preparing to mark the hundredth anniversary of nelson mandela's birth but the governing african national congress party is in the midst of an upheaval break up president jacob zuma has refused to resign amid corruption allegations the a.n.c. is decision making committee is expected to call for zuma to step down when it meets on monday that could pave the way for his rival deputy president zero obama pausa to move into the top position. on our. power. 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 poses spoke of transition but avoided questions about seumas fate. personal commitment to people. like thank you very much for taking the congregation . to see. this. money ju

south africa's african national congress party executive committee has decided to remove president jacob—plagued second term. the party has the authority to order him to step down, although he might yet refuse. in a dramatic change of tone, the north korean leader kimjong—un says he wants to build on the "warm climate of reconciliation" with the south, following the visit of senior officials to the winter olympics. state media says mr kim met the delegation, including his sister, on its return to pyongyang. oxfam is under more pressure, with the revelation that some of its staff in haiti and chad sexually exploited people they were sent to help. the government has given oxfam until the end of the week to explain how it will make sure such abuses never happen again.

accusations of graft -- scandal after scandal -- which has damaged the reputation of the ruling african national congress party, the anc, to the extent that two years ago, 2016, and the local elections that took place that year, the anc had its worst performance since the end of apartheid in 1994, securing just under 54% of the vote. rochelle: i will stop you there, because i am hearing that a spokesperson f from the anc c is about to speak. we will cross live to that press conference. >> and the determination t to handle this matter. president of the anc, cyril ramaphosa, said last week, we had fruitfulul and constructive discussions with president jacob zuma and we are moving forward. it was great in principle to resign, and proposed a timeframe from three to six months. while appreciating zuma's position, the national executive committee noted that south africa has waded through a period of uncertainty and anxiety as a result of the unresosolved matter of transiti. [indiscernible] confidence i in the 54th nationl conference of the anc. therefore, the national executive committee strongly believes that this

jacob zuma has resigned as south africa's president heeding orders from his ruling party the african national congress his departure ends almost nine years in power plagued by scandal tom de media has a report from china's speck. a reluctant announcement from an embattled president i have the four coming to the decision to resign as president of the republic with immediate effect. even though i disagree with the decision of of the leadership of my organization. i have always been a disciplined member of the. it came just hours before parliament was due to vote in a motion of no confidence against jacob zuma president's hand may have been forced but zuma says his party did not give reasons why he should resign that's despite being in broiled in scandal after scandal throughout his presidency including accusations of corruption and a court ruling that he had broken his oath of office when he ignored the public protect his recommendation that he paid back some of the state money used to refurbish his private residence despite all the criticism against zuma the a.n.c. says the decision to recall him was a

south africa and the question of how long president jacob zuma can hang on the governing african national congress party has scheduled emergency meeting of its national executive committee to consider the president's future zuma scheduled to deliver a state of the nation speech thursday but many in the party want him to go now. while in c. officials met at a party headquarters on monday rival groups of party activists scuffled on the streets of your highness perk outside on one side a group calling itself black first land first rallied in support of the president. was it ever got it that the other hand see members who are fed up with jacob zuma. was deprived by the way. is the a.n.c. that deploys that is the cause so we don't do want to mess this did president south africa. what is the good side of. that we seumas support in south africa has been in decline for years he has faced down repeated corruption charges but new ones keep cropping up and many south africans blame him for the country's worsening economic problems. in december the a.n.c. replaced him as party leader. electing deputy president seve

done stuff ransome al jazeera just after in south africa the leader of the governing african national congress party says he's in direct discussions with president jacob zuma over a possible transition serum opposer seen here on the right says he's holding talks relating to you miss position as president he's been under mounting pressure to resign over allegations of corruption and says his deputy opposer replaced him as leader of the a.n.c. in december and u.k.'s biggest retailer tesco is facing the country's largest ever claim over equal pay thousands of employees may be eligible for compensation from the company a british law firm representing the claimants says the legal challenge could cost tesco up to five point six billion dollars if barker has more. it's a retail supergiant a bit more than three hundred thousand staff is one of the largest employers in the country but is tesco failing to pay people fairly. element is one of dozens of female employees taking legal action against the company it is to do with pay and it's to do with being paid the same for work that we perceive to be of equal v

