south africa actually are. what is known is that the rhine matal subsidiary was involved in the construction of a factory in the united arab emirates and the one in saudi arabia. a group of syrian hackers released confidential documents including a secret document on a bid for a filling plant each shift was to produce hundreds of shells and mortars as well as bombs of the types m.k. eighty two m k eighty four and warheads for launch missiles. the document appears real with a trove of technical details and plans for a turnkey factory. it's incredibly dangerous because if a german company is not controlling production how do they know what being it hit in this production process they were affectively sold the production process. they are effectively saying especially if it's into a region like the middle east they're effectively saying do what you want. virus sardinia and south africa germany's run matal is arming the military coalition in yemen with bombs from the mediterranean and entire factories from capetown

from south africa a carrier. out in accordance with the country's laws we cannot comment on possible customer relations for reasons of competition and in part due to contractual obligations. to use its foreign activities to circumvent german regulations we spoke to the industry federation. of the federation of the german security and defense industry. our first priority is german arms exports which keeps us busy and will do so in the future. issues with the previous government and we expect to have them with the next while. other countries where companies operate either alone or as part of joint ventures have other rules i can't tell from here whether they exploit that. is also president of the federation he declined several invitations to take part in an interview for this report. a presentation on the strategic targets of the arms of munitions to reveal the thinking behind the overseas activities one stated goal is to free the company from german export regulations and ensure profitability the two key locations

many south africans argue the country could not afford given the sluggish economy and also that south africa is now heading to a election later this year so many south africans not necessarily heartbroken about losing out to egypt many of them in fact wishing egypt well for june one thousand nine hundred. let's turn to the asian cup tournament in the united arab emirates now iraq and vietnam kicked off a group encounter just over twenty minutes ago in abu dhabi it's still in there kicking off later a group favorite saudi arabia take on north korea in the opening match of the tournament the saudis have been dealt a late blow or experience midfielder. with injury saudi arabia have won the asian cup three times. our goal in this competition is first to qualify for the next round and take it step by step until you lift a trophy in the final and you come here to participate with top expectation. two time champion has won the opening stage of the deck or rally the qatari driver was fastest from peru's capital lima to pisco as the forty first race began in the south american country he's one minute

but first we head to a coal mining region in south africa where absolution is harming both the environment and the people. according to the world health organization around seven million people die every year from the effects of ad pollution and as is too often the case it's the poorest who suffer most they often have to cook over open fires and are rarely able to choose where they live the environmental protection and greenpeace says south africa's most to my language province has some of the worst at pollution levels on the planet. this is no place for children to require but most are coming as home to many families it's a community located in south africa's northeast in the province of long which is rich in coal reserves a coal fired power station is right next door it's a mission's pollute the groundwater and they are here. peeved my daughter is no longer alive left me a granddaughter. she's always coughing she's been in hospital repeatedly but she just isn't getting better we don't know what's causing it. and in the c.n.n. her family were forced to leave their homes and relocate twent

and remaining at they are to beat south africa injohannesburg and avoid a series whitewash.nderway in the coming hours with the hosts in pole position to make it a 3—0 series win. quentin de kock had earlier hit a superb century for the proteas and it comes after pakistan skipper sarfraz ahmed set a new record taking 10 catches to become the wicket—keeper captain with most number of catches in a match. netball now, and four of the world's top five sides are facing each other in the quad series, which has begun in liverpool in england. commonwealth champions england have beaten new zealand 54—41, while earlier world number one side australia accounted for south africa 62—45. 0ur reporter emily croydon is there. well, it has been a fascinating first day of action here in liverpool. the gold and silver—medallists from last year's commonwealth games really showed again that they mean business. the world's number one side, australia, recovered from a stuttering start to record a comfortable victory over south africa. through the course of that match they went on some new shooting

