Channels with north korea until any of the terrorists was speaking at the u. N. Security Council Meeting on. The secretary of state Rex Tillerson says hell continue to pursue a diplomatic resolution with north korea but the military remains at the ready but we are not going to accept preconditions you heard others have called for freeze for freeze we do not accept a freeze for freeze as a precondition to talks we do not accept any relaxing of the sanctions regime as a precondition of talks we do not accept a resumption of humanitarian assistance as a precondition of talks so we are not going to accept preconditions for these talks but as i indicated in my remarks our communication Communication Channels remain open north korea knows there are open they know where the door is they know where to walk through that door when they want to talk. Free people have been killed and hundreds of others injured in demonstrations in gaza and the west bank against u. S. President double trumps decisi
Challenges president jacob zuma successor will lead the party in the next president ial election in two thousand and nineteen tanya page is in johannesburg. The African National congress elect of conference is underway and its going to be unfolding here over the next five days but most of the discussion and debate will be happening behind closed doors in those buildings there just in the distance behind the fence we can see some of the delegates there about five thousand or so have come here from branches of the a. N. C. All over the country they want to just be voting for the top job president but deputy and in fact all the top one hundred eighty decisions but of course its the presidency that is the most contested the most important to the future of the a. N. C. And there are really two main contenders the first being and course as many zuma she is a very experienced politician. She was a member of parliament and a minister under successive governments of the a. N. C. Shes a former c
Has called for unity in the governing African National congress as it prepares to select a new leader jacob zuma who is facing corruption allegations is stepping down as head of the party before a new leader is elected on sunday the contest has been marked by deep divisions within the party on your page now from johannesburg. The conference started with two warnings dont to saying divisive songs and to keep the chairs on the ground everybody its beds that chairs will be flying around this conference or we can say that you will not happen 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. T
Im down with a quick reminder of the top stories on the al jazeera has become the latest latin American Country to shift to the political right by electing conservative billionaire Sebastian Pinera as president and. His opponent in the runoff vote its the second time hes been elected to the countrys highest office in america. Reports in santiago. Chiles billionaire president elect of god what he wanted another crack at the presidency for the second time in twenty seven years chile has swung from the center left to the center right both times the city. The markets favorite the former president a successful businessman promises better times ahead as he extends an olive branch to the uk if he does i want to renew our commitment to all chileans a commitment to unity and dialogue and so i invite all of our previous president s to share their experience and advise with me so that we can reach National Agreements to tackle the biggest problems. At the headquarters of center left candidate. Th
The u. S. As mediator in the middle east Peace Process saying it cannot be relied upon to play an honest role Mahmoud Abbas called for europe to play a stronger role in peace efforts instead after meeting french president in one electron in paris as asked about reports from paris. It was no surprise that the Palestinian Leader greeted the french president warmly as he arrived at the elise a palace emanuel my car has been a staunch critic of the United States decision to recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel off to talks on the crisis Mahmoud Abbass said the palestinians could no longer accept a u. S. Peace plan. The United States is no longer a credible mediator in the Peace Process we will not accept any plan on the part of the us because of the parties feeling and because of this violation of international law. Mccraw has stepped up efforts to mediate in the crisis meeting with the king of jordan and israels Prime Minister earlier this month he wants to try and help revive tal