with the election a successful businessman cyril ramaposa as leader of the a. n. c. there is increasing confidence investors of warm to his promises to reattach corruption and kick start the ailing economy. as you can on the day's trading action now tropic choppy trade a for global investors was returning positive is its trading session continues. of doubt had been down nearly two hundred points. numbers about a hundred that less than hour to go a bank and textures are leading gains across the board there. made european is these clothes lower vester so cautious about volatility a lot of focus on inflation this wee. nikkei prices rose rate of three percent in january that's higher than economists had predicted well above the central bank's to percent target. moving on some days of the business headlines now. right there has accused unions in spain of blocking agreement on pay rises for pilots. only recently begun recognizing unions for its staff members. ceo also said the airline has been cutting fares on flights to catalonia buys much as thirty percent. monsters terr

once his deputy cyril ramaposa to take either. alexander local has this report. people are saying. zoom i must go my problem with that snow day movie. the south african presidents breaking his silence amid mounting pressure from within his own party to step down. in forty five minute conversation on state television he said he done nothing wrong and was being victimized. i don't understand. not. even that to be a clean one this. then other problem with your with with the approach and decision. because i don't agree with it. i don't think it is fair. i think it is unfair. body a. n. c. has colds time on further talks with a scandal tainted head of state. and is set to use a parliamentary vote on thursday to force him out and collect his party rivals cyril ramaposa as president as early as friday. the on multiple cg with others she food to proceed with the motion of no confidence for more. fun. so that. evidence who might use them to remove so that we can proceed to elect. a president unlawful some. wednesday's events also count as knowledge police unit storms the compound of the gro

we know that yesterday the president of the anc cyril ramaposa said that the matter will be finalised. we are waiting and we know that inside the meeting there are many anc leaders who have called for president zuma to be recalled from his position. there is a proportional representation electoral system here and sell public, so people who vote in a general election for the party, not the individual, like they do in america. so here they vote for the anc, they win the election and they appoint president zuma to go to be the candidate for presidency. they will be calling him back, replacing him with cyril ramaposa, but it is not yet confirmed, that is what we wait to hear. some may be not yet confirmed, that is what we wait to he; why ime may be not yet confirmed, that is what we wait to he; why lmi zuma be not yet confirmed, that is what we wait to he; why m1; zuma is zuma is reported to be go. president zuma is reported to be refusing to go because constitutionally he can be in power until 2019, so the anc‘s election cycle for its own leaders is out of sync with the country's elector

the party's new leader, cyril ramaposa, had said the question of his position would be finalised todaydate from pretoria. the anc executive committee has been meeting here for well over ten hours. it's now way after midnight and they've been discussing how to recall presidentjacob and they've been discussing how to recall president jacob zuma and they've been discussing how to recall presidentjacob zuma from being head of state. what we now know is that since we've been here, the president of the anc, cyril ramaphosa, drove out and he went to presidentjacob ramaphosa, drove out and he went to president jacob zuma's official residence and when he arrived there was some delay at the gate, they said it was too late, but eventually they were let in. after a very brief period, the convoy returned that here and they were still talking i suppose at that time he had come back with the response from president zuma about whether he would voluntarily resign or whether he would be forced to be recalled probably through an impeachment process in parliament, and that would be a humiliation that cyri

this is cyril ramaposa long considered a man with ambition school south africa's top job. he cut his teeth in politics during the fight for racial equality sounding decide nelson mandela in nineteen ninety four when the african national congress does swept to power. then he was an active trade unionist organizing strikes against the white owned mines. bought off losing a presidential race without a bacchae he ducked out of professional politics in the late nineties. two decades later he's part of south africa's business elite with hands in almost every sector of the economy and the personal fortune estimated over three hundred fifty million euros. in two thousand and twelve he stepped back into the political limelight coming soon is that easy two years later a. and while they may be all smiles here ramaposa has run on a ticket vowing to fight the corruption so associated with xerostomia. as well as revitalising south africa's economy. the united states is preparing to unveil the toughest sanctions yet sedans north korea vice president mike pence ideas and say from japan wh

the new anc leader, cyril ramaposa, has issued an ultimatum, that mr zuma must stand down, or be forcedgh chances to "make the right decision", and he still hasn't, so today is the day they decide to formally asking to step down. if that fails, if he refuses for whatever reason, they are willing to take this matter to parliament, meaning a motion of no confidence or even an impeachment. these are unconfirmed reports of course but what we understand this one of the biggest ticking points is having the possibility of corruption charges reinstated against him. he has indicated he would like some form of security for himself and his family, and should those charges be brought back, you would like the state to pay for his legal bills. we understand this is a matter that the anc is currently taking under advisement. there is a very big question about his chip with a family here, who are said to have used that same relationship to gain access to lucrative business contracts, and that is one scandal he has not been able to shake off throughout the ten years he has been south africa's president.

evening we begin in south africa where country's a new president cyril ramaposa has spoken to have whatis first full day in office. we six of the raids from jacob zuma who ruled for nine years his presidency was tainted by allegations of corruption. were dressing up parliament today president ramaposa valve to revive the country's stagnant economy. to tackle chronicic unemployment. and. sparring government debt he also hailed the dawning of a new era the south african politics isn't acceptable he said. we should board behind us. ththe era of diminishing crossed in public institutions. and weekend confidence and our country's publicly this. we should all the negativit. that has dogged to our country behind us. because a new tone is upon us and a wonderful daughter. has online. president speaking that will frozen foods i should is male is in cape town and she has more now on the task that lies ahead for the new president of south africa. there is a lot of pressure on the new president's overall oppose it back east state of the nation address this evening he says and he takes all the right

he's been resisting calls to stand down, but over the weekend the party's new leader cyril ramaposa saidflights from the uk to tunisia will resume tomorrow, two and half years after 30 british holiday—makers were killed in a terror attack at a beach resort. a travel ban later imposed by the uk was lifted last summer, and now thomas cook will resume flights from gatwick, manchester and birmingham. 0ur security correspondent frank gardner, has travelled to tunisia, to assess the measures taken to reassure visitors. tunis by night, and a national guard unit prepares to raid a suspected terrorist hideout. their commander tells us they know of 500 islamist extremists living in just three square kilometres here. well, they've just gone into a house here. we can hear some shouts. we're in a tiny little backstreet, and they're looking for members of an isis cell that has been in libya, they suspect, so the whole street is flooded with these armed national guard soldiers. three years ago on this beach near sousse, an isis gunman shot dead 38 people, 30 of them british. now, tunisia is getting tra

the new anc leader — cyril ramaposa — has issued an ultimatum that mr zuma must stand down or be forcedvisiting belfast for talks with northern ireland's main political parties. there are suggestions the democratic unionists and sinn fein could be close to a deal to restore devolved government after the failure of several previous rounds of negotiations. power—sharing at stormont collapsed more than a year ago. we have a statement from the dup and arlene foster who spoke just after meeting theresa may. there is some flash photography coming up. we fought an election last march. we wa nted fought an election last march. we wanted to come back in here immediately to set about the programme for government. but sinn fein decided to have a long list of demands and so we have been in negotiations since then, but we want to make sure that what we get is a good dealfor all of the people of northern ireland and one that is sustainable into the future because it is quite clear to me that the people of northern ireland do not wa nt to people of northern ireland do not want to be back in this place