. ♪ experimenting with a new language, students in some schools in south africa are learning mandarin. ♪ hello, army operation to stop gunmen at a university in northwest pakistan is now over hours after they stormed the bacha-khan in charsadda killing people and the head of the pakistani taliban has condemned the attack on the university. earlier a splinter group of the organization claimed responsibility and kamal is live for us and kamal bring us up to speed. >> reporter: well, that military operation is now indeed underway after several hours of gun battle we are told that the attackers put up a determined fight but the death toll of course still remaining low because of the swift response from the military after that attack took place at about 9:00 a.m. local time which is about 4:00g 4:00gmt. >> security forces now patrolled the fields alongside bacha-khan university and gunmen had taken advantage of thick fog to scale the walls, storm buildings and open fire on students and teachers. >> translator: we heard firing from the back of the campus and we thought maybe some people w

so there are real wild animals in south africa. okay. >> mostly baboons that will wander into the re so this was a public rest room warning you to shut the door. so that you don't get a baboon in the bathroom.terrible. i feel like these baboons are trying to prove they've evolved to the point they can use a human restroom and they're like, "what? we gotta go in the woods?" [ laughter ] >> seth: all right. so this is a very similar sign. >> yeah. >> seth: this basically like beware --lay. >> seth: children -- >> we have these signs, sort of. >> seth: yeah. children at play. if you're driving, like, "look >> yeah. but we were in kind of a rural area. >> seth: uh-huh.is sign. >> seth: fantastic. "slow --" get in close -- "free range children." >> free range. [ laughter ] cage-free. no antibiotics. >> yeah. >> seth: because i gotta be honest. i can't eat a kid unless i yeah. >> yeah. >> seth: i just feel like, i don't feel like a good person. [ applause ] fantastic. >> yeah. the photos of south africa. photo series. >> that's all i too

south africa made sure the tourists were all out. they removed jo for 110 and ended up with fig fires 5 for 78. england are 1-0 up in the four test series. >> it's two days to go until the australian open in melbourne. 6-time champion says she's ready, the 33-year-old, serena williams, has played almost no competitive tennis, brushed off concerns about fitness. and declared herself 130% fit. >> i had good preparation. i didn't have the match play. after playing for so many years on tour, i should focus on that and the fact that i have played a lot of matches. that's what i'm trying to focus on now. >> the oklahoma city thunder flowed on the radar. they rolled over the minnesota timberwolves with russell westbrook grabbing a career triple double. >> noah left the game after dislocating his shoulder, throwing his season into doubt. his absence weighed on the team. came from behind with a crucial 3-pointer on the way with a game high 21 points. chicago blackhawks stretched their winning streak to 10 straight games after belting the mapl

africa is always a touchy subject, some are for it, some are against it here in south africa. but this is a scholarship for poor, young rural women who are trying to get to university, that it is contingent that they are virgins. we went to the town in question and spoke to the mayor behind the plan. these are some of the final days at home. spending time with her grandmother and young sister before she heads to the city for college. an accomplished student, tubi won a government scholarship, one of the main requirements, that she remain a virgin. >> we're keeping ourselves from boys. >> reporter: to stay with the program, she must submit to virginity tests during her college years, if she fails, she may be out. >> i must study hard. >> reporter: tubi is known as a maiden in zulu culture, where virginity testing is common practice. here, the rules are common, but others say the scholarship rulings are invasive and sexist. >> you're saying it's discrimination, because it's based on someone being a virgin. >> i just need to support them. >> reporter: the mayor thought up the onl

and i call this series, "signs of south africa." >> seth: "signs of south africa." >> okay. >> seth: the first is from an airport. do you want to explain it first and i'll show it? >> yeah. okay. so i landed in cape town, south africa, i'm looking for the restroom. you know, they have the signs, it's like bathroom straight ahead, customs to the left. one of the items on the sign says firearms/weapons. >> seth: there you go. >> that's a real airport sign. [ laughter ] >> seth: yeah. there's the toilet. there is your firearms/weapons, and there's the exit. >> yeah. [ laughter ] >> seth: and i will note that i would have thought exit would have been the opposite way of firearms/weapons. same way. >> i was like, am i dropping off my weapons, am i picking them up? >> seth: right. >> what do i do? i thought it was crazy. >> seth: i think this is my favorite one. >> yeah. >> seth: so what was -- explain. i'm going to show this one first and you explain it. >> okay. >> seth: so, this says "please close door after use due to baboons." >> yes. [ laughter ] yeah. okay. so there are real wild an

