"he burst the national assembly with corrupt practices from day one of his administration".at they say is trite or they are talking rubbish. listen to me. when i took over, the first thing that the national assembly sent to me and they sent who was my national security adviser is that whenever i'm sending a bill to them i shall send it with money and i said no. if i send a bill to them and they don't pass it, i will still run the affairs of nigeria. the national assembly says, have you forgotten the sacks of money that were displayed on the floor of the house of representatives... where did it come from? ..being used for bribes. where did it come from? you tell me! you were in charge. who brought it on the table? he says you and i'm quoting him directly. "the grandfather of corruption in nigeria". i never gave anybody a dime. never. kgalema motlanthe, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. you made a decision to call for zuma to go. yes. notjust as party chief, but as president of the country. yes, because my belief was that if you are in a leadership position you have the responsi

listen to me, when i took over the national assembly said to me... viser said whenever i said in a bill to them i shall send it with money and i said no. if they don't pass it i will... the national assembly says have you forgotten the sacks of money that we re forgotten the sacks of money that were displayed on the floor of the house of representatives? where did it come from? being used for bribes. you tell me! he says you and i'm quoting him directly. the grandfather of corruption in nigeria. i never gave anybody dying. never. welcome to hardtalk you made a decision to call forjacob zuma to go. yes. notjust as party chief but as president of his country. yes. my belief was that if you are in a leadership position you have the responsibility of guiding others. and whenever they get off the rails you have the ability to put them back and that same conscience should help you as well. you don't think zuma has a conscience? today it is failing. it has failed? i say the entire leadership is crooked, with a few exceptions. how could you just a few excepti

président appropriately and said i wanted the court to issue another ruling called sing the national assemblyto punish the prison and what the school has done is taken as to why this is not a man on this thing it was signed the charter he and importantly the chief justice said that they were trying to do to show overreach because south africa's police and the big question of cowards believe that the majority on the board that they excrete the national assembly comment pedants hopefully punished we've been taken to that they just say what they should say ok that the national assembly needs to come up with the one who said that politicians can follow colonnades. so offensive to any of the opposition was hoping that the court would rule full in favor of impeachment proceedings to be allowed to start that doesn't seem like that's happening. no it's not and the court threw that in its original ruling didn't say that the president had made a serious breach and under the constitution it is the word again you use so what the cool to say is that while we agree that the national assembly hasn't done en

thousands took to the streets to protest after the pro-government supreme court position dominated national assembly more than one hundred twenty people died these university students march too but not now. believe deeply in protests we've been on the streets and will return to the streets but only for the right fights with the correct strategy and in conditions that will result in the fewest casualties possible the president says venice weyler is the victim of the u.s. led economic war the conspiracy after eighteen years of first child isn't now

meantime let's hear more about what these really prime minister had to say about this a united nations general assembly vote and he starts on this resolution take a listen. to the attitude towards israel of many countries on all continents is changing outside the walls of the united nations and that change will ultimately permian. into the u.s. in the house of lies the state of israel totally rejects this vote even before the resolutions approval jerusalem is our capital and we will continue to build there and for embassies led by the united states will move to jerusalem write down what i said because it will happen. now to harry fawcett who is now bureau in west jerusalem harry these really prime minister making his feelings known even before the session of the general assembly it's pretty clear those approved preemptive rejection from benjamin netanyahu of this vote no matter what happens no matter how many countries vote against the united states and by extrapolation israel the i think the certainty is that the vote will go against the united nations the united states declaration and therefore again

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 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 grant mr zuma in no time will be scrutinized would 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 long we need to be in parliament in no less than it did to days before the state of the nation and as of twenty eight in their defense president zuma and the speaker of

in mad to sense president zuma and the speaker of parliament votes it wasn't true that the national assembly had done nothing multiple votes of no confidence in president zuma have been held and they've all been defeated and that's what it comes down to it's a matter of numbers in parliament because impeaching a president is a parliamentary process so even when there are rules in place that could lead to impeaching a president ultimately that would require a two thirds majority and the reality is that the governing african national congress holds the majority and so it be extremely unlikely that the numbers would be able to be gathered for an impeachment former football superstar george where has officially been declared liberia's president elect after winning tuesday's runoff with more than sixty one percent of the vote his opponent joseph i conceded defeat earlier congratulating way and saying that he wanted to avoid bloodshed whereas when march the first a democratic transfer of power in the west african nation in seventy three years the white house has offered its congratulations on what

