jacob zuma has africans are waiting to hear whether presidentjacob zuma has agreed to step down. that story is very much on the move, of course. we will bring you more as soon as we have it. in a dramatic change of tune, the north korean leader has described south korea as "very impressive" and declared he wants to build on the atmosphere of reconciliation with the south, surrounding the winter olympics. state media say kimjung—un was briefed by a delegation of senior officials, including his sister, who've just returned to pyongyang, from the south. let's get the very latest from our correspondent stephen mcdonell in seoul. if something really happening here? well, it is not everyday that you get the north korean leader praising the south. normally, he is talking about this country as being the puppet of us imperialist and the like, and yet it seems the rapid and unexpected thaw in relations between the two koreas is increasing here during the winter olympics. according to kim jong—un, during the winter olympics. according to kimjong—un, the effo rts according to kimjongâ€

i do not see presidentjacob zuma as a person. he isa presidentjacob zuma as a person. he is a representation of the system and the system will take awhile to disentangle. i‘m talking a system of a system where government at times when road, defying common sense on many issues. the anc to be able to go back to the normal party, maybe the normal party that we have seen under mbeki, it would take a great deal. it has actually demonstrated that it deal. it has actually demonstrated thatitis deal. it has actually demonstrated that it is going to be very difficult. mr ramaphosa is inheriting a party that is very much divided and people will be looking up divided and people will be looking up to him to bring some essence of unity within the anc and begin to deal with some of the national issues. those national issues include very high unemployment rates, an economy that has slumped over the presidency jacob zuma. what does he have to do first, you think? i think the first thing that south africa has been experiencing is the crisis of confidence. by installing someone crisis

jacob zuma to national executive committee asks presidentjacob zuma to step down, will be typicalfor presidentjacob zuma to step down, will be typical for him to say no to them? it will be difficult for him to say no but not beyond the bounds of possibility. it is similar to when the previous president was recalled by the national executive committee but jacob zuma recalled by the national executive committee butjacob zuma is playing more tough. there is a real chance he could say no in which case you would have to go to a motion of no confidence in parliament. with the constitution, they would have to vote him out of office. a motion of no confidence has been tabled by the opposition for next thursday but it would be rude —— likely the ruling party would want that to be brought forward. this situation with these corruption allegations have gone on for some time already, if he refuses to go as requested, how much further damage does this do to the reputation of the anc? this is a real opportunity for cyril rama poser to save the reputation of their anc. there have been long perio

the headlines: in south africa, pressure is growing on presidentjacob zuma to step down. the top six officials from south africa's governing anc have been to see him at his official residence to discuss his future. mr zuma has denied allegations of corruption, which have prompted critics to call for his resignation. hundreds of thousands of greeks have protested against the use of the name macedonia by the country's northern neighbour, insisting that the name macedonia belonged to greece. greece is blocking its ambition tojoin the european union and nato until the issue is resolved. and, in a tense final, the philadelphia eagles beat the new england patriots to claim the 52nd super bowl. in the last few minutes of the game, the eagles, who have never won the competition, pulled ahead by 111—33. now on bbc news, hardtalk.

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 be a humiliation that cyril ramaphosa had said publicly he is trying to avoid. remember that presidentjacob is trying to avoid. remember that president jacob zuma still commands considerable medical report —— considerable medical report —— considerable clinical support in rural areas. he is an anti—apartheid hero. he spent ten years behind bars alongside nelson mandela, fighting colonialism and white minority rule. this corruption allegations that have been brought to they have been hanging over him for well over a decade, now. his own party has been calling for him to step down. it now looks like he is left with no other option but to concede to the calls of his own party, the african national congress, which is the old est national congress, which is the oldest liberation movement on the african continent, and to respect its own wishes for him to step down, jus

our top stories: top party officials meet presidentjacob zuma as pressure continues to grow on the south african leader to leave office. two trains collide in the us state of south carolina, killing two people, with more than 100 injured. protestors in greece call on the government not to allow its northern neighbour to call itself macedonia. defrosting relations on the ice — north and south korean women play their first hockey match together ahead of the winter olympics. and it's no surprise that moscow gets wintry weather — but it doesn't get much worse than this. reports from south africa suggest that presidentjacob zuma has refused to stand down during talks with senior officials from his ruling party. a meeting to discuss his future was held at his official residence in pretoria. mr zuma, who is 75, is facing allegations of corruption. he's previously survived several votes of no confidence in parliament. andrew harding reports from johannesburg. he's swamped by scandal. south africa's president, jacob zuma, has already been found guilty of breaking his oath of office when he up

