forces killed six protesters last night today police raided the headquarters of the opposition movement for democratic change in herat. i think a little police and how forcing their way into the hat quotas of the opposition movement for democratic change they say they're investigating the m.d.c. is presidential candidate nelson chamisa and others for inciting violence after yesterday's deadly demonstrations chamisa repeated his claims that incumbent president amisom one get one break the polls and that he claimed victory for himself thanks to someone i know but no that is the last to say that if it won this election there's a little if they don't know something. just a day earlier so she has cracked down on the protests in the capital harare demonstrators were demanding the release of the presidential election results several people died the international community contends the government's use of force and to have a police presence the usually crowded streets and harare with dissent on thursday the violence may have passed but for many the fear remains and that much what it did indeed because i'm no more se

for the comfort zone. conflict zone with tim sebastian. but. this is deja news coming to you live from berlin zimbabwe's new political iraq gets softer shaky start the country's opposition party the movement for democratic change refuses to accept the result of the presidential election its leader nelson chamisa says he and his colleagues have been harrison tretton since monday's vote earlier riot police tried to prevent a news conference we'll go live to harare for the latest. also coming up the fallout from german news disastrous the world cup and rumbles on stoffel would mizzou o.c. accuse the german football federation of racism when he quit the national team after the tournament not the new code say it's a majority of germans share his concerns and. if it's childish some block an open air festival of heavy metal fans from around the world make their annual pilgrimage to northern germany for a weekend of music and made a. play . on welcome i'm on with the cima tension in zimbabwe as the main opposition party refuses to accept the result of the bed. stanch election is being won officially by as zanu p.f. leader anderson. but the opposition leader nelson chamisa says he and his colleagues have been hairiest

police raided the headquarters of the opposition movement for democratic change. reporter: police in harare forcing their way into the headquarters of the opposition movement for democratic change. they say they are investigating the mdc presidedential candidat, nelson chamisa, and others for inciting violence. after yesterdays demonstrations, chamisa repeated his claims that incumbent president emmerson mnangagwa rigged the polls from and that he claimed victory for himself. >> if he had won this election, it would have been announced. reporter: soldiers cracked down on protesters in the capital, harare. demonstrators were demanding the release of the presidential election results. several people died. the international community condemned the government's use of force. with a heavy police presence, the usually crowded streets of harare were deserted on thursday. for many, the fear remains. >> i'm deeply worried indeed, because i am no more seeing the future of it. >> people are in here too much of what happened yesterday. what happened i think is that he meant --

hundred ten seats in the national assembly the results show forty one seats for the opposition movement for democratic change while results for fifty eight seats are yet to be declared the commission says it will start to announce numbers from the presidential election in about ninety minutes. both sides should be sure of victory heading into the poll which observers say was too close to call president emerson and urged his supporters to be patient and wait for the results his main rival the m.d.c. as nelson chamisa said the commission was delaying announcing the outcome to prepare zimbabwe and for fake results. from. the rulings on a party has won a majority in parliament and it's partly because of the rural vote people who live in the rural areas are the majority in zimbabwe and they identify with on a plate politics. gave them and gave them food represents the poor black majority they don't identify with opposition politics also remember that the opposition vote has been divided for example when. a few months ago and nelson chamisa became the leader of the m.d.c. alliance some people in the party won happ

and ten seats in the national assembly the results show forty one seats for the opposition movement for democratic change while results for fifty eight seats are yet to be declared no results have been announced so far for the presidential election. both sides had been sure of victory heading into the poll service said it was too close to call though president emerson among the supporters to be patient and wait for the results meanwhile his main rival the m.d.c. is nelson chamisa said the commission was delaying announcing the outcome to prepare zimbabwe's for fake results. south africa's president says the ruling african national congress will push ahead with plans for the expropriation of land from white farmers without compensation cyril ramaphosa says the a.n.c. will try to amend the constitution with the support of the left wing economic freedom fighters the issue of land ownership is one of the most contentious in south africa with some pointing to neighboring zimbabwe's economic collapse after land reform there. the intention of this proposed amendment is to promote redress advance economic develo

