to south africa in our top leaders of the ruling a.n.c. party a meeting to decide the future of the country's embattled president jacob zuma he has resisted enormous pressure to resign since being replaced as party leader in december by this man cyril ramaphosa the succession riff to threats of terror the a.n.c. party apart but from a poster has pledged a new beginning at celebrations honoring party icon nelson mandela. won. the agency's new year rosing party supporters with the n.t. apartheid raelene crying of nelson mandela cyril ramaphosa was addressing crowds in cape town at the start of celebrations marking one hundred years since mandela's birth. but gone are the days of relative unity the party enjoyed under its most famous icon a drawn out transition of power is threatening to tear the a.n.c. apart for months the party's former leader south africa's president jacob zuma has refused to step down despite growing pressure to do so zuma faces widespread corruption charges funneling some nine years in power including allegations he used milli

lives from bird lady president zuma ups the stakes in south africa's political showdown the ruling a.n.c. party tells him to go but the president says not yet. also coming up germany's oldest political party the as p.v. looks set to decide on its first female leader but can andrea knowledges unify the deeply divided social democrats. and yesterday we can saakashvili was dragged out of a restaurant and forcibly deported to poland today he says that he will continue his fight against corruption from abroad and rally political opposition. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program thanks for joining us south africa's ruling party the a.n.c. has formally asked the scandal hit president jacob zuma to resign it says that he should go so the country can move toward political stability and economic recovery the pressure on president zuma has been growing since december when he was replaced as a.n.c. leader a by south africa's deputy president cyril ramaphosa he is ready to take over the top job but zuma remains in power saying that he will give his response on wednesday here's what the a.n.c. as secretary

didn't have the confidence off his party and therefore under what mandate was he governing the country and the same situation we have here where people argue that the a.n.c. has no give support to president jacob zuma and so if he insists on being in the state house under whose orders is he staying there because he's party has expressed that it doesn't have confidence that this was an attempt by the president zuma to essentially dismiss that argument of the two centers of power in c. one has said to him earlier today that he must resign today office would have little confidence what kind of procedure we're looking at well firstly he's gone on to sail to the to tell the party that he's not going to resign he doesn't see the the reason to hire e a he says i don't understand the rush firstly he says nobody has told me why i should resign i have done nothing wrong and i disagree with the decision and use it in the whole history of the a.n.c. he's never disagreed with the decision but he disagrees with this one and so he's effectively told the party if you want to remove me you're going to have to do this through parliament now there is already a motion of no

south africa's ruling a.n.c. party has postponed amazing which had been expected to decide on the potential removal of president jacob zuma from office zuma as under increasing pressure to resign over corruption allegations. we decided to approach the. droids. much. the palestinian man has been shot and killed by a security guard in the. occupied west bank the palestinians stabbed and injured an israeli settler on wednesday morning tensions have risen in the occupied west bank since u.s. president donald trump decided to recognize jerusalem as israel's capital and another palestinian man was killed during raids by the israeli army in the occupied west bank city of nablus thirty people were wounded as israeli forces fired tear gas and rubber coated steel bullets during protests on tuesday on monday an israeli settler was stabbed and killed in the illegal settlement of. now billionaire entrepreneur on mosques company space x. has successfully launched its most powerful rocket yet three. g. twenty three story falcon heavy

turning now to south africa where top leaders of the ruling a.n.c. party are meeting to decide the future of the country's embattled president jacob zuma he has resisted enormous pressure to resign since being replaced as party leader in december the succession rest threatens to tear the a.n.c. party apart new leader cyril ramaphosa pledged a new beginning at celebrations honoring party icon nelson mandela. m r r the agency's new leaders cyril run pose a rousing party supporters with the anti apartheid rallying cry of nelson mandela and celebrations marking one hundred years since his birth the nuvi chance of unity here but the discord is palpable live in south africa's ruling party. rather a poser is the main rival of a battle president jacob zuma he's valen to tackle the corruption that has tarnished the most government. after attending a church service a day ahead of the meeting room opposer spoke of transition. so it's not. like they are not taking. their money this. is around three hundred. nine your presidency has been beset by allegations of graft a

