ben brown live in harare. i'm joined now very much indeed. ben brown live in harare.ined now by the former adviser to morgan tsvangirai. what is your reaction to events today? not entirely unexpected, zanu—pf showed they didn't want mugabe as president. he cannot possibly continue as president because he would not be able to run government. there are two specific consequences that will affect him. number one, he will not be able to maintain or form a cabinet, because the majority of persons who are elected. and number two, he would struggle to pass legislation, including the budget. if he is unable to do that, parliament would have to be dissolved and there would have to be an election. effectively, mr mugabe's days are numbered. are you clear what will come next, if he is finally forced out of the presidency? well, it is not clear at the moment. i assumed that those who are behind the current processes have got sufficient plans as to what they would like to do afterwards. but it is quite clear to me that mr mugabe's presidency is no longer tenable. any chance of a un

the bbc‘s fergal keane speaking to ben brown in harare.he uk he said he was disappointed by robert mugabe's 5peech the uk he said he was disappointed by robert mugabe's speech robert mugabe hasjust by robert mugabe's speech robert mugabe has just rained by robert mugabe's speech robert mugabe hasjust rained on zimbabwe's pari mugabe hasjust rained on zimbabwe's par i had a, really. i think everybody, every one of my compatriots is downcast, pretty much heart broken. i'm very sad because what is going to happen from here now is the humiliation of robert mugabe. big time humiliation, which is something that throughout the weekl is something that throughout the week i was saying we don't need and it is very sad, because when the evidence — i mean when the impeachment evidence comes, it will be very, very embarrassing and humiliating. we didn't need to drag him through this mud but he has asked for t and as far as he is concerned, he is going to preside over congress in december. that's ridiculous. which congress? as far as we are concerned he

let's speak to ben brown in harare.ic moment for zimbabwe, a humiliating moment for robert mugabe? absolutely, as a humiliation for robert mugabe. here's a man who has led this country for 37 years and who has led the zanu—pf party for 37 years. being kicked out, sacked, dismissed, as party leader, unceremoniously. the central committee of zanu—pf met here in harare today, unanimously decided he should no longer be party leader. grace mugabe also stripped of her position as leader of the women's league in zanu—pf. it is important to stress that even though he has been kicked out as party leader, he is still technically president of this country. that is because so far, despite having negotiations with the generals who lodged the military takeover here, he has not agreed to go voluntarily, he has not agreed to go voluntarily, he has not agreed to simply quit his office as president of zimbabwe. he looks like he is stubbornly hanging on to that. so the party have turned against him, the army have turned against him, the a

ben brown in harare. leader of zimbabwe's powerful liberation war veterans movement has issued a warning that mr mugabe will face mob violence if he fails to step down today. police say they're confident that the body found near swanage is that of the missing teenager, gaia pope. gaia's sister described her as the "light of my life". the chancellor, philip hammond, has said britain needs to build an extra three hundred thousand homes a year to make an impact on the housing crisis. sport now, and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre. good morning everyone. england will play tonga in the semi—finals of the rugby league world cup in auckland next saturday, after they beat papua new guinea by 36—6 in melbourne this morning. england dominated from the off, and jermaine mcgillvary scored another two tries to put them in control. he's scored six in the tournament now. while man—of—the—match kallum watkins also scored a couple, as england ran in a total of seven tries. they've of seven tries. been good

i'm ben brown live in zimbabwe. according to some reports robert mugabe is refusing to stand down, he has been holding talks with south african mediators and the head of the zimbabwe military. police investigating the disappearance of 19—year—old gaia pope in dorset have arrested a 49—year—old man on suspicion of murder. the metropolitan police says 71 people are now known to have died in the grenfell tower fire. they say they have identified all the victims and they have a final figure for the number of the dead. a pledge to build more homes — the prime minister promises to take personal charge of dealing with britain's housing crisis. also ahead this hour. concern over the increasing amount of dog attacks on britain's livestock. sheep and cattle are being injured, even killed by dogs as they roam in open fields. thousands turn out in hull to see the queen as she visits key innovations in the city of culture. good evening and welcome to bbc news. crisis talks are being held in the capital of zimbabwe, harare, after

