Both inspirational and controversial. And ray brown looks back at the life of Nelson Mandela. Born in the former trance state territory on july 18, 1918, Nelson Mandela was meant to become a tribal chief like his father. Instead he became a lawyer and the first in the first lack Legal Practice in johannesburg. He joined the congress in 19 in in his practice, he was exposed to the inhumanitys of apartheid on a daily basis. He decided to fight back. Opting for nonviolence as a strategy. He was first arrested in 1956 and prosecuted on treason charges, which were later dropped. Nancyars later he married winnie. S when he there are many people who feel it is useless and futile for us to continue talking peace and nonviolence against the government. On these savage attacks. On unarmed, defenseless people. He founded a military offshoot of the anc. He was arrested again in 1962 and tried for his antiapartheid activity. Mandela when sentenced to life in prison in 1964. He would end up spending
Authoritarian rule. After 11 years as Prime Minister he has been elected turkeys next president. Today is a new era for turkey. Today is the day turkey rises from the ashes to form a new country. For supporters of his party, the result was never in doubt. It was always obvious who the winner of the election was going to be. The Prime Minister stood tall and so did the muslims. He garnered nearly 52 of the vote, enough to avoid a second round runoff. Both his main rivals 45year term have conceded defeat. But they say they will be keeping a nine on his actions. I hope these results will be good for our democracy. I congratulate our Prime Minister and wish him good luck. Whoever tramples on our principles, his title does not matter. He can be president , Prime Minister, or minister. If he acts against our principles, we will not hesitate to stand against him. He will not have immunity just because he is president. It is the first time turks have voted for their president. The decision use
We will have those top stories and more. Also coming up, the guns in Eastern Ukraine have largely fallen silent as a fragile ceasefire remains in effect. The truce has done little to improve the harsh Living Conditions of local residents. We take a closer look. With a week to go until scotlands independence referendum, one former Prime Minister warns of the dangers of a yes vote. He was cleared of premeditated murder, but Oscar Pistorius has been found guilty of culpable homicide. The judge gave her verdict a short while ago. She found the paralympic star guilty of the unlawful and negligent murder of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. She was shot dead on valentines day last year. Here is the judge delivering her ruling. On count one, 50 11 of the criminal law the accused is found not guilty and is discharged. Instead, he is found guilty of culpable homicide. That was the judge who had previously cleared 827yearold pistorius of premeditated murder saying the state failed to prove he inte
It is difficult. We can assume knowing the shabaab tactics in the past, they probably will not injure into negotiations and will try to kill as much people as they can. This is what they were seeking in the past. Is it the case they might have attached explosive devices to themselves or the hostages . This could be the case. We have seen that in the past by other organizations including themselves with suicide attacks in somalia and elsewhere in africa. What are your thoughts on how this might be playing out . Are these people there to the death . Yes, unfortunately. They know media from around the world are focused on the situation, so they planned everything for a long siege. This is what we see unfortunately today. They are here to stay, unfortunately. In terms of assistance from outside, we are hearing unconfirmed reports the israelis and americans have been offering intelligence and help on the ground with the kenyan authorities. Would that be likely to be the case . There has bee
Toppling Bashar Alassad but his regime says any talk of removing the president from office is a redline him on the cross. That lowered expectations going into the conference but many top leaders are saying just ringing the two sides together does show some progress is being made. Today, u. S. Emarks secretary of state john kerry underlines the fact it was no way syrian president Bashar Alassad could be part of any transition government. Saying his excessive use of violence against his people made him illegitimate. In his speech, the syrian foreign minister pointedly said no one but the syrians would decide if their president was legitimate or not. No one in the world has the right to give legitimacy or withdraw legitimacy from a , a government, constitution, a law or anything in syria but syrians. This is the constitutional right of the syrian people. What will be agreed upon here, no matter what it is, will be subject to a referendum. We have a mandate to present the will of the peopl