al-jazeera zimbabwe.first take a look at zimbabwe's land reform policies the first effort to distribute land more fairly was started in one thousand nine hundred eighty but when zimbabwe gained independence from white minority rule at that time the majority of arab land was owned by white farmers the plan was based on a willing seller willing buyer policy which meant the government would not force the sale of land but in two thousand a new phase was introduced to accelerate the process and land was seized from white farmers it was in visit that fifty thousand square kilometers would be subject to compulsory purchases from whites over five years zimbabwe's experience was often compared to south africa's both countries share a history of land ownership inequality. let's bring our guests into the show now we have joining us from harare by skype derek matty shack senior researcher at the institute for security studies in pretoria in nairobi is at a concert to see know of rich management and in emerging market

however, zimbabwe already has debts of almost $17 billion.en mr mnangagwa became president little over a year ago, he was quick to declare the country open for business, but to be honest, he's struggled to attract foreign investors. his finance minister is still in davos and told reforming zimaba bwe‘s economy wasn't an easy job. we have a plan. one of the reasons why we're having this kind of situation is because of the plant, which is a reform agenda. there is no reform agenda without paying. so what has happened is this, we in a situation of disequilibrium and posters of correcting that, that ec, thatis posters of correcting that, that ec, that is owl road map for cheating macroeconomic stability, making sure we create a private sector economy, as we move towards our vision 2030 of getting an upper income status by that year. gervais williams is a senior executive director at the investment firm, miton group. you have a lot of experience and looking at overall economies and how they work. putting aside the overall politics at the moment, h

from by the way out zimbabwe in harare macomber. she is a human rights activist who participated in the protests. in the u.k. . is the chairman of the u.k. europe youth league and in johannesburg south africa pearce picu is senior consultant for southern africa at the crisis group that's an ngo focused on conflict resolution it's good to have your in the street and we're going to start with a community and we're i mean what is striking about this show is the amount of people online who are saying they have been affected and affected by the rising fuel costs so many people sharing their stories so i want to share just three. this is shami on twitter who says i used to pay two dollars to and from work and i now have to pay five dollars we used to buy two leaders of cooking oil for two to three dollars and now it's ranging from ten to fifteen dollars what pains me the most is that the salary remains the same someone else echoing her sentiments this is andre who says public transportation prices went up one hundred fifty percent increas

al-jazeera zimbabwe.first take a look at zimbabwe's land reform policies the first effort to distribute land more fairly was started in one thousand nine hundred eighty but when zimbabwe gained independence from white minority rule at that time the majority of arab land was owned by white farmers the plan was based on a willing seller willing buyer policy which meant the government would not force the sale of land but in two thousand a new phase was introduced to accelerate the process and land was seized from white farmers it was in visitors that fifty thousand square kilometers would be subject to compulsory purchases from whites over five years so barbarous experience was often compared to south africa's both countries share a history of land ownership inequality. let's bring our guests into the show now we have joining us from harare by skype derek matty shack senior researcher at the institute for security studies in pretoria in nairobi is at a concert to see know of rich management and in emerging m

animal then three dollars for a litter of fuel that's the spock nine hundred civil unrest in zimbabwe two years after robert mugabe is right and did the government still struggles to get the economy up to speed. of business as welcome global stocks appear to be weathering british prime minister to raise a maze overwhelming parliamentary defeat relatively well the pound was held his its ground and while u.k. trading has been muted have been no dramatic downward shift so far elsewhere in europe stocks are mostly flat the exception of shares in banks which rose slightly this follows a similar performance on asian markets were best as a holding out for two possible and diametrically opposed outcomes orderly breaks it all another referendum. now germany's top economic think tank has entered the debate today with suggestions to offer britain a solution that will resembles the bond between e.u. the e.u. and switzerland sounds interesting so let's check in with was part of the team that conducted the study and welcome to the show can we expect to get high quality watches and fine chocolate fr

