as always so if you're how famous he was going to make sure that's how he presented hello my name and body without consciousness it is northwest representatives kind of. teacher could you. should you are a member of the special meeting about little and he said no. that's not the topic under me gently this is a cover. on the mainland city al-jazeera investigation which could be of silence at this time. being bad of the investigation into alleged russian meddling in the us presidential election announces the indictment of thirteen russians.

hello i'm maryanne demasi and i'm to go with al-jazeera to come down. unemployment has gone up and the lead quality is physicist. south africa's new president admits the failures of the pasta and vows to work towards a better future in his state of the nation address. a state of emergency is declared in ethiopia after the sudden resignation of the prime minister. and the governor of florida says the director of the f.b.i. should resign as it admits it failed to act on a tip off about wednesday school shooting. we begin in the united states where a federal jury has charged thirteen russian nationals and three russian companies as part of the investigation into alleged interference in the two thousand and sixteen presidential election won by donald trump a court says their actions started as early as two thousand and fourteen president

trump has responded in characteristic style via twitter saying it significantly predates his presidential campaign so proves it could have been no collusion. u.s. deputy attorney general says the russians and west to undermine faith in the american political system this indictment serves as a reminder that people are not always who they appear to be on the. indictment alleges that the russian conspirators want to promote discord in the united states and undermine public confidence in democracy we must not allow them to succeed the department of justice will continue to work oh opportunely with other law enforcement intelligence agencies and with the congress to defend our nation against similar current and future efforts wasn't jordan joins us now from washington and a dramatic development we have had can you tell us about reaction to the indictment . well the reaction of so far has been no widespread across

social media members of congress or a leaving washington for the long holiday weekend and they might be in a recess next week because it's traditionally done so in the middle of february around president's day that said as you pointed out the us president donald trump said that this proves that his campaign did collude with russian agents in order to try to throw the election his way back in two thousand and sixteen but there are a number of analysts legal analysts who have been suggesting both in the traditional media and across social media that the indictment as it is currently formed does not rule out that possibility and in fact there is a portion near the beginning of the thirty seven page indictment which alleges that the thirteen people in three companies that are being charged acted with persons

both known and unknown and that implies that the special health bills office is also focusing on other people who may as yet not been indicted by a secret grand jury for their role in what happened between two thousand and fourteen and two thousand and sixteen and of course we know president trumps opinion about this investigation the points of the special counsel he says there's been absolutely no clue between his campaign and the russians bought does this indictment now make it that much more difficult fan to and the investigation on discredit mullah. legal analysts are suggesting that he may actually try to use the indictment to try to push for a quick resolution of the special counsel's work i'm not sure because i'm not a lawyer whether that would be successful or not certainly there is the thought that whatever evidence the special counsel's office has was convincing enough to

a grand jury that there must be much more information about how russian operatives and we don't know whether or not they were doing so at the behest of the russian government we need to make that very clear we don't know whether that means that these other people may in fact be being brought before the grand jury or whether they're being interviewed themselves in hopes of getting more evidence it's really really just too soon to say because this has already been a lengthy process and it could go on for much longer certainly one thing that members of congress have been concerned about is any effort to try to disrupt the investigation there has been a bipartisan agreement that the work that robert mueller and his team of lawyers is carrying out needs to continue without any outside interference all right thank you rosen and jordan with us from washington.

south africa's new president cyril ramaphosa has made his first state of the nation address a day off to being sworn in speaking in cape town ramaphosa said he would need to take tough decisions to adjust the size of the country's fiscal deficit and stabilize debt after years of growth from a poster also said he wanted south africans to pull together to end corruption. well one people committed to work together to find jobs for youth to build factories and roads houses and clinics to prepare our children for a world of change and progress to build cities and towns where families may be safe productive and maybe content.

we are determined to build a society defined by decency and integrity that does not tolerate the planned hour of public resources nor the fast by corporate criminals of the hard earned savings of ordinary people. i mean america has more on this now from cape town. president still rome opposed to use the beginning of his first state of the nation address to thank former president jacob zuma for what he said was his role in this political transition zuma resigned just two days ago but he also went on to talk about the importance of ethical leadership and also ending the looting and plundering of state resources certainly a striking the right note with south africans who would become disgruntled with the political leadership in the last few years accused of gross corruption much of rome

opposers address focused on the economy development growing the economy creating jobs and specifically called the youth young people in south africa at least half of them don't have jobs there's a twenty six percent unemployment rate and remote forces use this address to talk about how you will create jobs high will boost investor confidence and business confidence in south africa he also touched on the work that will happen in the agricultural and mining industries no one area that has been very controversial for the government has been that of land appropriation with out compensation the government has said that it would want to return land to p two people well and was taken from them during apartheid and colonialism this hasn't been an issue that has been resolved adequately but it's one that roma says that he's committed to he's