opposition figure defying a court order allowing him to seek asylum to diabetes from the opposition movement for democratic change faces charges at home for inciting post-election violence was defeated in last week's elections which they say was rigged in favor of the ruling sanny p.f. party lawyers for the opposition alliance says that to challenge those results in court. indonesia's lombok island has been hit by a powerful aftershock after sunday's magnitude six point nine there are no reports of injuries or casualties from thursday's trouble but some buildings have collapsed two hundred fifty nine people are confirmed dead so far but already they expect that figure to go up officials are struggling to deliver aid to all those in need across the island while rescuers say they don't have the proper equipment. you're watching all just their arms the whole drama these are all top news stories a spokesperson for yemen's ministry of health in sanaa has put the death toll after today's airstrike at forty three the saudi m.r. r.t. led airstrike hit a school bus since other province or who the stronghold north of the c

parliamentary elections still no word on the winner of the presidential poll but the opposition movement for democratic change is already accusing xenophobia of stealing the election. reuniting refugees with their families here in germany as of today some refugees will be able to apply to bring their loved ones into the country but there's a catch. facebook says it has uncovered a new plot to influence u.s. mid-term elections in november and that the people behind it all gone to great lengths to hide their identity. and as temperatures hit new highs in europe we find out what people are doing to cool down and we ask if climate change is to blame for the extreme weather. i'm going to have you with us two days after historic elections in zimbabwe the country's electoral commission says the ruling zanu p.f. party has won the most seats in parliament now partial results show zanu p.f. has picked up one hundred ninety seats in the nation's two hundred ten member assembly that's compared to just forty one for the opposition movement for democratic change or m.d.c. the remaining seats have yet to be announced along

parliamentary elections still no word on the winner of the presidential poll but the opposition movement for democratic change is accusing sound of p.r. of stealing the election. reuniting refugees with their families here in germany as of today some are few jews will be able to apply to bring their loved ones into the country but there's a catch. and as temperatures hit new highs in northern europe we find out what people here in berlin are doing to cool down and talk to those on able to escape the heat. i'm sumi so much going to good to have you with us two days after a storage election in zimbabwe the country's electoral commission says the ruling zanu p.f. party has won the most seats in parliament partial results shows that new p.f.s. picked up one hundred nine seats in the nation's two hundred ten member assembly that's compared to just forty one for the opposition movement for democratic change or m.d.c. the remaining seats if you have to be announced along with the victor of the country's presidential poll monday's vote was the first since robert mugabe was ousted after thirty seven years in power. an

hundred ten seats in the national assembly the results show forty one seats for the opposition movement for democratic change while results for fifty eight seats are yet to be declared no results have been announced so far for the presidential election both sides have been sure of victory heading into the poll job service said was too close to call president emerson a man god was supporters to be patient and wait for results meanwhile his main rival the m.d.c. was nelson chamisa said the commission was delaying announcing the outcome to repair zimbabwe for fake results. afghanistan will hold presidential elections on april the twentieth next year the announcement from the country's election body comes as afghans prepare for parliamentary elections in less than three months shall about us reports from kabul. hundreds of women recalled the names of the countryman compiling an electronic list of who decide afghanistan's next leaders nine million people have registered to vote a quarter of the population but here that means nine million trees and this is the . name of that person and find their name and it is. t

his main rival, nelson chamisa of the opposition movement for democratic change alliance won little more says the tallies were not properly verified. that's the way it's looking. you're watching bbc news. i'm duncan golestani, thanks for your company. hello there. 0ver recent days, we've seen real contrasts developing in the weather north—west to the south—east across the country and that contrast will continue. this is the scene as the sun set in braintree in essex on thursday evening. we have seen more cloud and more wet weather across some northern and western parts of the country. as we head through the next few days, most of us are looking dry. the heat again will build in the south, but there will be a little bit of showery rain through the day on friday, particularly across parts of northern england. now, we've got a fairly cool flow of air coming in from the north—west, across parts of northern ireland and scotland. meanwhile, this warm flow of air from the south is affecting the southern parts of england and wales too. the dividing line between those two air masses, this zone of

