Should replace jacob zuma his exwife or his deputy. And oh i Maryam Namazie and london youre watching aljazeera also coming up a deadly landru tens of thousands of refugees are taking from turkey to greece to avoid the islands. Control of the foreign interior and defense ministries in a Coalition Deal set to give the world its young. Palestinians more for protesters killed by Israeli Forces including an activist who previously valsin both legs in an israeli asked right. And dont mention diversity why the Trump Administration is Banning Health officials from using certain words and phrases. Allow our top story this hour a tense scenes in Johannesburg South africas Ruling African National congress is meeting to select its new leader the current president jacob zuma whos accused of corruption is stepping down as head of the a. N. C. The party is deeply divided on who should. Succeed him former cabinet minister and meanies will resume or is also his exwife is vying for the leadership her main rival is prominent businessman and Current Deputy president Cyril Ramaphosa zuma successor is likely to lead the a. N. C. Into the twenty one thousand president ial election the fifty Fourth National conference is taking place at a time when i want his moment is at a crossroads why we identify corporate. As posing a serious threat to the a. N. C. We also need to look at in ten ten m. Exists we feel our organizations. So lets then take a closer look at the two contenders to replace suma and courses on a dilemma meanies zuma is a former cabinet minister who served under every leader since the end of a party with portfolios including health and Foreign Affairs a former chairwoman of the African Union commission she has the backing of eggs husband jacob zuma her rival the Deputy PresidentCyril Ramaphosa is a veteran trade unionist who was closely involved in negotiations to end apartheid in the one nine hundred ninety s. He was seen as Nelson Mandela successor instead ramaphosa became one of south africas most successful businessmen as a director of the mining firm longman he was criticised for calling for Police Action against striking miners at marikana in two thousand and twelve when some forty four people were killed so live now to tanya page who is following all these developments at the end same meeting in johannesburg how would you describe the atmosphere that tanya. Look at started off in a pretty tense fashion i have to say after the interfaith prayer is there was a warning delivered by the current speaker of the house beauty shes seated two things two warnings firstly they shouldnt be any songs divisive songs sung thats already been broken weve heard people coming out strongly in full voice in support of one candidate or the other the second warning was that the cheers should stay on the ground no one should be throwing cheers and thats because remarkably because this is such a hotly contested electoral qantas within the a. N. C. At the branch level which is the grassroots Members Meeting in all the provinces across the country they have been incidents in which our fists have been flying in cheers have been flung across the room accusations of vote buying intimidation and forward and thats why a lot of legal action was launched by a. N. C. Members against the procedures in the Branch Meetings which they thought. Were false and fraudulent in fact president zuma made reference to that in his speech when he went off script which is quite unusual for him and he said that the legal battle being forced out publicly he should say that that really should be dealt with internally by the a. N. C. And that sort of court action was eroding the authority of the a. N. C. Right so jacob zuma trying to step in there he very much wants to be a part of this process hes. Been calling for party unity what are the prospects for him though going forward. Well this is where weve seen that you know really the enormous amount of influence he wields in the party and the reason really for him trying to will that at this instant is because hes in trouble legally himself the a. N. C. Fighting amongst themselves for the president s name has been dragged into the courts in recent months and here is the real concern he must have many people in south africa believe in commentators as well and people within the a. N. C. Which is why they believe the president has caused such damage to the party is that he does have the sit in hundred eighty three corruption charges hanging over him which the civil courts in south africa have ordered should be reinstated which he is still trying to fight now it is possible that if somebody who wasnt listen climbed to try and protect the president allow those charges to come back to bite him many years after they were originally laid thank you very much turning a page following all those developments for us at the a. N. C. Congress in johannesburg. Two mass graves containing the remains of dozens of iraqs yazidi Minority Group have been found near the northwestern town of santa ninety bodies have reportedly been discovered including women and children i still took over town and twenty fourteen killing and slaving phelans of members of the religious Minority Group since job was retaken a year later by u. S. Backed kurdish fighters the un has declared the massacre of the as a genocide or more and more refugees are trying to take a new route into europe with deadly consequences few are taking the old rouge across the sea to the quake islands of less boss and chills where many have had to inject dye conditions now thousands are heading north to cross the land border from turkey into northeastern greece but that means crossing the every last river which is proof fatal for hundreds of refugees has this exclusive report from Alexandra Palace and a warning that you might find some of these images here distressing. If you want to see how dangerous it is to be a refugee this hospital morgue is a good starting point. With. The day before to morrow for gore. Pub loss is parts Hospital Doctor policy detective the bodies are usually discovered whole kids theyve been in the water for weeks on the river or the fish take their clothes sometimes the riposte will effects 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. Hes a very little goes with that is it because were here that woman will have a little boy those girls who havent seen the. All harmony. World. They come here to buy that there was poor founder. Yes its very difficult. Sometimes the bodies are found by police on patrol. Sometimes they discovered by fishermen in the shallows more dive 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. And you know there were 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 either side the 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 is france 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 in 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. This is a this is a medical move from a charity thats from december last year who says could this person please be referred to silicone trust. Those little doctors believe the river contains many will bodies it will soon give up and that their impoverished hospital they should is the new addition from the red cross the huge fridge the are lots of room for the bodies gloriously aljazeera when the greece turkey border. Allow more than two hundred fifty refugees have been rescued by the libyan coast guard east