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 the conversation they're having isn't entirely over yet jacob zuma is certainly under pressure all indications are given his behavior in the last ten days or so he is resistant he's resisting this resignation he doesn't want to step down and if that continues to be the case the a.n.c. would then have to institute proceedings for a motion of no confidence to be debated in the parliament now the opposition parties in south africa have done exactly that expected to debate a motion of no confidence next week they want to

there's been no official word from the african national congress as to the outcome of this meeting held by the national executive committee the stop decision making body of the a.n.c. but we do understand based on reports from the national broadcaster the 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 jacob zuma has a day or potentially to to resign as president of the country now the

national congress. some of the with all this building pressure around jacob zuma the last thing he needs perhaps is to be reminded of his potential legal difficulties but during the course of the day on wednesday the been some pretty significant raids of a home in johannesburg belonging to some very important associates of his tell us more rather five people were arrested we understand that what leads to one member of the group their family was taken in for questioning and also a rest made in the free state province now that's where the government had set up a a dairy farm project that was meant to benefit farmers and millions of dollars were pumped into that project of state money but it was then five and off through two gupta linked companies even companies that have to design e izumi as a shareholder and these investigations that have gone on since then have uncovered that of this money was then used by the gupta family for their own personal interest including the lavish wedding they threw in twenty

the african national congress and. the leader several run oppose or do you think. well i think that things can only get better for them because they over the last you know. there's been increasing division between the pros camp and he's in my camp right suma still has some supporters but i think that you know he has some supporters inquisition at all but on the highest level we've seen that the national executive committee has agreed on moving him out which is of tremendous significance so i think it does show that the party can still take strong action and show that they they're united we need really matches all this and will sit around the plaza because the clane slate that the party needs. well of course some of those made statements about keeping things up and i think the rating of the good morning in section will in johannesburg is very significant because it's almost you know a concrete action of cleaning up and that to me also indicates that they might be a prosecution the fact that the hawks had raided that particular home but of course they are you know th

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

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 no

well throughout the day the african national congress has said its main priority is to give zuma out and fill in he's the president of the african national congress and he's expected to take over from as early as thursday now this resignation by zuma does go to the national assembly to be formalized because the national assembly is where the president is voted in by members of parliament one thing that happened so rome of course that will be nominated by the african national congress and that will be voted on to this really is just a formality to bring the president of the a.n.c. who's the deputy of the top africa into that a top job but now the africans will be watching to see just what will roll up what it does next and how he's able to possibly repair the damage to the african national congress and that there came a bar during the prison the presidency of jacob zuma or for that we will leave it there of course a fast moving story as it as we head into thursday for the moment from either thank you no sooner were south africa's president since the end of want to minority rule in one

and south africa's governing african national congress is set to meet on monday to discuss the future of president jacob zuma he is under mounting pressure to step down amid corruption allegations movement. maya schwager thank you for joining us. a russian passenger plane has crashed outside moscow killing all seventy one people on board the sato airlines regional jet disappeared from radar screens shortly after taking off from a moscow airport the cause of the crash remains unclear that russian president vladimir putin has instructed the government to set up a special commission to investigate. the saratov airlines jet was carrying sixty five passengers and six crew the aircraft came down on snow covered ground just outside moscow emergency services rushed to the scene but the authorities later confirmed there were no survivors the plane crashed just a few minutes after takeoff from moscow's don't much good of an airport the flight was heading for the city of all six some fifteen hundred kilometers to the southeast near russia's border with kazakhstan most of the passengers are thoug

south africa's governing african national congress is set to meet on monday to discuss the future of president jacob zuma he is under mounting pressure to step down amid corruption allegations his rival. could move into the top spot. you know go away because coming up after the break we have the bonus league featuring all the goals from sunday's german soccer action that includes the relegation clash between bremen and perth with both clubs fighting for bundesliga survival this one it was always going to be a feisty affair stay with us right here and find out what happens. when. they make a commitment.

