swimming pool and visitor center it ordered zuma to pay back some of the money for last year the constitutional court found zuma breached the constitution by ignoring the report's findings zuma apologize and promise to repay the money owed tanya page has the latest from johannesburg. the constitutional court south africa's highest court has found that the national assembly that's parliament failed to take appropriate action against president jacob zuma and relation to gross overspending of text payers dollars on his private home called income for the constitutional court says the first thing that should happen is that the national assembly needs to come up with a comprehensive list of rules and regulations which perhaps could lead to the impeachment of president zuma however they didn't go so far as to say that's what should happen because that would be in breach of the separation of powers the opposition parties who brought this legal action we're pleased with the outcome nonetheless the constitutional delinquent mr zuma in no time will be scrutinized will be brought before parliament to be accounta

the constitutional court south africa's highest court has found that the national assembly that's parliament failed to take appropriate action against president jacob zuma and relation to gross overspending of text payers dollars on his private home called income for the constitutional court says the first thing that should happen is that the national assembly needs to come up with a comprehensive list of rules and regulations which perhaps could lead to the impeachment of president zuma away but they didn't go so far as to say that's what should happen because that would be in breach of the separation of powers the opposition parties who brought this legal action we're pleased with the outcome nonetheless the constitutional duty quint mr zuma in no time will be scrutinized will be brought before parliament to be accountable because his own political party has actually failed to hold you accountable and we can with the other day longer we need to be in parliament in no less than did today's before the state of the nation and as of twenty eight. in their defense president zuma and the speaker

the country's constitutional court has said that parliament failed in its duty to hold the president ns the court proceedings. thejudge was very, the judge was very, very careful in his ruling, giving the ruling, to really balance the issue of whether the court was overstepping its boundary in terms of telling parliament what to do and addressing the matter at hand. he acknowledged that parliament had done something, he talked about the votes of no confidence, a motion that was discussed and also question and a nswer discussed and also question and answer sessions that were held in parliament but he said that they work adequate, basically parliament had not done enough to hold the president to account. so what he said that the parliament of the national assembly has to do is look at the rules around the process of impeachment and what actually is impeachable, so what it would take to impeach the president. he said that this should be done without delay. what exactly without delay means is anybody‘s guess. i think that the opposition which brought this case would hope that he would com

tek ting rights and freedoms in this country spoke of attempts to paralyze the constitutional court poll so you haven't convinced him either no this is a this is a man with a respectable job inside this person if you talk about. adam not. yet here he is at the very forefront is in the advantage of fighting for the previous establishments also it is politically tainted our desire here he's completely positively tainted he's not any more that you have any who is against you is only living on the you know me some of the standing of the little that you've been attacked criticism when i read your perfect not perfect not at all if you ask really understands police politics if if a man is part of the tainted or not ninety nine percent would be would be telling you of course he is from the previous establishment of course he is completely leftwing so if from such a person so all of these arguments all of his arguments against the government you dismiss because they're politically tainted or not not all of that if we talk openly and if we talk or see in a studio of course we can understand of the

the proper parliament so why if this is all right why does the outgoing president of your constitutional court say the aim of the legislation that you've introduced is to destroy the court and to create a kind process of. it counsel for our beloved leader i think humans mr kaczynski this is very bad indeed this is a very very interesting person or the mr basically because he is in fact a politician he's not a he was not only a chairman of the constitutional tribunal he was a politician who tried to support their leaders to understand what is happening in poland we have to make one statement for the first time over the last twenty seven years not for the for the but for the first time so strongly the vox populi so the a very strong voting in favor of some of different solution so lucius has been made and all of that established parties of the political establishment and economy and also judiciary establishment which was not changed in at the beginning of ninety's they are defending their. regimes one thing that maybe this is one thing that is to reject the criticism from a ball but your own omb

president jacob zuma accountable over allegations of corruption the court ruling follows its conclusion last year that zuma violated the constitution when he use state money to upgrade his private home but the court says it's up to parliament to come up with the right laws to deal with such violations aid agencies have vacuum waited twenty nine critically ill people from east to besiege rebel held areas in syria's capital damascus they were allowed to leave as part of a deal with the syrian government the rebels are releasing a number of prisoners a term last month the you would call for five hundred people in need of medical care to be allowed to leave. u.s. president donald trump has accused china of violating u.n. sanctions against north korea by cutting off oil supplies to people yeah the u.s. treasury has released satellite images that appear to show chinese ships transferring cargo to north korean vessels china denies the accusations those are the headlines see al-jazeera used groot is here. at the gate or next it's the street do stay with us. twenty seventeen has been full of stories that have changed the global political la

