Africa Climate Summit: Journalists in Africa

More than a dozen African leaders and campaigners were meeting this week in Kenya in Africa's first climate summit. They discussed the continent's increasing exposure to climate change and its associated costs. We have a conversation with people whose job is to bring us the latest environment news, good or bad. Rosalia in Nairobi is the CEO of the Kenya Editors Guild and has been covering the environment since 2008. Nyima is the Editor and environmentalist at the Gambia's Voice newspaper in the capital Banjul.

In China, authorities are considering a law that will punish people who dress or make speeches that "violate the national spirit". The BBC's Kelly Ng who has written up the story for our website explores the issues around the potential new legislation.

Abortion has been legalised in Mexico by the Supreme Court. The judgement opens the door for the federal healthcare system to provide abortion services. It comes two years after the Court ruled in favour of a challenge to the existing law in one northern state, Coahuila - finding that criminal penalties for terminating a pregnancy were unconstitutional. Beatrice De-la-Pava from BBC Mundo explains more and we hear messages from people in the country for their thoughts on the change.

The name 'Johnny' is dominating trends on social media in Japan. It comes after the head of the country's biggest talent agency stepped down after admitting that its founder - her uncle - Johnny Kitagawa sexually abused young aspiring stars. Mr Kitagawa died in 2019 at the age of 87. Julie Keiko Fujishima told a press conference that resigning was her way of taking responsibility. Mobeen Azhar who worked on a documentary which reported the sexual allegations against Johnny Kitagawa earlier this year joins us for a deep dive into the story.

(Photo: Kenyan President William Ruto hosted the Africa Climate Summit Credit: Rex/Shutterstock)