he talked about presiding over the zanu—pf party congress in december. nary really since zanu—pf have just sacked or dismissed extraordinary really since zanu—pf havejust sacked or dismissed him extraordinary really since zanu—pf have just sacked or dismissed him as their party leader today and given him an ultimatum, where they said, if you don't resign by midday tomorrow local time, we are going to impeach you, or parliament is. it is almost as if he is not to anybody. yes, and that is exactly the point. president robert mugabe trusts his own instincts, he trusts his own thinking. he thinks that he is correct and the rest of the people wrong. and that is why he has not listened to anyone in that room and thatisif listened to anyone in that room and that is if they were telling him to resign, and there has never been any official confirmation of the proceedings in those negotiations. but remember, there is a tank parked outside his house, he cannot go anywhere as freely as he would like. they only allowed to go to the university for that ceremony. so we

highly—anticipated speech to the nation, mr mugabe announced his intention to lead next month‘s ruling zanu—pf party congressng chancellor angela merkel‘s future into doubt. the leader of the liberal free democrats said his party was pulling out because it had not been possible to find a basis of trust with chancellor merkel‘s christian democrats. us planes carrying underwater rescue equipment have arrived in argentina to help hunt for a missing argentine submarine. the sanjuan disappeared four days ago in the south atlantic with 44 crew on board. britain, chile and brazil have also joined the rescue effort. now on bbc news, it‘s time for dateline london.

anticipated speech to the nation, mr mugabe announced his intention to lead next month's ruling zanu—pf party congressthe party has given him until midday on monday to resign orface impeachment. talks to form a coalition government in germany have collapsed, throwing chancellor angela merkel‘s future into doubt. the leader of the liberal free democrats said his party was pulling out because it had not been possible to find a basis of trust with chancellor merkel‘s christian democrats. us planes carrying underwater rescue equipment have arrived in argentina to help hunt for a missing argentine submarine. the sanjuan disappeared four days ago in the south atlantic, with 44 crew on board. now on bbc news, it is time for a look back at the week in parliament. hello and welcome to the programme in a westminster week dominated by one big event. european union withdrawal bill, committee. order. how are we going to leave the eu? i will be reporting on the big debates in the commons. mps keep up the pressure on the government to cut payment waiting times for claimants being switched to a controversial new bene

highly—anticipated speech to the nation, mr mugabe announced his intention to lead next month's ruling zanu—pf party congresse party has given him until midday on monday to resign orface impeachment. talks to form a coalition government in germany have collapsed throwing chancellor angela merkel‘s future into doubt. the leader of the liberal free democrats said his party was pulling out because it had not been possible to find a basis of trust with chancellor merkel‘s christian democrats. us planes carrying underwater rescue equipment have arrived in argentina to help hunt for a missing argentine submarine. the sanjuan disappeared four days ago in the south atlantic with 44 crew on board. britain, chile and brazil have also joined the rescue effort. now on bbc news, it's time for dateline london. hello and welcome to dateline london. this week we are discussing zimbabwe and it is future. and we look at another apparently difficult few days in the brexit talks. is there a stalemate between britain and the rest of the eu? plenty to discuss. he is janet daley, the american writer and broadcaster geoff mcalliste

anticipated speech to the nation, mr mugabe announced his intention to lead next month's ruling zanu—pf party congressthe party has given him until midday on monday to resign orface impeachment. talks to form a coalition government in germany have collapsed throwing chancellor angela merkel‘s future into doubt. the leader of the liberal free democrats said his party was pulling out because it had not been possible to find a basis of trust with chancellor merkel‘s christian democrats. us planes carrying underwater rescue equipment have arrived in argentina to help hunt for a missing argentine submarine. the san juan disappeared four days ago in the south atlantic with 44 crew on board. now on bbc news, extra time. welcome to extra time. last month, australia's vice—captain, david warner, likened the forthcoming ashes series against england to war, whilst adding that he was looking for hatred to motivate himself and his team—mates. hyperbolic language, of course, but it gets under way in a few days from now. our guest, graeme swann, knows all about pommie bashing. of the 60 matches, 18 of his matches we

