i didn't crease in the zimbabwean capital harare thank you very much for that update. this article or some other stories making news around the world in the west african nation of mali opposition leader somalia's sisi has rejected the results from sunday's presidential election as for didn't he cordon opposition groups to unite to defeat incumbent. in the runoff on the twelfth of august. the u.s. secretary of state mike pompeo says more pressure should be applied to ensure north korea is sticking to its denuclearized pledge bill met briefly with his north korean counterpart. at a security forum in singapore despite the smiles says the u.s. would take any violation of u.n. sanctions seriously. the bodies of eleven people apparently murdered were discovered in the house the mexican town of quartus this comes just days before mexico's president elect on this money and a lopez obrador is share due to visit the town to kick off a campaign against violence. new zealand's prime minister just hearn has returned to work after six weeks of maternity leave she's arrived back in t

i didn't crease in the zimbabwean captain ferrari thank you very much for that update. let me bring you up to date at some of the stories making news around the world in the west african nation of mali opposition leader somalia sisi has rejected the results from sunday's presidential election as fraudulent he called in opposition groups to unite to defeat the incumbent president abraham. in the run off on the twelfth of august. the united nations reports suggest that north korea's continuing its nuclear and ballistic missile programs in violation of u.n. sanctions the report also said the country has given military aid to the syrian government and massively increased its culverts creed of petroleum products the report comes as russia and china urged the u.n. to ease sanctions on north korea. u.s. secretary of state mike concrete says more pressure should be applied to ensure north korea is sticking to its denuclearization pledge from peel met briefly with his north korean counterpart really on call at the security forum in singapore despite the smiles says the u.s. woul

to act fairly and question without fear or favor the president of or zimbabweans. as always say. i am your loosening president has seven leader in this very does all of our public office. at any level and a madness to this would be to exercise servant leadership in the exit usually of dead to tease. there must be a move and responsive in their interactions and dealings with the citizenry is. the bloggers in the second republic must be development oriented to sponsor the people's knee as well as exhibit. principles of professional ethics and integrity. my team is tension with depth will expect you probably accept our officials to deliver quality and it chemically said this is to the people as well and for us it gave business to a good investment we don't want to put in the next unnecessary delay and let's face you and a corrupt it depicted will not be tolerated we must and this is a sad time in cutting and in a look eight dig out chunk of hard honest work the president you ssion of it but breakup of corruption would be carried out with his zero zero zero tolerance. into second any

monday zimbabweans voted in the country's first election since former president robert mugabe was forced from power here without my god he's name on the ballot voters had to choose from a field of twenty three candidates including the two front runners incumbent president. faced a tough challenge from nelson chamisa of the opposition movement for democratic change or m.d.c. . has been president since the military topple mugabe in a bloodless coup well joining us to talk about the election and what's next for zimbabwe in harare linda she's an independent who ran for parliament to represent the harare east constituency. she's also an independent who ran for a local council seat to one of the me me he's the executive director of the election resource center of think tank and advocacy organization on electoral and democracy issues in zimbabwe in johannesburg south africa tuffy mock up he's a social and political commentator with a special focus on zimbabwe and john dramani mahama he's the former pro. didn't of god and is the head of the commonwealth observer group one of the organizations mo

and a former member of the zimbabwean parliament mr krause thank you very much we appreciate your time tonight. thank you. well google is reportedly secretly plotting its return to china a new report from the investigative web site the intercept says that the tech giant has a team secretly working on a new censored version of vids search engine for china to help me tell this story i'm joined now by my steam calling helen humphrey from our business desk now china of course is renowned for its historic great wall building started on the mammoth fortification back in the third century b.c. to protect china from in later years right and these days china also has of course another wall known as its great far wall of china it's supposed to protect chinese citizens from undesired foreign influence that's right first set up back in two thousand the great firewall it blocks access to certain websites and terms that the chinese government deems dangerous any with of criticism of the government or terms that refer for example to the student massacre in jenin square back in one thousand nine hundr

