South africa is holding an extraordinary session of its parliament on how to tackle gender based violence president s are around opposer has admitted theres a crisis after growing protests over rape and murder figures show sexual offenses in general murder rates have been rising significantly in south africa over the last decade in 2018 police recorded an average of 58 murders every day while sexual offenses including rape have risen almost 5 percent this year and according to w. H. O. Estimates the famine side rate in south africa is almost 5 times the global average one woman is murdered every 3 hours. For me the middle joins us now live from cape town understand that session is still ongoing in parliament hows it shaping up for me for. The semi president began the session by addressing parliament in acknowledging what he says is a serious crisis of violence and intolerance in south africa used his address to give South Africans an idea of just how bad the situation is with regard to
Either welcome or if youre tuning in this is r. T. International from moscow im calling bray with you Headline News this hour a big story this hour then a trove of leaked documents have seemingly exposed the United States as a major supplier of illegal weapons a journalist claims america has been buying millions of serbian munitions which invented up in terrorist hands across the middle East Washington allegedly purchased weapons from 2 serbian state owned Arms Companies apparently for the police in afghanistan but those arms were then seen and Islamic State propaganda video showing militants in yemen you can watch our report on that in full on our you tube channel. And these photos show some of the serbia made weapons and ammunition produced by the same company as we mentioned this time though in syria the 2nd part of the report claims the weapons procured by washington have also been ending up in the hands of rebels and terrorists there too and as the accusations mount r. T. C. Goes
Very strong winds, particularly gcioss very strong winds, particularly across england and wales. All because of this, this beautiful swell of cloud on the satellite picture. It may look beautiful but it packs a punch, strong winds and speckled cloud coming in from the south west, heavy, squally, thundery showers which will come in this afternoon, persistent rain across scotland. Largely dry wood not too many showers in the far east of england but wins a feature of the weather particularly in the south west later on. Temperatures 16 to 26 degrees, feeling muggy and humid. This evening and tonight, you can see these blobs working across the chart, more heavy downpours and thunderstorms. The wind increasing gcioss thunderstorms. The wind increasing across england and wales but easing back a touch across scotland and Northern Ireland, and those are your overnight lows, 13 to 17 degrees. Here is your area of low pressure, on its southern front, white light squashed together, whenever you se
Has the sport. We are going to look ahead to the match between the champions liverpool and norwich city. All the details coming up. And sarah has all the weather. As if it hasnt been wet enough, now we have got the wind to content with. That is right, some very unsubtle, Stormy Weather conditions over the next couple of days, with some heavy rain in the forecast and also some thunderstorms, and especially in the sad, very strong winds as well. They have caused disruption already, and they will continue to cause disruption over the next couple of days. But i will bring you all the details on this in half an hour. Sarah, thank you. Also coming up all the fun of the fair. The helter skelter giving visitors a unique view of Norwich Cathedrals roof. Hello, everyone. This is afternoon live. Im martine croxall. A 28 year old churchwarden has been found guilty of the murder of a retired lecturer in buckinghamshire. Benfield lived at the home of peter barker inmates morton. Joe black has been f
There is not a single leading forecaster out there that is expecting a recession. A man has appeared in court charged with the attempted murder of a Police Constable in east london yesterday. Heavy rain and strong winds cause disruption across the uk many Outdoor Events and festivals are cancelled. Bruce springsteen is the inspiration for blinded by the light a coming of age story set in luton. Well see whatjames king makes of that and the weeks other big releases in the film review. Hello, good evening. A 28 Year Old Church warden has been found guilty of murdering a novelist who he tricked into changing his will. Ben field killed 69 year old peter fa rquhar in the buckinghamshire village of Maids Moreton and tried to make his death look like an accident or suicide. Police say field was cruel, calculating, manipulative and deceitful. They say he fitted the profile of a psychopath, who had taken pleasure in mentally and physically torturing his victim. Our correspondentjo black has bee