of tripoli they were trying to cross the mediterranean in small boats bound for italy or than four hundred sixty have been rescued this week alone arrivals to italy have fallen by two thirds since july from the same period last year after the un backed Libyan Government crackdown on people smuggling. Now astris president says his country wont lurch the right despite the announcement of a new government featuring the far right Freedom Party those who want to roll Sebastian Kurtz who leads the more moderate Peoples Party is set to be the new chancellor but the Freedom Party will control several of the most important ministries obrien explains. Hes been nicknamed c or wizkid now hell be known as chancellor Sebastian Kurtz let the overpay Peoples Party to a thirty two percent winning share of the votes in the general election two months ago but to govern he needed a coalition and the far right f. P. O. Is his chosen partner if you want to is stuck if we have a good strong team concerning my party the Peoples Party half of it will be women and two thirds of our team are experts who will bring a lot of knowledge to the Political Leadership regarding the Freedom Party and mr starr has a team hes also put forward his suggestions so that the kids are going to follow this is about responsibility for our wonderful republic of australia and it is about ensuring good cooperation for the future to it can be difficult to tell them apart kurtz and his conservative Peoples Party bills itself a center right but its policies borrow freely from far right ideas in january curts demanded a ban on Public Sector workers wearing headscarves he was instrumental in having full face veils banned in austria too and his anti migrant policies slammed the door on Syrian Refugees trying to reach europe via the socalled balkan route its not the first time far right politicians have been government ministers in austria it happened seventeen years ago e. U. States reacted then by downgrading bilateral contacts the prospects in this coalition of the far right in charge of austrias foreign interior and defense ministries is likely to create concern in other european capitals yes senator graham i really will learn barry or. I have to ask you this three things so especially was respected or. It woman who is supposed to become the ministry is not a party member. And what is more in court in a european perspective all the european policy agendas will transfer from the Foreign Ministry huge chancellorship now the cuts not struck a how detailed the new governments approach to european policy cuts says he is pro european but the far right is traditionally euro skeptic dont forget austria will hold the e. U. Rotating presidency in the second half of next year old brennan aljazeera. On the Program Three months after two hurricanes hit a third of puerto rico is still without power. Keys every day my two little children because i dont know what will happen cats line independence leaders refused to be silenced by spain ahead of next weeks Regional Elections. 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 a Tropical Storm were seeing cuttack is gradually making its way across us have an essential 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 western parts of them up there making its way up through parts of pakistan and 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 likely to be very heavy. Under serious skies a bomb shattered monument to wars destructive powers yet amid the ruins the defiant still resist and somehow survived. People in power investigates how the suburb of damascus has refused to crumble under the might of us out of our. Job our one of two at this time on aljazeera. Back with aljazeera thats up to you want to stories making headlines intense scenes in johannesburg where south africas Ruling African National congress is meeting to select its new leader party is deeply divided as it chooses between jacob zuma his exwife or his deputy. More and more refugees are taking a new dangerous route to get into europe thousands are now crossing the land border from turkey into northeastern greece and hundreds die on the way. And austrias president says his country will not do the right despite the announcement of a new government featuring the far right Freedom Party. And our other stories were following funerals have been held for four palestinians killed by Israeli Forces during protests in gaza and the occupied west bank on friday they were rallying against the u. S. Decision to recognize jerusalem as israels capital one was an activist who lost both his legs during an israeli air strike in two thousand and eight alan fischer was at the funeral. We came in the thousands to say goodbye to him and what he represented. Three a lost both his legs in a near strike during the two thirds of the gaza war became an unlikely symbol of palestinian defiance and resistance. The twenty nine year old often went in his wheelchair to fly his flag at demonstrations and protests all over gaza he went on friday to the border with thousands of others to protest Donald Trumps decision to declare jerusalem as israels capital. Donald trump must reverse his decision jerusalem as the capital of palestine a call on all arabs to support the palestinians and if they dont we palestinians will do it ourselves. Ibrahim three it was flying his flag on friday when he was short and killed by the israelis going to market of the during the break we helped the martyr abraham in the wheelchair tear gas was fired. And abraham was hit in the head he fell to the ground and was killed instantly by a single bullet to the head. That is generally gaza city hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh said the protesters death was not in vain. He tried to protest despite his condition became famous all over the world and he is shaping the consciousness of the world two people were killed in clashes in gaza on friday for several hours and in seven places along the border palestinians protested. And rocks at israeli positions use really fire bullets and tear gas trying to force the thousands back from the border line hundreds were taken to hospital many suffering from the effects of gas and with other groups and factions here in gaza calling for more protests the people here are pressing themselves for more funerals in the days and weeks to come first was alan fischer aljazeera. Puerto rico is still struggling to recover nearly three months after two hurricane slammed into the caribbean island a third of the u. S. Territory remains without our businesses have closed and thousands of people are still in shelters more than one hundred thirty thousand Puerto Ricans have left the island so i disowned their reports where to reconsider each Hurricane Season theyre at the mercy of nature but three months after him and then maria battered the island theyre also learning theyre at the mercy of u. S. Government officials to help revive life as they knew it can and most commonly see only we want my mother to live their house was destroyed she hasnt many years left and we want to live decently is that too much to ask. From the beginning puerto rican officials have been asking for a more robust response from the trumpet ministration the island is american territory and its three point four million residents are american citizens but many have complained that not only do they feel like second class citizens they feel fo