mr zuma denies all the charges.everal thousand supporters of the former president are expected to march to the high court. 0ur correspondent nomsa maseko is in durban. how the mighty have fallen. what has happened in court? just two months agojacob happened in court? just two months ago jacob zuma was happened in court? just two months agojacob zuma was the president of south africa and today he stood accused of accepting bribes, he faces 16 counts of corruption, racketeering and money—laundering and next to him was a representative from a french arms company that was accused of having paid jacob zuma this bribes and both the accused

zuma. reporter: in n 2008, jacob zuma managed to have the corruption charges dropped. this was ao ajay, result of high-level pressure from the french authority. the was presidential interference in eaearly 2008 in paris. , , i accompanied. he met mr. sarkozy a at the elia -- at the palace. mr. sarkozy repeated the same request that he would like the charges to be drdropped. reporter: the stakes on high for thales. if the group loses the trial, contract in south africa will be declared void. thales officials refused to comment. l says that if he speaks it is because he was not paid by thales for his legal services. molly: a japanese animation legend has died at the age of 82. his distinguished career as a producer, director, and animator began in 1959.9. he cofoundnded the studio ghibl, and directed "grave of the fireflies," a world war ii what -- drama that received universal acclaim. an update now of the headlines we are following. aslence has erected palestinian protesters gather along the gaza border with israel a week after similar demonstrations turned deadly. fro

political movement and also a supporter of zuma thank you very much why do you think zuma should not be on the dock. two years now. and opposition has always been that it's a witch hunt against president jacob zuma because he is an exemplification of economic transformation which is underpinned by the free education which you let explanation without compensation and that the terms of the mind so an attack on jacob zuma is attack on the black majority of them at large. and we are going to continue defending him until the end we conned stop talking about his many many scandals this condos that have. in all his presidency i mean what are scandals. this case is about more than fifteen years old. commissions including the judiciary in this case out you must also understand that when it comes to this matter the arms deal was the m.d.c. in case it in. was the president of the deal that was a national project if there's any one of these the positions of the time. it's got nothing to do with anything. it is to do with these dumb as an n.p.c. even. if he was guilty if there was any case to be

watching al-jazeera live my headquarters here in also coming up former south african president jacob zuma faces trial on corruption charges over a multi-billion dollar arms deal plus. palestinians for pavel protests after israeli forces killed twenty one people along the gaza border in the last week and . standing by supporters rally in brazil as the deadline for former president to go to jail edges closer. to the program we begin with breaking news coming out of south korea where former president good to haiti has been found guilty of abuse of power and coercion the decision was made after the chief judge read a lengthy statement by ending the eighteen charges against park. the proceedings which were broadcast live. outside the courthouse in seoul. where the prosecutors had been asking for thirty years the judge gave her twenty four it still must be said this is a hefty sentence against this former president who was swept up in really the biggest corruption scandal to hit south korea this really captured the nation's attention months of mass protests in central seoul and these proceeding

corruption case against south africa's jacob zuma has adjourned until june the former president facing bribery charges linked to a multi-million dollar deal more troubles for zuma who was forced to resign from office four weeks ago. hello and welcome my name is christopher spring a good to have you with us alstad south korean president park geun hey has been sentenced to twenty four years in prison on a conviction in court including challenges of coercion bribery and abuse of power in a verdict broadcast live on korean television the court ruled that part concluded with friends to receive tens of billions of dollars in kickbacks from companies such as sam so parker's impeach general rested in march twenty seventh the scandal prompted months of massive street protests. we're going to go straight to seoul now waiting for us to chase and straw the one of our crossbones that chasing the former president park geun hey found guilty on several charges just talk us through the the charges the verdict and the sentence. short he was found guilty of sixteen of the eighteen pouncey against her the

jacob zuma has addressed his support that outside hype for this region is called quote. and zuma stronghold so people have been bought from across the region to comment support team to come and hold his hand and ask old them that this is all about politics he says that at the time of the on steele he was not in a position of that kind of influence of all to say that this case has been around for such a long time and it hasn't moved forward to save in a sense and he's going to prove that now the quad has postponed the beginning of the try all to. june eighth it was very much expected that this would happen this is a very preliminary seating and zuma was not even expected to take a piece of these physicians to postpone the case is so that to give lawyers time to prepare and zuma as lawyers have already said that they are going to challenge the decision of the state to reopen the case already they're reviewing that position and a lot of legal experts have been talking to us saying that this is the one case this is one. that is going to take very long to resolve it's very co

