And from people from around the world, arrivings in south africa. Arriving in south africa. It is 6 00 a. M. In johannesburg and already, the crowds are forming for the official state Memorial Service for Nelson Mandela. Its not scheduled to start for about five more hours. It was a rainy night and some umbrellas this morning, more rain. 94,000, in the stadium, but authorities are expecting a lot more. About four other stadiums have been secured that totally that would fill about 125,000 more people if that overflow is needed. Of course security is tight with all of the dignitaries arriving throughout the day. We are monitoring this event. We are going to have a live report on the latest developments on the scene in just a little while. The state will be in attendance according to president obama and first Lady Michelle obama. Jonathan betz has more on that. Its going to be a whos who of dignitaries. According to 100 have rsvped so far. Oprah winfrey and the spice girls. Mandela once c
Kosovo polling station as tensions erupt over a crucial election. France condemns as revolting the murder of two french journalists in mali. A 20month rebel gone in the eastern democratic republic of congo, which made an existing refugee crisis worst could be closer to an end the the political leader to the m23 rebels declared a ceasefire. It seems that the call for a trues is so far truce is so far being ignored by his military wing. These are exclusive pictures rockets fired around m23 positions on congos border with rwanda. In the last week the rebels have been pushed out of a stripping of towns by congos army, bringing rwanda and uganda accused of supporting rebels and the conflict in a region rich in minerals. Malcolm webb has the latest. The Government Troops has been fighting with the m23 rebels on three hills close to the border with rwanda. If i hold up the microphone, you can maybe hear the sounds of rockets and bombs landing. The hill that you can see is one of the three hil
Governments next legislative program amid it the traditional pomp and ceremony. Hello. Thanks for joining us on bbc world news. President obama has met is the president elect of ukraine Petro Poroshenko on the second day of his trip to poland. He said they discussed a plan for reducing ukraines Energy Dependence on russia and how the u. S. Can help train the Ukrainian Security forces. This all comes ahead of a major speech that mr. Obama is due to make in the next few minutes, in fact, as part of a ceremony to mark 25 years since the end of communism in poland. This is the stage setting. Come rove ski, polands president speaking now, cataloging polands move, transition from the communist ear rat which ended precisely 25 years ago to today when it can count itself among the market democracies showing huge signs of stability over the course of the last 25 years. It is a timely moment for president obama to be in Eastern Europe, given the travails that have faced ukraine in the last few m
The Nigeria Football Federation has described as shocking and very sad, the death on Saturday of Head Coach of Bayelsa Queens Football Club, Domo Okara. “We are shocked and saddened beyond words. In all sincerity, we are still trying to process the report. I have spoken to a lot of…
Abia Warriors head coach Bethel Oji has said his players are in shape ahead of their matchday 35 fixture against Bendel Insurance. The Umuahia-based club