president jacob zuma is sitting before a commission of inquiry into. and the narrative in south africa south africans are concerned to the extent of corruption not only is a film a president being questioned around his possible role but now a sitting president as well. also being implicated with regard to money that was donated to his presidential campaign for the african national congress or return calendar is an associate professor at the university of cape town's public law department and he says the person leading south africa's anticorruption body could have all teary or motives with these findings this latest report from the public protector must seem as must be seen as part of a pattern of conduct on her part where she is essentially siding with a faction that is aligned to the former president jacob zuma and is trying to stop ram opposes reform efforts which are designed to clean up the state and reclaim lost integrity in public institutions so that's the context of therefore in my view the public protector lacks credibility and her latest report is yet another effort by her to harm

jacob zuma faces a corruption inquiry slowing down a trade war with the u.s. is one of the factors driving china's worst economic growth figures in years. and the russians aren't coming so how george just trying to tempt more tourists to spend their summer there. hello european foreign ministers are due to meet in brussels in an hour to find ways to convince iran and the u.s. to start a dialogue after months of tension earlier iran's president hassan rouhani side his government is willing to talk to the u.s. if washington lifts economic sanctions and returns to the 2015 nuclear. power is a bully we have to stand up to it must stop being the bully we have always believed in talks. right this moment if they stop the oppression if they stop the belief. if they. return to the table we tend to look we already will shortly after his comments european leaders who are signatories to the deal issued their own statement calling for a dialogue between all the parties to resume in a joint declaration france germany and the u.k. said we are extremely concerned about iran's decision to store and

meet in brussels or post for a dialogue. former south african president jacob zuma is expected to appear at an inquiry into government corruption he was forced from office last year thank you used of overseeing the mass looting of state funds zuma denies any wrongdoing. china's economy has grown at its weakest pace in more than a quarter of a century datta for the world's 2nd largest economy shows it grew at just 6.2 percent in the 2nd quarter of the year. well the us president is under fire for a series of racially charged tweets against democratic congresswoman donald trump called them foreign born troublemakers and told them to go back to where they came from. a report someone. what do you mean is ation is not only with those families but it's also with the agents that we've had told to do this to these families their 1st time congress women and vocal critics of the us president and it appears they've gotten under donald trump skin he took to twitter to say in part progressive democrat congress women who originally came from countries whose governments are a complete and total

been vilified. alleged to be. the killing of. corrupt. former south african president jacob zuma denies corruption allegations against him and says he's a victim of conspiracy. at 1st for democratic u.s. congresswoman have responded sharply to attacks by president donald trump on their patriotism and citizenship they are among the highest profile members of the new house of representatives or for reacted strongly to trump's tweets comments. as we all know the recent tweets and words from the president are simply a continuation of his racist is you know phobic playbook we cannot allow these hateful actions by the president to distract us from the critical work to hold this administration accountable to the inhumane conditions at the border that is separating children from their loved ones and caging them up in the legal horrific conditions. well trump is refusing to buy despite the growing criticism of his racially charged comments about the women instead he's calling on them to apologize to america for what he described as the foul language they used the terrible things they have

still to come here on the news hour including by the former south african president jacob zuma says he's a victim of a conspiracy. and after another we can. later risk further inflaming tensions by referring to protesters as rioters. also had by the wimbledon champion has more reasons to celebrate after returning home to remaining far as the sports news in a little over 30. the chinese economy isn't being helped by a trade war with the united states' growth in the 2nd quarter of this year slowed to a 27 year low it was 6.2 percent down from 6.4 percent in the 1st quarter china's all important export trading for falling as well that's despite tax cuts aimed at boosting spending to stimulate the world's 2nd biggest economy robert scott is a senior international columnist at the economic policy institute he joins us from washington robert welcome back to the news out so what's going on with the chinese market i think. the chinese summer is actually not. very just united states us very it is a rhodes small part of china's almost sort of half trillion dollar export world as a whole i thi

