of was going to be fired with a vote of no confidence tomorrow. history in the making, president zuma has resigned as president of south africa. hello, welcome to outside source. it is over for south africa's embattled president, jacob zuma, who has just africa's embattled president, jacob zuma, who hasjust said in the africa's embattled president, jacob zuma, who has just said in the last few minutes he will resign. twin scandals in golf the white house, one involving a pawn star, the other an alleged wife—beater. the kremlin won't confirm us air strikes killed russian mercenaries in syria. want to run faster? the solution could be doing one simple thing: smile. we'll speak to the expert who carried out the research. we have been waiting all day to hear

his statement, we have had it in just the last few minutes. the embattled south african president jacob zuma has finally said he has been compelled to resign as president of south africa. he went on national television half an hour ago, spoke tojust on national television half an hour ago, spoke to just about half an hour, saying i have come to the decision to resign. this has followed weeks of intense political pressure from his own party to stand down. he addressed the nation a short while ago, let's listen to a little of what he had to say. it is now public knowledge that the national executive committee of the anc resolved to recall me as the president of the republic. i have also learned that before i respond to the initial decision, a new

decision has been made by the anc, whose effect is that i have now been compelled to resign by way of a motion of no confidence, set down for tomorrow, 15th avery 2018. so there we are, we are talking about the final straw in this whole process that would have been a vote of no confidence held in the south african parliament on thursday morning. that was the ultimatum, if he didn't step down by the end of today that he would be facing that. so he left it right to the very end of the day, nearly 11 o'clock south african time, finally saying he did not fear a vote of no—confidence compete for that was the right way that a president should be removed, ifa that a president should be removed, if a president serving the time under the constitution, but then towards the end of the speech gave those words that he will resign, and he had been under so much pressure to resign. this is the anc treasurer

general, who were setting that ultimatum to jacob zuma earlier today. we can no longer wait beyond today. we can no longer wait beyond today. we can no longer wait beyond today. we don't want to keep south africa waiting. president zuma at some point will respond. the decision has been taken. it must be implemented, so my message to the caucus today was that there must now proceed and parliamentary process. it has been a day of question marks. we thought we would hear earlier in the day from jacob zuma, that was moved, another couple of hours, moved, another couple of hours, moved again, then a nearly one long rambling interview, asking the public to think that he has done nothing wrong, wondering in aya why he had been treated as a victim. but right at the end of the evening in south africa, just wondering dash—mac —— just moments ago, jacob

zuma officially giving notice that he would resign. here it is.|j zuma officially giving notice that he would resign. here it is. i have therefore come to the decision to resign as president of the republic, with immediate effect. even though i disagree with the decision of the leadership of my organisation, i have always been a disciplined member of the anc. as i leave, i will continue to serve the people of south africa, as well as the anc, the organisation i have served all of my life. now the expectation is that the deputy president and new

leader of the anc, cyril ramaphosa, will now take the place of jacob zuma, and that that no—confidence vote in the south african parliament will no longer be necessary. we will bring you plenty more on this story as soon as we get it later on outside source. donald trump's long—time personal lawyer has admitted privately paying a porn star more than $100,000 a month before the us elections in 2016. we turn to anthony zurcher for insight into us politics — i talked to him about the new details in these story. ssource what we heard today was confirmation that payment had been made just weeks before the presidential election. what we didn't hear from michael cohen, donald trump was makalio, was why he made it, but the wall streetjournal reported makalio, was why he made it, but the wall street journal reported last month that the payment was made in exchange for a nondisclosure

agreement that stormy daniels signed that would prevent her from talking about a 2006 affair she said she had with donald trump. wejust about a 2006 affair she said she had with donald trump. we just heard recently breaking news was that stormy daniels's personal manager has said that because michael coen talk to the new york times in the story that she now is free from that nondisclosure agreement, something that coen hadn't confirmed, but she will be talking about the details of this affair very soon. so i think the story is onlyjust beginning to get warmed up. wow, 0k anthony, stay with us. from the matter of the pawn star to the matter of the alleged wife—beater. robin porter, the white house staffer who resigned, he was allowed to serve as a top aide to president trump, even after his two ex—wives told the fbi he had physically and emotionally abused them. let's go back to anthony. do we know what was known by the white house at

the time this man was fired?m what was known by the white house at the time this man was fired? it has been a shifting story, the white house had tried to save a just learned about it last week but reports are that they have known about it quite some time. this is from christopher ray, that they had basically closed the investigation the middle of last year and finished the middle of last year and finished the file as recently as january. but all this information had been passed on to the white house, including details about rob porter's spousal abuse. mr porter himself had spoken with the white house about it, so they had known that direction and in fa ct they had known that direction and in fact an ex—girlfriend of rob porter possum akkad communicated with the white house counsel about her concerns with rob porter in that position. so the fact they have been shifting their story and moving away from the earlier assertions that they acted clearly, i think it is a reflection of the fact that there is a lack of confidence in the white house on how to deal with this. this is the main reason why the story

