to execute that task with humility faithfulness and with dignity as well let's go live now to rob matheson he's in johannesburg for us so rob tell us more about what around oppose his priorities will now be. well his priority was really summed up in the clip that you just heard which was his intention to try to bring together all the opposition parties to to try to move forward from the jacob zuma administration and the situation in the allegations of surrounded the rule of jacob zuma but at that point when he made that speech in the national assembly just a few hours ago we i think saw the first hurdle that he is going to have to cross as he tries to move things forward the opposition parties were standing up to him saying that they welcome the fact that he has had been given his appointment but they objected to the fact that the intention seemed to be to put to paint them as the problem when in fact the opposition party had been telling the a.n.c. and several. during his ten years as deputy to dig observe about the allegations surrounding jacob zuma and the administration of jacob zuma a

when a moment we'll hear reaction to his speech from rob matheson from the township where i'm opposed to grow up a first farmer the reports from the parliament in cape town. with no threat of protests and list security this state of the nation address was a departure from recent years with demonstrations had become routine this was an opportunity for president. to outline the government's goals for the coming year and set the tone of the new administration much of his speech focused on economic growth and job creation almost a third of south africa's population is unemployed most of them under the age of fifty five public two levels. rose in twenty fifteen. unemployment has gone up and inequality has persisted for several years our economy has not grown at the pace needed to create enough jobs. so that we can lift our people out of poverty i'm a poster plans to grow the economy by five percent in the next few years by boosting the agriculture and manufacturing industries and offering more support for small business from up also reiterated his commitment to land expropriation without c

for south africa's new president to try to deliver what his controversial predecessor could not rob matheson al-jazeera johannesburg south africa in fighting is threatening to ten zimbabwe's main opposition movement apart after the death of its founder morgan chang he died in neighboring south africa where he was being treated for cancer. for some zimbabwe's capital harare. put in the instinct many opposition supporters are broken hearted. they say they are struggling to accept the man who led them for nearly twenty years morgan tsvangirai is dead. i was definitely shocked. that you would notice things ok so we are. headed to. christmas i am satisfied the m.d.c. is national council has appointed nelson chamisa as acting president for twelve months which likely means he will be the party's presidential candidate when elections take place later the cea chamisa is forty years old and popular with the youth we are just four months away from an election and we have lost a commander but what i can tell you is that we do not have a crisis. all of the generals on the field of those who are going to

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there rob matheson went to gauge reaction to robert poses first address in the new president's hometown ship of what it was the. cradle has high hopes for south africa's new president is known several rebel positions little boys two of thousands whose child has been spent on the streets of somewhere to give them a chance. gives the in. this country would tend. to settle and said well you know everybody went everywhere or when he grows up there are those e-cards and that those were two things that really do. it right when it came to their real things so they were doing that i think so much there has been described as the heart of africa it's a mixture of cultures and religions this prosperity here hundreds also poverty people here say that ruffles a cancer it seems but only if he remembers where he's from but jacob zuma the man the ram opposing has replaced grew up in poverty too only to become mired in allegations of corruption there are those here who say that coming from so waiter may not be enough to prevent rival poles of facing the same thing. sitaram opposes first state of the nat

hello i'm rob matheson this is the news hour live from doha coming up in the next sixty minutes. gasping for breath a new video emerges of the suspected the use of chlorine gas on rebel held areas in syria is it live problems plus. we simply cannot allow in stand idly by to see the total destruction of democracy in venezuela the u.s. secretary of state calls for argentina's support as he tries to rally regional leaders against the venezuelan president and. thousands of greeks protest over the use of the name macedonia by the neighboring former yugoslav republic. in school the philadelphia eagles are ahead in their efforts so when a first super bowl championship. patriots trailed twenty eight nineteen the game is into the third quarter. at least nine people have been injured in a suspected chlorine gas attack in syria's northwestern province activists the video shows people being treated in the town that imported a foul smell following a raid by syrian government aircraft that follows another suspected chlorine gas bombing by president assad's forces several days ago that was in d