they lost 93 seats in the national assembly. moderate party members of already warned they could leave if he is not watering down his hard-line views. they could get behind the far right leaders like marine le pen. people in paris set a final farewell to johnny holliday saturday with one million turning out o on the shl still he's to say goodbye to the singer. a sean's the leaves we have more. >> a final farewell to johnny holliday. his coffin was displayed one more time on the french island of st. barts people came out to pay tribute and say their last goodbye to the french rock star. he will rest in the small cemetery from the beach. he will be laid to rest in an ordinary grave, just like everybody else. he and his family fell in love with the island in 2008 here it they built this villa overlooking the sea. it was his little slice of paradise, where he could take a break k from the l limelight. >> there were more tranquil here than they were on the french mainland. we respect their privacy. the singer will be raid to last --

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 is that the national assembly needs to come up with the right rules because at the moment they don't exist rules which may lead to the impeachment of the president but in defense 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 victory here in the courts ultimately impeaching a president depends on the two thirds majority in parliament and the opposition parties don't have that aid agencies have no evacuated twenty nine critically ill people from eastern guta a procedure rebel held area in syria's capital d

their defense president zuma and the speaker of parliament both said it wasn't true that the national assembly had done nothing multiple votes of no confidence in president zuma has been held and they have all been defeated and that's what it comes down to it's a matter of numbers in parliament because impeaching a president is a parliamentary process so even when there are rules in place that could lead to impeaching a president ultimately that would require a two thirds majority and the reality is that the governing african national congress holds the majority and so it be extremely unlikely that the numbers would be able to be gathered for an impeachment well still ahead here on ars is there the last of the remaining twenty nine critically ill people evacuated from the besieged rebel held area in syria's capital and the greek farmers creating opportunities for the country's many refugees. welcome back to take a look at the weather across southern and central parts of china the weather jerry looking pretty good at the moment little bit of rain affected northern parts of vietnam but i think f

while the soccer of prize praised the national assembly for its exceptional contribution to the fight for human rights it is unlikely to change the venezuelan government's attitude towards its opposition can i cuss routinely dismisses criticism by international bodies as meddling or lies. this is data world news all the way including the story of the egyptian singer who's been jailed for inciting to poetry for a music video that's in just a few minutes. imagine her a child. and your home country is no place to live bombs rained off homes the rebels claim they came from russian fighter jets in syria i was always top of my class in a b. and a. to children to fate in the last part of our series owns well a new life in germany in forty five minutes on doubling. your homeland because of persecution and city five people found a new home in a foreign land with their stories books and music they've built bridges to the past. and the future. after these. starting december seventeenth on d w meet the germans new and surprising aspects of noise and culture in germany . us american keep music tak

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 victory here in the courts ultimately impeaching a president depends on a two thirds majority in parliament and the opposition parties don't have that. in the future for the moment. thank you. staying on the african continent liberia's election commission says former football star george wendt house won the country's presidential runoff with a projected sixty one point five percent of the votes ninety eight point one percent of the votes have been counted and tallied mohammed atta has more from the capital monrovia was celebration on the streets of the liberian capital monrovia was supportable for my international football adored with greeted news of his victory in tuesday's runoff election with song and dance was brought down in tea is a soon as the results won best he's seen he have b

aimed athey were making the national assembly more efficient and transparent.e as an mp is not all it's cracked up to be for many of the new government members from macron's party. they are quite unhappy with their salaries, many of them came from the private sector, where they have been making quite a bit more money. mpscan see in this cartoon, are looking at warnings about sexual harassment cyber security and reminders they have to handed reports about expenses and one is saying to the other, something tells me we missed the golden age. ok raise won't be on the agenda for this reform, but maybe they can come to peace with their new lower salaries. this is meditation sessions to help them come to peace. i got my favorite reporting that mps had a meditation session yesterday led by a psychiatrist. apparently, according to the paper, this is going to become a weekly practice. they say they are very much in favor of these meditation sessions, working on our inner selves could help gain perspective and better deal with tense situations. genie: you've probably hear