jacob zuma made a defiant appearance before a public inquiry today saying there's a conspiracy against him as he faced questions about government corruption during his time in office the commission is looking into allegations that he oversaw the mass looting of state farms it's also accused of allowing a wealthy family to buy influence over government policy and when lucrative business contracts zuma denies any wrongdoing i've been a subject of. talk in this country for. more than dick. i've been vilified and there is too. keen of. corrupt people. from johannesburg. a lot of time was spent talking about the gupta family jacob zuma was accused of using his influence back when he was president to help them set up a news paper it's alleged that he made a phone call to a government official a transcript of their phone calls without during the commission and as a lead's jacob zuma told this government official my brother they are these gupta guys we need to meet with you and need your help please help them so you know was in us to respond and he said i don't remember making the scor

jacob zuma al-jazeera has reports. presidents all wrong a person came into office promising to fight corruption last year president jacob zuma resigned under a cloud of corruption scandals which filtered down to government departments and officials the government has since set up a commission of inquiry to investigate those allegations well revelations around corruption at state owned companies have shocked south africans critics are concerned that the inquiry won't amount to any prosecutions with zuma at one point withdrawing from the inquiry saying he was under attack well run more poor so says corruption should be tackled the public protector a corruption watchdog accuse the president of lying to parliament about a $35000.00 campaign donation he received when he was running for president of the african national congress the president says the public protector's report is unfounded and is taking her to court meanwhile the public protector is there when kabbani is facing increasing criticism especially after the constitutional court in another case read that she'd lied under oath an

jacob zuma is expected back at say state commission hearing on government corruption in the coming few hours on monday zuma told the inquiry that enemies plotted against him he maintains he never broke the law of the group says while the indian family implicated in an influence peddling scandal has more from johannesburg. this doesn't happen often in africa a former leader appearing before a corruption inquiry more than a year after he was forced to resign so that because former president jacob zuma is responding to allegations he allowed people close to him to plunder state resources and influence government appointments he says he's a victim of a conspiracy i've been a subject of. talk in this country for more than a decade. i've been vilified alleged to. the killing of. corrupt people the most corrupt i've been. given every other may and that never. responded to those zuma admits the doctors the businessmen at the center of an influence peddling scandal are friends but he and the group has say they did nothing wrong but many want him held to account for his suspected role in state c

congresswoman. 18 months out of office spots former south african president jacob zuma is facing more corruption questions. and english than celebrated dramatic world cup win over new zealand. but we begin with new diplomatic efforts to end months of heightened tensions between iran and the united states iranian president hassan rouhani says his government would be willing to talk to the u.s. but only if washington lifts its economic sanctions and returns to the conditions of the 2015 nuclear deal or direct it was only when a big pair is a bully we have to stand up to it must stop being the bully we have always believed in top always right this hour right this moment if they stop the oppression if they stop the beleaguered rence if they lift sanctions return to the table return to logic way already. well shortly after his comments european leaders who are signatories to the deal issued their own statements calling for dialogue between all the parties to resume in a joint declaration france germany and the u.k. said we are extremely concerned about iran's decision to store and enrich u

european commission president. and south africa's former president jacob zuma says he received death threats hours after giving evidence at a public inquiry into corruption. below the u.s. president says he doesn't have a racist bone in his body as he comes under increasing fire for his twitter attacks on 4 democratic congresswoman in the treats donald trump said the women all u.s. citizens 3 of them born in america should go back to where they came from a cabinet meeting a short time ago again criticize the women have accused him of saying division. they should love our country they shouldn't hate our country you look at what they've said i think i have clips right here the most vile horrible statements about our country about israel about others. it's up to them to do what they want they can leave they can stay but they should love our country and they should work for the good of our country as equal haney's following the story for us in washington d.c. patty the president continues to feel the debate on this issue. he does he obviously sees this as a winning issue for him as he he

internationally as well will this central trial against jacob zuma achieve that. it's unlikely that it will look this isn't this isn't necessarily a trial this is a commission of inquiry so at the center of this is deputy chief justice john doe and what he's going to have to report after this is where does the blame lies does the blame lie with jacob zuma does the blame lie with the south african state does it lie with the a.n.c. more broadly what's the role of the private sector so he's going to have to make a decision here as to where it lies but this isn't necessary. a trial but in terms of the a.n.c. trying to polish its emissions as you say for an international audience i think that this is as much about the domestic audience as an international audience the south african electorate are following this trial very very closely and frankly they want to see big changes in their country and the messaging that is coming out of south africa is this attempt to say the party is when you see the party is changing things are getting better and the revelations that are coming out in the zone though wil