hello i'm rob matheson this is the news hour live from doha and coming up in the next sixty minutes kurdish fighters in syria say they've struck a deal with government forces to repel the turkish offensive enough i mean. you can take back with you a message to the tyrants and. do not just israel's resolve israel's prime minister accuses iran of being the biggest threats to middle east security. funerals are held for two palestinians shot and killed by israeli forces near the gaza border. the bafta is red carpet turns black has movie stars sends a message on sexual harassment and violence against women. there's been another twist to the complex conflict in syria kurdish officials say they've reached a deal to allow city and troops to enter a cut a spokesman has told al-jazeera. they're calling on the syrian army to protect the city soldiers could enter the region in the next two days the move will mean syrian forces could directly confront turkey's troops in fifteen but have been carrying out an operation against kurdish fighters since last month's turkish troops along with the free syrian a

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and that's it for me rob matheson for this news our i'll be back in a public. place finisher. march on al-jazeera. with all potential challengers out of the way egypt's president abdel fattah el-sisi is poised for a second time in power. a series of short passing stories that highlight the human triumph against the odds as president putin dominates the russian political scene his reelection becomes more apparent we assess what direction russia might take. with media trends consummate changing listening post analyzes how the news has been covered. and as more people around the world struggle to find clean drinking water leaders and researchers gather in brazil to address a critical issue in march on al-jazeera facing realities growing up when did you realize that you were living in a special place a so-called secret city getting to the heart of the matter why is activists to live in jail just because she expressed herself hear their story on talk to al-jazeera at this time. have any civilians left eastern ghouta nad transport awaits but there's no way out of the reality of the

trained under the leadership of rahm opposer alexia brian al jazeera well let's go live now to rob matheson who's in johannesburg for us rob brown opposer says his big priority will be tackling corruption it needs to be clearly but do people believe. there's certainly hope that he's going to be able to do something about it and in the time that he spent as the leader of the a.n.c. since he was elected last year there have been some tangible evidence that he sometimes will have and says that he's been able to point to that he is making at least some effort to deal with the corruption that is has been endemic in south african politics really for so long but the interesting thing is that people really are as i say wishing that this is going to be the case that he is going to be able to achieve these things but one of the phrases that we have heard regularly today is that we will wait and see that people are prepared to give him the opportunity to try to find solutions to these problems but they are aware that these problems are very very big and they're very long term and there are many of the

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who's been forced to step down by his own party after years of mounting corruption allegations rob matheson reports from johannesburg. christian. it's taken more than nine years but several ram opposing finally has what he wants the leadership of south africa and his nomination members of his party the ruling a.n.c. had been dancing and cheering i do believe that when one is elected in this type of position you basically become a servant of the people of south africa and i will seek to execute that task with humility. with faithfulness and with dignity as well but within minutes hence one big hurdle the new president must face we don't have and jacob zuma problem we have in n.c. problem. is that i'm of course i wish you strength but you know we will hold you accountable and i will see you in twenty nineteen on the ballot box some of the opposition is refusing to recognize his presidency we just want to put it on the record speaker that we cannot be part of an illegitimate illegal process. and i'm opposed also has to hold together a ruling party which has seen support plummet to join the las

i'm rob matheson in doha the top stories and al-jazeera people affected by gun violence in the u.s. have expressed their anger at a meeting with president donald trump at the white house spin told to take urgent action to change gun ownership laws. because my daughter has no voice.

i'm rob matheson in doha with the top stories on al-jazeera a russian jets being shot down by rebels over syria's northwestern adlib province russia's defense ministry says the pilot managed to eject but was later killed near the town of sort of head moscow has retaliated its.

