year polling fifty four percent of the vote in local elections whomever wins the party vote in johannesburg will either lead the a.n.c. to its first national electoral defeat or become the next president let's get the thoughts now of our guests and joining us from johannesburg. a national security advisor to the south african minister of police via skype from cape town is last night i do executive secretary of the council of the advancement of the south african constitution and from just outside johannesburg also via skype is trevor a social activist and research of the center for social change at the university of johannesburg thank you all very much for joining us bongani this is set to be a tight race why do you think lami damini zuma should win. or i mean besides your package which clearly states that here we have a highly experienced individual with the world of knowledge in government we also have someone who has been nominated by true very key constituencies of the african national congress there is the a.n.c. women's league and the a.n.c. youth league these are very critical compone

is trevor a social activist and research of the center for social change at the university of johannesburg thank you all very much for joining us bongani this is set to be a tight race why do you think lami damini zuma should win. or i mean besides your package which clearly states that here we have a highly experienced individual with the world of knowledge in government we also have someone who has been nominated by true very key constituencies of the african national congress there is the a.n.c. women's league and the a.n.c. youth league these are very critical components of of our struggle in fact of the mest democratic movement and as such she stands a very good chance of being nominated this weekend. delegates who were barred from this conference because courts dean that they've been illegally elected they were pro law means in their you concerned that's going to upset the vote up well they is a suggestion that they were pro the meanies woman but that is not quite it you can never be certain of see in quite a lot of several of these conferences you can go to a conference thinking you

with the latest from johannesburg in south africa thank you police in australia have arrested a man for allegedly acting as an economic agent for north korea now he's accused of attempting to broker a sales of missile technology and cold to that in indonesia and vietnam the naturalized australian citizen of korea descent is the first person to be charged under the country's weapons of mass destruction act. the police have called it a case like nothing ever seen on a stray in soil sydney resident chan hand choice stands accused of working as an economic an agent for north korea he allegedly used encrypted messages to try and broker sales of illegal exports including missile parts and technology in an effort to raise money for pyongyang astray and prime minister malcolm turnbull delivered a stern warning to anyone thinking of assisting north korea. north korea is a dangerous reckless criminal regime threatening the pace of the region it is vitally important that all nations work relentlessly to enforce those sanctions because the more economic pressure that can be brought on north korea t

congress in johannesburg. two mass graves containing the remains of dozens of iraq's yazidi minority group have been found near the northwestern town of santa ninety bodies have reportedly been discovered including women and children i still took over town and twenty fourteen killing and slaving phelan's of members of the religious minority group since job was retaken a year later by u.s. backed kurdish fighters the un has declared the massacre of the as a genocide or more and more refugees are trying to take a new route into europe with deadly consequences few are taking the old rouge across the sea to the quake islands of less boss and chills where many have had to inject dye conditions now thousands are heading north to cross the land border from turkey into northeastern greece but that means crossing the every last river which is proof fatal for hundreds of refugees has this exclusive report from alexandra palace and a warning that you might find some of these images here distressing. if you want to see ho

with the latest from johannesburg in south africa thank you. it's been a high scoring sunday in the bundesliga with last season's run as the leipsic suffering a surprise loss they went down three two atoll to ten manhattan beilin in sunday's early game had over and played out a thrilling four four draw saturday brought to ins for runaway does by an resurgent dortmund and a fast made victory of the campaign for. they said it was impossible but french sailor francois has shown the world it can be done he has set a spectacular new record for a nonstop solo sail around the globe his arrival back in britain he was met by many well wishes now it took about forty two days to complete the trip not king more than six days get that and ten hours off the previous time saving officials can only come from the record after reviewing the boat's black box and g.p.s. data. this is news live from berlin we'll be back at the top of the hour with more thank you for watching. live to serve. the lord we were there for you lol.

