the army denies it's staging a coup. we should make it abundantly clear that the season not and needed to all of the. still the army has occupied state t.v. and says it wants to remove criminals from the government now that has the fight to succeed the ailing president robert mugabe intensifies we'll get the very latest from our correspondent on the ground also coming up. all straley a says yes to same sex marriage in a non-binding postal poll two thirds of participants backed the change now the government wants to make it law by christmas. i'm brian thomas welcome to the show a night of unrest in zimbabwe with shooting and explosions reported in the capital harare but the army says it is not a coup it's saying this is a targeted assault on criminals surrounding president robert mugabe and promised that he is safe but tanks are on the streets of harare. and the army has taken over the state broadcaster soldiers have sealed off the government and parliamentary buildings the situation remains confuse the opposition has called for a return to democracy now this after them bob ways army chief had warned that the army could step in to calm te

the army is denying is staging a coup. with which to make it abundantly clear that this is not and military takeover of the still the army has occupied state t.v. and says it wants to remove criminals from the government that's as the fight to succeed ailing president robert mugabe intensifies we'll get the very latest from our correspondent on the ground. plus a big day for same sex couples in australia that country says yes to same sex marriage in a postal poll two thirds of participants backed the change now the government wants to make it law by christmas. and nigeria's drowned daughter says italian investigators work to a dent of five twenty six women dumped in the mediterranean we traveled to nigeria to meet anxious families who believe their children were victims of people traffickers. i'm brian thomas a very warm welcome to the show a night of unrest in zimbabwe with military vehicles out on the streets and explosions reported in the capital harare but the army says it is not a coup they're calling it a tie. argot assault on criminals around president robert mugabe promising he'll be safe now the army has taken over the state broadcast

streets of zimbabwe but the army denies it staging a coup with which to make it abundantly clear that the she is not in the military took over the still the army has occupied state t.v. and it says it wants to remove criminals from the government all that has the fight to succeed the ailing president robert mugabe intensifies we'll get the latest from our correspondent on the ground. australia says yes to same sex marriage in a postal poll two thirds of participants of backing the changed now the government wants to make it law by christmas. and russia's parliament gives its backing to plans to make international journalists register as foreign agents that move comes in retaliation against the united states which forced russia's state backed broadcaster marty to do the say. i'm brian thomas welcome to the show a night of unrest in some by. with shooting and explosions in the capital harare but the army insisting it is not a coup they say it's targeting assaults on criminals around president robert mugabe and they're promising he is safe but tanks are out on the streets of harare and the army has taken over the state broadcaster soldiers have sealed off government an

captured headlines in two thousand and fourteen is staring at the feet in its final stronghold in both iraq and syria. syrian state t.v. says the army and its forces of course tries a lot of the eastern city of benghazi was the group's last remaining syrian stronghold and the capital of an oil rich province bordering iraq the military campaign to recapture that as all began in september when the army managed to break its three year long siege on the city and its residents. and in neighboring iraq the army and shia militia fighters have captured the last international border and eisel control the forces of also into the town of all crime in anbar province on the western border with syria. recovering but the stories from iraq and syria stephanie daycares live in the home province in northern iraq but first let's talk to. these live in gaza on top on the turkey syria border tell us about the battle for that is all. jane today there was some fighting in two main neighborhoods in particular had media and. where there was a presence of. and they maintained where they build some strong defense lies but there's been some. by the russians by

after ism bob boys military chief had warned the army could step in to calm tensions over mugabe's possible successor. while in a statement on national t.v. the army denied speculation that the ongoing military operation was a coup you situation in our country has moved to another level. we wish to assure the nation that he is excellent to the president of the republic of zimbabwe and commander in chief of these him up with different forces. and his family. and sound and the vast security teat we only need that it including those around him. crying that out causing social and economic suffering in the country in order to bring them to justice. let's go straight to zimbabwe now where privilege listen harry is reporting for us from harare province you've been out on the streets of harare this morning what have you been saying what's happening out there as you mentioned earlier one day at tanks on the streets. and to get out in the area which we may call it is government district where the parliament the high points that you know what and. offices that house he's been in and. he saw the president all of that area suit off and soldiers not a

