i prefer to let it go the first call can truth chance again life and live a dangerous journey from the jungle. to the real world i merely die. our children go to school and live because of the great risk in you to the democratic republic of congo at this time on al-jazeera. the u.s. secretary of state pledges an additional two hundred million dollars in the fight to wipe out. their own james up in this is al jazeera live from the house a coming up a confidant of the impeached south korean president is given twenty years in jail

for corruption. the child begins for a palestinian teenager in the international spotlight accused of assaulting an israeli soldier. forty eight hours reports say that's the deadline set by south africa's ruling a.n.c. for president jacob zuma to resign. the u.s. secretary of state is warning that ending combat operations against eisel will not guarantee the group's defeat rex tillerson has been addressing a meeting of the global coalition to defeat eisel in kuwait tillerson says the u.s. will provide two hundred million dollars in aid to help stabilize areas in syria that used to be under control let's bring in jim o.-l. shell he's live in the turkish city of near the border with syria i'm just

wondering what sort of difference this will make the status on the ground the fight against isis on what's happening in northwest syria. well so far just as we all know the u.s. has been heavily dependent on the kurdish militia in its fight against isis so i asked so i saw depending on who calls it's was but basically those militia have been at the forefront of it because the u.s. has presence in terms of ground troops inside syria has been limited obviously that's something that's agitated to a great extent the turkish authorities because it views essentially the y.p. g.e. those kurdish militias just as bad as it does i saw it views them as a terrorist organization bent on killing innocent people and expelling indigenous populations from their lands now what this money will do how will be spent obviously we're not sure exactly considering that this is coming from the secretary

of state or not the pentagon where there will be invested in weaponry or in terms of revamping and reconstruction in those areas what's important and also actually join us whilst we're on the air right now the president talked about it saying to once been addressing parliament in the anchorite he's essentially saying he's looking forward to tell us i'm coming to the turkish capital in the next couple of days so he can lay bare as he said all the evidence which shows that the allies of the united states in the war against eisel namely the why p.g.d. card this militia are indeed a terrorist organization and if the us is sincere he says about defeating i saw then he should actually team up with its real allies a nato ally in the form of turkey and supported in this violence obviously turkey has been launching this military. operation inside turkey now for three weeks operation olive branch to try and push out the y.p. g.d. interesting lee in the past twenty four hours as he talks together with the free

syrian army have managed to a restaurant just four hundred icefall fighters who had been coming towards their positions that's according. local sources there are so interconnected to say the least jane but it seems that there is a very wide difference in terms of the spectrum in terms of how washington wants to deal with this power to deal with this service and those comments will be rocked by some around the world today but i'm call be waiting to. tell him what they view he should be doing in the united states when he comes and correlates out this week ok jim i'm going to leave you there but head over to sammy's a dan he's been at that meeting in kuwait so this two hundred million dollars pledge on wanting what it means and as far as the direction is concerned of the coalition with. jane what it means is concerned i mean you didn't really have to read too much between the lines there to

really feel that concern when it came to either what the u.s. secretary of state said or his quoting counterpart had to say rex tillerson reminding everyone that the job isn't done it's not mission over and that those areas which have been captured from eisele if life doesn't return to normal if they're not rehabilitated they could go back to weisel once again as you mentioned he's pledging another two hundred million dollars to help rehabilitate some of those areas that have been captured and taken off by some in syria. curiously no mention of any u.s. money or funding to help reconstruction in neighboring iraq although this global coalition conference to defeat isis is being held on the sidelines of the iraq reconstruction conference what tillerson will be speaking at the iraq reconstruction conference later so perhaps is an opportunity for him to talk about that later van and the bigger picture in all of this is the fact that this is the first global coalition conference to be held since the fall