doesn't seem to be going away any time soon. let's return to southern africa for another story that has broken in the last couple of hours. morgan tsvangirai, the veteran zimbabwean opposition leader who fought robert mugabe's regime for many years, has died after battling against cancer. shingai nyoka takes this look back at his life. as a challenging one of africa's ruthless and shrewdest leaders, the odds were always against morgan tsvangirai. what he lacked in formal education and liberation war history come he made up for in boldness, and his popularity soared. as leader of the trade unions, he led the largest anti—government protests since independence, cutting the unions's traditional ties with government. disillusioned with the defector 1—party state and a biting economy, zimbabweans were ready for an alternative. the mdc was born, in contrast to mr mugabe's exclusionary politics, mr tsvangirai welcomed everybody. president tsvangirai managed to bring together the students, the workers, farmers, traditional leaders, war veterans, business people. stunned by his popularity, the response was visceral. with endless arrests, beatings and an assassination attempt and treason charges.

president mugabe suffered his first ever defeat at the poles to mr tsvangirai, who later pulled out of the run—off because of vote rigging and violence. he did not want to do the cheat, which was then advanced to morgan, he would have been president in that time. i, morgan richard tsvangirai... many were therefore disappointed when he agreed to serve undeermugabe ina power—sharing agreement. in the following elections, he lost heavily. he blamed rigging. his critics said he had lost credibility, abandoned his working—class lifestyle. ultimately it wasn't robert mugabe 01’ ultimately it wasn't robert mugabe or the numerous parties split that ended his career, but: cancer. he failed to unseat

mr mugabe, but many here will remember morgan tsvangirai as the working class hero, whose fight for democracy triggered the end of the mugabe era. if you are just if you arejustjoining us, let's bring you the development from south africa just in the last 20 minutes 01’ africa just in the last 20 minutes orso, africa just in the last 20 minutes or so, jacob zuma, after weeks of pressure from his own party, has resigned. in a long half—hour speech he gave to the nation just about 11 o'clock local time, he resigned, saying he had come to the decision to resign. he will not now face that vote of no confidence in parliament. we will have more on that in a few minutes time. stay with us on outside source — still to come... what does this olympic gold medallist believe makes him cross the finish line faster? a clue — we can all do it — i'll explain — next. the democratic unionists say there's "no current prospect" of a return

to devolved government in northern ireland and called on the westminster government to start making policy decisions. the dup has been trying to hammer out a deal with sinn fein to end a 13—month political crisis, but they remain deadlocked on the issue of the irish language. both sides at stormont blamed each other for the breakdown of the talks. i think it is unfortunate that we haven't been able to reach a successful conclusion to the talks at this time. it is by far our preference that northern ireland be governed by locally elected and locally accou nta ble governed by locally elected and locally accountable ministers. that remains ouraim, we locally accountable ministers. that remains our aim, we will continue to work for that. we did and had an accommodation with the dup, in terms of all the issues which are well— known to you all. the dup failed to close on that deal, and on the accommodation, which we have found. this is outside source live

from the bbc newsroom. our top story... south africa's political crisis comes to a head — president zuma in the last few minutes says he is resigning. other stories from around the bbc. the danish royalfamily has announced that prince henrik, the husband of queen margrethe, has died. he was 83 and had been suffering from dementia. prince henrik married princess margrethe in 1967 and they had two sons. a group of 15 latin american nations have criticised venezuela's president nicolas maduro for his decision to call a presidential election. the ‘lima group' of nations says that with so many political prisoners, elections cannot be free nor fair. more on bbc mundo. a usjudge has thrown out a copyright case against taylor swift over her use of the phrase "haters gonna hate". songwriters sean hall

and nathan butler argued that her single shake it off stole from their song — playas gon' play. thejudge said the phrase is too banal. the development has finally come just before 11 o'clock local time, jacob zuma, south africa's embattled president, gave a speech to the nation, and has announced his resignation. let's go over to pretoria. it was a long time coming, but he has finally resigned. pretoria. it was a long time coming, but he has finally resignedm certainly has, and just in that last few moments that we saw the president, a big sense in the speech of not knowing exactly where it was going, very mixed messages in that speech, but the end the president did seem to get a bit choked up, especially when he changed to speak

