africa. but lacote�*s cinematic storytelling is all his own, mixing the personal and political in a heady brew that's unlike anything else currently playing in uk cinemas. i'll leave you with news of the french comedy—drama bye bye morons, which picked up a whopping seven awards, including best film at the 46th cesars earlier this year. virginie efira is suze trappet, a woman with little time searching for the child she gave up for adoption. writer—director albert dupontel plays the snubbed it operative whose botched suicide attempt misfires with spectacular results. and nicolas marie is the blind archivist who winds up helping the mismatched pair to track her child and clear his name. despite the multiple awards, bye bye morons is fairly lowbrow fare, revealing in a hodgepodge of broad, bureaucratic satire, politically incorrect slapstick, and questionably romanticised views of creepy male—female relationships. or, to put it another way, it's very french. there on the—nose—nods t

tiafoe is the child of immigrant parents from west africa, as laura trevelyan reports. they laugh a triumphant return for america's newest tennis star francis tiafoe to the maryland courts where he grew up playing. he's the conquering hero after his shock win at wimbledon over top player stefanos tsitsipas in the first round, the next challenge comes at the olympic games. he's ready. having a go, having a clear plan of where you want to go and what you're trying to achieve, and having a true passion for something and really chasing after it each and every day, anything is possible. i'm just trying use my story to inspire so many other people that feel like they can't achieve something because of circumstances. and what a story it is. frances showed me the storage room at the elite maryland tennis centre where his father was a maintenance worker. so, you slept here? yeah, in this room while my mum was working double shifts overnight at the apartment that we usually stayed at. my dad would stay here. so, that's kind of what it was for me and my brother. what do you think

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tension around that tour, particularly because the captain of england, who actually grew up in south africa, tony greig, said that he wanted to make you, as a team, the west indies team, grovel. now, that was an explosive word. did you feel an undercurrent of racism? i personally did, and i know a lot of the teams certainly did as well. tony greig being south african, because that's the way we looked at him — he was a south african playing for england because south africa was not allowed to play. and with the apartheid regime in full force, for him to say something like that and to use that particularword, stephen, it upset a great deal of us. until i met tony greig, i hated him. when world series cricket started in 1977, he was the one going around recruiting people. i had left cricket. i was at university. and when clive lloyd told me that tony greig was coming on this world series thing, i said, "tony greig?" i didn't want to see tony greig. when i got to meet the man, i recognised that tony greig was not racist. tony greig was brought up in a society that made him think certain things

our africa correspondent andrew harding has this report. three teenage boys emerge from the gloom, charging their way to safety. they have escaped from tigray, overnight, across a river and a well guarded border, carrying nothing except stories of ethnic conflict, of old neighbours turning on each other, in a war that is spreading and threatening a crucial chunk of africa. translation: crucial chunk of africa. tuna/mom- crucial chunk of africa. translation: ., ., ., translation: from armoured soldiers come _ translation: from armoured soldiers come home _ translation: from armoured soldiers come home to - translation: from armoured soldiers come home to home l translation: from armoured i soldiers come home to home and they gave us two days to leave because we are from tigray. so there is a kind of ethnic cleansing going on in the town across the border here?- across the border here? yes, es, across the border here? yes, yes. we _ across the border here? yes, yes. we feel _ across the border here? yes, yes, we feel bad _ across the border h

our africa correspondent andrew harding has this report. three teenage boys emerge from the gloom, trudging their way to safety. they have escaped from tigray overnight, over a river stop carrying nothing except stories of spiralling ethnic conflict. translation: some armed soldiers came from home to home and they gave us two days to leave. there is a kind of ethnic cleansing going on in the town, just across the border? on in the town, 'ust across the border? , , , border? yes, yes, we feel bad, it is our country _ border? yes, yes, we feel bad, it is our country and _ border? yes, yes, we feel bad, it is our country and our- border? yes, yes, we feel bad, it is our country and our land. l it is our country and our land. the boys are of fighting age and may soon be needed back in tigray but for now they are safe just across the border in sudan. a grim life in this refugee camp beckons. in the makeshift clinic here, one remarkable refugee is looking after thousands. remarkable refugee is looking afterthousands. part remarkable refugee is lo

