their young people who are part of zanu p.f. they are young people who are i mean real young people below forty who are part of this political arrangement their youth wings in this fight is the hidden part of legitimizing this establishments and so by all the god i don't necessarily mean in terms of eight minutes of freshness of ideas i mean in terms of a flourishing of options i mean in terms of a new sense of what it is to be a political responsibility now if we have that if we have new players who are able to compete in a level playing field it gives a zanu p.f. my hopes for that a lot but until we have that until democracy is completed or on to the democracies. sustain themselves by the social permission of the voter constantly it is very difficult for leaders to modify behavior or to sustain effectiveness or sustain responsibilities so in essence are we going to be able to find. the power for new voices whether young or old hopefully young but new voices who are able to provide a credible alternative who are able to give za

zimbabwe's president robert mugabe has defied pressure from his zanu p.f. party to step down in a television address he said he would preside over a party congress despite earlier being sacked as the party's chief and his opponents are threatening protests and impeachment. that in his right coming up next the biggest they go with pablo foley las will have all the highlights from sunday's football action so stay tuned. what does a football loving country need to reach its goals. we'll tell you how german soccer made it back.

was sacked as vice president and expelled from the ruling zanu p.f. party it's understood his ousting followed a route with the president's wife grace mugabe. when a gag was removal it's been seen as boosting the first lady's leadership. the faction dispute and the ruling party is nothing new with the ailing president forced to publicly intervene last year when the g forty or generation forty section clashed with the war veterans within the zanu p.f. . this fractured fractured. shattered you. know mugabe is the world's oldest leader at ninety three years old having been in power for nearly forty years since securing zimbabwe's independence throughout his time in office his counted on low support from the military the army has always maintained it would only support candidates to succeed him who food in the independence war. crisis fifty two year old wife it's not new veteran the latest is pushing roma grabbing a difficult position ahead of the zanu p.f. conference next month. now lebanon's absent prime minister has tweeted that he'll return home from

tense times in zimbabwe zanu p.f. accuses the army chief of treason after he threatens to intervene over the president's policy pudge. below maryam namazie in london this is al-jazeera also coming up tens of thousands of survivors of the iran iraq of quake face a desperate future as the government scrambles to provide an eight frankly i had no real recollection of this meeting the u.s. attorney general changes his story but insists he did not lie to congress about contacts between the russians and trump's campaign team. was i will tell you about the speech schools taking children off the streets and into education in liberia. zimbabwe's ruling party says it will never succumb to pressure from the army and as warm the military chief against meddling in politics on monday general constantino chiwenga said the army was prepared to intervene if the pudge's continued within zanu p.f. party since then four armored vehicles have been seen on a road outside the zimbabwean capital harare a witness told the reuters news agency

country zanu p.f. as far as he's concerned he is a live via call for trying to force transformation within the country thirty years falls it has its army calls for thirty five years it's trash we made mistakes struck democracy in the trash now can't we didn't trust democrats but yes we made mistakes and yes we messed up the economy state last year we disaster whatever whatever line you turn you're a very friendly guy you're a nice jovial sort of think you're going to actually whatever line you turn you know full well the system and god is hostage to the brutality of the brutal record of zanu p.f. using your theory his period as head of central intelligence in the mid 1980's coincided with the most brutal of all mugabe's massacres the so-called cooler killings in which up to twenty thousand from the in the billy tribe were killed or disappeared he was denied any role but actually the state controlled by the way a chronicle reported at the time that he compared to citizens to bugs cockroaches that is suc

removed him as head of the zanu p.f. and want him to resign he has a deadline of monday twelve noon the twentieth of november so the clock is now ticking also president robert mugabe's wife grace and several other committee members have also been removed from the party this was the confirmation we were waiting for and listening in was our correspondent karen metacity outside that conference hall it is now in black and white house robert mugabe has been recalled he's also been given a deadline to resign as president and head of state to zimbabwe the clock is ticking. the clock is ticking the president still has time to resign he hasn't done that yet he doesn't resign when the take the matter to parliament the way they will impeach him it could be as early as tuesday parliament and we're hearing the president has asked to meet members of the army to find a way out of this process and here he wants to go to south africa to meet with president jacob zuma so all eyes are on the president is he going to resign if not then will

