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alone single robin you're watching al-jazeera life my headquarters here in doha coming up in the next thirty minutes i will try to work very hard not to disappoint the people of south africa thank you very much. south africa's new president is sworn in keen to turn the page on an era of scandal and division also a british a football coach convicted of forty three counts of sexual abuse an al-jazeera investigation uncovered new information plus. survival of the fittest we take a look at some of the films are vying for the top honors at the birdland film festival. welcome to our jazeera we begin in the u.s. state of florida where mourners have gathered in parkland to remember seventeen students killed in a school shooting there on wednesday it's a merged the f.b.i.

had previously been warned about the shooting suspect nicholas cruz the nineteen year old is accused of walking into the school with a legally purchased assault rifle and opening fire and to gallop has more. well all too often in situations like this as journalists you are removed from the victims of a horrible crime like this but here at this vigil tonight in a local park the entire community has come together and what is striking is when you see students that haven't seen each other since wednesday's atrocious attack they're falling into each other's arms openly sobbing and comforting each other this is the beginning of the mourning process for parkland and its people the wounds here may never heal the questions may never be answered but there is one thing for certain the people here are determined to go through this together let's take a look back at the latest events. even in

a nation plagued by my shootings the scenes from inside the marjorie stoneman douglas high school a harrowing student sobbed as they're forced to run past bodies a fallen classmates in all seventeen people died most were getting ready to go home to their parents and loved ones i saw two girls dead next to each other holding hands there was another body in front of me. there was three in the bathroom door form a student nicholas cruz is now being charged with premeditated murder but it's now known the f.b.i. was warned about him last september a comment left online was reported to authorities the f.b.i. received information about a comment made on a you tube channel. that public comment simply said i'm going to be a professional school shooter. no other information was included with that comment which would indicate a time location where the true identity of the person who made the comment.

yes you know i conducted database reviews checked with them and was unable to further identify the person who actually made the comment there were other warnings to friends say nineteen year old cruz was going to obsessed teaches at the school were reportedly afraid of him school officials haven't said why cruz was expelled last year but the local sheriff made an emotional appeal for more resources people are going to be rightfully so concerned about their rights as a mine but what about the rights of the students what about the rights of young kids who go to school with book bags and pencils don't they have the right to be protected by the united states government to the best of our ability for you nicholas take us through this. is here nicholas cruz is said to be cooperating with investigators early searches of his social media accounts a said to be disturbing nineteen year old nicholas cruz has now confessed to his crimes and the f.b.i. have launched an investigation into what happened when those comments were investigated online but here in parkland it's all about this community coming

together to heal they have to get through this basically on their own but there is a determination here that nothing like this should ever happen again people want questions answered they want to know how this happened but more than anything else they want to make sure it never happens again. let's head to africa now where several rum opposer has become south africa's new president pushing a message of clean government and inclusiveness the former trade union leader turned a multimillionaire replaces jacob zuma whose years in power were tainted by scandals division and allegations of corruption rob matheson has more from johannesburg. it's taken more than nine years but several roma poles are finally has what he wants the leadership of south africa and his nomination members of his party the ruling a.n.c. had been dancing and cheering i do believe that when one is elected in this type of

position you basically become a servant of the people of south africa and i will seek to execute that task with your military. with faithfulness. and with dignity as well but within minutes hence the one big hurdle the new president must face we don't have any jacob zuma problem we have an end see problem. mr tom of course i wish you strength but you know we will hold you accountable and i will see you in twenty nineteen on the ballot box some of the opposition is refusing to recognize his presidency we just want to put it on the record speaker that we cannot be part of an illegitimate illegal process. and i'm oppose also has to hold together a ruling party which has seen support plummet during the last election voters have