ruling party the african national congress is meeting in johannesburg to elect its new leader whoever is chosen to succeed jacob zuma will lead the agency into the next presidential elections in two thousand and nineteen now the party is deeply divided over who should do that taking over bitter campaign has threatened to split the movement and co inc asana zuma is the south african president's preferred candidate she's campaigning hard against racial inequality and improving prospects for the black majority the other contender is cyril ramaphosa supporters say his business background makes him the best option to turn around south africa's struggling economy tanya page joins us live now in johannesburg to tell us how things were going and there's been a lot of unofficial meetings before the emission fishel thing actually kicks off today. yes exactly there was an emergency meeting called of the national executive committee of the african national congress that includes about one hundred or so members and they were meeting to discuss the outcomes of civil court rulings delivered on frida

party the african national congress is meeting in johannesburg to elect its new leader whoever chosen to succeed jacob zuma only the a.n.c. into the next presidential elections that's in two thousand and nineteen the party used to be divided over who should take over a bitter campaign is threaten to split the movement and closes on a zuma south african president's preferred candidate she's campaigned hard against racial inequality and improving prospects for the black majority the other main contender is cyril ramaphosa supporters say his business background makes him the best option to turn around south africa's flagging economy china page is live for us in johannesburg so quite a bit of attention here is there a risk of doing lasting damage to the party. well i think and certainly in many commentators analysts and ordinary soft. minds' there's already been an enormous amount of damage caused to the governing african national congress under the leadership of its current president jacob zuma the president has been on mired in controversy scandal and corruption allegations since really

annette: from johannesburg, thank you.ing on, he has been president of chili before and after -- chile before, and now he is back. easily winninga the runoff, despite polls suggesting a far closer race. we need accord, not confrontntation, dialogue, and collaboration. only then can our country move .orward on rock, not on send therefore, i hope to have the --ortunity to old a peaceful to hold a peaceful dialogue. the region, inin peru, the president has acknowledged that he has spent some money, his private construction company currently entangled in their largest corruption scandal. presidentthe peruvian is in the midst of the fight of his political life. his supporters gathered outside the presidential palace, accusations of corruption and parliamentary proceedings germans the 79-year-old, the work of his political rivals. >> i believe we as citizens should defend democracy. >> we will come out ahead and we have trust in him. reporter: but trust h he tried o win back sunday night in an televised apology. the president ad

after hours of delay due to legal challenges we're looking at live pictures coming to us from johannesburg the successor to jacob zuma tainted by corruption allegations will lead the a.n.c. into the next presidential election in two thousand and nineteen the party is deeply divided over who should take over a bitter campaign has threatened to split the movement and i mean is zuma the south african president's ex-wife is his preferred candidate she's campaigned hard against racial inequality and for improving the prospects of the black majority the other main contender is civil remedy pose a supporters say his business background makes him the best option to turn around south africa's flagging economy it's bring in tanya page she's live for us in johannesburg i'm just wondering what the feeling is there the atmosphere and how much tension surrounding this. will be so much at stake in this very hotly contested race to be leader of the. not only the presidency of the party up for grabs if you like but all of the top one hundred also positions so we are talking about quite a procedure and that

i know they've been tense scenes in johannesburg where south africa's ruling african national congress has been meeting to choose a new leader current president jacob zuma who's accused of corruption is stepping down as head of the a.n.c. the party is deeply divided over who should succeed him the main contenders are former cabinet minister and. who's also his ex-wife and deputy president and prominent businessman so remet poser the winner will be announced on sunday addressing the event jacob zuma acknowledged failure is the threat in the party's future. the fifty fourth national conference is taking place at a time when i was. at a crossroads. why we identify corporate. as posing a serious threat to the a n c we also need to look at ten ten am weeks we feel our organizations will take a closer look at the two clear front runners to replace zuma because as. is a former cabinet minister who served under every leader since the end of apartheid with portfolios including health home and foreign affairs the former chairwoman of the african union commission she has the backing of her ex-hus

