two thousand and nine will be reinstated and an inquiry into the extent of external influence in seumas administration known as state capture is due to begin his removal as president may just be the beginning of zuma struggles for media miller al-jazeera johannesburg. well several rumple's are set to become south africa's next leaders so let's take a look at his path to the presidency he started his career as a lawyer then formed the national union of mineworkers in one thousand nine hundred two and became a leading trade unionist in one thousand nine hundred four became an m.p. and chairman of the constitutional assembly playing the lead role in drafting south africa's post apartheid constitution but after missing out on becoming nelson mandela as deputy he withdrew from politics and went into business a move that's made him one of south africa's richest men with a net worth of four hundred fifty million dollars it was also a director of lonmin mine with thirty four striking miners were killed by police in two thousand and twelve or some suggested he was to blame for the massacre but a

says it will hold an emergency meeting on wednesday could decide seumas chair. u.s. stocks fell sharply on wall street the dow jones thoughts biggest one day drop ever in terms of points it was down four point six percent what it was that's the biggest percentage drop since two thousand and eleven salah disallow the only surviving suspect from the paris attacks and twenty fifteen is on trial in belgium is charged with attempted murder for trying to kill police during a shootout in brussels nearly two years ago. accuse the court of being biased against was them and said he would defend himself by staying silent. american olympic gymnastics doctor larry not suspend sentence to foresee one hundred and twenty five years in prison and the third sentence related to a series of child molestation cases in michigan he's already been sentenced to more than two hundred years for sexually abusing girls was working as adults for the usa gymnastics team he's also been convicted on child pornography charges up to date those are your headlines stay with al-jazeera redbull hicks is c

church service a day ahead of the meeting rama poso spoke of transition but avoided questions about seumas fate. throws a commitment to people. like thank you very much for taking time to get. to something. funny just. think it's wrong to think you could be feeling pretty. soon as nine year presidency has been beset by allegations of graft and economic mismanagement zuma denies wrongdoing that he's been involved in scandals including multimillion dollar upgrades to his private home using state funds a day ahead of monday's crunch decision rahm opposer recognize that people are frustrated at the uncertainty over the transition of power. over you as you do want roosevelt or will be in the wings the rule can be no one. on what is in their interest although you can quote. all week or two new york ny. but uniting the nation or even the a.n.c. polity is proving a difficult goal to achieve in south africa. he's better. and hip young chang and the winter olympics now there was plenty of action on day two with men's slopestyle snowboarding proceeding producing two incredible stories the gold medal

church service a day ahead of the meeting ramaphosa spoke of transition but avoided questions about seumas fate. the commitment to the people. like thank you very much for getting. this. money is that still. think it's around you can be found. zuma is nine year presidency has been beset by allegations of graft and economic mismanagement zuma denies wrongdoing but he's been involved in scandals including multimillion dollar upgrades to his private home using state funds a day ahead of monday's crunch decision rahm opposer recognize that people are frustrated at the uncertainty over the transition of power. over you do want rules you know we weren't doing school kids we know. want is in their interest although you know. all week or two you know you would i. but uniting the nation or even the a.n.c. polity is proving a difficult goal to achieve in south africa. university. authorities in iraq are struggling to clear roads after heavy snowfall affected parts of the country the transport ministry says it has mobilized more than one hundred snow plows to clear roads in the worst affected regions

is the seumas own party is also raising doubts about his future party members are set to discuss his fate at a meeting next weekend a vote of no confidence is not desirable although most important consideration is that we don't believe. should we should for us to embarrass. the president of the of that. this week protesters have already been sending messages to the a.n.c. as the party weighs its options on zuma some are convinced his time is up. others say hands off the president until his term ends next year. to football now where the german government turned with a david versus goliath battle but this legal leader's byron munich travelled to third division side potter born looking to seal the place in the semifinal. there were no surprises in the david versus goliath clash had a vaunted have the ball in the net first but said that since shown that was ruled offside after twenty minutes spine asserted their authority confusion in the box and kings the command took advantage of one nil by end the book come on turn provide a five minutes later rather levon dusky with the finishing tou

