is a pure a very popular cartoonist i met him earlier to talk with him about jacob zuma because he's been criticizing him for a long period no. fervently want to see him in jail. but i would salute the lovatt the very 1st corruption cartoon that i did of zuma was 2002 become involved in around about $999.00 in what is known as the arms deal this huge purchase of all response to the africa zuma was centrally involved even though he's corrupt he manages to become. president in 2007 and then he's going to get these corruption charges that have been dogging him for a few years he's got to get them dropped jacob zuma. is a strange character i think you always had a dark side to put a shower and he said the 1st time i did that for aids prevention there was suddenly this rape trial he was lucky to get off he said some bizarre things during the testimony he knew that she was hiv positive. they are severely did you have protection you can use do you worry about being infected and he said not really he said i had a shower why to listen much on some infection so like bob would present for me and

finding president jacob zuma guilty without trial. that is wrong. >> he is set to face cross-examination at the inquiry. that could last all week. brent: adrienne is followingng e hearining in johannenesburg. >> jacob zuma did what many expected him to do. he pretrade himself as a victim of a campaign against him. we see that he takes the whole process very seriously and personally. this has a huge impact on the lives of himself and his family. also on his reputation. he is still a very powerful figurere here in south africa. he does not hold an official position anymore. the rulingng pty is splilit into two major factions. they were trying to reform the party. now it is really exciting to see how these next days are going to continue. obviously, zuma has a lot of supporters. he is facing serious allegations. there are witnesses that were pointing the finger at jacob zuma. the question is where this commission actually leads. this commission will try to establish the truthth. they can take prosecution action, possibly. it will be a ve

so what did we learn from jacob zuma stay at the commission of inquiry today. well he basically did what many observers expected him to do he basically portrayed himself as a victim of the big conspiracy theory against him and this is also what a lot of his supporters away here were telling me earlier saying it's a media conspiracy there's nothing there's no evidence what so ever but the facts are basically looking a little bit the other way there's been several witnesses before that talking to the commission saying yes pointing the finger and basically for full wrongdoing in several cases so it's going to be quite exciting days ahead so there will be cross examinations in the next days and we will see. them because many people have the feeling he doesn't take things very serious and he doesn't feel responsible for anything he doesn't feel accountable for anything and this is actually the impression people had over the last years of jacob zuma remember these corruption allegations have been swirling around him for a very long time several corruption allegations

obviously zuma has a lot of supporters hundreds of them with you today and they have the opinion of jacob zuma but he is facing serious allegations and they are witnesses actually pointing the finger and shake up zuma now the question is where will this commission actually leads because it will probably still need a long time until the truth will be really established because this commission it will just try to establish the truth report it to the relevance of thirty's with a final report who could then take prosecution action possibly so it's still going to be a very long time and a long process until the courts and also the south african people really know what's happened on the watch of jacob zuma. that was adrian krishna reporting from johannesburg about 3000000 people are on the move in nepal northern india and bangladesh fleeing months soon floods and high water close to 100 people have been killed more are missing the heavy rains have triggered landslides and deadly building collapses like this one in northern india soldiers had gathered for a party when this 4 story building collapsed

into the crime infested places where he says they came from and south africa's former president jacob zuma shrugs off corruption allegations on live television but his testimony enough to counter the evidence against him. plus congo's ebola outbreak spreads with the death toll already at $1600.00 the virus reaches the crowded city of goma on the border with rwanda the world health organization describing the new case as a potential game changer. by brinkerhoff it's good to have you with us tonight germany's ursula fund ally and has announced that she will step down as the country's defense minister min she has big plans for host. is that the european parliament will vote tomorrow to give her a new job as the 1st female president of the european commission now though that outcome is far from certain from the faces skepticism from parliamentary groups angered at the way she was foisted on them by national leaders so she's been on a charm offensive making around the promises to win over lawmakers. keeping up with. it's not an easy task last week. she was on the move constantly meeting almost

in south africa obviously under his predecessor jacob zuma jacob zuma himself is excused himself from appearing at that commission of inquiry taking place down the road in johannesburg saying that he feels he's being questioned rather unfairly. there's been a lot of focus on the issue of state corruption and the commission that you mentioned looking into the extent of it and also former president jacob zuma role in state corruption as you said he has now pulled out of that inquiry a public inquiry and he has said that he's been unfairly treated that the commission rather than dealing with him as or as a witness has approached jacob zuma as if you were already guilty and this is based on the testimony of 9 other government officials who have implicated jacob zuma in state corruption given a stance against a corruption but now being implicated in receiving these funds in a manner that he wasn't supposed to or specifically having misled parliament it it takes the african national congress it takes governance in this country a step back in terms of fighting corruption and now a lot of our