party, zanu—pf. he is the new top. if he decides, i can wait another few weeks for this party congress to appoint me, i suspect the partyline. whether the people will is another matter. thank you very much indeed. fergal keane with the very latest. it has been another extraordinary day here in zimbabwe. first of all, the day starting with zanu—pf‘s central committee deposing robert mugabe after 37 years as the leader of the party. and then issuing an ultimatum that if he doesn't resign by midday tomorrow local time, he would be facing impeachment proceedings. he made that tv address on zimbabwean television this evening and didn't say he would resign. he is not going that will disappoint many millions of zimbabweans. that is the latest from here in harare with the bbc special coverage. back to the studio. a good deal of sunshine today but pictures like this are going to be few and far between in the week ahead. the sunshine that many of us have enjoyed today is about to be replaced by something cloudier, milder and wetter. our weather over the coming week is going to be coming in from off the atlantic. this is the next

pf party, which he founded removed him as leader. in his televised address, he insisted he will preside over the party congress that is happening in decemberre reaction and analysis on the bbc news website. that is being updated all the time. this is bbc world news today. thanks for watching. hello, it may have been a cold weekend, but it ended on a fine note for many with a lot of dry weather and even some sunshine as we can see from these weather watcher pictures from these weather watcher pictures from these weather watcher pictures from the isle of wight, to 0rkney. a lot of cloud moved into western parts in the uk so cloud winds out over night. after a chilly start across eastern parts, temperatures rise tonight, cloud moving in and rain. northern ireland, scotland, northern england, wales, the midlands, east anglia, rain is light and patchy in southern england. not all of this turning milder, still colder in place in scotland and as the wet weather moves in, we will see snow. the hills north of the central belt, above 400 m. msc start across scotland with rain and heavy rain in places. the higher you go, snow in the central belt. rai

chiefs, he said he intended to chair the c0 ng ress he said he intended to chair the congress of the ruling zanu—pf partyt month. in doing so he defied an ultimatum by his party to resign by tomorrow. the leaders of zam boob‘s war vetera ns tomorrow. the leaders of zam boob‘s war vete ra ns say tomorrow. the leaders of zam boob‘s war veterans say plans to impeach the 93—year—old will go ahead with demonstrations the examined on the streets of the capital, harare on wednesday. in other news, police say a postmortem carried out on the body of gaia pope hasn't revealed any injuries that suggested another person was involved in her death. i'm talking to chris bodington, the mountaineer who has reached the world's highest places his memoir is called, of course — ascent. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are henry zeffman, political reporter at the times and public affairs consultant, jacqui francis. welcome to the both. tomorrow's front pages, starting with the financial times, which reports that ministers are expected to give theresa may the go a

congress? as far as we are concerned he is not longer president of our party. he is done. at the central committee, the highest board inside zanu—pfriday made the decision he is gone, so whose interests is he representing? which constituents does he represent? the military says he is gone. at the moment he goes under the title of commander of chief, because he hasn't stood down formally but in terms of authority, he is not comaerned of anybody. all he is not comaerned of anybody. all he has is an office but absolutelily no authority. so, i don't know what he is playing at. as farzanu—pf as far zanu—pf is concerned we have a new leader. the nation will do what it has to do. impeach element have to start on tuesday. let it play. both the opposition and zanu-pf play. both the opposition and zanu—pf are agreed on this, the president has to step down. he is three months away. ben brown: how quickly do you think that impeachment progress will take? how long will it take? could he be gone within a few days? what is your estimate? i think by the end of the week. the committee has to be set in place to investigate the allegations against h

chiefs, he said he intended to chair the co ng ress he said he intended to chair the congress of the ruling zanu—pf party

congress? as far as we're concerned, he's no longer president of our party. he's done. the central committee, the highest policy making board within zanu—pfde the decision — he's gone. the province is here on friday. all ten of them made the decision that he's gone. so who does he represent? who's interests? who's constituents does he represent? the military says he's gone. at the moment, they are just holding on to the title of commander—in—chief because obviously he hasn't stepped down formally, but in every... in terms of authority, he doesn't have authority over anybody. all he has is an office but absolutely no authority. so i don't know what he's playing at. as far as zanu—pf is concerned, we have a new leader, the leader that was appointed today in an interim capacity, emmerson mnangagwa. that's it. that's it. so come congress, zanu—pf will confirm a new leader. the nation has to do what it has to do— the nation has to do what it has to do — impeachment has to start on tuesday, and let it play. and i mean, the opposition and zanu—pf are agreed on this — the president has to step down. he is three months away from that. tell us abou

