also coming up jacob zuma faces trial south africa's chief prosecutor says that he will charge the former president with corruption and an arms deal and we will go live with reaction from cape town plus. one of the big good german and vishal public offerings that in fact a demon spins off its health care business. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program great to have you with us another salvo in the standoff between russia and western allies over the poisoning of a former double agent in britain british foreign secretary boris johnson has said that it was likely that russian president vladimir putin personally ordered the nerve agent attack on sergei scribal and his daughter here's what johnson had to say. all quarrel is with putin is criminal and with his decision and we think it overwhelmingly likely that it was his decision to direct the use of a nerve agent on the streets of of the u.k. on the streets of europe for the first time since the second world war that is that is why we are at odds with russia and in response a kremlin spokesperson has called that statement by boris johnson sh

african president jacob zuma will face corruption charges. and we think it over will be likely that it was his decision to direct the use of a nerve agent on the streets of the you killed the streets of europe for the first time since the second world war you can see foreign minister blames president vladimir putin directly for ordering the poisoning of a former russian spy and his doctor plus. i'm catherine sawyer in nairobi all the tell you about keep their us super heroes and why every other child wants to be just like them. their warm welcome to the program a russian airstrike on a besieged syrian on davis killed sixty one people the strike hit a market timing of kuffar but not within rebel held east of of the syrian government and its russian and they radio and allies launched an offensive to capture the area months ago just driving out civilians in their thousands further north turkish that forces are preparing to attack the city of a free alan fischer reports. it's ability of stark brutal contrasts. with the line between life and death

south african president jacob zuma will face corruption charges. and we think it will be legally likely that it was his decision to direct the use of a nerve agent on the streets of the u.k. on the streets of yours for the first time since the second world war he a case foreign minister blames president vladimir putin directly for ordering the poisoning of a former russian spy and his daughter plus a mentor it's almost in sydney which this weekend hosts a special as against summits but australia isn't faults about the other group of southeast asian countries so why is the something big here. russian airstrike on a besieged syrian on play this killed sixty one people warplanes had a market in the town of kafir but not within rebel held east and kota the syrian government and its russian and their radian allies launched an offensive to capture the area months ago which is now driving at civilians in their thousands further north turkish that forces are preparing to attack the city of a frame where the u.n. says forty eight thousand people and displac

because the change of leadership here in february president jacob zuma resigned he was replaced i said well run a poser and so many south africans are hoping that the many corruption scandals that plague zumiez will now be investigated so people are still hoping waiting to see if people will actually be held to account following that change of power right now with the breaking tory of that corruption charges will be pursued against former president jacob zuma thank you. time now for a sport where sana thank you very much rachelle the quarter final draw for the champions league has been made and delivered some thrilling ties two time defending champions real madrid will face italian side eventis in a repeat of last season's final that was won by the spanish side then it is it outside our building and to become the first team to win europe's top club competition three straight times in more than forty years. well one of the year two remaining english teams will be eliminated after liverpool were drawn with manchester city for the first time in european competition the reds are the only s

south africa's former president jacob zuma is set to face prosecution for sixteen charges of corruption is accused of fraud racketeering and money laundering over a two and a half billion dollars government arms deal signed in the one nine hundred ninety s. when he was deputy president zuma denies any wrongdoing and web reports from pretoria . began with a two billion dollars deal between south africa and a french arms company in the one nine hundred ninety s. . these fighter jets were part of it. and prosecutors say this man jacob zuma was paid bribes to secure the deal he was charged with corruption in two thousand and five but the charges were later dropped shortly before he became president zuma resigned in february and now south africa's prosecutor says the case is back on i am of of the view that a trial court would be the most appropriate forum for these issues to be ventilated and to be decided upon after consideration of the matter. i am of the view that there are reasonable prospects of a successful prosecution of mr zuma and the charges listed in the indictment. charges one o

and prosecutors say this man jacob zuma was paid bribes to secure the deal. he was charged with corruption in two thousand and five but the charges were later dropped shortly before he became president zuma resigned in february and now south africa's prosecutor says the case is back on i am of of of the view that a trial court would be the most appropriate forum for these issues to be ventilated and to be decided upon after consideration of the matter i am of the view that there are reasonable prospects of a successful prosecution of mr zuma and the charges listed in the indictment. charges one of several scandals that hung over as soon as nine presidency. here he's seen leading one of his many court hearings press in opposition accused him of handing control of parts of the state to private interest is always denied charges and accusations the prosecutors who work in this office drops the arms deal corruption charges against zuma the that he became president they said they had recordings of conversations that showed that there had been political meddling in

