under the cover of covert on the jazz ah al jazeera ah ah no. 4 i'd stone from south africa defined former president, jacob's duma challenges is 15 months jail terms. the content ah hello money side. this is al jazeera ally from doha, also coming up,

demolishing what's left in apartment building, waive the latest on efforts to bring it down before a storm hits the u. s. state of florida. celebrating a new chapter chile, the people with the job of rewriting the constitution and ending years of division . and now the significance staff in china is ambitious based program to ask, embark on that 1st. ah, fullness of african president jacob zoom a has defied a deadline set by the supreme court to surrender to police. the 79 year old join supporters who rallied outside his home in cobbler. the promising to resist any attempt to arrest him. duma was found guilty of contempt, of course, for failing to appear before corruption inquiry. the face of 15 months in prison. and on friday, apply to the court for the sentence to be

a note for me to mila has the latest from that. for myself, african president jacob zoom remains adamant that has not been treated fairly by the judicial system. specifically, the constitutional court, as well as the commission of inquiry into corruption or state capture as it's known in south africa. it's after the former president refused to testify at the commission that he was taken to the constitutional court with a charge of contempt of court. the constitutional court found that he was guilty of that and sentenced him to 15 months in prison. now the president, the former president, has gone on to say that and he said this a number of times that he's not afraid to go to jail. he is a prisoner of conscience. and that this is about the rule of law that because he's not been treated fairly consistently, he is challenging that again at the constitutional court. and that's why he's not

handed himself into police. and that's why it's likelihood possibly face arrest in the coming days. but this is what the president, the former president said earlier when addressing media effect that i was busted to with a punitive jail sentence without trial is something which should in induce a sense of shock to all those who cherish freedom and the rule of low south africa is fast, slight in bag to i, but the type group jacob's duma is due in court on tuesday to apply for an intake to stop police from arresting him. if that is not successful because they are questions around the jurisdiction of the high court in

that it's not known. if that lower court can challenge a judgement can stuff a judgement made by the highest court in the land. the constitutional court, which usually can not be appealed. however, if the former president is successful, he will then appear at the constitutional court later in july, in mitigation of sentence, in an appeal to have the sentence changed entirely, with the very least at the very least reduced. he says he's too old and ill to go to jail. he's concerned about the 3rd wave of the coven, 1900 pandemic in south africa. and apart from the moral stance, he says he's taking his concern saying that 15 months in jail would effectively be a death sentence. however, if that corporate is not successful, the former president does face a risk in the coming days,

but more will be known once he appears in court on tuesday. a demolition team is preparing to bring down what's left of a partially collapsed building in the u. s. state of florida, the plans for the city side apartments, ne miami were brought forward as the regent braces the tropical storm elsa, which is expected to reach the coast by tuesday. workers have been searching for bodies since the building collapsed 10 days ago. so far, 24 people have been confirmed dead. 121. people are still missing. let's go to the corresponding kareem. her dad who joins us now live from miami beach in florida. so cream. what is the latest on this demolition? is it still expected to happen this evening? while my lean, we're, we're waiting to find out. we've been waiting for officials to brief us now for a little over an hour. they had a meeting about 34 hours ago where they were supposed to be discussing the

specifics of the demolition, the timeline and, and just the nature of the demolition itself. and we've, we've been waiting for details ever since. what we do know though is that they have already started the preparations. they've started drilling holes, they started drilling holes actually over night to put in the explosives. and most of that was already completed by, by sunday morning. and we know that they are planning on demolishing the building as soon as, as soon as they can do it safely. they are worried about a storm that is making its way over here. and although the trajectory has shifted a little bit to the west, there were some, some concerns that it might cause a big problems to the search and rescue operation here in surfside. and that operation was suspended a few days ago because of concerns that this building might, in fact collapse. and so now they're doing everything that they can to make sure that the site is safe and secure. and so that those search and rescue operations

can resume because they are now suspended while they're making the preparations for the demolition. and kareem today is of course that 4th of july, which is a big holiday in america, u. s. independence day. but no, much celebrating going on where you all no, i'm afraid not. i mean, usually what happens here every 4th of july, they'll do a fireworks show on the beach. and that's something that was cancelled last last year. obviously because of the pandemic and residents, here are many of them were pretty excited about that and they cancelled it in light of what happened in surfside out of respect for the victims and their families. instead, the residents here in miami beach and in surfside have been asked to go outside at 9 o'clock local and shine a light. and that's, that's, as you said, i mean there's no real cause for celebration here at all. unfortunately. and we