today on d w news riot police in zimbabwe have delayed a press conference by the opposition movement for democratic change its leader has risen to the results of the country's presidential election which handed power to the incumbent and worse meaning god. coming up in business news with a decade after air b.n. b. burst on to the scene regulators. when tenants are complaining about rising rents and housing shortages we look at whether air b. and b.'s tenth anniversary marks the end of a honeymoon period. all that and much more still to come. frank food. international gateway to the best connection self in road and rail. located in the heart of europe you are connected to the home with. experience on standing shopping and dining offers triallists services.

party wins parliamentary elections in zimbabwe but the opposition movement for democratic change are questioning the results they're accusing senator p.f. of stealing the election e.u. servers are also raising questions of the poll also coming up the new gateway to europe with other routes cut off refugees are now turning to the strait of gibraltar to reach the continent and that's causing problems for spain. and in athletics we look ahead to the beijing games later this month where a young sprinter is seeking another gold after becoming a hero in his native into the ship. well i'm terry marks and thanks for joining us two days after historic elections in zimbabwe the country's electoral commission says the ruling senate party has won the most seats in parliament right now the commission is reading out the election results seat by seat and senate p.f. is poised to take a two thirds majority opposition supporters have gathered outside the electoral commission offices in harare they say the senate is trying to recruit a vote by delaying the election results even election observers say

parliamentary elections still no word on the winner of the presidential poll but the opposition movement for democratic change is accusing the zanu p.f. of stealing the election. the new gateway to europe with other routes cut all refugees are now turning to the straits of gibraltar to reach the continent and that's causing problems for spain. here in germany the government has taken steps to allow some refugees to apply to bring their loved ones into the country but there is a catch. and those temperatures hit new highs in northern europe we find out what people here in berlin are doing to cool down and we talk to those on able to escape the heat. well i'm sorry martin thanks for joining us two days after historic elections in zimbabwe the country's electoral commission says the ruling center p.f. party has won the most seats in parliament partial results shows an appeal has picked up one hundred nine seats in the nation's two hundred ten assembly that's compared to just forty one for the opposition movement for democratic change or m.d.c. the remaining seats have yet to be announced along with the victor of

and zimbabwe the opposition movement for democratic change has for injective the results of the country's presidential election as leader nelson chamisa so his party would challenge the outcome in court president our sonangol meanwhile insisted he had won a free and fair election and don't forget you can always find ways whenever you're on the go just download our app from google play or the apple store get access to the latest news from around the world and sure to sign up for push out of occasions so you don't miss any breaking news can also use the v.w. to send us your photos and video. and that's our news update at this hour i'm sara farmer in berlin more as always on our web site www dot com thanks for much. of the. painful. parts and language courses. video for you. anytime anywhere. w c.

because of a legal challenge to the election result it was sunday lawyers for the opposition movement for democratic change alliance filed their case at the constitutional court in the capital harare they say they have evidence of fraud and election rigging the has more. this is the first time in zimbabwe's history an inauguration has been stopped the m.d.c. alliance party say they want the election results overturned they say they have evidence forms that show that the results were tampered with the judges could meet quickly if they think this evidence is weak they could throw the case out if they want more time to look at the evidence take a couple of days if they don't need to over the weekend monday and choose death public holidays which means all meet on wednesday fourteen a day to make a decision and i can do is wait president elect. respects the court's supporters aren't thrilled with us opposition supporters but most above wins think are concerned about the economy this election was different from other elections regardless of who people voted for a lot of people we spoke to whether the opposition

the opposition movement for democratic change says the vote was rigged.s in harare. bring us up to date with the results and what people are saying. we've just heard a press conference from the electoral commission in which they confirmed that the ruling zanu—pf party has maintained the majority of seats in parliament. it means that they are now finished counting and verifying the results of the parliamentary results but also now the country are still waiting for the results of the presidential vote to be announced. we're told there is going to be a delay possibly not even today in terms of when the results will be announced. but there is a level of unhappiness particularly from supporters of the opposition movement for democratic change that took to the streets earlier saying they believe that the vote has been rigged and they are protesting. police telling them to disperse and also there are some reports that shops were ordered to close down for their own safety. ajudge in seattle has blocked the release of software that allows people to make plastic gu

parliamentary elections still no word on the winner of the presidential poll but the opposition movement for democratic change is accusing zanu p.f. of stealing the election of. a new gateway to europe with other routes cut all the refugees are now turning to the straits of gibraltar to reach the continent and that's causing problems for spain. there in german.