zulu, when he used that opportunity to directly address south africans, saying that everything he has done was out of his love for south africa and for the anc, and that he believed that if he did come short essentially asking for people's understanding. it has been a long road to get here, and a big surprise toa road to get here, and a big surprise to a lot of people that it took the anc finally depression out of power. remind us why they got to this point, why we are seeing the south african president stepping down before the end of his official term? well, at the heart of that are reports of corruption, linked to a wealthy business family here known as the guptas. the draw is a very disillusioned jibber the president, and they are accused of using their friendship to gain access to billions of dollars worth of government contracts, allegations that they of course have designed —— denied and the president. but increasingly the anc has become

restless about this friendship, and close to the elections we are looking towards in 2019, have felt that the president has become a divisive figure within the party, somebody who might even cost them the election exchange, and he needed to go any needed to be now. the ultimatum came with that threat of a vote of no—confidence the south african parliament tomorrow. it really did go all the way, didn't it, pretty much? it certainly did, and this is quintessential zoomer style, really leaving things down to the wire. during the course of the day it really felt like a showdown between presidentjacob day it really felt like a showdown between president jacob zuma day it really felt like a showdown between presidentjacob zuma and his followers comrades, and he did, when he was addressing the nation a short while ago, make reference to that motion of no confidence, saying he does not fear it firstly, so he is not stepping down because he is afraid to get a parliament, because thatis afraid to get a parliament, because that is an avenue the anc can explore, but rather he doesn't want blood to be spilled in his name, and

the leaders disagree with the decision the anc has taken, he is willing to bow out. but a big sense that the president does feel misunderstood, perhaps even betrayed, by his comrades. and what happens now, now that president zuma has stood down? will cyril ramaphosa immediately take his place? that would be the plan. the next thing is to work out who will fill in the post of deputy president. it all become slightly less true matic because that vote of no confidence falls away. the anc has also just announced their acceptance of the president's resignation, so then moves to a process of this friday, where they are planning to have the new president give the state of the nation address. but as we wake up tomorrow, we could be very much waking up to a new president in south africa. so many twists and turns that finally that develop and that jacob zuma has announced his resignation. the latest inflation numbers

from the world's biggest economy surprised markets today. consumer prices in the united states rose faster than expected injanuary, bouncing by 0.5%. economists were expecting a rise... ...ofjust 0.3%. investors are worried this could prompt the central bank to raise interest rates faster than expected. yogita limaye is in new york. what is behind this? well, i think you have seen a pretty strong us economy in the past few months. you have seen economic growth is steadily going up, but also the last them is that we had, especially on jobs, as well as on wage growth, that were strong as well. so wage growth was faster than expected, and the number of jobs has growth was faster than expected, and the number ofjobs has actually been at the lowest point it has in 17 yea rs, at the lowest point it has in 17 years, sorry, no number ofjobs, unemployment has been at the lowest point in17 unemployment has been at the lowest point in 17 years. so that is the reason why we are seeing this kind

of inflation. traders were really bracing themselves as to what would happen because this number was raised before markets opened today, and when there are fears, and we saw this today, that interest rates will rise faster here in the us, we saw how markets reacted. they fell very steeply, last week, so a lot of people were expecting that happen. it hasn't happened. one of the reasons for that, traders as well as a nalysts a re reasons for that, traders as well as analysts are saying, is perhaps the markets have factored that income in a sense. what we think the federal reserve might do now? their meeting is not until march. they have already said that they believe that they need to gradually increase interest rates here in the us. the expectation has been that there would be about two or three interest rate rises this year, and we will have to wait until march to see what indication they give us. it is i have to say widely anticipated as well that there will be a rate rise when they meet in march. thank you very much. valentine's day is a ponderous, but

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try to predict who will be compatible in the future is a losing game. so if data isn't helping, how else can apps be used to track down our soul mates? one firm thinks it has the answer, and they think true love is all about chemistry. has the answer, and they think true love is all about chemistrylj has the answer, and they think true love is all about chemistry. i am one of the co—founders and the ceo of paramore. i am chief scientific officer and co—founder. paramore is a dating apps that matches singles based on their genetics and meta data from social media. we send you a kit, extract the portion from your cheek cells that in codes for your dna, and this way you would be of to look at who you'd be chemically and biologically attracted to. dna is not everything, but that pheromones is what love at first sight is all about. let's take you to a developing story that has been going on for a while, the scene of a school shooting in florida. the

police say that the gunmen they believe are still on the loose. this was footage from a bit earlier, stu d e nts was footage from a bit earlier, students leaving their classes in a very formal manner. police still continuing their investigation. there are casualties, according to the local authorities there in florida, and we will bring new developments on that as we get them here. now, before you put on your running shoes tomorrow morning perhaps, here is a tip. smile. researchers have found that grinning while you are out on the pavement will help actually make our efforts feel easier. don't believe me? well — this man, kenyan marathon runner eliud kipchoge, is an advocate. he reckons that smiling in those last few miles of race helps him cross the finish line faster. well, i tried it this morning on my run, and i can tell you that i think it might work. earlier i spoke to the lead researcher, noel brick. yes, so this was a study with did

