imposed the fad battery on south korea without. prior approval or even his initial knowledge it came as a surprise to him that the u.s. was imposing a battery or look at how the u.s. refuses to pay the unit costs cleaning up the environment destruct destruction on the military base and since close. i don't think the south korean people are happy about being vulnerable to whatever the u.s. military commands you know what i mean let me go back to brian i mean these to add this and that into missile defense i mean it just makes south korea target you know that the u.s. says it's which they are to protect their interest but actually it's not the who witnessed it is targeted to actually this missile system is targeted against china and again korea is right smack in the middle of all this go ahead brian indeed i mean that stands for the terminal high altitude area defense is meaning it provides an anti missile defense so-called for for missiles that are at high altitude if there was a war between north and south korea north korea wouldn'

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 to the calls of his own party, the african national congress, which is the oldest liberation movement on the african continent, and to respect its own wishes for him to step down, just as they did with thabo mbeki, his predecessor in 2008. now south africans are waiting to hear whether president zuma has agreed to step down. milton nkosi that. -- there. also making news today — president trump has promised what he's calling the biggest and boldest infrastructure investment in american history. announcing the plans as part of his new budget, he said he wanted to create thousands ofjobs, building roads, ports, and airports. the proposal is for some $1.5 trillion of investm

anticipated south, south hayward. we hope to get more information from b.a.r.t. right now kari has good news. nice weather. >> nice weather later on today. a cool start for everyone standing out on the platform waiting for b.a.r.t. a morning where we have mostly clear skies, temperatures mostly in the low to mid-40s and low 50s in a few spots like oakland and san francisco. our high temperatures headed near records, 72 degrees in san jose. more on that and those record highs we could be setting today. that's coming up in a few minutes. >> thank you very much, kari. knew this morning, students at brentwood's liberty high school will return to class following news one of their classmates died following a short illness, though we don't know what the illness was. less than an hour ago we reached out to the school district to find out what the girl may have died of, and they have not gotten back to us. the school says she was home from school and in the hospital before she passed away. it is not clear at this point whether this was a flu-related death. the district sa

further south, there'll be mainly rain as it is going to be a little less cold in the south — temperatures in double figures here. this is bbc news. the headlines — south africa's ruling party, the anc, says the fate of the president will be decided shortly. pressure is continuing to grow onjacob zuma to stand down following allegations of corruption. for the last week, anc leader cyril ramaphosa has been holding talks with mr zuma on the transition of power. in a significant shift to the position of the us, vice president mike pence has said he is ready to talk to north korea. mr pence says the policy of maximum pressure and sanctions would continue, but if north korea wished to talk, they would listen. details were worked out at the winter olympics. president putin has ordered a special investigation into the crash of a russian airliner near moscow. all 71 passengers and crew were killed. emergency workers are searching snow—covered fields to recover the bodies. now on bbc news, dateline london.

political posturing and provocation on the eve of the winter olympics america's vice president arrives in south korea for the games with promises of tougher sanctions on the north meanwhile pyongyang showcases its military might for all the world to see also coming up the u.n. calls for an urgency fire in syria that's government airstrikes pound of rebel held areas reports put the civilian death toll at two hundred and germany's probable new government gives the european stamp of approval but closer to home critics are worried about the coalition's approach to the e.u. and immigration. i bring coffee it's good to have you with us tonight the feud over north korea's nuclear program moves to center stage this the eve of the olympic games in south korea u.s. vice president mike pence has arrived in seoul and is promising new more aggressive sanctions against the north he met today with south korean president. following on his warning not to allow pyongyang to quote hide behind the olympic vandar. and today. did over a military parade a show of force after sending athletes performers and cheerleade

it was south dakota at its best. people from all across the state pulling together in a time of need. please help me thank them now. [applause] last summer you met in special session to address non-meandered waters, a contentious issue in south dakota since the 1990s. past legislative solutions had been elusive. the situation came to a head last march when the supreme court said it was quote, up to the legislature to decide how these waters are to be ben officially used in the public interest. you heard that message and went to work, and the open waters compromise you passed is already working. today more than 99% of all non-meandered bodies of water with managed fisheries are open for recreation. a small red sliver on the chart there. this is not just a win for south dakota tans who enjoy fishing and boating. the waters under the ground demonstrated the support for this compromise by keeping nearly all of these waters open. this process created a new dialogue among sportsmen and landowners which has been positive fo