party's demands to step down n an i dress to the anyway. he said he intended to lead next month's congress of the ruling party. he now faces impeachment by zanu—pfch earlier removed him as the party leader. 15 people, many of them women have died ina 15 people, many of them women have died in a stampede at a market in morocco. bad weather is hampering the fourth day of the search for an rge tinniannaval submarine which is missing with 44 crew on board. they have another enough supplies to last another two weeks. we will have a full round—up of the day's news at 10.30. first, 0ur wormed. —— 0ur day's news at 10.30. first, 0ur wormed. —— our world. day's news at 10.30. first, 0ur wormed. —— 0urworld. the day's news at 10.30. first, 0ur wormed. —— our world. the verdict of the war crimes against ratko mladic will be delivered next week. some viewers may find some parts of this programme upsetting. haunting music. in the 1990s, terrible things happened here. and even now, bosnia's earth guards its secrets. gunshots. but in order to escape its past, this country must confront it again, with the imminent verdict on general ratko mladic, whose list of

flanked by military chiefs, he said he intended to chair the congress of the ruling zanu—pf party nextonth. in doing so, he defied an ultimatum by the party to resign by tomorrow. the leader of zimbabwe's war veterans says plans to impeach the 93—year—old will go ahead, with demonstrations expected on the streets of the capital harare on wednesday. in other news, police say a post—mortem examination carried out on the body of the teenager, gaia pope, hasn't identified any injuries to suggest another person was involved in her death. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are henry zeffman, political reporter at the times and public affairs consultant jacqui francis. a flavour first of all of the front pages as a whole. the financial times reports that ministers are expected to give theresa may the go ahead to increase the government's brexit divorce bill offer to move on eu negotiations. there's the times. they say robert mugabe's refusal to resign as zimbabwe president has left the country in despair. the metro also leading on

of how and when he would stand down, the 93—year—old said he would lead next months congress of the ruling zanu—pf partyrrespondent anne soy reports this is to be admired. the moment that was to be a weighted. but here, the first sign that what many people have expected, a resignation, would not be forthcoming. the congress is due ina not be forthcoming. the congress is due in a few weeks from now... i will preside over these processors which must not be repossessed by any a cts which must not be repossessed by any acts calculated to undermine it or to compromise the outcomes. shock and disappointment amongst those who had gathered, waiting to celebrate. he didn't actually say he is resigning or anything so we are still waiting. he does not speak for out still waiting. he does not speak for our interest! yearly speaks of his personal interests and his family. why are you so disappointed? we are suffering! we are suffering. we have had enough of suffering. we need him... we need him to change his mind. we need him to resign. people marched yesterday and expressed their views. i am a young lawyer in zimba

but instead, the 93—year—old said he would lead next month's congress of the ruling zanu—pf party.s taken a $2.9 billion stake in one of china's largest bricks—and—mortar grocery retailers. leisha santorelli is in singapore. what has the reaction been to this? this has been an interesting deal, because more and more people are shopping online. and by alibaba putting so much money into another company, it shows that there is future for bricks and mortar stores. so it is generating discussion in the business community. the company com petes the business community. the company competes with walmart. it operates hundreds of markets selling everything under the sun. alibaba has been expanding into the fiscal retail world, so this isn't new, but it shows that they are looking to go to great online and off—line selling and shopping. so in recent years, they have bought into the grocery firms and shopping malls. it looks like the strategy has been emulated by amazon as well. they bought whole foods for $14 billion. it is part of a strategy where they will acquire hundreds of grocery stores