with 24 yes, so this was a study with did with 2a club level runners. we basically have them run for six minute blocks, even smiling, frowning or grimacing, trying to consciously relax orjust maintain their normal thoughts. what we found was when runners were smiling, they we re was when runners were smiling, they were about 2.8% more efficient than when they were frowning, and also it felt a little bit easier. so nearly 396 felt a little bit easier. so nearly 3% over the course of a competitive marathon is a fair chunk of time off. hiya yes, 2.8% improvement in efficiency would probably equate to about 2% in a marathon, so for a four hour marathon runner, potentially it could be about three minutes of their time, if they save energy in their way. what is going on physiologically that makes the difference, do you think? we think is happening is when we smile and experience a positive, pleasant emotional state like that, we become

more relaxed, and a relaxed run is an efficient runner. we think by smiling people in our study relaxed and were more efficient as a result. so it is having a change in your demeanour, even if you are not provoked a smile by the actual experience of running? yes, and as you mentioned earlier, some top level runners use it you mention one, he has said in interviews it is a very deliberate strategy to relax when he is really suffering at the end stages of a marathon, and it seems to work for him. he is olympic champion. i tried this out on particularly hilly part of my run. apart from feeling self—conscious, i have to say something felt a bit different. you are a runner as well, you have tried it out, what is it do for you? similar to you, i think, and by the way i may be the worst person to ask, i may have a certain bias to believe that it will work for me, but it does make my run feel

a bit easier and certainly feel a bit more pleasant, and certainly at the stage is where i am beginning to suffer, and i do feel tired, fatigue, bored even sometimes, it can bea fatigue, bored even sometimes, it can be a useful strategy to try. do you have any recommendations on how big a smile it has to be, and could it help us get through other tasks, doing something like smiling, through things that are difficult? yes, it is a really good question. what we suggested in our study and what we found was probably the most of all things that it was a real smile, and individual enjoyment smile. whether it works for other sports, we're not sure. if the same mechanism applies, the written a reason why it couldn't be effective for cyclists and other injuries athletes. smiling through the pain. let's update you on what we have heard out of south africa in the last half hour or so. south african presidentjacob last half hour or so. south african president jacob zuma has last half hour or so. south african presidentjacob zuma has announced his resignation in a long speech, in

which he seemed quite emotional at times. he said he had come to the decision to resign, after a huge amount of pressure from his own party, the african national congress. thank you for watching. backin congress. thank you for watching. back ina congress. thank you for watching. back in a few minutes. a lot of heat and a lot of a lot of heat and a lot of energy a lot of heat and a lot of energy in a lot of heat and a lot of energy in the tropical were specific which has produced a lot of wind and rain. most of it has come from this major cyclone, cyclone gita. lovely picture on the satellite but you would not want to be underneath that. it battered tonga and maury sunli fiji, gusts of 170 mph. it is now moving just to the south of new caledonia and over the next few days we will see the winds easing to a certain extent, and eventually that wet windy weather could sweep down towards new zealand, early next week. that is something to watch out for certainly. by this stage on

saturday we are looking at this area of wind and rain, which could be a cyclone across the north of australia, to the north of port headland. it will release during from the winds along the coast and intensify the already wet weather we have seen here. heat building across the interior, it has been 45 degrees, building towards queensland. through the tropical belt, this area of cloud, this was tropical storm sambu. it brought over 200 millimetres of rain, some flooding out of the philippines. what is left of this system will be tracking through the south china sea, weakening further that still being the potential for some heavy rain, clipping southern parts of vietnam by the end of friday. some warm and wet weather around here. head northwards, though, and things are very different. to the north of this band of cloud, we have some cold air across the korean peninsula and into

japan. it has been very windy as well and are still very windy across northern parts of on shoot and hokkaido in japan. for the northern parts of on shoot and hokkaido injapan. for the korean peninsula, it looks like it will generally be dried. we have had rough weather for the alpine event at the winter olympics will stop this is the mountain forecast, called on saturday, very much milder on saturday that the windsor —— on sunday. much lighter winds for those events going ahead on sunday. let's move into europe, some wet and windy weather across the eastern mediterranean, some snow over the high ground, and we have also got somewhere to whether fishing away from the uk into central europe on thursday. that will bring some snow for a while, as it but into the colder air, something much milder across france, those temperatures

