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i'm sam is a dam this is al jazeera live from dollhouse so coming up calls for jacob zuma to step down grow louder as the african national congress holds an emergency meeting in the hope of forcing his resignation. the only surviving suspect from the two thousand and fifteen paris attacks is in cold with the latest from brussels as he's charged with attempted murder plus. i don't remember my culture i don't remember my language. we talked to a refugee fearful of being deported to somalia for a troubled life in canada. sam song j. wiley has been freed from prison a south korean called suspended his five year jail term for bribing the describes former president the appeals court upheld parts of the conviction but used his discretion to release the executive many south koreans are shocked by the ruling as

natasha name explains from saul. j. wiley was smiling as he walked out of a small courtroom out of jail and back to his life as vice chairman of samsung electronics after a year in prison an appeals court freed him and dismissed most of the corruption charges against him. i think if you're rich you can get out. for economic reasons overall i think it was a good decision a long time generals have gone out like you please says he's used his time in jail to reflect the will of the woman again i feel very sorry to everyone for not showing my best side and it has been a really precious time for a year reflecting on myself. the first thing he did after being released was visit his father in hospital he's been incapacitated for three years prosecutors say it

was least strategy to succeed his father as chairman of samsung electronics that got him in trouble. he's one character of many in south korea's largest corruption scandal in recent memory. it led to millions of koreans protesting and the impeachment of president park geun hey last year prosecutors say lee paid or promised to pay forty million dollars to approve a merger of two samsung units he considered that important to a succession. of many people who got angry about these political economic ties and you know the political power of the president to use it to a personal. and the economy powar always homes and used to kind the opportunity to take the personal or at the coastal. many hoped please conviction last year would usher in

a new era of accountability for big corporations and politicians now some are wondering if once again it's simply business as usual. and. this is by the lower court and the epic court are so different i'm not sure what is good or bad but yeah i'm suspicious about how the decision can be so different leas lawyers say they'll launch an appeal to dismiss the remaining charges against their client now people are looking at the developments at least case and wondering how it will impact former president ha he's in jail and in the midst of a corruption trial of her own a verdict is expected in the coming months natasha going to ayman al jazeera sole. rival factions of south africa's ruling party clashed during demonstrations outside their headquarters in johannesburg comes ahead of an urgent african national congress meeting to discuss the future of president jacob zuma after talks failed

to secure his departure he's been under pressure to resign since ramaphosa succeeded him as leader of a party for me in the vela has more from johannesburg. the african national congress is continuing to grapple with what it calls a transitional period after still remark was i was named president of the party while jacob zuma remains president of south africa and that's amid intensifying calls for zuma to step down this of course relates back to allegations of corruption and his relationship with a prominent family in south africa who are accused of influencing president zuma as well as a government policy and appointments now that sillerman was a is president of the a.n.c. would appear that zuma as position has weakened to some extent and they are calls from within the party and also from outside for the president to step down now

unconfirmed reports indicate that zuma has said he won't resign that he's done nothing wrong and that he will indeed make the state of the nation address later this week opposition parties have requested the speaker of parliament to perspire own the address and if they don't have an answer any time soon they say they will approach the courts to have the sadrist perspired until after a motion of no confidence in parliament scheduled for the twenty second of february zuma appears to be facing increased pressure to step down to leave office but he appears to be standing firm that's despite what appears to be an increasing rift within the within the ruling party and one of the world's leading investigators into. the illegal ivory and rhino horn trade has been stabbed to death in kenya as an brantley martin's body was found at his home in nairobi with a stab wound on his neck the seventy five year old american spent decades

researching markets for wildlife products across africa and asia most recently in the in march he has served as the u.n. special envoy on conservation in syria at least forty nine people have been killed as government and russian airstrikes intensify in rebel controlled parts of the country. in the province in the north thirty people died and dozens were wounded in attacks russian jets targeted a hospital in the countryside the second in as many days to be hit on sunday one of the lives biggest hospitals was badly damaged and at least nineteen people were killed in airstrikes on the seats east of auto near damascus the rebel held areas come under increasing attack in recent days international concern is rising for those trapped with acute food and medicine shortages the u.n. says child malnutrition in the east in the halter is the worst it's seen in nearly seven years. international aid agencies are warning hundreds of thousands of