to south africa now where the ruling party the african national congress is meeting in johannesburg to like its new leader whoever is chosen to succeed jacob zuma will lead the a.n.c. into the next presidential election in two thousand and nineteen the party's deeply divided over who should take over a bitter campaign has threatened to split the movement and causes on a zuma is the south african presidents preferred candidate she's campaigned hard against racial inequality and for improving prospects for the black majority the other main contender is cyril ramaphosa supporters say his business background makes him the best option to turn around south africa's lagging economy tanya page joins us live now from johannesburg so tanya it's this type of division is something this party is not used to extreme division. exactly and proven very divisive this phrase because there is so much at stake in what is happening at the moment which is causing the delay because we were expecting to be hearing the opening address of president jacob zuma as an emergency meeting by the national executive com

narrowly beat zuma his former wife and the vote of the conference in johannesburg. at least three people have been killed in an amtrak train derailment outside seattle in the u.s. the death count expected to rise because r.c.c. initial signs indicate the amtrak train may have hit something on the track before it was derailed onto a busy interstate highway those are the headlines the news continues on al-jazeera after inside story all season. a virtual coin worth nearly twenty thousand dollars that is still hard to understand but coin is pushing its way into the mainstream with its recent surge in value but what's driving it and can it be sustained and regulated in the.

that is the significance of those scenes in johannesburg.se are the latest scenes we have live from johannesburg. as soon as we have some contributions in the hall, we will be back there straightaway. a very significant moment in south africa for cyril ramaphosa and the direction of the anc. there will be more on that a little later. let's have more on the other main story. our main story is the heavily—critical report into the circumstances surrounding the murder of an iranian refugee in bristol four years ago. the report has concluded that bristol city council and avon and somerset police showed institutional racism, in siding with the abusers of bijan ebrahami, who was beaten to death and his body set on fire after he was wrongly accused of being a paedophile. the report was written by the safer bristol partnership. one man is serving a life sentence for mr ebrahimi's murder, and two police officers were jailed for misconduct. 0ur correspondentjon kay has been talking to mr ebrahimi's family. bijan ebrahimi came to britain for safety. but

expected to announce who will succeed president jacob zuma as its leader and his party conference in johannesburg the winner will most certainly lead the party into the twenty nineteen election when zuma steps down as president after his second term the two official candidates are current deputy presidents around the poser and zuma is ex-wife because as honor lamine is huma. three gunmen who stormed a construction site in the afghan capital kabul have been killed after a standoff with security forces it's believed they took control of the partially built building in order to fire down at a neighboring intelligence training center. zimbabwe's army has declared an end to the military intervention that ousted former president robert mugabe armed soldiers have promised to shut down their last roadblocks in the capital and hand over to police those bad ones to stay with us on our toes or counting the cost is up next hour more news for you after that by phone or. hello i'm come on santa maria this is counting the cost on al-jazeera the weekly look at the world of business and economics this week the mo

fergal keane, bbc news, johannesburg.s to thousands of homes and businesses in gloucestershire have onlyjust been restored, after two days. it follows a mains pipe burst in tewkesbury, that left many having to rely on bottled water, as jon donnison reports. water, water everywhere. nor any drop to drink. a ruptured pipe has left these fields flooded and in tewkesbury, thousands of people without water for a second day. many businesses have been forced to close. severn trent has already had to hand out 300,000 litres of bottled water. i'm surprised that severn trent have not got it all back together again within 2a hours. i had to drive nearly ten miles here. itjust can't be helped. it is one of those things. david luckett runs an emergency committee set up to deal with water problems in the nearby village of twining. he says more remote areas have been the worst affected. i feel that the villages have been left almost to their own devices to a certain extent. we have had no forward delivery of any supplies. by late aftern

and sparring with your neighbor is how a group of retirees and johannesburg are getting into fighting shape. on the rocks a pleasure to be with you. we start off in afghanistan where officials now say at least forty one people were killed and dozens more injured in a series of blasts in the capital kabul a suicide bomber is reported to have detonated a device at a gathering in a shiite cultural center witnesses say many of the victims were students in an online statement so-called islamic state is claiming its supporters were behind the attacks. and earlier i spoke with the governors of got a staff specialist florian vigeland i asked him why i asked might have targeted this location well that it's quite obvious that the extremists from i guess the talking cio because they think they're not real muslims the infidels and this is a view which is shared by a lot of other sunni extremists and it brings us to an interesting twist of the story an afghan expert told us that there really target was not the shia community but the polygon because as and taliban they're both fighting over there a