and in this context, i would like to say something about south africa. and i'd like to read just a statement that i have written here so that i'll be sure that i'll say everything that i have in mind about the south african situation without missing anything. i understand there are here tonight south africans, some of whom have been involved in the long struggle for freedom there. in our struggle for freedom and justice in the united states, which has also been so long and difficult, we feel a powerful sense of identification with those in the far more deadly struggle for freedom in south africa. we know how africans there, and their friends of other races, strove for half a century to win their freedom by nonviolent methods. we have honored chief lutuli for his leadership, and we know how this nonviolence was only met by increasing violence from the state, increasing repression, culminating in the shootings at sharpeville and all that has happened since. clearly there is much in mississippi and alabama to remind the south africans of their own country,

some expect recession in south africa. we expect one in 5% from 2015 good next week, we will present our new forecast and it will come out quickly. south africa is facing a dilemma. growth and weg have rising inflation. this is not something we did not expect. we started adjusting policy in january of 2014. we started our tightening in january of last year. the tightening steps we have taken have been very measured on like previous tightening cycles we have had. a limited them recently to 25 basis points but the market wants more conviction. are you willing to go the extra step? cycle, we start the started with 50 business -- basis points. points, a hikeis is not small necessarily. inflation outlook has affected the move of the concern currency is a concern. what complicates this is for this is and the like. a contributing factor has been the oil this. oilou look back, if the this is declined in the currency did not move how it has over the past i've been four weeks, oil does is good have come down significantly. >> the do

she said prices have doubled in south africa since last year. >> here in south africa, we are suffering now, really suffering. where has this come from? >> reporter: on monday the currency fell to the lowest in 11 years. people are told that they will have to limit spending as items increase. the rand lost 25% against the u.s. dollar last year. specialists say things will get harder the currency slide as well as increasing the cost of basic imports reflects facilitiering confidence in how well the economy is being managed. >> it is the rest of the world sending south africa a message, get your house into order. you can't have a solution when people are losing confidence in south africa >> reporter: the under-perfo under-performing economy could see some areas. >> it seems to be blaming the private sector for manipulating the currency for money of the economy to undermine the administration. that level of trust between the party and the private sector makes it very difficult for one to imagine a solution to alleviate the problem. >> reporter: government ministers are under pressure to fi

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it's a mess. >> south africa is on the brink of a recession. 40% unemployed. to blame they say is their president. >> people are sick and tired of summa -- zumma. >> these are slogans in south africa mainly about the urban young generation. resentment has been brewing against zuma, who has been in forcing corruption scandals and recently fired at finance managed -- minister, after which the currency went into a freefall. >> he promises houses, electricity and plenty of things but they don't happen. >> although more and more people agree he is not a good president, it doesn't mean they have a solution. >> we have 8.4 million young south africans who are not working. >> the white party is for white people, not for me. >> it is still seen as a white party. zuma can remain in office as long as the anc backs him. brent: tonight brazil says it's losing the battle against the zika virus outbreak. the mosquito borne virus is being blamed for a rise in birth defects in the country. the health minister has announced more than 200,000 troops will now go door to door to h

corn is the staple food in south africa, especially for lower income families. usually a net exporter of the grain, as much as 5 million tons of maize may have to be imported this year. the ongoing el nino weather pattern is being blamed for the drought. good news. january is the wettest month of the year and on tuesday and wednesday south africa had heavy rainfall so this is definitely beneficial and then daytime thunderstorms are expected, so hopefully the situation will improve. el nino has been bringing wet weather to the western part of the u.s., especially california and then two more systems are expected to move into the west coast of the u.s. so the risk of flooding is going up day by day. now, the mountains will likely see heavy snowfall, especially the northern sierras will see an additial 40 cenmeters o snow within the next 24 hours. we have avalanche warnings posted across western montana at this moment. heavy rain is expected across the deep south on friday. watch out for tornadoes. it is a fast moving system so conditions should improve by your sat

. >>> leadership crisis, increasing criticism of south africa's relying african national congress. many say it hasn't delivered on its promise he especially to the poor. >>> and pleas for help. protests in and around syria calling attention to those trapped by war, as the u.n. mobilizes to help 400,000 people cut off from food and medicine. >> good evening, i'm antonio mora. this is al jazeera america's international news hour. tonight we begin in mexico where the infamous drug lord known as el chapo is once again behind bars. joaquin guzman loera, was captured by police in the town of lost noches. the sinaloa drug lord had escaped from prison, an embarrassment of enrique pena nieto's government. is in a mil military base in meo city. given that wasn't the first time he had broken out of prison the u.s. is expected to once again seek to put him on trial here. al jazeera's courtney kealy reports. >> reporter: mexico's president celebrated the capture of joaquin el chapo guzman. >> translator: this morning in the municipality of a town in sinaloa the capture of joaquin guzman. >> rep

