the explosion happened shortly after he left the stage in bulawayo, zimba bwe's second city.ast two senior government officials were injured. 0ur africa correspondent, will ross, reports. the rally in the bulawayo's white city stadium had just ended and it looked as though as a successful day of campaigning was coming to an end when suddenly president emmerson mnangagwa had a close escape. several people were knocked to the ground by the blast and senior government officials, including a vice president, were seriously injured. as emergency workers rushed people to hospital, the politicians were ushered to safety. hours later, president mnangagwa was out in the city's hospitals comforting those caught up in the blast. he appeared unflustered by events and brushed off what he considered to have been an attempt on his life. these are my normal enemies. and the attempts are normal. this is not the first attempt on my life. it doesn't intimidate me. it's normal. it exploded a few inches away from me. but it is not my time. this is a critical time for zimbabwe, the first election s

president says he's survived an assassination attempt after an explosion rocks a rally in the city of bulawayo. and another african leader under attack, as a grenade blast targets a political rally for ethiopia's new prime minister. tens of thousands of people march through london to demand a vote on the final deal on the uk's departure from the eu. the will of the people is to have a proper, informed referendum where we know what a brexit deal means. we can't keep going into this absolute disaster without stopping and thinking if we really want to do this. and i live in moscow at the world cup where we have had wins bob belgium, mexico, and germany, the reigning champions have kept themselves alive. there's been an explosion at an election rally in zimbabwe where president emmerson mnangagwa was speaking. the blast went off as he left the stage in the white city stadium in bulawayo, zimba bwe‘s second city. at least two senior government officials have been injured in what mr mnangagwa suggested was an attempt on his life. it exploded a few inches away from me but it was not my time. it was n

the blast went off as he left the stage in the white city stadium in bulawayo, zimba bwe's second citywo senior government officials were injured in what mr mnangagwa suggested was an attempt on his life. it exploded a few metres away from me but it was just not my time. those who attempted it are likely to go before me. our correspondent is following developments from the capital and she says the president fears members from his own party are fears members from his own party are trying to kill him. he himself has said he is awaiting further information but from his interview there, he seems to suggest he suspects this is the work of people who had previously tried to assassinate him and the inference form many people whose low sembawang port that it is he suspects this is likely to be factions within his own party and those allied to the former president robert mugabe. but the video we have seen from the stadium earlier on today suggest that there was likely a device that was thrown towards the vip stage but as he says, and as the form and are saying, we still await further informatio

what happened in bulawayo means nothing.tions on the 20th ofjuly, then we will give them security. this is a show of defiance after saturday's unprecedented attack. the first rally since then. and the leaders have said the campaigns will not stop and thejuly elections will go ahead but here on the ground, there is heightened security. keeping a watchful eye, security. keeping a watchful eye, security officers. while on the ground, a heavy police presence. sniffer dogs also patrolled, hunting for explosives. i'm not hearing anything. that's why i came here today. and we will continue going everywhere. we are praying that it doesn't happen again. we are hoping that those enemies —— enemies will leave zimbabwe forthwith. with no clear motive for the attack, suspicion is rife about who those enemies are. while the leadership has promised to deliver a new and peaceful zimbabwe, it appears this unfinished business with the adverse ariz. shingai nyoka, bbc news, december —— harare. let's take a look at some of the other stories mak

an investigation is under way at bulawayo white city stadium, where the blast took place.es on bbc news: england have scored five goals for the first time in a world cup after a blistering 45 minutes against panama in russia. the second half is under way now. new measures aimed at halving the number of obese children in england by 2030 have been announced by the government. voting is under way in turkey's presidential and parliamentary elections, the biggest challenge to president erdogan‘s fifteen years in government. let's get more on the world cup. england have scored five goals against panama. let's speak to sarah rainsford who's outside the nizhny novgorod stadium, where the match is being played. talk us through the ambience there and what is going on. the mood, at least from the england fans, is fantastic. there is a packed stadium at nizhny novgorod, the brand—new city stadium, 45,000 seats, very few of them empty for this game and a massive cheer coming from the england stand every time a goal went in. 5—0 england. we were speaking to the fans going into this game

mnangagwa, who had just finished speaking to supporters at a stadium in the opposition stronghold of bulawayothe explosion as a "cowardly act" in a facebook post. but these pictures show zimbabwean vice president being shielded from the blast — and a member of the zimbabwe national army who was injured being stretchered away. a short while ago, we got this update from our correspondent in harare — shingai nyoka. there is little information about the explosion itself. but a little while ago president emmerson mnangagwa showed up on state television and essentially said he was unharmed and he blamed this explosion on the people he says have previously tried to assassinate him. he said six times before. but he says there will be no witchhunt as a result of this. but that the government will try to get to the bottom of what has happened. really at this stage there is little information about what exactly happened. what type of explosion was used and it is onlyjust the president believing it came from his enemies within the party. the presidential spokesperson of emmerson mnangagwa himself has sai

