this is d.w. coming to you live from berlin south africa said to get a new president as she could assume all finally succumbed to political pressure. by the bell for coming to the decision to resign as president of the republic with immediate effect. musical look at the end of the new much easier and more lines ahead for the rainbow nation also coming up. another school shooting in the u.s. this time in florida seventeen people are killed in

a line to their old former student could be an expansion of the school is in police custody. and australia's prime minister bans sexual relations between government ministers and members of this topic that softer revelations of guilt that he was having an extramarital affair with the former press secretary we find out really are reacting to this development. in a warm welcome to you i'm on the thought she. we begin in south africa is set to elect a new president today sit in the deputy president is due to be sworn in he take over from jacob zuma hall finally announced his resignation last night in a televised address to the nation zuma had lost the support of his a.n.c. party which gave him an ultimatum to step down. the end of an era for south

africa. ever the showmen zuma began the final address of his presidency with a typical moment of humor and judgment. to do serious work kind of in six different . what's happening. yet when the smiles had passed. a weary figure abandoned by the a.n.c. which had served for over sixty years he said violence and party infighting that swayed his decision to step down. see should never be divided in my. i have therefore come to the decision to resign as president of the republic with immediate effect. zuma became president in two thousand and nine with the a.n.c. i call the looking on zuma had been jailed alongside mandela in the apartheid years

but his rule was soon dominated by economic stagnation and corruption scandals. the a.n.c. became mired in wrangling over his fitness for office that culminated this week in a demand for his resignation but even on wednesday zuma insisted he done nothing wrong i have a feeling that the leadership is. not even helping me to understand what is it that is so critical. it's yes or no you must go you must just got a problem with that but the allegations of corruption aren't going away on wednesday and police staged a dramatic raid on the home of zuma is close associates the wealthy gupta family. it's alleged they are unfairly one lucrative government contracts and even influenced the choice of ministers in the cabinet. with zuma now gone

many south africans are hoping things will change. because it's about sports and. the way people are supported i think they can see what was used for the a.n.c. and this is for the country and i think it can only get better. in c. and g. major battles lie ahead for jacob zuma against the scandals hanging over him for the a.n.c. against south africa's economic hardship. and for some of us is a high with me christine a moon deval whose joins me now for in the studio you bet you said the last twenty four hours i can see christina. really for us what is going to happen the next couple of days all right so off to parliament so rebels as president he needs to be sworn in we are and we understand that could either happen later today or tomorrow they also indicated that he wants and they want him to present the state of the

nation address tomorrow evening ok now this is really the end of design era as we know it but the many many corruption allegations against do you think he's been given some kind of immunity from prosecution in return for him stepping down less than a good christian image and a lot of people are wondering the same thing because in the build up to his resignation they have been reports that he is demanding some form of in unity the immunity is not for the a.n.c. or sorum of course a to give but they do understand obviously that when they are in power they can use and exercise certain make in ism's to shield him from prosecution it will only become clear when those things start happening whether or not he was in deep granted immunity but as far as they see line from sort of polls has been is that we are not interested and will not be giving president jacob zuma any form of immunity ok you've lived in south africa you've worked there as a journalist recently what the reactions are you hearing from the. resignation for the most part people have embraced this people have been waiting for this moment

for very very long time and reached a prison jacob zuma eluded to that himself when he said what's new i mean if they if he's using the reason that people want to be out of office that's not new people have been saying zuma must go for a long time and so when it came to that moment yesterday the relief that a lot of people were breathing on social media for example you could see it in the tweets you could see it in the meantime so coming up on social media this resignation has been welcomed by and large and we can show as of our viewers some of that recent. yes it would be very beautiful very positively part of the party most threw a party because he's right he wanted to see this i think it depends on the day i think it's a big. day and i think it could be three fourths of every caveman time was long overdue you know and then i'm expecting for a meeting yeah you might be to write down the i need to have their microphones even for a. little of expectations of sitting there and i guess one of the full stasi to have

we need to unite the a.n.c. behind him would you be able to do that well that is that is the question part of uniting the agency means that he has to even embrace the zuma faction of the party and what's key to watch is the cabinet that i'm opposed to now has to build followings in this resignation the procedure is that all ministers and defeated ministers should also resign so he has to build a new cabinet and it will be interesting to see off what he's going to do with his picks is he going to completely shut down the slope or to zoom annoyingness because that in itself would be telling as to how he is going to be dealing with the divisions in the party but that is them and you need to challenge keeping that party united and of course this is one of the reasons why he said he did not want to fall soon out of office he didn't want to further divide the party so let's watch his cabinet and we'll see just how he's going to go about balancing the divisions in the poshest and as far as the nation goes what would be his immediate priority as the it would be the economy and resale we know that plus of africans