but again the top stories on al-jazeera. syrian state t.v. says the army and its allies forces have pushed isilon of the eastern city of dead as oh it was isolating syrian stronghold and the capital of an oil rich province bordering iraq. a belgian court could help keep the deposed leader of spain's catalonia region out of jail with an international arrest warrant for colors expected to be issued on friday he missed a summons to a spanish court on thursday because he isn't belgian seeking freedom and safety. america's top diplomat will visit myanmar to discuss the rehang a crisis later this month the pressure is mounting on the white house to impose measures against government for its crackdown on minorities. u.s. president donald trump is named jerome powell as his pick to lead the federal reserve power is a multi-millionaire now serves on the central bank's board he was one of five candidates interviewed for the role including current chair janet yellen finishes in february and fisher has the story it's my pleasure and my honor to announce my nomination

and again the top stories syrian state t.v. says the army and its allied forces of pushed eisel fighters out of darrow's or city it is the last remaining urban center that was still under eisel control and in neighboring iraq forces have entered the town of all crime one of the last pockets the group controls. a belgian court could help keep the deposed leader of spain's catalonia region out of jail with an international arrest warrant for colors point amount expected to be issued on friday he missed a summons to a spanish court on thursday because he's in belgian seeking in his words freedom and safety. lawyer says his client will cooperate with belgian police but would appeal any belgian approval of extradition of the deposed leader says thursday's jailing of some of his cabinet ministers in madrid is an attack on democracy. you can look at the spanish government decision to imprison the cabinet members of the legitimate government of catalonia is a very grave mistake it is a grave attack on democracy imprisoning political leaders who have

s the army chief yes the day of the myanmar army t.v.'s that if they do that it is up to the citizens of myanmar to decide how many are wat they're going to get refugees will be taken on not casting doubt abroad the whole policy wig back to the foreign secretary of myanmar in a meeting and. india say that that are for condition have to be mad before anybody is taken back the home secretary of myanmar said that he doubts that they will be taking all six hundred thousand refugees who have crossed into bangladesh and reason day into myanmar. the japanese prime minister threats from north korea the most serious security concerns for took you since the second world war. and his camp and its priorities in a speech to the parliament in japan would respond to what he called escalating provocation tookey of us it is planning to buy more missile defense systems from the united states. china's been under pressure to use its influence on north korea and beijing is sending its top envoy to pyongyang. yang ties between the two countries have been strai

gunfire in the capital harare the army says it isn't a military takeover and mcgarvie and his family are safe this is the moment an army spokesman read a statement on national t.v. wish to assure the nation that user excellence to the president of the republic of zimbabwe and commander. in chief of the different forces. and his family. and sound and their security is good and. we are only doing criminals are around him. committing crimes that are causing social and economic suffering in the country in order to bring them to justice. let's take a look at some of the key points from the military statement and urged people to remain calm and limit unnecessary movement should the nation the situation would return to normalcy as soon as its mission was accomplished it canceled all military leave and soldiers to return to their barracks immediately it also should zimbabwe's judiciary that its independence is guaranteed and it appealed to the youth of zimbabwe saying the future of the country is yours and that they shouldn't be enticed by quote dirty coins of silver. last week mcgarvie fired his vice president emerson who is widely considered a possible successor to f

top story for you here on the news our army commanders in zimbabwe well they've seized control of the country but they deny their takeover is a coup in an address on state t.v. an army spokesman said criminals around the president robert mugabe were being targeted military commanders say he and his family are safe but it's not known where they are soldiers are patrolling the streets of the capital harare and roads to government buildings are blocked the military supporters appraising with the head of the war veterans group is calling a bloodless correction. we'll have extensive coverage of the story in the coming program tanya page is watching events for us out of johannesburg in south africa first let's take you to the heart of the story harare and our correspondents how wrote how what's the latest from the streets there. well it's calm but tense the general general general made an arsonist few hours ago and since then more and more people are coming into the city center but ari is still not its usual busy self other cities and towns are also quiet some obvious just watching these dramatic events unfold wondering what it means for the future of this countr

