Jacob zuma. And im jane dutton this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up funerals are being held for a disabled activist and three other palestinians killed in protests against president trumps jerusalem. Why are migrants opting for an old landru to enter greece even though it is just as dangerous as the sea. Foetus transgender and diversity the three words banned by the white house for use by americas leading Public Health agency. The watershed meeting to elect a new leader for south africas ruling party the African National congress has begun after hours of delay due to legal challenges were looking at live pictures coming to us from johannesburg the successor to jacob zuma tainted by corruption allegations will lead the a. N. C. Into the next president ial election in two thousand and nineteen the party is deeply divided over who should take over a Bitter Campaign has threatened to split the movement and i mean is zuma the south african president s exwife is his preferred candidate shes campaigned hard against racial inequality and for improving the prospects of the black majority the other main contender is civil remedy pose a supporters say his business background makes him the best option to turn around south africas flagging economy its bring in tanya page shes live for us in johannesburg im just wondering what the feeling is there the atmosphere and how much tension surrounding this. Will be so much at stake in this very hotly contested race to be leader of the. Not only the presidency of the party up for grabs if you like but all of the top one hundred also positions so we are talking about quite a procedure and thats why theres been so much attention paid to it and so many because they have so much at stake really getting involved in legal battles as well as kids all of this crucial and see election we saw some scenes. Branch level thats the Grass Roots Party level which have been unprecedented in some video camera footage we saw and see members throwing chairs at one another chaotic scenes arguing pushing and shoving allegations of fraud intimidation and vote rigging and vote buying so thats why we saw some legal challenges and we know now from the top leadership of the a. N. C. That some particular branch level results so thats basically the decision means made at the branch level those delegates will not be able to vote and depending on how close the race is that may be enough to perhaps swing the vote in one direction will be are obviously the sort of articulating new leaders but it seems to be equally about the outgoing president jacob zuma doesnt it. Yes absolutely and is really one major reason for president jacob zuma has seven hundred and eighty three corruption charges hanging over him these are charges that go way back to a multi Million Dollar arms procurement deal was at the beginning of the governance its alleged that the president was involved in some level and so these seven hundred eighty three corruption charges have been coming back to haunt him the main opposition the Democratic Alliance has won a court ruling that says those charges should be reinstated the president has fought it vehemently ended nice those allegations in the courts but potentially if someone is elected as n. C. President who is not going to try and protect him from those charges we could see jacob zuma former president in court at some point in the future so an enormous amount at stake for him which is why hes been trying to influence this process. Thank you for that lets take a closer look at the two main contenders and causes on a zoom is an a. N. C. Veteran belongs to the dominant zulu tribe and is one of the president s exwives shes served as a minister and every leader since the end of apartheid greeny zuma is pledging what she calls a radical economic transfer mation to redistribute wealth to the black majority her rival sixty five year old Cyril Ramaphosa was seen as a potential successor to Nelson Mandela in the late one nine hundred ninety s. But he was overlooked and quit politics to become a successful businessman hes promising to fight corruption and revive south africas ailing economy is an independent political analyst activist and writer she says this is a make or break election for the a. N. C. If the a. N. C. Doesnt vote what the country sees as the right way what the electorate sees as the right way theres a very real possibility that come twenty nineteen the a. N. C. May well find itself not in power anymore or at the very least with a Hung Parliament that is becoming an increasingly real possibility so its crucial for the a. N. C. Its also crucial for the country there are going to be implications for the economy which is already dire with growth of less than one percent at present loads of unemployment many sectors currently shedding jobs so you have a situation where the economy is nosediving where there is the possibility in the very near future of a further ratings downgrade were already at junk status. Its a really a make or break election for the a. N. C. In that sense. Funerals are being held for the four palestinians killed by Israeli Forces in the latest protests in gaza and the occupied west bank they were rallying against the u. S. Decision to recognize jerusalem as israels capital it. Was one of those men shot in gaza he was in a wheelchair protesting when he was reportedly hit by a sniper bullet. Was an activist who lost his legs during an israeli air strike in two thousand and eight hundreds of other people were also injured in the confrontations now hamas leader Ismail Haniya spoke at the funeral. Let it be known that we will not give up jerusalem i did not mean East Jerusalem but a unified jerusalem the east nor west of jerusalem alan fischer as more from the funeral procession in gaza. Thousands on the street for the