using live ammunition six people have been confirmed dead according to the police that's a lot of zimbabweans how many people how many opposition supporters we brave enough to. go back on the streets and challenge the results of a lot of things really pointing to what the opposition will do i think what they will likely do is try and approach the courts but then historically they say they don't trust some of the judges in the courts they've said over the years that some of the judges always side with the ruling party whether that will be the case we don't know but i think logically that's probably a route that the leaders will try and take. how do you imagine that the atmosphere will change and we still feel a sense of tension or do people want to just put this to bed and move forward make some progress. mimics feelings and obviously there's tension especially after wednesday's violence and still soldiers are still deployed in the capital harare the city was quiet to the usual some shops and businesses were close an indication that people didn't really feel safe venturing venturing into the c

in fact, the results that were released by the zimbabwean electoral commission were not signed for byosition. emmerson mnangagwa has called for unity, has acknowledged the electoral commission, which has said that he is the legitimately elected president of the country. isn't there a danger that in challenging this there is going to be a further period of uncertainty and instability in zimbabwe? well, the option to that is to accept something that people clearly do not agree with. so i think it is important that the opposition, and anybody, as the president himself has said, be given an opportunity to exhaust all the channels that are available for people to exercise their constitutional freedoms in order that the problem is clear then emmerson mnangagwa, if he is going to be declared the winner eventually, then he comes in with a clear mandate and a legitimate mandate, and i think that is important for zimbabwean order to move forward. four men who died in a car crash in bradford yesterday have been named by the police watchdog. the car they were travelling in was being chased by an

zimbabweans want to. show that he can do that but the skepticism jessie is highest in the party the m.d.c. the leader of the m.d.c. the movement for democratic change nelson chamisa has described these elections as fraudulent and illegal what of what options does the party have now do you think they'll actually challenge these results and call to take people out on the streets . i have heard saying that they will defend their vote but what i do know is that they do have the option as a law provides that anyone who is aggrieved by an election result is the opportunity to tell is the result. so. open to them for them to file that application and demonstrate why it is that they say that the election is so fundamentally flawed that to check the will of the zimbabwean people from from you know from from being from being fulfilled so they have that option so just beginning to have a competing narratives out of the country opposing ends one saying it was a fairly action the other saying it was actually democracy

but then god will have to be a president for all zimbabweans but many zimbabweans will need convincing he was robert mugabe's defense minister during the massacres when thousands were killed and the fact that it's. false some of the issues of this. it's. just it's. the same time the president elect is promising a fresh start but changing decades of in chancer patient. missions will take time. and when and god will have to persuade the international community that scenes like this and now a thing of the past so as to not promise of political and economic reforms how do we start al-jazeera. china says it may impose tariffs on a further sixty billion dollars worth of american goods and its foreign ministry says the new levies will go into force if the u.s. follows through on its threat to impose new types of his own u.s. accuses china of unfair trading practices they're using tariffs to pressure china to reform the u.s. has already imposed a twenty five percent duty on chinese goods worth thirty four billion dollars its may be targeting industrial goods china has responded with its own tw

front page of the daily telegraph is a striking image of an opposition supporter protesting in the zimbabweanital harare following monday‘s contested elections. the guardian also features today‘s violent protests in harare, reporting that three people were killed when soldiers and police fired live ammunition at demonstrators. the anti—semitism row within the labour party leads the i. mps, it says, have been pleading with their leaderjeremy corbyn to act to avoid an open revolt. the financial times carries a story we‘ve been covering today, the collapse of a deal with a chinese firm that might‘ve

but then god will have to be a president for all zimbabweans but many zimbabweans will need convincing he was robert mugabe's defense minister during the massacres when thousands were killed in that a bill and. the fact that. some of the issues of this. section of. the president elect is promising a fresh start but changing decades of in chancer patient in state institutions will take time. and when and god will have to persuade the international community that scenes like this and now a thing of the past so it's not to run its promise of political and economic reforms how to toss al-jazeera and out of. china is poised to impose more time of sun sixty billion dollars worth of american goods the foreign ministry has said the new levies will go into force if the u.s. followed through on its threats to impose more tariffs of its own the u.s. accuses china of unfair trade practices and it's using tariffs to pressure them to reform when the u.s. has already imposed a twenty five percent duty and chinese goods worth thirty four billion dollars it mainly targets industrialized and china's res

