To choose a new need. Daryn jordan. Also coming up protesters in israel demand the Prime Ministers resignation of a corruption allegations which he denied. A china south korea summit ends with a cool reception from the hosts in beijing that this does mark hopeful. And curts becomes the worlds youngest leader as he agrees to a Coalition Deal which brings the fall right into austria. South africas president has called for unity in the governing African National congress as it prepares to select a new leader jacob zuma is facing corruption allegations is stepping down as head of the party before a successor is elected on sunday well the contest has been marked by. Divisions turn a page report from johannesburg i the conference started with two warnings dont to saying divisive songs and keep the chairs on the ground everybody that will be flying around this conference or we can say that you will not in this conference. A. N. C. Members from competing factions have hurled cheers at one another in the build up to this crucial event there have been allegations of vote buying and intimidation those accusations have led disgruntled members to take legal action that delayed the start of the conference by several hours but the trend to turn to the countrys courts was criticized by president jacob zuma and his last speech as party leader it is actually. We can begin to believe that the courts. Some believe he has eroded the a. N. C. Is all for it. Under president zuma the party has lost considerable support hes no stranger to legal action himself hes fighting an ongoing battle to keep hundreds of corruption charges at bay this race is as much about the old leader as it is about the new if the president s a preferred candidate isolated she may be able to protect him from legal action and his postpresident ial years but if i wyvil is selected they may be less inclined to help so there is a lot of stake for jacob zuma one commentator said president zuma is legacy is a damaged a. N. C. Possibly he might be the worst president ever had. The alliance is almost nonexistent. They lost fifteen percent officer or. So is that average then see the day ended with the nominations in a race that some predicts could be close between Current Deputy president s are already and in courses on a dime in his zuma the president supposed favorite whoever wins has an enormous challenge to unite the a. N. C. At a time when its divisions have been laid to be a tiny page aljazeera johannesburg. Theyve been protests in tel aviv for the third week in a row that call in the countrys leader to quit demonstrators are demanding the resignation of Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu on corruption allegations which he denies is how to force it. Throughout december this is what saturday night in downtown tel aviv has looked like while International Attention has been on the latest crisis in the Peace Process with the palestinians for these protesters the focus is on domestic politics and the corruption allegations against Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu we dont want the upset the government if they dont well were up to peoples go how we are asking bibi toys during b. B. Must be going. On friday Police Arrived in netanya whose residents to question him for a seventh time one case concerned allegations he tried to manipulate Media Coverage in his favor and other centers on expensive gifts received from wealthy foreign Business Executives in particular because. The Prime Minister denies one leak from the investigation suggesting he and his wife requested expensive cigars and champagne when stocks were running low from hollywood producer on the strain billionaire james packer and others welcome to across the river. His lawyer has admitted what he calls netanyahu as weakness for wealthy people his wife sarah is awaiting indictment on a separate case involving alleged misuse of public funds they were seen as working very well together to hedonistically wealth wise again strange for israel not the kind of. That publicly. To show there is increased need to regarding another case involving alleged corruption when german submarines were bought for the israeli navy netanyahu is not a suspect and he hasnt been questioned but two of his closest and most Senior Associates have been detained israels Prime Minister insisted his innocence will be proven once these investigations have run their course but the new year they get to the end of the political pressure on Benjamin Netanyahu increases very force and not just iraq television. And there been more protests around the world against u. S. President Donald Trumps decision to recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel demonstrators marched in washington d. C. And in major cities in europe and in the middle east decision has been widely condemned because East Jerusalem is palestinian territory under illegal occupation but who lost both his legs during an israeli air strike in two thousand and eight alan fischer was at his funeral in gaza. We came in the thousands to say goodbye to a man and what he represented. Three a lost both his legs in a near strike during the two thousand in the gaza war he became an unlikely symbol of palestinian defiance and resistance. The twenty nine year old often went in his wheelchair to fly his flag at demonstrations and protests all over again as he went on friday to the border with thousands of others to protest Donald Trumps decision to declare jerusalem as israels capital. Donald trump must