the guptas have strenuously denied all allegations, president zuma, too.ere is a serious conflict of interest, and in fact defeating justice by those in certain positions of power, who made it possible for these vultures to make a meal of our democracy. by the vultures, you mean the guptas? the guptas. in the middle of this extraordinary political drama, a group of british spin doctors landed here in johannesburg. bell pottinger had been hired by the guptas to clean up their toxic reputation. anyone would have told them it was a riskyjob, but the contract for bell pottinger was worth £100,000 per month. the team was led by victoria, soon to become a hate figure across south africa. leaked e—mails now seem to reveal her extraordinary strategy, to deflect attention from the guptas and their problems by focusing on race and inequality, to play up this country's enduring divisions. it was either a cynical ploy or a naive blunder. a nation that goes through many yea rs of a nation that goes through many years of racial segregation, and then democratic segregati

by president zuma? president zuma comes across to me as an aid —— aider and a better.aid -- aider and a better. the group tos hired a british public relations firm bell pottinger to try and improve their public image. the company distracted from the issue by highlighting racial disruption. what they did is appalling. they sewed back into our nation is strong racial narrative, with the history of our country, i think it is indefensible. a social media campaign against the power of white businesses went ugly. was part of a black ops propaganda campaign to get the media off this corrupt network's back. africa is ours, it is not yours. soon, the vitriol was spilling onto the streets. a radical group with alleged ties to the group tos began threatening white journalists who had investigated high—level corruption. journalists who had investigated high-level corruption. you are worried about the book tos because you believe they are organising black people to take the wealth back —— you are worried about the guptas. but a backlash followed against the guptas, president zuma a

li ting of the fuelling allegations of a giant political scandal and while the president jacob zuma andesident? it comes across to me as an aide and and help. guptas deny any corruption. they hired bell pottinger to try and improve their image. acra free sought to highlight economic and racial divisions in south africa. what bell pottinger is apr south africa. what bell pottinger is a pr agency managed to do is quite a policy. it sowed back into a nation of very strong... with a history in oui’ of very strong... with a history in our country it is indefensible and unacceptable. it went viral. it was pa rt unacceptable. it went viral. it was part of a black box propaganda campaign to get the media off these corrupt network's back. africa is oui’s. corrupt network's back. africa is ours. it is not yours. soon the vitriol was spilling onto the street. a radical group with alleged ties with the guptas guptas began threatening a journalist who investigated corruption. because you argue and are a british citizen, you think the guptas other organising black people to take their own necks. that

to become a political institution attached to the politics of the country, what would it mean for zumamean they are strengthening their power grabbing at this point and one would also say whatever happens from here on with me it would only help the zuma faction. they have tried to drive issues restitution in the country, so that becomes a key focus. how much funding goes through to own needs, what they feel are important will become a key factor. how did begin to take a hold of this economy is the real issue and that is own what might happf the reserve bank is taken away, so to speak, from private shareholders. divisionswhile, the within the anc continue to be laid there in front of everybody, how is this going to involve the head of as we approach the end of zuma's tenure as president? >> speaking on the end of his tenure, his closing remarks with regards to the anc conference that ended not too long ago today, we heard the most from the president, saying that sections within the party need to dissipate, they need to end in order for the party to move ahead. unity needs to be the call

couple of almost two years showed us their love is real out on the water with her boys, kingston and zuma. >> fish! >> come on. >> i want it. >> this is the second time they have all gone fishing this week while visiting blake's oklahoma ranch. love that matching camo. looks like gwen has herself a real catch. >> catch that sucker. >> don't throe him back in. he is a keeper. gwen is the social media queen, and she loves a snapchat, so i love all the photos she shared of them having fun out with her kids. >>> we have been seeing prince william and kate out with their children, but they are in berlin, and it seems like prince george would rather be at home. the young future king didn't look too happy as the royals landed in germany. prince george appeared sleepy wiping his eyes and fidgeted around on the tarmac, which resulted in a little man-to-man from his dad, prince william. it seems young george is a bit of a pouty prince, and not too thrilled with his official royal duties. he did shake hands and eventually cracked a smile, but it's hard having a job when you haven't even started scho

plenty from england's bowlers. 13 wicket of the zuma. the resistance from quinton de kock.away at the league. down to 97 when moeen ali struck decisively. england on top in the sunshine at lord's. now down to the batsmen to press home the advantage. plenty of time for that. may need to rush. wait for the rightful. alastair cook is made a career of that. the former captain taking control, and the game away from south africa. england ending the day on 119—1. a lead of 216. alastair cook, the former captain there and 59. the fa ns former captain there and 59. the fans streaming away from lord's behind me. they will have enjoyed what they have seen. the vast majority will feel england are in a strong position with two days remaining of the test. lewis hamilton is going to have his work cut out tomorrow if he's to finish on the podium in the austrian grand prix. he was third in qualifying, but a penalty means that he'll start back in eighth on the grid. his team—mate valterri bottas will be on pole, with world championship leader sebastian vettel second. tom clarkson is in spiel

