The private helicopter went down in the hills outside Los Angeles there's no word yet on the cause of the crash Bryant is known as one of the sport's all time greats he became the National Basketball Association youngest all star in 1908 at age 19 he won a limp gold medals in 20082012 he spent most of his 20 year career playing for the l.a. Lakers. Bryant was also a writer and producer of his 2017 poem dear basketball in which he bade farewell to the l.a. Lakers was turned into a short animated film that won an Oscar and 2018 Marissa Melton. The Senate impeachment trial of u.s. President Trump took a full day break Sunday as his legal team prepared to make a detail defense and senators debate a major procedural issue correspondent been Thomas with those details the big question whether to introduce more documentary evidence and witnesses such as Acting White House Chief of Staff and former national security adviser John Bolton Senator James Lankford an Oklahoma Republican tells A.B.C.'s This Week he's not convinced looks like they're asking the Senate to go be special counsel go search go seek out that's not really the task of the Senate Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer tells reporters an uphill fight yes what I say it's likely to happen you know what I say there's no chance it will happen no senators will get another chance to vote after a 16 hour question and answer session which will follow the defense presentation Ben Thomas Washington and this is the news. The corona virus in China is being a watch with a wary eye around the globe the death toll is now $56.00 in China alone Meanwhile the u.s. Consulate in han the city of the epicenter announced it will evacuate its personnel and some private citizens a border charter flight waiters and Red Baron reports the ability of a new coronavirus to spread is getting stronger China's National Health Commission said on Sunday as authorities in the country and around the world scramble to prevent a pandemic more than 2000 people have been infected globally and dozens in China have been killed by the disease a handful of cases have been reported outside China including in Thailand Australia the United States and France China says knowledge of the virus is limited and the containment efforts which have this far included curbing transportation and travel and the consolation of big events would be intensified the virus is believed to originated late last year in a seafood market in a central Chinese city of that was illegally selling wildlife at Reuters Edward Barron reporting working against the clock Turkish rescue teams continue to pull more survivors from collapsed building Sunday days after a powerful magnitude 6.8 earthquake hit the country's east the trolls they lived as my health ministry says rescue workers are continuing to search for dozens of people buried under the rubble of collapsed buildings in central Turkey warning that the death toll is likely to rise the quake hit Friday evening at the depth around 4 miles monitoring centers they backed into a huge ranging from $6.00 to $6.00 at least 5 buildings reported to have been destroyed Well hundreds of other structures damaged and made on safe rescue workers working round the clock with the 1000 personnel involved I'm Charles Taylor this month the World Health or Food Program reports that scaling up its emergency food operation in Syria's Italy province. Lisa slime reports reveal way from Geneva humanitarian officials say conditions for some 3000000 civilians in it live have become intolerable since Syria and its Russian allies launched a major offensive in mid December to seize this last rebel stronghold Since then the United Nations reports more than $300000.00 people 80 percent of them women and children have fled their homes in a desperate bid to protect themselves from heavy bombing and shelling the United Nations reports more than 8 years of brutal civil conflict has pushed millions of Syrians into hunger and poverty it reports the war has displaced more than 6000000 people within the country and created a food crisis for more than 7000000 who suffer from chronic food shortages the Cicilline for v.o.a. News. And I'm Tommy McNeil. Morning Africa welcome to daybreak Africa from the Voice of America but in Washington today is Monday January 27th and here are some of the stories we are covering. Part is closing a success so the president. By doing a well conducted. From the party. The party demanded Mysie Ground 0 is the place in the u.s. City of Nashville plus some critics say nothing meaningful will change unless the call is fully restored Zimbabweans living in Botswana who cannot afford to buy a new passport in hard currency can't go home to do so in local currency until those opposition will for the 1st time feels a single candidate during the February 22nd presidential election. And. Then. Break well is according to tell for coalition of 40 opposition political parties in total go we'll have a report of low cost investment in vision East Africa and a man I will quote borders coolest allowed dreadlocks students there is plus something polls are coming up on Daybreak Africa. Really is really c n d d f d d party has chosen a major general a very steep and I e c meaning to succeed President. As the party's flag bearer in the May 2020 election he was elected Sunday at the party's national convention general in day she Mayra as it was said. As the ruling party is the secretary general he said he will work for the development of all Burundians deal made it Missy Goneril. Who lives in the Us city of Nashville Tennessee. Thanks for conducting. The man comes from the party. General Secretary of the party and his story for him for a while on the ground nobody know who is going to