Resignation as a government the reason is that i have been invited to be questioned as a suspect by the special court where i will appear next week so i consider that i cannot go to the questioning as a head of a governor but as an ordinary civilian as i did even. Still ahead on the monitor. He came to office promising to clean up South African politics and why is president several obama plans that now under scrutiny and nearly 2 years after harken marriott devastated much of puerto rico i political storm has taken over its capital. And i was still pretty hot in a good part of iran and after turkmenistan as well with and stuff in the sky to stop it lets be honest and not if you show is developing in the caucasus or in turkey believe in that and have side charles so 41. 00 in 10 on which takes you right up to the software the temptress should be at this time of the year whereas i spin the case for a day or so during contrast time on the planes in iraq 43. 00 is da particularly excessive and the breeze is not coming out of the mediterranean will probably not make much difference if anything baghdad looks a bit hotter bastra could well be approaching 50 once again and that heat has just been drawn down to the gulf that the breeze is dying off now and the High Temperature in there has now below 40 suggests a bit more humidity in the air but for the most part its a dry picture as you might expect 27. 00 stands out and solace is a hobby if this is southwest of the wind that brings in clouds and drizzle for weeks on end certain among soon see. And Welcome Change to those who can get there in Southern Africa its recently been a little bit stormy across the western cape only 12 degrees in the forecast as a day the clouds spread eastwards and there will be rain i think somewhere around been 2 in science the next day or so but sunday again its fine. With a sponsor. For. Their own. Problems and besides the instability is corruption we listen. Or push the United States and President Trump into conflict we meet with global news makers and about the stories that matter. Good to have you with us on aljazeera these are our top stories the u. K. And they seeking information about a british flag tanker which iran says it saved in the strait of hormuz the revolutionary guard says the ships being detained for violating maritime regulations. And earlier iran released a video that it says it discredits claims that the u. S. Shut down one of its strongest the revolutionary guard says this video was shot by the drone and proves that it returned to base safely. The netherlands has accepted that its partially responsible for the deaths of 350. 00 Bosnian Muslims and the line 995 minutes a massacre the Supreme Court said Dutch Peacekeeping forces could have allowed the men to remain at a un safe haven during the bosnian war. Taiwans president says her government will consider granting asylum to protests from Hong Kong Based on humanitarian concerns sighing when it was responding to reports that a Group Fighting a controversial extradition bill and hong kong were seeking protection but toyah gayton be reports. During recent protests in hong kong millions of people rallied against him now withdrew an extradition bill that would have allowed people to be sent to Mainland China for trial. Protesters who stormed the citys legislature was so concerned they could be punished unfairly they flown to neighboring thailand to seek asylum its president has offered them support for the kid regarding the hong kong people whove arrived in taiwan we will deal with them following humanitarian principles taiwan has had its own government since 1949 and is opposed to reunification with Mainland China beijing sees taiwan as part of its territory taiwan has no formal refugee law but Amnesty International says taiwans government can provide hong kong protesters refuge based on existing regulations in article 18 theres saying the necessary assistance should be provided to him come in macau residents who saved me and they were i mean for political reasons so we believe there is actually a way that taiwan tonys government could step those those of syrians. The protesters are hoping to follow in the footsteps of hong kong bookseller lam when he was held in china for almost 8 months for selling works critical of the Chinese Government he fled to taiwan in april the protesters who arrived in taiwan may not be the last at least 30 others are reportedly preparing to leave hong kong fearing for their safety victoria gave him be there. At least 2 people have been killed and 12 are missing after a massive explosion at a gas plant in Central China the blast shattered windows within a 3 kilometer radius of the plant and left 18 people seriously injured deadly industrial accidents have been common in china. Now south africas corruption watchdog has found that president s are all wrong deliberately misled parliament about a 27000. 00 Campaign Donation from oppose ahead said that he knew nothing of the 35000. 00 contribution of the Public Protector says he was lying farmer the miller has moved from pretoria. Cyril ramaphosa came into office vowing to fight corruption we must fight corruption we must fried fraud and. As well as in the private sector with the same pair pause and intensity that we want to fight in the Public Sector but the Public Protector says he deliberately misled parliament when answering questions about a Campaign Donation made 2 years ago come up also who was defeated president of south africa at the time received a donation of the t. 5000. 