we head to south africa where a group of retirees in johannesburg are in fighting shape. thank you very much for your company we start off in of gonna stand where officials now say at least forty one people were killed and dozens more injured in the series of blasts in the capital kabul a suicide bomber is reported to have detonated a device at a gathering in a shiite cultural center witnesses say many of the victims were students in an online statement so-called islamic state is claiming its supporters were behind the attacks. all right and now we can take you to the ob-gyn capital now where the blast took place to journalist martin who is there hans what's the situation on the ground right now where you are. while the situation on the ground where i am it is by far away from the well so this part of town was not at all affected by this huge tragedy. as you said because it's you know miss or city like a change. some place a little bit less some a little bit more. that tech was apparently a sweet side or member and then two subsequent explosion by mines that had been plac

and we also head to south africa to find out why a group of pensioners in johannesburg has picked the unlikeliest of sports to keep themselves from. hello and welcome my name is christopher spring good to have you with us europe. in the german city of light to grapple with some of the tougher questions of all digital future how can we protect our personal data for instance how can we stop cyber criminals from targeting our mobile phones under the motto do something some fifteen thousand participants are attending the annual congress of the chaos computer club. normally this c.c.t.v. cameras at the leipzig conference center record everything but right now they're switched off one major theme at this year's chaos computer club congress is privacy including house state surveillance and spices dims endanger it. those who want to be able to hack an entire population need to find a unique vulnerability on every single device but that doesn't mean that this point of access will only be exploited by authorities fighting crime. computer club members have warned that such vulnerabilities leave

i think what more reactors successfully done we shifted you to from cape town to johannesburg and i thought that the discussion this evening was to focus on cape town in the city of cape town we are not experiencing. quality problems and not having to dilute water because of quality problems what we having to do in the city of cape town is many job valuable water resources and we need to get the community used to walk with us and i think i would about that just go in cape town so when you want about a part of the non-management and the justice angle so that previous tweet that was speaking about these water meets that is that are installed to restrict people's water to three fifty liters a day which it is eighty seven it is a person or fault for about four people people poor people in cape town have had to live with both restricting devices for years now prior to the drought that is being used it's installed in people's households who cannot afford to pay for water and openly this year have have wealthy households being asked to reduce their water so in cape town winds up towards full water

of a more on this i spoke to genesis for that event from the mail and guardian in johannesburg and i asked him whether either of the two main candidates and ramaphosa could truly bring about change in the a.n.c. . that is really the question in the war we watch today just how deeply divided because our tears were right down the middle is the split the more difficult to see to bring it together again the. history of making its policy since us is very much consensus driven party but at the moment it is a ribbon party and the question so much is not who will be the next event but will actually be able to lead a party all we have a party that remains divided against itself and in a state of civil war going into future elections right you point out there is future elections despite the fact that the a.n.c. has been plagued by scandal and corruption allegations some say it's almost certain to win those elections next year why is that. well the a.n.c. has easily won all elections that the whole. lot in south africa and even the loss of elections with a sharp decline in that supports the old

page life for us in johannesburg tanya thank you. refugees are increasingly attempting a new route into europe with deadly consequences if you're taking the old route across the aegean sea to the greek islands of yes one of the islands many of them have to indoor dire conditions now thousands are heading north across the land border from turkey and to northeastern greece but that means crossing the everest river which is proof fatal for hundreds of refugees lawrence lee has this exclusive report a warning some of you may find the images very disturbing. we discovered. they'd been in the water for weeks on the river or the fish take their clothes sometimes the riposte militia facts a clue to someone's mind says this syrian woman drowned along with her son she was identified by another already in europe but usually they remain unidentified silent witnesses to the horror of the refugees journey. it's a very little goes with that is it will work a bit woman will have a little boy get those who haven't seen. all harm in the world. here. a