was very actively involved in speaking to some of the donnas meanwhile former president jacob zuma has agreed to continue giving evidence as a corruption inquiry refused to do so saying he was being treated unfairly because mission is looking into allegations of corruption in government and state owned companies. from pretoria here is for me the mirror with the latest developments. president finds himself in a very difficult position now that the report by the public protector was released that says that he violated the executive ethics code in that he received money that he didn't declare but also that he misled parliament when the answered questions around the campaign donation public protector's said that he should have declared these amounts and that when he spoke before call him and saying that the money in fact wins to a foundation of his sons. he then came back to say that that money in fact was received by his campaign is also an issue of potential money laundering in that money was donated to his campaign that money was then channeled to war rather was channeled of from a

president jacob zuma is expected back at a state commission hearing on government corruption in the coming hours on monday he told the inquiry that he's the target of a conspiracy similar is forced from office last year of overseeing the looting of state funds he denies any wrongdoing during his 9 years as president for that's up to date the news continues here in al-jazeera after al-jazeera world stay with us. thank you thank you. thank you thank you thank you. thank. her if. she should go with you if she says. this is. the truth and the government of the clinical political and. jay best think undue government happened a. day and gone on the roof of his address i'm going to lead. the limping along and i. say. live to learn to move. and. begin. with a long. time to get among. said dame and the dead and their. affair. and her. killer defended it it will be. a muslim you want to begin i was just. oh but you know your decision about your book want us to focus in. but i fear i began to get better but yeah to. myself. oh my yes oh yes. i'm going to get out on that end up well i must stan

. there just to be. of. course the. former south african president jacob zuma denies corruption allegations against him . the white house spotlights made in america products but are they enough to win a trade war. and why the wimbledon champion has more reason to celebrate after returning home to romania will have the details. how the most recent pictures of flooding in china have come from around the yangtze from the satellite picture using the some disorganization in the frontal system this is it and he's quite disorganized in fact is nowhere near the yanks here are the but i think the trend is of the next to take the rainfall further north eventually taking hong kong out of there cloudy and rugged close weather still $35.00 degrees with a change of wind direction i think will be telling that's generated by what could well be a tropical cyclone. helping to the east of the philippines so a lot of rain still to come as funnels will hon possibly as far west as children do a little less so than a full gen i'm going dong so that is china let's just drift slow resized you know what'

state finances former president jacob zuma faces a corruption inquiry. this is all just there a lie from headquarters in doha i'm sorry you know brigades are also ahead as european foreign ministers gather in brussels britain says the iran nuclear deals are not dead but there is just a small window to say that. hong kong's leader further inflame tensions with protestors as she calls them why it's words. on the russians aren't coming so how do or just trying to tempt more tourists to spend their summer there. hello former south african president jacob zuma is appearing at an inquiry into government corruption he was forced from office last year accused of overseeing the mass looting of state funds zuma denies any wrongdoing during his 9 years as president i've been a subject of. talk in this country for. more than a decade. i've been vilified. and led to. the killing of. corrupt people and zuma still speaking right now live from johannesburg let's listen in if faced with this more than 20 years. this is one of the sources that i know. there was a plan to do with zuma. has been dead all th

for the disease after travelling there from the city of the 10. former south african president jacob zuma has told an inquiry into government corruption that he is the target of a conspiracy the commission is investigating corruption and allegations of mass looting of state funds jaring his time in office most of the charges are linked to zoom his relationship with the wealthy gupta family who are accused of influencing government policy and winning lucrative business contracts zuma denies any wrongdoing there has been a drive. to remove me from. it wish that i should disappear. i've never did anything. with them. or whatever they just remain friends if they were friends to everybody else or i just syndrome is the author of indentured behind the scenes a good t.v. he witnessed the close relationship between zuma and the gupta brothers. well there were very close relationship. relations that was not just between one of the brothers and president zuma but across other families and all the people the brothers and brings them to my family especially his son who's on tomorrow who was . in

also discussed ways to pull back their forces. the former south african president jacob zuma has told an inquiry into government corruption that he's the target of a conspiracy zuma was forced from office last year he's accused of overseeing the mass looting of state funds he denies any wrongdoing during his 9 years as president to health workers fighting the break in the democratic republic of congo have been found murdered in their homes the killings in north kivu province follows attacks on ebola clinics and stuff meanwhile health officials are appealing for calm after the 1st confirmed case of the virus was discovered in the crowded eastern city of goma the world health organization is describing the discovery as possible game changer in the spread of the disease. well those are the headlines we'll have more news after the following program marco polo. let's take a look at china. efforts have been asked. to ask about cost mastitis east. china or czechs in the west america ever known to live in the they were there. it's what. without looking up. the 1st pictures based on. trying to