pretty much stagnant and to zuma ram opposed it will be hoping to cash in on foreign investment since seumas resignation sent the rand soaring high that could also help generate more needed jobs elected as soon as vice president in two thousand and fourteen rahm opposed it was never a lapdog he's criticizing the in the past but will have to rebuild a lot of trust for a population that's fed up of seemingly endless stories of the a.n.c. the corruption so many young people this is a far more present issue than the party's post apartheid legacy but i want to go to plan if he manages his first most important task uniting his ruling party for the two thousand and nineteen elections his election as a.n.c. leader in december was labeled as a turning point for south africa and now he's also the country's new leader. let's pick up that point with christine christine we saw the happy faces in politics everybody just singing and dancing and clapping but we need to remember that civil right opposed only just beat his challenger to become and see president so can't face the unite this party he didn't eve

immediate work needs to be done they all various policies that that would put it into into play were in seumas time those need to be looked at again because investors say we cannot invest in a country with such and freddie policies so these are some of the things that some oppose it has been saying he will do it's the economy and it's tekton corruption including making sure that probes into state capture for example allegations that people close to president zuma have been gaining access to state resources these other things that's what africans say need to be done so i would say if you were to put it into words it will be tackle corruption and it will be get the economy growing again ok and just to recap for our viewers apparently south african president jacob zuma has resigned with immediate effect we can confirm that at this hour we actually have him saying it in his own words we want to play that for you right now and then christine will get your reaction after. coming to the decision to resign as president of the republic with immediate effect. did you think you would ever hear those word

says it will hold an emergency meeting on wednesday which could decide seumas future. u.s. stocks fell sharply on wall street the dow jones saw its biggest one day drop ever in terms of points it was down four point six percent what it was that's the biggest percentage drop since two thousand and eleven salah are disallow the only surviving suspect from the paris attacks in twenty fifteen is on trial in belgium is charged with attempted murder for trying to kill police during a shootout in brussels nearly two years ago accuse the court of being biased against was them and said he would defend himself by staying silent american olympic gymnastics tilt to larry not so it's been sentenced to four c. one hundred and twenty five years in prison and a third sentence related to a series of child molestation cases in michigan he already been sentenced to more than two hundred years for sexually abusing girls was working as adults for the usa gymnastics team he's also been convicted on child pornography charges for up to date will see a headline stay with al-jazeera rebel he says co

that we seumas support in south africa has been in decline for years he has faced down repeated corruption charges but new ones keep cropping up and many south africans blame him for the country's worsening economic problems. in december the a.n.c. replaced him as party leader. electing deputy president several ramaphosa to the post. but zuma remains south africa's president in recent years he has survived a number of challenges to his authority but now a growing number of south africans think his days are numbered. now a look at a potential danger in the pockets of children what is the risk of social media for kids for millions of young children their social lives now extend outside the school halls and into cyberspace on this safer internet day we'll talk to a cyber security expert about the pros and cons in just a moment first we asked marylyn students for their take. and you're always on the computer she says she's one of these kids say facebook is for old people so what are they up to on their smartphones these people who do. not want. you to move instagram with. the u.k. study found

him to signal through cabinet appointees that he is serious about corruption a lot of ministers in seumas administration have corruption allegations facing them potentially that would be a key thing corruption secondly of course is south africa's stagnating economy a lot of things have been going on that government has not been very much helpful to fix people are looking at sort of opposed to and hoping that he will come in and address the immediate economic challenges so if you were a zuma ally are you afraid today because we saw for example just in the past twenty four hours police swooping in on the group does for example one of south africa's richest families should we expect more arrests here and do the people of south africa want to see that well sir the timing of all of this was all very interesting just to give you a bit of context the as you have the gupta family as you say it has been found to have ties with prison jacob zuma we know that for example one of the president's sons is a business ally off the group has and it has been reported it has been alleged that this family has