i'm ben brown in the zimbabwean capital, harare, where very shortly, we're expecting the country's veterant mugabe, to make a live tv address and announce that he's stepped down from the presidency. zbc have been trailing for the last few hours that he is making an address to the nation and there have been reports that he is going to resign. writers have been saying he has

ben brown in harare.nd the people celebrating on the streets yesterday. within the last hour, the leader of zimba bwe's powerful war vetera ns leader of zimba bwe's powerful war veterans threatened to unleash the mob against robert mugabe if he did not step down. this time it would be a typical african coup. this is not what we want in zimbabwe. you saw the order, the discipline. that is the order, the discipline. that is the way we will do things. i hope he realises that this is for him to do things and get in quickly turn the situation does not get worse than it is now. i'm nowjoined alex magazisa, former adviser to morgan tsvangirai, the leader of zimbabwe's opposition movement for democratic change. thank you for coming in. we were hearing from ben brown that meetings are taking place this morning and things are moving. what is your take on the situation at the moment? what is happening is to try and put more political pressure on robert mugabe. we saw the military using military force at the start of

ben brown joining us live from harare.nister, saad hariri, is in france where he has confirmed that he will be going back home in the next few days. france has said it is "ready to organise a meeting of the international support group for lebanon". mr hariri announced he was standing down while in saudi arabia a fortnight ago. the bbc‘s middle east analyst, alan johnston reports. the man at the centre of lebanon's store, hariri, with his family being welcomed in paris by president macron. then there was lunch. the president key to show his support for hariri at a very difficult time. when they emerged, mr hariri said he was going home. i'm going to beirut in the next few days to celebrate independence day. when i am there i will make known my political position after meeting with the president. this all began far from paris in the saudi capital, riyadh. mr hariri has been close to the saudis all through his political career. after talks with them he suddenly announced in riyadh that he was resigning. he said he feared he w

ben brown, bbc news, harare. joel kibazo is a pr consultant.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 happ

ben brown, thank you.ief brexit negotiator, michel barnier, has warned britain that it can't cherry pick parts of the single market it wants to keep. but he said that brussels was ready to offer the uk the most ambitious free trade deal if its terms are met. theresa may is chairing a meeting of senior cabinet ministers to discuss the size of the so—called divorce bill — the money the uk needs to pay to start trade talks. our political correspondent eleanor garnier reports from westminster. busy ahead of the budget on wednesday, highlighting the government's plans for investing in technology and engineering but the prime minister and the chancellor too know that brexit is the backdrop too know that brexit is the backdrop to everything. and it is the money, the so—called brexit bill that is the so—called brexit bill that is the sticking point in the negotiations. we have been very clear we will honour our commitments but i want to see developing that deep and special partnerships with the european union for

ben brown, bbc news, harare. stay with us on bbc news.to britain, as brussels rules it can no longer host the european capital of culture in 2023 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. this is bbc news. the latest headlines: prayers for the crew of a missing argentine subma

and i'm ben brown in harare where demonstrators are calling for a change of leadership.any march into the street and demanding that robert mugabe stands down immediately. the former trade union organiser richard leonard is elected leader of scottish labour — replacing kezia dugdale. tributes have been paid to captain mike green, a helicopter instructor who died when the helicopter he was in collided with a light aircraft on friday in buckinghamshire. three other men were killed in the crash. also in the next hour... memories of malcolm young, the co—founder of ac/dc, who has died aged sixty four. young played guitar , good evening and welcome to bbc news. some developments in the last few minutes. dorset police said that a body has been found on land near swanage in the hunt for missing teenager giaia pope. they also say they are confident it is the teenager. giaia pope disappeared in 11 days ago. earlier this week an item of clothing was found which match what she was believed to have been wearing on the day she went missing. that speaks now to our correspondent whojoin

ben brown is in zimbabwe. good evening.has fallen here in harare but it is a party atmosphere. i can hear cheering in the streets down their baloney. music playing, people losing their horns as well. celebrating what has been they believe a momentous day for this country, and day we have really seen people power out on the streets. tens of thousands of people losing their fear. once upon a streets. tens of thousands of people losing theirfear. once upon a time they would have been terrified to go out on those streets and criticise robert mugabe, let alone demand that he resign. but today they lost all that clear. they said he has to go and go now. not only have the army said he needs to resign, with their military takeover they showed that, not only have the party said he has to go, now the people have said quite clearly he has got to go. it came out onto the streets in huge numbers and now it looks like he has got very full time left in office. our africa editor fergal keane reports. something happened inside the people to