well the army told the marbles yes then t.v. that he is out of the country he's expected to be sworn in either way. and then the real work begins people will wait to see him make his first public appearance and they want to hear what he has to say about the economy and people also killed. he's going to be anger simmons has this report about him and. two leaders one side by side who became sworn enemies this is how an extraordinary sequence of events started this is in relation to tell me. of. vice president emerson my god what i had been sacked by robert mugabe accused of being unreliable disloyal and deceitful speculation pointed towards grace mugabi the president's wife as being behind the move the two had publicly fallen out in the jockeying for position over who should succeed ninety three year old mugabe. that highlighted the two factions splitting the ruling party at the time the military and the war veterans loyal to him and i got grace mugabe as you dubbed g. forty my god fled abroad but his supporters planned their resp

the syrian national t.v. is focusing on battles that are happening and that is what i said. because the syrian army is more active in that area major war on terror u.s. backed forces taking over isis is home base and rock capital in terms of mainstream us media was couched in the language of the terry it's couched in the language of fighting terrorism and there is very little awareness of the fact that in the and syria is being destroyed and allied forces are continuing the destruction that the regime has started. when arsenal captured iraq in january of two thousand and fourteen reporters were banished from the city leaving the story to citizen journalists sites like rocket is being slaughtered silently are b.s.s. operated under incredibly dangerous conditions most of our b.s.s. is contributors were forced to flee and continued their work in exile they know the story and their recent posts on the fall of iraq are considerably less celebratory than what has appeared in western media outlets. they're tweeting many of these concerns about you know what happens next who exactly are the s.d.f. and how

the cart good cop and bad cop the good cop is then the european army and the bad cop is the nato so i think they will really work arm in arm. talking t.v. now the former first minister of scotland is our tease new is talk show host but the first episode to air this thursday here so quick preview of what's in store in the alex salmond show it's not just the street political show is about people and past now it is of the day and find out something about the the characters behind the public face of these personalities and what they've got to say perhaps even the issues which are not. normally released to their to their their business or their political political views i mean i think that's of interest as well to see something of the human being behind the public figure are you not afraid of been hosts in the rush of the program taking into consideration all their publications on the media. attention to russia today a kind of anticipated question i thought maybe from the son of the daily mail but a bit on the other side the other adequate scan back through the. russia today broadcasting and a counted fifty elite but m.p.'s that the tory m.

al-jazeera commanders in zimbabwe have seized control of the country but the noida takeover is a coup in an address on state t.v. an army spokesman said criminals around president robert mugabe were being targeted or metasearch as that. and easy calm in harare this after confusing scenes on the streets of zimbabwe with a night of unrest as military vehicles rolled in there were also reports that soldiers with the unloading ammunition these developments followed a warning on monday that the military would step in if the sacking of candidates they favor within the ruling party didn't stop a statement was read by soldiers on state radio this is not a military takeover and things will return to normalcy. and his family. and sound and the security. we are only targeting criminals around him. committing crimes that are causing social and economic suffering in the country in order to bring them to justice but this is sparks fear of a military coup even now with all the confusion we do know that the army in sirte is so this way and running the country and telling the people what to what to do what to believe and hundley in the

we have seize control of the country but deny they take over is a coup in address on state t.v. an army spokesman said criminals around president robert mugabe were being targeted military commanders say he and his family are safe but it's not known where their soldiers are patrolling the streets of the capital harare and roads to government buildings are blocked the military supporters are praising what the head of the war veterans group called a bloodless correction zimbabwe's opposition movement for democratic change party called for a peaceful return to constitutional democracy this is. allowed . but i think. from the look of things. that was being propagated by. we have extensive coverage on the story tanya page is watching events from johannesburg in south africa but first it's got our correspondent in harare. so. the military say that the gobby and his family are well do you know if that's the case. well we haven't seen them and they haven't appeared on television since all this happened so people can really do is believe what the army is telling them and wait and see what happen