displaced syrians are risk of being forced to return to their homes despite ongoing violence a joint report by six leading agencies says neighboring countries as well as the european and u.s. governments are putting pressure on refugees to go back syria's government has taken control of more territory giving the impression many areas are stable enough to return to but for every syrian who went home last year three more were displaced the u.n. predicts another one and a half million will be this place this year then a hole that has more from the valley. he says sheriff says some of his family members were killed in the war in neighboring syria he has also lost contact with others who have been displaced lebanon has been his home for six years he is from the opposition held province of idlib and for him going back is not an option. we want to save zone to return to otherwise where do they want us to go back to do they want us to die if we go back will be able to there's nowhere safe there's only

death. it live is a deescalation zone there is supposed to be a ceasefire here instead civilians are being killed in almost daily airstrikes by syrian and russian planes humanitarian agencies say the violence in some parts of syria means it's still not safe for refugees to return they are warning governments in europe the united states and the region not to force them back we the humanitarian organizations that are on the ground in syria and in the neighboring countries we call this report dangerous grounds for the simple reason that these women children and men have to be informed of the conditions and we have to assure that it is gone and teary when they go back and then we have to assist and protect the return. the u.n. doesn't have exact numbers but the figures available show some seventy thousand

refugees returned on their own from neighboring countries last year but aid agencies say for every returning there were three more uli displaced because of the violence since mid december more than two hundred thousand people had to leave their homes because of fighting in the southern edges of adlib province. government forces control the main cities they've recaptured a lot of territory from the opposition has been pushed out of many areas and there are local cease fire agreements in place but the picture is misleading there are many areas where fighting continues it's not just safety there is widespread destruction there are few civilian facilities left of hospitals have been hit mass returns can't be sustainable if these people can't find jobs and if there is no health care or schools. there are no proper living conditions imagine if i need to take my children to a doctor there are no health centers there is no life there i'm afraid of the day

when they kick us out of here lebanon's government says there will be no forced returns and any returns will be coordinated with the united nations but refugees here are still worried so are aid agencies that is why they are warning no one should be forced back to syria without a plan that takes into account their safety and wellbeing. because valley lebannon . the only surviving suspect from the paris attacks in two thousand and fifteen is on trial in belgium. is charged with attempted murder for trying to kill police during a shootout in brussels in two thousand and sixteen the belgian born frenchman was arrested along with another suspect four days before bomb attacks killed thirty two people in the belgian capital letter. from brussels. told the judge that he would not stand up that he was too tired he also said he would not respond to any questions he said that silence remained his defense and that muslims are often tried and judged without pity that there was no presumption of innocence

well this was the first time that solid disarm has been seen since his arrest back in march twenty sixth and he is being tried over his alleged role in a police shootout which happened just a few days before that arrest there is of course the highest security surrounding this trial at the time that he was caught he was of course europe's most wanted man so each day he is being brought from a prison in northern france a school by elite police officers both belgian and and french across the border to brussels and each day he returns that nothing we are told is being left to chance. still ahead on al-jazeera ready to stay in a prison leave all face jail african refugees who had hoped for a better life in israel are told they're not welcome plus. a thrilling end to the super bowl america's biggest sports banks are called.