stranded in the neelam valley. south africa's former president jacob zuma says he received death threats and after giving evidence at a public inquiry on corruption on monday mr zuma has also been at the 2nd day of the hearing in johannesburg on tuesday he's denying overseeing the most looting of state funds and says he is the target of a conspiracy or a baton so has more now from johannesburg jacob zuma says his personal assistant received a phone call on monday night from a man she does not know this happened a few hours. at the corruption inquiry and this person said to most. that you are going to kill him will also kill his children. as well as some people around him. so she informed me this morning and i'm sure you called that day said a lot about how my life has been. tempted but also my sin that cancer. scare can this follows threats that we make to him serious ones as well. zuma says he's a victim of a conspiracy to bring him down and he's afraid for his life the commission then turned their attention to the doctors the wealthy indian family zuma was asked if he allowed the govt

may be challenged in the republican controlled senate former south african president jacob zuma is back in a state commission hearing on corruption he says he's received death threats on monday he told the inquiry he's the target of a conspiracy zuma was forced from office last year accused of overseeing the mass looting of state funds he denies any wrongdoing during his 9 years the president. also in south africa people in the city of cape town are accusing the police of not being able to control gang violence more than 900 people have been killed in battles over gang territory since the beginning of the year and the government's now preparing to send in the army has the story. for people living here the cape flats is a board zone turf battles between feuding gangs that means hundreds of lives are lost every year many of them bystanders unable to escape the bullets. michael ware not using his real name belongs to a gang he says he can't survive outside it i live i don't know police in a situation with the shipwreck in control of the stuff. you feel you have i've got a little abili

the senate it's dominated by republicans south africa's former president jacob zuma says he received death threats after giving evidence at a public inquiry on corruption on monday zuma has also been at the day 2 of the hearing in johannesburg on tuesday he's denying overseeing the most looting of state funds and says he is the target of a conspiracy or batasuna from johannesburg jacob zuma says is. a phone call on monday night from a man does not know this happened if. at the corruption inquiry and this person said to must tell. that we are going to kill him. as well as some people around him. so she informed me this morning and i'm sure you call that a said a lot about how my life has been attempted but also my sin that cancer. advocates car can. this follows threats that we make to him and serious ones as well. zuma says he's a victim of a conspiracy to bring him down and he's afraid for his life the commission then turn their attention to the gupta as a wealthy indian family zuma was asked if he allowed the govt as to influence government policy or appoint government min

jacob zuma says he received death threats hours after giving evidence at a public inquiry into corruption. after years of work restoring fish stocks in the region fisherman facing a new threat to their catches. and sport a 1st setback in china for one of the world's most successful football managers. the european parliament has confirmed the nomination of. president of the european commission the german defense minister will replace when he steps down at the end of october becoming the 1st woman to hold the post trying to hoe has more from the european parliament in strasburg. approval from the european parliament tight vote . becomes the 1st woman to hold the e.u.'s top job as commission president she'll set the policy agenda for the next 5 years i feel so on notes and i'm overwhelmed and i see things you for the trust you placed in me you have the trust you placed in me is confidence you placed in your office your confidence in the united and a strong europe from east to west from south to north as a german a woman and a close ally of angular merkel will be seen as an extensi

former president jacob zuma agreed to continue giving evidence at a corruption inquiry earlier he refused to do so saying he was being treated unfairly the commission is looking into allegations of corruption in government and state owned companies. turkey has launched airstrikes on the kurdish region of northern iraq in response to the killing of one of its diplomats airstrikes targeted a p k k stronghold where the killer is thought to a fled turkey's deputy consul general was shot dead on wednesday the netherlands top court has upheld an earlier ruling the country is partly liable for the deaths of $350.00 bosnian muslim men killed at the struggling it's a genocide in 1995 the supreme court at the hague said dutch peacekeeping forces could have allowed the men to remain at the un safe haven base in during the war but instead the men were expelled which led them to be captured by bosnian serb forces police have identified 41 year old shinji as the main suspect in an arson attack and scotto city 33 people were killed after a fire swept through an animation studio on thursday it's