this isn't the 1st time former south african president jacob zuma has had to answer to corruption charges but this was his 1st appearance before a high profile commission into graft he allegedly oversaw zuma is accused of presiding over a culture of mass looting of state assets during his 9 year tenure that was before he was ousted as head of state by his ruling a.n.c. party last year speaking uninterrupted for over 2 hours zuma dismissed the multiple graft allegations against him he claimed he was a victim of a conspiracy that has been drive. to remove me from. it has come in different forms and that's why. they've been people who serve would be a way of trying to dodge things in one form or that. the commission in charge of the inquiry hasn't been tasked with proving a case against anyone and zuma supporters are angry at what they say is the media's unfair portrayal of him. in the in the case of president jacob zuma we've seen neverland just need to attack an avalanche of media trial finding president jacob zuma kills it without a fair trial they keep on telling us nonsense but they don

rid of corruption right speaking of corruption i mean last week we heard from former president jacob zuma testifying at that corruption inquiry you were reporting for as they just remind us again about some of the testimony we heard from zuma and perhaps what that means when of course in the context of all that he is facing as we speak. before the commission zuma is what are facing corruption charges were it is alleged that he allowed a lot of people to loot the state especially one day reach the family that is it contracts across the government departments and in some of those compliance the they did they did nor work at all but there were paid millions of friends and also president jacob zuma is also facing some charges in court or rocketeer in and these are some of the charges which in corruption charges that he faced or alleged to have committed even before he became the president president i'm a poster has been trying by all means to use the state inquiry commission to make sure those that have done the wrong appear before the commission and lots of ministers about ph president forme

hello former south african president jacob zuma is appearing at an inquiry into government corruption he was forced from office last year accused of overseeing the mass looting of state funds zuma denies any wrongdoing during his 9 years as president i've been a subject of. talk in this country for. more than a decade. i've been vilified. and led to. the killing of. corrupt people and zuma still speaking right now live from johannesburg let's listen in if faced with this more than 20 years. this is one of the sources that i know. there was a plan to do with zuma. has been dead all the time. in other words foreign intelligence organizations and. look around of course and but fate forever that of reasons thought it was important to deal with this man now it is important. for me. to state that anything that happened since that time. i've been linking the thoughts all the time. and i thought it is important to this commission part of the business of come to. that this is the matter of this commission it's not different from. the pledge not to log the commission of those who initiated that

getting rid of corruption right speaking of craps and i mean last week we heard from former president jacob zuma testifying at that corruption inquiry you were reporting for us there just remind us again about some of the testimony we heard from zuma and perhaps what that means what of course in the context of all that he is facing as we speak. before the commission zuma is what are facing corruption charges were it is alleged that he allowed a lot of people to moot the state especially one day reach the family that is it contracts across the government departments and in some of those complaints that they did they did no work at all but the were paid millions of friends and also president jacob zuma is also facing some charges in court of record t r e ing and these are some of the charges which in corruption charges that he faced or alleged to have committed even before he became the president so to sit on the pasta he has been trying by all means to use the state inquiry commission to make sure those that have done the wrong appear before the commission and lot of ministers about ph president

rid of corruption right speaking of corruption i mean last week we heard from former president jacob zuma testifying at that corruption inquiry you were reporting for us there just remind us again about some of the testimony we heard from zuma and perhaps what that means for an up or so in the context of all that he is facing as we speak. before the commission zuma is what are facing corruption charges were it is alleged that he allowed a lot of people to loot the state especially one day reach the family that is it contracts across government departments and in some of those complaints the they did nor work at all but doing paid millions of friends and also president jacob zuma is also facing some charges in court of record to your ring and these are some of the charges which in corruption charges that you faced or alleged to have committed even before you became the president so to say that i'm a poster has been trying by all means to use the state's inquiry commission to make sure those that have done the wrong appear before the commission and lot of ministers about ph president former

