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A lot of time was spent talking about the gupta family jacob zuma was accused of using his influence back when he was president to help them set up a news paper its alleged that he made a phone call to a Government Official a transcript of their phone calls without during the commission and as a leads jacob zuma told this Government Official my brother they are these gupta guys we need to meet with you and need your help please help them so you know was in us to respond and he said i dont remember making the score it might have happened he did insist he is friends with the gupta says it is family does speak to the doctors but he says no law has been broken he says all this is part of a Conspiracy Theory that goes back to about 20 years any alleges they are players for foreign and local who are trying to remove him because he says he thinks its because he knows too much when he started speaking at the hearing he claimed that he knows he has a list of people who are corrupt and hes threatened to release that list what will be the implications if he does or some people assume there could be some top officials on that list if it is released and the names are announced questions will be asked what did they do. And what is the way forward zuma will be making an appearance from monday to friday after the commissioners at the hearing say they need to bring him back then they will mark his testifying he came here to address some of his supporters who insist that he is innocent they also believe as part of a Conspiracy Theory and they plan to also be outside the hearing out of the commission every single day saying they support critics of zuma say that he is indeed guilty theyre going to blame him for destroying the country who blame him for presiding of a corruption when he was president say they want him held to account still to come here on aljazeera after another week and hong kongs leader risks further inflaming tensions and go 1st. Protestors as rioters. Monsoon rains lead to devastating flooding across south asia. Hello again its good to have you back well as i want to take you down here towards the southeastern part of china particular down here toward gone joe over the last few days we have seen some very heavy rain across much of the area this is due is video showing the flooding situation as it continues here now over 670000. 00 people have had to be evacuated across much of this area and were going to be seeing more rain as you can see its going to continue over the next few weeks typical of the forecast map as we go towards tuesday the rains going to continue across much of the area there but for hong kong it is going to be just cloudy conditions and very humid for you we do expect to see a temperature there of 33 degrees getting a little bit clearer so more sun coming into play in your temperature rising to about 35 as we go towards wednesday well here across india the rain has been quite hard across much of northeastern india were talking a pall as well as bhutan as well you can see those clouds are there pushing through the rains going to continue here on tuesday so the flash flood threat is still a very significant problem up towards new delhi though we do expect to see some rain in the forecast thats going to bring the temperatures down to about 30 degrees maybe coming up to about 32 as we go towards wednesday but down here towards carola state rain very very heavy of the next few days bengaluru we do expect to see a temperature of 20 some degrees and i do about rain at 33. On counting the cost 3. 00 decades off the collapse of the soviet union russia is gauging with africa to raise its political clout and we look at the economics behind so hes decision to buy the s. 400 and f. 35. 00 Stealth Bomber counting the cost on a just. Its 50 years since the world watched as u. S. Astronauts lost set off on a mission many adults impossible. Then modeled as they made the 1st uncertain steps. To join us as we look at the ingenuity and those who made the journey of a 111 possible. 50 years on and the aljazeera news special. Welcome back youre watching aljazeera reminder of our top stories today the latest diplomatic efforts to bring iran and the u. S. Back to the negotiating table appears to have ended without any major breakthrough at a meeting in brussels e. U. Foreign ministers downplayed irans decision to enrich uranium above the limits of the 2050 nuclear deal but they failed to reach a solution to the growing us iran tensions. American president has once again lashed out at a group of 4 high profile Congress Women donald trump is demanding an apology for what he called horrible and disgusting actions. And he told the Congress Women to go back home to where they come from. Former South African president jacob zuma has told an inquiry into government corruption that he is the target of a conspiracy mr zuma was forced from office last year accused of overseeing the mass looting of state farms. A roadside bomb has killed at least 13 people in southern afghanistan another 33 civilians were wounded in the explosion which targeted a truck in kandahar as car craze district. 