south african president jacob zuma has resigned under intense pressure from his african national congress party. zimbabwe's movement for democratic change party says the opposition leader morgan tsvangirai has died at the age of sixty five been suffering from code on cancer. a florida some of the says there are a number of fatalities of the shooting in a high school in the united states out of pocket and these are live pictures you're looking at now the local sheriff's department is reporting that the suspect is in custody. an aid convoy has reached eastern ghouta in syria the first time that's happened since last november the damascus suburbs are one of the last rebel held areas in the country and it's been under siege since two thousand and thirteen the aid delivery will provide food and medical supplies to seven thousand people there are though about four hundred thousand people living in eastern guta. the u.n. special envoy for syria has been briefing the security council on the current situation in the country and his update is pretty grim staffan de mistura said the violence is the worst

south africa's african national congress party executive committee has decided to remove president jacob zuma as head of state. faced mounting allegations from his party to end his scandal—plagued second term. the party has the authority to order him to step down, although he might yet refuse. in a dramatic change of tone, the north korean leader kimjong—un says he wants to build on the "warm climate of reconciliation" with the south, following the visit of senior officials to the winter olympics. state media says mr kim met the delegation, including his sister, on its return to pyongyang. oxfam is under more pressure, with the revelation that some of its staff in haiti and chad sexually exploited people they were sent to help. the government has given oxfam until the end of the week to explain how it will make sure such abuses never happen again. it's time now for hardtalk. to the talk. yesterday is living his dream, he is an internationally acclaimed concert pianist and successful recording artist but read his account of his life and it resembles a nightmare, when he is away from the p

the african national congress party is discussion whether it will ask president jacob zuma to resign.rporation had reported he agreed to step down, but a spokesman for the president denied it. joining us from cape town is a south african ego reporter. reporter. are we going to see him step down today? >> there has been a lot of speculation as to whether the meeting underway by the making -- rulinglling body body and what will happen. what we do know is that the deputy president succeeded the hady's leader and yesterday nelson commemorating mandela from prison. he made it clear that all details will be finalized in today's meetings. we have seen the won rally in today's session. what can we expect over the next few days in terms of market reaction if he does resign? >> you are quite right. currency thaten a has surged. it started when the deputy president was elected the leader. assuming the market is liking him and possible new president of the country, he has spearheaded a campaign saying that the anc will fight corruption on state owned companies. it will claw back some of the suppo

fact that oxfam tried to continue its work in haiti the head of south africa's ruling african national congress says party leaders are preparing to finalize a deal that will result in president jacob zuma leaving office zuma is under growing pressure to leave a corruption allegations a.n.c. leaders serum of course says leaders meeting on monday will decide on a swift transfer of power. now the u.k. has appointed a minister for loneliness to help the vulnerable in society who feel isolated an estimated two hundred thousand senior citizens in britain have not had a conversation with a friend or relative in more than a month and more than half of those over the age of seventy five live alone are u.k. correspondent bob the phillips has that story my wife died about two and a half years ago and i miss her. we are there has to get on with love john who is ninety had felt increasingly isolated the death of his wife left a void we've been married for sixty five years so obviously companionship and friendship and important to me. the solution arranged by a charity was for john to give a room to poppy a twenty one

and i want to see the direction the country is going ahead of south africa's ruling african national congress as party leaders are preparing to finalize a deal that will result in president jacob zuma leaving office so most under increasing pressure to leave over corruption allegations and to later cyril ram a post says says leaders meeting on monday will decide on the swift transfer of power. new york state attorney general has filed a lawsuit against the weinstein company alleging it failed to protect its employees against a former c.e.o. harvey weinstein i'm seen as one of hollywood's most influential producers before more than seventy women accused him of sexual misconduct including rape allegations he denied a loss in his stall the plan sale of the company for five hundred million dollars those are the headlines news continues here on al-jazeera and sad story is next. a military crackdown or election campaigning egypt's president orders a massive army operation in northern sinai weeks before his reelection bid but is the cleanup of what he calls terrorist hotbeds the answer this is inside story.

