Alone single robin youre watching aljazeera life my headquarters here in doha coming up in the next thirty minutes i will try to work very hard not to disappoint the people of south africa thank you very much. South africas new president is sworn in keen to turn the page on an era of scandal and division also a british a football coach convicted of forty three counts of sexual abuse an aljazeera investigation uncovered new information plus. Survival of the fittest we take a look at some of the films are vying for the top honors at the birdland Film Festival. Welcome to our jazeera we begin in the u. S. State of florida where mourners have gathered in parkland to remember seventeen students killed in a School Shooting there on wednesday its a merged the f. B. I. Had previously been warned about the shooting suspect Nicholas Cruz the nineteen year old is accused of walking into the school with a legally purchased Assault Rifle and opening fire and to gallop has more. Well all too often in situations like this as journalists you are removed from the victims of a horrible crime like this but here at this vigil tonight in a local park the entire community has come together and what is striking is when you see students that havent seen each other since wednesdays atrocious attack theyre falling into each others arms openly sobbing and comforting each other this is the beginning of the mourning process for parkland and its people the wounds here may never heal the questions may never be answered but there is one thing for certain the people here are determined to go through this together lets take a look back at the latest events. Even in a nation plagued by my shootings the scenes from inside the Marjorie StonemanDouglas High School a harrowing student sobbed as theyre forced to run past bodies a fallen classmates in all seventeen people died most were getting ready to go home to their parents and loved ones i saw two girls dead next to each other Holding Hands there was another body in front of me. There was three in the bathroom door form a student Nicholas Cruz is now being charged with premeditated murder but its now known the f. B. I. Was warned about him last september a comment left online was reported to authorities the f. B. I. Received information about a comment made on a you tube channel. That Public Comment simply said im going to be a professional school shooter. No other information was included with that comment which would indicate a time location where the true identity of the person who made the comment. Yes you know i conducted database reviews checked with them and was unable to further identify the person who actually made the comment there were other warnings to friends say nineteen year old cruz was going to obsessed teaches at the school were reportedly afraid of him School Officials havent said why cruz was expelled last year but the local sheriff made an emotional appeal for more resources people are going to be rightfully so concerned about their rights as a mine but what about the rights of the students what about the rights of young kids who go to school with book bags and pencils dont they have the right to be protected by the United States government to the best of our ability for you nicholas take us through this. Is here Nicholas Cruz is said to be cooperating with investigators early searches of his social media accounts a said to be disturbing nineteen year old Nicholas Cruz has now confessed to his crimes and the f. B. I. Have launched an investigation into what happened when those comments were investigated online but here in parkland its all about this Community Coming together to heal they have to get through this basically on their own but there is a determination here that nothing like this should ever happen again people want questions answered they want to know how this happened but more than anything else they want to make sure it never happens again. Lets head to africa now where several rum opposer has become south africas new president pushing a message of clean government and inclusiveness the former trade union leader turned a multimillionaire replaces jacob zuma whose years in power were tainted by scandals division and allegations of corruption rob matheson has more from johannesburg. Its taken more than nine years but several roma poles are finally has what he wants the leadership of south africa and his nomination members of his party the ruling a. N. C. Had been dancing and cheering i do believe that when one is elected in this type of position you basically become a servant of the people of south africa and i will seek to execute that task with your military. With faithfulness. And with dignity as well but within minutes hence the one big hurdle the new president must face we dont have any jacob zuma problem we have an end see problem. Mr tom of course i wish you strength but you know we will hold you accountable and i will see you in twenty nineteen on the ballot box some of the opposition is refusing to recognize his presidency we just want to put it on the record speaker that we cannot be part of an illegitimate illegal process. And im oppose also has to hold together a ruling party which has seen support plummet during the last election voters have High Expectations of their new leader i am being. Even sure. I mean something very new to. Tell she was there because you must admit you. Are not helping much and rom opposer is facing a struggling economy high unemployment and allegations of widespread corruption the pressure is on for south africas new president to try to deliver what is controversial pretty assessor could not rock matheson aljazeera Johannesburg South africa. It will stay on the continent ethiopias parliament is planning to meet on friday as it looks to replace the Prime Minister who resigned suddenly holy mary im going to sound as announcement follows violent unrest threaten the ruling partys hold on power mohamed atta reports. In a televised address and say hes it is ignition was wide talk for choosing the changes Necessary Evil sustainable peace and democracy in ethiopia in other words an attempt to ease rising tensions in the country losing the reform which in my circle of unrest and political crisis have led to the loss of lives and the displacement of many i see my stepping down as vital in the effort to carry out reforms that lead to sustainable peace largely seen as a placeholder and a consensus figure doesnt lead has led ethiopia since two thousand and twelve following the death of former Prime Minister and the architect of if you press a recent economic boom melissa and. He rolls from relative obscurity as an academic to president of the solvent region before being appointed foreign minister and deputy Prime Minister his departure follows the current wave of unrest on a National State of emergency doubt and last. Ethiopias lodges regions only on im hot i have witnessed must of the muslims in recent months with protesters mainly made up of youths calling for political and economic reform and an end to state corruption. In recent weeks the government has released thousands of opposition supporters from jail but the protest of continued years of unaccountability and ethnocide session of the countrys politics a push if you appear to Tipping Point injustice repression and lack of minute full democracy some say have instilled a sense of despondency particularly among if your peers youth driving many to view protests as the only viable means of bringing about meaningful change their own going to stop once has also led to dip divisions within the governing coalition with some of ethiopians powerful and its coming to see the Prime Minister as weak and locking in focus hyla mahdi im surprised his ignition may not satisfy all of if you press protesters but for some its a start Mohammed Atta walshs era. Well inviting inserted into town as a barber is main Opposition Movement apart after the death of its founder morgan