and south korea. it might be revolutionary but it's also going to be expensive three hundred billion dollars to cover the united states is an estimate by bookies bank the majority of countries won't be able to afford five g. widening the global digital divide millions of people already don't have reliable access to the internet and as a result the knocks out of the digital economy jobs market so while this new wave of technology promises a better future it doesn't promise an equal future charlie out to al-jazeera bustling. now it looks like the entrance to an underground hideout in a james bond film doesn't it bought these global seed vault in norway could one day save the world it was built in the town of long abbey on thirteen hundred kilometers from the north pole ten years ago on monday its mission to safeguard seeds plants and plant material used for global food and agriculture since then more than seventy individual groups have deposited more than five thousand different species of plant as of m

rediscovered in 55 relatieps ififi % south korea rediscovered in 55 relatieps ififi moth south korea to be north and south korea looks to be taking a backward step. officials said they have no intention of meeting with delegates. these satellite images from a few days ago show the troops practising for that display, all very much a contrast to the public relations image being projected on the eve of the opening ceremony of the games, which south korea's president has been calling the peace olympics. the games are being held in pyeongchang, in south korea. the bbc‘s stephen mcdonell is there. bring us up to date. well, here at at pyeongchang there was hope that it was possible that this high level delegation from the united states in north korea, given that they are here in the games, might actually sit down and talk to one another. but we have heard from the north korean side that that delegation has, quote, no intention whatsoever of meeting with the us delegation. we are getting this from north korea's official state—run media, which said in an editorial, we have never begged the

as far as south korea's position, i think the president of south korea, president moon has been working hard, and has regard,me run in this he wanted since he became president last spring to put south korea in the so-called driver's seat. the driver seat of korean peninsula issues, and issues dealing with north korea. not to cede territory or power to mr. trump, who has inclined towards very hostile, regardingt rhetoric potential nuclear weapons, surgical strikes, military action, and even the destruction of north korea. in that sense, the two koreas are doing an interesting dance, but by no means does this mean that any substantive change has occurred. since a lot of symbolism, and not much substance. as far as the united states goes, i think mr. pence on his return from the opening ceremony in pyeongchang, he let out to reporters that the u.s. may be willing to engage in some kind of dialogue without specificity. it is unclear whether washington will warm up to the idea to talk with north korea, or whether vice president pence was simply trying to be a good guest as he departed. >> ou

south korea well maybe. sold in washington but south korea knows all those you know intentions from north korea but we don't it. is do you feel like trump's contribution was intentional to bring the two countries together are an intentional base a big plant or was it not i remember going with the united states directly they would have not come to south korea. to even north korea comply i am i heard you say in an interview to c.n.n. back in september that if the u.s. had spent at least one fifth of effort put into the iran deal on the north korean issue is the whole problem could have been resolved do you think the u.s. is reluctant to bring about a plausible solution to the issue. you know if you had to pay more attention to. the north korean nuclear issue i personally believe the us code can come up with a solution but. to use his pain too much attention for military no solutions but i hope the us would pay more attention to the peaceful solution to the north korean nuclear problem. presently and you right

and south africa's political landscape. and you're now in the stream live on al-jazeera and we too have a short stay.

but south africa is still a robust democracy. so, whether he is pushed or hejumps, president zuma will soon be out of power, and, most likely, in court on corruption charges. it is a moment of drama and optimism for a country poised to exit the troubled zuma era. andrew harding, bbc news, johannesburg. and that's a story we'll be keeping an eye on as it develops. now, china is accusing the united states of exaggerating beijing's nuclear strength, saying america needs to ditch what it calls a "cold war mentality". the statement comes after washington unveiled a new nuclear policy, that sees china as one of its potential threats. the us military believes its nuclear weapons are seen as too big to be used and wants to develop low—yield bombs. elizabeth minor is an advisor at article 36 — a member of the international campaign to abolish nuclear weapons. china calls it a cold war mentality but we think the risks from nuclear weapons never went away since the cold war. this policy represents the reckless development of what was al

