24/09/2016 Reporters - Short Edition

From here in the BBC newsroom, we send out correspondents to bring

you the best stories from across the globe.

The Syrian refugees who now call Canada their home.

Lyse Doucet meets some of the thousands who have been

warmly welcomed, including some old friends.

Mind your language, Emmanuel Igunza reports on efforts to

save an African culture that is facing extinction.

As Rio celebrates its Paralympic success, Wyre Davies asks,

what will be the legacy for disabled people in Brazil.

TRANSLATION: Sport for me is my life, because without sport,

As tens of thousands of refugees from Syria head to Europe in search

of a better life, many may find themselves more welcome in Canada.

It has taken in more than 30,000 Syrians in the past 10 months

and the Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told the UN this week

that his country will do more to help Syrian refugees.

But as Lyse Doucet, herself a Canadian, reports from Toronto,

the rate of acceptance of these new Canadians

..these girls know their alphabet and a lot more about being Canadian.

Like thousands of Syrians, this family is sponsored

by individuals like Claudia who clubbed together to respond

What other question words do you use?

Her husband Andrew, an art dealer, helps three generations

of the family with their English and help them settle in.

It is the best way to integrate newcomers into the country,

to get them connected with the city, all the things that are available

and to create the warm arrival that sets the tone for the rest

A picnic in the park and a warm welcome from another

Their group raised enough to support the family for a year.

Everyone at this gathering is doing something similar.

You do hear critical voices, but for now the public mood

It is so striking just how different the mood is here than

But then much about Canada is different, every Syrian family

here was carefully vetted and then welcomed by families here in Canada,

and you haven't seen the kind of attacks here that have caused

But when you look at this you have to ask, could this

kind of model be adopted somewhere else?

Then suddenly, in this crowd, a family I know from Syria.

It has been more than two years, their lives were so desperate them.

She told me she would have dreams of people with their heads cut off. Now

her nightmare is over. These Syrians already

feel they belong here. This vast country has long made

space for new citizens, but like many other places

it is asking how many more How long will this

warm welcome last? Lyse Doucet, BBC News,

Toronto. Now, globally, hundreds of millions

of people speak English, but there are only nine people

in the world who can speak Yiaku. It is one of the rarest

languages in the world, spoken by the Yiaku tribe in Kenya,

and it is facing extinction. It is just one of hundreds

of indigenous languages Emmanuel Igunza has been to meet

the Yiaku, one of the smallest A community desperately hanging

on to its dying traditions. This young man is being

taught beekeeping. It has long been the mainstay

of the Yiaku people, but it started fading away in favour

of livestock keeping, because they were influenced

by neighbouring tribes, Decades of inter-marriage

with the Masai has seen much And now they are only nine elderly

people who can speak The elders have decided

to revive their language. This man tells me the community has

been forgotten and now they have taken the task of translating

and teaching the language Decades of illegal logging have

destroyed much of it, pushing the Yiaku community

out of the forest. Unlike the wealthier

and better-known neighbours, the Masai, the Yiaku people

are dependent on this Here is where they gathered

and hunted for food but even Not far from the forest is this

school built by the help Two times a month, students

here learn the language The old men actively

participate in the lessons, despite never having attended formal

education themselves. If these elders die,

then the language will die. Most of our cultures will die,

because they are the custodians This is one of the challenges

that the elderly are now dying There is no mechanism in place

to save the language This is one of the serious,

serious problems that needs The Yiaku community is so small

that it is not recognised among Kenya's 42 ethnic communities,

but they are refusing to give up on their heritage, despite knowing

that theirs is a race against time. Emmanuel Igunza, BBC

News, Central Kenya. It has been a long,

emotional summer in Rio and an incredible few

weeks of sport. The Paralympic games were initially

plagued with problems, but they have been widely seen

as a success. Now the fans and athletes have gone

home, what legacy will the games leave behind for disabled

people in Brazil? Wyre Davies has been speaking

to the next generation If the Olympic and Paralympic games

were all about inspiration and encouragement, then in David

they have found a champion. The 11-year-old from Rio is already

an accomplished surfer, now picking up another soon-to-be

Olympic sport and by the time the next games come around,

he has no intention TRANSLATION: Sport for me

is my life. Because without sport,

I am not David. I never thought I would be able

to skateboard like this. He lives in a country where 40%

of disabled children do not go to school,

where there is a huge gap in equality of opportunity depending

on race or social background. That has to change say campaigners

if Brazil is to build on Rio 2016. For those adolescents,

this cannot be a flash in the pan This means there are possibilities

for people with disabilities out there, that they may have assumed

were not possible for them, because of who they are or where they come

from or what colour they are. Putting on an expensive

summer of sport was a The first games to be held

in South America in a city and country that arguably had

more important priorities. Anxious to avoid accusations

of spending millions on white elephant stadiums that will never be

used again, Rio 2016 officials say many of the venues will have a life

once the games are over. The Arena of the Future will be

broken up, its materials used in the construction

of four new schools. Public support was initially

lukewarm, by the time the Paralympics came around,

ticket prices were cut, enthusiasm grew and the games

felt more inclusive. We showed that we could deliver

a cheap games, lots of legacy, improving lives, it will not solve

all the problems, there are still We know that, problems in Rio,

but the lives are much better because they were

inspired by the games. In the past few weeks,

Brazilians have found new Olympic and Paralympic heroes but the tough

funding decisions to come could make or break the ambitions of a young

boy inspired by what he has witnessed in his own city to one day

become an Olympian himself. Wyre Davies, BBC News,

Rio. Hello. Sunshine and showers tomorrow

on a fresh breeze. Tonight we