south africa people have heard from opposers promises they're waiting to see if we can deliver rob matheson al jazeera so what are the leaders of india and iran pledged to restore peace and stability in afghanistan and improve regional security prime minister narendra modi held talks with iranian president hassan rouhani in new delhi they agreed to expand economic ties as well rouhani visit comes as the us president is threatening to scrap an international nuclear deal and re imposed sanctions on iran. now superhero movies are not usually known for breaking down cultural barriers but black panther is different and while they've had black lead characters before none have received this kind of production and marketing she had a tense you know for. just six. six six black panther was created in one thousand nine hundred eighty six for marvel comics the superhero pinafore comedown a technologically advanced on colored eyes african culture the film adaptation is being widely praised for its inclusive a-t. and racial empowerment the fact it is a african superhero and people get a chance look at t

hello i'm rob matheson this is all just here a live from doha also coming up u.s. financial markets plunge is it a correction or the start of something bigger. democrats in the u.s. agree to release their memo on the investigation into russia's role in the twenty sixteen election. a state of emergency is declared and reports of top judges arrested as the political crisis in the multi-user deepens. the u.s. is accusing russia of blocking a u.n. security council statement condemning the use of chemical weapons by the syrian government u.s. ambassador nikki haley says there's obvious evidence of recent chlorine gas attacks by the assad regime but russia is accusing the. u.s. of waging a propaganda campaign as that debate was taking place at least forty nine people were killed by syrian and russian airstrikes in the province and eastern ghouta according to activists outside syria aid agencies are warning hundreds of thousands of displaced syrians are at risk of being forcibly returned home despite the violence more on that later in the show but first our diplomatic edi

i'm rob matheson in doha the top stories on al-jazeera one of syria's last rebel held areas has been under heavy bombardment by government and russian forces more than two hundred fifty people have been reported dead in eastern go-to since sunday activists are describing the death toll as a massacre and they say it's the.

i'm rob matheson in doha with the headlines on al-jazeera a russian fighter jets being shot down by rebels over syria's northwestern province russia's defense ministry says the pilot managed to reject but was later killed near the town of sort of head moscow has retaliated it says it's killed thirty fighters in the area in dozens of air strikes turkey says eight of its soldiers have been killed on saturday in the offensive against kurdish fighters in northern cities are fleeing region i'm going to says some of them died when their tank came under fire the losses make it the deadliest day for turkey's troops since the all of branch operation began more than two weeks ago italy's prime minister has condemned a drive by shooting targeting african immigrants warning hatred and violence will not be allowed to divide people police arrested a man who'd be making a fascist salute to six people were shot in much of the town out of refugees in germany have protested against hate crimes in the eastern city of corpus it follows two recent knife attacks by syrian teenagers refugees say the incidents be

i'm rob matheson in doha with the headlines on al-jazeera the u.n. is calling for an end to the targeting of civilians in a rebel held on klav near syria's capital damascus at least eighty five people have died during the syrian government and the russian bombing of eastern ghouta local observers believe the attacks are probably use to a major offensive in the area which has been under siege by asaad government forces since twenty thirteen turkey says it will fight forces loyal to syria's president if the enter are fleeing as part of an agreement with the kurdish why p.g. turkey launched an offensive last month to push kurds out of the area the white house says u.s. president donald trump is open to supporting improved background checks on gun purchases in the wake of last week's school shooting in florida activists staged a protest outside the white house the mounting action to stop future mass shootings seventeen students and staff members were killed by a teenager with an assault rifle in the city of parkland times when speaking to members of cong

brian al jazeera let's go live now to rob matheson standing by in our johannesburg bureau rob ramaphosa says he'll tackle corruption that's a task much more easily said than done isn't it it's a very civil now in public institutions in state run enterprise even in law enforcement do people do you think believe he can do it. i think they certainly hope that he will be able to do it but it's really a question of of waiting to see in fact that's a phrase that we've heard from a lot of people that we've been speaking to over the last few hours since his inauguration that they are willing to see give him the opportunity to try but because of the scale of the problems that the country is facing at the moment it's the problems as alexey was saying in in her report the problems of the economy the problems with unemployment the problems with education health the infrastructure of the country is very poor the problems that he faces as leader of this country are massive but he also has this issue where he has said as you were hearing earlier that he wants to talk to the opposition parties bring th