unfortunate meanwhile the former south african president jacob zuma had withdrawn from a corruption inquiry but has now decided to take part. in turkey has launched airstrikes on the kurdish region of northern iraq as it hunts down a suspect in the killing of a diplomat turkey's deputy consul general was shot dead on wednesday by a gunman believed to be a member of the armed group. libya's high council of state says warlords 44 have to his forces are planning more attacks on the capital tripoli has been trying to capture the libyan capital since april the council says have to it is backed by france the u.a.e. and egypt it released a statement saying this the council eagerly considers the intelligence information received which proves that certain states are providing military gear and personnel to have namely france the u.a.e. and egypt those countries are preparing for and involved a larger scale a new attacks on the capital using jet fighters and advanced weapons mahmoud explains what this means for the battle for tripoli. the high council estate in libya says it's received intelligence i

war with the united states. a former south african president jacob zuma is expected to appear at an inquiry into government corruption he was forced from office last year accused of overseeing the mass looting of state funds . ports. a string of public protests the media revelation. and pressure from within his own party led to jacob zuma as resignation as president now 18 months out of office zuma continues to fight allegations of corruption many of them linked his relationship with the gupta family the doctors are accused of using their relationship with zuma to influence government policy and win lucrative state contracts for its businesses while zuma and the captors deny any wrongdoing the former president is expected to make his 1st appearance at an inquiry into corruption. or is really. you're not going to see his his direct fingerprints on a lot of things you know a lot of the corruption that happened was happening inside state owned so it would happen under a c.e.o. c.f.o. that had effectively been appointed by him you know by the ministers that he had appointed. the accusat

african president jacob zuma has told me choir into government corruption that he is the target of a conspiracy so it was forced from office last year accused of overseeing the mass looting of state funds. now the us president is under fire for a series of racially charged tweets against democratic congresswoman donald trump called the foreign born troublemakers and told them to go back from where they came under as more washington d.c. . that the human is ation is not only with those families but it's also with the agents that we've had told to do this tv's families their 1st time congress women and vocal critics of the us president and it appears they've gotten under donald trump skin he took to twitter to say in part progressive democrat congress women who originally came from countries whose governments are a complete and total catastrophe should go back to the totally broken and crime infested places from which they came however 3 of the congress women were born in the u.s. not elsewhere as he suggested alexandria cortez of puerto rican descent was born in new york ayana presley

campaign donations meanwhile a lawyer for the former south african president jacob zuma has told a corruption inquiry that mr zuma will not take part in the inquiry anymore because he felt he was being questioned unfairly without more ado let's go live now to our correspondent for me jim miller she's in pretoria where this report from the protected general is just being released. for me that can you hear me. i think we've got a few problems we've got it we've got a few problems with the link we'll go back to. embetter as soon as we can but in the meantime iran says all of its drones have returned safely to base denying any have been destroyed by the us on thursday president trump said the warship u.s.s. boxer had brought down an iranian drone in the strait of hormuz amid heightened tensions between the 2 countries trump is calling it a defensive action because the drone came within a 1000 yards of the vessel and ignored multiple calls to stand down is calling on other countries to condemn terror on and to work with the u.s. to protect shipping in the gulf i want to apprise every on

. hello again the top stories on al-jazeera the former south african president jacob zuma has told an inquiry into government corruption that he is the target of a conspiracy zuma was forced from office last year accused of overseeing the mass looting of state funds. european foreign ministers are meeting in brussels to find ways to convince iran and the u.s. to start a dialogue after months of tension britain's foreign secretary says the window to save the 2050 nuclear deal with the one is closing. the hong kong leader has further anger protesters demanding her resignation by calling them riots or as she made the comments at a hospital where 3 police officers injured were injured during clashes on sunday we're being treated tens of thousands of people in hong kong are opposing a proposed extradition bill with china and with more rallies planned in the coming weeks the police say they want better protection let's talk about this with the. she's joining us from hong kong and carrie lamb did condemn the violence that she described was committed against the police is the statement surpri