it depends what zanu p.f. does now if they quickly manage to put things in place that shows signs that the economy is recovering people could then say let's give this new kid a chance at the election it's the one thing if the some reason you don't or doesn't change then people might support the opposition but i do feel. to be really hard pull movement and get i the main opposition leader to dolphin i suppose because some people are just waiting to see what will happen with the money if they now have an alternative gone missing news on what is going to offer the people learn how to thank you very much in the service not to some of those are reactions on the streets of whom. are not very well for your knowledge of food so i'm good i have known them alone. i can you can you move a little brighter future because we are only to have the best to come in the world we have the ninos of the book the land the book the good linux people on it to get there and because we're here present on november seventh bridging indepe

resign saying instead he would preside over a party congress despite earlier being sacked as head of zanu p.f. his opponents are now threatening protests and impeachment will go left her out of it for the latest. three also coming up. no deal still in the german coalition talks with the latest deadline now expired but parties are pushing on in a final bid to form a new government under chancellor angela merkel our correspondent will have the latest on the wrangling still happening here in berlin. and international concern is growing over the thousands hundreds of thousands of or hinder refugees who have fled violence in myanmar germany's foreign minister visits a refugee camp in bangladesh ahead of a major crisis meeting on monday. welcome to the program on my actuator thanks for joining us. in a widely anticipated speech to the nation zimbabwe's embattled president robert mugabe has defied expectations by not immediately resigning his office mugabe stressed that he was still in power despite mounting pressure from the army and his own party to step down. zimbabwe's longtime president robert

are outside the ruling zanu p.f. party headquarters and you are looking now at live pictures as they greet the man who used to be inaugurated as the new president and. as he arrives in the middle of the throng of people he is about we think to address the crowd correspondent for me is standing by watching the scene so maybe they've been waiting eagerly for the last few hours a lot of jubilation. people have been waiting for hours and the excitement hasn't listened over that time and now the moment they've been waiting all embassies and when i was now arriving. just listening to. you know you to have a bit of a look at what's going on. cheering there's toensing and music. and the people here are just waiting for that first glimpse of the man who's expected to be soon in around friday as president of zimbabwe this is us public appearance since he left the country last week that's off to he was dismissed by the then president oh robert mugabe he was the vice at that time. a statement he released late to hone indicated t

to resign he's already been voted out as leader of his ruling zanu p.f. party which could then try to impeach him if he doesn't agree to leave office after days of violence can you supreme court is expected to deliver a ruling on whether it will uphold the result of last month's controversial presidential election rerun if the result is up held. after will be sworn into office on november the twenty eighth. angela merkel's position as german chancellor is in doubt after the talks aimed at forming a new new coalition government collapsed the pro-business free democratic party one of the four involved in the negotiations pulled out on sunday night citing irreconcilable differences. suchi the de facto leader of miramar has said that the world is facing conflicts because illegal immigration spreads terrorism and she made these comments whilst in the me i'm our capital naypyidaw as she was discussing the revenger refugee crisis at a summit being held for european and asian countries me a man has been accused of violence the forcing out hundreds of thousands of

this off to new noon is that to zanu p.f. he's going at it with the impeachment process and we have some information coming from the party that all it senate does in all its members of parliament have been asked to meet at two thirty at the party headquarters for a caucus meeting and i suppose that's where they will get direction how to proceed in terms of the impeachment which is going to be taking place and under way within zimbabwe's parliament when it resumes tomorrow after a two week break ok so if impeachment proceedings are going to be started today how much longer can robert mugabe really hold on to power and why do you think he hasn't bowed to the pressure so far. well walls are caving in on prison but that's the reality and it's most likely you know by the end of this week he's fate will be known and you will probably be out of power the reason why he's holding on i suppose is the fact that he hopes he can come in and intervene in some way or that you try and risky him from the situation where basically he's been re