one headline before we leave you in zimbabwe the opposition movement for democratic change has rejected the results of the country's presidential election as later nelson chamisa said his party will challenge the outcome in cork president emerson mangala meanwhile also said he wanted a free and fair election. that's your news rap i'm sara harman in berlin thanks for watching have a great weekend i'll see if that. would . lead. germany street by street. the most colorful. the longest. the most traditional. minded all educate me time. check him with a web special. take a tour of germany state by state on d w dot com movement in fighting for the case to take you seriously in the world of work here's what's coming up women's tone. for your women smart bombs smart state religion brain prison really dangerous times are for w. me for my. shifts of living in the digital world coming up. learning what you choose relaxing on instagram. and life projections and dancers. the first innovate. technology. up with the kids causing a stir in t.v. and social media it's a russian language show produced on

opposition movement for democratic change has rejected the results of the country's presidential election as later nelson chamisa said his party would challenge the outcome in cork president emerson mangala meanwhile also said he wanted a free and fair election. that's your news rap i'm sara herman in berlin thanks for watching have a great weekend assisting. germany street by street. the most colorful. along. the most traditional find it all at any time. check in with the web special. take a tour of germany. on d w dot com.

into court to face charges of inciting public violence dozens of members of the opposition movement for democratic change who were arrested at the party headquarters police accuse them of some mention of violence while awaiting election results at least six people died in clashes with security forces but the m.d.c. as leader nelson chamisa says it is the government that should face justice for the day we have been subjected to all sorts of our usman i think you hear intimidation in place just yesterday when they did the reason why probably they want information from us because they wanted to try and roy the evidence that we have and i must say that mr monk got what did not win. their lives in this country was won by the m.d.c. alive. has urged his followers to keep calm as he challenges the election outcome police continue to deal out heavy handed tactics on friday they try to shut down an opposition press conference. they eventually relented the situation has left many zimbabweans anxious about the future i want to be a bit deaf to its interest. it did take jobs i think the president. i think he will mo

into court to face charges of inciting public violence dozens of members of the opposition movement for democratic change who were arrested at the party headquarters police accused of violence while awaiting election results at least six people died in clashes with security forces but the m.d.c. as leader nelson chamisa says it is the government that should face justice. we have been subject to all. intimidation in. the reason why. roy. and i must. follow is to keep a seat challenges the election outcome police continue to deal out heavy handed tactics on friday trying to shut down an opposition press conference. they eventually relented the situation has left many zimbabweans anxious about the future i want to be. in. it but i think. i think. the old man is one so i'm just hoping. he will change the fortunes of most of us. nobody to speak to anyone here. i don't see any future. after winning by a slim margin man and god has called for national unity and reached out to his rival. to be president or. president. and those. who knows and. i want to see. what was present. south africa has now congratulated f

inauguration delayed because of a legal challenge to his electoral victory for the opposition movement for democratic change alliance a file that case of the supreme court in harare a say they have a lab with evidence of fraud. and heavily armed taliban fighters of still in the central afghan city of gazan a attacking police checkpoints and government buildings a local health official says at least sixteen people have been killed a fight has tried to overrun the city setting off a day long clashes with u.s. backed afghan forces. the headlines do stay with us we can that china's democracy experiment is coming up next but there will be another update for you off to that in about twenty five minutes time. tens of thousands of demonstrations erupt across china each year driven by anger over corruption and the illegal sale of communal land most protests fail to make an impact but in two thousand and eleven one village defied the odds. the consulate is rose up demanding the return of their lead and calling for their leaders to step down after decades of corruption. amid a crackdown activist shoots and bore died i