ben brown is in harare.guration ceremony took place a few hours ago but people, as you can see, still in this stadium here on the outskirts of harare, just enjoying the party. the atmosphere has been electric and euphoric, and when it came to the inaugural address from the brand—new president of zimbabwe, many people here said it was absolutely inspiring. it was also inclusive, he said, we are all in this together. he said that democratic elections next year would go ahead, he promised to create jobs and stop corruption, and even some of his opponents who were here in the stadium to watch the speech said it was statesman—like and inspirational. in short, just what zimbabwe was looking for. john donnison reports on the events so far. a new dawn for zimbabwe. and a day to be up early. people cramming onto buses towards the country's national stadium. outside, a mood of celebration. i, emmerson dambudzo mnangagwa... millions of zimbabweans this week have been celebrating the end of the mugabe regime. but, after

let's go live to zimbabwe now where our correspondent ben brown can bring us the latest.s at the moment. we've heard the number of zanu pf pa rty‘s moment. we've heard the number of zanu pf party's regional branches, eight out of ten of them now say they support this move to try and get rid of the president. that's pretty significant. yes, hugely, because you have zanu pf, the ruling party, turning against robert mugabe, demanding he goes. the votes of no confidence in him. also saying they will have a meeting of the central committee later this weekend. if he doesn't resign voluntarily in the next few hours, next couple of days, there will be a move to impeach him. there is talk of impeaching him maybe on tuesday. 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 m

i'm ben brown. the headlines at 103m... remembering britain's war dead — services are held this morning for people across the uk to pay their respects to the fallen from two world wars and other conflicts. the mayor of london, sadiq khan, backs calls for the foreign secretary, borisjohnson, to lose hisjob following a series of gaffes. i think he's got to go. i think he's oui’ i think he's got to go. i think he's our foreign secretary, whose job is diplomacy and to work in the best effo rts diplomacy and to work in the best efforts for our country, and if theresa may was a strong prime minister she would have sacked him a long time ago. a former head of scotland yard confirms he was aware of allegations that pornographic material was found on a computer used by the cabinet minister damian green in 2008. also in the next hour — the spanish prime minister is visiting catalonia for the first time since he imposed direct rule on the region. yesterday hundreds of thousands of catalans took to the streets of barcelona to demand th

let's get the latest from ben brown in zimbabwe.hroughout the day? we had this extraordinary sight of robert mugabe, who was supposed to be under has arrest since the military takeover, suddenly appearing wearing academic robes, handing out degrees to graduates at a harare university. trying to make it look like everything was normal, nothing had changed. 0f it look like everything was normal, nothing had changed. of course everything has changed. the military carried out that takeover, they are not calling it a coup d'etat but they are very much trying to persuade him to step down with dignity and to go as quickly as possible. it's not only the military who are saying that, it's his own zanu—pf party as well. we are hearing that a majority of these zanu—pf branches in provinces across zimbabwe are calling on him to stand down saying they no longer have confidence in him as leader. as you say there will be this big rally tomorrow called by the war veterans association. these are the fighters who fought alongside robert mugabe many y

we will try to come back to ben brown... he is there. mugabe has so far stubbornly resisted... no, i cannot hear anything. we have to apologise, hear anything. we have to apologise, he has lost his communications. let's move to our next story. an investigation now into... tom burridge's package now from zimbabwe. they gathered near zimba bwe's parliament, where a move to impeach their leader of nearly four decades is under way. the army, overseeing the process, but still no sign from robert mugabe himself that he's ready to resign. the thing in a way it isa ready to resign. the thing in a way it is a very painful process. zimbabwe was mugabe, mugabe was zimbabwe. now a remarkable claim from the man once his deputy, the former vice president here being sworn in but sacked two weeks ago, a move that precipitated the current crisis. in a statement sent from an undisclosed location, emmerson mnangagwa accused mugabe of planning to have him killed. he said he would not return until mugabe was out of power because he did not trust his life in