south africa's former president jacob zuma is facing prosecution for corruption the charges include fraud racketeering and money laundering over a two point five billion dollars arms deal signed in the one nine hundred ninety s. zuma denies any wrongdoing as malcolm webb reports from pretoria. it began with a two billion dollars deal between south africa and a french arms company in the one nine hundred ninety s. . these fighter jets were part of it. and prosecutors say this man jacob zuma was paid bribes to secure the deal he was charged with corruption in two thousand and five the charges were later dropped shortly before he became president zuma resigned in february and now africa's prosecutor says the case is back on i am of the of the view that a trial court would be the most appropriate forum for these issues to be ventilated and to be decided upon after consideration of the matter i am of the view that there are reasonable prospects of a successful prosecution of mr zuma and the charges listed in the indictment. charges one of several scandals that hung i resume as a nine year pres

thanks for joining me up front given you investigated former president jacob zuma when you were public protector of south africa up until twenty sixteen and given you wrote to incriminating reports about him how much credit should south africans give to you for hastening his departure from office last month well i think if. i don't expect any credit because i was paid to do my and i did the best we could and i was working with a team every member of the team should get some of the credit south africans to so it gets the credit because if it wasn't for the. people enforcing some of the decisions i made those decisions would not have been made and they traditionally in the media also played their roles in making sure that the truth came out south africa's national prosecuting authority has plans to announce in the coming weeks whether they're going to pursue the eighteen charges for over seven hundred counts of corruption money laundering fraud and racketeering against zuma that date back to an illicit arms deal from over a decade ago it's a case that's been dismissed and reinstated in t

thanks for joining me up front given you investigated former president jacob zuma when you were public protector of south africa up until twenty sixteen and given you wrote two incriminating report about him how much credit should south africans give to you for hastening his departure from office last month well i think if. i don't expect any credit because i was paid to do my and i did. could and i was working with the team every member of the team should get some of the credit south africans to so it gets the credit because if it wasn't. the. people enforcing some of the decisions i made those decisions would not have been made and they traditionally in the media also played their roles in making sure that the truth came out south africa's national prosecuting authority has plans to announce in the coming weeks whether they're going to pursue eighteen charges for over seven hundred counts of corruption money laundering fraud and racketeering against zuma that date back to an illicit arms deal from over a decade ago it's a case that's been dismissed and reinstated in the court in the

also on the show jacob zuma was forced to stand down as president of south africa last month i'll talk to his nemesis the anti corruption czar. about his fall from power and the future of the a.n.c. . common union crew thanks for joining me front it's been five months since hurricane maria devastated the u.s. territory of puerto rico where you are the mayor of the capital city san juan right now what in your view is the single biggest challenge for people living on the island how bad is the situation there still. first of all mary thank you very much for the opportunity to continue to other viewers in the united states and around the world right now the aftermath of medea has if that had to summarize it has contributed to our social melt them suicide rates have gone up crime is at the same level that it was before madiao which just was at a high level still about thirty percent of the population does not have any electricity we have towns in the inner side of the island that have no electricity whatsoever and the reconstruction and transformation of puerto rico does not seem to get off

thanks for joining me up front given you investigated former president jacob zuma when you were public protector of south africa up until twenty sixteen and given you wrote to incriminating report about him how much credit should south africans give to you for hastening his departure from office last month well i think if. i don't expect any credit because i was paid to do my and i did. could i was with him with a team every member of the team should get some of the credit south africans to so it gets the credit because if it wasn't for the. people enforcing some of the decisions i made those decisions would not have been made and they traditionally in the media also played their roles in making sure that the truth came out south africa's national prosecuting authority has plans to announce in the coming weeks whether they're going to pursue eighteen charges for over seven hundred counts of corruption money laundering fraud and racketeering against zuber that date back to an illicit arms deal from over a decade ago it's a case that's been dismissed and reinstated in the court in the pa

but just how serious all thes charges facing a jacob zuma. these charges good evening this charges already very serious i mean it'siding on full circle now in fact sixteen years since he'srmcr shopping shank was charged with. corruption and. charged with corrupting jacob zuma in fact and the judge at that timeound that there was a corrupt relationship bween shopping shake hands in what was then knock president at the time. but at the end and show me shake was saying to jail for fifte years young he served two of those soul so is the fallout also you know more than an eight guy. this is being hanging on asd to ptponend get the charges droed and the of course. he was president's and now. he said he drag ona very long time seval years probably. because the alms deal also. has a lot of otheeoe foreign companies of he will probably also managed to seoul as he's done in the last couple of years. bucks yes we've got we've already seen behind bars i think. that really reminds state you see. is there a feeling of the new leadership the in in south afr