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.

south africa‘s presidentjacob zuma has resigned leaving cyril ramaphosa as the acting president. he‘s likely to be sworn in later on thursday or on friday. a quick look at how markets are faring. the european markets all opening in positive territory so far today. many of us can‘t start the day without one. 0ur morning cup of coffee has become a daily ritual, so much so that coffee is actually the most popular drink worldwide. i actually do not drink coffee, i drink tea. around 2 billion cups of coffee are consumed every day according to the british coffee association. but our addiction to that cup ofjoe is having an adverse affect on the environment. while the average coffee cup is technically recyclable, they are lined with polyethylene plastic on the inside. that means they need to be recycled in specialised centres. and that means hardly any cups actually get recycled. every year in the uk, we throw away approximately 2.5 billion so—called disposable cups. so, how can we avoid them becoming landfill? 0ne company making reusable cups is keepcup and the general manager, c

it's being reported that the ruling anc party has formally requested presidentjacob zuma to step down. it follows marathon talks by senior party officials that continued into the early hours of the morning. if mr zuma old still doesn't go, he'll face a vote of confidence in parliament that he's expected to lose. jon ironmonger has the latest. cyril ramaphosa left a 13—hour meeting of the party's executive committee under the weight of a momentous decision: to re m ove president jacob zuma as the head of state. earlier on monday night, the anc leader visited the president in person, telling him to step down within the next two days. but an unconfirmed report suggests that mr zuma responded by asking for another three months in office. cyril ramaphosa, the new president of the african national congress. since mr ramaphosa was elected party leader in december, jacob zuma has resisted intense pressure to resign. his second term has been swamped in scandal, and the rift within the party has threatened the stability of south africa's oldest liberation movement. on sunday, mr ramaphosa tol

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 has rejected. mr zuma has long been under pressure over a series of corruption scandals. now on bbc news — panorama. bitcoin‘s made some people very rich indeed — at least on paper. i've made an extraordinary amount of money. for some investors here, it's a roller—coaster ride, as values plunge. my son says, "hurry up and become a bitcoin millionaire, mum!" we discover the power behind bitcoin. every single one of these is a desktop computer. there are thousands of them. but is this alljust some media hype? it's human nature to jump on the bandwagon. it's what every great bubble is made of and they are calling this the greatest bubble of all time. and behind the hype, we uncover a plain old—fashioned scam.

so, as the anc officials believe they have now thrown down a gauntlet to presidentjacob zuma. they've given him time, lots of time, they say, to respond to their demand that he step down. it's now up to him. nobody could accuse the anc of rushing to remove jacob zuma. the leadership did nothing while corruption scandals multiplied during nine years of his rule. an indian immigrant family, the guptas, was allowed to purchase vital national enterprises, employing the president's son in what became known as state capture. now the opposition believes president zuma no longer cares about dividing his party or country. now he's just defiant. you know, these are the last kicks of a dying horse. but it becomes dangerous. he doesn't care. he's not even scared of impeachment. so, he is prepared to lose everything. jacob zuma has lived and ruled in the shadow of greatness. however it comes about, he will leave office a humiliated figure. well, tonight the finance minister, a man who was formerly a close ally ofjacob a man who was formerly a close ally of jacob zuma has a man who was form