the zimbabwean president, emmerson mnangagwa, said he was freed following his intervention.he zimbabwean leader called for peace and unity, but he added that the legal process would continue. unconfirmed reports say that israel and hamas have agreed a ceasefire after another 2a hours of violence. israeli aircraft hit more than 150 targets in gaza, killing a pregnant woman and her 18—month—old child. palestinian militants had fired scores of rockets into israel, injuring several people. taiwan's government has dismissed a chinese plan to link the two with what would be the world's longest undersea rail tunnel, connecting northern taiwan with fujian province. it would be 135 kilometres long. it's reported chinese scientists are close to agreeing a design, but taiwanese officials say they will not even discuss the scheme. the lawyer for melania trump's parents has confirmed that they've become american citizens. the first lady's parents, born in slovenia, took part in a naturalisation ceremony in new york on thursday. viktor and amalija knavs obtained citizenship through chain

i'm sumi so much going to thank you for joining us zimbabwean president emerson when god was says he is humbled to have been elected president and has called on the country to unite he was declared the winner last night after securing just over fifty percent of the ballot but the opposition accuses the ruling party of rigging the vote and says it will challenge the result in court. after days of unrest the long awaited results were delivered in the middle of the night zimbabwe's electoral commission declared a narrow victory for the country's incumbent president. of the party is therefore julie declared elected president of the republic of zimbabwe with effect from the third of august twenty eighth. with fifty point eight percent of the vote and missing money on god avoids a runoff against his nearest rival nelson chamisa who won just over forty four percent his party the movement for democratic change has declared it will challenge the results. of those. are fair. just. what would. you very much like to get what you see. when i'm doug was policy zanu p.f. is also celebrating its vic

a zimbabwean that remains on edge the capital harare is on a walk down tonight with riot police on patrol the results of monday's presidential election are being announced tonight the rulings in a new p.f. party has already claimed victory right here on d w meaning current president in the guard will stay in office the opposition candidate nelson commutes and his movement for democratic change are claiming that the vote has been rigged mr commission said earlier today that he is the legitimate winner of the presidential election earlier today police took control of the headquarters of the movement for democratic change and detained party leaders. at least six people were killed yesterday in violence between soldiers and protesters after the government deployed the military to keep the peace as friday dawns one question remains unanswered will democracy in zimbabwe survive the hit that its people have taken this week well we have complete coverage of this story tonight first we want to go to the capital harare our correspondent melanie curried the ball is on the telephone with us they are

so zimbabweans are waiting to hear.d that they will also wait to hear whether those results tally with what they have. after the vote counting ended, there isa after the vote counting ended, there is a paper put on every polling station with the results, and they said they have collected those results and believe that they have one. nelson chamisa, the main opposition for mdc leader, he said that once the commission has announced its results, he will show his hand. but he says as long as they do not declare him the winner, they do not declare him the winner, they will defend that means. how big have hopes been for this election, compared to others in recent memory? the expectation has been huge, and it shows by the number of people that turned up to vote. we hear that in some constituencies, up to 75% of the registered voters turned out, which was the highest number since independence from british colonial rule in 1980. there were high expectations that notjust locally but also from the international community, that per

the zimbabwean president, emmerson mnangagwa, said he was freed following his intervention. on twitter, the zimbabwean leader called for peace and unity, but he added that the legal process would continue. puerto rico appears to have sharply revised the death toll from last september's hurricane maria. a d raft a draft report on the disaster suggests the number of deaths caused by the disaster was more than 1400, far more than the official figure of 64. the us territory is asking congress for $139 billion in aid. the parents of america's first lady, melania trump, have become us nationals. the slovenian couple were granted citizenship at a ceremony in new york. their lawyer said they'd attained their citizenship through chain migration — a process president trump wants to scrap. the us vice president has laid out plans to create a sixth branch of the military, a so—called space force. mike pence suggested russian and chinese threats justify the military expansion, and he promised a space force department will be ready by 2020. there's already a logo and he'll be asking congr

