democratic change your and dc and was a long time opponent as a dictator robert mugabe hughes ousted also event after thirty seven years in power. and it is i was always been takes it back contend rise life and his. news to decades. the things of zimbabwe's opposition. wanted. in your eyes loans appearances was in her already in november twenty seventeen. the day when former leader. of a. the thirty seven years in

power. about. the rejection and moved on his rule did not start today it started a long time ago. moving gingerly was born in nineteen fifty two when the country was still known as southern rhodesia. it would be another three decades before zimbabwe gained its independence from britain in nineteen eighty eight. the young man he said he is working in the coal mines became active in workers organizations. eventually becoming a general secretary zimbabwe's congress of trade unions. shortly afterwards he was detained by the authorities suspected of spying for south africa. the number of students in prison. in the following years singer i became increasingly involved in politics merging as a compelling figure. a one time civil cell of leader robert mugabe his first stand out process came in nineteen ninety eight when he was raised a series of national strikes in response to a proposed tax hike.

in nineteen ninety nine he found his own policy the movements the democracy change with enough enthusiasm from the outset the mdc rallied white farmers the young and on employees. propelled showing your isis presidential elections in two thousand and two. he'll. girl they who at that time had been in power for twenty two years many observers questioned the transparency of the paul. into thousand and seven he was physically assaulted for organizing anti government meetings. limping and visit the wounded he was briefly imprisoned for his ongoing political resistance. on the does he says major victory came into thousand eight when he obtained forty eight percent of the votes in the first round of presidential elections. a five point lead on mugabe who like this point was eighty four years old. michigan i own. rule for the second round of voting. to politically motivated

violence claimed the lives of some of his supporters. i want to assure you that the people. is a short. in spite of that is example. the people as we have. contested results he agreed to a power sharing deal in two thousand and nine. of who he is as mugabe's prime minister. in late july he was repeatedly short listed for the nobel peace prize. for his dedication to politics as the people of zimbabwe. south africa's president is still refusing to step down cooling intensifies and party to remove him on said. the agency has given jacob zuma until tonight's to step down voluntarily if he refuses he is likely to lose a vote of no confidence in parliament on thursday. is expected to make a speech any moment now from pretori. zuma has been embroiled in numerous corruption scandals of the a. n. c. once his deputy cyril ramaposa to

take either. alexander local has this report. people are saying. zoom i must go my problem with that snow day movie. the south african presidents breaking his silence amid mounting pressure from within his own party to step down. in forty five minute conversation on state television he said he done nothing wrong and was being victimized. i don't understand. not. even that to be a clean one this. then other problem with your with with the approach and decision. because i don't agree with it. i don't think it is fair. i think it is unfair. body a. n. c. has colds time on further talks with a scandal tainted head of state. and is set to use a parliamentary vote on thursday to force him out and collect his party rivals cyril ramaposa as president as early as friday. the on multiple cg with others she food to proceed

with the motion of no confidence for more. fun. so that. evidence who might use them to remove so that we can proceed to elect. a president unlawful some. wednesday's events also count as knowledge police unit storms the compound of the group to family. prominence business associates of junior whore acsed of being at the center of corruption scandals. of inferior to the country has the amg popularity and weakens the economy. and we will bring you that speech from at jacob zuma in south africa as soon as we see that but here in france. the first person to face trial on charges related to the twenty fifteen paris attacks has been acquitted. quote founder joe had been those not guilty of aiding terrorists of. the government stayed his class when i hit some place he said he did not know the identity of the man in the cold war there was no proof that he did. too and i was

co defendants have been found guilty and will be jailed chris morrison trial. what been the average punching the and ripping off is a red resigns amount tracksuits off as he celebrates its? this verdict the judge made while handing down a sentences of four and five years respectively festival for use if i do the same. the judge saying that he was at well aware of the intentions of his sister has not in terms of finding a hideout for two men on the run in the wake of the paris attacks. a county planning another attack on the that it falls and is this the streets. the high so you might also be convicted i've it is the judge saying that telephone intercepts showed they could be no doubt that was out whether way. of a house is intentions a drug and that we for a long time the laughing stock perhaps a it's of the french army opinion in the wake of his now the tory as. a television appearance as is a class in a northern paris somers is being. besieged attac are having

