South Africa Jacob Zuma his party meets today in another bid to oust him from the presidency it could be the end of his political career the new leader post a sixteen and pushing him out. Knitting for the war effort most turks support the countrys offensive against kurds in syria those who dont are being targeted by the government. And in football vertebrae in rebounding will have the highlights from that point of the match. Almost comical to have you with us in her first interview since clinching a deal for a new government has a question for him or said she would step down early to make way for a new generation of leaders the german chancellor has faced growing dissent from within her own party as just to put together a new Coalition Government well talk about that in a moment but first this report. Angela merkel hits back critics she has vowed to stay on. The for years what a help promised and i am one of those people who keeps their promises matterless come under criticism from wit
Party has sunk to fifteen point five percent throughout germany. How does it feel to have lower ratings than even the right wing populist party. Thats why. It bothers me a lot. I do think it shows a real trend but i dont think the air d. Is stronger than the s. P. D. And aside from that approval for the s. P. D. Is far too low and a large part of that is due to all the back and forth we allowed ourselves in the past week that needs to come to an end now we need to agree to the Coalition Deal join germanys government and use this work to restore our old strength or at least an appropriate amount of strength out of. It. I say old strength but are you just a bit tougher than some of your Party Comrades after all you won the parliamentary election in your home state to reinjure with just thirteen point two percent. Yes i mean are accustomed to these kinds of ups and downs than some older colleagues from more stable areas like hamburg and north rhinewestphalia. Its volatile voter approval s
And possibly out of the race, too. Good evening. President trump has urged china to put what he called a heavy move on north korea, after the regime said it has successfully tested an Intercontinental Ballistic Missile capable of carrying a nuclear warhead. Pyongyang claims the missile could strike anywhere on the planet. Western scientists are more sceptical, but say it could possibly reach as far as alaska. The launch is just days before World Leaders meet to discuss, among other things, north koreas weapons programme, which its pursuing despite international sanctions. Our Diplomatic Correspondent James Landale reports. This is the moment that north korea says it came a major power, the launch of a missile which it says can deliver a weapon as far away as the united states. The news was announced on State Television with barely constrained joy. The presenter showing the handwritten order given by the countrys leader, kim jong un. He personally supervised the launch of a missile whic
On g. W. Once upon a time there was a country the largest in the world in fact it was an empire it was called the soviet union shortly before its seventieth birthday it vanished from the map. Lets. Just get a ship if a state will agree to shake you open the gate you take the spittle for you. We are everywhere all over the world a star shines goes an old pioneer socialist Youth Organisation song by the end of the one nine hundred ninety s. That star was no longer shining almost a decade after the collapse of the soviet empire the old republics of the u. S. S. R. Had gone their separate ways. The Baltic States of estonia latvia and lithuania and decisively turned their backs on moscow and were on their way to becoming members of the e. U. And nato. The other successor states are often referred to by moscow as the near abroad reflecting an ardent desire for them to somehow still belong to russia but many of them were also now looking to the west. In most of the newly independent states th
Solution the Un Security Council is to hold an emergency session palestinians have taken to the streets israel has walked on the move will go to jerusalem and washington also coming up a senior volkswagen executive gets seven eight years in a u. S. Prison for his role in the diesel emissions cheating scandal. And a political opponent of president goes on trial in turkey. Leaves the procurators Opposition Party and his supporters say his trial is politically motivated. Im gonna go to have you with us widespread condemnation today of president Donald Trumps decision to recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel the United Nations Security Council will hold an emergency session on friday uns. Terry general antonio terra saying the move will only jeopardize prospects for peace trump said his decision marked the beginning of a new approach to the conflict between israel and the palestinians. With the stroke of a pen donald trump turned the middle east on its head. I have determined that i