president jacob zuma also narrowly defeated seumas former wife of the vote at the conference in johannesburg . now they've been violent protests outside the congress building in argentina's capital while politicians were debating pension reforms president morsi a matter his government says they're necessary to curb the country's fiscal deficit has more now from what as hours the battle line here is you can see how well and truly for all the government the congress. looking to my left where they're trying to push through patches but in the next day or so they have a deadline to try to control the fiscal deficit to try to reform first of all at gitmo and then to work on the taxes and labor laws they want to try to bring down inflation on the tracks foreign investment which is what they say is vital to our consigned stitcher economic well big. movies sharing out what t.v. the previous governments did not pay out you will know when we finally get off the ballot box. to my right we have many thousands of protesters who oppose day last week clash with the police clashing again the police will to c

convention in johannesburg where the vote counting is underway i'm hearing we'll get the results about midnight what are you hearing. something similar jane i think nobody really. because we had been told at the beginning of this conference that we were going to have a result by the end of sunday but of course we saw a very lengthy delays because of they needed to resolve the legal challenges effectively and that gives us an indication of just how hotly contested this leadership race is the voting has finished the counting is underway they may count twice if the result is particularly close and let's not forget also that not just counting the delegates votes for the top job of president but all top six of the. leaders are being chosen in this one round of voting that includes the treasurer and the secretary general among others what does each of the presidential candidates often delegates choosing between. what. was president jacob zuma as. one point four children together and that has played for her and against. him if you like although it is highly criticized by many sectors of socie

on your pages at the conference in johannesburg and spence is killing us isn't that we've been waiting for this for quite a while now any hints and clues as to who is going to. no i don't have any so close i think if you start giving you sort of fall into a bit of a trap because they had said earlier it would be closer to midnight and then they said five or ten minutes of that was about an hour or so ago so without a doubt they have never been closer but exactly when we just can't say this wasn't just the race for the presidency but for all top six positions in the. the four thousand eight hundred delegates had quite a substantial ballot paper and they need to make sure that the results verified that there perhaps is a double count happening that they are one hundred percent certain because it was expected to be a tight race however heading into the final vote. head four hundred more nominations from the branches. so he had what looked like a pretty clear advantage although once they get into the ballot. the polling station itself of course those delegates perhaps may be swayed one way

conference let's return to tanya paige who's outside the conference hall in johannesburg so intensify organizational renewal says jacob zuma tania many of course would say that he is responsible for the collapse of the a.n.c. when it collapsed there and. exactly and that's the irony of the situation we're talking about someone who's presided over the a.n.c. in the local elections last year when the a.n.c. lost almost ten percent support an enormous blow and quite a wake up call to the a.n.c. as well earlier in his speech which is his last as a.n.c. president he talked about the need for radical economic transformation the need to transform the lives of the black majority and the need for a higher development trajectory trajectory to release up the pace of change in south africa because that's part of the reason why so many voters have so few lost faith really and turn their backs on the a.n.c. now let's not also to get that image enjoys enormous support and is still by far the biggest political party in this country but nonetheless the signs are there that it is in trouble and so that

ram opposer who is currently the deputy president zuma exwife in the vote a party conference in johannesburg tanya page with the probably several member because as the new president of the african nation our home. i. the world i'm a poster supporters erupted into cheers as he was led to the stage they have penned the hopes of the african national congress and the country on him i'm sure they'll be about the president because the president has been the member of the n.a.c. the debris the president has been in the business sector for a very long time. i'm sure all during the close in the crisis that we have economy clearly is a country who will have some improvements and i'm of course a has a hit for business and that could be what's needed to get the economy back on track so millions of unemployed south africans can have hope he helped write the constitution and helped negotiate the peaceful transition to democracy from apartheid skills he will need as the top six new a.n.c. officials and all his allies these are the food outcomes for the organization i think we have good widespread it is sad

and who are not on the top stories are managers or of intense scenes in johannesburg south africa's ruling african national congress has been meeting to choose a new leader current president jacob zuma who's accused of corruption is stepping down as head of the a.n.c. but the party is deeply divided over who should succeed him the main contenders are former cabinet minister and. he's also his ex-wife and deputy president and prominent businessman cyril ramaphosa the winner will be announced on sunday addressing the event jacob zuma acknowledged failures that threaten the party's future the fifty fourth national conference is taking place at a time when i was. at a crossroads. why do we identify corporate it. as posing as serious threats to the a n c. we shouldn't need to look. we are going to. turn a page report from there and see conference in johannesburg this african national congress selective conference opened with a warning by the current speaker of the house billiken betty she said delegates shouldn't sing a divisive songs in support of one candidate or another and she also said no