2 Health Workers fighting the Ebola Outbreak in the democratic republic of congo have been found murdered in their homes the killings in north kivu province follows attacks on a boner clinics and stuff doctors have discovered the 1st case of the virus in the provincial capital goma the citys home to a 1000000 People Experts are concerned the virus could spread quickly in the densely populated area close to the border with rwanda since the latest outbreak last august almost 1700 people have died. Well the confirmed case has prompted the World Health Organization to reconsider whether it should declare the a break as a global emergency. The identification of the cure is in goma could potentially be a game changer in this epidemic we are confident in the measures we are put in place and hope that we will see no further transmission of ebola in goma nevertheless we cannot be too careful i have therefore decided to reconvene the Emergency Committee as soon as possible to assess the threat of this development Catherine Sawyer has more now from Nairobi Kenya so many history of Health Officials in the our congress say that the situation in. The couple of north kivu is pretty much under control they say that they have been preparing for months for such an outcome and have been sensitizing people as well as setting up hand washing areas in different places so they say its unlikely that the disease is going to spread farther but its always a concern because this is one of the may just cities in the are congo has about a 1000000 People Living there its right at the border with a random and this man whose case was concerned is actually a pastor who had traveled to the temple about 200 kilometers north of to pray for patients so he was quickly isolated on arrival in goma and is being transported and a very heavy security from the military back to the temple the people who were with him in the bassus traveling in have also been isolated and are being vaccinated as well but we also did speak to an official of the International Federation of the red cross who has just come back from those areas and hes saying that hes concerned that this seeing the disease coming back in areas like benni where it had been contained. The flaring up in bernie again a place where we had cases of the beginning where the number of cases that gone down and where are we seeing now. The outbreak raging again and this is the new a. P. Center of of the outbreak the ministry of health has also confirmed that 2 community Health Workers who were very involved in spreading awareness in some of these areas that have been affected in particular that they were killed on saturday night its not clear who killed them but they have been receiving threats from their work theyve been receiving threats since december and this just goes to show how precarious the security situation is in some of these areas the hong kong leader kerry for anger protesters demanding her resignation by calling them rioters she made those comments at a hospital while visiting 3 Police Officers who were injured during the clashes on sunday and thousands of people in hong kong are demanding the full withdrawal of an extradition bill all rallies are planned in the coming weeks. So koreas president is urging japan to resume talks on the escalating trade disputes g. M. Says the japanese economy suffered from the recent restrictions imposed on high tech exports to south korea trade negotiators failed to Reach Agreement in talks last week. The u. N. Security council has voted unanimously to authorize the Monitoring Mission in yemens port city of data for another 6 months representatives of yemens government and hoofy rebel fighters have been meeting for a 2nd day to discuss a pullout of forces from the city the talks are taking place on board a u. N. Vessel through deployment from who data was a critical part of the sweet and ceasefire deal reached in december of last year. Monsoon rains have left a trail of devastation across several countries in the pile at least 67 people have been killed in flash floods and landslides dozens of people are missing and 10000 others have been displaced at least 10 people have died in floods in bangladesh monsoon rains there sweeping away houses leaving thousands of people with no homes some of the worst damage has been in refugee camps in coxs bazar to 1000000 refugees and in me and mom heavy rain and high river levels of forced thousands from their homes the northern catchin states is the worst affected with 14000 people theyre being displaced. Well the heavy rains have also caused havoc in northeast india with more than a 1000000 people displaced flash flooding in the region killing 10 people farmland and residential areas have been submerged after rivers burst their banks so the carrot is more. Those living in northeastern india were prepared for the monsoon rains but not for this. So much rain has fallen the Brahmaputra River has burst its banks watering up entire villages. 6 this family is safe and now. They are among nearly a 1000000 people who have been displaced by the flooding in the state of. With thousands of homes under water some have been forced to take refuge on rooftops. While others are doing all they can. To protect their families from the ongoing rains. The deluge has also triggered mudslides and several people have been killed. Others have turned to government run camps for relief. All farmers are worried about their crops so that. As soon as farmers began sowing and irrigating the land thats when the rain began its been extreme 72 hours of continuous rain the water level kept rising and then slowly submerged our farmland nearly all of our crops have been destroyed so its not just india affected by the heavy rains dozens have been killed in neighboring nepal and bangladesh. While this couple didnt let the rain dampen their wedding theres not much to celebrate for thousands of others here in india more monsoon rains are for cost and the floodwaters are expected to continue to rise in the coming days so to hide out and josina. Campaigns being launched in georgia to attract tourists after a dispute with moscow led to a big fall in visitor numbers the russian president Vladimir Putins imposed a flight ban and ordered russian citizens to return home under simmons reports now from tbilisi. To news to break up the Many Russians at this time of year in this part of the world from the black sea to the capital city to russian easy to find. Ethnic russians who are. Making the trip. Here. In. Nations should live. Our history. With. Many people. Now. To try to persuade people. To. Spend. 