he's the continuity mugabe, isn't he? he is. now, going forward, what may be needed is for them to sit down and talk, and i don't think the courts will resolve anything because they will rule in favour of zanu—pf. the court system has not changed, it is not very independent, just like the electoral commission. going to the courts may just be a waste of time. i think they need to sit down. mnangagwa has signalled he is ready to talk. because if he doesn't there will be total chaos, bloodshed. so it isn't enough to say there has "only" been, heavily underlined, six deaths. it's possible to talk. only six deaths but it could have been worse. what about the outside pressure? it is difficult, presumably, if the result is accepted, it is hard for the international community if there is such a thing these days to apply anything significant. that is the thing. everyone seems to be quite unsettled. so this is the first election to be taking place after mugabe, and it all started quite peacefully, and on sunday, i heard that the turnout w

use the continuity mugabe, isn't he? key is. ijust continuity mugabe, isn't he? key is.hat right continuity mugabe, isn't he? key is. ijust feel that right note, going forward , ijust feel that right note, going forward, what is needed is for them to sit down and talk, and i don't think they can resolve anything because the court system has not changed, it is not very independent just like the electoral commission. i think they need to sit down, mnangagwa has signalled he is ready to talk. because if he doesn't there will be bloodshed. so there isn't enough said to say there has only, underlined, oi’ to say there has only, underlined, or only been six deaths. if the result is accepted it is hard for the international community if there is such a thing to imply anything significant. that is the thing. everyone seems to be quite unsettled, so this is the first election to be taking place after mugabe, and it all started quite peacefully, and i heard that the turnout was huge, 80%. encouraging start. green a good thing, then suddenly we have the troops firing live ammunitio

mugabe who was very poor allies if you go on the one side. and on the leg the late morgan trying right now both guys are north there but at the same time when mugabe was solidly bought by zanu p.f. under this this state institutions trying gray was seen to be bucked and propped by external forces particularly the european union and the waste now where we had the moment zimbabwe is a basically just trying to find a way of coming in between so really this peaceful. course of action i should of course illusion if you like is this electoral process and that's why it's extremely important that whatever happens over the next two days that we have results which hopefully is accepted book by both sides what's interesting though is on a p.f. issued a press statement to give a press conference might a short while ago in which they were not really calling for calm but actually showing and extending a hand of friendship to the opposition i think extremely one of the chamisa and. don't really talk but actually their conversation has led to my one public o

mugabe who was very poor allies if you go on the one side. and on the leg the late morgan trying right now both guys are north there but at the same time when mugabe was solidly bought by zanu p.f. under this this state institutions trying gray was seen to be bucked and propped by external forces particularly the european union and the waste now where we are at the moment zimbabwe is a basically just trying to find a way of coming in between so really this peaceful. course of action i should of course illusion if you like is this electoral process and that's why it's extremely important that whatever happens over the next two days that we have results which hopefully is accepted book by both sides what's interesting though is on a p.f. issued a press statement to give a press conference might a short while ago in which they were not really calling for calm but actually showing and extending a hand of friendship to the opposition i think extremely one of the chamisa and women and i don't really talk but actually their conversation has led to m

i think here right in there because remember the mugabe the president in these mugabe this is all for me i believe that this is there has been. is and it's the one that is being poisoned all this. and that system has to be led or let's hope that the things that we get that are fresh so that the thing that been affecting are in our countries all that then is needed and it has to be totally done off where you want to progress of the country did you this is something that you shared earlier with people who follow you on twitter congratulations mr president are you calling the election right now to wonder what he said the results of the late this is this smacks of maybe not being too transparent and he you all is this not mischief making in such an important election ok paul saying congratulations on that your men of your running the next year. but you cooling things so mr president what that's your nickname for him what is that all the president apart. ok. a r i so i mean this is one of the things that i'm thinking about linda about this idea of. these two very prominent leaders and an f