high expectations of their new leader i am being. even sure. i mean something very new to. tell she was there because you must admit you. are not helping much and rom opposer is facing a struggling economy high unemployment and allegations of widespread corruption the pressure is on for south africa's new president to try to deliver what is controversial pretty assessor could not rock matheson al-jazeera johannesburg south africa. it will stay on the continent ethiopia's parliament is planning to meet on friday as it looks to replace the prime minister who resigned suddenly holy mary i'm going to sound as announcement follows violent unrest threaten the ruling party's hold on power mohamed atta reports. in a televised address and say he's it is ignition was wide talk for choosing the

changes necessary evil sustainable peace and democracy in ethiopia in other words an attempt to ease rising tensions in the country losing the reform which in my circle of unrest and political crisis have led to the loss of lives and the displacement of many i see my stepping down as vital in the effort to carry out reforms that lead to sustainable peace largely seen as a placeholder and a consensus figure doesn't lead has led ethiopia since two thousand and twelve following the death of former prime minister and the architect of if you press a recent economic boom melissa and. he rolls from relative obscurity as an academic to president of the solvent region before being appointed foreign minister and deputy prime minister his departure follows the current wave of unrest on a national state of emergency doubt and last. ethiopia's lodge's regions only on i'm hot i have witnessed must of the muslims in recent months with protesters

mainly made up of youths calling for political and economic reform and an end to state corruption. in recent weeks the government has released thousands of opposition supporters from jail but the protest of continued years of unaccountability and ethnocide session of the country's politics a push if you appear to tipping point injustice repression and lack of minute full democracy some say have instilled a sense of despondency particularly among if your peers youth driving many to view protests as the only viable means of bringing about meaningful change their own going to stop once has also led to dip divisions within the governing coalition with some of ethiopians powerful and it's coming to see the prime minister as weak and locking in focus hyla mahdi i'm surprised his ignition may not satisfy all of if you press protesters but for some it's a start mohammed atta walsh's era. well inviting inserted into town as

a barber is main opposition movement apart after the death of its founder morgan china but he died in neighboring south africa where he was being treated for cancer . has more from the capital harare. put in. many opposition supporters are broken hearted. they say they are struggling to accept the man who led them for nearly twenty years morgan tsvangirai is dead. i was definitely shocked. three days. ok so we are. headed to. prison. the m.d.c. is national council has appointed nelson chamisa as acting president for twelve months which is likely means he will be the party's presidential candidate when elections take place later this year chamisa is forty years old and popular with

the youth we are just four months away from an election and we have lost a commander but i can tell you is that we do not have a crisis. all of the generals on the field of those who are going to be left tennis to make sure that will win the battle in the war against then come in and win this election. but two senior party officials took investments already did not attend thursday's party meeting there is speculation they may split the biggest opposition party because they don't want to be their boss. that ultimately getting any more we are asked to follow leaders in the opposition have to be managed the transition if they want to keep the party tonight was he was the face of zimbabwe's opposition to longstanding leader robert mugabe for decades and i live long enough to see his rival resign. and facing its first election in

nearly two decades without either. still had here although al-jazeera a new lead in the search for two kidnapped federal police officers in mexico continues that story on the other side of the break. from flowing the island winds to an enchanting president brings. welcome back for the start of the chinese lunar new year weather conditions across much of central and southern china are looking fine or at this little bit of rain for shanghai first thing on friday but should clear away and really for traveling weather could be much better across this vast area of china so elsewhere we've got

to find conditions for indochina annoyed that twenty six hour find where they stand across lowson into me and mar taiwan just a chance of want to see showers across more northern areas heading down into southeastern parts of asia the philippines general looking pretty good at the moment same goes for much of borneo southern portion the indonesian archipelago looking pretty wet all the way from java through towards the west papua some big storms are likely here thirty year high and carter but moving northwards through them in a plane sure through so much up into thailand it's all looking draw and fire and it should stay that way through to least the end of saturday but then you might just see this area of rain pushing into southern parts of vietnam later on certainly through toward sunday south asia largely fine picture here to do a bit of mist across northern areas but no significant fork at the moment so looking draw and fine it should be fine in sri lanka don't think we'll see any sherratt to vittie here so we're looking at plenty of sunshine for new delhi with the might soon temperature here of twenty six. the weather sponsored by cats are

always. a life time of emulation struck by stroud copying the master selling reproductions can pay the bills but frustrate the artist . a pilgrimage to discover his hero inspires an awakening that it's more a boarding to create them to imitate. dreaming of vincent a witness documentary at this time on al-jazeera. on the back you're watching all to zero i'm still robin a reminder of our top stories mourners have gathered in parkland in the u.s.