some people are questioning the role of the new party leader on zanu p.f. this is everson managua and blake says that we must keep in mind that he was mugabe's vice president his nickname is a crocodile and lake also makes reference to his alleged role in the coup to whom the ethnic massacre was a place and nine hundred eighty now at this point from limb a king got a lot of traction around one over one thousand likes he says in zimbabwe which just had a coup they say that mugabe is through one another why is the chap who will fill this gap though he too is an autocrat and rossano asks if the army and former allies atrocities do right by the citizens another part of this conversation is about whether the former president got a should be given political asylum in south africa the statement was issued by the economic freedom fighters of south africa it's a south african socialist political party there and they called for this move it was strongly rejected though by the democratic alliance seeking it out to stop for you. and we go the democratic alliance they f

by concern rising from their reading of the state of affairs in our country and in their rulings zanu p.f. party whatever the pros and cons of the way they went about the radius sharing those concerns. i as the president of zimbabwe and as their commander in chief do acknowledge the issues they have drawn my attention to and do believe that these were raised in this spirit of on history and outlook and that tree arctic concern for the stability of our nation and for the welfare of our people. dress you i'm also aware of a whole range of concerns which is come from you as citizens of our great country and who thus do. our own trump merit i tension. today's meeting with the command element has underscored the need for us to collectively collectively start processes that return our nation to normalcy so people can go about their business i knew hindered in nine environment of perfect peace and security i sure that the law and order or canine prevail as before and enjoy all where into the future if there is anyone or anyone observation we have made there and drawn from events of the past week

or zimbabwe's home affairs minister says it's time for zanu p.f. members to start a new chapter in the history. that . it is unfortunately. they're surrounded himself with. in our series how to metastasize monitoring all those events for us live in harare the capital of zimbabwe and how it's clear obviously that mcgarvey reign is over the question now is whether or not he will go quietly before that deadline of tomorrow. is that people want to know if he's going to resign if he resigned in they'll be no need to go to parliament and impeach him senior officials are saying that they hope that he does the right thing he does what's good for the country i can tell you at the state houses a lot of development happening the. genesis work for the states a broadcaster have been called to come so we could have some kind of announcement being made in a couple of hours. however we saw the scenes of jubilation there. announce their decision to expel robert mugabe or other retract his leadership has been expelled from the party as i understand it jubilation hug

representative of the country's ruling zanu p.f. party with thirty five years of bloodshed on their hands massive corruption and an economy in ruins what business have they got continuing to govern. well i want to welcome to conflict zone thank you jim thanks for having me where you have your new president saying that he was inaugurating a new democracy this is a man who invented seventy years has shown no inclination to promote democracy in any form whatsoever what's to suggest that he's going to change and i think. that's a very correct steam to say that he didn't show any inclination to promote democracy what i'm talking about is a man that has been a speaker of parliament who showed and even handedness in parliament for the tempi for the time he was one we're talking here of a man that lost elections and was happy to accept the results therefrom we're talking of a man who's been individually named and sanctioned by the e.u. first in two thousand and two when the european council expressed serious concerns among about human right

the armed forces made up of zanu p.f. members he said not democrats intent on our sharing in a pluralistic system not democrats intent on pushing in a pluralistic system so in other words forget about democracy not just israel in other words which are sense because it is a bitter said old man that's what i'm saying let's not forget for democracy let's forget about what a member of the opposition would say again as and what they plan to impose will go on saying that the move forward of even at the swearing in ceremony there were people were taken a look at them because the president of botswana for one in karma he said it pretty clearly i don't see why i should wish him mugabe well if he cared nothing for his own people why should i care for him and then there were the crowds the two the police commissioner general gus the ensuring the calls for him to step down you think gave you talk about rose petals for everybody so rose per thousand to do all this i'm sure you didn't actually check the relationship between the people

and i'm sure that zanu p.f. must realize that it cannot continue perpetuating the same conditions that existed . because indeed even if president mugabe steps down doesn't necessarily mean that change is coming to zimbabwe does it i mean if the constitutional process is respected zanu p.f. will still hold up the reins of power and you know the vice president mr imus and will be leading the party and eventually the country right so what again my question is what do you offer as an alternative to zanu p.f. for zimbabweans because there are those who say you haven't really offered anything concrete that you are spawned by the west what is your message to zimbabwe is today please the question of being that we've been a friend of the west is an old mantra that has been used to discredit. but the fundamental issue is that we are a democratic movement we are providing the alternative to the. extralegal abuse of office and all that and that's why it is important that if you do was to take this country forward and it tur