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 johannesburg. well this meeting has been going on for a couple of hours now and the expectation is that the national executive committee will come out to push j

when south korea was rebuilding after the war with north korea. but these days the government is determined to increase worker productivity south koreans work less efficiently than their counterparts in many industrial states. over the past three years has tried to focus the efforts of its workforce right now chong sung is meeting with the head of his department. this cube shaped timer is used to make sure that the meeting doesn't go on too long . as you. start out and you set it up so that it shows how long the meeting should go five minutes serve fifteen or an hour and today will do half an hour that's enough and i was like that with some food. but old habits die hard even when the staff use the timer meetings often last longer than that supposed to . and many workers makes their business lives with their private lives a lot of them spend more time with their coworkers than they do with their families . this is the city young about two hundred fifty kilometers south of seoul. it's home to pasco the world's fourth largest steel manufacturer. the

south africa has a new president he's sitting. his election comes a day off the jacob zuma finally agreed to step down after his spotty the a.n.c. give him an ultimatum to quit or to face a vote of no confidence south africa spot have been convened this morning to elect the new president the session in pretoria also some festive scenes and then this is what the chief justice said. one candidate has been nominated to men. or. polls song the nomination is an auto. accordingly in terms of item five of part eight of shade real threat to the constitution i declare. the owner montgomery ala said obama. julie elect the president of that it probably goes on. joining me now on the studio is christine one body doubles correspondent who's been closely following this story welcome christine so we're seeing the dawn of the new era in south africa bring us up to date as to what's happened in the past allan what we can expect in the next couple of days or so sixteen hours after jacob zuma handed in his resignation several polls that is now the n

which so much at stake south africa will wait to see if he fills the presidential void. and that we put that question to christine when bo is following this story closely for us do you think he'd be able to fill that void and what do you think would be his main priority his main priority will be the economy of south africans are in desperate need off the economy to be pushed into it to decent growth rates that people are without work and economic indicators continue to paint a very bleak picture there is also the expectation that he is going to deal with corruption i think people now understand how corruption is really causing a lot of problems in south africa that for instance money that has been educated to assist young black or troponin is for example has been found to find itself in the wrong pockets so to say so people understand that these are some of the things that he has to take care of because despite the country's if it's even if it's doing well in other regards the corruption issue has been consistently mentioned by even the investors who say we're worried ab

this and gauge meant here because the united states has an awful lot at stake with its presence in south korea and its own not only about north korea's nuclear program go ahead brian well peter i believe that we're at a pivotal moment because the attempt by the south korean government the moon giant government that came about as a consequence of very popular uprising that overthrew the old timidity and led to the impeachment of the last conservative government poc and he. wants to have a rapprochement lessening of tensions and possibly the beginning of real reconciliation on the korean peninsula between north and south korea this happened as happened in the past that happened certainly in the year two thousand madeline albright was dispatched by bill clinton to pyongyang candy john went and met with kim jong il who is kim jong un's father then head of north korea but when there was taking place at that time it was with washington's blessing and as a consequence we see right now and this is why i consider this to be a pivotal moment it's a test of whether or not the south korean governmen

but the south has also been making moves. it was the south that said bring this big, hefty delegation to our wonderful winter olympics. this is a man in the south who was elected partly on a platform of trying to engage a little more. but i think there is something people do not realise. we think of north korea as an isolated country. south korea and north korea are not completely as alienated from each other as people think. there are families that are supposed to cross the two countries. south korea is very sympathetic to north korea's position. it is not what you would expect. people assume the south korean population is threatened and annoyed by this north korean neighbour. if they are threatened and annoyed by the north korean regime, you look at the number of people at risk of a north korean attack, that is what drives people in seoul. a dictator just north of them with weapons. but there is also a not insignificant amount of fraternal frankness between the two countries that i think people underestimate. the second thi