of sound mind who is not in jail can run in the elections so he's going to take this to the constitutional courts to ask them to make a decision this was a heated exchange at times he was saying that the panel should do the right thing for once in their lives that nobody is holding a gun to their heads and that they should stop messing around with the election panel fired back saying that he was brainwashing kids that he was disrespecting the election commission and that they hinted he was politically irrelevant anyway now what is now and we do next will of course are said he is going to take this to the constitutional courts but he is also saying that his supporters should boycott the election and he is saying that yes there will be street process they haven't set a date for these yet but he's saying that when the protests hits they will be nationwide richard thank you still to come on the program. liberia's two presidential candidates promise a better future for their country ahead of tuesday's election runoff. and our special coverage of the holy land continues for introduce you to the muslim

stand for a time in office he initially accepted that result and then challenge it in the constitutional court a few months ago the day that there was a character assassination campaign again that the result was not free and fair and he managed to get the constitutional court to change that ruling to ignore basically the fifty one percent voted for him not to be able to stand for this two years to go now until the presidential election i think a crack country now increasingly polarized divided between those who love him and labor what are they and would like him to stand for the so foreseeable future and those are very angrily bitterly against the way they feel he's let manipulate the constitution then you finally thank you very much indeed. question rico still struggling to recover nearly three months after two hearkens slammed into the caribbean island a surge of the u.s. territory remains without power businesses have closed and thousands of people are still in shelters more than one hundred seventy thousand pleasure eakins have left the island found a silver thoughts where to rican snow ea

of sound mind who is not in jail can run in the elections so he's going to take this to the constitutional courts to watch them to make a decision this was a heated exchange at times he was saying that the panel should do the right thing for once in their lives that nobody is holding a gun to their heads and that they should stop messing around with the election the panel fired back saying that he was brainwashing kids that he was disrespecting the election commission and that they hinted he was politically irrelevant anyway now what is now and we do next well of course are said he's going to take this to the constitutional courts but he is also saying that his supporters should boycott the election and he is saying that yes there will be street protests they haven't set a date for these yet but he's saying that when the protests hits they will be nationwide. well in other news from the russian capital at least four people have been killed in a bus crash in moscow footage shown on local media shows the bus careering down some stairs that lead it to a metro station and seeing several people along

joins us now live via skype from moscow could have you with us what do you think will the constitutional court is going to evolve these argument that the constitution outweighs electoral law what the russian got is you know court has mostly has actually russian and a judicial system is a more or less rubber stamp thing there in the ground ones and they love us the kremlin tells them no matter what they rio we know arguments are so no but it will not and you. know why does putin think that the valley poses such a threat to him what is putin's kettle of klonopin is clear we must expect yes and the most charismatic guy who'll be and the putin opposition forces and what yours and he has being for the last several years running around their effectiveness. and he spoke publicly in fact they have anti corruption campaign and zero and works corruption and the very serious social in the quote. that exists in russia and several years ago when it was running for mayor of moscow he yet got almost a third of the vote so he has public support and that's my grandma nothing that. doesn't like him and sees him

the constitutional court south africa's highest court has found that the national assembly that's parliament failed to take appropriate action against president jacob zuma and relation to gross overspending of taxpayers' dollars on his private home called income the constitutional court says the first thing that should happen is that the national assembly needs to come up with a comprehensive list of rules and regulations which perhaps could lead to the impeachment of president zuma however they didn't go so far as to say that's what should happen because that would be in breach of the separation of powers the opposition parties who brought this legal action we're pleased with the outcome nonetheless the constitutional delinquent mr zuma in no time will be scrutinised will be brought before parliament to be accountable because his own political party has actually failed to hold him accountable and we can with the other day longer we need to be in parliament in no less than did today's before the state of the nation address of twenty eight. in their defense president zuma and the speaker of p

anyway now what is now army do next well of course are said he's going to take this to the constitutional courts but he is also saying that his supporters should boycott the election and he is saying that yes there will be street process he hasn't set a date for these yet but he's saying that when the protests hits they will be nationwide plenty more still to come here on al-jazeera including these two stories an unpredictable and volatile election year in kenya triggered violent protests the left many dead including a six. month old baby. will tell you a centuries old way of and crafting knives in amman remains a symbol of national identity. welcome back as we look at the weather across southeastern parts of asia we've seen some pretty heavy showers affecting island of bali of last twenty four hours some significant rainfall totals being picked up in denpasar further towards the north the remnants of tembin and given some large rifle totals on the islands off of vietnam and through the mekong delta itself otherwise looking at the forecast we've still got some pretty disturbed weather across the