zanu p.f. politicians so. that has been encouraging but there are major concerns around us and i think. there are concerns as well from a political perspective that this could just simply be an internal settlement with then zanu p.f. that results in you of their intent regime with with nothing much more than a baseless now been one doc the fact vice president has a return to harare the opposition media morgan chang and i is also back one of the chances then off to some kind of a transitional government being formed. i think that a transitional government is is is really essential it is really early way out for us now. the wheels of transition have begun in motion now and as i say that this is this transitional this transition will not be sustainable if it's merely an internal zanu p.f. solution and it will not have any legitimacy. in the eyes of zimbabweans or in the eyes of the international community if it if it's not a real transition towards democratic consolidation where real reforms that implemented so t

to challenge him assuming that way and make sure his election but that's it all eyes will be on zanu p.f. they have shown that they are trying to regroup they purged out all the old members who are aligned to grace mugabe and her husband and they will try and forge ahead to the party conference and then the elections and hopefully they saying that they hope that they will be able to be a united party that goes ahead into the eighteen as a strong party also interesting to know the whereabouts and opinions of grace mugabe she's the factory being thrown out of the zanu p.f. party she is the one who's being blamed for having introduced what they were describing as a cabal around robert mugabe do we know anything about where grace is. we're told she is in or is she staying at the private residence with the husband president mugabe she has been blamed for the downfall of what used to be a great man that's a lot of people are saying the same thing she came into his life been thing started to unravel they blame her for influencing the president saying she's the reason why so many senior official

zanu p.f. is also joined those calls they say the president's support of his wife grace destroyed the government now this follows extraordinary scenes in the capital harare where hundreds of thousands of people marched on saturday celebrating the apparent demise of president robert mugabe let's go live to our correspondent who is in harare and her your outside the headquarters of the ruling party in zimbabwe organs of the party seem to be in agreement that it's the end of president robert mugabe. zanu p.f. central committee is meeting to discuss firing president robert mugabe firing his wife grace from the party and removing her as head of the women's league we also will likely reinstate the form of his an innocent man and other who has a lot of hope a lot of support with many zero p. of members but the calls for the president are growing all ten provinces of state they want him out they say he's incapacitated he can't leave this country anymore there's an e.p. if you think just had a press con

it's it's going to be an interesting time towards zanu p.f. evolve and try and regroup and see the way forward from here i think what has happened now is. a lot of things have emerged and it's clear that they are blaming grace mugabe for this they feel that since she. started to become clear since i've become clear that she wanted to be head of the women's the which didn't got she then started to influence seemingly influence the president and a lot of people one happy about that they blame her for the downfall of the president they say perhaps if he hadn't listened to her they would have found a way to make sure he leaves gracefully they would have taken matters this far but it has happened and a lot of people within zanu p.f. do blame grace mugabe and she has also been fired from the party they don't want to see her she is the main cause of this she has been removed they do not want to see her that's just shows how angry people are with her and they are with us for destroying the party and for being the one responsible for the downfall of th

to resign he's being voted out as leader of the ruling zanu p.f. party parliament is expected to begin pietschmann proceedings if he doesn't leave office so far has refused to do so. and the leader of zimbabwe's influential war veterans association has made fresh demands for president mugabe to go. this was because what we don't want to see. we saw him go to the national television to pretend everything is no more you are saying that. we are saying mugabe go now go now go now no your time is up please leave. and let the country start on a new all a new page. iraq's of course is ruled septembers kurdish referendum on secession was unconstitutional and the result avoid iraq's kurds voted overwhelmingly for secession defying the central government in baghdad which said the ballot was illegal. in germany weeks of talks to form a coalition government of collapsed raising the possibility of a snap election the print business free democratic party claimed irreconcilable differences for pulling out it was one of four parties in the case the asians chancell