well south africans are trying to figure out president seumas future will he resign will he try to stick it out a whole lot of questions surrounding that there has been so much speculation recently that some citizens are turning to social media for clues in particular an instagram post by one of his four wives it looks like a simple selfie post last week by the first lady of her president of her and the president zuma but some south africans say that her comments on this post might clue us into his intentions she has responded to a commenter in zulu saying that zuma will finish what he started because he doesn't take orders beyond the atlantic ocean so does that mean that zuma won't be stepping down or will he just a few days after that controversial comment the first lady changed her instagram user name it had previously been first lady is in love but it has now been changed to her full name of political fate is such a big discussion on social media that earlier today five of the top ten twitter hash tags in south africa were related to the crisis and many there say that it is paralyzin

oficial as a posse spokeswoman said seumas removal was not on the agenda. sol abdul salam the only surviving suspect from the paris attacks in twenty fifteen is on trial in belgium is charged with attempted murder for trying to kill police during a shootout in brussels nearly two years ago the court being biased against muslims and said he would defend himself i stayed silent american olympic gymnastics so larry not sir has been sentenced to foresee to one hundred twenty five years in prison in a third sentence related to a series of child molestation cases in michigan he'd already been sentenced to more than two hundred years for sexually abusing girls while working as a doctor for the usa gymnastics team carnap today those are headlines stay with al-jazeera the stream is coming up next see later. i am a during the strain live on you tube and al-jazeera today with t.v. not with our colleagues at witness to showcase their new film the snake charmer the documentary chance a journey of one of bollywood's biggest stars on the silver screen to social activism i

and the specter of what he's done to me to our party of politics and to politics is the seumas own agency party is also raising doubts about his future party members are set to discuss his fate at a meeting next weekend a vote of no confidence is not. all the most important consideration is that we don't believe. should we. didn't of. this week protesters have already been sending messages to the a.n.c. as the party ways that. options on zuma some are convinced his time is up. others say off the president until his term ends next year. so tensions are running high there south africa in the country's future is at stake for more i'm joined here in the studio by our very own christine good morning christine here bill there are reports that zuma has actually agreed to go but the south african presidency has not confirmed this what can you tell us the. decision making body was due to me today and it was expected to take the decision to recall president jacob zuma late last night we got word that means he has been delayed we also learned that sauron of course a who is the a.n.c. president took

resign by his party the african national congress follows a thirteen hour meeting on monday to discuss seumas fate he faces hundreds of corruption charges but has refused to stand down before his term.

pretty much stagnant and to zuma run oppose it will be hoping to cash in on foreign investment since seumas resignation sent the rounds soaring high that could also help generate more needed jobs elected as soon as vice president in two thousand and fourteen rahm opposed it was never a lapdog he's criticized zuma in the past but will have to rebuild a lot of trust for a population that's fed up of seemingly endless stories of the a.n.c. is corruption for many young people this is a far more present issue than the party's post apartheid legacy that we're going to go to planet he manages his first most important task uniting his ruling party for the two thousand and nineteen elections. his election as a.n.c. leader in december was labeled as a turning point for south africa and now he's also the country's new leader. christine singing and dancing in parliament everybody well lots of people very happy when should remember though that the pows only just begun his challenge it to become a.n.c. president so can he unite his fractured party and that is the big question it's going to be a difficult

confirmed it wants seumas deputy civil right opposed to become president. believe that this is religion. agency in all of us the welcome to who was. home. we are therefore determined to restore the integrity of the problem is the solution. to the problems and some of the not thousands. of altruistic maneuvers in the parliament. motions of move. to. calls for the solution. of the. by now to johannesburg how serious for me is for me after all the confusion all the uncertainty away any further forward than we were twenty four hours ago. you know age you know early in the day there were reports that jacob zuma would be given forty eight hours to resign and now that the n.c. has come out with the official word on the way forward they continues to be that confusion around exactly what will happen because there's no deadline around when jacob zuma has to resign south africans are uncertain we do know that jacob zuma is expected to respond to what the a.n.c. has said that they're recalling the president as a deploy of the a.n.c. they recall him from this position a