how do you think the constitutional court will will view that little except that argument. not. enough money. and. let's see if there are a lot. cheaper to. buy court for. the. lawyers they're. criminals so why does president putin view election of as such a threat. our public nearly got in a lot. of red in the running but what will there be a lot was in the army you can stop the war but i mean every joining gratia and you know what i'm going on about are you going to send mark don't you we've got. a big problem with that but if you're not one it doesn't we've been every order a medic and that isn't generally want to undermine to get him or rush on. election and who want to appear russian. but i think all these guys. who are finally army. dream i'm not told but we'll be going in there and so well and you know we've been there all really well and so our political or our using we got a. role in this but the budget was inaudible and it won't be what do you and we are outside why are wanton rushing going to get many thanks to the amount of staff live from moscow many approaches but

anyway now what is now and we do next will of course i said he's going to take this to the constitutional courts but he's also saying that his supporters should boycott the election and he is saying that yes there will be street process they haven't set a date for these yet but he's saying that when the protests hits they will be nationwide. want to bring you another story now from russia where at least four people have been killed in a bus crash in the capital moscow footage shown on local media shows the bus careering down some stairs that lead to a metro station i think several people on the way the driver has been detained for questioning but police say it was not deliberate the mayor of moscow visited the scene and has ordered a full inspection of moscow's bus fleet pope francis has used his traditional christmas day message to call for a two state solution to the israel palestine conflict speaking to a crowd in some square the pontiff warned against the winds of war and almost five piece the jerusalem and the holy land is the second time pope francis has spoken out since u.s. president don

anyway now what is now and we do next well of course i said he's going to take this to the constitutional courts but he is also saying that his supporters should boycott the election and he is saying that yes there will be street protests they haven't set a date for these yet but he's saying that when the protests hits they will be nationwide. still ahead analogise era liberia's two presidential candidates promise of a better future for their country ahead of tuesday's election runoff. to what extent will this lead to social unrest to social destitution. and you fears that automation could cost thousands of jobs and threaten an economic crisis in undeveloped countries. from dusky sunsets if it's prunings event. to sunrise atop an asian metropolis. hello the cloud is building again over china but maybe more particularly for the south of vietnam it will bring showers increasingly to the coast of vietnam and then by the time we get to wednesday as proper rainy and landing mean more to season rain that means that much of china isn't quite as cold as you might think for this time in winter in fact bi

failed to hold president jacob zuma accountable over upgrades to his private home last year the constitutional court ruled that zuma benefited in appropriately from state funding now the judge just say parliament must establish rules for impeachment proceedings that could remove him from office. in india at least fourteen people have been killed by a large blaze in the financial capital moon by officials say the fire started in a popular restaurant and quickly spread through a four story building more than fifty people were injured. stay in india the lower house of parliament has passed a bill proposing jail time for muslim men who try to divorce their wives through a practice known as instant divorce or the law outlaws the build rather outlaws the practice of ending a marriage by saying or writing the word luck arabic for divorce or three times in succession while india's supreme court ruled in august that instant divorces were on constitutional more than twenty muslim nations around the world have already banned the practice. and. is in delhi for us for more on this story issue good to see you how

anyway now what is now and we do next well of course i said he's going to take this to the constitutional courts but he's also saying that his supporters should boycott the election and he is saying that yes there will be street process they haven't set a date for these yet but he's saying that when the protests hits they will be nationwide. at least four people had been killed in a bus crash in moscow the bus plowed into a subway entrance hitting several people on the way down police detained the driver for questioning they say it wasn't a deliberate act the mayor of moscow visited the scene has ordered a full inspection of the moscow bus fleet. politicians and decision makers in south korea are torn about a plan to continue construction of two nuclear power plants following a major earthquake that five point four magnitude quake in early november reignited public concern about whether the country will still be considered a seismic safe zone now five hundred strong panel of experts is due to report kathy novak reports from all sun. this is south korea's scenic southeastern region a popular tour

let's look now at some of the other stories making news around the world south africa's constitutional court has ruled that the country's parliament must establish rules for impeachment proceedings that could remove president jacob zuma from office the court found the parliament failed to hold zuma to account over a scandal related to state funded upgrades to his private home gym is ruling a.n.c. party says it will discuss the judgment at a meeting in january. in new york at least twelve people have died after a fire tore through an apartment building for others in a critical condition the city's mayor calling the blaze in the bronx neighborhood the worst the city has seen in. a quarter of a century. an injury at least fourteen people have been killed by a large blaze in the financial capital moment by officials say the fire started in a popular restaurant and quickly spread through a four story building more than fifty people were injured. and improve police have been clashing with people demonstrating against the pardon granted to former president are better for him already thousands of pe