meeting takes place and this is the opportunity for the african national congress to recall jacob zuma that's how they would remove him from office but even then what's important to note is that zuma doesn't have to resign constitutionally he doesn't have to step down from office and if that's the case the a.n.c. would then have to approach call them it to institute its own proceedings for a motion of no confidence now we know opposition parties had already spoken to parliament to have a similar ocean debated in the coming weeks that's due to happen on the twenty second of february but if indeed the a.n.c. takes the same route they very much in the past wanted the solution to come from within the party so to go into parliament would be of some frustration to them but if they were to take that same route we do know that that motion would certainly come earlier than the twenty second of february so as are clear at this point what will happen this afternoon as this meeting plays out they seem to be no certainties but they certainly is more talk and more speculation that this in d.c. meeti

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

some developing news from south africa. and the ruling african national congress has decided to "recall" or remove president jacob zuma as head of state. earlier, after a 13 hour meeting of the party's top leadership, they'd given him 48 hours to resign. he has long been under pressure over corruption allegations. local media are reporting a late night visit by the party's new head, cyril ramaphosa, to mr zuma's house. the bbc‘s milton nkosi is in pretoria, and sent this report earlier. what we now know is that since we have him here, the president of the anc, cyril ramaphosa, drove out and he went to presidentjacob zuma's official residence, and when he arrived there, there was some delay at the gate. they said it was too late, but eventually they were let in. and after a very brief period, the convoy returned back here and they were still talking, i suppose, at that time, he had been coming back for president jacob zuma at that time, he had been coming back for presidentjacob zuma on whether he would voluntarily resign or whether he would be forced to the recall, probably to an impe

welcome to the program the leaders of south africa's ruling african 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 leader by the country's deputy president cyril ramaphosa some to five year old zuma has been dogged by scandal since coming to power in two thousand and nine he's currently fighting the reinstatement of seven hundred eighty three corruption charges if he refuses to step down president zuma could face another no confidence vote in parliament or impeachment. double correspondent christine can tell us more christine what are we expecting is that so they're meeting now what are we expecting to in about three hours now and what are we expecting to come out of today's music we will know today if president jacob zuma is going to be pushed out of office or if he's going to jump essentially . has been holding talks and negotiating with jacob zuma and we will know today if those talks have yielded fruit if the two gentlemen have managed to reach an agreement a

african national congress which continues to lead the national democratic. revolution in our country to bring about change its watch has food many of us here in this house and our intent is to continue in deeds to improve the lives of people and ladies and gentlemen members of this house made him speak and chief justice that is what i would like to say at this moment and thank you all for this great opportunity that i've been given and i will try to work very hard not to disappoint the people of south africa thank you very much thank you live coverage coming to you from dettori at the parliament where the new would be appointed president has just been speaking. to members. that he's listening to this that he needs the house is that going. ok as you heard the house is the general and on a historic day for south africa the country has a new president off to months of turmoil it political uncertainty and infighting within the governing and see party the country has made a political transition and got a new president. if you've just joined us you're watching new

the latest headlines: south africa's ruling party, the african national congress, has decided to remove president jacob zuma as head of state. long 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

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's resisting this resignation he doesn't want to step down and if that continues to be the case the a.n.c. would then have to institute proceedings for a motion of no confidence to be debated in the parliament now the opposition parties in south africa have done exactly that expected to debate a motion of no

given that the president has been protected by the african national congress for the longest time and in that way the group has evolved also stayed away from any sort of a rest or mass of investigations and we are expected to hear from president zuma soon family there. well elizabeth we are waiting to hear from president jacob zuma at some point during the day the african national congress had said he would respond to their decision that he would be recalled there's been a lot of speculation around whether or not president jacob zuma will actually resign this recall by the end see only then you know becomes effective once that happens as a process needs to be followed the a.n.c. is also having a parliamentary caucus meeting and. speculation is that it could possibly be around the next step if jacob zuma decides not to resign and that would of course involve parliament a possible motion of no confidence in the president the other option for the a.n.c. and for the country would be impeachment the n c up till now has said it has no plans to do that they appear confident that jacob zuma w