ben brown, bbc news, zimbabwe. anne soy is in zimbabwe.it and watch, it is quite surreal situation. what is your best understanding of what is going on, what is being said to robert mugabe? well, what is clear is that the military is micromanaging what is going on here in zimbabwe. they did allow him to leave his steak house and go to attend that ceremony, even though they had said that they had confined him to his official residence. what i can read in this is that they are very keen to show that it is that they are very keen to show thatitis is that they are very keen to show that it is not mr mugabe who has fallen out of favour with the military, it is his wife, grace mugabe, who wanted to succeed mr mugabe, who wanted to succeed mr mugabe, and the politicians who supported her and who we understand have been detained by the military. the higher education minister, he ought to have been at the ceremony but was missing, he is one of the key allies of mr mugabe. up until now mrs mugabe has not been seen in public, her whereabouts remain u

i‘m ben brown live in zimbabwe.ell tower fire. they say they have identified all the victims and they have a final figure for the number of the dead. a pledge to build more homes — the prime minister promises to take personal charge of dealing with britain‘s housing crisis.

i'm ben brown. the headlines at 11:00pm: the government backs down and offers mp5 3 chance to vote on the detail of the final brexit deal. a bbc investigation reveals a deal to allow so—called is fighters to escape the syrian city of raqqa. at least 400 people have been killed and thousands injured following a powerful earthquake in iran. a huge rescue operation is under way. and coming up on newsnight, on august 30 this year and massacre occurred in a village in myanmar, oui’ occurred in a village in myanmar, our team has been looking at what happened that day. testimony makes ita happened that day. testimony makes it a disturbing but important film. good evening and welcome to bbc news. the government has offered mps the opportunity to debate the final brexit agreement line by line and, crucially, potentially vote to amend it. but brexit secretary david davis couldn't guarantee the bill will happen before brexit day in march 2019. here's our political editor laura kuenssberg. the trappings of powe

iam ben i am ben brown reporting live from harare and the continuing crisis in zimbabwe.ugabe has made a televised address in which he has refused to resign. he vowed to stay on in power until december, for the special congress of the ruling zanu—pf party. against some expectations that he would step down after huge pressure and the military takeover here last wednesday, he did not say anything about resigning and he did

i'm ben brown. the headlines at 11pm: penny mordaunt becomes the new secretary for international development, replacing priti patel, who resigned yesterday over undeclared meetings with israeli officials. the appointment is the second cabinet reshuffle in a week. it comes as the government prepares for the next round of brexit talks in brussels. the first minister of wales, carwynjones, defends his handling of misconduct allegations against carl sargeant, who is thought to have taken his own life. and coming up on newsnight: the former prime minister gordon brown tells us he thinks britain may face a crisis point next summer as the uk edges closer to brexit. scotla nd the uk edges closer to brexit. scotland is unstable and he says all of the rows with tony blair were about policy and not ambition. good evening and welcome to bbc news. for the second time in a week, theresa may has been forced into a mini—reshuffle of her cabinet. penny mourdaunt has been appointed as the new international developmen

i'm ben brown.w secretary for international development, replacing priti patel, who resigned yesterday over undeclared meetings with israeli officials. the appointment is the second cabinet reshuffle in a week. it comes as the government prepares for the next round of brexit talks in brussels. the first minister of wales, carwynjones, defends his handling of misconduct allegations against carl sargeant, who is thought to have taken his own life. and coming up on newsnight: the former prime minister gordon brown tells us he thinks britain may face a crisis point next summer as the uk edges closer to brexit. scotla nd the uk edges closer to brexit. scotland is unstable and he

i'm ben brown.cks down and offers mps a chance to vote on the detail of the final brexit deal. a bbc investigation reveals a deal to allow so—called is fighters to escape the syrian city of raqqa. at least 400 people have been killed and thousands injured following a powerful earthquake in iran. a huge rescue operation is under way. and coming up on newsnight, on august 30 this year and massacre occurred in a village in myanmar, our team has been looking at what happened that day. testimony makes ita happened that day. testimony makes it a disturbing but important film.

