once again be the continent s largest economy, ahead of nigeria and egypt. the anc, it came out on top in the recent elections with 40% of the vote. but for the first time since the advent of democracy in 1994, nelson mandela s party didn t win a majority, making a coalition government very likely. what this election has made plain is that the people of south africa expect their leaders to work together to meet their needs. as you can see here, the economy has grown significantly since the end of apartheid in the 1990s. but amid widespread difficulties, it s really struggled to grow in the last decade or so. one of the most pressing issues in the election was unemployment. one in three south africans that could work don t have a job. it s one of the highest rates in the world. as a result, over 2a million people, or 39% of the population, receive some form of government welfare payments. that s just one thing that s pushed up government debt. other factors include less money
area of the strip. hostages noa argamani, almog meirjan, shlomi ziv and andrey kozlov were freed during what the israeli defence forces have described as a high risk and complex operation from two separate buildings. this is the moment noa argamani was reunited with her father after eight months being held hostage she also spoke on the phone to prime minister benjamin netanyahu. you may remember seeing footage of noa being carried into gaza on the back of a motorbike, shouting don t kill me , after being kidnapped with her boyfriend from the music festival. her boyfriend avinatan or is thought to remain captive in gaza. all four of the relaesed hostages are being treated at a hosptial in tel aviv they re said to be in good medical condition. this was shlomi ziv and his wife speaking for the first time in eight months. the relatives have just been holding a news conference. a news conference. thank you for brinuain a news conference. thank you for bringing my a news
spoken out at a press conference during his state visit to france. i conference during his state visit to france. conference during his state visit to france. i want to echo president visit to france. i want to echo president macron s visit to france. i want to echo president macron s tom - visit to france. i want to echo president macron s tom ince | president macron s tom ince welcoming the return of the hostages to their families in israel. we won t stop working until they are all home. comments welcoming the return. hugo bachega has more from tel aviv. a dramatic rescue and she s free again. 25 year old noa argamani, captured by hamas on the 7th of october, and taken to gaza, is finally back in israel. he is she became one of the most well known faces of this crisis. her kidnapping recorded in this video. today, her ordeal came to an end. this is her, reunited with her dad. translation: please don t| forget that there are another 120 hostages in captivity. we must
Hello, i m helena humphrey. glad you could join me. four israeli hostages taken by hamas during the october 7th attacks have now been reunited with their families. but israeli forces in gaza killed scores of palestinians in the military operation to free them. israeli special forces raided two locations in nuseirat, in central gaza in broad daylight. one israeli soldier was killed. hamas says more than 200 palestinians were killed in the operation. an israeli military spokesman said there were under 100 palestinian casualties. the eu s top diplomat condemned the israeli raid. the us president has also spoken out at a press conference during his state visit to france. i want to echo president macron s comments welcoming the return of the hostages to theirfamilies in israel. we won t stop working until they are all home. hugo bachega has more from tel aviv. a dramatic rescue and she s free again. 25 year old noa argamani, captured by hamas on the 7th of october, and taken to gaza, is f
class= nosel > members of the european parliament. who will shape the eu, as it faces defining challenges. so what are the issues driving this election? and what s foremost in people s minds as they head to the ballot boxes? welcome to europe votes 202a. hello and welcome from sunny lisbon, where we are coming to you from today. i m mark lowen, one of the bbc s europe correspondents. and over the course of this programme, we will bring new reports from across the continent as the election gets under way. but first, what s it all about? elections to the european parliament take place every five years. it s the only directly elected institution of the european union. shaping the bloc s policies, legislation and budgets. voting happens by proportional representation. each country gets a number of members of the european parliament, or meps, relative to its size. the meps sit in transnational groups according to their ideology. so, for example, there s left and right, eurosceptics