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British runner Russ Cook jogs with supporters who have joined him for the final leg of his 16,000km charity challenge to run the length of Africa from South Africa's Cape Agulhas to Cape Angela in Tunisia. IMAGES
British national David Good, who has been on holiday in South Africa for a fortnight and hopes to get home before the UK travel ban takes effect, says that Covid-19 is "very serious,". But Good adds: "we're always going to have new variants, so I don't know how we're going to keep locking down every time we find a new variant." South African tour operators are flooded with cancellations after countries follow Britain's decision to ban travel from the region over the discovery of a new coronavirus variant. SOUNDBITE
Leigh-On-Sea, Oct 16 (EFE/EPA).- British authorities have identified the suspect in the murder of lawmaker Sir David Amess as a 25-year-old United Kingdom national of Somali origin, the BBC reported Saturday, citing unnamed sources in the government.Police declared Friday's slaying a "terrorist incident" and the sources told the BBC that Ali Harbi Ali was being held at a police station in London under the provisions of the 2000 Terrorism Act.Ali, who is believed to have acted alone, was taken into custody immediately following the brutal stabbing of Amess, 69, in the town of Leigh-on-Sea in southeast England. (Camera: FACUNDO ARRIZABALAGA).SHOT LIST: FAMILY AND FRIENDS PAY TRIBUTE TO THE LATE BRITISH LAWMAKER SIR DAVID AMESS IN LEIGH-ON-SEA, UK.
Cape Town, Oct 16 (EFE/EPA).- The number of bookings from British tourists wanting to visit Cape Town surged after the United Kingdom took South Africa off the country's COVID-19 red list.South Africa was officially taken off the UK's red list on Oct. 11. (Camera: KIM LUDBROOK).B-ROLL OF THE CITY OF CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA.
Johannesburg, Aug 28 (EFE/EPA).- Johannesburg held Saturday the Brixton Burn event, in which participants could join wearing costumes and watched the burning of event's artworks at the end of the night. The annual event is run by members of the 'Afrikaburn' community, which is a regional event organizer of the 'Burning Man' in the United States. (Camera: KIM LUDBROOK). B-ROLL OF THE BRIXTON BURN EVENT IN JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA.
U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).