also of course in south africa returns a corruption case against the former president jacob zuma. but in this particular instance the arsonist wishes to investigate the same fire a heated exchange between london and moscow at the u.n. meeting over a nerve agent attack on a former russian spy. welcome to the program palestinians are protesting a long legal. israel border prompting more violence a week after the bloodiest. many are burning tires as you can see now live pictures coming from the area to create a smoke screen making it harder for israeli snipers to see them at least twenty one palestinians have been killed over the past week and more than fourteen hundred injured half of them hit by israeli gunfire hold the media's monitoring events for us from gaza just bring us up to speed on this live firing that we're hearing about . well it's been a sporadic live fire we actually heard it here in our location. now what has been going on since the morning is that you have a group of young people who are further there at the limit of this so-called no zone about three hundred meters

you may remember zuma as party the ruling a.n.c. forced him to resign as president for more we're going to go over to the big table where do the obvious tristin move is waiting very kindly she reports regularly of course from southern africa for us christine sixteen charges relating to seven hundred eighty three instances of alleged wrongdoing break it down for us or because through these charges against jacob zuma essentially it boils down to the fact that former president jacob zuma is accused of having taken bribes from the french. in exchange for awarding big contracts to that company quote tile is and essentially he's going to be appearing in the dock with representatives from africa that is the coach here is facing charges there also facing those charges yes and that at the time he was a provincial leader and of course held a senior position within the a.n.c. . and then later he was of course deputy president under nelson mandela this all relates to an arms deal that goes back twenty years quite a long time why has it taken su

mr zuma, andrew harding, bbc, can i ask you how you're feeling?as been fighting off corruption allegations for years. but he was pushed out of office in february, and, this morning, yesterday's man took his seat in the dock. my lord, the accused comes to this court today by way of summons. beside him, a representative of a french arms company, accused of paying zuma huge bribes in the 1990s. this case won't go fast. zuma's lawyers are already challenging its legitimacy, but it is a heavy blow to a man who once seemed untouchable. outside court today, a small but raucous crowd. zuma and his populist economic rhetoric still enjoy some support here. a defiant zuma emerged to tell them, "i'm the victim of a political conspiracy." innocent until proven otherwise. but that argument, like his famous dance moves, is unlikely to help him at trial. this is a hugely important symbolic moment for south africa. on a continent where so many powerful men enjoy impunity, this country is showing that no—one, not even a former president, is above the law. south kor

jacob zuma in court. can i ask you how you'r feeling? south africa's former president has been fighting offorruption allegations for years but he was pushed out of autopsy andhi february and morning, yesterday's man took his seat in the dark. >> my lord, the aused comes to this court today by way of summons. >> a repsentative of a french arms company accused of paying zuma huge bribes in the 1990's. this case won't go fast. zuma's lawyers are already challenging its legitacy but it is a heavy blow to a man who once seemed untouchable. outside court today, a small but raucous crowd. zuma and his populist ecomic rhetoric still enjoys some support here. a defiant zuma emerged to tell them, i'm the victim of a political con spires si. >> innocent new mexico proven otherwise. -- until proven otherwise. >> but that argument, likhis famous dance moves, is in-- unkely to help him at trial. reporter: this is a hugely important symbol for south africa. on a continent where so many powerful men enjoy impunity, this is showing that no one is above t

in two thousand and nine jacob zuma came to power having sold himself to south africa as the people's president he promised to grow the economy fight poverty and create millions of jobs. nine years later and it hasn't ended well last month zuma amidst growing corruption allegations step down a south african president forced out by his own governing african national congress the liberation party voted for to party it and one of them. to the decision to resign as president of the power within the bank. his links to an influential billionaire business family the captors were revealed last year in a mess of paradise paper style data leak the cooked leaks appear to reveal how these three brothers a.j. are told and rich of friends with former president jacob zuma and in business with one of his sons set up a vast network of patronage offering monetary rewards in return for political loyalty to zuma. so hard trenched is corruption in south africa we are someone who know a businessman who pays bribes to put in government tenders he spoke to us on condition we hid his identity there's an expec