that it must feel really cold the moment in hong kong the daytime high temperature fourteen. is below what the average night time low is it is time the years of winter is really throwing itself down shanghai's max is three is also below where it should be and not much changes the next twenty four hours so it's cold throughout this part of china's long time coming but it's now settled danes just colds and the like they're called to still poor in new delhi hazardous in places and despite the fact you've got cloud streaking across here it's not actually affecting very much it's very much high level clouds the most part it will catch some parts the himalayan and you'll find snow falling here otherwise it's still a dry and quite picture which again is typical for this time of the year nothing

much will change the next day or so recent snow has been reported in the mountains in the eastern side of a man there's nothing much in the forecast that when this thing happens during the winter every now and again with the wind lightning now it's warming up in bahrain and qatar twenty four as a max thirty three still in mecca of course and that's tricky of clouds also just that a streak of cloud nothing much more than sun's out in iran twelve degrees and baghdad's warmed up at twenty two degrees it's also fun sunday night in the live event. facing realities growing up when did you realize that you were living in a special place the so-called secret city getting to the heart of the matter why ease activists to live in jail just because she expressed herself hear their story on talk to al-jazeera at this time.

welcome back you're watching al-jazeera time to recap the headlines this hour samsung vice chairman jay wiley is now free of being detained for nearly a year south korean appeals court has reduced and suspended his five year jail sentence was at the center of one of asia's biggest ever corruption scandals. rival factions of south africa's ruling party of four during demonstrations outside the party's headquarters in johannesburg it comes ahead of an urgent a.n.c.

meeting to discuss the future of president jacob zuma after talks failed to secure his departure. then the surviving suspect from the paris attacks in two thousand and fifteen is on trial in belgium of the saddam is charged with attempted murder for trying to kill police during a shootout in brussels in two thousand and sixteen a belgian born frenchman was arrested with another suspect four days before bomb attacks killed thirty two people in the belgian capital. u.s. forces are set to gradually withdraw their troops from iraq and iraqi government spokesman says the move began after it declared victory over eisel last year iraq says some soldiers will stay on for the just tickle and training purposes u.s. troops have assisted in the battle since two thousand and fourteen our white house correspondent kimberly halkett reports from washington d.c. . well the pentagon has not yet officially confirmed that this drawdown that is taking place of u.s. troops inside iraq it certainly is not denying it either we know that there were

roughly five thousand u.s. soldiers that were supporting particularly in the effort to defeat eisel but of course donald trump in his state of the union address has has claimed that there is largely a victory that has occurred in terms of reducing the territory controlled by eisel in both iraq and syria but at the same time there is concern about what is happening in afghanistan and the string of deadly attacks that have taken place there as a result you see this repositioning of u.s. forces and resources to afghanistan from iraq now this is something that has been taking place quietly for some time certainly we have seen signals in terms of the announcement of policy by the united states albeit rather subtly not only have we had the surprise visit of the vice president mike pence to bob from air force base a couple of months ago where in fact he said he was concerned about the uptick in

violence pointing the finger at pockets for assisting that something pakistan denies but as well we've seen since donald trump has taken office the doubling of u.s. troops inside afghanistan as they continue to assist with the effort to defeat not only the taliban but also eisel and of course the string of deadly attacks not just the attack on the luxury hotel but also a military academy and even the bombing of a hospital has certainly put this in the forefront of the united states that feels that this is where the resources need to be now as opposed to in iraq. protests have broken out in jordan over an increase in taxes and the price of everyday items young people burn tires a lot streets in the city of us northwest of the capital amman and first a opposition parties called for an open sitting in front of parliament to protest against price hikes. parliament in the mall this is now under military control the president says it will be closed indefinitely opposition members wanted to go

inside to file impeachment motions against four government figures including the attorney general and defense minister blamed them for not following a supreme court order to release nine opposition politicians. from all these former attorney general has done so told al jazeera he believes the political deadlock will continue until president here mean resigned. parliament from yesterday in the parliament is under the under the control of the imagery and we. find that removing. the parliament members going to go in. to normal business so any effort to impeach the president a lot by the military and the only source. we i don't going to function and the supreme court cannot function at the moment by moment starts functioning then. question not impeachment is.

