Coming up in the next sixty minutes. The u. S. President s former chief strategist is questioned in the rush of investigation. Also united in mourning divided on gun control an all too familiar pattern emerges in the wake of americas latest School Shooting spree. Would try to work very hard not to disappoint the people of south africa thank you very much. Also south africas new president is sworn in keen to turn the page on era of scandal and division also. Im scott heiler in bangkok where some say the air pollution levels are at the highest they have ever been and that there is growing criticism of how the government is handling that story coming up. Welcome to the news our state. Allan Donald Trumps combative former chief strategist has been interviewed by investigators examining links between the u. S. President s Election Campaign and russia now its understood he spoke to investigators led by special Counsel Robert Mueller for around twenty hours in two separate meetings where lets get more on this from my kind of our correspondent in washington d. C. What more do we know about this meeting between miller and bannon and what might have been said what we dont know exactly what the questions are but what we do understand from those close to the investigation is that ban and all the questions that were put to him now this is significant was a link the questioning process as you say of the separate sessions lasting some twenty hours but certainly the most high profile person that we know has spoken to the investigation this obviously a major step forward in that particular investigation and important to note too as i said that he did so all the questions that were put to him of course mike he did refuse to answer questions earlier in the week from lawmakers so what seems to have changed in this rather turbulent story that weve been following for what nearly a year now. Well maybe as to supply our the investigation as you say quite correctly hes appeared before the House Intelligence Committee and refused to answer a number of questions quoting white house privilege now lawmakers on their particular committee complained loudly about it saying that he would only answer questions that had basically been vetted and cleared by the white house itself there is strong discussion about whether bannan himself can invoke white house privilege and indeed whether there is any form of white house privilege at all in this Ongoing Investigation but the reason why he possibly speaking to miller is facing the threat of a subpoena now the House Intelligence Committee is considering charging him with contempt of the committee theres discussion going on among members of that committee on that particular issue now one must remember too as well that theres another investigation ongoing and thats the senate Intelligence Committee as yet they have not spoken to steve bannon but hes likely to be getting a subpoena from that committee as well certainly interesting to see whether he answers questions from that particular committee when he wont answer questions from the House Committee itself or from and well leave it there mike of course follow vents with us as the day progresses thank you the other top story thousands of people have gathered for a candlelight vigil to remember the seventeen students killed during a high School Shooting in the u. S. So to florida as they mourn in parklane north of miami its a merge at 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 gallagher has more from the vigil. This is a community in mourning but a people determined to come together the grieving process will be long and painful the wounds may never heal many here is still in shock but determined that this should never happen again i mean bullets were in my daughters classroom yesterday. Her friends are a lot of her friends died and this is enough for eddie and i dont know what its going to take but we have to do something we have to that we cant just be idle and forget about this. Mobile video from inside the school shows the horror that children have to enjoy or. Have students sauber forced to run past bodies of fallen classmates or you Nicholas Jacob cruz. Is here the suspected shooter nineteen year old Nicholas Cruz appeared in court charged with seventeen counts of premeditated murder hes now confessed to the killings is lawyer describes cruz as a broken human being the sadness that this community is feeling i mean my children are there they go to school in this community i feel horrible for these families and. Mr cruz feels that pain. Its also known that the f. B. I. Investigated a comment left on you tube by someone using the screen name Nicholas Cruz it 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. Yeah yeah conducted database reviews checked with them was unable to further identify the person who actually made the motive for this attack is still unknown but among the dead at the schools assistant football coach he threw himself in front of his students to protect them from a hail of bullets his team simply tweeted he died a hero his sacrifice wont soon be forgotten and he gallacher aljazeera parkland florida and well have more analysis on that story later in the news out moving on now on the u. S. Secretary of state says hes had open and productive talks with turkeys president rest of the one Rex Tillerson is on the fifth and final leg of his middle east toll ties between the two countries have been strained in recent months over u. S. Support for kurdish fighters in syria jordan tells us why the u. S. Attack you havent been seeing eye to eye. Theres a saying you dance with the ones who brought you in mandate syria the u. S. Military is supporting the Syrian Defense forces local fighters who helped liberate the city for myself. Just one problem the s. D. F. Is led by curved whom turkey considers a mortal enemy. Once again is demanding washington abandon the s. D. F. And pull its own forces out of syria he can introduce and how that you can why are you standing around go ahead and leave who did you bring there. I b g u k k if you take them there and you are still telling us not to come the moment we will come to my message to deliver the land to its true owners. The us response not happening we need to stay here until that political environment is stable in our security here our presence here provides that level stabilization and bring security. Or its just the latest in a number of issues that have driven in washington apart going back to the start of the Syrian Civil War in two thousand and eleven turkey became increasingly frustrated that the United States wasnt helping it achieve its goal of bringing down a side and the United States became increasingly frustrated by turkey support for radical groups whats more the u. S. Is still refusing to extradite the cleric that. Accused of plotting the failed two thousand and sixteen coup against her to one all this has the turkish president jockeying for closer ties with russia and attacking the u. S. As a proto enemy everywhere he goes the anti american message is resonating a recent poll found that seventy nine percent of turks hold an unfavorable view of the u. S. Government just eighteen percent have a favorable view even people to people ties are affected sixty seven percent of turks have an unfavorable view of americans roslyn jordan aljazeera washington. Well Eliot Ellison was in lebanon where he wall that has been laws influence and regional conflicts is threatening the countrys security now the secretary of state made the comments after meeting lebanese president michel aoun and Prime Minister saad hariri and also them to uphold lebanons commitment to ensure calm on the southern border with israel. 