the last laugh now idea that has been appeal is that it'. a small that and that really doesn't goals come as the child is the only surviving suspect from the attacks. continues in belgium salah abdeslam is to be tried in france on terrorism charges next year we'll have been student now is deal did not as some mock he's the founder the president of the french is ideation. for the victims of terrorism thank you very much for being wit. us as which was not it has been a pretty grueling few weeks. i imagine for the victims' families and thirsty abdeslam trial in belgium last week. and now these. what are people saying about today's verdicts? i would say some of the victims at his appointed understand on of them because it was a. commit media crisis i would say everybody was focusing on on the on one of the person and forgot the two other ones that were also. in the trial and within condemned which over much more. enter the interesting than than ministers are what.

ends at because of the all this confusion. some of the victims don't understand the verdict that the verdict is fair. and we seem as as as as you that it's fair. there was a decision between the. white in the two other ones it's whether one arc are. convicted for the crimes they did at the level they did it. is not the trial of the true that axe it's something different. but still it's connected to do that. to the truth that tax that's why it was interesting for us to be part of it is on the stand one of the piece of the puzzle. it's only a piece of the puzzle and is which is difficult for them. but it is to see or the intention on the. from from the media every over he's speaking about this clown which is this your wide. and the. is creating beat confusion between who are the real. persons to follow when to

understand what is important or not. the unfortunately jr what was important person for the media and the public but not not in the mood in the fight and and and that of course is partly because he himself went on national television did they while the. he said by the media yes what. yeah. sense. feeding the media complicated the decision. that. they they did for the for the victims because. even in our association we were of thing or maybe as ye confused because the from the very beginning i didn't want i was decision to be part of this tribe because that was our what and it was just account. but then we still those two are the persons who are really interesting for us then we went into tried. but everybody was focusing on on

on under what. and then. he says something and even me i was wondering is he guilty or not even i was sure that he was. he was guilty of many things other nuts of terrorists. intentions and i his eighty in the in the the. drug addicts he's many doing this. our business with an almost non don want to know about which is not my my. mother them my of. yeah yeah working but anywa. he's was another important person and from the very beginning i was trying to focus on the two other than to bring the media to focus on the to all those. which nobody did was really crazy resonates of it was a catchy story wasn't it on he debated call peoples. imagination and from the from the south from the defendant's adhesion attitude who told to march.

of course i am decidedly opposite he will not solely reading of that. police judges his own lawyer. our people thing is is that child progresses lightly. evidence shows how they're the big difference between the two between said sammons are what senator is a really important person he's part of the trees attacks he was one of the. not of the brain to the front all the person's hired their you how she of the jet he's moved. who are now in prison and going to be judged but still he's an important piece of the puzzle? ? we knew from the very beginning that he would he would not speak. in indonesia. and he did not speak he won't speak we know that in the u. during the trial he will not speak but he would be condemned. because we have many proves big proves important proves. evidence. so that's not to speak not be the same story adored. in that case. and we have to prepare it

seriously and we are doing it seriously for him and the other person who are going to be brief brought. to justice is going this time to be a very important try in. and when we see how many media and or use were present for the clown jet what. i was always wondering how many television's have when they would be the region persons to be just. about that how the media what i'm worried i'm worried because. when there is too much media. that it can be a problem to really go on shrine in the truce fighting the the evidence. a try it is important policy noise. and i i think the president of the tried who managed. to do a fair. a sentence in that conditions. she was very clever added to see. what was behind the words and? that every day to give ex