has been president since the military toppled mugabe in a bloodless coup well joining us to talk about the election and what's next for zimbabwe in harare linda she's an independent who ran for parliament to represent the harare constituency. she's also an independent who ran for a local council seat to one of the he's the executive director of the election resource center of think tank and advocacy organization on electoral and democracy issues in zimbabwe in johannesburg south africa tuffy maka he's a social and political commentator with a special focus on zimbabwe and john dramani mahama he's the former. didn't of god and is the head of the commonwealth observer group one of the organizations monitoring zimbabwe's elections welcome everyone to the stream president i want to start with you because we tweeted out to our community of viewers that you'd be on the show with your eye on the zimbabwe and elections and here are two accounts we got back tina here says the actual voting casting a ballot was very peaceful and there was no recorded incident in my area on the other hand we got

mugabe who was very poor allies if you go on the one side. and on the leg the late morgan trying right now both guys are north there but at the same time when we got he was solidly bought by as an opiate under this this state institutions trying gray was seen to be bucked and propped by external forces particularly the european union and the waste now where we are at the moment zimbabwe is a basically just trying to find a way of coming in between so really this peaceful. course of action i should of course illusion if you like is this electoral process and that's why it's extremely important that whatever happens over the next two days that we have results which hopefully is accepted book by both sides what's interesting though is under p.f. issued a press statement to give a press conference might a short while ago in which they were not really calling for calm but actually showing and extending the hands of friendship to the opposition i think extremely one of the chamisa and women and i don't really talk but actually their conversation ha

has been in power for just over half a year he was appointed after long running president robert mugabe was ousted last year and only god one by only a small margin in the election gaining just six percent more than his rival now his opponent is the pro western nelson chamisa he's the current leader of the opposition and a recently qualified pastor he came close to becoming zimbabwe's youngest ever president being only forty years old. along with his supporters now demand the release of all the data relating to the election result a washington says it will be reviewing zimbabwe's election results and appealed to the losing party to quote show graciousness in defeat of the vote in zimbabwe again worldwide attention as it was the first in decades without mugabe's name on the ballot papers so quickly here's a breakdown of why this election matters. this election in zimbabwe is a huge milestone for what's been a very troubled country with an even more troubling financial crisis and here is why is the first time since one thousand nine hundred eighty the name of robert mugabe isn't featured

it leads to robert mugabe i5 been made. it leads to robert mugabe is not in charge.ove forward from this, certainly if they can get through thi5 certainly if they can get through this period and get to elections that everyone is happy with. that is the hope, is it not? neither side seems to back down from the results. we do not have the result of president yet. we need to see how that lamp5. president yet. we need to see how that lamps. there is a great picture on the front page of your paper, state, the telegraph, which is quite interesting of how to use a slightly different kind of photo, a different kind of images of the story. this is a protester in the capital with a traffic bombardments and to protect them. to protect him from the violence and objects being thrown but it is a very striking image. look at the counter, he grabs you and the page and eight great bit of page design for my colleagues. shout out to them. it brings to light that 5en5e out to them. it brings to light that sense of violence and threat on the 5treet5 sense of violence and threat on the st

he had first taken power in november after a brief military intervention which toppled robert mugabe after thirty seven years of iron fisted rule jimmy said didn't think much has changed since. we're both out sitting. on. well good at sitting these days. we was picked for the south to the know. well this will all be this ego and cause just to make sure that for the kids it was it or was it that she did it equally wind there are bits of it we will walk along and will not see demonstrations erupted shortly after the election result was announced with the military killing six protesters the m.d.c. say they also lost because its supporters suffered harassment and violence meanwhile president men on god while i held his own press conference where he called for an investigation into what happened and also called for unity. zero leads to be the president's all. in prison and all those that voted for me. and those who did more who knows and. i want to see. who saw the road to the boat was present. meanwhile opposition leader chamisa has called for a day of mourning for democracy. and for the

he had first taken power in november after a brief military intervention which toppled robert mugabe after thirty seven years of iron fisted rule to me said didn't think much has changed since. we are both out sitting. on. well what it says in this is. we want to court bodies out to get out of. this little gold base and this is a ball and goes just to make sure that for the kids it was for it for what it they did it if they equal it wind their face and you will walk along and will not see demonstrations erupted shortly after the election result was announced with the military killing six protesters the m.d.c. say they also lost because its supporters suffered harassment and violence meanwhile president men on god why i held his own press conference where he called for an investigation into what happened and also called for unity. over raids to be the president's over all the. president and all those that voted for me. and those who did more. to nelson's a minister or one. who saw the road to them but was present. meanwhile opposition leader chamisa has called for a day of mourning fo