steenkamp was too lenient and they had an increase to thirteen and a half years now the country's constitutional court will make a final ruling. thailand's ruling junta says it will use a special order to allow political parties to prepare for elections and the prime minister you see right here made the announcement on tuesday a ban on political activity has been in place in the country since a two thousand and fourteen crew alstad the civilian government. well u.s. president donald trump has laid out his foreign policy strategy in a speech that outlined a shift from past administrations his focus on protecting american interests first mirrors washington's changing role in the world the plan focuses on dealing with threats from iran and north korea and challenging china and russia both moscow and beijing say they'll welcome u.s. cooperation but they warn confrontation could bring on losses for all saw its. in a wide ranging speech donald trump unveiled his new national security strategy once more he used the blunt language that his supporters love and his detractors loath. with every decision and ever

was too lenient and had it increased to thirteen and a half years while now the country's constitutional court will make a final ruling. a detained chinese artist who filmed housing evictions in beijing has been released in time for his daughter's birthday police detained while young at the weekend after he filmed authorities demolishing housing they called unsafe but which was home to migrant workers amnesty international confirmed wa has was released yesterday on bail. u.s. president donald trump has laid out his foreign policy strategy in a speech that outlined a shift from past administrations his focus on protecting american interests first mirrors washington's changing role in the world all the plan focuses on dealing with threats from iran and north korea and challenging china and russia both moscow and beijing say they'll welcome u.s. cooperation but one confrontation could bring on losses for all sides. in a wide ranging speech donald trump unveiled his new national security strategy once more he used the blunt language the his supporters love and his detractors loath. with every deci

was too lenient and had it increased to thirteen and a half years while now the country's constitutional court will make a final ruling. the german cup round of sixteen gets underway this evening with a standout match bringing together two teams with contrasting fortunes shock i have been flying high this season and are unbeaten in twelve games cologne meanwhile have endured a dismal campaign at the bottom of the honestly but they did back their first league win this season over the weekend. christmas came early for shock of this year they have lost since september and will spend the winter in second place putting them in a festive mood. on saturday they showed their fighting spirit against frankfurt coming back from to kneel down to seal a droll by but coach dominico to disco is wary of a rejuvenated cologne song it. does from phones your own political act and here i don't see them as lacking confidence but as a team with nothing to lose playing against teams with nothing to lose it's quite uncomfortable showing him it took them seventeen games but cologne finally won in the bundesliga on sat

the constitutional court south africa's highest court has found that the national assembly that's parliament failed to take appropriate action against president jacob zuma and relation to gross overspending of text payers dollars on his private home called income for the constitutional court says the first thing that should happen is that the national assembly needs to come up with a comprehensive list of rules and regulations which perhaps could lead to the impeachment of president zuma however they didn't go so far as to say that's what should happen because that would be in breach of the separation of powers the opposition parties who brought this legal action we're pleased with the outcome nonetheless the constitutional duty grant mr zuma in no time will be scrutinized will be brought before parliament to be accountable because his own political party has actually failed to hold you accountable and we can with the other day longer we need to be in parliament in no less than did today's before the state of the nation address of twenty eight in their defense president zuma and the speaker

yes south africa's constitutional court has ruled that the country's parliament must establish rules for impeachment proceedings that could remove president jacob zuma from office the court found that the parliament failed to hold zuma to account over a scandal related to a state funded upgrades to his private home soon his ruling a.n.c. party says it will discuss the judgment at a meeting in january. in india at least fourteen people have been killed by a large blaze in the financial capital moved by officials say the fire started in a popular restaurant and then quickly spread through a four story building more than fifty people were injured and we stay in india where lawmakers in the lower house of parliament passed a bill that could prosecute muslim men who try to divorce their wives and a practice known as instant divorce the bill outlaws to solving marriages by saying or reading the word luck which is arabic for divorce three times in succession while offending husbands could get up to three years in prison the bill comes after in the us supreme court ruled instant divorce is u