of of his are wide and and and the two others were very happy that orientation was focusing on him and on on them. the judge knew what to do seven of the french justice today. gail that did on his stomach thank you very much indeed you're welcome. now leading to israel has promised a is refusing to step down off the police said he should be indicted for corruption fraud and breach of public trust entered as a young who is accused of accepting expensive gifts for wealthy businessmen. and of trying to manipulate the media he insists the allegations holes that is out see ten general to decide whether or not to proceed judice has the story. he could be forced to resign if found guilty. for now however the police is only handed down as simple recommendation for the israeli prime minister to be indicted on charges of bribery and breach of trust. speaking at a meeting on wednesday benjamin netanyahu once again denied any

wrongdoing. and vowed to remain at his post. the to them as well the recommendation for a night and papers by is. radical fu of holes like swiss cheese who are more than enough with the. benjamin netanyahu is being investigated and several corruption cases. one of them is the so called gifts affairs. it involves creams that he and his family accepted nearly two hundred and fifty thousand years and gifts. to billionaires. for now parties within his coalition government officially support him. some junior coalition partners however have spoken out more cautiously. lower court unfortunately receiving gifts of such a white officer loans is not meet expectations of israelis. hope however many are in a state of little and prime minister netanyahu has a resumption of innocence i will wait until the italian. hands down decision. c. reaction from the opposition leaders isaac

airs on. now this. when a schism. the attorney general and wait to see his decision. to a recent poll sixty six percent of israelis believe benjamin netanyahu should resign if indicted. protest against corruption israeli politics which started over a year ago have intensified in recent month. the french are he does his without borders has admitted to firing stuff the sexual abuse and harassment in that isis cattle to look for an eight industry it says it received dozens of complaints about stuff was a to nineteen people losing their jobs. thousands work for the charity incomplete signs around the world. he said he chief of the british charity oxfam schools is that data this week off the reservation stuff that these young women and girls. in us quite eight eighty.

united states president donald thompson lawyer claims he paid a hundred and thirty thousand dollars of his own money to a porn star who once said she had an affair with trump. us media reports say the payment was made one month before the election in november twenty sixteen to keep their liaison quiet snick russia has the story. among the scandals that may catch up with him maybe this one allegations of an offense twelve years ago between president donald trump and the adult movies. stormy daniels. amid persistent media interests following an initial press report last month trump's long time lawyer michael current has not sold in new york times he paid one hundred and thirty thousand dollars to the actress. whose real name is stephanie clifford. current told a paper the payment was legal he declined to give details such as why he made it. neither the trump organization all the trump campaign was apology to the transaction with miss cliff it i need to reimburse me for the payments even die right your indirectly. trump as a private citizen when the two thousand six

sexual encounter allegedly took place. is night at the time to melania she given birth as informants area. and other media outlets in touch magazine published a two thousand and eleven interview with cliff that last month in which she talks about her relationship with donald trump. trump through his lawyers has denied that anything ever went on with mrs clinton. that is he's coming into was an ongoing as using a and high school and road county florida in the united states school in the town of hawkins it is the largest stone and douglas high school. has. was the name faced on a code rates locked down there is no further information on casualties. at this time of the local meet local media is reporting that five people of being seen by paramedics according to place. that you can see people. of the world after the school a high

school students. by the look of things. please say that this is an on going situation that means issues a is still at large. we see that students being at taken out of the classroom evacuated to safety and we will keep you updated on that story pretty chilling pages that coming to us right now. at from beirut county in florida up where at school shooting is apparently underway. as we speak missy more students pretty young looking students as well i must say being. we'll try to that school so. he have a system that perhaps as he sees that. all right isn't is issues we have had meetings with this year and educate inflation is the word of the day at invested somewhat taken aback by some data this is today. seventies consumer prices in the united states have risen faster than expected pace at two point

one percent inflation. for the month of january that's higher than the nine the one point nine that have been broadly predicted. the federal reserve's target for inflation is two percent so the discrepancy doesn't sound like much but it's all about context sure about sharia explains. the numbers took analysts by surprise. the so called consumer price index that measures the cost of common household goods jumps to point one percent in january as compared to a year ago higher than the one point nine percent that had been expected. as the core inflation rate that leaves out energy and food prices it stayed the same at one point eight percent. global markets has been john be these last few weeks in anticipation of the numbers coming out of the world's biggest economy. they're worried about what th could need for borrowing costs inflation is finally picking out policy is of