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

fellow the united nations general assembly has voted by a huge majority to declare the u.s. recognition of jerusalem as israel's capital null and void one hundred twenty eight states voted for the non-binding resolution with just nine against and thirty five abstentions countries that sided with america to vote against the resolution were israel what amala honduras a marshall islands micronesia palau and togo well the us ambassador to the un had warned she would be taking names of states which voted against washington stance like hanna has more from the united nations in new york the two thirds majority is comfortably reach this vote to a sweeping repudiation of president trumps unilateral action in recognizing jerusalem as the capital of israel the result heralded by the apparent isolation of the u.s. delegation in the chamber and the enthusiastic welcome given to the palestinians. whose foreign minister addressed the assembly and insisted that jerusalem would be the capital of a palestinian state mr merrill young we meet today not because of any animosity towards the us bu

the united nations general assembly has decisively back to a resolution that declares the u.s. recognition of jerusalem as israel's capital void one hundred twenty eight states voted for the non-binding resolution against and thirty five abstentions us president donald trump had threatened to cut financial aid to countries that backed the resolution. the red cross says the number of suspected cholera cases in yemen has reached a million more than two thousand people have died from the highly contagious infection since the outbreak began in april. the united nations says at least sixteen people have died while waiting for a medical about evacuation and serving as the siege to eastern go to reach and the head of the un's humanitarian task force for serious as they'll be more deaths unless the government stops blocking efforts to bring medical aid to the area. warring factions in south sudan have agreed to a ceasefire the truce has set up again on sunday following days of talks of ethiopia the u.n. tribunal for the former yugoslavia has come to an end a ceremony was held in the ha

longer than expected raul castro was due to step down in february after elections for a new national assembly but that vote has been pushed back by two months because of the destruction caused by hurricane september in a speech on thursday castro again denied accusations that cuba is behind so-called health attacks against u.s. diplomats working in havana you lost your. in two thousand and seventeen we have been witnesses to is serious and irrational deterioration of relations between the united states and cuba our country is absolutely not responsible for this setback i say again categorically that cuba did not and does not have any responsibility whatsoever with the incidents they have alleged to have affected the health of diplomats accredited persons or other foreign visitors. as trainees first naval submarine has been found more than one hundred years after it went missing the eighty one and its thirty five member crew vanished off the coast of papa new guinea in one nine hundred fourteen when the first world war it was the first submarine lost by allies during the war and it's hoped the

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

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assembly their leader colleagues. coals for kosovo to defeat for the spanish state so what is next for catalonia will be going to. the united nations general assembly rejects donald trump's recognition of jerusalem as israel's capital but the vote isn't quite as one sided as i had been expected to be getting reaction from our correspondents in washington and jerusalem. and the all regions of the man in red father christmas may be on his way but way is coming from actually goes in search also sent to us. hello and welcome my name's christopher spring it's good to have you with us separate his policies in catalonia appear to have won a slim majority off to yesterday's crucial regional elections the result could further inflame tensions between the wealthy spanish region and central government in madrid a spanish prime minister mariano to haul called the election off the strip in catalonia if it's all told to me and sacking its government following an independence declaration in late october. long before vote counting was finished the party of former catalan leader catalyst please the moment was celebrating victory. we see exactly rig

here without is there are these are the top stories united nations general assembly has overwhelmingly back to resolution rejecting the u.s. recognition of to receive them as a capital of israel one hundred twenty eight states voted for the non-binding resolution with just nine against and thirty five abstentions this was despite present threat that washington would cut financial aid to countries that would not support him and the palestinian chief negotiator condemned the decision by the u.s. but says the u.n. vote shows respect for the rule of law it's a deal shame to those who stood shoulder to shoulder with occupation settlements against international law and appreciate very much that the majority of the international community decided in spite of the threats and intimidation of the state to stand tall and to stand shoulder to shoulder with was the farsightedness international law. and i really feel another one of the younger israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu called the un vote for a prosperous and thanked president. israel completely reject posterous was a dressing room a