fairto against south africa and australia.d coach tracey neville will have a much better idea of who will have a much better idea of who will make her squad for the world cup. new zealand first up is a real challenge. at the commonwealth games last year, new zealand failed to win a medal. in the quad series in september england recorded a record victory against them but at that stage they had just changed their head coach and they were at the start of a rebuilding process so i expect they will be a very different proposition here today. england captain serena guthrie says it is vital that the roses do well here, especially as they are on home soil and there is a lot of pressure on them after winning gold at the commonwealth games. it is worth noting that they have never actually w011 noting that they have never actually won eight quad series and if they wa nt to won eight quad series and if they want to be marked out as a real contender, perhaps the team to beat at the world cup this summer, now is probably the time they need

are going away from south africa other economies across the continent more vulnerable as vulnerable. many countries in africa will not change their interest rates on the back of the u.s. if there's a hike and we've got the likes of for one dollar with an interest rate of the boss five point five percent that's fairly steady nigeria to box fourteen in your department but these are growing spreading to interest rates but what is typical to many of these countries that interest rate is a highly political decision it's not so much an economic ones it's like that essentially with the american interest rates changing things are quite static they is a universal experience. of capital loss to two thousand and eight there was a lot of money that slipped into emerging markets on the continent as well so it's the american interest rates are looking back to expect at least the back of some of that. briefly if you can if you have to single out one of the economy and in africa people should. pay close attention to what the fed does with. nigeria so it's a near one to watch it is quite fragile not q

i'm presenting the show from joburg in south africa i'm joined from nigeria by my wonderful colleague hi auntie hi felicia and hello everyone my name is nelson if we bring you greetings from lagos nigeria we put together about half an hour of a show full of a governmental stories that are very exciting well here's a lineup that we have for you today. how you can use we need to make shoe polish. and how solar taxes are changing public transforming cost of war. and then our project in south africa is teaching stories of valuable knowledge of indigenous people. would you take a ride powered by the sun in the coastal town of juggling called deval solar taxes are beginning to replace the conventional bush ones three wheels on a panel it's a pretty simple concept and with zero emissions it's good for the environmentalists

and accusations of racism as doctors in south africa told not to bother applying as a local health department strives to increase the number of black medics who put the issue up for debate. and i would say that it is racist but i wouldn't say that it's surprising coming. out of the way. that. we. your monday morning worldwide news headlines live from moscow from all of us here at r.t. international a very warm welcome here. the liberal u.s. media has been rounding on dawdle trump going so far as to produce a guide to impeachment summit america's longest ever government shutdown over the standoff on funding the president's border war plans a correspondent daniel hawkins reports you can't impeach somebody that's doing a great job that's the way i view it it seems this weekend the media would determined to prove trump wrong on that one look at america's forty fifth president is a stranger to media attacks first there's the new york times go with a piece on last year's f.b.i. investigation into the president working for russia after president trump fired james b. komi as f.b.i. director foresman

a titanium dredge mine on south africa's coast furth north has had a dramatic impact on the land.it's been operational for decades, leaving no doubt amongh many thae same will happen here. the proposed mine site at xolobeni covers 14 miles of coastline and goes over a mile inland in places. an estimated 70 families, just over 600 people uld have to be relocated. xamandla mtwa can see those red dunes from his house. >> ( translat ): if i move from here i lose my life. it will change completely. >> reporter: titanium isn't the answer they say, tourism is. the pristineoastline, a perfect environment to develop e thrivitourism industry with long term potential. >> mining is just a short term as they told us the lifean is 22 years and after 22 years the d land is being destroyed s irreversible. >> reporter: in the face of community resistance its own environmental questions, the south african government withdrew the original apoval of 2008. three years ago the australian company re-applied and enlisted the support of the traditional pondo chief here, lunga baleni and created xolco, a c