ben brown is there.g up to this and in terms of building up to this and in terms of building up to this and in terms of a new leader? 0ther —— are they expecting a new era? they really are. whether they will get one, we don't know but emmerson mnangagwa is promising what he called a new and unfolding democracy. let us show you the stadium where he is about to be inaugurated in the next few hours. it's empty now that is already beginning to fill. a few hours before, he swears that both of allegiance and becomes only the second leader of zimbabwe 37 years. he has promised not only a new era of democracy but also huge economic reforms. he has said his central policy will bejobs, reforms. he has said his central policy will be jobs, jobs, jobs because this is a country where there is economic devastation, frankly, after four decades of robert mugabe rule and 90% unemployment. then, lets you a little bit more about emmerson mnangagwa. i struggle to say his name. apologies. what is how much of a change? to be

i'm ben brown. the headlines: penny mordaunt has been appointed as the new international development secretary, she replaces priti patel who resigned last night over undeclared meetings with israeli officials. i'm looking forward to working with the team here to continue building a more prosperous, more safe world for us all, and really giving the british public pride in what we do. the first minister of wales, carwynjones defends his handling of misconduct allegations against carl sargeant. the labour politician is thought to have taken his own life. figures from the home office reveal children as young as 9 are among the thousands being referred to the government's anti—radicalisation programme. and in the next hour, left on the cutting room floor. kevin spacey is edited out of a new film after a string of sexual harassment allegations against him. we are talking to edward st albert about his new novel, dunbar, the story of a media mogul whose life becomes a retelling of the tragedy of king lear.

ben brown in harare.a bomb and gun attack in egypt's north sinai province kills 235 people. emmerson mnangagwa is officially sworn in as the new president of zimbabwe during a ceremony in harare. police in london say there is no evidence that shot up and fired following earlier reports of gunfire at oxford circus underground station and have stood down the response. scotla nd and have stood down the response. scotland yard say they have found no evidence to support reports of shots being fired around oxford circus underground station and have stood down the response. the station and nearby bond street were closed and the local area placed on lockdown as pa rt the local area placed on lockdown as part of a major operation. it was just after a:30pm when the alarm was raised, there were reports of two banks that sounded like gunshots close to oxford circus tube station. this was an alert on one of london's most crowded streets on the rush hour on black friday, one of the busiest shopping days of the year. hu

now on bbc news, ben brown speaks to mark kermode in the film review welcome to the film review on bbc taking us through this week's releases is who else but mark kermode? mark, what have you got for us this week? a very interesting week. we have paddington 2 which you cannot have missed the adverts for. we have the florida project, a new film by sean baker. and professor marston and the wonder women. so paddington 2, what a great british cast. the first paddington was really lovely and charming. it really surprised everybody. is there any possibility that paddington 2 could live up to it? i went in thinking it can't. it does. it is lovely and charming. the story is paddington wants to buy a present for his great aunt lucy's birthday. there is a pop—up book of london but it is really expensive and he cannot afford it. the book goes missing and the finger or paw of suspicion points at paddington. next thing is he is wrongly behind bars. here's a clip. in the past month these three shadowy individuals have all been seen snooping around three london landmarks. we think the thief you saw i

let's go to ben brown in harare.ild scenes of jubilation, wild scenes ofjubilation, absolute euphoria and the people i have been speaking to have been openly crying in the streets, they never thought they would see this day, never thought robert mugabe would actually resign. they thought if he was going to go he would have to be dragged kicking and screaming away from the presidency. there was the military ta keover last presidency. there was the military takeover last wednesday, the generals trying to persuade him to resign and he would not. his own party zanu pf tried to persuade him to resign but he did not. he was set the deadline of midday on monday, he still refused to resign and the people came out onto the streets in tens of thousands on saturday urging him to resign but again he would not, only when the impeachment process began in the parliament and the end of his rule looked inevitable because it seemed inevitable because it seemed inevitable that parliament would pass that impeachment motion eventually, t

ben brown is out on a street in harare. let's bring him in life.witnessed many extraordinary things, right tells what is happening now is to mark yes, this is really extraordinary. amazing to be here, i have to say, a great privilege to be here on this momentous, historic day. the crowds are still going crazy here in the centre of harare. we are right outside the parliament. this is one of the military vehicles that has been here ever since the military takeover that has precipitated the resignation of robert mugabe. you can see crowds still on the streets, and they have been here ever since the news came through that robert mugabe was resigning. that letter read out by the speaker of the parliament, and ever since there have been extraordinary scenes. what has precipitated this resignation in the end was the impeachment process that began today here in this parliament building behind me. what had preceded it was pressure on robert mugabe from the army, with that ta keover mugabe from the army, with that takeover in initially, and also, of course,