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 podcast that was that jacob zuma has a day or potentially to to resign as president of the country now the l.c. has been meeting throughout the day in fact will rip him up or so returned to the any sea 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's resisting this resignation he doesn't want to step down and if that continues to be the case the a.n.c. would then have to institute proceedings for a motion of no confidence to be debated in the parliament now the opposition parties in south africa have done exactly that expected to debate a

south africa's ruling african national congress is officially asked president jacob zuma to step down no deadline has been set for the seventy five year old who is jus to respond on wednesday and nikki haley the u.s. envoy to the united nations says myanmar's government is preventing the security council from traveling to rack and state to witness the violence that. egypt's former anticorruption chief. could be detained for up to fifteen days pending an investigation according to al-jazeera sources then he has recently spoken out over the arrest of sami a nun former military chief of staff who was held off to revealing he'd run in the upcoming presidential election several rights groups have criticized the election saying it's impossible for a free and fair vote to take place charles trafford reports. this is egypt's former anti corruption chief. speaking hours before he was arrested. i had hoped in a pretty to be given to the chief of staff sami and then to give a testimony freely and without intimidation for the record so that all things come clear before the public had been increas

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 he will indeed make the state of the nation address later this week opposition parties have requested the speaker of parliament to perspire own the address and if they don't have an answer any time soon they say they will approach the courts to have this address possible until after a motion of no confidence

south africa's ruling african national congress has officially asked president jacob zuma to step down no deadline has been set for the seventy five year old who is due to respond on wednesday. iraq's prime minister hyderabadi says it's time to start rebuilding cities destroyed by our soul mate the comments was speaking in kuwait at the global coalition to defeat. an advisor to the former president of south korea's been sentenced to twenty years in prison for corruption and influence peddling. egypt's former anticorruption chief has been detained his daughter says thirty policeman stormed his cairo home before leading him away and in a has recently spoken out over the rest of sami and none a former military chief of staff and i was detained last month after revealing that he'd run in the upcoming presidential election and i warned that top secret files would be released if it was harmed in any way egypt's incumbent president sisi will be running for a second term. i'm going to enter said that he was speaking out about the documents because he believes life is in danger. i hope and oppo

has resigned of the intense pressure from his african national congress party. movement for democratic change party says the opposition leader morgan tsvangirai has died at the age of sixty five he had been battling cold on. a florida senator says there are a number of fatalities at a shooting in a high school in the united states town of parkland the local sheriff's department is now reporting the suspect is even cost a bit. more now on our top story the resignation of south africa's jacob zuma we can speak to you to tell she's a reporter for quartz africa based in johannesburg joining me now via skype many thanks for speaking to us on what is a momentous night in south africa how does it all going down as far as you can tell right now. up until now it's been quite a sense of confusion here in south africa even during the speech you were quite certain implicit in check of them i was about to step down for the first thirty minutes or so lectures of africans about the importance of the constitution that it is above. political party politics and so for the moment

the ruling african national congress has decided to "recall" or remove president jacob zuma as head of state. earlier, after a 13—hour meeting of the party's top leadership, they'd given him 48 hours to resign. mr zuma, who faces corruption allegations, has been resisting pressure to step down since he was replaced by cyril ramaphosa as head of the party in december. what we now know is that since we have been here, the president of the anc, cyril ramaphosa, drove out, and he went to presidentjacob zuma's official web it is, and when he arrived there, there was some delay with the gate. —— official residence. eventually, they were let in. after a brief period, the convoy returned back here, and they were still talking, i suppose, returned back here, and they were still talking, isuppose, at returned back here, and they were still talking, i suppose, at that time. he had been coming back with the response from presidentjacob zuma on whether he would voluntarily resign or whether he would be forced to be recalled, probably through an impeachment process in parliament. and it would

