look back at some of our favourite african adventures. Hello and welcome to the travel show. While most of the world is still inaccessible to travellers, we have been busy curating a list of our favourite trips. This week its africas turn. Now, ive been lucky enough to go on a few occasions and i have absolutely loved it every time. How about we kick things off with a reallyjawdropping makeover in the south african city ofjohannesburg . Johannesburg is south africas largest city, growing at a startling rate after the discovery of gold in 1886. Scores came from across africa and beyond to seek theirfortune. But while many white prospectors got rich, the black workers suffered in poverty. In the late 1940s, inequality became law under the notorious apartheid regime, which lasted for nearly 50 years until mandela was elected president. By that time, decades of industrial decline and International Sanctions had damaged johannesburgs economy and crime was widespread. The city came to be known as one of the most dangerous places on earth. Now, there is a drive to change all that and previously abandoned neighbourhoods like this one are now on the tourist trail. Perhaps the most visible symbol ofjohannesburgs regeneration, though, is in berea, 80 miles away. Towering over the skyline is the continents largest though, is in berea, a few miles away. Towering over the skyline is the continents largest residential skyscraper, ponte city. At more than 500 feet tall with an iconic circular design, ponte offers stunning views overjohannesburg. Now tourists can visit a converted apartment on the 52nd floor. All right, morning, everyone. Dlala nje, the social enterprise that operates the tour, is run by a former resident. I moved here in 2012 after doing a story on what is this infamous landmark on the johannesburg skyline . Ponte opened up its doors in 1975. And you know, it was built for the top 1 of society. There were saunas, there was wine cellars. Where this building finds itself, it has always been very cosmopolitan. During apartheid, the government didnt want black people to partake in certain sectors of the economy and imported a lot of skills. So what you had was a lot of, like, german engineers mixing with portuguese artisans, anybody like immigrants, expats, coming here and just making a life for themselves. It was very, very diverse. Also what it resulted in was a lot of racial mixing as well. The Foreign Residents brought with them more liberal values and less regard for the apartheid laws. According to nicholas, the government reacted by cutting off services to the building. As many white residents left for the suburbs, pontes fortunes declined. No running water, no electricity. And this is when you hear the really crazy stories that, you know, we we were brought up on in johannesburg in the 80s and 90s, about this building being the place where angels fear to tread, you know . So this place that you guys are standing on now, if these walls could speak they will tell you some of the creepiest things on the planet, 0k . When this was a vertical slum you have 14 storeys of rubbish. So the building is 54 storeys. It is just unbelievable to think of everything thats happened here. It is a real haunting feeling down here. It wasnt until the late 2000s that the building was cleared and renovated. Now it is home to a diverse range of people, including migrants from all over africa. And dlala nje operate a Community Centre on the ground floor. The money made from the tour goes towards the organisations social outreach projects. This building has been through hell and back. And to me, ponte signifies, in many ways, the story of a democratic south africa, in terms of trying to find your identity since 1994. It is something that was built for the few. And it has been repurposed now and is finding its feet as something for the many. The spectacular ponte city. Next we cross the entire length of the continent to egypt where ade went behind the scenes in cairo as they prepared to open the doors to one of the biggest Archaeological Museums in the world. The ancient egyptians built these pyramids as elaborate tombs for their rulers, or pharaohs, some 4,500 years ago. Theyve become the calling card of egypts tourism. Wow, that is awesome. Seeing them in real life is so cool. Tourism is one of egypts biggest moneymakers, and in 2010 it reached an all time high, with more than 14 million coming here on holiday. But the following year, everything changed. Change, change, change Anti Government demonstrations in Cairos Tahrir square kicked off a wave of protests across the country. Standing on the corner of the square is egypts national museum. Built in 1902, it houses perhaps the worlds greatest collection of ancient a rtefa cts. During the turmoil, looters and vandals took advantage of the chaos and broke in. Thieves damaged the building and stole more than 50 priceless a rtefa cts. The museum holds a special place in the nations heart. But the break in exposed its outdated and weak security, and highlighted what was already known the need to better safeguard the nations unique treasures. Here in the shadow of the pyramids, a new ambitious project is entering the final stages of construction. The grand Egyptian Museum will be equipped to take the countrys ancient treasures way into the future. It will be the biggest Archaeological Museum in the world. This place is absolutely enormous. The footprint is 500,000 square metres. There are over 3,000 labourers working here 24 7, and it cost over us 1 billion to construct. Now, for the first time, over 5000 objects discovered in the boy kings tomb will be on display to the public. This is one of my favourite pieces. Its one of the chariots of king tutankhamen. So we are pretty much looking at a 3500 year old artefact, but in perfect condition, intact, as it was . If we consider the 3,500 years, it is in a perfect condition. Restorers in these specially built labs are using the most advanced technology in the world to prepare the artefacts for display. More than two thirds of the objects from tutankhamens tomb