state of florida to remember seventeen students who were killed during a school shooting there or wednesday it's not that the f.b.i. had a prior warning about the shooting suspect nicholas cruz also several rather poser has become south africa's new president pushing a message of clean government i think cruciferous the trade union leader turned a multimillionaire replaces jacob zuma who's years in power tainted by multiple corruption scandals thirty years parliament is planning to meet on friday as it looks to replace the prime minister who suddenly resigned. as announcement follows a violent unrest that's threatened the ruling party's hold on power. about to our top story now in the killing of seventeen students in florida this is america's eighteenth school shootings so far this year i was only in mid february. but as political hay ripples from washington d.c.

tougher gun laws seem as far away as. the sanctuary of a school punctured with screams. panicked children flee terrified parents wait we've seen this over and over and over again this is a couple of dozen at high school at universities and at an elementary school twenty children six adults slaughtered by an automatic weapon then as and now the flags come down and the politicians debate this uniquely american phenomena the core question they ask are guns really to blame president donald trump didn't even mention the word gun in his address not even once we are committed to working with state and local leaders to help secure our schools and tackle the difficult issue of mental health we have to have smart gun safety laws. and we cannot tolerate

a society and and live in a country with any level of pride when our babies are being slaughtered the last time congress actually debated gun control after these six year olds were murdered in two thousand and twelve even with the parents of the dead children lobbying them the senate couldn't pass a bill requiring background checks to buy a gun and that proposal is hugely popular according to gallup ninety six percent of americans polled what background checks for all gun purchases seventy five percent want a thirty day waiting period to buy a gun and seventy percent want all guns to be registered with police so why does the popular will not have an impact here on capitol hill well many lawmakers in rural areas are afraid of angering their constituents were guns are more prevalent and there's also the issue of campaign money the gun lobby the national rifle association is very powerful if you add up the money it gives to candidates running

ads or lobbying they have contributed more than two hundred three million dollars for elections dating back to nine hundred ninety eight now that it has happened again a familiar refrain from people in power we owe it to every one of those kids trying outside their school yesterday you know those who never made it out of that they didn't make it out of a school a supposedly safe place that america clearly isn't anymore and there seems to be little political will to do anything to try and change that pedicle hane al-jazeera washington. the mexican government is trying to confirm if two dead bodies which have been discovered all those of two kidnapped federal police officers now the agents from a special unit went missing ten days ago from ninety eight states on the pacific coast they later peered in a you tube video surrounded by heavily armed masked men down home and possible from mexico city. the video first began circulating at the start of the week and it took

two federal agents on their knees and surrounded by armed men they were forced to read a statement made up of that he's ations about the treatment of people by mexican security forces. actions like dropping kidnapping and disappearing people with respect to their women or children in the video is really shocking image scary because it's rare for federal agents to be treated like this on tape almost in a way that's reminiscent of terrorist propaganda in part the statement the agents were forced to say that the cartel respected the as the authorities and that's why they were still alive but now it seems that the governing could have changed their mind the attorney general's office has released a statement saying the remains have been found that could possibly be the agents and that they're know for sure within three to five days now the gunmen are identified in the video but ninety the steak with the two agents were kidnapped is

in the control of the new generation cartel it's going to be one of the most powerful in mexico and it's been very militant against authorities in its territory in two thousand and fifteen its members shot down an army helicopter killing ten soldiers this is more bad news for the government violence has risen to record levels even higher than what was considered the worst period of the drug war and events like this only reinforce the impression of authorities failing to take control. in central america a woman in el salvador who's been sentenced to thirty s. and p. . having an abortion has been released after a supreme court ruling theodora delcarmen vasquez was convicted in two thousand and eight on charges of aggravated homicide but she maintains health issues had caused a stillbirth the top court has now ruled there's no evidence to prove our squares took any specific action to abort her pregnancy salvatore's one of four latin