robert mugabe an ultimatum he must resign as president by midday on monday or face impeachment zanu p.f. is also dismissed mugabe as party leader and expelled his wife grace from its ranks . there were celebrations in the capital harare as the results were announced the garveys former vice president. has been put forward as the interim party leader. resigning. the president. this is a fast moving story with the clock ticking for president robert mugabe. but . if the president doesn't resign. even of the people. she's not. only. young lady. but. how does. what happened. thank you very much. thank you very much for joining us. today. but. we have. shortened. challenges. when. we. picked. him in for the world. to his wife. and. we're hearing the president is meeting. so now the question is is the president going to resign if the country. when. there is a real. let's join tanya paige across the border in south africa she's in johannesburg fast moving events obviously at harare we're still waiting for official reaction from government voices in south africa but they have played a pivotal rol

party the ruling zanu p.f. is discussing how to call him president and expel him from the party youth wing has said that political support for his wife grace destroyed the party and the government this all follows extraordinary scenes in the capital harare where hundreds of thousands of people marched on saturday celebrating the apparent end of his thirty seven grip on power while following events forces our correspondent. and it does seem that this is a day for. central committee is concerned as well as the youth wing. has started the members behind. to discuss firing president robert firing his wife grace and removing her. party the course for president. ten provinces have said they want him to. have said they want him to go. have. a press conference here in this building and this is what they said. and of course while the political meetings are happening there are talks apparently between the military and the catholic. about that. hearing president is the one who asked for this. and the catholic priest later

well in the last few minutes the ruling zanu p.f. party in zimbabwe has said the army's chief statement on monday was calculated to the start of the peace and stability and suggests quote treasonable conduct the party also says it will never succumbed to pressure from the military well the call tartar is a human rights lawyer and opposition activist based in harare joins us live now via skype or first of all let me just get a comment in reaction to from you to these new lines that i've just i've just mentioned coming out of zanu p.f. . yes so i think that this really demonstrates the hold back that the g forty faction of. sunapee have now has over the party clearly. this statement made by chewing. and as well as the show of force today by the military. designed to to shore up the other faction but but the very clear statement earlier today we saw the youth leak coming out which we've known for some time that the youth league is very much behind the tea party faction but now seeing hearing of this statement from the main wing of the p

struggle and are the ones who led the free don't we have today so how can you do force them from zanu p.f. they have a right to the new p.f. they remain the trustees of sun if we have and they have a right to intervene once they believe that the revolutionary party is being hijacked has been through so many the aspect of corruption it's critical just for our own information ministers jumbos house which was invaded and he was arrested he had ten million u.s. dollars cash on you and then he said can i ask you can i ask you and listen i want back in the country now where there is in the country are not the mistake that president mugabe did was to fire one of his loyalist the last men standing in zanu p.f. who defended him who took all the flak for him and suddenly because it was due elevate his wife to being president then to being president after twenty eight he then decided to discard the lawyer. so it is it is it is it your anticipation then that when i got go i will essentially take over now when he is back. there is absolutely no debate. what is popular and the way grayson got the went

zanu p.f. party has joined on him saying he must put a face impeachment. show of the anglo american is talking before coalition talks resume let's have a listen to what she's saying. i know we talked about our lot of details this young. and it's not a job so trivial. to now come up with a comprehensive package about to i have the will to deal with them and i really want to make sure you will that the mandate the voters have given us to form a government become a reality it's both. also it was. very hard work but it's very much worthwhile to continue with a second round. you just heard chancellor angela merkel as she was entering for a fresh round of discussions i'm under that she my you're watching welcome now the question is can germany put together a new government not talks between conservatives the free democrats and the greens went into the early hours of this morning but missed their own deadline to strike a deal right now party leaders are due to push ahead with their talks at the headqu