in the west, an area close to the border and we are our africa correspondent has this report. three teenaged boys emerge from the gloom, trudging their way to safety. they have escaped from a tigray overnight across a river and a well guarded border. carrying nothing except stories of spiralling ethnic conflict. translation: some soldiers came home to home and they gave us two days - to leave because we are from tigray. there is a kind of ethnic cleansing going on in the towns across—the—boa rd here? yes, we feel bad because it is our country, our land. the boys are of fighting age and may soon be needed back in tigray but for now, they are safe just across the border here in sudan. a grim life in this refugee camp beckons. in the makeshift clinic here, one remarkable refugee is looking after thousands. he is part doctor, part, clear of tigray�*s latest agonies. there was no food and no water and particularly they were being taught that they were going to be punished by hunger. starved ? his clinic is overwhelmed, notjust by the flood of new arrivals, a single mother of

our africa correspondent andrew harding has this report. three teenaged boys emerge from the gloom, trudging their way to safety. they have escaped from a tigray overnight across a river and a well guarded border. carrying nothing except stories of spiralling ethnic conflict. translation: ,, ., conflict. translation: ,., , .., conflict. translation: ,., , .. ., translation: some soldiers came home to home and they — translation: some soldiers came home to home and they gave _ translation: some soldiers came home to home and they gave us _ translation: some soldiers came home to home and they gave us two _ translation: some soldiers came home to home and they gave us two days - translation: some soldiers came home to home and they gave us two days to - to home and they gave us two days to leave because we are from tigray. there is a kind of ethnic cleansing going on in the towns across—the—board here? going on in the towns across-the-board here? , across-the-board here? yes, we feel bad because — across-the-board here? yes, we feel b

africa wins its first gold medal at the tokyo olympics, as a tunisian teenager stuns the field to win the men's 400 metre freestyle. two huge disappointments for team gb as double olympic champion andy murray is forced out of the tennis singles with injury, while jadejones is beaten in the taekwondo. wildfires in northern california force thousands into evacuation centres while a covid outbreak in oregon puts firefighters into quarantine. thousands take to the streets across brazil for the fourth weekend in a row, calling for a faster vaccination programme and the impeachment of president bolsonaro. 0h! and the uk army safely detonates a world war ii bomb on the site

kansara sent this report from el geneina in west darfur. the sound of a hard—earned peace falling apart. in the after maths and micro and's suppose a new era of calm. and it is not a pile of rubble —— darfur. calm. and it is not a pile of rubble -- darfur-— -- darfur. they burned all the houses and — -- darfur. they burned all the houses and when _ -- darfur. they burned all the houses and when we - -- darfur. they burned all the houses and when we tried i -- darfur. they burned all the houses and when we tried to i -- darfur. they burned all the i houses and when we tried to flee into the street, they shot my brother and he fell down. we tried to stand up, they shot him again. they killed him in front of me. i covered his body with a cloth and stayed with him.— covered his body with a cloth and stayed with him. locals thought the worst years — stayed with him. locals thought the worst years of _ stayed with him. locals thought the worst years of violence _ stayed with him. locals thought the worst years of violence were - sta

more fighting is expected in the west, an area close this is news, the latest headlines. at least 120 have been killed and hundreds are unaccounted for in europe's worst floods for decades. south africa's president has just addressed the nation — after days of rioting and looting —he says efforts to overthrow democracy have failed. next week the olympics is due to start, while tokyo is back under a covid state of emergency. in the capital, enthusiasm for the games is hard to find. but in some small towns there is still excitement among those acting as the adopted home for foreign 0lympics teams. 0ur correspondent rupert wingfield hayes has been to mura—yama in northern japan as they prepare to welcome the bulgarian rhythmic gymnastics team. not many japanese kids are lucky enough to have a former international gymnast as their teacher. and notjust any gymnast, and tenant was once a world class with nick gymnast competing for bulgaria. fortwo with nick gymnast competing for bulgaria. for two years she has been teaching here in the mountains of northern japan. for tea

plenty of showers, some of them heavy at times, especially in the north and west. perhaps something a little bit dry and by the further south. bye for now. this is bbc news — i�*m ben mundy. these are the latest headlines in the uk and around the world. africa wins its first gold medal at the tokyo 0lympics, as a tunisian teenager stuns the field to win the men�*s 400 metre freestyle. australia smashes the world record to win gold in the women�*s 4 x 100 metre freestyle relay. two huge disappointments for team gb as double olympic champion andy murray is forced out of the tennis singles with injury, while jadejones is beaten in the taekwondo. elsewhere today... wildfires in northern california force thousands into evacuation centres while a covid outbreak in oregon puts firefighters into quarantine. british mps have warned that taxpayers will bear the cost of the government�*s coronavirus spending for decades. a parliamentary report says the uk military is failing to protect female recruits, with almost two—thirds of women