she leads the governing african national congress, but presidentjacob governing african national congress, but president jacob zuma, governing african national congress, but presidentjacob zuma, concert usually, still has about 18 months ago, and this has now created two centres of power, within the country. people think that cyril ramaphosa is now in charge of the country, de facto, and that they're there for president zuma is a lame duck president. but, the latter still think that he is in charge, because he is doubly president of the republic, and the head of state. the people within the anc have decided that president zuma must step down. they have been begging him to voluntarily resign. he is, seemingly has refused, and they are trying now to encourage him, even more, to resign. ahead of thursday, when he is expected to deliver the annual state of the nation address. so, how did this situation arise in the first place? that there are, as you say, two centres of power, and what will happen if president zuma refuses to go until the end of this 18 month period? kane yes, this comes from

talks within the african national congress have been going on for some time with very little clarity but a lot of confusion and what's been the reaction to the a.n.c. is handling of all of us. south africans many of them are disappointed with the a.n.c. there's been just so much confusion around what exactly is happening with jacob zuma and of course these calls we have to step down and those of just grown in intensity in the last few weeks especially after so ramapo so was named elected president of the a.n.c. in december now that jacob zuma is no longer president of the ruling party it was understood it was thought that it would be easier for the ruling party to recall him given that's what they did to president up when becky in two thousand and eight and there has been this issue around two centers of power as now this really leaves of africans in a difficult position really and for straighted ultimately because so that ricans are sitting on the sidelines watching the a n c do what it needs to but internally and without very much transparency and certainly very little understandin

in the african national congress a way forward in the president and i'm a pause after those discussions issued a statement to see that discussion is afoot for removing for what and then if then that all of a sudden there was this you ten ok ok i'm the one early i don't live it up for me i don't want to go i don't want to go through this recent history because a lot of those have been following it every detail of it quite painfully can i get a bantu holomisa in cape town and you are a veteran observer the a.n.c. politics what is the a.n.c. doing wrong that it can't get rid of jacob zuma well or what is coming out nearly that. not. for no cost to china us forces. the decision to recall president so much should have been on the agenda in the sea from the web go i'm sure we wouldn't be in this quagmire because in dot motion they would have. explained to the rest of the and its members why they decide that he should be because and then that message if the consensus is not lived it should have been conveyed to two presidents from my immediately after the end it's the meeting bad was. a month

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 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's resisting this resignation he doesn't want to step down and if that continues to be the case the a.n.c. would then have to institute proceedings for a motion of no confidence to be debated in the parliament now the opposition parties in south africa have done exactly that expected to debate a motion of

national congress. genie: why is there so much anger targeted at jacob zuma? jacob zuma is the president of the republic of south africa and he is powerful. a number of criminal charges, including corruption, money laundering, racketeering. he is also accused of state to are, being very close family living in south africa. he has a lot of influence. the politicaln arena and he has aligned himself with people that are regarded as being unsavory. jacob zuma has become an embarrassment to the african national congress and eight liability. -- a liability. he is facing a number of court cases so the anc wants to get rid of him ahead of the 2019 elections. they cannot campaign with him at the helm of the presidency so they are eager to get rid of jacob zuma as soon as possible. genie: thank you. here in france, the former french budget minister is facing a retrial today. he has been sentenced to three years in jail for fraud and money laundering. resigned in 2013, after being accused of stowing away money in

national congress. the african national congress which continues to lead the nation no democratic revolution in our country to bring about change is what has hoot many of us here in this house and our intent is to continue indeed to improve the lives of our people and ladies and gentlemen members of this house. of justice that is what i would like to see at this moment and thank you all for this great opportunity that i've been given and i will try to work very hard not to disappoint the people of south africa i thank you very much. cyril ramaphosa receiving a standing ovation from his supporters inside the parliament building the south african government building. he was talking about humility faithfulness and dignity he was saying the grandstanding is now not something that anyone should be indulging in as they move forward towards elections in twenty nineteen he said and he understands that the people of south africa want a president who respects the house and that means that they respect each other