also odd to see it up on the talkie syria border south africa's former president jacob zuma is facing prosecution for corruption the charges include fraud racketeering and money laundering a two point five billion dollar arms deal signed in the one nine hundred ninety s. zuma denies any wrongdoing as malcolm webb reports from pretoria. it began with a two billion dollar deal between south africa and a french arms company in the one nine hundred ninety s. . these fighter jets were part of it. and prosecutors say this man jacob zuma was paid bribes to secure the deal he was charged with corruption in two thousand and five the charges were later dropped shortly before he became president zuma resigned in february and now africa's prosecutor says the case is back on i am of the view of the view that a trial court would be the most appropriate forum for these issues to be ventilated and to be decided upon after consideration of the matter i am of the view that there are reasonable prospects of a successful prosecution of mr zuma on the charges listed in the indictment. charges one of sever

former south african president jacob zuma will face corruption charges. overwhelmingly likely that it was his decision to direct the use of a nerve agent on the streets of the you killed the streets of europe for the first time since the second world war the u.k. foreign minister blames president vladimir putin directly for ordering the poisoning of a former russian spy and his still. and i'm far as small have all the day's sport as a draw for the quarter finals of the champions league has been made to tom holders around the dribble faced eventis and a repeat of last season's final. affair warm welcome to the new say russian air strike on a besieged syrian enclave has killed sixty one people one planes hit a market in the town of kufa but not within rebel held east and kuta of the syrian government and its russian and it radio and allies launched an offensive to capture the area months ago which is driving out civilians in their thousands for the north turkish led forces are preparing to attack the city of a free with the un says forty eight thousand peop

calling for the slaughter of white people at least not yet despite that the country's former president jacob zuma described him as being a future leader the rate of murders and violent attacks on farmers and landowners has risen in recent years according to official figures seventy two percent of the country's farmers are white early we've put this issue up for debate. people do not own land in south africa legally white people out of ideas from europe in six inches to two they killed our people they stole our land all oppressed us all the land they have his land up there was taken from us by force and in many instances by my success we all visit the shirt every king proving there was the blood type of south africa that came from the north that is well documented. even thank you for

south africa's former president jacob zuma is facing prosecution prosecution for corruption the charges against him include fraud record tearing and money laundering of a two point five billion dollars deal signed in the one nine hundred ninety s. zuma denies any wrongdoing. illegal applications being filed in australia against me and. she's in sydney as part of a special summit of southeast asian leaders lawyers are attempting to prosecute her on charges of crimes against humanity in relation to the treatment of me and. those are the headlines talked to al-jazeera is up this is really an attack on the truth itself is a lot of misunderstanding of what free speech is supposed to be about the context of hugely important setting the stage for a serious debate up front at this time on al-jazeera. international. you will. see. cyprus has long had an important geopolitical position in the mediterranean but it's been at the center of disputes nine hundred seventy which is divided beyond. the republic of cyprus is controlled by greek cypriots and is recognized by the international community in

in two thousand and nine jacob zuma came to power having sold himself to south africa as the people's president he promised to grow the economy fight poverty and create millions of jobs. nine years later and it hasn't ended well last month zuma amidst growing corruption allegations step down a south african president forced out by his own governing african national congress the liberation party voted for to party it and one of them. to the decision to resign as president of the power within the bank. his links to an influential billionaire business family the captors were revealed last year in a mess of paradise paper style data leak the cooked leaks appear to reveal how these three brothers a.j. are tall and rich who are friends with former president jacob zuma and in business to one of his sons set up a vast network of patronage offering monetary rewards in return for political loyalty to zuma. so hard trenched is corruption in south africa we are someone who know a businessman who pays bribes to put in government tenders he spoke to us on condition we hid his identity there's an ex

in two thousand and nine jacob zuma came to power having sold himself to south africa as the people's president he promised to grow the economy fight poverty and create millions of jobs. nine years later and it hasn't ended well last month zuma amidst growing corruption allegations step down a south african president forced out by his own governing african national congress the liberation party voted for to party it and one of them. to the decision to resign as president of the power within the bank. his links to an influential billionaire business family the captors were revealed last year in a mess of paradise paper style data leak the corrupt leaks appear to reveal how these three brothers a.j. are tall and rich who are friends with former president jacob zuma and in business of one of his sons set up a vast network of patronage offering monetary rewards in return for political loyalty to zuma. so hard trenched is corruption in south africa we are someone who know a businessman who pays bribes to put in government tenders he spoke to us on condition we hit his identity there's an e

for the slaughter of white people at least not yet despite that though the country's former president jacob zuma has described him as a future leader the rate of murders and violent attacks on farmers and landowners has risen in recent years in the cording to official figures seventy two percent of the country's farmers are white earlier we put the issue up for debate. people do not own land in south africa legally white people out alive from europe in six inches to two they killed our people they stole our land all oppressed us all the land they have his land there was taken from us by force and in many instances by my success we all visitors to south africa including there were the blood types of south africa that came from the north that is well documented. thank you for the land and the position of the black tribes that only the first occupants of south

