role, humiliatingly as the leader of zanu-pf? this is indeed a historic moment, because we know that president mugabe had one thing in mind, he wanted to die in office. he had no intention of stepping down. we know that during his whole military intervention in the last few days, he never gave one inch in those negotiations, he still wanted to remain president until his last days. i remember very to remain president until his last days. i remembervery well during the land invasions, we went to speak to one of his oldest comrades, and we to one of his oldest comrades, and we asked him, what would he say to robert mugabe then? and james, who had known mugabe since childhood, told us he would tell him that zimbabwe is not like a sheep, whether president —— ship, whether president has to be last tojump. milton, thank you very much indeed. well, yesterday was a historic day here in zimbabwe, tens of thousands of people took to the streets to demand that mugabe goes, really momentous scenes, euphoric scenes, people dancing in the s

so, how much has zanu—pf changed? 37 years. so, how much has zanu—pf changed ? we will 37 years. so, how much has zanu—pf changed? we will have to see. andrew, for the moment, thank you very much indeed. andrew harding, oui’ very much indeed. andrew harding, our southern africa correspondent. let's talk to martin fletcher, formerforeign editor of let's talk to martin fletcher, former foreign editor of the times newspaper. he has covered stories for many years in zimbabwe and he has interviewed the newly appointed leader of zanu—pf, emmerson mnangagwa, who could turn out to be an absolutely pivotal figure in the post—mugabe era. he is the man who is their candidate favoured by the military to be the next leader, the next president. he has been appointed interim party leader. martin fletcher, tell us what you think of him. he has a reputation for brutality. he was a strong man within the regime of robert mugabe. he is not exactly a candidate of human rights and shining virtue and democracy, is he? ithink human rights and shining virtue and democracy, is he? i think the peop

from zanu—pf, the zanu—pf representative in london. with his analysis of what has been an extraordinary speech from president robert mugabe, and he is still president robert mugabe, the oldest head of state still at the age of 93. he has refused to bow to pressure from the people, from the party, from the army, for him to resign. he is staying in office. stubbornly, some would say. but that is the very latest from harare. you are watching bbc news. it may have been a cold weekend, but it ended on a final note for many today, a lot of dry weather around and sunshine as we can see from these pictures from the isle of wight to orkney. a lot of cloud moved into western part of the uk so thatis moved into western part of the uk so that is going to wind out over night. after a chilly start across eastern parts, temperatures rise tonight with the cloud moving in and rein in northern ireland, scotland, northern england, wales and the midlands and east anglia. light and patchy in southern england. still some cold air in place in scotland. as th

we were well aware, we were speaking to the zanu-pf aware, we were speaking to the zanu—pf representative in the uk tonight. we arewell aware his own party says he is no longer the leader yet he said in his speech tonight — i will be overseeing the meeting in december of zanu—pf‘s congress and so on. somehow some communication has gone badly wrong. . something is going on in the background, whether or not he is negotiating, dotting the is or crossing the t‘s to his exit or conspiracy theory, are people in other countries saying — we are not sure what the deal is going to be with the new leader, maybe we will back him because he has had strong backing from china all along and as far as backing from china all along and as faras i'm backing from china all along and as far as i'm concerned if they say zsh we are not sure all of a sudden it pauses until they are reasthurd this transition is going to be the transition is going to be the transition they need in order to continue to build the infrastructure and make as much money as they can. it is certainly true that some other countri

it is a power struggle within zanu—pf itself. my view is that zimbabwe needs to prepare a way to have democratic elections, at least within a reasonable period of time. what period of time are you talking about? given the about? the leastayearte try and fixthe— , 7 ~ , ,, , ,, aspects

lights, zanu—pf 2.0. i have low expectations and i expect to see them dashed. so do you think there isa them dashed. so do you think there is a chance of a national unity government with the opposition, with morgan tsvangirai involves? the thing is, there is a moment right now or opportunity and leveraged. i did —— do not think it has been used properly. it's going to disappear, this is a small window and come tuesday or wednesday, when emmerson mnangagwa is the fully fledged president of zimbabwe, that window closes quickly. i suspect they might throw a couple of sweeties in the direction of the opposition, give them some kind of semblance of a government of national unity, leading to free and fair elections but unless they really are free and fair, we are not that much further than we were. it's a game of musical chairs in the ruling party. we must leave it there but thank you for your insight into all of that and we will see how events pan out in the coming days. police in dorset say they're treati

