Ask him to resign or south africas president. Rebuilding iraq donors aim to raise billions of dollars to help its people restart their shattered lives. Its a very important member of the defeat our coalition the u. S. Extra state pledges to help egypt to defeat. And revealed for the first time the official portraits of barack and michelle obama. And far as well in doha high winds again cause havoc at the Winter Olympics n. P. R. Chang some riders complain the slopestyle final was a lottery due to the condition. Atlanta has been growing for jacob zuma to stand down as south africas president abbas six hours his party the a. N. C. Of a meeting to discuss his fate the special gathering is a final attempt to precious zuma to resign and see president Cyril Ramaphosa ramped up the pressure on sunday saying the issue is causing disunity and discord as you mr downers a. N. C. Leader in december if this is a number of corruption charges after nine years in power i mean the miller has more from johannesburg. The agencys National Executive committee the top Decision Making body has been meeting for hours its expected to recall president jacob zuma from his position the president would then need to resign but all indications are this may not happen. As existed calls to step down for months including the last few days where we understand that the president of the a. N. C. Been in talks with zuma to agree on some sort of exit but those talks reportedly failed and now its up to the ne seed to decide what next for president zuma even if the any c. Decides to recall summa it doesnt have the power to remove a sitting head of state so zuma would have to resign if he doesnt the a. N. C. Is likely to move for a motion of no confidence in parliament now opposition parties already have a motion of no confidence debate scheduled for later this month but want to move forward to this week and the following of that they want to Parliament Dissolved and south africa to hold the snap elections within three months then sees in a corner dealing with a divided party an increasingly frustrated public and opposition parties demanding Decisive Action and the unseating of the ruling party chris fandom is a Research Analyst for the Africa Program at the International Think tank Chatham House and joins me live in the studio so this has been going on for hours now what do you think the outcome is going to be. This is been going on for weeks really i mean this is been going on since the top six of. Last week and moves in the direction of coming to the decision jacob zuma was ready to go i think with the outcome of the meeting to it will likely be one. That will see. Come to a decision for zuma to leave but that doesnt necessarily mean that he will this is something thats very tricky within the party theres this moment of unity following last years elective conference where so around oppose the leadership of the party and since then hes been pushing to get the leader. Of the country but those who supported jacob zuma has chosen successor and has a zone of immunity who lost the election theres still this latent support for zuma within the party from those people and in terms of human himself what whats in it for him to hang on given that in the end he probably does have to go who want to make sure that he can determine his his own exit rar two big things hanging over his head one of them are the prospects of facing corruption charges there are allegations of corruption against him from an arms dealer back in the one nine hundred ninety s. And theres also the commission of inquiry that hes Just Launched in two states capture and so hell be trying to find a exit strategy that. Leaves him well in both of those some hours and if the if he in the end doesnt if this meeting with the press is been going on for a while but that the meeting itself today if that doesnt conclude things are there any other methods for him to to be removed always is that likely to happen if the only see today decides he must go and he still refuses to step down which is what happens with his predecessor tarver and perky we only see a move to remove him and he saw the writing was on the wall and he did step down if zuma doesnt and so far he has shown to be a more difficult persons of a move than the party will move for motion of no confidence now there is already this motion tabled for next thursday the twenty second by the opposition theyre pushing to have it brought forward but the a. N. C. Will also want to have it brought forward but under the terms so that this can look like an a and see victory they wont want this to come out looking like an opposition victory and on that front of it how damaging is all this for the a. N. C. Because its partys been tarnished hasnt it by some of the allegations of corruption its own against the whats whats the state of the n. C. A. A. And. Well since you dont have it i mean since the last election really theres been this gaping void between support for zuma and support for the party the party still has his visit to all supporters and National Liberation movements and the importance that it has in south africa where resume is supporters being relatively low amongst the population and thats what the party is really going to have to move to rebuild for now is rebuild that fred ability and try and bring those people back on to the party and get that support ahead of the next election in twenty nineteen Chris Vanderveen very much gave the judges thank you. The International Donors are meeting in kuwait tasked with trying to meet a target of one hundred billion