this is d w news live from berlin south africa's former president faces trial jacob zuma is set to face charges of fraud racketeering and money laundering the chief prosecutor believes that there are reasonable prospects of a successful prosecution we will go live to cape town also coming up british foreign secretary force johnson says it is likely that russian president vladimir putin personally ordered the nerve agents attack on a former british spy. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program thanks for joining us south africa's chief prosecutor has announced that he is charging former president jacob zuma with corruption the ruling a.n.c. party forced zuma to resign as head of state last month after years of corruption related scandal he will now be prosecuted on a variety of corruption charges including fraud racketeering and money laundering charges stem from a multi-billion dollar government arms purchase in the late one nine hundred ninety s. when zuma was deputy president. and for more let's bring in journalist alice van gelder who is following that story for us from cape town welco

this is d w news live from south africa's former president faces trial jacob zuma is to face charges of fraud racketeering and money laundering the chief prosecutor believes there are reasonable prospects of a successful prosecution and we will be live with the latest from cape town. also coming up tension in germany's new government the interior minister says that islam does not belong in germany but chancellor angela merkel has previously contradicted ham and british foreign secretary boris johnson says it is likely that russian president vladimir putin personally ordered the nerve agent attack on a former spy and for ten. plus despite years of controversy of the niger delta is still nigeria's one of its most polluted regions in the world in a new report amnesty international accuses oil giants shell of and any of responding to oil spills to supposedly we will look at why so little progress seems to have been made. welcome to the program thanks for joining us south africa's chief prosecutor has announced that he is charging former president jacob zuma with corruption the ruling a.n

in two thousand and nine jacob zuma came to power having sold himself to south africa as the people's president he promised to grow the economy fight poverty and create millions of jobs. nine years later and it hasn't ended well last month zuma amidst growing corruption allegations step down assad africa's president is forced out by his own governing african national congress the liberation party voted for to party it and one of them. to the decision to resign as president of the power within the bank. his links to an influential billionaire business family the captors were revealed last year in a mess of paradise paper style data leak the cooked leaks appear to reveal how these three brothers a.j. are told and rich of friends with former president jacob zuma and in business with one of his sons set up a vast network of patronage offering monetary rewards in return for political loyalty to zuma. so hard trenched is corruption in south africa we are someone who know a businessman who pays bribes to put in government tenders he spoke to us on condition we hid his identity there's an exp

also coming up jacob zuma faces trial south africa's chief prosecutor says that he will charge the former president with corruption and an arms deal and we will go live with reaction from cape town.

former president jacob zuma has been charged with corruption. and an outpouring of grief over the death of a popular politician brazil's president calls it an assassination. and the. fifty thousand people to leave syria's eastern about sixteen thousand have fled the rebel held on five just over the past two days there has been under heavy bombardment since the government stepped up its offensive there and february on friday at least sixty one people were killed in strikes and shelling by the syrian government and its ally russia further north at least twenty one people have been killed in a freeness turkish forces trying to take the town from kurdish fighters turkey launched an offensive in january to remove the kurdish. militia buffer zone along its border turkey considers the group a terrorist organization the assault has forced tens of thousands of people to flee let's go to alan fischer who's near the turkish syrian border. let's let's pick up there with efraim allen where are these people going and has there been any more of a response to t

reporter: the call for jacob zuma to haveisay in court has been a long time coming. he is facing 16 charges of corruption, including fraud, racketeering and money laundering. the charges had been controversially set aside nine ars ago, paving the way for mr. zuma to become president. >> in the light of -- i have come to the difficult conclusion that it is neither possible nor desirable for the -- to continue with the prosecution of mr. zuma. reporter: this case dates back to the early 1990's when the state pumpsed fighter jets, patrol boats and other arms in a ssive defense overhaul, now known as the arms deal. the charges relate to allegations that m zuma solised the brides for his person benefit there a french arms company through his financial advisor. sheik was tried and found deplingt of corruption backn 2005 but the former president has always maintained his innocence. this is what he told me when id as him about these corruption allegations back in t 2012. re's nothing to clear my name on, absolutely. nothing. i'm sure that is just politicking more than anythg

now south africa's former president jacob zuma is facing prosecution for corruption the charges include fraud racketeering and money laundering over a two point five billion dollars arms deal signed in the one nine hundred ninety s. zuma denies any wrongdoing reports from pretoria. it began with a two billion dollars deal between south africa and a french arms company in the one nine hundred ninety s. . these fighter jets were part of it. and prosecutors say this man jacob zuma was paid bribes to secure the deal he was charged with corruption in two thousand and five the charges were later dropped shortly before he became president zuma resigned in february and now south africa's prosecutor says the case is back on. the view that a trial court would be the most appropriate forum for these issues to be ventilated and to be decided upon. after consideration of the matter i am of the view that there are reasonable prospects of a successful prosecution of mr zuma and the charges listed in the indictment. charges one of several scandals that hung over soon as a nine year presidency. here he'