south africa's ruling party the african national congress is meeting in johannesburg to select its new leader who ever has chosen to succeed jacob zuma who is tainted by corruption allegations will lie. lead the a.n.c. into the two thousand and nineteen presidential election the party is deeply divided between an a.n.c. veteran and one of south africa's most successful businessmen tell you page is live for us in johannesburg is one you want the feeling is there tania how much excitement for this do people feel that there's change ahead. well it all depends on which side of the fence you certify. there are two main candidates but nominations will be open to the floor so they could be a few surprises in there as well all that any candidate needs is the support of twenty five percent of the delegates and there are about just over five thousand of them in some of the plenary halls that you can see just in the distance behind me there are locked in closed sessions after a very long delay we understand that the conference is going to be kicking off at some point in the next hour and one of t

johannesburg.ound the skeleton in these deep caves outside johannesburg. she had been lying here for almost 4 million years trapped , in the rock. [laughter] [laughter] andrew: today, littlefoot finally emerged, astonishingly intact after 20 painstaking years of excavation. >> these bones have a very, very fragile, flaky surface, many of them. and it was like trying to extract apply with flaky pastry out of concrete, without damaging the pride. we had to do this properly. we had to do this slowly. yes, it took up more than 20 years of my life, but i feel younger and stronger for it. >> so these are the caves were littlefoot was found. the thinking is that she was walking on the service, fell down, and was covered by sediment and rock. scientists in the 1980's and 1990's stumbled across her remains and slowly managed to be some back together. themowly managed to piece back together. her skeleton shows she was in her 30's. she probably lived in the trees, and crucially, she was more like us than like

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the shares listed in johannesburg and here in frankfurt are the legal seat is an absolute no if you are holding shares of steinhoff your of course have to ask yourself where do i get my money if i have a legal claim against this company and this kind of thinking accelerates of course the downward spiral of the share price cannot do that in frankfurt thank you so much. it is a decisive day for efforts in germany to end the country's political deadlock the social democrats are holding a party conference and have to decide whether to open talks on forming a new governing coalition with chancellor angela merkel's conservatives the parties have been in coalition for the past four years social democrats party chief martin jilts and initially ruled out doing so against after. it was again after poor results in september's general elections but has changed course since schultz is up for re-election today and many social democrats are still to be won over. well standing by for us now from the. party convention is our very own thomas bar also thomas tell us this is a very important day for th

in johannesburg.e facing allegations of corruption, he didn't shoulder responsibility openly. he put the blame on the ruling anc on the media, big business, on the courts and even those within his own party. he said he'll let bygones be bygones. >> felt i should be talked to, to step down. and i want to say to you all here that i bear no grass. you are my comrades. >> reporter: many here want to see the back of president zuma. >> jacob zuma is an outgoing president. his baggage is packed. for me, it does not affect people trying to find another leader here. the hope is oppression of a leader, leadership. it becomes a problem. >> recover from allegations of corruption. >> it's difficult to recover. the anc should be able, out of this conference to send a strong signal, on members and other world. we are able to deal with this. >> 5,000 delegates will be choosing the next few days, the next leader of the anc. their choice could be critical for the future of more than 50 million south africans. david mck

our africa editor, fergal keane spoke to us from johannesburg.ading up to the conference and the divisions i have seen on the conference floor in the last hour, supporters of cyril ramaphosa. he is the man coming in saying he will clean up corruption and supporters of dr nkosazana dlamini—zuma, the ex—wife of presidentjacob zuma, a significant politician in her own right. i have seen between them polarisation in this party, and who ever emerges victorious, and when the votes are counted, has a huge task for them. first in trying to unite the party which has had much infighting. and then if they managed to unite the anc and lead it to victory in elections of 2019, there is a huge task to persuade the majority of south african voters that the anc has turned its back on the age of corruption, of what is called state capture where cronies of president zuma allegedly in return for kickbacks were given chunks of state enterprise, vast sums of taxpayers' money. it is a big job to persuade south africans. i have gone around townships listening to people.

