4月22日導讀
[本日BBC聽抄音頻時光為:05分04秒]
BBC News with Ally Macue.
The South African President, Jacob Zuma, has visiteda makeshift camp near Durban, where more than athousand migrant workers have fled to escape awave of violence against foreigners. At least 6people have been killed in the past 2 weeks. From Johannesburg, Karen Allen reports.
“President Jacob Zuma's decision to cancel a state visit to Indonesia and address foreigners,who found themselves the focus of violent attacks, was a clear attempt to rebuff criticism thathe's appeared detached from the troubles of recent weeks. Visiting a vast makeshift campnear the eastern city of Durban, the area where the violence initially flared up, he struck aconciliatory tone. He told some of the migrants, more than a thousand of them who fled theirhomes in fear of their lives, that it was not the South African way to treat foreign nationals withhostility. He said it was a minority that was causing trouble, but it was heckled by some of thecrowd, who said his visit was too little, too late, and they were planning to leave South Africaaltogether.”
Pope Francis has urged the world to do more to help the thousands of migrants making thedangerous crossing by sea from North Africa to Europe. His appeal follows the deaths of morethan four hundred people whose boat sank in the Mediterranean this week. David Willey reportsfrom Rome.
“Pope Francis said the size of the problem created by the spurt in the number of arrivalsrequires much broader involvement by Brussels and northern E.U. countries. We must neverrelax our efforts to seek a more extensive commitment on the European and internationallevel, he said. He thanked Italians for their lifesaving operations, conducted by the Navy andCoastguard during the recent search in the number of people from Africa and the Middle Eastattempting to reach Italian territory on overcrowded and rickety boats, mainly from Libya.”
The authorities in the Indian capital, Delhi, have appointed the city's first woman bus driver. Theappointment of 30-year-old Vankadarath Saritha comes at a time of growing public anger aboutthe sexual harassment of women on public transport in Delhi. Here's Abhinatha Etirajian.
“Driving a passenger bus trough congested roads of Delhi is not an easy task, and men havealways considered it to be their domain. Ms. Saritha's appointment marks a new beginning forthe Delhi Transport Corporation, which operates more than five thousand buses. Ms. Sarithasaid she would ensure that all female passengers traveling in her bus would have a safejourney. Transport officials hope the move will inspire other women to choose driving as acareer.”
The authorities in India-administered Kashmir have ordered an investigation into the death of ateenage boy during clashes with security forces. The teenager was killed when police openedfire to disperse stone-throwing demonstrators during a second day of protests against thearrest of a separatist leader. The news of the teenager's killing sparked more demonstrations inthe Kashmir Valley.
World news from the BBC.
The United Nations Envoy to Libya has condemned the latest breakup of violence in thecountry. Bernardino Leon said that as representatives of Libya's factions were currently, inMorocco, ready to resume efforts to find a negotiated settlement that could be nojustification for the clashes. The fighting in Tripoli has left more than a dozen people dead.
One of President Putin's closest allies, Belarussian leader, Alexander Lukashenko, has said hewill not attend this year's victory day parade in Moscow, in what's being interpreted as a snubto the Russian leader. The event next month marks the 70th anniversary of the victory overNazi Germany in the Second World War and is one of the highlights of the Kremlin's politicalcalendar this year.
The U.N. Mission in Mali says two of its drivers have been shot dead near the city of Gao.Another person was wounded in the attack on a convoy transporting supplies for U.N.peacekeepers. There have been a number of attacks by suspected Islamic State militants inrecent weeks.
A majestic replica of a French warship that sailed the Atlantic to help in the American War ofIndependence is retracing the journey it made in 1780. The ship, L’Hermione, took about 17years to build at the cost of some 30 million dollars. Hugh Schofield reports.
“The young volunteer crew of the L’Hermione sing a sea chantey for President Hollande. Onthe last day before leaving on its 6-week transatlantic voyage, there were festivities andspeeches on the ill decks near La Rochelle. The President said that the ship was proof for whatFrance could still achieve in the world. The original L’Hermione was the frigate which carriedthe Marquis de Lafayette on his mission of support for the American rebels. Next stop for theL’Hermione, York Town, seen of the English surrender to the Americans and their French alliesin 1781.”
BBC News.
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