65. Percent of. What started as a small facebook. As quickly morphed into something much bigger the campaign is reaching out to russians. Who are. And they travel freely to this country they experience. This. Is a russian business woman who lives in georgia she says putin has made claims that russians. I dont feel are now and. The. People. And now its not change the georgian government heard forecasts more than 1800000. 00 russian tourists would visit this year now one bank is predicting half that number and 300000000. 00 of revenue will be lost if the flight band goes on the placing that shortfall with new markets will be hard if not impossible Andrew Simmons aljazeera to please. India space agency is blaming a technical snag for the delayed launch of its 2nd mission to the moon chandrayaan 2 is jus to carry a lunar lander and remotely operated rover to the unexplored south pole its pretty to say 11 years ago helped to discover water molecules Francisco Diego is a Senior Research fellow at the department of physics and astronomy at the University College london he says global unity is the key to future space exploration. Kind of even like a kind of space race between the Asian Countries actually china india and japan but i think its a very healthy competition in this case india is going to continue with. Chandra and one that discover water in the near the south pole of the moon a notch and i and 2 is going to be launching through that area with a line there and we thought rover to explore the possibilities of finding what there you know more you know more that act way with more that the evidence so it is very complimentary to what all the nations are doing it is called. Welcome if youre just joining us 30 minutes past the hour these are your top stories the latest diplomatic efforts to bring iran and the u. S. Back to the negotiating table appear to have ended without any major breakthrough at a meeting in brussels the Foreign Ministers downplayed irans decision to enrich uranium above the limits of the 2050 nuclear deal but there was no solution to the growing tensions between the u. S. And iran after that meeting in brussels that you use Foreign Policy chief for the record greeny said e. U. Powers remain committed to keeping the Nuclear Deal Alive different reality is that the deal has. Avoided that you dont develop a Nuclear Weapon so it has been effective and i think that today everybody recognizes that there is no alternative today to that deal and so it is extremely important to keep it in place at 4 i can also say that a full implementation of the agreement to which we are definitely committed as europeans and ever see as an International Community at large is also key in keeping the situation as calm as possible in the region the us president has once again lashed out at a group of 4 high profile Congress Women donald trump is demanding an apology for what he called quote horrible and disgusting actions comes a day after he sent racially charged tweets to the politicians telling them to go back to where they come from. One of the Congress Women whose face trumps rough is for a she to sleep she remains defiant this is our country and no amount of hate filled bullying from the white house is going to change that were going to fight back together and were going to become stronger for it please know that ill never back down no bully no kind of attack to silence me is going to work trumpet ministration is tightening asylum rules in a bid to cut the number of migrants arriving on the Us Mexico Border the new regulations will prohibit like wants to reside in the 3rd country from seeking asylum in the us jacob zuma has told an inquiry into government corruption in south africa hes the target of a conspiracy hes accused of overseeing the mass looting of state phones those are your headlines the news continues after counting the cost. Of like. A law and has some say get this is counting the cost on aljazeera your weekly look at the world of business and economics this week 3 decades after the collapse of the soviet union putins russia is being gauging with africa to increase more than its political clout. Miss our systems that could still up and turkeys economy we look at the economics behind the s 400 and the f. 35 Stealth Bomber. And as google prepares to launch its challenger in the Games Industry we find out if it could be game over for the likes of sony and microsoft. So as the soviet union imploded it turned its back on the african continent in the 1990 s. But now under president putin russia is making a push to engage the reason is simple western sanctions the pivot to china hasnt been a huge success and hopes of billions of dollars in investment from the middle east havent arrived in the quantities expected plus african votes count in the United Nations russias trade with africa rose 26 percent to 17400000000. 00 in 2017 moscow doesnt have the financial power of beijing just in 2017 trade with africa amounted to 170000000000. 00 the u. S. Is of course worried its trade with Subsaharan Africa was 39000000000. 00 in 2017 and this is what russia is doing in africa it has oil and gas deals with algeria egypt ghana nigeria and mozambique it has Nuclear Deals in place with rwanda zambia and south africa although that is in limbo while it is a big supplier of arms to egypt algeria sudan and angola moscow is increasing support across the continent. Well thats not a comprehensive list by any means but lets get more on russias interest in africa now joini