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A category five storm ill have another update for you in twenty five minutes time after the stream which starts now. M for me ok so if african president jacob zuma political future is uncertain after days of negotiations between him and the countrys Ruling African National congress this comes more than a year before his second term is due to expire and today we discuss once there was a possible departure means for both the future of the a. N. C. And south africas political landscape. And youre now in the stream live on aljazeera and you too have a shortened you send us your questions and your comments i know you have a lot to say and we are trying to get it into the show. Social. Worker but it is. President zuma has been at the center of several scandal since he first took office back in two thousand and nine or he faces more than seven hundred charges linked to allegations of bribery and corruption zuma denies any wrongdoing and maintain support among a segment of the n c but his scan
Government shutdown comes to an end as President Donald Trump signs the funding bill. Anger in the knesset uproar over the u. S. Vice president s reassertion of jerusalem as the capital of israel. Turkey intensifies its military operation in northwest syria and opens a new front in the town of a free in. Iran from the football pitch to the political playground george weah was sworn in as liberias new president. Has read a u. S. Government shutdown has ended after politicians approved a bill to extend federal funding President Trump has now signed the bill into law but the immigration dispute at the center of the crisis is still far from resolved democrats agreed to back the bill allowing government funding to continue until february the eighth in return republicans gave assurances of a vote in the coming weeks on the status of undocumented migrants brought to the u. S. As children also known as dreamers President Donald Trump has tweeted that democrats had come to their senses he also
Hello im in london youre watching aljazeera also coming up government officials apologize to parents falsely told their missing daughter has it been rescued we have an exclusive report from nigeria. President trump announces a new wave of measures against north korea targeting shipping in the transport of coal and fuel and the u. S. Confirms it will open its new embassy in jerusalem in may this year. We begin in syria where the governments relentless Bombing Campaign on a rebel held in the Capital Shows no signs of abating rockets have been fired into eastern for a sixth straight day pushing the death toll to four hundred thirty two people in the past week meanwhile last minute wrangling at the u. N. Security council is delaying a vote on imposing a thirty day ceasefire to end the hostilities some have been reports from gaza on the turkey syria border. Theres obvious evidence yet they call out for those left on another floor but in the dense dust and debris its hard to see whos left th
Nigeria says its the ploy more troops to search for more than one hundred schoolgirls seized by boko haram in the north of the country. And the fascists march into rome a week before each of these elections and with right wing parties like the league expected to do well and theres the Winter Olympics draw to a close we look at the political and economic legacy for south korea. The Syrian Governments own slaughter on the last rebel held area near the capital damascus says entered its seventh day five hundred people have now been killed and theres been no letup in the bombing of eastern huta thousands of people are trapped in underground shelters and are appealing for help but world powers of the United Nations have not yet managed to push through a resolution calling for a ceasefire or some of hasnt. Rescuers not responding to crisis for help. People. But in eastern north very safe. In moments of panic this search for children who disappeared in the debris. Was the children call for the