therefore, emerson mnangagwa of zanu-pf is therefore, emerson mnangagwa of zanu—pf is therefore dulyhe republic of zimbabwe. this legitimises his position following a military coup that ousted former strong man robert mug by last november. the ruling zanu—pf has dismissed allegations of vote—rigging and president emerson mnangagwa has extented an olive branch. to nelson chamisa. i want to say you have a crucial role to play in zimba bwe's present say you have a crucial role to play in zimbabwe's present and in its future, and its unfolding future. let us both call for peace and unity, in ourland. call for both louder. the opposition is yet to provide solid evidence to prove that the vote has been stolen. it will also be hard—pressed to persuade the international community to turn its back against president emerson mnangagwa. with the results as close as this, there is no doubt that the next few days will be crucial for this 0ur africa editor fergal keane joinsjoins us now. is there any sign parts of the opposition may be able to accept the call for the new nation to come together? ce

reporter: with the court having expressed its verdict, emerson mnangagwa's inauguration is set to take place on sunday. host: straight to zimbabwe's capital where we join our corresponded. tell us about reactions to this verdict. >> the reactions are mixed. on the ruling partrting side, ty are celebrbrating that the court is on their side and finally, their leader, emerson mnangagwa, will be inaugurated as the present of the republic of zimbabwe for the next five years. but on the opposition side, they are not letetting go. they are still p putting up the fight, and containing the -- the 30 july election was stolen. late this evening they released a statement dismissing -- though accepting the courts's verdict. but they are also saying the judiciary is -- therefore, the decision that they made today is not favorable. host: so, the opposition does not like t the course disision. is that is as far as action on this matter is concern or are they promising further action? >> speaking to the secretary-general of the party soon after t the verdict at the court, he said t that they are going

emerson mnangagwa is sworn in as president of zimbabwe. main opposition party boycott the ceremony. british scientists say they have pieced together what dinosaur dna looks like and their genetic structure is close to living birds. and, later, we'll be visiting america's first sustainable solar—powered town and going down under to see how technology is being used to protect the world's largest coral collection at the great barrier reef. that's in click. welcome back to phoenix park in dublin. this huge space in dublin, where, this afternoon, 3pm, pope francis will be saying mass in front ofan francis will be saying mass in front of an estimated crowd of half a million people. you can't see the entire area behind me here where i'm standing, but it is huge. and it is filling up, despite the inclement weather from hours ago, filling up, despite the inclement weatherfrom hours ago, when filling up, despite the inclement weather from hours ago, when the first very hardy people arrived to ta ke first very hardy people arrived to take their posit

if emerson mnangagwa wins and is declared the president this evening, will you support him or will the zimbabwe get behind him? i can't quite talk about supporting because really at the end of the day, if a presidential candidate has one, myself as an individual cannot say anything against that. i still need to live in the five—year term. but what i am sure of is that chamisa wins, there will definitely be a celebration here in zimbabwe, because we are waiting change. yes mnangagwa promises he has a way to bring change. but unfortunately the new dispensation, as we decided to speak as young people in the streets, i say we because a number of young people on the streets have witnessed something that has never ever happened even during the robert mak abe regime. it never happened. people are killed and shot at, and we lose lives. if something happening now while mnangagwa was in power. it leaves a lot of questions for us young people, who will —— would we accept the winner if this had not happened? but right now we are not safe, we are not safe. we have to leave it there, but we are grat

therefore, mnangagwa emerson of zanu—pf party is therefore duly declared elected president of the republicis legitimises his position following a military coup that ousted former strong man robert mugabe last november. the ruling zanu—pf party has dismissed allegations of vote—rigging and president mnangagwa has extented an olive branch. to nelson chamisa. i want to say you have a crucial role to play in zimbabwe's present and in its future, and its unfolding future. let us both call for peace and unity in our land. call for both, louder and even. the opposition is yet to provide solid evidence to prove that the vote has been stolen. it will also be hard—pressed to persuade the international community to turn its back against president mnangagwa. with the results as close as this, there is no doubt that the next few days will be crucial for this deeply divided nation. i've been speaking to a former adviser to the opposition mdc party, alex magaisa. he says the result is still too close to call. it's been an incredibly close election, very highly contested, no opposition leader who has obta

the man who replaced robert mugabe, emerson mnangagwa, has been declared the winner of the presidentialdid not sign those results. so the results are fake. we will get reaction from both here and in zimbabwe. and a baby girl born with a tooth has had it removed just 12 days after she was born. we'll speak to isla—rose's mum to find out how she's doing. good morning. it's 10 o'clock. here'sjulian in the bbc newsroom with a summary of the day's news. reeta, thank you, good morning. emmerson mnangagwa we has been declared the winner of zimbabwe's general election. the opposition party rejected the result. the announcement follows days of deadly violence and accusations of vote rigging. deaths from sepsis, which can result from blood poisoning, has risen by a third in two years. professor sir brian jarman from imperial college london analysed official nhs data. campaigners say there needs to be a much bigger effort to bring the silent killer under control. the governor of the bank of england, mark carney, says britain faces uncomfortably high risk of a no—deal brexit in an interview with th

therefore, mnangagwa emerson of zanu—pf party is therefore duly declared elected president of the republicimises his position following a military coup that ousted former strong man robert mugabe last november. the ruling zanu—pf party has dismissed allegations of vote—rigging and president mnangagwa has extented an olive branch. to nelson chamisa. i want to say you have a crucial role to play in zimbabwe's present and in its future, and its unfolding future. let us both call for peace and unity in our land. call for both louder and even. the opposition is yet to provide solid evidence to prove that the vote has been stolen. it will also be hard—pressed to persuade the international community to turn its back against president mnangagwa. with the results as close as this, there is no doubt that the next few days will be crucial for this deeply divided nation. let's speak now to alex magaisa, who was chief adviser to morgan tsvangirai, the former prime minister of zimbabwe and president of the opposition mdc. he joins us from washington. thank you very much for talking to us thank you very