of rock since eisel been driven out of rock. coming at a time of course. where we've had the declaration of victory made by the iraqi prime minister in the senate against i still and the announcement by russian military officers also in december that they defeated deisel as they put it in every town in syria so the concern among some of the coalition members meeting now here is that maybe some people might be starting to become complacent and think the mission's over they've got to keep the momentum up and the focus reminding everyone that this coalition is not only in the coalition part of their mission statement talks about rehabilitating lives and restoring public services in areas which have been taken over from myself jane and sadly there are still many issues on this money that's a little bit more but there's. there are a lot of issues that need to be sorted out while some of these coalition members

you know they may be on the same page on some issues but they have other issues that they're on a different page on when it comes to other issues in the same conflict even take the comments which tillerson made about turkey when he said that referred to as an ally he said we understand the concerns of turkey and he said we're going to be more transparent with turkey going forward to listen is on this middle east tour he will be stopping by ankara now that's coming against the backdrop of the deep unhappiness within circles in turkey towards what the u.s. is doing in some parts of northern syria right now where it's backing the forces of the thing jamal was explaining there which turkey is actually facing some of those kurdish forces to be considered to be a terrorist group so there are those kinds of issues that you have to look at and you know even analysts will scratch their heads and say hang on how can this coalition hold itself together if the ruptures if the visions reach that sort of

level where in some parts of the conflict of syria they're on completely opposite sides. a little bit of more management might be needed from john thank you sammy. a confidant of the former south korean president park geun has been sentenced to twenty years in jail on corruption charges soon still was found guilty of using a friendship with park to meddle in state affairs for personal gain she was fined sixteen point six million dollars the corruption scandal has led to the downfall of many of south korea's political and business elites including the impeachment of president park last year tasha game joins us live from seoul tell us about the response natasha. jane might be the most reviled public figure in south korea at the moment the judge's heavy sentence could be interpreted as sending a message to the public which has enormous and had has the sustained outrage

directed against her that their concerns have been heard it could also be interpreted as sending a warning to others prosecutors say disrupted the political process shook the foundations of south korean society in a way that will be felt for generations to come to a was convicted of most of the charges against or coersion abuse of power bribery that includes coercing fifty conglomerates including samsung to pay seventy one million dollars to two foundations that she controlled but at the center of this of course is her forty year long relationship with former president pacu hey she's accused of capitalizing on that relationship and meddling in state affairs she has said all along that she is being framed that this is political revenge and that she's not being treated fairly given the enormous biased against her jane there is

some concern that she didn't get a fair trial all right so what do you think is likely to happen next and tell us more about the wide forward of this. case is the political scandal in south korean history it's the only time a president has been impeached and removed from office and as a result there has been a sort of national soul searching if you will remember there were millions of people who protested last year in the months leading up to the impeachment of poc and well maybe in the past misdeeds of the political and business elite were tolerated people were given a slap on the wrist it's hoped that this case would usher in an era of accountability and now there is also talk of political reform analysts say there is too much power concentrated in the presidency and until the political system is amended we could see history repeating itself the name thank you. the trials began

for a palestinian teenager charged with assaulting an israeli soldier ahead to mimi was arrested in december after a video of her slapping and hitting israeli soldiers went viral the seventeen year old is facing twelve charges and could spend up to ten years in prison if found guilty the case has drawn international condemnation harry force that is outside of her prison in the occupied west bank and i'm just wondering what more we can expect from today outside the courts but we're expecting certainly her defense lawyer to argue her case against those twelve judges as you say among them assaults also incitement the court charges the prosecution charges that she was inciting fellow palestinians to carry out attacks including suicide bombings a lawyer says that that is a misinterpretation a mistranslation of what she was saying in the course of protests after donald

trump's declaration about the u.s. view of jerusalem as israel's capital saying that such events would be almost inevitable given the reaction to that announcement what we've heard so far inside the court. is a decision by the military judge to eject all media from the courtroom now in all of the preliminary hearings that we've attended there's been no such ruling we've had pretty constant access to the inside of the courtroom this time the start of the trial proper they have decided to keep the courtroom closed to journalists allowing only the family to be inside and to witness what has been going on the lawyer says that that is a decision which is in favor of the court not as the russian all goes in favor of the trial of a minor and protecting that trial and and her from from whatever influence there might be from having so many adults inside the courtroom says that that isn't the case the court is trying to protect its own reputation and not have it broadcast