in south africa the a.n.c. party is holding a special meeting to decide the fate of president jacob zuma the meeting known as d.-day by local media as a final attempt to pressure zuma to resign and president cyril ramaphosa said on sunday the issue was causing disunity and discord soon mr downer's n.c. leader in december faces a number of corruption charges after nine years in power i mean a minute has more from johannesburg. the agency's national executive committee the top decision making body has been meeting for hours it's expected to recall president jacob zuma from his position the president would then need to resign but all indications are this may not happen zuma as existed calls to step down for months including the last few days where we understand that the president of the a.n.c. . spin in talks with zuma to agree on some sort of x. a deal for those talks reportedly failed and now it's up to the any seed to decide what's next for president zuma even if the any see decides to recall zuma it doesn't have the

south africa's ruling a.n.c. party has postponed a meeting which had been expected to decide on the potential removal of president jacob zuma from office as on the increasing pressure to resign over corruption allegations. to pakistan now of course as delivering its verdict in the case of a student who was lynched after being accused of blasphemy hundreds of students dragged. out of his university dorm in the northern city of mud in april last year he was beaten before being shot dead fifty seven people went on trial police determined during the investigation there was no evidence committed blasphemy let's get more on this now we're joined by correspondent hi there he is live for us and heavy security in the area around melbourne for this verdict that is being watched so closely in the country come up. absolutely but just one change of the trial a staking place. the place has really pulled away from don because mitchell collins father had told the police that he was not satisfied with the trial being headed and markdow

jacob zuma a.n.c. party orders him to step down paving the way for the end of his scandal plagued presidency but he defines zuba refuses to go saying he's done nothing wrong it is a power struggle for the soul of a nation i'm sorry kelly in berlin this is the day. you're. through through through through greed greed.

all right to south africa now with the ruling a.n.c. party has postponed a meeting which had been expected to decide on the potential removal of president jacob zuma from office the meeting is being delayed to the seventeenth of february as the end of creasing pressure to resign over corruption allegations and several scandals the postponement of the meeting came after zuma state of the nation address was also delayed let's go live to our correspondent farm in a minute now she's joining us from johannesburg this is of course the latest farm in the latest step in a very familiar story but is the government in crisis. well elizabeth it's not so much about a government crisis as it is about a party grappling with what to do with a president of a country that is not a popular one that has come under a lot of criticism and as you say it is under fire and there's increasing calls for him to step down now that top that meeting of the stop decision making body of the a.n.c. has been postponed which is very confusing for south africans given that that

to become the country's next leader the governing a.n.c. party demanded of his resignation after numerous scandals and has in line years in office. zimbabwe's political opposition has lost a towering figure over the death. of the movement for democratic change and the time a symbol of resistance against former president robert mugabe was being treated for colon cancer in south africa. and the un's on one to syria has warned that the recent surge in violence there is among the worst he's seen since taking the job four years ago last week was one of the bloodiest in the conflict as government forces bombed the last major areas east and. the province. to the u.s. now with seventeen people have been killed in the state of florida by gunman opened fire at a high school it happened and parkland north of miami police say the suspect is a former student who was expelled. reports from the campus. reports of gunfire came as students at marjorie stoneman douglas high school were about to leave a code red alert was issued the school was locked down its pupil

a.n.c. saying that its decision and if he steps down would plunge the party into crisis and he believes that this is a decision that the a.n.c. would regret. the un's special envoy to syria staffan de mistura says the recent violence in the country is the worst he's seen during his entire four year tenure staffan de mistura has told the u.n. security council the violence must be deescalated he says as many as a thousand people have been killed in syria in the first week of february alone. i've been now four years special envoy this as violent and worrying and dangerous a moment as that in my time on the plane you're so far. therefore i strongly rate to rate the appeal of this exhibit general to all concerned in syria and the region and beyond that do this collate immediately and unconditionally and urge all stakeholders including the us then i grant us to use their influence to help reduce violence more than thirty billion dollars has been pledged to help rebuild iraq following the defeat of i saw that's less than half of what the government says it needs dozens of countries promised donatio