well absolutely if you think back thirty seven years of robert mugabe the person who ran the country for such a long period ended last year when the military intervened then the current president went and got what took over his former vice president and this election was of course a milestone for the country for the first time there was a good chance for free and fair elections in zimbabwe the question is can we really talk of free and fair election here we have had several statements from several election of service some are saying yes tendency others also from the european union they were much more critical but nobody really had a final statement nobody can really say if we really saw a completely fail action hero if they were wrecked on not this is a process that still has to be looked into and still probably take some time until we really can make a fair judgment of that and i mean you know briefly if you can what does emerson now have to do to win the support of his critics. well he has to try to unite the country has to bring the other side also in the bow this will be his majo

areas that said so people in urban areas also may be seeing him or something different from robert mugabe a lot of people we spoke to use during voting there would say things like. but if someone new in charge let's give them a chance he still has international goodwill maybe that could help people invest in the country and create jobs which a lot of people really really need what we saw just before the final announcement was the opposition some of them are winter from the cameras and started shouting and screaming saying they want to accept this result these results have been rigged and they're not happy with the fact that. gore's going to win the police been. on them drag them are. saying that the current basically gone from the cameras and because it is illegal so what will the opposition do we have two options one could be to go to courts they say they have evidence according to their own private results in tallies they say nelson chamisa the main opposition leader has won this election they say they have evidence haven't yet told observers the media or the barwon people what the evid

resign and then people came out to celebrate and enjoy the fact that the army helped remove robert mugabe but now things are different this tension now because people don't know what is going to happen next right now as you can see it's just soldiers driving around not seeing them physically touch anyone is people push them too far what could happen. and how do we are expecting the situation to continue again as we keep mentioning until at least we get the results of the presidential vote the electoral commission has given the parliamentary majority two thirds of the vote to the ruling zanu p.f. we're still waiting for the presidential result and you were saying earlier that having the results might calm the situation but given how the opposition supporters have responded so far which is not at all accepting the electoral commission results. can we actually expect that when we have this final presidential result. that it will calm the situation that the protests will stall especially when you have the opposition leader nelson chamisa saying that he's won and his supporters who believe tha

he has been holding various minister positions under former dictator mugabe, and last year when mugabe was forced to resign he took over and he changed his image completely, portrayed himself as a reformer, open to country to investors, and allowed more freedom of speech. this electoral process for him was another sign that he wanted to give to the world that he is opening up the country. he has been talking about the electoral process that is free and fair, and according to him -- but the reality is not really like this. yes, there has been a tremendous amount of improvement compared to previous elections in zimbabwe, which were not free at all. also a lot of people say there was intimidation here and the process was not as fair as he thinks it was. sarah: the leader of the opposition called the election fraudulent and illegal. what evidence is there for that? adririan: that is exactly the question he could not answer. he called in the press today to talk about this issue, but he said, yes, we have evevidence, r numbmbers clearly s show that im ahead and won the ectction, but that he

was appointed interim president he had been mugabe's right hand man until the fall out with wife grace of god won narrowly won last month's election the first post independence vote without mugabe but the opposition has. refuse to accept what it calls fake results well let's get more on this now we're joined by a chilly day today on war and africa affairs analyst and author of when author of how to win elections and africa and he's joining us from lagos nigeria very good to have you with us on al-jazeera so what ever way the quarter falls do you think that the government and the opposition will accept the results. will i think that the government has a certain loser because the girl moves in there's the. what's there but we can get. international community that has been. supportive of the government. well most. weird to find the good news turn again. however you can see what. i am almost. you know. in d.c. . and with me because. there was. an electoral commission. and mr jenner on what if the court rules in favor of the p.f. party can we expect do you think the same sort of protest tha

iwas there when robert mugabe fell and there when robert mugabe fell and there seems such amazing optimismra and then we saw the tragic deaths of these six people. and soldiers on the streets with live ammunition. it's an illustration of the fact elections don't solve things in the way people often na vely hoped, having a big popular vote. it doesn't make people necessarily come together because they dispute the results, especially when you have questions about the fairness and corruption of the process, as we have had in zimbabwe. robert mugabe going was definitely a huge moment, obviously, having been there for 30 years, a brutal, repressive dictator. you have to be hopeful for something after that will be positive. is an interesting piece by the africa expert who said he was part of the group was lobbied strongly to say don't have elections but a power—sharing agreement first. these things where institutions are not developed, can make things worse. that prognosis seems be borne out by what we see on the ground in zimbabwe this week. do you think the future will at least be better than

