president was also here zambian president was also here the president was also here so you can see that if the opposition then goes i had to demonstrate the only saving to isolate themselves from the region. correspondent privilege was found here reporting from harare thank you now tributes are flooding in for a u.s. senator john mccain died overnight at the age of eighty one mccain had been battling an aggressive form of brain cancer since july of last year and friday his family had announced he'd discontinued any further treatment after a long military and political career he passed away at his ranch in arizona surrounded by his wife and other family members. the flag flies half staff over the white house for a man who dreamt of occupying the nation's highest office. born into a family of navy admirals john mccain served in the vietnam war as a navy pilot when his plane was shot down over one noir in one thousand nine hundred sixty seven he became a prisoner of war enduring five and a half years of torture and captivity. there he entered politics after his release and went on to be th

president was also here zambian president was also here the president was also here so you can see that if the opposition then goes i had to demonstrate that they are only serving to isolate themselves from the region. things correspondent privilege was that he reporting from harare thank you. and now to some of the other stories making news around the world and the head of the so-called islamic state in the afghanistan has been killed in an air strike authorities say a joint a ground an air operation by afghan and foreign forces in eastern province killed hobby and ten other i asked members. pope francis has said mass to around half a billion people on the last day of his visit to ireland earlier the pontiff asked for forgiveness for the catholic church in this sex abuse scandals he said the church has to take firm and decisive action in pursuit of truth and justice. us playwrights neil simon has died at the age of ninety one in new york the tony award winner was one of broadway's most prolific and popular writers his hits include the odd couple the sunshine boys and barefoot in the pa

state department says it will review its own cooperation with the zambian government are metastasize more from the courts in harare. tendai biti has been charged with breaking the electoral law he gave a press conference where he announced nelson chamisa the main opposition leader had won the elections and there's a winner only a little commission can announce results he's also been charged with causing public violence last week during protests it's alleged that he told opposition supporters to burn cars and destroy property in harare an allegation he denies the judge has also told him that he cannot address press conferences or ellys until the matter is finished in court the charges i think are worrisome on the face of it we will continue to follow this case closely and we will continue to insist mr beattie's physical integrity human rights and constitutional rights and the constitution of zimbabwe are respected the main opposition m.d.c. alliance is just going to file papers in court to try and challenge the election results which they say were rigged they haven't done that yet the

but the zambian minister of foreign affairs has told the bbc that they have mr biti in custody, andidc alliance has said they will use constitutional and legal means to challenge the elections. the electoral commission in zimbabwe of course announced the result saying that emmerson mnangagwa, who replaced robert mugabe, had won the election by 50.8%. that is what the mdc alliance is challenging. the inauguration was expected to be held on sunday, it is now not clear weather that will go ahead. stay with us on outside source — still to come... the latest on the california wildfires that we have been covering all week. jurors have been shown footage from the camera a policewoman was wearing, when she attended the fight outside a nightclub where england cricketer ben stokes was arrested. stokes is one of three men accused of being involved in a violent confrontation in bristol last september. all three deny a charge of affray. our correspondentjon kay was at the court and sent us this update. mark speer was the first member of police staff on the scene that night in september last year.