al-jazeera zimbabwe. first take a look at zimbabwe's land reform policies the first effort to distribute land more fairly was started in one thousand nine hundred eighty but when zimbabwe gained independence from white minority rule at that time the majority of arab land was owned by white farmers the plan was based on a willing seller willing buyer policy which meant the government would not force the sale of land but in two thousand a new phase was introduced to accelerate the process and land was seized from white farmers it was in visitors that fifty thousand square kilometers would be subject to compulsory purchases from whites over five years so barbarous experience was often compared to south africa's both countries share a history of land ownership inequality. let's bring our guest into the show now we have joining us from harare by skype derek matty shack senior researcher at the institute for security studies in pretoria in nairobi is at a concert to see know of rich management and in emerging m

welcome to zimbabwe's capital harare where public transport is enjoying a revival until recently it was dominated by private minibuses far left become too expensive for many since fuel prices have shot up the house lets to street protests brutally subdued by zimbabwe's security forces now the government has caved in offering subsidized bus. there's a crash at harare central bus station the trip from here to the suburbs costs just one zimbabwe dollar. the same trip costs three dollars on the mini buses to subsidize city buses full to capacity. i feel very free not a single problem we just boarded the bus and paying three dollars has come to an end it's a thing of the past. that got to go but it is that we are happy with what the

police clamp down on petrol price protests in zimbabwe just the latest signs of the tear erasing economy. turkey's currency crisis its importers of long established foreign labels will they weather the storm . and then for all of its to business just two months left and what a mess the british parliament is overwhelmingly rejected the prime minister's just agreement on how to exit the european union they bring france is speeding up preparations for a no deal breaks it telling businesses to get ready for the worst germany is also an age when it came if it were hard it would of course have major consequences for prosperity in shops especially in britain but we as a country that exports a great deal of written and have very close economic ties we have no interest in hard drugs. business we suffer very much because you have to see that british german trade for example is at one hundred eighty five billion a year and germany has a surplus with britain at about forty five billion a year germany for more of course due to this fact there will be immediately the necessity of. millions of new. dut

and in zimbabwe dozens are injured in six hundred arrested after a police crackdown on protests against spiralling fuel prices. hello i'm terry barton good to have you with us british prime minister theresa may has overcome the latest threat to her political survival narrowly winning a no confidence vote in parliament but she prevailed only with the help of her allies in northern ireland's democratic unionist party for victory came a day after lawmakers dealt her a crushing defeat by rejecting her breaks a deal in a statement outside her downing street residence after last night's vote may appealed for a political consensus on how britain should leave the european union. so now m.p.'s have made clear what they don't want we must all work constructively together to set out what parliament does want that's why i'm inviting m.p.'s from all parties to come together to find a way forward one that both delivers on the referendum and can come on to the support of parliament this is now the time to put self interest aside. of the very latest let's get our correspondent barbara basler in here fr

zimbabwe's president. has promised action in response to a crackdown by security forces on anti-government protesters but opposition leaders say demonstrators are still being ripped from ised area which also has more from the capital harare. shop owners says the damage after last week's violence when the price of fuel more than doubled overnight in zimbabwe people demonstrated many didn't believe the president the managua who said the increase in months of shortages some businesses were looted during the violence . the damage done now is i can tell at the moment it was worse to coklat but what i can tell you are probably we where did you dress in terms of for equipment just says it was taken away from the computers to those does if a machine is also taken away. is human rights commission a government appointed human rights a key security forces of systematic torture noise an activist say a dozen people have been killed scores more worried and every segment of the opposition leader say people are still bein

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also this week currency to buy essential goods is hard to find in zimbabwe as anger over the government doubles fuel prices to curb demand. and snazzy new cars can't hide a trail of gloom for automakers at the detroit auto show as the u.s. china trade war eats into their profits. it's a confusing paradox that's keeping all sides in the brig's it drama on edge britain's prime minister's reason they narrowly survived a no confidence motion while her plan to navigate brigs it was massively rejected by parliament the deadline of march twenty ninth twenty nineteen is marching ever closer and european leaders are warning that the prospect of britain crashing out of the union without a deal has increased this could lead to huge economic disruption on both sides of the channel joining us now from london is james smith james is an economist at the global markets research team good to have you with us james so the prime minister's deal was voted down in parliament does that mean the brig's it is now more or less likely or a no deal scenario is more likely off for now that the four remains that we

