Makes tough new pledges on chime lat change. He is one of the south africas most controversial politicians once described as a future pred. Julius malema was expelled from. Anc in 2012. And already has a conviction for hate speech. Within the last hour, he has arrived back in court to face charges of rack tearing fraud corruption and Money Laundering. Charges he says are politically motivated. Now, in the last hour or so we saw hundreds of his supporters march on the ground to the court. They have been move odd by the police and as we mentioned he is in court now lets bring in our correspondent outside the court. What can we expected to . Reporter in fashion jane, julius has arrived at court with other leadership from the party as well at security. He didnt say much to the media when entering, expect the trial to continues for about six weeks. And the state is expects to bring in over 50 witnesses during that period. Julius malema is of course facing serious charges ranging from freigh
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
How this daredevil motorcyclist took his bike off the road. U. S. Secretary of state john kerry is in car qatar to defend the nuke deem with iran at a meeting of the g. C. C. Foreign ministers have been discussing Regional Security at a meeting in doha. Were covering the story on both sides of the atlantic. Well cross over to rosalyn jordan in washington d. C. , but first with hashem who is at that meeting in doha. Hashem what are we expecting or what are gulf nations expecting to hear from john kerry . Qatars Prime Minister outlined the concerns of the g. C. C. And their demands at the same time. He said that there needs to be a swift solution to the crise in syria, yemen he spoke about the Regional Security, and also about the need for the United States to provide its allies in the region with an elaborate briefing on exactly what happened during the Irans Nuclear deal. Here lice the problem. For the americans the deal is quite significant for both iran and for the region and this is
This is Al Jazeera America live from new york city. Im stephanie sy. Thousands of acres of bonedry lands are on fire today. Firefighters are working around the clock to contain a growing number of wildfires in the state. In just stays the fires have destroyed 100,000 acres more than 10,000 people have been forced to leave their homes. Good morning steph, fires are burning all along the west coast but the hardest hit is northern california, fires 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 is what it looks like. The winds are driving the fire through dry trees and timbers. The fire got pretty big. Firefighting planes are making the rounds including dc ten tankers releasing fire retardant. Evacuation orders effecting 12,000 people have been issued in communities north of francisco. One resident is temporarily camping in an rv with h
Threat to our security than climate change. And how the Railway System is taking shape. The u. S. Secretary of state and russias foreign minister have offered their support to gulf states as the region tries to come to terms with the escalating conflict in syria. The threat from i. S. I. L. And the fallout with the wests nuclear deem with iran. U. S. Secretary of state john kerry was speaking at the Gulf Cooperation Council meeting in doha. As Hashem Ahelbarra now reports. Reporter a delicate mission for the u. S. Secretary of state. John kerry is trying to convince long standing allies that Irans Nuclear deal with world powers will bring peace and prosperity. Translator the five other European Countries have technology and knowledge in the nuclear field. The Council Welcomes it on that basis and what john kerrys demonstrated about irans development of Nuclear Weapons and also the direction inspection to sto o this not only for iran but to move them from the middle east. The u. S. Has