Africas jacob zuma his party meets today in another bid to oust him from the presidency will his chief rival finally succeed. And in sports better bremen rediscover their fighting form against both spark every man has to pull off an important win well have the highlights from that one dislike im not sure. Im serious i was gonna get to have you with us i know america has promised to remain both chancellor and conservative party leader for another full term in her first interview since clinching a new deal for a government she quassia should step down early to make way for a new generation of leaders though many in her party are not satisfied with merkel well talk about that in a moment but first this report. The german chancellor stepping up to defend the Coalition Deal specifically the key foreign and finance ministries going to the social democrats it was the only way to stop the talks collapsing she says. And for so long for now as i also find it painful. I would like to have kept the finance ministry but its what we decide as politically and in the Coalition Agreement and the finance minister cannot just do whatever he likes to merkel also address the question of staffing within her own party there have been growing calls to begin promoting a Younger Generation of c. D. U. Talent to cabinet level posts. From my notes i naturally have to make sure that we keep in mind not just the over sixtys but also the younger people. My message to the Party Conference is that we need to be clear about how we go forward into government get involved in the cd use ministerial line up should be clear in two weeks time merkel avoided talking about a successor saying she plans to remain as chancellor and party leader until twenty twenty one. Long do you think you have lost your authority. And i mean im finished so no i dont feel that because of course i do understand that the party will be thinking that ive been the chancellor for twelve years and clearly i cant be chancellor for another twelve years. On the other hand i had extensive discussions with the party before the election on whether it was right and desirable for me to come pain for another four years. That it was merkels message to her party is clear im still in charge but im listening to my critics well just how much is angloamerican listening to her critics we have our Political Correspondent kate brady with us here in studio hi kate will uncle michael really stay on for a full four years well considering the political turmoil thats going on and in germany right now especially after what we saw happen last week with the social democrats is nothing to say that she will stay for a full term if this grand Coalition Deal comes into fruition that said she did use that interview yesterday evening to really present herself especially to those Party Critics right now and she really presented herself. As a figure of authority and showed that that stability is still there and obviously she hopes to bring this through into a grand Coalition Deal and of course weve also seen merkel and so much pressure particularly since september election if you think back her party came away with that with the worst election result. In postwar history and yet shes still here at the helm of the c. D. U. Of course the big question is regardless of whether she makes an early exit or not is who is going to be merkel successor and right now there isnt anyone lined up so that is going to be a big task for the c. D. U. In the next few years right and a lot of speculation swirling on just who that could be and merkel herself as promised to bring in a new generation of Young Leaders in her conservative block will that satisfy her critics exactly i mean the comment that she made yesterday evening about bringing younger people into the into cabinet positions is is that will thats likely to appeal at least to younger critics and theyve been particularly loud criticism from the youth wing of the conservatives who have been demanded more younger people in the party to prevent it becoming this kind of over sixtys member club but of course one of the most contentious issues for some of her critics was letting the finance ministry go to the social democrats in this grand coalition dayo we could have a listen now to see what else some critics have been saying. His history his frustration in the rank and file ive been hearing that every day for the past three days nonstop no one vital it cant go on like this we need a renewal in store for toy long about the cabinet posts but many of my part of your senate even depressed disappointed and some are fairly angry some didnt. So we heard the criticism there kate and its coming to still an open process isnt it exactly these personnel debates really a side issue right now and the real task at hand is first forming this coalition now those two votes coming up the first that the conservative policies just the delegates of their parties will vote on the grand Coalition Deal thats expected more to be a formality the real upset could come from the social democrats now all four hundred sixty thousand of the Party Members actually have a chance to vote on whether they want the grand Coalition Deal to go ahead or not and well have the results of that vote on march the fourth so thats definitely does the day to be looking forward to now if they do in fact vote against a grand Coalition Deal then merkel really will be in a sticky situation and shell be left with the choice of a minority government which she has ruled out on several occasions or we could even still see new elections in germany where their Political Correspondent kate brady with us here in studio thank you very much kate now at some other stories making news around the world egypts army says its killed twelve