fight fofor civil rights, and support for nelslson mandela and the antiti-apartheid s strue in south africa. reverend martin luther king, jr.: if the united kingdom and the united states decided tomorrow morning not to buy south african goods, not to buy south african gold, to put an embargo on oil, if our investors andnd capitalis would withdrdraw their support for that racial tyranny that we find t there, then apartheid would be brought to an end. amy: today, dr. martin luther king, jr. for the hour. all of that and more, coming up. this is demomocracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. totoday is a federal holiday honoring dr. martin luther king. he was born 9090 years ago this month on january 15, 1929. he was assassinanated apapril , 196868, at the lorraine motel in memphis, tennessee. dr. king was just 39 years old. while he is primarily remembered as a civil rights leader, he also championed the cause of the poor, organizing the poor people's campaign to address issues of economic justice. dr. king was also a fierce critic of u.s. foreign policy and th

south africa is really part of the a.n.c. has launched its campaign for this year's general election with a message of unity that's been seen as a test of the group's popularity after years of scandal and division under the former ousted president jacob zuma. and the saudi teenager has landed and can. about where she's been offered asylum open and says she's fleeing an abusive family in saudi arabia after renouncing islam and fears she will be killed if she returns there. so let's talk to my mom on the about this a senior fellow at the center for international governance innovation based in canada also a professor at the university of waterloo nice to have you with with us she is and i said this to our correspondent early early as she is just one woman and it's a very very high profile case what could this mean though for other cases will canada be viewed more as a place for people to go yeah i mean you know cameras out a very welcoming refugee policy of course in a climate internationally where many do not so certainly this

and kurdish forces launch an attack on the enclaves for maining syrian holdouts south africa's ruling a.n.c. kicks off its first election campaign was still run a post says later on this and more jobs to woo voters. and later in sport liverpool and to stay in control of the race for the premier league title son albeit with that story. have others yet more snow on the way for central and southeastern europe but i don't think the current the same extent we've just had you can see is to cloud tumbling down from the north starts with a cold coming from plenty of moisture has been brought up before not quite as much as we've seen before so the picture on sunday will still be snowing on the northern side of the out some tickets and sits in the trust to austria germany may even touch suddenly poland breaks of largish rain or snow course given the temperature is likely for the size in for example be a bulls noon it's a government across ukraine but the driving force actually is turning for a northerly to more of a westerly look at the temperatures in london and paris twelve eleven degrees and

we'll get a weather update next to zero then we'll tell you how south africa's president is trying to reverse the ruling party's falling popularity plus. it was a disaster waiting to happen the government was well aware of the risks of liquefaction here in this area but did nothing to inform the people i'm step past reporting from without them to die off the heavy earthquake in september. our count probably much more rain or snow for afghans and that's it for the time being there's a huge amount of cloud cascading out of southeastern europe shoot through the caucasus and the caspian i'm open to think development is going to be further sasson that this is the picture of something we've got rain coming into lebanon as you can see pharaoh breeze that's familiar a mass of cloud syria saudi arabia and iraq and then catching the rising ground of the west and south of iran you see rain and you see snow and that is going to carry on falling of throughout sunday night into monday huge amount of snow is possibly right up to as a barn and then it tails off further east more case of cloud but all

from a force or acknowledge that corruption has weakened south africa's public institutions and went on to say it would not be tolerated as the a.n.c. winds up its one hundred seventh birthday celebrations and the launch of its plans ahead of the general election in may delivering results such as improving the economy and creating jobs remains a priority so does a united front with factionalism remains a major threat to the agency's election success. al-jazeera durban puzzle natal. hundreds of protesters have marched in guatemala city against the president's decision to shut down a un backed anti graft body jimmie rodgers ordered foreign staff of the international commission against impunity to leave within twenty four hours last monday or some others top court blocked the decision mirallas accuses the commission of overstepping its duties after it sought to investigate him on suspicion of campaign finance violations. a democratic politician from texas has announced his bid to become the first hispanic president of the united states forty four year old julian castro is one in a long