jacob zuma a.n.c. party orders him to step down paving the way for the end of his scandal plagued presidency but he defines refuses to go saying he's done nothing wrong it is a power struggle for the soul of a nation i'm sorry kelly in berlin this is the day. before my. group goes for two very very very good things or groups who could refer to the forces for. goodness and or good order over all three shows that there is a. group of good. truth. to that group who is going through service to the three to six months all the groups the e.u. the longer he stays the more he's going of course that's. from our discourse that's all very uneasy abeam go between heads be known for their role perhaps in in south africa but only if you don't think for change for the better tell especially economies that could move away from junk status here as well that million exiting the bag that it's time for you to step down. we begin with and on certain political future in south africa the ruling a.n.c. party has confirmed it has to

president zuma the stakes in south africa's political showdown the ruling a.n.c. party tells him to go but the president says no yet also on the program. yesterday ukraine's opposition leader was dragged out of a restaurant and forcibly deported to poland today really says he will continue his fight against corruption and rally political opposition from abroad. germany's oldest political party the s.p.d. looks set to elect its first female leader but. the deeply divided social democrats . plus devastation in paradise tropical cyclone keaton through the pacific islands tearing roofs off homes and causing widespread flooding. i'm still going to welcome to the program. south africa's ruling party the eye and say has formally asked the country's scandal hit president jacob zuma to resign it says he should go so the country can move towards political stability and economic recovery the party has a new leader cyril ramaphosa ready to take over president zuma remains in power and says he will give his response tomorrow is the a.n.c. secretary general a smug assured. this is th

speak to of what he's done to icon of the party of politics and to political is this who must own a.n.c. party is also raising doubts about his future party members are set to discuss his fate at a meeting next week and a vote of no confidence is not desired although most important consideration is that we don't believe. should we. didn't of. this week protesters have already been sending messages to the a.n.c. as the party weighs its options on zuma some are convinced his time is up but others say pounds off the president until his term ends next year. so tensions are running high there in south africa in the country's future is at stake for more i'm joined here in the studio by our very own christine good morning christine here now there are reports that zuma has actually agreed to go but the south african president c. has not confirmed this what can you tell us and sorry the. decision making body was today and it was expects to take the decision to recall president jacob zuma. late last night we got word that that meeting has been delayed we also learned that sauron of course the who is the

given forty eight hours to resign the decision comes after a marathon meeting held by the ruling a.n.c. party's national executive committee to finalize zoomers future in the last hour the president of the party several rama poster was on his way to meet zuma to inform him of the party's decision he's facing a number of allegations of corruption but as previously refused to stand down before his term ends next year the media miller has more from jan is. or indication so far that we britain certainly been very reluctant to stand down even when the be toxic leadership of the a.n.c. put this resignation to resume a week ago he hadn't stepped down then did the days after that essentially ignored these calls to resign you are going to talk to roma corso the president of the a.n.c. trying to negotiate some sort of deal. in all the headlines non-governmental organizations have pledged more than three hundred million dollars to help iraq with build after its war with i still but the figure is well short of one hundred billion dollars the iraqi government says it needs a donor conference is being held i

south africa's president is expected to address the media on wednesday after the ruling a.n.c. party formally asked him to step down the party's top level executives have given the embattled leader a notice to leave office after nine years or the no deadline is been set zuma faces hundreds of corruption charges but has refused to stand down before his term ends next year. he gave us ambassador to the united nations says man was government is preventing the un security council from traveling to wrack and state to investigate the situation that the un has accused of carrying out an ethnic cleansing campaign by forcing the muslim ranges into exile. and the u.s. secretary of state has warned that the end of combat operations against i still does not mean the fight against the armed group is over rex tillerson made the comments while speaking at the global coalition to defeat eisel conference in kuwait is call for members to step up commitments to stabilize parts of iraq and syria that used to be under eisel control. egypt's former anticorruption chief gainer could be detained for up to f

