as police launched the crackdown the ruling party zanu p.f. issued a warning to demonstrators. visions no that we didn't really. need in this area recently our number has remained. oh. my we are not going. to do. that. with almost a 3rd of the country's population in need of aid demonstrators are set to keep up their calls for change however police attempt to stop. the iranian oil tanker held in. early july is preparing to senseo the british territory has released the grace one despite a last minute legal bed by the united states to keep it in detention the vessel was held up suspicion of carrying radiant oil to syria violations and u.s. sanctions a charge that iran denies after the grace one was captured iran seized a british flag tank in the strait of hormuz the gateway to the persian gulf so will the british tank can now be released d.w. correspondent teresa trumpet is on the island in the strait of hormuz is her assessment of the british flag tanker has already been moved from the place where it was detained in the strait of hormuz a couple of weeks ago closer to the port w

as police launched the crackdown the ruling party zanu p.f. issued a warning to demonstrators. visions no we didn't really in. any of this and our number has remained. oh dear no shit. we are not going. to get rid of peace that he said. with almost a badge of the country's population in need of aid demonstrators are set to keep up their calls for change however the police attempt to stop them. now should a girl be allowed to join a choir that's traditionally only accepted boys a burl in court has heard the case of a 9 year old girl who was denied a spot on the city's renowned the boys only state and cathedral choir the girl's mother suit claiming gender discrimination but the court has now rejected the claim finding the quiet sound is unique and should be preserved the was i was. barely in state and cathedral choir boys are only bastion for 550 years since 1465 to be precise back then girls weren't allowed to sing in churches today they can but not as part of this choir. lawyer susan brookline sought to change that through the courts her 9 year old daughter had auditioned to jo

as police launched the crackdown the ruling party zanu p.f. issued a warning to demonstrate his. visions no that we weren't really in. any of this and oh and i was the mend. howard stern. we are not going to allow him. to do this that is the stand. with almost a 3rd of the country's population in need of 8 demonstrators a set to keep up their calls for change however police attempt to stop them. so how big of a threat are these protests for the government in zimbabwe correspondent privilege was fun here it is in harare and sent us this is suspect. i think the government is bound to treat these demonstrations that were planned for today to 10 violent and to become a threat to the government with the bad ground of their january 14 riots where they were spread across the country and ended up being violent and property was destroyed across the country. the government is also weary of just the general sentiments that obtaining across the country where people are feeling hard done with what the economy is doing because a lot of people the cost of living has gone up high and a lot of pe

as police launched the crackdown the ruling party zanu p.f. issued a warning to demonstrators. visions no we didn't really even get this in a recent oh and i was the mend. oh. my we are not going ringback to allow him. to. be said that. with almost a 3rd of the country's population in need of 8 demonstrators a set to keep up that calls for change however police attempt to stop them. let's go straight to harare that will be joined by a double correspondent to privilege must here welcome privilege i do these anti-government riots pose any threat to the government of course they do these demonstrations are coming after watch we saw in 2017 when president robert mugabe was removed from power people with protesting of course you the government. it looks like we've lost the line to harare we will we'll move on or so for that with very brief i was privileged most on here in harare will move on now to some of them so it's making news around the world u.s. democrats democratic congresswoman rashida to leave has rejected an offer from israel allowing her to visit her palestinian grandmot

zanu p.f. and the main opposition m.d.c. and we see no bridge at this stage between the 2 parties it looks as though we've set for more pull r.t. and possibly more confrontation is part of the issue with him as a politician that perhaps he doesn't realize that he's he's hemorrhaging political capital here. well yes to a large extent i mean there's a whole load of inconsistency is in play as well yesterday the president indicated that the demonstrations would be going ahead they had raised concerns over the last few weeks that there may be violence and it was a sort of last minute thing from the police last night to issue a prohibition order hours before the demonstration when people preparing for this thing and the m.d.c. went into court to battle this the police apparently according to the opposition told the court that they didn't have the manpower to contain a demonstration but clearly they had the manpower to cut off the city and and effectively shut down harare for the day so you know we see a whole lot of contradictions in play and a lack of leadership from the government with respect to the constitutional rights that are there to protests it's another question of course wh