i'm ben brown in the zimbabwean capital, harare, where very shortly, we're expecting the country's veteran leader, robert mugabe, to make a live tv address and announce that he's stepped down from the presidency. zbc have been trailing for the last few hours that he is making an address to the nation and there have been reports that he is going to resign. writers have been saying he has agreed to submit his resignation as president. —— reuters. but we're still waiting to see whether that happens. this afternoon, he has been negotiating with generals here in zimbabwe. he has been discussing, as he has done ever since that military ta keover he has done ever since that military takeover on wednesday, with them, whether he should cling to office. he has been trying to cling to office. and here we are now, with pictures from zbc, a momentous event now for the whole of zimbabwe, will he resign as president after 37 yea rs 7 he resign as president after 37 years? or will he not? we are about to hear from years? or will he not? we are about to hearfrom robert mugabe himself at last. an extraordin

ben brown, bbc news, zimbabwe. and benjoin us live from zimbabwe now.may not be able to do so. you say that, but he has resisted so far. what happens if he refuses to go?m is such a bizarre situation at the moment, isn‘t it? even more bizarre was the fact that he has been under house arrest, after that military takeover, and yet today he was allowed to go to this graduation ceremony. i think that was very much the military trying to show that life goes on as normal, that it has not been a military coup, and in a way this was perhaps proof of that to the rest of the world. we were have to wait and see. very little information emerging from the talks, orfrom the information emerging from the talks, or from the military. information emerging from the talks, orfrom the military. there is a plan, potentially, that the military would like to see brought in, which isa would like to see brought in, which is a kind of transition government, some sort of government of national unity that would be in power after mrmugabe, if unity that would be in power after mr m

hello, you're watching afternoon live — i'm ben brown.oday at 2pm: britain is prepared to pay more to settle its brexit bill — up to 50 billion euros, according to reports. the foreign secretary says now let's move on to trade talks. the offer that the prime minister is able to make at that council will be one that guarantees sufficient progress — i think that's what everybody round the table — all the 27 plus us — wants to achieve. president trump has been accused of retweeting inflammatory anti muslim posts from a british far right group. north korea test fires another missile — and claims the entire us mainland is now within its range. coming up on afternoon live all the sport — hugh has that and the big news, alan pardew‘s back in the premier league. yes, good afternoon. he is. alan pa rd ew yes, good afternoon. he is. alan pardew appointed as the new manager of west brom with a two and a half year deal. and ben stokes is down under. we will let you know how close he is to playing some part in the ashes, maybe. thanks, hugh. and it's

ben brown and harare, in london —— in zimbabwe. i‘m ben bland, in london., including... two new names in the final of the mens‘ end of season tennis showpiece — but will it be goffin or dimitrov who adds their name to the list of legends of the game? jackson has been released on bail after turning himself into police in sa nta after turning himself into police in santa barbara. it was the biggest demonstrations so far of the first growing european antinuclear movement. the south african government has thesouth african governmenthas that it is a. thesouth african governmenthas that it is opening a. thesouth african governmenthas that it is opening the a. announced that it is opening the country‘s remaining whites only beaches the people of all races. this will lead to a black majority government in this country and the destruction of the white civilisation. pa rt civilisation. part of a century‘s old windsor castle, one of the queen‘s residences, has been consumed by fire for much of the day. 150 firemen had been battling the blaze which has caused millions

brown or his team—mates. alex walmsley going over before half—time. ben currie after that.got some reward for their efforts. watkins no longer the provider as he scored twice himself. is he going to be caught? no! another leeds rhino got the seventh and final try. ryan hall making it 36—6. tonga next in the semifinals. england are picking up speed in this world cup. they have been good all tournament. there are some big boys, they tackle hard and run hard. it was a big test. we came up well. we're still building. we are into the semis and that is where we wanted to be. in rugby union, england continued their dominance against australia under head coach eddiejones. they got their fifth straight win over the wallabies at twickenham, scoring three tries in the final ten minutes of the game. danny care going over for the final score to seal a record win by 30—6. england face samoa next weekend. well, yeah, i thought early on probably we were just a little bit sloppy in our attack. we created some opportunities, picked some wrong options. defensively we were good most of the gam

