were imposed on zimbabwe and she ching ping has always said that zimbabwe and china were all weather friends but of course as you said in your intro he needs investment you know zimbabwe nate may be wealthy in a variety of minerals but its economy is in dire straits now china is already a significant investor in zimbabwe particularly in sectors like farming mining and tobacco but i think the zimbabwean leader will be looking for more investment from president xi jinping and president xi jinping also wants to consolidate and also strengthen the influence that china currently has in africa i'm sure that president xi jinping will want to promote and talk about his one belt one road foreign policy and trade initiative and to say to the zimbabwean leader that there's room in this project for zimbabwe and of course china has this growing presence across africa as you mentioned there adrian how important is zimbabwe as one of the pieces in a much larger jigsaw puzzle. look i think it's it's very important president xi jinping is a very strategic president and africa is a very important part

were imposed on zimbabwe and sheeting pink has always said that zimbabwe and china were all weather friends but of course he needs investment you know zimbabwean it may be wealthy in a variety of minerals but it's a commie is in dire straits now china is already a significant investor in zimbabwe particularly in sectors like farming mining and tobacco but i think the zimbabwean leader will be looking for more investment from president xi jinping and president xi jinping also wants to consolidate and also strengthen the influence that china currently has in africa i'm sure that president xi jinping will want to promote and talk about his one belt one road foreign policy and trade initiative and to say to the zimbabwean leader that there's room in this project for zimbabwe. no boat coming dozens of rohingya refugees has arrived in malaysia now the boat was intercepted by the navy and brought into the malaysian mainland malaysia maritime officials say the refugees will be a humanitarian grounds the un refugee agency has praised the decision around seven hundred thousand have been force

reporter: shelton is one of zimbabwe's well-educated, young middle class. he says his country is in a mess. he's been planning to leave for months. many of his former colleagues have already gone. and while he and his wife and their two sons lead a relatively good life here, they dream of more. ideally, they'd like to move to australia, but they have also considered canada or germany. shelton: the salaries are good in my profession. i'm able to save. the fact that i will be able to save, then that means i'll be able to make a certain investment for my children, and at the same time, i'll be able to -- if there were opportunities, i'll be able to start up my own business. reporter: shelton says he can't see any chance of that happening in zimbabwe. he says no agency in the world could convince him to stay or even return later in life. architect sai chalamanda, on the other hand, says returning to malawi has definitely been worth it for him. and he says he didn't need an agency to convince him to return home. it was his wife joan who gave him the courage to c

are tobacco is big business in zimbabwe makes up a third of its total exports but in your report says it is coming at a terrible human cost tassel report from harare. tobacco is the second biggest export earner last year the country produced and sold almost two hundred million kilograms worth nearly six hundred million dollars that's a third of zimbabwe's g.d.p. most of it ends up in china south africa and belgium but human rights watch says child labor and other human rights abuses on farms is tarnishing the country's tobacco industry many of the children all of the children and many of the adults that we interviewed reported symptoms consistent with acute nicotine poisoning. headaches dizziness. children shouldn't be doing work handling tobacco because it's so hazardous and this applies both to hired work and to work in family farming. the report from human rights watch says some farm workers are also overworked and underpaid a label for survey done in twenty fourteen by zimbabwe statistical agency said about three hundred thousand children were engaged in some form of child labor t

already compromised health care system so can zimbabwe's government and the nurses you can find some common ground with me now to provide an update on the state of negotiations is journalist welcome back to the stream tendai now you were at a hospital and speaking to nurses who had just returned to work just this morning what was it that they told you. yes this often i was at a hospital in the city which is the second largest hospital and it was quite busy the consultation rooms were quite busy there were lots of nurses walking through doing their jobs and a lot of them felt that they just wanted to do they just wanted to get to serve people and to move on from this point however you know some still do have hope that whatever negotiations that the news is union is having with the government they might be able to produce something that is you know perhaps a fairer deal and might need to better working conditions and also. receiving their salaries on time. so you mentioned the better salaries i want to pull up this tweet from army of one who says this is simple the government needs to