to all there, there must be general recognition that zanu—pf isa be general recognition that zanu—pf is a party of traditions. and has been served by successive generations who are bound to the by shared ideals and values which must continue to reign supreme in our nation. intergenerational conflict must be resolved through harmonised melding of old established players as they embrace and welcome new rules, new ones through a well—defined sense of hierarchy and succession. indeed, all these matters will be discussed by settled at the forthcoming conference within the framework of a clear road map that seeks to resolve once and for all any omissions or contradictions that have affected our party neglectively. inafew in a few weeks from now, i will preside over the processes which must not be prepossessed by any acts a cts must not be prepossessed by any acts acts calculated to undermine it or to compromise the outcomes in the eyes of the public. i conclude this address and i am aware that many developments have occurred in the party or have been championed and done by individuals in

he is not the zanu-pf leader, that's it. when he talks about the military takeover that there has been not being a threat to his authority as head of state... i have to say, speaking personally, it seems like he is living in a parallel universe because a military takeover was an absolute threat to his authority as head of state stop your absolutely. what the military tried to do was to say, ok, you have an infrastructure which sustains your power. we want to hold that infrastructure so that people express themselves. so your body can express itself, as well. what we saw on friday was the party expressing itself through the provinces in coordinating committees. what we saw on saturday was the people of zimbabwe expressing themselves. and what we saw today was the biggest organ of the party and the most powerful organ of the party expressing itself. and against all that, what we have seen just a few minutes ago was president mugabe remaining defiant to his people, defiant to his party, defiant to zimbabweans and only studied a

37 yea rs, of his own party, zanu—pf after 37 years , we of his own party, zanu—pf after 37 yea rs, we have of his own party, zanu—pf after 37 years, we have just received these pictures of mr mugabe holding negotiations with the military here, the military who took control in harare last wednesday. they had denied all along it has been a military coup d'etat, but they are negotiating still with mr mugabe, trying to persuade him to resign of his own free will, rather than being forced out of office. you can see shaking hands, the military really keen to emphasise that this is not an old—fashioned keen to emphasise that this is not an old —fashioned african keen to emphasise that this is not an old—fashioned african coup, where they just depose the an old—fashioned african coup, where theyjust depose the leader. they wa nt theyjust depose the leader. they want him either to resign with dignity of his own volition, that their preferred solution, but if he won't go we have heard there is a deadline set by his own political party, zanu—pf. if he does not resigned by midday t

the political process through zanu-pf. if i have heard it said he really believes he should die in office, die as president, that is what he has already assumed. he isjust president, that is what he has already assumed. he is just not prepared to stand down. we have 14 million people who deserve to have a fresh voice, they deserve something better. so it is not about what mugabe wants, to die in office, i think the world would agree that is a completely unrealistic expectation. and our country cannot be held hostage by the dreams of a single human being. if he doesn't 90, single human being. if he doesn't go, will people march again like they did yesterday? we saw so many people on the streets, there was a euphoric atmosphere. it was a euphoric atmosphere. it was a euphoric atmosphere. it was a euphoric atmosphere. but winds have lost their voice and they found it. on the streets were blacks and whites, farmers, maids, gardeners, people from all stripes. it is not necessary , people from all stripes. it is not necessary, i

to think this is the end of zanu—pf, farfrom it. people yesterday did not go on the street because of economic hardships, it was a way of demonstrating, showing to robert mugabe that the party no longer supports, end of. we have seen, and reporters in harare have seen, and reporters in harare have seen, it is most a carnival atmosphere. we have seen people dancing, celebrating the end of the robert mugabe rain. the think it will remain peaceful, order some people fear there could be violence? the constant designation of those terms, i think themselves conceal thatis terms, i think themselves conceal that is a bubbly is a completely different story. what there is, if anything, yesterday was about zanu—pf‘s ability to organise popular support to unite over one purpose, which was to demonstrate to robert mugabe that he did not have their support. and the carnival was about that. the problem for the opposition is that it failed to generate the same anti—mugabe feeling as they would have liked. that's why you see the can of broken

from the representative in the uk of zanu—pf, the ruling party. extraordinary day because we had your party, zanu—pf, dismissing mr mugabe as party leader. then the expectations he would resign of his own volition. but he did not do that. when you saw that he had not done that and you saw that speech, what was your reaction? well, the first reaction was, i was stunned. extremely stunned and crushed. but as i reflected and tried to tap into his mindset right now, i think there are things that stand out to me. the first thing would be, probably, 0k, he is in denial. the other thing is, president mugabe has always had an overi nflated president mugabe has always had an overinflated sense of his popularity. so i might overinflated sense of his popularity. so. might be popularity. so he mightree holding the party constitution. i regulations. party constitution. i am sure that is what he is focused on. to say, ok, this was contrived. i was not really voted out by my party because so and so did not attend. coming to the impeachment itself, i am sure th

