And im joined up in this is the news live from doha coming up in the next sixty minutes after a bitterly Fought Campaign to lead south africas a. N. C. Party counting the ballots to see who will replace jacob zuma. Celebrations as indias ruling party looks set to hold on to the Prime Ministers home state of gujarat also. The political crisis in the gulf special meaning to catalyze national day celebrations. Of the two. The final message to his two year old daughter before a chinese activist suddenly disappears. And im far as small are topped a story in sport the ashes are returns down under as australia beat england to secure at the famous cricket contact. An attack at a military Training Center in afghanistans capital kabul is over gunmen stormed a partially constructed building near an intelligence Training Center in the west of the city explosions and gunfire were heard were reports of at least two attackers inside the building but police now say the operation has ended eisel has claimed responsibility. Survivors of sundays Suicide Attack on a church in pakistan say they will not be deterred from attending Christmas Services at least nine people were killed after two suicide bombers stormed a packed church in quitter police shot one of them dead while the other one detonated his suicide vest about four hundred people were inside the church at the time of the attack. Spirits are high we are peaceful and not discouraged we are not afraid of the tourist we will be attending go places of worship. South africas ruling a. N. C. Has been in power since the end of apartheid in the one nine hundred ninety s. But in the face of several corruption scandals political infighting and threats of a split the party is voting for a new leader to replace outgoing jacob zuma the new head of the African National congress will lead the party into the two thousand and nineteen general elections Current Deputy president so ram opposer and prisoners zuma the media were formally nominated as candidates on sunday the battle for the top job has exposed deep divisions within the ruling party its bring in tanya page whos at the n. C. Convention in johannesburg where the vote counting is underway can you give us a sense of when we are likely to get a result tanya. We would all like to know jane i think because effectively theyre running a day. Hind because of legal challenges as you alluded to this a very hotly contested basso that wound up in several of the countrys courts much to the chagrin of president zuma who lashed out at the judiciary at the media at all his deceived in amaze in his opening speech to the conference voting just got underway off to midnight and there was a lot of emotion in the room some delegates were shouted down by others after making suggestions to the voting process people what have you got and we just heard a big crowd of in courses on it let me zoom is supposes singing their praises and hoping maybe that they may be able to influence some of the last few voters we understand that the counting is underway they may have to do a second count if its particularly close then all of the delegates will be informed so you can expect a lot of rumors to be flying around around that time is the results come out on officially and after that in the public will be told so i realistically i think were still several hours off that i get to tell us more about the fact is a rounding this vote and the conference and how much whats happening inside the Conference Center is reflecting whats happening in the country. Well everybody every South African is and should it matter is what really happens here because this is all being framed a few lying because its a battle for the heart and soul of the a. N. C. Do people want to see a serious break from the style of leadership the staal of presidency and governance of the current president jacob zuma or will they want to you know a great change basically so under president zuma theres been sort of a system of patronage worked out whereby a lot of members of the a. N. C. Are able for government contracts to to be employed to to seek lucrative. Government deals and that has led to a lot of allegations of corruption and of course we know that really since the beginning of his tenure in the end she. The president has been really ball down under under a weight of contra controversy going way back to a child she was acquitted of corruption charges around a multimillion dollar deal that may be coming back to haunt him all those things so theres a real split in the and see as to whether to continue with the successor to him which it seems he would prefer and. Whos really struggled and is trying to sometimes defend herself against this decision that she might lead to a continuation of that sort of environment or make a breaking go with deputy president. Who promises that the economy is going to be his focus clean governance hes spoken out very strongly against corruption never specifically named president zuma of course he still has to has been having to work underneath him and hes drawn some criticism for that as well so for example the main opposition the democratic alliances leader has said you know youre sort of a silent critic if you like im sorry quite a stark contrast in the main contenders and we should know in the coming hours exactly whos come out on top all right thank you for that on your page. It is Prime Minister has declared victory in two state elections including a closely fought race in his home state of gujarat in a random order that found photos for the trust in the ruling be j. P. On twitter the party or summat is just snatched from the Opposition Congress party in him Michelle Pradesh devika pollen as more from iraqs largest