funeral of bring in the rear he was killed during clashes with these release at the border with gaza on friday the twenty nine year old most both legs during the war in gaza in two thousand and eight and became an unlikely figure of Palestinian Resistance and defiance he would often leave his wheelchair home unattended rallies and protests around gaza city just carrying his palestinian flag he was carrying thats why when he shot by the israelis on friday there were several key points of protest along the border between gaza and israel on friday faces one in four Young Palestinian men targeting israeli positions with stones the usually shoes live bullets and tear gas trying to force the crowds of thousands of we dont like the Palestinian Health authority to tell us that hundreds were injured two people were killed there will be another funeral in gaza on saturday Ismail Haniyeh the leader of hamas spoke at the funeral he said the death of ibrahim three im sure too that there were people who were willing to die for the idea of jerusalem being the capital of a palestinian state something he said the donald trump didnt understand and with other groups and factions here and gaza. Calling for more protests the people here are bracing themselves for more funerals in the days and weeks to come refugees are increasingly attempting a new route into europe with deadly consequences fewer are taking the old route across the aegean sea to the greek islands of less boss and chose ones on the islands many of them have to endure di conditions now thousands are heading north to cross the land border from turkey into northeastern greece but that means crossing the ever us river which has proved fatal for hundreds of refugees lansley has us exclusive report and a warning that you may find some of the images distressing if you want to see how dangerous it is to be a refugee this hospital morgue is a good starting point is boredom with. That because two months ago. Pub loss is parts hospital dr pauls detective the bodies are usually discovered home naked theyve been in the water for weeks on the river or the fish take their clothes sometimes the riposte melissa facts a clue to someones mind says this syrian woman drowned along with her son she was identified by another son already in europe but usually they remain unidentified silent witnesses to the horror of the refugees journey is very good to go through that is because well hear that woman will have a little boy gables will have been sealed with all the farm in rural didnt. He had a government by that and there was poor farm the law saying yes its very difficult. Sometimes the bodies are found by police on patrol sometimes they discovered by fishermen in the shallows. More died hypothermia frozen from leaking boats discovered in outbuildings half eaten by wild dogs others still killed by trains sleeping on the railway is afghan says he crossed the river six times before dodging the police by that time he left behind three of his friends dead on the border. There with three of my best friends we were out in the open it was so dangerous so cold we didnt have any food or clothes where the river winds into turkey a fence becomes the border paid for by the European Union to keep the refugees out by the side of turkish and greek troops refugees have been blown up by land mines here in the United Nations says this year twenty thousand have been stopped on the turkish side its becoming a favored route for refugees to avoid the greek islands what expense does is to force the refugees into the river either in the hands of illegal smuggling gangs or by themselves its really dangerous are the way and yet again exposes the lack of safe routes at the edges of the European Union for refugees well away from the fence and the watching troops the motorway is used by the smugglers they camp out here after crossing the river into greece the greek government says a thousand people a month of being caught it is unclear how many get through but they have nothing. Which is a this is a medical no from a charity its from december last year he says could this person please be referred to a psychiatrist. The hospital doctors believe the river contains many more bodies it will soon give up and at their impoverished hospital they should is the new addition from the red cross a huge fridge theyve run out of room for the bodies Lawrence Lee Al jazeera on the greece turkey border. Protesters have surrounded the u. S. Embassy in honduras they angry after waiting three weeks for definitive results in the president ial election demonstrators accuse diplomats of meddling in last months vote which both candidates say they won. Reports. Main roads are blocked in. The capital of honduras through the thick smoke of tear gas last men and women battled the police. The supporters of t. V. Host and bullet ition salvadoran astronomer the party did the same one last months election. We want them to recognize salvador nasrallah now as our president he is our president we elected him as our president because hes the best we have hell be a change for this country the turmoil on the streets highlight the countrys last political crisis in a decade the current president who want to hernandez and a strong vote city won more than two weeks since votes were counted no clear result has been announced. And initial count but not ahead of his conservative opponent but that tally was later reversed. A slim. International observers and those fourteen irregularities when opposition supporters accuse the u. S. Of meddling. Thousands protested outside the u. S. Embassy. And this u. S. Embassy is interfering into the internal affairs of our country it has said that the november twenty sixth election last month was transparent when the enduring people know the entire world knows if there was fraud and they