slowly recovering in iberia. that weather front will continue to push its woods across europe. less cold in the south, but the big picture, the long—range forecast, is on the way a little later. hello, i'm karin giannone, welcome to outside source, and these are the main stories here in the bbc newsroom. america's top intelligence agencies have been i have therefore come to the decision to resign as president of the republic with immediate effect. even though i disagree with the decision of the leadership, of my organisation, i have always been a disciplined member of the anc. as i leave, i will continue to serve the people of south africa as well as

the anc, the organisation i have surfed all of my life. president zuma announcing his resignation in the last hour. another developing story we're going to update you on. out of the us. a gunman has opened fire at a school in florida, we believe killing and above people. the high school in parkland is in lockdown and has issued a code red. let's speak to patricia from bbc monday oh. she's in florida. —— bbc mundo. the county sheriff department office just confirmed there are at least 14 victims as a product of this apparent shooting at the school. and they have been

transported to two hospitals. the shooter is now in custody of the authorities. the news the shooter was still on the loose has been updated. they have somebody in custody. yes. it's been updated about 20 minutes ago. this whole incident started about an hour, an hour and incident started about an hour, an hourand a incident started about an hour, an hour and a half ago, when the police received reports of victims and an active shooter in the marjorie stone high school in parklands. one hour and a half north of miami. we saw those pictures of students filing out of the school in rows, it must have been a terrifying experience for them. yes. we've heard some stu d e nts for them. yes. we've heard some students have been speaking to local media and that at first they thought it was a drill because earlier in the school day they listened to some construction movement outside of the school. what we saw from helicopter

images was they were being evacuated in small groups. they looked very frightened and we saw some ambulances taking care of what may have been victims of this incident. sadly school shootings are not a rarity in america. no, this happens quite often in the united states. what we see from the reports of local media is that students here especially in the public high school district all over the us are quite prepared to run away from situations like this and protect themselves until the authorities take care of it. patricia joining us from florida with the latest detail, thank you very much. berra we've been talking about two places in syria a lot, a suburb of the capital damascus has

been under siege since 2013 but for the first time in three months and aid convoy has entered the rebel held enclave delivering food and medical supplies for over 7000. it is thought 400,000 people are stuck in the district. the other place, where at least two russians were killed during us air strikes a week ago, the kremlin has denied knowledge of russian mercenaries fighting in syria. what we know at the moment is at least two deaths, two people were killed, two russian citizens killed in the airstrike. killed, two russian citizens killed in the air strike. otherjournalists also confirmed six other deaths, eight people allegedly killed during the air strike. all allegedly members of a private military company, its not registered. private military companies are illegal in russia but this group is known to have operated in syria for quite a while already, they started

in 2013. allegedly, according to sources who know the situation, they moved to east in ukraine and helped pro—russian separatists. in 2015 when russia officially started its operations in syria, they are officially started to help pro—assad forces. it's not the first casualties of the wagner group, but this is supposed to be the biggest single loss, the biggest loss which happened at one moment over that big period of time. to barack, a country trying to rebuild after the devastating war with so—called islamic state. $30 billion has been pledged to help in the form of financial donations from infrastructure and trade deals from countries around the world. that is a lot of money. it falls well short of the $88 billion in baghdad wanted. the donations were promised ata wanted. the donations were promised at a conference in kuwait in doubt helping iraq rebuild. here is the united nations secretary general.

it's not only the physical return, it's the reintegration and re—conciliation within communities in order to be able for life to start normally. and for violent extremism not to be reborn. we don't only want to reconstruct physically, we wa nt only want to reconstruct physically, we want to rebuild society and to rebuild society, we need to strengthen the links among communities and create conditions for the stability of the country. if not, you're building one day to destroy the next. 74 countries are pledging donations and investments. iraq could struggle to get many more. it's the tenth most corrupt country in the world according to transparency international. here is our correspondent. turkey has been the most generous with $5 billion of investment and loans to iraq. the hosting country, kuwait, has pledged

two million dollars in loans and investment. what is different here unlike other donors conference, this conference has focused on investment and most of the pledges coming from the countries have been investment opportunities or loans. the conference is over and it is now the turn to see how these pledges will translate to projects that will make more than 2 million iraqi displaced people going back to their homes. we brought you a story published in a malaysian newspaper which listed how to spot gay people. you may remember it said gay men like to wear tight clothes to show off their six—packs, have adopted brothers, adore beards, moustaches and branded clothes. it had lesbians hate men and enjoy belittling them, love to spend time alone and enjoy hugging and holding hands. remember, homosexuality is illegal in malaysia. the article has prompted a