as you know as potentially when elections are won and he's sworn in then but we african national congress the ruling party a government is very much now wanted to create an impression of business as usual they've since their main objective is to get surreal from a post in once that happens they can continue with the parliament parliamentary calendar as it was supposed to happen this favorite once even office on friday the little remark was i will address all the africans as a new president in the state of the nation address you remember that was perspiring last week because of this to and fro around jacob zuma there was a lot of resistance to him addressing the nation in this annual state of the nation that outlines government policy for the coming year because he and his administration wouldn't be around to implement any of the policy that might have been outlined following that make spec to have the budget speech delivered and this as i said would be the most smooth route to take we do expect to run a pause or to make changes to the cabinet we do know a letter jacob zuma had deployed various people to m

state media reporting that jacob zuma has been given forty eight hours to resign by his party the african national congress that follows a mountain meeting to discuss his fate president serve is understood to have met to the main person to inform him of the party's decision from a poster ramped up the pressure on sunday saying the issue was causing disunity and discord zuma faces a number of corruption charges but is refused to stand down before his term ends next year the media has more from johannesburg. there's been no official. a word from the african national congress as to the outcome of this meeting held by the national executive committee the top decision making body of the a.n.c. but we do understand based on reports from the national broadcaster the s a 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 jacob zuma has a day or potentially to to resign as president of the country now the n.c. has been meeting throughout the day in fact so rob returned to the ne see so it would appear that th

state media reporting jacob zuma has been given forty eight hours to resign by his party the african national congress it's been holding american meeting on monday to discuss his fate and see president cyril ramaphosa is understood to have met so many person to inform the parties decision and the posts are ramped up the pressure on sunday saying the issue was causing disunity and discord same of faces a number of corruption charges but has refused to stand down before his term ends and that is next year committed miller has won from johannesburg. this. the no official word from the african national congress as to the outcome of this meeting held by the national executive committee the top decision making body of the a.n.c. but we do understand based on reports from the national broadcaster the s e b c that as well as the secretary general of the met with jacob zuma to relay a message from the a.n.c. and according to the state broadcaster that was jacob zuma has a day all potentially to to resign as president of the country now the a.n.c. has been meeting throughout the day in fact from of course retur

and rakhine state and refugee camps and bangladesh the head of south africa's ruling african national congress says party leaders are preparing to finalize a deal that will result in president jacob zuma leaving office so most are under increasing pressure to leave over corruption allegations a.n.c. leaders here i am opposed to says leaders meeting on monday will decide on a swift transfer of power. new york state attorney general has filed a lawsuit against the weinstein company alleging it failed to protect its employees against former c.e.o. harvey weinstein feinstein was one of hollywood's most influential producers before more than seventy women accused him of sexual misconduct including rape allegations he has denied lawsuit has stalled the planned sale of the company for five hundred million dollars so the headlines keep it here how does or world this next. in asian. countries. the. free stuff. i. have been moving around there was illegally. is to be an illegal in africa is to behave in a euro. white can hear us in a place called the ukraine it is in is time. before i was in a crate i was in russi

the ruling african national congress party has already instructed mr zuma to resign, and said that itsrs will vote effectively to sack him in a vote of no confidence in parliament tomorrow, if he doesn't resign beforehand. so one way or another, it looks like he has very little time left as president of south africa. he has made a television interview a little earlier on today, saying that he's been victimised by his party and u nfa i rly been victimised by his party and unfairly treated, but as soon as he comes to the podium in pretoria, we will bring that to you, live. talks to end the political stalemate in northern ireland appear to have collapsed. arlene foster, the leader of the democratic unionists, says attempts to find a compromise with sinn fein have failed, and that there is no prospect of restoring northern ireland's devolved power—sharing government. sinn fein has blamed the dup, saying it walked away after an agreement had been reached. let's go over to our belfast newsroom and get the latest from our correspondent keith doyle. yes, good evening. the dup and sinn fein sha