american countries of which abortion is illegal now these are your own television news station. has surrendered its right to broadcast in the united kingdom although the reasons for the move remain unclear cattle had formally complained to the u.k. television regulator ofcom over the airing of fake quotes attributed to the gulf states and the last may both al-arabiya and the u.a.e. based sky news arabia analyzed and condemned the speech published online which later turned out to be created by hackers shortly afterwards for arab countries to get a blockade of cattle or t.v. compliance consulted lisbon row describe what the decision now means for a lot of. well it basically means that you will no longer be regulated by our own you won't be broadcasting in the eighth and europe and. you know you are no

longer subject to their regulations but also means that you won't be able to you know you miss out on a chunk of the audience that you're after which is the reason why i got a lot of com license in the first place i would imagine that it wanted to you know get access to all of our o. diaspora and they won't be able to do that unless of course they reapply for a license at some point. to five children in the middle east are living in a conflict zone according to a report by save the children there warned of the more dangerous places in the region is the occupied west bank where last year fourteen were killed but always a thousand injured belet smith has more from ramallah. it's hard to concentrate in class when a chunk of your skull has been blown away by a rubber coated bullet. mohammed to me was shot in december by an israeli soldier during protests in the occupied west bank he's fifteen years old. before the injury

i used to understand things when i read he says so but no i don't i forget a lot. too in every five children in the middle east a living in a conflict zone according to save the children has the highest rates globally and that includes countries like syria iraq yemen and here in the occupied palestinian territories. and it's here the conflict is in jordan the longest from the start of the first palestinian uprising in one thousand nine hundred eighty seven just in the last twelve months fourteen children have been killed and almost a thousand injured in confrontations in the west bank. the somehow mad honestly it's not just mohamed i have almost weekly cases rubber bullets to the legs in the body not to mention their arrests on imprisonments some of these kids also have parents in prison even no one to take care of them or give them the

support they need at home they struggle with psychological issues. since twenty ten the number of un verified cases worldwide of children being killed or maimed has gone up by almost three hundred percent and i had. many things have become difficult things are not like before when he wants to play i keep telling him to come back and not to play so now he feels that he is different from the other kids . mohammed will soon have a lengthy series of operations to reconstruct his skull he'll never fully recover but he hopes he says to be able to play football again but it's made out to zero ramallah a child molester all of industrial scale that's how prosecutors in the u.k. described former football coach barry battle being found guilty all a total of forty three counts of abusing young boys and old as their investigation has revealed new information about one of his most high profile players gary speed

who took his own life in two thousand and eleven but his family deny he was abused and say they still don't know why he killed himself but his deborah davis reports some of speeds boyhood teammates believe they know part of the answer as a highly successful premiership player away as international and then manager gary speed's death stunned the footballing world. in his youth he played in various teams linked to barry been l. he was first convicted of abusing boys twenty years ago after gary speed died there was speculation he'd been one of been ells victims in a tape obtained exclusively by al-jazeera but mel denies that he. is a. result of an easy problem. but boys who played alongside gary speed and wear them selves abused believe

differently i saw gary coleman go in various life he was a one son difference he was one shoulder to if he was one that was going on different holidays and different tours sets him apart emerging with fire with all the young people if you ask me i would say that jerry will have suffered abuse at the hands of barry we've also spoken to more than one witness with even more direct knowledge because it's so sensitive an actor is reading one man's words on a few occasions got he was in the same bad battery would abuse one of course then turn over and then abuse ilda you are absolutely certain that gary speed was appeased by the now hundred percent well mine on point nine percent because you literally both in the bed at the same time. you don't actually witness sidewise but basically the same process is happening to the other person in the trial this just ended gary speed was named as one of four players coached by been l. have died our investigation has revealed one of them mark hazel dein was

