The u. N. Agency at appomattox editor james bays has more from the u. N. In new york we dont have a great deal of detail from the us about exactly why its doing this it doesnt like the way its run it says there needs to be or the need to undertake a fundamental reexamination of andro both in the way it operates in the way it is funded they also say why should the u. S. Be paying all this money being the key funder of on russia why are other nations not paying more theyre calling for burden sharing clearly there is a political aspect to all of this i think from the trumpet ministration and theres likely to be a political effect of all of this because remember this comes hard on the heels of the u. S. Saying that jerusalem is israels capital in their view these are two measures taken together which are really going to anger the palestinians. U. S. Secretary of state Rex Tillerson says the world should step up pressure on north korea until it abandons its Nuclear Program he says the fact
Jacob zuma says hes being victimized by his own party as the a. N. C. Piles on the pressure to step aside. The this as violent and dangerous a moment as i need to see in my time a chilling report card on the situation in syria the uns special envoy briefs the Security Council in new york. Billions of dollars are pledged to help iraq rebuild after i saw it but its far below whats needed. Im joined again by the way a days sport shaun white makes snowboarding history at the Winter Olympics but just to see thinks of his third gold medal the american also angers the meteor movement by. South africas embattled president jacob zuma has broken his silence over the growing calls for him to resign in a forty five minute Television Interview zuma called the instruction from his party the African National congress to step aside unfair because he says hes done nothing wrong as soon as been given an ultimatum by the a. N. C. Resign by the end of the day or face a vote of no confidence he says theres
In global news, business, and sport. Are and you can be part of the conversation. Its that time of year when thoughts turn to love and romance, as people celebrate valentines day. Is it something you mark or do you think its over commercialised . Tell us what you think, just use bbcthebriefing. In her israels Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has confirmed that police are recommending that he be charged with corruption offences. They say theres evidence he gave bribes to get positive media coverage, and helped rich friends after receiving lavish gifts. In an address on israeli television, mr netanyahu said nothing would come of the cases against him, and that he will remain in office. Our correspondent James Reynolds reports from jerusalem. The Israeli Police recommend charges against the countrys Prime Minister in two separate cases. The first centres on gifts for favours and Police Believe that Benjamin Netanyahu gave special treatment to wealthy friends after receiving lavish pres
And taters aljazeera live from london also coming up this as violent and worrying and dangerous a moment as that in my time a chilling report card on the situation in syria the uns special envoy briefs the Security Council in new york. Billions of dollars are pledged to help iraq rebuild after i saw its fall below whats needed. Colombia calls for help to deal with hundreds of thousands of venezuelans crossing the border to escape economic hardship. Hello south africas embattled president jacob zuma has broken his silence over the growing calls for him to resign in a forty five minute Television Interview zuma said the instruction from his party the African National congress to step aside was unfair because hes done nothing wrong has been given an ultimatum by the a. N. C. To resign by the end of the day or face a vote of no confidence. Where found it very strange that. You now must go. Because. We now have two new president who must come. Not to follow in any policy of the abyss nothin
Are recommending he be charged with corruption offences. Poloice say theres evidence Benjamin Netanyahu gave bribes to get positive media coverage, and helped rich friends after receiving lavish gifts. In an address on israeli television, mr netanyahu insisted nothing would come of the cases against him, and that he will remain in office. The bbcs James Reynolds reports from jerusalem. N0 audio. Sorry about that. We seem to be having some audio problems with that. We will return as we possibly can. Is bring you updated with what is happening in the senate. The leaders of Us Intelligence agencies have been updating senators on the threats facing the country. They spoke of military and nuclear challenges around the world, and warned of more election interference at home. But domestic politics also featured, with the head of the fbi contradicting the white house version of events over the departure of senior aide rob porter. Jane obrien has more on the days testimony. Part of the job of a