:00:00. > :00:21.From here in the BBC newsroom, we send out correspondents to bring
:00:22. > :00:29.you the best stories from across the globe.
:00:30. > :00:35.The Syrian refugees who now call Canada their home.
:00:36. > :00:38.Lyse Doucet meets some of the thousands who have been
:00:39. > :00:39.warmly welcomed, including some old friends.
:00:40. > :00:50.Mind your language, Emmanuel Igunza reports on efforts to
:00:51. > :00:55.save an African culture that is facing extinction.
:00:56. > :00:58.As Rio celebrates its Paralympic success, Wyre Davies asks,
:00:59. > :01:01.what will be the legacy for disabled people in Brazil.
:01:02. > :01:05.TRANSLATION: Sport for me is my life, because without sport,
:01:06. > :01:28.As tens of thousands of refugees from Syria head to Europe in search
:01:29. > :01:30.of a better life, many may find themselves more welcome in Canada.
:01:31. > :01:33.It has taken in more than 30,000 Syrians in the past 10 months
:01:34. > :01:36.and the Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told the UN this week
:01:37. > :01:39.that his country will do more to help Syrian refugees.
:01:40. > :01:41.But as Lyse Doucet, herself a Canadian, reports from Toronto,
:01:42. > :01:43.the rate of acceptance of these new Canadians
:01:44. > :02:00...these girls know their alphabet and a lot more about being Canadian.
:02:01. > :02:06.Like thousands of Syrians, this family is sponsored
:02:07. > :02:09.by individuals like Claudia who clubbed together to respond
:02:10. > :02:15.What other question words do you use?
:02:16. > :02:19.Her husband Andrew, an art dealer, helps three generations
:02:20. > :02:30.of the family with their English and help them settle in.
:02:31. > :02:32.It is the best way to integrate newcomers into the country,
:02:33. > :02:35.to get them connected with the city, all the things that are available
:02:36. > :02:38.and to create the warm arrival that sets the tone for the rest
:02:39. > :02:52.A picnic in the park and a warm welcome from another
:02:53. > :03:00.Their group raised enough to support the family for a year.
:03:01. > :03:03.Everyone at this gathering is doing something similar.
:03:04. > :03:06.You do hear critical voices, but for now the public mood
:03:07. > :03:12.It is so striking just how different the mood is here than
:03:13. > :03:16.But then much about Canada is different, every Syrian family
:03:17. > :03:22.here was carefully vetted and then welcomed by families here in Canada,
:03:23. > :03:25.and you haven't seen the kind of attacks here that have caused
:03:26. > :03:36.But when you look at this you have to ask, could this
:03:37. > :03:41.kind of model be adopted somewhere else?
:03:42. > :03:51.Then suddenly, in this crowd, a family I know from Syria.
:03:52. > :04:01.It has been more than two years, their lives were so desperate them.
:04:02. > :04:24.She told me she would have dreams of people with their heads cut off. Now
:04:25. > :04:44.her nightmare is over. These Syrians already
:04:45. > :04:46.feel they belong here. This vast country has long made
:04:47. > :04:48.space for new citizens, but like many other places
:04:49. > :04:51.it is asking how many more How long will this
:04:52. > :04:56.warm welcome last? Lyse Doucet, BBC News,
:04:57. > :05:01.Toronto. Now, globally, hundreds of millions
:05:02. > :05:04.of people speak English, but there are only nine people
:05:05. > :05:07.in the world who can speak Yiaku. It is one of the rarest
:05:08. > :05:10.languages in the world, spoken by the Yiaku tribe in Kenya,
:05:11. > :05:14.and it is facing extinction. It is just one of hundreds
:05:15. > :05:17.of indigenous languages Emmanuel Igunza has been to meet
:05:18. > :05:22.the Yiaku, one of the smallest A community desperately hanging
:05:23. > :05:32.on to its dying traditions. This young man is being
:05:33. > :05:34.taught beekeeping. It has long been the mainstay
:05:35. > :05:37.of the Yiaku people, but it started fading away in favour
:05:38. > :05:40.of livestock keeping, because they were influenced
:05:41. > :05:43.by neighbouring tribes, Decades of inter-marriage
:05:44. > :05:47.with the Masai has seen much And now they are only nine elderly
:05:48. > :05:53.people who can speak The elders have decided
:05:54. > :06:07.to revive their language. This man tells me the community has
:06:08. > :06:10.been forgotten and now they have taken the task of translating
:06:11. > :06:12.and teaching the language Decades of illegal logging have
