but mr mugabe is not emmerson mnangagwa. emmerson mnangagwa is coming in with a fractured party.he will not win this election. i will defeat emmerson mnangagwa in this election. this is crucial. it is old versus new. an election between the bad versus the good. ican election between the bad versus the good. i can tell you that the next time you invite me here, i will be leading the people of zimbabwe. we will see what happens next. nelson kamel, thank you for being an hardtalk. -- kamel, thank you for being an hardtalk. —— nelson chamisa. hello once again. let's bring you right up—to—date with how we see the next couple of days developing across the british isles and i have to say there is some uncertainty about how the weekend is exactly going to shape up. thursday was a very pleasant day indeed, came to a glorious end and, indeed, for the many parts, was a glorious day, plenty of sunshine on offer. i hope you made the most of it, especially so if you're intending to spend friday across the western side of the british isles because looming not very far over the horizon is anothe

president emmerson mnangagwa has made a number of pledges ahead of elections in august.ill go to the polls as zanu—pf‘s leader after ousting robert mugabe. the bbc‘s shingai nyoka reports from harare. thousands of party loyalists have attended the election manifesto launch where president emmerson mnangagwa pledged to raise the standard of living for all zimbabweans. he has also promised to create a middle income country by 2030. by some accounts, this is a measured plan. he says his plan is hinged on opening up closed industries and reviving the economy. we carry the hope of zimbabwe, and zimbabwe is in good hands. the theme of this yea r‘s manifesto and campaign launch — "unite, fight corruption, develop, re—engage and create jobs." it is a slick election campaign being launched here. dozens of billboards have been splashed across the country and just across from here, a row of brand—new campaign cars are ready to go. even some of these party members also have on the new regalia for the elections. but all of this masks a deep problem within the ruling partly. zanu—pf‘s

emmerson mnangagwa must get down to the real work and that includes uniting disparate mentor party. —ar there will be no nobel prize for literature. the swedish academy, which chooses who wins this most prestigious award — is caught up in a crisis over allegations of sexual assault by the husband of one of the academy's judges — and how those allegations were handled. the academy has now decided the damage to its credibility was so serious it had no choice but to cancel the awards. here's maddy savage in stockholm. churchill, steinbeck, dylan. for more than a century, the nobel literature prize has been amongst the most prestigious awards for authors from around the world. but the institution that hands out the literature award, the swedish academy, has been in turmoilfor months. it is all because of this french photographer. he ran a cultural project that got funding from the swedish academy. he is accused of sexually assaulting at least 18 women and leaking information about prizes. he is married to katerina frostensen, who was a member of the academy when the allegations came out.