have been hidden away in boxes since their discovery by Howard Carter almost 100 years ago. With assurances of increased security, it is hoped that this new centre dedicated to egypts unique history will finally help encourage tourists to come back. Ade in cairo where, sadly, the museum has had to postpone its opening until next year due to delays caused by the pandemic. Fingers crossed they can stay on track. Stay with us because coming up we have more memorable trips from the african continent, including. When ade explored ghanas dark colonial past as it celebrated 60 years of independence. You just cannot stop looking at all of theirfaces. They all have got individual expressions of pain. And when i met the former poachers responsible for protecting rwandas majestic primates. Whispers i spy a gorilla. So dont go away. This week we are revisiting some of our most memorable trips to africa from the last few years. Next, we head to sudan and the popular friday wrestling bout in khartoum, when ben zand got much closer to the action than he had intended. Every friday at 4. 00pm, in haj yusef, khartoum, this ancient sport, originally thought up by nubian pharaohs, is still being practiced. For thousands of years, wrestling has been a fixture amongst the nuba tribes, in sudan, but its not just a game. The nuba are originally from the nubian mountains in southern sudan but now, as unrest pushes them away from their homeland, the sport has found another home in the capital, and for the locals its a huge event. These guys go in pretty hard. I probably should try it out, but im not going to. I was happy i was only a spectator, but quickly i realised the organisers had other plans. Im usually up for doing a lot of things, but wrestling a guy, in front of 2,000 people, is a bit further than what i usually go. So, im a bit nervous, the guy is kind of scary. Then it was time to head out into the arena. Oh, god. Wish me luck, wish me luck ah, no, they actually think this is like britain against sudan. I am very scared. I shake his hand. I dont even know what the rules are. I actually dont know what the rules are. This is going to end so badly. It actually started quite well, thats until my opponent took off his shirt in a display of ultimate warrior in this man on man death match. Whats going on . How did this happen . I spent the duration of the match running away from the opponent. I learnt later that youre not really meant to move backwards, only forwards, but they let me off as i was new to it and they probably knew i was going to lose. As things heated up, i used my premium agility skills, dodged my opponents attempts to bring me down. With the crowd on my side, i decided to go in for the kill. But i failed massively, and i lost. As it was all over, i was happy i could now retreat to the changing room and think about what id just attempted, but in a celebration of british sudanese relations, my opponent decided a parade around the arena would be more suitable. Oh, my god, i lead a strange life whilst in the arms of my new sudanese comrade, i had time to reflect on what i was seeing. Sudan is a very divided country when it comes to things like religion and ethnicity, but here, in the wrestling arena, it doesnt matter where youre from. Even a young lad from liverpool can earn respect. This could be a bit of a daunting place to walk into, but, after that experience, and the love everyone showed me, all i can say is that was unbelievable. And a cheering crowd as well, im being carried around. I can get used to that, honestly. What a day, what a day. Better luck next time, ben. Next up when ade visited one of africas most disturbing sites in the wake of ghanas 60th year of independence. Ade 60 years ago in 1957, the british gold coast broke away from centuries of colonial rule. It became the republic of ghana. It was a peaceful transition and ghanas independence, the first to be declared in sub saharan africa, inspired other states to do the same thing. Look carefully around accra and you will see signs of this anniversary year everywhere. This is a really powerful piece of work. It stands at the mausoleum of ghanas independence leader Kwame Nkrumah and argues that ghana is still not properly free of slavery and colonialisation. Itjust exists in a different form these days. They have all got individual expressions of pain and it is quite sobering, really. Ghana was right at the centre of the slave trade. Its most powerful remnants lie a few hours east of here in the old colonial capital, cape coast, which is where i am going next. It is estimated that in total, around 11 Million People were taken from africa, bound for the americas. All along this coastline were forts where men, women and children were held in miserable conditions before their dangerous journey. This was the largest of those forts. These days, it is a museum. This was a male dungeon. The men were separated from the women and this dungeon was designed for 1000 people. A few years ago, during restoration works, archaeologists took up and examined some of the materials on the floor. So they left a small portion of it here to tell the rest of the story. It is made up of faeces, blood, decomposed bodies, clothes. So this is, this is the product of human despair. Yes. And toil. Pain, suffering, cruelty. And if they survived their stay in the dungeons here, then it was through the door of no return, ready for loading onto the ships. One of them might have decided not to go so he would justjump into the ocean, pulling the rest with him. Wow, because they were all chained together . They were all chained and they would all drown. So you would escape just to commit suicide. And this is after being held captive . After being held in the dungeons for two or three months. It was non stop hell. Non stop hell. This is a special yearforghana. It is the 60th anniversary of independence and things have moved on, thankfully. We struggled for 400 years under slavery and colonialism and we have come out as a nation stronger than before so we see that as an experience worth sharing with others. So people