two thousand and nine will be reinstated and an inquiry into the extent of external influence in seumas administration known as state capture is due to begin his removal as president may just be the beginning of zuma struggles for me to malaya al-jazeera johannesburg cereal faces a range of difficulties as he assumes the presidency this by the a.n.c. is promises to build homes and improve basic services millions of people in south africa still live without electricity or water levels of violent crime remain among the highest in the world official figures put unemployment at twenty seven point seven percent but some believe the figure is even higher and south africa's second largest city cape town is running out of water tembisa of a coup de is a researcher at the al-jazeera center for studies he says the a.n.c. wants to move on from a tainted presidency before elections i think some of them oppose of the current leader of the scene the. insistence of removing jacob zuma was clearly to try and have a smooth electoral period because jacob zuma would have indeed impacted on the you see win

johannesburg a country that's been our ledge for days that's been counting the cost as it were of seumas presidency for an awful lot longer than that presumably there's great relief tonight. they certainly is a lot of relief and i think just mostly with the fact that there's some clarity around what's happened so much of this process hasn't been transparent it's been handled within the a.n.c. amongst the top leadership when jacob zuma spoke earlier today in an interview with the state broadcaster that was the first time that the africans heard from the president during this period when these calls for him to step down had grown in intensity and also just after the african national congress had decided to recall him with light that as you mentioned there's also been a number of scandals there's been a lot of criticism against the president this hasn't been an easy nine years of for south africans yes jacob zuma has had his supporters but they has been a significant segment of the africans are a society that wanted to see a jacob zuma step down so certainly a fair amount of relief and now

seumas own party is also raising doubts about his future party members are set to discuss his fate at a meeting next week and. important consideration is that we don't believe. should we. the president of. this week protesters have already been sending messages to the a.n.c. as the party weighs its options on zuma some are convinced his time is up. others say pounds off the president until his term ends next year. while tensions are running high in south africa the country's future is at stake let's talk more about this with christine one washes here in studio following this story for us hi christine an announcement expected today on presidents you must future what more can you tell us about this ok so. that. the president was. about. what we know is that last night. and they had a constructive discussion we also know that. the highest decision making body they were going to have. today it was expected that they were going to before the president that was canceled a lot of speculation that last night. jacob zuma. terms possible. about what happens when he leaves the presidency what if

that president jacob zuma step down after meeting a senior n c oficial as a posse spokesman said seumas removal was not on the agenda. sol abdul salam the only surviving suspect from the paris attacks in twenty fifteen is on trial in belgium is charged with attempted murder for trying to kill police during a shootout in brussels nearly two years ago he accused the court of being biased against muslims and said he would defend himself i stayed silent. american olympic gymnastics dr larry nasa has been sentenced to foresee to a hundred and twenty five years in prison and a third sentence related to a series of child molestation cases in michigan he'd already been sentenced to more than two hundred years for sexually abusing girls while working as a doctor for the usa gymnastics team carnap today those are headlines stay with al-jazeera the stream is coming up next. in the stream live on you tube and al-jazeera today we're teaming up with our colleagues at witness to showcase their new film the snake charmers the documentary chance a journey of one of the all.

that his party the african national congress has taken in that they've said now it's time to go well seumas nine years in power have been marred with controversy and economic problems he has survived eight no confidence votes in parliament most recently in august last year in twenty sixteen a court ruled that zuma should face charges of bribery in a nine hundred ninety nine arms deal zuma has also been accused of accepting outside influence in government decisions and cabinet appointments by the gupta's not so wealthy indian born business family now living in south africa zuma and some of his family members along with the good are also being investigated on charges of international money laundering he was also accused of using twenty three million dollars of public funds to renovate his private home including a pool and outdoor theater he later paid the money back when the equator is an africa policy analyst he says the a.n.c. is decision is an exercise in damage control ahead of next year's elections. this is largely a political decision yes the courts have we are talking legal issues we a