the nation's two hundred ten member assembly as compared to just forty one for the opposition movement for democratic change or m.d.c. the remaining states have yet to be announced and the victor of the country's presidential poll is not yet known monday's vote was the first since robert mugabe was ousted as president after thirty seven years in power. or correspondent melanie core of the ball is in zimbabwe covering the elections for us and she joins us now from harare it's clear the p.f. has won the parliamentary elections but the results of the presidential poll or not what sort of reaction are you seeing there are those points. well we haven't heard anything from the center p.f. yet no official statement but they are preparing for us to victory and that's what i have heard we have been seeing the opposition on the streets though there have been demonstrations and clashes between the police and the opposition today and they already started going out on the streets claiming victory yesterday when we didn't even have that many results he says been saying on social media that he is confident that he will wi

a long ruling senate p a party wins parliamentary elections in zimbabwe but the opposition movement for democratic change are questioning the results they're accusing senate p.f. of stealing the election eve observers are also raising questions about the poll also coming up a new gateway to europe with other routes cut all the refugees are now turning to the strait of gibraltar to reach the content and that is causing problems for spain . and those temperatures hit highs in northern europe we find out what people here in berlin are doing to cool down and we talk to those i'm able to escape the heat. well i'm terry martin thanks for joining us two days after historic elections in zimbabwe the country's electoral commission says the rulings in a p.f. party has won a huge majority in parliament santa p.f. is poised to take two thirds of the seats in zimbabwe's national assembly that's enough to rewrite the country's constitution positions supporters have gathered outside the electoral commission offices in harare they say zenu p.f. rigged to the vote by delaying the election results official say they'll ann

figure defying a court order allowing him to seek asylum and die betty from the opposition movement for democratic change faces charges at home for inciting post-election violence the m.d.c. was defeated in last week's elections which it says it was rigged in favor of the ruling zanu p.f. posse lawyers for the opposition alliances that to challenge those results in court and the cargo ship loaded with soybeans is stranded off china a victim of the trade war between china and the us it's a arrived off the coast on the sixth of july just after beijing imposed a twenty five percent tariff on soybeans from the u.s. ships owners haven't decided what to do next the chinese levies were in response to u.s. tariffs with thirty four billion dollars there's all the headlines i'm back with more news after witness the apology. you. know. who will. the a in. the mall war a lot of the. people that he was with the little. girl who was the little. kid has allergies that. he did not love. all the. detail. or get over this awful lot more that was a. big part of the all that he told. all. yes. if you want to eat young guy o

here's a recap of the top story that we're following for you in zimbabwe the opposition movement for democratic change has rejected the results of the country's presidential election its leader nelson chamisa says his party would challenge the outcome in court president immersed in one god one meanwhile insisted he'd won a free and fair. i'm going to leave you with a scene from suburban idaho where one family who kept a surprise almost a hundred goats had invaded their garden and roofie sting on their plans to the top of the. building paula. i live close to los go. to. germany which. any time any place.

for weeks or months but potentially years. zambia's deported a leading zimbabwean opposition figure defying a court order allowing him to seek asylum and turn diabetes from the opposition movement for democratic change faces charges at home for inciting post-election violence the m.d.c. was defeated in last week's elections which they claim were rigged in favor of the ruling that zanu p.f. the lawyers for the opposition lawyers are set to challenge those results in court the president of the democratic republic of congo will not be standing in december's election joseph kabila is refused to step down in twenty sixteen and that the violence and the delay in the vote he's not backing a close ally to replace him but it's katherine so explains that there is tough competition for the job. after months of speculation and manuel ramazani should diary president joseph to be less trusted ally has been nominated by the common front for congress qualification as he successor it was a surprise to many who thought the president would try to run for a third time even though he's bad by the constitution will choose other more politically vocal leaders should diary's a secretary of the president's people's party fo

