From madhus close down so very uneasy apne going to be paying enough for. Grabs in in south africa but only if you dont think for change for the better especially club music could move away from john street as it was rolled out will be made to say about that its time for you to step down. We begin with an on certain political future in south africa the ruling a. N. C. Party has confirmed it has told jacob zuma to step down but getting him to go could prove messy the scandal ridden president is under no constitutional obligation to leave and he has defiantly insisted that he needs more time his years as president have been marred by allegations of widespread corruption but the party has until now stood by their man will ask an expert what has changed and what might happen next first heres what the a. N. C. Secretary general had to say the statement on tuesday. Enough knowledge that if only to the ones i didnt say that they should. Too but if president jacob zuma. About. This issue. For good in the short short period of time for sort of this mysterious busy lives of so that. From the dealer gives you the president. Who was once mobility this time its too short. There was the cooperation between all of us the president of the north for their own lives it is not good. For the short terms of the process where we call or what do we expect other people to do with. Their expecting to do so i dont know what. Lets leave it to the rest of their groups. And for more lets bring in Melanie Miller from the German Institute for international and Security Affairs thank you so much for joining us tony thank you could even. We just heard there at the a. N. C. Secretary general saying lets leave it to zuma surely back cannot be a plan given zuma is defiance and his refusal to step down so what do you think happens now Going Forward could zuma still be in power three months from now six months from now whether it does very difficult to say at the moment and i find a very difficult to speculate he has called for a press press briefing tomorrow morning. And see what is going on it doesnt seem that hes going to step down immediately because if he would do so have a plan to address the nation and not the media. You know. Why not just hold a vote of no confidence and parliament why isnt the a. N. C. Just doing that zuma would be a pretty swiftly removed i wouldnt say yes i think so but it would also make him look weak and i think the. Its trying to avoid death because it would also make. Make it up the organization because its at least what a lot of people in a. N. C. Think im pretty sure that they would get the majority did this needed for a motion of no confidence but it would also expose people who dont support it with india and people who support still part of his network and i think thats why they try to avoid a risk so its easier if he steps down. This is a man he has been dogged by so much controversy i just want to bring us back to where it all began because he was replaced as Deputy President of south africa back in two thousand and five when he was implicated in a Corruption Scandal but since found i mean the party has really stood by their man and so what has changed now specifically within the a. N. C. And within the country well i think and as you could see in the report people are fed up with jacob zuma theres been more allegations of state capture coming up which means. You know he has developed strong corrupt networks and people see to it so and he doesnt deliver i think that is one problem on the other hand there is now an alternative for. Was been elected head of the a. N. C. In december twenty seventeen. To president of. Likely become the south african president. As an opportunity now and i think they need it because if they dont remove. And theyll be elections coming up in probably the beginning of twenty nineteen. More and more weak and it will be difficult not to lose more voters than theyve already had in the last election and be enthusiasm over whether he would fight corruption. And also i think he is a spy and people. Hes developed a vision for south africa. That he might be to write one to enforce that but you know he promised the public for example thats it was future would be finalized during the meeting on monday that obviously has not happened yet how badly has that damaged his position well i think it has damaged his position because it makes him look weak but i think he looks weaker than he is. As i said its a big party and they have different factions still and there are people who support. Means if im up or so doesnt want to divide to party he somehow has to find a solution. To Work Together with the two threatens and he will also get support from the foremost method and he of course if he runs for president next year hes going to need to support of the whole party and i think that in c. Unity is an important its very important and he would inherit a country with quite a lot of problems i want to talk a little bit more about not because we know that south africa is africas strongest economy or rather its most powerful economy but right now it is certainly facing a host of challenges and it yeah yeah i mean it could make situation is very bad the countrys been downgraded to junk status. Then we have a south africa has an education crisis. Unemployment is very high. A lot of people live on the deposit and so its a lot of problems and corruption doesnt help because its weak leadership it doesnt for the change that are necessary have to moment melody miller from the German Institute for international and Security Affairs joining us to talk a little bit more about this on certain political future and south africa