just just how the situation is inside that court well we're talking about her i mean obviously there's been a lot of attention on her but she's by far the only palestinian minor in custody tell us more about that. no she's not she's become something of a symbol of palestinian resistance of course many people have seen her in that way given the fact that she was resisting against heavily armed soldiers using her bare hands but he she's also something of a symbol of the sheer numbers of palestinian minors in custody it's estimated at any one time more than three hundred people below eighteen are in israeli military custody and that according to the best seller in one activist group about one hundred eighty of those people those young people are in custody pending the outcome of a judicial process such as the one that we're seeing here and so they say that is unnecessary and is abusive lawyer i had lawyer says that she will argue in her

defense that the entire military occupation of the occupied west bank is illegal and therefore there is no jurisdiction with which to try obviously that is an argument which is unlikely to find favor in this military court but obviously they're trying to make the case that this is part of a political situation and that she is being unfairly targeted as a result of that and it's leave it there harry thank you also still ahead more than half of tallest buildings are damaged by the west still to hit the pacific island nation in decades plus. i'm gabriel's on to it fashion week in new york city where some of the biggest brands in the world i decided to take their show elsewhere coming up i'll tell you why.

hello well tropical storm continues to bring some very heavy rain into the philippines some parts of the philippines here we've seen one hundred eighty five millimeters right in the past twenty four hours and now wet weather will linger across the southern half of the country as we go on through the next twenty four hours eventually pushing out into the south china sea and eventually that will make its way over towards the southern parts of vietnam certainly a flooding situation here for central and southern parts of the philippines and it will gradually make its way further west was for much of southeast asia it doesn't look too bad actually largely fine and dry there into thailand bangkok thirty four cells just want to see showers there on the peninsula kuala lumpur and singapore seeing a few showers in the heat of the day the west the weather will be across those southern areas we see more heavy rain coming back into job jakarta looking particularly disturbed the flooding continues here twenty nine which is where you go by thursday you can see the wet weather just making its way away from the philippines and heading towards china plenty of wet weather continue across

northern parts of australia the violent storms still running away rumbling away there just around darwin seventy four millimeters of rain in the past twenty four hours the showers longer spells of rain remain here in the next twenty four hours or so but hot to the east. airborne vehicles harvesting every pick you take everything you make it to everything all the way. but it's time to walk the walk. we believe that the deep sleep is the first civilian. and we are creators. are. the engineers this time.

and again you're watching al-jazeera amount of top stories the u.s. secretary of state is warning that ending combat operations against eisel will not guarantee the group's defeat rex tillerson has been addressing a meeting of the global coalition to defeat i saw in kuwait. the confidant of the former south korean president park linhay has been sentenced to twenty years in jail for corruption tracing still was found guilty of using her friendship with puck to meddle in state affairs for personal gain the scandal led to parks impeachment. a palestinian teenager charged with assaulting an israeli soldier has gone on trial in a military court head to mean he was arrested in december after

a video of her slapping israeli soldiers went viral if found guilty the seventeen year old could spend up to ten years in prison. south africa's rating agencies are expected to hold a news briefing in the next few hours with state media reporting the party has given president jacob zuma forty eight hours to resign it follows a marathon thirteen meeting by the african national. congress to discuss his fate and see president still run oppose a is understood to have met zuma in person to inform him of the party's decision zuma faces hundreds of corruption charges but has refused to stand down before his term ends next year south africa's biggest opposition party is calling for parliament to be dissolved even if president zuma remains in office the democratic alliance also wants early elections it is the.