the bbc‘s ben brown is in the capital harare. he told us what we can expect from the new leader.reparing for their inauguration of emmerson mnangagwa, their next president. only the country's second rulerfor 37 years, that's a reminder ofjust how long mr mugabe ruled or mis—ruled this country. mr mnangagwa will be inaugurated, sworn in, at a big stadium here in harare. there'll be thousands of people there to watch it. now, what's going to be his program as president? he's already promised economic reform. when he arrived back in harare he said that economic reform would be at the heart of what he does. he promised, jobs, jobs, jobs. this in a country where there's 90% unemplyment. one in ten people has a job. nine in ten people are out of work. extraordinary statistics. that is what people here are looking to him for, economic improvement and economic turnaround, but also, of course, they're looking for political reform. they want him to guarantee there will be free and fair elections next year and also that there will be an end to political repression, of human rights abuses he

ben brown is in the capital harare and he told us what we can expect from the new leader.he inauguration of emmerson mnangagwa, the next president, only the country's second rule of 437 years, a reminder of how long robert mugabe ruled or misruled this country. emmerson mnangagwa will be inaugurated, sworn in at a big stadium here in harare and there will be thousands of people to watch it. what's going to be his programme? is already promised economic reform. he said economic reform would be at the heart of what he does. he promised jobs, jobs, jobs ina he does. he promised jobs, jobs, jobs in a country where there is 90% unemployment, one in ten people has ajob, nine in unemployment, one in ten people has a job, nine in ten rout of work. extraordinaire statistics. that is what people are looking to him for, economic improvement and turnaround. but they are looking for political reform and wanting to guarantee there will be free and fair next year. also that there will be an end to political repression and human rights abuses. he was a henchman of robert mugabe, not every

andrew harding talking to ben brown.d "divorce bill". meanwhile the eu's chief brexit negotiator michel barnier has warned that the uk cannot "cherry pick" parts of the single market they wants to remain in. speaking in brussels this morning, mr banier said that the eu were ready to offer the uk the "most ambitious" trade deal — but only if its terms were met. those who claim that the uk should cherry—pick parts of the single market must stop this contradiction. the single market is a package with four indivisible freedoms, common rules, institutions and enforcement structures. the uk knows these rules very well, like the back of its hand. it has contributed to defining them over the last aa years with a certain degree of influence. we took note of the uk decision to end free movement of people and this means clearly that the uk will lose the benefits of the single market. this is a legal reality. the eu does not want to punish, once again, it simply draws the logical consequence of the uk decision to take back control.

the bbc‘s ben brown is in the capital, harare. he told us what we can expect from the new leader.ation of emmerson mnangagwa, the next president. 0nly inauguration of emmerson mnangagwa, the next president. only the country's second ruler in 37 in yea rs. country's second ruler in 37 in years. emmerson mnangagwa will be inaugurated, sworn in, and a big stadium in harare. thousands of people let watching. he has promised economic reform. when he arrived backin economic reform. when he arrived back in harare his head economic reform would be at the heart of what it does. he promised, jobs, jobs jobs. 0ne it does. he promised, jobs, jobs jobs. one in ten people has a job. extraordinary statistics. that is what people here are looking to him for, and economic improvement and a turnaround but also political reform. they want him to guarantee there will be free and fair elections next year and also that they will be an end to political repression and human rights abuses here. it was a henchman of mr mugabe and not everybody here trust him. people will be keeping a very beady eye on this

i'm ben brown.ceremonies around the country to honour the dead of two world wars and other conflicts. the queen watched the national commemorations from a balcony while prince charles placed a wreath on her behalf at the cenotaph memorial. and they werejoined and they were joined by thousands of members of the public who packed the streets of whitehall here in remembrance. the bbc understands the foreign secretary has contacted the husband of a british woman who's in prison in iran. michael gove says iran should be facing criticism, not his cabinet colleague, over her detention. no one is unsackable.

