Gayle. I cant imagine the emotions that friends and family are going through right now. Absolutely jr and justine this community was hit hard by this earlier today neighbors city and School Officials gathered at zeros Elementary School to show their support for the families of the 2 boys. In City Residents gather together sunday circle and prayer honoring the 2 boys shot and killed the day before book. The victims 1114 yearold boys this woman is the aunt of the 14 yearold are. Police say the boys were shot in the parking lot of cereals Elementary School just before one 30 saturday morning heartbroken family and friends left candles and flowers at the School Parking lot, the school where they once attended our 11 yearold just left for school and graduated and went on to middle school the 40 yearold i just saw him thursday in. I said hello and he actually did remember him and i asked him did he remember me so these are my kids away from home. Investigators say the boys were sitting in a
Caves reopen to visitors. Hello and welcome to world news today. South africa are the Rugby World Cup champions for a third time in tournament history. The springboks have taken the title injapan, beating england 32 12 in the final. They overpowered the english in the second half of the game. Makazole mapimpi scored a try, putting south africa ahead 25 12. And with less than ten minutes left on the clock, winger Cheslin Kolbe sidestepped the England Defence to score another try, sealing the win for the springboks. The team has made history. Captain siya kolisi is the first black man to captain the springboks and to lift the web ellis cup. Millions of rugby fans were watching in england, south africa and around the world. Rupert Wingfield Hayes reports. As the final whistle blew in yokohama, half a world away in johannesburg, the streets erupted in celebration. The people of the rainbow nation dancing and singing together. For South African fans who had made the long trip to japan, it w
Hello and welcome to bbc world news. South africa are the Rugby World Cup champions for a third time in tournament history. South africa are the Rugby World Cup champions for a third time in tournament history. The spring boks took the title injapan beating england 32 points to 12 in the final overpowering the english in the second half of the game. Makazole mapimpi scored a try, putting south africa ahead 25 points to 12. And with less than ten minutes left on the clock, winger Cheslin Kolbe side stepped the England Defence and scored another try, sealing the win for the springboks. It was an historic win for the rainbow nation and for many it was more than just a rugby match. Andrew harding reports from johannesburg. Its always good to win. Back home in south africa today, ecstatic celebrations nationwide. But theres more to this rapture than just rugby. The sport was once monopolised by the white minority here, but not any more. Congratulations to the springboks and thank you for br
An indigenous brazilian activist who campaigned to protect the rainforest has been shot dead in what appears to have been a targeted killing. Paulo gua ja jara had recently told journalists that he was scared about the situation in his reserve, where illegal loggers and miners were operating. Indigenous groups have accused brazils far right government of failing to protect them. Bill hayton reports. This was the kind of direct action paulo gua ja jara was involved in, catching illegal loggers red handed. A group intercepted a track loaded with tree trunks and the tools of this illegal trade. With the nearest Police Station hundreds of kilometres away, members of paulo gua ja jaras tribe feel this is the only way to protect their land from destruction. The guardians of the forest as they call themselves say that there home made weapons of cut illegal logging by half over the past decade. In an interview six weeks ago paulo gua ja jara said it was dangerous work. Translation im scared so
South africa are the Rugby World Cup champions for the third time in the tournaments history. The spring boks took the title in japan beating england 32 points to 12 in the final overpowering the english in the second half of the game. It was a historic win for the rainbow nation and for many it was more than just a rugby match as Andrew Harding reports from johannesburg. The final whistle, and across south africa, the sense of a nation coming together, celebrating more than just a rugby match. It means unity, it means unity to south africa. We have been needing this. So it wasjust an amazing atmosphere. Really the peoples enjoying it, everybody together, south africa as one nation. This is actually something positive that we can actually celebrate as a country, and yeah, well done to the boks. After years of slow racial transformation, south africa finally has a rainbow team. This is what we can do as a team when we decide on one goal and one dream and we give it our best, so thank yo