the country has experienced an unusually steady supply of electricity. as south africans prepare to vote in a general election, some critics believe this could be simple electioneering, but others believe that south africa s energy problem is being fixed for good. the bbc s nomsa maseko reports. this power station is one of south africa s many power plants that are coming back online to help minimise the country s electricity crisis. this is a move the government hopes will lessen rolling blackouts, which have crippled the economy and forced south africans to turn to alternatives. all of these efforts are orchestrated. there s nothing sudden about what you are seeing today. and, in fact, the picture looks even exceptionally better. what is it? i m happy to say to the country as i stand before you today the energy availability effect of eskom has breached the 70% mark. at 70.78. that s significant. the last time we achieved this was in august 2021. but many people are sceptica
hello, i m lauren taylor. we start here in the uk, and the fourth day of campaigning ahead of the general election on the 4th ofjuly. labour says it won t raise income tax or national insurance, if it wins power. the pledge was made by the shadow chancellor, rachel reeves, speaking to the bbc, but she didn t rule out some spending cuts, saying there would be difficult decisions to make. leila nathoo has more. thank you very much. she wants to decide how taxpayers money is spent. rachel reeves making her pitch in west yorkshire this afternoon, promising a labour government would ensure economic stability. today, she said if she became chancellor there would be no rises in income tax or national insurance. but she acknowledged she would face difficult decisions and that public services were struggling. we re not going to be bringing back austerity, but we have got that immediate injection of cash into our front line public services. that s a down payment on the changes that
hello, i m lauren taylor. we start here in the uk and the fourth day of campaigning ahead of the general election on the 4th ofjuly. labour says it won t raise income tax or national insurance, if it wins power. the pledge was made by the shadow chancellor, rachel reeves, speaking to the bbc, but she didn t rule out some spending cuts, saying there would be difficult decisions to make. leila nathoo has more. thank you very much. she wants to decide how taxpayers money is spent. rachel reeves making her pitch in west yorkshire this afternoon, promising a labour government would ensure economic stability. today, she said if she became chancellor there would be no rises in income tax or national insurance. but she acknowledged she would face difficult decisions and that public services were struggling. we re not going to be bringing back austerity, but we have got that immediate injection of cash into our front line public services. that s a down payment on the changes that
previously. robert english, is director of central european studies at the university of southern california, who specialises in the politics of russia. russia s investigative committee has reportedly said it had launched an investigation over acts of terror . he outlined what that tells us. it tells us they haven t cut the suspects yet. they were local militants. this was a knot and organise attack carried out by the islamic state like in moscow, but something more local and so my sponsors. they were heavily armed with automatic wagons but struck at a church come a synagogue and a police checkpoint any kind of hit and run fashion. again, locally organised militants. what do you make of the fact those were the targets, churches come a synagogue, playstation? playstation? that is the key question- playstation? that is the key question. what playstation? that is the key question. what people - playstation? that is the keyi question. what people need playstation? that is t