and south africa's former president jacob zuma is set to face prosecution on. and sixteen corruption charges causing you to say thank you counts of fraud racketeering and money laundering. let's discuss this and more now with some of the kenny has a policy and political scientist at university of south africa he joins me from pretoria via skype thank you very much for speaking to us how difficult and are tracked and do you expect this trial to pay well i do think that it's going to be difficult and protracted. almost as. if you do have witnesses which drew on the witnesses for the state the defense may bring just as many witnesses so it's likely to be a long drawn. you know try. do you expect it to last several years how drawn out could it be. it will hold on the weather for macos the access to resources or whether the state made cover some of these defense but if it doesn't have as many of these sources to bring the best lawyers and basically to delay the process than we can expect it to laws be true in a year and two years. do you expect that to be new eviden

the former south african president, jacob zuma, is to stand trial on 16 charges of corruption in connection with an arms deal. also this hour... rescuers in miami say there are no more survivors following yesterday's bridge collapse. at least six people died. authorities now say the focus is on recovering bodies buried beneath the rubble. and this time lara croft returns to the big screen, find out what we thought of that as well as all of the other top cinema releases. that is in the film review... good evening and welcome to bbc news. a murder inquiry has been launched into the death of a russian businessman in london on monday. a post—mortem has concluded nikolai glushkov died from compression to the neck, suggesting he was strangled. detectives say there's nothing at this stage to link the murder with the poisoning in salisbury of sergei skripal and his daughter. borisjohnson says he believes it's ‘overwhelmingly likely‘ that president putin personally ordered the attack on mr skripal. the kremlin has called his comments shocking and unforgivable. our diplomatic correspondent jame

former south african president jacob zuma is to stand trial on 16 charges of corruption, in connection with an arms deal. biting back at britain — warnings over snow and high winds as freezing temperatures return. also this hour, rescuers in miami say there are no more survivors following yesterday's bridge collapse. the authorities now say the focus is on recovering bodies. and footage is released of the first polar bear to be born in british captivity for 25 yea rs. good evening and welcome to bbc news. a murder inquiry has been launched into the death of a russian businessman in london on monday. a postmortem has concluded nikolai glushkov died from compression to the neck, suggesting he was strangled. detectives say there's nothing at this stage to link the murder with the poisoning in salisbury of sergei skripal and his daughter. borisjohnson says he believes it's "overwhelmingly likely" that president putin personally ordered the attack on mr skripal. the kremlin has called his comments shocking and unforgivable. james landale's report contains flash photography. borisjohnson b

south africa's former president jacob zuma will be prosecuted for corruption, just weeks after being ousted from power. the charges relate to a multibillion—dollar arms deal before he took office. he'll face trial on sixteen counts of racketeering, fraud, money—laundering and corruption. mr zuma denies any wrongdoing. the bbc‘s milton nkosi reports from johannesburg. . the the call forjacob zuma to have his day in court has been a long time coming. he is facing 16 charges of corruption, including fraud, racketeering, and money—laundering. the charges had been controversially set aside nine years ago, paving the way for mr zuma to become president. in the light of the above, i have come to the difficult conclusion that it is neither possible nor desirable to continue with the prosecution of mr zuma. this case dates back to the early 90s, when the state purchased fighter jets, patrol boats and other arms, problem in a massive defence overhaul now known as "the arms deal." the charges relate to allegations that mr zuma solicited bribes for his personal benefit from a french arms

zuma is facing prosecution for corruption the charges against him include fraud racketeering and money laundering over a two point five billion dollar arms deal signed in the one nine hundred ninety s. denies any wrongdoing. brazil over the death of a popular politician has been a second night of protests in rio de janeiro. city council mario franco was shot on wednesday in what has been called an assassination. those are the headlines the news continues on al-jazeera after witness nowhere to hide. in the chain. of. command in no way how can one get any. help at home we don't eat. the big energy whatever you do initially what i mean i don't know what you want to do you make sure the only thing is you have it down look for what it is you know what yeah i did. i don't like it at all. but that much there getting to the bottom of anything i like i don't know what it is but. the. mental side of the. mother son such. love the slot machines my system. of the law. without the political. power. i. am. going to support the idea how do you know. what is it about a slow let me couple hours a night