also used this address to ask south africans to remain united and put the negativity of the past few years behind them. agist matheson went to get reaction to his first address in the new president's hometown of so what. has high hopes for south africa's new president is known settled rebel positions that were boys two of thousands whose childhoods have been spent on the streets of so well to give them a chance. gives in. this country where the tender and the city where you know everybody went everywhere or when he grows up there are those e-cards and there are those no two things that really do. it right when it came to their real things similar to that i think so little has been described as the heart of africa it's

a mixture of cultures and religions of this prosperity here hundreds also poverty people here say that from a force that can succeed but only if he remembers where he's from but jacob zuma the man the ram opposing has replaced grew up in poverty too only to become mired in allegations of corruption there are those here who say that coming from so waiter may not be enough to prevent rebel poza facing the same. poses for a state of the nation speech also known as the sona has ranged from cutting youth unemployment boosting the struggling economy and helping industry and tackling widespread corruption i'm excited to see what cyril can do. i think his focus is not on command well it's on putting the country first for many many many positive things as you can hear the speech that i'm going and it's people clapping they're not doing right so it's probably right you know how does sunday is it creates expectations but at a more at ease when excited is

a lot more confident not externally but i'm happy with what i hear too far. in soweto and across the rest of south africa people of his promises know they're waiting to see if he can deliver right matheson al-jazeera so it. says of emergency has been declared in ethiopia a day after the unexpected resignation of the prime minister doesn't end the country seen a wave of protests fueled by ethnic divisions as parker explained. the streets of ethiopia's capital addis ababa appear calm but the country's political landscape is slipping deeper into crisis. of friday ethiopia's ruling e.p.r.i. f.t. coalition decided to impose emergency rule to stem a recent wave of anti-government protests there is no indication of how long the measures will be in place the announcement comes a day after the sudden resignation of prime minister haile mariam to sell

a new leader of ethiopia since two thousand and twelve he said he was stepping down in a bid to smooth reforms. the country's been troubled by years of unrest by ethnic groups of the m r a n r romeo regions who say they'd be marginalized by the government a ten month state of emergency ended last year but fail to stop protests particularly by ethiopia's youth who have been calling for the release of political prisoners dozens of demonstrators have been killed and many more injured as skinned a neg is one of six thousand political prisoners released by the government since january in a bid to ease growing tensions to be and could look at it with ethiopia as one large prison i say this because there is no democracy in the country this is a dictatorship we have to change big prison into a democratic state opposition leaders say ethiopia's ruling coalition has lost it's all thought that demanding all parties be involved in mapping the country's future

. you know this country is a country are funded really. it is too big for one political group for one to rob fields of hundred million people even with the resignation of the prime minister the government's tight grip of the country continues and so inevitably will the protests leave park and al-jazeera. bronwyn bruton the deputy director of the africa center at the atlantic council she explained what the say to them agency means for the country. effectively of the declaration of a state of emergency is the declaration of martial law in the country ethiopians on a good day have virtually no rights no freedom of association no freedom of speech and the declaration of of basically martial law is an opportunity for the military to take control it basically prioritizes the military decision making process above

the civilian process and so it's in the past been used as an opportunity for quite brutal action against peaceful demonstrators without is there much more still to come on the program the head of oxfam apologizes is the agency's rocked by allegations of sexual misconduct. and a hollywood blockbuster with a difference fans line up to see the need black panther movie which is changing the silver screen with its own costs. how do you know there's a place called psychoanalyse in australia nor do i but here it is it's more or less eighty mile beach and that massive cloud circling that will turn into tropical cyclone kelvin which will slow the strengths of the next two days and warm the

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showing up maybe even on sunday. on counting the cost we'll talk to i.m.f. chief christine like god about how the economic model is changing here in the middle east can ireland break regs it find out how the emerald isle is caught in the middle of a big round between the u.k. and the e.u. plus the year of the dog in china counting the cost at this time on al-jazeera.

welcome back with al jazeera a look at the stories making headlines the head of the investigation into alleged russian meddling in the u.s. presidential election announces the indictment of thirteen russians south africa's new president several run ins given his first state of the nation address to parliament in cape town promising to follow in the footsteps of nelson mandela. a state of emergency is declared in ethiopia after the sudden resignation of the prime minister. now a governor of florida says the director of the f.b.i. should resign over the handling of a warning about a florida shooting suspect the f.b.i. admits it received a detailed warning last month that nicholas cruz was a danger but it failed to investigate the one thousand year old has been charged with killing seventeen people at the marjorie stoneman douglas high school president trump is due to meet victims and families of those killed later on friday . gallacher says it was a huge error on the part of the f.b.i.