oh south africa's president jacob zuma remains defiant pairing in court on corruption charges over a multi-billion dollar deal and in sports at the for the defending champion. the worst ever hole score in the history of finding the water five times at the. the israeli army has fired live ammunition as well as tear gas at the gaza israeli border as palestinians renew their protests and protesters have been burning tires to create a smoke screen to try to make it harder for israeli snipers to see them at least twenty one palestinians have been killed over the past week and more than. one thousand four hundred injured half of them hit by israeli gunfire tens of thousands of palestinians are holding a six week protest in tent encampments along the fenced border let's go straight now to our correspondent who's at the scene harder. just in the past hour or so we heard about these live shots sporadic gunfire coming from the israeli side what's the scene there now. well it is calm now it's actually it has ebbs and flows we did hear gunfire earlier several several times but this quote this so

jacob zuma in court. mr zuma, andrew harding, bbc, can i ask you how you're feeling?ica's former president has been fighting off corruption allegations for years but he was pushed out of office in february. this morning, yesterday's man took his seat in the dock. my lord, the accused comes to this court today by way of summons. beside him, a representative of a french arms company, accused of paying zuma huge bribes in the 1990s. this case won't go fast. zuma's lawyers are already challenging its legitimacy but it is a heavy blow to a man who seemed untouchable. outside court today, a small but raucous crowd. zuma and his populist economic rhetoric still enjoy some support here. a defiant zuma emerged to tell them i'm the victim of a political conspiracy. innocent until proven otherwise. but that argument, like his famous dance moves, is unlikely to help him in the trial. this is a hugely important symbolic moment for south africa in a country where so many powerful men enjoy impunity, this country is showing that no one, not even the former president, is above the la

jacob zuma has addressed his supporters outside. for this region is called. and zuma stronghold so people have been bought from across the region to comment support him to comment on it has told them that this is all about politics he says that at the time of the on steele he was not in a position of that kind of you to say that this case has been around for such a long time and it hasn't move forward you say in a sense and he's going to prove that now the quad task was the beginning of the try all. june eighth it was very much expected that this would happen this is a very preliminary seating and was not even expected to take a piece of these decisions to postpone the case so that to give a lawyer is time to prepare. that they are going to challenge the all of the state to reopen the case and they're reviewing that division and a lot of legal experts have been talking to us saying that this is the one case this is one. that is going to take very long to read very complicated to be very many witnesses i'm sure a lot of to ing and fro ing from some of the best

wrong south africa's former president jacob zuma remains defiant outside court after appearing on corruption charges over a multi-billion dollar arms deal. form a south african private a former south korean president park geun hye is found guilty of abuse of power bribery and coercion and sentenced to twenty four years in prison. we begin at the border between gaza and israel where five palestinians have been killed as the israeli army continues to fire live ammunition and tear gas at protesters at least seven hundred eighty palestinians have been injured with seven said to be in a critical condition it's a week since demonstrations first began to mark palestine's annual land day an act of resistance against israeli occupation and land seizures charlotte reports. palestinian words meet israeli bullets in gaza. from behind the border fence israeli snipers have palestinians on these sites they shooting a guest in life fire and rubber bullets. but still reeling from the bloodiest day in years this was the area where last friday israeli snipers shot seven hundred palestinians twenty one would di

mr zuma, andrew harding, bbc, can i ask you how you're feeling?n fighting off corruption allegations for years. but he was pushed out of office in february, and, this morning, yesterday's man took his seat in the dock. my lord, the accused comes to this court today by way of summons. beside him, a representative of a french arms company, accused of paying zuma huge bribes in the 1990s. this case won't go fast. zuma's lawyers are already challenging its legitimacy, but it is a heavy blow to a man who once seemed untouchable. outside court today, a small but raucous crowd. zuma and his populist economic rhetoric still enjoy some support here. a defiant zuma emerged to tell them, "i'm the victim of a political conspiracy." innocent until proven otherwise. but that argument, like his famous dance moves, is unlikely to help him at trial. this is a hugely important symbolic moment for south africa. on a continent where so many powerful men enjoy impunity, this country is showing that no one, not even a former president, is above the law. andrew harding,