can be encouraged in what they do, whatever level they are, that they will rise up through the ashes, use the ashes as fertiliser to grow and become prosperous. Words of hope from the man whosejob brings him face to face with unimaginable horror on a daily basis. If he can be optimistic there is inspiration for us all. Ade there in ghana. Now i want to end the show with a trip i will never forget when i visited rwanda to meet the people monitoring the countrys growing gorilla population. The walk is pretty tough, i will not lie. The higher you get, the higher the altitude, my breath is getting shorter. Three hours and 4000 metres above sea level and i was beginning to fear i might not ever find a gorilla. Whispers oh, my god. Hes just there. Theres no need to be scared but they are so big. We really lucked out here. We have a mother cradling her baby. They have black backs and we have the mother of all gorillas, the silverback over there. He is just watching us watching him. I cant believe we are this close. My mind is absolutely blown. They are so beautiful. Rwanda has achieved remarkable success in not only protecting, but growing the mountain gorilla population. In fact, there are now 1000 mountain gorillas here, up from 200 just 20 years ago, when they were on the brink of extinction. This is primarily down to the decrease in poaching when the gorillas were hunted for meat. But in an effort to protect the gorillas, poachers were trained to become Mountain Guides and porters here, further supporting tourism. So talk to me about the poaching. There is no problem. Because we avoid trapping by involving the communities. You cannot say it is done, however, so we keep on. In fact, tourists pay 1500 to spend one hour up here with these great apes. You can hear little grunts in the distance. It is hard to tell if they are aggressive or playful grunts. How did you feel when the gorilla came out and jumped out . Scared. Just being able to watch them eating, interacting and even communicating with us in their natural habitat is, hands down, one of the best experiences that i have ever had the pleasure of having while on my travels. I highly recommend it. I still get butterflies just thinking about how incredible that experience was. Sadly, that is all we have time for this week butjoin us next week when. They are big, they are hungry and incredibly grumpy. Christa is in germany to find out why these creatures have been causing havoc for some holidaymakers this summer. You think you go tracking animals and it will be tiny paw prints or footprints. No. It is just chaos. And remember, follow us in all the usual places by looking for bbc travel. From me and the rest of the travel show team here in london it is goodbye. Hello. At least some of us are getting to see the sunshine today, but there are some heavy downpours around. Again, good news, though, for rainbow spotters plenty of these pictures coming in from our weather watchers today, especially where we have most of the showers of course, thats towards the south west of the uk, closer to this area of low pressure, some of those showers heavy with hail and thunder, some of us to the east though avoiding most of the showers, seeing the best of sunshine in north east england, for example. Into tonight, these showers keep on coming, particularly into the west and through southern england, some merging to give some longer heavier downpours in places but there will be some of us, again, through eastern areas that avoid most of the showers, stay dry with the clearest weather and see the lowest temperatures going into monday morning. And then for tomorrow, we are still very much under the influence of the area of low pressure so there will be further showers moving through, initially towards the west but some will push on through eastwards as we go through the day, still with gusty winds but also that of sunshine here and there around these showers too. So it will be another blustery day, winds speeds, these average speeds, still costing around 30 to 40 mph in places. Still gusting around 30 to 40 mph in places. Especially where you see some of the heavier showers. As for temperatures, mainly around ten to 14 degrees, so by the end of the week, it looks like southern areas at least will be seeing those temperatures trending upwards once again. As we go into monday night, a lot of the showers will fade away, a gap between weather systems here. Quite a chilly start for some of us on tuesday morning, perhaps a few fog patches around especially into scotland, but this deep area of low pressure well to the north west of the uk for tuesday will be pushing these weather fronts our way. That basically means more rain, of course. That will be spreading north and east during the day, maybe the far north of scotland, certainly into to the northern isles, some of the heaviest rain will be into Western Hills and with all of that, the wind will start to pick up once again. So it will be another windy day, particularly towards the south and west. Again, temperatures around ten to 14 degrees. Thats gone by wednesday and then were back to an another day of sunshine and showers. Again, these will be most frequent across the south and west of the uk, some heavy with hail and thunder and accompanied by gusty winds. Looking further ahead, low pressure still very much in charge for the rest of the week and even into the weekend as well. And that does mean some wet and windy weather at times. This is bbc news with the latest headlines more pressure on the government as thousands of doctors back the footballer Marcus Rashfords campaign for Free School Meals during the school holidays. After a public backlash, the Welsh Government says it will review its ban on supermarkets selling nonessential items the countrys two week lockdown. Spains government announces a new state of emergency as it tackles the virus a National Curfew from from 11pm a National Curfew from 11pm until 6 in the morning is due to come in from sunday. Ministers consider reducing the 14 days isolation period for those in contact with people who have the virus