a former teammate of gary speed he also committed suicide two other players died off to troubled lives from problems with drink and drugs but now is due to be sentenced on multiple counts of sexual abuse later this month deborah davis al-jazeera london. and you can see debra davis's full report football's walls of silence on friday at twelve g.m.t. and then again on saturday. g.m.t. and twenty g.m.t. here on al-jazeera and also on our website at al-jazeera dot com. the berlin film festival road has a showcase of hollywood blockbusters and european movies opens on thursday with this year's program emphasizing cultural diversity it's also expected the me two campaign will be highlighting sexual harassment in the film world from berlin

dominic kane reports. for many february in the german capital means only one thing the bellina a film festival which has helped put this city on the cultural map it's an opportunity for filmgoers unity for film goers and critics alike to view the movies competing for the ultimate prize the golden bear but this year it's a different animal that's gaining attention. aisle of dogs is the latest animated differential offering from the award winning us director anderson set in a dystopian future japan where a film of canine flu has forced the all thora tease to quarantine all dogs on a remote island we follow the journey of a twelve year old boy as he struggles to find his lost pet rancid apple or two were mean banana peels molly rice kick a dried up pickle tin a sardine bones about broken egg shells and holds mushed up running together with maggots all over it ok it's worth it was obvious it would be in this venture from

german director christiane pets to. we observe the plight of refugees through the ages set in modern southern france but with characters who travel from the past to the present transit profiles a man from the nazi occupation. was in his interactions with modern refugees we get a sense of the fragility the collective experience. of a company like. this ben now that is not dominated by blockbuster films from hollywood studios one film critic says it means. the competition for the prize and the fees we don't have somebody really prominent movies so i think with this year it's going to be really discovery where perhaps a lot of unknown directors smaller films will sort of pop up and get noticed one of the issues many people are mentioning here is the need to movement which has

highlighted the prevalence of sexual harassment against women in the film industry there will be really special programs offered me too but also about diversity we think said this cultural events but not only culturally rents are a sublight from now to discuss this and we are in the middle of sis's question one of the draws of this festival has always been its combination of hollywood style glamour with european art house movies and as a showcase for independent filmmaking is to attract attention to the causes they hold dear as this festival there is no overwhelming favorite to claim the top prizes and so many of the people trading these red carpets have high hopes dominic al-jazeera.

you're watching the whole rom of these raw top stories mourners are gathered in parkland in the u.s. state of florida to remember seventeen students who were killed during a school shooting there on wednesday. that the f.b.i. had a prior warning about the shooting suspect and nicholas cruz the nineteen year old is accused of walking into the school with a legally purchased assault rifle and opening fire. several roman posers become south africa's new president pushing a message of clean government and inclusiveness the trade union leader turned a multimillionaire replaces jacob zuma who's years in power tainted by multiple corruption scandals propose a call on all parties to work with him for the good of the country by talking about procure to them and how we can work together to put our country first that is precisely why i as president of the republic would want to do south

africa must come first in everything that we. ethiopia's parliament is planning to meet on friday as it looks to replace the prime minister who resigned suddenly. as announcement follows a violent unrest that's threatened the ruling party's hold on power but he says he's trying to solve the crisis in his country and is resigning to be part of the solution. nelson chamisa has been appointed leader of zimbabwe's main opposition party following the death of its founder more than showing the right to be certain will be the acting president of the party for the next twelve months but with just months to go before the election there are signs of infighting within the m.d.c. . now the mexican government is trying to confirm if two dead bodies it's located are those of two kidnapped federal officers the agents from a special unit went missing ten days ago they later appeared on a youtube video surrounded by heavily armed masked men it's believed the pair were

taken by the helli sco new generation cartel those were the headlines are on al-jazeera about the more news in thirty minutes next is inside story. the brutal facts of fall a boy is rescued a baby. is she's pulled out of rubble both of them in syria but it's a scene replicated in many parts of the world we all see why a more children than ever being killed or injured in wall can be done about it this is inside story.