the latest headlines: south africa's ruling party, the african national congress, has decided to removelong beset by allegations of corruption, he has faced mounting calls to end his second term. the party has the authority to order him to step down, though he might yet refuse. the north korean leader has described south korea as very impressive and declared he wants to build on the atmosphere of reconciliation, surrounding the winter olympics. kimjong—un has been briefed by a delegation of senior officials, including his sister, who've just returned to pyongyang from the south. the international charity, 0xfam, is under more pressure with the revelation that some of its staff in haiti and chad sexually exploited people they were sent to help. the british government has given them until the end of the week to explain how it will make sure such abuses never happen again. now it is time look at the stories that are making the headlines in media across the world. we begin with the japan times, which says washington could be open to early talks with north korea even without preconditions ov

in south africa, the ruling african national congress party has given president jacob zuma 48 hours to resign, or face the prospect of being recalled from office. zuma has come under increasing pressure to resign in recent weeks amid mounting accusations of widespread corruption. back in the united states, the trump administration has acknowledged it will not investigate complaints filed by transgender students who are barred from using bathrooms matching their gender identity. in a statement to buzzfeed news, an official with the the department of education argued transgender students are not protected by title 9, a civil rights law that prohibits discrimination based on sex. in a statement, eliza byard, the director of the transgender student rights group glsen said trump administration's quote, "cruel new policy flies in the face of the highest court rulings on this issue, which found unequivocally that denying transgender students appropriate bathroom access is a violation of title ix." the trump administration has been working secretly with a radical anti-abortion group on policie

his state of the nation address set for thursday the move could herald an attempt by members of zuma as own party to oust him from office leaders of zuma as ruling african national congress at the party's executive committee will hold a special meeting tomorrow to discuss his possible removal. we have to the horn of africa now in kenya where in the slums of nairobi dead bodies of young poor men are turning up on the streets almost every day they are suspected of being criminals and are executed by the police without charges without trial did all the news speaks to a whistleblower who were veals an underground war on crime that's believed to have claimed more than three thousand lives the past year. october two thousand and seventeen it's been two days since mom pry own lost her son brian one thousand years old executed by the police. and. you. brian lived in one of nairobi slum the police suspected him of being a thug and thieves but his mother disagrees. before i make. a choice was brian's friend a neighbor here in her community in kao lives where he was killed along with his three friends. i had to take him to. the policeman on the one who got down. there is more evide

state of the nation address which was set for thursday the move could herald an attempt by members of his own party to else to him from office leaders of the ruling african national congress say that the party's executive committee will hold a special meeting tomorrow to discuss zuma as possible removal zimbabwe's main opposition leader morgan tsvangirai is reportedly critically ill tonight in a south african hospital his supporters have been told to quote brace for the worst the sixty five year old disclosed two years ago that he had colon cancer. the new york stock exchange opened one percent lower today and then bounced back somewhat suggesting that relief could be on the way for equity markets. two days of dramatic losses on wall street have sparked a global selloff investors are worried that this could be the start of a new stock market crash but analysts are pointing to a healthy correction after such a long rally for stocks and the reason for the volatility is concerned this interim banks can start winding down the error of cheap money much more quickly than expected. are educating you now where in the slums of nairobi bodies of young poor men are turning up on the