coming up, we will turn to zimbabwe. country's path forward with the reserve bank of zimbabwe's governor. live from new york, this is bloomberg. ♪ kailey: this is "bloomberg daybreak" more consolidation in the gambling industry. icon has agreed to sell tropicana. the buyers are leisure properties. tropicana has seven casinos in six states. drugmaker shire has agreed to sell its cancer unit for $2.4 billion. shire wants to focus more on treatments for rare diseases. this as japan's takeda is rumored to be making a bid for shire. the chairman of nissan and run alt is reviewing the companies interview, he says he wants to find solutions by 2022. those comments follow reports that the two automakers are in talks to merge. the international monetary fund and world bank group are meeting in washington this week with some people questioning about continued global growth. there is one country that is eager to make sure they get that growth and that is zimbabwe. with new leadership in the country, that leadership is determined to

wouldn't want to be in of course things have changed in zimbabwe dramatically with the overthrow of robert mugabe one hundred fifty days ago now and the british and indeed other african countries delegations that we've spoken to here would like zimbabwe to come back and we understand that the talks when well from the british foreign office point of view they say that there has been an impressive amount of change in zimbabwe over the last one hundred fifty days but i think the commonwealth and britain would be reluctant to be seen to be acting with unseemly haste and they'll certainly want to see how those elections go in zimbabwe in july before extending an invitation to zimbabwe to come back and i think there'll be people in the zimbabwean opposition in particular will say you know hold on a minute we had a military coup late last year and democracy has not yet arrived and it would be a little bit premature just now to be extending an invitation to zimbabwe welcoming them back into the club one of the phillips joining me there barnaby thank you that's it for me here in london a mom

has one of the highest unemployment rates in the world the continuing cash crisis crippled zimbabwe's economy jobs are hard to come by and those in world worry if they complain about health and working conditions they'll be fired. most farmers here are beneficiaries of the government's a land redistribution program where land was seized from a white commercial farmers and given to blacks and nearly twenty years ago growing even more tobacco is a priority for zimbabwe's government one way its plan to get out of debt and improve the economy human rights workers doubt conditions on tobacco farms are going to change. al-jazeera. one of bollywood's biggest assets been sentenced to five years in prison for killing rare dear. philip someone carney was accused of shooting the protected animals in a nature reserve almost twenty years ago if barker reports. selman com was surrounded by heavily armed police as he arrived to court in the city of job poor not the kind of entrance the bollywood stars used to the fifty two year old actor had denied shooting dead the deal with a northwestern state of

he did make clear the forthcoming elections in zimbabwe scheduled forjuly will bea in zimbabwe scheduledther the new regime in zimbabwe can be trusted. that is the latest from buckingham palace on the second day of this commonwealth summit. back to you. the headlines on bbc newsroom live. the arsenal manager arsene wenger believe the club after almost 22 yea rs believe the club after almost 22 years in charge. as you have seen, commonwealth leaders continued their meeting, and will decide whether prince charles should succeed the queen as head of the organisation. toxic hotspots of the nerve agent used in the salisbury attack may still be present in the city, according to a government scientist. in sport, tributes are paid to arsene wenger who has announced he will leave arsenal at the end of the season. jurgen klopp has said he is surprised by the news, saying arsene wenger has had an outstanding career. patrick viera is the early favourite to succeed are then wenger. 0ther names in the frame, the german football coach. lance armstrong has agreed to play £3.5 million to the us governmen