have been been hearing about more impacts that this, this collapse that had on, on other parts of south florida. there was a request made by the mayor in order rather for all buildings, more than 40 years old, to, to be inspected to make sure that we don't have a repeat of what happened a little over a week ago. and on, on friday there was a building that was, that was condemned because there was a report from the condo association that, that showed that there were some structural concerns. and some, some concerns with the electric wiring and the building that needed to be repaired . and theres conflicting narratives on, on, on whether or not it is actually safe right now or its not. and but at the end of the day residence were asked to evacuate on friday. and there is a great fear here across south florida that that's just the 1st of many, many thanks for that cream had joining us there for

a miami beach florida. while off the battering several caribbean islands, tropical storm elsa is heading for cuba. 180000 people are being moved to shelter is the government is also trying to protect sugar cane and cocoa crops. the storm is expected to gradually weaken as it moves across the country on monday. otherwise we're moving because the building is falling. we need to move now because with the storm that's coming, things are grim as we can say. you need to move and that's how we keep going when we are being evacuated. and that's because of this dom, the building is in the very best state and they have been some collapses. so you need to look after yourself. i'm in canada as military's on stand by to help with evacuations as well. 5 threatened towns in the west of the country, at least $178.00. far as a burning in the state of british columbia. canada has been enduring a record heat wave with temperatures approaching 50 degrees celsius. the fall of

being blamed on lightning strikes, which are up tenfold on the same time last year. and the government in cyprus says a forest fire that killed 4 egyptian labors as close to being brought on the control. the fire broke out on saturday afternoon in the middle of a heat wave. the forestry department says it's the worst in more than 60 years. 67 people have been rescued in the mediterranean sea, may italy, among them were for women, one child and 20, unaccompanied minus. they were found by the crew from the humanitarian ship ocean. viking, all and 20000 migrants. refugees have died trying to cross the mediterranean sea to europe since 2014 an assembly elected after months of protest in chile has begun missing to draft a new call situation. will replace the one imposed in 1980 by the then military

government of gusto. pinochet's proceedings were delayed out to fighting between police and demonstrations outside the convention center where the delegates met. done. yes ma'am. that has a story. yeah. it took a long time and a lot of work to get this for 155 delegates representing sectors of truly in society. this the historic moment when the executive secretary of the electric commission, government glory of i should already have them in them. that you know, gratian was delayed by protest inside the convention hall by those not happy with the procedure unless she's outside between police and demonstrators. this is not simply designed to heal the divisions until in society. the newly elected president is elisa, long gone, never poochie indigenous people. off the convention, members, a women 17,

see the phil by representative indigenous communities. of course, this is tory, the which was one with a tough fight and a lot of pain. the chilean people, the indigenous people, are now able to abolish shirts even constitution. this is a time of hold. the other, the other goes represent the l g b t, q, community and those with disabilities. 65 are independence who belong to? none of these established political party is not gonna move. got never before and surely. we elected people in this way. this is an unforgettable moment. unique for those of us representing social movements in the fight for the dignity last for more than 30 years. outside others are still dom justice human rights abuses committed during military rule. fidelmo government, we really hope this will bring about change in chile, that will see

a change to day. the people want to change, not more of the same. what you assembly will have up to a year to draft a new constitution that will replace the one imposed in 1980 the penal shane military government. it will them have to be approved for the july and people in a mandatory vote. the new assembly came about after mass protest in 2019. the highlight is a huge inequalities and to land society, the 10s of thousands felt that were being left out of the political process. they hope they can now begin to address those divisions. the few are expecting it to be easy, them weidler, how to 0 live shows up returned to the stage in venezuela, his capital for the 1st time since the corona virus pandemic began. ah, in the capital caracas artist performed at a show marking the $200.00 anniversary of a decisive battle for the countries independence. the performance was venezuela's

largest theresa carino, which has been closed since march of last year. the country has recorded more than 276000 cases, and over 3000 corona virus related deaths till head on al jazeera, ready for sci fi, but with conditions to grey and forces issue, the demand for truth with us government doesn't the soldiers kill, but money a pull the life, the wreckage of a military plane that crashed in the philippines. ah hello there, let's not in north america. i'm not excessive. heat continues to dominate the weather. across northern areas of the u. s. it's moved rather centrally across the

northern plains and to the midwest. we've had some excessive heat warnings issued from montana and idaho. as those temperatures just continue to climb to the north east of this, we have had temperatures, dip along the east coast. we've had thunderstorms and showers. well those have now is, and the temperatures are going to pick up from monday, but it will remain rather hot and humid, particularly for new york city with plenty of cloud cover. for the wet weather. we have to go to the deep south, we've seen severe storms rolling across texas and affecting parts of louisiana. we've seen flash flooding in new orleans and in part of florida. and there's more wet and windy weather on the way for florida as we go into next. week thanks to tropical storm elsa, it's been downgraded from a hurricane. it's moving its way across cuba. we could see a storm surge and up to 1.5 meters and up to $300.00 millimeters of rain expected, particularly in southern areas of cuba. and as we go into monday, we're expecting it to impact the florida keys,

