this is the. present. political showdown the ruling party tells him to go but the president says. the program. germany's oldest political party. back to its first. unified. social democrats. deported to poland today. says he will continue his fight against corruption and

political opposition. i'm for welcome to the program south africa's ruling party the a.n.c. has formally asked the country's scandal hit president jacob zuma to resign and wants him to go so the country can move towards political stability and economic recovery the new leader civil rama poza ready to take over remains in power and says he will give his response tomorrow is the a.n.c. secretary general. so as we've communicated this decision of yours you were given the time and space. to respond. we haven't given her him any deadline to or to respond when we call our diploidy we expect they

were deployed to do what the organisation expects him to do so i don't know what will happen but. let's leave it to the residence or perhaps room. as you move through there because for me christine. christine so the a.n.c. tells jacob zuma to go he says what i'm good and ready now what now we wait for tomorrow because he is expected to release a statement a way he will one acknowledge that he has been recalled by the party and we're hoping that he'll indication as to when he sees fit to resign it doesn't have to go dizzy he doesn't have to go this is a party structure can't remove a sitting president it would eventually is simply have to force the a.n.c. to take the matter to parliament where they would have to use a motion of no confidence or launch impeachment proceedings this is a president who is the no stranger to scandal so he was replaced as deputy president in two thousand and five when he was implicated in

a corruption scandal and he and corruption of sort of gone side by side over here in the whiff of corruption ever since just talk us through some of his highlights or lowlights if you thought there wasn't guns out way it was that he used state funds to upgrade he's private home there were eight hundred odd charges related to the the arms deal in one thousand nine hundred seven he was linked with corruption that were dropped conveniently just before he became president those charges have since been reinstated and then there's been the family this association with an indian business family that has been found to have had influence over cabinet positions effectively having them get government contracts big contracts from the south african government and despite this constant whiff of corruption around him he still be carrying president he was still the amcs man so why they've now tried to dump him up until now zuma has had a consolidation of power he has been the party president and he has been the country's president and we've seen anybody voicing opposition to him within the

party structure is essentially committing political suicide because those people have since left the party the tide turned in december when thomas was a took over as the president of the a.n.c. because now those voices people who were opposed to him could now come out and it was seen as anti zuma when the aim see voted for and opted not to pick zuma is choice. his jujitsu and his term as president next year anyway given the with around him and the a.n.c. seeming inability to remove him could next year be the year that south africa votes for a non amc president we're not there yet phil what's missing in south africa's opposition space is a credible black party that middle class black south africans that poor black south africans can relate to it's unfortunate right now in the sense that if you look at the opposition scene the main opposition is still considered to be a wise party a break away from the a.n.c. failed back in two thousand and seven and that was the moment

a lot of analysts will tell you that was the moment to create something that black south africans could feel like there was still not selling out in the data stream so to say so that is the problem is of africa's political space that black south africans feel for them it's the a.n.c. or nothing at most what we could see is support slipping for the a.n.c. but we are not going to see an opposition party assuming the presidency just yet so tomorrow is the day to look out for wouldn't enjoy their millions forms a christian well thank you. germany circle democrats are expected to appoint on their knowledge as their first ever female leader following the resignation of former party leader a candidate for chancellor but in shoals this comes amidst a deep party infighting and turmoil over a new coalition deal with i'm going to merkel's conservatives. for over one hundred fifty years the social democrats have been led by men among them for much chance level but aren't now germany's oldest political party could finally get it. female

leader. to hand over the leadership of the party to. a historic changing of the guard. we thought about what would be best in this situation and i also had to consider whether i can and want to fulfill this task after these processes of deliberation we both decided that this is the best course of action you can open this is the best of the. as leader of the social democrat parliamentary group novelist was valued for her ability to bring people together and motivate them she also has a reputation for being outspoken and some say it was her speech at the social democrats party conference that secures the votes needed for starting coalition talks with angela merkel's conservative flock. thank you thank you thank you. for

a speedy party beliefs if we decide to govern in a coalition. her career in politics started out more than twenty years ago within the s.p.d. youth organization the young socialist she became the leader in one thousand nine hundred five back then she was a student of political science and told d.w. and one of her first interviews that she didn't plan a political career. for you i don't want to stay in politics for the rest of my life so after being chairwoman i want to look for a real job and for that i need a good degree. finished her studies four years later and has stayed within the ranks of the s.p.d. ever since as m.p. party official and later as labor minister one of her chief minister is germany's minimum wage law she also for successfully for better pensions just by this she's not very popular with the german public martin short

