newly formed mk party exceeded expectations to finish third. but the party says it is considering challenging the results in court. and so begins a new era in south african politics, as well as new challenges for president cyril ramaphosa, who himself helped negotiate the end of apartheid. the bbc s africa correspondent, barbara plett usher, reports. it had been a slow and steady day, and then.this. the former president, now the head of the upstart mk party, an unexpected challenge to the anc. already reeling from voter anger over economic mismanagement and corruption scandals. jacob zuma has created quite a stir here. he s made a rock star entrance. his party came third, with an unexpectedly strong showing, taking a lot of votes away from the anc. ..and still trying to take more. he announced he had evidence of election rigging, said he was considering a demand for a full revote. the results aren t official yet, but they re clear. the anc has lost the outright majority it he
jacob zuma s newly formed mk party exceeded expectations to finish third. but the party says it is considering challenging the results in court. and so begins a new era in south african politics as well as new challenges for president cyril ramaphosa, who himself helped negotiate the end of apartheid. the bbc s africa correspondent, barbara plett usher, reports. it had been a slow and steady day, and then this. the former president, now the head of the upstart mk party, an unexpected challenge to the anc. ..already reeling from voter anger over economic mismanagement and corruption scandals. jacob zuma has created quite a stir here. he s made a rock star entrance. his party came third, with an unexpectedly strong showing, taking a lot of votes away from the anc. ..and still trying to take more. he announced he had evidence of election rigging, said he was considering a demand for a full revote. the results aren t official yet, but they re clear. the anc has lost the outrigh
in his hush money trial on thursday. today, he delivered a rambling response to the verdict. we ll look at what comes next legally and politically. and after days of uncertainty, labour leader sir keir starmer says diane abbott can run on his party s ticket. and we ll bring you up to date with everything else that s been happening on the campaign trail here in the uk. for weeks now, there have been talks and antipication around a ceasefire deal to end the conflict in gaza, and for weeks, those talks and that anticipation has led to nothing. could there be a breakthrough tonight? president biden has been speaking in the last few hours. he said israel had submitted a comprehensive, new proposal for a ceasefire to end its war with hamas. the plan would involve the withdrawal of israeli troops from populated areas of gaza as well as the release of israeli hostages. mr biden said the proposal has been sent to the palestinian side, and he urged hamas to accept it. let s hear some o
us presidentjoe biden has given ukraine permission to strike inside russia, but only near the area of kharkiv, according to us media reports. to gaza, and there are concerns over supplies of aid after a us built military pier was rendered temporarily out of action. the purpose builtjetty had only been in place for two weeks when part of the structure broke off, necessitating repairs. the pier has been key to getting humanitarian aid into gaza, particularly in the north. the united nations has warned aid deliveries into gaza had dropped by two thirds since israel s move into the southern city of rafah. it says the entire population of gaza, some 2.2 million people, is almost exclusively dependent on humanitarian assistance. meanwhile, israel says it s carried out more than 50 new air strikes across gaza in the last day and that its troops are engaging palestinian fighters on the ground injabaliya in the north of gaza. israel also says it has now established full control over
Running the Trump Organization. It worked that way in the campaign and in the white house. People like gary cohn, one of his chief economic advisers, peter navarro, he would have them battle it out about tariffs. Navarros side ended in winning. Thats also been trumps longheld view about tariffs. Gary cohn later resigned, mostly because of that decision made by the president. But he is someone who, in our reporting, shows in recent weeks hes grown more and more frustrated with some of the advice from his straf. Hes also grown more and more frustrated more of his staff is leaving, but at the same time, he feels a little liberated, hes been telling people close to him that he wants to trust his instincts, trust his gut. He thinks thats what won him the election in 2016 and thats what he waunnts to rely on more and more in the white house, and were seeing that this week in particular, the decision on tariffs and the surprising decision on north korea. How much does that thrill you, that he