reverse his decision jerusalem is the capital of palestine i call on all arabs to support the palestinians and if they dont we palestinians will do it ourselves biba him three it was flying his flag on friday when he was shot and killed by the israelis going to market us during the break we helped them are to abraham in the wheelchair tear gas was fired at us and abraham was hit in the head he fell to the ground and was killed instantly by a single bullet to the head. And his head. Really gaza city almost leader Ismail Haniya said the protesters death was not in vain. I should hear you know he tried to protest despite his condition our martyr became famous all over the world and he is shaping the consciousness of the world two people were killed in clashes in gaza on friday for several hours and in seven places along the border palestinians protested stones and rocks at israeli positions use really fired bullets in tear gas trying to force the thousands back from the border line hundreds were taken to hospital many suffering from the effects of gas. I dont groups impaction here in gaza calling for more protests the people here are bracing themselves for more funerals in the days and weeks to come was alan fischer aljazeera. To mass graves containing the remains of dozens of people from iraq c. C. T. Minority have been found near the northwestern town of sin job ninety bodies were reportedly discovered including those of women and children i saw to cover singe are in twenty fourteen killing and enslaving thousands of members of the religious Minority Group since job was retaken a year later by u. S. Backed kurdish fighters the un has declared the massacre of the as it is a genocide crowds have held a torch lit march in the run up to elections in the spanish region of catalonia protesters in barcelona called for the release of politicians and activists jailed by the Central Government organizing a succession referendum in october well a Spanish Government imposed direct rule in catalonia after regional leaders declared independence has called. The march that were seeing now is a fairly small torchlight march by probably independence activists task force this is part of the Wider Campaign for the parliamentary elections on this coming thursday but this group in particular are calling for the release of what they call the Political Prisoners there referring to a group of catalan Pro Independence politicians who were imprisoned by the spanish Central Government take a move a little bit under. It looking right now down the iconic last round us who rely on you have the most touristy areas all the lowdown. The late. For the rallies how little you know prisoners and that really goes to you do something. Else coming out like friends are they on the you know. That often they are totally. Independent referendum the Spanish Government the Central Government stepping over the capital and fall of the declared and direct route from madrid and then set about imprisoning some of the leading politicians road crews for independence through the crash alone in your region and so now as they go towards the parliamentary elections on the twenty first of december you have at least four politicians still in prison who are also candidates you have all the politicians out on bail who are facing a thirty year jail sentence on charges of bread badly and you also have other leading politicians in self exile in brussels south koreas president has finished an official four day visit to china and repairing frayed relations but hasnt been given the woman Many South Koreans are expecting his china correspondent adrian brown in beijing would not president visit was intended to improve relations with china and while expectations had not been high both sides. They are indicating a willingness to reset their relationship that may not be easy though in his discussions chinas premier league chung used a weather metaphor to sum up the state of ties saying both china and south korea and now looking forward to the warmth of spring time but Many South Koreans see nothing warm about the treatment afforded their president. Or journalist traveling with him the beating of a photographer by Chinese Security guards is being investigated but one popular chinese newspaper says there should be no apology analysts say the incident is feeding into south korean nationalist sentiment the optics of Something Like that is playing into the kind of anti chinese. Feelings within south korea so theyre starting to serie action to there is also some feeling that he. Did not receive the proper of greeting or the meetings and his highest profile meeting was actually canceled that was supposed to be lunch with chinas premier chinese Media Coverage of president moons visit has been very low key unlike south koreas which has reported the president had his first three meals in china without any chinese officials on hand and then after he arrived he was greeted by a low Ranking Foreign Ministry official relations became strained after south korea deployed a u. S. Anti Missile System earlier this year to defend against possible attack from north korea that infuriated chinese leaders and a targeted trade boycott followed south koreas leader though does appear to have given some ground reassuring his hosts the system is only targeted at incoming north korean missiles and while chinas leaders remain vehemently opposed to it they also need a friendlier south korea but friendly is not the way Many South Koreans. View their president s reception here a