Thursday. Pledges are made to help rebuild iraq but is there enough money to do the job properly will have a live report. What we have seen so far is cruel and barbaric to top it off they have the gall to blame the media the United Nations steps up the pressure on myanmar as government over the range of crisis. In sports shaun white makes no boarding history at the Winter Olympics the american winning and arrested inside third gold medal in the hall part of it. A low pressure is growing on south africas president to step down from his own party but jacob zuma says hes not going anywhere right now the president has said he had proposed a longer transition period handing over power after june the a. N. C. Rejected that plan and demanded he step down by thursday. So i found it very strange that im going to be told by my organization you now must go. Because. We now have two new president who must comey not to follow in any policy of the agency there is nothing of that nature of for me to miller is live for us now in pretoria so for media that the growing calls from within his own party for zuma to go but so far the South African president remaining defiant. This is the first time that the president has spoken to South Africans in this period where these calls for him to step down he said im not being defiant ive just said i dont understand why the a. N. C. Wants me to resign and i and i differ with the decision that theyve come to he says that hes actually a victim hes been victimized during this process policy hasnt been followed and hes ended that interview with the state broadcaster and theres no indication a tool that hes going to step down im going to speak to an analyst at a summit a few can you to give us a better idea of just what positions you might is in and why hes maintaining the stance zuma has called himself a victim hes not stepping down at least for now what do you make of that well i think it is typical of him because for the last few years whenever something has happened he has painted himself as a victim as always invoke some in the conspiracy behind him without ever taking any accountability as a leader so that is just a continuation of what we had come to expect now we are expecting no the a. N. C. As it had said earlier in the day to push forward with this motion of no confidence in parliament they seem to have no influence of a zoo mind terms of pushing him to step down theyve lost their patience never lost their patients and they might actually be very angry that hes trying to embarrass them publically so even when he has stepped down that relationship between him and the a. N. C. Might be a frozen one and the dignity of a retired state president might not be accorded to him in many ways way he has to play a role whether in the International Forums because they will remember him not only for having about us them but that they have always defended him and all of a son. Than his not understanding that he has ever done anything with. The president this isnt the first time that hes had been embroiled in scandals and criticism that has gone on for much of his presidency hes known to be a fighter theres a lot of speculation around what exactly hell do if hell bring down other people in his party because we know that this isnt about one man having allegations of corruption against him but a party that could be facing a crisis i doubt at this stage leadership has been very careful to bring its National Executive committee behind it and some of it strikes as behind it including the parliamentary caucus he may just have over estimated his influence and he may just find out that he is likely to be isolated in this space in a crucial year when he is facing a number of legal challenges now we expect to see so room up or so the deputy of the country and the president of the a. N. C. Sworn in as president this is what the a. N. C. Is pushing for on on thursday do expect that to go smoothly what are your expectations around that i doubt it will have any challenger people as once the a. N. C. Called cause has agreed and the opposition had always yearned for him to step down then it will be a smooth process in fact i think this is the ninth motion of no confidence and the proverbial cat with nine lives is coming exactly precisely to that number nine so madonna he can even analysts is giving us some insight into exactly what the lace to this latest interview with jacob zuma might mean the president has also said that he will address the nation later in the day we dont expect to see or hear any change from what the president has already said but earlier in the day we do know that there was a raid on the home of the gupta family nice to put you in the picture of the group has. An intern one family that have a lot of influence over it in particular they have a close relationship with the president and theyve for a long time been accused of using that relationship to influence a government policy decisions and also benefits from a state contracts now this raid resulted in the arrest of at least three people we do expect more arrests possibly even family members of jacob zuma who are who do have a place in various companies owned by the group the family so the pressure is on despite that zuma has not indicated in any way that he will step down insists hes not being defiant that he is the victim in all this. For me the middle life for us there in pretoria place or challenged ballots takes a look at the cook to brothers the family that for me to was talking about they become central figures in this story. Twenty five years after immigrating from india to brothers a. J. And brijesh one of the richest families in south africa they went from success to success with investments in media energy air travel mining and technology they first met president jacob zuma more than a decade