International Film Festival begins with a bang this evening with an animated feature set in the future we will bring you the latest from the berlin allah and reaction to the need to campaign against sexual violence. Im sorry kelly welcome to the Program Thanks for joining us. His appointment has been welcomed with singing dancing and a standing ovation in Parliament Cyril Ramaphosa was sworn in today as south africas new president his predecessor jacob zuma resigned barely twenty four hours earlier after being ordered to stand down by his party the a. N. C. Rama poso will set out his plans for the country in detail on friday evening but hes already said that tackling corruption will be a top priority. Now. Proceed on on that in part weve got some of the things the moment the nation had been waiting for the new leader promising a break from the past was the issues that you have issues that have to do with corruption issues of how we can straighten out all state owned enterprises and how
And it is day six of the Winter Olympics. There are hopes that the british skeleton racer, don parsons could secure a medal. Good morning. Its the 15th february. Im annita mcveigh. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. The district of parkland just over an hours drive north of miami was named floridas safest city last year. Now, a former pupil armed with a semi automatic rifle has opened fire at the south florida school, killing pupils and teachers. At least 17 people are known to have died in the attack at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. It started at 2. 30 in the afternoon just before the end of the school day. It is the worst School Shooting since sandy hook in connecticut in 2012 and is the sixth School Shooting in 2018 that has either wounded or killed students. There have already been a total 18 School Shootings in the United States so far this year. President trump tweeted his condolences saying there has been no mention of gun control or whether donald trump is considering any ch
Need at this point is not to say that anymore because there shouldnt be any more children that died we need to take action. If this happens nowhere else other than the United States of america. This epidemic of mass slaughter. The scorch. Of School Shooting after School Shooting. If theres someone whos not going to go whos getting a gun then we got to figure out why thats happening and fix that. This is not acceptable this is something that is completely unacceptable not we need to take action. And also coming up on the program Lights Camera Action in Berlins International Film Festival kicks off in the german capital and d. W. Is on the red carpet. But we begin in the United States where more than a dozen people have been killed and many more injured when a nineteen year old gunman opened fire at a Florida High School where he used to be a student the suspect has been named as nick. Cruise he was arrested and is now facing seventeen charges of premeditated murder but the incident is j
The players become stars, not stars that have a lot of gold around their neck and fancy cars, but stars who are warm, loving, caring. The football season is just starting in sweden. Ostersunds have only played one cup match so far, but you learn to warm up quickly around here. So arsenal will be next into the chiller, and they will, of course, be big favourites, but they wouldnt be the first side to come to this remote little town and find that they suddenly freeze. Patrick gearey, bbc news, ostersund. Time for a look at the weather. Heres stav da naos. Ill start with the rain and snow radar, because i want to draw your attention to where the snow is falling, north and west scotland, very heavy in places. The blue showing where the rain is. Slightly milderair showing where the rain is. Slightly milder air moving showing where the rain is. Slightly milderair moving in, showing where the rain is. Slightly milder air moving in, but it is a north south divide. Cold across the northern half
Than the United States of america. This epidemic of mass slaughter. This support. A School Shooting after School Shooting. Someone whos not supposed to get a gun is getting a gun that weve got to figure out why thats happening and fix that. This is not acceptable this is something that is completely unacceptable and that we need to take action. And also coming up on the program Lights Camera Action Berlins International Film Festival kicks off in the german capital and d. W. Is on the red carpet. But we begin in the United States where more than a dozen people have been killed and many more injured when a nineteen year old gunman opened fire at a Florida High School where he used to be a student the suspect has been named as Nicholas Cruz he was arrested and is now facing seventeen charges of premeditated murder. But the incident is just sadly one of many the f. B. I. Says that there have been more than forty active shooter episodes in the u. S. Since the year two thousand the weapon o