Its newsday. Its 8am in singapore, midnight in london and 8 30am in pyongyang, where over the last our north Korean Leader kim meade has praised south korea as very impressive kim jong un. Said its important to boost the warm climate of reconciliation and dialogue with the south according to state media. He said. He also certain efforts made by seoul to prioritise the north korean teams visit to the Winter Olympics was very impressive and this came after his sister, kim yo jong, and other top officials returned from a landmark visit to the south for the winter olympic games. The South African president jacob zuma has reportedlyjust been given 48 hours to resign. Top officials from the governing anc have been discussing the future of the president , who is under pressure over corruption allegations. And local media have reported a late night visit by the partys new head Cyril Ramaphosa to mr zumas house. Our africa editor fergal keane has been monitoring events. Theres a sense of high P
James rhodes is still haunted by the violent sexual abuse he suffered from years from the age of six. He has written about how it drove him to drink, take drugs, self harm, and spend time in a Psychiatric Hospital and how he was saved by music, only rediscovering in his 30s that he could really play the piano. But in this latest book, he recounts what his successful life really feels like, and it is almost unbearable and distressing to hear. It is nice to be here, thank you. Quite a dramatic introduction, i have to say. Quite a dramatic book. Yeah, possibly. And you intended it to be. No, i never intended it. The whole drama thing, ive had quite enough of. Sometimes it can be quite sensational to talk about certain topics, and to me, what i really wanted to do was just tell the truth and be transparent. And so, so much of our lives today seems to entail kind of perfectly curated Instagram Selfies and pretending everything is a certain way, and that we somehow have all the rules and we
Of the partys top leadership, theyd given him 48 hours to resign. Mr zuma, who faces corruption allegations, has been resisting pressure to step down since he was replaced by Cyril Ramaphosa as head of the party in december. What we now know is that since we have been here, the president of the anc, Cyril Ramaphosa, drove out, and he went to president jacob zumas official web it is, and when he arrived there, there was some delay with the gate. Official residence. Eventually, they were let in. After a brief period, the convoy returned back here, and they were still talking, i suppose, returned back here, and they were still talking, isuppose, at returned back here, and they were still talking, i suppose, at that time. He had been coming back with the response from president jacob zuma on whether he would voluntarily resign or whether he would be forced to be recalled, probably through an impeachment process in parliament. And it would be a humiliation that Cyril Ramaphosa had said publ
On the run. In central mexico. This experience tonight is one of the craziest things ive done on this planet. Wild and rugged scottish holidays. And painting a picture of denmark. Skagen has special colours and has a special light. We are starting this week right in the middle of mexico, in the state of hidalgo, just two hours drive north of mexico city. The landscape is exactly what you might expect. The sheer cliffs and Prickly Cactus are so abundant its almost cartoonish. Wow. This particular area is gorgeous. Central mexico is incredibly beautiful and its hard to imagine why anybody would want to leave. But they did. This is ixmiquilpan, now a bustling friendly place to pick up some lunch. Butjust a couple of decades ago people say it looked like a ghost town. They were leaving for the United States in sizeable numbers, as they were from many towns and villages across mexico. In the crook of this ravine, a group of recently returned Illegal Immigrants decided they wanted to solve t
And the Ruling African National congress has decided to recall or remove president jacob zuma as head of state. Earlier, after a 13 hour meeting of the partys top leadership, theyd given him 48 hours to resign. He has long been under pressure over corruption allegations. Local media are reporting a late night visit by the partys new head, Cyril Ramaphosa, to mr zumas house. The bbcs milton nkosi is in pretoria, and sent this report earlier. What we now know is that since we have him here, the president of the anc, Cyril Ramaphosa, drove out and he went to president jacob zumas official residence, and when he arrived there, there was some delay at the gate. They said it was too late, but eventually they were let in. And after a very brief period, the convoy returned back here and they were still talking, i suppose, at that time, he had been coming back for president jacob zuma at that time, he had been coming back for president jacob zuma on whether he would voluntarily resign or whethe