president jacob zuma as he heads to court for his trial on corruption charges when lives in pietermaritzburg. in a. new. hello the area of long lasting summer dispute here is getting ever smaller as cloud comes in from the west this cooler weather and sundry weather not only is there warnings throughout this part of italy in the southeastern part of france but jenny was good evidence of what can come out of the sky in 2 or 3 hours sundry showers in the early hours 143 but it is bound to cause flooding in the post valley but also often they western obs this is the picture the green is rain the darker green probably some assumes today to the east the warm weather still relatively speaking still 28 vienna now 21 in berlin to the west more like autumn teens including in spain or france with the windy weather confined to the north the persistent rain in scandinavia still there in sweden with snow on the northern edge but slowly dying out and then the picture tomorrow's bit different because this is the lazy line of what is today thunderstorms tomorrow disappeared so the sun's back and the povere

many south africans hope this trial may be a chance to finally get some answers from al-jazeera pietermaritzburgouth africa . china wants to hold more talks to hammer out the details of phase one of the trade deal touted by president trump the u.s. has delayed big tariff increases that were to come into effect on tuesday but after months of losses and uncertainty businesses in china are still under pressure to branch out to new markets rob matheson reports now from shanghai. this electrical socket factory opened in shanghai 19 years ago since then 95 percent of its products have been exploited to the u.s. but the owner general shang says the latest round in the u.s. china trade war is hitting his business hard by vincent because our sales about 35 percent due to the trade all we have to work that we try our best to keep most of them the u.s. has been threatening to increase talbot's to 30 percent on $250000000000.00 worth of goods imported from china like many other chinese business owners chan is now trying to find alternative markets at home and abroad but adapting his products for china and e

deputy president he denies any wrongdoing let's speak to father miller our correspondent in pietermaritzburg. there was a brief really appearance in court for zuma today. well only we're outside the court where the zuma appeared a short while ago and as you say that appearance was very brief and the court decided to order china to allow for us tomorrow to potentially appeal a quote rule on our part that said that he should stand trial as the man has argued that any trial would not be prejudice. constant because of a number of delays when too many would argue that those delays were caused by the former president himself who also says that there would be no probable grounds for a successful prosecution now we are waiting of called the jacob zuma to accredit support. group outside the clothes but a very vocal one is expected to address the supporters they need time for now and this is important for the former president in terms of this display of support during a time where he's surrounded by so many allegations of corruption there are no other allegations the 1st charges today of corruption th

. 60 in charges of for old racketeering and money laundering to be struck out but a judge in pietermaritzburg moved against him. up a commission for what she called the d.c. system and the piece number c c d 30 spoke to 2018 was dismissed cost such a cost improved consequent to 100. 77 year old politician was ousted last year after almost a decade in power he was removed following a bitter internal battle within the ruling african national congress party his lawyers argue that he had been treated unfairly by prosecutors and was a victim of a politically motivated witch hunt the ruling means 2 months long awaited trial will start on october 15th. his government us turn to cannabis as a new source of income for its ailing economy it's approved plans for the country's 1st hemp farm and production plant the 1st organization to be given a cannabis research license is harare zimbabwe industrial hemp trust it celebrated the sowing of its 1st hemp crop on friday industrial hemp because of a variety of a cannabis grown specifically for industrial uses derived products it's fibers used in textiles and

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president he denies any wrongdoing family miller has the latest from pietermaritzburg. outside the court with former president jacob zuma appeared on corruption charges a small but vocal group of supporters have gathered to hear zuma speak they say they're here to show him support when he is surrounded by a number of allegations of corruption graft and money laundering people here say that he is is not guilty of any wrongdoing that's the same that he said in the months preceding this now it's likely that zuma will use the this adjournment of the court to appeal against a court judgment that said he should stand trial zuma maintains that the charges against him a politically motivated are that it's not likely that they are grounds for him to for there to be a successful prosecution and also that this case against him is prejudiced but the court had said that these charges aren't.

is politically motivated and have requested it be dismissed and later today a high court in pietermaritzburg the trial will make its decision well there at the court is a correspondent for media miller and for me. there is a bewildering a ray of accusations and allegations against former president jacob zuma what do these specific these specific charges amount to if indeed they are dismissed or otherwise. fall in this case zuma is facing charges of racketeering and corruption as you said related to that arms deal with the french company but also in that time with that company had requested allegedly had requested jacob zuma to protect them against any investigation into what's always been considered a controversial arms deal it allegedly took place when you were at that was the premier of this province has to do natal but these allegations of of course followed him into his presidency of the african national congress and of course his presidency of south africa it's been 15 years since those charges were 1st laid they were then dropped and they were reinstated last here jacob zuma though has