according to her twitter she will be quote taking names at the upcoming vote in the united nations general assembly there's also a document that's been released the authenticity of this document is not yet been confirmed but it appears that the usa is threatening to cut off the aid of countries that vote against the united. states at the upcoming general assembly vote now this is going to be a non-binding vote now this comes just a few days after we saw some drama at the united nations security council resolution was put forward by egypt condemning the recent move of the united states recognizing jerusalem as israel's capital and in response to that we saw it fourteen to one with every other member of the u.n. security council voting against the resolution but the usa stepping in to veto it this is some of what occurred at the u.n. security council of jerusalem as the future. should be determined through a negotiated settlement between the israelis and the palestinians and a decision and actions which purport to alter the current turn status of jerusalem have no legal effect any unilateral actions

united nations general assembly has overwhelmingly adopt said the resolution rejecting president donald trump's recognition of jerusalem as the capital of israel defying u.s. threats of aid cuts one hundred and twenty eight countries voted for the non-binding resolution thirty five abstained the nine countries that sided with america israel guatemala honduras muslins micronesia narrow. and the u.s. president was asked for his reaction to the decision but refrained from commenting and the palestinian president mahmoud abbas and french president emmanuel are about to meet in paris in a joint news conference is expected in about an hour's time we'll be bringing you that as we get it for now though mike hanna has more from the united nations in new york. the two thirds majority as comfortably reach this vote to were sweeping repudiation of president trumps unilateral action in recognizing jerusalem as the capital of israel the result heralded by the apparent isolation of the u.s. delegation in the chamber and the enthusiastic welcome given to the palestinians. whose foreign minister address

chantix is right for you. >>> so, we are back taking a live look, again, inside the united nations general assemblytinian representative is currently speaking as the u.n. debates this resolution slamming the united nations for recognizing jerusalem as the capital of israel. nikki haley has said that she is taking names to see who does not vote with the u.s. on this one. and the president, ominously, has promised retribution when it comes to aid to some of our allies, if they are not on board. we are watching this. we are going to bring you nikki haley, the second she begins speaking. we think that will happen in the next few minutes. >>> we want to bring you big news that may have flown under your radar. for the first time the pentagon is confirming that the u.s. military has conducted multiple ground operations in yemen. u.s. central command says american ground troops are fighting isis and aqap. the defense department is characterizing that terrorist group as the most capable of conducting a tax inside america. the dod also says over the past year, isis in yemen has doubled in size. i want to bri

longer than expected raul castro was due to step down in february after elections for a view national assembly but that votes been pushed back by two months because of the deconstruction or destruction partly caused by hurricane in september in a speech on thursday castro again denied accusations that cuba is behind so-called health attacks against u.s. diplomats working in havana a grass you are now. in two thousand and seventeen we have been witnesses to a serious and irrational deterioration of relations between the united states and cuba our country is absolutely not responsible for this setback i say again categorically that cuba did not and does not have any responsibility whatsoever with the incidents they have alleged to have affected the health of diplomats accredited persons or other foreign visitors proves president had republican shinseki has survived an impeachment vote in congress they are corruption allegations the question ski is accused of receiving illegal payments on the brazilian construction giant bird of rushed those are the headlines are back with more news in thirty min

the united nations general assembly has decisively back to resolution that declares the us recognition of jerusalem as israel's capital nolen void one hundred twenty eight states voted for the non-binding resolution which is in line against and thirty five abstentions us president donald trump had threatened to cut financial aid to countries that backed the resolution peruvian president. says his and pitchman would jeopardize any democratic gains in the country congress is debating whether to remove kaczynski from office for allegedly receiving illegal payments from the brazilian construction giant. the international committee for the red cross says that the number of suspected cholera cases in yemen has reached a million the u.n. says yemen is facing the world's worst humanitarian crisis tashi good name has more . more than twenty two hundred yemenis have died from cholera since late april the disease continues to spread in what the u.n. has called the world's worst cholera outbreak the international committee of the red cross says yemen now has one million cases. going to got even th

the united nations general assembly has voted by a huge majority to declare the u.s. recognition of jerusalem as israel's capital nolen voyde one hundred twenty eight state voted for the non-binding resolution we're just in line against the thirty five abstentions countries that sided with america to vote against the resolution were israel on tourists marshall islands micronesia. palau and tokyo well the u.s. ambassador to the u.n. had warned that she'd be taking names of states which wanted against washington stuff mike hanna has more from the united nations in new york the two thirds majority is comfortably reach this vote to a sweeping repudiation of president trumps unilateral action in recognizing jerusalem as the capital of israel the result heralded by the apparent isolation of the u.s. delegation in the chamber and the enthusiastic welcome given to the palestinians. whose foreign minister addressed the assembly and insisted that jerusalem would be the capital of a palestinian state mr merrill young we need today not because of any animosity towards us but beca

