who died in december aged 90 was a hero of the anti apartheid movement in south africa. the bbc s andrew harding reflects on his tumultuous life. it s impossible to tell south africa s story without him. soft singing. in one of his last public appearances, desmond tutu sat in a wheelchair in st george s cathedral, cape town. you are the one who understood what it meant. too frail, at last, to take his usual place in the spotlight. but that warm, irreverent spirit was there till the end. and what a life it was. i want you to say, our march to freedom. crowd: our march to freedom. ..is unstoppable. crowd: ..is unstoppable. we are going to be free! do you agree? a life that helped to guide and shape a turbulent nation. this is god s world and he is in charge and, boy, it s going to be ok. but it s going to be ok after an exorbitant price has been paid, unnecessarily. in all seriousness, does the white south african government think that black people are human? i will myself
across the country. the weather has had a good word with itself and it feels like january, shock to the system this lunchtime, temperatures are only a degrees above freezing in spots and snow on the ground in places, particularly in the northern half of scotland, this was kingussie this afternoon. in northern scotland frequency no shadows combined with severe gale forth winds, making hazardous travel conditions and rough seas. we will see wintry flurries through northern ireland, wales, maybe the south west, the mild air across the south east is clearing away but not before turning into sleet before it departs. for those of you in the southeast who went to work with temperatures up to 9 degrees, it will feel subzero in many areas on the way home, 6 with the wind chill in northern scotland. staying windy across the north, further snow showers in places, a widespread frost into tomorrow morning. when you have the showers there is the chance of ice first thing. lots of crisp, w
was a hero of the anti apartheid movement in south africa. the bbc s andrew harding reflects on his tumultuous life. singing. it s impossible to tell south africa s story without him. singing continues. in one of his last public appearances, desmond tutu sat in a wheelchair in st george s cathedral, cape town. you are the one who understood what it meant. too frail, at last, to take his usual place in the spotlight. but that warm, irreverent spirit was there till the end. and what a life it was. i want you to say our march to freedom. our march to freedom. ..is unstoppable! a life that helped to guide and shape a turbulent nation. this is god s world and he s in charge and, boy, it s going to be ok! that it s going to be ok after an exorbitant price has been paid unnecessarily. in all seriousness, does the white south african government think that black people are human? i will myself call for punitive economic sanctions, whatever the legal consequences may be for doing so.
in st george s cathedral, cape town. you are the one who understood what it meant. too frail, at last, to take his usual place in the spotlight. but that warm, irreverent spirit was there to the end. and what a life it was. i want you to say, our march to freedom. our march to freedom. .. is unstoppable! ..is unstoppable! a life that helped to guide and shape a turbulent nation. this is god s world and he s in charge and, boy, it s going to be ok! but it s going to be ok after an exorbitant price has been paid unnecessarily. in all seriousness, does the white south african government think that black people are human? i will myself call for punitive economic sanctions, whatever the legal consequences may be for doing so. and when they saw that awful thing happen there, many of them said, uh uh. if these people can still do things like this, maybe they are not yet ready. # we walk hand in hand. # there we go! whoopee! the one thing that helps desmond tutu stand out and oc
a 15 year old boy has been arrested on suspicion of murder following the death a teenager in croydon in south london last thursday. there was another fatal stabbing that evening, when a 16 year old boy was killed in hillingdon in west london. it brings to 30 the number of teenage homicides in london in 2021, surpassing the peak of 29 in 2008. our home affairs correspondent tom symonds reports from hillingdon. in 2021 s final days, paramedics tried to save two young lives. a 15 year old stabbed in a park in croydon, south london, and in hillingdon, west london, a 16 year old with a single stab wound in this green space. two new murder investigations and a record high for the number of teenage murders in one year. children are carrying knives because they feel like they need to protect themselves. and i m putting the message out there to every child, please, you need to understand the pain of parents and siblings that have lost somebody to murder. violent crime is falling, bu