in south africa the leader of the governing african national congress party says he is in direct discussions with president jacob zuma over a possible transition zero or impose a scene here on the right says he's holding talks relating to zoom is position as president zuma has been under mounting pressure to resign over allegations of corruption since his deputy ram opposer replaced him as leader of the a.n.c. in december and is where it is government says a power outage which left large parts of caracas in the dark on tuesday was an act of sabotage commuters were among the worst affected by the blackout which was at least ten railway stations to close and turned off traffic lights in the capital government critics say the outages another sign of crumbling infrastructure and mismanagement of energy resources in brazil the supreme court has given the green light for the privatisation of the country's giant state owned it tricity company the government hopes foreign investment in electro brus can power future hydroelectric dam projects but i do see you in reports from santorum activists fear t

resign in a forty five minute television interview zuma said the instruction from his party the african national congress to step aside was unfair because he's done nothing wrong has been given an ultimatum by the a.n.c. to resign by the end of the day or face a vote of no confidence. where found it very strange that. you now must go. because. we now have two new president who must come. not to follow in any policy of the abyss nothing of that nature

he has been replaced as leader of the ruling african national congress party by his deputy, cyril ramaphosa is suspected of charging up to £10,000 per head to smuggle migrants in the back of lorries across the channel. british drivers wasted more than 30 hours in rush—hour traffic last year, according to new research. the report from the traffic information company inrix found the uk is the tenth most congested country in the world, while london is europe‘s second—most gridlocked city. the study‘s authors say congestion is harming the economy. 0ur correspondent charlotte gallagher reports. there‘s nothing more frustrating for drivers than being stuck in this. the bad news is, those delays are getting worse. british motorists spent an average of 31 hours stuck in congestion last year. london is europe‘s second—most congested city, after moscow, with drivers spending the equivalent of three days every year in trafficjams. something these drivers heading into central london know all about. two hours a day. i come into london every day, so, what‘s that... ten hours a week, 40 hours a month, you

burma now and to see the direction the country is going ahead of south africa's ruling african national congress says party leaders are preparing to finalize a deal that will result in president jacob zuma leaving office soon as under growing pressure to leave a corruption allegations a.n.c. leaders serum a porter says leaders meeting on monday will decide on a swift transfer of power. a new york state's attorney general has filed a lawsuit against the weinstein company alleging it failed to protect its employees against disgraced former c.e.o. harvey weinstein was one of hollywood's most influential producers before more than seventy woman accused him of sexual misconduct including rape allegations he denies the lawsuit us told the sale of the company those are the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after innovate africa statement that so much. facing realities growing up when did you realize that you were living in a special place the so-called secret city getting to the heart of the matter why is activists to live in jail just because she expressed herself hear their story on talk to al-jaz

ruling party has called an urgent meeting to discuss president zuma as future as pressure grows on him to step down supporters and opponents of the president within the african national congress faced off during demonstrations outside party headquarters in johannesburg president zuma has become increasingly unpopular over a series of corruption scandals for major miller has more from johannesburg. the african national congress is continuing to grapple with what it calls a transitional period after still remark was i was named president of the party while jacob zuma remains president of south africa and that's amid intensifying calls for zuma to step down this of course relates back to allegations of corruption and his relationship with a prominent family in south africa who are accused of influencing president zuma as well as a government policy and appointments now that still remark was a is president of the a.n.c. would appear that zuma as position has weakened to some extent and they are calls from within the party and also from outside for the president to step down now unconfirmed reports indicate that zuma has said he won't resign that he's done nothing wrong and that h

bed of south africa's ruling african national congress says party leaders are preparing to finalize a deal that will result in president jacob zuma quitting office zuma is under increasing pressure to leave over a number of corruption allegations a.n.c. leaders cyril ramaphosa says officials meeting on monday will decide on a swift transition of power south africa's opposition has criticised the private talks between zuma and a.n.c. leaders saying he shouldn't get immunity from prosecution in exchange for leaving. two people have been injured after a truck burst into flames on a major highway in northern china the truck was loaded with liquefied natural gas and crashed onto its side when it was passing through had by province three vehicles near the truck were also burnt but the occupants managed to run away before the flames spread millions of mosquitoes have been released in the southeastern united states in a four million dollar project to stop the spread of the zico virus and other diseases male mosquitoes which don't bite have been infected with the bacteria which makes them ster