you noted nations general assembly hearing is wrapped up in new york after voting on whether to condemn america's recognition of jerusalem as the capital of israel and tensions flared at u.n. headquarters. the use of the b. to obstruct the security council and made him a bill to perform his duties and do decades of work of the international community it is considered a blatant violation of the rights of palestinian people if you shameful that this meeting is even taking place must be resolved through negotiation between the two parties are un members. threatened or the other members this is bullying and this jumble will not bow to the. new york correspondent killam open has been following the general assembly hearing. well the results are in one hundred twenty eight countries voted for the resolution with nine countries voting with the united states to oppose it thirty five abstentions and another number of countries that did not attend the vote and did not formally vote now at this point we've heard some strong words from nikki haley in the lead up to the vote nikki haley took the floo

for counting is underway in the polls elections for national and provincial assemblies the final step in his transition to a federal democracy security was stepped up for the elections with thousands of police and soldiers deployed so been interesting reports from the capital katmandu . most of the body voters seem to be undeterred by a series of explosions which marred both campaigning and election day queues started for me and got a menu from early morning to choose state and national assembly this is the second phase of elections with more than twelve million eligible voters from forty five districts taking part now living in more remote mountainous areas voted late last month soon after polls open we've found a ninety eight year old cultural historian who had just cast his ballot people are one step unity government of coverage to go back to the most important goal we want to change from the huge production. that both political parties have regrouped themselves for these elections into two major alliances this is the left alliance of my was former fighters and the communist party

well at this point all eyes are on the general assembly hall now at the united nations general assembly we heard the proposal of the resolution put forward by yemen they put forward the resolution condemning the recent move by the united states to recognize jerusalem as the using that it was isolated in its position later we heard from an israeli representative who said that jerusalem was their capital and spoke harshly against the palestinians and said that anyone who votes in favor of the rebel resolution adding words from a number of countries with venezuela stepping up and saying that the world is not for sale a lot of words but people are really worried more and observers are paying more attention to things that were said in the anticipation of the meeting now will remember a similar resolution was voted down and blocked by the united states at the u.n. security council and as the usa blocked that resolution we heard nikki haley the u.s. ambassador to the united nations talk about how the united states would be very very critical of countries and paying close attention to how poor

in the regional assembly their leader collins puts them on records the votes of defeat for the spanish steps so what is next for catalonia we'll go live to boston from. the united nations general assembly rejects donald trump's recognition of jerusalem as israel's capital but the vote isn't as one sided as expected we'll get reaction from our correspondents in washington and in jerusalem. for pilots rather in germany holds the first of a strike the budget airline has the account crippled in service travel is everything they need to know. that the origins of the man in red father christmas may be on his way but the way is he coming from exactly goes in search of son to kill. the. hello and welcome my name is christopher spring a thanks for joining us separatist parties in catalonia appear to have won a slim majority after yesterday's crucial regional elections the result could further inflame tensions between the wealthy spanish region and central government in madrid spanish prime minister mariano a hall he called the election off to stripping catalonia of its autonomy and sacking its government following a declaration of independence in late october. long before vote

on a campaign promise or is he just delivering on a threat he made following the united nations general assembly vote on jerusalem. i think it's a combination of two and as you pointed out he did say that the un wastes a lot of money during the campaign and then when they had a vote on on approving the us setting up its embassy in in jerusalem he said if that doesn't go the way we want we'll you don't take a look so it's a combination of two what is important to keep in mind it's not cutting the u.n. u.s. contribution it's cutting the whole overall u.n. budget by you know two hundred eighty five million million dollars the u.s. pays you know about twenty two percent of that so this is only going to save you if you know i can use that term the u.s. about sixty million dollars who miss friedman how significant is this decision i mean to cut the over the whole budget by almost a quarter of a billion dollars well let's be clear the secretary general announced in october that the budget would be cut by two hundred million dollars much of which was going to be taken from the haiti peacekeeping budget