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iran and also ahead. zimbabwe's opposition leader morgan chang arrive dies we look ahead legacy of resistance plots. russia can push the regime to commit to seeking a real peace in syria. the u.s. and russia again trade blame at the u.n. after strong words from the special envoy to syria. you saw what dead bodies are on the floor and blood all around the floor. and the u.s. reels from yet another school shooting seventeen people are killed and. south africa is awaiting a changing of the guard after jacob zuma resigned from the presidency the stage is now set for a unsealing of a civil to become the country's next president well a dominant party demanded soon his departure after years of corruption allegations

fahmy the man of reports from johannesburg. a reluctant announcement from an in vattel to president i have therefore coming to the decision to resign as president of the republic with immediate effect even though i disagree with the decision of much of the leadership of my of going to zation i have always been a disciplined member of the. it came just hours before parliament was due to vote in a motion of no confidence against jacob zuma president's hand may have been forced but zuma says his party did not give reasons why he should resign that's despite being in broiled in scandal after scandal throughout his presidency including accusations of corruption and a court ruling that he had broken his oath of office when he ignored the public

protect his recommendation that he paid back some of the state money used to re her bisht his private residence despite all the criticism against zuma the a.n.c. says the decision to recall him was a difficult one to make following xoom was resignation the ruling party saluted what it called his outstanding contribution and thanked him for the role he played in the a n c for many decades. earlier in the day the home of zoomers associates a family known as the was raided. five people have been arrested after an investigation revealed that billions of dollars of state funds was siphoned from a dairy farm project into business is linked to the. next week the national prosecuting authority will decide if a corruption charges against zuma that were dropped in two thousand and nine will be reinstated and an inquiry into the extent of external influence in seumas

administration known as state capture is due to begin his removal as president may just be the beginning of zuma struggles for media miller al-jazeera johannesburg. is set to become south africa's next leader so let's take a look at his path to the presidency he started his career as a lawyer then for the national union of mineworkers in one thousand nine hundred two and became a leading trade unionist and one thousand nine hundred four became an m.p. and chairman of the constitutional assembly playing the lead role in drafting south africa's post apartheid constitution but after missing out on becoming nelson mandela as deputy he withdrew from politics and went into business a move that's made him one of south africa's richest men of the net worth of hundred and fifty million dollars he was also a director of lonmin mine when thirty four striking miners were killed by police in two thousand and twelve some suggested he was to blame for the massacre but

a commission of inquiry cleared him of any wrong doing well let's get more on this now we're joined by them be set for could a researcher at the al-jazeera center for studies very good to have you with us to talk more about this so can the a.n.c. the party of nelson mandela can it cleanses revive itself under civil pools or do you think it looks like it's quite a capable manager is a certain. direction has done very well in business. and is quite respected in south africa having. drafted the constitution of sort of second so it looks like the bases now and one on the right path towards towards towards revival as a tour and that's a good thing if they are on the right path because there's no shortage of challenges facing south africa at the moment how will serve obama pose of go about . keeping the core voices you know the core base of the african national congress

happy with the many challenges that they a facing like poverty very high unemployment and keeping on the economy the business and economy in mind balancing those two things that's going to be a k challenge ahead of the election is that not what i think they see on paper it's on right political to trajectory but of course people have been patient there's been a lot of promises made since the time of lots of mandela so i think that the if if if if the a.b.c. start delivering on basic services and begin to listen to the caribbean says with you sort of you can try and and address those social economic and agencies that have persisted since the time of nelson mandela he stands a chance of once again being the mighty organization that it was during the during the struggle against apartheid and as we look ahead we also have to think

about the fate of president jacob zuma who's now stepped down wounding do you think will he face charges does he need to and it wasn't just zuma who was corrupt that seems unlikely or was he part of a sort of lodge of malays in the a.n.c. and the government well he's facing charges already. but he has not been found guilty at the moment and yes there are a lot of allegations of corruption but since has not been found guilty on. any corruption but i think he can survive the current charges that are directed at him he has about eight hundred seventy also corruption charges on so he's going to be spending a lot of time in court over forty and yes he was not only one he was surrounded by a lot of people he's got a huge family and there's been a lot of favors from extend member is part of the members of extended family and friends one particular family the copters who who have twenty extent led to