an investigation is under way at bulawayo white city stadium, where the blast took place. the headlines on bbc news: england's footballers have got off to to perfect start in their second world cup group game against panama — thanks to a john stones goal. victory would guarantee england a place in the knock—out phase of the competition. new measures aimed at halving the number of obese children in england by 2030 have been announced by the government. voting is under way in turkey's presidential and parliamentary elections — the biggest challenge to president erdogan‘s fifteen years in government. the health secretaryjeremy hunt has also been talking about brexit and described the warnings by airbus about uncertainty as "completely inappropriate. " earlier this week, airbus warned it could pull out of the uk if the country exits the single market and customs union, with no transition deal. speaking on the andrew marr show, mr hunt said the government had to "stand firm" and "ignore siren voices." i just thought it was completely inappropriate for businesses to make, to be

and more than a0 wounded when a device exploded close to the president at a rally in the city of bulawayoexclusive interview, our africa editor at the president if he suspected the perpetrators were linked to the mugabe regime. my hunch, without evidence, is that the people were aggrieved by the leader's position battle. that is a logical and legitimate conclusion one could make, but until there is evidence and we drill down as to why this has happened, and because of what happened, what that person did. is at your sense that this is the act of one individual or is it a political conspiracy?” act of one individual or is it a political conspiracy? i think this is political actually, by some aggrieved persons, by the current political position in the country. is your response to this going to be some kind of political crackdown? there is no need for us to have a security crackdown. this does not give any... to the attempt to debilitate the country, but of course it is important to hunt down these criminals and only when we have got them will we be able to assess the extent to which the netw

president says he's survived an assassination attempt after an explosion rocks a rally in the city of bulawayos a grenade blast targets a political rally for ethiopia's new prime minister. tens of thousands of people march through london to demand a vote on the final deal on the uk's departure from the eu. the will of the people is to have a proper, informed referendum where we know what a brexit deal means. we can't keep going into this absolute disaster without stopping and thinking if we really want to do this. and i live in moscow at the world cup where we have had

mnangagwa, who had just finished speaking to supporters at a stadium in the opposition stronghold of bulawayoast is not yet known. zimbabwe is set to hold its presidential election at the end ofjuly. the ethiopian prime minister, abiy ahmed, has condemned a grenade blast at a political rally he'd been addressing in the capital, addis ababa. he called it an unsuccessful attack by forces who did not want to see a united ethiopia. the authorities say one person was killed and more than 130,000 injured. the bbc‘s emmanuel igunza was at the rally when the attack took place. these are the chaotic scenes as people scramble for safety moments after the explosion. the attack was just metres away from the podium where the prime minister had moments ago addressed thousands of his supporters. emergency services rushed to help dozens of people, injured as the full scale of the blast sank in. this angry mob is seen beating up a woman, who they claim was carrying an explosive. some of those who had been injured in the explosion have been wrought to this health facility. they are being taken care of by emerg

officials say the president was not injured and was evacuated from the stadium in bulawayo.wn. reports suggest there have been injuries. ethiopia‘s prime minister has survived a grenade attack at a political rally in the capital addis ababa. this is a day that ethiopia has become proud. explosion. abiy ahmed was speaking to thousands of supporters when the attack took place. ethiopia‘s health minister says one person has been killed and 132 others have been injured. turkey‘s president erdogan has called on voters to re—elect him tomorrow with sweeping new powers on the final day of campaigning in the country‘s presidential and parliamentary elections. he‘s facing a strong challenge from a newly united opposition led by muharrem ince, a former physics teacher, leading the centre left republican people‘s party. from istanbul, mark lowen reports. turkey‘s opposition has finally found its voice. for 15 years, it has been fractured, unable to challenge president erdogan, but then came muharrem ince, a fiery centre—left man of the people reaching beyond his party‘s elitist image a

an investigation is under way at bulawayo white city stadium where the blast took place.news. england fans celebrate after the lions make it through to the knock out stages of the world cup in russia thanks to a record—breaking win over panama new measures aimed at halving the number of obese children in england by 2030 have been announced by the government. polls have closed in the turkish presidential election, and local media is reporting president erdogan has in the lead after about half of the votes have been counted. president trump has called for illegal immigrants to be deported from the united states "with nojudges or court cases" immediately. the president said the current system was "a mockery to good immigration policy." our correspondent, chris buckler has the latest from washington. this week has seen donald trump having to back down on that policy of family separations, something he did not want to do. there was a public outcry over seeing those children being separated from their families as they tried to cross the border. as a result, he has tried to show

an investigation is under way at bulawayo white city stadium where the blast took place.e meeting in brussels to discuss europe's strategy on migration. 16 of the bloc‘s 28 member states have gathered to try to mend the rifts that have emerged over the arrival of african and middle—eastern migrants. the talks are taking place ahead of a european council summit of all 28 leaders later this week. let's cross live now to our correspondent kevin connolly in brussels. there is a lot riding on this. for some of the actors at the summit and the eu, particularly angela merkel. i think that's right. the whole issue of migration is an enormous problem for the eu. i suppose it's one of the great historical phenomena of our age and it has left this generation of day to day politicians to try to find an answer. angela merkel is under particular immediate pressure because some of her coalition partners want her to do a lot more at the european level to stop what are called secondary migrants moving to germany, in other words people who have already registered in one eu member state but