going to be. we i mean and that will come into it that we have any and. i you know got. the man leading the european union's negotiations with the u.k. on its withdrawal from the block has arrived in britain it's michel barnier first official trip to the u.k. since talks began by the meeting brags that secretary david davis a new round of talks is expected to take place in brussels on tuesday panniers visit comes as british prime minister's reason may faces growing pressure to resign leave barca has more from london. the hughes chief negotiator is here in london to talk about the start of the next crucial phase in talks talk of a transition what's going to happen after the u.k. leaves the european union the end of march next year to resume

a and her government last year put forward a proposal for a two year transition period that would align the concerns of banks and businesses and others who are worried about the possibility of a cliff edge departure from the european union it is a period of important adjustment for people here in the u.k. and also from external investors wanting to put their money in britain post but there's an awful lot to get through for instance who's going to be in charge during that two year period will it be simply a continuation of the current status quo something that hard line breaks it is for them to reason mase ranks are very concerned about when it comes to the legal side of things will it be. british courts that will arbitrate over cases well the european union have insisted the jury in that two year period that any e.u. nationals settling in the u.k. be given the same rights as those arriving before something to reason may has

resisted she says that cannot happen gives you an idea of how phony these talks a likely to be reason may is hoping to have everything clear and hopefully wrapped up within seven weeks that's when the european council has their next major summit if no progress is made though there is no hope of moving on to the next crucial step talk about trade exactly how britain's economy will survive when it leaves the e.u. . israel has given deportation notices to thousands of african refugees and threatened those who refused to go with imprisonment they've been told to leave for the first for an unnamed african country in exchange for three and a half thousand dollars and the plane ticket in one can report from tel aviv it's a common sentiment among asylum seekers here in israel who are being issued with deportation notices ready to stay in a prison more leave behind gabriel is another man who think for his future he's

twenty seven and from eritrea after a four year journey which involved prison time in egypt in israel he's now been handed a deportation noticed he says yes raids have dismissed his asylum claim out of hand he's being held at the whole lot detention center well jazeera interviewed him they don't even read me i don't know why they given your rejection i just played them that. i came to him. you know i'm not going to get in search of. well you know the government called out. the government called infinite immigration experts say his case is typical but these new notices target people outside of the hollow detention center michel mann spicer works for an organization that helps asylum seekers and refugees in israel we obviously have a problem with having to send out in the refugees and asylum seekers to our or

wander uganda or even leaving israel i mean these countries are in safer than what's happened they're going there and they're not being able out to stay so they go there and research shows the research that came out recently that they believe they get there and they have to start all over again and going to countries that are very dangerous to try and get into situations where they can stay because it's not safe to stay and wander in uganda israel has a hardline policy the first round of deportation notices has been issued to refugees and asylum seekers from eritrea and sudan that's about two hundred thousand people and they have sixty days to leave the country according to government figures there are some thirty nine thousand eritreans and sudanese in israel including five thousand children single men held here at the hillel to detention center and they were among the first to receive the deportation notices others sleep rough in parks like this one in tel aviv deportation notices will not be issued to women children fathers of children or anyone recognized as

a victim of slavery or human trafficking but international groups say israel's deportation policy could be violating international law imran khan which is a television canada is facing criticism from human rights groups for its attempts to deport a twenty four year old man to somalia. was born in saudi arabia he says he has no ties to somalia where there's been years of violence from the armed group al-shabaab daniel lack reports from toronto. born to a somali mother in saudi arabia abdul abdi was six when he came to canada as a refugee he was taken into care by child welfare authorities and shuffled among thirty one foster homes as a ward of the state his relatives couldn't get him citizenship the troubled teenager he committed crimes and went to jail when he was released this year border officials tried to deport him to somalia i don't remember anything i don't remember my culture i don't remember my language. and that terrified me

even more to be deported to somewhere that you don't know anything you forgot everything considers himself canadian but canada's government says he's somali why are you deporting my brother had come you not stopping it is sister for touma led a campaign to stop his deportation even raising it in an open meeting prime minister justin trudeau for now the move is postponed well his lawyers ask a court to let him stay mr abbey is obviously. so but i think one of. me also did not want other former children in care. somalia has been unstable for decades canada routinely accepts asylum claims from there but it also deports people like refugees who've committed crimes to a place that canadian officials won't visit