care. For the show on 1st of all the much each of the parties how all of them come together but not be in a. Man who is going to represent the whole party for the upcoming election now. For a while trying. To many many ways now that they have been. Strong enough and I think there are plenty of the elections. We feel when Mark to encode the next election you said for all those who have been trying to destabilize the what they have been allegations of all human rights abuses against the president called exults government especially when people said he changed the constitution to run for a 3rd term Well then it was not proven to be true because the. President that he had. Monday. Passed by now there are those who have been trying to do a count of what they're going to go because now if. Somebody has. Gone How did that to somebody what do you make of the package that the legislature gave Don't president. They package include that where they referred to the president as paramount leader and eternal supreme guy. But some people say these titles mean that. Will continue to have the influence and they c n d d f d d probably. Without question. But. What I can. Count when President. By somebody you continue to be are. You not. Told everybody. But I'm going to keep working for my party and for my population I don't think it will be to. Thank you very much again for talking with us thank you very much do you admit it Missy gargle is the Burundian who lived in the u.s. City of Nashville in Tennessee some critics say nothing meant nothing meaningful will change in Burundi on lest the Russia accord it is fully restored the Irish agreement was a transition and peace treaty signed the Tanzania to end the broody and civil war innocent new who is brooding journalist will now listen in exile in a brain Rwanda he was forced into exile after his government shut down his station . Because nothing would change. Election because. So they came to power certainly a most important not because not to is. Concerned limited in the Constitution don't to let. The main point to the credit. 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Brigette according to coalition a full team in opposition political parties in Togo she was speaking with us from the capital loamy today it is Monday January 27th and you are listening to daybreak Africa on the Voice of America I'm James Blunt in Washington the break Africa time is coming up at 17 minutes past the hour Zimbabweans in the Diaspora who cannot afford to apply for a new passport in hard currency have been urged to travel home to process documents to Zimbabwe government charges citizens in the diaspora $318.00 for a new passport and low income earners team bus when I say this is beyond their reach. Reports from. What is a point in part on a survival no income jobs like farm or house wake and say they cannot afford to pay $318.00 for a new passport us Ambassador to budge on a bad guy on a show recently asked Is government interest different presentations for passports is this going to help the income in us who cannot afford to pay the new application fee so we have education to go and it is sure but as an educator that is does it also gives them a fish to say Give it was Ok to put it out I know what it does but it isn't good enough for fast bowlers had to know what the words even if it meant to be charges to this map or the government however this reeks I if it's national outside the country cannot afford to pay the extra Laffey the effort to travel home in Zimbabwe passport fees in the local point nodes but some small planes like Mary. Is a house they are buying but when I say it is still in question the 2 travel it's all common says amongst other. Consider the costs and the distance that they have to travel. Is a text and. It's not a lengthy process some of the immigrants say choosing the fees at embassies is the solution by terrible authorities i.q. The country needs the foreign currency to procure the material used to print passports ambassador or nation or say since the process of getting a new passport in Zimbabwe is cumbersome particular should be allowed to choose to travel documents in the meantime it takes up to a year to get a new passport in Zimbabwe and we also are talking at the phone just to say because of the challenges it is obvious that they accept. The financing which it is actually to put it out well as there will. Be a process that was without passports hundreds of Zimbabweans continue to legally cross into Botswana in search of imprisonment. The neighboring country deports more than one thousands more brains who enter illegally every month for the Only this is going to see to be inhabited only ports are now that's a low cost has become has adults on plantations in at least 11 counties of chaos as the locust invasion is likely to affect neighboring Uganda if the Opiah and South Sudan speaking in Nairobi the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization assistant director general and regional representative for Africa bulk to Johnny said the desert low cost rate continues to threaten food to security and livelihoods in the East African region Morry or jumble reports from Nairobi according to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization the guess at Locust I said to have migrated from Yemen to the East Africa Asia because Johnny the un Food and Agriculture Organization assistant director general said that the locusts have invaded the region good to climate change. Conditions very very excellent food. This is way. Early so that. Really. As well as. Mr t. Jenny says a good member states and about financial institutions should come together to save the station that is threatening livelihoods only one. Country as well as a development. That