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Paralympic star Oscar Pistorius is facing up to 15 years in jail after South Africa’s top appeals court on Thursday scaled up his conviction for killing his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp from culpable homicide to murder.
South Africa's top court finds former president Jacob Zuma in contempt of court following his refusal to appear before a graft panel. SOUNDBITE
Former US president Donald Trump vows to appeal his criminal conviction for falsifying business records, saying that his legal team had several grounds to challenge the verdict handed down by a New York jury. "We're going to be appealing this scam... on many different things," says Trump, who is seeking reelection in November polls, in a rambling speech. SOUNDBITE
The Peace Palace, headquarters of the International Court of Justice (ICJ), in The Hague, Netherlands, as South Africa asks the top UN court to order an immediate halt to Israel's incursion in Rafah, describing it as a "genocidal" operation threatening the "very survival of Palestinians". IMAGES
Former South Africa President Jacob Zuma leaves Johannesburg's Constitutional court as it was hearing an appeal to have him declared ineligible to stand for office in a politically charged legal showdown set to raise tensions before the tightest election in decades. IMAGES