between him and the country's ruling african national congress this comes more than a year before his second term is due to expire and today we discuss what it was possible departure means for both the future of the a.n.c. and south africa's political landscape. and you're now in the stream live on al-jazeera and we do have a shortened you send us your questions and your comments i know you have a lot to say and we're trying to get it into the show. social. worker minister. cabinet. president zuma has been at the center of several scandal since he first took office back in two thousand and nine or he faces more than seven hundred charges linked to allegations of bribery and corruption denies any wrongdoing and maintained support among a segment of the n c but his scandals have been considered by others in the party to be a political liability ahead of next year's general election i made mounting pressure from within the party protests demanding zuma must go a.n.c. officials led by south african deputy president. on monday to discuss his fate correspondent for me to miller reports from

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south africa's ruling african national congress has asked presidentjacob zuma to resign. the anc says he's agreed to stand down, but only after a transition period which the party rejected. mr zuma is under pressure following a series of corruption scandals. now on bbc news, it's time for hardtalk.

this is when the national executive committee of the african national congress meets, tomorrow afternoon. he has promised that there will be an end to this. he says south africans deserve closure, and there certainly has been anxiety here in south africa about what is happening with president jacob zuma. if that speech is any indication to go by, he's planning on playing tough on corruption and making sure that those who have been linked or alleged to be involved in corrupt dealings will be brought to justice. let's take a look at some of the other stories making the news... the sister of the north korean leader, kim jong—un, has left south korea after a three day trip that some say was a propaganda victory for pyongyang. kim yo—jong flew home on a private jet after attending a concert with the south korean president, moonjae—in. on saturday, she passed on a message from her brother inviting mr moon to pyongyang for a summit. reports from syria say at least a dozen people have been killed in renewed attacks on a besieged, rebel—held enclave on the outskirts of damascus. activists

south africa's embattled president has been asked to step down the ruling african national congress has recalled jacob zuma the party's top level executives confirmed that they've given him notice to leave office after nine years zuma faces hundreds of corruption charges but has refused to stand down before his term ends next year the a.n.c. confirmed it wants seumas deputy civil right opposed to become president. believe that this is religion. agency in all of us the welcome to who was. home. we are therefore determined to restore the integrity of the problem is the solution. to the problems and some of the not thousands. of altruistic maneuvers in the parliament. motions of move. to. calls for the solution. of the. by now to johannesburg how serious for me is for me after all the confusion all the uncertainty away any further forward than we were twenty four hours ago. you know age you know early in the day there were reports that jacob zuma would be given forty eight hours to resign and now that the n.c. has come out with the official word on the way forward they continues to be that

national congress. a helicopter has crashed in the grand canyon, killing three people. at least four others were hurt. it was thought to be carrying tourists. the cause of the crash isn't yet known. hundreds of fire deaths may be linked to the use of skin creams containing paraffin. a bbc investigation has found most of the creams — which are used to treat conditions like eczema and psoriasis — do not carry warnings, despite concerns over their safety. kirsten bicat has been telling us about her dad, brian, from bradford, who used skin creams for dry skin and a leg ulcer. he died last september after accidentally setting himself alight while smoking a cigarette. 22nd of september last year, i got the police call round at my house to tell me to get to the hospital where they have a burns unit, and my dad had just been airlifted, there, after an accident, and when i got there i found that he had more than 50% burns, he had third—degree burns and didn't stand a chance. the doctor told me he wouldn't

