they are the ones who made sure that emmerson mnangawa is the one who ta kes emmerson mnangawa is thech means that he may be the next president of zimbabwe. staying with the military for a moment. i want to get some of your thoughts on some reports suggesting a trip to beijing buys and baba's military chief, the architect of this takeover, which happened a few days before the takeover. that may be more than just a coincidence of timing? i think there may be a coincidence of timing. there may also have been a need to them to go and let the chinese know that a coup was in the making and that robert mugabe will be gone in the next few days. china is the largest foreign investor in zimbabwe. it is important to remember that china is only interested in the tobacco and diamonds in zimbabwe. they may also be interested in a few other things but china does not have a history of mingling in internal african affairs. it is safe to say that the interests of china are merely economic. they are trying to make sure that zimbabwe remained stable and it looks like there will not be and it looks like

and emmerson mnangawa is not that different from robert mugabe.s, except that he is younger. sounds picked up on sonar equipment did not come from a missing submarine in the south atlantic, dashing earlier hopes the missing vessel will be found. the international red cross says that the capital of yemen, sanaa, has joined several other cities which have completely run out of clean water because of a blockade led by a saudi coalition. all of the fuel needed for pumping stations has been used up. the us justice department has filed a lawsuit to block the takeover of the time warner group by the american telecom giant at&t. justice officials say the $80 billion deal violates rules on fair competition. donald trump promised to block the deal before he became president. at&t say they will fight the lawsuit. the progress of brexit talks may be influenced by what's happening in germany. the political future of angela merkel is in doubt after the unexpected collapse of talks to form a coalition government. mrs merkel said she'd rather have another electio

and emmerson mnangawa is not that different from robert mugabe.rights abuses. he is the same type that robert mugabe is, except that he is younger. president trump has announced the us is re—branding north korea a state sponsor of terrorism. the move paves the way for further sanctions to be imposed on the country, which mr trump says will be announced shortly. the reasons the president sites include north korea's nuclear programme and support for what he callexd international acts of terrorism. the united states is designating north korea as a state sponsor of terrorism. this designation will impose further sanctions on penalties in north korea and related persons, and supports our maximum—pressure campaign to isolate the murderous regime that you've all been reading about and in some cases, writing about. tomorrow, the treasury department will announce an additional sanction, and a very large one, on north korea. this will be going on in the next few weeks. it will be the highest level of sanctions when it is over. this is taking effect all arou

to a head last week when emmerson mnangagwa was sacked as vice—president, after he was accused of plotting against mr mugabe. the army's commander, and close ally to mr mnangawa to restate that the forces remain the major stockholder in respect to the gains of the reparations struggle. we must remind those behind the current treacherous shenanigans that when it comes to matters of protecting our evolution, the military is right to step in. focus on africa presenter nancy kacungira spoke to me earlier. she gave us a little bit of detail. we must remember that the military has been instrumental in keeping robert mugabe in powerfor the last 37 years, and they have been very involved within the zanu—pf party. we are seeing a split between what you could call the old guard, who are the ones who fought in the liberation struggle, and the new guard, which you could say is now calling themselves the ge 40, generation a0. calling themselves the ge 40, generation 40. many of them seem to support grace mugabe as a successor to president robert mugabe, the old guard would prefer it be someone from their country, basically. so there is a power struggle when this successio