of the phrases that was regularly used to me when i was talking to people is time will tell ok rob matheson reporting from johannesburg thank you well several rounds of posts i will face a range of challenges as rob was saying including high unemployment and widespread violence on the streets he also has to face the people in just one year with elections set for twenty one thousand election o'brien has more of the republic of south africa. before becoming the new leader of south africa cyril ramaphosa was seen as the chief negotiator in the final days of jacob zuma as presidency he was elected president of the governing african national congress in december by a slim margin after work to unite his divided party he'll also have to repair the political and economic damage suffered under zuma and improve the party's image after years of allegations of corruption. so the reporter is a different kind of president to anything we've had before this is a modernist this is somebody he's a negotiator he's a reconsolidate as well but here's a man of a very clear determined purpose he has stuck with ja

hello i'm rob matheson this is the news our live from doha coming up in the next sixty minutes i'm going to schools how many children have to get shot fury and frustration as president trying to meet students and families of victims of the florida school shooting. i don't see we can let scenes go on. in these horrendous way as the outrage grows over the bloodbath in syria as east in the hotel russia calls for an emergency un security council meeting. when i was going to have a stop to this for years after over two hundred girls were kidnapped by boko haram in nigeria another brazen attack on a school. and a billy graham one of the most influential christian preachers of the twentieth century dies aged one thousand nine. s. been an outpouring of anger and frustration at the u.s. president's meeting with students and families of some victims of last week's deadly florida school shooting donald trump has had stories and pleas to tighten gun laws he's vowing to take arjen steps to check gun violence but that hasn't satisfied some of those who have been there. because my daughter has no voice

martin dennis is up next to rob matheson but for now. travel off to. my tranquil boards and forests may provide global. hawks if only. by icons landmarks valleys and scotland's. new for adventure. discovery made. because faraway places closer thing going places together with cats are always. hard. enough. and then reported on the. u.s. and british companies have announced the biggest discovery of natural gas in west africa but what to do with these untapped natural resources is already a source of heated debate nothing much has changed they still spend most of their days looking forward to for the dry river beds like this one five years on the syrians still feel battered or even those who managed to escape their country have been truly unable to escape the war. in twenty twelve al-jazeera traveled to iraq people here are definitely scared to speak on camera saying that if they talk to us they think they'll be arrested down the line to take the pulse of a country ravaged under us occupation some of these graves are completely destroyed it's one of the m

i'm rob matheson in doha the top stories on odyssey are the first five hours ceasefire around a rebel held on clay near the syrian capital damascus has failed to stop the fighting russia's partial truce was planned to allow aid into east and go to and to get the injured out hundreds of people have died in ten days of bombardment by syrian and russian forces. there's no food or water they only say there's a cease fire they come back and inform us the situation is really bad and i see the video we did not have money at the shelter he's no food or water and we do not feel . afghanistan's government says it will set a no preconditions for peace negotiations with the taliban announcement comes hours after the armed group said it was willing to talk to the united states to try to end the bloodshed in afghanistan south africa's parliament has passed a motion allowing the government to take private land without compensation new presidents it'll run oppose has promised to speed up the transfer of land to redress disparities in ownership venezuela's leader nicolas maduro has officially register

hello i'm rob matheson this is the news hour live from doha coming up in the next sixty minutes harsh words at the united nations as the u.s. accuses russia of blocking a resolution condemning chemical weapons in syria. u.s. financial markets plunge is it a correction all the start of something bigger. a state of emergency is declared as the political crisis in the mold to use deepens. and new doubts about the future of south africa's president as the n c calls a special meeting to discuss his fate. the u.s. is accusing russia of blocking a u.n. security council statement condemning the use of chemical weapons by the syrian government the us ambassador nikki haley's says there is obvious evidence of recent chlorine gas attacks by the assad regime but russia's a q. the u.s. of waging a propaganda campaign now is that the base was taking place at least forty nine people were killed by syrian and russian airstrikes in a province and eastern gota according to activists outside syria aid agencies are warning hundreds of thousands of displaced syrians at risk of being forcibly returned to t