backlash from the lgbt community worldwide, including the british actor, singer and self—made gay icon john barrowman who posted this on his instagram right after seeing the story yesterday an outside source. good afternoon everybody, we just saw an article on the bbc news report about the article that came out in a malaysian newspaper. everybody‘s pussyfooting around the whole situation. it's an article there to incite violence, totally incite violence against lgbtq people. and for those of you who are lg btq and people. and for those of you who are lgbtq and in a malaysian, more strength to you and support from over here and is your brothers and sisters around the world. we need to help you fight this and in ways in which to do it, we have to think about, we can't let this kind of thing happen. that is john barrowman responding to the story we ran an outside source yesterday. of course we love hearing your thoughts. if

you want to get in touch, the hashtag is... #bbcos. britain's foreign secretary has argued it would be a disaster to stop the process of withdrawing from the youth. in a policy speech in london borisjohnson said he had recognised the feelings of grief and alienation among those who wanted britain to remain in the eu but said it was the duty of the government to tackle fears about security and economy and he asked people to think positive. if we are to carry this project through to national success, as we must, we must also reach out to those who still have anxieties. i wa nt those who still have anxieties. i want today to anatomise at least some of the fears and show to the best of my ability that these fears

can be allayed, and that the very opposite is true, that brexit can be grounds for much more hope than fear. the bbc has correspondents all over europe, we turn to them to explain what other countries want to hear from europe over brexit. first, paris, where emmanuel macron wants to retain a strong relationship with the uk. but on the eu's terms. he in france the good news on brexit is that a response to preserve a good working relationship with london. it is important in all sorts of areas notably security and defence. it doesn't mean paris is being an easy pun in the brexit negotiations, quite the contrary. president macron has made clear in more than one occasion that in the city there will be no preferential arrangements. if you want to be part of the club, pay the fees. overriding everything is not good or bad feeling, simply the world and confusion. france doesn't know how to react to react to the

british position on brexit because france doesn't know what the british position on brexit actually is. theresa may will be hoping to find a new negotiating partner in poland. the government has supported some of dealfor britain but the government has supported some of deal for britain but at this point warsaw is walking the uihlein. london and the government in warsaw have good relations. in fact downing street thought poland might break away from the eu consensus. that hasn't happened. warsaw has already achieved its main brexit goals. securing the rights of polls now living in the uk and maintaining the current eu budget. what it now wants isa current eu budget. what it now wants is a trading relationship that gives certainty to polish businesses. poland is arguing with the eu on many issues. on brexit it's sticking to brussels line. what about germany. angela merkel may have been preoccupied by coalition talks over recent months but when it comes to brexit her message has been clear.

berlin is very very unlikely to shift from its basic stance on brexit and that is this: if britain wa nts a ccess brexit and that is this: if britain wants access to the single market, it will have two preserve freedom of movement. it's not going to change. secondly what is unchanging is the broader view in germany on brexit. britain matters to germany and particularly to the very important business lobby. that relationship is key, considered crucial. what matters more here in germany of course is holding together the future integrity of the european union. jenny hill. if you have an amazon alexa you might want to switch it off for the next story. a tv commercial as automatically ordered cat food for a uk viewer by accidentally activating the amazon alexa smart speaker in their living room. in case you don't know it's a voice activated device, you can ask it to play music, search the

internet and order things. let's show you the advert that caused the issue. alexa, reorder purina beyond cat food. order confirmed. the viewer cancelled the order and complained about the commercial but the advertising standards authority says it doesn't breach broadcasting codes. but it's not the first time this has happened, last year in the usa this has happened, last year in the us a newsreader‘s voice was picked up us a newsreader‘s voice was picked up by us a newsreader‘s voice was picked up bya us a newsreader‘s voice was picked up by a number of smart speakers and they ordered dolls houses and tins of cookies. let's go to sydney and talk to charlie brown. what do you make of all this? it's really a slow march forward to a new age of how we ordered goods. we want the convenience of being able to order by voice and it is a convenient way of doing it. unfortunately we'll have to see a few slippages along the way. when we look at how we

purchased goods traditionally, went to the store, bought them, then moved to the internet, then apps, then voice. in the near future we'll use cameras and beacons in our pantries use cameras and beacons in our pa ntries and refrigerators use cameras and beacons in our pantries and refrigerators that have the ability to order food automatically as it used up. this isn't the first example we'll into a few problems, but i think having one issue out of hundreds of thousands of millions of people that use alexa globally, it's a good strike rate so far. i believe there are controls or pa rental controls far. i believe there are controls or parental controls you can put into effect on the alexa to try to stop this sort of thing from happening. there are. the way you order by alexa is is because the instruction or the order and alexa repeated back to you, then you have to confirm it. —— repeat it back. that method of ordering is built in. but also alexa and other voice engagement services like google home and that kind of

