this is the briefing. i'm samantha simmonds. our top story: a new era for zimbabwe, emmerson mnangagwa, is to be sworn as president at a ceremony in the capital, harare. hope fades for the crew of the missing argentinian submarine. a bitter blow to britain, as brussels rules it can no longer host the european capital of culture in 2023. in business, let the bargain—hunting commence! retailers prepare for a record black friday. but has the smartphone put an end to fighting in the aisles? also coming up in the business briefing, i'll be speaking to hrant kostanyan from the centre for european policy studies about today's eu summit, and what it might mean for brexit negotiations. hello. a warm welcome to the

programme. we will be briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business, and sport. so, for many, it's the biggest shopping day of the year, black friday, and that's what we're talking about today. and you can be part of the conversation. is black friday a big dealfor you? tell us what you think. just use the hashtag #bbcthebriefing. in the next few hours, zimbabwe's new president is due to be sworn in. emmerson mnangagwa has promised to put economic reform at the heart of his policies with a mantra of "jobs, jobs, jobs." under the mugabe regime, the economy nosedived into hyper inflation and mass unemployment. even graduates find it almost impossible to find work. our correspondent, ben brown, reports from the capital, harare.

imagine a country where almost no one has a job. in zimbabwe, highly educated graduates become street sellers to make ends meet. only one in ten has a job. the new president has promised that cutting unemployment and creating work will be one of his top priorities. this man has an arts diploma and is selling flowers and is heading for a better future under the new president. he will work to fulfil his promise. he said it in front of everyone and i believe in him. these graduates are also unemployed and

are hoping that their new leader can turn the economy around. we have degrees but we don't have jobs. we are looking forjobs. every other day we are sending cvs and everything. what is your degree in? law, and i'm unemployed at the moment. this man would like to earn more but he is unemployed. he's a qualified electrician, and at 33 years of age, he has never had a job. it's half of my lifetime and i have had not any pay and wage. other graduates try to eke out a living as moneychangers. this country wants democracy. but in the short—term, it yearns for something more basic. jobs. ben brown, bbc news, harare. joel kibazo is a pr consultant. he used to work for the african development bank, and covered africa for the financial times for many years.

joel, we're going to look through the papers a bit later but let's just talk about zimbabwe. you saw the former president, robert mugabe, at the world economic forum. we will talk about that later. first of all, zimbabwe used to be the grand basket of africa, now it is a basket case. what is top of the agenda for the new president? there isa agenda for the new president? there is a small window. it is all about confidence. it is a country with many well educated people. they are cropping up south africa. —— propping. it is about establishing confidence and talking to the imf. and also looking at areas like mining. if you can establish confidence, businesses will go back

and start addressing issues that are affecting the country, especially theissue affecting the country, especially the issue ofjobs, which everyone is looking at. yes, emmerson mnangagwa is doing that. what will happen in terms of money? who will give them money? the imf? a range of international partners. if you can show, for instance, if you can cut government spending, you have gdp at a high rate, 70%. if you can show you are taking policy measures that are going to establish confidence, thenit are going to establish confidence, then it will have partners, including the imf, and even the african development bank, my old institution. businesses employ people. the will come back if emmerson mnangagwa brings confidence to the country and is taking a stand on past misdoings. thank you very

much for now. he will be back in half an hour to look at the main stories in covered by the global media. —— being covered. the argentine navy says it believes there was an explosion, close to the last known location of a submarine that went missing over a week ago, with 44 crew members on board. the blast, described as "abnormal" and "violent," was detected around the time the submarine sent its last signal. a huge international search effort is under way to locate the vessel. daniel pardo, from bbc mundo, who's in buenos aires, has the latest. we have heard from the army spokesperson. he spoke more about the families and their relationship with the army. they are trying to help them psychologically with this very, very difficult situation they are dealing with. but he spoke very little about results, what the rescue operation has thrown out. that is because we know nothing about where the submarine is. there are two main theories of what might

happen. one is the submarine ran out of battery. the other is there was an explosion, that this is something we knew about the day, something that will lower the hopes of the families. we heard from the army that just a families. we heard from the army thatjust a moment families. we heard from the army that just a moment after the submarine went missing, there was an explosion not farfrom submarine went missing, there was an explosion not far from where they think the area the submarine is. so, this is something that generates a lot of anger in families because they think that someone had something to do with this. bear in mind that the rescue operation has been very difficult, even though there are many countries involved in this. the area is as big as spain, as big as a country, and it goes down several kilometres. so, it is a huge task, and it has taken many, many days and many, many efforts to be able to look for the submarine,