were imposed on zimbabwe and she jinping has always said that zimbabwe and china were all weather friends but of course he needs investment you know zimbabwean it may be wealthy in a variety of minerals but it's a commie is in dire straits now china is already a significant investor in zimbabwe particularly in sectors like farming mining and tobacco but i think the zimbabwean leader will be looking for more investment from president xi jinping and president xi jinping also wants to consolidate and also strengthen the influence the china currently has in africa i'm sure that president xi jinping will want to promote and talk about his one build one road foreign policy and trade initiative and to say to the zimbabwean leader that there's room in this project for zimbabwe. a boat carrying dozens of ranger refugees has arrived in malaysia but was incepted in a joint operation led by the coast guard on board the malaysian mainland nations maritime of course once agency director general said the refugees would be allowed to enter on humanitarian grounds in refugee agency has praised the decisio

still ahead head on al-jazeera zimbabwe's new president is visiting china seeking more investment from a country already deeply involved in africa. and the laser makes fake news any legal my press freedom advocates are concerned about the new you know. how the rain clouds are gathering once again in central china hong kong is dry the humidity there you could feel it's coming up now and the humidity eventually my face itself in quite a large area right developing through the middle of china stretching almost as far as shanghai seven thousand degrees this cloud building to the south that had always up to six degrees southeast asia still dry picture and of course that's true certainly a dry and quite hot but in the north of india this cloud there does indicate some relief and that's been showing itself more especially in nepal across to blue tons there in the forecast as well particularly heavy showers recently you notice in nepal if you're there thirty eight degrees in new delhi and that everything is going to rai's towards the forty mark still to all this to this early in the year that

of course you'll remember that in two thousand and three robert mugabe then president of zimbabwe pulled the country out of the commonwealth he was fed up of criticism aimed at his government it is democracy he called it in the colonial club that he wanted nothing more to do with what it turns out that zimbabwe does rather want a bit more to do with the commonwealth now that it's in and the new leadership. will be elections in july the message from boris johnson was there is a way back into the club if you are elections are credible if they are for the first time in many many years judged free and fair and it is perhaps today this very sort of thing that illustrates those people who wonder what the purpose and mission and direction of the commonwealth is that it whilst it may seem difficult for larger countries to see the draw of membership of this loose friendly sort of club for much smaller ones it's vital its value is enormous they get a seat a global seat at the table they get trade advantages it is an alliance that to the likes of zimbabwe is very important to help their joining me

again all tobacco is big business in zimbabwe it makes up a third of its total exports but a new report says that's coming at a terrible cost is how do we toss from her already. tobacco is the biggest export earner last year the country produced and sold almost two hundred million kilograms worth nearly six hundred million dollars that's a third of zimbabwe's g.d.p. most of it ends up in china south africa and belgium but human rights watch says child labor and other human rights abuses on farms is tarnishing the country's tobacco industry many of the children all of the children and many of the adults that we interviewed reported symptoms consistent with acute nicotine poisoning. being headaches dizziness. children shouldn't be doing work handling tobacco because it's so hazardous and this applies both to hired work and to work in family farming. the report from human rights watch says some farm workers are also overworked and underpaid a label for survey done in twenty fourteen by zimbabwe statistical agency said about three hundred thousand children were engaged in some form of child

were imposed on zimbabwe and she jinping has always said that zimbabwe and china were all weather friends but of course he needs investment you know zimbabwean it may be wealthy in a variety of minerals but it's a con a me is in dire straits now china is already a significant investor in zimbabwe particularly in sectors like farming mining and tobacco but i think the zimbabwean leader will be looking for more investment from president xi jinping and president xi jinping also wants to consolidate and also strengthen the influence the china currently has in africa i'm sure that president xi jinping will want to promote and talk about his one build one road foreign policy and trade initiative and to say to the zimbabwean leader that there's room in this project for zimbabwe. officials are warning that aid groups are in a race against time to stop range of refugees from facing enormous that's in the coming months and season there are fears that refugee camps in bangladesh will be unable to withstand the storms around seven hundred thousand to him just have fled violence in myanmar since last