are getting poorer or the economic indicators paint a very stark picture going forward people one needs jobs sessile africa has a rigorous twenty five percent unemployment rate it's often young people without jobs without work ramos has to deal with the economy he also has to tackle corruption which has been rife under the presidency of jacobson. always a pleasure to talk to you my vision reason. less arctic look at some other stories making news around the wild zimbabwean opposition leader morgan tsvangirai has died of cancer at the age of sixty five jungle rife on to the movement for democratic change and was a fierce critic of president robert mugabe he won almost half the vote in the first round of the two thousand and eight election but boycotted the runoff handing mugabe a victory. the see the children charity says more children than ever before are living in conflict areas and obvious cause of death and violence syria of gonna

stand in somalia on the roster countries for young people in a report the global charity says more than three hundred and fifty million children or one in six one wide on living in conflicts sells. the u.s. defense secretary jim osas is a large turkey to remain focused on fighting islamic state militants in syria spoke with his turkish counterpart at the nato summit in belgium ties between the countries have been strained since turkey launched a military events offensive against carnage fighters turning up at the u.s. state of florida where a community is in mourning after a gunman killed seventeen people in the latest school shooting to shake the country the suspect is a nineteen year old former student at a high school north of miami former classmates have described him as troubled violent and obsessed with weapons. children fleeing from.

students and teachers tried to escape the high school campus in parklane florida swat teams pulled into the area where the shooter initially feared to be still at large. the school day was drawing to a close when the attacker struck reports say he set off the fire alarm in an attempt to draw students into the holes he then opened fire twelve people were found dead in the building three more outside two died later in hospital. there were emotional scenes as parents arrived reunited with their children during . this evening fell the survivors told of their ordeal if you like is a normal day at school you know it's like the lakes only like to come in bring a gun to shoot at school until you realize it they just say you never know you like

started taking advantage i love you we never know if you get shot or killed right then that you saw one dead body there on the floor and blood all around the floor how many people died five on the third floor. they looked like students it was one teacher for student. the suspected shooter was arrested shortly afterwards nearby he's a nineteen year old recently had spelled from the school president donald trump tweeted his condolences he said no child no teacher should ever feel unsafe in an american school. this is the kind of weapon the attacker is thought to have used an a r fifteen rifle with multiple magazines this incident looks set to again raised serious questions about america's gun laws. each time these mass shootings occur wherever it is in the country we say enough is enough and it happens again.

and the long and short of it is here in the senate we cannot even get senator feinstein's bill. that would prohibit people on the terrorist watch list from buying a gun. since twenty thirteen almost three hundred shooting incidents have been reported in u.s. schools that's an average of about one every week. monica joins me now from business news and a surprise development in the car industry monica evil belittle you can you believe it is on the rise he caused still sell less successfully than combustion and diesel engines but the latest global sales figures are promising despite worries about scarce resources and a lack of charging stations take a look only two hundred thousand electric cars were on the streets in two thousand and twelve but that number more than doubled within a year by twenty fifteen they've cracked the one million mark and in twenty sixteen

they reached two million only a year later the number of eco's around the world rose by an impressive fifty five percent to reach three point two million china has emerged as the it cut champion with one point two million electric cars the country boasts the most successful eco produces and it's recently raised its subsidies for longer range electric costs germany however lacks behind with only ninety three thousand electric cars so for more on the future of the mobility also here in germany let's cross over to man of the front foot stock exchange where you first of all what's behind that rise that growth of immobility around the world. well i think partly legislation because the chinese for example are making it more difficult for combustion engine cars california is going to move in that direction as well and people want to drive

an environmentally friendly way i think they see the sense behind that the theory and of course there are subsidies also offers of free parking for example or free power that's all behind it and there's a certain fascination to eat cars as well the people i've talked to who have been in one i've personally haven't been in a pure car they say it's fascinating the way these cars move and they're very very silent well i mean there is still a lot of room for growth they are what he's calm praying that growth at the moment . you mentioned china with one point two million cars and you have to put that into perspective the chinese car market twenty seventeen over twenty four million passenger cars sold and here in germany ninety three thousand you said and the german car market is over three million strong so basically it's still a drop in the bucket lack of power stations to charge while you're on the road the

