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
Corruption investigation of south africas president leads police to the home of one of the countrys most influential families. Rebuilding iraq kuwait pledges two billion dollars to help the country republic from years of conflict. Police recommend the israeli Prime Ministers indictment on corruption charges Benjamin Netanyahu says nothing will come of it. In sports sean whites makes snowboarding history of the Winter Olympics the american winning an unprecedented third gold medal in the hot spot events. Police in south africa have raided the home of a prominent business family with times to president jacob zuma three people were arrested and that comes a day after the Ruling African National congress ordered zuma to step down as the nations Leader Police sealed off the roads around the home of the gupta family in johannesburg with the area designated a crime scene president zuma is under investigation over a corruption links to the family. Hes accused of being influenced by the group t
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
Decision to resign as president of the republic with immediate effect south africas scandal plagued president jacob zuma reluctantly steps down under intense pressure from his own party. Also seventeen People Killed during a Us High School shooting the suspect is a former student hed been expelled and. Russia can push the regime to commit to seeking a real peace in syria the u. S. And russia again trade blame at the u. N. After the special envoy for syria says the violence is at its worst level for years. Also around moves in on black market money traders and sinking currency inflicts more pain on the economy. Welcome to the news hour jacob zuma has resigned south africas president heeding orders from his ruling party the a. N. C. Hes going immediately bringing an end to almost nine scandal plagued years in power for me to miller possible from johannesburg. A reluctant announcement from an in vattel to president i have therefore coming to the decision to resign as president of the repu
President hes not going anywhere and insists hes a victim of unfair treatment meanwhile police in johannesburg arrest the members of the influential family well examine what this all means for south africas future. The group the family is the talk of social media in south africa with many people wondering why the raids are taking place now. All in the reaction to that story. Also on the grid thirty billion dollars over ten years the amount of money pledged in donations and loans by International Donors to rebuild iraq but that falls away sort of the hundred billion dollars that the Prime Minister says his country needs to rebuild after years of conflict including the most recent against i so well break down the numbers for you thats coming up painting the real picture artists tell stories of trauma faced by refugees trying to get to australia. My. You with the news grid were live on air were streaming online through you tube facebook life and aljazeera dot com as well thanks for joinin