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 cyril ramaphosa had said publicly he is trying to avoid. remember that president zuma still commands considerable political support in rural areas in particular in south africa. he's an anti—apartheid struggle hero. he's spent ten years behind bars on robben island, alongside nelson mandela, fighting

presidentjacob zuma addressed the south african nation and face reality. i was just yards from him when he said those words. the anc should never be divided in my name. i have therefore come to the decision to resign as president of the republic with immediate effect. and, with that statement, jacob zuma has brought to an end the most controversial period in the history of post— apartheid south africa. history, happening in the late at night. after a day in which it seemed he might still fight on. in pretoria, the seat of the presidency, rumours of an imminent resignation had rippled all afternoon. yet when he made his first appearance of the day on state television, he was defiant and defensive. zuma the victim. what have i done i have explained many times that this process... there is nothing i have done wrong. this is politics. it is a new phenomenon. what is the problem? at the same time, in cape town, anc mps were meeting to decide whether they would support a motion of nonconfidence to drive him from power. the decision came quickly and was decisiv

top anc officials meet presidentjacob zuma as pressure continues to grow on the south african leader to leave office. two trains collide in the us state of south carolina, killing two people, with more than 100 injured. defrosting relations on the ice — north and south korean women play their first hockey match together ahead of the winter olympics — as a united team. it's no surprise that moscow gets wintry weather — but it doesn't get much worse than this.

how will the south african economy respond to presidentjacob zuma's resignation? and what are the economic polices of his successor? and as us president donald trump cracks down on immigration, the spouses of thousands of asian immigrants working there could soon lose theirjobs. and on the markets... south africa's beleaguered president jacob zuma has resigned with immediate effect, avoiding a no—confidence vote planned for today. he faced persistent allegations of corruption and will now be formally succeeded by cyril ramaphosa — the new leader of the anc. markets have reacted positively to the prospect of a new president. since the start of december, the south african rand has been the best performing currency out of all of the emerging economies, here you can see the dollar declining against the strengthening rand. it rallied a further 2% on the news of mr zuma's resignation. many experts suggest that mr zuma was not committed to serious economic reforms. gdp growth has slowed over the course of his tenure, but analysts are now expecting a reversal of this

the governing anc tells south african presidentjacob zuma — you are being removed as head of state. north korea's leader speaks of a "warm climate of reconciliation" with the south, after a delegation returns from the winter olympics. a special report on the people, including thousands of children, fleeing the violence in the democratic republic of congo. and dodging dogs in india. fear on the streets where thousands die every

the financial times features south africa's ruling anc party asking presidentjacob zuma to stand down. the i's front page focuses on borisjohnson. it looks set to a key speech the foreign secretary will make tomorrow. the daily telegraph front page also reports actress minnie driver has resigned as an 0xfam ambassador following allegations over aid workers‘ conduct. and the daily mirror carries allegations that drunk students groped women at an oxford university club. let's look at the telegraph first. what you think you will hear? let's look at the telegraph first. what you think you will hear7m depends which newspapers forward coverage of this speech to believe, whether this is borisjohnson, as the telegraph is saying, laying down the telegraph is saying, laying down the law, saying that eu laws are intolerable, that for us to continue do have them, and sort of wagging his finger at theresa may and other papers say this is a very consensual speech that boris johnson will make. making it tomorrow we will find out. we understand there are two versions he has presented to downing str

remove presidentjacob zuma as the head of state. earlier cyril ramaphosa delivered an ultimatum to the president at his official residence telling him to step down within the next two days but an unconfirmed report said jacob zuma had responded by asking for another three months in office. the new president of the african national congress... since earl ramaphosa was elected party leader in december jacob zuma has resisted immense pressure to resign. his second term has been plagued by scandal and the party rift has threatened the stability of south africa's gulbis liberation movement. on sunday cyril ramaphosa told supporters in cape town he was seeking a new beginning and pledged to tackle the corruption that has marred nine years in office byjacob that has marred nine years in office by jacob zuma. allegations surrounding his links to the wealthy gupta family have caused his popularity to plummet recently but he continues to command support in rural areas. cyril ramaphosa has said publicly he wanted to avoid recalling the preside

the leader of south africa's ruling anc party cyril ramaphosa says he'll ask presidentjacob zuma to step down on monday. oxfam and other global charities under threat in the wake of a widening sex scandal. also in the programme...we‘ll update you on the action on day two of competition at the winter olympics. . .the netherlands celebrates its second gold medal. hello and welcome to world news today.