distance that's involved that you can drive on one charge and when you put air conditioning on and perhaps listen to music and power your phone and you have even less distance charging at your home is a problem especially if you don't have a garage or parking on the street or in an apartment building there are lots of these practical issues at stake and also of course people looking at the price of these cars comparing for example a compact car from a german manufacturer e-car version to the combustion car version you get a lot more car for your money with a combustion car at the moment at least twenty thousand francs it thank you so much . european aviation giant abas has released its annual results and that pretty good annual profit jumped to two point nine billion euros that's some two billion more than in the previous year but there are clouds on the horizon and december announced a management shakeup in the wake of corruption allegations and this trouble with

some of its aircraft models starting with the ailing a three eighty super jumbo which was almost canceled due to lack of demand but which was given a lifeline last month when dubai based carrier emirates ordered thirty six planes and there is the a four hundred m. military transport plane which was commissioned back in two thousand and three but it's been plagued by losses due to technical problems but demand for the a three twenty series remains robust the narrow bodied jets there are of special interest to asian airlines china for one is reportedly planning to buy one hundred eighty four of them this year and just tested a long range transatlantic version so let's talk a little bit more about what's in store for us my colleague joins me now here in the studio and you've been keeping an eye on on abas first of all what do you make of those results good to bat ok well the expectations were definitely of an

improvement on last year's results but the increase was actually anticipated to be higher so a bit of a mixed bag there in terms of expectations and what we actually caught but twenty seven thousand was generally a good year for air bus in terms of deliveries we saw seven hundred eighteen that's a record number but the hit on the a four hundred m. of one point three billion euros that's of course the military transport plane is definitely making itself felt that we're still waiting for some guidance on other features like production now they've previously signaled perhaps eight hundred this year but we have yet to confirm that all right but we do maybe know the the a three eighty is safe at least for the time being well for now it seems the. there's a good chance that it could be saved i remember when you and i were talking back in november during the dubai air show and hopes the band seemed rather desperate for a deal now fast forward to january and emirates was the one who blinks first and coughed up sixteen billion dollars and the eighty three eighty eight lives another day or in this case at least for the next ten years but you see this deal is pretty

much the textbook definition of putting all your eggs in one basket now it's definitely going to need some more customers if it wants to survive and if it wants have sustainable production but what the deal with emirates actually does a signal to the rest of the industry that there is a market person precise planes at a time of increasing passenger demand and tighter slots at airports but ed was itself a sort of seems to sort of focus shift the focus to the a three twenty which is a short and medium whole flight normally but as we just heard it's just performed its first chance atlantic flight is that the future exactly so that was the a three twenty one of the long range version of the a three twenty now there are certainly features that make it viable like improved engine efficiency and the fact that well what they say anyway is that you can save up to thirty percent on long haul routes that are have been traditionally dominated by flagship carriers and even airlines so a single aisle also means more seating capacity interesting for medium sized carriers

. are looking to break into the long haul market but of course passenger comfort is going to be an issue. there's always obviously very little leg room and single aisle means longer lines for the toilets ok so maybe they need to do some reflection vision i don't have there with me in the studio thank you so much. to australia now where prime minister malcolm turnbull has imposed a bound government ministers having sexual relations with members of this stuff this as his deputy bought to be joyce survived a parliamentary vote on whether he should be fired over revelations he had an affair with a coma government worker it's reported that joyce will take leave of absence as his national party decides the future of the australian leader has stood by his deputy but joyce will not act as acting prime minister when turnbull travels to the us next week the country's leader may distant i'm not here. to

moralize but we must recognise that what ever may have been acceptable or to which a blind eye was turned in the past today in two thousand and eighteen it is not acceptable for a minister to have a sexual relationship with somebody who works for them. so that was a straight prime minister malcolm turnbull whitley this studio is did of report a job interview who's been following that story judd welcome not the prime minister said he doesn't want to modernize the what is the context of this whole story how does john flint well this scandal began last week when one of astray is because tabloids the sydney daily telegraph published on its front page. to be joyce's pregnant vicki campion campion used to be to be joyce's media adviser after the

story broke the deputy prime minister had to admit to the affair also to his wife who he was a strange from but they've been married for twenty four years and he's four daughters so it was news to them as well barnaby joyce came out and said look this is a private matter between me and my family please treated as such but it seems to merge that they could be used to misconduct around here because often vicki campion left ivana b. joyce's office she went to work for two of his ministerial colleagues in high paying jobs all while the affair was allegedly taking place the relegation shit wasn't declared as is required by the ministerial code of conduct and bonamy joyce says that's because when she was working for me and for my colleagues we weren't pot is at the time but we are now so that's leading to questions as to whether he is really telling the truth and it's also put the code of conduct in a bit of a gray area what constitutes a pot so that could be why the prime minister has banned six between politicians