such a levels and tha asking requires i. rponse from some central banks to. tighten that there is an area that was the stimulus of a beating asian philosophy is. not saying stimulus is in a real boon for markets that makes sense losing this is the way it's measured adjusting the geographical sample and switching the way it includes use car prices in the index. that means investors might end up seeing more short term inflation volatility in twenty eighteen that would probably won't be a sign of an economy gone haywire. this is around the world had

been bracing themselves for those figures in case they provoked a repeat panic on the market although we haven't come see that so fa. other initial drop wall street is taking that data in its stride. the dow dropped a hundred points on the opening bell but is now trading up over two hundred and fifty. exploring up nearly two percent is our ten year treasury yield jumped to their highest level in four years. agony government bonds more attractive to investors worried about future volatility in the stock markets. made european indices also managed to shrug off concerns about what higher interest rates could meet across the atlantic. focusing on a stronger economic data at home that acts and get killed each gaining over one percent. the european economy is expanding at its fastest pace in a decade according to official statistics both the nineteen member eurozone and the broader european union group two and a half percent overall last year. about point six percent expansion for the fourth quarter compared to the previous three months. germany france and spain also solid growth those

figures that you see there on an annual basis the u. k. any while lagging behind just one and a half percent for the year. eastern european countries like lot vs slovakia group particularly fast romania had the largest gdp expansion in the euro zone are in european union rather a growing seven percent compared to the same period in twenty sixteen. comes their warning that the crest should focus on investment and development rather than on tax cuts. beijing has hit back at donald trump after he threatened to impose tariffs or quotas on imports of cheap steel and aluminum. cheaply is announced to dumping. on tuesday criticized bilateral trade deal with south korea the china could face punitive measures it continues to damage us industry. experts say china could respond with sanctions its own on wednesday officials really stressed the impornce of an open trading relationshi. just look at this time and unilateral protectionist moves would harm the relevant countries and companies and damage the

treat environment. it would have a negative influence on the momentum of the world's economic recovery. and so i want to reiterate that the essence of the u. s. chinese trading relationship is one of mutual benefits. the us and china are the world's first and second largest economies. airbus is repairing to place latest plane in the sky the a three twenty one neo was the size of plano. traditionally travel on for medium home journeys. the new design will allow it to travel longer distances adams of the possibility of long haul journeys from smaller airports and crucially for passengers cheaper flights. some has the story. updated and ready to cross the atlantic airbus is hoping of their revamped a three twenty one neo will become the industry's ago to work course. for the single i'll two hundred and forty seater plane now has fuel saving engines and enough reserves to make a long haul flights.

this airplane has extra reservoirs that hidden on the back if. you can't see them but that that this allows us to have a great the flights right. up to four thousand also miles which allows us to do a paris new york fight with the. you can see at a hundred and thirty seven million dollars a pop over a hundred planes have already been ordered. namely from low cost airlines norwegian is already requested thirty of them and hopes to establish new routes from smaller cit. with the. we can offer. our knees possibility of traveling to the u. s. on a direct fligh. over exactly that was impossible for him because we were using planes that carry a three hundred and fifty. all schools office was assembled by thirty. the interests from low cost carriers could lower the price of a new boeing beijing or singapore sydney journey. affairs new york flight for example could cost around three hundred euros. airbus is i hope you

get the green light from us and eu aviation regulators in the coming months and i gather modernized a three twenty ones up in the air by the end of the year. start taylor swift is one a legal victory but also gotten something a senior you for her music this song in particular. california has dismissed a lawsuit alleging that swift and stolen some of the lyrics to this hit shake it off up from a two thousand song written by sean hall and the thing about our. goal is going to play as you heard there are similar sentiments expressed in the course of swift some fourteen years later. judge michael fitzgerald said though that the lyrics whic. united. the songs last original thoughts.

you can really claim a hundred percent victory with that. ouch. thing in his me but all that is of the western world for any crazy president here i would imagine alright have half lives

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