South africas new president several posts promises to fight corruption alice after his predecessor steps aside under a cloud of bribery claims. And other stories were covering the saudi owned t. V. News station r. B. S. Around as its right to broadcast in the u. K. Police in the u. S. Charge and nineteen year old former student with seventeen counts of premeditated murder after yet another School Shooting. Im joanna gash rosco with the sports as american style ski and mckayla shifrin clinchers have gold medal at the moment. Well welcome to the program our top story south africa has a new leader Cyril Ramaphosa has officially been sworn in. As the countrys new president the ceremony wrapped up in the last hour in cape town from opposed to succeeds jacob zuma who often months of pressure from within his own party finally resigned on wednesday a governing a. N. C. Party demanded he step aside of corruption allegations or present on a post spoke in parliament after he was elected as leader
And welcome to aljazeera live from my headquarters in doha. Fraud and also ahead. A poser to deliver his first state of the nation address says south africas new president the struggling economy and corruption some of his key challenges. Political uncertainty in ethiopia after the sudden resignation of Prime Minister haile muddy and desolate implants. The year of the dog millions of people around the world celebrate the Lunar New Year. The u. S. And turkey have agreed to normalize relations off the talks and well u. S. Secretary of state Rex Tillerson has been holding talks with his counterpart. Between the two countries have been strained in recent months particularly over u. S. The kurdish fighters in syria. The Turkish Foreign minister says they have decided to tackle the issues together. The doctor to our relations are going through a critical stage we are either going to mend fences or go in a different direction and weve come to an agreement to take joint steps together of course
Also ahead south africas new president prepares to give his first state of the nation address as the country waits to see who. Will appoint to his cabinet. Is that. Is very much in. Zimbabwes new Opposition Leader looks to the future following the death of a rock. And the year of the dog millions around the world celebrate the new year. The u. S. Secretary of state says hes had a good and productive talks with turkeys president at the one Rex Tillerson as on the fifth and final leg of his middle east oil ties between the two countries have been strained in recent months of the u. S. Support for kurdish watches and syria roslyn jordan tells us more about why the u. S. And turkey havent been seeing eye to eye. Theres a saying you dance with the ones who brought in syria the u. S. Military is supporting the Syrian Defense forces local fighters who helped liberate the. City for meisel. Just one problem the s. D. F. Is led by kurds whom turkey considers a mortal enemy. Once again is demandi
Nineteen year old former student confesses to killing seventeen people in his Florida High School and he was carrying extra ammunition in his backpack. The saudi owned Television News station out of beer surrenders its right to broadcast in the u. K. And top dogs the films vying for all news at the Berlin Film Festival. Several rum opposer is the new president of south africa the billionaire businessman and politician was officially sworn in on thursday at a ceremony in cape town he replaces jacob zuma whos been forced to step down by his own party after years of mounting corruption allegations rob matheson reports 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. Had 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 e
Today. Im gene ramirez. And im gayle guyardo. Leigh spann, it feels nice out there. Yeah, a lot of us feeling the slightly less humidity and little bit cooler and. Theres actually been coastal showers. I have been watching this one area of rain off New Port Richeys coastline. Not a big shower obviously but leaving in this 20 rain chance mainly because we have a wind flow off the gulf. And during the morning, we could see a few showers, not many. And as the day progresses, the storms get more widespread and push st a 30 rain chance between noon and 6 00. We are cooler. We have 60s on the map actually. 67 in zephyrhills. 71 in fish hawk. Currently 72 in clearwater. And still not exactly falllike in the afternoon, expecting 89 degrees. And i am tracking the tropics, one area im keeping a close eye on. And leslee lacey has what shes keeping an eye on. Earlier, there was a man on the shoulder of the Howard Frankland bridge, and hes been busier through plant city but a good drive. And a quic