. >> president zuma's african national congress is facing a tough challenge at the may 7th election. there's a rising sense of discontent that the party of the nelson mandela has not done enough in the last 20 years. voters are angry about controversies such as the $22 million of taxpayers money spent on president zuma's home. he stayed in safe territory, focussing on the positives. >> south africa is a better place to live in today. 1994, under the leadership of president nelson mandela, we had set out to achieve the following goals. the building of the united democratic nonracial, non-sexist society. >> dispute the a.n.c.'s failings, it's guaranteed to win. there is not a strong enough opposition to threaten the majority and it has a special pass. >> the sails is a party that brought liberation. there's that legacy, and the legacy of nelson mandela is still there. less than two weeks, sav cabs will vote again - whether -- south africans will vote again. whether they look to the past or the future, it's a right no one here takes for granted. >> the death toll in saudi arabia from th

earlier today we had one of the first speeches, head of state, from uganda, then a speech from zuma, the president of the au commission. and now we are listening to ban ki-moon, and all eyes on the podium waiting for the rwanda president to take the stage on this emotive day, and a missed timed spat between kigali and paris. >> georgia kelvin smith reporting from kigali to mark the 20 years since the genocide. we will be bringing you the speech from kigami when it begins. >> let's go to india where people have begun voting in the world's biggest general election. the vote is spread out over nine stages due to the sheer size of the country. the votes will not wrap up for another month yet emma with the main hindu nationalist opposition party had to get the strongest back in. it's concerned, it would bring an end to their willing congress party's 10 years in power. the first stage of india's mammoth elections, voters line up to cast their ballots. the process began in two states restiveountry's northeast. >> i feel great. i'm voting for the first time. >> we hope to have a good leader

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tonya, we understand that president zuma is about to speak. >> yes, exactly. he is going to speak in the next few minutes or so. we have heard a little election earring at the main event marking freedom day. i think we'll hear a little more from him. he's sure to highlight the achievements, building nearly 3 million homes, and thousands of schools well. this, of course, is a day where hundreds gathered in celebration of a moment us aigs. people remembered voting for the first time. one is with me now. you voted for the first time nearly 20 years ago. what do you remember of that day? how were you feeling? >> very, very much good. i'm so happy. because for the first time when i started i was expected, because all the time we couldn't vote in south africa. you couldn't vote. we didn't have any speech. but that day it was a wonderful day. i felt it very much happy. >> how different is life in the model south africa compared to how you lived it under apartheid. >> wonderful. many things changed. people today have houses. i didn't have a house. today i have a house

mr zuma may penalize russian officials by freezingnd banning travel to those countries. now they've agreed to add more people to their list. we strongly support the unit is sovereignty and territorial to critique of pure crap. we call upon russia to do so with welcome to pull back its troops from ukrainian poet the fifth actions aimed at the faith alive from ukraine have to sell. the mrs agreed to send cta and states ukraine to shore up security and long placements and they promised to provide economic aid about two one billion euros one point four billion dollars. us officials are providing some assistance of their own chai she said that a japanese man in washington with ukraine's finance minister alexander slept on he agreed to guarantee one billion dollars worth of loans. with his loan guarantee agreement ukrainian government is empowered to take steps to gain access to low cost financing from international capital markets and help to ease ukraine's economic transition project early for the muzzle. the use of the us and its allies are prepared to impose more sanctions

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and sees all the wealth of the country for its own or what is on a cookie dough in the bottom of the zuma. listeners can take part in the discussion. most wanted the questions directed to the opposition didn't trust the state's media warhol's days that the friend was standing by a barricade when the comets from the national guard came and attacked and beaten. he could be free. with that on the sideline. but that too now the most cold or sympathize with the students my goal. the response says that she prays daily for their safety and protection and urges them to keep on doing what they're doing the venezuelans and the stooges don't believe in a piece like in cuba. then they live in peace without freedom and freedom and justice as cabbies and peace is just an illusion. a touch of grace and peace can any comment from truth and justice and freedom. wanna to the other. that's why they're fighting on the streets. it's a letter from america. it all that bad. with really big names on the handout anaconda is now preparing for rio twenty sixteen. fencing is a spalding passion that of political cost

year old's hardline stance on crime and roman migrants earned the nickname the socceroos in the left zuma took bus to welcome these people will consist of a religious thing in the countries to integrate over that. born a spaniard in barcelona in nineteen sixty two he became a naturalized french citizen twenty years later he entered politics really becoming a member the socialist party when he was only seventeen. with the presidential ambition of a zone of allsopp the party's nomination for the twenty twelve election. after coming in fifth in the first round of the party primaries. he endorsed for its well known and became his campaign spokesman. while many of the party's old guard to spice involved has proven popular with voters consistently topping opinion polls as france's favourite politician to his approval ratings have slipped recently added to the efforts to ban anti semitic comedian cuter name the choice of polls suggest going on is preparing to speed up economic reforms and tough spending cuts as mandated by the few weeks before christmas present. he tells plants in brussels to br