a former south african president jacob zuma has appeared in court to face corruption charges relating to a two and a half billion dollar arms deal in total he faces sixteen charges including fraud racketeering and money laundering katherine sawyer has more from durban. this is a significant moment in south africa's history for the first time a former head of state is in the dock facing corruption charges jacob zuma looked subdued as a judge adjourned the beginning of his trial to june to give lawyers time to prepare. for a journey to the eighth of june twenty eighth. outside the courtroom he supporters we had when he came on stage he said the court proceedings had been politically instigated. by in two thousand and five i was in this same court facing the same charges i have never heard of anyone having charges dropped then reinstated the judge dropped the case because if the matter had been politicized. zoomers african national congress party has kept its distance unlike in his previous scandals but party members arrived at court dressed in syria despite warnings not to from party he

jacob zuma seemed untouchable backin makes. corruption piling up against him, but it wasn't until he was pushed out of power that everything changed, and now we find ourselves at the high court in durban, where jacob zuma is facing 16 counts of corruption. as you say, they relate to a scandal from the 19905, they relate to a scandal from the 1990s, one that has basically been known as these on the case, because it never quite dies and has been brought back to life now. —— the zombie case. although this was a brief appearance and the trial will go on stages in the months and possibly years ahead, it was a symbolic moment for south africa. andrew harding in durban, thank you. about nine million people have to pay more into their pension from today, as the minimum contribution for workers rises from 1% to 3% of income. the government says the increase will boost retirement incomes, but one accountancy firm is warning that pay packets could suffer. our personal finance correspondent simon gompertz is with me. explain a little bit m

jacob zuma has addressed his supporters outside hype for this region is called quote. and zuma stronghold so people have been bought from across the region to comment supports and hold him and ask old them that this is all about politics he says that at the time of the on steele he was not in a position of that kind of you fanciful to say that this case has been around for such a long time and it hasn't moved forward he says in a sense and he's going to approve that now the quad has postponed the beginning of the try all to. june eighth it was very much expected that this would happen this was apparently preliminary seating and zuma was not even expected to take a piece of these positions to postpone the case is so that to give lawyers time to prepare and zuma as lawyers have already said that they are going to challenge the decision of the state to reopen the case already they're reviewing that position and a lot of legal experts have been talking to us saying that this is the one case this is one. that is going to take very long to resolve it's very complicated and t

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mr zuma denies all the charges.have fallen. what has happened in court? just two months agojacob happened in court? just two months ago jacob zuma was happened in court? just two months agojacob zuma was the president of south africa and today he stood accused of accepting bribes, he faces 16 counts of corruption, racketeering and money—laundering and next to him was a representative from a french arms company that was accused of having paid jacob zuma this bribes and both the accused deny these charges and of course, there was a nightmarejoel in support of the former president here in durban and shortly before he went inside the courtroom, the clergy was praying for him, hoping that these charges would go away and he made a very brief court appearance here and now the case has been postponed to the 8th ofjune. jacob zuma‘s lawyers wa nt the 8th ofjune. jacob zuma‘s lawyers want to challenge the legitimacy of the prosecution because they believe that the charges are as a result of a political conspiracy. if he is fo

jacob zuma has addressed his supporters outside hype for this region is called quote. and it says you must wrong world so people have been bought from across the region to comment support team to come and hold his hand and he has told them that this is all about politics he says that at the time of the on steele he was not in a position of that kind of influence of all to say that this case has been around for such a long time and it hasn't moved forward he says in a sense and he's going to approve that now the quote high schools the beginning of the try all to. june eighth and it was very much expected that this would happen this was a very preliminary seating and zuma was not even expected to take a piece of these physicians to postpone the case is so that to give a lawyer is time to prepare and seumas lawyers have already said that they are going to challenge the decision of the state to reopen the case so already they're reviewing that position and a lot of legal experts have been talking to us saying that this is the one case this is one. that is going to take ver

wrong and south africa's former president jacob zuma remains defiant outside court after appearing on corruption charges over a multi-billion dollar arms deal. with all the. mixed martial arts star connell mcgregor is charged by new york police saw for attacking a bus full of m.m.a. fighters there are more later in the program. we begin on the israel gaza border where in least seven palestinians have been killed as the israeli army continues to fire live ammunition and tear gas at protesters seven hundred eighty palestinians have also been injured but several said to be in a critical condition it's a week since demonstrations first began to mark palestine's on your land day an act of resistance against israeli occupation and land seizures charlotte ballasts reports. palestinian words meet israeli bullets in gaza. from behind the border fence israeli snipers have palestinians on these sites they shooting a guest in life fire and rubber bullets. but still. reeling from their bloodiest day in years this was the area where last friday israeli snipers shot seven hundred palestinians twenty