jacob zuma a.n.c. party orders him to step down paving the way for the end of his scandal plagued presidency but he defines refuses to go saying he's done nothing wrong it is a power struggle for the soul of a nation i'm sorry kelly in berlin this is the day. with. a group who are in the pose for a few figures river bridges or groups who could refer to divorces for. good reason or good order over all three shows that there is going to go through the improved. truth. that the group who's going through six booth with three to six moves all the groups these in the long back these days more is going to cost us . from madhu's close down so very uneasy apne going to be paying enough for. grabs in in south africa but only if you don't think for change for the better especially club music could move away from john street as it was rolled out will be made to say about that it's time for you to step down. we begin with an on certain political future in south africa the ruling a.n.c. party has confirmed it has told jac

to zoom a successor would most likely be deputy president and a.n.c. party chairman cyril run oppose a hero have to tackle rampant corruption and cronyism to revive his party support ahead of next year's elections. and we are standing by at this hour the president jacob zuma is actually expected to speak and pretoria. shortly that is of course after that televised interview earlier today where he had to ride of the decision and said that he had been victimized by the party so we will bring you that statement as soon as it comes here in here on david wu but in the meantime we would like to bring you some other news from around the world because germany's foreign minister has called for a german turkish journalist being held in a turkish jail to receive a fair and speedy trial dennis you child was arrested a year ago suspected of terror and espionage offenses and has still not been charged now gabriele's call comes after turkey's prime minister suggested that there may soon be movement in the case dennis you chel has continued to be in detention which has sour

in south africa the a.n.c. party is holding a special meeting to decide the fate of president jacob zuma the meeting called d.-day by local media is a fun attempt to precious zuma to resign and he president cyril ramaphosa said on sunday that the issue was causing disunity and discord as you mr downer's a.n.c. leader in december you faces a number of corruption charges after nine years in power coming to miller joins us live from johannesburg what are we expecting from this meeting. well those meetings been going on for a couple of hours now and the expectation is that the national executive committee will come out to push jacob zuma to resign all indications so far is that his resisted that and that's even through talks with the president of the a.n.c. so remote pours out over the last few days where they were trying to come to some sort of solution some sort of exit plan to get jacob zuma out it seems that those talks collapse there were a number of demands from jacob zuma which the a.n.c. as a party even though th

turning out in south africa where the ruling a.n.c. party has given in battle to president jacob zuma forty eight hours to resign the decision follows a marathon meeting of party chiefs that ended overnight it marks the in sees the latest attempt to calm the country's turbulent political situation that's been stirred up by a president whose long to neil has been marred by allegations of corruption observers say seventy five year old zuma is unlikely to go without a fight. for some analysis i'm joined by the obvious correspondent christine i'm andrea a welcome christine well the a.n.c. was supposed to make a statement right now at eleven o'clock our time but it's postponed the statement for another two hours what's going on in the in the last hour we know that two of president jacob zuma has seen the allies in the party if he's home it's understood that they personally delivered. from the african national congress that was essentially telling the president that the party has recalled him we understand that the other structures of the a.n.c. n

quick look at the top stories now south africa's ruling a.n.c. party is holding a special meeting to decide the fate of president jacob zuma a formal gathering which is being dubbed as hash tag zax it on social media is a final attempt to pressure zuma into resigning he's facing a number of allegations of corruption but has refused to stand down before his term ends next year for me to miller has more from johannesburg on how the opposition is piling on the pressure all opposition parties have come out today to say that they want a motion of no confidence which was set out for the twenty second of this month they want that brought forward to this week and once that motion of no confidence is debated and these parties and members of parliament vote they want parliament dissolve to say they have no faith in this institution that has protected jacob zuma and that also has in how the president to account. nongovernmental organizations have pledged more than three hundred million dollars to help iraq rebuild after its war with i still but the figure is well

a.n.c. m.p.'s because they have a very big number but what opposition parties will be able to do is to go to the public and say we gave the a.n.c. another opportunity to see this man out of office and they didn't take it surely they continue to protect this president and it's got nothing to do with the rest of the country but about saving face for one person and so it would look bad on the a.n.c. either way to come to february twenty second that date that's been set for that motion of no confidence and for it to be thrown out because it would look once again that the party is protecting this president who south african say needs to not only leave office but face his day in court for corruption charges that are lingering about him and the longer this kind of political saga drang drags on what does it mean for city after all the country wants to see him establishes the party exactly and the pressure has been going on this has essentially come down to a power struggle between these two men. one the a.n.c. is mandate in december to take over this party and to also go on to assume the presidency and c