but for now, we have not been able to hear where it is and what happened. daniel pardo, in buenos aires with that report. and there's plenty more on our website, including the latest reactions from relatives of the crew, and the argentine media, and details of the continuing air and sea search. that's at bbc.com/news. or you can download the bbc news app. british prime minister, theresa may, will meet other european leaders in brussels on friday, to try to persuade them to start trade talks in december. the prime minister is expected to confirm how much the uk is prepared to pay the eu in a divorce settlement, as well as discuss the issue of a border between northern ireland the republic of ireland. the bbc‘s john pienaar is in brussels. with a disappointing election behind her and brexit still ahead, she has more than enough problems to cope with. it is a crucial problem for brexit. in the next few weeks, in mid—december, there will be an eu

summit with eu leaders deciding whether to break the deadlock on the brexit negotiations. theresa may has to write something north of a0 billion and has to have an answer to remodelling northern ireland before the eu leaders will talk trade. if that does not happen in the coming december summit, the whole brexit plan could be seriously delayed and possibly derailed. the process of building up to that the position sta rts building up to that the position starts here in russell is when she meets donald tusk, the eu president. —— brussels. then there will be more meetings and work to be done behind the scenes before a decision is taken. but we will see it start to become clear in the next crucial two weeks or so. staying on that theme, the british government says it is in "urgent discussions" with the european commission after it cancelled the uk's turn to host the european capital of culture.

dundee, nottingham, leeds, milton keynes, belfast and londonderry had all already submitted bids to hold the title in 2023 and spent hundreds of thousands of pounds in the process. the commission said it was a concrete consequence of brexit. sarah corker reports. liverpool was the last british city to be european capital of culture, almost a decade ago. the programme of arts, music and dance attracted millions of extra visitors and pounds. in 2023, the uk had been due to hold the title again. five cities were in the running but, just days before the winner was supposed to be announced, this bombshell from brussels. the european commission said... you look back in the past and countries that are not members

of european union have had capitals of culture — bergen, in norway, and istanbul, in turkey. but the second thing that is really extraordinary, they knew the result of the referendum injune 2016, why did they wait until all the bids had been put in. leeds's bid has cost them a million pounds. announcer: we are waiting. nottingham offering included a giant inflatable art sculpture, and bids from milton keynes, the scotland city of dundee and a joint proposal from belfast, derry and strabane in northern ireland, all seem to have been a wastw of years of planning. it's a body blow for the whole of scotland and, in particular, for the team that have been behind all of the work that's gone in over a considerable period of time. and it's claimed the commission had not previously raised objections to the bids, even after the brexit vote. itjust seems like the eu throwing its toys out of a rather large european—shaped pram,

frankly, and just saying, well, if you do not want to be part of us you can't have one of our lovely play things. urgent talks between the government and the european cimmission are now under way, with hopes of somehow finding a compromise. sarah corker, bbc news. stay with us on the briefing. also on the programme: neighbours and rivals. france and belgium prepare to do battle at the final of the davis cup. president kennedy was shot down and died almost immediately. the murder ofjohn kennedy is a disaster for the whole free world. he caught the imagination of the world, the first of a new generation of leaders. margaret thatcher is resigning as leader of the conservative party and prime minister. before leaving number 10 to see the queen, she told her cabinet, "it's a funny old world." angela merkel is germany's first woman chancellor,

easily securing the majority she needed. attempts to fly a hotair balloon had to be abandoned after a few minutes, but nobody seemed to mind very much. as one local comic put it, "it's not hot air we need, it's hard cash." when bob geldof of the boomtown rats saw the tv pictures from ethiopia, he decided he had to do something. and he found his rock music friends felt the same. you're watching the briefing. our headlines: zimbabwe prepares for the post—mugabe era — the incoming—president, emmerson mnangagwa, is to be sworn in later. prayers for the crew of a missing argentine submarine but hopes fade as the navy says there may have been an explosion at the vessel's last—known location. for some it is taken for granted