perhaps a sign of declining support for me al-jazeera pietermaritzburg south africa 2 contractors have died in 2 more injured in what's being described as an incident at a saudi oil refinery saudi aramco says it happened during maintenance work at a facility in your bio just north of demand on saudi's east coast the company says the maintenance work will carry on as planned brazil's northeastern bar here state has become the 1st to declare an emergency after a mysterious oil spill contaminated dozens of beaches gabriella's on the has more from us sir. the situation is still very critical in the beaches here in the northeastern brazil there is still crude oil that is washing up on the beaches here in more than $150.00 different locations in an area that's nearly 2000 kilometers long no matter where this oil is coming from it's already having a devastating effect on some marine life now this is video that's very hard to look at it is a video of a marine sea turtle that was rescued near the state of by. this turtle had swallowed some of the crude oil and was about to die but it was rescue

perhaps a sign of declining support for me al-jazeera pietermaritzburg south africa a yemeni official has told al-jazeera that u.a.e. forces and their separate us allies have given control of aiden's airport to the saudi military it's part of efforts to reach an agreement between the yemeni government and separatists in the south there are talks of giving separatist fighters roles in government as a way of uniting against the whole thing is in sun up. the european union says reaching a breakfast deal this week remains possible but the chances are becoming increasingly slim lead negotiator michel barnier made the assessment during a meeting if you ministers in luxembourg on tuesday politicians in the u.k. and in brussels are trying to reach a deal by the end of the week as the october 31st deadline approaches the leaders will be meeting for a 2 day summit from thursday. reaching an agreement. obviously any agreement must work for everyone. of the united kingdom and the whole of the european union that we had. to turn on good intentions in the legal text scotland's 1st minister nicola s

deputy president he denies any wrongdoing family miller has the latest from pietermaritzburg outside the court with former president jacob zuma appeared on corruption charges a small but vocal group of supporters have gathered to hear zuma speak they say they're here to show him support when he is surrounded by a number of allegations of corruption graft and money laundering people here say that he is is not guilty of any wrongdoing that's the same that he said in the months preceding this now it's likely that zuma will use any this adjournment of the court to appeal against a court judgment that said he should stand trial zuma maintains that the charges against him ability motivated all that it's not likely that they are grounds for him to for there to be a successful prosecution and also that this case against him is prejudiced but the court said that these charges are true on portman's rule really important rather to all our little case only trapped in osama does have another month or so to make that appeal he's expected to be back in court next year towards the beginning of the y

weapons company his lawyers argued the case was politically motivated motivated live now to pietermaritzburg inquisition a trial correspondent outside the court is for media so it now means then the former president jacob zuma will face trial on charges relating to about 2 and a half $1000000.00 worth of bribes. that's right mateen the actor trial has been set down for next week and so it's expected that jacob zuma will return to court now this judgment quite surprisingly was given in under 2 minutes jacob zuma was in and out of course and i think an important development for south africans wanting to see some level of accountability around so many allegations of corruption but hey what's also important is that jacob zuma does now have the right to appeal this judgment he may go to the supreme court of appeal to have this judgment reversed whether or not they're successful is another question but as it stands he should return to court however even that people spoke and so i think for many south africans wanting answers wanting to see jacob zuma stand trial it may be a lot of time before they

for me to milan has more from pietermaritzburg. the court judgment was handed down in under 2 minutes and jacob zuma was in and out of court in in just a few minutes the court had decided that it gives him a will indeed stand trial that's due to begin next week oh but it's also worth remembering that the former president does have the option to approach the supreme court of appeal to appeal this judgment and perhaps further delay his day in court which is a huge cheer said for a long time he wants to have the opportunity to do but it's at the same time he's also tried to delay the court appearance ultimately wanting that trial thrown out essentially a jacob zuma should be back in court with in the week however it's not quite certain just how long that trial will take and when the south africans will have answers will a case that has been going on now for almost 15 years aside of from this court case and the charges of corruption fraud and racketeering jacob zuma does face other allegations of corruption during his time as president

many south africans hope this trial may be a chance to finally get some answers from al-jazeera pietermaritzburguth africa . to bangladesh now where the government has recently put severe restrictions on a 100 refugees from myanmar or many have had their mobile phones taken away and recently many of a 100 children forced to drop out of their schools from their child from cox. 2 years after the exodus running those trapped in the world's largest refugee camps are finding it hard to cope with the recent restrictions fatima lives with her 6 children in a shanty hot she feels isolated and lonely she's unable to communicate with friends and families due to recent restriction on the usage of mobile phones. we came from myanmar after suffering a lot of atrocities if we are not subject to restrictions where we go the mobile phone and internet ban is evidence of governments increased frustration a young man told us about his recent experience we have not identified him at his request i've listed the idea a few days ago police stopped me and asked me where and when i got my sim card mobile phone after a b

zuma was deputy president he denies any wrongdoing or famine a miller joins us now live from pietermaritzburg there was a lot of anticipation of this and now we see the light how is the response there in south africa. well i think really south africans are anxious to get to the bottom of these allegations i think many of them weren't surprised that this trial didn't get going they've been a number of delays this is just the latest one and in this case for the former president jacob zuma will be applying for will be appealing rather against the judgment that say that he would have to stand trial and he maintains his innocence but also says that this is a political conspiracy against him he's also used the delays in his defense saying that the court proceedings with them be prejudiced but many would argue that zuma himself is responsible for those delays so the next we'll see the former president in court is likely to be in early 2020 until then as many south africans have expected there continues to be delays around getting the answers they're looking for. thank you so much for that aspirin de