back. country. decision. which calls for. people. from people who saw. well. being overshadowed by controversy and economic problems he survived eight no confidence votes in parliament most recently in august last year and twenty sixteen a court ruled that zuma should face charges of bribery and in one thousand nine hundred nine arms deal he's also been accused of accepting outside influence in government decisions and cabinet appointments by the gov't is a wealthy indian born business family now living in south africa zuma and some of his family members along with the gupta's are being investigated on charges of

international money laundering he was also accused of using twenty three million dollars of government money to renovate his private home later paid the money back africa policy analyst. says the decision is an exercise in damage control ahead of next year's election. this is largely a political decision and yes the courts we are talking legal issues we are talking about possible whether he will be. charged but it is a political decision if it is the perception south africa goes to the polls next year to elect a new leader i think the a.n.c. is worried about the e-mail because this story has been played so much as the litany of that you read about mr zuma shows there's a long he has this image he has been knighted that he's done anything wrong it hasn't been proven in court but this is a political decision and i for one thing the a.n.c.

is worried that if he doesn't leave quickly or mr omar pulls or comes in to show that things are changing spruce up the economy also do some things that the grassroots want including reform the n.c.s. worry that if they don't do that the chances in the next year's elections will be pretty bad so this is a political decision and so i'm saying if the errancy wants to go given the concessions that he does want egypt's former chief of staff of the armed forces some annan as top secret files that will be released if he's harmed in any way that's a warning from his former aide and state auditor. container this came hours after the egyptian military announced that its investigators will be taking further measures against on and on and was arrested last month after revealing his intention to run in the upcoming presidential election egypt's incumbent president

of the fifth r.c.c. will be running for a second term in march i should i nato says he's speaking out about the documents because he believes some anons life is in danger. who would host an opportunity given to the chief of staff something anon to give testimony freely and without intimidation for the record so that all things come clear. before the public hears his testimony mere hearsay are supported with evidence he is in possession of documents and evidence which is not kept here in egypt you mean out of egypt yes could these pieces of evidence change the course of trials of course no doubt could they incriminate many yes to i think others from the career institute for middle east politics says it's impossible to judge how important these documents are without knowing the exact details. what. a sufficient scandal for her i mean we've got. i mean everyone knows for example. economic.

position where there's reports now about. the israelis to the strikes in sinai there's there's so many things. there's the whole virginity test and all that happened during the uprising. soon after and so there are so many different things that have already come and gone and. that i don't know what it is that would be so scandalous that it would be threatening to them but it could also be that he's trying to disrupt the region from other perspectives of making other people were. trying to. pressure on the government and if you know. it it's hard to know students in the venezuelan capital of march to a cemetery to on a protest is killed in anti-government demonstrations the march called united for life was held on venezuela's day of the youth more than seventy people died in protests against the government and its failing economy last year the organization

of american states is warning of a marked the terror of democracy in venezuela. here as in thailand have been criticized for inviting me to attend a major military exercise in eastern thailand twelve thousand personnel from twenty nine countries are taking part in the annual war games minimize inclusion comes despite accusations its army has committed ethnic cleansing in rakhine state wayne has more from. the opening ceremony for the thirty seventh cobra gold military exercises has been held in in attendance at that opening ceremony was at least one member of the forces initially there was supposed to be three representatives of the me and my military coming as observers only so they will not be taking part in any of the. exercises over the next ten days but they will be observing only now we understand that that status may have been downgraded even further and they will not

be observing the whole ten day program but only one aspect of the khobragade military exercises and that is one that is designed to provide the soldiers with training in providing humanitarian assistance which in itself of course has caused a lot of controversy given the humanitarian crisis that has unfolded in myanmar's rakhine state so i can get it continues to wreak destruction through the south pacific and it's now bearing down on southern fiji the category four storm injured several people as it moved through on tuesday the government has declared a state of emergency poor today reports. the powerful category four cycle own poor roofs off buildings downed power lines toppled trees and flooded low lying areas it's believed cycle on guitar is the worst storm to hit the tiny south pacific island nation in decades it was very serious because it did