weeks after stepping down — former south african president jacob zuma is charged with corruption, over a billion—dollar arms deal. three african countries — home to most of the continent's elephants — call for a ban on the sale of all antique ivory. more elephants are being killed every yaer than are being born. it's still a big crisis for africa's elephants. jumping to safety — a dozen people are injured when a ski—lift goes out of control in the russian resort of georgia. hello and welcome to bbc news. there's been a swift and angry response from the kremlin after the british foreign secretary said it was "overwhelmingly likely" that vladimir putin personally took the decision to use a nerve agent on a former russian spy in the uk. moscow said borisjohnson‘s comments were "shocking" and "unforgivable". 0ur diplomatic correspondent james landale's report contains some flashing images. boris johnson brought the polish foreign minister to a battle of britain museum today, a memorial to a warfought in the air. every single plane that britain had, was up in the sky. and the fo

south africa's former president, jacob zuma, has been charged with corruption, a month after he was ousted. mr zuma denies the charges, which relate to a multi—billion—dollar arms deal completed in the 1990s. the french arms manufacturer thales has also been charged. from johanesberg, milton nkosi reports. the call forjacob zuma to have his day in court has been a long time coming. he is facing 16 charges of corruption, including fraud, racketeering, and money—laundering. the charges had been controversially set aside nine years ago. paving the way for mr zuma to become president. the prosecuting authority says it has more than 200 witnesses lined up for this case. this is going to be a long and complicated trial. after consideration of the matter, i am of the view that there are reasonable prospects of a successful prosecution of mr zuma on charges listed in the indictment. this case dates back to the early 90s, when the state purchased fighter jets, patrol boats and other arms in a massive defence overhaul now known as the arms deal. the charges relate to allegations that mr zuma s

zuma is set to face prosecution for sixteen corruption charges prosecutors say the charges include counts of fraud racketeering and money laundering the case relates to a multi-billion dollar government arms deal which was signed in the one nine hundred ninety s. zuma was deputy president at the time and he was linked to the deal through his former financial advisor who was jailed for corruption zuma denies any wrongdoing nigeria has the largest economy and population in africa but nearly half of its people live in abject poverty three years after democratically elected. president the list changed one year before the next election many are demanding action mohamed valve reports from the capital of. the next election is not until february next year but nigerians are already debating it campaign messages inspired newspaper headlines and opinion columns at opposition headquarters the faces of potential rival candidates to president mohammed to hurry on show their subtle east one confirmed challenger in september a sovereign state governor announced his decision to stand in two thousand and n

this is news life south africa's former president faces trial jacob zuma is to face charges of fraud racketeering and money laundering the chief prosecutor believes there are reasonable prospects of a successful prosecution we will have the latest from capetown also coming up french president a manual mccrone calls for a clear ambitious roadmap for dui reforms by june he's hoping for support from german chancellor angela merkel and british foreign secretary boris johnson says it is likely that russian president vladimir putin personally ordered the nerve agent attack on a former spy in britain. plus despite years of controversy the niger delta is nigeria is still one of the most polluted regions in the world in a new report amnesty international accuses oil giants shell and me of first bonding to boil spills to slowly we will look at why so little progress seems to have been made. and michelangelo's frescoes in the sistine chapel are brought to life in a new high tech extravaganza even the vatican museum approaches. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program south africa's chief prosecut

loyalists to some jacob zuma in the cabinet at present. whether that will be the case is still to be seen. it can be used as a way of gesturing to the business community itself, saying that we you now ousted a man who said and thought was really key to the corruption story in south africa. vonnie: thanks, reporting from johannesburg. just to reiterate, the rand at 11.9 to the u.s. dollar now. let's get to first word news now. hasor: boris johnson escalated the dispute between the u.k. and russia. johnson says it is overwhelmingly likely that vladimir putin personally ordered the nerve agent attack on a former russian spy in england. the common cause that remark inexcusable. the u.k. has ordered that 23 russian diplomats be expelled. russia is likely to retaliate against british diplomats. the white house denies a report that president trump has mcmaster.. the president has made the decision to remove mcmaster, but according to the paper, he wants to make sure mcmaster is not humiliated and that a successor is lined up. special counsel robe

prosecutors in south africa have brought back sixteen corruption charges against former president jacob zuma they say the charges include fraud racketeering and money laundering case relates to a multi-billion dollar government arms deal which was signed in the one nine hundred ninety s. so it was deputy president at the time and was linked to the deal of his former and financial advisor was jailed for corruption so ima denies any wrongdoing egyptians living abroad are casting their votes for who they want this president but the elections being dismissed as a fix by some in the opposition after several candidates were arrested or intimidated into pulling out some experts say they're not going to bother voting shavar towns he reports from washington d.c. not everyone who came to vote in washington d.c. is a gyptian embassy were aware of the opposition boycott of the presidential election but all of those we spoke to were staunch supporters of incumbent president abdel fattah el-sisi why don't you boy causing the orange. is crazy you know boy crap i'm supposed to really you know what were