that if you call an emergency number, someone will pick up and help will be on its way. however in kenya, that's not the case. in the capital nairobi, alone, there are more than 50 individual numbers for ambulance and fire services. two entrepreneurs have come forward with a plans for a sloution two entrepreneurs have come forward with a plans for a solution but can it help the poorerst? catharina moh has more. when a medical emergency happens in nairobi it is a real problem in the slums because it is hard to access and in the city because it is plagued with a trafficjam. calling foran plagued with a trafficjam. calling for an ambulance or fire plagued with a trafficjam. calling for an ambulance orfire engine is not simple because there are no reliable emergency numbers. that is just in this city. across kenya no central data base exists for emergency services and, until now, they have operated independently so

you have to call each one up one by one and that even if you can find the right mobile numberfor them. it isa the right mobile numberfor them. it is a problem this start—up is trying to tackle. you just take full grunted that 9/11 exists. we have never considered it and we worked in health and never thought, what would idoin health and never thought, what would ido in an health and never thought, what would i do in an emergency. they have created an online platform to connect people to the closest ambulance. it is currently being used to buy private hospitals. and it is chris logon and their location can be tracked and any hospital on the platform can contact them. it uses traffic data to help workers navigate the traffic jams. their response times we have seen have gone down from 162 minutes — the average, nearly three hours, which

is insane, to about 15— 20 minutes. they currently play as subscription fee, king to a private college she urged not something the poorest can afford. i do not see any elements of equity within this package. you are minimising the number of times people can be evacuated. number two, the cost issues come in. the people who actually need the services may be poor and if you cannot have access to reach the poll, in the slum areas, what is the value creation for your product? despite the mixed reviews, it is widely agreed that kenya needs better co—ordination of its emergency services. here's our briefing on some of the key events happening later. so as we've been hearing britain's prime minister

and eu president donald tusk will meet to discuss progress towards a brexit divorce deal on the sidelines of the eu eastern partnership summit in brussels. at midday in barcelona football striker, lionel messi, will receive a record fourth golden shoe award after finishing the season as the top scorer in europe with 37 goals. and later on in warsaw there is a demonstration planned outside the presidential palace to protest againstjudicial reforms that would give politicians and thejustice minister more power over the selection ofjudges. it's one week to go until the world cup draw in moscow, when people around the world will find out in which cities their national squad will play. the frontrunner for the england team is the small village of repino, on the baltic coast near st petersburg. our moscow correspondent sarah rainsford went there to find out what awaits some of the highest—paid players in football. they are getting ready for the world

cup here, not to play, not yet, but it looks like the england team will be based in this town just outside saint petersburg say the local boys have been looking up the squad. hurricane. -- harry kane. joe hart. it has been rebuilt as a world cup training ground and when the competition is over the foot will school will inherited. officials i spoke to a confident it will be up to scratch. translation: most of the work is already done. that pitch is almost complete. fifa has already approved it. the team base isjust along the old vic coast. it gets warm here in summer and along the old vic coast. it gets warm here in summerand it along the old vic coast. it gets warm here in summer and it is a popular getaway spot. saint petersburg is around a5 in its drive

from here. repino has few distractions. the four start team hotel is the way in the woods. i got it to of the facilities. as well as the sports hall, a gym and a pool. this is where the players would actually be staying. let's have a look. it is pretty big. it looks comfy enough but it is fairly basic. perhaps not quite the luxury english footballers are used to. the rat three restaurants, less chance of getting bored if we get past the group stage. is there anything you think would please the english people? i doubt know. a classic english breakfast, maybe. tea with milk... back at the youth team, they

are counting down the weeks now but even though these boys know the england players, when i asked them who is going to win the world cup most are betting on argentina.. the ashes first test is under way at the gabba. it was mainly down to a partnership between moeen ali and dawid malan for the english total. in the second session, england claimed for early wickets for 83 runs. more updates as the game progresses. now for the rest of the sport. hello and welcome to your sport briefing with me tulsen tollett.

