reporter: but kemal has almost no contact with former colleagues at the university where he taught. the school was right-wing conservative, and he was one of the few liberal leftist teachers there. now, he spends his days in his home office, working on his book. he also has financial worries. he has loans to repay, but now no income. he gets small monthly payments from his labor union, but it's not enough to make ends meet. he and his wife have begun selling homemade leather bags. kemal: we have started eating soup, instead of proper meals. and i rarely go out, so i can save money. i have sent out a lot of job applications, but no one is interested in employing someone who was let go due to a government decree. of course, anyone can become unemployed. but for us, it's important to come up with a survival strategy. reporter: but it's not just about survival -- these people want their lives back. that's what most of the fired professors and journalists are demanding at this demonstration in istanbul. ulas bayraktar is determined to remain positive. he came all the way from mersin to b

soldiers were playing volleyball in karbala a town in the swat valley thirteen others were injured kemal haida has more from islamabad. what are the reports coming out of brigid that you made also just about ten kilometers from home the main center of swat valley which is means alerted to the attack area said to have been a suicide bomber who penetrated into a ground inside a military camp where the soldiers were playing one of the bars and then dead they're naked and we're told that it's eleven soldiers including a captain with kate is thirteen other than wounded now it should be remembered that back in two thousand and eight in the summer the pakistani military had driven out the swazi dollar bond from this area they get the deadliest attack since then on the military and they need more help was the level what they're leading that's what gets all the barn is now the overall commander of the city get another one progress on there have also taken responsibility for today the tide. the u.s. president says a republican classified memo released by congress clears him in the probe into links between r

in the northern city of more than he was beaten before being shot dead and his body mutilated kemal hyder has the latest from the capitol hill slum of our. and and it catered them called herring's a high profile marshall hahn lynching case has sentenced the shooter to a dead while five others were sentenced to twenty five years in prison another twenty five to forty years in prison each and twenty six were acquitted redoubt punishment this was indeed a high profile case and raised by charles holland was wrongfully accused of committing blasphemy the people who perpetrated the attack against him on the university campus included political workers killed or injured and even employees of that university across pakistan or send shock waves and there of course would be a sigh of relief when people find out that this was indeed a strong word take unnecessary because in the past the country blasphemy laws have come into controversy some people saying that they have been abused and therefore the court setting a precedent and sending a strong signal well samples from his boat to michelle suddenly have

i'm kemal santa maria these are your headlines on al-jazeera the united states has designated the political leader of hamas ismail haniya a global terrorist and impose.

a motion of no confidence in parliament and get the president out that way but what has happened this afternoon kemal what is important is that opposition leaders have come together saying that they want jacob zuma out as soon as possible they had a motion of no confidence that would happen on the twenty second of february they say that's too far along it has to happen this week and if they don't get an answer from the. officials of parliament by tomorrow morning they are going to take quick action and most importantly what they want is parliament to be dissolved and full snap elections to be held in ninety days this quickly from a ticket can you put your finger on just for of us why jacob zuma seems to be so desperately clinging to power he is no longer the leader of the a.n.c. there is all this controversy there are all i mean the swirling for years now and the people are fed up as well it looks like the time to make an exit. jacob zuma has been employed in scandal after scandal throughout his two terms in the in the in the in office this goes back to before he was deputy president this goes back t

kemal hider opposed the company. for the second time debuggers county court has you ruled that mr nigh wife sherry who was the country's prime minister and earlier disqualified by the supreme court after corruption allegations against him in the panama papers scandal however. the ruling party was then able to board old legislation through parliament making amendments through d.n.a. action act of parliament whereby you know why sheriff would be illegible to go ahead days party despite an earlier ruling by the supreme court that gordon are doing so a major setback for the ruling party the spokesman for the government saying that they were expecting this war date but it appears that the ruling party has stated on a collision course read bugger started your dishy and know why sheriff who is also facing here is charges of corruption is also facing trial and the national accountability caught indeed a landmark war date for the prime minister which god spared trouble for pakistan muslim league now watch led by the cherie will of the winter olympics opening ceremony if you study volunteers handpicked by the south korean govern