dollars needed by the Iraqi Government to rebuild their country iraq has published a list of one hundred fifty seven projects its seeking investment for to provide jobs and new homes for some of the two and a half Million People displaced by the fighting i mean saddam has more from kuwait. Ngos here the conference of pledged over three hundred Million Dollars to various humanitarian projects inside iraq and quite the engineers say well for about a third of that bill now that number still a far cry from the one hundred billion us dollars that iraqs Prime Minister said he needs in order to rebuild his country but iraqi officials ive been talking to say while the still more time theyre hopeful of getting more money in from this conference some of the early signals from some of the countries like the United States of america havent been all that encouraging youll recall over the course of this last week also Spokes Person for the state department saying things like one already in the business of nation building anymore when i spoke with iraqi officials about that sort of message well they said they hope to hear a different tune from the u. S. Secretary of state when he comes to kuwait they have to have response. About an arc no just to defeat but to rebuild could lead how much money would you like to see listen to listen bring potluck if he is going to get was twenty billion dollars and all the people so happy and very kind they will be very good attitude for for the outside world to respond more positively to calls like that one made there by dr mustafa a l hed see iraq will have to demonstrate to the outside world particularly to the private sector that it is a good destination for investment calling to Transparency International iraq stands at one hundred sixty six out of one hundred and seventy six countries when it comes to its corruption index so still some work to be done there. It and by iraqs largest province residents are vowing to take revenge on the families of eisel fighters if they return and i was one of the last faces to be freed from my so shot at best report ramadi was once a thriving city of hundreds of thousands of people after i solute was pushed out rubble lyings warehouses once stored. As a tribal province where people often take justice into their own hands tribesmen have warned the families of isis fighters not to return to the area. Though and we dont want to go back to square one were totally against that if they come back the blood will flow and neither tribes nor military operations will be able to stop it. But now theyve destroyed the homes of i still remember is a tech tick eisel itself has used in the past since. The armed groups whipped into a province in twenty thirteen the cities of Fallujah Ramadi and al kut and soon became urban battle fields civilians enjoyed it all in ramadi alone some ten thousand people were killed according to forty counts tribesmen warned families of i saw fighters will pay if they return now the whole is what we are not against them or tourney but the timing is bad and would risk provoking unrest and a return to bloodshed in the streets. I soon once enjoyed support in the region some sunni tribesmen hope to take control of fallujah and twenty thirteen they legs had to end against the armed groups. The fighters think that families of bias group matter should be in a camp under the supervision of Iraqi Government and expert such as clerics professors and intellectuals they should receive a daily training session. Around three hundred eighty families of isis fighters including women and children are already detained in two camps across the province they remain out costs in cities charlotte ballasts. Still to come on the news a look at larrys teeth. Said. A social Media Campaign calls for it to be saved it will talk to a white helmet volunteer about the siege. Investigators search for the cause of the plane crash which killed all seventy one people on board in russia plus. And im Tatiana Sanchez and doha west several formal while tennis number ones path for the first of may just stop after the Australian Open. Rex tillerson says the trumpet ministration remains committed to working with egypt to defeat the threat of ice so he discussed the issue with the egyptian foreign minister some issue create in cairo at the start of his middle east tour to us and also held talks with president sisi he says the United States and cairo share a common goal for lasting peace in the region. We agreed that we would continue our close cooperation on Counterterrorism Measures including our joint commitment to the defeat of isis in egypt has been a very important member of the defeat Isis Coalition from the beginning they egypt deals with the threats of isis themselves and are dealing with it certainly currently in the sinai we also discussed the importance of the protection and promotion of human rights in the vital role of Civil Society in egypt with the president ial elections planned for the end of march the United States as it does in all countries supports a transparent and credible electoral process. At a. With most of the conversation was based on the bilateral relations there was a deep and genuine interest from mr tillotson with the u. S. To continue to work can support egypt and Work Together to achieve common interests this is what i reiterate to him egypt is keen on maintaining this positive friendly relationship which will no doubt bring about most ability and security and push forward to achieving lasting peace in the middle east than it smith has more from gaza. Before the