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 ten melty millionaire replaces jacob zuma whose ears empowered tainted by scandals division allegations of corruption rob matheson has more from johannesburg. Christian. Its taken more than nine years but several ram opposing finally has what he wants the leadership of south africa and his nomination members of his party the ruling a. N. C. Have 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 humility. With faithfulness and with dignity as well but within minutes hence one big hurdle the new president must face we dont have and jacob zuma problem we have in n c problem. Is that im 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 the last election voters have High Expectations of their new leader i am happy. Or even sure. This. Economy some great deal to. Tell she was there because i must admit you were not helping much and run a poser 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. The infighting is starting to turn zimbabwes main Opposition Movement apart after the death of its founder Morgan Chiang Rai he died in neighboring south africa where he was being treated for cancer or would toss a has more from the capital harare. Put in and. 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 notice. Ok so we had. Made it it. Was. 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. Of the generals on the field of those who are going to be left turners to make sure that the battle in the war again and then come in and win this election. But two Senior Party Officials talk with 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. I want. To get a. Chance to follow leaders in the opposition have to help me manage the transition if they want to keep the party tonight. He was the face of zimbabwes opposition to longstanding leader Robert Mugabe for decades so i get i live long enough to see his rival resign. And facing its first election in nearly two decades without either of. Plenty more still ahead here on the aljazeera news hour including a former australian Prime Minister whose government left refugees languishing in offshore prison camps back tracks on his own hard line policies. Also the u. S. Ambassador calls for a new War Crimes Court to investigate alleged atrocities by the cost of a Liberation Army. And then spawned the us a golden girl picks up our first olympic title impaling chang jo more about mcallister the next time i. Hear pierce parliament is planning to meet on friday as it looks to replace the Prime Minister who resigned suddenly haile mariam the last son announcement follows often violent unrest thats threaten the ruling partys hold on power mohammed are reports. In a televised address and sadies it is ignition was wide tall for cheating the changes Necessary Evil sustainable peace and democracy in ethiopia in other words an attempt to ease rising tensions in the country because unity for which in my circuit 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 on a consensus figure. Has led if you have to since two thousand and twelve following the death of former Prime Minister and the architect of if you press a recent economic boom melissa. He rolls from relative obscurity as an a can they make to president of the solvent region before being appointed foreign minister whos an 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 to have witnessed must have demonstrations in recent months with protest as 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 atmos isolation of the countrys politics of 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 ethiopians youth driving many to view protests as the only viable means of bringing about many people change their own going disturbances have 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 lacking in focus hyla madi im surprised his ignition may not satisfy all of if you press protesters but for some its us but behind it all just. Here the bastards are kosovo says the semi autonomous region must allow a new War Crimes Court to investigate alleged atrocities by the Kosovo Liberation Army hes been speaking to aljazeera has cost of a past twelve ten years after declaring itself independent country symons reports now from the kosovo serb town of correction in china Silvano Marinko of each has vivid memories of her husband and theres no end to her grief hes been missing for nearly twenty years silvana says it was tough bringing up their two daughters alone but it see put out of all the difficulties i face the hardest thing is when my daughter is ask where their father is. Silvana is convinced that kosovo albanian fighters abducted her husband along with hundreds of other people shes put much of her energy campaigning for a Nongovernment Organization thats demanding justice for relatives of those whove gone missing goran disappeared in june one thousand nine hundred nine according to n. G. O. S hes among an estimated five hundred kosovo still missing and according to the government the figure of kosovar albanians stands at twelve hundred naturally the word missing still has a project resonance right across calls over and still after all this time theres a clamoring for some form of justice or closure because of the Liberation Army stands accused of abductions and atrocities a special court was set up to investigate but casillas leadership many of them kalay veterans have spent the past six months trying to get rid of it although now theyve agreed to it again not even the brand then everything how do you feel personally about. A possible indictment im very confident i am very proud on that what we did on our freedom fighting i dont know whos going to be prosecuted most of the pressure on kosovos leaders has come from the United States what i do know is the special corps important because of future both in domestic rule of law terms but also to demonstrate to the International Community the cause of our can keep its word none of this diplomacy about a special court impresses silvana magic of h. Or if they really wanted to do something they could have done it a long time ago the un place had testimony that was still fresh but they wanted to hide the truth. And silvana as distrust is shared by many of those still waiting for any word on the fate of their loved ones Andrew Symonds aljazeera gretchen. In kosovo. Neither side of your own Television News station are allowed to be a has surrendered its right to broadcast in the United Kingdom or though the reasons for the move remain unclear cattle had formally complained to the u. K. Television regulator ofcom over the airing of fake quotes attributed to the gu