In South Africa, a
hippopotamus
looking for a new place to bathe has become stuck in a swimming pool. The hippo left its herd in a private game reserve in the north of the country and went for a dip in a pool at the reserve's lodge. But the pool has no steps. And two days on, the animal is still there. Staff hope to winch it out by crane on Friday.
BBC News
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BBC News with Iain Purdon.
Iain Purdon为你播报BBC新闻。
The French and German leaders have urged Greece to carry on with its painful reforms. Chancellor Angela Merkel and President Francois Hollande presented a united front as they held talks in advance of their meeting with the Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras on Friday and Saturday. Our Berlin correspondent Stephen Evans reports.
法国和德国领导人敦促希腊实施大刀阔斧的改革。总理安吉拉·默克尔和总统弗朗索瓦·奥朗德已在会谈中形成统一战线,随后他们将于周五和周六与希腊总理安东尼斯·萨马拉斯举行会谈。BBC驻柏林记者斯蒂芬·埃文斯报道。
The two leaders with a real power in the eurozone presented a united front as they prepared to meet the Greek prime minister who comes to Berlin on Friday and then onto Paris on Saturday. Chancellor Merkel said it was important that everybody stuck to their commitments, and President Hollande said that Greece had to do what was necessary in order to stay in the eurozone. They now wait for the all-important official assessment of Greek progress on reform to be done in September by inspectors from the donor organizations.