tom burridge, bbc news in eastern ukraine. robert mugabe's government last year has been charged with trying to overthrow the government. evan mawarire, who started a movement criticising the government, using the zimbabwean flag will stand trial later this month. if convicted, he faces up to 20 years in prison. it comes as president mugabe prepares to celebrate his 93rd birthday with a lavish party against a backdrop of economic hardship. as shingai nyoka reports from harare. this is the man who dared to design demand that zimbabwe's ruling he believes he's paying the price for speaking the truth. mugabe must go! he is accused of being behind some of the biggest protests against president mugabe in over a decade. his online rants against corruption went viral. they tell me that the black is for the majority people like me. and yet, for some reason, i dead feel like i am a part of it. and soon, other zimbabweans were venting their anger using his hashtag, #thisflag. protests erupted around the world. he left the country fearin

tom burridge, bbc news, dnipro in eastern ukraine.lina. the american eagle flight landed safely after aborting a flight to mississippi. emergency personnel sprayed foam on the plane, it was found to be leaking fuel. no injuries were reported amongst the 44 passengers. and before we go, let's take a look at these pictures. it's steak, served rare, for a very special guest. rumour, a german shepherd, was hand—fed steak from a silver platter at a new york restaurant. it's her reward for being named best in show at the westminster kennel club dog show, competing against 2,800 other dogs on tuesday. rumour‘s owner said she going to be retired from shows and will probably start breeding. in the house of clergy, 93 in favour, 100 against, thank you for watching. and you can get in touch with me and most of the team on twitter. i'm @bbcmikeembley. hello. wednesday was a real mixed bag of a day right across the british isles. for some, after a dull start, it turned out to be a really glorious day, dare i say, almost springlike. for others, my

tom burridge, bbc news in eastern ukraine.ert mugabe's government last year, has appeared in court charged with trying to overthrow the government. evan mawariray, who started the this flag movement, will stand trial later this month. if convicted he faces up to 20 years in prison. it comes as president mugabe prepares to celebrate his 93rd birthday with a lavish party against a backdrop of economic hardship, as our harare correspondent shingai nyoka reports. u nfortu nately, unfortunately, i have been arrested again. this is how the state responded to government critic evan mawarire, as he stepped off the plane after six months of self—imposed exile. he's in chains, but defiant, despite facing serious charges. the charge sheet says he incited the public locally and internationally to revolt and overthrow the government. they were some of the most violent protests in over a decade, anger targeted at the long—time leader president mugabe, and corruption in his administration. let them see that zimbabweans are rising up... the s

tom burridge, bbc news in eastern ukraine.cy by tweet? today he extended economic sanctions on iran after he sent an early morning tweet warning that "iran was playing with fire" over their ballistic missile test. the foreign minister of iran then tweeted himself. he said, "iran unmoved by threats as we derive security from our people". let's talk now to our north america editor, jon sopel. a fairly hostile twitter exchange, is it likely to result in any action? we have heard there are sanctions that have been imposed, probably far tougher than barack obama would have done when he was president, and that has pleased donald trump's republican base. showing he is being tough on iran. swift action is what a lot of people had demanded. but if you cut through the noise, what he's also doing is, he's not doing anything thatjeopardises the iran deal, which he says was the worst deal, which he says was the worst deal the us had ever made. that stays in place. looking at a couple of other things, there is an air of normalcy among the d

. -- tom burridge has sent us this report.ht next to the industrial area where there is been fighting between russian backed separatists and the ukrainian military. what is amazing is it is so close to the fight, people standing around in the local shop. katty: the pr company representing david beckham has confirmed to the bbc that it was the subject of a blackmail attempt by hackers threatening to leak his personal e-mails. "the daily mirror" says the private messages were published after the firm refused to hand over a six-figure sum. a spokesman for mr. beckham says the e-mails were tampered with and deliberately inaccurate. our media editor has more. reporter: since hanging up his boots, david beckham's public profile has been largely about charity work, including his role as a unicef ambassador. after playing a key role in the london 2012 games, he wasn't the only person who thought he might the knighted the following year. but the knighthood never came. now hacked e-mails appear to show his anger. it is claimed that davi

tom burridge, bbc news, in eastern ukraine.ane: now to paris, where a man armed with a machete has been shot and seriously wounded after he attacked guards at the louvre museum. hundreds of tourists were in the building at the time. the attack is being treated as a terrorist incident after a man shouted "god is great" in arabic. reporter: in the heart of paris, at the entrance to one of its cultural treasures, an attacker is brought down by the military. an egyptian, he had come to the city eight days ago. he was stopped as he tried to enter the shops beneath the louvre. he shouted "allahu akbar," "god is great" in arabic. and then swung at a soldier with one of the two machetes he was carrying. the soldier fired from the ground. all around, confusion and fear. >> it happened very fast. really, it all went quickly. everyone was panicking. we thought of our lives. we saw death coming for us with everything happening in the moment. we were very, very scared. reporter: injured in the attack, the soldier who had been struck and the