want to steal our victory. The honduran constitution limits president s to want to two years ago the Supreme Court dominated by judges appointed to hang on this group at the cost Issue Commission doesnt apply to him opponents accuse her of being a dictator i feel for the women that i have two kids i have a two Year Old Girl and a one year old boy i want a future for them i dont want them in the future to have this dictator as a president im fighting for a superior Public Education for my children. The president is appealing for calm the two weeks of postelection protests have killed at least sixteen people including two Police OfficersMr International others accuse the government as Security Forces of human rights abuse the crisis is hurting the economy too with daily losses estimated at fifty Million Dollars and theres a deadline set foot in a tour tribunal to declare a winner it has only ten days left to do that. Still ahead on aljazeera. Us to defend what. We have from a cattle and political prisoner whats at stake in next weeks election fear of mexicos minute tree is raising doubts over security you know coming up. Hello there its rather cold for some of us in china at the moment the winds are firing down from the north so maximum just a five degrees they shanghai feeling very cool for many of us here the temperatures eventually begin to recover there as we head through monday this time to nine degrees and then also be recovering force in hong kong will get to around eighteen for the south though this blob of cloud over the philippines thats all part of our Tropical Storm were seeing takis gradually making its way across us and for the central part of the philippines were expecting widespread flooding if you head out to the west for many of us across india its fine and dry you can see a little bit of cloud there over parts of sri lanka thats bringing one or two showers but also quite a bit of cloud in the far west in parts of im up there making its way up through parts of pakistan and into if afghanistan as well is not really any significant rain out of that though looks like most of us will get away with a dry day on sunday that it breaks up altogether really as we head into monday then all the excitement is a bit further towards the west where theres some rain around for the Arabian Peninsula we could see a few more showers here in doha on sunday or even monday and this looks like theres looking to be some heavier rain over parts of the u. A. E. And into i man some of the show is here are likely to be very heavy. Just looking for. People or not most of them shoulder and the other countries of managed to solve this problem are you worried that this conflict could erupt into a right. Thats the sort of security issue where the people who paid the price clearly the right top been prejudiced setting the stage for a serious debate up front at this time on aljazeera. Again youre watching aljazeera the top stories this hour south africas ruling party the African National congress is meeting in johannesburg right now to elect its new leader president jacob zuma successor as party chief is expected to be elected in the next president ial election in two thousand and nineteen. Funerals have been held for the four palestinians killed by Israeli Forces in the latest protests in gaza and the occupied west bank one of the main shot by a sniper in the confrontations with activist put him through he lost his legs during an israeli air strike in two thousand and eight. U. S. Embassy in honduras has been surrounded by protesters angry at waiting three weeks for a definitive result in the president ial election demonstrators accuse the u. S. Of interfering in last months vote which both candidates say they won the trumpet ministration has provided a list of words and phrases to the nations largest Public Health agency the center for Disease Control to be banned from using any official budget documents the words include vulnerable entitlement diversity. Transgender and fetus the phrase is evidence based and science faced are also banned from use tom ackerman has the story from washington d. C. Tom im just wondering why what this actually means for the c. D. C. Well these these instructions are certainly in line with the views of senior officials that the president has appointed in the department of health and Human Services people who not only are opposed to abortion but also opposed to Family Planning in many cases in one case one of the directors of the programs that in charge of funding for Family Planning said that she doesnt believe that Birth Control works they have talking about the redefinition of life in the languages and one of them is instead of saying life serving and the programs which should be dedicated to preserving and preventing americans at every stage of life beginning at conception and thats also in line with many of their views that rather than talking about fetuses you should talk about preborn children or unborn children so this does is in line with an ideological strain of the director of a gender surgerys center in chicago responded by saying that these these changes in in their language. Seems the ultimate rationale to be trying to or a certain types of people off the map sort of like the thought police and so there will be definitely a alas backed by by groups that certainly want to see retained retain made of certain policies by the previous administrations not only the Obama Administration but also the George Bush Administration even though they were had a different view about abortion john lets leave it that tom thank you. Government forces in southern yemen have regained control of the town after a three year battle with hooty fighters military sources told al jazeera the yemeni army finally managed to drive the rebels from. The towns in an Important Oil and