his troubles so yeah i think jacob zuma is going to be very very prism and moving forward particularly in the court cases or it was difficult to thank you as always for your time and your analysis on this we appreciate it thank you. we're going to move on to other news now in zimbabwe as political opposition has lost a towering figure with the death of morgan chang he founded the movement for democratic change and became a symbol of resistance against former president robert mugabe. he was being treated for colon cancer and south africa will shortly we'll go live to harare and speak with our correspondent how to metastable first here's her report. to his supporters more good richardson good i was a man who challenge his longtime leader robert mugabe at a time when few people day to do so but it was a long and sometimes painful journey in one thousand nine hundred nineteen get i've

been a trade union leader for the opposition party the movement for democratic change in the years that followed he organized protests to try and force mugabe out of office he was beaten while in police custody charged with treason jailed several times and labeled a traitor by mugabe supporters. in the two thousand and eight presidential election he won the most votes but not enough to win outright. before a second round took place his supporters were targeted in a campaign of violence the opposition leader put out of the presidential race in protest regional leaders and the international community intervened after months of negotiations and i was sworn in as prime minister in two thousand and nine it was a temporary power sharing government but mugabe was still the president. be remembered fundamentally in the sense that. some of the interview got this huge huge intro doesn't it when you got before the first of this did last.

the first. in almost the majority overall of of the diligence in that is not been done since then to doing. so for dogs. four years later another election took place this time in d.c. party lost by a huge margin his critics say that he had ignored the plight of the poor and got caught up in the trappings of wealth and power allegations of party infighting and corruption also tarnished his image some of his closest allies left accusing him of being a dictator. but in twenty seventeen the m.d.c. alliance was formed those who had less hunger returned for me a coalition to challenge and grab at the polls. they were occasional anti-government protests zimbabwe's economy was on its knees there was a shortage of foreign currency and the government couldn't pay salaries on time the military intervened in a van by twenty seventeen and put mugabe and house arrest and zimbabweans from all

political parties marched together in solidarity saying mugabe must step down eventually mcgarvey resigned and emerson when i was sworn in as president. despite having cancer thank god i supported insisted he was a presidential candidate for the twenty one thousand elections they were confident he could defeat at the polls but he never got that chance opposition supporters say that i will be remembered as a brave man a charismatic public speaker and a symbol of resistance. and how do is joining us live from the now very big shoes to fill how to who can step forward to lead the opposition now. well the n.b.c. did a double meet in about an hour at the party headquarters building a behind me people as they may be they may announce his opponents i get i but the bobbies also know that the huge talent is within the opposition some senior

individuals has been fighting each other over to take over the whole secret is to get them a full vote was i get i need the fight it's too late it could split the party someone on one of the guys supporters was on to. the next day leave me. to not make it about to put an ambition to you don't make it a party it's like you want to bury our coverage will continue to i p s a lot of people are waiting to hear what the leadership is going to say and maybe even give announcement of the funeral when that's the way that's going to take place and while we wait for all of those things to happen how to be a lot of remembering of morgan tsvangirai no you touched on this a little bit in your report but what is his legacy how will he be remembered. when it's too early yet but people will be fighting together outside the party headquarters in the people who maybe have come to remember him with take the

profits of my god late in the day to tried to block the road a lot of people are saying that despite some of the cold they'll always always remember his bravery they say that he taught them that no matter what it's ok to criticize the ruling party paid parties it's ok to talent a president even though you repeated that he was beaten there girl several times he kept going and they say he was mr race and to them all the papers are actually also saying what a great man he was and also talking a lot a lot of artist crazy he was a towering figure here. you bob in your court the father of the opposition goes into the courtroom very very badly you go on but the hope that a legacy will live on they'll continue streaming i think the pike again want to wait for more information and it was also really hard because the high command of the people gave that have occurred in my case being one more look in the made up of this is. how to thank you very much for that for now that is how to joining us live

