applause we now call upon the chief of the south african national defence force, the general to hand over the national flag to the nationalflag to the commander in chief national flag to the commander in chief thereafter. the commander in chief thereafter. tue: commander in chief thereafter. tue: commander in chief will commander in chief thereafter. tue commander in chief will hand over the nationalflag to commander in chief will hand over the national flag to mama tutu. i thank you.
emma simpson, bbc news, nottingham. a boat sent by the government of mauritius has arrived in the disputed chagos archipelago in the indian ocean. the united nations highest court has ruled that britain s occupation of the islands is illegal, but britain has refused to hand control to mauritius. those on board include a number of islanders who were forcibly evicted to make way for a us military base. mauritian officials are expected to raise the nationalflag on at least two of the islands. now it s time for a look at the weather with tomasz. well, it is quite a mixed bag today. some of us across east anglia and the south east have enjoyed some dry weather but the rain is going to arrive a little bit later on nothing too heavy. and where the rain is heavy right now, it might actually peter out through this evening only to return through the early hours of sunday morning. so, very early on sunday, it does look distinctly wet
expressed concern over the continued violence againstjournalists in mexico. heber lopez was shot on thursday the fifth reporter to be murdered this year. the us embassy in mexico called the shooting a loathsome act. mr lopez ran an independent news website specialising in reporting corruption in local government. mauritius is preparing to raise its nationalflag on the disputed chagos archipelago in the indian ocean. the islands were claimed by britain more than 50 years ago to allow the us to build an airbase there and residents were forcibly removed from their homes. crowds of protesters opposed to covid restrictions in canada are reported to be building up again near the ambassador bridge, linking the province of ontario with the us state of michigan. police managed to clear the area of big trucks but a small number of pick up vehicles are still there. the standoff has continued even after a court on friday ordered an end to the demonstration.
in local government. mauritius is preparing to raise its nationalflag on the disputed chagos archipelago in the indian ocean. the islands were claimed by britain more than 50 years ago to allow the us to build an airbase there and residents were forcibly removed from their homes. this is bbc world news, the latest headlines . us presidentjoe biden warns russian leader vladamir putin that he ll respond with severe economic sanctions if ukraine is invaded. as russian military drills continue with belarus the kremlin has accused the west of hysteria . let s stay with that story now. earlier my colleague lewis vaughanjones spoke to sergei markov former member of the russian assembly, the dumas, and a former aide to president putin and asked him if the russian troops on the border will invade. no. so there are no circumstances under which those troops will invade ukraine? if they will recognise the republics and the kyiv regime start aggression against them, probably the russian ar
we seeing demonstrations of national unity, independence square, thousands of people were there yesterday. it was organised by a right wing group, but plenty of other people turned up because it was an opportunity to drape the nationalflag, for example, around your shoulders and chant in honour of your country. we are seeing a lot more of that and there are plenty of people out and about in the centre of town and it s a peaceful morning today, look at the weather, it is totally at odds with what is happening in a more global scale. president biden told putin there would be swift and severe consequences if russia invades ukraine. speaking earlier to the bbc, the white house senior adviser derek chollet says that a russian military incursion could take an unpredictable path. what we are worried about right now is russia s invasion of ukraine. its further invasion of ukraine and the consequences of that. war can take an unpredictable path and if russia