my colleague ben brown is in harare.ion addressed the nation in a television address and there was huge expectation that he was on the verge of resigning, when you did not, there was shock and disbelief and real anger. zanu—pf have already deposed him as their leader and is now launching impeachment proceedings against him to get rid of him. to do that, parliament would need both chambers to pass a vote of impeachment by two thirds majority. how long will that take? could take days, one mp i spoke with said it could take weeks or even months and in the meantime, a call for another big demonstration against mr mugabe here tomorrow in the capital, harare. this report. the next stage of the battle is set, robert mugabe is on one side, his party on the other. i will preside over these processes... last night he did not step down as expected, party leaders had given him until today to do so. the midday deadline today to do so. the midday deadline to rid resign has come and gone, the zanu-pf to rid resign has come and gone, th

i'm ben brown. the headlines at midday: a two minute silence has been observed at ceremonies around the country to honour the dead of two world wars and other conflicts. the queen watched the national commemorations from a balcony while prince charles placed a wreath on her behalf at the cenotaph memorial. thousands of people have braved the very chilly conditions to observe the silence here on whitehall. vetera ns the silence here on whitehall. veterans of all ages continue to march past the cenotaph. in other news, the mayor of london, sadiq khan, backs calls for the foreign secretary, borisjohnson, to lose hisjob following a series of gaffes. i think he's got to go. he is our warren secretary, whose job i think he's got to go. he is our warren secretary, whosejob is diplomacy and presenting the best interests of our country. —— here's oui’ interests of our country. —— here's our foreign secretary. if theresa may was a strong prime minister, she would have sacked him a long time ago. no one is uns

i'm ben brown. the headlines at 10am...he fallen from two world wars and other conflicts. the mayor of london, sadiq khan, backs calls for the foreign secretary, borisjohnson, to lose hisjob following a series of gaffes. i think he's got to go. i think he's our foreign secretary, whose job is diplomacy and to work in the best effo rts diplomacy and to work in the best efforts for our country, and if theresa may was a strong prime minister she would have sacked him a long time ago. a former head of scotland yard confirms he was aware of allegations that pornographic material was found on a computer used by the cabinet minister damian green in 2008.

the bbc‘s ben brown is also in harare and has the latest. euphoria on the streets. there were big demonstrations in two major cities today. these people who demonstrated today, it was unthinkable in years gone by that they would even question robert mugabe's leadership. to come out onto the street and demand he resigns and resigns now... they have lost all the fear that they have had. this follows the fact that the army have completely lost faith with robert mugabe and the party, zanu—pf, have lost faith with him as well. what we saw today was people power. tens of thousands of people power. tens of thousands of people on the street showing that they have lost faith with robert mugabe and demanding that he steps down mount. the implications are that he will not. people close to him, his family and nephew had said today that he will not resign because he does not believe it is the right thing to do. would rather die than resign his nephew said the army say that they are having more talks with him tomorrow to persuade him, try to persuade him

i'm ben brown live in harare and as president mugabe ignores that deadline for him to resign, his ownthe german chancellor's attempts to form a coalition government collapse. she now faces her biggest challenge in 12 years. death of a monster — charles manson, the notorious cult leader who directed his followers to commit a string of brutal murders, has died aged 83.

and i'm ben brown in harare where demonstrators are calling for a change of leadership.y a light aircraft and a helicopter collided in mid—air in buckinghamshire —

my colleague ben brown is in harare and we can speak to him now. what is the latest?his tv address from robert mugabe, which has been trailed for the last couple of hours on zimbabwe on national tv, zbc have told viewers to stay tuned for an address from state house, the official residence of the president. so the whole country is waiting for that and all of harare, where i am tonight, waiting with baited breath tonight, waiting with baited breath to see if he will actually finally resign. it was an extraordinary day here in zimbabwe when his ruling party, zanu—pf, dismissed him as party, 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

this is bbc news. lam ben i am ben brown reporting live from harare and the continuing crisis in zimbabwe. the news is that president robert mugabe has made a televised address in which he has refused to resign. he vowed to stay on in power until december, for the special congress of the ruling zanu—pf party. against some expectations that he would step down after huge pressure and the military takeover here last wednesday, he did not say anything about resigning and he did not even refer to it. it was a long and rambling speech. it will disappoint many people in this country who had marched against him yesterday, taking to the streets in their tens of thousands here in harare and also bulawayo, amid euphoric and joyful scenes because protesters believed the army had finally toppled mr mugabe with his takeover. but in his address, mr mugabe said that military action in harare was not a threat to his authority as head of state. this is what he had to say. intergenerational conflict must be resolved through harmonised melding of old established players, as they embrace and welcome new rules