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
A german journalist in istanbul is getting in the white. House they lose their childhood on the force to commit acts of brutality more than a quarter of a million children around the world a kind of the one thing a soldiers youll hear from a former child soldier from sierra leone who escaped to jim and. We are just minutes away from the World Premiere of wes anderson that i love dogs but cyrano already have a special preview for you to stay with us and grab your profit margin. Im filled welcome to the program. South africa has a new president cyril rather poses the election comes a day after jacob zuma stepped down after his party the a. N. C. Ordered him to resign or face a parliamentary no confidence vote earlier today mr rahman poset was sworn in by chief Justice Mcgregor mcgregor. So. Thank you thank. You he was greeted in the parliament by dancing and the standing ovation. Thank you i. The countrys new president then went on to address the legislature on that and many of you have
Rest of the world expect from Cyril Ramaphosa. Also coming up well have a round up of another exciting days 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. Im 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 africas 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 hes 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 waitin
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