Political opposition. Im for welcome to the Program South africas ruling party the a. N. C. Has formally asked the countrys scandal hit president jacob zuma to resign and wants him to go so the country can move towards political stability and economic recovery the new leader civil rama poza ready to take over remains in power and says he will give his response tomorrow is the a. N. C. Secretary general. So as weve communicated this decision of yours you were given the time and space. To respond. We havent given her him any deadline to or to respond when we call our diploidy we expect they were deployed to do what the organisation expects him to do so i dont know what will happen but. Lets leave it to the residence or perhaps room. As you move through there because for me christine. Christine so the a. N. C. Tells jacob zuma to go he says what im good and ready now what now we wait for tomorrow because he is expected to release a statement a way he will one acknowledge that he has been recalled by the party and were hoping that hell indication as to when he sees fit to resign it doesnt have to go dizzy he doesnt have to go this is a Party Structure cant remove a sitting president it would eventually is simply have to force the a. N. C. To take the matter to parliament where they would have to use a motion of no confidence or launch impeachment proceedings this is a president who is the no stranger to scandal so he was replaced as Deputy President in two thousand and five when he was implicated in a Corruption Scandal and he and corruption of sort of gone side by side over here in the whiff of corruption ever since just talk us through some of his highlights or lowlights if you thought there wasnt guns out way it was that he used state funds to upgrade hes private home there were eight hundred odd charges related to the the arms deal in one thousand nine hundred seven he was linked with corruption that were dropped conveniently just before he became president those charges have since been reinstated and then theres been the family this association with an Indian Business family that has been found to have had influence over cabinet positions effectively having them get government contracts big contracts from the south african government and despite this constant whiff of corruption around him he still be carrying president he was still the amcs man so why theyve now tried to dump him up until now zuma has had a consolidation of power he has been the Party President and he has been the countrys president and weve seen anybody voicing opposition to him within the Party Structure is essentially committing political suicide because those people have since left the party the tide turned in december when thomas was a took over as the president of the a. N. C. Because now those voices people who were opposed to him could now come out and it was seen as anti zuma when the aim see voted for and opted not to pick zuma is choice. His jujitsu and his term as president next year anyway given the with around him and the a. N. C. Seeming inability to remove him could next year be the year that south africa votes for a non amc president were not there yet phil whats missing in south africas opposition space is a credible black party that middle class black South Africans that poor black South Africans can relate to its unfortunate right now in the sense that if you look at the opposition scene the main opposition is still considered to be a wise party a break away from the a. N. C. Failed back in two thousand and seven and that was the moment a lot of analysts will tell you that was the moment to create something that black South Africans could feel like there was still not selling out in the data stream so to say so that is the problem is of africas political space that black South Africans feel for them its the a. N. C. Or nothing at most what we could see is support slipping for the a. N. C. But we are not going to see an Opposition Party assuming the presidency just yet so tomorrow is the day to look out for wouldnt enjoy their millions forms a christian well thank you. Germany circle democrats are expected to appoint on their knowledge as their first ever female leader following the resignation of former party leader a candidate for chancellor but in shoals this comes amidst a deep Party Infighting and turmoil over a new Coalition Deal with im going to merkels conservatives. For over one hundred fifty years the social democrats have been led by men among them for much chance level but arent now germanys Oldest Political Party could finally get it. Female leader. To hand over the leadership of the party to. A historic changing of the guard. We thought about what would be best in this situation and i also had to consider whether i can and want to fulfill this task after these processes of deliberation we both decided that this is the best course of action you can open this is the best of the. As leader of the social Democrat Parliamentary Group novelist was valued for her ability to bring people together and motivate them she also has a reputation for being outspoken and some say it was her speech at the social Democrats Party conference that secures the votes needed for starting Coalition Talks with Angela Merkels conservative flock. Thank you thank you thank you. For a speedy party beliefs if we decide to govern in a coalition. Her career in politics started out more than twenty years ago within the s. P. D. Youth organization the young socialist she became the leader in one thousand nine hundred five back then she was a student of Political Science and told d. W. And one of her first interviews that she didnt plan a political career. For you i dont want to stay in politics for the rest of my life so after being chairwoman i want to look for a real job and for that i need a good degree. Finished her studies four years later and has stayed within the ranks of the s. P. D. Ever since as m. P. Party official and later as labor minister one of her chief minister is germanys minimum wage law she also for successfully for better pensions just by this shes not very popular with the german public martin short a short tenure at the head of the s. P. D. Its over now it could be up to under the analysis to lead the party back to its former strength. As the political correspondent. Who is in front of fast pity Party Headquarters welcome theres been lots of criticism from within the s. P. D. Of this quick handover. To knowledge. Thats correct phil and the reason behind that is that many people within the s. P. D. Believe that they shouldve been included in the process of who should lead the party know their words that the new leader of the party does not necessarily have to be appointed but should instead be elected and that is why some of the regional groups of the s. P. D. Have been against this probable announcement that andrea nonis will be caretaker leader of the social democrats theyre not necessarily against and theyre not as herself theyre against the process and if you also look carefully even one med the mayor of the northern german town of flensburg said that she would like to be the leader of the social democrats as well and the chances of that happening rather slim but she does send a message when she does that in that she says that the Party Membership the rank and file should also be included in the decision well the s. P. D. Going to be part of this grand coalition if the rank and file give their blessing to the Coalition Deal is this uncertainty and grumbling are likely to affect the vote on the deal well it certainly affects the lead up to a vote theres no doubt about that lets not forget that four hundred sixty three thousand members will be deciding whether they accept or they reject the grand Coalition