And welcome to aljazeera live from my headquarters in doha. Fraud and also ahead. A poser to deliver his first state of the nation address says south africas new president the struggling economy and corruption some of his key challenges. Political uncertainty in ethiopia after the sudden resignation of Prime Minister haile muddy and desolate implants. The year of the dog millions of people around the world celebrate the Lunar New Year. The u. S. And turkey have agreed to normalize relations off the talks and well u. S. Secretary of state Rex Tillerson has been holding talks with his counterpart. Between the two countries have been strained in recent months particularly over u. S. The kurdish fighters in syria. The Turkish Foreign minister says they have decided to tackle the issues together. The doctor to our relations are going through a critical stage we are either going to mend fences or go in a different direction and weve come to an agreement to take joint steps together of course
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