observer would see it really is only a half a half when because they had been pushing for the constitutional court behind me this country's highest court order that president zuma be impeached now the court can't do that because of the separation of powers between the judicial system legislative and the executive but what the court has said is that the national assembly parliament failed to properly act. on its ruling that president zuma had failed to uphold defend and protect the constitution and that it needs to do something about that and the judges here the national assembly needs to come up with the right rules because at the moment they don't exist which may lead to the impeachment of a president but into finn's both president zuma and the speaker of the house the national assembly. she said that look there were votes of no confidence in the national assembly it's not like the president was on hold to account but all of them were defeated because at the end of the day the african national congress holds a majority in parliament so even though opposition parties may have sort of a hard victor

the constitutional court intervened and said no you can't reign should years. legal provisions to repeal as a result of. this caused european commissioner olli rehn to write to mr berlusconi again asking for clarification. just. as a judge of. italians who had already made up their own minds saw that sentence despite the outcomes of the referendum as an insult it also infringed upon an e.u. article demanding neutrality. append this you understand. so yes it up with. scott just give this yes you see that you don't. and then who are not mix is. going to do your. group i mean is that funny that we're going to prevent. the exact city going to. your local modest you'll do know it don't want to do would amend these are peaceful says it. all is up in. large scale privatizations of a key demand in every memorandum that the troika has imposed on every greek government the water companies of athens and thessaloniki always on the list. goes. on the good. mr make a law case as a journalist and was new democracy spokesperson. he later became interior minister for the right

the constitutional court intervenes and said no you cannot reign should years. legal provisions to be repealed as a result of. this caused european commissioner olli rehn to write to mr berlusconi again asking for clarification. just. as a judge of. italians who had already made up their own minds saw that sentence just as an insult it also infringed upon an e.u. article demanding neutrality. is. sitting. do hope it don't go to do good. large scale privatizations of a key demand in every memorandum that the troika has imposed on every greek government the water companies of athens of thessaloniki always on the list. goes. mia. the only person on the bill is good. mr make a luck as a journalist and was new democracy spokesperson. the later became interior minister for the right wing government formed by un told us the modest and twenty twelve. that was the year in which a minimum percentage stayed holding in the two largest water companies was abolished by law paving the way for complete privatization. so ok if you tickle bees in the cup or put a tooth in the cup

he basically returned to the run up to the october 1 referendum, when a constitutional court in spain ruled it was illegal and sent -- other courts sent police to look for the ballot boxes, and tens of thousands of protesters surrounded buildings as they tried to get in and out. to weigh said he had the risk that that could be repeated. rochelle: this is coming on the same day carles puigdemont is set to facace a corset -- a cout hearing in belgium. sarah: that is right. the spanish high court judge has called for carles puigdemont to toextradited back to spain face charges of sedition, rebellion, and embezzling public money. carles puigdemont and other members of the catalan government that fled to belgium have t told a court in belgium that they y feel that ththeir charges are politically they would,d, and that not face faiair justice in spai. the defense lawyer is likely to try to resist that extradition process. even if the belgian court rules it should go ahead and they should be sent back to spain, there will be an appeals process, so it could take weeks longer before carles pui

well in the way i suppose the opposition parties have come to the constitutional court this country's heart. fortunately we lost communications with tanya that in johannesburg so i have to move on to the next story. the greek government has been struggling with a weak economy and unemployment is now is having to find jobs for nearly a ride refugees the problem has been made worse because some nations have refused to resettle some of them but one group thinks refugees could help quote greece's economy or its labor force. language class for this group of refugees in northern greece jason from it live in syria has decided to seek asylum here they all need greek anyway because he'll be here for months or even years so slow is the bureaucracy. jason said he wants to study and maybe become a hairdresser. but he's open to suggestions for work. across his country similar scenes are happening the rest of europe has decided the greece can cope more or less greece has got a big problem the economist on the whole. and at the same time greece is having to deal with the brunt of the refugee influx

visit the national constitution center in philadelphia to learn about the life and legacy of john marshall, the fourth chief justice of the united states who served on the supreme court from 1801 to 1835. tom donnelly, i'm a senior fellow at the national constitution center in philadelphia. we are here to talk about chief justice john marshall. and our new exhibit, john marshall, patriot, statesman, chief justice. what is amazing about this exhibit is we cover what is most familiar about him, he was the fourth chief justice of the united states and for many scholars, he is thought of as our great chief justice. this exhibit takes you from the beginning of his life, his fight and the american revolution, through his time as a lawyer and state legislature in virginia on the way to his time as a statesman in the john adams administration and to his time as chief justice. let's take a walk in and begin the exhibit. begin our story with a young john marshall in virginia. he is born to a large family. he is the eldest of 15 children. his father was a state taught him he history, law, the classics. john marshall begins his journey with the american revolution. thes a militi