fortunately we lost communications with tanya that in johannesburg so i have to move on to the next story. the greek government has been struggling with a weak economy and unemployment is now is having to find jobs for nearly a ride refugees the problem has been made worse because some nations have refused to resettle some of them but one group thinks refugees could help quote greece's economy or its labor force. language class for this group of refugees in northern greece jason from it live in syria has decided to seek asylum here they all need greek anyway because he'll be here for months or even years so slow is the bureaucracy. jason said he wants to study and maybe become a hairdresser. but he's open to suggestions for work. across his country similar scenes are happening the rest of europe has decided the greece can cope more or less greece has got a big problem the economist on the whole. and at the same time greece is having to deal with the brunt of the refugee influx and the european quota system for sharing them out has fallen apart completely so is the big question if there's

live from johannesburg.hodist church in south—western pakistan, has killed at least nine people and wounded more than 50 others. cctv images caught the moment one of two bombers ran into the building with an assault rifle in the city of quetta. one of the attackers was shot dead by police, the other detonated his device. so—called islamic state have claimed responsibility. russia says its security services have stopped a terror attack in st petersburg, with the help of information from the cia. president putin has thanked president trump, and says his country would reciprocate if it knew of a threat to the united states or its citizens. thejustice secretary has called for a ban on the sale of tiny mobile phones which can't be detected by prison security scanners. officials say the phones, which are no bigger than a cigarette lighter, are freely available on the internet, and are being smuggled into jails to help facilitate more crime. mobile phones have emerged as a major security challenge for many prisons.

fergal keane, bbc news, johannesburg.that are vying for the topjob in the two contenders that are vying for the top job in the anc, which may eventually lead them to be the head of state for south africa, or presidentjacob head of state for south africa, or president jacob zuma's own head of state for south africa, or presidentjacob zuma's own deputy, cyril ramaphosa, he has a legal background. he is a lawyer by training. he was leading the negotiations to end white minority rule in the early 90s, alongside nelson mandela. he went into business, came back into politics in 2012 and has since been deputy presidents. now he wants to step up and leave the country. the other contender is president jacob and leave the country. the other contender is presidentjacob zuma's former wife, doctor nichol says land isa mini former wife, doctor nichol says land is a mini zouma. she said medical doctor by background. she was nelson mandela's first health minister in a postapartheid mandela's first health minister in a posta pa rtheid adm

fergal keane, bbc news, johannesburg.porter of brexit has warned the uk cannot become a "colony" of the eu during the expected two year ‘transition period' after britain's withdrawal in march 2019. jacob rees—mogg made the comments after eu leaders yesterday agreed to move to the next phase of brexit discussions in the new year. they suggested the uk would need to shadow single market regulations and remain under the jurisdiction of the european court ofjustice during any transition phase. a short time ago i spoke with our political correspondent tom barton who explained mr rees—mogg's objections. you will remember that back in september, in her florence speech, theresa may talked about britain negotiating a transition period of two years. in this document is the european union's view of what that transition period looks like and in essence what it is is that britain remains subject to eu law even if that changes to what are known as the four pillars of the eu, which includes free movement. the prime minister has consiste

it found in caves, north—west of johannesburg.shows our ancestors lived across a far wider area than previously. the other well known skeleton of this age was found in ethiopia. it became known as lucy. andrew harding has this report form south africa on what else we're learning from these skeletons. they found her skeleton in these deep caves outside johannesburg. she'd been lying here for almost four million years, trapped in the rock. today, little foot finally emerged — astonishingly intact, after 20 painstaking years of excavation. these bones had a very, very fragile, flaky surface, many of them. and it was like trying to extract a pie with flaky pastry out of concrete without damaging the pie. we had to do this properly, we had to do it slowly. yes, it took more than 20 years of my life, but i feel younger and stronger for it! so, these are the caves where little foot was found. the theory goes that she was walking along the surface, fell down into the caves, and was covered by sediment and rock. millions of years later, sc