hello again the headlines on al-jazeera former south african president jacob zuma has told an inquiry into government corruption that he is the target of a conspiracy zuma was forced from office last year accused of overseeing the mass looting of state funds i've been a subject of. talk in this country for. more than a decade it's. been vilified. to. the killing of. corrupt people european foreign ministers are meeting in brussels to find ways to convince iran and the u.s. to start dialogue after months of tension earlier iran's president said his government is willing to talk to the u.s. if washington lifts economic sanctions and returns to the 2015 nuclear deal. we are totally committed to keeping the middle east the new. if you close the weapons and other countries in the region with us comes a very very tough dangerous situation so we are looking to find a way to pursue the nuclear deal which we think is the best way of keeping the middle east is a nuclear weapon free. iran is still a good year away from developing nuclear weapons we think there is still some closing thoughts wind

with a string of public protest media relations and pressure from within his own party to jacob zuma as resignation as president now 18 months out of office zuma continues to fight allegations of corruption many of them linked to his relationship with the gupta family. the doctors are accused of using their relationship would seem to influence government policy and win lucrative state contracts for its businesses while zuma and the captors deny any wrongdoing the former president is expected to make his 1st appearance at an inquiry into corruption. or is really. you're not going to see his his direct fingerprints on a lot of things you know a lot of the corruption that happened was happening inside state and so it would happen under c.e.o. c.f.o. that had effectively been appointed by him you know by the ministers that he had appointed. the accusations against zuma and the doctors are just the latest in a long line of scandals zuma is she to return to court in september on charges of fraud corruption and money laundering a 180000000 dollars deal with a french military arms company tel

you know the end point is still inevitable because as we heard south africa's former president jacob zuma is giving evidence to the commission set up to investigate corruption allegations during his time in office the inquiry into state capture just how damaging has all of this been this process even for south africa and its economy so the zonda commission process is fascinating and has taken a long time is going to be going on probably for another year at least and then more time while they actually produce or unnatural reports and there's been a lot of criticism of the commission they have taken relatively easy lines on the knee of the witnesses that have appeared you know the process that has gone relatively slowly but that the zoomer appearance of all those on the commission was fascinating yet the general consensus rightly say was a lot of what he said was completely sort of you know out of kilter with reality and with the truth of what's happened in south africa but actually his purpose of appearing that was ultimately political and was focused within the a.n.c. and on those terms a

former south african president jacob zuma has told an inquiry into government corruption that he is the target of a conspiracy mr zuma was forced from office last year accused of overseeing the mass looting of state farms. a roadside bomb has killed at least 13 people in southern afghanistan another 33 civilians were wounded in the explosion which targeted a truck in kandahar as car craze district. 2 health workers fighting the ebola outbreak in the democratic republic of congo have been found murdered in their homes the killings in north kivu province follows attacks on a boner clinics and stuff doctors have discovered the 1st case of the virus in the provincial capital goma the city's home to a 1000000 people experts are concerned the virus could spread quickly in the densely populated area close to the border with rwanda since the latest outbreak last august almost 1700 people have died. well the confirmed case has prompted the world health organization to reconsider whether it should declare the a break as a global emergency. the identification of the cure is in goma could potential

former south african president jacob zuma has told an inquiry into government corruption that he was the target of a conspiracy mr zuma was forced from office last year accused of overseeing the mass looting of state farm's. to health workers fighting the break in the democratic republic of congo have been found murdered in their homes the killings in north kivu province follow attacks on a boulder clinics and stuff doctors have discovered the 1st case of the virus in the provincial capital goma is catherine soy. the people sitting in this stand in goma are being tested for a boy they touched or interacted with a man who's now sick with the disease a preacher who traveled 200 kilometers north to the site of an outbreak to pray for those who'd been infected and doctors are also searching for some of those who were traveling with him on a bass from the news has caused fear in the city of more than 1000000 people and that's by the border. because. this is information to scare us. what's going on why is it happening in goma how did it get here from so far away a country great in one now a

however not everyone believes he is guilty jacob zuma is still believed. that his friends are in top is that everybody is not only. congress and. waters there's a lot of what. is politically motivated. they believe enemies are trying to end any remaining influence he has 6 on a fishing expedition hope that somehow this is something that they could use i can see that's what is happening here if they're if they're real real evidence of any wrongdoing he would have been in court. or has been advice if they get into that in politics for decades he seems defiant and is threatening to name and shame people provoking him. al-jazeera janice berg. at least 24 people are feared dead after heavy rains and flash flooding in. pakistan administered kashmir several people are missing the roads stem the floods from other damaged roads and more than 250 homes officials warn the death toll may increase as rescuers struggle to reach affected areas. communities in central mozambique are struggling to rebuild their lives for months on from 2 devastating cyclons nearly 650 peop