anna: in october, south africa investmentn a challenging first year that included a recession. president said they are making progress. pres. ramaphosa: we are way ahead of the check and i am overwhelmed by the level of to be inthat continues the south african economy. many countries and many potential investors are here, and we have gotten well over 1000 people here, and many of them are real investors. they are not just people who just want to come and have a free be at a conference -- freebie at a conference. they are here because they want to put money on the ground and make money themselves. >> let's talk about where the economy is now because clearly you need the numbers if you're going to attract more investment. it is a virtuous circle, and you need to improve things. the midterm budget that your new finance minister delivered on wednesday the livered some tough news on the south african economy. the outlook for this year is what, half what was anticipated?and the debt outlook , the trajectory the debt is on different from what was anticipated, as well. erahe legacy fro

plenty more ahead of the news hour including we'll tell you how south africa's president is trying to reverse the ruling a falling popularity. aside protesters and leaderless lebannon say their caretaker government is failing to take care of the country. and support the iraqi teenager who's inspired his team to a place in the knockout rounds of the asian. president donald trump has blasted a new york times report that the f.b.i. opened an investigation to find out as trump was secretly working on behalf of russia against u.s. interests according to the paper the investigation began in may two thousand and seventeen after trump fired then f.b.i. director james comey counterintelligence investigators were assigned to evaluate whether trump was a potential threat to national security the f.b.i. also sought to determine whether the president was deliberately working for russia or had unintentionally been influenced by moscow so trump's response of course came in the form of a tweet this is what he tweeted while just learned in the failing new york times that the corrupt former leaders of

it has been a while since south africa's governing party pulled such a massive crowd.entjacob zuma's home province, who was ousted in 2017 after nine years at the helm. this is an annual event which sets the tone for the anc‘s plans for the year but this time it is even more significant. south africa marks 25 years since the first democratic elections and millions will be going back to the polls. most credible opinion polls suggest the anc will secure enough votes to form the next government. that is despite declining support and small economic growth. the party's president, cyril ramaphosa, said the anc would do all it can to regain the confidence of all south africans. today at the african national congress, we launch our 2019 election manifesto. we do so at a crucial moment in the history of our nation. after a period of doubt and uncertainty, we have arrived at a moment of hope and renewal. the new leadership has vowed to raise millions of dollars in foreign direct investment to drivejob creation, particularly among the youth and women. there are more unemployed, y

we are unapologetic about addressing these imbalances of the past south africa including causey natal remains an unequal society with limited opportunities to self development those who historically oppressed south african political party the democratic alliance has expressed outrage over the policy but insists that the health department is acting in a racist way and going against constitutional values whites cover to make up around nine percent of south africa's population and we got reaction from our guests this is not the first example of hiring policies being discriminatory particularly against white people and i would say that it is racist but i wouldn't say that it's surprising and that's why and i kind of the member of course in south africa we know that you are coming from and called the up out of date when. you bit more people that use them to play that doctor as we respect. the priorities was given to the white people and unfortunately that legacy is still quentin we the government is more willing to work with companies and is willing to tax them less if they hire more black

but south africa is a clear exception.eporter: tatjana von bormann pays regular visits to the garbage dumps around cape town. she has studied the wasteful lifestyle of many south africans and says change is urgently needed. every year, ththe visserhok landfill alonene receives thousasands of tons of food was. it comes from restaurants, factories, and local farms. tatjana: we estimate that a third of food is dumped in south africa every year. this has significant ecological impacts becaususe all that fod has compounded water and energy, and from a climate change perspective, in the landfill it emits harmful greenhnhouse gas, both methane and carbon dioxide. in south africa, up to 12 million people don't know where their next meal is coming from, and yet we're wasting 10 million tons of food every year. reporter: rudolf roscher has spent years looking at ways of reducing food waste here in the western cape. he works for the regional department of agriculture. von bormann has come to visit one of his projects, which she belie