a much more concerning people because they were to the beach it's true they were there and also there's a lot of very good people. but. there's a lot of rubble. there's a lot of. people. destroyed. as an archipelago comprising one hundred sixty nine islands around three thousand kilometers east of australia. more than half of all homes and buildings including the house are said to be damaged or destroyed the disaster when the storms are recovery does take time it's hard to say how long until we know exactly what's happened what the damage is what the impacts on what. the cycling was packing winds of two hundred thirty kilometers per hour and emergency management teams are now out assessing the damage trying to clear roads and working to restore

power and water to any cycle and we have concerns and making sure people have enough food and water. and they stay healthy and. i'm pretty just from one of lawn and diseases. the cyclon is expected to weaken and bring rain and winds to new zealand by the weekend. the deputy head of ox has stepped down over its response to allegations of sexual misconduct by some of its staff the charity is accused of trying to hide findings of an investigation into the use of prostitutes aid workers in haiti and chad penny lawrence who was international directed during the twenty seven haiti case resigned saying she was ashamed u.k. threatening to cut aid to oxfam over the scandal to police officers in the u.s. city of baltimore have been found guilty in what's been described as the biggest police corruption scandal there in

a generation daniel holes and marcus taylor are facing life in prison for selling drugs and guns robbing homes and arresting innocent people for other offices from that unit had already pled guilty to the charges. you know pressure week is in full swing but there's less glitz on the runways this year because several top designers have chosen to skip it the reason the changing industry in a focus on other shows in europe. that is on the reports from new. everybody's running a frantic buzz of activity before the big show oh. me too crowded in there to carry this collection is all about ultra chic and comfortable travel garments from the colombian born designer edwina d'angelo new york fashion week it's a very important platform for myself and for emerging designers like myself because the offers an opportunity of excitement where everybody wants to come to a show of to be part of of of this week well emerging designers like d'angelo still

flock to do york's fashion week some of the biggest design houses like a pool and so school or. and tom brown are skipping it this year the fashion industry is in turmoil the way people buy their clothes is changing fast and fashion week in new york has become less important to the high end brands as a focus on european buyers and big shows in europe beyond london and primarily paris paris is the crime till a crime of fashion week that's where chanel and christian dior and these brands that that we know is the real luxury brands show it's incredibly competitive and it's also a matter of money runway shows can cost anywhere from one hundred thousand dollars in upwards to a million dollars and even some of the biggest names in fashion don't want to spend that much money brands are starting to look for different ways that they can

introduce their apparel their products to consumers without the costly and sometimes really ineffective ways it used to be. the fashion label rag and bone gave up on a new york fashion week runway show and instead got creative they introduced their new collection in this video to reach more customers and drum up excitement it certainly doesn't fashion week is dead far from it there wasn't an empty seat at d'angelo show. just some of the biggest names not here. but the little guys for the spotlight gabriel sagal how do you see your. this is these other top stories the u.s. secretary of state is warning that ending combat operations against eisel will not guarantee the group's defeat rex tillerson has been addressing

a meeting of the global coalition to defeat iceland kuwait to listen says the u.s. will provide a further two hundred million dollars in aid to help stabilize areas in syria that used to be under eisel control. the all. the confidant of the former south korean president park geun has been sentenced to twenty years in jail for corruption soon sil was found guilty of using her friendship with power to meddle in state affairs for personal gain the scandal that hurts impeachment. a palestinian teenager charged with assaulting an israeli soldier has gone on trial in a military court i had to me was arrested in december after a video of her slapping israeli soldiers went viral if found guilty the seventeen

year old could spend up to ten years in prison so the afghan media are reporting president jacob zuma has been ordered to resign within forty eight hours of face being stripped of his office the decision was taken to the meeting of the highest decision making body of the ruling a.n.c. party late on monday evening. so i can get as heading towards fiji after bringing destruction in the south pacific. the category four storm caused widespread flooding cut electricity and damaged buildings egypt's former chief of staff of the armed forces sami anon has top secret files that will be released if he is harmed in any way that's the warning from his former aide and state auditor can end up this came hours after the egyptian military announced that its investigators will be taking further measures against anon and then was arrested last month after revealing his intention to run in the upcoming presidential election. those are the

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