hello i'm rob matheson this is the news our live from doha coming up in the next sixty minutes lucky to be alive. galliano. children are among over eighty five killed in syrian government airstrikes on rebel held eastern go to. tensions escalate further in syria's north as turkey warns the assad government against helping the kurds are now free. to leave it the link is clear we will cross if you don't spam. a threatens action against the british charity of allegations of sexual exploitation by its stuff approved. tragedy unicef raises an alarm over the why is the number of newborns dying in parts of africa. children among eighty five people dead in fear syrian government and russian bombing of a rebel held on clay for near syria's capital damascus local observers believe the attacks are procured to a major offensive on eastern good. government. reports from. activists fear the renewed. opposition. could be the beginning of a large scale military operation. to bring about. they have so far failed. yet again civilians were the victims since the end of december a stepped up military cam

resignation of his embattled pre-disaster jacob zuma in a moment we'll hear reaction to his speech from rob matheson who went to the township where robert poser grew up but first for me to miller reports from cape town. with no threat of protests and less security this state of the nation address was a departure from recent years with demonstrations had become routine. this was an opportunity for president settled on the porter to outline the government's goals for the coming year and set the tone of the new administration much of his speech focused on economic growth and job creation almost a third of south africa's population is unemployed most of them under the age of thirty five. poverty levels rose in twenty fifteen unemployment has gone up and inequality has persisted for several years our economy has not grown at the pace needed to create enough jobs so that we can lift our people out of poverty i'm a poster plans to grow the economy by five percent in the next few years by boosting the agriculture and manufacturing industries and offering more support for small business from a poor sorry ite

and i'm rob matheson this is the news our live from coming up in the next sixty minutes more than two hundred fifty killed in forty eight hours as syrian forces continue to bombard rebel held eastern voter activists say it's the bloodiest onslaught in five years and our negotiators are sitting right behind me ready to talk but we will not chase after a heated words at the u.n. after the palestinian president calls for an international summit to resolve the conflict with israel also. we have to do more to protect our children days after the fall of the school shooting the u.s. president responds by proposing a ban on devices that turn legal weapons into machine gun it's also. in bangkok. there's now a movement going around the system and they're gaining support their story coming up. there's been no letup in the syrian government's assault on eastern despite a growing international outcry syrian forces backed by their allies russia bombs rockets and shells have killed at least two hundred fifty people since sunday in the last rebel stronghold near damascus activists are describing the

jacob zuma whose years in power were tainted by scandals division and allegations of corruption rob matheson reports from johannesburg. it's taken more than nine years but several ram oppose finally has what he wants the leadership of south africa and his nomination members of his party the ruling a.n.c. had been dancing and cheering i do believe that when one is elected in this type of position you basically become a servant of the people of south africa and i will seek to execute that task with humility with faithfulness. and with dignity as well but within minutes hence the one big hurdle the new president must face we don't have a jacob zuma problem we have an end see problem. mr tom of course i wish you strength but you know we will hold you accountable and i will see you in twenty nineteen on the ballot box some of the opposition is refusing to recognize his presidency we just want to put it on the record speaker that we cannot be part of an illegitimate illegal process. and i'm oppose also has to hold together a ruling party which has seen support plummet during the last election vote