and the office which you might imagine already would be the case but it seems like it was and it seems have been of the joyce's comments have come back to haunt him well that's right people are calling him out on his apparent hypocrisy because this is a man who's held up as a family man but while the affair was taking place voiced his opposition to same sex marriage because he said it undermined traditional marriage this is a man who voiced his opposition to the cervical cancer vaccine because he said it could make girls promiscuous it's also a message that he's living rent free in a house with his new pot not. owned by a millionaire. this man friend of he is so people asking is there more misconduct going on around here it's put pressure on the government bond to be joyce's losing support in the zionist state but the prime minister can't really afford to lose them because the government's only go to one seat majority sorry if bonamy joy specially palm and that could you know cause all sorts of other chaos and be if you judge how australians are reacting to all these developments well in response to

the prime minister's ban on sex between politicians and their stuff is the hash tag bunk bad and it's. reactions from journalist jen dudley nicholson public service announcement you've got until the end of the day today to break up with your politician boss just a day off to valentine's tour and this person writes i've got to be honest i joined a bank just don't use my taxes to finance it be responsible for your banking financially and politically some wise words but i just have you thank you very much for being on the story thank you if you listen to a bit of sport not in champions nick soccer last time it was a big win for liverpool and they beat portugal five nil away in the last sixteen first leg the gabba clash between riyadh madrid and fire ascension mad or sad drama . over now do well on opposing sides again then it was a visit as p.s.g. who opened the scoring through. madrid managed to equalise to.

the start for what netted again after the break and madrid went on to win. the second leg is on the sixth of moksha. time now for the winter olympics at pyong chang day six of the games and a little piece of history has been made jonathan crane. is here to tell us all about the action that welcomes elton. downhill skiing today i'm i still in the process what is that about yes the norwegian has become the oldest to ever win and the gold of mao prime events and the five years old age is no barrier and he didn't sound old which is the really long discourse high speed he's going. through our appoints on this course if you have a technique trying to build up a speed some of that goes so fast they literally have to be thrown into the. spindle is no stranger to success every guy looking in flying. he's got

a string of big wins for his name including allen he called him a super g. twenty ten but he's had a lot of people write him off because he got injured in twenty sixteen tore his a.c.l. recommends in his knee he was the favorite in the downhill four years ago but he only finished fourth he's shown a lot of mental strength to come back and now he's got his rewards he's got a lot of gold in the ribbon events and good on him on the other side of the age spectrum has been another my still and what's that about yes mckayla schifrin i mean she's one of the best skiis in the world at the moment so strong in the technical events the solomon the john solomon she's actually won the giant slalom today and now it seems like she's been around for ages doesn't mcallister friend she's only twenty two she's had a lot of success already and she was dominant in this one she won by nearly half a second that she has now she has got more events to come she's actually going for four gold medals in these olympic games that the slalom have favored event is tomorrow theoretically she could go for another form she's in you may be on

a bet against her achieving that good and happy for germany they've won a gold every day of these olympics today was no different who's the latest person to get on the podium yes this isn't a figure skating the past competition now in the shop. i have have one that event we're going to see them and they have been in touch in fourth place on the short program but this is a two ponts events and return they chanted around with this supposed performance and the free program you basically have more flexibility to do the moves you want and that when they don't to music by the french. i'm on the routine was so good they broke their own world record they scored a hundred and fifty nine point three one points and so now the win was particularly poignant. on the left she finally got her first gold after competing in five games germany been doing so well they've already matched that gold medal hole from sochi we're not even halfway through these games yet ok finally jot that now the jamaican

women's history. and their debut is under threat what's the story that yes to make we've never had a team of course remember the male team in one thousand nine hundred eight in the calgary flames inspired the film cool runnings and the jamaican women they were set to debut today but they've had a bit of a rout with the lady there on the right systems or curiosus from the. arguments of the ball play federation she's threatening to take away the flight so it's all up in the air at the moment hopefully they will still be able to take healthy and good luck to them johnson cream from us bill says thank you very much for being us all the action from. he was indeed a news i'll have more news for you at the top of the is in half an hour from now i look forward to seeing you about. the.

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