south korea is in a league of its own. in its 2012 book, breakout nations, it showed that only two economies have grown at an average annual rate of 5% per year, south korea and taiwan. taiwan is rooted in low manufacturing assembly, and south korea has been able to move into the industrial economy with ease, entering companies like biotech and robotics. the achievement is all the more impressive when you consider where it started. half a century ago, south korea was one of the poorest countries on the planet, and nobody would have predicted that it would conjure up an economic miracle. in 1960, its per capita was $158, slightly less than gha ghana's. today it is over $27,000, almost 20 times that of ghana's, but it describes the woes of south korea from the korean war. the country had no national resources, no geographic advantages, and a physical infrastructure that had been battered during the war. and it faced the menace of north korea. in addition to its economic boom, however, south korea has also undergone a politic

in south africa, cyril ramaphosa has been sworn in as president. his nomination was unopposed in assembly, the members of one opposition party walked out saying that early elections should be called. jacob zuma finally gave in to demands that he resign. his nine years in office were marred by scandal. global news, 24 hours a day, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. this is bloomberg. i am courtney donohoe. this is bloomberg. mark: thank you. sticking with south africa we will speak with the chief executive of nedbank. this is bloomberg. ♪ vonnie: live from new york, i'm vonnie quinn. i am mark london, barton county down to the european close. speaking with the nestle ceo march night or after the company posted its weakest sales growth in 20 years. they spoke about how the recent market turbulence is impacting nestle's business. frozen business is a very good channel to fulfill health and wellness ambitions. frozen food does not depend on the freezing, it d

of unity among south and north korean athletes but how long can the fall of last. and a german coalition already in crisis the social democrats former leader martin schulze withdraws from a post as foreign minister vowing to pressure from his party the announcement comes just days after he said he was stepping down as party head. it was a night for the history books as the twenty eighteen winter olympics kicked off n.p.r. chuang the two koreas march together and south korea's president shared a historic handshake with kim jong un sr amid a spirit of unity in fact kim sr is the first member of the north's ruling dynasty to venture south since the korean war but is this rapid improvement in korean ties the beginning of a new era in relations or merely smoke and mirrors we will ask an expert in just a moment first this report. demonstrators outside the olympic stadium gave the north koreans a hostile reception they clashed with riot police and made their feelings towards the north known. we are here. making. you know you know. we are we want to hold our own. north kor

south korean president moon j. in use the games to reboot intercooler ian relations the so-called peace olympics included a joint women's hockey team athlete celebrating korean nationalism by marching under a unified flag as well as a visit by kim yo jiang the sister of the north korean leader she arrived with an invite for moon to visit yang it's a two hour test it was a good olympics as it were so concerned about it last year but it went so well many north koreans came in i wish this could lead to unification. it was interesting he was an honor for us to host it i really enjoyed it. even the choice of olympic venues was symbolic gang one province is divided between the north and south. if the tension continues and tourists don't come so peace is very important to our economy north korea participated in the olympics and this has become a basis for establishing a base here and that means a lot to us. for the russians the games and did as they began marching without their flag two of their athletes were disqualified

korea but south korea will never accept that position because south korean position is basically a i will go to denuclearizing north korea ok if and no matter what we. knowledge what we are always up north korean nuclear weapons capability but our goal is to and to keep the nuclear rods in north korea that was thinking about the sanctions you set yourself that the current very tough sanctions on north korea aren't working since it's such an isolated self-reliant society that is used to hardship so what are the sections for then i mean what do they have and should they be there at all. now government position is very clear that sanctions and precious instrument to bring north korea to dialogue and negotiation table therefore we are not pushing the policy of sense and for the sake of sentence ok therefore it's time for north korea to really think about it one very clearly our government number one priority can dial when negotiation but north korea has not you know showing an attempt to have a dialogue and negotiation with the south korea as well as united states that there is why self-

that's absurd in south sudan today, with respect. corruption is everywhere, and to take one example which comes back to what happens to the oil revenues, an activist website looking at corruption made a special study of what happens to the best amount of oil revenue, which goes into security, military institutions in sudan, it seems more than half of all the oil revenues. and according to the century, there is no way to discover exactly where the money goes, no transparency whatsoever. the military involves a long and complicated patronage system, there is little oversight of payroll expenses, with leading security ministers rarely reporting their expenditures. in many cases, military commanders have stolen the salaries of soldiers. there are tens of thousands of ghost soldiers. that is what i said, strong institutions to actually fight this device called corruption. you acknowledge that is what is happening today in your country? if what you're reading now, transparency, if you do not have a strong system to look at the ministry of