well still ahead here on al-jazeera zimbabwe's president repeats a call for calm after what activists are describing as a brutal crackdown by soldiers. shortages are putting vulnerable lives of briskest gossiper dead runs out a few loose stories after the break. hello again and welcome back we are across china we are going to see a little bit more clouds in the forecast over the next few days the reason being is we are getting a flow out of the south and that's going to bring some moisture across the region but here on friday not really seeing yet a lot of clear conditions across much of the area we're going to be seeing shanghai at about eleven degrees down towards hong kong at twenty even better conditions over here towards taipei we did see some rain just a few days ago but now that rain is gone maybe some cloudy conditions you with the temperature there on friday of twenty two degrees going up to about twenty six by the time we get toward saturday and we are picking up some more clouds even some rain up here towards who hand with a temperature of about eight degrees there well as

unrest in zimbabwe.he opposition claims a brutal crackdown is taking place after an increase in fuel prices sparked protests. theresa may outlines her plan b for brexit but critics say it doesn't go far enough. fighting fake news — latest whatsapp update to limit people sharing messages with friends. and we'll bring you the story of how peppa pig inspired chinese the president of zimbabwe has cut short a state visit to russia angry protesters onto the streets and a brutal crackdown by his security forces. ministers claim opponents are using the doubling of fuel prices as a pretext for violence. the opposition movement for democratic change is questioning why soldiers are using live ammunition, beating demonstrators, and arresting many in their homes. from harare, our correspondent andrew harding. another funeral here in zimbabwe. this one for a young footballer, shot in the head by police. there's grief, for sure, but a deep sense of shock, too. after all, this country was supposed to have left the bad o

with zimbabwe's above the law -- i said again.s lawyers marching through harare, they say the law is being courted by a government intent on scaring people and administering what feels to many here like collective punishment. the north—eastern state of new hampshire was the first big primary win for donald trump in 2016. two years into his presidency, the bbc‘s aleem maqbool has been asking voters there what they make of mr trump's time in office. this was the stage where it all really started for donald trump and his campaign, a packed field of candidates he emerged an early lead here as a presidential hopeful —— state. there has been so much action since and it is hard to imagine that we arejust at since and it is hard to imagine that we are just at the halfway point of his first term in office. well, it has been incredibly unpredictable, chaotic event, and while some have found it an exhilarating time it has not been without its carnage and its casualties and, of course, we're not talking about this race. it wasn't long before

have condemned the security forces crackdown on protesters zimbabwe's president. has been speaking on social media here's part of what he said on twitter on thursday he said i have been deeply saddened by the events in our beloved homeland violence will not reform our economy violence will not rebuild our nation he goes on to say resolving zimbabwe's economic challenges is a monumental task and while it may not always feel that way we are moving in the right direction there. is a senior researcher at south africa's institute for security studies he spoke to us earlier from zimbabwe's capital harare and says the financial issues are a hangover from the longtime rule of president robert mugabe. the problem or the grounds for the problem was laid quite a few years ago under the mcgarvie government when the mcgarvie administration began basically creating money out of nothing and it's rather complicated because zimbabwe is a dollar rise economy but basically the government began paying off the debts by infusing electronic money into the banking system which wasn't rea

satisfy the lawmakers who threw out her plan and also coming up warnings of a nationwide strike in zimbabwe an economic crisis is leaving workers to deal with meager salaries and runaway inflation and cast your eyes upon these super blog malls movie the moon turned blood red last night we'll tell you why it happens and how it got that name. off it's good to have you with us today she came with plan b. britain's prime minister to resign may present in parliament with what's supposed to be an alternative plan for breakfast that one that she hopes will eventually win lawmakers support to resume a was forced to amend her original deal to take britain out of the e.u. after a majority of parliamentarians rejected it last week. mr speaker turning to brett if at first you don't succeed theresa may had an uphill battle on her second go at selling her brags of clamming she's faced criticism for refusing to take a no deal bragg's it off the table but she said parliament held the key to solving the problem for state money the right way to rule out snooty ill is for this house to approve a deal with the

