South africas president jacob zuma found guilty of violating the constitution by using millions of dollars of public money to renovate his home. Owe there i al robin adams. Details of the latest stop in south america coming up. Amid also the final lineup of the world 20 20 in india is now complete. I will tell you who snapped up the latest available spot for sundays calcutta final later in the program. So a start in the news hour in southeastern turkey there a car bomb has exploded seven Turkish Police officers have lost their lives. At least 27 were hurt in the blast in the mainly kurdish city. According to initial reports the target was a mini bus carrying Police Special forces. Turkeys president has condemned what happened there. Translator these attacks will never keep us from fighting terrorists. We are cornering terrorist organizations. Terrorism is showing its heinous face through such facts. We are determined to make sure that terrorism is no longer an obstacle to the progress
Demand the same pay as their male counterparts the upper house of means parliament has approved a new government post for aung san suu kyi. It is designed to give her a powerful role in running the country. She is barred by the constitution from becoming president because her children hold foreign passports. Our correspondent has an update. Reporter this was an easy win for aung san suu kyi, a large majority here in the upper house has accepted this crucial bill which will give her farreaching powers. She was barred from running for president. The constitution says a person with children of foreign nationalities cannot be the president. It looks like with the new bill she will be above the president. Some compare it with a position of Prime Minister. It is called state counsellor and it means that she is not only advising the government and not only advising parliament, but also advising the judiciary. She is basically above all these parties, but when i was asking the Parliament Membe
Most acclaimed architects who has died at the age of 65 the upper house of myanmars parliament has approved a new governing poet for Aung San Suu Kyi. It is designed to give her a powerful role in the running of the country. She is barred by the constitution from becoming president because her children hold foreign passports. Our correspondent has the latest from myanmars capital. Reporter a large majority here in the upper house was accepted a very crucial bill which will give extended powers to Aung San Suu Kyi. She was barred from running for president because of the constitution says that her children cant have foreign nationalities. She has created a powerful position for herself which seems to be in a similar level as the president and that was exactly why the military has is very much against it. The majority of the upper house has voted in favor. It is important because the whole country, the people, we we may not i, but the whole country would like to see Aung San Suu Kyi as t
The essence of the songs remains unchanged i think tigerlily, a song like carnival is not political. But it is taking the critical look at the way that we leave the former lead singer of 10,000 maniacs have recorded almost a dozen albums, including one for children. Are you crying my little one the parent of a teenager, she says mother hood changed her i became human, fully human when i became a mother. I felt connected to other people in ways that i never have. Living and past the singer is also committed to causes, including Domestic Violence 17 women who were homicide womens of Domestic Violence in my county she is a champion for the anti Fracking Movement water is sacred to me and new york, it is a crucial resources, clean air and water. It got involved i sat down with Natalie Merchant in new york city. Thank you so much for doing this. It has been 21 years since tigerlily. When you look back at that time, did you know it was going to be a huge hit and sell millions of copies of co
Pope franciss Easter Service includes a prayer this years race for the white house puts a spotlight on religious tolerance, the topic of the week ahead. And the bell tolls for the u. S. S. Ship, a mystery of what happened to the crew 95 years ago finally solved. I cant re pe ginning with a suicide bombing in lahore. 65 killed, most women and children. 250 wounded. Hosts ran out of ambulances, taxis brought people in for treatment. A Pakistan Taliban group claimed responsibility, saying they targeted christians. We have this report. Reporter an explosion at a childrens park in the heart of lahore. This was the latest Taliban Attack to claim lives, a food cart vendor described the moment of the blast. I was talking about it. I heard an explosion, i couldnt understand what was happening. It was the weekend and the park was full of families, as a result host of the dead and injured women and children. Witnesses reported bodies strewn everywhere. People used taxis and rickshaws to move the