as tensions rose over the delayed results of the first elections since a long time leader robert mugabe was ousted. i. so far only partial results have been released but the ruling zanu p.f. party is on course for a parliamentary majority amid claims of vote rigging and voter intimidation observers have criticised the delay in declaring the final results and will give a further assessment later a presidential election result has not been declared either but on russia's feared if mugabe's successor mission. stays in power the opposition m.d.c. alliance has already declared its candidate nelson chamisa say as the winner. you know. millions were drawn to polling stations on monday the turnout is thought to be around seventy five percent to first time candidates are in a closer race for the presidency after mugabe was imposed in a military coup last autumn his former right hand man. took over and is being challenged for the top job. the electoral commission has until saturday to clear the results african affairs expert iow johnson told us that the result will be defined in zimbabwe as relat

he had first taken power in november after a brief military intervention which toppled robert mugabe after thirty seven years of iron fisted rule jimmy said didn't think much has changed since. we are both out since. it was all. well good at six in the streets. we was picked for bodies out of the know. well this super bowl business is ego and goes just to make sure that puts it it was worth it for what did they get it they equally won their fates and you will want a long and will no doubt see demonstrations erupted shortly after the election result was announced with the military killing six protesters the m.d.c. say they also lost because its supporters suffered harassment and violence meanwhile president men on god why i held his own press conference where he called for an investigation into what happened and also called for unity. rage to be the president's over all. it president and all those that voted for me. and those who did more who knows and. i want to see. who saw the road to the but was present. meanwhile opposition leader chamisa has called for a day of mourning for demo

when robert mugabe sent the army to matabele land in the one nine hundred eighty s. investigators say at least twenty thousand people were killed many in the region say the massacres were to suppress the support base of his political rival at the time survivors say there's been no justice and mugabe he was finally forced from power by the army nine months ago led to elections that took place in july some people wondered if zimbabwe's presidential election might bring change the opposition say it was rigged the electoral commission denies it's the party's presidential candidate incumbent president. was announced the winner he was once the right hand man of former leader robert mugabe at the time of the massacres he was state security minister the first major investigation into the killings was written by human rights lawyer david coltart. he says the involvement of men and some of his ministers means things were changing i think it's unlikely that they would ever want a complete truth telling because the entire story of their involvement will unravel from their perspe

around seventy five percent to first time candidates are in a close race for the presidency after mugabe was deposed in a military coup last autumn his former right hand man. took over and is being challenged for the top job by trying to resign we are told commission has until saturday to declare the results african affairs expert ira johnson told us that the results will define him bob ways relations within the west and its own economic development. there are some huge challenges and huge repercussions for whoever wins if. m.d.c. wins. then more than likely the west will be happy if a few. wins and it's deemed that there was some irregularities the question is if the the west doesn't feel that they've had a fair shake in terms of these elections then they could keep the sanctions going they could keep some of the the factions that have actually helped or prevented zimbabwe from developing an evolving and fights in a growth to happen of course. let's in that limbo so i was in bob think that these elections up. this is a crossroads and the decisions that are made from that from now on esp

been killed in the unrest, casting a cloud on w new political era, after 40 years of rule by robert mugabe. our africa editor fergal keane reports from harare. fergal: from early, there was something different in the air. reports emerged on state media that a presidential winner would be dlared by the afternoon. o osition headquarters, supporters were gathering in anticipation. aboutth an hour to go befor declaration of the results. we have water cannons stationed right outside opposition quarters. moodred to the celebratory yesterday, it feels more tense. in the absence of an official result, the crowds belthe claim of their leader, however prature. >> chamisa! >> chamisa is the winner! fergal: but over at e result center, hopes of an announcement faded. as the declarati of parliamentary results dragged on, it appeared that not legal representatives of the 23 presidential candidates had turned up. >> for now this is all we have for you. we will announce the results of the presidential as soon as it taking care of.al fethe delay convinced the opposition that there is a fix. as the day wore