our correspondent tom burridge has been there and sent this report.erpetual nightmare of war. but for thousands, the city of avdiivka is still their home. it's now the epicentre of the worst fighting in eastern ukraine in two years. she says she sits at home trembling when the night—time routine of heavy shelling begins. today we met valentina. still in shock, her daughter was killed in the shelling last night. she still hadn't told her nine—year—old grandson. translation: the child still doesn't know his mother is gone. and i don't know how to tell him. "who was firing?", asks the dead woman's cousin. "who is responsible for eastern ukraine being covered in blood?" we found elena's husband clearing up the family's apartment where his wife was killed. the reality is, most of the civilians living in the city, just a short distance from the front line in that direction, they have no where else to go and are stuck here. stuck in the madness of the conflict in eastern ukraine. it's why a woman, an innocent woman, died last night. there, in the same apartm

tom burridge is there for us.r two and half years now. things have really hotted up in the town of avdiivka. we have come to this residential area and we have seen this on several houses that have been hit — you can see the impact there. if you come through here, they are kind of lucky because, in a way, the house was not hit but actually their garden shed was. a rocket or mortar or something like that has come in and totally flattened this. but we have also sadly discovered that sadly a woman was killed in the morning. we see evidence of that and we have spoken to one of her relatives. translation: we think she came to visit us because her daughter lives here. we can't understand why people are dying. we have been through shelling before. we have nowhere else to go. we have come to this temporary camp in avdiivka and there is a sea of people here. hundreds queueing for help. translation: i have not seen my children and grandchildren in two years. i cannot sleep at night, i have to hide in the basement and i am sc

our correspondent tom burridge has been to avdiivka and sent this report.ws she will soon have to tell her nine—year—old grandson. translation: the child still does not know his mother has gone, and i don't know how to tell him. who was firing, asked the victim's cousin. who was responsible for eastern ukraine being covered in blood? we found her husband clearing up the family's apartment where his wife was killed. the reality is most of the civilians living in this city, just a short distance from the front line in that direction but you can hear the fighting now, a stockier, stuck in this conflict in eastern ukraine —— are stuck here. in the same apartment block was a british journalist, badly injured in the head. we met the ukraine army doctor who treated him. —— badly injured. injured in his face and in his eye. i think injured in his face and in his eye. ithinka injured in his face and in his eye. i think a fragment of the rocket went into his eye. he was lucky. because he didn't die? they are treating the injured and receiving the dead at avdiivka's t

our correspondent tom burridge is on the front line.re there has been recent heavy fighting between russian backed separatists and the ukrainian military and you can hear in the background there is a heavy battle not farfrom here. we can hear a lot of outgoing firing from the ukrainian side. in the two years of covering this conflict i‘ve rarely known the situation to be this unstable and volatile. we‘ve come into avdiivka, this small city, and you can see the coking plant there. coke is a material used in the process of making steel. it‘s a huge feature of this small city, right close to the front line. what is striking is when you come into avdiivka, you can hear the artillery, you can hear the mortars going off in the background, down towards the industrial zone, which is right next to the front line. essentially the front line between ukrainian military on this side and russian backed separatists on the other. what is striking here in avdiivka, though, is the signs of everyday life. a large group of women just waiting for the bus. p

tom burridge sent this report from the front line.e. in the two years of covering this conflict i've rarely known the situation to be this unstable and volatile. we've come into avdiivka, this small city, and you can see the coking plant there. coke is a material used in the process of making steel. it's a huge feature of this small city, right close to the front line. what is striking is when you come into avdiivka, you can hear the artillery, you can hear the mortars going off in the background, down towards the industrial zone, which is right next to the front line. essentially the front line between ukrainian military on this side and russian backed separatists on the other. what is striking here in avdiivka, though, is the signs of everyday life. a large group of women just waiting for the bus. probably about a five—minute drive from the war‘s front line. so we've come up to the far end of avdiivka. we are not far from the prom zone, an industrial area just on the edge of the city. you can see these flats here have been shelled i

chris has given his first interview to our correspondent in ukraine, tom burridge.was try to check my face. just moments before, with the electricity out, chris recorded the fighting from his friend elaine's apartment. this selfie is one of the last pictures of her alive. itjust makes you understand the fragility of life out there, that things can just happen, just like that. we met her family grieving the following day. elena leaves her son, who is nine. the following day. we met her family grieving the following day. i actually saw his mum dying. i have a daughter also, and when we fill better with chris, we will go and speak to them about how we can help her son. elena had lived here in the city of avdiivka. it is controlled by ukraine's army. it is where fighting with russian backed separatists recently flared up again. the explosion outside elena's apartment blasted this tiny fragment of plastic into chris nunn's eyeball. so this is your actual operation. his doctor showed us video of the five—hour operation he performed to remove it and rebuild chris' eye. get