donations meanwhile a lawyer for the former south african president jacob zuma has sold a corruption inquiry that zuma will not be taking part in the inquiry any longer because he felt he was being questioned them fairly. turkey has also asked strikes on the kurdish region of northern iraq in response to the killing of one of its diplomats airstrikes targeted a p k k stronghold where the killer is thought to have fled his deputy consul general was shot dead on when say. the netherlands top courses are held an earlier ruling that the country is partly liable for the deaths of $350.00 both me and muslim men killed in 7 it's in the 1995 massacre the court said the state had 10 percent billeted as this was the probability that its soldiers could have prevented the killings. and one of the 4 u.s. congresswoman at the center of the racism raul involving president trump has hit back saying she will not be intimidated. it's 110 miles comments come a day after the president and his supporters chanted send her back during a campaign rally she just returned to her constituency in minnesota wher

jacob zuma says he's received death threats since giving evidence that a public inquiry into corruption on monday zuma may be allegations on the 2nd day of the hearing in johannesburg of inquiries looking into accusations that he oversaw the mass looting of state funds while in office zuma has served 9 years as president denies the allegations and says he is the target of a conspiracy. has more details from johannesburg jacob zuma says his personal assistant received a phone call on monday night from a man she does not know this happened a few hours after he testified at the corruption inquiry and this person said. that will kill him will also. as well some people. so she informed me this morning. call that. how my life has been. tempted but also my senior counsel. can. this follows through. to. zuma says he's a victim of a conspiracy to bring him down and he's afraid for his life the commission then turn their attention to the doctors the wealthy indian family zuma was asked if he allowed the group has to influence government policy or appoint government ministers he was als

former south african president jacob zuma has told an inquiry into government corruption but he is the target of a conspiracy so it was forced from office last year he was supposed to seek the mass meeting of state funds. to health workers fighting the break in the d.r. see a big fund murdered in the hopes the killings in north kivu province. clinics and stop doctors have discovered the 1st case of the virus in the provincial capital. u.s. president donald trump again lashing out at a group of 4 high profile congresswomen donald trump is demanding an apology from them for what he called. horrible and disgusting actions and has accused the speaker of the house of representatives nancy pelosi of racism it comes a day after he sent a racially charged tweets to the politicians telling them to go back to where they come from democrats have described the tweets as hate filled and stoking white nationalism if you're not happy in the u.s. if you're complaining all the time very simply you can leave you can leave right now come back if you want don't come back it's ok to but if you're not happy

as their life my headquarters here in there are also coming up a defiant jacob zuma faces a corruption inquiry accused of mass looting of state funds while the president of south africa. also renewed threats from a bowler in the democratic republic of congo as an infection is detected in a densely populated area. of hong kong's leader further inflame tensions with protesters as she calls them rioters. welcome to the program it's the latest diplomatic effort to call months of heightened tension between iran and the united states foreign ministers of european union countries are in brussels discussing ways to convince them to return to the negotiating table iran's decision to enrich uranium above limits in the 2015 nuclear deal is of concern. we are totally committed to keeping the middle east denuclearized if you are on the rise of nuclear weapons and other countries in the region with a particular comes a very very toxic and dangerous situation so we are looking to find a way to preserve the nuclear deal which we think is the best way of keeping the middle east is an old nuc

capital kinshasa catherine al-jazeera. former south african president jacob zuma is expected back at a state commission hearing on government corruption in the coming hours on monday he told the inquiry that he is the target of a conspiracy similar was forced from office last year accused of overseeing the mass listing of state funds he denies any wrongdoing during his 9 years as president. was saying in south africa were communities in the city of cape town say police have lost control of gang violence where the 900 people have been killed in turf battles since the beginning of the year and the government's no preparing to deploy the army it's a clamp down on the arm rest for me to miller has the story. for people living here the cape flats is a war zone turf battles between feuding gangs that means hundreds of lives are lost every year many of them bystanders unable to escape the bullets michael ware not using his real name belongs to a gang he says he can't survive outside it only biden who will know police in the situation. he should picking through all of the stuff. you feel you a

