you seriously think things were better under president mugabe? mugabe is better than mnangagwa.e's mugabe is better than mnangagwa. zimba bwe's infrastructure is crumbling. 2 million people in harare have been without piped water for months. the fear is isolated cases of cholera and typhoid could become an epidemic. and the country is in the grip of a power crisis, drought has cut hydroelectricity supplies. this coal—fired power station on the road to mbari is run out of spare parts. at sunset, the mood shifts quickly in mbare, plunging the surroundings into darkness. only a lucky few have generators. richard is now taking me toa generators. richard is now taking me to a friend's house, it's about seven p. m. . to a friend's house, it's about seven p.m.. i can tell you walking through mbare in the dark, well, it's a pretty weird experience. richard guides me down dark alleys and intoa richard guides me down dark alleys and into a block originally built was single male labourers. but it's now teeming with families, crammed into tiny spaces. thank you for letting us come into home

starvation worse is feared in the same year as the death of the country's long time ruler robert mugabe it is a brutal reminder of his grim legacy. u.s. president donald trump has alarmed investors by saying that a trade deal with china may have to wait until after the 2020 u.s. presidential election one year from now during a visit he's making to london trump claimed that china was keen to agree to a deal but that he was in no rush and was happy to wait markets have been hoping for a conclusion to the trade war by the end of the year. the north stream 2 pipeline is nearing completion the project is designed to bring gas from russia to germany and it has a lot of critics among them the european commission the u.s. and poland and some fear the e.u. will become too dependent on russian natural gas while others feel that they're just pawns in russia's larger power game. loop mean in northeastern germany this is where the 1200 kilometer long north stream to pipeline reaches the german baltic sea coast soon natural gas from russia will be flowing towards western europe circumventing ukraine.

hawkins and bar where people are queuing outside of banks for hours find out next voice since robert mugabe left our economy is going from bad to worse. india's main opposition congress party to hold a rally in a few hours against the controversial new citizenship law prime minister narendra modi has defended the legislation which opponents say discriminates against muslims in india huge demonstrations were held again in the capital new delhi and several other states on sunday at least $25.00 people have died in violence since the law was passed in parliament earlier this month. was at one of the rallies in new delhi 7. it's the greatest challenge india's prime minister narendra modi has faced since he came to power 5 years ago dozens of people have been killed during protest against a citizenship law which many see discriminates against muslims addressing thousands of his supporters at an election rally in new delhi mood. he blamed the opposition for stoking the protests began by your. brother's sense this law has been passed some political parties have been spreading rumors these people a

hawkins and bob where people are queuing outside of banks for hours find out next why since robert mugabe left power economy is going from bad to worse. hello again welcome back to in a national weather forecast well over the next few days we are going to be watching a storm system pushing into the eastern part of the mediterranean bring some very heavy rain as well as a very gusty winds turkey syria as well as into lebanon you're going to see an increasing rain as we go from tuesday as well as into wednesday winds will be very gusty along those coastal areas all the way down towards parts of egypt as well turkey expect to see some snow in the higher elevations as well as very gusty winds beirut over the next few days it is going to be quite a mess we can be seeing increasing rain from tuesday to wednesday and by the time we do get towards 30. it is going to be a flood risk across much of the region here across much of the gulf not looking too bad maybe some clouds here across parts of saudi arabia and into the u.a.e. abu dhabi though a nice day if you had 23 degrees not really changing t

hawkins in bar where people are queuing outside of banks for hours find out next why since robert mugabe left our economy is going from bad to worse. to. i am. thank you for joining us india's main opposition congress party is you to hold a rally in a few hours a contra against a controversial new citizenship law prime minister narendra modi has defended the legislation which opponents say discriminates against muslims in india large demonstrations were held again in the capital new delhi and several other states on sunday at least $25.00 people have died in violence since the law was passed in parliament earlier this month elizabeth warren i'm is in new delhi where the protests are building. for the last week we have had mass protests across the country against this law they have been mostly led by students by civil society now the main opposition party and the of the congress party is holding what's expected to be a very large rally right here in the capital new delhi and they're doing it at the resting place of mahatma gandhi they are doing this to emphasize that the country's founder

many blame the political and economic turmoil on formeres prident robert mugabe. the anti-colonial icon was at the forefront of zimbwe'sen independ in 1980. but, he clung to power for t arly 30 years, presiding over the decline of whas once one of the continent's most prosperous countries. was ousted in 2017. hope that mugabe's successor, president emmerson mnangagwa, can reverse the decline is running thin. the government is now scrapping a plan to remove grain subsidies next year, a move aimed at shielding zimbabweans from the rising food costs. for more on all of this, we turn to two men who know zimbwe well. gerry bourke is the southern africa spokesman for the united nations world food programme, the ad international agency working to alleviate the food crisis in zimbabwe. he was just there last week. and, harry thomas jr. had a 34ear career as an american diplomat, and served as the u.s. ambassador to mbabwe from 2016 to 2018. and welcome to you both. thank you for being hee. gerry, i do want to begin with you. 60% of thcountry's 14 million don't have to foo

power with some experiencing almost 24 hour blackouts in the ember 2017 long time president robert mugabewas overthrown accused of mismanaging state assets and failing to invest in power turning what about africa's fastest growing economies into one of the continent's slowest. zimbabwe is now on the brink of economic collapse. well these are mostly pensioners there are also nurses teachers police officers queuing for hours trying to get money out of a bank in a country running out of cash the bank will only allow them to withdraw a maximum of $20.00 a week not enough to make ends meet it's been over a year since robert mugabe left power and many people here hoped that their circumstances would change but it didn't dissolve the country's power problem and jumpstart the economy president is investing in coal wanting to reopen decommissioned power plants built 100 years ago by britain the former colonial power with zimbabwe's coffers empty china is offering to help between 2 national parks home to precious wildlife they're building open pit coal mining plants the aim is to bring zimbabwe bac

nicholas hawkins and where people are queuing outside of banks for hours find out next why since robert mugabeleft.

many blame economic turmoil on the former president mugabe.i-colonial icon was at the front of their independence in980, but held power 30 years, presiding over nee decline off the most -- one of the continent's most prosperous countries. there were hopes his -- hopes his successor could f it are growing thin. shielding zimbabweans from rising food costs. amna: for more we turn to two men who know zimbabwe well. the spokesman for the u.n. world food progr, the lead agency working to alleviate tood crisis in zimbabwe. he was just there last week. harry thomas junior, american diplomat and serveas the u.s. ambassador to zimbabwe 2016 to 2018. welcome to you both. jerry, 60% of the country' 14 million do not have the food to meet their basic needs. tell me what you saw and heard from families on the ground. lamity.s a national people do not have enough food. larders are dry, the harvest comes in once a year in april. stocks from thaare largely exhausted. they are looking forward to the next harvest in april. the rainy season has arrived two month