A made to help rebuild iraq but is there enough money to do the job properly. Police recommend the israeli Prime Ministers indictment on corruption charges for Benjamin Netanyahu says nothing will come of it. On untruthfulness in sydney well this of responding to the woman incidents recorded it will strike you as a refugee person its. A low pressure is growing on south africas president to step down from his own party but jacob zuma says hes not going anywhere right now president said he had proposed a longer transition period handing over power after june the a. N. C. Rejected that plan and demand that he step down by thursday. So i found it very strange that im going to be told by my organization you now must go. Because. We now have two new president thomas comey not to following any policy of the a. N. C. Theres nothing of that nature i need a miller has more now from pretoria. This is the first time that south africans have heard from jacob zuma throughout this period we calls for him to step down and grown in intensity jacob zuma held an interview with the state broadcaster and he used that interview to explain his position and essentially defend himself he says he has no understanding of why the African NationalCongress Wants to recall him and as i asked him to step down he says the party hasnt followed a normal policy to determine that he should step down and what he says is that he is not defying the a. N. C. He just doesnt agree with the decision that its made jacob zuma maintains that there arent two centers of power and that this shouldnt be a reason why he should be made to step down he says hes in fact wanted to stay in office until at least june in the use that period to show united front within the a. N. C. To International Community and International Bodies use that time to introduce the incoming president to the International Community jacob zuma has painted himself as the victim he said hes been victimized he does plan to address the nation later in the day but we dont expect the president to say anything different to what he said so far it certainly would be a surprise if he changes his tune but for now jacob zuma says hes staying put and this is why the African National congress is moving to have a motion of no confidence debated in parliament on thursday this is how it will get rid of jacob zuma following that parliament will be the parliament but the ministers in cabinet will then also a be removed and cerebrum oppose us sworn in as president and a new cabinet named. South africas influential gupta family have been accused of corruption involving president jacob zuma sharla bellus takes a look at the group the brothers who become central figures in this story. Twenty five years after immigrating from india brothers a. J. And brijesh one of the richest families in south africa they went from success to success with investments in media energy air travel mining and technology they first met president jacob zuma more than a decade ago one of the company of events wasnt long before several xoom is working for the govt is but their relationship didnt become controversial until the go to strew a luxury waiting in twenty thirteen and chartered a plane with more than two hundred wedding guests to an air force base that the state dignitaries it was a National Scandal about the same time allegations surface that they had pushed president zuma on certain ministerial appointments allegations that guptas and zuma denies i am in charge of the government im in charge i point. In terms of the constitution there is no minister who is the here who was appointed by the does. The accusation stuck the National Ombudsman published a three hundred fifty five page report on the matter and twenty six think its title state of capture became a household term the normally media shy go tos had little choice but to respond. Lobbyist markets to capture. The concern of that im afraid only ok you did me as a friend of the people mad thing and met office what all of the panelists explain and understand that captured is that. When you are taking any advantage of anything a. J. Got to say listen two percent of their business is government related to their image was tying to it now with the arrests of several members of the good family many will be looking to see how this case will impact the president. One person has been arrested after a shooting outside the entrance to the u. S. National security agencys headquarters in maryland three people are reported to have been wounded it happened outside the agencys campus in fort meade President Donald Trump has been briefed on the incident. An International Summit for iraqs reconstruction has ended with billions of dollars pledged to rebuild the country after the defeat of isis donors put up more than thirty six billion dollars mainly in loans and investment but the Iraqi Government says it needs up to one hundred billion sammy then has more from kuwait city. If you look at some of the numbers coming in theyre adding up but theyre still short of either about one hundred billion dollars that iraqs Prime Minister said would be the total price tag for total reconstruction of the country we have some of the biggest numbers coming in for example from the United Kingdom saying it will be one billion dollars a year in the shape of the export loads over a period of ten years so theoretically over a period of ten years that would add up to ten billion dollars weve got also turkey committing itself also to five billions also in the shape of a loan the United States of america with three billion in terms of actual grounds pledged one billion dollars and we have