pf although. extraordinary scenes. really unthinkable, not long ago, to have this party, zanu—pf, who had been so slavishly loyal to robert mugabe, turning against him like this and humiliating him? absolutely amazing scenes. the congressm? absolutely amazing scenes. the congress is just ending. there has been singing and dancing, there has also been, particularly from some of the older ministers i have been speaking to, who have known president mugabe over the yea rs, known president mugabe over the years, a certain sorrow, a wish that it could have been otherwise, that he had resigned when he have the opportunity, that he had not pushed his wife, grace, onto the party. as you say, this is the party that, two weeks ago, was doing anything president mugabe wanted. when he asked them to get rid of his deputy, emmerson mnangagwa, they did so immediately. they expelled him from the party. he fled the country for his life. today, in an act of extraordinary political expediency and ruthlessness, they have turned on him. notjust saying you are no longer the president of the party, but kicking his wife out of the party for good and giving him an ultimatum, an extraordinary ultimatum, an extraordinary ultimatum, saying if you

pf central meeting. what he said today, the emphasis that these special c0 ng ress the emphasis that these special congress would determine what happens in the partys ipso facto what happened today is null and void. we saw so many people here

created, typical of him, is the business of whether he should preside over next month's party congress, the zanu—pflavish to him untiljust a few weeks ago, he is saying to them, here's something, you have to give me something if i'm going to give you something and not preside over the zanu—pf congress. if this transfer of power goes ahead, how confident are you that it will be peaceful? you have to remember that contrary to whatjust about everybody everywhere thanks, zimbabwe is a very peaceable country. there are people who were not peaceable, as we have seen, some pretty horrendous types that have taken over white farms, for instance, ina taken over white farms, for instance, in a brutal way, taken over white farms, for instance, in a brutalway, but basically zimbabwe is a peaceable country and people want to have, i think everybody wants a government they can respect and a better economy, and while those are the games, i think really people like emmerson mnangagwa has got all the cards in his hand. the one card he's missing is for mugabe simply to say all right, i'm out of here, i see your point

in a televised address, he said he intends to lead next month's congress of the ruling party, zanu—pf. good morning and thank you for joining us. step back at it, this televised address, many said they we re televised address, many said they were expecting him to stand down gracefully. that is not what happened. it didn't happen and everyone watching around the world was stunned. i think that the army knew what he would say and sanctioned what he would say. there we re sanctioned what he would say. there were suggestions that maybe he read from a speech, swapped pages. i don't think that happened. the army wanted to give him a dignified excerpts. the problem is a disconnect between the army and the party. and i think that there has not been sufficient communication. the party has said they want to impeach him. war veterans have been aggressive in language and they might take the fight to the streets. it is very difficult. what happens now with the impeachment is that parliament will meet and, of course, many parliamentarians have been expelled because they were part of grace mugabe g4

party's congress next month. former allies have condemned his decision and over the weekend huge street rallies demanded his resignation. if he doesn't step down, his party, zanu—pfll be impeached. the influential head of the war veterans organisation said they would initiate legal action in the high court to remove president mubabe. they also repeated their calls for him to be impeached and for further protests, including a sit—in to force him to resign. he went on national television to pretend as if everything is normal and he said he would be attending his party congress. we are saying, mugabe, go now. mugabe, go now. yourtime is up. please leave state house and let the country start on a new page. you should have the dignity and decency to spare the country further turmoil by simply announcing your departure immediately. if he can't, and this is the call we are doing and repeating again from when we came here on thursday last week, we are bringing back the people of zimbabwe to the streets. you will then have to settle these issues with the people of zimbabwe. ben brown is in the zimbabwean capital harare. are you getting any sense of what might happen in an

party, the zanu—pf. we have to bring that in mind. zanu—pf senior processes in play which must be respected. is a congresswer to either comply or go along with these requests for him to step down, or to make it altogether more difficult. absolutely. since he is refusing to relinquish control, this places the military‘s decision to step in in a very difficult position. should be confirmed as a military bid to take over control, the african union will become part of the picture and will have to take action. how split is zanu-pf over robert mugabe, in terms of faction within the party? those who want to see continuing power and those who think it is time for change?” see continuing power and those who think it is time for change? i would say the rival factions both want to see the old man go. but the fight over who is his succession is the faction represented by emmerson mnangagwa, and grace maghaberry and her allies. how strong are those allies around grace mugabe? emmerson mnangagwa has the liberation movement. that was zanu—pf‘s agenda. how long do you think this could ta ke to how long do you think this