of the party i was told he must step down or be impeached embattled leader was widely expected to resign hours later during a live t.v. address instead he provoked anger and disbelief flanked by army generals who vowed to stay on until zanu p.f. party congress next month the congress if you. live a few weeks from now preside over its dresses which must not be pre-positioned by any acts calculated to undermine it or to compromise the outcome in the eyes of the public. well let's bring in our discussion panel now and joining us from harare bright matonga a former government spokesman and deputy information minister under president mugabe and from new york a professor of law and constitutional expert at cornell north school welcome both of you thank you very much for joining us here on inside story bright matonga you are a former spokesman for president robert mugabe can you give us some insight into what's going through his mind at this point in time he didn't resign in that speech on sunday took many people by surprise what happened. is a must of the art of politics. he wants to be in control of a lot of things but i suppose if you have to be president that's how it has to be but t

the head of the army criticized a purge of the president's ruling party responded by accusing general constantino of treasonable conduct whatever it is spokesman read a statement on state t.v. to explain the situation. we. are still an. operation and no. obvious signs situation you know pantry here's. another yet. we sure are sure what the nation. and commander. in chief. forces. are serious. criminals and i'm. crying. and suffering in the country. well the spokesman goes on to say as soon as the criminals about prevented the situation will return to normalcy he also says only for members of the defense force is canceled a spokesman called on political parties to discourage members from violent behavior and he addresses what he calls the youth of zimbabwe saying the future of the country is yours he says they shouldn't be enticed by what he calls dirty coins of silver bullet zanu p.f. youth league is allied to mcgarvey in recent days its leader publicly warned elements of the military that they would not be allowed to dictate who becomes the next leader last week mugabe fired his vice president emerson who was widely considered a possible successor and then god were fled t

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the takeover is a coup the south african president jacob zuma has confirmed he has spoken to mr mugabe and says he's been confined to his home in an address on state t.v. an army spokesman said criminals around president robert mugabe were being targeted soldiers are patrolling the streets of the capital harare and the roads to government buildings blocked zimbabwe's opposition movement for democratic change party called for a peaceful return to constitutional democracy. this is a said to development in the politics of our time going this far is allowing the military to go fight sequence and but i think it's also a lift to zimbabweans because from the looks of things. listed there's been a stop to the family dinners gender that was being propagated to buy buy buy buy buy obama happy and his wife we have extensive coverage of this story for you here on the news pages watching events as they unfold out of johannesburg in south africa before we get let's take it to our correspondent in harare harold harrow i guess everyone wants to know the mugabe's where are they. exactly all people can do right now is take the word of the army that he is safe and that he is in

the army seized control of the country although commanders denied the military takeover is a coup soldiers are patrolling the streets of the capital harare and they also control the state broadcasters t.v. and radio stations the takeover follows political infighting about who will succeed the ninety three year old hailing president the world's oldest leader. as more. and easy calm in harare this after confusing scenes on the streets of zimbabwe with a night of unrest as military vehicles rolled in there were also reports that soldiers were seen loading ammunition these developments followed a warning on monday that the military would step in if the sacking of candidates they favor within the ruling party didn't stop a statement was read by soldiers on state radio this is not a military takeover and things will return to normalcy. and his family. and sound and their security is gallant. we are only targeting criminals around him who are committing crimes that are causing social and economic suffering in the country in order to bring them to justice but this is sparks fear of a military coup even now with all the confusion we do know that the army and said it is so this way running the c

t.v. and is among the zimbabweans we spoke to who hope military intervention means she will one day go home permanently well since the army took power. into now the president is now all from this it's. just a because it's now in the hands of africa trying to solve these dreadful say that i can feed my family i think what is in your mouth is what it was it's not where. we are going to be and we had been called to my brother by the way we already went because our country we don't enjoy to stay in our country and it's uncertain how many zimbabweans are in south africa as the statistics aren't reliable but in the last census one point seven million people were foreign nationals most likely to be zimbabwean here to work and for political reasons some of the zimbabweans here don't want to talk to us because this kid some opposition parties played the seclusion others simply because they're about to get on a bus to go home so that i want to be critical it's clear exactly what's happening . some say they feel pessimistic about any change leaving a potential new leader my only look after the interests of a few elites just coming o

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