forces killed six protesters last night today police raided the headquarters of the opposition movement for democratic change. the police called in sealing off the office of the movement for democratic change or m.d.c. they say they're investigating its presidential candidate nelson chamisa and others for inciting violence after yesterday's deadly demonstrations chamisa repeated his times that incumbent president amas and then get the polls and then he cling to victory for himself things he summoned up one note that is lost this election if it won this election is a little bit you know no longer. just a day earlier so she has cracked down on the protests in the capital harare demonstrators were demanding the release of the presidential election results surfer people died international communities content the government's use of force and to have a police presence the usually crowded streets and harare were decided on thursday the violence may have passed but for many the fear remains and that much ready to police indeed because i'm no more seeing the future for the. people in fear too much about what happene

from berlin the long rulings party wins parliamentary elections in zimbabwe but the opposition movement for democratic change are questioning the results they're accusing senator p.f. of stealing the election e.u. observers are also raising questions about the poll also coming up the new gateway to europe with other routes cut off refugees are now turning to the strait of gibraltar to reach the continent and that's causing problems for spain. and.

berlin and i'm attaching opposite to have your company on top story in zimbabwe v opposition movement for democratic change has rejected the result of the country's presidential election its leader nelson chamisa since his party will challenge the outcome in court president and listen mungana meanwhile insisted he'd won a free and fair election. the majority of people here in germany say racism is a big problem that's according to a new survey by pulling institute in for a test d. map the issue of racism came into focus off the footballer z.-e. came to face racism and disrespect because of his turkish roots and quits the german national team. he wore the german jersey he even won the world cup for germany but football player mazie musial was recently caught in a backlash regarding his german turkish identity he then resigned from the national team accusing the german football association of racism. now germans are publicly debating this the country have a problem with xena phobia. racism in germany is a very big or big problem for two thirds or sixty four percent of the germans according to latest polls on

in zimbabwe, the opposition movement for democratic change has rejected the results of the presidentiallection. its leader, nelson chamisa, says his party would challenge the outcome in court. president emmerson mnangagwa insists that he won a free and fair election. that is your dw news. more coming at the top of the hour. in the meantime, you can always find the latest on our website, dw.com. i am sarah harman in berlin. thanks for watching. have a great weekend. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] that's a have done with this the had the headlights. zimbabwe's opposition she says.. recy now sells for a subject change it was also [inaudible] president [inaudible] thousands. one one nine nine please please

parliamentary elections still no word on the winner of the presidential poll but the opposition movement for democratic change is already accusing xenophobia of stealing the election. reuniting refugees with their families here in germany as of today some refugees will be able to apply to bring their loved ones into the country but there's a catch. facebook says it has uncovered a new clue.

along rulings an appeal to a party wins parliamentary elections in zimbabwe but the opposition movement for democratic change are questioning the results they're accusing zan of p.f. of stealing the election eve observers are also raising questions about the poll also coming up a new gateway to europe with other routes cut all the refugees are now turning to the strait of gibraltar to reach the content and that is causing problems for spain .

faced a tough challenge from nelson chamisa of the opposition movement for democratic change or m.d.c. . 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

elections the next five years call for patience a call for order and across from the opposition movement for democratic change in zimbabwe thank you so much for joining us thank you. and alex get a quick check of some other stories making news around the world there's been an outbreak of the deadly disease of bola in the northern kivu province of the democratic republic of congo twenty six cases have been reported and of those twenty have died just a week ago an outbreak of ebola in another part of congo was declared over. a ban on full face veils has come into force in denmark the government says that face covering garments like the niqab in the burka prevent women from integrating into danish society several other european countries have instituted similar bans some danes are planning to defy the new law. and blueprints for three d. guns will not be made available online in the united states that's after a u.s. judge blocked their publication in a last minute ruling the blueprints demonstrate how to make untraceable printed plastic guns the ruling versus a decision by the trump ministration that would have