we cannot. Find any. Becoming 6 out of the 9 original member states had affected by this at locusts that out of God's climate predictions and application Santa. Laid a ton said that that is unlikelihood of the locusts to attack the whole region in the coming months. In. The in fits in Kenya and now are reported to be moving towards the Rift Valley region of Kenya in the counties of but England took on a Kenya needs at least $3000000.00 Us dollars to avoid the situation the desert locusts control Logan is a chance as the risk of sprayed 23 to many a good member states is very high given the limited that control activities in some countries as well as high mobility and reproductive potential of the Locust reporting for various daybreak Africa Moreno jumble in Arabic Kenya in Malawi and how the court has ordered public schools to accept students with dreadlocks after an 8 year old girl was barred from class because of her here the girl's primary school in September said the girl would have to cut her here in line with school policies or she would not be allowed in class the court said Bannon students over there here was denying them their right to education law make Mussina reports from Blantyre. Yeah. They are halfway our Christ on Friday had a failure on Bay was upset when the blond guy goes primary school refused to enroll had. Their way because of what I had to school say they go straight to logs. I guess to say requiring students to have their hair should retreat and song their way to their school to call which I did warn my louse I want this mine or that all public schools to allow students with the dreadlocks the thing like the young b.b. One of them going to minister to meet him again and she says we are very much excited because in this battle we were not fighting for my gaydar law but or are the children who are 10 but from school there probably was widespread My Lai was high court also or that it is school to give a way in extra classes to make up for those he means to justify the end it seemed is an eprom honey to rejoin from with that stress is leaving what to bury God as now you ready and including with him Jennifer Palmieri is the chairman for us to fight the Ns in the South than Malawi and in our region to say ever asked to have to keep their looks when you could be a number 6 in the book of the Bible the number 6 is issue one to to wait for 10 the words of the most times as in was a write off to keep you on trigger locks up to keep your cool my lousy justify the ends of long been ascended lined by education requiring students to cut back here to promote uniformity in the school from last time fired by and choice private schools like they. Gave when I do kind of a children's dreadlocks only I will not do that with a nobody and I just I when I went to school with modern knitting I She says When I took my children to a public school I refused to do in order them until they got to their dreadlocks I tried to find an alternative but I fell out so instead I trimmed their hair so that they should get an education at the high court ruling means less to fight anybody and will no longer have to choose between the daddy just practice or sending their children to public school education or thought it is refused to talk to every board on their my time. And how I do feel but if to be with a high court's order like Mickey Mouse see now for viewing you bland. Something. Nigeria has got a good Monday morning to you something good morning to you James should begin the sports on the right side note ask and be a legend could be Bryant died on Sunday when a helicopter he was traveling in crotched bust into flames in 40 conditions in Los Angeles killing all 90 people on board and plugged in the sports world into mourning the 4 to one year old could be Bryant was traveling with his 13 year old daughter Jana and 7 other passengers and crew when death because as soon as his helicopter slammed into a rugged hillside in Calabasas west of Los Angeles the with no survivors could be Bryant a 5 time n.b.a. Champion and 2 time Olympic gold medalist is widely regarded as one of the greatest basketball players in history and iconic figure who became one of the faces of his sport trying to deck it Korea with in Los Angeles Lakers Kareem Abdul-Jabbar the n.b.a. All time leader in points paid Gurian tribute to could be brights it's very difficult for me to put in words how I feel about the law he brought. An incredible family man he loves his wife and daughters he was an incredible athlete and a leader and in a lot of ways inspired all a generation of young athletes he was one of the 1st ones to live. In the n.b.a. And do so. Again and becoming one of the Los Angeles Lakers ever seeing Atlanta Hawks head coach lower tears reacted to. Asin of n.b.a. Legend could be Brad prior to Sunday's game against the Washington Wizards are certain things you don't get over him today that they never had a personal relationship because he's spoken to me. A bunch of times and he's always told me. He respects me and he respects Oregon I've done and he's watched me from the floor as a coach and as an assistant but I've always respected his greatness because of the detail passion and intensity of which he plays in football news holders aspirants of g 22 with Roger Casablanca on Saturday as both clubs book to their places in the quarterfinals of the African Champions League Some like also qualify for the capped Champions League quarter finals following that good draw against t.p. Mazin be on Friday to raise the a tally to 8 points after 5 games played 3 points behind them be also qualified what I can see blankets 31 win over us and all gel on Friday night was enough for them to qualify from group c. Along with South Africa's member list on