mr zuma denies all the charges. the high court in durban. the former president, jacob zuma, was accused, and there was almost a representative from the french arms company —— there was also a representative. from the arms company accused of having paid a bribe to jacob zuma. both of them have denied any wrongdoing. there was a very short court appearance. shortly after that, jacob zuma came out of the courtroom surrounded by the clergy who prayed for him before he entered the courtroom. he then addressed hundreds of supporters here. he told them that he believes that these are trumped up charges and that they came as a result of a political conspiracy, and that he believes also that they will regret reinstating the charges against him. so, the court appearance of jacob zuma was then postponed to the 8th ofjune. 0k, thank you very much. bringing you some breaking news, we are hearing from scotland yard detectives investigating the shooting of a 17—year—old girl in totte n ha m shooting of a 17—year—old girl in totten

the trial of former south african president jacob zuma has been adjourned until june zuma faces charges of corruption relating to a two point five billion dollar arms deal the former leader was met by his supporters as he left the durban a courthouse where proceedings were being held. brazil's former president luis he knows who the silva has just hours left to turn himself into police he's currently hold up with supporters inside. the supreme court has ordered him to begin serving a twelve year long prison sentence for corruption sources from his party say he does not plan to surrender voluntarily. doctors in britain say the russian expires sergei skateball who was poisoned by a nerve agent last month is responding well to treatment spittle says he's improving rapidly and is no longer in critical condition his daughter yulia gave a statement via u.k. police yesterday that she is getting stronger every day. south korea's impeach president a part you pay has been sentenced to twenty four years in prison for corruption she was convicted on several counts of abuse of power and coercion arc

has been adjourned until june zuma faces charges of corruption relating to a two point five billion dollar arms deal the former leader was met by supporters as he left the durban courthouse where proceedings were held. for the cattle on it separatist leader. has been released from a german jail he was set free after he met a bail fee of seventy five thousand euro. which tamal was held on a european arrest warrant that was issued by spain which called for his extradition on charges of rebellion and misuse of public funds yesterday german court ruled out extraditing porridge tomorrow on rebellion charges the court is still considering whether or not to extradite him on the second lesser charge. after twelve nights behind bars carlist posed him on savored his first steps of freedom. basking in the cheers of his supporters. but he knows it is a long road ahead for him and the other separatist leaders facing the glare of the spanish courts i climb for the immediate release for all of my colleagues still in the spanish reasons it's a shame for europe to have political prisoners. i always

long south africa's former president jacob zuma remains defiant after hearing in court on corruption. squaring off in hungary a liberal american billionaire with hungary and roots tries to counter the nationalist president. and later installed peter will tell us the ramifications that a mixed martial law star is facing this attack in new york. told us they have a first the u.s. is striking at russian president vladimir putin's inner circle with another round of sanctions the hit list includes seven of the country's most influential business men the white house says it is responding to an ongoing pattern of harmful behavior is our white house correspondent kimberly how could. for weeks relations between the united states and russia have been deteriorating but this time for russian president vladimir putin's it's personal on friday the administration of u.s. president donald trump announced its third action in his many weeks against key allies of putin including his own son in law what we would like to see is the totality of the russian behavior change the new u.s. sanctions target thir

has been adjourned until june zuma facing charges of corruption relating to a two point five billion dollar arms steal the former leader was met by supporters as he left the german court house where proceedings were being held a brazilian judge has issued an arrest warrant for former president luis inacio lula da silva the order gives twenty four hours to surrender to police and start a twelve year prison sentence for corruption on thursday the country's defamed court refused to bed by looks remained free until all appeals against the sentence were exhausted. malaysia's prime minister has dissolved parliament ahead of elections expected to be held next month the polls are a major test of and battled prime minister najib razak who has been tainted by your multi-billion dollar corruption scandal. a dramatic fall from grace for south korea's ousted president park geun hye she has been sentenced to twenty four years in prison for corruption charges including coercion bribery and abuse of power in a verdict broadcast live on south korean television the court ruled part colluded with frien