church service a day ahead of the meeting rama poso spoke of transition but avoided questions about seumas fate. so it's a commitment people. like thank you very much for taking the time to get. this . money to still. think it's around one hundred fifty never but zoomers nine year presidency has been beset by allegations of graft and economic mismanagement zuma denies wrongdoing that he's been involved in scandals including multimillion dollar upgrades to his private home using state funds a day ahead of monday's crunch decision rahm opposer recognize that people are frustrated at the uncertainty over the transition of power. over you as you do one crucial we're already in knowing still camping out. what is in their interest or the info i have all week or to new york ny. but uniting the nation or even the a.n.c. party is proving a difficult goal to achieve in south africa. who needs universal unity is better me ok more we're joined now by did ever use southern africa correspondent christine monday morning for a stand on for the a.n.c. is national executive has called a meeting for today a

resign by his party the african national congress follows a marathon meeting on monday to discuss seumas fate he faces hundreds of corruption charges as refuse to stand down before his term ends next year. several people have been seriously injured after a powerful storm lashed the south pacific island nation of tongue the government has declared a state of emergency country's parliament houses one of many buildings now lying in ruins. and u.s. president donald trump has unveiled a four point four trillion dollars budget the twenty nineteen ramps up spending on infrastructure on the military and proposes deep cuts to health care programs for the poor and the elderly and also includes eighteen billion dollars towards trump's promised border with mexico. now in a few hours time a verdict is expected in a corruption case that brought down south korean president park geun hye it centers on her childhood friend who is accused of controlling the president and meddling in state affairs al-jazeera natasha going to reports from seoul on how the case has already impact on the country. train soon s

two thousand and nine will be reinstated and an inquiry into the extent of external influence in seumas administration known as state capture is due to begin his removal as president may just be the beginning of zoomers troubles for media millar al jazeera johannesburg the base of the kudo's research or the old if there isn't a for studies or he says zuma is departure shelters the a.n.c. from the fallout of the corruption scandals that he's embroiled in. i think some of them oppose of the current leader of the sea. insistence of removing jacob zuma was clearly to try and have a smoother electoral period because jacob zuma would have indeed impacted on the a.p.c. winning the next elections in twenty nineteen because he sat on did and suddenly fall of these people who are brainwaves his reputation down and again the corruption charges that are hanging over his head so it was an agent issue for the a.n.c. to get rid of jacob zuma and if that i mean if this is the only hope actually they had to replace him with sort of oppose it because if zuma was going to take a seat to the to the electio

were fruitful and constructive discussions and the deal could have been reached but also progress in seumas talks a says the a.n.c. still so the africans are looking for clarity they're looking for the a.n.c. to make a clear statement they want to know if they're going to have the same president in a week's time over the weekend when the perspire own state of the nation address will happen that would of course was scheduled for this week thursday a given the political climate parliament presiding officers had said it would be best to perspire own the state of the nation address that jacob zuma was meant to give and this is of course after. he's so there has been some progress of course still a lot of speculation a lot of rumors a little uncertainty about what exactly might happen but of course some indication that the agency is closer to some sort of resolution than ever before or at famu the thank you very much for that it's fun at the minute with all the very latest joining us from johannesburg thank you. and ahead on the bulletin dozens of schools shut down as tensions between india and

two thousand and nine will be reinstated and an inquiry into the extent of external influence in seumas administration known as state capture is due to begin his removal as president may just be the beginning of zoomers troubles for media millar al jazeera johannesburg at least seventeen people being killed in the u.s. after a gunman opened fire at a high school in florida it happened in parkland which is north of miami the suspect has been identified as a former student. nicholas i think the risk was they man i k well they are screws was the killer is in custody and we've already begin to begin to dissect his websites and the things that social media that he was on in some of these come to mind are very very disturbing at least thirty billion dollars have been pledged to help rebuild iraq after the defeat of eisel more than seventy six countries promised donations at a summit in kuwait but mainly in the form of loans which will lead to be paid back the money falls well short of what iraq's government says that it needs the u.n. special envoy to syria has warned that violence in the wat