00 when he was running for president of the African National congress but he told parliament that the money was for his son and did his foundation it turns out theres no foundation from up close or issued a correction saying the money was for his own campaign and he didnt know about it i have come to the conclusion they do these in marriage to the allegations relating to their suspicion of Money Laundering as alluded to in the complaint last the interested exposed to serve to their risk of a conflict between his private interest and hes of a shared responsibilities the Public Protector says she is evidence that as much as 28000000. 00 was channeled through various campaign trust and other beneficiary accounts linked to run a porsche and good one this is from a poor search should have declared the donations to avoid a conflict of interest she wants both the president and c. E. O. Of the company gavin watson investigated for Money Laundering this is gone beyond the parameters of simply a parliamentary misdemeanor it has got into the realms of criminal justice and certainly it will provide ammunition for several rommel pauses enemies within them within the a. N. C. Who we know are many to go after his continued leadership of the party the Public Protectors verdict means that im up or so i will have to declare all donations to his campaign within 30 days the president says hell study the report and make a decision on any further action corruption continues to be an issue the governing African National congress is battling not only is president flew. Facing a scandal of his own his predecessor president jacob zuma is appearing some would say reluctantly before a commission of inquiry into state corruption during his 9 years in office zuma concluded his 4th day of testimony after withdrawing from proceedings saying he was being treated unfairly but later said he would return to the witness stand while South Africans are looking for answers the promise of a corruption free south africa appears to be elusive for leader mullah aljazeera pretoria south africa. To lebanon now where the sunni political establishment is concerned that constitutional powers given to the Prime Minister being undermined by politicians allied to rob the Prime Ministers post is reserved for their community as part of a sectarian power sharing agreement they thought if accord signed in 1989 established a political system under which the president must be a mounted christian the Prime Minister a sunni muslim and the speaker of parliament a shia muslim but that delicate power balance is under strain Prime Minister saad hariri isnt awake positions and his party lost seats in last years general election lebanon sunni politicians accuse the leader of the largest christian party. And his ally hezbollah of undermining the powers given to the Prime Minister and regional rivalry between saudi arabia and iran has also changed the balance of power in lebanon so in the hall there are reports. That the center of lebanons latest political crisis here is the foreign minister and also the son of the president the head of a Christian Political Party and along with his ally hezbollah he controls parliament and cabinet and some accuse him of using those powers to undermine the countrys sectarian based power sharing system all of. Approach important tax is an assault on the status quo which was founded by the thought of a court so busy destroying to find a new place for strong christian leader. Christians once dominated lebanons politics the civil war changed that the time for court of 1989 removed powers from the christian president and gave them to the sunni muslim Prime Minister but steels Free Patriotic Movement party say they are claiming back what is rightfully theirs we have what we have in terms of parliamentary presentation representation confessional. Representation so its just that were taking our part in the system before christians were marginalized so this very very very part. Was going to others. Prime minister seidel heidi is in a weak position he lost. Last years elections partly due to a you torah law that critics favor his rivals and his traditional allies saudi arabia has lost influence here saudi arabia played a key role in brokering betov agreement which was named after the saudi city where it was signed a lot has changed since relations between lebanon and saudi arabia have been strained by the growing political influence of the iranian backed hezbollah and its allies in Lebanon Hezbollah was not a political actor 1st signed and its. Father president michel aoun refused to recognize the deal and was forced into exile really it was a huge crisis its not easy to make changes to the type of accord it was the outcome of 15 years of war and any amendment could start another war which no one wants. But there is already a new reality and it wont be easy to shift the balance of power in lebanon. Beirut. Thousands of people are rallying in puerto rico another day demanding the governors resignation theres a live pictures from san juan governor of a car resellers accused of corruption sexism and homophobia after messages between him and his aides will meet the messages show them mocking women the disabled and victims of hurricane mary well it has been nearly 2 years since the storm destroyed much of the island