thing, they can take a voice print of your voice, so the kids can't come up and pretend to be hugh and order some presents, that kind of thing. —— pretend to be you. they are building safeguards in. i think we'll see a few more examples of this along the way somehow. we'll see a few more examples of this along the way somehowm wouldn't surprise me. i wonder how unnerving you think it is to have these devices in our homes listening all the time, could they be considered spyware? they actually are considered spyware? they actually a re spywa re considered spyware? they actually are spyware when you look at the mechanism of how they work. we've had listening devices in our home way before voice controlled speakers. oursmartphones way before voice controlled speakers. our smartphones have a microphone and the ability to listen to us. it's the app that decides whether it is listening and engaging. these speakers are a new example. more frightening because the response is more instantaneous. i know people that put their phones inside containers in what we call

faraday cages which don't allow frequencies to transmit through them. when they start meetings for example, they are so worried about the listening ability of our tech devices, tv, fridges, that kind of thing are coming in, they will all do the same. the important thing to remember is you understand the privacy policies associated with the products you are using and how the technology works. thank you very much. let's go to but more in the us. for 11 days the city has gone without a homicide, its longest strea k without a homicide, its longest streak without a murder for four yea rs. streak without a murder for four years. it began with a community ceasefire initiative starting on the 2nd of february. let's show you the group, the baltimore ceasefire 365, locals desperate for a reprieve from the violence. streak ended with the death of a young man shot the chest on tuesday, however. baltimore has one of the highest homicide rate in

the us, 26 people were killed there injanuary the us, 26 people were killed there in january alone. the last the us, 26 people were killed there injanuary alone. the last time it had ten days without a murder was in march 2014. the bbc‘s correspondent has been following the story and joins me from washington. how remarkable is this? is pretty big deal, this is a city that is exhausted by homicide. last year they had a murder almost every single day and to have a reprieve like this was a big relief for a lot of people. they were hoping for a weekend long ceasefire and it ended up weekend long ceasefire and it ended up being technically 12 days long. this was a big accomplishment, a big dealfor people in baltimore. sadly it ended but it is still worth noting. tell us why baltimore has such a problem with violence. noting. tell us why baltimore has such a problem with violencelj think it is a multifaceted problem. just one aspect, last year 88% of the homicides were committed with a firearm, so illegalfirearms are

gigantic problem in baltimore. there is also a problem with poverty, with the education system, however far back you want to trace it. there is also a policing problem, the community doesn't trust its police force. a very big corruption trial endedin force. a very big corruption trial ended in baltimore this week which brought to light a lot of baltimore residents have been saying about their own police force, they don't trust them, with information, when somebody‘s killed they don't report everything they know because they fear the organisation themselves. how strong was the feeling of the people who set up this group to get baltimore to have murderfree people who set up this group to get baltimore to have murder free days? it was really palpable, one of the co—founders of ceasefire who i met and spend time with, erica bridgeford, is a force of nature. she is desperate to give the people she cares about in the city a break from this violence, but also has a clear eye about how difficult the task is. she takes these homicides to hard. the first baltimore

ceasefire weekend i joined to hard. the first baltimore ceasefire weekend ijoined her on, when somebody was killed in the ceasefire was broken, she cried at the scene even though she didn't know him. they care about this mission. they've called for a new ceasefire in may. how does this compare to the situation in baltimore, to other cities around the united states? baltimore is one of the highest per capita homicide rates. we hear about chicago but baltimore's per capita rate is worse, it's worse in the city of sylla bus worse, it's worse in the city of syllabus missouri only. it's right there at the top. gun violence is a huge problem. people don't feel safe, they fear gangs in the street and fear their own police force. they are trapped in no man's land to a certain extent. thank you very much. the winter olympics are still going on in seoul, let's take you through some of the main stories. the first one involves this short

track speed skater disqualified for grade piero after finishing second. she was awarded bronze. almost immediately she started receiving online comments. many abusive or threatening. the canadian olympic committee has come to her defence, it says the health, safety and security of all our team members is our top priority and as such we are working closely with speed skating. south korea has approved a plan to pay for the cost of hosting north korea's delegation. there are just 22 athletes competing, the entire delegation has more than 400 people in itand delegation has more than 400 people in it and part of that is their cheerleading squad. we've got this look at the team. the north korean propaganda machine is huge, but it's normally used

within the country. to big up the personal reputation of this guy, the country's leader, kim jong—un. personal reputation of this guy, the country's leader, kimjong—un. but over the last few days, the machine's most colourful part has hit the big time. the north koreans have sent 22 athletes to the winter games in south korea. but they've sent a whopping 230 member cheer team. it is their first global appearance. they‘ re making team. it is their first global appearance. they're making quite a show, one that is pretty different from that of their country's militaristic leader. the cheerleaders are in their 20s and 30s and have been trained from a young age. the women are sometimes referred to as kim's army of beauties and his wife was once part of the so—called cheer squad. they are chosen because of their looks, height and family background. loyalty to the cause is paramount,