so what can south africa and the rest of the world expect from cyril ramaphosa. also coming up we'll have a round up of another exciting day's action at the winter olympic games in south korea and. could be called the over knocks at the berlin international film festival begins with a bang this evening with an animated feature set in the future we will have the latest from the berlin allah and the reaction to the need to campaign. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program thanks for joining us. his appointment has been welcomed with singing dancing and a standing ovation in parliament cyril ramaphosa was sworn in today as south africa's new president his predecessor jacob zuma resigned barely twenty four hours earlier after being ordered to stand down by his party the a.n.c. ramaphosa will set out his plans for the country in detail on friday evening but he's already said that tackling corruption will be his top priority. now. that pulls it off on that in part because some of the things the moment the nation had been waiting for the new leader promising a break from

on how this is inside a story south korea's president has been trying to sell the winter games in. as a peace lympics he may have got his wish with an axe and expect a thaw with the north the took korea decided to talk of the heights of tension over the north's nuclear bomb and ballastic missile development the first face to face negotiations in two years led to the north's inclusion in the winter games and now young is on the charm offensive. from the north of the games but due to launch with competitors from the south and a unified flag the delegation from north of the border is being led by the ceremonial had of the sate team young now he is the highest level leader to visit south korea also that is the sister of leader kim jong on came you know jong is set to be increasingly powerful and influential. but the u.s. isn't sold vice president mike pence has been speaking in tokyo before leading the u.s. delegation to south korea who warned the world not to get taken in by the north the united states and japan will continue to confront the most dangerous threat in the indo-pacific t

i think south koreans understand. they don't necessarily love her or i going to let the north korean regime off the hook for its considerable human rights abuses or having nuclear weapons, it is just that the majority of people here who voted moonjae—in in majority of people here who voted moon jae—in in on majority of people here who voted moonjae—in in on a platform of attempting dialogue think that some sort of connection with the north is the best way forward in terms of peace, given that all those years of freezing them out haven't stopped the north from having its nuclear weapons. the other aspect is people are actually fascinated with her because we know nothing about the leadership group in north korea. even seen footage of her before this week was to mark now there are pictures, photos, the south korean press is watching her every facial expression to try to work out what she is thinking. i mean, this is the first time she has been to south korea. she like it? is she comparing it to the north? what will

all the while, south korean leader. all the while, south korea has been told, don't engage. korean leader. all the while, south korea has been told, don't engagelj think it is a big move. donald trump will want to talk about this, but he was bennett in such a way to suggest that his aggressive and match over policy and and ways of dealing with things, has clearly led to this. i think that the president will spin it in such a way as to imply that he is the instigator of this. the folder that she was carrying in, no one knew what it was. della mac for a move like this to happen, to see north and south korean athletes together at the opening ceremony, it really does suggest that there has been a shift, but we have seen these kinds of things before. as much as we should be optimistic, we should also be careful. talking about relationships, with big partnerships. pe you. this is one that we cannot ignore. —— the year. michel barnier has said that the uk has got to be careful about what they demand. this is to do with the transition deal that everybody is talking about. michel

this was near columbia, which is the capital of south carolina. the passenger train he said was travelling at about 59mph and that the two people known to have died were both amtrak employees. now, 116 people, he said, had been taken to hospital. most with minor injuries, some with broken bones. a shelter has been set up broken bones. a shelter has been set up at the scene. and he said that officials from the national transportation safety board, the federal authority here, that looks into these sorts of incidents, was on its way to the scene of the crash. the governor did say though that it appeared from his analysis, having been to the scene, that the passenger train was actually on the wrong track when it hit this freight train. in a sense that could give a simple explanation for the accident, but it is the third amtrak collision or derailment in the space of a month. none of them obviously connected, but raising questions about safety? you're right, yes, the governor did say it was time perhaps for a review of passenger safety on board amtrak