china but he died in neighboring south africa where he was being treated for cancer. Has more from the capital harare. Put in. Many opposition supporters are broken hearted. They say they are struggling to accept the man who led them for nearly twenty years Morgan Tsvangirai is dead. I was definitely shocked. Three days. Ok so we are. Headed to. Prison. The m. D. C. Is National Council has appointed Nelson Chamisa as acting president for twelve months which is likely means he will be the partys president ial candidate when elections take place later this year chamisa is forty years old and popular with the youth we are just four months away from an election and we have lost a commander but i can tell you is that we do not have a crisis. All of the generals on the field of those who are going to be left tennis to make sure that will win the battle in the war against then come in and win this election. But two Senior Party Officials took investments already did not attend thursdays Party Meeting there is speculation they may split the biggest Opposition Party because they dont want to be their boss. That ultimately getting any more we are asked to follow leaders in the opposition have to be managed the transition if they want to keep the Party Tonight was he was the face of zimbabwes opposition to longstanding leader Robert Mugabe for decades and i live long enough to see his rival resign. And facing its first election in nearly two decades without either. Still had here although aljazeera a new lead in the search for two kidnapped federal Police Officers in mexico continues that story on the other side of the break. From flowing the island winds to an enchanting president brings. Welcome back for the start of the Chinese Lunar new year weather conditions across much of central and Southern China are looking fine or at this little bit of rain for shanghai first thing on friday but should clear away and really for traveling weather could be much better across this vast area of china so elsewhere weve got to find conditions for indochina annoyed that twenty six hour find where they stand across lowson into me and mar taiwan just a chance of want to see showers across more Northern Areas heading down into southeastern parts of asia the philippines general looking pretty good at the moment same goes for much of borneo southern portion the indonesian archipelago looking pretty wet all the way from java through towards the west papua some big storms are likely here thirty year high and carter but moving northwards through them in a plane sure through so much up into thailand its all looking draw and fire and it should stay that way through to least the end of saturday but then you might just see this area of rain pushing into southern parts of vietnam later on certainly through toward sunday south asia largely fine picture here to do a bit of mist across Northern Areas but no significant fork at the moment so looking draw and fine it should be fine in sri lanka dont think well see any sherratt to vittie here so were looking at plenty of sunshine for new delhi with the might soon temperature here of twenty six. 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Had a prior warning about the shooting suspect Nicholas Cruz also several rather poser has become south africas new president pushing a message of clean government i think cruciferous the trade union leader turned a multimillionaire replaces jacob zuma whos years in power tainted by multiple corruption scandals thirty Years Parliament is planning to meet on friday as it looks to replace the Prime Minister who suddenly resigned. As announcement follows a violent unrest thats threatened the ruling partys hold on power. About to our top story now in the killing of seventeen students in florida this is americas eighteenth School Shootings so far this year i was only in mid february. But as political hay ripples from washington d. C. Tougher gun laws seem as far away as. The sanctuary of a school punctured with screams. Panicked children flee terrified parents wait weve seen this over and over and over again this is a couple of dozen at high school at universities and at an Elementary School twenty children six adults slaughtered by an automatic weapon then as and now the flags come down and the politicians debate this uniquely american phenomena the core question they ask are guns really to blame President Donald Trump didnt even mention the word gun in his address not even once we are committed to working with state and local leaders to help secure our schools and tackle the difficult issue of Mental Health we have to have smart gun safety laws. And we cannot tolerate a society and and live in a country with any level of pride when our babies are being slaughtered the last Time Congress actually debated gun control after these six year olds were murdered in two thousand and twelve even with the parents of the dead children lobbying them the senate couldnt pass a bill requiring background checks to buy a gun and that proposal is hugely popular according to gallup ninety six percent of americans polled what background checks for all gun purchases seventy five percent want a thirty day waiting period to buy a gun and seventy percent want all guns to be registered with police so why does the popular will not have an impact here on capitol hill well many lawmakers in rural areas are afraid of angering their constituents were guns are more prevalent and theres also the issue of Campaign Money the gun lobby the National Rifle association is very powerful if you add up the money it gives to candidates running ads or lobbying they have contributed more than two hundred three Million Dollars for elections dating back to nine hundred ninety eight now that it has happened again a familiar refrain from people in power we owe it to every one of those kids trying outside their school yesterday you know those who never made it out of that they didnt make it out of a school a supposedly safe place that america clearly isnt anymore and there seems to be little political will to do anything to try and change that pedicle hane aljazeera washington. The Mexican Government is trying to confirm if two dead bodies which have been discovered all those of two kidnapped federal Police Officers now the agents from a special unit went missing ten days ago from ninety eight states on the Pacific Coast they later peered in a you tube video surrounded by heavily armed masked men down home and possible from mexico city. The video first began circulating at the start of the week and it took two federal agents on their knees and surrounded by armed men they were forced to read a statement made up of that hes ations about the treatment of people by Mexican Security forces. Actions like dropping kidnapping and disappearing people with respect to their women or children in the video is really shocking image scary because its rare for federal agents to be treated like this on tape almost in a way thats reminiscent of terrorist propaganda in part the statement the agents were forced to say that the cartel respected the as the authorities and thats why they were still alive but now it seems that the governing could have changed their mind the Attorney Generals Office has released a statement saying the remains have been found that could possibly be the agents and that theyre know for sure within three to five days now the gunmen are identified in the video but ninety the steak with the two agents were kidnapped is in the control of the new Generation Cartel its going to be one of the most powerful in mexico and its been very militant against authorities in its territory in two thousand and fifteen its members shot down an Army Helicopter killing ten soldiers this is more bad news for the government violence has risen to record levels even higher than what was considered the worst period of the drug war and events like this only reinforce the impression of authorities failing to