u. S. Secretary of state left for the middle east his officials admitted that most of Rex Tillerson discussions here would be difficult in cairo he raised the issue of human rights of a free and Fair Election egyptians vote for a new president at the end of march an incumbent sisi standing for a second term most of his opponents have either been jailed or silenced but most of the talks between Rex Tillerson on his opposite number some of the seem to focus on security and israel on the palestinians on security because the egyptians are involved in a major crackdown on isel forces in the sinai and the u. S. Is providing significant Security Intelligence cooperation on that front and on israel and the palestinians the u. S. Needs egyptian backing for the u. S. To continue its mediation role following Donald Trumps decision to announce or to recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel u. S. Says it Still Believes it has a mediating role to play on the egyptians have said that they believe the u. S. Should be involved until there is a final settlement between israel and palestinians the problem is the palestinians at the moment no longer see the americans as independent arbiters in the view of the asians with the israelis. Due to visit turkey later this week when the relations between the two nato allies strained over syria the u. S. Defense secretary has admitted that some american backed Syrian Kurdish fighters are coming to the aid of fellow kurds fighting Turkish Forces in african province the turkish army says at least thirty one of its soldiers have been killed and more one hundred forty wounded since it launched an offensive against Kurdish Forces and last month turkeys foreign minister says that relations with washington are so very critical point over its support of the candidates. Position activists in syria is turning to social media to highlight the suffering of around three hundred fifty thousand people trapped in the besieged area hundreds of people have been killed in shelling by Government Forces and their allies in recent weeks the un has been calling for a cease fire so that aid can reach people affected by the fighting so hard to report from beirut in neighboring lebanon. Now. Appeals for help coming from the children of. The we are being killed by your silence before it is too late mohammad says the. Opposition activists have launched a campaign on social media to highlight what they describe as the suffering of those trapped in. The intensity of the airstrikes targeting the rebel held area has been unprecedented the bombing relentless. Syrian and russian aircraft have stepped up to the recent days in a military operation that began in late december. Since then over four hundred people have been killed half in the first week of february alone. According to the syrian observatory for human rights at least one hundred of the casualties were children. Nowhere is safe the United Nations says people are under extreme danger calls for a cease fire have been ignored three Health Facilities have been hit in the past week the u. N. Has been trying to evacuate hundreds of critically ill and wounded patients for months now. East. Has been encircled by Government Forces for four years as of late the seach has been tightened and no aid has entered in months the un is appealing for access to provide the people with food fuel and medicine and International Aid organizations say they cannot imagine the scale of the humanitarian disaster if a cease fire does not take effect the u. N. Security council failed to support a proposal for a truce russia a veto wielding member of the Council Called it unrealistic saying its not sure what it called terrorists are in agreement was. The people of eastern huta still have their voices they are hoping to be heard but campaigns like this one have been tried in the past they didnt stop the bloodshed. Residential areas are being hit buildings are being flattened there is a wide scale destruction and the International Community is still silent. Was eleven the Civil Defense volunteers have been overwhelmed since the battle for control of eastern escalated one of them discovering the body of his mother under the rubble there is desperation but little sign that scenes like this will not happen again. Beirut for more their son joined. Us from the white helmet souse in paris and watch how much as a humanitarian Organization Made up of volunteers you help syrian civilians on the ground thank you very much indeed for taking the time to talk to us or can you can you explain to us how serious the situation is in. In one week more than one hundred more than four hundred casualties just in the last week one hundred of them were children you can imagine what the situation there is no reason for the International Community or for that we will to keep silent we are in the same in front of the sense you know your of your book or. Any and its really be it in two thousand and eighteen before that it was in a new book in two thousand and seventeen. We will face the same scenario without any areas on but just there is an International Humanitarian law and no one cared about it i mean it that you say this they just silent but actually the un has been calling for a cease fire of a month and has pulled what has been happening in some of these areas but do you think that thats likely to happen given that it was supposed to be a deescalation zone as well where do we faced many cease fire and do we. Listen that many times about is fine but actually its not real ceasefire we dont know when the bears are try its o