zuma has been ordered to appear in court next month on for watching charges prosecutors allege that he accepted bribes in the one nine hundred ninety s. weapons deal mr zuma resigned last month after losing the support of his party the a.n.c. zuma his lawyers say they will challenge the case against it if found guilty he could be sentenced to prison. the white house says president donald trump a strongly denies having an affair with adult film actress stormy daniels this a day after she said that she had been threatened and told to keep quiet about an alleged sexual encounter with a truck she received a one hundred thirty thousand dollars payment just days before the presidential election was a night spain's most wanted fugitive is back in jail as he waits to hear whether a german court will allow him to be extradited cattle on separatist leader carlist bridge to mom was detained on sunday while traveling through germany to get to belgium where he's been in self-imposed exile he's wanted by spanish authorities over his role in catalonia unauthorized independence. pushed the most att

now there's so many other stories making news around the world former south african president jacob zuma is to be charged with fraud racketeering and money laundering the ruling a.n.c. party forced him to resign as head of state last month after years of scandal the charges relate to a multi-billion dollar government arms purchase in the late one nine hundred ninety s. . an independent monitoring group says russian astronauts have killed at least forty six people in eastern due to this as more civilians flee the rebel held areas outside the capital damascus russia says more than four thousand people left today russia and syria launched an offensive on the region almost four weeks ago. north korea's foreign minister really young home has extended his unannounced visit to sweden to a second day but this is a prompting speculation that he may be laying the groundwork for some between u.s. president donald trump and north korea's kim jong sweden has been mentioned as a possible venue for the meeting between the two leaders. now for another salvo in the standoff between russia and western all

the former south african president, jacob zuma, is to stand trial on 16 charges of corruption in connection with an arms deal. also this hour... rescuers in miami say there are no more survivors following yesterday's bridge collapse. at least six people died. authorities now say the focus is on recovering bodies

south africa's former president jacob zuma is facing prosecution for corruption the charges include fraud racketeering and money laundering over a two point five billion dollars arms deal signed in the one nine hundred ninety s. zuma denies any wrongdoing and malcolm webb reports from the torah. it began with a two billion dollar deal between south africa and a french arms company in the one nine hundred ninety s. . these fighter jets were part of it. and prosecutors say this man jacob zuma was paid bribes to secure the deal he was charged with corruption in two thousand and five the charges were later dropped shortly before he became president zuma resigned in february and now africa's prosecutor says the case is back on i am of the view of the view that a trial court would be the most appropriate forum for these issues to be ventilated and to be decided upon after consideration of the matter i am of the view that there are reasonable prospects of a successful prosecution of mr zuma and the charges listed in the indictment. charges one of several scandals that hung i resume as a nine yea

the former president of south africa, jacob zuma, is to face prosecution for alleged corruption. mr zuma denies the 16 charges, which relate to a multibillion—pound arms deal before he took office and include counts of fraud and money laundering. the father of a female engineering student allegedly attacked by a group of women in nottingham has called for "justice" for his daughter. 18—year—old mariam moustafa died on wednesday, nearly a month after she was assaulted on a bus in the city centre. the case has caused outrage in egypt where mariam's family are from. nottinghamshire police says there is nothing to suggest it was a hate crime, though they are "keeping an open mind" the clothing chain topman has apologised for any offence that was caused, after criticism that a t—shirt it had been selling could be seen to refer to the hillsborough disaster. the red top, which has now been withdrawn from sale, has a large 96 on the back, is being interpreted by some liverpool fans as a reference to the number of people who died in the 1989 disaster. topman say the design was ins

south africa's former president, jacob zuma, has been charged with corruption — a month after he was forced from office. mr zuma denies the sixteen charges which relate to a multi—billion—dollar arms deal completed in the 1990s. the french arms manufacturer thales has also been charged. the father of a female engineering student allegedly attacked by a group of women in nottingham has called for "justice" for his daughter. 18—year—old mariam moustafa died on wednesday, nearly a month after she was assaulted on a bus in the city centre. the case has caused outrage in egypt where mariam's family are from. nottinghamshire police says there is nothing to suggest it was a hate crime, though they are "keeping an open mind" sima kotecha reports from nottingham. 18—year—old mariam moustafa, an engineering student in nottingham. her family are from egypt and came here for a better life. her sister and father described her as loving, cheerful and intelligent. mariam was always looking at, looking forward to being in engineering. she was a hard worker. she always put all her effort

zuma is to be charged with fraud racketeering and money laundering ruling a.n.c. party forced him to resign as head of state last month after years of scandal the charges relate to a multi-billion dollar government arms purchase in the late one nine hundred ninety s. . police in miami say the death toll from thursday's bridge collapse code rise so far they are from firm to six people were killed when the nine hundred fifty ton concrete bridge fell on cars stopped in traffic and you pedestrian bridge was installed on saturday and was expected to open and next year. thousands of people have marched in brazil demanding justice after the assassination of a popular rio de janeiro councilwoman mario franco and her driver were gunned down in their car on wednesday and she was an outspoken critic of police violence and known for her activism in rio slums. north korea's foreign minister really young home has extended his unannounced visit to sweden to a second day visit from doing speculation that he may be laying the groundwork for a summit between u.s. president donald t