fergal keane, bbc news, johannesburg.esburg correspondent, milton nkosi, explained more about the two frontrunners vying to replace president zuma. the two contenders that are vying for the top job in the anc, which may eventually lead them to be the head of state for south africa, are president jacob zuma's own deputy, cyril ramaphosa, who has a legal background, he is a lawyer by training. he was leading the negotiations to end white minority rule in the early ‘90s alongside nelson mandela. he went into business, came back into politics in 2012 and has since been deputy president. now he wants to step up and leave the country. the other contender is president jacob zuma's former wife, dr nkosazana dlamini—zuma. she's a medical doctor by background. she was nelson mandela's first health minister in a postapartheid administration. and she served as foreign minister as well as home affairs minister. she was the chair of the african union in addis ababa. she is often referred to as jacob zuma's former wife, but to be fair t

choose a successor to president jacob zuma as party leader but as a tally of page reports from johannesburg the party once led by nelson mandela is now far from united. unprecedented infighting has marred the build up to this highly anticipated conference african national congress members have taken their disputes about which presidential candidate their delegates should vote for into the courts across the country the party's never seemed more divided that the a.n.c. secretary general says it will emerge stronger. it's reforms in all the. right referred to. the unit is not the unit. is the unit of the board of. jacob zuma is presidency has been divisive and mobbed by corruption allegations that have threatened to drag him into court the a.n.c. lost political control of three major cities during the zuma controversy. many south africans see this contest as a battle for the heart of the a.n.c. will the party continue in the mold of president jacob zuma by electing his preferred candidate or will it make a break with the past and choose a rival. his favorite candidate in courses that mean it m

lead the party in the next presidential election in two thousand and nineteen tanya page is in johannesburg. the african national congress elect of conference is underway and it's going to be unfolding here over the next five days but most of the discussion and debate will be happening behind closed doors in those buildings there just in the distance behind the fence we can see some of the delegates there about five thousand or so have come here from branches of the a.n.c. all over the country they want to just be voting for the top job president but deputy and in fact all the top one hundred eighty decisions but of course it's the presidency that is the most contested the most important to the future of the a.n.c. and there are really two main contenders the first being and course as many zuma she is a very experienced politician. she was a member of parliament and a minister under successive governments of the a.n.c. she's a former chair person on the african union very experience she's had a bit of a catchphrase in the campaign that of radical economic transformations she's seen as being

at a time when its divisions have been laid to be a tiny page al-jazeera johannesburg. police in saudi arabia have released a. palestinian billionaire who's the head of one of the biggest banks in the middle east was detained last tuesday as part of an anti-corruption drive by crown prince bahama ben-simon society and jordanian citizen and chairman of arab bank the largest lender in jordan is expected to return there shortly. there been protests and hell of a for the third week in a row calling on the country's leader to quit demonstrators are demanding the resignation of israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu over option allegations allegations he denies fossett reports. throughout december this is what saturday night in downtown tel aviv has looked like while international attention has been on the latest crisis in the peace process with the palestinians for these protests is the focus is on domestic politics and the corruption allegations against prime minister benjamin netanyahu we don't want the outside the government if they don't know what we're up to people'

in johannesburg a closed door meeting to formally nominate candidates to lead south africa's ruling parties underway the battle for power has exposed deep divisions within the african national congress that shop the last public support of the time president jacob zuma is standing down after ten years his party had pleaded for unity as a five day meeting began on saturday the newly elected leader will lead the party in the two thousand and nineteen general elections twenty pages more from john's post. a lot of hostile ng maneuvering and horse trading of course this is a political conference like any other although presidential candidates don't run with the running mate with official flights without a doubt they're asked to sit through things and we've seen a little indication of some of those discussions already breaking at the current chiklis and of the a.n.c. did she no one no longer wanted to be a candidate for the presidency that she was storing her support by the current deputy president of the country so from a post or so that may indicate perhaps a little bit of the back door dealing