the former president to the proceedings mugabe declined saying that he's not even wanted my grain isn't feeling well but he thinks his daughter born and i have an in bed now all eyes on the opposition of course what are they going to do we know that they are going to have a meeting on wednesday to plan the way forward they don't attract international meeting to come in and intel team the president's trying to get all people on a flight from opposition leaders i hear but nothing to me so i did not attend the president did we need all of you on board is he going to grow this economy and he's promised to deal with corruption to deal with all things that are going wrong in the country anything the president or people people who didn't vote for him are waiting to see he delivered on that front. well that was a correspondent who's there at the inauguration now because it's david moore is a professor at the university of johannesburg he specializes in zimbabwe and politics and history and he's joining us from there. do you think that amazon money has said enough has done enough in order to pla

he had first taken power in november after a brief military intervention which toppled robert mugabe after thirty seven years of iron fisted rule to me so i didn't think much has changed since. we're both out so. it was. well good at sitting these days. we want to quit buddies of to be one of. those who told me this is ego and goes just to make sure that for the kids it was it for you or did they get it they equally want their us updates and we would want a long and low thoughts that demonstrations erupted shortly after the election result was announced with the military killing six protesters the m.d.c. say they also lost because its supporters suffered harassment and violence meanwhile president men on god why i held his own press conference where he called for an investigation into what happened and also called for unity. zero. to be the president's over all. and imprison and all those that voted for me. who knows. who saw. what was present. meanwhile opposition leader commission has called for a day of mourning for democracy. correspondent chris chelios us now from harai andrea l

when robert mugabe sent the army to matabele land in the one nine hundred eighty s. investigators say at least twenty thousand people were killed many in the region say the massacres were to suppress the support base of his political rival at the time survivors say there's been no justice and mugabe he was finally forced from power by the army nine months ago led to elections that took place in july and some people wondered if zimbabwe's presidential election might bring change the opposition say it was rigged the electoral commission denies it's the ruling zanu p.f. party's presidential candidate incumbent president. was announced the winner he was once the right hand of former leader. at the time of the massacres he was state security minister the first major investigation into the killings was written by human rights lawyer david coltart. he says the involvement of men and some of his ministers means things were changed i think it's unlikely that they would ever want a complete truth telling because the entire story of their involvement will unravel from their per

supposed to be such a moment of promise for zimbabwe, finally moving away from the era of robert mugabe? peter: i think that is what the people of zimbabwe were hoping for, and what many in the international community were hoping for, tt with a credible, free election, one that reflected the will of the people, that the international community healthbw zimput this chapter behind it and move forward. with the scenes we are seeing now, that will be difficult. laura: and yet with the shadow of robert mugabe looming large over all of this, is distrust of the process part of s legacy? t peter: it is certainly pof his legacy, as well as the action othe military and police. they were conditioned to brutality anviolence over so many years. i'm certain that the president emmerson mnangagwa did not want what he apparently claims to be his victory or will be claiming as victory to be tainted this way. but after years of conditioning, one shld not be surprised this is how they respond. laura: can whoever wins restore confidence? peter: it dependon how legitimate the victory is accepted or not by th

as tensions rose over the delayed results of the first elections since a long time leader robert mugabe was ousted. so far only partial results have been released but the ruling zanu p.f. party is on course played parliamentary majority amid claims of vote rigging and voter intimidation e.u. observers have criticized the delay in declaring the final results and will give a further assessment later the presidential election result has not been declared either but unrest is feared if mugabe's successor emmerson. stays in power the opposition m.d.c. alliance has already to. it's kind of been nelson chamisa as the winner. and millions were drawn to polling stations on monday turnout was thought to be around seventy five percent to first time candidates are in a close race for the presidency after mugabe was deposed in a military coup last autumn his former right hand man. took over and is being challenge for the top job by anything the electoral commission has until saturday to declared results african affairs expert johnson told us the results will define zimbabwe's relations with the west