here in south korea has done all he can to accommodate the north koreans. but now we're getting ready for the opening ceremony there's a lot of expectations what's going to happen not only tonight but throughout the games with north korean athletes compete including a joint women's hockey team that is formed with south korean athletes it was so much attention being given to the north korean delegation there at the olympic games are at the posts in the south not concerned that the political dimension will overshadow the athletic competition titian when ever in north korea is in the equation and old it always overshadows everything else course there was a lot of attention to the games before north korea said it would participate but ever since it dispatched it that its athletes here right straps to work history here and now with these high profile regime figures here in the south it really is all about north korea. could this be a political solve jonathan do you think there could have be some real political implications for this for the two koreas. well let's

as much as —5, —6, in the south—east. temperatures generally above freezing for northern ireland and northern scotland. this is sam. the coldest weather in east anglia and the south—east, but the brightest weather. a lot of sunshine to come. the south—west, wales, northern england, thick clouds, outbreaks of mostly light and patchy rain at this stage. a lot of cloud into southern scotland. but for northern ireland, northern scotland, something more bright. sunny spells returning. a rash of showers to the north—west. because of the slightly milder air, most showers falling as rain rather than anything more wintry. now, as we go on through the day, we take this band of cloud and rain further south and east. do you see the deep blue colours? that indicates the rain will turn more heavy for wales and northern england during the afternoon. clouding over in the south—east after the bright start. remaining chilly here. scotland, northern ireland, sunshine and a few showers. temperatures getting up to 7—8 degrees. thurs

further south, it will be mainly of rain. but it‘s going to be quite a messy day, i think, on wednesday. maybe something a little less cold across the south but it‘s still going to feel on the chilly side. as we head on through the rest of the week, thursday and friday looks much of the same — on the chilly side. this is bbc news. the headlines: tensions between israel and syria have intensified after israeli fighter planes launched bombing raids across the border following the shooting down of one of its jets. israel says it‘s been targeting iranian positions on syrian territory used to fly drones over israeli airspace. the us and russia have expressed concern over the attacks while the un has called for an immediate de—escalation. the uk has threatened to cut funding for oxfam following claims the charity covered up a scandal involving aid workers and prostitutes in haiti. penny mordaunt, the international development secretary, condemned what she called the "horrific behaviour" of some oxfam staff. a double—dec

but south africa is still a robust democracy. so, whether he is pushed or hejumps, president zuma will soon be out of power, and, most likely, in court on corruption charges. it is a moment of drama and optimism for a country poised to exit the troubled zuma era. andrew harding, bbc news, johannesburg. two people have been killed and more than 100 injured in a rail crash in the us state of south carolina. an amtrak passenger train travelling between new york and miami collided with a freight service, with more than 140 people on board. south carolina's governor said it appeared that the passenger train had been on the wrong track at the time of the crash. it's a horrible thing to see, to understand the force that's involved. two trains — that's about as forceful as you can get. the engine of the — the first engine of the freight train was torn up, and the single engine of the passenger train, the amtrak heading southwards, is barely recognisable. it was quite a crash. for whatever reason, the switch... and when i talk about a

korea and to the south korean delegation so when the south korean president goes to p'yongyang, he always keeps in statesat the united wants to get out of it because the united states is a major player. there's still tens of thousands of american troops in south close to the anylitarized zone and at point we don't want for north korea to drive a wedge between two allies, the united states and south korea. you a tweet to read from vice president pence's staff.chief of he tweeted, "vice president pence did not go to the olympics, make friends with tyrants. he's not there to shake hands exchange pleasant courtesies with murderous dictators. is exactlyg below the weak diplomat approach that's allowed others to take of us in the past." sort of cast view light over the diplomatic possibilities there in the olympics. first thing that comes to my mind when i hear and diplomacy is a difficult thing, difficult, some call it game, i call it a veryssion, because it's a intricate dance. i agree, you don't want to be dictators,easing absolutely. has an abysmal human rights record. it would rather spend

old zero continent south korea. meanwhile russia's bent to get forty five of its banned athletes into the games fails just hours before the opening ceremony that ban stems from a massive doping scheme the twenty fourteen such a games. the russian doping scandal is all ghibli the most murky sob story in the history of sport and yes i spent years covering the for the first scandal but this involves the public being completely cheated metals being involved. seem to be poisoned from the top down how do we get to this position well four years ago putin's grand plan for sports or succeed in russia around the home olympics the very expensive such the winter olympics i off the allegations it was shown by investigation but there'd been systematic doping in washoe so the international olympic committee found forty three russian competitors for life. fast forward a couple of years of politics and then we get into a situation where the ultimate coach in sport a court of arbitration for sport overturned those lost on bonds by si

