Thank you. Very excited. Were gonna go talk to people about happiness. Oh, oh, beautiful. You guys are going to like it. Are we gonna find some happiness here . Of course. Yeah . I can feel it. Ok. Trust me. [chuckles] [horns honking] if the point of this journey is to find happiness, i need to force myself out of my comfort zone. So im visiting one of the statistically most optimistic countries on earth. This place is an avalanche of smiles and cheeriness. Iwell, i cant get past the feeling that all this positivity is gonna be the end of me. [nicky blitz blast off] getting too close, better pull on back what if i travel the world, what if i travel the world, explain what makes some places happier than others . Im looking at the ways that where we are effect who we are. It has been said that [inaudible] is the chief force of unhappiness. Well, that is okay. Im already unhappy, so i have nothing left to lose. Holman le pen heres something you dont see every day. Beans, everywhere. I fou
first african pope. is the catholic church at a crossroads? cardinal peter turkson, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. in your long career in the church, you have seen the centre of gravity, the geographical centre of gravity of the church, shift quite dramatically. what difference do you think it has made? well, thanks for having me on the show. yeah, it is true. it is true that what used to be. ..a church centred in europe, out of which a lot of missionaries went out, and so came to africa and several other places in the south, we see some decline. decline that manifests itself first in the form that missionaries are no more. ..out there to be sent. church numbers are dwindling. but in the home of those missionaries. yes, yes. in germany, in germany, in france, in ireland. absolutely. and those countries where the missionaries did their work so many years ago, they re not really needed now because the catholic church is in countries such as your own in ghana. right. so that is
parliament in sri lanka has voted for prime minister ranil wickremesinghe to become the country s new president, despite his unpopularity with the public. he faces the task of leading the country out of its economic collapse, and restoring order. now it is time for empire and me. i m de graft mensah podcaster, presenter and proud british ghanaian. i m going to be leaving behind my dayjob and heading to west africa for the first time since i was nine. the murder of george floyd and the anti racism protests that followed led people to start to question britain s history, as well as its actions abroad when it had an empire. and it led me to want to find out more. i know that ghana used to be part of the british empire, so i want to discover what that meant for the country. i want to learn why britain made ghana part of its empire, how it affected the ghanaian people, and what impact it had on my own family. i ve made the 3,000 mile journey to accra, the capital of ghana, somew
wales recording its hottest day ever on momday. the temperature reached 37.1 celsius in flintshire. the heat is a particular challenge for farmers trying to keep their livestock cool. hywel griffith reports. if you re feeling hot and bothered, spare a thought for this highland cow farfrom home at the royal welsh show. chloe s hoping she can keep her cool for the competition. they re coping all right at the minute, touch wood. i mean, hopefully it just stays like this. there s a nice breeze coming through now, but fingers crossed it all goes well. good luck. thank you. this is britain s biggest agricultural show, but it feels like some people have stayed away to avoid the heat. staying in the shade seems to have been the solution. the new fans in the sheep sheds helped, too. it s just too hot, but it s not so bad. like, they ve put the new fans in, and there is a breeze, but it s just. it s just not quite enough. after a day of record temperatures in wales, tomorrow should bri
speaks out about vladimir putin. some of the comments that he is not well awe that actually, surely, somebody is going to assassinate him or take him out, i think they are wishful thinking. and at golf s open rory mcilroy and viktor hovland share a lead at st andrews after the third round. now on bbc news: de graft mensah travels to ghana, the country of his family s heritage, to find out about the legacy of the british empire on the country. this week on the show. it led me to want to find out more. i know that ghana used to be part of the british empire so i want to discover what that meant for the country. i want to learn wiper to make and are part of its empire, how it affected people and what impact it affected people and what impact it had on my own family. i v e i ve made the 3000 mile journey to the capital of ghana. somewhere i have not been since i was a kid. it feels comforting because i m seeing people that look like me, that talk like my family and i m seeing j