zimbabweans were on the street asking when the presidential results will be announced.omorrow whether ordinary people are happy with it or not. maybe he will get a couple of hours sleep tonight for we speak to you again tomorrow. also making news today: china and a bloc of southeast asian nations have agreed on a draft code of conduct over the disputed south china sea. the agreement was announced at a meeting of foreign ministers in singapore on thursday. beijing has been accused of assertively building up its military presence in the south china sea, which has some of the world's busiest shipping routes. bangladesh shut down high schools across the country thursday as tens of thousands of students protested for a fifth straight day after two teenagers were killed by a speeding bus. authorities had pleaded with students to call off the protests that have near—paralysed dhaka and beyond, and prompted foreign embassies to issue travel alerts. a high—ranking chinese monk has denied accusations he sexually harassed nuns and coerced them into sex by allegedly controlling the

zimbabweans were on the street asking when that presidential results would be announced. see tomorrow whether ordinary people are happy with it or not. let's take a look at some of the day's other news. apple has become the world's first public company to be worth $1 trillion. the iphone maker's market value reached the figure in late wednesday morning trading in new york as its shares rose to a new record high above $207. technology correspondent dave lee reports. some people are writing off this as simply being nothing more than a nice round number, but the significance simply being nothing more than a nice round number, but the significance is simply being nothing more than a nice round number, but the significance is important choppy it shows a company that has had a blistering growth over the shows a company that has had a blistering growth over the last decade since each launched the iphone. they passed a milestone on thursday morning's trading in new york and the way they did it was by selling iphones at a higher cost. last year the company released its more expens

so you can see even if this did the big companies a zimbabwean companies have put out a huge banners to congratulate the president. signed that people are welcoming us leadership so critics now and i least are saying that if. the m.d.c. is to go ahead and do demonstrations in the streets that it will not help with the current president who has just been sworn in to lead to the country move forward. the german journalist miss solid tolu who was imprisoned in turkey on terror related charges has arrived back in germany with her three year old son tolu and seventeen other turkish defendants are accused of terrorist propaganda and membership of the extreme left m k l p party which is classified as a terrorist organization in turkey spent seven months in prison before being released in december of last year a travel ban has prevented her from leaving the country until now. and now to some of the other stories making news around the world pope francis has begged for god's forgiveness over the catholic church's sex abuse scandals in ireland pope's visit to ireland has been overshadowed by t

but then god will has vowed to be a president for all zimbabweans but many zimbabweans will need convincing he was robert mugabe's defense minister during the massacres when thousands were killed him at a billion and the fact that he's carrying a lot of. baggage skeletons was also some of the issues of this. it's. obvious but by and large its cross-sectional. supports him and also. supports. the president elect is promising a fresh start but changing decades of in change or patient in state institutions will take time. and when i go will have to persuade the international community that scenes like this and now a thing of the past so as to not derail as promise of political and economic reforms al-jazeera and i. was about one journalist regina godwin told me a little earlier that the opposition's appeal is unlikely to get them anywhere. i think it could still be turned if there were a successful challenge i think what should then happen is that we should go to a runoff with excluding the other twenty one candidates so it's just a straight race between the two men i feel that that won't be a

zimbabweans love peace, but they have a very violent government.injury, this was the normally bustling centre of harare today. soldiers had warned people to go home. this isn't the typical busy harare of a thursday afternoon. it's an apprehensive place. it's a city whose streets don't belong to the people today, but to men with batons and guns. at the headquarters of the opposition, we found a stand—off. police had arrested several people who had been taking refuge there since yesterday. the face of a prisoner. they were still seeking the surrender of more holding out inside. the government side has given mixed messages, some warning mdc leaders they face arrest. 0thers appealing for restraint. certainly it is supporters of the mdc led by chamisa who caused the trouble. i am happy that our supporters exercised maximum restraint and were not involved, and i am appealing to them to continue to exercise that maturity. in the wake of the harare violence, pressure mounted for an imminent declaration of the presidential result. do you accept that the lon