the truth is that old system.ve >> zimbabwe was supposed to be on the mend by now.resident gone, a new, gentler govement, promising to economy.oken instead as we've seen in the past few violent days re old hard to kick. anso, a question looms. keep the protestors off the streets, or is zimbabwe deeper turmoil. andrew harding, bbc news. turning now to politics here in the u.s., democrats are ining up in droves to become their parts next presidential nominee. harris became the latest to announce her kid. the senator from california elizabeth colleagues warren, along with a growing list of others who want to take n020.esident trump expect the field to become even more crowded if other joe-profile figures such as biden and michael bloomberg decide to join the fray. joined a brief time ago by "time" contributor jay newten small. kamala harris stand out from the crowd? >> well, sheshan african-american woman.to she's a se she's a former prosecutor, so of s got the chops in terms law and order, so there is no question, ihink, when women office. i wrote a whole book about t

zimbabwe barry's afro jazz legend the national he will all of atlanta causing in front of thousands of adoring fans. i'm rich allen's incent petersburg russia formally lending gratin it was seventy five years ago today that one of the most brutal exercise of the second world war came to an end the nazi siege of the city the last of nearly nine hundred days. hello again it's good to have you back well here across the northern part of queens and we're still looking at some very heavy rain across the area now the ground is already saturated there so all the more rain that we get the more potential for flooding we're going to be seeing over the next you days the forecast map looks like this you can see anywhere from townsville towards the north we are looking at heavy rain there down towards the south though we do have a frontal boundary that is just to the north of melbourne still keeping quite warm in melbourne but we are going to be seeing possibly some showers there along the front down towards parts of tasmania it is the heat and it is the wildfires are still going on we do think prob

frustration over zimbabwe's worst economic crisis in a decade ignited rights and prompted a strike by unions protesters tried to shut down the capital harare and the southern city of bull away oh by erecting barricades and burning tires police responded by shooting live rounds trying to disperse rioters with water cannons and tear gas the uproar began when zimbabwe's president emerson and dog announced that fuel prices would more than double digits someone just wakes up and decides to increase the fuel price we have demanding that the price be reduced to its proper price the information minister tweeted clever people know what to do avoid fuel guzzlers cancel unnecessary trips and use bicycles do not protest in the streets you can lose a limb in skirmishes that unprecedented increase is seen by qana missed as a way for the government to control an economy that is once again in danger of freefall not only is there a shortage of cash and fuel but eighty percent of the population is unemployed or not is good you know who has a career as a date anyone above eighteen years of age is stayin

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how difficult is it to obtain information from zimbabwe itself?night? absolutely. there are restrictions to freedom of movement and speed of communication and shut down. the closure of social media spaces. people are unable to correctly between themselves in zimbabwe and also with the outside world. this is a very well orchestrated effort by the government to make sure that people in zimbabwe find it difficult to get information. hoople improvising and using other mechanisms in order to clinic it, visual communications which are helping to shear the information. —— share the information. —— share the information. many people are doing so information. many people are doing so to amplify the message and make sure that the world understands the crisis that is taking place in zimbabwe. just one final question, it seems we are getting slightly conflicting messages from within the ruling party itself. the messages from the government conflict with what the police are saying. what is your view on that? the state security minister two days ago blamed the

political language is a necessity the issue is really we also need to look at zimbabwe today as a matter of reality and we are totally agree yes this fifty two million is a gesture suggest to show that the present government is different from that of robert mugabe absolutely absolutely sensible it has to be supported i think this governments need to be supported to simply say that yes you are giving an element of a gesture what can we do what lessons can we learn but i think if some of the tones of the conversation is such that we must go back to where the argument was between one thousand nine hundred seven the year two thousand we're actually going back to square zero and we're going back to square zero in a risky way in a manner in which but i don't i think it actually the number we're going back to who are not we have more productive era is what he's trying to say i think. we need to recognize that. this tradition the status quo that it was was not right the fact that some beggar was a breadbasket you know is no dispute but was a bread basket in which the vast majority of the zimbabw