you know the end point is still inevitable because as we heard south africa's former president jacob zuma is giving evidence to the commission set up to investigate corruption allegations during his time in office the inquiry into states can show just how damaging has all of this been this process even for south africa and its economy so the zonda commission process is fascinating and has taken a long time it's going to be going on probably for another year at least and then more time while they actually produce or a natural report and there's been a lot of criticism of the commission they have taken relatively easy lines on the knee of the witnesses that have appeared you know the process it has gone relatively slowly but that the zoomer appearance of all those on the commission was fascinating yet the general consensus rightly say was that a lot of what he said was completely sort of you know out of kilter with reality and with the truth of what's happened in south africa but actually his purpose of appearing that was ultimately political and was focused within the a.n.c. and on those t

representatives have not responded to the tweets or criticism in south africa former president jacob zuma is facing questions at a public inquiry today broadcast live to millions across the country zuma is accused of overseeing a culture of corruption while in office including giving out state contracts and favors to allies he says the allegations against him are politically motivated he was ousted by his own a.n.c. party last year during his testimony he claimed to be the victim of a conspiracy that has been a drive. to remove me from. it is come in different forms and that's why. they've been people who said he would do it all of trying to. run for more. let's go straight to johannesburg in our correspondent adrian krishna following this for us adrian this is not the 1st time that the former president has faced corruption charges what's at stake for him this time round. right this is a commission off inquiry that is basically trying to find out how the state capture network really came up so they don't have prosecuting powers but they can refer their finding to the relevant agencies so

presidents all wrong a person came into office promising to fight corruption last year president jacob zuma resigned under a cloud of corruption scandals which filtered down to government departments and officials the government has since set up a commission of inquiry to investigate those allegations well revelations around corruption at state owned companies have shocked south africans critics are concerned that the inquiry won't amount to any prosecutions with zuma at one point withdrawing from the inquiry saying he was under attack well. it is corruption should be tackled the public protector a corruption watchdog accuse the president of lying to parliament about a $35000.00 campaign donation he received when he was running for president of the african national congress the president says the public protector's report is unfounded and is taking her to court meanwhile the public protector is there when kabbani is facing increasing criticism especially after the constitutional court in another case read that she'd lied under oath and go bonnie has been accused of undermining rama posters

all those of us who have been watching jacob zuma in action for over 20 years will know that this is typical zuma this is from his filibustering playbook what he likes to do is play cat and mouse these kinds of inquiries he tries to exercise whatever leverage he can over process in order to gain political and legal advantage he came to the commission voluntarily this week he spoke at great length of this week about international campaign to assassinate him to remove him from power it is a level best to deflect attention from the real purpose of the inquiry which is to focus on his and his cronies efforts to steal state institutions state capture we call it over recent years when he was in power today he threatened to walk out his lawyers said there was an abuse of process they said the questions that were being put to him by the inquiry were unfair because he was being cross-examined many south africans including lawyers might like myself would say well that's the purpose of an inquiry it is to test the evidence it is to put to difficult questions to people when as i know our presiden

and south africa's former president jacob zuma shrugs off corruption allegations as a character assassination during a televised inquiry but was his testimony enough to counter the evidence against a. possible very painful anniversary for turkey. it was 3 years ago today that it failed to lead to mass purges from generals to teachers tens of thousands have been imprisoned or have lost their jobs. i'm brian thomas thanks so much for joining us some 3000000 people are now on the move in nepal northern india and bangladesh fleeing flooding and high waters rescue efforts are under way as authorities warn this region faces a potential health crisis from water borne disease. a deadly monsoon season in much of south asia. in nepal the off the moth of mess floods and deadly landslides for the displaced there's more rain to come. in bangladesh it's the same story dangerous flooding and mudslides. and for the a hinge of refugees from neighboring mine the rain and landslides have washed away thousands of hillside shelters leaving several dead. we're having problems during this rainy season getting food

