South Africa Jacob Zuma his party meets today in another bid to oust him from the presidency it could be the end of his political career the new leader post a sixteen and pushing him out. Knitting for the war effort most turks support the countrys offensive against kurds in syria those who dont are being targeted by the government. And in football vertebrae in rebounding will have the highlights from that point of the match. Almost comical to have you with us in her first interview since clinching a deal for a new government has a question for him or said she would step down early to make way for a new generation of leaders the german chancellor has faced growing dissent from within her own party as just to put together a new Coalition Government well talk about that in a moment but first this report. Angela merkel hits back critics she has vowed to stay on. The for years what a help promised and i am one of those people who keeps their promises matterless come under criticism from wit
A deeply divided social democrats. Plus in the next sixty minutes a korean american lights up the Winter Olympics in chung with a south korean grandmother watching kim blows away the competition on the still boarding house by a los wrong receives a deal will fix school. And the obama making history again this time with her shoe poor creates grease in the walls of Washingtons National portrait gallery. I know im done with achievement a very warm welcome to you we begin in south africa where the ruling a. N. C. Party has confirmed it is still president jacob zuma to step down but Party Leaders have not yet agreed on a timeframe and zuma says he respond tomorrow he says. President have been mobbed by allegations of white scale corruption i talked to our correspondent in just a moment but first heres what the a. N. C. Secretary general had to say in a statement a couple of hours ago. You were given time and space. To respond. We havent given him an immediate line. To respond when we call o
Organized protests to try and force Robert Mugabe out of office. How do i believe in the zimbabwean capital harare and joins us now live. Morgan tsvangirai was Prime Minister of zimbabwe from two thousand and nine to two thousand and thirteen in a National Union government with Robert Mugabe but hed also been Robert Mugabes fiercest challenger hows the news of his death likely to be received in zimbabwe. Well some of the local Radio Stations are now announcing that he is one of the three Vice President s of the party. I think a tweet saying that morgan hunger had passed away so we actually can focus on being on social media people calling in mostly enjoy the cowling figure hed be a challenge for god but hes not the former president he was each in many times he was accused of treason he was arrested and people say that even though he had his faults which he did he said you must be remembered as a man who tried to unite the country once the datas involved way and the biggest thing they C
Hello im joe hold this is al jazeera live from london also coming up. Viable is Opposition Leader morgan chang or i dies after a long battle with colon cancer. There are reports of numerous deaths suffer a shooting at a high school in florida plus. A mentor thomas in sydney where artists have responded to the woman incidents recorded at australias offshore refugee proceedings. Well after nine years as the president of South Africa Jacob Zuma has resigned the seventy five year old was given an ultimatum by his own party amid numerous allegations of corruption speaking a short time ago zuma said he disagreed with the way he was being forced out the a. N. C. Should. Be divided in my name. I have therefore come to the decision to resign as president of the republic with immediate effect. Even though i disagree with the decision of my of the leadership of my of going to zation i have always been a disciplined member of the sea will soon one two president ial elections but his presidency was
And their decision to force him to vacate office he had asked them for reasons for his transgressions but in the end the pressure it appears has proven too great he avoids of course a motion of no confidence plan for parliament on thursday at which it is likely he would have been voted out of office hes avoided that by resigning tonight and we can talk to our correspondent for media miller whos in our bureau in johannesburg listening to all of that for me the it seems for an awfully long time didnt it that he wasnt going to to resign that he was going to submit himself to the rule of the constitution as the supreme law of the land but in the end those extraordinary words i have decided to resign with immediate effect. John i think given the tone of jacob zuma as address it for his ninety percent of the time anyone could be forgiven to think that the president or what is it now the former president was going to stay on we know is a fight and thats really the stance he has taken ultimate