frustration over zimbabwe's worst economic crisis in a decade ignited rights and prompted a strike by unions protesters tried to shut down the capital harare and the southern city of bull away oh by erecting barricades and burning tires police responded by shooting live rounds trying to disperse rioters with water cannons and tear gas the uproar began when zimbabwe's president emerson and gaga announced that fuel prices would more than double digits someone just wakes up and decides to increase the fuel price we have demanding that the price be reduced to its proper price the information minister tweeted clever people know what to do avoid fuel guzzlers cancel unnecessary trips and use bicycles do not protest in the streets you can lose a limb in skirmishes that unprecedented increase is seen by qana missed as a way for the government to control an economy that is once again in danger of freefall not only is there a shortage of cash and fuel but eighty percent of the population is unemployed or not is good you know who has a career as a date anyone above eighteen years of age is stand

frustration over zimbabwe's worst economic crisis in a decade ignited rights and prompted a strike by unions protesters tried to shut down the capital harare and the southern city of bull away oh by erecting barricades and burning tires police responded by shooting live rounds trying to disperse rioters with water cannons and tear gas the uproar began when zimbabwe's president emerson and gaga announced that fuel prices would more than double digit someone just wakes up and decides to increase the fuel price we have demanding that the price be reduced to its proper price the information minister tweeted clever people know what to do avoid fuel guzzlers cancel unnecessary trips and use bicycles do not protest in the streets you can lose a limb in skirmishes that unprecedented increase is seen by qana missed as a way for the government to control an economy that is once again in danger of freefall not only is there a shortage of cash and fuel but eighty percent of the population is unemployed or not is good you know who has a career as a date anyone above eighteen years of age is standi

zimbabwe's president. has called for a national dialogue to address protests of a rising living costs he used twitter to condemn demonstrations which he said were not peaceful but he also promised to hold the police to account saying violence or misconduct by our security forces is an acceptable and a betrayal of the new zimbabwe chaos and insubordination will not be tolerated misconduct would be investigated and if required heads will roll welcome and god made those comments just hours after cutting short his trip abroad where he'd been seeking foreign investment and the time he was away activists say twelve people were killed shot but reports. zimbabwe's president emerson meninga descended the steps of his least seven eight seven digit this is one of the world's most luxurious private planes he had used it for a fundraising mission to russia and kazakhstan. meninga took off ten days ago just hours after stunning zimbabwe ends with the news he was doubling fuel prices due to an economic crisis on the tarm

well carol be here with the weather in a moment but still ahead zimbabwe's president calls again for calm after what out of us are describing as a brutal crackdown by soldiers. and the u.n. agrees to send a team of monitors to support the yemen cease fire and the vital port city of data . and it's down to the wire in the peruvian desert as the world's toughest driving competition reaches its final stage to stay with us. through tranquil arabian canyons. and the long carefree winters in affiliation gondola. well we have been talking about the big storm here in the eastern part of the mediterranean with the rains the winds as well as the snow but also we're dealing with some just storm conditions across parts of egypt take a look yesterday a what cairo was dealing with it's not only cairo but also the port cities on the red sea some of those port cities actually had to close their ports because of visibility had been so low in the region now that same weather system is making its way towards the east that we are dealing with visibility dropping in many locations across that area as tha

violent protests over high fuel prices in zimbabwe forces the president to break off from a foreign trip. reality tv star katie price's son was trolled online for his disabilities. now mps back her campaign to make such online abuse a crime. and 75 years after witnessing a world war two plane crash, the pensioner whose dream for a flypast to remember the victims has come true. it gives me great pleasure to say, look to the skies on the 22nd of february for a berry very special flyby. and coming up on bbc news: a greek sensation at the australian open as stefanos tsitsipas becomes the youngest man to reach a grand slam semifinal in 12 years. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. mps opposed to theresa may's withdrawal deal with the eu have been putting forward their own brexit proposals. they include a labour party motion saying mps should to vote on whether there should be a second referendum. the cabinet met in downing st this morning. it's understood that some senior ministers have been pressing for a no deal brexit to be ruled out. mps are to vote again on theresa may's p

saying goodbye to zimbabwe's and one of africa's iconic musicians the base way they know how to solve and dance. all of them with who could see officially known as to who died on wednesday after a four decades long career doing what he loved one of my favorite things that he said was that he wants to tell stories and he's a poet he's telling those stories and the music is just an accompaniment to telling those stories was. he started performing in one nine hundred seventy seven singing protest music during the war to end a white minority rule more than forty years and sixty seven albums later his knees it inspired generations around the world. in as much as it's a sad turn that he's done what he leaves us as a legacy of his music so in wellington then in the message of the music there's a lot of process there's a lot of in. looking at african cultural beats here really new in many many different beats within zimbabwe and further afield and those he tapped into so his music is authentic and substantive. was. i. was. there in. we took a z. songs largely steered clear of politics he chos

