His statement, we have had it in just the last few minutes. The embattled South African president jacob zuma has finally said he has been compelled to resign as president of south africa. He went on National Television half an hour ago, spoke tojust on National Television half an hour ago, spoke to just about half an hour, saying i have come to the decision to resign. This has followed weeks of intense political pressure from his own party to stand down. He addressed the nation a short while ago, lets listen to a little of what he had to say. It is now Public Knowledge that the National Executive committee of the anc resolved to recall me as the president of the republic. I have also learned that before i respond to the initial decision, a new decision has been made by the anc, whose effect is that i have now been compelled to resign by way of a motion of no confidence, set down for tomorrow, 15th avery 2018. So there we are, we are talking about the final straw in this whole process that would have been a vote of no confidence held in the South African Parliament on thursday morning. That was the ultimatum, if he didnt step down by the end of today that he would be facing that. So he left it right to the very end of the day, nearly 11 oclock South African time, finally saying he did not fear a vote of no confidence compete for that was the right way that a president should be removed, ifa that a president should be removed, if a president serving the time under the constitution, but then towards the end of the speech gave those words that he will resign, and he had been under so much pressure to resign. This is the anc treasurer general, who were setting that ultimatum to jacob zuma earlier today. We can no longer wait beyond today. We can no longer wait beyond today. We can no longer wait beyond today. We dont want to keep south africa waiting. President zuma at some point will respond. The decision has been taken. It must be implemented, so my message to the caucus today was that there must now proceed and parliamentary process. It has been a day of question marks. We thought we would hear earlier in the day from jacob zuma, that was moved, another couple of hours, moved, another couple of hours, moved again, then a nearly one long rambling interview, asking the public to think that he has done nothing wrong, wondering in aya why he had been treated as a victim. But right at the end of the evening in south africa, just wondering dash mac just moments ago, jacob zuma officially giving notice that he would resign. Here it is. |j zuma officially giving notice that he would resign. Here it is. I have therefore come to the decision to resign as president of the republic, with immediate effect. Even though i disagree with the decision of the leadership of my organisation, i have always been a disciplined member of the anc. As i leave, i will continue to serve the people of south africa, as well as the anc, the organisation i have served all of my life. Now the expectation is that the Deputy President and new leader of the anc, Cyril Ramaphosa, will now take the place of jacob zuma, and that that no confidence vote in the South African Parliament will no longer be necessary. We will bring you plenty more on this story as soon as we get it later on outside source. Donald trumps long time personal lawyer has admitted privately paying a porn star more than 100,000 a month before the us elections in 2016. We turn to Anthony Zurcher for insight into us politics i talked to him about the new details in these story. Ssource what we heard today was confirmation that payment had been made just weeks before the president ial election. What we didnt hear from michael cohen, donald trump was makalio, was why he made it, but the wall streetjournal reported makalio, was why he made it, but the wall street journal reported last month that the payment was made in exchange for a nondisclosure agreement that Stormy Daniels signed that would prevent her from talking about a 2006 affair she said she had with donald trump. Wejust about a 2006 affair she said she had with donald trump. We just heard recently breaking news was that Stormy Danielss personal manager has said that because michael coen talk to the New York Times in the story that she now is free from that nondisclosure agreement, something that coen hadnt confirmed, but she will be talking about the details of this affair very soon. So i think the story is onlyjust beginning to get warmed up. Wow, 0k anthony, stay with us. From the matter of the pawn star to the matter of the alleged wife beater. Robin porter, the white house staffer who resigned, he was allowed to serve as a top aide to president trump, even after his two ex wives told the fbi he had physically and emotionally abused them. Lets go back to anthony. Do we know what was known by the white house at the time this man was fired . M what was known by the white house at the time this man was fired . It has been a shifting story, the white house had tried to save a just learned about it last week but reports are that they have known about it quite some time. This is from christopher ray, that they had basically closed the investigation the middle of last year and finished the middle of last year and finished the file as recently as january. But all this information had been passed on to the white house, including details about rob porters spousal abuse. Mr porter himself had spoken with the white house about it, so they had known that direction and in fa ct they had known that direction and in fact an ex girlfriend of rob porter possum akkad communicated with the white House Counsel about her concerns with rob porter in that position. So the fact they have been shifting their story and moving away from the earlier assertions that they acted clearly, i think it is a reflection of the fact that there is a lack of confidence in the white house on how to deal with this. This is the main reason why the story doesnt seem to be going away any time soon. Lets return to Southern Africa for another story that has broken in the last couple of hours. Morgan tsvangirai, the veteran zimbabwean Opposition Leader who fought Robert Mugabes regime for many years, has died after battling against cancer. Shingai nyoka takes this look back at his life. As a challenging one of africas ruthless and shrewdest leaders, the odds were always against Morgan Tsvangirai. What he lacked in formal education and Liberation War history come he made up for in boldness, and his popularity soared. As leader of the trade unions, he led the largest Anti Government protests since independence, cutting the unionss traditional ties with government. Disillusioned with the defector 1 party state and a biting economy, zimbabweans were ready for an alternative. The mdc was born, in contrast to mr mugabes exclusionary