many areas a still rebuilding their lives that are frustrated by the political storm unfolding in the capital. Reports from the town of. Ok lets talk about lucy and Mariano Pinto survived Hurricane Maria not much else around them did the storm ripped the roof off their house and did permanent damage they still use a tarp to keep rainwater out for a long time their frustration was a slow response from the puerto rican government. Politicians only want power they dont care about the poor it took a direct hit from Hurricane Maria when it made landfall nearly 2 years ago this is what it looked like the town of 35000 people on the far southeast corner of the island was flattened they were without power for many months now there are still some scars from the storm and some rebuilding for the most part life is back to normal here but theres a new crisis and its about politics having lived through the worst of Hurricane Maria the people of yabloko but no natural disasters better than anyone there now watching from afar this political disaster and golfing the capital sanaa. And most people here just like most of the people in the rest of the island want this governor gone. You know he still hasnt resigned hes still there in power but i hope he resigns because the people dont want him graffiti on the streets calling for governor ricardo to resign his vulgar Group Messages insulting his own people leaked over the weekend have thrust puerto rico into its worst ever political crisis for the pinkos the time is now for him to step down. Its very bad things happening with this political crisis its hurting everything because the government is supposed to help us but all we can do is keep fighting. We dont have a future with him the people dont want him nobody wants him as governor anymore in a quarter puerto rico once pounded by a hurricane now just wanting the political storm to end gave rosendo. Puerto rico. Germanys chancellor has insisted that she is fit to remain in office until her term ends next year despite speculation over her health and going to burgle has been seen suffering several bouts of shaking in public in recent weeks the conservative leader who turned 65 on wednesday has been in office since 2005 she says she understands the concern but is feeling good. Now july 20th marks the 50th anniversary of the 1st moon landing. Of the feat ushered in a new era of Space Exploration and inspired people around the world but only a handful of manned Lunar Missions have been accomplished now the u. S. Says it wants to send astronauts back to the moon as soon as 2024 dr david hill the former nasa astronaut and he says a decline in Public Interest contributed to the end of the Apollo Program. There was a huge effort in the 1960 s. To achieve a huge push it was a Credible Team effort almost a half a 1000000 americans and other people around the world were were involved in getting a man on the moon and if you think about it from 1961 when we 1st landed on 969 it was only 8 years we were struggling just to get into space and 8 years later we were on the moon and so the novelty of having a man human being a citizen of this world set foot on the on the another so lest you object with us. Lots of novelty associated with it but after 6 missions i think. Now will be somewhat more wore off and from a space standpoint i think we were looking in it further options were looking at going to to mars and at the end of the Apollo Program i think we all thought within the space of maybe 10 or 15 years we would be on mars but that hasnt worked for. You know again elizabeth of the headlines on aljazeera evanna seems to push oil tanker and the strait of hormuz the revolutionary guards that the ships being detained for violating match on regulations in case foreign secretary jeremy hunt condemned the move as unacceptable President Trump said the seizure proves that he was right to what the trouble from the iran nuclear deal. So were going to be speaking with the u. K. And this is only goes to show what im saying about iran. Trouble nothing but trouble. And remember this is the agreement the ridiculous agreement made by president obama expires in a very short period of time was a short term agreement. Where youre dealing in countries you have to deal in 50 years in a 100 years you dont deal in the short term that was a ridiculous agreement. Meanwhile iran has released a video it says discredits u. S. Claims that it shot down one of its drones the revolutionary guard says this video was shot by the drone and proves that it returned to base safely the netherlands has accepted that its partially responsible for the deaths of 350. 00 Bosnian Muslims in the 1905 instruments a massacre the Supreme Court said peacekeeping forces could have allowed the men to remain at a un safe haven during the war. South africas president. Is rejecting accusations that he deliberately misled parliament the allegations center on a donation from a company to run opposes 27000 president ial campaign and to corruption watchdog says drum oppose a failed to report the 35000 dollars donation and denied any knowledge of the funds when asked about it in Parliament Last year. Protesters have rallied outside the puerto rican governors home for the 2nd day running demonstrators are demanding his resignation carter a zellers accused of corruption sexism and homophobia after messages between heaven has a. 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