a united nations panel ruled in two thousand and eleven canada was violating international law the practice continues it's a violation of the right to life it's a violation of family life is a violation of their rights to remain and and enter one country there is not a deportation this is an exile. has been released from custody well fighting is deportation that could still happen at any time but he's taking advantage of his release to tell the country he considers home why he should stay i am the man i am here. i got a job i've got a child i've got family here you know i'm a man i take responsibility for everything i do all i'm trying to do is get the government to take responsibly for what they did. since two thousand and fifteen canada has welcomed more than forty thousand syrian refugees and is widely seen as open to immigrants of all kinds but many say this case and others like it tarnish

a global image that is a source of pride to many canadians than you lack al-jazeera toronto. thousands of football fans are celebrating in the u.s. city of philadelphia after their team won the biggest prize in u.s. sports the super bowl the philadelphia eagles be the defending champions the new england patriots the eagles were not the popular pick when the season began but overcame adversity is the underdogs and is home reports. it's the short piece of vent on the american sporting calendar and one that the new england patriots knew only too well forty year old star quarterback tom brady leaving out the team to get his eye to super bowl the parish they were the defending champions against the philadelphia eagles who had never won a title before but the eagles got the first touchdown of the game that

was one thank god the american football has been plagued by debate over the dangers of concussion in recent years and this has on the patriots brandon cook's in the second quarter doing nothing to a life certain fee is never he wouldn't return to the game while a remarkable trick played by eagles quarterback nick foles ensured philadelphia would leave twenty two twelve at half time to score the touchdown from his own play cheers be remembered as one of the all time greats just going for it thanks. justin timberlake headed the famous halftime show but it was the appearance of the my friends who was born in host city minneapolis the stirred controversy. peach. bogan eyes as had been forced to scrap a hologram of the singer after pre-game criticism he appeared as a projection instead. of tom brady is used to being the star of the

show and he started to drag new england back into the game. i thank you yes the patriots hit the front for the first time with just over ninety minutes remaining but the eagles reclaimed their advantage with two minutes twenty two on the clock for my. last two new england had come back from twenty five points down to stanley atlanta falcons a game would be no miracle comeback on this occasion as the eagles secured their first time so she won them to three through the scrutiny of five. runs. the vince lombardi trophy it's finally heading to philadelphia phillies home and al jazeera.

and time to take you through some of the headlines here now does iran now samsung vice chairman jay wiley is now free after being detained for nearly a year a south korean appeals court for juice dances spending his five year jail sentence he was at the center of one of asia's biggest ever corruption scandals his lawyers say they will launch an appeal to dismissal of the charges against him. rather than the girl again i feel sorry for not showing everyone my best side and it has been a really precious time for you reflecting on myself i will throw check and do my best. rival factions of south africa's ruling party fought during demonstrations outside the party's headquarters in johannesburg in comes ahead of an urgent a.n.c. meeting to discuss the future of president jacob zuma after talks failed to secure his departure. in syria at least forty nine people have been killed this government and russian airstrikes intensify in rebel controlled areas.

in italy province in the north thirty people died and dozens were wounded in attacks russian jets targeted a hospital in the countryside the second in as many days to be hit. aid groups are warning hundreds of thousands of syrian refugees are risk of being forced to return home despite the ongoing war a joint report by six leading agencies says neighboring countries as well as european and u.s. governments are putting pressure on refugees to return u.s. forces are set to gradually withdraw their troops from iraq an iraqi government spokesman says the move follows the defeat of ice a last year some soldiers will stay to train local troops the man leading the european union's negotiations on the u.k.'s withdrawal from the block is holding talks in britain michel barnier is meeting with secretary david davis on his first official trip to the u.k. on tuesday a new round of talks will begin in brussels and. that's

it for now back at the top they are stay with us. on counting the car some of the biggest names in tech out with record earnings but they're also under scrutiny by regulators in what's being called a tech clash a look at business relations between the u.k. and china plus another scandal in the german auto industry counting the cost at this time. you can. see. your politically plays between east and west turkey played a hugely important and strategic role in many of the region's crises and conflicts not to mention developments around the.