well most likely they ease a feeling within trends that we've seen zanu p.f. as well they are still remain loyal to president robert mugabe despite you know the public show of support that they might otherwise so it's really a case of the war veterans not taking or leaving anything rather to chance they want to use and maximize on any of her dreams that are available to them so that's why we're seeing them threatening to take it to the high court because they are with you know the m.p.'s we'll see through the votes that is needed the number of votes that are needed to actually succeeded impeaching him and ray tell us more about all these demonstrations that have been going on so far there hasn't been any on rest could that change. i think the political temperature has a different the rising that's one thing that we've seen today with the strong statements that came out from veterans we had a press conference earlier this morning in harare just indicating strongly that president obama got his time is up holding protests and marches to take place tomorrow even m

are rising in zimbabwe with the ruling zanu p.f. party accusing the army chief of treason after he threatened to intervene of the president's. been declared a national day of mourning in iran for the more than four hundred thirty people killed in sunday's earthquake. and lebanon's absent prime minister says he'll return home from saudi arabia in the coming days of a meeting between saad hariri and the head of lebanon's maronite church in riyadh. now venezuela is not only facing. a humanitarian crisis that suffering a debt crisis the writing agency standard and poor's has declared the nation in selective default after it failed to make a two hundred million dollars payment for global. and as well as lead to say u.s. sanctions are making it impossible to refinance its debt john hendren reports then israel is in default with apparently little hope of paying off its creditors the declaration by the ratings agency standard and poor's comes after venezuela with sixty billion dollars in debt in just nine point six billion in its bank accou

well word out of that conference said what zanu p.f. have to say thank you. let's move on to the day's other top stories and into the middle east where palestinian authorities are threatening to cut off all communication with the u.s. over the trumpet ministrations plan to close the p.l.o. office in washington d.c. they honestly brooke has the latest. the plant closure of the palestinian liberation organization's office in washington prompted shock and a threat from a senior palestinian official to freeze ties with the us this is very unfortunate and seven this is the pressure being exerted on this administration from the if you know government the time when we are trying to cooperate to achieve the ultimate deal you think such steps which would undermine the peace process the u.s. state department announced its decision to close the office late last week citing a twenty fifteen law placing conditions on the u.s. mission office those conditions relate to the palestinians pressuring the international criminal court to seek charges against israel over the issue

course want her so that zanu p.f. now is only strengthened by the way this is all happening and can can the opposition leader build a strong platform really. i mean in many ways this is a.

that if this process drags on for too long it could end up dividing the army and zanu p.f. officials which could work in his favor but some of the barwon say maybe it's about pride he's been in power for nearly forty years he sees himself as the father of this nation and he doesn't want to go down in a certain way so he may be trying to engineer a graceful exit which could be try and hang on until the conference where he will then hand over to mr mandela because i understand he was fired as the party leader but he is still a party member so he is expected to attend that conference so the speculation is he wants to go to the conference and then hand over to mr mandela as if he was the founding father he's heading over the party and he's stepping down to see what does happen and come back to should that situation change really horrifying story well i'm joined now by director he's a senior research consultant with the institute for security studies joins me now on skype from harare as well it's good to have you with us live on the program how do you think this. is going to unf

that highlighted the two factions splitting the ruling zanu p.f. party at the time the military and the war veterans loyal to. grace mugabe's youth zanu dubbed g forty one god were fled abroad but his supporters planned their response and it was dramatic the head of the defense forces warned the army would step in if the purges of politicians it favors didn't stop hours later armored vehicles rolled into the capital harare we wish to assure the nation that he's excellent to the president of the republic of zimbabwe and commander in chief of these and other defense forces. comic. and his family safe and sound and the ass security is going to teach many of my gob is long term supporters had clearly abandoned him. that. should have been recalled from his. as the president and first. man god was stayed quiet a tactic that didn't surprise observers of the man who has been nicknamed the crocodile for his style in dealing with opponents. the one man boy is not to be allowed to use calculative when you look at it when it wants to attack his prose is calcula

and the sonoma ganga has been appointed as the new leader of zanu p.f. but we haven't heard from him since this appointment was made and jonathan here a viewer from zimbabwe on facebook has asked you know if you think mr magara will be an improvement and he things that zimbabweans by appointing magog as head of zanu p.f. and possibly president in the future if mugabe were to step down that zimbabweans would be leaping from the frying pan into the fire what do you respond to that. i also been on the ground that's who i'm talking to you. the moment. who is going to be the next president i think just want you to be anything. if something new something different we have headed. for a long time. in one thousand. nine hundred eighty. nine hundred eighty seven the president up to the. nine times it has never happened it's a world record but it was. some cases but now i think it's hard to form a president you know to you know to you know to to return in a graceful manner. in zambia over the region even in malaysia. break. time to two ears to win over to someone