zambia third's deported a leading zimbabwean opposition figure defying a court order allowing him to seek asylum to diabetes from the opposition movement for democratic change faces charges at home for inciting post-election violence was defeated in last week's elections which they say was rigged in favor of the ruling sanny p.f. party lawyers for the opposition alliance says that to challenge those results in court. indonesia's lombok island has been hit by a powerful aftershock after sunday's magnitude six point nine there are no reports of injuries or casualties from thursday's trouble but some buildings have collapsed two hundred fifty nine people are confirmed dead so far but already they expect that figure to go up officials are struggling to deliver aid to all those in need across the island while rescuers say they don't have the proper equipment. you're watching all just their arms the whole drama these are all top news stories a spokesperson for yemen's ministry of health in sanaa has put the death toll after today's airstrike at forty three the saudi m.r. r.t. led airstrike

ruling party said competent to go when it's widely expected with a i guess widely seen by many zimbabweans as being reluctant to give up power by the opposition who already said they think they've won it so if the ruling party a ruling party victory is announced then it is quite possible the opposition will cause demonstrations and protests but it was clear yesterday the military you are very much in control here at the moment is the military that put president i mean drug war into office when they pushed out robert mugabe in november and when they came into the streets of the capital harare yesterday it's very clear that on the rest of any kind wasn't going to be a protest weren't going to be tolerated so we're waiting to see what happens in the days ahead how the opposition react to the result and then if there are people on the streets how the military and the police react to them what can you tell us about the military itself malcolm because some people criticizing the army saying they've simply used too much force over the past few days and one of our facebook few worst attended sayin

know wasn't it in my mind when i go out has been talking peace for months i know i mean i think zimbabweans are sick and tired of being sick and tired and for the first time with a president who was preaching peace the president spent close to eight months. preaching peace saying that zimbabwe was open for business so we have no clue why they would decide to unleash soldiers who shot down six and armed civilians i mean all that work over eight months up in smoke. there is a suspicion and this is just a theory but i think even reuters once did a story on this last month that this seems to be a power struggle between the vice president and the president who is the civilian face of this government the vice president is the. the former army general who led the coup last year so some are suggesting that probably the president didn't know anything about the deployment of soldiers and that this was done by the vice president was the former army general that led the coup. i might also need to remind your viewers that we had that attempted assassination on the president and you know to my recollecti

dollar zimbabwean urge to unite as the country marks thirty years of independence president elect. addressed crowds in his first appearance since his inauguration was delayed the opposition had filed a legal challenge over the results of july's election. indonesian officials say the damage caused by last sunday's powerful earthquake on long island will exceed three hundred forty two million dollars aid is slowly arriving in remote areas affected by the magnitude six point nine tremor emergency crews have started drilling for fresh water sources closer to the temporary shelters and tens of thousands of people are expected to stay in makeshift tents for weeks if not months having lost their homes so if we take a closer look at what's been hampering efforts to get help to those in need for days the lack of heavy lifting equipment have slowed down the search for possible survivors stuck under the rubble some rescuers were forced to dig by have and in the north of book nearly seventy five percent of homes were destroyed due to poor construction many of the villages there became unreacha

meant to happen on sunday has been postponed because of a court order heroes day is a day away zimbabweans remember those who for to end white minority rule but a few weeks ago people were shocked to see soldiers deployed on to the streets of harare trying to disperse opposition protesters six people were shot and killed that shocked a lot of people interacted a lot of people people wondering what is going on it raises i-t. intentionally those people are waiting to see what he says today will be enough to convince enough zimbabwe that he has things under control and what is the legal process stand right now in the cold challenge to those electoral results. well right now the rulings on a pay party that is going to file papers in court to challenge the opposition application to have the election results overturned after that happens if it happens the up with a position of three days to look at that challenge. then the judge will eventually pick and me if they decide to call for a fresh election that has to be done with in sixty days and they face or if they say that the image of an ngo has

said i had for you on the program you know gratian of zimbabwean president and god why is delayed as the court considers the opposition's challenge. and dreaming of college some of us a step in to help young people who can't get financial aid because of best citizenship status. and are there we've had some pretty violent storms over parts of australia recently . this weather system here is baltar's winds gusting over one hundred kilometers per hour in places and with that windy weather it's also rather wet and cool so a maximum temperature in melbourne just of thirteen degrees on saturday and force in adelaide will only be getting to eleven things should generally cheer up a little bit by sunday though there should be more sunshine around and the temperature in adelaide at least will be bouncing back up again further west we'll also see the temperatures rising here twenty degrees in perth and it should be fine and settled over towards new zealand we're watching some cloud of rain roll its way towards this it doesn't look like it's reached just by lunchtime on saturday but as we head