they'll support him to the very end the african national congress leadership that strongly supported zuma in previous scandals has distanced itself from him this time and has won supporters against using party symbols and communist. country one pressing on that case. you know if there is anything that have been done incorrectly it can't be on newsarama so dreamy innocent zuma has been implicated in an over two hundred fifty thousand dollars on steel in the late ninety's he was deputy president then and he said to have received bribes to use his influence in favor of a french arms company bails and later to protect the company from investigations this group in fighter jets filmed a few years ago were part of the deal. he was first charged in two thousand and five but the case was dropped by the national prosecuting authority just before he became president it was reopened. after he was forced to resign. the case is being hard. on placated they feel that may take a long time to complete as often say that he is in the center and wants justice roberts same time he spent so many here that a lo

has been adjourned until june zuma facing charges of corruption relating to a two point five billion dollar arms deal the former leader was met by supporters as he left the durban courthouse where proceedings were being held a brazilian judge has issued an arrest warrant for former president luis inacio lula da silva the order gives luba twenty four hours to surrender to police and starting twelve year prison sentence for corruption on thursday the country's supreme court refused a bit by would like to remain free until all appeals against the sentence were exhausted malaysia's prime minister has dissolved parliament ahead of elections expected to be held next month the polls are able major test for embattled prime minister are not gypsy who has been a million dollar corruption scam. doctors in britain say the russian x. five sergei scribble who was poisoned by a nerve agent last month is responding well to treatment the hospital says he is improving rapidly and is no longer in a critical condition his daughter giulia scribal is also improving and gave a statement via u.k. police yes

zuma has been implicated in an over two hundred fifty thousand dollars on steel in the late ninety's he was deputy president then and he said to have received bribes to use his influence in favor of a french arms company bails and later to protect the company from investigations this group in fighter jets filmed a few years ago were part of the deal. he was first charged in two thousand and five but the case was dropped by the national prosecuting authority just before he became president it was reopened. after he was forced to resign. the case has been hard. on placated they feel that may take a long time to complete as often say that he's in the fence and wants justice roberts same time you spend so many years in a lot of pass bills money to avoid. anticorruption campaigners say they'll hold leaders to account but there also needs to be radical institutional reform i think that now all. the critical thing is not to deny belies ourselves and for those whom we have now been instrumental responsible in putting in power for them to recognize the role that we have played and to start to

wrong south africa's former president jacob zuma remains defiant after appearing in court on corruption charges . and mixed martial law stock on a macgregor is out on bail in new york. details peter later in sport. still ahead but first and foremost south korean president park in haiti is deciding whether to appeal her twenty four year jail sentence she's been convicted of a number of corruption charges a year after being forced from office over a scandal the triggered massive protests kathy and other reports from salt this is a scandal that has gripped south korea since twenty sixteen and the nation watched the climax live on television but pock in haiti boycotted the trial and wasn't in court to learn her fate but the court sentences the defendant puck to twenty four years in prison and fines her sixteen point eight million u.s. dollars. fark was found guilty of sixteen of the eighteen charges including abuse of power coercion and of bribery and said to have taken millions of dollars from the country's vegas conglomerates in exchange for favors the corruption scandal sparked months of

now a former south african president jacob zuma has appeared in court to face corruption charges relate to a two and a half billion dollar arms deal in totally faces sixteen charges including fraud racketeering and money laundering afrin so he has more from durban. this is a significant moment in south africa's history for the first time a former head of state is in the dock placing corruption charges jacob zuma looked subdued as a judge adjourned the beginning of his trial to june to give lawyers time to prepare this matter these regions through the eighth of june twenty eighth the outside the courtroom he supporters will ted when he came on stage he said the court proceedings had been political instigated. crime in two thousand and five i was in this same court facing the same charges i have never heard of anyone having charges dropped then reinstated the judge dropped the case because the folk the matter had been politicized. zoomers african national congress party has kept its distance unlike in his previous scandals but party members arrived at court dressed in a.n.c. regard despit

mr zuma appeared forjust 15 minutes, smiling as he walked in.facing 16 charges of corruption, racketeering, fraud and money laundering. syrian activists say that heavy air strikes on the last rebel—held town in eastern ghouta have killed at least 32 civilians, including five children. douma is surrounded by government forces and the syrian army says the rebels still holding out there should leave or face destruction in a full—scale military offensive. members of the us national guard from texas and arizona are being deployed to the border with mexico. texas is sending 250 personnel. arizona is planning to deploy 150. president trump has said he wants up to four thousand troops stationed on the border until the wall is built. palestinian officials say ten people have died and hundreds more wounded during fresh protests along gaza's border with israel. the israeli army said it opened fire on people who tried to breach its frontier defences. the palestinians began holding demonstrations along the border a week ago, demanding refugees and their desc

