In london with the top stories from europe including a gathering storm of u. N. Talks in madrid as the u. S. Brazil india and china are accused of storing progress on tackling the climate crisis. And in sport asian champions al hell out of 3 to the semifinals of the Club World Cup here in doha they meet african counterparts at spare and one nil and will face south american sides the mango. In very warm welcome to this hour of news we begin in sudan where the countrys former ruler Omar Al Bashir has been found guilty in a corruption trial the 75 year olds been sentenced to 2 years which hell spend in a reform sense or rather than jail because of his age now the case centers around suitcases found in his home filled with notes of different currencies worth more than 130000000. Dollars well the courtroom or opted in chaos as the verdict was read out the sheer supporters started chanting that the trial was political and were ordered to leave but despite that they continued their protests o
And their decision to force him to vacate office he had asked them for reasons for his transgressions but in the end the pressure it appears has proven too great he avoids of course a motion of no confidence plan for parliament on thursday at which it is likely he would have been voted out of office hes avoided that by resigning tonight and we can talk to our correspondent for media miller whos in our bureau in johannesburg listening to all of that for me the it seems for an awfully long time didnt it that he wasnt going to to resign that he was going to submit himself to the rule of the constitution as the supreme law of the land but in the end those extraordinary words i have decided to resign with immediate effect. John i think given the tone of jacob zuma as address it for his ninety percent of the time anyone could be forgiven to think that the president or what is it now the former president was going to stay on we know is a fight and thats really the stance he has taken ultimate
Date with the headlines on aljazeera the news continues right after risking it all to stay with us. The benefit of saddam people see. There are cars witnessing documentaries dont open your eyes at this time on aljazeera. Camino is a ghost station in the south of the democratic republic of congo. Theres been no Train Service for five months but now its running again. The train left lubumbashi the second largest city five days ago. No one knows when it will arrive. And the train everyone is waiting for has a surprising name lee hall and bell or the swallow the. News of the swallows arrival spreads like wildfire by the bush telegraph all word of mouth. Its the cheapest rail service in the d. R. Congo like a local bus it stops a virtually every station and drools huge crowds. Of them a Street Vendors at every stop even in the remotest villages the station becomes an instant market. Am i dont know if that is the idea of home program yeah right that there are several. There. But go to the ti
Its time g. M. T. Im fully back to boyer watching aljazeera live from doha also coming out seventeen People Killed in a shooting at a school in the us a former student who had been expelled is held by police. Russia can push the regime to commit to seeking a real peace in syria the u. S. And russia again trade blame at the u. N. After the special envoy for syria says the violence is at its worst level for years and iran moves in on black market money traders as its sinking currency and fix more economic pain on the people. Jacob zuma has resigned as south africas president heeding orders from his party the a. N. C. His departure ends almost nine years in power plagued by scandal comedy miller reports from johannesburg. A reluctant announcement from an in vattel to president i have therefore coming to the decision to resign as president of the republic with immediate effect even though i disagree with the decision of much of the leadership of my of conversation i have always been a disc
Fully back to boyer watching al jazeera live from doha also coming up seventeen People Killed in a shooting at a school in the us a former student who had been expelled is held by police. Russia can push the regime to commit to seeking a real peace in syria the u. S. And russia again trade blame at the u. N. After the special envoy for syria says the violence is at its worst level for years and iran moves in on black market money traders as its sinking carrying same fix more economic pain on the people. Thank you for joining as jacob zuma has resigned as south africas president heeding orders from his ruling party the African National congress his departure ends almost nine years in power plagued by scandal tom de media has a report from chinas speck. A reluctant announcement from an embattled president i have the four coming to the decision to resign as president of the republic with immediate effect. Even though i disagree with the decision of of the leadership of my organization. I