peter: well, they are all zimbabwean. there is some common ground. here is what is likely to happen. opposition m can make it very, very difficult for president mnangagwa and zanu-pto have nvnctions removed or even approach foreigntors to bring money into zimbabwe. if the opposition cos to say what they're doing and protest in this way, it will be ddifficult for mnangagwa that. i suspect what may well happen btimately is that he will have very little choi to reach out to the oosition and to perhaps bring in to some kind of government of national unity if they really want tprevent a -- present a united front to the rlto get the investment that zimbabwe so desperately needs as virtually a failed state. rajini: you mentioned the international community. how can zimbabwe return to the internatiol fold after decades of robert mugabe's rule? peter: the metrics have been made fairly clear. there is a sanctions lt at the moment with individuals including president mnangagwa, cited for various law and order lapses, lapses in terms of huma rights issues,rms of

but then god will have to be a president for all zimbabweans but many zimbabweans will need convincing he was robert mugabe's defense minister during the massacres when thousands were killed in that to be in and the fact that. some of. its. supports. the president elect is promising a fresh start but changing decades of in chancer patient in state institutions will take time. and when i go will have to persuade the international community that scenes like this and now a thing of the past so as not to run its promise of political and economic reforms how to. get out of. china's as a may impose tariffs on a further sixty billion dollars worth of american goods its foreign ministry says the new levies will go into force if the u.s. follows through on its threats to impose more targets of its own the u.s. accuses china of unfair trade practices and it's using tariffs to pressure china to reform the u.s. has already imposed a twenty five percent duty on chinese goods worth thirty four billion dollars it's mainly targeting industrial goods china has responded with its own twenty five percent

rajini: very briefly, during the election he promised economic reforms for zimbabweans. how dire is the economic tuation, and how can he turn that around? peter: it is absolutelyll apg. zimbabwe by some accounts is the fastest contracting peacetime onomy in the world. -- in the history of the world. it is an absolute e sket case at ment. soaring unemployment. it is a terrible environment at the moment you have had a lot of appropriation of land and things that made foreign investors nervous. tht. have to row back from t i think the most effective way to do that is to present aro united by folding the opposition into some kind of government of national unity. rajini: thank you very much for your insights. yesterday president trump's national security team left little doubt that russia hadth interfered iu.s. elections and was continuing to do so. but then came out swinging against the investigation looking into the very charge. here is what he had to say at a rally in pennsylvania.um pres. now, we are being hindered by the russian hoax. it's a hoax, ok? i will tell you wha

so union zimbabwean opposition figure tendai biti has been charged with inciting public violence and unlawfully announcing election results is court appearance came a day after he was denied asylum by zambia and handed over to zimbabwean security forces the u.s. says it's deeply concerned by reports of a government crackdown following the july thirtieth vote. and south sudan's president has granted amnesty to opposition leader react machar and all rebel groups involved in a five year civil war there a power sharing agreement was signed a earlier this week aimed at ending the conflict which has killed tens of thousands of people that's it for myself and the team here in london coming up next on al-jazeera want to warn east. china is keen to win friends and influence you need oil rich middle east business part of the wrong turn blind of china to secure its resources for the future of sub sub so hard region as a whole dollars expect to grow we bring you the stories that are shaping the economic world we live in counting the cost on al-jazeera. with its dreaming new shopping malls and hi

but you also saw the continued bias of state media, which is for most zimbabweans, the only media thatere worrisome signs in that, you know, after the coup, which was popularly supported, but was a coup, last november, there was a question that zimbabweans were constantly asking, did the military really seize power only to hand it over again in an electoral process? most people thought the answer was no, and there was an unwillingness to make it plain that the military would accept the results of an election regardless of the winner. you know, there were still repressive laws on the books that easily could have been repealed, so all of these instruments of repression were still there. and as these electoral process move onward , there was intimidation in the rural areas and there were ample reports of that, so some of the same old patterns started to emerge. let's get some of the day's other news. the roman catholic church now says capital punishment is never acceptable under any circumstances. pope francis had previously spoken out against the use of the death penalty, and the vatican

