so cyril ramaphosa will take all the problems of south africa and will cover all of them. electioneering point will be the party‘s land reform policy. and with the amendment of the constitution to expropriate land without compensation passed, the anc believes it is keeping its promises. nomsa maseko, bbc news, durban. are this is bbc news, the latest headlines: the saudi teenager who fled to thailand in fear for her life has arrived in canada where she‘s been granted asylum. let‘s stay with that story. dennis horak is the former canadian ambassador to saudi arabia. he has first—hand knowledge of the two countries‘ often testy relationship, having been expelled from saudi arabia last august following canada‘s criticism of saudi‘s detention of women‘s rights activists. i asked him what he made of canada‘s decision to offer rahaf asylum. it is absolutely the right decision. she was clearly facing a difficult situation in saudi arabia. the unhcr declared her a refugee and canada did the right thing accepting her. it will likely have some sort of impact. we don‘t know how much

ramaphosa: you would like to know.ne day you can be a fly on the wall in the cabinet room, to find out exactly what our decision is going to be. jonathan: have you spoken to him? pres. ramaphosa: i speak to the governor. jonathan: have you talked to him about another term? pres. ramaphosa: we speak about a whole range of matters -- matters that have to do with the economy, that have to do with the central bank, how it is working. and all those measures are always constantly discussed. jonathan: for stability for financial markets and investors that look at south africa, the governor has been the point of stability as the politics have been increasingly volatile. can you see the positives in keeping governor kunyago in that position? pres. ramaphosa: we have had good governance in the past and that is one thing we have been blessed with. now we are very pleased the governor is where he is. he understands our economy and he understands the task that he has at hand, and where our economy should go. as far as i am concerne

so cyril ramaphosa will take all the problems of south africa and will cover all of them.d the youth. another critical electioneering point will be the party's land reform policy. and with the amendment of the constitution to expropriate land without compensation passed, the anc believes it is keeping its promises. nomsa maseko, bbc news, durban. parts of germany, austria and sweden are suffering exceptional amounts of snow. a number of ski resorts and mountain villages have been evacuated in austria. bethany bell reports from annaberg in the alps. the little town of annaberg is blanketed in white. like many mountain regions in germany and austria, it's experiencing unusually heavy falls of snow. these sensors are there to protect houses from avalanches. the authorities are struggling to remove the snow. these volunteer firefighters are working to clear the roof of annaberg's primary school. stefan obermeister from the lower austrian fire brigade says they need to ensure the building is safe enough for children to enter. the big problem is that the snow is very heavy so we

so, cyril ramaphosa will take all the problems of south africa and will cover all of them.r women and the youth. another critical electioneering point will be the party's land reform policy. and with the amendment of the constitution to expropriate land without compensation passed, the anc believes it's keeping its promises. nomsa maseko, bbc news, durban. let's get some of the day's other news. there's still no sign of a breakthrough in the partial government shutdown in the us, which is now officially the longest in history. president trump is refusing to sign measures to pay all federal employees because democrats in congress won't include funding for the wall he promised on the border with mexico. protesters have marched through central london demanding a general election and an end to austerity. hundreds of demonstrators were wearing yellow vests, copying the ‘yellow vest‘ protests in france. their action comes ahead of a crucial week in the commons, when mps are widely expected to reject theresa may‘s withdrawal deal with the eu. british police have arrested a man in

unity as president ramaphosa sees it are you suggesting that he. is not getting the full picture here.

so cyril ramaphosa will take all the problems of south africa and will cover all of them.y for women and the youth. another critical electioneering point will be the party's land reform policy. and with the amendment of the constitution to expropriate land without compensation passed, the anc believes it is keeping its promises. nomsa maseko, bbc news, durban. catherine downs has all the sport. hello and thanks for joining us on sport today. premier league leaders liverpool made sure of a seven—point lead at the top of the table after a 1—0 win over brighton. mo salah scored the only goal from the penalty spot in the second half. it's a return to victory forjurgen klopp's men after back—to—back defeats in the league and fa cup. we could have done, like always, better but i'm completely fine because the target is to win here. it is so difficult, especially when everybody expects that we win here, it makes it not easy. it is a nice situation for the opponent, you think, if we get something, it is a big surprise and we have to perform and deliver and we did that. and in a way