and south africa's former president jacob zuma shrugs off corruption charges as character assassination during a televised inquiry. but was his testimony enough to counter the evidence against. i'm brian thomas thanks so much for joining us another extension a guaranteed minimum wage and expanded unemployment benefits those are some of the goals from a germany's ursula fund a lion and she says she'll be pursuing them if elected tomorrow as european commission president now she made the pledges in a letter to reluctant lawmakers to succeed she'll need an absolute majority. keeping up with. it's not an easy task last week. she was on the move constantly meeting almost all the political groups of the e.u. parliament. she needs to convince enough parliamentarians that she's the right woman for the commission presidency and that could be a problem especially with the social democrats in the european parliament they've called her commitments to being huge and they dislike that fund and i and wasn't even one of the lead candidates especially the german social democrats are up in arms so the me

present drama poza jacob zuma successor his name has come up in the course of basing inquiries hasn't. yes of course but the president i'm up for say is very little influence on these cases these are cases that some are committed some of them you committed the cases before even became president and these are cases that have come out from the public protect us reports where people were asked the questions and they've given evidence about 9 witnesses in this commission implicated in corruption some of them saying he was given a lot of money by a private company where he also influenced on corruption there and some of them saying he instructed them to make deals for the good to family so that they would loot and lot of flow of money from the state so these are corruption cases that have nothing to do with that i'm opposed but there's a corruption case is that zuma also agrees with a lot of people that something might have happened in the commission is trying to find out what exactly happened and how much did zuma contribute to these cases jacob zuma has been saying that much of the case

a lot of time was spent talking about the gupta family jacob zuma was accused of using his influence back when he was president to help them set up a news paper it's alleged that he made a phone call to a government official a transcript of their phone calls without during the commission and jacob zuma told this government official my brother they are these gupta guys we need to meet with you and need your help please help them so you know was in us to respond and he said i don't remember making the score it might have happened he did insist he is friends with the gupta said his family does speak to the doctors but he says no law has been broken he says all this is part of a conspiracy theory that goes back to about 20 years any alleges they are players for foreign and local who are trying to remove him because he says he thinks it's because he knows too much when he started speaking at the hearing he claimed that he knows he has a list of people who are corrupt and he's threatened to release that list what will be the implications if he does or some people assume there could be some

this morning, jacob zuma insisted it was all lies, part of an elaborate plot to discredit him. of corrupt people. not true, he insisted. instead, zuma blamed western governments, traitors in his own party, and warned of a dark conspiracy against him. there've been people sent from outside the country to come and kill me. at times, zuma still manages to joke about his legal battles, but he is clearly in trouble. outside the inquiry today, a small crowd urged him to fight on and clear his name. jacob zuma insists he is a victim of a vast international conspiracy. his supporters outside believe that too. but many south africans see something different happening here. they see a once untouchable leader finally being forced to answer for the extraordinary corruption that flourished during his period in power, corruption that nearly destroyed a young democracy‘s key institutions. andrew harding, bbc news, johannesburg. the chief of the world health organisation has said the confirmation of an ebola disease victim inside the crowded congolese city of goma could be a game—changer — req

former south african president jacob zuma is expected to appear shortly at an inquiry into government corruption he was forced from office last year accused of overseeing the mass looting of state phones. us from johannesburg to just break down that corruption inquiry for us and do we know yet of jacob zuma is going to testify. well right now there's a lot of public interest here in this hearing in south africa as jacob zuma is a former president some server can blame him for the corruption that happened under his watch all the money that was stolen and the poor state of the economy today it's not clear where the he's going to testify remember this is not a legal proceeding states are being quiet commission so basically he has a choice whether he testifies or not right now it's not clear he's or he has even arrived at the moment he had some concerns it took a while to get to this point he wanted 1st to be able to see the questions that he's going to be asked in the violence so you had time to prepare that was not allowed to happen given also wanted to be able to cross-examine some of

this morning, jacob zuma insisted it was all lies, part of an elaborate plot to discredit him. he insisted. instead, zuma blamed western governments, traitors and his own party, and warned of a dark conspiracy against him. there have been people sent from outside the country to come and kill me. at times, zuma still manages to joke about his legal battles. but he is clearly in trouble. outside the enquiry today, a small crowd urged him to fight on and clear his name. jacob zuma insists he is a victim of a vast international conspiracy. his supporters outside believe that too. but many south africans see something different happening here. they see a once untouchable leader finally being forced to answer for the extraordinary corruption that flourished during his period in power, corruption that nearly destroyed a young democracy‘s key institutions. andrew harding, bbc news, johannesburg. alan turing was a brilliant mathematician and code breaker who helped the allies win the second world war, and a pioneer of early computing. now he has been chosen to be the new face of the £50