zanu pf who authorised today's eve nts. n ow zanu pf who authorised today's events. now people are going quite delirious with happiness, hope that president mugabe will very soon stepped down and when you ask them, people say this is gone beyond something that zanu pf can control, that there is such a groundswell now of hope and passion for real change here so it will be very interesting in the days and weeks ahead, the extent of which zanu pf can manipulate and control of this and keep the iron grip on power. i also spoke to our correspondent ben brown who gave an insight into the politics behind the events to date. zanu pf the ruling party turning against robert mugabe demanding that he goes, votes of no confidence in him, also saying they will have a meeting of the central committee this weekend. the point is if he doesn't resign voluntarily either of the next few hours or the next couple of days there will be a move to impeach him. there is talk of impeaching him maybe on tuesday. that would be put into motion by zanu pf itself. zanu pf his own party against him,

. —— zanu—pf. pf was advancing its mechanism. —— zanu-pf. he makes a lot of points. this is about the internal workings of zanu—pf. this is a power struggle within that party and at some point it seems president mugabe is going to go but the longer it drags on, the risk of violence, perhaps, continues? i think you saw on saturday there were no policeman on the streets because they have been taken the streets because they have been ta ken away by the streets because they have been taken away by the army but not one single incident of violence. zimbabwe has gone through a lot of economic crises. as a result of zanu—pf. that is a different argument. zimbabwe has gone through economic crisis but if you want is to have that sideshow we can but for now, zimbabwe is experiencing economic hardship. people in zimbabwe still put up with it without turning to violet and we are not violent in nature. he might advise mdc mps not to vote with zanu—pf. that will be the last time they will be mps because the zimbabwe people want president mugabe to go and any mp who does not p

is contrary to what zanu pf has always been. everything that the wife was doing is against the principles that we believe in as zanu pf, against the constitution of the pf itself. and you can get away with it if you are asked someone who has liberated the country but she did not and that was part of it. thank you all very much. well, tomorrow it's phillip hammond's turn to use long, economicky words. he may choose, however, to keep tomorrow's budget simple. his task is to ease austerity with what little money he has at his disposal. and to sound less gloomy about brexit than he may be feeling. the chancellor will announce an education package of around £177 million to promote maths skills — part of a drive towards productivity and learning — as well as a little bit more for teacher training. perhaps the hardest challenge for the government right now is working out how to bring young people, voting in their droves for corbyn at the last election, into the conservative fold. here's chris cook. as we've got closer and closer t

-- zanu-pf. exchanging one tyrant for another? —— zanu—pf. power struggle between powerbrokers, power struggle in the army that could not have been completed without the involvement of the people. and that was the crucial question, that the people of zimbabwe were those that made the decisive intervention, by demonstrating on the streets. that decisive intervention comes after many years of sacrifices by the people of zimbabwe. and yes, there should be major worries about the replacement and the military, and those worries will depend on what the people said: if there is continued vigilance and dismantling of the institutions that has kept people down for the past 37 years. as you know, it is not hard to find people who say that they are just as scared of emmerson mnangagwa as they we re scared of emmerson mnangagwa as they were of rod mcgarvie. anyone who knows the history of emmerson mnangagwa would know that since the death of the lead up until 1979, every political assassination that went down to rod mcgarvie, that went down to emmerson m

zanu pf‘s representative says no. i put the same question to fungayi mabhunu an anti—mugabe campaigner here in london. from what the army is saying, they saying it is not a military takeover and they are trying to put things right. they realise that mugabe is surrounded by a lot of bugs and they wa nted surrounded by a lot of bugs and they wanted to leave of the thugs. the announcement they made on tv and what we have heard from friends, the army is in charge. what is your assessment? it is the army taking over and forcing mugabe to step down. we are hearing that may be tomorrow that will make an announcement but we are all in the dark. all we know is what was said by major general sibusiso moyo and general constantine chiwenga on radio. we have heard from zanu pf and then they said the party is still very much in control. they think they are daydreaming. from what we have seen, the right to factions in zanu pf. one for vice president emmerson mnangagwa and one for grace mugabe and the party was split. on the line o

what this is, is a factional fight within zanu pf itself. which party is conflated with the state, really. going back to instability, i want to quote to you one other person who has been out on the streets, linda, she's an activist, founder of the zimbabwean women in politics alliance, and she said, this is quite powerful stuff, she said "all my life i have waited all her life for mugabe to stand down, but now i am worried because of the way it was done and who might take over. the military is stepping in to resolve the factional fight and it has nothing to do with reforming the country." you seem to be echoing that very bleak sentiment. i agree entirely with those sentiments. i agree entirely. but we have to be realistic, we have to be political and take into account the reality and see how we can work out of it to a more positive scenario. to be specific, what are you going to do? well, it is not me. what i will do, it is a question of us trying to leverage the process, the intervention, and the need to mediate... you keep talking about sa