seumas second term is to tune in next year and scientists in the u.s. are deliberately infecting mosquitoes to stop the spread of viruses such as dengue millions of specially bred male mosquitoes have been released in miami and florida females that mate with them will only lay eggs that cannot catch there's the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after al-jazeera world next. the nation from. the. free stuff. i. have been moving around there was illegally. is to be an elite get enough of. europe. it doesn't appear as. though it is. before i was in the crane i was in russia. africa i was in. for always in off the coast in somalia if i was in somalia i was in my mother's womb. i live just a new beginning it's up to. today's my first day on live in the pendant. my life a little cold that hadn't been easy when i was in ukraine my mind was total both quit but. god had other plans. and then i was told i was lucky too good to see at the members in the mosque in q four. i was really really hard to go down suddenly i read. i remember it was an ied to

officials a party spokeswoman said seumas removal was not on the agenda. in a surprise court ruling the heir to samsung has been released from jail j y e was convicted last year on a number of corruption charges and sentenced to five years in prison for securities accused him of paying bribes to the then president park geun hye scandal led to her impeachment the sentence has now been cut to two and a half years and suspended in his own likely to return to. their official up today those are current headline partition borders abroad continues now and then we'll be back in about twenty eight minutes time with a full news hour hope to see that. i. every evening here at the wall the border soldiers from india and pakistan put on a display of showmanship nationalism and hostility. i. seventy years ago the british drew a line on a map dividing their self asian empire into tunisia. it led to the biggest most violent migration in human history a million people. for survivors like joginder seen call the forgiveness is the only way for over a million for about all. t

two thousand and nine will be reinstated and an inquiry into the extent of external influence in seumas administration known as state capture is due to begin his removal as president may just be the beginning of zoomers travels. ok let's just take you live to the south african parliament there as m.p.'s get ready to see several ram opposed to being sworn in as president of course he will be looking ahead towards the elections shuttles for not very far away we've had scenes of celebration there inside the parliament building cyril ramaphosa one thousand nine hundred one thousand nine hundred five he turned away from south african politics he felt he'd been passed over by nelson mandela nelson mandela under pressure from the a.n.c. went for somebody else to be his deputy. there we have a moment of respect for the process going on there inside the parliament building. obviously a highly significant moment there for south african politics people are saying that the end scene now has to go through a period of soul searching those allegations of corruption of course have been around for a goo

number of questions and there's a lot of uncertainty this does bring some hope in terms of relief seumas out we can start again the opposition once this vote of no confidence but also once parliament dissolved and snap elections in thirty days there's just so many things up in the air people have waited for the a.n.c. to create some clarity around it but we're still waiting for answers from a to many thanks to graeme groped. head of program government. electricity for sustainable democracy in africa what's your feeling about what happens next what all this means for the the a.n.c. . well unfortunately i think for south africans it means that the waiting pattern that we have been in for a period of time now continues for a little bit longer much to i think the frustration of many and i think that that is something that the a.n.c. they were using the right words urgency they want to attend to the situation there mindful of south africans feelings on the matter but unfortunately what we know at this point in the press conference suggests that the urgency has not followed through into partic

two thousand and nine will be reinstated and an inquiry into the extent of external influence in seumas administration known as state capture is due to begin his removal as president may just be the beginning of zoomers troubles for media millar al jazeera johannesburg but for me to mention the gupta brothers alleged role in jacob zuma is troubles takes a closer look at who they are. twenty five years after immigrating from india to brothers a.j. and brijesh one of the richest families in south africa they went from success to success with investments in media energy air travel mining and technology they first met president jacob zuma more than a decade ago one of the company of events wasn't long before several xoom is working for the gov't is but their relationship didn't become controversial until the go to strew a luxury waiting in twenty thirteen and chartered a plane with more than two hundred wedding guests to an air force base that is reserved to state dignitaries it was a national scandal about the same time allegations surfaced that they had pushed president zuma on certain mi