south africa's embattled presidentjacob zuma could step down within the next few days. he's facing extensive corruption charges after a nine years in power. he has always said he is not guilty. nonetheless, there are increasing calls for the deputy president, cyril ramaphosa, and the new head of the governing party, to take over. he is holding direct talks with jacob zuma over how that might work. here's the official photograph of the two men meeting. it might be all smiles, but it is serious stuff, jacob zuma's days as president may be numbered. both men have acknowledged this needs to be resolved one way or another. has been a dramatic few days, but it seems like we are in the endgame today. cyril ramaphosa released a statement saying there would be a speedy resolution to the leadership crisis. mr ramaphosa met with the president last night in a private meeting that has been described as both fruitful and yielding constructive constructions. —— discussions. we understand that mr ramaphosa has been able to come to some sort of agreement that would see presidentjaco

south african presidentjacob zuma has announced his resignation in a long speech, in which he seemed quite emotional at times. he said he had come to the decision to resign, after a huge amount of pressure from his own party, the african national congress. thank you for watching. backin congress. thank you for watching. back ina congress. thank you for watching. back in a few minutes. a lot of heat and a lot of a lot of heat and a lot of energy a lot of heat and a lot of energy in a lot of heat and a lot of energy in the tropical were specific which has produced a lot of wind and rain. most of it has come from this major cyclone, cyclone gita. lovely picture on the satellite but you would not want to be underneath that. it battered tonga and maury sunli fiji, gusts of 170 mph. it is now moving just to the south of new caledonia and over the next few days we will see the winds easing to a certain extent, and eventually that wet windy weather could sweep down towards new zealand, early next week. that is something to watch out for certainly. by this stage on saturday we are looking at

that president jacob zuma asked an unconfirmed report suggests that presidentjacob zuma asked for another three months. since cyril ramaphosa was elected party leader in december, jacob zuma has resisted intense pressure to resign. his second term has been something scandal, and the rift within the party has threatened the stability of south africa's oldest liberation movement. on sunday, cyril ramaphosa told supporters in cape town he was seeking a new beginning, and pledged to tackle the corruption that had marred jacob zuma's nine years in office. allegation surrendered jacob zuma's links to the wealthy gupta family have caused his popularity to plummet in recent years. that he continues to demand support in rural areas, and cyril ramaphosa has said publicly that he wanted to avoid recalling the president, a move that could damage his chances in next year's election. yet still if jacob zuma refuses to quit and there was a no—confidence vote, even more than a mile could be around the corner. jon ironmonger, bbc news. in a dramatic change of tone, the north korean leader has described

and it is that the anc gave presidentjacob zuma a8 hours to resign as head of state on monday, after an eight hour meeting of the party‘s top leaders. i leave you with those headlines on outside source. hello. there is a big change on the way over the next ten days. we will be moving from something very u nsettled be moving from something very unsettled to something significantly quieter. through the rest of this week, thejet quieter. through the rest of this week, the jet stream will continue to race across the atlantic, bringing areas of low pressure in our direction. but something dramatic is happening way above our heads, up in the stratosphere. normally in winter, the winds up in the stratosphere move from west to east around the arctic. but what we are seeing at the moment is those wins slowing down and beginning to reverse direction. we call this sudden stratospheric warming because it normally coincides with a warming of the stratosphere, and what that means for our weather is the jet strea m means for our weather is the jet stream will slow down. so instead of bringing wea

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 has rejected. mr zuma has long been under pressure over a series of corruption scandals. now on bbc news, time for hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i'm stephen sackur. there was a time last year when it seemed that president maduro‘s grip on power in venezuela was loosening. yet here we are, two months away from a presidential election with maduro oozing confidence and his opponents seemingly in disarray. my guest today is one diehard anti—regime activist, david smolansky, who was the mayor of a district in caracas until he fled the country to escape a jail term for aiding the street protests last year. why does venezuela's opposition so consistently promise more than it delivers? david smolansky in washington, dc. welcome to hardtalk. thank you very much for having me. we're glad to have you on the show, albeit via satellite in washington, dc. how does it feel to be a venezuelan, a politi