zimbabwe's president is in china seeking investment to help his country's struggling economy and has held talks with the chinese president xi jinping in beijing it's his first trip to china since coming to power last year after former dictator robert mugabe was ousted in a military takeover the president says he wants to tap into china's huge financial resources and modern technology in order to kickstart the economy but the chinese government has had a presence in zimbabwe for years and invested heavily in large infrastructure projects throughout his rule are with us are reports now from harare on the impact of china's money on zimbabwe and jobs. selling in markets is how many people here are living and a lot of these products come from china zimbabwe is once thriving industrial sector isn't creating enough jobs and goods for the domestic market is. the key plus. it would something to drink. to just. president gore is in china his first state visit outside africa since he took over from robert mugabe in november he signed a civil trade agreements with president. including deals in a

and we look at allegations that zimbabwe's cash is making the workers from sick. you're playing with fire and you'll be sorry the warning to britain by russia's ambassador at the un in a heated security council meeting over the nerve agent attack in southern england that meeting came only hours after one of the victims junia screen paul spoke publicly for the first time since the poisoning our diplomatic editor james bays reports now from the united nations. a greeting between the british and russian ambassadors but it was clear when the meeting started that is where the cold all relations ended russia called for the security council meeting to strongly reject u.k. allegations that russia carried out the nerve agent attack. this monday a dozen news no good agreement ladies and gentlemen i don't even know what to say about this it's some sort of theater of the absurd could you come up with a better fake story we all know what the worth of british intelligence information is based on the experience of tony blair we have told our british colleagues that you're playin

who is the zimbabwean foreign minister who is representing zimbabwe years of of course not any longer a member of the commonwealth having been a member for many many years two thousand and three it was when president gabi then pulled zimbabwe out of the commonwealth deeply annoyed by international criticism of his rule and of his his democracy. but zimbabwe really wants to get back in now under new leadership emerson and god where he'll have elections this year and boris johnson said look there is a way back into this club what you need to do is prove that you are going to hold free and fair and open elections and and as an open democracy therefore you might win back a place in the commonwealth and that's hugely important to small countries like zimbabwe who find it difficult to stand alone on the world stage the commonwealth gives them that sort of umbrella global platform it gives them trade advantages it gives them other advantages in terms of relationship relations with big economies and that perhaps as people search for meaning and in the commonwealth is a sign of at least for so

zimbabwe's former first lady grace mugabe is accusing miners of invading her farms to illegally mining gold was one of a number of battle she's facing since her husband was forced to resign her reports from us away. this is grace macabre in my story just outside the capital harare one of several properties the mclarty family owned. zimbabwe's former first lady says these men recently invaded her property and not illegally digging for gold. that belongs to her the men say in fact their families have been working in this area nearly fifteen years remember. mrs some global just hours away in twenty three thousand here security guards give us four hours to clear out we were told to take all our things and leave some of the miners have sued grace mugabe for allegedly calling them thieves and invaders they are demanding a one hundred thousand dollars in compensation mugabe says the intrusion on her land is politically motivated the rights of a person who is in the person who has any rights should be respected in this instance the legal argument that's being put forward is. our client has the

zimbabweans five months ago the people of zimbabwe took to this. piece of food revolution their gold for freedom the progress. of doing things like the eagles before them their. voices we share their vision we committed to delivering. the celebrations in the capital harare. the need is there to sleep evolving to get under thirty i'm not here to celebrate independence from britain and i think the good whites i noted with interest but on the subject appointments i listen to the base to come to the economies they will be the patron told them something fungible basi what releasing is going to include me going to be leaving things and the date and the building had invited but it's very easy to pop a lot of five hundred pounds will fall it just seems a little better not to drown they want him to tell them when was a tax time when with the country's open when the don't but the places that people offer the right to keep the training to go on strike a meeting about full what have taken place in civil service paid big boys and notices that you know try putti