politics, mr tsvangirai welcomed everybody. President tsvangirai managed to bring together the students, the workers, farmers, traditional leaders, war veterans, business people. Stunned by his popularity, the response was visceral. With endless arrests, beatings and an assassination attempt and treason charges. President mugabe suffered his first ever defeat at the poles to mr tsvangirai, who later pulled out of the run off because of vote rigging and violence. He did not want to do the cheat, which was then advanced to morgan, he would have been president in that time. I, Morgan Richard tsvangirai. Many were therefore disappointed when he agreed to serve undeermugabe ina power sharing agreement. In the following elections, he lost heavily. He blamed rigging. His critics said he had lost credibility, abandoned his working class lifestyle. Ultimately it wasnt Robert Mugabe 01 ultimately it wasnt Robert Mugabe or the numerous parties split that ended his career, but cancer. He failed to unseat mr mugabe, but many here will remember Morgan Tsvangirai as the working class hero, whose fight for democracy triggered the end of the mugabe era. If you are just if you arejustjoining us, lets bring you the development from south africa just in the last 20 minutes 01 africa just in the last 20 minutes orso, africa just in the last 20 minutes or so, jacob zuma, after weeks of pressure from his own party, has resigned. In a long half hour speech he gave to the nation just about 11 oclock local time, he resigned, saying he had come to the decision to resign. He will not now face that vote of no confidence in parliament. We will have more on that in a few minutes time. Stay with us on outside source still to come. What does this olympic gold medallist believe makes him cross the finish line faster . A clue we can all do it ill explain next. The democratic unionists say theres no current prospect of a return to devolved government in Northern Ireland and called on the westminster government to start making policy decisions. The dup has been trying to hammer out a deal with sinn fein to end a 13 month political crisis, but they remain deadlocked on the issue of the irish language. Both sides at stormont blamed each other for the breakdown of the talks. I think it is unfortunate that we havent been able to reach a successful conclusion to the talks at this time. It is by far our preference that Northern Ireland be governed by locally elected and locally accou nta ble governed by locally elected and locally accountable ministers. That remains ouraim, we locally accountable ministers. That remains our aim, we will continue to work for that. We did and had an accommodation with the dup, in terms of all the issues which are well known to you all. The dup failed to close on that deal, and on the accommodation, which we have found. This is outside source live from the bbc newsroom. Our top story. South africas political crisis comes to a head president zuma in the last few minutes says he is resigning. 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It was a long time coming, but he has finally resigned. Pretoria. It was a long time coming, but he has finally resignedm certainly has, and just in that last few moments that we saw the president , a big sense in the speech of not knowing exactly where it was going, very mixed messages in that speech, but the end the president did seem to get a bit choked up, especially when he changed to speak zulu, when he used that opportunity to directly address South Africans, saying that everything he has done was out of his love for south africa and for the anc, and that he believed that if he did come short essentially asking for peoples understanding. It has been a long road to get here, and a big surprise toa road to get here, and a big surprise to a lot of people that it took the anc finally depression out of power. Remind us why they got to this point, why we are seeing the South African president stepping down before the end of his official term . Well, at the heart of that are reports of corruption, linked to a wealthy business family here known as the guptas. The draw is a very disillusioned jibber the president , and they are accused of using their friendship to gain access to billions of dollars worth of government contracts, allegations that they of course have designed denied and the president. But increasingly the anc has become restless about this friendship, and close to the elections we are looking towards in 2019, have felt that the president has become a divisive figure within the party, somebody who might even cost them the election exchange, and he needed to go any needed to be now. The ultimatum came with that threat of a vote of no confidence the South African Parliament tomorrow. It really did go all the way, didnt it, pretty much . It certainly did, and this is quintessential zoomer style, really leaving things down to the wire. During the course of the day it really felt like a showdown between president jacob day it really felt like a showdown between president jacob zuma day it really felt like a showdown between president jacob zuma and his followers comrades, and he did, when he was addressing the nation a short while ago, make reference to that motion of no confidence, saying he does not fear it firstly, so he is not stepping down because he is afraid to get a parliament, because thatis afraid to get a parliament, because that is an avenue the anc can explore, but rather he doesnt want blood to be spilled in his name, and the leaders disagree with the decision the anc has taken, he is willing to bow out. But a big sense that the president does feel misunderstood, perhaps even betrayed, by his comrades. And what happens now, now that president zuma has stood down . Will Cyril Ramaphosa immediately take his place . That would be the plan. The next thing is to work out who will fill in the post of Deputy President. It all become slightly less true matic because that vote of no confidence falls away. The anc has also Just Announced their acceptance of the president s resignation, so then moves to a process of this friday, where they are planning to have the new president give the state of the nation address. But as we wake up tomorrow, we could be very much waking up to a new president in south africa. So many twists and turns that finally that develop and that jacob zuma has announced his resignation. The latest Inflation Numbers from the worlds biggest economy surprised markets today. Consumer prices in the United States rose faster than expected injanuary, bouncing by 0. 5 . Economists were expecting a rise. Ofjust 0. 3 . Investors are worried this could prompt the central bank to raise Interest Rates faster than expected. Yogita limaye is in new york. What is behind this . 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