a short tenure at the head of the s.p.d. it's over now it could be up to under the analysis to lead the party back to its former strength. as the political correspondent. who is in front of fast pity party headquarters welcome there's been lots of criticism from within the s.p.d. of this quick handover. to knowledge. that's correct phil and the reason behind that is that many people within the s.p.d. believe that they should've been included in the process of who should lead the party know their words that the new leader of the party does not necessarily have to be appointed but should instead be elected and that is why some of the regional groups of the s.p.d. have been against this probable announcement that andrea nonis will be caretaker leader of the social democrats they're not necessarily against and they're not as herself they're against the process and if you also look carefully even one med the

mayor of the northern german town of flensburg said that she would like to be the leader of the social democrats as well and the chances of that happening rather slim but she does send a message when she does that in that she says that the party membership the rank and file should also be included in the decision well the s.p.d. . going to be part of this grand coalition if the rank and file give their blessing to the coalition deal is this uncertainty and grumbling are likely to affect the vote on the deal well it certainly affects the lead up to a vote there's no doubt about that let's not forget that four hundred sixty three thousand members will be deciding whether they accept or they reject the grand coalition deal the party leadership here has stated on various occasions that the focus should be on the content of the deal and not necessarily on who does what not necessarily on the personnel but what we're seeing precised here is the contrary

since martin short announce that he was not longer he did not longer want to be the foreign minister the s.p.d. has only been talking about personnel about who does what in fact we're talking about that right now so that certainly distracts from what the party leadership would like and it could certainly affect the way some of those four hundred sixty three thousand members of vote thomas ferro thank you. if. now let's take a look at some of the other stories making news around the world the suspect in last year's stockholm truck attack has pleaded guilty to terrorism on the opening day of his trial. said he wanted to punish sweden for fighting against so-called islamic state of the attack killed five people and injured fifty others the prosecution is calling for a life sentence. the trial of a palestinian teenager i had to meet me has been has begun behind closed doors in an israeli military court to me face these twelve charges including assault and

incitement for slapping and pushing two israeli soldiers last year for palestinians a seventeen year old symbolizes their struggle against israeli occupation israeli authorities say she is an agitator. the pacific island nation of tonga is dealing with the aftermath of tropical cyclone gator which struck overnight flooding the parliament building damaging homes and causing widespread flooding there are no reports of a death of a wrist injury. business news that would bend facility and something for free for once mazing stuff you know this doesn't happen much does it not right there certainly. germany is promoting a radical solution to cut down on air pollution free public transportation the idea is to get people to leave their cars at home and take a train or tram to work a letter to the european union's environmental regulated laid out the plans to test it on five cities along with low emission zones electric car incentives and

retrofitting of vehicles germany is facing fines from brussels for not doing enough to reduce the missions to meet e.u. standards. and chief political editor michel is with us so is this about clearing the air or is it about berlin trying to get brussels of its back was it's about but i mean there's nine countries that are facing similar problems there was a big meeting of the environment commission a basic. all those countries in and lay down the law in regards to clean air around europe threatened to take legal action based take these countries to court this now is germany's response which interestingly enough goes beyond what posses that might potentially form a government here and many have agreed within their own kind of coalition contracts considering how many europeans die every year from air pollution absolutely some four hundred thousand people die in the european union alone due to air pollution

so this is a very serious issue although it is not tangible for most people who experience it but all the major cities pretty much and many frankfurt in stuttgart they face the same issues and they've been struggling of the past years to get those figures down at the same time we had this diesel scandal it was absolutely didn't help and the interesting point here once again is that it now is really the public can the tax money that will be spent on reducing this when the. companies like volkswagen that we cheated when it comes to evolution are part of the maze of course so this is that he wants to act quickly but it doesn't want to harm its water industry but i guess the exactly the comic is won't be too happy about people leaving their cars at home. at the same time the whole diesel thing has been great in the people have started thinking about this sort of thing and politicians are being forced into actually making changes the germans of course love to test everything and love to