:06:13. > :06:25.destroyed much of it, pushing the Yiaku community
:06:26. > :06:28.out of the forest. Unlike the wealthier
:06:29. > :06:30.and better-known neighbours, the Masai, the Yiaku people
:06:31. > :06:32.are dependent on this Here is where they gathered
:06:33. > :06:37.and hunted for food but even Not far from the forest is this
:06:38. > :06:46.school built by the help Two times a month, students
:06:47. > :06:50.here learn the language The old men actively
:06:51. > :06:59.participate in the lessons, despite never having attended formal
:07:00. > :07:03.education themselves. If these elders die,
:07:04. > :07:08.then the language will die. Most of our cultures will die,
:07:09. > :07:11.because they are the custodians This is one of the challenges
:07:12. > :07:16.that the elderly are now dying There is no mechanism in place
:07:17. > :07:21.to save the language This is one of the serious,
:07:22. > :07:27.serious problems that needs The Yiaku community is so small
:07:28. > :07:34.that it is not recognised among Kenya's 42 ethnic communities,
:07:35. > :07:38.but they are refusing to give up on their heritage, despite knowing
:07:39. > :07:43.that theirs is a race against time. Emmanuel Igunza, BBC
:07:44. > :07:59.News, Central Kenya. It has been a long,
:08:00. > :08:01.emotional summer in Rio and an incredible few
:08:02. > :08:02.weeks of sport. The Paralympic games were initially
:08:03. > :08:05.plagued with problems, but they have been widely seen
:08:06. > :08:07.as a success. Now the fans and athletes have gone
:08:08. > :08:10.home, what legacy will the games leave behind for disabled
:08:11. > :08:12.people in Brazil? Wyre Davies has been speaking
:08:13. > :08:14.to the next generation If the Olympic and Paralympic games
:08:15. > :08:20.were all about inspiration and encouragement, then in David
:08:21. > :08:23.they have found a champion. The 11-year-old from Rio is already
:08:24. > :08:27.an accomplished surfer, now picking up another soon-to-be
:08:28. > :08:30.Olympic sport and by the time the next games come around,
:08:31. > :08:32.he has no intention TRANSLATION: Sport for me
:08:33. > :08:40.is my life. Because without sport,
:08:41. > :08:45.I am not David. I never thought I would be able
:08:46. > :08:51.to skateboard like this. He lives in a country where 40%
:08:52. > :08:56.of disabled children do not go to school,
:08:57. > :08:58.where there is a huge gap in equality of opportunity depending
:08:59. > :09:02.on race or social background. That has to change say campaigners
:09:03. > :09:08.if Brazil is to build on Rio 2016. For those adolescents,
:09:09. > :09:11.this cannot be a flash in the pan This means there are possibilities
:09:12. > :09:15.for people with disabilities out there, that they may have assumed
:09:16. > :09:18.were not possible for them, because of who they are or where they come
:09:19. > :09:22.from or what colour they are. Putting on an expensive
:09:23. > :09:25.summer of sport was a The first games to be held
:09:26. > :09:29.in South America in a city and country that arguably had
:09:30. > :09:33.more important priorities. Anxious to avoid accusations
:09:34. > :09:36.of spending millions on white elephant stadiums that will never be
:09:37. > :09:40.used again, Rio 2016 officials say many of the venues will have a life
:09:41. > :09:45.once the games are over. The Arena of the Future will be
:09:46. > :09:49.broken up, its materials used in the construction
:09:50. > :09:53.of four new schools. Public support was initially
:09:54. > :09:56.lukewarm, by the time the Paralympics came around,
:09:57. > :09:59.ticket prices were cut, enthusiasm grew and the games
:10:00. > :10:04.felt more inclusive. We showed that we could deliver
:10:05. > :10:07.a cheap games, lots of legacy, improving lives, it will not solve
:10:08. > :10:10.all the problems, there are still We know that, problems in Rio,
:10:11. > :10:16.but the lives are much better because they were
:10:17. > :10:19.inspired by the games. In the past few weeks,
:10:20. > :10:22.Brazilians have found new Olympic and Paralympic heroes but the tough
:10:23. > :10:25.funding decisions to come could make or break the ambitions of a young
:10:26. > :10:29.boy inspired by what he has witnessed in his own city to one day
:10:30. > :10:37.become an Olympian himself. Wyre Davies, BBC News,
:10:38. > :11:14.Rio. Hello. Sunshine and showers tomorrow
:11:15. > :11:16.on a fresh breeze. Tonight we