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you're watching out there. reminder stories with our almost south african president, jacob's duma has defied a deadline set by the supreme court to surrender to police even found guilty of contempt of court last week. failing to pair before a corruption inquiry. demolition team is preparing to bring down what's left of upholstery collapsed apartment building in the usa to florida. the opperation was brought forward ahead of a tropical storm, expected to land on june day. an assembly elected after months of purchase in chile as begun, meeting to draw a new constitution and indigenous pretty woman was elected to lead the process. the new charter will replace the one inherited from the military government of of the month of conflict in northern ethiopia. ti grades regional government says it's ready for

a sci fi i thought. whitson key conditions and advisor to the president of the t. great states released a statement on twitter demanding the full withdrawal of foreign troops from the region. a reference to not any soldiers from neighboring eritrea, but also the european military forces from ethiopia as hora region to grades. government is also calling on the un to investigate european and there are a tree of what it describes as war crimes and crimes against humanity against the to gray and people. and not the demand is the unimpeded delivery. if humanitarian aid and help to repair trade, people displaced by the conflict, the regional leaders say ethiopia must restore electricity internet to the region. and finally release all political prisoners with full legal rights. catherine, so it is an artist of a boss. she says the government will have to soften its hold line positions to negotiate with the, to grey and leaders. faith meant by the grand forces has,

is very strongly wooded, and a lot of the fields are high above cautiously hopeful that these open a window to a political dialogue, hoping that both sides, the federal government and administration of be prime minister. i'll be on that. and the last leadership are going to set aside their hotline positions and seat and agree to the fire so that at least humanitarian aid can get to those who need it most. so what the t p leadership is demanding apart from the role of retrans proof and european forces. if you appeal of fighters from the neighboring, i'm hire reason that you know that p p l i think is also demanding that the government recognized left leadership as a truly lead due to made and left said original government of the right. and

they're also demanding that apart from the you, when forming this investigative, to investigate atrocities that have been committed in these conflicts started in november, there should be another body international body formed to really truck and make sure that this demands this issues are implemented. now we haven't had any response from the government, a prime minister, i'll be going to be addressing parliament tomorrow monday to discuss national issues. he may also be discussing a t grew mater parliamentarians are going to be asking questions by so it's difficult to see how the government is going to accept some of this month. for example, it has already labels p, p a laugh and it's courses, terrorist organizations. so for the government to come back and legitimize d p. last. and the leadership of the guy is basically admitting defeat the conflict into gray comes at

a time when relations between east european its neighbors have found over a dam. ethiopia is locked in a years long to speech over the ground renaissance project with egypt and sudan. they want the dispute to be discussed as a un security council meeting. hip morgan reports from gather essence who don. when rebel sees the grand capital this week, the future government said that was because it had withdrawn its forces. it says it needs them to focus on other threats to the country. when the gym or by you don't just go to the goal of declaring a cease fire. and the to gray region is to neutralize the danger of the 2 great people's liberation front and withdraw military equipment from there. because the region does not currently pose a threat to the country, the exit of the army from too great is one of the steps to address the external threats to the renee sounds damn and fill the gaps. the renaissance them is built on the blue nile source of 80 percent of the miles waters. it's set to become

africa, the largest hydro electric down upon completion. if you says it's um, help lift millions of people out of poverty, but talks to reach an agreement with the downstream country, sudan, and egypt over the dams filling and operation have repeatedly failed. joint military drills between piano and egypt. dubbed the guardians open, i'll have race concerns. egypt is worried about the amount of water it will get when the damage failed. and so dan says it's concerned about the impact. the dam will have on its own dams, especially one name to say res, which lies 100 kilometers away from the guard. pizza. the whole city is dumb, has the capacity of 7000000000 cubic meters, and the renaissance done has a capacity of 74000000000 cubic meter. you can't operate the 2 down without that information sharing agreement that is legally binding, which we need to get into the safety and operation of our dams to ensure farmers complaint crop of. it's not the only security issue if europe has been facing in the region since november, it's been locked in the border conflict with sedan over elfish go. a 3000 square

kilometer agricultural area claimed by both sides. a colonial era agreement with that as part of to them. but if you can, farmers say it belongs to them and they've been farming on it for nearly 50 years. talks to end the border conflict between 2 down and if you have thoughts in december. so dan says it was if you have to abide by the 19 or 2 boundaries and increase the number of markers along the border. if you'll be says it wants to nice truth to withdraw from sugar for any thoughts of negotiations to resume a condition rejected by sudan. the border conflict has cost lives on both sides. some analyst fee, a full confrontation is not completely off the table. with all of the tensions across the sedan, if you're in border, these include the negotiations of the grandees here, been renee on stem. the conflict over alpha should go farm lens as well as some tension over areas further south. but along the border, sit down and eat your