as far as i am concerned, the solution is to transcend the zanu pf faction, to find someone within zanu pf itself who was above the factions, and it is difficult to find such a person, ora is difficult to find such a person, or a neutral factor altogether, leading a transitional authority and transitional government. but ibbo mandaza, are you not part of the issue? you were once a loyalist of the maduru faction. you have had a sta ke the maduru faction. you have had a stake in this yourself. that is why he dislikes you, he sees you as someone who has always favoured his opponent. well, i had a family relationship with the madurus, both in the late husband and herself. and, yes, ifelt as in the late husband and herself. and, yes, i felt as a zimbabwean citizen that we were shortchanged in 2014 when these purges began. she was elected in 2004. she was a vice president in every sense of the word. and in 2014, the vice president and others were rejected. but my point is not so much about joyce and what happened to her, we interviewed her on this programme and frankly she does not amount to

zimbabwe's president robert mugabe has defied pressure from his zanu p.f. party to step down in a television address he said he would preside over a party congress despite earlier being sacked as the party's chief and his opponents are threatening protests and impeachment. that in his right coming up next the biggest they go with pablo foley las will have all the highlights from sunday's football action so stay tuned. what does a football loving country need to reach its goals. we'll tell you how german soccer made it back.

that depends on the numbers that zanu-pf will be that depends on the numbers that zanu—pf will be able to muster in the parliament, both houses must come together, 350 mp5, and two thirds of that would be 233 members... so zanu—pf needs to try to raise those 230 two... 233 members to get the motion through. how long could it take, is this going to be long and drawn out? could it be fast tracked? this is really terranova, we have not had an impeachment process before, there is no rules established for it, could be done in a matter of days and i understand the chief whip is running around trying to rally his mps. so it could be done in a matter of days... if they cannot get ducks in a row, it could take much longer. let's talk about the constitutional impact of this military takeover, because it seems pretty clear that the army commanders here have been stressing that this is not a coup, a coup d'etat, in the old—fashioned sense of the world, but to everyone else in the outside world, it looks like that but they have been trying very ha rd like that but they have been trying very har

some people said he was like that goes in zanu—pf. but it is grace, robert mugabe's wife, 7 that goes in zanu—pf. but it is grace, robert mugabe's wife,? she is the toxic element, the loose cannon. she has extraordinary links to the intelligence apparatus, business community, party structures. and as a key member of the politburo of court cabinet posts, speaker of the house, minister ofjustice, court cabinet posts, speaker of the house, minister of justice, he court cabinet posts, speaker of the house, minister ofjustice, he is an experienced political actor. thank you. speaking to us now is glanis changachirere the director of the institute for young women in zimbabwe, whojoins us from the capital harare. tell me about what unfolded overnight in harare? it seems to happen quickly. work there are any signs about what was going to unfold7 signs about what was going to unfold? i can hear you and i hope you can hear me as well. what we have seen in the past 2a hours has been the succession of zanu—pf. after the expulsion of the forme

zanu pf‘s representative says "no." i put the same question to fungayi mabhunu an anti—mugabe campaigner here in london. from what the army is saying, they're saying that it is not a military takeover. they're saying they're trying to put things right. you know, they've realised that mugabe and grace, to be more precise, was surrounded by a lot of thugs, so they say they want to get rid of the thugs. but what is surprising is the announcement that they made on tv and we heard from our friends and collegues back home, the army is in charge. what is your assessment of what's going on? it's the army taking over, it's the army forcing mugabe to step down. we are hearing reports that may be tomorrow that will make an announcement but we are all in the dark. all we know is what was said by general sibusiso moyo and what was said by general constantine chiwenga on radio. we have been hearing a lot from zanu pf talknig to the bbc about what this is really about and, for them, they said the party is still very much in control.

impeachment is what he has been threatened with by zanu—pf. they say if he doesn't resign by midday tomorrow, which are clearly won't do, that is when the impeachment process begins. will that get rid of him and how quickly would it get rid of him? potentially possible they might go ahead with this. the other possibility is you will get some kind of fudge. there will get some kind of fudge. there will be a lot of talking now between the leaders of the military and the other branches of the state security forces. the war veterans and the party itself. remember, the man we haven't mentioned so far, emmerson mnangagwa. the heir apparent that the party wants to replace robert mugabe. he is going to have eight he say in whether that impeachment process goes ahead or not. it is still a very top—down party, zanu—pf. he is the new top. if he decides, i can wait another few weeks for this party congress to appoint me, i suspect the party will fall into line. whether the people will is another matter. thank you very much indeed. fergal keane with th