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has been adjourned until june zuma facing charges of corruption relating to a two point five billion dollars arms deal the former leader was met by supporters as he left the durban courthouse where proceedings were being held. a brazilian judge has issued an arrest warrant for former president the east in the lead to silva the order gave twenty four hours to surrender to police and start a twelve year prison sentence for corruption on thursday the country's supreme court refused to bed by live to remain free and told all appeals against sentence were exhausted. twenty four years in prison a harsh sentence for south korea's impeached president park geun hey she was convicted on several counts of corruption park is the latest in a string of south korean policy political and business leaders to face jail and disgrace the corruption scandal has divided the nation. after four years in power twenty four years in prison the judge said park had shown no remorse for her crimes including multiple charges of coercion bribery and abuse of power. south koreans watched the sentence handed down on

mr zuma appeared in court forjust 15 minutes — smiling as he walked in.aud and money laundering. conor mcgregor, one of the world's most famous martial arts fighters, has appeared in court in new york. he has been charged with three counts of assault. the irishman was one of a group of men alleged to have vandalised a bus containing rivalfighters. now let's get only sport news. the second round of the martyrs is nearly halfway through. the course is still really testing the golfers with the leaderboard ever—changing. this is how it stands at the moment. patrick reed back in front again. he is now on six under par, just ahead of australia's mark leishman. they arrived midway through their rounds, rory mcilroy just arrived midway through their rounds, rory mcilroyjust behind, in the clubhouse on four under. challenging those leaders elsewherejustin rose is not far behind on to other, tiger woods looks like he might make the cut despite being well over at the moment. it says he is four over in total, the projected cut is five over par. football, and manchest

has been enjoined until june zuma is facing charges of corruption relating to a two point five billion dollar arms deal the former leader was met by supporters as he left the durban courthouse where proceedings were held a brazilian judge has issued an arrest warrant for former president luis the silva the order gives twenty four hours to surrender to police and start a twelve year prison sentence for corruption on thursday the country's supreme court refused. to remain free until all appeals against the sentence were exhausted a regional court in germany has ruled it would not consider extraditing putsch to mont on the charge of rebellion which carries a long prison sentence in spain but he could still be sent home to face it lesser charge of misusing public funds he's been granted bail pending pending a final decision on a lesser charge. malaysia's prime minister has dissolved parliament ahead of elections expected to be held next month the polls are a major task for embattled prime minister and a job. by multibillion dollar corruption scandal. health officials in gaza say that three

mr zuma appeared in court forjust 15 minutes, smiling as he walked in. corruption, racketeering, fraud and money laundering. syrian activists say that heavy airstrikes on the last rebel—held town in eastern ghouta have killed at least 32 civilians. the syrian observatory for human rights said dozens of airstrikes had hit the town of douma. members of the us national guard from texas and arizona are being deployed to the border with mexico. texas is sending 250 personnel; arizona is planning to deploy 150. president trump has said he wants up to 4,000 troops stationed on the border until the wall is built. one of america's most influentialjazz pianists, cecil taylor, has died at the age of 89. born in new york and classically—trained, cecil taylor developed his own style to become a leading exponent of avant garde free jazz. cecil taylor says his ambition was to leave his audience breathless. doctors treating the former russian spy who was attacked with a nerve agent in the uk say he's no longer in a critical condition. it's nearly five weeks since sergei

zuma denies any wrongdoing. and watching to dublin you still to come on this program is hungary and is prepared to cost the vote for a new government this weekend well victor all bans anti migration rhetoric secure him a fourth term in office. that's coming out later first donald trump doesn't seem to think much about deescalating the trade spat with china christophe over in fact mr trump has doubled down on a possible trade war with china the u.s. president has ordered officials to examine imposing an additional one hundred billion dollars worth of terrorists on chinese imports only hours before business leaders and investors around the world had welcomed signs of deescalation in the dispute. u.s. president trump proposed the latest terrorist in response to china levying tariffs and u.s. cars and soybeans that was also in retaliation to an initial round of terrorist washings and put on chinese products critics warned that an all out trade war could hurt the u.s. farmers worried this is the one thing that keepin