from a process facing a scandal of his own his predecessor president jacob zuma is appearing somewhat say reluctantly before a commission of inquiry into state corruption during his 9 years in office zuma concluded his 4th day of testimony after withdrawing from proceedings saying he was being treated unfairly but later said he would return to the witness stand while solved africans are looking for answers the promise of a corruption free south africa appears to be elusive leader mullah al jazeera pretoria south africa. joining us now from gauteng province is caleb olga point he has a political science professor at the university of south africa thank you very much for speaking to us on the news out there were hearing anthony does report that corruption is appears to be the biggest challenge facing the a.n.c. right now how serious are these allegations against president. these allegations are very serious in my view miriam because as you heard in that leigh obviously corruption has been one of the major issues in there recently you know how the elections in may to indian indian and it

in the hot seat south africa a former president jacob zuma defends himself before a corruption in great millions are watching this televised hearing is accused of looting state funds. and president trump's tweets director for minority congresswoman trigger accusations of racism why did he singled him out. also painful anniversary for turkey. it was 3 years ago today that a fails to lead to mass purges from army generals to schoolteachers tens of thousands have been imprisoned or have lost their jobs we'll go live to stumble. i'm brian thomas thanks so much for joining us close to 100 people have been killed by monsoon flooding in 3 south asian states many more are missing right now more than a 1000000 people across nepal northern india and bangladesh have been displaced authorities are also warning of a looming health crisis from water borne diseases. a deadly monsoon season in much of south asia. in nepal the off the moth of mass floods and deadly landslides for the displaced there's more rain to come. by in bangladesh it's the same story dangerous flooding and mudslides. and for the a

perhaps pushing for a motion of no confidence in this comes at a time when the former president jacob zuma is sitting before a commission of inquiry into. and the narrative in south africa south africans are concerned to the extent of corruption not only is a film a president being questioned around his possible role but now a sitting president as well. also being implicated with regard to money that was donated to his presidential campaign for the african national congress or return calendar is an associate professor at the university of cape town's public law department and he says the person leading south africa's anticorruption body could have all teary or motives with these findings this latest report from the public protector must seem as must be seen as part of a pattern of conduct on her part where she is essentially siding with a faction that is aligned to the former president jacob zuma and is trying to stop ram opposes reform efforts which are designed to clean up the state and reclaim lost integrity in public institutions so that's the context of therefore in my view the public

former president jacob zuma for south africans even the public space is really dominated by a former president implicated in state corruption and now also a sitting president who has questions to answer. from either miller from pretoria. now turkey says its warplanes and drones of hit multiple targets in the kurdish region of northern iraq the air strikes were in response to the murder of one of its diplomats on wednesday a gunman shot and killed turkey's deputy consul general and 2 other people turkish and iraqi authorities are looking for 27 year old muslim diag is believed to have joined the kurdistan workers' party or p k k in 2014 the group is deemed a terrorist organization by turkey and the united states let's go live now to natasha or lame she's following the story from arab meal where the attack happened let's start with. what do we know about the suspect. well sammy investigators are describing a dog he's 27 years old. pardon me for the most pronounced the nation he's been described as the primary suspect in the shootings that led to the assassination of turkish diplomat al

a string of public protest media revelations and pressure from within his own party to jacob zuma as resignation as president now 18 months out of office zuma continues to fight allegations of corruption many of them linked to his relationship with the gupta m e the doctors are accused of using their relationship with zuma to influence government policy and when lucrative state contracts with businesses while zuma and the gupta deny any wrongdoing the former president is expected to make his 1st appearance at an inquiry into corruption those rumors really. you're not going to see his his direct fingerprints on a lot of things you know a lot of the corruption that happened was happening inside state owned so it would happen under c.e.o. c.f.o. that had effectively been appointed by him you know by the ministers that he had appointed. the accusations against zuma and the group has are just the latest in a long line of scandals zuma is you to return to court in september on charges of fraud corruption and money laundering a 180000000 dollars deal with the french military arms company te

