i ve been lucky enough to explore a lot of africa, but what i ve heard about cabo verde is that you get this real sense of worlds and cultures colliding. so, if you take a look at the shops and some of the market stalls, they re selling african style arts and crafts. the churches look like they ve been lifted straight from a street in europe. and with a shared ancestry and heritage, you really get this south american feel through the people and the music. cabo verde consists of ten islands and was a portuguese colony till 1975. atjust 30 kilometres long and 12 kilometres wide, sal is one of the archipelago s smallest islands but the most popular for tourists. many visitors stay in santa maria, in the south of sal, and it caters for their every need. but i want to get a real taste of life here. and to do that, i need to head to the beach and get myself a guide. he speaks creole oh, sorry! english. oh! i only talk english! you look local. it s not the first time someone has tol
i quite often go to stay at my family s, sometimes my sister s, so i don t have to pay for the electric. it cost me £5 in one dayjust to wash, dry, cook and a quick shower. it all adds up. somebody s just come in and we ve run out of meat but we ve gotjacket potatoes, so we ll give him one of those. this place replies on donations, cooking with food close to the sell by date. it can be scary that we don t know how many are coming, but we don t like to turn people away. but things can only stretch so far. they would like to open more days but their own gas bill is limiting them. really doing the numbercrunching, as it stands at the moment, about how it will be affordable for us to be open. we would like to do it more. to be clear, you couldn t open every day, have the heating on every day? we wouldn t be able to do that, we would need to make a way, find a way for that to be possible. for me, it feels warm, comfort, and i like being around people. let s just say thanks to the
as a new week begins, we ll be looking at the options for the chancellor and the possible market reaction. also tonight. the devastating impact of somalia s drought. how people are walking for days in search of life saving help. china s president defends his zero covid policy as the communist party gathers for a congress that happens only twice in a decade. and ireland open their rugby league world cup campaign with an emphatic win over tournament debutants jamaica. good evening. the prime minister is in charge, her new chancellor said today, 48 hours into thejob and with the task of restoring market confidence in her economic plans. jeremy hunt has made clear he will be looking at government spending as well as the tax cuts in the mini budget. as he and liz truss met today, her position did not appear secure, as some of her mps continued to criticise her and question whether she can remain in office. here s our political correspondent ben wright. behind the gates of the prim
the president spent saturday attending back to back fundraising events in two democratic stronghold states, in new york and new jersey. it all comes as his campaign says it has raised more than $27 million between debate day and friday evening. these fundraisers and donation drives could help mr biden put his campaign back on track, as some democratic lawmakers and party officials are actively considering working to replace him at the top of the ticket. on saturday, a chicago tribune editorial urged mr biden to step down. that is a day after the new york times editorial board said that he should leave the race for the presidency. but campaign officials and the president himself say that he is not going anywhere. to hear more about those calls for mr biden to drop out of the race, i spoke to hugo lowell, a senior political correspondent for the guardian. let s first of all start with these newspaper editorials. the new york times editorial board i mean, that is incredibly in
weekend after a faltering performance in a televised debate against donald trump fuelled concern about his candidacy. the president spent saturday attending back to back fundraising events in two democratic stronghold states, in new york and newjersey. it all comes as his campaign says it has raised more than $27 million between debate day and friday evening. on saturday at chicago tribune editorial urged mr biden to step down, one day after the new york times editorial board said he should leave the race for the presidency. but campaign officials and the president himself say that he is not going anywhere. to hear more about those calls for mr biden to drop out of the race, i spoke to hugo lowell, a senior political correspondent for the guardian. let s first of all start with these newspaper editorials. the new york times editorial board i mean, that is incredibly influential, calling for president biden to drop out of the race. what kind of effect do you think this will