a show of force as cyril ramaphosa launched the election manifesto.rning party pulled such a massive crowd. especially in kwazulu—natal, which is former presidentjacob zuma's home province, who was ousted in 2017 after nine years at the helm. this is an annual event which sets the tone for the anc‘s plans for the year but this time it is even more significant. south africa marks 25 years since the first democratic elections and millions will be going back to the polls. most credible opinion polls suggest the anc will secure enough votes to form the next government. that is despite declining support and small economic growth. the party's president, cyril ramaphosa, said the anc would do all it can to regain the confidence of all south africans. today at the african national congress, we launch our 2019 election manifesto. we do so at a crucial moment in the history of our nation. after a period of doubt and uncertainty, we have arrived at a moment of hope and renewal. the new leadership has vowed to raise millions of dollars in foreign direct investmen

so cyril ramaphosa will take all the problems of south africa and will cover all of them.for women and the youth. another critical electioneering point will be the party's land reform policy. and with the amendment of the constitution to expropriate land without compensation passed, the anc believes it is keeping its promises. nomsa maseko, bbc news, durban. there's still no sign of a breakthrough in the partial government shutdown in the us, which is now officially the longest in history. president trump is refusing to sign measures to pay all federal employees because democrats in congress won't include funding for the wall he promised on the border with mexico. david willis is in washington. it is a sign of the sheer dysfunction here, that the president is in the building behind me, waiting for congressional democrats to make contact, and they are at home with theirfamilies. hence the president is doing what he tends to do when he is restless and that is tweet. and, in response to claims that he doesn't have a plan to end to the current shutdown, he tweeted that he does

and president simon ramaphosa of south africa is in davos for his first time since attending the world record i meant for it since the assume the presidency rather mr ramaphosa spokes person made clear even before his arrival that the president would discuss the issue of official corruption that the davos audience was anxious for him to address and remarks mr ramaphosa touted management changes at the state owned companies and a four hundred forty percent increase in direct foreign investment in south africa to africa to over seven billion dollars. and german chancellor angela. burkle also spoke fighting back against insurgent populist movements around the world saying quote there is a new approach that we see in the world today an approach that harbors doubts as to the living the international systems i have my grave doubts that this is the right way to go the chancellor went on to say we should always remember that others have vested interest factor them in and then shape a win win situation. even before the world economic forum officially kicked off a cohort of investors executives

ramaphosa: we are way ahead of the check and i am overwhelmed by the level of to be inthat continuesth african economy. many countries and many potential investors are here, and we have gotten well over 1000 people here, and many of them are real investors. they are not just people who just want to come and have a free be at a conference -- freebie at a conference. they are here because they want to put money on the ground and make money themselves. >> let's talk about where the economy is now because clearly you need the numbers if you're going to attract more investment. it is a virtuous circle, and you need to improve things. the midterm budget that your new finance minister delivered on wednesday the livered some tough news on the south african economy. the outlook for this year is what, half what was anticipated?and the debt outlook , the trajectory the debt is on different from what was anticipated, as well. erahe legacy from the zuma tougher than you thought it would be? is the job of fixing the south african economy tougher than you thought it would be? pres. ramaphosa: yes,

kicks off its election campaign and the first with cyril ramaphosa. had others yet more snow on the way for central and southeastern europe but i don't think the current the same extent we've just had you can see is two cloud tumbling down from the north that's where the cold coming from plenty of moisture has been brought up before not quite as much as we've seen before so the picture on sunday will still be snowing on the northern side of the out some tickets inserts in the trust to austria germany may even touch southern poland breaks of light is rain or course given the temperature is likely for the sas in for example be a pulse noon it's a governor across ukraine but the driving force actually is turning for a northerly to more westerly look at the temperatures in london and paris twelve eleven degrees and that driving force continues so we've got yet more snow to come so it's fairly rapidly sat it might leave a meter on the outs probably less than that for the south again talking about the balkans or the operations for example and rain is maybe

congress has unveiled its manifesto for elections in may at the launch in durban president cyril ramaphosa promised to create more jobs and address racial inequality mase votes is seen as a test of whether one oppose it has reversed a decline in the a.n.c. his popularity since taking over from jacob zuma last year for me the miller reports from dublin. south africa's president and leaders of the african national congress aim to shore up support. at the climax of a week of unofficial election campaigning at the launch of the party's manifesto cyril ramaphosa continued to play out the idea of a new dawn for south africa. as the african national congress we launch our twenty nine thousand. election manifesto we do so at a crush of moment in the history of our nation. after a period of died out in uncertainty we never minded a moment of oath and the promise of a new beginning for a party modest not only by corruption scandals but infighting between rival factions aligned to either romney or former president jacob zuma the a.n.c. has used this event to highlight some of its achievements as the