. ♪ africa's ex-president jacob zuma is to be charged with corruption. we're also hearing the house africa's chief prosecutor saying that is the prospect of a successful prosecution. what can we expect now? >> 16 charges. racketeering as you have said, corruption, money laundering, all reinstated against former president, jacob zuma. the case is likely to continue for quite some time. move -- you can now move forward into the 2019 elections and then start saying that we have indeed started stamping out corruption and here's a clear example. ♪ ♪ david: welcome back to "bloomberg best." i am david westin. this week, bloombergs michael mckee traveled to saskatchewan to sit down with canadian prime minister, justin trudeau and met mill where trudeau was making a speech on negotiations for nafta. >> canada does not have the same kinds of pressures that both the u.s. and mexico have. we are happy to move forward and make progress. we are diligent about doing our homework, showing up on miggy sure that we are delivering our creative ideas -- making sure tha

zuma is facing prosecution for corruption charges include fraud racketeering and money laundering of a two point five billion dollars arms deal signed in the one nine hundred ninety s. zuma denies any wrongdoing tens of thousands of people have joined anti-government protests in slovakia demanding an early election to end the political crisis triggered by the murder of a journalist. and the president of cyprus says he's ready to resume peace talks with the breakaway northern region nicos anastasiades told our jazeera he would jump at the first opportunity to discuss the issue with the north's leader moustapha kenja russia's poised to expel british diplomats in a tit for tat round over the poisoning of a former spy foreign minister sergei lavrov says the expulsions are in retaliation for britain booting out twenty three russian embassy stuff due to leave on tuesday u.k. foreign secretary bars johnson has accused president putin of ordering last week's attack on a former russian spy our quarrel is with putin's kremlin and with his decision and we think it overwhelmingly likely that it

. ♪ >> south africa's ex-president jacob zuma is to be charged with corruption. we are also hearing the south africa's chief prosecutor saying that he has seen the prospect of a successful prosecution. what can we expect now? >> 16 charges. that is of racketeering as you have said, corruption, money laundering, all reinstated against former president, jacob zuma. the case is likely to continue for quite some time. you can now move forward into the 2019 elections and then start saying that we have indeed started stamping out corruption and here's a clear example. ♪ ♪ david: welcome back to "bloomberg best." i am david westin. this week, bloombergs michael mckee traveled to saskatchewan to sit down with canadian prime minister, justin trudeau and met in a steel mill where trudeau was speaking with workers on the impact of u.s. trade policies. he told michael canada is repaired to step up the pace for negotiations on nafta. >> canada does not have the same kinds of pressures that both the u.s. and mexico have. we are happy to move forward and make progress. we a

zuma. zuma was forced to resign last month. -- 173s when hundred 73 charges dating back to the late 1990's. they were filed, but then dropped shortly before zuma ran for president in 2009. south africa's highest court reinstated the charges in 2013. in brazil, there have been vigils held for marielle franco in what is being called a political assassination. spanish]ing in reporter: these demonstrators have taken to the streets in remembrance of malarial franco, an outspoken critic of police violence who was murdered on wednesday. she was a victim of the violence she tirelessly worked to end. >> we are not going to allow this to continue. marielle is here. marielle is here. woman, ana black activist who had firsthand experience with the violence that had ravaged the area. she grew up in a complex of slums in northern rio where the militias were inn control of the streets. but she became a leading voice against police violence and scored the fifth highest vote count in 2015. politicalrs expec

south africa's former president jacob zuma is set to face prosecution a sixteen corruption charges prosecutors say the charges include counts of fraud racketeering and money laundering the case relates to a two and a half billion dollar government arms deal which was signed in the one nine hundred ninety s. zuma was deputy president at the time he denies any wrongdoing. russia is set to expel british diplomats in a tit for tat route over the poisoning of a former double agent in england last week the foreign minister sergei lavrov says the explosions are in retaliation for the u.k. ordering out twenty three russian embassy staff moscow continues to deny any involvement in the chemical attack but u.k. counterpart boris johnson accuses president putin of ordering it himself so it is cripple and his dog remain critically ill tens of thousands of slovakia's have turned out in the capital bratislava to demand early elections they're angry at the failure of political leaders to address high level corruption slovakia's prime minister robert feets resigned on thursday following the killing of investig