the party has threatened mr zuma with a parliamentary motion of no confidence tomorrow. let's get more from our correspondent pumza fihlani who's in pretoria. thank you for being with us. how much longer can he cling to power? it certainly seems like he is prepared to go all the way. we are waiting for a statement from the president. our sources were telling us president. our sources were telling us it was meant to be around seven o'clock local time here in south africa. that means we are already over an hour away from that deadline, passed that deadline. it is not clear whether this address will include a resignation by the president. the amc has decided to go ahead with the motion of no confidence in parliament tomorrow. whether he resigned to norton

knight, the anc is prepared to bring in a new president by friday. 50 whether he likes it or not, he will be allowed by the end of the week. that's right. if the anc sticks to their guns. the president, he has survived a number of motions of no confidence brought against him in the past, seems at the end of his rope at the moment. the key difference with this one, is that it would be brought by his own congress, ever be the first time that the anc votes against him in parliament, so he is really expose that this moment. he has been dogged for many years with allegations of corruption, but he has done a television interview today saying there is nothing i have done wrong, i don't think it is fair, i think it is unfair. he is still defiant. that's right. it was quite a bizarre interview. he went into quite a lot

of detail, nearly an hour, explaining he had done nothing wrong. he came across to me as a school principal who was given a lesson on how politics should be handled, which give a sense of the tone of the conversations he has been having behind closed doors with anc officials. he insists he has done nothing wrong and some say he might have a point. this is the same party that defended him through those various motions of no confidence i mentioned earlier. he feels that if you have stuck with me until now, what warrants me being pushed out so abruptly now? thank you very much indeed. the leader of the democractic unionist party, arlene foster, has said there is no current prospect of a deal to restore power—sharing in northern ireland. mrs foster said attempts to find a stable resolution had been unsuccessful. the dup and sinn fein have been locked in negotiations in a bid to end the 13—month stalemate at stormont. let's get more now from our

ireland correspondent chris page, who is in belfast. and entered this political crisis feels farther away than ever tonight. northern ireland has been without government for 13 months. today, arlene foster has been involved in negotiations for the last few weeks, she said there was no prospect of bringing back devolution. sinn fein blamed the dup per what happened, saying they had reached an accommodation with the dup leadership that they had failed to close the deal. i'm joined by a leader of one of the other parties, colum eastwood, from the sdlp. what are your thoughts on what has happened today? it is a serious and real crisis for our institutions, for the good friday agreement. we

have had 13 months with the government. the two political parties have been negotiating for that length of time and this is anotherfailure. we that length of time and this is another failure. we are that length of time and this is anotherfailure. we are heading that length of time and this is another failure. we are heading for direct rule from london and that has to be resisted at all costs. those of us here who don't support the dup can't have them calling the shots over aggreko —— for the british government to make decisions here in northern ireland. how much is your party, the sdlp, been involved in these because the asians? this negotiation has been held in private, in secret between the dup and sinn fein. they will not let the public know what is going on. now we have failure. once again, the public have failure. once again, the public have been let down. the health services in crisis, an economy that is failing and we are left by the government again. you fear that direct rule from london is coming. do you think the dublin government

should have some involvement in running northern ireland? the good friday agreement is underpinned by the idea that both communities here, both nationalities you have to be respected. the idea that we could have the dup and the tory party running northern ireland is against all of those agreements. the irish government has to have a strong and real role in any decisions being made. the british government need not think they can ring in budget to make decisions you about the irish government's involvement. the key sticking point has been this all important issue of an irish language act. basically, nationalist parties once and you lot to protect their irish language act and unionist, to simplify it. every look at the detail of what was being proposed, let's see those proposed deals published so that all of the public can see. it is about protecting minority language that is all it is and should be nothing to fear from that. where do you see things going

from here? for the time being, is this it? it is very serious, very dangerous. we can't play around with these institutions, our peace process. we need both governments to step up. the irish government cannot be ignored in this. if the dup and the tory party think they are going to run northern ireland on the room, that will be resisted and it will be resisted by democratic ireland. thank you. the northern ireland secretary has been doing her best to strike a positive note, saying that she does still feel there is some sort of basis for an agreement. she will update parliament next week. time for a look at the weather. it has been yet another day of rain

for some and snow for others. our weather watchers have been like capturing the scenes. this picture from aberdeenshire. further south it was merely rain, heavy rain at that. we ta ke was merely rain, heavy rain at that. we take a look at the satellite picture and you can see this area of cloud working its way through, bringing snow into northern areas, rain in the south. this area of low pressure is sitting around spinning to the north—west. through this evening, we will slowly pushed the wet weather away from eastern parts of england. it will take awhile to kyrgyzsta n of england. it will take awhile to kyrgyzstan to the hand that clearer skies. wintry showers rattling into northern ireland and scotland. temperatures close to freezing here, not as cold further site. low pressure up the north—west and north—westerly wind blowing into northern areas, so still some cold air here. a subtle change in the wind direction in the south, more of a south—westerly winds bringing

milderair in a south—westerly winds bringing milder air in across southern areas. as well as the milder air, there will be quite a lot of sunshine through the day. largely dry, sunny skies, just a passing shower possible. more showers further north. one across parts of wales, the north midlands, into northern england. the showers could be wintry. wintry showers particularly on the western side of northern ireland and western scotland. notice the winds will be pretty brisk across these north—western areas. cold in the north, 546 degrees in glasgow and aberdeen, 11 degrees further south. into friday, glasgow and aberdeen, 11 degrees furthersouth. into friday, high pressure in the south—west will increasingly have an influence on southern parts of the british isles. across much of england and wales friday is looking like a dry day with good spells of sunshine. we will continue to see showery rain through northern ireland and

scotland. this hill snow becoming more persistent as we get through the afternoon. temperature wise, pretty mild in the south and even further north was temperatures creeping up a little bit and that milder weather will spread further north through the weekend. a lot of dry weather around but the chance of some rain in places on sunday. you're watching beyond one hundred days. jacob zuma plays hard to oust in south africa but his hours in power appear numbered. in a rambling television interview he says he's done nothing wrong and is being victimised. we're being plunged into crisis. but i'm sure my comrades, my leaders, would regret. two scandals engulf the white house — one involves a porn star, the other an alleged wife beater. we'll cover both. borisjohnson says brexit is a reason for hope not fear — calling it the liberal project of the age. this valentine's day, we get tips from the experts on how to make love last.

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