zanu p.f. says it will hold a meeting on sunday to discuss mugabe's fate reports. ecstatically say they could feel change is coming soldiers posed for selfies with jubilant crowds hundreds of thousands of people flooded the streets of harare men women and children marched alongside armored cars and soldiers they say they want president robert mugabe who has ruled for nearly forty years to resign. but the son of a president by what was caused sixty thousand dollars we are saying you should stop . this country like it they have done enough i think it is. freedom to all of us we've been waiting for. time for so long we have been oppressed for a very long time so we are saying. god is supposed to receive. it was a united front opposition supporters people loyal to mugabe is on a party and veterans of the liberation war against white rule march together the main opposition leader morgan tsvangirai says the country is preparing for a post mugabe era the army seize control earlier in the week and conf

would like to return now to our top story and a zimbabwe's ruling zanu p.f. party has sacked.robert mugabe as party head for the very latest we're joined now by d.w. correspondent privileging fun hearing who is joining us on the line from harare a privilege here as of the ruling party's headquarters we understand after so many years of rule under mcgarvie and its historic moment what's the mood like where you are. quite is it again we're. talking from the. left the. prisoner about the. political party. or the. chief for the political. support to be the truth of course to be. p.c. very very quickly. my. question is is the. government. all right so that's why it is important as you say to bear in mind he may have lost his job as head of the party but from a legal standpoint robert mugabe is indeed still the president of zimbabwe you mention these impeachment proceedings that the party will begin should he continue to refuse to step down but what about the army is it prepared to remove mugabe by force it's needed. they will not do that because that's why. they want to follow the

mcgarvie not announce his resignation as expected he further pledged to preside over the upcoming zanu p.f. party congress a clear slap in the face to his own party who had given him twenty four hours to resign or be impeached. zimbabwe's main opposition leader morgan tsvangirai said he was baffled by mugabe's failure to step down as were many ordinary citizens. all this week to this week's next and. despite everything that he has done to be with dignity and to just walk away. and we just think. it's true that. he so stubborn. with the confusion following mugabe's speech the way forward for zimbabwe suddenly seems unclear. time to look at some other stories making headlines around the world today kenya's supreme court has upheld the result of the country's presidential election the court dismissed an opposition petition claiming the vote was not conducted according to the law president can the otto won the rerun vote on october with ninety eight percent of the vote the opposition boycotted the point. at least fifteen people have been killed in a stampede near the moroccan city of esther we

or course want her mentor so that zanu p.f. now is only strengthened by the way this is all happening and can can the opposition a strong woman. i mean in many ways this is a. interesting transition because it's more of a factional. competition between different wings and here than it is between any two different political ideologies are parties the m.d.c. is generally the main opposition party headed by morgan trying is generally regarded as quite weak at this point that being said he has according to reports now returned to zimbabwe from some from south africa where he was in exile for several years he is and when her are now clearly she wants to be part of this transition and is rallying support around his message of change because i think you very much indeed. and this return to harm a tough guy who's been doing a starting job of gathering people. interrupting the celebrations here in the over to you. told to someone from the opposition on to invite. the a.b.c. . to what do you think call him a someone and why as a leader.