zimbabwe celebrates its first independence day without robert mugabe in charge how much has really changed . i know u.s. president donald trump has confirmed that his spy chief made a secret visit to north korea and met its leader kim jong trump tweeted that the meeting with cia head might compare went very smoothly and a good relationship was formed comes as the groundwork is being laid for a possible summit between the two leaders are there is diplomatic editor james bases in pyongyang with latest. north korean officials are not commenting on all confirming the visit of. to this city all of the information at this stage is coming from the u.s. side but this is the highest level visit for a serving u.s. official since secretary of state madeline albright came to pyongyang in the year two thousand the u.s. doesn't have diplomatic relations with north korea there is no embassy here members of the diplomatic community have told me though they are aware that there is a channel of communication of negotiation ongoing between the u.s. and north korea between the cia and the north korean intelli

like in zimbabwe is capital harare. where waste collection is often inefficient. but both those twenty two year old founder. says she collects the left a fabric that tailor shops. and uses it to create beautiful clothes and for objects. like notebooks of enjoy or east. or even picture frames she gives banks. her recycled products sold for two to twenty five dollars. they make life prettier and the environment a little cleaner. like that. if you're also doing your bit tell us about it. visit our website or send us a tweet. as to doing more better. your story. let's head over to mozambique the island of the buzz of. the place to view a giant manta rays a spectacular and a what a sight but like many other species that body parts are highly sought after for traditional chinese medicine putting pressure on their population is that any chance of saving them and. yes there is a chance of saving the marine megafauna foundation has been monitoring monza rays on all the wildlife well yes but alone one term that's hard so researchers have teamed up with the national park we

been since robert mugabe was overthrown in a military intervention hundred fifty days ago would zimbabwe find its way back into the commonwealth the british government would like that other african governments would like that i spoke a short time ago to the kenyan foreign minister and she told al-jazeera that they would like to see zimbabwe back in but i think there's a slight sense of hold on we can't go too fast that would look rather indecent let's see what happens with zimbabwe's elections in july will they be free and fair would amazon want to allow the opposition to compete fairly in a way that was so difficult for the opposition under robert mugabe and i and i think that there will be people in the zimbabwean opposition in the m.d.c. who are saying you know there's a slight sense of the commonwealth may be acting with indecent haste let's see to what extent democracy is entrenched before zimbabwe comes back into the club but i suppose that the bigger picture style is that what's interesting is that we criticize the commonwealth's relevance time and time again and yet countries lik

zimbabwe's forbidden diamond fields a testing ground for whether or not the country's new government can keep its promises. how it is back with more business news on a milestone in volkswagens corporate history and least that's what they want to do terry that's what they want to achieve the shake up at fox and what a week has been ended with a press conference announcing the biggest restructuring in the company's history new positions new management new divisions but critics say little is going to change and how far does business as old power structures are still in place that doesn't seem to bother new c.e.o. how about d.s. here are some of his points. the w.'s new c.e.o. hebert d.c. is wasting no time in his bid to make the famously unwieldy company lighter on its feet. on the deal is this influx into our aim to make volkswagen a front runner of the auto industry when it comes to economic and innovative strength and sustainability. so. the idea behind this is our conviction that a more efficient company should be steering strong brands have a decent joined volkswagen three years ag

fine here a lot of sunshine here a long way north before you start to pick up the showers for some zimbabwein zambia across in town golan through namibia down towards south africa all looking fine little bit of cloud across the eastern cape but otherwise weather conditions looking good there johannesburg highs of twenty four degrees and then into central parts of africa some heavy showers across east africa south asia's also in the gulf of guinea and we expect he wanted to downpours to be affecting the prevail. the weather sponsored by cats are always. getting to the heart of the matter if well stuff like in g. the turkish cypriot leader calls you today and says let's have talks would you accept facing realities what do you think reunification would look like a lot of people think the peace for unification is the only option for prosperity of south korea hear their story on talk to al-jazeera. the arab. as reminder of our top stories this hour north korea's official news agency says the country will stop an intercontinental ballistic missile tests the move down its main nuclear testing site