islamist militants and detained some ninety others after gun battles in the northern sinai region the operation was part of a Government Campaign against insurgents blamed for a string of attacks in the Area Security forces said their latest airstrikes have destroyed dozens of militant targets in the u. S. The state of new york has launched a lawsuit against hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein and his company it alleges he and his Brother Robert broke the law by failing to protect employees from pervasive Sexual Harassment intimidation and discrimination Harvey Weinstein is facing accusations of Sexual Misconduct from dozens of women. And the travel frenzy is well underway in beijing and other parts of china as people head home for the Chinese New Year most will be taking the train to join their families for celebrations nearly three billion trips are expected this year alone its the Worlds Largest movement of people within a short time span. A Russian Federal investigators say the airliner that went down outside moscow exploded when it hit the ground and there was no previous fire on board the saratoga Airlines Regional jet disappeared from radar screens shortly after takeoff on sunday all seventy one people on the plane died authorities are still searching for what clues caused the crash. There battling the biting cold to find answers to one of brushes worst ever plane crashes but with the site covered in six no its like looking for a needle in a haystack. Nearly one thousand people as well as drones and snowmobiles have been deployed to comb through the icy fields his signature which we plan to continue the main stage of search and rescue operations fist seven days. The wreckage is scattered across a very large area the snow is heavy and the terrain is difficult. For the street to be of use. The plane came down just outside moscow minutes after taking off for the southeastern city of course all sixty five passengers and six crew members were killed three children were among the dead. But what exactly caused the crash about whether technical failure were human error c. C. T. V. Footage caught the fatal last moments. Of this or Something Like a firework and then it fell and there was a big explosion. But Authorities Say they received no distress signals as a search operation continues investigators believe one of the black boxes found on the site could provide some answers. Turning to south africa now where top leaders of the ruling a. N. C. Party are set to meet any minute now to decide the future of the countrys embattled president jacob zuma now he has resisted enormous pressure to resign since being replaced as party leader in december by the man behind me Cyril Ramaphosa the succession threatens to tear the a. N. C. Party aport apart but from a pose that has pledged a new beginning at celebrations honoring party icon and Nelson Mandela. On. The a. N. C. Is nearly air rousing Party Supporters with the n. T. Apartheid rallying cry of Nelson Mandela cyril graham of poser was addressing crowds in cape town at the start of celebrations marking one hundred years since mandelas birth. But gone are the days of relative unity of the party enjoyed under its most famous icon a drawn out transition of power is threatening to tear the a. N. C. Apart for months the partys former leader south africas president jacob zuma has refused to step down despite growing pressure to do so zuma faces widespread corruption charges funneling some nine years in power including allegations he used millions in state funds to upgrade his private home he denies wrongdoing at the celebrations rehm oppose assad to calm the party discontent. Over as you dont want your job were doing for kids we now want. What is in their interest or not. At all we continue to organize. But that unity could have a the a. N. C. End its top leaders are meeting to decide zuma fate today but hes already shown hes unlikely to go without a fight. Business now in iraq as theyre trying to rebuild a ticking International Help to do so monica arrive soon and some help is already coming iraqs way the country will receive three hundred thirty Million Dollars worth of immediate humanitarian aid from nongovernmental organizations now that is the first results of an International Donors meeting currently underway in kuwait the meeting aims to discuss iraqs reconstruction of the years of war and economic turmoil what sounds like a lot of money is in fact only as a starting point for an effort that will eventually cost almost one hundred billion dollars. Rebuilding iraq will cost eighty eight point two billion dollars after years of civil war and decades of underinvestment thats according to the Planning Ministry complicating matters is the fact that the country is effectively under two governments theres the autonomous kurdistan region in the north with around forty five billion barrels of oil reserves the rest of iraq has at least one hundred fifty billion barrels. But its difficult to get reliable data from a country like iraq which is plagued by political instability but whats clear is just how dependent the country is on oil its estimated to account for around ninety two percent of overall state revenues. That some fifty seven billion out of sixty eight billion u. S. Dollars. The Iraqi Government is currently looking for investors for refineries pipelines and production facilities at its manned you can all field one of the countrys largest the government hopes to double output and the chinese Led Consortium could be the favorite to take over the field. State owned petro china is already the largest foreign investor in iraq and it could work with us chevron and francis to tout to exploit the field other big players include exxon mobil russian look