plan everything so there are going to be so cities that are going to be tested to see if this actually does work or if it's a vision well i'm glad you can see the bright side of the diesel scandal here. really this this is something that has been tried and tested in other cities around the world melbourne for instance but also in tallinn and there's sometimes there was hope that more people would basically leave their card home because also what some of those examples did so is that people. also reluctance to leave that comfort zone of their own car behind but if it's for free certainly here and many there's a broad wide expectation that people would go for it but the other question of course is whether the infrastructure could be put in place exactly because people on their bikes like me might think oh it's a free ride my bike at home. well you might get the slightly pos to go along with that you might think that way but i think if you did this overnight which technically would be possible then of course you would probably see public

transport so crowded that you hop back on your bike. and the other question of course is where those billions in investment going to come from and that certainly is mentioned i mean the possibility of better public infrastructure and potentially clean infrastructure is in the contract that we've seen hammered out between i'm going to michael see you part of this is the democrats but to go for free that would require an extra billion that we budgeted for that but the states want the federal government to force that out thank you very much michel the. well moving on of the chairman of south korea's launch a group has been sentenced to two and a half years in prison a court in seoul jailed shin dong been for bribery in a wide ranging corruption scandal that brought down the country's president the verdict comes at a time when the who's south korea's fifth largest conglomerate of the sponsor of the winter olympics steps up marketing to promote its brand she is arrest has

created a leadership vacuum the retail giant which is struggling to compensate for the amount losses as china operations. iceland is expected to consume more energy mining virtual currencies then powering the country's hopes the north atlantic island has become a major hub for big coin mining thanks in part to its cheaper knew of the energy but now lawmakers are talking about taxing the profits of bitcoin mines that's likely to go down well. become skeptical of financial speculation since the disastrous banking crash a decade ago. one of the driest ever summers is literally baking powder used to graze on rich green grasslands the day after a year without rain the past looks like this harmison australia's hunter valley forced to hand feed their animals because young going drought has dried up dams and creeks the situation is growing increasingly desperate. it's very depressing to go

out to a paddock and find that there is yet another cat has died some farmers are even making the hard decision to kill stock that have grown too weak. others are offloading their animals at the region's keppel say oh yards. there's going to be long term repercussions in this area because to get back in is going to be for any actually really significant in the past drop declarations by the new south wales state government have triggered assistance measures like transport subsidies but that's no longer the case i don't think handouts but i think when you when you've done your. we think possible yourself and you try to grab your property by various nations and you still can't manage they should be. run dry or every day farmers are left to fend for themselves and look out for their neighbors. relieve can only come from above.

or international news now after being deported to poland ukrainian opposition leader has really said he'll continue his fight against corruption from abroad feel better thank you yes he says he'll rally the people against the country's all thora this yesterday he was dragged out of a restaurant forcibly detained and deported to poland describing his removal as a kidnapping he's now calling on the you to support his campaign. dozens of mikheil saakashvili supporters press a cold kiev night to protest his deportation they're packing his call for president pro tempore shank go to resign accusing him of corruption the ukrainian government says saakashvili is trying to stage a russian sponsored crew here saakashvili is attorney has called kiev's actions outrageous with the kidnapping and not the detention because the detention would be based on either a court decision or other documents and this wasn't the case. this surveillance footage reportedly shows the moment border police arrested saakashvili for

deportation saying he was an illegal resident in crane. saakashvili had been a friend of poor shank go arriving in ukraine as his advisor in two thousand and fourteen he renounced his georgian citizenship to become a ukrainian national and governor of the odessa region but the friendship turned sour saakashvili started criticizing poroshenko as governments and launched a nationwide anti-corruption movement he was stripped of his ukrainian citizenship while abroad but he forced his way back across the ukrainian border in september flanked by his supporters and his deportation may not be entirely surprising just last week a ukrainian court rejected his appeal to be given special protection against a possible extradition and in his native georgia he's wanted for alleged abuse of office in january a court there sentenced in absentee it to three years in prison now in poland he's vowing to fight on. and fight field indicates corruption and

corrupt oligarchies ukraine as well as. this is my express this is my clear goal. i will do it from the time being from here from europe because if you look here ukraine that was all the time arrest by police saakashvili said he would find a way to return to ukraine to fight against the nation's authorities insisting that it is his country. something all of us presidents have in common is that they end up here at the national portrait gallery in washington here for example is george washington america's first president painted by rembrandt appeal in seventeen ninety five and abraham lincoln immortalized by george peter alexander healey eight hundred eighty seven is a more recent one john f.