has one of the highest unemployment rates in the world but continuing cash prizes crippled zimbabwe's economy jobs are hard to come by and those in world worry if they complain about health and working conditions they'll be fired. most farmers here are beneficiaries of the government's a land redistribution program where land was seized from white commercial farmers and given to blacks nearly twenty years ago growing even more tobacco is a priority for zimbabwe's government one way a plan to get out of debt and improve the economy human rights workers doubt conditions on tobacco farms are going to change. legislators and the us state of oklahoma holding a special session on friday protesting school teachers continue to demand more funding for public education hundreds of teachers parents and students are marching in the state capital for a fourth straight day. classroom spending oklahoma's governor signed legislation last week that granted fifteen to eighteen percent salary increases for the state's teachers but the teachers say more funding is needed she has joined one of the demonst

return money to go to school after decades of government mismanagement and alleged corruption zimbabwe has one of the highest unemployment rates in the world the continuing cash crisis has crippled zimbabwe's economy jobs are hard to come by and those in world worry if they complain about health and working conditions they'll be fired. most farmers here are beneficiaries of the government's a land redistribution program where land was seized from a white commercial farmers and given to blacks and nearly twenty years ago growing even more tobacco is a priority for zimbabwe's government one way it plans to get out of debt and improve the economy human rights workers doubt conditions on tobacco farms are going to change. al-jazeera. once upon. a cesspool. the expectation. welcome back philippine president we're going to territories closing down the terrorist island of archive for six months off to describing it as a cesspool the un and will now be closed from april twenty sixth barca is home to hundreds of terrorism related businesses and the shutdown could displace seventeen thousand wor

fellow zimbabweans five months ago the people of zimbabwe took to this. in their busy food revolution their goals for freedom the progress. of doing things like the euros before them. we heard their voices we share their vision we are committed to delivering the. welfare of a toss i was at the celebrations in the capital harare. the need is there to sleep involving police here at the stadium are here to celebrate independence and it's been a nice seeing the good whites i noted with interest but on the subject appointments and little things it basically comes economies they will be the pain when you told them something positive about the quite revealing thing is going to including one in the link they want to date and the police had invited but it's really been a powerful lot of my financial talk it just seems like the cat and not the ground they want him to tell them when was the cash crisis and when will the country open when the dogs but the place if you think people are for the day to be done they need to go on strike and getting about for what and pay

and pushing at the boundaries performers in zimbabwe using their creative freedom to tackle political issues why some say and way last. follow the weather has been rather disturbed for central parts of the middle east recently some rather disturbed weather making its way out of iraq into iran air a cloud here sweeping in across the region this kind of stock actually we're going to see further showers or longer spells of fray as we go through friday bright skies behind him is fine dry and sunny some gorgeous sunshine coming through over the next couple of days but you notice the right nest of in place in say that eastern side of iraq up towards the northeast pushing up towards azerbaijan georgia and armenia little bit of wet weather to just into northern areas on iran at this stage an easing i would towards afghanistan south of that it's bright and sunny and it will become increasingly bright and sunny across the reagan peninsula over the next few days friday here in doha temperatures getting up to thirty five celsius the four back a little as we go on into saturday but essentially a l

was turning slowly into zimbabwe will you know real substantial battles were fought out at commonwealth summits by margaret thatcher robert mugabe kenneth cole and those days are long gone and there is a risk that it can look a bit nebulous a bit worse the it can look as if heads of state go on these big junkets every two years having said all that for an organization that is. much derided it does have an extraordinary geographical range fifty three countries almost fifty heads of state have come here and although people often you know sneer at the commonwealth countries which have been forced out of it or which have chosen to leave in the recent past like gambia like nigeria like pakistan perhaps like zimbabwe in the near future we'll see often seem to want to find their way back in and indeed there are other countries like mozambique which were never part of the british commonwealth which have successfully gained an entrance so it is not an organization that is shrinking by any means even though the questions about its relevance will always be there. what about them in the context of