. >> south africa's president jacob zuma says a lot has been done to make the country a better place.he was speaking at an event marking 20 years since the end of white minority rule. critics say the pace of development has been too slow. >> this is my grandchild. >> photographs of this family bring back fond memories. she gets annoyed. she voted for freedom in south africa's first democratic elections in 1994, but feels young people these days do not understand what it was like living under apartheid. >> i told them they are stupid. i didn't tell them they are fools. we used to live like dogs. >> violet calls the apartheid years as dark days. those that spoke out, some were arrested, disappeared and kill. the national congress is credited with ending the repress. this 23-year-old learnt about apartheid in school and through word of mouth. she knows that during apartheid she probably wouldn't do the job, because of the colour of her skin, and is grateful. she feels that democracy should be more than freedom. >> there's a lot of issues that come up with regards to the calibre of leader

president jacob zuma the celebrations. insisting that the rainbow nation is continuing to make great progress with a widening gulf between the haves and have nots and its claims of bright white skin eruptions not everyone shares his optimism i got some intense guy at school. on the food isn't democracy center breaks into song. don't sue me for this he held a divided country becoming a nation. to be stuck some africans seem to assume that thing in nineteen ninety four. the defense able to concentrate. keane into the apartheid on sunday the country's president. lah on top. the indians. george excuse. i did on the show sixes. democrats need it most. jacobs in his message was a kid fine form in medan describe the dsl because qantas maintenance to the astonishment of the whole world. we succeeded in overcoming sin city's old and is called the pediatrician and a vision. to reach me started agreement on the fringe on top. he is here and the euphoria has died down and the country's county extraneous. the daring says he can reduce

. >>> the commemorations will take place in pretoria where president jacob zuma and other dignitaries will reflect on the long struggle against apartheid, they also plan to gather to discuss efforts to build a better country. the official holiday known as freedom day marks the end of white minority rule in south africa. >>> take a live look outside, approaching the bay bridge toll plaza this morning. erica coming up next with a look at the forecast. we will be right back. >>> recapping our top stories this sunday morning, president obama has been moved to condemn comments attributed to the owner of the l.a. clippers. now there's anger, frustration and call for action, echoing the nba. the audio recording on tmz purports to be that of l.a. clippers owner donald sterling. sterling is recorded telling his girlfriend not to bring african-american people to games. the president is calling the statement incredibly offensive. >>> pope francis has declared two of his predecessors, john xxiii and john paul ii saints in the canonization ceremony in rome. retired pope benedict was also in attend

the main opposition party filing corruption charges against zuma, the country holding elections in maylence in venezuela over the political standoff is getting worse. riot police and protestors clashing again monday, a police motor bike was burned. riot police retaliated, using tear gas and rubber bullets. security forces are cracking down on weeks of government protest, government officials saying 39 people so far have died in that conflict. >> turkey fires heavyar tilly into syria one day after a cross border attack hit a mask there. three mortar rounds landed in the province that is north of the 560-mile border between the two countries. turkey says one woman, a syrian refugee was injured in that attack. turkey is currently home to 900,000 syrian refugees, many living in camps along the border. >> afghans will vote for a new president this weekend. they will also choose other government officials including parliament and local council members. those positions have usually been held by men in afghanistan. as we report, a few brave women are now choosing to run for office in some deep

stir up discontent and lay the groundwork for a quote cuban spring social media service was called zuma zunino gained a following of more than forty thousand cubans largely because of how cheap it was a senate text message through the service compared to standard texting rates in the country now this may sound like a noble program considering the cuban. it does partially control the flow of information on the island and maintains restrictions on internet use but of course usa idea would have gone through all that trouble just to give cubans a texan alternative instead the organization used the messaging service to monitor cubans and divide them into five segments based on their political finity for the castro government those that were most supportive of the government were called taliban is a reference to extremists in afghanistan and pakistan wow furthermore usa idea was able to obtain over half a million cuban cell phone numbers from a worker at cuba's state owned cell phone company in order to blast out messages over the service and track users' responses for an exit her example at

told the german press that zuma is is not about to break its relation with russia after one hundred fifty years of very positive relations just in the giant german steel maker is quite similar sentiment so the american government is under strong pressure from its domestic economy of the industry and germany is a powerful voice. the ukraine's economy may be in a shambles on its people facing kielce but for some business sharks it's a great chance to make a quick buck kiev is launching a fire sale of its most prized asset senna's artie's guy and to count reports it's drawing quite a crowd. us politicians like the phrase don't let a serious crisis go to waste and many now use the crisis in ukraine and fear mongering against russia to advance the interests of u.s. corporations. this entire event i think has pointed to the need for europe to look at how it can further diversify its energy sources around of applause from the u.s. energy giants who have long sought to lift the ban on the export of natural gas. the move will arguably drive up energy prices for u.s. consumers having faced years of