it's zanu—pf they want out. depending what happens in the situation and who takes advantage of the situation, you know, it'sjust fragile at the moment. ijust think that the army intervening in civilian politics, you know, roping people in, citizens to in to fight their factional battles is not a good place for a country to be. thank you very much for talking to us. that's the president of an opposition party called the african democratic party. thank you for your time. he was arrested over 100 times since robert mugabe came into power and he had to flee effectively for his life. he had to save himself. he had to flee to south africa. we will be live in harare, of course, as we reach that deadline at 10am. on this day in 1947, the queen and prince philip got married at westminster abbey. they'd actually got engaged a year earlier, but the palace kept it a secret until the then princess elizabeth turned 21. they'd first met when the queen was 13 years old. and for the last 70 years, their marriage has been a const

their young people who are part of zanu p.f. they are young people who are i mean really young people below forty who are part of this political arrangement their youth wings in this fight is the hidden part of legitimizing this establishments and so by all the god i don't necessarily mean in terms of eight minutes of freshness of ideas i mean in terms of a flourishing of options i mean in terms of a new sense of what it is to be a political responsibility now if we have that if we have new players who are able to compete in a level playing field it gives a zanu p.f. my hopes for that a low but until we have that until democracy is completed war on two democracies. sustain themselves by the social permission of the voter constantly it is very difficult for leaders to modify behavior or to sustain effectiveness or sustain responsibility so in essence are we going to be able to find a power for new voices whether young or old hopefully young but new voices who are able to provide a credible alternative who are able to give zanu p.

that would all be put into motion by zanu pf itself. you have zanu pf, his own party against him. you have the military against him. you walk around the streets here, it is difficult to find unable prepared to say they want robert mugabe to stay as president. he hasn't got hardly any friends or allies left. it must bea any friends or allies left. it must be a matter of time before he goes. will it be his own free will? maybe in exchange of guarantees for his safety. will he be given safe passage abroad into exile with his family? we will have to wait and see. andrew was describing moments of almost ecstasy for people, but this is not a moment without political danger, is it? or national danger. there is uncertainty. you have to see this as a power struggle within zanu pf. there were elements around the vice president who was pushed out by robert mugabe's wife. the military sided with him and against her. that is what the crux of this has been about. why the military took over. they said they were not prepared to have the country run by grace mugabe, a0 years younger than robert mu

zanu—pf. and he was under pressure from the people here. but it was only when those impeachment proceedings began in the parliament behind me that he finally decided to throw in the towel, give up and resign. back to you in the studio. thank you. hundreds and hundreds of people still out on the streets. let's consider what has happened. nancy kacungira is the presenter of focus in africa. it has been a curious affair. a coup d'etat that wasn't quite a coup d'etat. a political compulsion of a president but not his party. what you make of it? cheery as is the word and already there are suggested movie post is going around to this saga. because it does play out like a movie. this isa it does play out like a movie. this is a reign of 37 years that has unfolded in two weeks. this all started when emmerson mnangagwa was fired as vice president and that was that when we got the first wind that something was afoot. a warning was sent to president mugabe that he was going down the wrong path. of course, now we know that this can all be down to the m

was sacked as vice president and expelled from the ruling zanu p.f. party it's understood his ousting followed a route with the president's wife grace mugabe. when a gag was removal it's been seen as boosting the first lady's leadership. the faction dispute and the ruling party is nothing new with the ailing president forced to publicly intervene last year when the g forty or generation forty section clashed with the war veterans within the zanu p.f. . this fractured fractured. shattered you. know mugabe is the world's oldest leader at ninety three years old having been in power for nearly forty years since securing zimbabwe's independence throughout his time in office his counted on low support from the military the army has always maintained it would only support candidates to succeed him who food in the independence war. crisis fifty two year old wife it's not new veteran the latest is pushing roma grabbing a difficult position ahead of the zanu p.f. conference next month. now lebanon's absent prime minister has tweeted that he'll return home from

zanu p f is a party of traditions. and now has been said of the by successive generations who are bound together by a shared ideal rules and value. which must continue to reign supreme you know our nation he ends of india again near it generation conflict must be resolved through how monetized america meriting all of old established players as they embrace and welcome new new rules new ones through it where. they find sense of hierarchy and succession indeed all the matters will be discussed and settled at the forthcoming congress we deem the framework of our clear roadmap that seeks to resolve once and for roll a knee or missions or contradictions that have affected our party negatively. the congress as you hear in a few weeks from now. preside over its process which must not be prepossessed by any acts calculated to undermine it or to compromise the outcomes in the eyes of the public. as i conclude this address i am aware that many developments have occurred in the party all have been championed and dined by individu