it has been a while since south africa's governing party pulled such a massive crowd. former presidentjacob zuma's home province, who was ousted in 2017 after nine years at the helm. this is an annual event which sets the tone for the anc‘s plans for the year but this time it is even more significant. south africa marks 25 years since the first democratic elections and millions will be going back to the polls. most credible opinion polls suggest the anc will secure enough votes to form the next government. that is despite declining support and small economic growth. the party's president, cyril ramaphosa, said the anc would do all it can to regain the confidence of all south africans. today at the african national congress, we launch our 2019 election manifesto. we do so at a crucial moment in the history of our nation. after a period of doubt and uncertainty, we have arrived at a moment of hope and renewal. the new leadership has vowed to raise millions of dollars in foreign direct investment to drive job creation, particularly among the youth and women. there are mor

south africa's ruling african national congress has launched its for elections in may at the launch and our own presidents are obama promised to create more jobs and address racial inequality the vote in may is seen as a test of whether a house a house or a verse of the crimea and sees popularity and minimal of reports from. africa's president and leaders of the african national congress aim to shore up support. at the climax of a week of unofficial election campaigning. at the launch of the party's manifesto cyril ramaphosa continued to play out the idea of a new dawn for south africa. as the african national congress we're knowing i want twenty nine thousand. election manifesto we do so and a crush on a moment in the history of our nation. after a period of died out in uncertainty we never minded a moment of oath and the promise of a new beginning for a party watched not only by corruption scandals but infighting between rival factions aligned to either roma or former president jacob zuma the a.n.c. has used this event to highlight some of its achievements as the last election and its

are south africa but they are also one dollar or they all saw one there was very influential. which has its own agenda there so how can you. solve the problem alls or poor always to get people together and to have a common goal in see which is which since right now very very difficult and when you hear about the up war the. unstable situation in eastern congo so you have wonder has very much its hand in it. what south africa does have and does not and let me give you another example of the weakness of african countries. prior to the election there was a meeting. in brazil your next door where the try to sort of. influenced the not to choose and choose a candidate but to to make sure that everybody everything will happen in a proper that the electoral process will lead to work a clear leadership vendor there the congo did d r c did not even attend it and so it has no impact whatsoever sort of grammys. and also i beg to differ to disagree on the on. your position which is divided i think to make a great great effort in choosing one candidate even if backed agreement did not last

from a force or acknowledge that corruption has weakened south africa's public institutions and went on to say it would not be tolerated as the a.n.c. winds up its one hundred seventh birthday celebrations and the launch of its plans ahead of the general election in may delivering results such as improving the economy and creating jobs remains a priority so does a united front with factionalism remains a major threat to the agency's election success. al-jazeera been president to tell . thousands of people in indonesia will have to be relocated off their land and when a seven point five magnitude earthquake struck the coast of the way sea in september the authorities were aware of the risk of liquefaction as it's called the people living in a high risk areas weren't told stop passing reports. under this pile of mud i do remains of sound me as house it was buried on september twenty eighth after a happy earthquake suddenly turned soil into liquid houses cars and people were sucked inside hundreds of people disappeared and the bodies of her three young nephews and nieces have yet to be

south africa's president and leaders of the african national congress aim to shore up support. at the climax of a week of unofficial election campaigning at the launch of the party's manifesto cyril ramaphosa continued to play out the idea of a new dawn for south africa. as the african national congress we launch our twenty nine thousand. election manifesto we do so at a crush of moment in the history of our nation. after a period of died out in uncertainty we never minded a moment of oath and the promise of a new beginning for a party modest not only by corruption scandals but infighting between rival factions aligned to either romney or former president jacob zuma the a.n.c. has used this event to highlight some of its achievements as the last election and its future plans for south africa but for many here it's much of the same from a new party president competing with the formal eda he's popular in this province there were concerns about how reports i would be received was in a tall is the home of former president zuma who resigned last year during various corruption scanda