making useful bags out of textile waste in zimbabwe. i'm sharing solar energy in germany. but we start off in south africa which is really non-police nature reserves including the wild famous kruger national park but often the people who leave in the communities and may have this wildlife preserves have never set foot in them one organization is hoping to change that by introducing the local youth to wildlife and conservation through photography. an idyllic sunrise over south africa's land a province this isn't part of the country is home to dozens of nature results and national parks that draw in thousands of tourists from all over the world every year. but for the local communities that live right on the borders of these paths access is often too expensive. two years ago mike congress found that over local outreach program while shots started introducing children from local government schools to the practical skills of wildlife photography the aim is to engage them in conservation drives and show them the value and beauty of these wild places through photography but real

zimbabwe's former first lady grace mugabe is accusing miners of invading her farms to illegally dig for gold they in turn accuse a defamation and say the land was stolen this is one of the number of battles she's facing since a husband was forced from power last year. reports from miles away. this is grace mugabe's farm in just outside the capital harare one of several properties the mugabe family owns. zimbabwe's former first lady says these men recently invaded her property and not illegally digging for gold that belongs to her the men say in fact their families have been working in this area nearly fifteen years. mrs some global just hours away in twenty three thousand here security guards give us four hours to clear out we were told to take all our things and leave some of the miners have sued grace mugabe for allegedly calling them thieves and invaders they are demanding a one hundred thousand dollars in compensation mugabe says the intrusion on her land is politically motivated the rights of a person who has surface rights in the person who has any rights should be respected in th

the president is saying zimbabwe's open for business., arts and culture are part of that is, so expect the new administration to be tolerant, especially when the people are creative, to come up to tell their stories. imagine if zimbabwe could do a film about the end of robert mugabe, how much billions would be realised in that? so this is a challenge to the government, we must do agriculture, we must talk mining but the world is changing, south africa, nigeria, they are all appreciating the arts and it is affecting their economy in and it is affecting their economy in a positive manner, so it is a chance for the government to look at this. we saw the numbers, we saw the people. this is your challenge, support arts and culture. let's grow the economy, as well as the business. let's head to australia's gold coast and the commonwealth games. wednesday saw the opening ceremony. now, the actual competition is underway. but there's already been some bad news for the hosts, with local favourite sally pearson being forced to withdraw. pearson, w

zimbabwe is going through a transition. they have a new leader. elections are set for july and august and we don't have an ambassador there. will you commit to ensure that we have an ambassador on the ground? a lot of that depends on us, but we tend to move it through as quickly as we can in this committee, but an ambassador on the ground in zimbabwe when that transition occurs, the elections are held? >> yes. it will actually in the first instance depend on me and the president to get a nomination to you, and i confirm to doing that post-haste. >> i'll go off line and have additional questions on cuba. i'm concerned in a similar vein that we have just a skeletal staff there. the embassy, given the issues that occurred there. i think it's an important time there. we're going to have a non-castro head of state for the first time later this month. if we could beef that staff up, it would be great as well. thank you. >> thank you. >> senator udall. >> thank you, senator, for your service and thank you, general pompeo. we appreciate having your family

a satire about the coup that toppled zimbabwe's longest serving leader robert mugabe is taking center stage in harare the play openly ridicules mugabe and former first lady grace something that would have been unthinkable during his thirty seven year rule harriman tasa has more now from harare one of the worst. the production called operation the biggest city begins with grace mcgee the former first lady insisting she can do what ever she nights i was business wasn't. was was the phrase i was then robert mugabe emerges accompanied by army generals who tell the ninety four year old and grace they are under house arrest i don't believe oh. you can send them to forget i am i the only one. the performers are acting what happened on november fifteenth when soldiers and armored vehicles blocked roads to government offices parliament and the courts then president mugabe was confined to private residence zimbabweans marched in the thousands demanding he step down eventually the man who had ruled zimbabwe for thirty seven years was forced to resign we was. read out to me i think now that mugab

to deal with them arrest nurses in zimbabwe have protested against the sacking of sixteen thousand of their colleagues who'd been on strike hundreds of workers who passed in the peaceful demonstration in the capital harare earlier this week thousands of this is walked out of a poor conditions and unpaid allowances is led to the shutdown of major public hospitals weakening the already struggling health sector right joe today those are the latest headlines from us here at al-jazeera coming up next it's inside story. saudi arabia's ambitious economic plans the kingdom has announced several multi.