now former president robert mugabe facing intense pressure from both the public and his own ruling zanu p.f. party the ninety three year old mcgarvey stepped down just one week after the army placed him under house arrest of course the conversation about the end of mugabe's thirty seven tenure is buzzing online of a closer look at that his make up allow a buzzing might be an understatement when it comes to this story from the high hopes of saturday's solidarity march to being disappointed by mugabe's speech on sunday and if he defied calls to resign many zimbabweans are now openly celebrating the resignation. of the only president they've ever known a saddam god his departure from office ignited a huge discussion online and these are just some of the hashtags zimbabweans have been using in the last few days to share their stories from the streets of harare from save them to mind the zimbabwe's two mugabi must go and it was news continues to break a number of people have weighed in on what look obvious departure means to them including a zen o.p.'s parody a cowed our jima gobby has resigned

representative of the country's ruling zanu p.f. party with thirty five years of bloodshed on the house and an economy it really has no business to they have continuing to adopt a. new deal. every journey begins with the first step and every language with the first word published in the. eco is in germany to learn german why not learn a simple online on your mobile and free shop from d w z e learning course he can speak german made easy. sustainable protection for the earth ideas designed to preserve our ecosystems they exist around the. global ideas takes the next step protection for our planet's biological diversity trailblazing projects. d w dot com slash global ideals. climate change. waste. pollution. isn't it time for good news. africa people and projects that are changing our environment for the better it's up to us to make a difference let's check. the farming magazine. on d. w. . the new president has taken the oath of office in zimbabwe but is he any different from the old one my guest here in london is nick. the u.k. repr

chapter of zimbabwe's ruling zanu p.f. party all right i'm back here in germany failed coalition talks have catapult at this country into major political uncertainty president to find out their steinmeier has been meeting with his heads of the with the heads of the country's main parties to take stock of the situation steinmeier says he wants to meet with leaders of the far right populous alternative for germany as well as the left party to find common ground all right now we want to go to that dramatic footage that has emerged of a north korean soldiers defection the picture show him racing across the border under fire from former comrades the soldier is now recovering in a south korean hospital this is one of the most heavily guarded places on earth and this is a north korean soldier about to make the most dangerous and dating decision of his life to defect to the south. as he career's past a north korean checkpoint his comrades raise the alarm and give chase. over the bridge of no return the driver is within touching di

i'm laura carlisle zimbabwe's president robert mugabe has ignored a deadline to resign his ruling zanu p.f. party had told him he must step down or be impeached now it says that process will begin the parties accusing mugabe of being responsible for political instability and an unprecedented economic tailspin and that frustration is spilling on to the streets with hundreds of students out protesting demanding mugabe get out of office a powerful war veterans association is also demanding mugabe step down and threatening high court action to have him removed. we want the war population to send up on our it in giving an unmistakable message that we want to see mugabe's back to the countries to start on a new bridge is the rule is the desires of us but the reality of the last fifteen years no country has been reduced to the level of debris decision which is what with going through with the only country which is going to war it is totally or believe just the damage which has been due to the missing because it is mobile who played with the we with indulging this. in the dirty way that's what has

part of the establishment and and has been with zanu p.f. for many decades you know they want to give him a chance to see what he can do bring some fresh ideas perhaps even some fresh faces they essentially want you know an environment created in their homeland that is conducive to investment into job creation some of them bubbling up and speaking to in the last week or so. we are grateful to south africa and all of the other neighboring southern african countries who have allowed us to to build our lives and earn money here that we can send home which is a vital source of income for many zimbabwean families but we don't like to be foreigners we want to be at home so if there is any prospect of that happening i think they need to be some positive sides of the economy quite quite soon thank you tanya. let's go back to. inside the stadium now. is also waiting for the swearing in to take place what are you hearing about that and. we're looking at the real thing it's going to happen quite soon. sixty. capacity stadium. there is some spare room.

that highlighted the two factions splitting the ruling zanu p.f. party at the time the military and the war veterans loyal to him and i got grace mugabe as you sam who dubbed g. forty my god well fled abroad but his supporters planned their response and it was dramatic. the head of the defense forces warned the army would step in if the purges of politicians it favors didn't stop now as later armored vehicles rolled into the capital harare we wish to assure the nation that he's excellent to the president of the republic of zimbabwe and commander in chief of these i'm up with finn forces. g. mugabe and his family are safe and sound and their security is going to teach many of my gob is long term supporters had clearly abandoned him. that. should have been recalled from is it as the president and first. stayed quiet a tactic that didn't surprise observers of the man who has been nicknamed the crocodile for his style in dealing with opponents he is a one man boy is not to be allowed to use culpability when you look at it when it wants to attack is jus