but then god will has to be a president for all zimbabweans but many zimbabweans will need convincing he was robert mugabe's defense minister during the massacres when thousands were killed in the land the fact that. it's false some of the issues of this. it's. just it's. supporting. the president elect is promising a fresh start but changing decades of in change or patient in state institutions will take time. and when i go we'll have to persuade the international community that scenes like this and now a thing of the past so as to not promise a political and economic reforms. are. china says it may impose tariffs on a further sixty billion dollars worth of american goods its foreign ministry says the new levies will go into force if the u.s. follows through on its threat or impose more types of his own u.s. accuses china of unfair practices trade. says it's using types to pressure china to reform. but the us is already imposed a twenty five percent on chinese goods with thirty full billion dollars it's mainly talking industrial goods china has responded with its own twenty five perc

tonight, zimbabweans know that around the world pictures of soldiers attacking protesters, of death and of injury are being absorbed. that hits hugely at the great hope people had here which was forforeign investment, to end the economic misery of so many. there will be huge diplomatic pressure tonight and tomorrow to bring the two sides together. in what is really needed, a moment of political maturity. thank you. it's been described as a "truly perilous" financial situation. tonight, northamptonshire county council is holding crisis talks to discuss which services it must cut to the "bare minimum" in order to save money. the council needs to save up to £70 million by next march amid concerns it may no longer be able to afford services for vulnerable children and adults. our social affairs correspondent alison holt has the story. outside northamptonshire county hall, protesters outlined their fears about the human consequences of what are described as inevitable cuts to important local services. the reason i'm doing this is to remind them that their cuts and just about facts and figure

was no cheating, we are absolutely confident there was no rigging and we would like to assure the zimbabweanwill not subvert their will. the opposition does not is accept that but its supporters still celebrated as the victory was already in the bag. it did feel premature. the results show beyond reasonable doubt, that we have won this election. sources on both sides say they are confident who to believe. the people spoke. president mugabe is unelectable. the people spoke. there isa unelectable. the people spoke. there is a battle here to shape local and international opinion ahead of an official announcement. but the government also escalated its rhetoric warning the opposition leader he could face jail for declaring victory early.|j leader he could face jail for declaring victory early. i am sure no—one wants to provoke the wrath of the law and risk being sent to prison. the zimbabwean government is equally perturbed with the high level of incitement and violence being perpetrated by certain individuals and some political players who have declared themselves winners even before the announc

zimbabweans love peace, but they have a very violent government.d injury, this was the normally bustling centre of harare today. soldiers had warned people to go home. this isn't the typical busy harare of a thursday afternoon. it's an apprehensive place. it's a city whose streets don't belong to the people today, but to men with batons and guns. at the headquarters of the opposition, we found a stand—off. police had arrested several people who had been taking refuge there since yesterday. the face of a prisoner. they were still seeking the surrender of more holding out inside. the government side has given mixed messages, some warning mdc leaders they face arrest. 0thers appealing for restraint. certainly it is supporters of the mdc led by chamisa who caused the trouble. i am happy that our supporters exercised maximum restraint and were not involved, and i am appealing to them to continue to exercise that maturity. in the wake of the harare violence, pressure mounted for an imminent declaration of the presidential result. do you accept that the l

to the nation before i proceed to present the results let me take this opportunity to thank the zimbabwean population for the support and patience provided and exhibited while the commission was performing its statutory duty let me thank all of the local and foreign who responded favorably to our invitation to observe elections your presence did not only contribute to peacefully littrell process in the country but also allowed the commission to benefit from insightful views shared during the process which enabled us to resolve some of the difficult situations that arose and which could have disrupted the smooth conduct of our electoral process i would like to thank all my fellow commissioners. and all the zimbabwe electoral commission staff including say condit's staff who worked tirelessly throughout to ensure this the success of the twenty eight hundred harmonised elections we also wish to thank all of corporate and partners for the sterling support rendered throughout the process without which it would not have been possible to undertake some of the crucial it is in our electoral proces