on presidentjacob zuma to step down. the top six officials from south africa's governing anc have been to see him at his official residence to discuss his future. mr zuma has denied allegations of corruption, which have prompted critics to call for his resignation. hundreds of thousands of greeks have protested against the use of the name macedonia by the country's northern neighbour, insisting that the name macedonia belonged to greece. greece is blocking its ambition tojoin the european union and nato until the issue is resolved. and, in a tense final, the philadelphia eagles beat the new england patriots to claim the 52nd super bowl. in the last few minutes of the game, the eagles, who have never won the competition, pulled ahead by 41—33. now on bbc news, hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk from the world economic forum in davos. argentina says it wants to re—engage with the world, especially through its presidency of the g20. it wants better ties with washington after many years of a poor relationship. my guest is arg

our top stories: top party officials meet presidentjacob zuma as pressure continues to grow on the south african leader to leave office. two trains collide in the us state of south carolina, killing two people, with more than 100 injured. protestors in greece call on the government not to allow its northern neighbour to call itself macedonia. defrosting relations on the ice — north and south korean women play their first hockey match together ahead of the winter olympics. and it's no surprise that moscow gets wintry weather — but it doesn't get much worse than this.

our top stories: south african presidentjacob zuma has been told the north korean leader speaks of a warm climate of reconciliation with the south after a delegation returns from the winter olympics. donald trump's daughter—in—law has been taken to hospital after opening a letter addressed to her husband containing white powder. south african president jacob zuma has been told by his own party that he has 48 hours to resign. london's heathrow airport has said a duty free promotion at the weekend where chinese customers were asked spend more than non—chinese customers to receive the same discount was unacceptable. that story is popular on bbc.com. let's take a look at some front pages from around the world. japan times leads with vice president mike pence's suggestion that he'd be open to holding talks with north korea without preconditions. the paper questions whether we're seeing a significant shift in the trump administration's approach to pyongyang. the straits times newspaper leads with the surge in tourism from china in singapore. it's made china the number one source of t

zuma's official residence and when he arrived there there was some delay at the gate, they said it was too late, eventually they will attend. after a very brief periods the convoy returned back here. and they we re convoy returned back here. and they were still talking, i suppose at that time he had been coming back with the response for president zuma on whether he would voluntarily resign or whether he would be forced to be recalled, probably through an impeachment process in parliament that would be a humiliation that sir ramaphosa had said publicly he is trying to avoid. remember that the president still commands considerable support in rural areas, particularly in south africa, it he is on particularly in south africa, it he isona particularly in south africa, it he is on a pat —— anti—apartheid struggle hero. he served alongside nelson mandela. these corruption allegations that have brought us here today have been hanging over him for well over a decade now. his own party has been calling for him to step down. it now looks like he is left with no other option but to concede

in south africa, the 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 of three to six months which the party rejected. mr zuma has come under mounting pressure to leave his post, following a series of corruption scandals. 0ur africa editor fergal keane reports from johannesburg. not quite the night of the long knives, but still the party moving definitively to be rid of a defiant president. late last night the convoy of the anc leader cyril ramaphosa coming to tell his executive that after a short meeting jacob zuma was refusing to resign voluntarily. with the media kept at bay, the party debated what to do next. it's half—past midnight and they're still talking in there, more than ten hours after they started. there's a sense that the whole future of the anc, and indeed of this country, hinges on what happens now. this afternoon in johannesburg, after a meeting that eventually ran for 13 hours, the anc revealed that its patience was exhausted. in its wisdom, the nec decided as

the leader of south africa's ruling anc party cyril ramaphosa says he'll ask presidentjacob zuma to step down on monday. oxfam and other global charities under threat in the wake of a widening sex scandal. also in the programme...we‘ll update you on the action on day two of competition at the winter olympics. . .the netherlands celebrates its second gold medal. hello and welcome to world news today. a russian airliner has crashed near moscow, killing all 71 people on board. the plane, operated by saratov airlines, was travelling to the city of orsk in the ural mountains when it came down near the village of argunovo shortly after first taking off. sarah rainsford reports. the remains of flight 703 are scattered in the snow in fields just outside moscow, the fragments of a plane that plunged to the ground minutes after take—off. everyone on board has been killed. the aircraft was an antonov148 operated by the regional saratov airlines. it says the plane itself, shown here, was just eight years old and the pilot was experienced. the flight took off from moscow, heading for orsk in sout

