Pictures coming from rebeccas home town of bukwo. Close to the kenyan border in uganda. Last night, on friday, family members, friends and activists against gender based Violence Viewed Rebeccas coffin at the Funeral Home in the kenyan town before her body was brought back to her hometown. We heard her mother was wearing a Souvenir Bag at the time, that the athlete had received at the Paris Olympics where she competed in the marathon. Patience akumu is a ugandan lawyer she told me what lessons needed to be learned from Rebecca Cheptegeis violent death. We need to reflect about the ways in which women, no matter their social status, ways in which women, no matter theirsocialstatus, no ways in which women, no matter their social status, no matter what they have achieved in life, are still expected to bow to the expectations of society, evenif to the expectations of society, even if it kills them. Domestic violence is still a reality for many women in africa, in euston africa. The statist
Everywhere here. This is a very sad day for this community. They have remembered her as a humble member of this community who inspired many children to take up athletics, and who was ready to help many people. Herfamily has been remembering her as a pillar of their family, of their large family. She was supporting many of them, and so this is a big blow for them and also for the community in bukwo. Earlier in the day, the counsellors met and passed a motion to name a road and a stadium in honour of Rebecca Cheptegei. So the chart is currently running the funeral programme, but this is very much also a military event. They will be honouring her. We understand with a Gun Salute where she will be buried not too far from here at her fathers homestead. Rebeccas violent death has prompted a great deal of Discussion in uganda and kenya. What is likely to change, though, as a result of her dying this way . Well, the hope is that its going to change, um, the way the laws are implemented, becaus
President zelensky has repeatedly called for permission to use the weapons on targets across the border. He claims it is the only way to end the war. Our political editor, chris mason, has sent this report from the white house. I think the next few weeks and months could be crucial. What does President Biden make of russias threats against the west . I dont think much about that. This is the Blue Room of the white house, the president , the Prime Minister and their team spoke here for about an hour and a half. The war in ukraine dominated the conversation. Afterwards, Sir Keir Starmer wouldnt be drawn on whether he had persuaded the president That Authorising Ukraine To Fire Western Missiles at russia was a good idea. Instead, he said. Theres only One reason were having these discussions and thats because putin has illegally invaded ukraine and the quickest way to resolve this, obviously, lies through what putin actually does. Because its for him to end this, but we are having the disc
Anglia, certainly warming up. High pressure stays with us through the weekend and into the start of next week, deflecting all of these Weather Fronts to the north and the wet so temperatures will certainly rise and it is looking mostly dry and settled. Here is the outlook for the capital cities. Thats it. Now, lets join our colleagues for the news where you are. Hello and welcome to sportsday this Friday Night. Im chetan pathak. Coming up on the programme. Fast start from the Usa Europe have work to do in virginia if theyre to to retain the Solheim Cup well bring you the latest. Laid to rest former England Manager sven goran eriksson s funeral is held in sweden. Four and a half hours until the Womens Football Transfer window closes well bring you up to date with the big moves so far and those yet to be completed. Also coming up on sportsday before 7. Davis Cup Defeat for draper Great Britain are stunned by argentina in manchester. And the World Number 0nes against the world champions e
unscheduled disassembly, however. and lift off. sort of. space x s starship rocket takes off from boca chica in texas, but says it has lost contact with the booster and is apresuming rocket failure. hello, i m christian fraser. a un run school in northern gaza appears to have been hit. it is believed the school was being used as a shelter for displaced people. details are unclear at the moment. the hamas run health ministry says there were two strikes in the region of the jabalia refugee camp. it says at least 80 people were killed in the two blasts. in the second blast, the health ministry says 32 people from one family including 19 children were killed. of course, we don t have eyes in the jabalia refugee camp so we can t independently verify those numbers. bbc verify has gelocated some footage posted online to the school. the weather conditions evident in the footage match the forecast from today and no previous versions of the video have been found online. much is to