To his home in harare. And our intake of this is on his ear a live from london also coming up lebanese Prime Minister saad hariri is invited to france is expected to arrive in the coming days with his family. Warnings among attrition was killing an average of one hundred thirty yemeni children a day before saudi arabia blockaded the countrys course. And Scientists Say glass years in the french alps and heating up so fast they threaten to wipe out popular tourist resorts. And those involved was military is confined president Robert Mugabe to his home after taking control of the country soldiers are patrolling the capital harare and heavy gunfire and explosions were heard earlier but the military denies its a coup the takeover follows a bit a better battle over who will succeed the ninety three year old president which split the ruling as o. P. s party into two main factions the look cost Group Supports sacked Vice President emerson in and out while the younger g forty group backs mugabes unpopular wife grace a long time go beyond it ally magog has strong support among the armed forces it was his second last week in favor of grace which led to the military action how much us are reports from harare. Parts of harare are now on lockdown and soldiers in army have blocked roads to government offices parliament and the courts people say they are cautiously waiting to see what happens next many are relief so far there has been little violence i can see however moving as usual no more business than the president moving around freely. The countrys war veterans say they have had enough of president Robert Mugabe many helped keep him in power for nearly forty years we. Should have been recalled from is a row as the president insisted. The mob his army said on wednesday the president Robert Mugabe and his wife are safe in their private residence south africas president jacob zuma said he was concerned about the situation in a phone call with zuma mugabe confirmed he was fine we would like to call for calm and restraint. Particularly to the Defense Force and also to the two forces in zimbabwe i have also. Conducted he said president mugabe. Whom i had time to to talk. And he is fine but confined in his home zuma plans to send a special envoy to the country. The crisis began on tuesday with reports of military vehicles rolling towards the capital good morning the army gave a statement on state television insisting the situation is not a military takeover we are only targeting criminals are only. Committing crimes that are causing social and economic suffering in the country in order to bring them to justice hours after issuing the statement the army again restated its position. The state run newspaper printed a special edition on wednesday afternoon in it the army says president Robert Mugabe is still head of state and commander in chief. The bobbins of only known one leader since one nine hundred eighty the mugabe family is an institution some people love the president and his wife grace mugabe are the say over the years the mugabes have destroyed the economy this is uncharted territory for the country zimbabwes military has said soldiers will only return to the barracks when all those it accuses the trying to destabilize and destroy the party from within have been arrested. Aljazeera had relevance in harare are being watched closely by the large number of zimbabwes south africa tony page has reaction from that. Just is the economic hub of south africa and thats why its such a magnet for so many zimbabweans to come here to work the people arriving into the country this is one of their first stops this is the bus station and weve been talking to people here many of them saying whats happening in harare at the moment is a positive treasure. Because. The army took power. In. Trying to. Make. Change. So that. We. Our country we dont enjoy our country some of the people here dont want to talk on camera theyre a bit scared because they are about hunters and other people feel that theyre comfortable being critical. So that the people of zimbabwe elected government of the choice. That. Any dramatic change in zimbabwe will have a big impact on its neighbors thats why there is generally a sense of uneasiness people wait to see what happens next. Im joined now by nick brand new Senior Research at the Africa ResearchInstitute Thanks very much for coming in so the army at pains to say its not a coup is it well its a good question i mean that the certainly preventing something from happening in terms of grace mugabes ascendancy to you know to the vice presidency. Perhaps of of who is one of the terms ive seen moved around or or preventative measure but behind the scenes i think they are really making Great Strides to try and create an environment where they can. A political transition of sorts that doesnt look like its been forced at the barrel of a gun and what do you think the trigger for this was when was it the sacking of ems nagar i believe so yeah i mean i think there are huge number of figures in the in the zimbabwean Defense Forces who feel like having run a guy was sidelined was really a blow to their own authority and influence over over the government and also who resent the ascendancy of grace mugabi as someone who was involved in the liberation struggle and doesnt really have a great popular base in the in the country and at this stage is it do you expect ation that he would then take over or how do you see it playing out i mean i think this all has to be negotiated but i think its sort of minimum first step would be to reinstate. As Vice President of the country and to enable him then potentially to be the constitutional successor if when president Robert Mugabe steps down so are when symmetry spokesman has said that they got the family was safe and sound of security is guaranteed. But if you if as you suggest the kind of the grace if she was part of what is for all happening is her safety still assured you think awfully well i mean i think certainly president Robert Mugabe is someone thats quite an eod in the region and quite venerated in the region and and and i think any attempt to you know to to. Harm his wife would would be seen as as a step too far really so i expect to be safe make of the reaction that theres been so far from the ordinary. Fairly calm about it as far as we here tell me they were not coming in part of country because as far as we can tell it seemed to be relatively calm of course it does seem to be a degree of relief and a little bit of anticipation