with a french company zuma says he hasn't done anything wrong i mean that miller has more from pietermaritzburg on a scandal that goes back several years. jacob zuma made a short appearance in what was expected to be the 1st day of questions into allegations of corruption within minutes the trial was again for supposed to february next year mr zuma electric sizes. the full extent. of his guns just not rights. which includes what i taught people. an unfavorable decision. all feel when it's in civil court zuma will appeal friday's court ruling that said he should stand trial the charges relate to $180000000.00 contract with french arms company time is to provide naval equipment to the south african government thomas is accused of paying a bribe to zuma who was then the leader of the natal province for his influence zuma was 1st charged in 2007 the charges were dropped 2 years later when he became president of the african national congress but last year charges of corruption racketeering and money laundering were reinstated it's been almost 15 years since zuma 1st face these charges and the latest

not guilty of any wrongdoing fully thank you very much for that family demeanor live for us in pietermaritzburg south africa. are still ahead on al-jazeera mexico's government says the country's murder rate is improving but the evidence on the ground doesn't support that last we'll have the latest on the victims and damage found in the aftermath of japan's deadly typhoon. and. hello the rain reports from west pop here are significant dam poles and there's the line that goes through sort of ways he and through borneo this whole lot of course is the season rain going sighs with the sun but it's going south fairly slowly won't get a job for the next day or so the clouds increasing and certainly shop attention in sumatra borneo is a long way north as well along the coast of vietnam seems quite wet cambodia central thailand and the southern philippines also are in that rain band so those are all generally speaking going size and start making huge progress on the immediate future the same can be said of the change of season australia each time the warmth comes another front comes out of the bite and

motivated and should be thrown out for me to miller is our correspondent who's been at the court in pietermaritzburg. the court judgment was handed down in under 2 minutes and jacob zuma was in and out of cotton in just a few minutes the court had decided that jacob zuma will indeed stand trial that's due to begin next week oh but it's also worth remembering that the former president does have the option to approach the supreme court of appeal to appeal this judgement and perhaps further delay his day in court which is a huge cheer said for a long time he wants to have the opportunity to do but it's at the same time he's also tried to delay the court appearance ultimately wanting that trial sold out essentially jacob zuma should be back in court with him the week however it's not quite certain just how long that trial will take and when the south africans will have answers will a case that has been going on now for almost 15 years aside of from this court case and the charges of corruption fraud and racketeering jacob zuma does face other allegations of corruption during his time as president of sou

al-jazeera pietermaritzburg south africa we'll get a check on the weather next and then on al-jazeera a 1st after weeks of accusations from donald trump joe biden's son speaks out to tell his side of the story and saw shows off its military might one of the biggest defense industry trade shows in the region. hello last night was a sundry one in the levant the cloud just about shows it this moisture coming in from the mediterranean and out from the red sea and it's toward us to do some pretty good flashes and buying another whole lot died down but the potential still there i think the next day or so that we best realize in the world then so too possibly bits assyria tempers haven't changed very much is not really a change of season but it's a hint that it certainly wants to change and that cloud has drifted sas woods into saudi arabia but to the east it remains draw even around the caspian nothing's coming out of this the sky anymore terence $27.00 but guns gone diabolo the $35.00 mark 40 mark $37.00 so we're still hovering around 40 in kuwait dropped below around the gulf states there

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many south africans hope this trial may be a chance to finally get some answers from al-jazeera pietermaritzburgsouth africa . the government of bangladesh has recently put severe restrictions on rango refugees from me and many of had their mobile phones taken away and recently the children were forced to drop out of bangladeshi schools down the challenger has more natural causes bizarre. 2 years after the exodus running those trapped in the world's largest refugee camp are finding it hard to cope with the recent restrictions. lives with their 6 children in a shanty hot she felt isolated and lonely she's unable to communicate with friends and families due to recent restriction on the usage of mobile phones. we came from myanmar after suffering a lot of atrocities if we are not subject to strict easy where we go the mobile phone and internet ban is evidence of government increased frustration a young man told us about his recent experience we have not identified him at his request. a few days ago police stopped me and asked me where and when i got my sim card mobile phone after a brief interrogat

perhaps a sign of declining support for me to malema al-jazeera pietermaritzburg south africa.undreds of palestinian israelis in the city of protesting against police failure to tackle violence in their communities the demonstration is one of many across israel in recent days and more protests are planned for next week how false it was at the rally in drama. well every few days in israel there is a protest by palestinian israelis on this day it's here in the town of run largest outside of tel aviv in these protests are about what has become the number one political issue for this community some 20 percent of israeli population in recent weeks that's the issue of violent crime do we can do is the 74th killing so far this year what was described as a family dispute one man killed in that dispute and the the message is that as well as having to address this on a community level what is really crucial is that israeli police have to change their attitude there is a feeling there is a lack of will to intervene and investigate. this phenomenon called violence and crime and then to do