and i want to see the direction the country is going ahead of south africa's ruling african national congress says party leaders are preparing to finalize a deal that will result in president jacob zuma leaving office so most under increasing pressure to leave over corruption allegations and to later serial room a post says says leaders meeting on monday will decide on the swift transfer of power york state attorney general has filed a lawsuit against the weinstein company alleging it failed to protect its employees against a former c.e.o. harvey weinstein i'm seen as one of hollywood's most influential producers before more than seventy women accused him of sexual misconduct including rape allegations he denied a loss in his stall the plan sale of the company for five hundred million dollars those are the headlines news to continue on al-jazeera and side story is next. a military crackdown or election campaigning egypt's president orders a massive army operation in northern sinai weeks before his reelection bid but is the cleanup of what he calls terrorist hotbeds the answer this is inside story. hello

and state the area where the refugees are from now the head of south africa's ruling african national congress says party leaders are preparing to finalize a deal that will result in president jacob zuma quitting office zuma is under increasing pressure to leave over a number of corruption allegations a.n.c. leaders cyril ramaphosa says officials meeting on monday will decide on a swift transition of power south africa's opposition is criticised the private talks between zimmerman and see leaders saying he shouldn't get immunity from prosecution in exchange for leaving nigeria's economy is still struggling to turn itself around despite coming out of a long recession last year high production costs are making it tough for many small businesses and walk in what is africa's second largest economy amid interest reports now from the city of goma a web business owners a working together to keep costs down. he's one of twenty technicians helping to keep the wheels of the machinery turning of this industrial zone on the outskirts of the city. he moved to small workshop here three years ago running his only indep

lot of south africans are hoping that still run of course i will bring change to the african national congress a party that's been divided and also riddled by accusations of corruption the issue around jacob zuma wasn't just that it's this is a president that is facing accusations but is also a party that's protected him and also have other high ranking members of the a.n.c. implicated in these corruption allegations so it's certainly hope that. could possibly clean house we are waiting to see what he does next is two major tasks ahead of him one is the state of a nation address that's expected to take place on friday which will outline government's plans for the coming year but also the naming of these cabinets of africans are waiting to see if he'll keep on some of the ministers that served under jacob zuma people that were aligned to jacob zuma regarded as friends even cronies if you keep those ministers on of their complete a complete change of guard and what happens next with zuma especially with all of these corruption charges and the recent police raiding of the family home which has been linke

african national congress majority a majority that protected jacob zuma for many years during a number of debates around motions of no confidence the african national congress wouldn't vote along the. lines of opposition parties members of parliament specifically the a.n.c. booing now i think would be questionable a given that there was so much sort of support for jacob zuma for a long time and perhaps missing some people seeing footage from that we're going to have to leave it there we'll have another bulletin of news for you in just a few moments i will give you more on rather pose a speech to parliament stay with us. what makes this moment this era we're living through so unique this is really an attack on truth itself is a lot of misunderstanding a distortion of what free speech is supposed to be about the context it's hugely important. to publish it. to be a frank civil provoked it's all about it as people do. setting the stage for a serious debate up front at this time on al-jazeera. al-jazeera is a very important force of information for many people around the world when all the cameras are gone i'm still here go into areas that nobody else is going to talk to people that nobody else is talking to and

the head of south africa's ruling african national congress says party leaders are preparing to finalize a deal that will result in president jacob zuma leaving office zuma is under growing pressure to leave a corruption allegations a.n.c. need a serious says leaders meeting on monday will decide on a swift transfer of power and their leadership to get additional. we are intrigued and gave hungary ages conversations i'm good to muncie shoot. a new business the nation and specifically to resolve issues our good position that president did not they saw. one hundred eight is not sensible resolution. is not an trade significant consequences. for the country and for the amplitude of this oh. well i'm a go no tony on a as a political commentator for talk radio seven o two in johannesburg she thinks iran a poster doesn't have many options either when president zuma might step down. the defining moment came at the agency's national conference last year in december where president where it currently now similar on my post i was elected as president of the which is the ruling party and the convers