the resignation of all the president jacob zuma he resigned only last gen was replaced by cyril ramaphosa we do know that the a.n.c. has wanted to put on a demonstrate a show of unity in this province where it has its highest number of branches where the second highest number of votes is because this is the home of cheik of suma the a.n.c. has had a tough time wanting people to support the party as a whole not wanting them to be feel disgruntled that jacob zuma was forced to resign amid allegations of corruption let's take a look at some of the challenges this party is facing in this province specifically . these community members saying outside a courtroom lousy in the city of durban they're seeking justice appearing in court an african national congress councillor accused of killing another councilor from the party it's been three months and sputum up more than was shot and killed him his family says he was talkative because of factional infighting within the party we sort of the truth is that at home we live in fear. because we don't know what's happening we can see now there are two f

retailer is looking at what some think about that that's right kemal south africa's president sarah ramaphosa has called for sanctions on zimbabwe to be lifted they still have sanctions that many countries around the world have imposed on them we've been some of those have been calling on the world to relax the sanctions or lift the sanctions all together so that zimbabwe can begin to operate in an economic manner with the capabilities that it has they're currently facing serious serious economic challenges. and they can be assisted by the world if those sanctions are lifted all roma also went on to say the two countries are discussing measures including a bailout package to address the economic crisis there wasn't always government has been accused of a brutal crackdown during protests of a rise in fuel prices the country's human rights commission accuses the security forces of systematic torture of the u.s. the u.k. european union and other states have imposed sanctions against him by way of the rights abuses during former president robert mugabe's time in office and online there's been sha

unity as president ramaphosa sees it are you suggesting that he. is not getting the full picture here about the lack of unity within the a.n.c. i mean how challenging is it going to be to to show a party that is speaking with one voice. well look i mean a few days before this big rally the african national congress officially general who is known to be part of another faction does them a faction but ears are forced to address the in c. members and everybody is going to be in the stadium and issued a statement through the media saying that you know any slogans and displays of functionalism are not going to be and are going to be acceptable and people will be brought to come with those kinds of messages stipulating the kinds of fish if that should be there that people should wear their only this this is a very interesting that knowledge meant or are of the factions that you know. a cheer in the in c a part but of course from a process trying very hard to preach they talk about the message of unity the strength of the in suburban chains and they're al

congress is unveiling its manifesto in durban the election will be the first for president cyril ramaphosa since he replaced jacob zuma he was ousted while facing various corruption scandals a year ago. the new york times reports the f.b.i. opened an inquiry to find out of president donald trump was secretly working on behalf of russia against u.s. interests the investigation was conducted off to trump's actions over the firing of former f.b.i. director james comey counter-intelligence investigations were assigned to evaluate whether trump was a potential threat to national security they also sought to determine whether he had unintentionally been influenced by moscow or the twenty two day shutdown of the u.s. government is now the longest in history with no end in sight and eight hundred thousand federal employees missing their paychecks donald trump's urging democrats to give up their weekend and vote for his five billion dollars border war with mexico he's backed away from his threat to declare a national emergency over the controlled the sea. syrian state media says israeli forces have

at the launch of the party's manifesto cyril ramaphosa continued to play out the idea of a new dawn for south africa today as the african national congress we launch our twenty nine thousand. election manifesto we do so at a crucial moment in the history of our nation. after a period of died out and uncertainty wherever i ended a moment of oath and the promise of a new beginning for a party watched not only by corruption scandals but infighting between rival factions aligned to either roma or former president jacob zuma the a.n.c. has used this event to highlight some of its achievements as the last election and its future plans for south africa but for many here it's much of the same from a new party president competing with the formal eda he's popular in this province there were concerns about how reports i would be received was in a tall is the home of former president zuma who resigned last year during various corruption scandals involving him in the a.n.c. thunderous applause greeted zuma as he entered the stage with distinctly few a cheers for the president from up north as presid

