parliament in sri lanka has voted for prime minister ranil wickremesinghe to become the country s new president, despite his unpopularity with the public. he faces the task of leading the country out of its economic collapse, and restoring order. now it is time for empire and me. i m de graft mensah podcaster, presenter and proud british ghanaian. i m going to be leaving behind my dayjob and heading to west africa for the first time since i was nine. the murder of george floyd and the anti racism protests that followed led people to start to question britain s history, as well as its actions abroad when it had an empire. and it led me to want to find out more. i know that ghana used to be part of the british empire, so i want to discover what that meant for the country. i want to learn why britain made ghana part of its empire, how it affected the ghanaian people, and what impact it had on my own family. i ve made the 3,000 mile journey to accra, the capital of ghana, somew
wales recording its hottest day ever on momday. the temperature reached 37.1 celsius in flintshire. the heat is a particular challenge for farmers trying to keep their livestock cool. hywel griffith reports. if you re feeling hot and bothered, spare a thought for this highland cow farfrom home at the royal welsh show. chloe s hoping she can keep her cool for the competition. they re coping all right at the minute, touch wood. i mean, hopefully it just stays like this. there s a nice breeze coming through now, but fingers crossed it all goes well. good luck. thank you. this is britain s biggest agricultural show, but it feels like some people have stayed away to avoid the heat. staying in the shade seems to have been the solution. the new fans in the sheep sheds helped, too. it s just too hot, but it s not so bad. like, they ve put the new fans in, and there is a breeze, but it s just. it s just not quite enough. after a day of record temperatures in wales, tomorrow should bri
speaks out about vladimir putin. some of the comments that he is not well awe that actually, surely, somebody is going to assassinate him or take him out, i think they are wishful thinking. and at golf s open rory mcilroy and viktor hovland share a lead at st andrews after the third round. now on bbc news: de graft mensah travels to ghana, the country of his family s heritage, to find out about the legacy of the british empire on the country. this week on the show. it led me to want to find out more. i know that ghana used to be part of the british empire so i want to discover what that meant for the country. i want to learn wiper to make and are part of its empire, how it affected people and what impact it affected people and what impact it had on my own family. i v e i ve made the 3000 mile journey to the capital of ghana. somewhere i have not been since i was a kid. it feels comforting because i m seeing people that look like me, that talk like my family and i m seeing j
and the nhs. now on bbc news, de graft mensah travels to ghana, the country of his family s heritage to find out about the legacy of the british empire on the country and its people. i m de graft mensah podcaster, presenter and proud british ghanaian. i m going to be leaving to west africa for the first time since i was nine. the murder of george floyd and the anti racism protests that followed led people to start to question britain s history, as well as its actions abroad when it had an empire. and it led me to want to find out more. i know that ghana used to be part of the british empire, so i want to discover what that meant for the country. i want to learn why britain made ghana part of its empire, how it affected the ghanaian people, and what impact it had on my own family. i ve made the 3,000 milejourney to accra, the capital of ghana, somewhere i ve not been since i was a kid. you know what? it feels so. it feels comforting because i m seeing people that look like m
grandma is pretty positive about the british, but i thought it was really interesting that my grandma also raised the topic of slavery. my family live near the coast and i know that trade in enslaved people did go on here, so i want to know more. nearby, historian kweku has information for me about the relationship between the people living in this area, known as the fantes, and visiting europeans. so, kweku, i wanted to chat to you to get a greater understanding of what was happening in ghana during the empire, but also what my family were doing, and apparently you have all the knowledge. so fill me in, what s going on? so within this area, it was what we call the british domain. 0h, 0k! so, the british were occupying here. what? in this very area? in this very area. 0k! so let me get this straight, then, because how i always envisioned the empire i envisioned that the british came over and just captured everything and said, this is ours. so let me correct an impression here. the