i'm going to go. this is d w news live from berlin zimbabweans turn out in their tens of thousands to demand president robert mugabe's resignation the streets of the capital harare have been packed with crowns calling from the gone his departure after nearly four decades in power but he's resisting calls to go we'll bring you the latest from our

correspondent in harare and also coming up the plot thickens as lebanese prime minister saad hariri holds talks with french president a monologue and paris two weeks after announcing his shock resignation in saudi arabia will go to the french capital for more and the fate of german chancellor angela merkel hangs in the balance as a new deadline for coalition talks edges closer if the parties fail to agree by then germany could phase fresh elections. hello and welcome i'm marion evans dean it's good to have you with us. thousands of demonstrators are rallying in the zimbabwe in capital harare to demand the resignation of president robert mugabe the protesters backed by the veterans of zimbabwe's independence war who traditionally supported him in the past even

mugabe's own zanu p.f. party has joined calls for him to step down is said to be asking for more time to leave but many zimbabweans have had enough. people power in the center of. mcgarvie muskerry these demonstrations chant it's more like a street party but one with a political message the people of zimbabwe have had enough of that ailing neda. to be excited. and. it's the first time in decades that people feel free to say what they really think of president mugabe he's known for vicious crackdowns against journalists and critics. the country soldiers have become heroes for many after the military took control of zimbabwe on wednesday the generals back to this day of protest. as well as an exuberant rally called by the veterans of zimbabwe's

independence pool the veterans who once mugabe supposes he was there come right in the struggle against white rule and now they want him to step down. mugabe's wars began last week when he sent this man his vice president and his and one guy a few politician and fellow freedom fighter when i was widely viewed as my god his heir apparent he fled the country last week just before the coup. the x. vice president is reported to be back in zimbabwe it's still uncertain if he'll take power mugabe isn't gone yet even with thousands crying for his resignation. correspondent privilege was fun here and i asked him if this protest signal the start of a new era for zimbabwe. is just such a thing because. if you look today. even the artist

the army now has to us to cry out the president it. is not so friendly when it comes to protests even police right now. shaking hands with the crowds. even the crowd. very professionally so it's this type of thing you know. you you would find that and even in the crowds it's a mix of people people from across the political divide. from different political persuasions and even. so it's a start of that you know this is kind of united people and brought people because they know that they are fighting one cause now lebanese prime minister saad hariri is in paris where he's held talks with the french president

aimed at resolving a crisis sparked by his resignation the pair met at the elysee palace in the french capital on president a monologue crohn's invitation it's the first time hariri has left saudi arabia since announcing his resignation there two weeks ago lebanon had claimed with keeping hariri against his will but her riri denies that well after speculation about his future hariri confirmed that he plans to return to lebanon. to the political situation in lebanon. will go to beirut in the coming days. you know i will participate in the independence celebrations. and it is there that i will make known my position on these subjects after meeting president and. a new president of the naacp or a preview conversion they are. on. well let's get more on all this from

a journalist and elizabeth meditator joins us now from paris so her has confirmed that he does intend to return to lebanon in the coming days has this stop in france change the situation. i think yes the situation is general in france has helped because what the soldiers did not expect when they twisted sister her is all into resigning was start. a strange alliance in lebanon in his absence to support both the christian president michel i would not want the has been of themselves you know that the saudis were unhappy with the son hariri who was a sort of trying to of the. because he was having to many contacts with hizbollah and to know if he was not be firm enough with them which is very easy to say when you are the two thousand miles away but it turned out that. all of the lebanese sovereignty was something that you could play on and hezbollah very

cleverly decided that they would i lie themselves for the movement with the with the president on this one so what could they do with mr hariri and then they had the author president. i've been invited to hire it was long standing ties to france lebanon has long standardised in france and this crisis can be our sort of eased. in in a way that will bring you know who will do embarrass them to anyone or as little as possible. well we've been hearing that according to a presidential source france is considering whether to host a meeting of the international lebanon support group now that includes countries such as britain china france germany russia and the united states to get all of those players together to discuss the political crisis in the country how promising is that. that's that's likely because i think all the appearances or internationalize on the mall is john kerry were to say in

many ways and also president might call himself close to be seen as the main power broker in international affairs in the region right now he's got you know putting britain is all occupied with germany i understand the summary report tested your foreign minister so obviously there are embarrassed months at that level and that's an opportunity now whether that will you do create any kind of effect on the ground probably not we've had all sorts of international involvement in the middle east you remember the call to know this has had any kind of the effect on what happens on the ground but it certainly will at the very least trees things of the current situation and not push one way or the other right and elizabeth would tave reporting from paris thank you. and our correspondent just mentioned the fall out from her resignation has also been felt at the highest levels of german politics germany's foreign minister is it my gabriella caused some

