And their decision to force him to vacate office he had asked them for reasons for his transgressions but in the end the pressure it appears has proven too great he avoids of course a motion of no confidence plan for parliament on thursday at which it is likely he would have been voted out of office hes avoided that by resigning tonight and we can talk to our correspondent for media miller whos in our bureau in johannesburg listening to all of that for me the it seems for an awfully long time didnt it that he wasnt going to to resign that he was going to submit himself to the rule of the constitution as the supreme law of the land but in the end those extraordinary words i have decided to resign with immediate effect. John i think given the tone of jacob zuma as address it for his ninety percent of the time anyone could be forgiven to think that the president or what is it now the former president was going to stay on we know is a fight and thats really the stance he has taken ultimate
To resign as president of the republic with immediate effect south africas scandal plagued president jacob zuma steps down after the ruling a. N. C. Party told him to go also. At least one person killed and more than twenty injured by a government who opened fire at a us high school. Russia can push the regime to commit to seeking a real peace in syria the u. S. And russia again trade blame at the u. N. In response to a chilling report from the special envoy for syria plus. Im Andrew Thomas in sydney where artists have responded to the moment incidents recorded at australias offshore refugee crisis. Welcome to the news hour jacob zuma has resigned as south africa. As president reluctantly heeding orders from his ruling party the a. N. C. Will go with immediate effect to bringing an end to almost nine scandal plagued years in power the n. C. Told him to quit on choose day and when he had gone by wednesday the party and else that it would bank moves in parliament to force him to leave i
Street party gets underway in brazil. Party goers in rio are not letting those weak economy spoil carnival celebrations well tell you why this woman is said to have made samba history this year. Thanks for joining us im mary and i havent seen israels military says the country is not seeking escalation with syria this comes after a pro assad forces shot down an israeli fighter jet that had been taking part in raids on targets within syria israels military says the attacks came in response to an iranian drone entering israeli air space a pilot is said to be in serious condition after the f. Sixteen went down over northern israel its the. Most significant incident between israel and syria in years. For more were joined now by our middle east correspondent tanya kramer who joins us from jerusalem so tiny syria is denying that its ally irans drone did enter israeli airspace whats the latest we know about this incident well yes theyre saying that it didnt enter the israeli air space no divor
Rio arent letting the weak economy spoil carnival celebrations well tell you why this woman is set to make sound but history this year. Im on its on a welcome israels Ministry Says the country isnt seeking escalation with syria this after proa saad forces shot down an israeli fighter jet the had been taking part in raids on targets within syria israels military says its planes had been carrying at the attacks in response to an iranian drone entering israeli air space a pilot is that to be in a serious condition after the end sixteen went down over northern israel its the most significant incident between israel. Since the start of the Syrian Civil War seven months ago rather. Well for more on this now were going to cross over to our middle east correspondent tanya cramer joining us now from jerusalem tanya israel may say it doesnt want an escalation but how likely is one based on whats happened today well i mean israel has always laitos as red lines and that is another stern warning be
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