hello i'm rob matheson this is the news our live from doha coming up in the next sixty minutes lucky to be alive. long and galliano children are among the over eighty five killed in the syrian government airstrikes on rebel held eastern ghouta. tensions escalate further in syria's north as turkey warns the assad government against helping the kurds enough for him. to leave if the link is clear we will cross if you don't spam. has he threatens action against a british charity of allegations of sexual exploitation by its stuff approved. protesters take their message to the white house says pressure months on lawmakers over the florida school shooting. i think say five people have died during intense syrian government on russian bombing of a rebel held on klav near syria's capital damascus local observers believe the attacks are probably good to a made. which has been under siege since twenty thirteen reports from beirut in neighboring lebanon. rockets. activists fear that. the besieged opposition. could be the beginning of a large scale military operation. to bring about. they have so

hello i'm rob matheson this is the news hour live from doha coming up in the next sixty minutes a russian fighter jet is shot down in a rebel held area in syria's province. italy's prime minister condemns a drive by shooting targeting african immigrants. is it vindication for trump the u.s. president says a republican memo on the russian probe proves he's innocent. changes in the air for kenya's education system but teachers say the new plan doesn't add up. russian warplanes has been shot down over syria's northwestern province russia's defense ministry says the pilot managed to object but he was killed in a subsequent ground fighting near the town of soft head russia has retaliated it says it's killed thirty fighters in the area in dozens of air strikes there's been heavy fighting in it live for weeks the u.n. says around one hundred thousand civilians have been displaced but there's confusion over who exactly shot down the plane a group formally linked to al qaida says it did it but al-jazeera sources in turkey suggest both the turks and the russians are blaming a moderate group backed

hello i'm rob matheson this is the news hour live from doha coming up in the next sixty minutes gossiping for breath new video emerges of the suspected use of chlorine gas on rebel held areas in syria's province plus. we simply cannot allow to stand idly by to see the total destruction of democracy in venezuela the u.s. secretary of state calls for argentina's support against nicolas maduro as he tries to rally regional leaders against the venezuelan president and. dozens of greeks protest over the use of the name macedonia by the neighboring former yugoslav republic. and the countdown is on we're now just minutes away from the new england patriots taking on the philadelphia eagles in super bowl fifty two patriots quarterback tom brady is aiming for a six championship title will be live in minneapolis saturday. at least nine people have been injured in a suspected chlorine gas attack in syria's northwestern province activists video shows people being treated in the town of sada cab that reported a foul smell following a raid by syrian government aircraft and follows another suspected chlo

hello i'm rob matheson this is the news our live from doha coming up in the next sixty minutes i think i think it's terrible if you want to know the truth i think it's a disgrace the f.b.i. stands accused of abuse of power in a memo which is dividing washington and asks more questions about the trump campaign's relationship with russia plus we added in haiti look. we're at a camp in northern france after a gun battle between rival groups of migrants also. you know that i can't do that that's not our legal basis. the father of three sexually abused girls lunges at convicted paedophile laurie nasir plus. undone you fly him there in the past where the city shoeshine boys don't malign than stigmatised are emerging from the shadows. a memo criticizing the f.b.i.'s investigation into russian meddling in the twenty sixteen presidential election has been released after it was declassified by u.s. president donald trump it was written by republicans and says the f.b.i. and department of justice abused their power and showed trump bias but the documents contents have been met with been musing an

and i'm rob matheson this is the news hour live from doha coming up in the next sixty minutes i think the man i think it's terrible you want to know the truth i think it's a disgrace the f.b.i. stands accused of abuse of power in a memo which is dividing washington and asks more questions about the relationship between russia and the trump campaign plus. protests in kenya after another arrest over the mock inauguration of opposition leader. also . you know that i can't do that that's now legal. the father of three sexually abused girls lunges a convicted paedophile. and. i'm stuck fast reporting from about lost for additions and a rapidly disappearing unique culture of the people. a memo criticizing the f.b.i.'s investigation into raw. meddling in the twenty sixteen presidential election has been released after it was declassified by u.s. president donald trump it was written by republicans and says the f.b.i. and the department of justice abused their power and showed onto trump bias when investigating alleged ties between his campaign and the kremlin the f.b.i. had argued against it

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