Obama makes sufficient new changes on climate change. He is one of south africas controversial politicians once described as a future president and he was expelled from the anc in 2012 and already has a conviction for hate speech and this morning he arrived in court to face charges of racketeering fraud, corruption and Money Laundering charges he says are politically motivated and these are pictures just outside the courthouse where hundreds of supporters have gathered. They are being kept well back from the courthouse by tight security right now South African Police not allowing supporters to get any where near the courthouse while he is inside. Lets hear now from our correspondence miller. We want the president to answer a simple question when is he paid the money. Reporter in resent months he has been at the forefront for calls for south africas president to address allegations of are corruption from his private residence paid by taxpayers. This week he goes to court to face the mus
Life and meet the sisters who gave up a piece of themselves to save their father. Iran nuclear deal with wars in syria and yemen and the complicated relationship between the United States and the middle east all on the table at a highlevel meeting here in doha. We have the leaders of the gulf cooperation council, long time allies of the United States and rivals with iran. Saudi arabia is leading the coalition against Houthi Rebels in yemen. United states and secretary of state john kerry architect of the Iran Nuclear Deal and Sergei Fedorov one of irans closest allies and russia is a defender of russia president assad and here at the meeting in doha and important topics and what do you hear about what is suspected and fears of the g. C. C. . Crucial gathering indeed jane, the americans are not trying to sell the Irans Nuclear deal to the g. C. C. Saying this is something that is going to curb Irans Nuclear ambitions and lead to prosperity in the region but they are very skeptical and s
This is Aljazeera America good morning live from new york city im randall pinkston. Thousands of firefighters are working to contain hundreds of wildfires burning across the state in california. Theyve burned more than 100,000 acres of land, destroying homes and roads along the way. We have more. Fires are burning all along the west coast but the worst hit area is northern california. The largest fires burning north of San Francisco where it has destroyed two dozen homes. Day and night firefighters are racing against the clock trying to contain wildfires blazing in california, washington and oregon. Doomsday, thats what it looked like. The flames are fueled by lightning, trees and high temperatures. We have seen a couple of spot fires and those escalate, got pretty big and took up the mountain. Firefighting planes are making the rounds, including dc10 tankers releasing fire retardant. An Evacuation Order has been issued north of San Francisco. One resident is temporarily camping in an
Barack obama releases his plan to tackle World Climate change with less than two years in power. This sport could be the victim of a conspiracy. The u. S. Secretary of state and russias foreign minlts has minister have offered their support to the gulf states, as they deal with the threat from i. S. I. L. And the fallout from the wests nuclear deal with iran. U. S. Secretary of state john kerry and foreign minister Sergey Lavrov met in doha. Hashem ahelbarra reports. Reporter a delicate mission for u. S. Secretary of state. John kerry is trying oconvince long standing allies that irans deal with world powers will bring peace and prosperity. Translator the five other European Countries have technologies on what john kerry demonstrated about irans development of Nuclear Weapons and also we hope for more than this. Not only for iran but to remove them from fears, the u. S. Has offered to sell advanced weapons and upgrade the regions defense capabilities. Today my counterparts and i discus