france and belgium get the davis cup final underway in lille later, european heavyweights milan are through to the europa league last 32 and whats in a name? a minnesota vikings player wants your help naming his newborn they call it the world cup of tennis. the final of the davis cup gets underway in lille later on friday, with home favourites france taking on belgium. world number 15jo wilfried tsonga will lead the france team while belgium's david goffin — the world number 7 — is the highest ranked player in the tie. goffin was beaten in the final of the world tour finals in london and will take on lucas pouille in the first of friday's two singles matches. it won't be easy, in such a big stadium. there will be a lot of emotion and a lot of pressure also on both sides. of course, on paper i'm the favourite. i am the best raning but in the davis cup you never know. he is very confident these days. he

has shown great inns in practice in terms of quality of game and attitude, during the whole ten days so attitude, during the whole ten days so he is ready, i have never seen him so ready. we're just a few hours away from the first semi—final of the rugby league world cup. favourites australia — one of the host nations — take on fiji in brisbane. australia thrashed samoa in the quarter finals while fiji crept past new zealand the final grand prix weekend of the season gets underway in abu dhabi later on friday. the world championship is already wrapped up with lewis hamilton winning the title two races ago. he's already preparing himself for the challenge of defending it next season. next year they are going to come very strong so i hope renault will have a better power unit and i think red bull will be there with us so fast it is all about getting every single opportunity you get.

in the europa league italian giants milan are through to the last 32 they beat austria vienna 5—1 at the san siro despite falling behind early. andre silva and patrick cutrone picking up the decisive second and third goals respectively before the half time break and both got another during the second half. meanwhile, in groupj swedish side urstersunds — in theirfirst season in europe — are assured of a spot in the last 32 after beating zorya luhansk 2—0. the club only got promoted to the swedish top tier last season and are the first side from the country to make it through the group stages since that concept was introduced. england's rugby union captain dylan hartley has been dropped for the first time in 2 years under eddie jones, for saturday's match against samoa at twickenham. hartley has led the team in all 22 matches under jones — having lost just once to ireland in the six nations earlier this year. lions hookerjamie george will replace him for his first start in an england shirt after being a regular substitue. sports people often call

on the crowd to help the team out in times of need. in minnesota they go a step further. everson griffen of the minnesota vikings nfl side is a new father. the vikings tweeted on his behalf asking the fans to name his new baby. let's hope mum's on board with that idea. you can get all the latest sports news at our website, that's bbc.com/sport but from me tulsen tollett that's your sport briefing. i bet they had some interesting suggestions that. stay with me on bbc news, i'll be back with the business briefing in just a few moments — we'll have more on black friday and the eu summit in brussels. tell me what you think about our talking point today — is black friday a big dealfor you? let us know your thoughts — use the hashtag bbc—the—briefing. stay with us here on bbc news so much more to come. we have had a few tweets in already.

one says the excerpts is called monday. sales prices of potentially dubious origin. he says it is american nonsense that makes rational adults act like animals. another suggestion is to be on the alert for scammers and make sure you shop on the right side. that is very good advice. another tweet from the uk, definitely do not do lack friday at. in all honesty, i have the things to do. i have to admit i have my eye a black dress! stay with us, more to come. it will stay cold for the rest of

the week and the start of next week. wintry showers for the north and west of the uk. the risk of ice here as well. for the northern half. further south, more cloud and showers around so less cold to start here on friday morning. around freezing the lohia. ice in northern western scotland in particular. showers continuing. largely drive for eastern scotland. same for northern ireland. east of the pennines, and for the south, a dry start to the day. one or two showers across the south coast with rain clearing away. less cold here. that

is how it looks to start friday. through the day it looks like we will lose the showers and for most of england and wales, it is a pretty good—looking day. it stays dry for most. le street showers across the north and west of scotland. windy in the far north with possible severe gales. it is a cold field two things. the cold wind will be even stronger on saturday. it will be cold both saturday and sunday with overnight frost. this is the picture on saturday, strong north—westerly winds feeding showers. wintry over the hills. central, southern and eastern parts largely drive. cold for saturday. into sunday, still in the north—westerly winds. low

pressure nudging in. the winds a little bit lighter. fewer showers across the north and west and the best of the sunshine in southern and eastern parts of the country. wrap up eastern parts of the country. wrap up because it will be another cold one. this is business briefing. i'm david eades. let the bargain—hunting commence! retailers prepare for a record black friday. but has the smartphone put an end to fighting in the aisles? plus, theresa may heads to brussels for talks. will she risk a backlash at home and offer more money to break the brexit deadlock? a quiet day on the markets. asian shares just off their 10—year highs. the us was closed for the thanksgiving holiday, with just a shortened trading session today. we'll bring you all the details later in the programme.