the attack took place in the city of bulawayo in which two people were killed.ne. he looms over the capital and the country. but emmerson mnangagwa is lucky to be alive. how are you, sir? good to see you. we met in his harare officejust four days after this. an explosion a few feet from him that killed two and injured dozens. were you frightened ? no, not my character. no, i didn't get frightened by these things. you know? i am a soldier by background. i've heard those sounds for over 50 years in the struggle. emmerson mnangagwa came to power after a bitter struggle with grace mugabe and her supporters in the so—called g40 faction. he believes it's people from that group who tried to kill him. my hunch, without evidence, is that the people who were aggrieved by the new dispensation of the g40. that is a logical and reasonable conclusion one may make. he didn't accuse mrs mugabe of being involved, but bristled when i asked him about her. do you trust grace mugabe and the people around her, the people who supported her? i'm not so sure what you mean by trusting a

an investigation is under way at bulawayo white city stadium where the blast took place.ks on migration. jean—claude juncker, the president of the european commission, welcomed national leaders before they posed for a group photo. the talks are taking place ahead of an official european council summit of all 28 leaders later this week. the health secretary, jeremy hunt, has described the warnings by airbus about brexit uncertainty as "completely inappropriate. " earlier this week, airbus warned it could pull out of the uk if the country exits the single market and customs union with no transition deal. speaking on the andrew marr show, mr hunt said the government had to "stand firm" and "ignore siren voices." i just thought it was completely inappropriate for businesses to be making these kinds of threats, for one simple reason — we are in an absolutely critical moment in the brexit discussions and what that means is that we need to get behind theresa may, to deliver the best possible brexit, a clean brexit and what businesses want, and i was in business for 11! years, th

the attack took place in the city of bulawayo, in which two people were killed.ditor fergal keane. he looms over the capital and the country, but emmerson mnangagwa is lucky to be alive. how are you, sir? good to see you. we met in his harare officejust four days after this. an explosion, a few feet from him, that killed two and injured dozens. were you frightened ? no, not my character. no, i didn't get frightened by these things. you know, i'm a soldier by background. i've heard those sounds for over 50 years, in the struggle. emmerson mnangagwa came to power after a bitter struggle with grace mugabe and her supporters in the so—called g40 faction. he believes it is people from that group who tried to kill him. my hunch, without evidence, is that the people we re aggrieved by the new dispensation of the g40. that is a logical and reasonable conclusion one may make. he didn't accuse mrs mugabe of being involved, but bristled when i asked him about her. do you trust grace mugabe and the people around her, the people who supported her? i'm not so sure what you mea

mnangagwa, who had just finished speaking to supporters at a stadium in the opposition stronghold of bulawayont in harare, shingai nyoka there is is —— little information about the explosion itself. but a little while ago he showed up on state television and essentially said he was unharmed and he blinked at this explosion on the people he says have previously tried to assassinate him. he said six times before. but he says there will be no witchhunt as a result of this. but that the government will try to get to the bottom of what has happened. really at this stage there is little information about what exactly happened. what type of explosion was used and it is onlyjust the president believing it came from his enemies within the party. there were some earlier reports saying that some earlier reports saying that some of his staff and members of the government had been injured. are we clear whether that is the case? yes, the presidential spokesperson of emmerson mnangagwa himself has said that one of his vice presidents has a sustained leg injuries as a result of the explosion. we understand t

an investigation is under way at bulawayo white city stadium where the blast took place.o permit women to drive. the move is part of a programme of modernisation under crown prince mohamed bin salman. but leading women‘s rights activists, who challenged the ban, are still in prison. from riyadh, 0rla guerin reports. 0n the stroke of midnight, seizing their moment, and driving into the history books with a smile that says, it is our turn now. and plenty of support along the way. come morning, more women were taking to the road. teacher kareema seen off by her daughters. in six months it will be your turn. the only hazard she faced, male drivers. there is a stop sign, we have to stop. he did not want to stop. oh, my god. kareema has been taking us for a spin around the neighbourhood. today, she and other saudi women are finally behind the wheel. it has been a long time coming, and many women here are hoping there will be more changes ahead. watch us. in a few years you will see that saudi society is different, and the community, mainly. people will be more open, they will b

they've said so because in bulawayo on saturday there was an explosion very close to president mnangagwan leader. the bbc‘s shingai nyoka was though. here's for her assessment of what we saw. many had expected the major players to show up for this ceremony. especially after saturday's attack, but neither president mnangagwa nor the main opposition leader, and fashion of the big names attended. it said the representatives instead. churches, role society groups and smaller political parties were represented here and some of them said they were disappointed at a country pub like biggest players missed a golden opportunity to stand united in front of a divided country and givea united in front of a divided country and give a reinsurance of the commitment to peaceful elections. they have given that message to all our operations. and institutions to ensure that all those that want to preach violence and promote the hate speech have been put to book. it's a decision... rather than beating up of people that want to attend meetings or harassment of people thereafter. it's what you might call soft