the crackdown on wednesday was straight out of the mugabe playbook.r the country which will hurt, though not fatally, president mnangagwa's efforts to re—engage with the international committee. it would be wise for international actors do not re—engage until the results are validated and the necessary political and economic reforms included, including the repeal of repressive legislation. as europe sweats its way through another heatwave, people in portugal and spain are bracing themselves for the continent's highest—ever temperatures. on friday thermometer readings nudged 46.1; degrees in el granado in southern spain, near the portuguese border. but, forecasters say the current european record of 48 degrees could be broken in the coming days. sima kotecha reports from cordoba. a city exhausted by the heat. in monduro, there is little movement today. and the sweltering conditions are having an impact on the younger and older generations. translation: i drink a lot of water. i go to the swimming pool and i have a siesta in the afternoon. translation:

the crackdown on wednesday was straight out of the mugabe playbook.ough not fatally, residents mnangagwa's effo rts not fatally, residents mnangagwa's efforts to re—engage with the international committee. it would be wise for international actors do not re—engage until the results are validated and the necessary political and economic reforms included, including the repeal of repressive legislation. thank you very much. let's get some of the day's other news at least 25 people have been killed in a suicide attack on a mosque in eastern afghanistan. two men wearing women's burqas opened fire on shia muslims attending friday prayers in the eastern city of gardez. dozens of people were injured, including children. it's unclear who carried out the attack, although the islamic state group has targeted the shia minority in the past. chile has become the first country in south america to ban the commercial use of plastic bags. handing out cloth bags on the streets, president sebastian pinera said chile was willing to move away from a "throwaway culture." sm

as we said, thatis robert mugabe's rule.l result. and that will be crucial to the future of the country and what happens in these latest protests. much more for you on all the news on the bbc website. and you can get in touch with me and most of the team on twitter. i'm @bbcmikeembley. hello there. temperatures over the last few days have been topping out around the middle 20s celsius. warm enough, you might think. but for some over the next few days, we'll have values into the mid—30s. increasingly warm and humid through the day ahead. some sunshine, but also a fair amount of cloud in places, because as you can see from the earlier satellite picture, we've got this pipeline of cloud just ploughing its way in across british isles. and western areas particularly, where you're exposed to that moist south—westerly flow, seeing a lot of cloud to start off thursday. some rather misty, murky conditions for some coasts and hills. a bit drizzly in places, the odd shower here and there. but, for north—east scotland and certainly for

election that marked a milestone and zimbabwe's history the first in which longtime leader robert mugabe did not take part but days after that vote there have been protests and a violent crackdown rulings they know p.f. won the majority of seats in parliament that the opposition says the vote was unfair or transparent at the u.n. e.u. and the commonwealth have all urged calm. responding to the violence president emerson agogo offered thoughts and prayers for the families affected and used twitter to call for an end dependent investigation into wednesday's post election violence which killed at least three people he says he's been talking to his opposition rival nelson chamisa to defuse the situation but zimbabwe's home minister says the government will keep the military on the streets for the time being. is to keep under the command of the police. forces. remain deployed. across the country to maintain law and order the government of zimbabwe. and this is food responsibility. for the. destruction of property. injury and lives for life on the m.d.c. islands the commonwealth election obser

in as tensions rose over the delayed results of the first election since a long time leader robert mugabe was i stood. i. ok so far just looking through some of the reports coming in and this only partial results have been released the ruling zanu p.f. party is on course for a parliamentary majority made claims a vote rigging and voter intimidation e.u. observers have criticised the delay in declaring the final results and will give a further assessment later the presidential election results not declared big day in zimbabwe unrest is feared if mugabe successor emmerson. in power the opposition m.d.c. aligned sounds are ready to carry its candidate nelson chamisa. millions were drawn to polling stations on monday and turnout was around seventy five per cent i think two first time candidates are in a close race for the presidency after mugabe was deposed in a military coup also in his former right hand man. took over and is being challenge for the top job by me said the electoral commission has until saturday to declare the results on african affairs expert johnson told us the results will

biden god was appointed interim president he had been mugabe's right hand man on to the fallout with his wife grace my god we're now one. in last month's election the first posts and the pendants vote without mccarthy but the opposition has refused to accept what it calls fake results let's go live to head out in our correspondent how to toss is joining us from the national sports stadium where the inauguration is taking place so what are we likely to hear harder when we finally hear from mom and dad were. well he has the right you know out by the state actually just walking into the stadium he's going to walk around the stadium and reach people without hearing you walk in when you finally meet you would not be talking about unity you know you know you won the league you need not mention even the main opposition leader has a lot of support he down have to try and convince me that he will be a president for everyone not just for vanity if people also want to know about it cabinet is going to be if you're going to be old was he going to. play into it he declined to meet some opposition