to zoom a successor would most likely be deputy president and a.n.c. party chairman cyril ramaphosa he'll have to tackle rampant corruption and cronyism to revive his party support ahead of next year's elections. let's discuss this watershed moment where for jason burke who is a journalist for the guardian newspaper he's covering the story from johannesburg welcome to day w. does jacob zuma have a point despite the the whiff of corruption swirling around him for years he's been convicted of nothing and the amc hard disk haven't demonstrated he's breached any event rules he seems only guilty of being an electrolyte ability well yes and no i mean the fact that he's an electrolyte abilities based on pretty solid reasons i hasten to make a liability because in the nine years he's been running the country all the major indicators for unemployment crime infrastructure economy have been degrading pretty steadily so the last three or four years has seen the economy basically flatlining unemployment among young people is up to something like sixty five seventy percen

a.n.c. is expected to hold a news briefing in the next few hours with state media reporting the party has given president jacob zuma forty eight hours to resign it follows a marathon thirteen hour meeting by the african national congress to discuss his face and see presence around a person is understood to have met zuma in person to inform him of the party's decision zuma faces hundreds of corruption charges but has refused to stand down before his term ends next year meta miller has more from janice berg. there's been no official word from the african national congress as to the outcome of this meeting held by the national executive committee the stop decision making body of the a.n.c. but we do understand based on reports from the national broadcaster the c.b.c. that as well as the secretary general of the a.n.c. met with jacob zuma to relay a message from the a.n.c. and according to the state broadcaster that was the jacob zuma has a day or potentially to to resign as president of the country now the a.n.c. has been meeting throughout the day in fact will rip him up also returned to the ne s

turning to south africa now where top leaders of the ruling a.n.c. party are meeting today to decide the fate of the nation's in battle president jacob zuma zuma who faces corruption allegations has clung to power after rejecting a party request last week to resign this crisis comes as the a.n.c. marks the one hundredth anniversary of the birth of nelson mandela. i'm up on. a man power and sue knew on cause i was the anti apartheid rallying cry of the struggle led by nelson mandela born one hundred years ago. his resistance eventually delivered power into the hands of the a.n.c. but it is the transition of that power that is threatening to test south africa's ruling party apart the birthday celebrations were launched by the a.n.c. is a new leader cyril ramaphosa he's the rival in the a.n.c. of embattled president jacob zuma. after attending a church service a day ahead of the meeting rama poso spoke of transition but avoided questions about seumas fate. personal commitment to people. like thank you very much for getting the conviction that the supreme cour

a day after he was sworn in as successor to jacob zuma who was forced to stand down by his own a.n.c. party on wednesday of a corruption allegations from a poser is expected to address corruption and economic issues in his speech well some of the miller is outside the parliament building in cape town for us and some of the we heard from a puzzle when he when he was sworn in in parliament raising the issues of corruption rebuilding the economy is the big themes of his term during the state of the nation address is an opportunity for him to go into sort of more detail as to how he intends to deal with these things. and there will be a lot of people watching to see exactly how the president fleshes out some of the policies that he's touched on or while he was president of the african national congress and now that he's been sworn in this is his first opportunity addressing south africans in the state of the nation to talk about some of the plans he has around the economy and corruption now yesterday he did say that now is the time to act act boldly and decisively and change the trajectory of t

elected president cyril ramaphosa a former union leader since his appointment as head of the ruling a.n.c. party in december the country's currency has surged by ten percent against the dollar. it's a positive sign that investors are banking on a change in south africa's fortunes. joblessness in france is now declining at a rate not seen since before the start of the financial crisis ten years ago the french economy added more than a quarter of a million new jobs last year mostly in the services sector machinery makers an i.t. companies are also recruiting heavily boosted by low interest rates on the global upswing france is a commie grew by almost two percent last year. he u.s. ports to the u.s. jumped to sharply last year while the bloc imported only marginally more from the u.s. the use resulting trade surplus rose seven percent more than one hundred billion euros. u.s. president donald trump highly critical of the trade imbalance has accused the europeans of unfair practices saying e.u. import tariffs in many sectors are higher than those imposed by the us. posted losses of four point five b