so come congress, zanu—pf will confirm a new leader. the nation has to do what it has to do— the nation has to do what it has to do — impeachment has to start on tuesday, and let it play. and i mean, the opposition and zanu—pf are agreed on this — the president has to step down. he is three months away from that. tell us about that impeachment? tell us quickly, how quick do you think that impeachment process will take? how long could it take? will he be gone within a few days? what's your estimate? i'm thinking by the end of the week because what has to happen is the committee has to be set in place to investigate the allegations against him, and then it has to report back and then people have to vote on it. that's pretty much the process. so it might not happen overnight but it might takea it might not happen overnight but it might take a few days. it depends on the co—operation of all the parties a nyway of the co—operation of all the parties anyway of the emmerson mnangagwa there from zanu—pf here in the uk. the chancel

zanu—pf, dismissed him as party leader. let us listen in now, and we have that address. and in the event that resignation will not have been tendered by midday, 20th of november 2017, the zanu—pf chief whip was ordered to institute proceedings for the removable —— the removal of the president, in terms of section 97 of the constitution of zimbabwe, amendment number20. i the constitution of zimbabwe, amendment number 20. i would the constitution of zimbabwe, amendment number20. iwould remind you that another eight names... so, thatis you that another eight names... so, that is not yet the address that we we re that is not yet the address that we were waiting for from robert mugabe, those are some excerpts from today's zanu—pf meeting, where he was dismissed as party leader a little earlier today. but we are still waiting for mr mugabe to address the nation and we will have to wait and see whether he does resign or not. reuters have been suggesting that he has agreed to step down in his negotiations with the military.

from zanu—pf, they have built upa head sense from zanu—pf, they have built up a head of steam on this. and yet there are plenty of opportunities. this is fresh territory for everyone. the opposition, mdc is fractured and not in great shape at the moment. this may be the moment to try and gain some concessions about free and fair elections in the future. they do not want to be the ones blocking mr mugabe's retirement, because the public mood seems to be overwhelmingly in favour of that. it could slow things down. zanu-pf, his of that. it could slow things down. zanu—pf, his own party, are pushing this so hard, his impeachment. you can understand why the opposition are but why are they so keen to kick him out, his party who have been so slavishly loyal to him over the yea rs, slavishly loyal to him over the years, why are they turning against him so vehemently? it is his wife. when the military saw a younger woman, not from the veteran iraq, the liberation struggle, was coming in and was being clearly lined up to succeed him, a woman who had made a lot of enemies in the party with her

today we are seeing zanu-pf from the people. today we are seeing zanu—pf using their factions to apply political pressure on him. but as expected, robert mugabe is holding on. he is a stubborn man and he will try and fight to the very bitter end. even with so many people in his own party coming out against him now? that is the character of the man. he is getting more and more politically isolated but he knows he has got one thing counting in his favour, and that is the fact that he is constitutionally elected, recognised head of state. and that is important to other countries in the african union? it is absolutely important. they don't want to set a precedent and they want to protect themselves. african leaders protect each other and they will protect robert mugabe for their own sake. even when they see these scenes that we are watching here now of so many tens of thousands of people coming out onto the streets to ask for him to go? well, absolutely. but that is why it is also important for the people of zimbabwe not to make i

he will no longer be leader of zanu—pf. on tuesday we expect parliament would then meet to begin possibly impeaching him. in other words this would all be done constitutionally. there has been a military takeover but the army does not want to make it look like they are getting rid of him by force, through a coup d'etat. they wanted to be done constitutionally. if the party him as leader and the parliament deposes him has dashes as president, that is what the army would like to see. they would not be blamed as being an army, the military, that has forcefully deposed the president. the question is, he'll ever replaces him, the question that fergal keane was asking people on the streets is, do people really believe that would bring them a proper freedom? that is absolutely the key question. the vice president has been seen as a real strongman of mugabe's leadership, his government, in years gone by. many people accuse him of being in charge of atrocities will stop he has not been known as a champion of democracy and human righ

emmerson mnangagwa one of the symbols of zanu pf oppression is 110w the symbols of zanu pf oppression is now seen as the symbols of zanu pf oppression is now seen as the face of that new hope. i hope as the new president, he is aware that unlike mugabe, his leading people that have found their voice and if at any time in his presidency he comes short, we now have the courage and will to put him to check. that is what these are people has been about, that the president must answer to the people. the many years zimbabweans have felt an unspoken shame as the economy crashed and millions of africa's most literate workforce fled the country for menial jobs in most literate workforce fled the country for menialjobs in a foreign land. i can start building a career, ican land. i can start building a career, i can start investing. by that time i afford it, i can start investing. by that time iafford it, maybe i can start investing. by that time i afford it, maybe i can own property. i can finally have a future. i could finally build towards uttley and notjust surviving. we are the future of zi

