15 Feb 2018

International news of the day

From The Panel, 4:08 pm on 15 February 2018
People wait for loved ones as they are brought out of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School after the shooting.

People wait for loved ones as they are brought out of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School after the shooting. Photo: Joe Raedle / Getty Images / AFP

The panelists discuss the latest in international news today today, beginning with a school shooting in Florida that left at least 17 people dead. The suspect, a 19-year-old former student who had been expelled, is in custody. Meanwhile South African President Jacob Zuma resigns after increasing pressure to step aside for his Deputy Cyril Ramaphosa. Zuma has been in power since 2009 and will leave his role immediately. And in other news Zimbabwe's main opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai has died at age 65 after reportedly suffering colon cancer. Tsvangirai spent his career battling against former President Robert Mugabe.