[chanting] funeral here in zimbabwe. footballer,r a young shot in the head by police.here is grief for sure but a too.sense of shock, after all, this country was battled to have left the days hind. instead, for over ak wnow the n on a y forces have b rampage. eating, torturing, l usinght ammunition against angry but unarmed rsprotes is not over down yet. this morningre we found ounded hiding in a private clinic. these two both said they had been shot by the police. outside, another new casualt casualty. >> this man, as you can see, want to be identified by anybody. people here any today, scared. week now since the protests began here. a sharp rise in the price of fuel. ike a final straw for many impoverished people in zimbabwe -- talkingernment is about crackdown and the need for so the economic reforms president ors beend to abandon a foreign fundraising nushing home to petro-accused try, nflation and deep disillusionment. have a new ng to dispensation. removed. has been the mask is falling off. the truth is that we still have old system. >> zimbabwe was supposed to b

zimbabwe. now a mural by the british artist banksy on the door of the battleplan theater in paris has been stolen ninety people were killed at the concert hall and orchestrated by iceland. the paintings show a young girl mourning the loss of life the battle plans expressed deep indignation at the first. talk of the check of the headlines on al-jazeera the un human rights investigator looking into the murder of. his meeting turkey's foreign minister in ankara. plans to have long talks in turkey especially. a crucial step towards formal accountability for the killing of the saudi journalist and critic of the crown prince stephanie because more from istanbul the un special rapporteur is in ankara meeting the turkish foreign minister she is also expected to come to. where she will be meeting prosecutors the main authorities that have been handling the investigation into the murder of. expected to meet friends of the journalists and the people that were involved on that day almost four months to the

and guess who's watching zimbabwe's agonies with particular interest? may even be hoping to intervene. he's very sad about the killings. he is very sad about the internal chaos that is in the country. he is very worried that people are going hungry, that people are worse off than what they were in november 2017. as for the man beaten by soldiers, he's safe in a clinic now. his wounds likely to heal a lot faster than his country's. andrew harding, bbc news, zimbabwe. lets go live to harare and talk to andrew. do you see any prospect of an imminent lessening of this tension? i think the protests have certainly died down. what we see now isa certainly died down. what we see now is a pretty chaotic, pretty violent mopping up operation by the security forces. and i suspect that before long, yes, there probably will be a lull. people have been very scared and bruised by this past week or so. it is not clear if the protesters, if the opposition, civil society, the unions, have the stomach for a fight, at least to continue that in the short term. we have seen t

this is the moment zimbabwe and authorities arrested evan my will we have a pasta a prominent critic of the government he's accused of supporting street protests protests that turned violent in recent days. that i lived in that. incited violence keitai another phone the social media the government suspects that zimbabwe's political opposition is behind the violence even the left is. he's. in this in the slum in. front the opposition says the spiralling living conditions have left ordinary zimbabweans no choice but to protest. it is the cost to feed that is just if you just cause people to complain to appraise one of the big beats. food prices i know that if you think of troops on monday the government hiked fuel prices after announcing a national shortage zimbabwe's fuel became the most expensive in the world it was the final straw for many zimbabweans who are scared and who want a semblance of normality. maybe. if you break it. down maybe we don't know where we are going just to get to a home just going to wake us you mean if you can use normal. zimbabwe's capital harare is now quie