i mean at the moment you know the people being very patient but you know youve got to remember that theyve theyve lived through both twenty years of political crisis and indeed a sort of stalled political transition. Following the elections in two thousand and eight as well so theres a lot with a very resilient people and and yeah but if they do end up with a kind of the the old guard but in another shape how much difference will it make to zimbabwe in quality rifle politics in general while i think what it does is it opens up the options available to the government i mean the faction associated with one guy who was involved in the negotiation of cynical dilema process with multilateral donors the i. M. F. World Bank African Development bank and Patrick Chinamasa who until earlier in the year was fine emmet finance minister was spearheading that process now if he or others associated with one and got work and can return to you know to capital and be put back in charge of this this process then potentially zimbabwe could reengage with the International Community in a way hasnt been able to do for the past twenty years gain access to credit signal to be this business is that theres opportunities to you know to invest in the country and basically restore some degree of normality after twenty years of sort of political crisis really Nic Robertson thank you very much indeed for your pleasure. And have a nice Prime Minister saad hariri has been invited to visit france in the coming days with his family very announced his surprise resignation in saudi arabia last saturday come to criticism from iran and the Lebanese Group hezbollah that the move had been made under duress evidence president accused saudi arabia of holding her family hostage. But this is an act of aggression against lebanon this is a violation of the Vienna Convention in the bill of rights this isnt a resignation this is an aggression on our independence sovereignty and our dignity. Thats going to natasha set following developments in paris for us so what exactly has president offered. What the french president or man or mark or is saying is that he is invited saad hariri and his family to france in the next few days now mark rohr is saying that this is not an offer of political exile it is a friendly gesture that hes discussed this with the Saudi Crown Prince and with hariri im self now and elise a sources told us that hariri is expected to be in paris in the next few days and the president wants to make sure wants to reiterate the fact that for him its very important that hariri should be free to move as he wants and to return to lebanon if he should wish to do so whats interesting is that on tuesday he sent out a tweet indicating that he wanted to return to lebanon in the next few days if he comes to paris its not clear whether or not that is in fact going to happen. Literature wise france getting so involved all weve seen over the past few days is a man or mack on really stepping in here trying to deescalate the crisis trying to position himself as somebody who could mediate weve got the French Foreign minister enjoyed a little anyone whos in riyadh at the moment hes expected to meet a raree we had the Lebanese Foreign minister meeting him at all mark or in paris on tuesday and then of course last week a man omar paid a surprise visit to riyadh to talk to the Saudi Crown Prince and what the french president seems to be doing is really using frances position france a country that has good relations with all sides to really try and talk to all sides because math courses it is essential to try and keep dialogue open for him that is the only way to try and resolve this crisis theres no doubt though that for him personally this is also something of an opportunity he is a young new president here in france is seizing his opportunity to make a mark on the International Stage and about that thank you very much. Save the children says almost four hundred thousand children in yemen are in desperate need of treatment for acute malnutrition but it says aid agencies are struggling to reach them because of funding shortfalls the cholera outbreak and obstructions by the warring parties even before saudi arabia blocked access to airports and ports around the country it estimated that fifty thousand man hours children under the age of five would die this year an average of one hundred thirty a day or thais and her data governorates are suffering the most with ten thousand children predicted to die this year in each region malnourished children have weakened immune systems making them more likely to contract and die from diseases like cholera and pneumonia. I learned that were living in very dire conditions we cant even afford bread we cant find shelter from the cold no one in government or from the relief organizations are reaching out to us here disease is spreading and the children are falling ill if we cant afford to eat how can we afford to treat them or buy medicine. Yemeni officials are denying reports at least sounded coalition has allowed ships in to do have a much needed aid on monday saudi arabia said it will start reopening some yemeni ports and airports closed nine days ago after hoofy rebels find a missile at riyadh but officials at her data port the main entry point for aids hit remains shot and no ships have arrived since the saudi closures in my. View theres no truth to the news that any ships were given permission to enter the port of a data situation is still the same nothing is arrived at the port even the ships that were asked to leave when the Saudi Led Coalition announced the closure of the wards have not yet returned. Still to come on the program a barely disguised land grab nigerian authorities are criticised for their Massive Action at a Waterfront Community in lagos. State described attacks on the real hinge as horrific as he meets on some sushi in me and. Hello it is still stormy in the Central Military well this or its brother has been iran after about two weeks a secular nation is virtually never ending so picking a place in his past in italy hundred eighty five memories of rain a significant amount there has been flooding theres been snow forming in the balkans and mainly its a rain picture and the low itself with fronts wrapped around is drifting away its been replaced for them once it is the most active. Weather in europe and it still will be throughout certainly the rain but further south still italy greece macedonia and probably to the science of that now beyond it most the