Fully back to boyer watching al jazeera live from doha also coming up seventeen People Killed in a shooting at a school in the us a former student who had been expelled is held by police. 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 and iran moves in on black market money traders as its sinking carrying same fix more economic pain on the people. Thank you for joining as jacob zuma has resigned as south africas president heeding orders from his ruling party the African National congress his departure ends almost nine years in power plagued by scandal tom de media has a report from chinas speck. A reluctant announcement from an embattled president i have the four coming to the decision to resign as president of the republic with immediate effect. Even though i disagree with the decision of of the leadership of my organization. I
Of Opposition Leader Morgan Chiang Rai the u. S. Secretary of state Rex Tillerson arrives in lebanon as part of his middle east tour. And its wave has it in one thousand eight hundred up exhibition that showcases the artist and technology that heralded a moment of unprecedented cultural change. South africa is awaiting a changing of the guard after jacob zuma resigned from the presidency sumos told a step down by the governing a. N. C. Party his nine year term has been plagued by numerous corruption scandals well the stage is now set for a. N. C. Lead a civil vom opposed to become the countrys next president he will face an election next year but in the meantime hell be dealing with the many challenges including high unemployment and crime family the mother reports from johannesburg. A reluctant announcement from an embattled president i have therefore coming to the decision to resign as president of the republic with immediate effect even though i disagree with the decision of the lea
Container that is cutting down on waste and making money by helping the environment. Well find out more. And austria is banning the smoking ban. So would you avoid places where smoking is allowed or are you not that bothered . Just use the hashtag bbcbizlive. Hello and welcome to business live. South africas beleaguered president jacob zuma has resigned with immediate effect avoiding a no confidence vote planned for today. He faced persistent allegations of corruption and will now be formally succeeded by Cyril Ramaphosa, the new leader of the anc. Markets have reacted positively to the prospect of a new president. Since the start of december, the South African rand has been the best performing currency out of all of the emerging economies here you can see the dollar declining against the strengthening rand. It rallied a further 2 on the news of mr zumas resignation. Many suggest mr zuma was not committed to serious economic reforms. Gdp growth has slowed over the course of his tenure.
South africas new president admits the failures of the past and vows to work towards a Better Future in his state of the nation address. A state of emergency is declared in ethiopia after the sudden resignation of the prime minister. The emir of qatar calls for collective action in the middle east on security and says the boycott of his country is a futile exercise. And style without boundaries London Fashion week opens with a focus on diversity and social issues. Im joined with the sport as the u. S. Save gulden golf game became the secret that you cant win them all after failing to medal in the slalom in killing the track. Will begin in the south africa where the new president s obama polls has been making his state of the nation address his first of course speaking in cape town from a poser said he would need to take tough decisions to reduce the size of the countrys fiscal deficit and stabilize debt after years of weak growth from a poser also said his government was committed to e
By my ass waiter thank you for joining us a russian passenger plane has crashed outside moscow killing all seventy one people on board the sato of Airlines Regional jet disappeared from radar screens shortly after taking off at a moscow airport the cause of the class of the crash remains unclear but russian president Vladimir Putin has instructed the government to set up a special commission to investigate but should always much the aircraft came down on snow covered ground just outside moscow the Saratov Airlines jet was carrying sixty five passengers and six crew. Emergency services rushed to the scene but the russian authorities later confirmed there were no survivors three children were among the dead were. The plane crash just a few minutes after takeoff from moscows domo airport the flight was heading for the city of or sq some fifteen hundred kilometers to the southeast in the Ural Mountains near russias border with kazakstan. Most of the passengers are thought to have been from