Andrew Harding
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Andrew Harding Life story
Andrew Harding: A fond farewell to an uneasy South Africa
...As he prepares to leave South Africa, the BBC s Andrew Harding reflects on his years in a country of increasingly stark contrasts - and on the struggle to find the right balance in reporting on such a complex nation...
Brics ministers call for rebalancing of global order away from West
... At a news conference, Dr Pandor was asked by BBC correspondent Andrew Harding whether Mr Putin would be arrested if he came to the summit in August...
Ukraine war: Funeral held for battleground body collector
...By Andrew Harding in Slovyansk, UkraineBBC NewsAgainst a backdrop of muffled booms from the frontlines to the south and east, people sank to their knees and threw roses in front of the van as it inched past them...
Ukraine war: Ukraine admits retreat from front line town of Soledar
...By Andrew HardingBBC News, near Soledar, UkraineUkrainian forces have acknowledged " stepping back" from the bitterly contested Donbas town of Soledar, captured by Russian forces last week in their first significant victory after many months in retreat...
Ukraine war: Bakhmut defenders plea for Western tanks
...By Andrew HardingBBC News, Donbas region, eastern UkraineAs the UK and other European nations prepare to send tanks to Ukraine to help it liberate more territory from Russia, our correspondent Andrew Harding has been to visit members of a front-line Ukrainian tank unit already engaging Russian forces near the fiercely contested towns of Bakhmut and Soledar...
Somalia drought: One boy's fight to save his family from starvation
... The BBC s Andrew Harding returns to Baidoa to revisit a family forced to flee Somalia s worst drought in 40 years, as authorities urge the international community to recognise the crisis as a famine...
Congo peat: The 'lungs of humanity' which are under threat
...A giant slab of carbon-rich peat, discovered in central Africa, is under threat from uncontrolled development - posing a significant risk for future climate change, writes BBC Africa correspondent Andrew Harding...
Ukraine round-up: Waiting for Mariupol evacuees 24 hours on
... " Nowhere to gofrom Andrew Harding, BBC News, LysychanskRussian forces have been pushing towards Lysychansk from the north, the east, and now from the south-east, in what appears to be a more methodical and perhaps more effective strategy to cut off key Ukrainian supply lines, including the region s vital rail network...
Brics ministers call for rebalancing of global order away from West
By Oliver SlowBBC News
A meeting of foreign ministers of the Brics group of nations in South Africa has called for a rebalancing of the global order away from Western nations.
South African Foreign Minister Naledi Pandor said The Group 's vision was to provide global leadership in a world fractured by geopolitical tension, inequality and Global Insecurity .
Brics is an acronym for Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa .
Allegations of Russian War Crimes in Ukraine have clouded The Talks .
The International Criminal Court (ICC) has issued an over the allegations and, as a member of The Court , South Africa would be obliged to arrest him if he attends a Brics summit scheduled for Johannesburg in August.
The Brics is seen by some as an alternative to the G7 group of developed nations, which held last month, and was also attended by the leaders of Brazil and India. G7 members have been highly critical of Russia and China.
Brics countries have a combined population of More Than 3. 2 billion people, Making Up about 40% of The World 's roughly 8 billion people.
On The First of Two Days of talks in Cape Town , Indian Minister of External Affairs Subrahmanyam Jaishankar said The Gathering must " send out a strong message that The World is multipolar, that it is rebalancing and that Old Ways cannot address new situations".
" At The Heart of the problems we face is economic concentration that leaves too many nations at The Mercy of too few, " He Said .
Brazilian Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira described the Brics as an " indispensable mechanism for building a multipolar World Order that reflects the devices and needs of developing countries".
Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Ma Zhaoxu said the Brics group could be expanded to provide assistance to developing countries and emerging market economies.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said " More Than a dozen" countries including Saudi Arabia had expressed interest in joining The Group .
His presence at The Event was met with protests, with demonstrators holding a picture of Mr Lavrov with The Words " child murderer".
One protester told AFP news agency it was difficult to see South African officials " shaking The Hand of a person who is part of these systemic War Crimes against Ukrainian children" a reference to the ICC case against Mr Putin.
South Africa 's governing African National Congress (ANC) that go back to The Years of white-minority rule before 1994, and the country has refused to criticise Moscow's invasion of Ukraine.
Earlier This Week , the country planned to change its laws so that it had The Power to decide whether or not to arrest a leader wanted by the ICC.
At a news conference, Dr Pandor was asked by BBC correspondent Andrew Harding whether Mr Putin would be arrested if he came to The Summit in August.
" The President [Cyril Ramaphosa ] will indicate what The Final position in South Africa is, " she replied.
A senior official privately described The Situation as a diplomatic nightmare from which The South African government was desperate to escape, And One option said to be under consideration is moving The Summit to Another Country .
Related TopicsSource of news: bbc.com