rest of europe is now enjoying much quieter and not even ask how with the temp has dropped a single figures in many places as you can see the next band of clouds is just start a band of cloud if anything it makes things slightly less co eighteen billion ten in passes for the two of rain but the rain is still falling maybe not so much in italy but in greece youll notice and thats come friday obviously with where it is going to find rain forty again and still in algeria tunisia and libya the secular nation very obvious it drifts only eastward so it might take the showers even as far away as north need shit sun comes up behind and surprisingly its not like much colder. Violence and discrimination are all too familiar to many women in india a reality too often reinforced by molly wood. But its leading star is throwing his weight behind the cause thanksgiving to the g. O. P. And using his celebrity to advocate for gender equality. The snake charmers comic con witness at this time on a. Reminder the top stories here are zero zimbabwes military has confined president Robert Mugabe to his home after taking control of the country soldiers are patrolling the capital harare but the military denies its a coup. And the french president says hes invited lebanese Prime Minister saad hariri and his family to spend a few days in paris but will travel there in the coming days from saudi arabia. Save the children says almost four hundred thousand children in yemen are in desperate need of treatment for acute malnutrition but he says aid agencies are struggling to reach them because of funding shortfalls and obstructions by the warring parties. Irans president Hassan Rouhani has suggested corruption may be responsible for the collapse of state built homes in sundays earthquake at least five hundred thirty people were killed and eight thousand injured when a magnitude seven point three quake struck the mountainous iran iraq border region survive as a building temper shelters with whatever they can find while they wait for water tents and other emergency supplies to arrive and it is in Northern Iraq a carry out repairs on a dam damaged by the earthquake water has been released to ease the pressure after cracks appeared and costly reports from on the iran border. Is vital for Northern Iraq it provides water and electricity to around two Million People but supplies are threatened after sundays earthquake on the border between iraq and iran. Cracks have appeared and engineers are trying to repair the damage to reduce the risk of catastrophic flooding for now at least no leaks have been spotted. That. We dont have time to pull data about the total damage we can see deep cracks inspection teams are trying to identify the damage under the water theyre going to watch report we also gradually draining water to decrease the pressure. Is one of the many iraqis who rely on the damage hes a policeman and lives right next to the giant structure on the diyala river the father of four is worried about his familys safety. When it sure is at work with my colleagues we left our place barefoot and in panic tumbling on to us from the hills when i arrived home where younger son was so scared there were lots of cracks on the walls he spent the night out altogether. Now his wife and children have been packed off to his inlaws just in case while engineers assess the damage. People living nearby the them are anxious about the results of the Risk Assessment reports if theyre required to leave because of the danger they want to know what kind of government assistance they will get whether they will be given a new home or lend so they able to continue their lives the policeman has to keep working there to provide for his family until the engineers find a solution he says hell be sleeping out in the open along with his neighbors. Aljazeera theyre going to come in Northern Iraq ten people have been killed in a suicide bomb attack in Northern Nigeria emergency Officials Say thirty people were also injured in the incident which took place in my degree the city is known as the epicenter of activity by the armed group boko haram. Hundreds of protesters in nigerias commercial capital are demanding they be allowed to return to their homes in lagos is Waterfront CommunityInternational Says more than thirty thousand people have been displaced in violent forced evictions over the past year report. They waited months for help but it never came. So the homeless protesters march and Government House volume not to leave until they get an answer some came with the tools of the trade they say seven thousand people live desperate conditions for. The loss of his home was particularly tragic. And his friends were trying to spare in the bullets from. The boys and my son in the nick he died im not leaving here until i get an explanation. The government denies police killed. The grieving father hes one of thousands forced from the what and then the last. Call the protesters. And the line in contention is public property. Community. Judgment the victims to be paid compensation. Fishermen in the Community Say they were attacked by armed men. And fishing on fire activists say they are the victims of a land grab as Real Estate Developers move into the commercial capital. The area ceased being developed for new homes and businesses putting on hold and expectations of an army of resolution of the dispute considering the level of impunity. Cautiously optimistic some of the. Court ordered mediation with people from the community so its not a. Record complying with what the courts have said. For some of the demonstrations such as this woman how my stage of pregnancy they needed treatment after hailing tear gas fired by police. The suffering of thousands of displaced nigerians looks like it will continue protests dont usually end well im with you greece aljazeera lagos. Demanded what he called a credible and impartial investigation into the ranger refugee crisis he made the comments on a visit to myanmar where he met leader. As well as the head of the military in the capital scott hardly a report. These are scenes that the u. S. Secretary of state calls just horrific the military crackdown in Rakhine State has sent more than six hundred thousand range of refugees fleeing into bangladesh in the past three months Rex Tillerson arrived in the capital neighborhood or at the end of a high profile trip to asia with President Donald Trump there were hints of crisis was the focus of this stop for only a few hours weve. Heard reports of widespread