the European Union with four hundred thousand dollars now the big question is of course how much of this will transpire you might remember back in two thousand and three we had an International Donors conference in madrid there a total of thirty three billion dollars was pledged but a year later another donors follow up conference had to be held in tokyo japan because only a fraction of that money had come in the u. S. Secretary of state has called on iran to withdraw its armed groups from syria during talks with Syrian Opposition figures in jordan Rex Tillerson made the comments in a man way signed an agreement with the Jordanian Foreign minister but iranian Officials Say their military presence is legitimate and called for the withdrawal of u. S. Troops. Well we are quite concerned about the recent incident involving israel israel and iranian assets inside of syria and i think this again illustrates why irans presence in syria is only destabilizing to the region so we think iran needs to withdraw its military its militia from syria and allow a hope for Peace Process to take hold in geneva israeli Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu says he will continue to run the country despite police recommending that he be charged for corruption and bribery netanyahu is accused of accepting the only three hundred thousand dollars in gifts from billionaire benefactors hes also suspected of backroom deals with the publisher of an israeli newspaper for favorable coverage i mean its a good first of all i want to reassure you the coalition is stable and no one not myself not anyone else plans to hold elections we will continue to Work Together with you for the people of israel until the end of the term after i read the reconditioned report i can say it is biased extreme full of holes like swiss cheese a palestinian man has been beaten by settlers near the mosque compound in occupied East Jerusalem the man had a seizure before locals came to his aid he is now in hospital being treated violence broke out off the settlers were prevented from storming the compound by armed guards have been other incidents of settler violence in the occupied west bank. The financial crisis in gaza is forcing hospitals and clinics to close patients card use intensive care beds and those with contagious diseases have to stay in overcrowded rooms qatar and the u. A. E. Are provided money to install generators in hospitals and it could be another week before it happens Bernard Smith reports from gaza. Mohamed el sir he has severe epilepsy this machine delivers a precise dosage of a drug every hour to control the two year old seizures for thirteen days now the electricity that powers it has come from solar panels the hospital like all in gaza has not been give money for generate a fuel and money but i was astonished i live in the power goes off for one minute my son loses his life he should be in the i. C. U. He needs an x. Ray well he couldnt do that. Much of the rest of this Pediatric Hospital is in darkness. Its happening because the facts are dominated Palestinian Authority in the west bank is refusing to release money until hamas hands over the taxes it gathers inside gaza both sides agreed in october that the p. A. Would take over governing here but deadlines keep being missed. This is the intensive care unit and twelve days ago the doctors he had to take really the incredibly difficult decision to close the unit to save electricity its very energy and electricity intensive in here and that power can be diverted to keep the rest of the hospital open there are five beds in the three that were occupied or those patients have been transferred to another hospital. They get most six hours of electricity a day here the rest of the time generators keep people alive the hospital director whos worked through all garzas crises and wars over the last twenty five years tells us hes never seen it so bad. If someone comes up to midnight with something critical sometimes we can save his life in five minutes when we have electricity we needed to give electric shocks for resuscitation for x. Rays for everything. In the few rooms with power a crowded patients and parents some of these children have contagious diseases like viral meningitis they should not be kept like this but the hospital director says they have no option it risks a wider outbreak of disease and thats potentially catastrophic in this densely populated sealed off on clay of almost two Million PeopleBernard SmithAljazeera Gaza still ahead on aljazeera i will tell you why a british man who fought against isis is now being charged with a terror offense. What we have seen so far is cruel and barbaric to top it off they have the gall to blame the media. The United Nations steps up the pressure on the animals government over the ranger crisis. Welcome back the weather across much of central and southern parts of china and taiwan is looking pretty good at the moment trying high temperatures only at ten degrees celsius and indeed as head on through into friday just seven with a threat of some rain but otherwise its looking good across indochina twenty five and sunny and her only in vietnam across a miramar thirty four degrees there in yang gone sless head across into south asia with the weather for the most part is also fine visibility doesnt seem to be too bad at the moment. Nighttime visibility about a thousand meters or so so no problems there but otherwise temperatures looking pretty good into the high twentys or low thirtys for many areas delhi some twenty four fine conditions for crotch in pakistan northern parts of pakistan and indeed india got more in the