. this was not a vague tip it came from someone close to nicholas cruz who is very specific in their warnings they said there's a young man behaving erratically he's armed and he's shown a desire to go into a school and basically shoot it up so this was not a vague tip on which they should not have acted it was a tip that was passed on to the regional office down in miami not too far from here so this is a huge error by the f.b.i. an organization that is principally there to protect the american people governor scott as you said has called on the f.b.i. director to resign of course the f.b.i. already under political pressure from the trumpet ministration governor scott is a very close ally of president trump but imagine if you're a parent here in parliament today varying your child and you find out that the f.b.i. didn't do something as simple as pass on a very specific tip a very specific threat about an individual who planned to go into a school and shoot people it is an abject failure by an organization that should

have done something about it and there will be many questions asked i'm sure there will be an internal investigation but the calls for the resignation of various people within the f.b.i. may very well grow. well leaders have gathered in the german city of munich for a three day conference on global security challenges u.n. secretary general antonio terrorist called on policymakers not to miss a peaceful opportunity to end north korea's nuclear threat on the air of catarrh said any regional security effort was needed for the middle east david chaytor reports from munich. the world has moved towards the brink of a significant conflict the words of the organizer of the security conference in munich it was an opinion clearly shared by the police who throw in protective cordons around the luxury hotel where the event is being staged dozens of world leaders defense ministers and diplomats are attending the three day conference which provides a unique opportunity for backroom discussions away from the spotlight of the media

. democracy and freedom the values we here in the west value most are in decline are under threat. the west. our societies appear to be weaker. than in the past the international order itself. is stablished in the post world war period is at risk one of the keen security concerns here has been the growing strain between the united states and other nato nations face with russia's role in the conflicts in both syria and ukraine. they chose secretary general was eager to try and diffuse the tensions but experience diplomats were putting the blame squarely on president trump. we see a more assertive a shot but we. are we just pointed out but the same time for nato it is important

to avoid a new cold war avoid a prevent the new arms race and therefore we continue to work for dialogue with russia i'm very concerned that president trump has not been a strong leader for nato he's the first american president since my nine hundred forty nine to be openly ambivalent about article five an attack on one of us is an attack on all he's been openly competitive with the european union so we're looking at a major sea change in the least the rhetoric of the american president. the secretary general of the united nations took to the stage to warn that the middle east was now what he called and authentically mind what i seek is changed clearly is that today the whole global middle east became a mess and became a mess with a number of different fault lines that are completely crossing each other and interconnected the fault line that remains between israelis and palestinians the

fault line that represents the memory of the cold war that is still there the fault line between sunni and shia and if you look at these fault lines i described and it is clear that there is a very special position of a country like iran that has a fault line with saudi arabia and its allies of folklore and with israel and the folks like the united states it was a theme the emir of qatar picked up the middle east is on the brink he said it's time to bring it back he had a direct message to the gulf nations mounting a saudi led blockade of his country how do you do the relations been guided by a set of solid governance and the rule of law we would not have seen nations with limited resources being a blackmailed into hurting their foreign policies for externally we would not have seen the exportation of world power or geographical constraints to satisfy

the thirst for power now more than ever the opportunities for the real power brokers here to find a new way forward baikal all admit the world is on the brink of a major new conflict can they bring it back a bit change to al-jazeera eunuch. oxfam has agreed to withdraw from bidding for funding until the british government to satisfy that they can meet the highest standards expected the charity usually bids with the u.k.'s department for international development meanwhile winnie the charity's executive director has asked women's rights leaders to carry out an urgent review oxfam is faced mounting criticism over the way it's handled allegations of sexual abuse staff members were fired after being accused of using prostitutes while working in haiti when the by name is spoke to me a little bit earlier on and she told us her response to charities response the controversy and what they plan to do next well first i apologize i see

in my own language. the my going to city which is from the bottom of my her to ask forgiveness for oxfam and after that i want to assure the victims that they will receive justice we are prepared for torn for the damage that was done so i'm reaching go out to the women in haiti or anywhere else and i'm saying come forward come forward listen to you we believe and who deliver justice sick and lee. sitting up an international independent commission women's rights leaders human rights leaders be announcing the names in a couple of days this commission will take a hard look at our coach or under our practice and give us record to strengthen our system the u.s. ambassador to kosovo says the country must allow a new war crimes court to investigate alleged atrocities carried out by the cost of

the liberation army from one thousand nine hundred eight to two thousand he's been speaking to al-jazeera as kosovo prepares to mark ten years since declaring itself independent and or simmons reports now from the cost of a town of gretsch any. silvano marinko of it she has vivid memories of her husband garland and there's no end to her grief he's been missing for nearly twenty years silvana says it was tough bringing up their two daughters alone but it's the put it out of all the difficulties i face the hardest thing is when my daughters ask where that father is. silvana is convinced that kosovo albanian fighters abducted her husband along with hundreds of other people she's put much of her energy campaigning for a non-government organization that's demanding justice for relatives of those who've gone missing goren disappeared in june one thousand nine hundred nine