africa and beyond a better place al-jazeera magilla zimbabwe. and it's time for sports now peter thank you very much know that jacket has won his record seven full straight you know open championship and third consecutive grand slam title. in straight sets to claim his fifteenth major trophy forest no reports. robert you know that was some emerging names have attempted to challenge the status quo at the first grand slam of the year but rafa nadal and novak john the fish are still setting the standards in world tennis. in their fifty third career meeting the match was expected to be an epic showdown between the top two players on the planet but jock a bitch the reigning wimbledon in u.s. open champion had other plans for his spanish opponent the dow hadn't dropped a set on the way to the final but now he was outclassed jock vigil wrapping up the first set in thirty minutes was his ruthless dominance continued in the second putting on a masterclass performance in a down had no answer. a flicker of light for nidal and the third was quickly dammed w

andrew harding reporting from zimbabwe. get some of the day's other news: the us supreme court has allowed president trump's ban on some transgender people serving in the military to take effect temporarily. judges ruled in favour of the government's request that the policy go ahead, while legal challenges are heard in lower courts. officials in the us plan to go ahead with a formal extradition request for the huawei executive, mung wanzhou, who was arrested last month in canada. american prosecutors accuse her of helping the chinese telecoms giant evade sanctions on iran. for the first time, the european commission has stated explicitly that if the uk leaves the eu without an agreement, the so—called "no—deal" brexit, it would mean a hard border on the island of ireland. the irish government has made it clear that is unacceptable, and it would require a separate arrangement with london to protect trade and the peace process. a former us marine has been detained in russia on spying charges and has been refused bail by a cou

the cost of prime minister's briggs's deal is rejected as britain falls towards a messy exit why zimbabwe's government wants people to buy less fuel plus classy models called last call because worries about the trade bill. counting the cost. are. welcome back a look at the top stories this hour violence has erupted between police and protesters as a funeral in sudan's capital khartoum thousands attend up to mourn the death of a sixty year old man who was shot by officers for offering refuge to demonstrate his u.s. president on the job and the north korean leader kim jong un will hold another summit at the end of february white house made the announcement off to north korea's lead nuclear negotiator help talks with trump and his secretary of state my palm. meanwhile the white house says this mr bought the president instructed his former personal lawyer michael cohen to lie to congress calling the allegation categorically false news is reporting that cohen was told to deny he'd been in negotiations with russia to build a skyscraper in moscow. now a judge in the united states is about to sente

in the south as they are alive and also coming up zimbabwe's human rights commission accuses police of brutality during anti-government protests the president says he wants a national dialogue. paying their respects families gather to remember the victims of last tuesday's attack in kenya . some soldiers question the president's call for. protesters are back on the streets in subband as anger grows over the government's crackdown on dissent student activists in the capital khartoum are demanding the resignation of the president bashir the opposition says forty seven people have now been killed since protests began last month when the government raised the price of bread president bashir is expected to arrive in cattle later on tuesday and an anti government activist in sudan has gone missing sources told al-jazeera that robert was arrested by security agents he was last seen on wednesday when he went shopping in the capital morgan joins us live now from the capital khartoum he more demonstrations today almost a growing concern about the way the government's cracking down on protesters

south african president also has called for sanctions on zimbabwe to be lifted they still have sanctions that many countries around the world have imposed on them we've been some of those have been calling on the world to relax the sanctions or lift the sanctions altogether so that zimbabwe can begin to operate in an economic manner with the capabilities that it has. they're currently facing serious serious economic challenges. and they can be assisted by the world if sanctions are lifted or ramaphosa went on to say the two countries are discussing measures including a bailout package to address the economic crisis so bob his government has been accused of a brutal crackdown during protests of a rise in fuel prices the country's human rights commission accuses the security forces of systematic torture the u.s. the u.k. european union and other states have imposed sanctions against them barboy of a rights abuses during former president robert mugabe's time in office online there's been sharp criticism of the south african president's comments with accusations he's out of touch he speaks o

who is the executive director at the zimbabwe human rights commission she told us the government must provide compensation for the victims of police brutality police in the military way in a lot of. the citizens in particular they raided people night dragging people out mostly young men who were found in those houses beating them up and also admitting some of those. we arrived at these conclusions mainly through our investigations and interacting interaction with members of the public if the commission we've got to mandates to investigate. men rights violations in the country and it was through the implementation of this mandate that we managed to going to the various areas where they did step in this took place is well it's in their various courts my state schools in the country where the alleged perpetrator of this violence we're actually being tried. in the news ahead we will tell you why a treaty between france and germany is actually sponsoring opposition from the far right. welcome to another look at the international full costs the weather's gen reset there across the middle ea