reminder that the alliance confronting north korea is fragile and sometimes fractured adrian brown aljazeera beijing a lot more so to come here and aljazeera including he can still put in the crowd we have reaction has been libyas president seeks a fourth term in office. And a river to father teddy ruge tens of thousands of refugees are taking to get to europe from turkey or not stay with us. Hello whilst proper winter has been held back in europe just ahead of its movement this bit of south westerly breeze commutes to the levant so too through turkey and this drive a lot of clout eventually out of africa but the main consequence is temperatures are rising and curves at twelve to twenty one much the same but to be also as baghdad is colder in iran it was cold enough to snow in afghanistan when this old frontal system is just a lot of cloud until it tails off because of the rain in the far south west straits for that was for example so quiet general picture but increasingly cloudy and increasingly warm in lebanon twenty three degrees by the time we get to monday it is drop south inspect that right a bit although i think for those saturday sunday possibly monday this cloud has been generating and will generate a bit of rain it ripped through two by a dubby trying to get into qatar as well more likely its going to concentrate on the east and of it does tend to fade away by the time we get to monday but the chance for showers still there dry picture for most for arabia thirty three on the western side is hardly surprised. We have showers building again in south africa in the eastern cape and if anything theyre going to generate even bigger showers to get to monday. Singapore is being accused of expanding its coastline and illegally dredged satins of some of the islands off the coast of indonesia and literally vanished its a big business smuggling sample and they will take the say on their own fill the sand is our parent using this beautiful beach but behind it is something thats not so pleasant the tragedy is that people are just not aware and ecological investigation into a global emergency sand walls at this time on aljazeera. Welcome back a quick recap the top stories here this hour south africas president jacob zuma has called on the ruling a. N. C. Party to unite as members gather to choose a new leader African National congress is deeply divided over who should replace stepping down as leader. There been more protests in tel aviv calling for israeli Prime MinisterBinyamin Netanyahu to quit the corruption allegations hes accused of accepting gifts from wealthy businessmen he denies any wrongdoing. And supporters of independence and spains catalonia region of held talks in the march in the run up to a Regional Election that amount of the release of politicians and activists jailed by the Central Government for organizing a session for an. Chileans head to the polls on sunday in whats expected to be the closest president ial election in decades a surge from voters known as the dissatisfied left could help put a conservative coalition back in power for the first time in almost thirty years a latin america editor said newman explains. Is a Community Leader in this community of fifty families living in an informal camp they love what their homes made out of anything they can find like amalia almost all of them work. A lot of people dont have money to pay for rent its too expensive on a minimum wage and if you have to pay for education food and medicine you are forced to resort to this. When seventy six year old. Daughter became a widow she could no longer pay for rent on her meager pension now her main priority is her health. Got out of admitting i havent been able to see a doctor for a year even though i have chronic illnesses every month i ask for an appointment and when i go its been changed or theres no doctor to chile so called. Premarket economic miracle isnt working for too many people in the last four years the number of families living in informal settlements and houses like this one has jumped from twenty seven thousand to forty one thousand chiles two president ial candidates say that they have the solution but the methods that they propose are very different including the former conservative president. A successful billionaire says he knows how to spur sluggish Economic Growth and that this time around he will ensure Better Basic Services but he believes the market rather than the government should regulate. Central leftist alley handor good promises to accelerate the social reforms started by the current government the former journalist has little experience and isnt part of the political establishment he barely made it to the runoff but is now technically tied with pineda backed by a new wave of progressive chileans who are tired of politics as usual some people. Maybe theres a part of the. B. Being pension for on pensions be health or be an indication that you know maybe we dont want the market to rule everything. Chile is indeed at a crossroads and will have to choose between two very different models to try to really make latin americas most stable economy work for everybody to see in human ill just see death sentence. Bolivias president ever moralez the shrugged off accusations hes a dictator after announcing hell run for a fourth term tens of thousands of his supporters turned out in the city of culture to back his twenty nine thousand bid but it also triggered protests has done his farm in the reforms. This has been president of bolivia since january two