b. i have had a rocky set of relations in recent months. so, you know, the way this is clear as yes, the grand rebels have rejected the see flyer announced by the government after taking over the northern region from the federal forces and whether it's true circle, south of pig right, or left on their own. there's no denying that there are unresolved issues that if you of your troops may need to focus on people morgan all to 0 alpha omega bodies. to them. hundreds of afghan troops fled into neighboring touchstone as the taliban continued to make gains in northern africa. the stone, they crossed over from buck sean province where local officials, they soldiers and police were out numbered by taliban fighters. group now controls around a 3rd of all districts across the country reclaimed its already captured much more territory than $100.00. thanks to god and this is prison before that the majority of the afghan people in the previous era,

june the taliban rule for more than 10 years, we are now in control board and 70 percent of the territories. it is simply because that people know us very well and the african people have no problem dealing with us. we have to main principles that we rely on when it comes to judgement versus the placid islamic faith. the 2nd is our belief in our national identity. within the framework of these 2 principles, i can assure you that we do not have any problem with anyone. we respect everyone's right. we have the container ship that blocked the service canal on march will finally be allowed to sail on wednesday. of the compensation deal was reached with his japanese owners. the ever given had been held by the suez canal authority for more than 3 months as to being freed and blocked the woods away for 6 days after being stuck in high winds. the stores he was asking for a settlement of $550000000.00. but the details of the final deal have not been revealed. emergency crews in the philippines all searching for folly. people still

missing after military playing crash, killing 45 soldiers. for me, u. s. f or c, 130 craft went down as it was landing at nap port on july the island in suli province, whose carrying soldiers to reinforce operations against arm groups in the region. dozens of survivors, all in the hospital. the defense ministry says the plane missed the runway and investigation will begin once recovery efforts have completed jamila alan doug, and has more from manila while it's easily now slowly being seen as one of the worst cases of military accidents or crashes. in recent philippine history, there have been around 3 c, 130 accidents based on available data. but what we know, i, as of this point is that there around 11 30 am local time. this the $130.00, which was commissioned and was handed over to the philippine air force in february

took off from the airport, the guy and the order, which is one of the biggest cities also in mindanao carrying about 92 people. 85 of them were soldiers. it landed, but it has been described as the aeroplane figured in a landing mishap in hollow. according to the secretary of defense rescue operations rescue and retrieval operations are under way. we'll see terrible pictures of the crash site, but the government is still hopeful that there will still be more survivors that need be pulled out from the wreckage. at this point, according to also the government rescue, rescue planes are now well on their way. and those who have been received and taken to the most or the closest military station hospital in law, those who are believed to be more critical will be taken to the one to 50. now for those who do not understand this, hello,

it's actually area that is the most militarized area. in the southern philippines, there are thousands of troops rotated, they're constantly, it may be as small runway, but c $130.00 is constantly land here for supplies and true rotations. 64 people have been moved to safety off the heavy rain in crimea. several settlements in the buck just re region were flooded. more than 20 children were rescued. one person is missing. the flood started in the middle of june affecting the regents main cities, yell us of us, the pole, and catch. the region was annexed by russia from ukraine in 2014. so she's in japan and rescued. 19 people from home is buried by a landslide on saturday in the coastal city of a tommy. at least 2 people are known to have died while 20 others are still missing . the regions governance as a land development upstream may have played a role in the disaster. but in that he homes and all the buildings were destroyed

or damage. to crew have ventured out of china's new space station for the 1st time since they arrived last month. sally, the 2nd space walk by chinese astronauts, also known as take notes under about the story the push when it comes to photo friendly moments in space. china is on a roll. taken out, slow booming, and tang hong bo have completed the 1st space walk from the new station being built in low earth orbit. on a par on a construction site with a view. the mission is the 1st of 11 needed to finish construction of the station phone out for a call as one of the taken out that went out of the core module for the 1st time. i want to thank all the scientists involved and thank all chinese people for your support. there will be more space walks and the space station will keep growing. thank you for lou got around on mechanical arm,

which took him where he needed to go. robotic arms are key to future plans for smart manufacturing and space. tang honk boat? took a more traditional route along the guard rails. the space walks last about 7 hours . it's only the 2nd time a chinese crew has entered the vacuum of space. the last pace walk in 2008 lasted just 20 minutes. that young her station should be completed next year. cool that the, the crew members will spend 3 months helping build the station, conducting experiments small at the same time, maintaining their fitness. they'll also be capturing views that chinese astronauts have been unable to see for themselves since the us lock them out of the international space station 10 years ago. and are chappelle al jazeera. ah, this is al jazeera, these, the top stories form of south african president, jacob's duma has defied a deadline, sex fun supreme court, to surrender to police. he was found guilty of contempt of court last week,

fighting to pay a full corruption inquiry, but continued.