jacob zuma's want cyril ramaphosa in within days so presidentjacob zuma's days are indeed numbered. thank you. there is a ‘pervasive lack of trust‘ among people with disabilities in how their welfare claims are assessed, according to the commons work and pensions committee, which says reports there is a ‘pervasive lack of trust‘ among people with disabilities in how their welfare claims are assessed, according to the commons work and pensions committee, which says reports by private contractors are riddled with errors. it also says claimants don't trust assessors to record evidence of their conditions accurately. the government insists the system works well for the majority of claimants. in how their welfare claims are assessed, according anastasia is having a good day. but it's not always like this. most days she is constant pain. the 24—year—old has multiple sclerosis. she used to work full—time, but now she struggles to leave the house. on the days she can get out, anastasia totally relies on her car. she applied for a disability benefit and was assessed at home by

south africa's ruling party has made an official demand for presidentjacob zuma to step down, after a 13—hour meeting with leading figures from the african national congress. mr zuma has been the head of state since 2009, but his time in office has been overshadowed by corruption allegations. it is unclear how he will respond to the formal request to resign. bbc news has learned that the commonwealth has begun considering who might succeed the queen as the head of the organisation. member states could choose anyone as the ceremonial leader, as the role is not hereditary. the bbc has been told 53 member states have established a high—level group of independent figures to look at the way the commonwealth is governed. it will meet for the first time today in london. portraits of barack and michelle 0bama have been unveiled at washington's national gallery, and immediately went viral online, and it wasn't all complimentary. while mr 0bama said that his was "pretty sharp", social media was soon awash with jokes about him being stuck in a hedgerow. he said the portrait of his wife captu

presidentjacob zuma to stand down. hello, time now for the business news. the european union economy grew at its fastest pace in a decade last year. official figures show it expanded by 2.5% in 2017. more on that in a moment. sky and bt have agreed to pay £a.5 billion to show premier league games from 2019 to 2020. that's less than the £5.1 billion pounds they paid in 2015. the south east is still driving the second—hand car market. just over 8 million use cars change hands last year, some 1.2 million of those transactions taking place in the south—east. the eu economy is on the rise. last year it grew by 2.5%. that's the fastest growth since 2007. the french and german economies have done especially well, but there was also rapid growth in eastern europe as well. joining us now is the economist vicky pryce. thank you forjoining us. what is driving this growth? to an extent it's the fact that world trade is increasing very substantially. what we are seeing right now is a synchronised expansion in growth. the deve

south africa's ruling african national congress has confirmed it's formally asked presidentjacob zuma to resign. senior anc leaders say he did agree to step down, but only in three to six months' time. that time frame was rejected. there could now be a vote in the south african parliament to remove the president, whose time in office has been marred by numerous allegations of corruption. 0ur africa editor fergal keane is in johannesburg. how do you think the president will respond? we're going to know tomorrow morning. it's been di5clo5ed tomorrow morning. it's been disclosed that he will make the top 5ix leaders of the african national cong re55 5ix leaders of the african national congre55 including the man who will be his political neme5i5, cyril ramapho5a, the organisation ‘5 president and he will give his response. until now he has said he will not with thine. if the anc wa nts to will not with thine. if the anc wants to force him from office then they will have to do that —— he will not re5ign. they will have to do that —— he will not resign. what are his options? look,

and south africa president —— south africa's presidentjacob zuma is being urged to step down as leaders of the anc during a meeting of top party officials. sport now and a full round up, from the bbc sport centre. what a night at anfield! we saw a sensational strike from victor wa nyama, a dazzling double from mo salah and harry kane's 100th premier league goal. this was a classic premier league match which was also covered in controversy. tim hague reports. with the title race all but over, it's all about champions league qualification for liverpool and spurs. that is the prize, well, not for everybody, and mo salah's shirt had even greater significance to synth with the egyptian in on goal and doing what he has done all season. and doing what he has done all season. after that, in the match between fourth and fifth, things we re between fourth and fifth, things were more cagey. james milner nearly making it too, but could be a wayside turn their fortunes upside down? time for substitute victor wanyama down? time for substitute victor wa nyama to change down? time for substitute victor

