Today. South african president jacob zuma has warned that the Ruling African National congress is at a crossroads. He was speaking as delegates met to choose a successor as party leader. We can look at the main contenders to succeed him. They are deputy present Cyril Ramaphosa and and a former cabinet minister, dr dlamini zuma. President zumas called for an end to party infighting. Fergal keenan has more. Fergal keane. Not since the anc came to power 23 years ago has so much depended on the votes of its Party Members. An organisation that held together through more than eight decades of white rule is now bitterly divided. They sing the same song but support very different visions. This conference isnt just about the future of a Liberation Movement, a political party. Its about the future of this country. Will the anc elect a new leader who has promised to sweep away corruption . The anc has always been good at shows of unity, like the clasped hands of the two contenders. They are both
Winds and heavy rain. Many areas in the Central Region have lost power and flooding is expected as far west as the capital, havana. One Million People, nearly a tenth of the population, have been evacuated. These pictures show the eye of the hurricane as seen from a plane flying over the storm. 0ur correspondent will grant is in havana with the latest on the situation. Cu ba ns cubans had hoped they would avoid the worst of Hurricane Irma, but they had no such luck. With the full force of a category five storm, the hurricane tore through the irelands northern shore. The storm surge almost completely engulfing several small fishing villages. Electricity and communication links are right gcioss and communication links are right across swathes of the country. But some communities are wrong the coast are wondering how they would ever rebuild, others are bracing themselves for irmas impact. Even in the big cities people are getting nervous. Translation i am really worried. My home is in a g
Most pa rt showers in the north, but for the most part it will be dry, bright and breezy. Some showers and cloud around in the afternoon, but temperatures 12 or 13 degrees, with showers on the heavy side and rumbles of thunder. Northern england for the most part, fine and dry, but 11 degrees on the north sea coast. 15 to 16 in Northern Ireland and 1718 in the west of scotland. It stays breezy for all areas through the evening. Showers slowly drifting away towards the near continent. That Easterly Breeze will dragon a fair bit of low cloud on tuesday morning. Most places by then should be frost free. Some of the cloud is low and great, towards the eastern side of scotland. Is the main area of low pressure side of scotland. Is the main area of low pressure drift south on tuesday, we start to see High Pressure from moving and. Wind will come in from the east generating low cloud, and it could stay cool and grey on the eastern coastal areas, ten to 13 degrees. Inland it could be drier and
With north korea. The us president also spoke highly of the north Korean Leader kimjong un, calling him a pretty smart cookie. President trump has been marking one hundred days of his presidency with a speech at a rally in pennsylvania. Supporters last night were pleased with how he is performing around the globe, they say they have a tough leader in donald trump. During the rally he explained to his supporters why he appears to have stopped publicly decrying china as a currency manipulator. He said to be tough on china. He explained, look, isat he said to be tough on china. He explained, look, i sat down with the president of china and asked for help with the blood can. When we spoke to supporters, they believe yea rs spoke to supporters, they believe years on the right track. A man i have got to like and respect, the president of china, president xi, i believe has been putting pressure on them also, but perhaps so far nothing has happened and perhaps it has. This was a small missile,
Most pa rt showers in the north, but for the most part it will be dry, bright and breezy. Some showers and cloud around in the afternoon, but temperatures 12 or 13 degrees, with showers on the heavy side and rumbles of thunder. Northern england for the most part, fine and dry, but 11 degrees on the north sea coast. 15 to 16 in Northern Ireland and 1718 in the west of scotland. It stays breezy for all areas through the evening. Showers slowly drifting away towards the near continent. That Easterly Breeze will dragon a fair bit of low cloud on tuesday morning. Most places by then should be frost free. Some of the cloud is low and great, towards the eastern side of scotland. Is the main area of low pressure side of scotland. Is the main area of low pressure drift south on tuesday, we start to see High Pressure from moving and. Wind will come in from the east generating low cloud, and it could stay cool and grey on the eastern coastal areas, ten to 13 degrees. Inland it could be drier and