introduced a minimum wage for the first time the head of april's general elections president cyril ramaphosa has promised millions of workers better pay as he seeks to increase his voter pay voter base particularly in rural areas critics say could lead to increased unemployment as some business owners won't be able to afford to pay the minimum wage of one dollar forty cents an hour. economists a warning bad debt and low savings are threatening the very survival of many commercial banks in nigeria many people are refusing to put their money into the banks saying they can't be trusted comedy address explains. they only give them bungle farms and souls only instance some nigerians neighbors at the peak of the season he makes about thirty thousand dollars a week despite this income he stopped taking his money to the bank clerk at a bank he was not satisfied with the services i received a used to have an accountant but i was disappointed several times so i put my earnings back into the business and invested realistic as a go. and millions of other nigerians either not putting their money into sav

and they can be assisted by the world if sanctions are lifted or ramaphosa went on to say the two countries are discussing measures including a bailout package to address the economic crisis so bob his government has been accused of a brutal crackdown during protests of a rise in fuel prices the country's human rights commission accuses the security forces of systematic torture the u.s. the u.k. european union and other states have imposed sanctions against them barboy of a rights abuses during former president robert mugabe's time in office online there's been sharp criticism of the south african president's comments with accusations he's out of touch he speaks of sanctions but nothing about corruption he says nothing about the black on black violence that's going on in zimbabwe right now he speaks of a bailout package with no conditions no conditions no economic reforms required no what about the human rights violations mr mcwhorter what do you stand for because right now you look like you are just part of that said the brotherhood who are only interested in benefiting from the system als

fifty a military parade has been held in the capital new delhi with south african president cyril ramaphosa the guest of honor for the north there is heavy security in indian administered kashmir where a separatist leader has called for a day of demonstrations a recent bombing in several hijackings in northern ireland second largest city have raised fears of a new paramilitary threat police are looking at the suspected involvement off a dissident republican group the new ira which wants to end british control of the province and is new border reports from london derry bricks it may destabilize things even more for the michael county is a catholic priest in northern ireland second city during decades of upheaval community leaders played a vital role in easing tensions maybe hope violence was a thing of the past but after sunday's car bombing some fear it could be a sign of things to come it was a horrible time a horrendous time under which up little bitterness. under people families pitted against families because some people supported the struggle other people opposed the struggle so famili

government is introducing a minimum wage ahead of this year's general elections president cyril ramaphosa is promising millions of workers better pay as he seeks to increase his voter base in rural areas critics say here could lead to increased unemployment some business owners will be able to afford to pay the minimum wage of one dollar forty cents an hour. economic economists are warning bad debt and low savings are threatening the survival of many commercial banks in nigeria millions of people do not deposit their savings in banks of the wealthy choose to invest elsewhere and address explains. they yearn to get in bungalow farms and sells only instance some nigeria's neighbors at the peak of the season he makes about thirty thousand dollars a week despite this income he stopped taking his money to the bank at a bank he although i'm not satisfied with the services i receive a used to have an account that i was disappointed several times so i put my earnings back into the business and invest in real estate. and millions of other nigerians either not putting their money into savings accou

ruling african national congress has launched its manifesto for elections in may president cyril ramaphosa promised to create more jobs than address racial inequality at the launch into urban that coming vote is seen as a test of whether i am opposed to house reverse to decline in the a.n.c. popularity. and thousands have been celebrating in bulgaria's oldest city after it was named this year's european capital of culture city prides itself on its ethnic diversity and also claims to be the oldest inhabited city in europe that sharing the culture title with the italian city of tara are the headlines keep it here hard earned to set next. companies have had to lay off thousands of people can't afford to keep up with the cost of housing and food. families. in twenty first century. at work and at home they look for the strength to keep going. my family's look at it it's still like there's no way. these americans. afford to dream when it's hard just to. be. so good. to. go. bowling. club going to notice. what. series. airing this one serious. you know what the kids are given here. on you know ma

fifty a military parade has been held in the capital new delhi with south african president cyril ramaphosa the guest of honor for the north is heavy security in indian administered kashmir separatist leaders called for a day of demonstrations. activists have been keen to keep the plight of refugees on the agenda at the world economic forum in switzerland and one aid group gave delegates the taste of what it's like to flee their home and risk their life looking for safety journal reports now from us. it's a long way from the champagne and canopies that define the set. but even some of the world's most powerful people have been humbled by this experience of life as a refugee. when a soldier is yelling at you and there's no one else around you you become like everyone else you're just human why are we here at the world economic forum it's the same goal to improve it's committed to improving the state of this world and our world and he's changing sixty eight million displaced people. who sits in this forum they are the people who can shape this world now living a very different experience of r