in as tensions rose over the laid results of they first election since a long time leader robert mugabe was ousted. i. care let's go through what we know so far only partial results have been released but the ruling zanu p.f. party is on course for a parliamentary majority made claims of vote rigging and voter intimidation e.u. observers have criticized the delay in tearing the final results on will give a further assessment later in the presidential election result isn't yet the carrot either but rest is feared if mugabe successor emmerson man. in power the opposition m.d.c. alliance has already declared its candidate nelson chamisa as the winner while millions were drawn to polling stations on monday turnout it's thought to be around seventy five percent to first time counted its are in a close race for the presidency after mugabe was the post in a military coup last autumn his former right hand man. took over and is being challenge for the top job by chamisa the electoral commission has on till sunday to declare the result african affairs expert johnson told us the results will defin

say it could be a tight race it was the first polls and robert mugabe was forced from office has more from harare. the wait to find out who has won zimbabwe's presidential election could be a long one parliamentary. but the presidential will only be announced when all assaults from the more than ten thousand polling stations have been tallied for now also bobbies can do is look at the individual results posted outside a specific polling station the final official result will only be announced in the coming days. with. some. of the. opposition supporters say they are worried about vote fixing and insist they are ready to defend a vote. to say they are not going to accept a phrase that was a little girl to speak. to his supporters who say that. the main opposition leader nelson has won. i want to turn yourself. in the. world. why what's your favorite. first. but. the official results can only be announced by the electoral commission. the actual. civic organizations individuals and other interested groups. are pretty clear in that they will amounts was also respect for the provisions of

a tense wait for in zimbabwe for the results of the first election since long time leader robert mugabe was ousted opposition supporters have gathered outside the electoral commission's headquarters and quickly became agitated. so far only partial results have been released but the rulings on the p.f. party is on course for a parliamentary majority amid claims of vote rigging and voter intimidation observers have criticized the delay in declaring the final results and will give it further assessment later while the presidential election results are not yet declared and unrest is feared to have happened to happen if mugabe successor god way stays in power the opposition m.d.c. alliance has already declared its candidate nelson chamisa as the winner millions were drawn to polling stations on monday turnout thought to be around seventy five percent to first time candidates are up for the presidency presidency after robert mugabe posed in a military coup last autumn is for a right hand man emerson among goggle took over and is being challenge for the top job by nelson chamisa electoral comm

successoi’, emmerson elections to robert mugabe's successor, emmerson mnangagwa. 18—year—old safaa boular for life with a minimum term of 13 yea rs. for life with a minimum term of 13 years. she is the youngest woman convicted of plotting a terrorist attack on british soil. the sister of a midwife missing for a week has made an emotional appeal for information. samantha eastwood was last seen at work last friday morning. ina morning. in a moment, it will become for sportsday, but first a look at what else is coming up this evening on bbc news. just after seven, we will be talking a businessman in bulawayo in zimbabwe about how the country moves forward following the elections there. at 7.30, we will speak to the president of the chartered institute of taxation about whether tech companies like amazon should be paying more tax. and we will be looking at tomorrow's from pages with our reviewers martin benton from the london evening standard and then at its patio from france 2a at 10.30 and 11.30. that is all ahead here on bbc news, but 110w is all ahead here on bbc news, but now it's time f

what has changed since robert mugabe was president? areas, for example the raw constituencies, that seems to have faded away since november, since the moment of citation. so you have been quite optimistic?” since the moment of citation. so you have been quite optimistic? i am, andi have been quite optimistic? i am, and i remain very optimistic. i think that it is a departure from the past, an opening for us to not be captured by history any more but to engage the local community so as to engage the local community so as to establish more economic freedom and space for the people in the rural areas as well as other areas. but how did you feel when you saw ta nks but how did you feel when you saw tanks on the streets on wednesday and the fact of these six deaths that then happened ? and the fact of these six deaths that then happened? it was very u nfortu nate. that then happened? it was very unfortunate. it was an unfortunate circumstance but i feel was driven by antagonising forces within the electoral process, and i think that stems f