jacob zuma told a corruption inquiry zuma will not take part in the inquiry any further felt he was being unquote questioned unfairly. turkey has launched as strikes on the kurdish region of northern iraq it comes after the killing of one of its diplomats yes strikes targeted the p.k. k. stronghold where the killer is thought to have fled to turkey's deputy consul general was shot dead wednesday. iran says all of its drones of returned safely to base denying any have been destroyed by the us 1st they don't trump said that the warship u.s.s. boxer brought down in a rainy and thrown in the strait of hormuz. politicians in iraq of called for nationwide mass demonstrations there's anger over the government's failure to provide basic services like electricity and water and the problem gets worse as temperatures soared during the summer sound binge of a reports from baghdad these clothes have been donated to russia she tells used garments to try and make a living her home is this small room which used to be a shop the owner has allowed her to live here every corner has its use one part of

democratic congresswoman he attacked in racially charged tweets. a defiant jacob zuma faces a corruption inquiry accused of the mass looting of state funds while president of south africa. also ahead of a renewed threat from a polar at the democratic republic of congo as an infection is detected in a densely populated. there is. a new foreign ministers to be meeting in brussels today to discuss ways to bring the u.s. and iran back to the negotiating table after the talks the e.u. foreign policy chief said none of the parties to the iran nuclear deal have signaled that they want to use a dispute resolution mechanism it's the latest diplomatic efforts to cool months of heightened tensions between iran and the u.s. however iran's position has remained unchanged tehran says it's up to the european powers to ensure the 2050 nuclear deal does remain in place well that foreign policy chief is federica mcgorry nishi says the e.u. powers are committed to keeping the iran nuclear deal alive if the reality is that the deal has. avoided that you don't develop a nuclear weapon so it has been effectiv

south african president jacob zuma is expected back at a state commission hearing on corruption later on tuesday on monday he told the inquiry that he is the target of a conspiracy zuma was forced from office last year accused of overseeing the looting of state funds it denies any wrongdoing. communities in central mozambique struggling to rebuild their lives for months on from 2 devastating cyclons more than 160000 people were displaced as from the mama reports many are still waiting to return to what's left of them. in mozambique sports city of byron life is slowly getting back to normal. dorinda lost her entire home after powerful cycling swept through the area. but the house was ripped apart the iron roof was damaged we were later able to repair it but before that we were not able to sleep every time it rained we couldn't sleep. the family are now trying to come up with creative ways to make a living. by making these donors to help support the family so we can eat because none of us has a job or used to have a hair salon that's where used to make money but now with the curre

-jazeera 18 months out of office but former south african president jacob zuma is facing more questions over corruption claims. and monsoon rains lead to devastating flooding across in india and nepal. hello again welcome back to in a national weather forecast what we are dealing with a new round of rain here across parts of china and in central areas we are looking at very heavy rain causing problems in terms of water rescues here in greenland take a look at the most current video coming in out of the area you can see the water has been rising rescuers have it out getting people out of the homes as well as businesses but unfortunately water's going to take a little while to go down so this is going to be an ongoing problem if you take a look at the forecast map we are going to be seeing some scattered showers across much of the area over the next you days and with saturated soil already in flooded areas that means any more rain in the area is going to be causing a big problem here as we go towards tuesday more of the same for the region and we are going to be looking at most

jacob zuma says he received death threats hours after giving evidence at a public inquiry into corruption on monday zuma made the allegations on the 2nd day of the hearing in johannesburg inquiry is looking into accusations that he oversaw the mass looting of state funds while in office sumo who served 9 years as president denies the allegations and says he is the target of a conspiracy it's a new research has found that africans seeking short term u.k. visas are more than twice as likely to be refused than applicants from other parts of the world it blames significant financial discrimination and careless decision making by britain's home office force. katonah lowy is twice manner of the london bar of enfield before entering local politics she spent 40 years working as a midwife to many she's a pillar of the community but her success hasn't helped her only sister to visit the u.k. from nigeria she's been denied a visa 3 times on financial grounds despite showing evidence that her costs are being covered by her sister in london on the way says her family of victims of a prejudi

finances south africa's former president jacob zuma faces a corruption inquiry. i want to know just 0 life from a headquarters in doha i'm dead you know we're going to also ahead we think there's still some closing thoughts with. britain as the iran nuclear deal is not dead as european foreign ministers gather in brussels . hong kong's leader further inflame tensions with protestors as she calls them why it's where it's. come here what she. put up 1st for england there crowned crickets best after an epic final against a new zealand. hello the former south african president jacob zuma is making a defiant appearance before a public inquiry saying there is a conspiracy against him as he faces questions about government corruption during his time in office the commission is looking into allegations that he oversaw the mass looting of state funds he's also accused of allowing a wealthy family to buy influence over government policy and when lucrative business contracts denies any wrongdoing i've been a subject of. talk in this country for. more than. the fight. of. corrupt people let's bri