the top six officials from south africa's governing anc have arrived at presidentjacob zuma's official residence in pretoria to discuss his future. elections are not due until the middle of next year but pressure has been growing on mr zuma to step down as he faces allegations of corruption. joining me now is our correspondent will ross. we have been talking about the pressure onjacob we have been talking about the pressure on jacob zuma we have been talking about the pressure onjacob zuma for some time so pressure onjacob zuma for some time so why is this coming to a head again now? i think the feeling within the governing anc is it so great danger that if this goes on for many months, with jacob zuma still in power, the allegations of corruption snowballing, not going away, the damage to the party ahead of next yea r‘s damage to the party ahead of next year's election, and the damage to the economy, which is already in trouble, could be huge. so the feeling is, as many people are now deserting him from within the party, it would be better to come to some sort of agreement where he

pressure is mounting on presidentjacob zuma to step down after the speaker of parliament and adds that the state of the nation address, which the president was due to deliver on thursday, had been postponed. the nelson mandela foundation has called on south africa's president to step down, saying he has abused the trust of south africans and is not fit to govern. his deputy has replaced him as the leader of the african national congress, but he remains the president of the country. the health secretary has announced a review of the legal treatment of errors by doctors. the doctor was convicted after the death of a six—year old boy in her care, but it provoked anger in the medical profession because it said she had been under intense pressure due to understaffing. what has the health secretary had to say? a short time agojeremy hunt told the commons that was very widespread concern about this whole situation. just to remind you, it was a very tragic case, the death of six—year—old jack adcock which resulted in the conviction of doctor dr bawagaba. a tribunal met last year to decid

i asked her whether presidentjacob zuma could expect a soft deal similar to the one robert mugabe got in order to get him out of office? this is the raging debate happening right now in south africa, and i have to say that south africans are a lot less forgiving than zimbabweans appear to be around their president leaving office. so right now there's all sorts of speculation in the media around the kind of deal that is being cut within the ruling party to get the president to leave. from what the reports are saying and the sources that are sort of leaking, it seems he is very reluctant to go and wants some sort of protection. however, it would make the new president very unpopular to give him any kind of blanket amnesty, so while there have been reports of various deals nothing has been confirmed. however, if the opposition party takes it into their own hands to do some sort of vote of no—confidence in the president, and are finally successful with that, you know, he has no bargaining power, and will leave with no benefits for the rest of his life. he has a terrible press here and h

pressure mounts on south african presidentjacob zuma to stand down president jacob zuma to stand down or face a no—confidence motion tomorrow. more than 1000 people have cancelled their subscriptions to oxfam, as many people make one of their nations. the first curling loss is suffered by the men‘s team in their second match in pyeongchang, beaten by defending champions canada. the women‘s team won their opening round—robin game. the so—called flying tomato, shaun white, makes history with a third 0lympic flying tomato, shaun white, makes history with a third olympic gold as the snowboarding superstar forms a spectacular run to win the snowboarding championship again. chris froome has defended his decision to return to racing for the first time since his lavvers drugs trust. —— since his adverse drugs test. i will have more on those stories at 2:30pm. the actor minnie driver has resigned as an ambassador for 0xfam, saying she‘s horrified by the sex scandal claims at the charity. it comes as 0xfam‘s regional director in asia has told the bbc she is aware of past abuse

presidentjacob zuma is running out of time. thanks very much. a bbc investigation has found that the prescription drug xanax is being sold illegally to children on social media sites in the uk. the class c drug is widely prescribed in the us to treat anxiety but can only be obtained on private prescription in the uk. the home office said it was taking action. instagram and facebook said buying and selling drugs on their sites was prohibited. the actress emma watson has spoken about her shock, at realising that there was no system in place to help people in the film industry who had been sexually harassed. she's one of a number of women who've been consulted by the british film institute and bafta, as it announces changes aimed at tackling the problem. 0ur entertainment correspondent colin paterson reports. this sunday, it's the bafta awards, and the head of british film's biggest night of the year, the industry has announced a brand—new plan aimed at tackling both sexual harassment and bullying. it's a direct response to the harvey weinstein a