this program in south africa where president jacob zuma has resigned the decision comes after his a.n.c. party ordered him to stand down or face a no confidence vote in parliament his departure clears the way for the wealthy former businessman cyril ramaphosa to be elected as the country's new leader later today he's promised to fight the legacy of corruption left behind by his predecessor. the end of an era for south africa. ever the showman zuma began the final address of his presidency with a typical moment of humor and gentian right 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 he'd 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

a.n.c. are meeting to decide the fate of that country's embattled president jacob zuma his party rival cyril ramaphosa has led the effort to push him out of office but so far sooner has refused to budge despite corruption allegations against them this crisis comes as the a.n.c. marks the one hundredth anniversary of the birth of nelson mandela. i'm armed are the agency's new leaders serial run oppose a rousing party supporters with the anti apartheid rallying cry of nelson mandela at celebrations marking one hundred years since his birth there may be chance of unity here but the discord is palpable within south africa's ruling party. rather poser is the main rival of embattled president jacob zuma these valen to tackle the corruption that has tarnished the most government. after attending a church service a day ahead of the meeting room oppose a spoke of transition. it's a commitment to people. like thank you very much for putting the communication. system. to monday's districts in. the surrounding countries to. zoom as nine year presidency has been beset by allegations of graft and economic

to zoom a successor would most likely be deputy president and a.n.c. party chairman cyril run a poser he'll have to tackle rampant corruption and cronyism to revive his party support ahead of next year's elections. for more let's bring in jason burke a journalist for the guardian newspaper who has been covering this story from johannesburg welcome to you jason i want to talk first about his claim that he needs to be told what he's done wrong at this point is the a.n.c. under any obligation to do so. well not formally this is an internal a.n.c. process. himself as a victim of some kind of. unsubstantiated allegations of wrongdoing now i mean those sources say so the claim rather is not really going to be seen as very credible as south africa everybody here is aware of how bad unemployment is how the economy has been flat lining since he took how crime has been rising hosers and other issues and of course everybody's aware of the corruption allegations that have been swirling around him and have been substantiated against people who are very close to him so th

it could soon be the end of the road for jacob zuma a.n.c. party chief cyril ramaphosa left marathon talks in pretoria with a message for the president zuma own party has decided he should step aside his critics say a series of corruption scandals have left the president unable to credibly lead his country. to do so as it left his resignation would break a political stalemate that's left south africans uncertain over who's running the country. who was elected to lead the n.c. in december he's poised to assume the presidency if zuma steps down but the country's largest opposition group says that's simply not enough. to look with it but it is he is the home police the viability of the institution in the field including and it will prove of interest to this bag that insists the. country. would be to undermine positions. instead the opposition is calling for parliament to be dissolved and for early elections they say it's the only way to ensure legitimacy. has sought to reassure anxious south africans that zuma is feet will soon be resolved. zuma alrea

near three year high against the us dollar equities are also searching and now parliament elected a.n.c. party leader cyril ramaphosa as president. so it's africa's economy took a beating under x. president jacob zuma it's fall into recession the country's bonds are rated junk and its political elite is no longer trusted. due to political mismanagement its second largest city cape town is running out of water fast growth has declined steadily for more than three percent seven years ago to less than two percent in recent years one of the weakest rates of all of sub-saharan africa. the country's hope is resting on the newly elected president still ram opposers a former union leader who's become a wealthy businessman since he was appointed head of the ruling african national congress in december the country's currency has surged by ten percent against the dollar remember during the. conference. that's a good sign that investors are banking on a change in south africa's fortune. france's unemployment rate dropped below nine percent for the first time since two thousand and nine i added weight to e