make sure that happens all right many thanks indeed for me to villa there live in johannesburg well seumas nine years in power have been overshadowed by controversy and economic problems he's survived eight no confidence votes in parliament most recently in august last year twenty sixteen a court ruled that zuma should face charges of bribery in one thousand nine hundred ninety nine. he's been accused of accepting outside influence in government decisions and cabinet appointments by the group has a wealthy indian born business family now living in south africa zuma and some of his family members along with the group was being investigated on charges of international money money laundering he was also accused of using twenty three million dollars of government money to renovate his private home he later paid back the money. it with the news off for months there is still to come on the program a trail of destruction in the worst storm in decades tears through the south pacific plus. i tried. smaller years for bombers take on his latest presidential portrait. i'm having. the trial of a palest

by the end of twenty fifteen seumas accused of acting in the interest of his political and business associates is close an allegedly corrupt relationship with the captors a prominent and influential family is a source of discontent within his party and the public several questionable cabinet reshuffles and allegations of influence by the govt has further weakens public confidence in zuma still zuma resists calls from within and outside of his party to resign is the president willing to take accountability for the decision and resigned in front of the people of south africa. twenty seventeen zuma returned to court to fight the reinstatement of decade old corruption charges throughout this time zuma faced several motions of no confidence in parliament by december of that year deputy president of the a.n.c. cyril ramaphosa replaced him as party leader no longer president of the ruling party's you must position of strength was weakened making way for a dramatic end for a leader who many say routinely courted controversy rather than inspiring confidence. from other let's talk about the constitution

two thousand and nine will be reinstated and an inquiry into the extent of external influence in seumas administration known as state capture is due to begin his removal as president may just be the beginning of zoomers troubles for me to miller al-jazeera johannesburg now the news at least seventeen people have been killed in the u.s. after a gunman opened fire at a high school in florida it happened in parkland which is north of miami a suspect has been arrested is believed to be a former student who was expelled. nicolas sarkozy good which goes remember i carry oh yes it was the cure for using close to the then we've already begin to begin to dissect these websites things that social media that he was on and some of the things that come to mind are very very disturbing the u.n. special envoy to syria has warned that violence in the water own country is amongst the worst he's seen since taking the job four years ago six hundred mistura said he has received reports of up to one thousand civilians being killed in one week recently at least thirty billion dollars have been pay should hel

members have been calling for seumas as ignatius made a number of corruption scandals that cause widespread protests there and see has called for a special meeting of its top committee later this month to decide the president's fate have been violent protests in south sudan after the decision by the u.s. on friday to impose a unilateral arms embargo the state department said it was a poor old by the continuing violence perpetrated by both sides in the five year civil war meanwhile human rights watch has also called for a weapons ban and warn that both sides of the conflict in south sudan continue to recruit child soldiers it says children as young as thirteen are being abducted detained and forced to fight or morgan reports. this is not the first report that has been put out by human rights watch on child recruitment in south sudan it says that children as young as thirteen has been have have been recruited to fight in the conflict which is now in its fifth year unicef also put out a report in late ten fifteen saying that there are sixteen thousand children who are recruited by armed groups

or seumas nine years in power have been overshadowed by controversy and economic problems he survived eight no confidence votes in parliament most recently in august last year in twenty sixteen a court ruled that zuma should face charges of bribery relating to an arms deal dating back to nine hundred ninety nine is also being accused of accepting outside influence to make government decisions and cabinet appointments by the gupta is a wealthy indian born business family now living in south africa zuma and some of his family members along with the group has are being investigated on charges of international money laundering zoom's also accused of using twenty three million dollars of government money to renovate his private home which included a new swimming pool he later paid the money back following a public outcry. to talk more about all of this some joined now by ben payton who's head of africa research at the risk consultancy maple cross thanks so much for coming to talk to us and so initially the idea of being recalled as the party puts it. it doesn't have any weight constitution