especially with regard to the current president jacob zuma we appreciate it thank you. Well South Africans are trying to figure out president seumas future will he resign will he try to stick it out a whole lot of questions surrounding that there has been so much speculation recently that some citizens are turning to social media for clues in particular an Instagram Post by one of his four wives it looks like a simple selfie post last week by the first lady of her president of her and the president zuma but some South Africans say that her comments on this post might clue us into his intentions she has responded to a commenter in zulu saying that zuma will finish what he started because he doesnt take orders beyond the Atlantic Ocean so does that mean that zuma wont be stepping down or will he just a few days after that controversial comment the first lady changed her Instagram User name it had previously been first ladies in love but it has now been changed to her full name was political fate is such a big discussion on social media that earlier today five of the top ten twitter hash tags in south africa were related to the crisis and many there say that it is paralyzing the nation for example one woman in johannesburg writes my life has come to a standstill for the last two weeks i dont even go to the gym as i spend all of my time waiting for zuma meaning or rather zags that she writes mean exuma exit she writes ive done this is the rate zuma will all at this rate zuma will only leave when i am fat. Others are casting blame on the a. N. C. As well one lawyer here writing this dumont didnt keep himself in power the a. N. C. Did zuma didnt protect himself from eight motions of no confidence the a. N. C. Did zuma alone didnt obscure the truth with lies and absolute scale the a. N. C. Did zuma alone is not the problem zuma exit and cartoonists also having a field day one cartoonist writes this cartoon it basically shows president zuma holding on by his fingernails us his Deputy President attempts to literally drag him from office saying nearly there please be patient just a bit more patience needed as we heard zuma expected to address the nation on wednesday perhaps. Israeli police say that they have enough evidence to recommend that prosecutors consider charging Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu with bribery following a fourteen month investigation the recommendation has been handed to the countrys attorney general netanyahu denies wrongdoing in a combative t. V. Address he said that all recommendations against him will quote end with nothing he said that he will continue to lead israel responsibly and faithfully the Prime Minister has been questioned several times over the past year and is a suspect in two separate cases. Israels Prime MinisterBenjamin Bibi netanyahu has held the post nine years but now his political future seems a bit. For many months a special police unit has been investigating serious allegations against the Prime Minister these probes known to israelis as cases one and two thousand case one thousand netanyahu and his family is suspected of accepting lavish gifts from Business People and rich friends champagne cigars and other items worth tens of thousands of israeli shekels in case two thousand the Prime Minister allegedly tried to influence the publisher of a daily newspaper in order to receive more favorable coverage. Netanyahu has built his career on the image of mr security according to surveys hes still the favorite Prime Minister of many israelis but in the last few months some israelis have gone out to protest calling the attorney general to speed up the investigation. Its now up to the attorney general to decide whether to follow the recommendations of the police. Netanyahu himself has denied all accusations and called the investigations a witch hunt against him and his family. For more im joined now by middle east correspondent tanya kramer who is joining us live from israel this evening so tanya netanyahu has responded apparently defiantly to these allegations tell us more. Well this has been certainly a major News Development here in israel i mean for months now has been this cloud hanging over the Prime Minister for these many months of investigation now its official and israelis will be able to find out the details of the investigation now that police has found enough evidence as it appears to recommend possible indictments in private and also preach of trust in both cases case one thousand and case two thousand and Prime Minister netanyahu has always said and that has been his montreal a long day will be nothing because day is nothing he immediately went out to address the israeli public about these three commendations saying that he wants to stay and he votes to stay the Prime Minister wants to continue lead the country that he feels that his family and himself have been so many times attacked over a geisha and accusations and also he repeated again that there will be nothing because there is nothing how can he be so sure though tanya just walk us through what the next steps might be and what he could be facing. Well these are now every commendations by the police now its in the hands of the attorney general to decide whether to indict the Prime Minister or not and that could take some time as we understand but of course in the coming days and weeks to be looking also at the political arena what will happen there now his Coalition Partners already have said that they some of them at least will wait what the attorney general decides and then built or their own conclusions but obviously also the israeli public will have a say in that you saw in the past couple of