ago one of the Company Events wasnt long before several xoom as well working for the govt is but their relationship didnt become controversial until the go to strew a luxury waiting in twenty thirteen and chartered a plane with more than two hundred wedding guests to an air force base that is reserved to state dignitaries it was a National Scandal about the same time allegations surfaced that they had pushed president zuma on certain ministerial appointments allegations that gupta is an zuma tonight i am in charge of the government im in charge i appoint. In terms of the constitution. There is no minister who is that here was appointed by the does or by anybody but the accusation stuck the National Ombudsman published a three hundred fifty five page report on the matter and twenty six doing its title state of capture the kind household term the normally media shy go tos had little choice but to respond im not a lobbyist or marcus to capture. The concern of that are my friend only going to do to me as a friend of the people that thing ive met office what all of the panelists explain and that i understand that captured is that. When you are taking any advantage of anybody a. J. Got to say listen two percent of their business is government related the image was talented now with the arrest of several members of the gupta family many will be looking to see how this case will impact the president. An International Summit for iraqs reconstruction ended with billions of dollars pledged to rebuild the country after the defeat of isolates take a closer look at the amounts that have been pledged at this conference turkey put up large to the largest amount with five billion dollars in loans another five billion came from gulf states the u. S. Has extended a three billion dollars credit line to iraq and the European Union pledged just under five hundred Million Dollars in aid or more than three hundred million was offered by International Organizations that brings the total pledged to around thirty six billion dollars and that falls far below the one hundred billion dollars the iraqis need. Sami dan is live for us in kuwait city so we just went through the numbers there sami still a long way to go in the efforts to rebuild iraq. There is a long way to go before we talk about that has we just point out that when we talk about a round from the numbers which have been made public you said there were a total of around thirty six billion ten billion of that is the pledge by the United Kingdom but it goes like this theyll donate one billion a year in terms of an export credit line over a period of ten years so if youre looking at the sort of money thats been pledged in the more immediate term thats around twenty six twenty seven billion you get to thirty six billion if youre looking over a period of ten years and who knows what will happen in the whole middle east let alone in iraq in the next ten years youve already crunched some of the other numbers perhaps one important thing to point out here is yes we are far short of the one hundred billion dollars that iraqs Prime Minister told the davos conference in switzerland would be the total price tag on rebuilding iraq its still also short of the eighty eight billion dollars the Iraqi Ministry of planning has been asking this conference to cough up and if you listen to the speech by the emir of kuwait today he didnt for size on the role of the private sector now private sector money will take more time to get in obviously you dont have a businessman show up in the middle east especially with if youre talking about putting money into a place as risky as iraq Exchange Business cards and immediately give you a number of how much theyll be willing to put in but this is the important thing to keep in mind even out of that twenty six or thirty six billion depending on how you want to tally up the number there how much of that will be in the. Shape of grants how much of that with the shape of private Sector Investment how much of that is going to add to iraqs debt burden and from the numbers so far it seems like the biggest portion of that are loans which will add of course to the amount of money iraq should eventually pay back only maybe some two or three billion is is so far declared as a grant to iraq. And sami theres been a lot of talk as well about security on the sidelines of this conference just explain it to explain to us why. Yes i think it was very clear when we heard from the u. S. Secretary of state who is speaking on the site on another Conference Held on the sidelines of this one. Conference for the Global Coalition to defeat i saw he urged people to remember that the war isnt over and talked about the importance of having boots on the ground to protect communities no longer live on the ice or rule why is that a concern now is because at this stage after a lot of the territories been taken off of vice all there is a concern about whether the Coalition Still has the interest and the consensus to keep it to agree on how to secure that vacuum left as i saw retreats and all the signals were getting so far would confirm that warry weve had a statement from the leader of one of the Popular Mobilisation forces in iraq threatening u. S. Forces in iraq telling them they should get out of town although be a target weve seen tension in syria between two allies the u. S. And turkey over the u. S. Is reliance on kurdish fighters which ankara considers to be nothing more than another terrorist group to fill the vacuum in Northern Syria where is this. Tension over how do you provide a secure environment who should be filling that vacuum so that you can begin reconstruction efforts and to that in the backdrop of course although the u. S. Secretary of state did commit two hundred Million Dollars to what he said would be the stabilization of some of those