way of cloud with the threat of a little bit of snow but otherwise it should be fine as we head on through into friday but notice for Colombo Sri Lanka we could just see wanted to share this here in the Arabian Peninsula weve got cloud across northern parts of the region but further towards the south its largely dry and fine temperatures really still way above a ship at this time of the twenty six in doha just not seen winter arrive at all heading through into friday close moves little bit further towards a scythe but shes still say fine and dry in mecca with high seer of thirty four. The scene for us whether online what is a very nice time in yemen that peace is almost possible but it never happens not because the situation is complicated but because no one cares or if you join us on set there are people that are choosing between buying another place and eating base is a dialogue i want to get in one more comment because this is someone whos an activist whos close to the story joined the global conversation at this time on aljazeera. Well again youre watching aljazeera minder of our top stories this hour. South africas president jacob zuma says hes not going anywhere as his partys take steps to remove him from office the a. N. C. Has asked him to resign if he doesnt there will be a vote of no confidence in south Africas Parliament on thursday. More than thirty six billion dollars have been put up in loans investments to help rebuild iraq at a summit in kuwait the Iraqi Government says up to one hundred billion is needed following the defeat of isis. Israeli Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu says hell continue to run the country despite Police Recommendations to charge him for corruption and bribery but in the i was accused of accepting nearly three hundred thousand dollars in gifts from billionaire benefactors. Russia says it cannot rule out the presence of russian mercenaries in syria but adds they are not connected to its armed forces thats after reports that more than two hundred government fighters were killed in dealers or last week in fighting with u. S. Coalition forces russia says its only aware of its citizens being deployed there as part of the Russian Armed forces russias been supporting the government of president bashar assad our convoy of aid supplies has reached. In syria its the first delivery since late november the u. N. Is warning the suburb is that breaking point after a recent heavy bombing by government and Russian Forces in eastern hooters home to four hundred thousand people and has been under siege since twenty thirteen the aid delivery will provide food and medical supplies to seven thousand people. Also in eastham who to doctors and nurses staged a protest against the targeting of hospitals their World Health Organization say more than seven hundred patients are waiting for medical evacuation and hospitals are running short of supplies about how to get up one of them on a in the recent military campaign by the Syrian Regime their forces have targeted every aspect of civilian life in ghouta their regimes forces use the most ferocious means of bombardment many hospitals were directly targeted and destroyed three of our medical centers were shelled and destroyed one of our crew members was killed and three others injured. A british man who fought with kurdish fighters against iceland syria is appearing in court charged with a tariff fence its the first of its kind in the u. K. Nadine barber is at the court in london will this prosecution is the first of its kind in britain James Matthews whos forty three and a former british soldier is appearing in court for a preliminary hearing where hell be formally charged with attending a terrorist Training Camp in syria now he was working in saudi arabia teaching english when he says he saw a video of what he called a female jihadist holding the head of another woman and he was so horrified that he felt compelled to go and fight against icily in syria fighting alongside the white p. G. The Kurdish Force in the north of syria in twenty fifteen he appeared in a documentary shown on national t. V. Here in britain alongside two other britons fighting on the front line for the y. P. Jeep one of those two men was killed last year in rock and in fact mr matthews came back to britain to attend his funeral now this is unusual because previously there havent been such prosecutions of people whove been fighting against i saw there have been prosecutions of men mainly men returning from syria who fought for i saw but there was one young man who was in his twentys josh walker who was charged with offenses which happens which allegedly happens in britain but not to do with what he was doing for the white p. G. Out in syria so this is an unusual step by the author or a tease here jim matthews is supported by some of his former colleagues and friends and hes certainly never expressed anything but pride in what hes done. The u. S. Ambassador to the Un Nikki Haley has accused me of handing its minority rid of Muslim Population what she calls a death sentence the u. S. Is demanding myanmar end the violence against the revenger with senates is pushing for more sanctions on the army mike hanna reports from washington the plight of the rethink is highlighted in this exhibition on capitol hill around the table discussion on the crisis is joined by some of the senators who are adamant that the time has come for military leaders to be held accountable for the well documented abuse suffered in iraq current state and i hope this exhibit right here on capitol hill well help bring to the American People the need the urgency for