supporters who were demonstrating their people were demonstrating with citizens the people of zimbabwe who wait triggered into demonstration and into demonstrating by the conduct of mr man and by unilaterally announcing and hike in the prizes of fuel by hundred fifty percent so it was not the m.d.c. it has not been them to see the m.d.c. has always been very peaceful organization does stands for demonstrations upon notice and appointed gating our intentions were demonstrating this was a trade union effort as citizens effort and it had the support of all the zimbabweans do you support the president's investigation into the security forces and the level of violence that's been carried out on those protests as he has said quote heads will roll. well where that pretty but they did agree is very is that mr nunn got was seems to be indicating left about turning right is inconsistent he says that he's going to investigate but he can't investigate himself the people who did what they did we're doing that in the name of mr mann and gaga and he must be able to then indicate that this is what is

the afro jazz legend known as the son of africa has been laid to rest at a state funeral in zimbabwe all of our own to could say died on wednesday at the age of sixty six from complications resulting from diabetes from his home time when syria has the story. saying goodbye to zimbabwe's and one of africa's iconic musicians the base way they know how to solve and dance. all of them with who could see officially known as to who died on wednesday after a four decades long career doing what he loved one of my favorite things that he said was that he wants to tell stories and he's a poet is telling those stories and the music is just an accompaniment to telling those stories was. to get he started performing in one thousand nine hundred ninety seven singing protest music during the war to end a white minority rule more than forty years and sixty seven albums later his knees it inspired generations around the world. in as much as it's a sad turn that he's done what he leaves us as a legacy of his music so in wellington than in the message of the music there's a lot of proverb there's a lot

al-jazeera zimbabwe. private data belonging to hundreds of german politicians including chancellor angela merkel has been published online late information includes home addresses phone numbers and credit card details it's not clear whether they were targeted by hack or they're victims of an internal the only political party not affected by is the right wing a.f. they have been again asked more from berlin. and we know that more than nine hundred politicians from almost every party in germany have been affected many of them from merkel's christian democrats or from have a very interesting social union allies but it's not just politicians who've been affected here one interesting line it's being reported by several different agencies is the the form that the attack took was rather like the advent calendar principle in other words on the first of december a particular twitter handle was putting its information sensitive information about people in the public eye and that every day that went by there would c

andrew: exclusive footage of his zimbabwe's raaging army.parked trucks decide a busy road in harare. you can see a man on the ground and a soldier dragging, kicking, and whipping him. beingare 30 civilians beaten here over a two-hour period. s oen marun for it. here is another who finally got away. aywe met yesteoon after his ordeal. he is still in agony. today we went to the spot where the soldiers had rounded up their victims, the busy bus station. again, the army patrolling here are everywhere right now. but why? course, is to instill fear. one after another, people tell us not to identify them. tso scared of the ldiers that zimbabwe is turning into a militarized state. >> pleased to have the police to make -- we used to ha the police being the main actors, so to see soldiers everl day is quite cg. andrew: that she'll began in -- that chill began in 2017 with the army staging a coup against robert magali. when the new president was sworn in, the general's promise to their troops would return to barracks. but la year, they were back on the

the afro jazz legend known as the son of africa has been laid to rest at a state funeral in zimbabwe all of could see died on wednesday at the age of sixty six hot on the tussle reports from his hometown. saying goodbye to zimbabwe's and one of africa's iconic leases and the bass way they know how the song and dance. are live on which you could see officially known as to who died on wednesday after a four decades long career doing what he loved one of my favorite things that he said was that he wants to tell stories and he's a poet he's telling those stories and the music is just an accompaniment to telling those stories. because he started performing in one thousand nine hundred ninety seven singing protest music during the war to end a white minority rule more than forty years and sixty seven albums later his knees it inspired generations around the world. in as much as it's a sad time that he's done what he leaves us as a legacy of his music so in wellington then in the message of the music there's a lot of profit there's a lot of in. looking at african cultural beats here really