commission under pressure from russia and the syrian government has left for syria there will be zuma there are a specialist couldn't find any chemical weapons for him whatever being used we have irrefutable evidence that it was another staged event at the hands of the security services of a state which is very eager to be in the front lines of a superb complain all the u.k. was swift to deny what it's describing as bizarre allegations this is great task it's a blatant lie it's the worst piece of fake news we've yet seen from the russia propaganda machine but i would like to take this opportunity to state categorically to you the world's press that britain has no involvement and would never have any involvement in the use of a chemical weapon well un secretary general antonio terrace is one that increasing tensions over syria could ignite a full blown military escalation and a security council meeting called by russia terrorists urged all members to act responsibly increasing tensions and the inability to reach a compromise in the establishment of an accountability mechanism certain t

mr zuma appeared for just 15 minutes, smiling as he walked in.ng 16 charges of corruption, racketeering, fraud and money laundering. syrian activists say that heavy airstrikes on the last rebel—held town in eastern ghouta have killed at least 32 civilians — including five children. douma is surrounded by government forces — and the syrian army says the rebels still holding out there should leave, orface destruction in a full—scale military offensive. members of the us national guard from texas and arizona are being deployed to the border with mexico. texas is sending 250 personnel; arizona is planning to deploy 150. president trump has said he wants up to 4,000 troops stationed on the border until the wall is built. us shares dropped more than 2% on friday, after a week in which president trump threatened new tariffs on chinese goods and beijing insisted it would not back down from a potential trade war. all 30 companies in the dowjones industrial average were in the red at the end of trading. this is bbc news. doctors treating the former russian

reported to be at fault for a loss of top secret zuma satellite northrop grumman built and operated the components that failed during the controversial january launch of the u.s. spy satellite known as zuma according to a wall street journal report on sunday two independent investigations made up of federal and industry officials pointed to northrop's payload adapter as the cause of the satellites loss the payload adapter is a key part of deploying a satellite in orbit connecting the satellite to the upper stage of a rocket according to the article about this rocket exploded this payload that exploded on this rocket sent off by space x. well it was believed we don't know how much but it is believed to have cost around three point five billion dollars to develop according to the report the satellite was funded through a process that received a lesser degree of oversight from congress compared with similar national security related satellites industry officials said they don't know who which division of the department of defense this was the satellite was made for purely was some sort of

commission under pressure from russia and the syrian government has left for syria there will be zuma there are a specialist couldn't find any chemical weapons or whatever being used we have irrefutable evidence that it was another staged event at the hands of the security services of a state which is very eager to be in the front lines of a recent survey complaining well the u.k. was swift to deny what its describing is is our allegations this is great task it's a blatant lie it's some of the worst piece of fake news we for yet seen from the russia propaganda machine but i would like to take this opportunity to state categorically to you the world's press that britain has no involvement and would never have any involvement in the use of a chemical weapon. well experts from the global chemical weapons will stall the o.p.c. w. arriving in syria to investigate the alleged chemical attack in a honda has more now from neighboring. the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons there inspectors are going to head to begin their work on saturday of course the town where these sites

to rowboats and was among those handed a well earned breather by the bundesliga champions nicholas zuma came into the starting eleven and enjoyed a difficult start he lost out in this challenge of yours at germany one nil to glad back in the eight minutes he spent oh i have no chance but despite big games on the horizon in the german cup and champions league by and pushed thomas millar close to an equaliser here. in the thirty six minutes they did level millet and pressing again as he set up central wagner. robert levin dusty's fill in almost missing. by and were clearly the best at same and just before the break but headed home by a slap back keeping young soma should have done better. in the second half it was more of the same with byron rampant some of them not duck this hot chick that was then powerless to stop tiago making it three one and the fifty first minute. the recall german title holders completed a staggering ninety five percent of their passes and it was soon for one thanks to david allen best cracka. substitute levon dusky then made it five. his twenty seventh league goal