has left because i had his supporters within the party within the african national congress and also his supporters among ordinary south africans to some kind of contradiction contradiction because the n.c.s. is calling for the radical inquiry transformation. is one of the leading industrialist so. that's you know it's only time can tell if we'll be able to to navigate this very very narrow and complicated path. because the no doubt a very big challenge for mr. thank you very much for your time on the recording thank you. we're moving on to other news now in zimbabwe as political opposition has lost a towering figure with the death of morgan chiang rai he founded the movement for democratic change and became a symbol of resistance against former president robert mugabe channel i was being treated for colon cancer in south africa how do we toss it takes a look back at his life. to his supporters more good richardson good i was a man who challenge his longtime leader robert mugabe at a time when few people day to do so but it was a long and sometimes painful journey in one thousand nin

national congress. we did see earlier for example the secretary general of the a.n.c. into a house just behind us ahead of this move meeting and and there were a.n.c. members outside the building and they threw bottles at one of the members of the top leadership so this would be indicative of just the difficulty the agencies facing membership its own members opposed to jacob zuma staying on but of course jacob zuma still having significant a worthwhile support within the party for me remember there are dating us on the a.n.c. meeting u.s. forces are said to gradually withdraw their troops from iraq an iraqi government spokesman says the move began after a declared victory of rice a last year rock says some soldiers will stay for logistical and training purposes u.s. troops have assisted in the battle since two thousand and fourteen a white house correspondent kimberly health joins us now from washington d.c. so are u.s. officials there saying anything about where this drawdown would leave the u.s. milit

it's not in fact party leadership zuma is no longer president of the african national congress and that since december when. i was elected president of the a.n.c. so at this point jacob zuma is just deploy of the a.n.c. and he is president of south africa and this is the difficulty the a.n.c. is facing these two centers of power we saw this previously in two thousand and eight with top one becky was president of south africa jacob zuma was president of the a in c. and that's when the record in paki and now we see this happen again and this is why the a.n.c. is finding it easier to recall zuma rather than in the years preceding the situation they're finding themselves in this because he's no longer president of the a.n.c. the a.n.c. is say that they want jacob zuma to reside within a day or two that's according to reports from the state broadcaster the c.b.c. the a.n.c. itself hasn't issued an official statement yet but there has been a lot of pressure on jacob zuma to step down now if he refuses to resign the a.n.c. then could go to parliament to institute proceedings for a motion of no

national congress he'll go with immediate effect ending almost nine years in power frequently mocked by scandal the ruling a.n.c. told him to quit all face moves in quantum into force him out serial ramaphosa will take over south africa's leader at least seventeen people have been killed in the u.s. after a gunman opened fire at a high school in florida it happened in park lane which is north of miami a suspect has been arrested is believed to be a former student who was expelled. nicholas i s'posed remember i. was that you're. close to the we've already begin to begin to dissect these websites that social media that he was on and some of the things that come to mind . the u.n. special envoy to syria has warned that violence in the water own country is among the worst the seeds since taking the job four years ago said fonda mr a said he has received reports of up to one thousand civilians being killed in one week recently at least thirty billion dollars have been placed to help rebuild iraq after the defeat of eisold there seventy six countries promise money at a summit in coate but

well there certainly is an expectation that this press briefing by the african national congress world create some transparency around the process is the a.n.c. is following and what exactly is happening around jacob zuma as a lever guns are increasingly frustrated because they're sitting on the sidelines watching what the a.n.c. is doing so they're not sure if this is the end for jacob zuma indications are reports from the street poor costa show that tell us that jacob zuma has been given forty eight hours to resign that's after that meeting by the national executive committee but that meeting took many hours and it's been weeks of talk and rumors and speculation around exactly what's happening reporter on. the president of the a.n.c. speaking with jacob zuma trying to negotiate some sort of plan some sort of exit strategy a transition period of poor jacob zuma and the new administration it doesn't seem that jacob zuma is willing to step down willingly and so or is willing to step down and now it looks as if the a.n.c. might possibly have to push for a motion of no confidence in parli