a very angry and defiant jacob zuma is still giving his side of the story he spent a long time talking about the group has the world the indian family he said that yes he does know them yes his family do speak to them but he says no laws have been broken he admitted suggesting the family sit up a newspaper added to the station again he stressed that nothing wrong was done in those business dealings he denied allegations that the group has were allowed to interfere with government policies and appoint ministers he challenges people saying where is the proof prove it to me show it to me that this actually happened he also told the commission that the doctors have been in and out also there for the for many many years and they have had business dealings and offerings with many other senior people in the ruling a.n.c. party so why is he seemingly the only one being brought to book the only one being summoned to this commission critics of zuma say the relationships with the group with the gupta and him was corrupted allegation he denies now he's expected to appear in front of this commissio

let's head to south africa now where the former south african president jacob zuma is making a defiant appearance before a public inquiry saying there's a conspiracy against him as he faces questions about government corruption during his time in office the commission is looking into allegations that he oversaw the mass looting of state funds most of the accusations are linked to his relationship with the wealthy gupta family they're accused of using their links with zuma to influence government policy and when lucrative business contracts the inquiry is all part of current presence around the poses pledged to clear out corruption he replaced zuma last year when he was ousted from the ruling a.n.c. party so you are denies all the allegations against him. been a subject of. talk in this country for. more than dick. i've been vilified. cuban of. course about. how tossers our correspondent following events force in johannesburg already zuma has spoken and continues to speak he's coming out fighting. is putting up a fight is now time for the question and answer session lawyers are asking j

jacob zuma was very angry and very defiant when he started speaking he says he has a list of names of corrupt officials that he's ready to release but he asked that his lawyers be given time to a proces individuals so they'll be given time to prepare once the list is announced he also spoke at length about his relationship with the gupta family the wealthy indian family he says that yes they are friends and his family members do speak to them but he insists no laws has been broken he said it was him who suggested that the gupta set up a newspaper and t.v. station he also said that he denied any allegations at the group to families of any influence over government policies and also on appointment of ministers zuma seemed also very angry at the fact that why is he being singled out he says a got to say been in south africa for many many years they know the mandela as they know the big family and he's wondering why it's him who's been dragged to this commission to answer questions he had a warning to people who he said are trying to bring him down he insists he is a conspiracy theory tha

party different factions emerging trying to kind of jacob zuma and his supporters allegations of course denied by people from that particular faction but all eyes of course are on this hearing how is that going to pan out is going to testify and if he does testify who is he going to implicate in the corruption scandals and as we can see in the life picture of that hearing now underway for the time being here with us i think you for that update from johannesburg. doctors have confirmed the 1st case of the ebola virus in a major city in the democratic republic of congo gomer's home to a 1000000 people experts are concerned the virus could spread quickly in the densely populated area close to the border with rwanda the virus has killed almost a $1700.00 victims since the latest outbreak there last august bus passengers who traveled to go with the man who showed symptoms of are now being tested. still ahead on al-jazeera india's tower of trash that will soon be taller than the taj mahal. and we follow the plight of here in iraq who survives ice souls campaign of genocide. hello again i welc

agreement so long as other parties also maintain their commitment the former south african president jacob zuma has told an inquiry into government corruption that he's the target of a conspiracy zuma it was forced from office last year accused of overseeing the mass looting of state funds have been the subject of. talk this country for. more than dick. a fact. killing off. quite apt. to health workers fighting the break in the democratic republic of congo have fun were found murdered in their homes also in north kivu province doctors confirmed the 1st case of the virus in the capital go for the city's home to a 1000000 people experts are concerned the virus could spread quickly in the densely populated area close to the border with rwanda since the latest outbreak last august almost 1700 people have died the confirmed cases in goma has prompted the world health organization to reconsider whether it should declare the break a global emergency. the identification of the case in goma could potentially be a game changer in this epidemic we are confident in the measures we are put in place and hope

form a former south african president jacob zuma has agreed to continue to give testimony to a public inquiry looking into corruption allegations against him and he pulled out saying he felt he was being questioned too harshly did not provide written statements to questions from judges the allegations against him that he allowed his cronies to plunder state resources during his 9 years in power he was ousted in february 28th and has long denied any wrongdoing. straight to johannesburg mojo in that journalist a 2 so kemal welcome to the w 2 so so why is jacob zuma so reluctant to answer these questions publicly in person. these are very serious charges he knows that if he is found to have done something wrong there are very serious consequences remember these are charges that involve that he allowed the reach the family which is accused of looting the state to sources to appoint the mid-south on his behalf he's say to have allowed a lot of corruption to happen and he's watched other allegations are that you struck that ministers to assist these. other people wanted to do this did to so