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in south africa is loosening. he will relinquish leadership of the anc at the end of year. and whether he will complete his term as south africa s president is uncertain, as allegations of cronyism and corruption pile up around his government. my guest to day it is thuli madonsela, south africa s public protector until late last year. she exposed a web of worrying connections between the state and big business interests. but are her concerns about to be buried? thuli madonsela, welcome to hardtalk. thank you for being here stephen. it is such a honour. well, i think we have to begin with that explosive report that you wrote and published before leaving the office of public protector at the end of last year. it was all about your concerns about state capture. the idea was that certain big business interest, perhaps individuals, had undue influence on the government. you wanted a fully fledged judicial commission of inquiry to be set up within 30 days of your report s pub ....
live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news. it s newsday. good morning. it s 8am in singapore, iam in london, and 3am in the last stronghold of so called islamic state, the syrian city of raqqa. the extremists are facing all out war on several fronts now. across the border, iraqi troops have re taken most of the city of mosul, but not in time to save the famous mosque there. in raqqa, us backed fighters of the syrian democratic forces are close to pushing is out. our correspondent, gabriel gatehouse, and cameraman, fred scott, are with the sdf on the frontline, and sent this exclusive report from raqqa. this has been a long and brutal road. we are inside raqqa now, driving to the centre of the syrian democratic forces, the sdf, a coalition of kurds and arabs. they have onlyjust retaken this street from fighters that called themselves islamic state. here is is often unseen but all the more dangerous for it. a noise in the sky signals the presen ....
in syria there s a new offensive under way to gain control of raqqa, the city which so called islamic state regards as the capital of its declared caliphate. in the past few days fighting has intensified between is and the syrian democratic forces which are backed by the us. our correspondent gabriel gatehouse and cameraman fred scott are with the sdf on the frontline and sent this exclusive report. this has been a long and brutal road. we re inside raqqa now, driving to the centre with the syrian democratic forces, the sdf, a coalition of kurds and arabs. they ve onlyjust retaken this street from fighters that called themselves islamic state. here is is often unseen but all the more dangerous for it. a noise in the sky signals the presence of a drone. what s happening, we vejust driven down these narrow sidestreets and suddenly there s gunfire. everyone‘s searching in the sky for these is drones. the sdf is advancing on three sides. as they push forward, cars emerge ....
under way to gain control of raqqa, the city which so called islamic state regards as the capital of its declared caliphate. in the past few days fighting has intensified between is and the syrian democratic forces which are backed by the us. our correspondent gabriel gatehouse and cameraman fred scott are with the sdf on the frontline and sent this exclusive report. this has been a long and brutal road. we re inside raqqa now, driving to the centre with the syrian democratic forces, the sdf, a coalition of kurds and arabs. they ve onlyjust retaken this street off fighters that call themselves islamic state. here is is often unseen but all the more dangerous for it. a noise in the sky signals the presence of a drone. what s happening, we vejust driven down these narrow sidestreets and suddenly there s gunfire. everyone‘s searching in the sky for these is drones. the sdf is advancing on three sides. as they push forward, cars emerge flying white flags. some of these fa ....
magazine. in syria, there s a new offensive under way to gain control of raqqa, the city which so called islamic state regards as the capital of its declared caliphate. in the past few days fighting has intensified between is and the syrian democratic forces which are backed by the us. our correspondent gabriel gatehouse and cameraman fred scott are with the sdf on the frontline, and sent this exclusive report. this has been a long and brutal road. we re inside raqqa now, driving to the centre with the syrian democratic forces, the sdf, a coalition of kurds and arabs. they ve onlyjust retaken this street off fighters that call themselves islamic state. here, is is often unseen but all the more dangerous for it. a noise in the sky signals the presence of a drone. what s happening, we vejust driven down these narrow sidestreets and suddenly there s gunfire. everyone‘s searching in the sky for these is drones. the sdf is advancing on three sides. as they push forward, ca ....