she says prices have doubled in south africa since last year >> here in south africa there is real suffering now. i don't know what this come from really. >> reporter: on monday the rand fell to the lowest levels against the dollar in more than seven years. households were told they will have to limit spending as the prices of items increase. the south african currency, the rand, lost 25% of its value against the u.s. dollar this year. it was partly because a slump in commodity prices. some also say it's because of the sackings of the foin ministers. >> it is rest of the world. get your house in order economically. you can't have a situation where the rest of the world is losing confidence in south africa. >> reporter: the underperforming economy could also see the congress lose some support to opposition parties, especially in the urban areas during the local government elections in a few months. >> it seems to be blaming the private sector for manipulating the currency, for manipulating the economy, to undermine the administration. that level of trust between the governing party and the pr

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also into south africa. if we go back six months in july and august, that is the winter time down here in the southern hemisphere. you get these low pressure areas that push through with the polar front jet. this past winter due to the jet pushing farther to the south, we didn't see nearly as much rain as we typically get in the southern areas of south africa. now as we head into the summer time, this is the typically wettest time of the year. you're already in a deficit. you have this area to the north, this banding of rain showers. that often sets down farther south. you can see a few thunderstorms blowing up. high pressure is continuing to dominate. that will be the case through weeks and months to come. a lack of rainfall. cyclones often bring in precipitation. that doesn't look like the case in the near-term, as well. conversely here in south america, very wet conditions have been taking place across paraguay and argentina. we've seen seeing flooding. recently, here into the mississippi river basin to t

i think i'm one of the statistics. >> reporter: south africa's official unemployment rate is more than 25%. around the corner from the government job center in down town johannasburg, they marched to demand work. the main opposition party, the democratic alliance, say nearly 2 million south africans last their jobs in the past several years. >> our biggest fight is a job for fight, to for work opportunity. the first phase of our freedom was to get people the right to vote. the next one is that they make opportunities for south africa. >> reporter: the democratic alliance is seen to represent white interests. racist comments on social media caused out rage earlier this month, but it does have a significant amount of support. the president and the government controlled by the african national congress is promising to create more jobs. it has a national development plan that aims to crack the unemployment level from 25 to 6% within 15 years. the plans are focusing on infrastructure development, improving education and fighting corruption. the anc has been in power since 1994. it remains t

often they're not paying taxes in south africa and they're not subject to the same regulations. ott companies are thought to have millions of users. >> as we determine the price to communicate is, their infrastructure costs that go into it. the regulatory and compliance issues which we as mobile operators and internet service providers need to comply with. we're basically saying that otts in their operation, particularly in the african market must also comply with some of legislative provisions. >> others in the industry disagree. >> there is a time of change that has happened across the world. the services that is provided is what consumers want. we want to give our own customers what they want. and that to regulate these people and restrict them in any way is the wrong approach. >> some consumers say it's all about revenue. >> for the mobile networks that has caused disruption and inconvenience and they're looking for ways to claw that revenue back. should we be paying for it? we as consumers should be clear about our rights. >> consumers say they want to pay as little as poss

. >> i'm harry in south africa and i'm going to show you what it looks like and how the concept is helping save lives. ♪ tunisia prime minister held an emergency cabinet meeting to discuss this week's wave of protest by unemployed and cut short france on thursday following four days of violence and nightly curfew has been in place across the country since friday and ministry says more than 400 people arrested in the last few days. let's go live to tunis with our correspondent and hashem is anything emerging of what they might do to take control of the situatio situation? >> reporter: basically the government says that it faces two major issues, one the need to maintain stability and stem the rise of processes that have been threatening to spin out of control. and the number two issue is to address the issues of poverty and unemployment but the government says that it does not have quick fixes. it's going to take some time before it can tackle the whole social development project programs that people have been asking for. it's quite a delicate situation for a government that has been give

people in south africa. so on the one hand, the goal was very confined, find us a ship. on the other hand, the goal was is if this is the last front ie of knowledge and will help us understand the slave trade more than anything else that we have now, then how do we help countries around the world do this work? and so the slave wrecks project in part is also about education, helping to train young people to become underwater archaeologists, helping nations through collaborations to find the resources to identify and bring up their own wrecks. and our hope would be that this project will go on for many generations, helping us to learn more by bringing up remnants, pieces of these ships. and not just a slave ship but a slave ship that goes down with human cargo on board. i mean, that's the historical significance here. >> that's the historical significance of this particular wreck. and i think that has been one of our really -- that's been one of the guiding lights. and that goes back to what we talked about in the beginning, the importance of remembering these people, thes