it depends what zanu p.f. does now if they quickly manage to put things in place that shows signs that the economy is recovering people could then say let's give this new kid a chance at the election it's the one thing if the some reason you don't or doesn't change then people might support the opposition but i do feel. to be really hard pull movement and get i the main opposition leader to dolphin i suppose because some people are just waiting to see what will happen with the money if they now have an alternative gone missing news on what is going to offer the people learn how to thank you very much in the service not to some of those are reactions on the streets of whom. are not very well for your knowledge of food so i'm good i have known them alone. i can you can you move a little brighter future because we are only to have the best to come in the world we have the ninos of the book the land the book the good linux people on it to get there and because we're here present on november seventh bridging indepe

between zanu pf. put to bed many of the reefs and rivalries between zanu pfi put to bed many of the reefs and rivalries between zanu pf. i doubt it. people who were expelled along with mugabe might challenge. you can argue that the process itself was illegal but that is a problem the zanu pf until the elections. thank you very much indeed forjoining us. thank you for having me. the actor and singer, david cassidy, has died. he was sixty—seven. mr cassidy had been in intensive care in hospital in florida after suffering multiple organ failure. he shot to fame when he starred in the 1970s sitcom the partridge family, before embarking on a solo career which made him one, for a while, one of the most sought after performers in the world. david sillito looks back on his life. here he is! # i think i love you... it wasjust mass hysteria. i couldn't walk down the street, i couldn't go anywhere. in 1970, a young actor called david cassidy became the star of a new tv programme, the partridge family. over the

this is a family fight within zanu—pf. because other people outside zanu—pf would like to see mugabe gone and that is the main interest. as far as freedom is concerned, yes, people are happy that freedom is coming but it is important to understand that what is critical here is notjust one man but the system. the system has to change, the system that mugabe created and is so entrenched that it would take some time before it can be dismantled. shortly we will speak to my colleague ben brown, who is in harare for us, so we can get the latest. robert mugabe's motorcade was on the move last time we spoke to him. we will get an update shortly. first, let's move to the budget. the chancellor of the exchequer has said he will set out a number of measures in wednesday's budget to help build 300,000 new homes a year. speaking to the bbc, philip hammond said fixing the housing market was essential in ensuring young people were not less prosperous than their parents. 0ur political correspondent emma vardyjoins me now. who can tell u

the ruling party — zanu pf — is still in charge. but zimbabwe is beginning its hunt for a new leader, and the mistake mugabe made was in getting rid of his deputy last week — a man popular and respected by zimbabwe veterans. emmerson mnangagwe is hoping to take charge of the country. he faces opposition from mugabe's wife, grace, who wanted to carry on the dynasty herself. and there are calls for real democratic change from mdc opposition leader, morgan tsvingirai. he was duped out of his election victory nearly a decade ago — can the mdc now claim a right to rule this once prosperous country? here's mike thompson. over the last 37 years no one has dared forth this 93—year—old former freedom fighter turned president from office. but times seem to have changed. one doesn't want to be in a position where all of a sudden, you are seen as quite worthless. while many try to carry on as normal, top figures are alreadyjostling to replace mugabe, the world will be looking at them. the face that appeared on zimbabwe state tv last nig

resign saying instead he would preside over a party congress despite earlier being sacked as head of zanu p.f. his opponents are now threatening protests and impeachment will go left her out of it for the latest. three also coming up. no deal still in the german coalition talks with the latest deadline now expired but parties are pushing on in a final bid to form a new government under chancellor angela merkel our correspondent will have the latest on the wrangling still happening here in berlin. and international concern is growing over the thousands hundreds of thousands of or hinder refugees who have fled violence in myanmar germany's foreign minister visits a refugee camp in bangladesh ahead of a major crisis meeting on monday. welcome to the program on my actuator thanks for joining us. in a widely anticipated speech to the nation zimbabwe's embattled president robert mugabe has defied expectations by not immediately resigning his office mugabe stressed that he was still in power despite mounting pressure from the army and his own party to step down. zimbabwe's longtime president rob

tense times in zimbabwe zanu p.f. accuses the army chief of treason after he threatens to intervene over the president's policy pudge. below maryam namazie in london this is al-jazeera also coming up tens of thousands of survivors of the iran iraq of quake face a desperate future as the government scrambles to provide an eight frankly i had no real recollection of this meeting the u.s. attorney general changes his story but insists he did not lie to congress about contacts between the russians and trump's campaign team. was i will tell you about the speech schools taking children off the streets and into education in liberia. zimbabwe's ruling party says it will never succumb to pressure from the army and as warm the military chief against meddling in politics on monday general constantino chiwenga said the army was prepared to intervene if the pudge's continued within zanu p.f. party since then four armored vehicles have been seen on a road outside the zimbabwean capital harare a witness told the reuters news agency