city of mother but. The b j p may have retained power but this race was watched so closely as its being called the political fight of the century in the state of Good Congress has for the first time launched a campaign thats made to be j. P. Nervous and made many believe that congress could actually win over the states but alas they fell short of seats although they have taken away seats from the b j p this also has been watched closely by the rest of the country as the countrys Prime MinisterNarendra Modi had a personal stake in this is his home state he came here personally to campaign on behalf of the b j p a loss for him would have been a loss of faith and a lack of confidence in his policies now what these elections have done is raise certain issues in the state particularly unemployment inflation and the fact that the States Economic growth is not benefiting everyone particularly the rural population and those of low income. Was editor of hard news a Current Affairs magazine he joins us now from new delhi good to see you how much of a victory is this from already. Yes it has been a very tough battle for mr modi for the last one and a half months hes done precious little but to campaign in good rather address seventy five Public Meetings and all its ministers have been parked in good rudd because as your. Correspondent said sid had he had a serious case because a loss in the drug would have hurt him in the country he would hes the only woodcutter the party has and then his doctor they started plummeting and the opposition was sensing a. Rechargeable gun the the leader the Congress Party recently appointed as a president the party thought that they would ride the tree could really propel him into a different job it all together and its a lot of the others especially in the congress i think this is resuscitated the Congress Party enough are we likely to see more successes coming their way and i and im talking about the increasing numbers that they got this time. If you look at the map i think congress has had a meeting but there are now fifteen states with the media given powers so the entire country seemingly is colored the saffron. The b. G. P. But the common thing it would has a reason for some cheer for gandhi who worked very hard over the last one and a half months and it managed to give create an impression that. We can be beaten and he made the party look very vulnerable but now the results show that hes not done too badly with a little bit of more bush and Better Organization he could have put across the ruling party there which has been in power for the last twenty two years and now they get five more years so in a certain way the congress what you seem to be divided apply for elections which are coming up next year because india is you know having elections all through the you know every year they have some elections where theres four five Assembly Elections coming up for next year and theyre very crucial for the Congress Party especially in the Southern State of cannot act so if congress manages to hang on or maybe build on what they did in. Big case theyll have a reason to feel that they are better for it to try the election in two thousand one hundred when you have the Parliament Elections son jacob thank you. The u. N. Security council will vote late on monday on a draft resolution regarding the status of jerusalem it follows a u. S. Decision to recognize jerusalem as israels capital the move has sparked almost two weeks of protests around the world there was more anger across the palestinian territory of a night with protesters burning effigies of u. S. President donald trump and israels leader benjamin netanyahu. Egypt is circulating the draft resolution calling for the u. S. Recognition of jerusalem to be withdrawn it states that any decisions and actions which purport to have ultimate the character status or demographic composition of the holy city of jerusalem have no legal effect on now and void and must be rescinded in compliance with relevant relevant resolutions of the Security Council mike hanna has the details from new york. But draft resolution being circulated in the United Nations has been drawn up by egypt with input from other parties it would appear now the resolution may change in form or shape before its actually voted upon probably in the scumming day however the resolution as it stands at the moment does not mention the us by name i understand that various parties such as the United Kingdom and indeed egypt wanted to try and keep the language as neutral as possible in an attempt possibly vain to keep the u. S. From exercising its veto within the Security Council the resolution as it stands at the moment is actually a restatement of the uns position on jerusalem as outlined through decades of Security Council and general assemblies a resolution the most recent being in november this year in which the General Assembly voted overwhelmingly to declare any unilateral acts in jerusalem as null and void that phrase null and void is contained in the current draft resolution the draft resolution calls on all states to refrain from establishing Diplomatic Missions within jerusalem i understand the palestinians somewhat angered they didnt want to single out the u. S. By name however it appears from this draft resolution that egypt and the u. K. Have had their way too in attempt to avoid the u. S. Veto however it would appear that that vetoes likely to happen with israels enthusiastic backing which describes the resolution as a palestinian attempt to reinvent history despite the fact that it is rooted on u. N. Resolutions as they stand at present but palestinians making very clear that should the u. S. Veto this resolution in the Security