from her body thank you. the un's envoy for syria has warned that violence in the country is now among the worst he's seen since he took the job four years ago stefan in a store as a briefing at the security council prompted more finger pointing between the u.s. and russia accusing each other of blocking paths to peace from the u.n. in new york is i edit or james base the deteriorating military situation dominated a security council meeting that was both grim i've been now for years special envoy this is as violent and worrying and dangerous a moment as any that they've seen in my time he mentioned all the nations now fighting in syria the turkish operation around after three in and the assad government has continued bombardment of an eastern ghouta civilians have been killed on a horrific ski live report suggests more than one thousand civilians indeed first

week of february alone he went on to describe developments in recent days the u.s. attack on assad forces near dera zoar and israeli air strikes in syria including on iranian targets but both these operations were later defended by the u.s. ambassador to the united states will always reserve the right to act in self-defense. the assad regime has become a front for iran hezbollah and their allies to advance the irresponsible and dangerous agenda for the middle east outside the council chamber the french ambassador warn the situation in syria risks spiraling out of control all the ingredients are present if we do nothing about it urgently for a major. regional and international confrontation the un's latest

modest peace effort based on the outcome of a conference in the russian city of sochi seems now to be in doubt mr de mistura wants to select members of a new committee to come up with a new constitution for syria but president assad's ambassador at the u.n. rejected that one i'm not emotionally coffin madama i discipline of this conference did not grant any authority for mr de mistura to set up this communist afterwards i asked him for further clarification don't get lost into the little details there was not me or what we've constantly seen is the syrian government not being prepared to fully engage with your plans isn't it now time as yet again they seem to be not engaging peter call them out on their obstruction i'm a diplomat and i'm up to thirty peter my job is not to call out anyway it's actually to make sure that we move forward in the hours before the security council

meeting the first convoy was committed since november. every bit of help is obviously welcomed by a starving community but diplomats pointed to a familiar and somewhat cynical pattern by the syrian government it's only when it's in the international spotlight with a meeting like this with a small amount of aid is finally delivered james barry's out his era at the united nations. still ahead on the borders and colombia looks to the international community for help as more venezuelans try to cross the border and search of a better life and a new art exhibition but showcases the artists and technology from the one nine hundred eighty s. which started a cultural revolution. we got more stormy weather rolling through the mediterranean little area cloud which

is easing across greece heading towards turkey another system just gathering to make its way and so we are going to see some rather disturbed weather across southern italy pushing across greece and easing towards take as you go through thursday thundery showers certainly back on the cars very strong winds once again in athens barely getting up to eleven degrees celsius will see a high of around eleven for paris on thursday ten degrees in london total rain will make its way in from the atlantic model coming in but it bumps into that's a cooler we'll see snow on the leading edge of that that will make its way further east which as we go on through friday bright skies coming back in behind not too bad there for london paris where the starting to quieten down light winds some sunshine getting up to around ten degrees celsius there will be more snow however across the alpine reaches that we more rain to ensue parts of greece easing over towards at least the side of the mediterranean maybe brushing the far north of africa then the system still swirling away here is we can see fair amount of clout

there for kyra twenty degrees celsius but bright and dry across the western side of the country little more cloud coming into morocco as we go on through friday temperatures are about it's going to seventy degrees. right.