understand why authorities want to try and make sure nothing is destroyed in the area the ordinary zimbabweans watching this the last time they saw soldiers on the street was in november last year when army tanks army vehicles rolled into the city up to some roads and eventually after a few days we saw them forced robert mugabe to resign and then people came out to celebrate and enjoy the fact that the army helped remove robert mugabe but now things are different this tension now because people don't know what is going to happen next right now as you can see it's just soldiers driving around not seeing them physically touch anyone is people push them too far what could happen. and how do we are expecting the situation to continue again as we keep mentioning until at least we get the results of the presidential vote the electoral commission has given the parliamentary majority two thirds of the vote to the ruling zanu p.f. we're still waiting for the presidential result and you were saying earlier that having the results might calm the situation but given how the opposition supporters have resp

zimbabweans are tentative still.nangagwa. how do you feel about the result, ? . in president emmerson mnangagwa. how do you feel about the result,? . we are happy with the result. we would have been happier to get more votes, of course, but emmerson mnangagwa won the election. it allows him to form a government, even if he got 50% plus one vote. we got 400,000 more votes than the next rival. but it isa more votes than the next rival. but it is a deeply divided country which is what these show. what challenges lie ahead for emmerson mnangagwa? every election divides people because people have the right to choose who they want but i do not think we are deeply divided and i'm sure we will find a way to come together and develop our country again. concerns about the claims by the democratic movement the change that the results are fake and it will challenge them? it allows them to approach the court and present their cakes. they have nine days to do so and we wait for them to produce evidence of fraud, if they allege fra

zambia denies asylum to sing as zimbabwean opposition figure tendai biti. sports chelsea are on the verge of completing a world record transfer they've agreed to pay off ninety two million dollars for. making him the most expensive goalkeeper of all time. and begin in the democratic republic of congo where the government has announced president joseph kabila will not be standing in december's election. was due to step down from his position in twenty sixteen but the election to replace him has been repeatedly delayed triggering violent protests in which dozens were killed there was widespread speculation that he would try to seek a third term instead he's backing his former interior minister emmanuel diary is under european union sanctions for alleged human rights abuses. tell us more about his politics and whether his nomination comes as a surprise. lauren first of all he has just finished a meeting at the state the left the building and you're right this will come as a surprise i'm told even to themselves they cover all names. that have been floating arou

election results court appearance came a day after he was denied asylum by zambia and handed over to zimbabwean security forces the u.s. says it's deeply concerned by zombies cooperation as well as reports of a government crackdown following the july thirtieth vote metastasize the latest from harare. tendai biti has been charged with breaking the electoral law he gave a press conference where he announced nelson chamisa the main opposition leader had won the elections and as a winner only electoral commission can announce results he's also been charged with causing public violence last week during protests it's alleged that he told opposition supporters to burn cars and destroy property in harare an allegation he denies the judge has also told him that he cannot address press conferences or ellys until the matter is finished in court the charges i think are worrisome on the face of it we will continue to follow this case closely and we will continue to insist that mr beattie's physical integrity human rights and constitutional rights and the constitution of zimbabwe are respected the main oppos

syria's zimbabwean opposition figure tendai biti has been granted bail after appearing in court charged with inciting public violence and unlawfully announcing election results beattie of the movement for democratic change was arrested on thursday after he was denied asylum by zambia is bail conditions include paying five thousand dollars to the court and surrendering his passport is also not allowed to address rallies or news conferences and till the case is over it's been in order to. spin or drill but so there we survived. to teach it to. muzzle for free we turn to strict little flory litmus test and that's not terribly surprising at least a third of the three i'm glad to be to be on intermodal we did courses no issues at all in the courtship and to me it's the way i'm here with elizabeth. meanwhile the united states is saying that it's worried about zombies cooperation in returning bt as well as reports of detentions beatings and other abuses targeting opposition activists in zimbabwe the u.s. state department says it will review its own cooperation with the zambian government are m