speech has been growing pressure on the xoom us since he was replaced as leader of the governing a.n.c. party in december. for me to millar is live for us now in johannesburg there for me that just how significant is this given that there continues to be calls for the president to step down. well this is very important it speaks to the political climate in south africa at the moment where parliament has basically said that it's not certain it could hold a successful states of the nation address because there is just so much opposition to president jacob zuma addressing the nation at this point there continues to be calls for him to step down the opposition parties had in fact earlier this week requested the speaker of parliament to perspire own at the state of the nation until after a motion of no confidence against zuma is debated in parliament on the twenty second of february that said that it be no sense in having this address by the president where he would lay out policies in the government's plans for the forthcoming year and if he was then recalled he or his a ministration wouldn't be

south africa's ruling a.n.c. party has reported they get. and president jacob zuma forty eight hours to resign or face being recalled from office that's according to the country's state broadcaster s.a.b.c. zuma has faced pressure to resign over a series of corruption allegations. ukraine's border service says it has deported former georgian president mikhail saakashvili to poland closed caption footage appears to show saakashvili being arrested in a key of raw.

network and i think he's a product of the same party yes he is a product of the same party but i think i mean the a.n.c. is still a very important party for south africa as being the former liberation from and that's one thing and then of course he's played a bad role and amerikana mexico which he admitted to him now. but i think people don't see him being part of some fraction. talk that he would fight corruption. and also i think he is a man and people. he's developed a vision for south africa that he might be to write one to enforce that but you know he promised the public for example that's it was future would be finalized during that meeting on monday that obviously has not happened yet how badly has that damaged his position well i think it has damaged his position because it makes him look weak but i think he looks weaker than he is. it's as i said it's a big party and they have different factions still and there are people who support . that means if i'm up also doesn't want to divide to party he somehow has to find a solution steps down and. to work together with the two fractions and he will

african president jacob zuma has come under a new pressure to resign top officials from the ruling a.n.c. party met with him sunday to persuade him to step down his term expires next year but the party's popularity has fallen amid claims of corruption linked to the president and a polish opposition group has demonstrated outside the president's residence in warsaw urging him not to sign into law a controversial bill on the holocaust the bill would impose jail terms for suggesting that poland was complicit in nazi crimes israel the u.s. and international organizations have strongly condemned the proposed law. germany's two biggest political parties say they need more time for coalition talks they had set a deadline for sunday but there was still no breakthrough they'll pick up negotiations again today an agreement would move germany a step closer to a continuation of the grand coalition between chancellor angela merkel's conservatives and the social democrats but there are still sticking points including labor law and health care. this is where the parties hope to clinch a coalition deal after t

african president jacob zuma has come under new pressure to resign top officials from the ruling a.n.c. party met with him on sunday to persuade him to step down his term expires next year but the party's popularity has fallen amid claims of corruption linked to the president israel has begun serving deportation notices to tens of thousands of eritreans and sudanese who have been seeking asylum there and a crackdown on what it regards as illegal immigration hundreds stood in line outside of the immigration authority offices on sunday seeking to renew their papers until now the africans have been on short term visas but now the israeli government wants them to leave and is offering them money and plane tickets to unnamed african destinations israel's government says that it has the right to decide who is living there and protect israelis from what it calls infiltrators but the africans are worried about what will happen to them if they are deported. cramer reports. to keep lettice home country every tree or more than twelve years ago and sought asylum in israel now his future is once again unc

at the pleasure of my party the a.n.c. the dog through week church i or fee shelly came to say of the people of south africa. iis the national assembly. without which no political party can impose the candidate on their lead to eight no much. how popular. this constitutional line between party and state is often forgotten in the usual business of party political contestation. as we find our own petals in the corner doors of political power and sometimes serving the very interests of the. oppressors of yesterday who joyfully celebrate as we lynch one another we often forget the citizens or whose behalf we create a better life. we tended to place the political party a bar of the supremum law of the country which eases the rule book of the country's political engagement i do not to make this reference because of that approach nor do i wish to proclaim that in understanding my political responsibilities i have been the tone of perfection if truth be told none of us are however i respect the clips of. the constitution and its co