when you some south africa now where the head of the ruling african national congress says party leaders are preparing to finalize a deal that will result in president jacob zuma quitting office zuma is on the increasing pressure to leave over a number of corruption allegations a.n.c. leaders cyril ramaphosa says officials meeting on monday will decide on a swift transition of power hundreds of indian troops are battling armed fighters inside an army base in indian administered kashmir for a second straight day it hackers breached the military compound early on saturday at least nine people including three of the fighters have been killed in the assault in the city of jam charlotte ballasts reports. soldiers prepare for battle inside the base in indian administered kashmir they were ambushed by an unknown number of fine jews in a pre-dawn raid on saturday commanders say they from jersey mohamad which wants pakistan to control kashmir. or. professionally of the operation army is taking all precautions. and we don't want anything. attackers shot at guards on the perimeter before moving tow

south africa's ruling party, the african national congress, has decided to remove president jacob zumahas the authority to order him to step down, though he might yet refuse. the north korean leader has described south korea as "very impressive" and declared he wants to build on the atmosphere of reconciliation, surrounding the winter olympics. kimjung—on has been briefed by a delegation of senior officials, including his sister, who've just returned to pyongyang, from the south. the international charity, oxfam, is under more pressure with the revelation that some of its staff in haiti and chad sexually exploited people they were sent to help. the british government has given them until the end of the week to explain how it will make sure 5uch abuses never happen again. now on bbc news, the travel show.

nation address over concerns lawmakers could disrupt the speech well the move could herald a bid by members of his own party to remove him from office leaders of zuma as the ruling african national congress at the party's executive committee will hold a special meeting tomorrow to discuss his possible removal zuma has survived several attempts to oust him in the past but now faces a no confidence vote in the south african parlance parliament in just over two weeks. well with tensions are running high in south africa christine window is monitoring the situation for us hi christine there's a sense of deja vu here the a.n.c. basically pleading with this leader please step down yeah i mean zuma has survived a number of no motion and no confidence motion as impeachment motions but the. have all been tabled by the opposition and the a.n.c. having the numbers in parliament has been able to check in chile this is now the party saying to the president. and this is really the first time people are looking around and saying the test run president simply constable this when he's own party is saying to the question now is is he going to be pushed or will he not it happens if he doesn't comply can the

stories on al-jazeera south african media reporting that embattled president jacob zuma has been given forty eight hours to resign by his party the african national congress it follows a marathon meeting to discuss is him as fate he faces a number of corruption charges but has refused to step down before his term and next year a minute minute miller has more from johannesburg. 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 top decision making body of the a.n.c. but we do understand based on reports from the national broadcaster the s a 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 board cost that was the jacob zuma has a day or potentially to to resign as president of the country now the n c has been meeting throughout the day in fact will rip returned to the ne see so it would appear that the conversation they're having isn't entirely over yet but jacob zuma is certainly under pressure all indications are given his behavior in the last ten days or so he is resistant he

connelly with the latest from kiev thank you nicolas the leaders of south africa's ruling party the african national congress are meeting to decide the future of the country's embattled president pressure on jacob zuma has been growing since december when he was replaced as a party leader by the country's deputy president c. will run a post. seventy five world zuma has been dogged by scandals since coming to power back in two thousand and nine he is currently fighting the reinstatement of seven hundred and eighty three corruption charges if he refuses to step down the president could face another no vote of confidence in parliament or impeachment. for more let's bring in journalist alan van gelder who is joining us from cape town and this meeting has been going on for quite a while what do you think that it says about the discussions and what are you expecting to come out of them. they have been going on off almost seven hours a meeting so did we actually have four sets tonight was the message would come to conclusion that's also what dainty leaders vice presidents real warm up also had said yesterday that t