the future of south africa's presidentjacob zuma is being decided right now. the anc have been meeting to discuss him stepping down. the 75 old has resisted pressure to quit since december when the anc‘s replaced him as party leader. jacob zuma has survived lots of attempts to get rid of him, is he going to survive this one as well? it looks like this is going to be hard for him to push back. because here in this hotel where i am standing, just behind here, his own comrades are deciding his fate. essentially, as far as we know, they have come here to decide to recall him as the president, which they had sent. so that the guy has a proportional representation system in terms of its electoral system. when they vote in a general election here, people vote for a party. the party then sends it only candidate to be president. they are meeting here, about 90 of the anc i meeting here, about 90 of the anc i meeting to decide to recall president zuma. 0nce meeting to decide to recall president zuma. once they have decided that and announced it, it looks like he has n

the leadership of south africa get an anc has called on the embattled presidentjacob zuma to resign for the sake of the country. he has so far refused to 90, country. he has so far refused to go, he is due to hold a news conference on wednesday. he had told his party he wanted to stay in power for another 3—6 months. it's, royals moment, prince harry meghan markle have made their first officialjoint meghan markle have made their first official joint visitors call and meghan markle have made their first officialjoint visitors call and as pa rt officialjoint visitors call and as part of a round of official engagements in the run—up to their wedding in may. this is the fourth appeal as the couple have made since their engagement was announced in november. edinburgh castle and welcome to scotland on a date when the temperature was barely above zero. a day, then, for a good warm overcoat and there was meghan markle, wrapped up in the very thing. the coat, patterned in tartan green and blue. offering a welcome, the band of her majesty's royal marines scotland and the regimental mascot of

zuma. he needs to either bile out tonight or be pushed out tomorrow. if there is any development there we will bring it to you straightaway. let's now get the weather. the day started in quite a nice note but it all went downhill with a weather front moving in. but it all went downhill with a weatherfront moving in. that brought in outbreaks of rain and hill snow. showers moving into the north—west of the country, snow on the highest ground. what as cold as last night, just pockets of frost in the countryside. but thursday, quite a bit of cloud across southern parts of england to start the day but it isa of england to start the day but it is a day of contrasts weather—wise. there is no pressure to the north, high pressure building in further south, cold air across much of the country but milder air working into southern counties. there will be big temperature contrasts across the country because of this. so, blustery showers across northern ireland and scotland. not too many showers for

presidentjacob zuma will face the press tomorrow, as his party calls for him to stand down. the government‘s unveiled a tool it says can actively detectjihadist content and block it from being used. sport now, and for a full round—up from the bbc sport centre, here‘s hugh. good evening. good evening, carrie. it‘s a big night in the champions league with the first of the knockout stage games being played tonight. spurs have a difficult last 16 tie and made the worst possible start to their first leg, away againstjuventus, going behind to an exquisite gonzalo higuain finish afterjust two minutes. juventus were handed the chance to double their advantage when ben davies was second best to a hopeful ball and higuain accepted his second attempt at goal for a second goal on the night. spurs still trailing 2—0 at the allianz after half an hour. things are the exact opposite for manchester city against the swiss champions. they are 3—0 up. midfielder ilkay gundogan heading them into an early lead. the premier league leaders have taken full control of the tie with bernard

pressure is mounting on presidentjacob zuma to step down after the speaker of parliament announced that the state of the nation address, which the president was due to deliver on thursday, had been postponed. the nelson mandela foundation has called on mr zuma to step down immediately, saying he is unfit to govern. he has been replaced as leader of the ruling african national congress party by his deputy, cyril ramaphosa, but has remained the country‘s president. 21 people have been arrested in raids aimed at disrupting a people—smuggling network run by suspected kurdish gangsters. police raided around 20 addresses across england, including in middlesbrough, hartlepool, newcastle and london. the gang is suspected of charging up to £10,000 per head to smuggle migrants in the back of lorries across the channel. british drivers wasted more than 30 hours in rush—hour traffic last year, according to new research. the report from the traffic information company inrix found the uk is the tenth most congested country in the world, while london is europe‘s second—most gridlocked city.

, 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 deep divisions within the african national congress. there are those people who believe that president z