good to have you with us on al jazeera these are our top stories south africa is awaiting the changing of the god after jacob zuma resigned from the presidency the stage is now set for a.n.c. leaders. to become the country's next leader the governing a.n.c. party demanded of his resignation after numerous scandals and has in line years in office. zimbabwe's political opposition has lost a towering figure over the death. of the movement for democratic change and the time a symbol of resistance against former president robert mugabe was being treated for colon cancer in south africa. and the un's on one to syria has warned that the recent surge in violence there is among the worst he's seen since taking the job four years ago last week was one of the bloodiest in the conflict as government

forces bombed the last major areas east and. the province. to the u.s. now with seventeen people have been killed in the state of florida by gunman opened fire at a high school it happened and parkland north of miami police say the suspect is a former student who was expelled. reports from the campus. reports of gunfire came as students at marjorie stoneman douglas high school were about to leave a code red alert was issued the school was locked down its pupils let out with their hands in the air. those still trapped inside could only as gunshots rang out . and they were putting pushing all the students. stories of people shooting that going to shoot the crowd so i ran the opposite direction and i got up campus absolute before the police got here the rescue operation was made difficult by the sheer size of the school it's one of the

largest in broward county with more than three thousand students but the scale of this latest tragedy soon became clear twelve victims were in the building. or two two victims were outside just outside the building one on the street at the corner of pine island. and two people. lost their lives at the hospital police say nineteen year old nicholas cruz seen here being arrested by police as the suspected shooter he'd been expelled from the school and came back reportedly with an assault rifle and smoke grenades the scorch a school shooting after school shooting it only happens here not because of coincidence not because of bad luck but as a consequence of our inaction we are responsible

for a level of mass atrocity that happens in this country with zero parallel anywhere else president trump took to twitter offering his prayers and condolences saying no child or teacher should feel unsafe in a school at the staging area relieved parents of being reunited with their children but even as this community begins to mourn its dead one stock fact remains this year alone there have already been five separate deadly school shootings and few believe anything will change and gallacher al-jazeera parkland florida. police in egypt have arrested a prominent opposition figure accused of having contact with the outlawed muslim brotherhood the name of all through one of the presidential candidates in the two thousand and twelve elections he is a staunch critic of president of the fact that sisi and called for a boycott of next month's presidential election a number of candidates who announced their intention to run against sisi have

either been arrested or forced to withdraw including the former army chief. now at least thirty billion dollars have been pledged to help rebuild iraq after the defeat of ice in the country seventy six governments promised money at a summit in kuwait but mainly in the form of loans which will need to be paid back the money force well short of the one hundred billion dollars iraq's government says it needs. the u.n. has warned that unexploded bombs in the iraqi city of mosul will continue to put lives at risk decade many of the devices buried under rubble they could pose a threat to a million or more people who want to return home the city was devastated after a nine month long campaign to retake it from high school last year forty five thousand explosive devices have been removed so far. the taliban has published an open letter to the u.s. squad for the end of the seventeen year war in afghanistan through what it calls

the peaceful dialogue the three thousand word letter was addressed to the american people n.g.o.s and peace loving congressman the taliban repeated a longstanding offer of direct talks with the u.s. but it reminded americans that have gone as far as their country's longest ever conflict and vowed to continue its armed campaign the letter also promised a more inclusive government as well as the granting more rights for women but it seemed to rule out sharing power. meanwhile the u.s. has expanded its air campaign and afghanistan recently showing videos of strikes against taliban targets the state department said it will consider the taliban as serious about peace when it's willing to speak with the elected government of afghanistan also said the armed groups recent attacks in kabul speak louder than words. colombia has deployed the military and stepped up border controls to help combat the number of people trying to cross illegally from

venezuela they're fleeing an economic crisis which has led to soaring inflation and shortages of food and medicine i listen to these reports from corporate or. colombia's new border controls are making it more difficult for billets wayland's to flee misery in their country in trade to make a living here pretty difficult to remind. the controls are stricter now it's not easy to pass things through to sell and if you make it through policeman stop you in town and take everything. almost six hundred thousand minutes where lands are currently in colombia doubled in number six months ago many were left living on the streets doing informal jobs so colombia announced they would stop issuing the border crossing cards to let them come and go three leave through this porous border former chef that has been selling juice on the streets. confused by the new rules he discovered this border card was valued for another year he thinks the new measures are listenable and this is how do you know i think