south african president jacob zuma is making a defined appearance before a public inquiry saying there's a conspiracy against him as he faces questions about government corruption during his time in office the commission is looking into allegations that he oversaw the mass looting of state funds. i've been a subject of. talk in this country for. more than that dick. i've been vilified. too. keen of. quite apt on european foreign ministers are meeting in brussels to find ways to convince iran and the u.s. to start dialogue after months of tension it's the latest diplomatic effort to cool months of heightened tension between iran and the us britain's foreign secretary has warned the window to save the 2050 nuclear deal with tehran is closing. we are totally committed to keeping the middle east denuclearized if you're on the rise of nuclear weapons and other countries in the region with a particular comes a very very toxic and dangerous situation so we are looking to find a way to preserve the nuclear deal which we think is the best way of keeping the middle east is an old nuclear w

with a reminder of all top news stories former south african president jacob zuma has told an inquiry into government corruption that he's the target of a conspiracy was forced from office last year accused of overseeing the mass looting of state funds. also european foreign ministers are meeting in brussels to find ways to convince iran and the u.s. to start dialogue after months of tension britain's foreign secretary has warned the window to save the 2050 nuclear deal with tehran is closing and china's economy has grown. we could move a quarter of a century for the world's 2nd largest economy shows it grew 6.2 percent in the 2nd quarter. and good protesters demanding her resignation by calling the rioters she made the comment at all spittle when she visited 3 police officers who do during clashes of. tons of thousands of people at home to get proposed extradition deal with china. has pledged in the coming weeks the police say they want better protection. caroline a statement condemning the violence and basically vowing to make those responsible accountable violence committed

campaign donations meanwhile the former south african president jacob zuma had withdrawn from an inquiry commission but has now decided to take. turkey has launched airstrikes in the kurdish region of northern iraq in response to the killing of one of its diplomats airstrikes targeted the p.k. k. stronghold where the killers still to have fled to counsel general was shot dead on wednesday. the group of antigovernment protests is fighting hong kong's controversial extradition bill has reportedly now fled to taiwan they are concerned that they could face severe punishment for the mass protests which have taken over parts of the city within the last month mcbride reports. according to media reports in taiwan dozens of protesters involved in the storming of hong kong's parliament have now arrived on the island seeking refuge of people who would otherwise face arrest here in hong kong the taiwanese government has not confirmed the story but it has said interestingly that it will be prepared to offer refuge for political reasons and it is a position but supported by siding when taiwan'

. party different factions emerging trying to kind of jacob zuma and his supporters allegations of course denied by people from that particular faction but all eyes of course are on this hearing how is that going to pan out is going to testify and if he does testify who is he going to implicate in the corruption scandals and as we can see in the life picture of that hearing now underway for the time being here with us i think you for that update from johannesburg. doctors have confirmed the 1st case of the ebola virus in a major city in the democratic republic of congo gomer's home to a 1000000 people experts are concerned the virus could spread quickly in the densely populated area close to the border with rwanda the virus has killed almost a $1700.00 victims since the latest outbreak there last august bus passengers who traveled to go with the man who showed symptoms of are now being tested. still ahead on al-jazeera india's tower of trash that will soon be taller than the taj mahal. and we follow the plight of here in iraq who survives ice souls campaign of genocide. hello again

that jacob zuma appeared before the commission at the beginning of this work of this week to begin with after his lawyers complained that he was being treated like an accused rather than a witness that the world protein him in a sort of the manner of a cross-examination rather than putting questions to him they did with sure they said have been no longer be appearing before the scene quietly and i'll just hours into that complaint have turned around and said zoom out will continue with his testimony but we want to lay down some ground rules and jacob zuma has been upset about how the commission has conducted itself and saying that there's an agenda and there is being treated as an accused rather than this being an opportunity for him to give his side of the story but had he withdrawn he would have faced a subpoena he would have been forced to return to the commission and now it seems he's willingly returned and also the africans expecting to hear more from him in terms of how he might have been involved in corruption or perhaps why he wasn't and what his reasons are for that ride f