at oil and British Petroleum but the worlds second Largest Oil CompanyRoyal Dutch Shell was less optimistic about the field saying it wasnt profitable enough its pulled out and plans to focus instead on gas production. Investors around the globe heaving a sigh also relief the trading week had funny on the front so its over now to a man at the front of Stock Exchange so when you tell me how sustainable is this recovery going to be. Well i think people are hoping it will be sustainable that one will have seen the worst of what two thousand and eighteen perhaps has to offer in terms of stocks being tossed upside down and heading downstairs but i dont think anybody can really say now at the beginning of this week where the dots for example is gaining but that was it now the turmoil is over and everything all the worries about the rates inflation and perhaps Economic Growth are tossed by the wayside no i think the discussion is going to continue and probably the volatility that is the ups and downs some quite marked are probably also going to continue at the same time thats what i sense from the nervousness from the kind of answers i get from people i talk to in the market also to analysts but the economists up front say that economically fundamentally everything is in line for the economy and for equities to tinge to new on going strongly broad support and of course thanks to the earnings season we do get some Solid Figures as well these days and up to my shareholders has listen to be happy. Thats right because their numbers are super solid monica they doubled their profits in two thousand and seventeen and i think linked to a change in ownership which is somewhat a change is their investor make up their offering a one time one off dividend of a healthy twelve year olds and fifty cents which gives a great deal done on the shares this after the profits being doubled but you know the market isnt appreciating that as one of the few shares among the most important shares here to go down but you know one when you look at the share price doubled in the past two years then you can understand that maybe on good news that often happens with the stock market some investors are taking profits here below the bottom line they should be happy with what theyre having been offered oh yeah well they take the money and run thats happens from time to time when he bets and frank thank you so much. Now than coffee to go im sure youre all familiar with it is big business in many countries but that means mountains of discarded plastic and paper cups about three billion a year just here in germany alone well now the german city of hama weighs taking on the disposable coffee cup culture with a reusable cup scheme take a look. Street sweepers in hanover have had enough of disposable cups with all too many pedestrians simply dumping them on the street as soon as they finish their coffee the explosion of coffee takeaway outlets in recent years has unleashed a steadily growing flood of extra trash not in the least ecological. Its time to get rid of them. The citys answer was to market its own reuse of all cops with a deposit the hanno cino it costs two euros which is refunded when customers drop it off at one of the participating cafes over one hundred fifty outlets are already taking part in the plan and the network is growing by the week. Easy solution for coffee drinkers they normally dont have to go far to find somewhere to drop their cups off pick up pop off drink up drop off the city doesnt make a cent from the scheme for cafe operators the service is free and they save on the cost of paper cups. Its good for their image to. Be. The only condition is that participants have a dishwasher to keep the cups clean and hygenic that was no problem for the staff of this popular cafe theyre happy about every customer who switches to that has no chino. The street cleaning squads now have far fewer paper cups to deal with and the trash cans dont fill up as fast either that all saves money. You really see the difference its made here with loads of businesses joining in that there are far fewer cups in the trash cans now. Initial estimates suggest the new head coach you know system has cut the number of paper cups in hand over by around a third. Was an interesting idea and i think sumi this is one that football stadiums so that. You know because youve got a lot of press so. Definitely and a lot of sports of course lebanese media thats right moniker there is going to take action over the weekend of all spurred travel to bremen on sunday with both teams desperate to avoid being dragged deeper into the relegation fight but it was the home side that managed to pull off an important when. Max cruz and his brain when teammates rendered a two goal lead in midweek such slip ups must be avoided if they want to stay on as an laver couzin they caught off to a flier against will school back in the news of a cheese crepes corner powered hey minute vic augustin sent. The host looks out for the fight even when they were clearly punching above their weight. But sometimes footballs as much about beauty as it is brute force for him heights was transferred back to. His stunning doubling braman sleet it was maybe more than they deserved for that first half dominance. Would have settled for any kind of goal at this point he sighed got one off the beer still found in the books. Even then it wasnt pretty as captain paul was a hog needed two attempts to school. But braman werent going to repeat she stays mistake encountered to good effect to see all the way kinds again on target. It was a critical finish from the austrian midfielder running braman a crucial three points and thats of vital bit. Now wind is wreaking havoc on the olympics and chang it will be joining us in a