according to one defector, who said theirjob was to conquer with a smile. more than south korea are bitterly divided. but the two nations are performing together at the games. the chip eaters aren't having quite the desired effect on the medal table yet, though. the korean women's hockey team boss 8—0 to sweden. the real question is whether these displays of unity could have a lasting impact outside the sporting arena. i want to bring you a story about a small medieval town in slovakia that is capturing hearts this valentine's day. you've probably never heard of this town it's been attracting couples for years because of its treasures. not gold or diamonds, the hypeis treasures. not gold or diamonds, the hype is over this vault. it is known simply as the love bank. inside more than 100,000 tiny drawers where couples deposit tokens of love in

the hope of preserving their stories for eternity. let's hear a little about how it works. a picture, a love letter, a ticket, anything that preserves the magic of your love story into these boxes. it's now the main attraction at the museum celebrating the world's longest love poem. a national slovak treasure, as this local explains.” remember the pro—marina because it was compulsory reading at school. his elevation of a passionate but unfulfilled love. -- this measures a couple's strength of love. would you put your compatibility to the test? if you wa nted compatibility to the test? if you

wanted to bang to love this valentine's day, you have to wait, it only opens on certain days. let's show you a taste of how you could be celebrating next year. there you go, book flights for next year. before we the news in the last hour, the south african president jacob zuma has announced his resignation. thanks very much for watching outside source, i'm back at the same time tomorrow. it's that time when we take a look

at the forecast for the next ten days. i have to say that further ahead we look the more uncertain things become. at the moment we have a strong jet stream racing across the island take. computer weather models like a strong jet stream. the models like a strong jet stream. the model can get a good handle on where the weather systems will be and where they will be pushed. on thursday we've got a decent idea that low pressure will be sitting to the north west of the british isles, throwing wintry showers across scotla nd throwing wintry showers across scotland and northern ireland. the further south you are away from the influence of that low, fewer showers, more in a way of dry weather, and bowls of sunshine. pretty mild in the south, 11 degrees in london. still on the chilly side further north. as we move out of thursday into friday, low pressure becomes marooned to the north—west. high pressure begins to take more control of the scene. that is a sign of what's to come. it means on friday across much of england and wales after what could be a cold,

frosty start, lots of dry weather and sunshine. shari raine and hill snow into northern ireland and scotland. still chilly in the north. those double—digit temperatures hold on in the south. into the weekend remember thejet on in the south. into the weekend remember the jet stream starts to weaken. it pushes further north. this is where our computer models begin to struggle with the forecast. saturday looks likely to start dry if cloudy with the odd spot of drizzle. but then this feature coming into the west is causing headaches. huge uncertainty about how this will turn out during saturday night and sunday. we may see an area of rain pushing east across the country. certainly sunday likely to get off to a cloudy and damp start in places. i'm hopeful things will brighten with spells of sunshine through the day. systems close to the far north, maybe rain here at times. one thing we assert not by this stage is some very mild weather, double—digit temperatures

from the north right down into the south. as we move through next week, certainly the start of next week, high pressure begins to take more control of the situation. the big uncertainty is how quickly the high will build north across the country on monday. it's probably far enough away to give cloud, smile breaks of showery rain at times. still, that mild feel. let me show you the jet strea m mild feel. let me show you the jet stream as we move into tuesday. no longer racing powerfully across the atlantic. it'll be weaker, meandering north and south. our computer weather models don't like this because they find it very hard to work out where the weather systems will move. high pressure is likely to be the dominant feature as we go through next week. the big uncertainty is where it will end up. at the moment it looks most likely to slide away east. there could even be frontal systems into the north—west at times. where as this time yesterday i was talking about the likelihood of bringing cold air from east, in this scenario you

would draw up some fairly mild air from the south. what would we need to bring the cold air in our direction? we need to shift the high further north across scandinavia. if that happened, and there is a chance it will, we'll get into the easterly winds feeding cold air across the country. to sum things up next week, gently dry but with rain in the north—west later. big uncertainties over the temperature. tonight at ten: jacob zuma steps down as president of south africa, after persistent allegations of fraud and corruption.

he addressed the nation a short while ago, saying he wanted above all to prevent any violent protests, and to maintain the unity of the ruling anc. i have therefore come to the decision to resign as president of the republic with immediate effect. he's been head of state for nine years, but he's been under mounting pressure in the past year, over allegations of wrongdoing. we'll have the latest from south africa, where a new president, cyril ramophosa, will be formally sworn in within 24 hours. also tonight... in florida, at least one person had died and dozens injured,