the party has already picked up one hundred ninety two versus forty one for the opposition movement for democratic change and d.c.'s accused of trying to bring developed by delaying official results. blueprints for three d. guns will no longer be made available online in the united states that's after us judge blocked their publication in a last minute ruling the documents demonstrate how to make untraceable printed plastic guns they're willing reverses a decision by the trumpet ministration that had permitted their release. facebook has uncovered what it says is a cordon aided campaign to influence u.s. mid-term elections in november the company says it has removed more than thirty pages it says aim to mislead users facebook stopped short of identifying the source of the misinformation in february the u.s. justice department indicted thirteen russian nationals for interfering in the two thousand and sixteen u.s. election. we don't want people or organizations creating networks of a kind to mislead others about who they are or what they are doing that was just part of facebook's statement as the company

the day started peacefully enough, these supporters of the opposition movement for democratic changeyed announcement about who will be the next president of zimbabwe and many here believe that this election is being stolen from them. if the elections are not raped by are we seeing water cannons in the street. they're waiting for an uprising from the people. why are they delaying this? enough is enough. initially the water cannons stood idle and the riot police content to watch but then tension rose. gunfire echoed through the streets as soldiers tried to disperse the protesters but here, they fought back. they are shooting, they want to kill civilians. a bbc journalist try to help a man who had been shot but he later died. this election was the first in zimbabwe not to feature robert mugabe who was ousted in november. the opposition movement for democratic change leader nelson chamisa says he has one the popular vote but the ruling party zanu—pf has got a majority in parliament and observers say that there had been problems with the ballot. there have been inducement, soft intimidati

challenge to the election result it will show jewels for sunday lawyers for the opposition movement for democratic change alliance filed a case of the constitutional court in harare they say they have evidence of fraud and election rigging. dozens of people have been injured to everybody and police used to going to said water kind of that's an empty government dryly of bucharest thousands of remains including many experts were calling for the government to resign those were the headlines about good news it hasa to stay with us here on out as it. was even though my. thyroid gave the rhythm of i'll fall on a. hot dog. i'm a huge ass that you hear out of there. but i do you out here when. is that let's have on the program he said i'm up here that you can't hear him at all and if there are. i. prefer file cover was there for you with those of us i. thought. there was of a there was. a lot of them a lot of. you got ha ha ha ha there. you are your own mother before the fellow who are the. other oh oh. zero zero. zero. zero zero zero as i know that because of a lot of. there was. ever a come on yes. yes it was

already the recriminations have begun between the ruling party and the opposition movement for democratic change. each blames the other. we are told that president emmerson mnangagwa is due to address the nation tonight and we get some sense of what the government strategy is going to be over the next 2a hours. if you stand back and consider where this country has been, a coup d'etat last november which was welcomed on the same street and then a largely peaceful election campaign and the images of peace and polling day. tonight, zimbabweans know that around the world pictures of soldiers attacking protesters, of death and of injury are being absorbed. that hits hugely at the great hope people had here which was forforeign investment, to end the economic misery of so many. there will be huge diplomatic pressure tonight and tomorrow to bring the two sides together. in what is really needed, a moment of political maturity. thank you. it's been described as a "truly perilous" financial situation. tonight, northamptonshire county council is holding crisis talks to discuss which services it must cut t

mr mnangagwa won just under 51% of the vote against 44% for nelson chamisa of the opposition movement for democratic change mdc. they rejected the results and said it would be challenged in court. fergal keane sent this report from harare. after a wait in which the country was plunged into crisis, at last, the moment of decision. the votes received by mnangagwa, emmerson dambudzo of zanu—pf party are more than half the number of votes cast in the presidential election. therefore, mnangagwa, emmerson dambudzo of zanu—pf party is therefore duly declared elected president of the republic of zimbabwe, with effect from the 3rd august, 2018. cheering the newly—elected president is the man who overthrew robert mugabe last november. today we are witnessing the beginning of a new and unfolding democracy. his victory is the culmination of 50 years of activism and political manoeuvring. his victory is the culmination of 50 years of activism and political manoeuvring. for the man nicknamed the crocodile — patient and ruthless. do those characteristics describe you, do you think? i'm as soft as wool. i am a very soft p