nation address by president. that‘s because his own party the african national congress threatened to recall him from the presidencyittee. we know tonight jacob zuma the national executive committee. we know tonightjacob zuma has met the national executive committee. we know tonight jacob zuma has met with his would—be political nemesis the new leader of the anc, cyril ramaphosa in what has been described prodl and constructive talks. i take that to be anc speak for a deal being in the making. we‘re told there are a set of preconditions that jacob zuma wants to see filled before he would step down. that is where it gets tricky, the thing that has bothered him the most is the possibility of facing trial on corruption charges. it is not within the gift of the anc or of cyril ramaphosa to granting immunity. so what could they be talking about, possibly financial support in his legal battles and continuing support for him when he leaves the presidency. it may simply be the case that jacob zuma has realised that he has lost the support of his party, his people and is now trying to negotiate as dignified and exit as he p

party are hoping to finalize a deal that would see president jacob zuma leave office their meeting in the next few hours is under pressure to resign over corruption allegations african national congress leader cyril ramaphosa says party leaders will decide on a swift transfer of power. u.s. president donald trump has questioned israel's commitment to peace with the palestinians in a rare criticism trump told an israeli newspaper an interview he says israel's settlements in the occupied west bank are complicating the peace process the british foreign secretary as me and mars leader aung sang suu kyi to allow the un to supervise the return of refugees or is johnson made a plea after visiting displaced muslim villages in the high end state and refugee camps in bangladesh those are the headlines up front is the next. facing reality growing up when did you realize that you were living in a special place the so-called secret city getting to the heart of the matter is activists to live in jail just because she expressed herself here their story on the top down to zero at this time. he's been called one of the most wanted political fugitives of twenty team and former georgian president mikhe

party are hoping to finalize a deal that will see president jacob zuma leave office their meeting in less than an hour zoomers under pressure to resign over corruption allegations african national congress leader cyril ramaphosa says party leaders will decide on a swift transfer of power to the opposition says zuma should not be offered immunity in exchange for stepping down i believe that she didn't know. we. gave hungary he just can't. i can't seize it. it's really knew what this is the issue. and specifically. the issue of the position that this is a. slow. for me to middle joins us live now from johannesburg so for me to what are we expecting to come out of that national executive committee meeting of the a.n.c. later this afternoon. well at this point hasn't it appears as if there's any sea meeting really is the only option for the african national congress going forward of the last few days there were talks between. jacob zuma around this ex a deal that you've mentioned around looking at a way to get jacob zuma out but it appears those talks might have broken down because of demands made by zuma including. protection from prosecution if you were to go to court around corruption al

early years in his party the african national congress agreed to remove him his refusal sets the stage for a no confidence vote in parliament a high ranking party official said the motion is already scheduled for thursday and decided to recall the city since taking office in two thousand and nine zuma has been accused of numerous corruption scandals including making some deals with the influential gupta family on wednesday an elite police unit raided the family's luxury home in johannesburg detaining three people. the captors are accused of using their connections to the president to win lucrative state contracts and several of the ms relatives work for the family's companies to raids to residents and i think you've got about. it's about time this happened i think iran has been waiting for it we've been wondering why. it hasn't happened but now that it's happening i mean it starts but and as i say you know about time it happened i hope any hidden secrets may come to the surface and it will give a lot of people in our country a bit of peace of my family and hopes that it's moving forwar

state media reporting jacob zuma has been given forty eight hours to resign by his party the african national congress at follows a marathon meeting to discuss his fate and see president cyril ramaphosa is understood to have met so much in person to inform him of the party's decision i am opposed to ramped up the pressure on sunday saying the issue was causing disunity and discord some of faces a number of corruption chart. as refused to stand down before his term ends next year the minimal or has more from johannesburg. 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 top decision making body of the a.n.c. but we do understand based on reports from the national broadcaster the s e 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 n.c. has been meeting throughout the day in fact will rip returned to the any sea so