thousand and six but he says his work is not done the Indigenous People women still need him still want him out of the Mission Completed were ready to run again this is not up for debate the people voted in a referendum in february two thousand and sixteen against allowing continuous reelection president morales initially accepted that result but then the Constitutional Court to overturn it. His popularity has waned in recent years however believe his economy is growing and he still has plenty of admirers. Around for everything he has managed to achieve we have very thankful to our president so well because if you were in the service you know if it were possible id like him to be president for another fifty years theres no one else like him it is a moralist wins in two thousand and nineteen to be president until twenty twenty five a total of nineteen years in office these people believe that you cant have too much of a good thing a president they have a model this is a relatively young fifty eight years old still has plenty to give bolivia others however believe the power has corrupted him but hes abused the constitution and that he should go of. The opposition which has been fragmented argumentative is now increasingly united against what they see as a challenge to believe he has democracy some well doria medina finished a distant second to a from what alice in the two thousand and fourteen president ial elections because this kind of. Sleep probably swim in venice where. They use their walker as he when they were with. Her one day will when they will notice i never feel very love one direction so thats a problem. Only the election still two years away its a problem many believe is only likely to grow nor i you know. Theres no confidence in the state theyve weakened and in many cases destroyed the institutions that are fundamental for the existence of democracy so in the next two Years Society will be very polarized and whats worse itll be on the streets when its decided who will win power who will it believe is key institutions under his control its a dilemma potential crisis but an even more alice committed all of them trying now to syria cochabamba bolivia austrias far right freedom parties to hold the key interior and Defense Ministry posts in a Coalition Government deal struck with a conservative Peoples Party that partys leader thirty one year old Sebastian Kurtz becomes chancellor both parties are pledging tougher policies in migration and domestic security. Hes been nicknamed c or wizkid now hell be known as chancellor Sebastian Kurtz lead the overpay Peoples Party to a thirty two percent winning share of the votes in the general election two months ago but to govern he needed a coalition and the far right f. P. O. Is his chosen partner in this. We have a good strong team concerning my party the Peoples Party that will be women and two thirds of our team are experts who will bring a lot of knowledge to the Political Leadership regarding the Freedom Party and mr struck his team hes also put forward his suggestions so that the kids are going to follow this is about responsibility for our wonderful republic of australia and it is about ensuring good cooperation for the future too it can be difficult to tell them apart kurtz and his conservative Peoples Party bills itself a center right but its policies borrow freely from far right ideas in january curts demanded a ban on Public Sector workers wearing headscarves he was instrumental in having full face veils banned in austria too and his anti migrant policies slammed the door on Syrian Refugees trying to reach europe via the socalled balkan route its not the first time far right politicians have been government ministers in austria it happened seventeen years ago e. U. States reacted then by downgrading bilateral contacts the prospects in this coalition of the far right in charge of austrias foreign interior and defense ministries is likely to create concern in other european capitals yes senator markey will a lot of barry or. I have to add to this three things so especially was respected or. It woman who is supposed to become the ministry is not a party member. And what is more in court in a european perspective all the european policy agendas will transfer from the Foreign Ministry huge chancellorship now the cuts nor straka have detailed the new governments approach to european policy cuts says he is pro european but the far right is traditionally euro skeptic difficulty austria will hold the e. U. Rotating presidency in the second half of next year old brennan al jazeera now more refugees are attempting to use an old line route into europe but with tragic consequences for some fear are crossing the edge in the sea to the greek islands of lesbos and cheops once on the islands many of them have to enjoy the dire conditions are now thousands are heading north to cross the land border from turkey into northeastern greece that means crossing the everest river which has been fatal for hundreds of refugees aljazeera is lawrence lee has this exclusive report from Alexandra Palace a warning you may find some images disturbing. If you want to see how dangerous it is to be a refugee this hospital morgue is a good starting point is bored with. The day before two months ago. Pub loss is parts Hospital Doctor policy detective the bodies are usually discovered half naked theyve been in the water for weeks on the river or the fish take their clothes sometimes theyre a personal effects a clue to someones mindset this syrian