it's necessary because we need to be sincere not everyone that crosses was doing honest work in colombia is living is the hand we are going through a very hard period in venezuela colombia is not rich and can't take us all the needs to stop the criminals. the colombian police also added france is in the middle of the bridge to better control going over fifty thousand people across. bases. in addition the government has sent three thousand more soldiers and police to jointly patrol border areas local out there it is in the border town of. the migration is thinking and unbearable on the serious social services sometimes i hear we're closing the door to venezuelans but that's not true we've been shoot a million and a half cross border guards and now we'll offer special residency to hundreds of thousands of people all we're asking is to do things orderly and legally and frankly this is colombia we can't absorb and give work to millions of people we're

just starting to better the conditions for our own citizens despite the restrictions last week president commonwealth said colombians also need to be generous to venezuelans who in the past receive more than a million colombians how to best do that well also bringing some order to this influx will remain a significant challenge. now for americans the line nine hundred eighty is held at m.t.v. the first commercial law of all foreign and even the first trump tower. and washington is now exploring just how formative that decade was to see i spoke to the director of the museum hosting the exhibition. but some of the surprises in this exhibition are really from the materials that the artists use this was a time in which some of the artists were looking at commodity and consumer goods

and so you have interesting juxtapositions whether it's now mass to work by jeff where he combines a fluorescent light with a hoover vacuum cleaner. or canon law who has. the living room out a square of calculus but you can't actually get into it so he's shutting you out we have a number of works that used to. refer to m.t.v. but even the best kept secret. this was a moment i think when i. came actually almost. a creative op form and a number of the others quote from that kind of culture a big shift was artists were using in adopting the strategies of marketing and advertising and you see quotations from advertising a lot in the work of these artists

a lot of the things that happened in the eighty's are feeling very familiar right now whether it was stock market high economic prosperity. a turn towards kind of critiques around ideas of value and towards the end of the one nine hundred eighty s. there was also a new sense of politic you saw the aids crisis in that decade happened and even if we fast forward to today i think we're seeing a new found sense of identity politics and. just a reminder now that you can always keep up to date with all the news on our website that's at al-jazeera dot com. and again i was a problem in doha with the headlines on. south africa as a way to a changing of the guard after jacob zuma resigned from the presidency the stage is

now set for a.n.c. lead a similar to become the country's next leader of the governing a.n.c. party demanded simmons resignation after numerous scandals and has nine years in office. zimbabwe's political opposition has lost a towering foot over the. death of morgan channel roy if out of the movement for democratic change and became a symbol of resistance against former president robert mugabe a child i was being treated for colon cancer in south africa. the un's envoy for syria has warned that the recent surge in violence there is among the worst hit certain scenes in sirte taking the job four years ago last week was one of the bloodiest in the conflict as government forces bombed the last major battle how areas. and in a province. i've been now for years. this is as violent and worrying in dangerous a moment as any. in my time of day in your so far

therefore i strongly rate the rate the appeal of this is to all concerned in syria and the region and beyond that to this collate immediately and unconditionally and urge all stakeholders including the ground to use their influence to help reduce violence. at least seventeen people have been killed in the us after a gunman opened fire at a high school in florida that happened in pocket and which is more from miami the suspect has been arrested is believed to be a former student who was expelled. police in egypt have arrested a prominent opposition figure accused of having contact with the outlawed muslim brotherhood the name of wolf with who was a presidential candidate in the two thousand and twelve elections he is a staunch critic of president i've been found safe see and called for a boycott of next month's presidential election and a number of candidates who adele's to the intention to run against sisi have either been arrested or forced to withdraw including

a former army chief. of the headlines on al-jazeera the listening post as their. swear every. night. to be that. they can have no option but to stare at stark's receive death threats to the freedom of the media i did a quick political situation. below richard gere's where you're at the listening post here are some of the developments we're tracking this week kenya the election story from last year that run these in the ranks.