kennedy's portrayed by elaine de kooning demanding attention among the other more sober presidential images somebody else they have in common is that they are all white well not anymore barack obama is the first african american to have his poor traits in the galleries hall of presidents this image of the former first lady michelle obama will be on display nearby a couple of the first occupants of the white house to have their official portraits painted by blackheart since barack obama's portrait iskander widely is renowned for painting people of color in the style of the old masters he didn't follow all of obama's suggestions i've tried to negotiate was great here. it is artistic integrity would not allow him to do what i asked.

smaller ears. struck out on matters well. the artist says he was deeply moved by the experience of painting the former president this is our ability to say i matter i was here. the ability to be the first african-american enter to pick the first african-american president of the united states is absolutely overwhelming thank you. former first lady michelle obama was painted by the black artist amy cheryl michelle declared herself but. i'm also thinking about all of the young people particularly girls and girls of color who in years ahead will come to this place and they will look up and they will see an image of someone who looks like them hanging on the wall of this great american institution.

the presidential portrait is a rite of passage for former u.s. leaders. the images of the obama's have already attracted more attention than most . just four days into the winter olympics and another seventeen year old american has won gold in south korea klein from v.w. sports is welcomed nicholas tell us about chloe can't fit it. in the water in the states apparently because on sunday drug won the gold in snowboarding and today all the sudden another seventeen year old. came with the hot plate here you see a look at the air that she gets a medal no but you do still ski anything like that. you get a little she's doing here is a ten eighty that's turning three times if you do it once or twice consecutively which we showed the last person to actually do that at the olympics so well done to her that's at the ripe age of seventeen quite quite quite young. what's also

interesting of course is at a very young age she would train on her trampoline every morning before school trying her flips out and trying her jumps and three or four years ago she actually would have qualified for the sochi games has not been thirteen the sea wouldn't allow her to say. she met the qualifying criteria a.j. last six years to go to go at the age of thirty and she's finally there and wins at the first attempt of course the nice thing is that as a american of the south korean heritage she want to gold medal in south korea she has dedicated that gold medal to her grandmother but she's also very happy that her family with there to support her this is what she had to say about it you know having my family. be there through the whole process was so helpful and i've surrounded myself with such amazing people that they definitely made it much easier for me. yeah i mean i feel like i got to represent both the u.s. and korea today and i'm very honored to have been able to do that.

clearly kid not the first not the only one to lob the first olympic gold indeed here so we know we know his name he's been around for a while you didn't pick the bank over twenty ten and of course that she four years ago but never won gold he's considered one of the best in his sport the greatest of all time and you can see the speed which is going down the road here today he said himself he absolutely killed it because he did he was zero point two three seconds ahead of alexis parts of all of france so you're going to be seconds a lot of time in skiing and here you are he finally crosses the line with his very first gold medal the medal which has eluded him for so long and so to add to his six world championships in four different disciplines you can finally add that gold medal to his c.v. but it's also the pressure is off while he's won that gold in this way had to say about the pressure being off. you're in a lucky position to. reach your goal to. be stable to push the pressure on to hold it on your shoulders not to break down then it is

something. really special. for him now there was heartbreak again for team g.b. in the speed skating and indeed great britain's elise christie she in so she had four years ago was disqualified from all three of the events she took part in today in the five hundred meter final she fell in the final even though she was very close to winning it so of course because in the run up to this final she'd actually broken the olympic record in five minutes you can she can see distance in forty two point seven seconds which is very very fast and in that final she is expected to win got knocked over by what the dutch athlete who finished second and she says at least christie said i was knocked over i didn't follow my own you know i work so hard to get here has been taken away from me is the absolute heartbreak but she does have the chance to hopefully get into the medals and break the curse later on this week in the fifty hundred one thousand meter event briefly reports of a first doping case at the games indeed

a japanese speed skater name is kai sayto he was he's been tested positive for a bans diuretic called acid said lose a mind which is essentially a direct hit which helps him lose weight but also highs other banned substances and that's what the cast is looking into he's been thrown out they don't think that she had to leave you will not be allowed to take positive and began until this whole thing has been resolved so it was bound to happen but unfortunate for him for we have to. thank you. but that's up to the it's awful fear of the top of our in the meantime of course is always the website that's . going to.

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