i'm kemal santa maria with another check of the headlines on al-jazeera the united states has designated the political leader of hamas as mohammed year a global terrorist and imposed sanctions against him the state department accuses him of being involved in attacks against israeli citizens has branded the u.s. decision a violation of international law that is really is not. just for. now religion it's for this reason we are considering this is the for dish statement committed by people who know nothing about freedom for the european union says it has pledged an extra fifty three million dollars in aid for palestinians following the u.s. decision to withhold funding use foreign policy chief federica mongery made that announcement at a donors meeting in brussels coinciding with a u.n. warning that gaza's economy is on the verge of collapse. in other news the yemeni government and the session us have swapped prison is this is in the southern port city of aden government headquarters were taken over during three days of fighting in the city and more than twenty people have been killed in th

you're watching us on facebook coming up the story of abu ghraib kemal father of kittens and still ahead on the news great report sodje arabia has hired international p.r. firms to help sell its yemen eight plan to the world to do serious. we've got thickening cloud making its way towards the middle east over the next couple days i think it should stay largely tribal you can see that already spilling in from the mediterranean so we're going to see some gray skies there into the love of syria lebanon jordan turkey just getting up to around twenty three celsius for by route a similar value for jerusalem if anything lechler just nudging a little further east was as we go through sunday so even much of iraq could see. cloud cloudy enough cloud thick enough into afghanistan northwestern parts of pakistan for some rain and more especially some snow kabul around three degrees celsius on sunday afternoon meanwhile temperatures picking up across the arabian peninsula largely fine interop particularly on saturday but i think that we have across northern parts will see a little further south worse twenty six celsius thirty degrees celsius

hi kemal thank you now protesters in the philippines are urging president rodrigo deter taitz has stopped china's military expansion in the side china sea they march to the chinese consulate in the capital manila philippines media publish photos last week showing that china has continued to build installations on the disputed spratly islands islands are rich in natural resources as well as having military and navigational value deterrence he says he'll continue talks with beijing over those disputed territories. polls have closed in sri lanka's local elections tensions though are high ahead of the results due to a growing rift between the rival party leaders president of the city censor and prime minister ronald wycliffe saying hey who jointly through a coalition but have campaigned for their respective poncy separately paul marks a turning point for women and you call them names at least twenty five percent of all candidates are speaking. very rainy and celebrating their thirty ninth revolution day marking the return of ayatollah ruhollah commenee from exile his arrival in the country pr

the violence in eastern guta which has killed almost three hundred people since sunday streitz to the u.n. he is out diplomatic james bae is with more on that. kemal we have some important developments on the situation in syria and some strong words from the u.n. security council chamber where we've been hearing from two secretaries general right now speaking is the former secretary general ban ki moon he has expressed his sadness about the situation in syria and said the security council should do more the previous speaker was the current secretary general antonio good terrorists with his strongest words yet about the situation in the scooter and so my appeal to all those involved is for immediate suspension of all war of t.v. duties in eastern guta allowing for humanitarian aids to leeds all those in need allowing for the evacuation of an estimated seven hundred thousand seven hundred people that need urgent treatment that cannot be provided there and creating also the possibility for the other civilians to be effectively treated the it in the side. the words of the secretary general antonio good terrorists i can tell you there's real frustratio

states has tried on various occasions to try and deescalate the situation what remains now of course is to see how this latest development escalates tensions even further. military analysts kemal alarm says the potential alliance between syria and kurdish groups could threaten washington support for the kurds as an excuse to stay in syria. i think consequences are that the u.s. policy of using the kurds for their own advantage could be could fall apart because essentially the americans have been saying that they are present in the world and syria to help the s.d.f. and the syrian kurds fight against the terrorists but there are no more isis in that area and if the syrian government is in the us have to move out so the consequence is that the last remaining car that the americans had in the road in syria falls apart and if the turkish government realize that the syrians have a right to be there this could be a very positive development if however the turkish government choose to keep supporting the syrian rebel groups then there could be a conflict. russian alexander crucial needs he has initially tested positive for the banned substance melburnian at the winter olympics in sou