and they say that they will continue where their broder's until their demands are met now says in zimbabwe have called off that strike and will return to whack on monday the union representing the nicest at the strike could become politicised and hopes the nurses return will reopen negotiations five hundred nassif demanded better pay and working conditions during a protest in harare on wednesday after sixteen thousand dollars on strike was sacked zimbabwe's government has been trying to contain labor unrest in the country head of elections in july. now u.s. president donald trump says the north korean crisis is far from being resolved is striking a cautious no a day after the north's pledge to end its nuclear and missile tests the leaders of north korea and south korea judy meet on friday out of a u.s. north korea meeting within weeks trump is piling pressure on kim jong un to abandon all his nuclear ambitions but what are the north koreans think of that when our diplomatic editor james bay has been given rare access to the capital pyongyang to find out whether trump is on anyone's mind. t

or now to zimbabwe where nurses of called off their strike and will return to work on monday the union representing the nurses that the strike had become politicized and hopes the nurses return will reopen the negotiations five hundred nurses demanded better pay and working conditions during a protest in harare on wednesday after sixteen thousand others on strike was sacked zimbabwe's government has been trying to contain labor unrest in the country out of elections in july well u.s. president donald trump says the north korean crisis is far from over and he's striking a cautious note to day after the north's pledge to end its nuclear and missile tests the leaders of north and south korea due to meet on friday ahead of a u.s. north korea meeting within weeks trump is piling on the pressure on kim jong un to abandon all its nuclear ambitions but what to north koreans think a diplomatic editor james base has been given rare access to the capital pyongyang he finds out whether trump is on anyone's mind. this is one way north koreans relax at the weekend. the last few days have been a dipl

that would have been unthinkable during mugabe's thirty seven you heard of a tulsa looks at how zimbabwe and testing their new leadership one was. the production called operation the legacy begins with grace mcgee the former first lady insisting she can do what ever she nice i know you business wasn't. i was was a restaurant. in robert mugabe emerges accompanied by army generals who tell the ninety four year old and grace they are under house arrest we don't. condition came to forget i knew i was the it was. the performers acting what happened on november fifteenth when soldiers and armored vehicles blocked roads to government offices parliament and the courts then president mugabe was confined to private residence zimbabweans marched in the thousands demanding he step down eventually the man who had ruled zimbabwe for thirty seven years was forced to resign we was. not read out to me i. now the mugabe is gone and innocent and is president some are testing how far they can push the boundaries thirty seven years robert mugabe you do yes. but the question is did we speak out in both thirty

it's a first zimbabwe independence day without robert mugabe who is in power for almost three decades. and mother and wife to two u.s. presidents probably died at the age of ninety two. they have the cia has reportedly made a secret visit to north korea the groundwork has been laid for possible summit between u.s. president donald trump and north korean leader kim jong un u.s. media say mike pompei or went to pyongyang two weeks ago just after he was nominated as the new secretary of state if confirmed it would be the highest level u.s. visit in almost two decades charles when talking north korea was japanese prime minister shinzo bed his florida state the u.s. president confirmed washington and pyongyang on gauged in high level talks. direct talks at very high levels really i love those with north korea. and i really believe there's a lot of good will lot of good things are happening she what happens is i always say we'll see what happens because ultimately it's the end result that counts not the fact that we're thinking about having a beagle everything. else is there is diplomatic e