during the zuma presidency, south africa has foundered. the economy is struggling and unemployment is soaring, amid a sense that senior officials could get away with anything. but in december, zuma and his allies lost control of the governing anc. the new man, cyril ramaphosa, promising to end impunity. everyone agrees that our state was captured by people who purported to be close to the president, who have been doing really bad things and getting into all and many state institutions. and suddenly, there is real change in the air here. prosecutors seizing this state farm in connection with alleged fraud by the gupta family and government officials. and the courts pursuing corruption charges against president zuma himself. corruption charges against i think these are real historic moments in south african politics. in all likelihood, we are going to see arrests and big people being caught up in this. to see arrests and big people because a wheel is turning, momentum is developing. and i don't think there is to be any turning back. for now,

this is t w news coming to you live from berlin kim jong il and sister arrives for south korea's winter olympics it's the first ever visit to the south by a member of the ruling kim dynasty is her trip across the border a sign of football or just some political ploy we go live to john sharp also coming up the u.n. calls for an urgent cease fire in syria as government airstrikes calmed rebel held areas reports of the civilian death toll and two hundred. wall street drops again and world markets follow with the dow jones no more than ten percent promised in january high it's officially a market correction we'll tell you what that means in business. also in the program a race against time after the earthquake in taiwan rescue crews worked to pull seven survivors still trapped under the rubble of this hotel after shocks make it dangerous. hello i'm terry martin good to have you with us. a high level north korean delegation has arrived in south korea ahead of the opening ceremony for the winter olympics later today the delegation includes kim jung the sister of north korean leader kim jong i

-south korean alliance. those should not be sacrificed for some gesture from the north simply to attend the olympic games. while both sides should reach out to north korea, and we have to realize that pyongyang is in open defiance of the international community with not only the test of missiles and nuclear weapons, but be sure existence of those programs are themselves a violation of the review cannot abandon the international resolve to pressure and punish north korea for it repeated -- for its repeated violations. but we still reach out on engagement. but pyongyang has been rejecting pleas from the u.s. for dialogue. sarah: we were looking at pictures there -- perhaps our team can throw them back up -- we are looking at pictures of u.s. president -- u.s. vice president mike pence. kim jong-un's sister was a couple rows behind him. perhaps they can bring that back for us. i want to ask you because we have seen generally speaking, a harsher tone from the trump administration toward north korea. do you see i

south korea is pushing for both the u.s. and north korea to compromise so the talks can go ahead a north korean general has repeatedly expressed his country's readiness to meet the united states came young charles presence has been met by protests in seoul. australia has a new deputy prime minister after weeks of mounting pressure full spawn to be joyce to quit he's been replaced by the veterans affairs minister. the conservative joyce campaigned on family values and then came under fire when it was revealed he'd had an extramarital affair with his press secretary he also faces a sexual harassment complaint has the latest principally. well the government is now hoping that it can move on from the toxicity and the sniping back and forth between the two parties who make up the governing coalition you've got to remember that the coalition is the most successful political arrangement in a stranger's postwar period and neither side wanted to see that arrangement derailed a prime minister malcolm turnbull had been calling on to be

delaware but milk precipitation farther south. would i not be surprised in a couple hours from now these areas to the south of philadelphia, mixed over and eventually change over, to rain. as far as the temperatures are concerned, we are getting that column of cold air that is starting to cool right now. it three is two in reading. same thing in lancaster. forty in atlantic city. 38 degrees in cape may. thirty-nine in philadelphia is what currently falling will melt on some of the main surfaces but grassy surfaces look to be snow covered later on this evening. so we have got that winter weather advisory that stays up until 4:00 a.m. sunday for heart of the delaware and lehigh valleys. this is for interior sections of new jersey, on north and west, up through the poconos. as far as your plans for saturday night, the biggest impact looks to be over next several hours especially on i-95 metro area from 7:00 p.m. right through 10:00 o'clock, major concerns out and about but this quickly moves on out and by 11:00 p.m. tonight we have g

it's time to recap our top story at this hour the leaders of south africa's ruling south african national congress are waiting to decide the future presidents of jacob zuma could. we make up of what we watch as of the under sixty five we are the seven services. they want to shape the continent's future. part of it and join youngsters as they share their stories their dreams and their challenges the seventy seven percent plus for africa chart.