are outside the ruling zanu p.f. party headquarters and you are looking now at live pictures as they greet the man who used to be inaugurated as the new president and. as he arrives in the middle of the throng of people he is about we think to address the crowd correspondent for me is standing by watching the scene so maybe they've been waiting eagerly for the last few hours a lot of jubilation. people have been waiting for hours and the excitement hasn't listened over that time and now the moment they've been waiting all embassies and when i was now arriving. just listening to. you know you to have a bit of a look at what's going on. cheering there's toensing and music. and the people here are just waiting for that first glimpse of the man who's expected to be soon in around friday as president of zimbabwe this is us public appearance since he left the country last week that's off to he was dismissed by the then president oh robert mugabe he was the vice at that time. a statement he released late to hone indicated t

this off to new noon is that to zanu p.f. he's going at it with the impeachment process and we have some information coming from the party that all it senate does in all its members of parliament have been asked to meet at two thirty at the party headquarters for a caucus meeting and i suppose that's where they will get direction how to proceed in terms of the impeachment which is going to be taking place and under way within zimbabwe's parliament when it resumes tomorrow after a two week break ok so if impeachment proceedings are going to be started today how much longer can robert mugabe really hold on to power and why do you think he hasn't bowed to the pressure so far. well walls are caving in on prison but that's the reality and it's most likely you know by the end of this week he's fate will be known and you will probably be out of power the reason why he's holding on i suppose is the fact that he hopes he can come in and intervene in some way or that you try and risky him from the situation where basically he's been re

country zanu p.f. as far as he's concerned he is a live via call for trying to force transformation within the country thirty years falls it has its army calls for thirty five years it's trash we made mistakes struck democracy in the trash now can't we didn't trust democrats but yes we made mistakes and yes we messed up the economy state last year we disaster whatever whatever line you turn you're a very friendly guy you're a nice jovial sort of think you're going to actually whatever line you turn you know full well the system and god is hostage to the brutality of the brutal record of zanu p.f. using your theory his period as head of central intelligence in the mid 1980's coincided with the most brutal of all mugabe's massacres the so-called cooler killings in which up to twenty thousand from the in the billy tribe were killed or disappeared he was denied any role but actually the state controlled by the way a chronicle reported at the time that he compared to citizens to bugs cockroaches that is suc

removed him as head of the zanu p.f. and want him to resign he has a deadline of monday twelve noon the twentieth of november so the clock is now ticking also president robert mugabe's wife grace and several other committee members have also been removed from the party this was the confirmation we were waiting for and listening in was our correspondent karen metacity outside that conference hall it is now in black and white house robert mugabe has been recalled he's also been given a deadline to resign as president and head of state to zimbabwe the clock is ticking. the clock is ticking the president still has time to resign he hasn't done that yet he doesn't resign when the take the matter to parliament the way they will impeach him it could be as early as tuesday parliament and we're hearing the president has asked to meet members of the army to find a way out of this process and here he wants to go to south africa to meet with president jacob zuma so all eyes are on the president is he going to resign if not then will

|j believe it zanu pf turning against him?” believe it was the people power because all along he was disillusioned that people liked him but finally it has dawned on him but people were coerced and feared him and that is why he had support. i do not think he ever thought he would see that if his lifetime, people singing, let him go. he realised he was not loved by the people. now go and bea was not loved by the people. now go and be a grandad. well that euphoric response earlier on to the news of the resignation of robert mugabe. lord peter hain of course was a prominent anti—apartheid activist in yea rs prominent anti—apartheid activist in years gone by and former foreign minister i think at the time of the land grabs when mainly white farmers we re land grabs when mainly white farmers were being taken over on to mugabe regime. what is your response to this dramatic news? great news for the people of zimbabwe. they have the people of zimbabwe. they have the chance now for a fresh start. i heard one describing it as their s

in zanu pf we had only one person who held the power. everyone else was delivering things asa everyone else was delivering things as a proxy of the centre of power. and the vice president was a proxy that centre of power. are you prepared to say right now if elections were held in a month or three months' time, and the opposition party or one opposition party won, that zanu pf would cede control of power? it has two because one thing we're going to do is abide by the constitution and in one of the offences mugabe was accused of was not respecting the constitution and that was an impeachable issue. soldo and that was an impeachable issue. so i do not think we can be so hypocritical ass to do the same thing. thank you very much. let's go to these live pictures coming in from harare. these celebrations i think may go on long into the night. we still do not know the whereabouts of robert mugabe. we do not know where he is, whether is going to stay the country where grace mugabe is. one of the most remarkable things about watching these pictu