Deal the Party Leadership here has stated on various occasions that the focus should be on the content of the deal and not necessarily on who does what not necessarily on the personnel but what were seeing precised here is the contrary since martin short announce that he was not longer he did not longer want to be the foreign minister the s. P. D. Has only been talking about personnel about who does what in fact were talking about that right now so that certainly distracts from what the Party Leadership would like and it could certainly affect the way some of those four hundred sixty three thousand members of vote thomas ferro thank you. If. Now lets take a look at some of the other stories making news around the world the suspect in last years stockholm truck attack has pleaded guilty to terrorism on the opening day of his trial. Said he wanted to punish sweden for fighting against socalled Islamic State of the attack killed five people and injured fifty others the prosecution is calling for a life sentence. The trial of a palestinian teenager i had to meet me has been has begun behind closed doors in an Israeli Military court to me face these twelve charges including assault and incitement for slapping and pushing two Israeli Soldiers last year for palestinians a seventeen year old symbolizes their struggle against Israeli Occupation israeli Authorities Say she is an agitator. The Pacific Island nation of tonga is dealing with the aftermath of Tropical Cyclone gator which struck overnight flooding the Parliament Building damaging homes and causing widespread flooding there are no reports of a death of a wrist injury. Business news that would bend facility and something for free for once mazing stuff you know this doesnt happen much does it not right there certainly. Germany is promoting a radical solution to cut down on air pollution Free Public Transportation the idea is to get people to leave their cars at home and take a train or tram to work a letter to the European Unions environmental regulated laid out the plans to test it on five cities along with low emission zones electric car incentives and retrofitting of vehicles germany is facing fines from brussels for not doing enough to reduce the missions to meet e. U. Standards. And chief Political Editor michel is with us so is this about clearing the air or is it about berlin trying to get brussels of its back was its about but i mean theres Nine Countries that are facing similar problems there was a big meeting of the Environment Commission a basic. All those countries in and lay down the law in regards to clean air around europe threatened to take legal action based take these countries to court this now is germanys response which interestingly enough goes beyond what posses that might potentially form a government here and many have agreed within their own kind of coalition contracts considering how many europeans die every year from air pollution absolutely some four hundred thousand people die in the European Union alone due to air pollution so this is a very serious issue although it is not tangible for most people who experience it but all the major cities pretty much and many frankfurt in stuttgart they face the same issues and theyve been struggling of the past years to get those figures down at the same time we had this Diesel Scandal it was absolutely didnt help and the interesting point here once again is that it now is really the public can the tax money that will be spent on reducing this when the. Companies like volkswagen that we cheated when it comes to evolution are part of the maze of course so this is that he wants to act quickly but it doesnt want to harm its water industry but i guess the exactly the comic is wont be too happy about people leaving their cars at home. At the same time the whole diesel thing has been great in the people have started thinking about this sort of thing and politicians are being forced into actually making changes the germans of course love to test everything and love to plan everything so there are going to be so cities that are going to be tested to see if this actually does work or if its a vision well im glad you can see the bright side of the Diesel Scandal here. Really this this is something that has been tried and tested in other cities around the world melbourne for instance but also in tallinn and theres sometimes there was hope that more people would basically leave their card home because also what some of those examples did so is that people. Also reluctance to leave that comfort zone of their own car behind but if its for free certainly here and many theres a broad wide expectation that people would go for it but the other question of course is whether the infrastructure could be put in place exactly because people on their bikes like me might think oh its a free ride my bike at home. Well you might get the slightly pos to go along with that you might think that way but i think if you did this overnight which technically would be possible then of course you would probably see public transport so crowded that you hop back on your bike. And the other question of course is where those billions in investment going to come from and that certainly is mentioned i mean the possibility of better Public Infrastructure and potentially clean infrastructure is in the contract that weve seen hammered out between im going to michael see you part of this is the democrats but to go for free that would require an extra billion that we budgeted for that but the states want the federal government to force that out thank you very much michel the. Well moving on of the chairman of south koreas launch a group has been sentenced to two and a half years in prison a court in seoul jailed shin dong been for bribery in a wide ranging Corruption Scandal that brought down the countrys president the verdict comes at a time when the whos south koreas fifth largest conglomerate of the sponsor of the Winter Olympics steps up marketing to promote its brand she is arrest has created a leadership vacuum the retail giant which is struggling to compensate for the amount losses as china operations. Iceland is expected to consume more Energy MiningVirtual Currencies then powering the countrys hopes the north Atlantic Island has become a major hub for big coin mining thanks in part to its cheaper knew of the energy but now lawmakers are talking about taxing the profits of bitcoin mines thats likely to go down well. Become skeptical of financial speculation since the disastrous banking crash a decade ago. 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We think possible yourself and you try to grab your property by various nations and you still cant manage they should be. Run dry or every day farmers are left to fend for themselves and look out for their neighbors. Relieve can only come from above. Or International News now after being deported to poland ukrainian Opposition Leader has really said hell continue his fight against corruption from abroad feel better thank you yes he says hell rally the people against the countrys all thora this yesterday he was dragged out of a restaurant forcibly detained and deported to poland describing his removal as a kidnapping hes now calling on the you to support his campaign. Dozens of Mikheil Saakashvili supporters press a cold kiev night to protest his deportation theyre packing his call for president pro tempore shank go to resign accusing him of corruption the Ukrainian Government says saakashvili is trying to stage a russian sponsored crew here saakashvili is attorney has called kievs actions outrageous with the kidnapping and not the detention because the detention would be based on either a Court Decision or other documents and this wasnt the case. This Surveillan