woman drowned along with her son she was identified by another son already in europe but usually they remain unidentified silent witnesses to the horror of the refugees journey. Hes a very little goes with that is it because were here that woman will have a little boy. Who havent seen the. All harm in the world. Here. And there was poor found saying yes its very difficult. Sometimes the bodies are found by police on patrol. Sometimes they discovered by fisherman in the shallows more died hypothermia frozen from leaking boats discovered in outbuildings half eaten by wild dogs others still killed by trains sleeping on the railway is afghan says he crossed the river six times before dodging the police by that time he left behind three of his friends dead on the. Road. You know they were three of my best friends we were out in the open it was so dangerous so cold we didnt have any food or clothes where the river winds into turkey a fence becomes the border paid for by the European Union to keep the refugees out either side the turkish and greek troops refugees have been blown up by land mines here in the United Nations says this year twenty thousand have been stopped on the turkish side its becoming a favored route for refugees to avoid the greek islands what is france does is to force the refugees into the river either in the hands of illegal smuggling gangs or by themselves its really dangerous are the way and yet again exposes the lack of safe routes at the edges of the European Union for refugees well away from the fence and the watching troops the motorway is used by the smugglers they camp out here after crossing the river into greece the greek government says a thousand people a month are being caught it is unclear how many get through but they have nothing. This is a this is a medical no from a charity its from december last year he says could this person please be referred to a psychiatrist. Basile doctors believe the river contains many more bodies it will soon give up and at their impoverished hospital they showed us the new addition from the red cross the huge fridge theyve run out of room for the bodies Lawrence Lee Al jazeera on the greece turkey border the u. S. Military has acknowledged the existence of a secret program investigating u. F. O. s it collected audio and video including these images of a navy jet sent counter with an unknown object a twenty two Million Dollars project started in two thousand and seven and ran until twenty twelve when the Defense Department stopped its funding for down portions a former u. S. Army officer he says countries need to Work Together to find out the truth behind u. F. O. s. Stated there is something out i think the best well this is now me sources from places like china russia and bellevue sit in a few areas that says in relevant data and we come up with a woman who is mean she is also each one of three it work you know when were all separate investigation which is lead to separate out ones were able to hash out. A quick recap our top stories here on aljazeera south africas president jacob zuma has called on the ruling a. N. C. Party to unite as members gather to choose a new leader the African National congress is deeply divided though over who should replace suma who is stepping down from the role of. The fifty Fourth National conference is taking place at a time when i want him and hes at a crossroads. Why do we identify cooperate. As posing as serious threats to the a n c we also need to look at in ten ten weeks weve seen organizations protesters in tel aviv are once again calling for the resignation of the israeli Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu is under investigation of a corruption allegations hes accused of accepting gifts from wealthy businessmen he denies any wrongdoing to mass graves containing the remains of dozens of people from iraqs izzie minority have been found in the northwestern town of single ninety bodies were portly discovered including those of women and children i saw took over same job in twenty fourteen killing and enslaving thousands of members of the religious Minority Group supporters of independence in spains catalonia region of hell the torchlight march in the run up to a Regional Election they demanded the release of politicians and activists jailed by the Central Government for organizing a succession referendum austria has become the only western european country with a far right party currently in government thats after thirty one year old chancellor Sebastian Kurtz made a Coalition Deal with the Freedom Party. Chile will hold a Runoff Election on sunday for the first time in almost thirty years a conservative coalition could be swept to power by voters dissatisfied by the performance of the Center Left Government and bolivias president ever mandalas has shrugged off claims hes a dictator after announcing hell run for a fourth term tens of thousands of his supporters turned out in the city of cochabamba to bacchus twenty nineteen bit but its triggered protests in several cities but those were the headlines news continues here on aljazeera after people in power station thats a water bottle. Facing realities if a piece of machinery goes wrong is there a chain of litigation through which we can bring a legal system to battle getting to the heart of the matter i dont think we need of the world but some of my british is just that he had a story on talk to houses in iraq at this time. The bomb shattered buildings of the damascus suburb of jobar sits just a few kilometers