and charles blow, in for alicia menendez. we begin tonight with breaking news. former first leader first lady rosalynn carter has died at age 96. they say miss carter passed away peacefully in her home in plains, georgia, after being in hospice care on friday. roslyn and the 49th president of the united states partners in both politics and philanthropy. former president carter s statement tonight weeding in part, as long as rosalind was in the world, i always knew some wendy loved and supported me. lawmakers from both parties are praising the late first lady s legacy of public service. president biden and first lady paid tribute to rosalynn carter a short time ago. [inaudible] i was speaking to her grandson, and the family just showing up. they re really incredible family, because they wish [inaudible] she was well known for her efforts on mental health and caregiving and women s rights. so i hope that during the holidays, we will consider including the carter fam
african national congress the oldest liberation movement on the african continent has lost its outright majority for the first time in 30 years, since the end of apartheid. many voters blame the anc for high levels of crime and corruption and failures in the supply of basic necessities, such as water and electricity. the bbc s africa correspondent, barbara plett usher, reports. had been a slow steady day, and then this. jacob zuma has created quite a stir here, he has made a rock star entrance. his party came third with an unexpectedly strong showing, taking a lot of the doubts away from the anc. and still trying to take more. he announced he had evidence of election rigging, and said he was demanding a full revote. the results are not official yet, but they are clear the anc has lost the majority it has held for 30 years. this is uncharted territory. we it has held for 30 years. this is uncharted territory. it has held for 30 years. this is uncharted territory. we as
indicated it is willing to discuss a new plan to end the war in gaza unveiled by us presidentjoe biden. the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, has again insisted that the war will end only once hamas is destroyed. the opposition leader, yair lapid, has urged the prime minister to accept the proposal. speaking earlier, mr lapid suggested that if right wing members of benjamin netanyahu s coalition resigned in protest, his party would continue to support the government in its efforts to secure a hostage deal. it comes as mr netanyahu repeated that israel will continue to focus on the destruction of hamas and the freeing of all hostages. he was responding to a three phase proposal presented by us president, joe biden, who says hamas is no longer capable of launching another october 7 style attack on israel. meanwhile, egyptian state linked tv is reporting a meeting between egyptian, us and israeli officials will take place sunday to discuss the reopening of the rafah cr
It s hard to beat this sound. steam train whistles. and it s a crowd pleaser this half term. yeah, it s been really good, actually. we ve had a really good half term, up on the half term for me last year. and i think tuesday was one of the busiest days we ve ever had for this time of the year. so it s looking really good at the moment. so footfall is up, their prices are slightly up and the visitors are arriving from the east midlands and closer to home. we ve been on the dartmouth steam railway already, so obviously this one was the next one on the list. it s lovely around here. i used to come here as a child, so i used to do rockpool in paignton. so i thought, i ve got to bring the kids and show them as well. we haven t really been to many places because we ve been camping and again we chose to stay local. but other than just a few day trips on the side. just 100 metres away and it s a similar picture at the butterfly farm and dartmoor 0tters, everywhere seems busy. the weather s a b
So it s looking really good at the moment. so footfall is up, their prices are slightly up and the visitors are arriving from the east midlands and closer to home. we ve been on the dartmouth steam railway already, so obviously this one was the next one on the list. it s lovely around here. i used to come here as a child, so i used to do rockpool in paignton. so i thought, i ve got to bring the kids and show them as well. we haven t really been to many places because we ve been camping and again we chose to stay local. but other than just a few day trips on the side. just 100 metres away and it s a similar picture at the butterfly farm and dartmoor 0tters, everywhere seems busy. the weather s a bit changeable, but yeah, we re having a good time. we re still out and about, aren t we? trying to do different things? really pleased because it s been a very busy week and probably the busiest half term we ve had in many years now. so we re pleased to see lots of visitors. we ve not put our p