controversy by appearing to criticize saudi arabia's involvement riyadh has recalled its ambassador to germany in protest. now to some of the other stories making news around the world and ousted caracas mayor antonio lay dismount has fled to spain a day after escaping house arrest in venezuela he arrived in madrid but airport earlier today made debts mom was removed as mayor and detained in two thousand and fifteen on charges of plotting against venezuelan president nicolas maduro the military in argentina has stepped up the search for one of its submarines the vessel one missing more than two days ago it was nearly four hundred kilometers off the argentinian coast in stormy conditions when contact was lost forty four crew members were on board the submarine was purchased from germany in one thousand nine hundred five the u.n. climate talks in the german city of bonn have come to a close with

a last minute deal delegates agreed on a plan to finance climate initiatives which was a major sticking point at the talks the summit aim to come up with rules to implement the twenty fifteen paris climate agreement well they're talking in the german capital berlin as well in hopes of forging a coalition government but time is running out for chancellor angela merkel after another round of marathon overnight talks have failed to produce a breakthrough party negotiators are now hoping to reach a deal by sunday night miracles conservatives are seeking a coalition with the pro business free democrats along with the greens that's unprecedented at a federal level in germany and to get there the parties are trying to overcome major policy differences in key issues including migration transportation and energy. as at city you headquarters he's been covering the talks for

us so rupert are they making any progress down there. well it seems so that the parties have been talking about that to conflict issues the two main conflict issues of these talks these are climate protection energy and of course the migration issue they have been talking about that the chief the chief of the party stopping talking about this all of the morning and joining them a day later than all the delegations of the parties came together again in separate meetings and they're trying to find out if the agreements that have been made would be enough or not these seem to be over right now we haven't heard very little so far one c.d.u. representative told us everything is according to plan and plan being that they want to be finished by to morrow evening that this is the deadline they have set themselves saying if we can't find any agreement until tomorrow night than there is no then then there's no use trying to go on negotiating so i think that is

a little bit of optimism here right now but we haven't had a final agreement yet all right so they're not able to agree yet if it's taking this long does that cast doubt on these parties ability to govern together what we have seen during the last few weeks have been very detailed preliminary talks and what is going to follow coalition talks if they find an agreement and what we have seen is that they are lacking some sort of trust towards each other and if they already don't have the trust now when they are negotiating what they want to do together i'm i'm quite doubtful about how they want to govern and so even if they fail if they are able to form a coalition government i really doubt that this government is going to last the whole election term all right everybody read about me thanks for that update. some

sports news now and the bundesliga is back after the international break bunt the time away hasn't held dortmund as their struggles continue the black and yellows fell to a two one defeat in stuttgart with joseph break a lone netting the winner in the fifty first minute indorsements fourth defeat in five games and so the heat is on for coach peter bosch especially after the great start of the season has essentially come undone. in saturday's late game had to berlin host to mention gladbach had to have struggled to find their form this season and they face a stiff test against the visitors won their last two games on the road. had to try their hand at fencing this weekend the players didn't fare too badly and the average performance won't suffice in saturday's clash against last season they beat the folds three nil it home but this time around berlin have struggled for consistency. one of the does each balloon that is we want to play to win it's an

important match for us we're sitting in mid table and winning this weekend will give us a boost from burress you mention lot back have won their last two games on the road and scored five goals in braman and hoffenheim and it's not just the forwards who are scoring defender yannick festa god has even managed to find the back of the net . bunch of we seem very good away from home we have a style of play that causes unease to our opponents were great going forward and switching to attack especially when we're away from home we've had a lot of possession and we've used the ball well. as it would be in class back midfielder christophe comma is set to make a welcome return to the starting eleven this weekend after a muscular injury this follows on from a broken nose and two ligament injuries the twenty six year old is an important cog in the squad. this being the moment you were young team with plenty of newcomers

and we have to take that into account individual because of comment will be hoping to avoid a repeat of last season's clash when he received his marching orders after two yellow cards an important factor in berlin's victory against a club back. in i have to date now and d.-w. news will be back again at the top of the hour and marian evanston from all of us here in berlin thanks for watching. this is what i do i think it's really important to give a bit of time and love back to the families who make so much effort.