playing with with food for the entire nation with south africa's economy in recession and president zuma reeling from corruption scandals some believe there's a simple explanation for this new hardline approach i think he's playing politics he wants the farms to be good votes this is our international way back in half an hour with more of a worldwide headlines for the meantime though it's been passed. manufacture consent to public wealth. when the ruling class is to protect themselves. the final merry go round. one. until you do it in the middle of the room to. dilute the real news is really. about your sudden passing i've only just learned you were yourself and taken your last wrong turn. to caught up to you as we all knew it would i tell you i'm sorry suddenly i could so i write these last words in hopes to put to rest these things that i never got off my chest. i remember when we first met my life turned on each other. but then my feelings started to change you talked about war like it was again still some more fun to view those that didn't like to question our arc and i secretly prom

but this group photo will be notable for the absences jacob zuma's attending ainsi meeting in south africa. while nigerian president muhammadu buhari is in london. seeking treatment for an undisclosed illness. and despite morocco being readmitted into the union after thirty three year absence. king mohammed the sick is not in attendance. for the president of liberia ellen johnson sirleaf the union meets too often. she says the twice yearly two day meetings are unnecessar. we can cut down the cost of the union. make it more efficient make it more resulting. so that that's a consensus of project which i fully agree. those who are all present have a lot of ground to cover. while the official theme of the summit investment in youth. top of the agenda for most members will be security in the region. newly elected chairperson mousa* mahomet. said his priority is stability. let this young debate it is a good day. don't you know the issue of peace and security continues to worry us more than ever. see all that is the situation in south sudan. somalia. libya that if the central african republic. th

as the battle heats up to succeed jacob zuma as president of south africa, he's claimed there is a silentnational congress. he is expected to step down as party leader in december. at a policy conference in johannesburg, he described the anc as almost divided in two. he's long faced allegations of corruption, some from senior members of the anc. who says romance is dead? well, young people in japan apparently. new research, says there are increasing numbers who aren't having, or indeed have never had, a physical relationship. but is this down to low self esteem or other issues? the bbc‘s tokyo correspondent rupert wingfield—hayes has been trying to find out. japan has long been famed for its sexual culture. whatever your taste or fantasy it's catered for somewhere here. this is the country that invented love hotels, so what on earth has happened to japan's youth? anna matsui is part of a growing army of young japanese living sexless lives. over 40% claim they are virgins. even more, over 60%, say they're not in a relationship. do you feel like a lot of your friends are like you, not in se

jacobth african president zuma has a knowledged corruption in his country's ruling party. criticized, wanting to resign. johannesburg, the african national congress cleansed itself of the negative tendencies which have crept in over the years. he declared in parliament that he was doing a good job leading the nation despite high economic recession. news, 24 hours a day, powered by over 2700 journalists and analysts in 120 countries. this is bloomberg. economyaudi arabian shrank by .5%. the numbers show the scale of the challenge facing the nation. >> let's get more with the bill. look at that gdp contraction from saudi, what is the driving force? is it low oil prices? let's think unless spending from the government to the people and less spending from the people and the economy. we can discount the fact that people are scared, we don't know what will happen tomorrow. it is a little more cautious than it used to be before. people are trying to hedge their situation, not knowing what will happen later on. i do believe it is a combination of prices and hostility measurements.

he says it is time for jacob zuma to go. he talks about democracy.dent should move aside. that was his words. would you agree with that sentiment in terms of it is time for you my to go, to rehabilitate the economy, the credit rating? gordon is a politician, and that is for the politicians to deal with. what i believe in it that we need to reorient the economy. fix some of the issues around the structure of the economy. you can't run the economy if you have -- it is up to the politicians to choose. we have a chance every five years to vote. that is our job. as opposed to the currents policies we see coming out of the current government. manus: let's talk about one of those. we started it conversation with the rate cut from the central bank. there has been a move to change the mandate of the reserve bank of south africa. the socioeconomic well-being of its citizens rather than inflation. your interpretation of that? do you have any words of wisdom or critique on that move? the individualk who made those comments is not an economist. i think we are qui

president zuma has been under pressure at home but within sections of his anc party and opposition partiesountry which is pa rt africa is the only country which is part of the g20 africa is the only country which is part of the 620 at the african union is also represented and despite its name, 620, there are many more than 20 countries and institutions represented, for example spain has been invited despite not technically being in the g20, been invited despite not technically being in the 620, the african union, the world trade organisation, ijust saw christine lagarde, head of the international monetary fund, so the name is slightly misleading. this is a huge gathering of the world's most powerfulfigures. as a huge gathering of the world's most powerful figures. as well as those temperature targets in the paris accord there is a commitment to every country measuring its emissions every five years and i commitment to climate finance, which countries providing support to developing countries so they can ta ke developing countries so they can take on changes that will aid effo rts take on c

and zuma's fish in a bag. why do people want cocktails so bad? >> they look for identity.ld be blending stuff. a classic daiquiri is rum, sugar and lime. >> happy summer. >> well done, carson. >> thank you very much. i want to thank doug and the guys over there. we have tom ma the cocktail bar's clover club in brooklyn. he's going to show us some of the favorites here. >> i have five drinks of five spirit categories. and i can find a little bit about what you like to tring. they're based on some of the preferences. i don't know if i hit the mark or not. this first one with tequila for happy savannahversary. >> thank you. >> it's a thing. it's trending. tequila is big now. what i like to do is take recipes that work and use them as a formula to create a new recipe. so, this is like a margarita. we have some lime muddled in there. some pineapple juice. you know, pineapple juice is good. and some tequila. and there's a tridrink called a bramble that's popular. >> that's a lot of tequila. >> a strong pour there, my friend. >> sweet elements to the alcohol, one of the big hango