months i have been demonstrations to speak up those investigations and its probably also in the Public Opinion now of what the future will look like for Prime Minister netanyahu. Tanya tell us a little bit more about the exact allegations i mean weve heard about this for example this case one thousand where he is suspected of accepting gifts from billionaire benefactors what are the details there. Well the details are still coming out but what the allegations are that he has been for many years taken gifts and it was always called the champagne and cigar case that he has taken gifts from businessmen specially this one producer that has been always mentioned and that has been. Many tens of thousands of israeli shekels now what the question here was for the police has he actually given some favors in return now we are waiting for all the details to come out on that and the case one thousand has more to do with favorite you know influencing a popular show to get more favorite coverage but to be understand that deal hasnt been really implemented at the end times cramer with the latest from israel where as we mentioned there are reports that police have enough evidence to recommend that prosecutors consider targeting Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu with bribery tania thank you for your reporting. And netanyahu is not the only person facing legal problems in israel the highly divisive trial of a palestinian teenager got underway behind closed doors at a military court in israel. Were her acts a valid protest or a violent provocation over palestinians aka tommy has become a symbol of their struggle against israels occupation of the west bank she faces twelve charges including assault and incitement footage of the seventeen year old slapping and pushing two Israeli Soldiers after the shooting of her younger cousin last year put her story in the spotlight International HumanitarianRights Groups and the European Union have criticised israels handling of the miners case the case has also ignited debate about what is and what is not a legitimate form of resistance to occupation. This was the video that went viral palestinian teenager had to mean me pushes first one and then a second Israeli Soldiers standing guard on the family property then she dashed out again the film sparked fierce debate the palestinians are head is a symbol of resistance to the israeli occupation. Including many israelis shes a provocative. Within days of this incident i had was detained by Israeli Special forces. At home in the west bank her father passed them to me is now following her trial bassam rejects charges that the family was exploiting the video for political means he says they were only recording what happened. Do you want to show the world was the cry them in the land was the victim we always that committed to protect ourselves because if there is no camera he will call shot dad like how much before it went the minutes we use coming up because its part of what we want in our nonviolent resistance now our head is being tried by an Israeli Military court cases twelve charges including assault and incitement a mother also faces trial for aiding her this is where it all happened the village of nabby sally in the occupied west bank close by the jewish settlement of had a mish settlers that have taken control of the villages water source and much of the land prompting years of protest. From a young age i had to meaning has been seen online defiantly confronting Israeli Soldiers the protests often end with the palestinians throwing stones and the israeli army responding with rubber bullets and tear gas. And the day the video was posted an israeli soldier had shot i had a cousin mohammed at close range with a rubber bullet inflicting serious injury the fifteen year old is still recovering. The news of it is made me more afraid of the soldiers because they shoot anyone in the head all the fairies or wherever now the rubber bullets hit you very hard. Many israelis viewed the protests as part of a palestinian Propaganda Machine to make the Israeli Ministry look bad and that something the Israeli Government has little tolerance for they want to send a message to this family and also this this village that basically this kind of. Way in which theres a lot of videos to try to show off Israeli Soldiers evil that this that kind of profiting off this as. The state kind of accuses the family of havent done that this is not going to go on. Israeli human rights activists say that are his case also sheds light on israels controversial practice of detaining palestinian children and trying them by military courts now are headed to mimi looks set to be facing a long jail sentence with the courts here having a conviction rate of over ninety percent. Melting ice sheets in greenland and antarctica are speeding up the already fast rise in sea levels thats the finding from researchers at the National Academy of sciences and the United States theyve been studying twenty five years of satellite data and they predict that by the end of the century the worlds oceans will be more than sixty centimeters higher than today. Rising sea levels are already flooding the homes of people on the Marshall Islands in the South Pacific that powerless against the salt water which has made the farmland barren and replace the fresh water. New satellite imagery shows that other low lying nations are also under threat. Was one of the countries that are vulnerable as those with coastal regions that could be germanys coast which is experiencing rising sea levels as well as small island nations around the world like feeding. Them in global food. The main finding of the new study