in doha with me and the prawn i'm also ahead a historic moment as the north korean leader arrives in south korea for the winter olympics. syria's government throws around accusations of crimes as its jets continue an assault that's killed more than two hundred people in days and what the myanmar government did not want the world to see evidence of a massacre the journalists who revealed it to have been jailed. have pasta legislation to fund the government which has slipped into a second shutdown and three weeks ago to the house of representatives well earlier the senate missed a midnight deadline to pass legislation which resulted in the new shutdown was blocked by a senator from president donald trump's republican party vam at leopold's this big budget deficit so let's get more on this now our correspondent kristen salumi is joining us live from washington d.c. so the bill is now heading to the house queston well it passed there. well the outcome in the house of representatives is anything but certain at this point nancy pelosi the leader of the democratic party in the house for one says

and south korea. it might be revolutionary but it's also going to be expensive three hundred billion dollars to cover the united states is an estimate by barclays bank the majority of countries won't be able to afford five g. widening the global digital divide millions of people already don't have reliable access to the internet and as a result the knocked out of the digital economy jobs market so while this new wave of technology promise is a better future it doesn't promise an equal future charlie rangel al-jazeera bustling. i can never take you through the top stories a russian lead poisoned fighting in syria's eastern go to is holding so far the five hour truce came into effect just over an hour ago in the rebel held district russia says people will be able to leave through an evacuation kodos which critics dismiss as force displacement zana has more from beirut. eastern is quiet a very different picture really than what we've seen over the past ten days relentless bombardment heavy artillery shel

berlin posturing and provocation ahead of the winter olympics america as the vice president arrives in south korea for the games with promises of tougher sanctions on the north meanwhile pyongyang showcases its military might for some though it's all about the spectacle excitement builds and host city chung chang as the olympic torch collides ever closer and germany's probable new government gets the european stamp of approval that i'm just because berlin will contribute more to e.u. budgets or get the details from our brussels correspondent. thanks so much for your company everyone the feud over north korea's nuclear program moves to center stage on the eve of the olympic games in south korea u.s. vice president mike pence has arrived in seoul and is promising new more aggressive sanctions against the north he met with south korean president moon in the following on his warning not to allow pyongyang to quote hide behind feel a big banner and today acumen presided over a military parade a show of force after sending athletes and performers over the border while that move is seen as either a

tonight -- the winter olympics are under way in south korea. but will the north be looking to play a game of sport, power or politics? my conversation with chung-in moon, special adviser to the president of south korea. >>> also ahead -- the celebrated british artist creating a splash with his californian canvases. david hockney opens the doors to his l.a. studio for a rare, revealing interview. >> announcer: amanpour on pbs was made possible by the generous support of roslyn p. walter. >>> good evening and welcome to the program. i'm christiane amanpour in london with the global perspective. the winter olympics are under way. the politics that infuse every games are heightened this time by nuclear tensions on that peninsula. but its northern neighbor has fueled hopes of a thaw by sending athletes and an official delegation, including kim jong-un's own sister, an influential figure who will dine with the south korean president, moon jae-in, even as her brother threw himself a massive military parade in pyongyang on the eve of the ceremony. this

for the people of south sudan. but the direction of travel is backwards, not forwards. i mean, since 2013, you've been stuck in this brutal, bloody civil conflict inside the country. and for you and people like you, who were the generation very much involved in achieving independence, that hope, that reconciliation and unity that we saw expressed around the time of independence, it's completely disappeared. it is because there are individuals who are struggling for power, and that is why we are in the situation. there are some individuals who are interested in power, in the state of running the people of south sudan. he was interested in being on the top, by actually being the president of the republic of south sudan. you mentioned riek machar, currently in exile. he fled the country in fear of his life in 2016. he was your political mentor in many ways. you backed him for an awful long time. you then jumped ship and decided to throw your lot with president salva kiir. but what we have at the centre of south sudan