areas and syria which i suppose being picked out of you have a white house with the u. S. President tweeting that he feels moneys been wasted american money has been wasted in the middle east seven trillion dollars he said what a mistake stupidly spent while his secretary of state has been emphasizing the message of its time for everyone to invest more hasnt. Sammy down lifeless there in kuwait city. How the u. S. Secretary of state has called on iran to withdraw its armed groups from syria during talks with Syrian Opposition figures in jordan Rex Tillerson made the comments in the capital and man way signed an aide agreement with the Jordanian Foreign minister but iranian Officials Say their military presence is legitimate and called for the withdrawal of u. S. Troops. Well we are quite concerned about the recent incident involving israel israel and iranian assets inside of syria and i think this again illustrates why irans presence in syria is only destabilizing to the region and we think iran needs to withdraw its military its militia from syria and allow the hope for Peace Process to take hold in geneva plenty more ahead on this news out how a financial crisis is affecting health care in gaza. But this man who for to against i so is now being charged with a tariff fence. And later in sport north koreas best medal hopes make their debut Winter Olympics. So unless they have the first israeli Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu says he will continue to run the country thats despite the police recommending he be charged for corruption and bribery was accused of accepting the three hundred thousand dollars in gifts from billionaire benefactor hes also suspected of backroom deals with the publisher of an israeli newspaper for favorable coverage. I mean its a good first of all i want to reassure you the coalition is stable and no one not myself not anyone else plans to hold elections we will continue to Work Together with you for the people of israel until the end of the term after i read the reconditioned report i can say it is biased extreme full of holes like swiss cheese. A financial crisis in gaza is forcing hospitals and clinics to close patients cant use intensive care beds and those with contagious diseases have to stay in overcrowded room is cut out in the u. A. E. Or provided money to install generators in hospitals but it could be another week before its put into plan ben a smith reports from gaza. Mohamed el sir he has severe epilepsy this machine delivers a precise dosage of a drug every hour to control the two year old seizures for thirteen days now the electricity that powers it has come from solar panels the hospital like all in gaza has not been give money for generate a fuel and money but i was astonished i live in the power goes off for one minute or a certain looses his life he should be in the i. C. U. He needs an x. Ray well he couldnt do that. Much of the rest of this Pediatric Hospital is in darkness. Its happening because the fatter dominated Palestinian Authority in the west bank is refusing to release money until hamas hands over the taxes it gathers inside gaza both sides agreed in october that the p. A. Would take over governing here but deadlines keep being missed. This is the intensive care unit and twelve days ago the doctors he had to take really the incredibly difficult decision to close the unit to save electricity its very energy and electricity intensive in here and that power can be diverted to keep the rest of the hospital open there are five beds in the three that were occupied or those patients have been transferred to another hospital. They get most six hours of electricity a day here the rest of the time generators keep people alive the hospital director whos worked through all garzas crises and wars over the last twenty five years tells us hes never seen it so bad. If someone comes up to midnight with something critical sometimes we can save his life in five minutes when we have electricity we needed to give electric shocks for resuscitation for x. Rays for everything. In the few rooms with power a crowded patients and parents some of these children have contagious diseases like viral meningitis they should not be kept like this but the hospital director says they have no option it risks a wider outbreak of disease and thats potentially catastrophic in this densely populated sealed off of almost two Million PeopleBernard Smith aljazeera gasser our british man who fought with kurdish fighters against i saw in syria is appearing in court charged with the tariff fence forty three year old James Matthews is accused of quote attending a place used for terrorist training it is the first charge of its kind in the u. K. And the embalmers live for us in london so nadine what first of all what was he doing in syria. Well has him mr matthews jim matthews or as hes known a form of british soldier whos forty three is expected to turn up here very shortly to be formally charged as you say with attending a terrorist Training Camp in syria now he was in saudi arabia teaching english when in his own words he saw a video online of a female just how to holding the severed head of another woman he said he was so horrified that he felt compelled to go and fight against i still in syria he was part of the wipe e. G. The Kurdish Forces in the north of syria and his particular expertise was the mining and explosives he was one of three british men featured in a documentary on British National television in twenty fifteen featured fighting on the frontline with kurdish fighters against. Now he actually came back to britain to attend the funeral of one of those other two men fairly recently at the moment hes a free man hes not been in custody and he has never expressed anything but pride in what he did he obviously believes that he was doing