Council they will attend to have it reintroduced in the General Assembly where theres nobody to at play. Israeli military says it has attacked a hamas training compound off the rockets were fired from the palestinian territory of gaza this video is said to show the israeli airstrike on the hamas facility no deaths were reported it was in response to two rockets being fired into israeli territory where no one was killed rocket strikes from gaza have increased since the u. S. Moved to recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel. Plenty more ahead on the news on creating ha chile moved to the right as billionaire Sebastian Pinera returns to power plus. Two point five billion people across the world dont have a bank account to me than live right here in africa find out next how a small city Police Company is using not banks but in old traditional saving methods to try to bridge this gap. And in sports an n. F. L. Owner puts his team up for sale as he faces allegations of workplace misconduct. The state of qatar is marking its national day looking at live pictures now of a military parade underway on the waterfront the image of cattle and other senior government officials are taking part its a commemoration of the gulf countries unification eight hundred Seventy Eight but this is celebrations come as the gulf region deals with a six month long crisis saudi arabia the u. A. E. In an egypt cut ties with qatar in june accusing it of funding terrorism a charge has strongly denied its going to mohammed he joins us live from the waterfront talk us through what were seeing and whats been happening throughout the day mohammed. This event has started about one hour ago and as you have seen for half an hour now weve been witnessing this huge display of military might this military parade what is going behind the camera for streets against the sun was to show it but look at this crowd stretching also far as the eye can see these people came here. Many hours ago to attend this event and we have seen this ex of all the nitty mixing of expired to your communities coming here to show their solidarity with qatar and before i. Leave this point many events are taking place today and they are organized specifically by asian communities in qatar it is a unique show of solidarity as i said by these acts partly to communities with qataris in this specific circumstance and also we have seen a little while ago that amazing display of military might in the fighter jets drawing lines in the sky including a big heart in the skyline of the how its all in the it comes all in the innocence of a letter a message sent by qatar in this particular circumstance about the country is in good shape despite six months of blockade by its neighbors gulf neighbors three of them and also egypt that has been trying to show today that it has been able to absorb that shock and it has been able to compensate for losses that it has received because of the middle of the of the of the economy blockade eighty percent of its imports came before the blockade from its neighbors and now its house compensated by importing from other countries so its a mixture of messages military economic social and all boils down to the to the fact that qatar has been able to emerge stronger from this blockade and from this a crisis that has been imposed on it six months ago i thank you for that. The u. S. President is due to unveil his National Security strategy in the coming hours hes expected to take aim at americas j. A political rivals and identify important global challenges to american men as well from washington d. C. Thank you very much for the you know from the outset donald trump is focused on undoing or redirecting his predecessors priorities on the world stage but his rhetoric hasnt yet been matched by measurable change generally hes followed the same policy and he may have wanted to radically change our policy toward russia but hes been unable to do that. In his National Security message mandated by Congress Trump is expected to brand both russia and china as quote revisionist powers whom america must recognize as adversaries despite drums and willingness to say a bad word about Vladimir Putin i feel that having russia in a friendly posture as opposed to always fighting with them is an asset to the world hes grudgingly approved added sanctions against russia which obama launched to retaliate for the reported cyber intrusions into the american electoral process since taking office trump has softened his campaign language about china which he did cues to economically abusing the u. S. We cant continue to allow china to rape our country. The president has escalated his verbal bluster and shows of military muscle in response to north koreas mounting nuclear threats. But a clear course of action has been muddied by friction between the white house and secretary of state Rex Tillerson a few days after he suggested talking to the pyongyang government quote without preconditions tillerson fell back in line with the administrations tougher tone our Communication Channels remain open north korea knows theyre open. They know where the door is they know where to walk through that door when they want to talk. After claiming much of the credit for ousting eisel from its strongholds white house National Security adviser ager mcmaster promised the u. S. Would prevent a fractured iraq from turning into an iranian client state we are committed to want to Work Together with kurdish leadership iraqi leadership mediate as best we can and to also limit the destabilizing influence of of others in the region but the administration has deferred action on its threat to abandon the Iran Nuclear Deal at the risk of isolation from amer