according to n.g.o.s he's among an estimated five hundred cause of all serbs still missing and according to the government the figure of kosovar albanians stands at twelve hundred naturally the word missing still has a project resonance right across calls over and still after all this time there's a clamoring for some form of justice or closure because of the liberation army stands accused of abductions and atrocities a special court was set up to investigate the cause of those leadership many of them kalay veterans have spent the past six months trying to get rid of it although now they've agreed to it again not in the pound that everything how do you feel personally about. a possible indictment i'm very confident i am very proud on that what we did on all freedom for i think i don't know who's going to be prosecuted most of the pressure on kosovo's leaders has come from the united states what i do know is the special

corps important because of a future both in domestic rule of law terms but also to demonstrate to the international community the cause of our can keep its word none of this diplomacy about a special court impresses silvana brink of h. . if they really wanted to do something they could have done it a long time ago the un plates had testimony that was still fresh but they wanted to hide the truth. and silvana as distrust is shared by many of those still waiting for any word on the fate of their loved ones andrew symonds al-jazeera gretchen. in kosovo. the new superhero movie black panther is out with initial box office taking suggesting it will be a huge international hit it's also a film with major cultural significance it's not the first superhero movie featuring a black lee character but none has had black panthers lavish production and marketing jabatan seen reports. since the six. six

black panther was created in one thousand nine hundred eighty six for marvel comics the superhero pinafore come to a technologically colored eyes african culture the film adaptation is being widely praised for its inclusive and racial empowerment the fact it is a african superhero and people get a chance to look at themselves in positions of power and feel that it is important disney is marketed the film to black schools and communities ahead of the film's release these children have just been informed by going to a screening. there is joy at a mainstream black superhero even as there is realism at best its value could be used to sort of capitalize may be used as a teachable moment to get into some broader more concrete ways that we can talk about black liberation which might mean introducing a younger generation to trying to overthrow disney and. well certainly this is the

bit that i hold you know what i mean. it hasn't gone unnoticed that the film's premiere uses a song called the revolution will not be televised. it's a song by the late leftwing black singer gil scold her and that explicitly warns that empowerment will never come promoting national corporations who run the media as a petition pointing out that since disney is specifically targeting black dollars black audiences should boycott the film until the studio agrees to donate twenty five percent of worldwide profits from the film to black educate. you have the ability to not only go see a film about a fictitious country in africa with advanced technology but the opportunity to invest in programs which focus on the fields science technology engineering and mathematics that make such advancements possible in real life it says the marketing

of black power is playing a machine madly with its coincidental namesake the black power first as the racial and economic justice group co-founded in the late sixty's by huey newton already mountain luther king's message of radical anti capitalist change has been solid size for a mainstream white audience and. most recently by truck manufacturer black power and they get follow a similar model of white america easily adopting black cultural figures but having more difficulty with the black political struggle they represent shihab rattansi older zero washington i can find more in everything we're covering right al-jazeera dot com as i need to go. top stories for you now a federal jury in the u.s. has charged thirteen russian nationals and three russian companies it's part of the

investigation into alleged interference in the two thousand and sixteen presidential election the deputy attorney general rod rosenstein says the russians aim is to spread distrust of the political system and so discord in the united states and he said the indictment did not allege that russian meddling alter the outcome of the poll this indictment serves as a reminder that people are not always who they appear to be on the internet in china ledges that the russian conspirators want to promote discord in the united states and undermine public confidence in democracy we must not allow them to succeed. department of justice will continue to work. with other law enforcement intelligence agencies and with the congress to defend our nation against similar current and future efforts. south africa's new president cyril ramaphosa has made his first state of the nation states the nation address speaking in cape town ramaphosa said he would need to take tough decisions to reduce the size of the

country's fiscal deficit and stabilize debt after years of weak growth. ethiopia has announced a state of emergency a day off to the prime minister haile mariam does a lane announced his intention to step down the resignation which is unprecedented in ethiopia's history and to end unrest which is threatening the ruling party's hold on power the governor of florida says the director of the f.b.i. should resign over the handling of a warning about the florida shooting suspect nineteen year old nicholas cruz has been charged with murdering seventeen people at the marjorie steinman douglas high school president trump is due to meet the victims and their families in a few hours' time. and oxfam's executive director is setting up an independent commission to carry out an urgent review of the charity wynnie by an email told al-jazeera the commission will take a hard look at oxfam's culture and practice the charity's embroiled in a growing scandal over its handling of allegations of sexual misconduct by aide

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