across from is a war zone security forces. Who are destroying your forces during the recent violence say. To listen that military chief. And said that impartial and credible investigation is needed and anyone implicated needs to be prosecuted and broad economic sanctions against me and mar are not the way to go now targeted sanctions could be imposed once there is evidence of atrocities after meeting with on song suchi both spoke to reporters myanmars leader defending her much criticized handling of the range of crisis i guess what. I have. To be concerned about. The statements of my office or. What i see just. What was meant to be excited. To listen announced an additional forty seven Million Dollars in u. S. Aid to the refugees and urged more coordination for the repatriation of the region while reaffirming the United States is commitment to myanmar is transition to democracy to listen emphasize that how this crisis is handled by the leaders here well impact the future of the country men margaret this crisis is really good for many. Friends this is more democratic. The. Truth. It is already covered with. Human rights. With ordinary. What the u. N. Has called the refugee crisis textbook ethnic cleansing tillerson says the u. S. Administration is still evaluating that description its got harder aljazeera neighbors or. Greece as at least thirteen people have died after flash floods hit the western outskirts of athens a heavy overnight storm turned roads into rivers sweeping away cars and buildings the death toll is expected to rise a little less as people are still trapped in their homes more bad weather is forecast for the coming days it is from around the world of joined talks on how to slow down Global Warming summit and german city of bone is building on the Paris Agreement reached two years ago which the u. S. President says he intends to pull out of germanys chancellor Angela Merkel told the conference that the measures agreed in twenty fifteen would not be enough to stop disastrous changes to the climate. Is the first along in two years ago reach you something that we couldnt imagine even when we met in copenhagen but we know that the Paris Agreement is just a starting point because our National Commitments will not allow us to meet the goal of limiting Global Warming to two zero one and a half so every single contribution is incredibly important its important that were open with each other make it possible to compare the contributions being made and its vital that this conference sends a clear signal that piracy is only a start. Sound as a warning that glass is in the french alps and heating so fast they could soon threaten popular tourist villages they say its clear that Climate Change is the cause of radiation joined an expedition to the wrong to see from so. The french alps mystical mesmerizing and moody every day thousands of hikers extreme sports people and alpinist make their way to these mountains to conquer their peaks but the alps a changing the glaciers that used to sweep down to the valleys below a melting in some places they have anything. By scientists or at the forefront of measuring and monitoring these glaciers its important and dangerous work their office for today is glassy or do took an e three thousand five hundred meters high on the north face of mont blanc we tried to set up. Our instrument in order to make topographic measurements of this glacier these scientists also measure the temperature of the glazier what they are finding is astounding the base of the glazier ne the bedrock is that minus two degrees in the first with the climate warming and with the ice damper ature rising the glacier could become temperate at the melting point the work these scientists are doing on this mountain and grace is like takamine is important not just to understand how much more this glacier will heat up but because it has a bearing on towns like chamonix down here which is one of the most recognized extreme Sports Centers in the world if this glacier heats up. It could threaten villages like chamonix as we filmed the glacier begin to break away not once but three times within an hour further evidence of the danger it presents almost eighteen Million People visit the french alps every year generating close to fifty eight billion dollars in turnover and providing around twelve percent of jobs on this graph we can see directly an increase of a minute thing things nineteen eighty and a noise or increase of melting things two thousand and three and this melting this increase of melting is directly related to Climate Change to climate warming at one of the worlds oldest scientific ice institutions the research allows the scientist to mitigate risk with Global Warming and the fact that simply because your strings and gets warmer there could be new legs forming and business could collapse and then produce fruits destroying towns can sleep on this bedrock and then again can create our own cheese and destroy towns below that the institute says these sorts of events are not isolated Research ShowsClimate Change is causing glacier melt and water shortages in the n. D. S. And in antarctica melting ice sheets resulting in rising sea levels craig leese an aljazeera mont blanc and a good money can always catch up online with our website that just that is our dot com. And one of the top stories on our a zero sum barber is military is confined to president Robert Mugabe to his home after taking control of the country soldiers are patrolling the capital harare and Armored Vehicles have blocked roads to the main government offices parliament and court heavy gunfire and explosions have been heard but the military denies its carrying out a coup the takeover follows a bitter battle over who will succeed the ninety three year old president which has split the rulings on the p. F. Party into two main factions south africas president jacob zuma has confirmed hes spoken to mugabe and hes safe. I have also all. Conducted is the president mugabe. Whom i had time to talk to and he is fine but confined in his home and were hoping that the Defense Force will be able to respect the constitution of the barber as well as the people of the bubble so that this situation does not go beyond. The situation where it is now french president in my name of course says hes invited the lebanese Prime Minister saad hariri and his family to spend a few days in paris he called it an act of friendship not an offer of political exile its thought theyll travel there in the coming days harry announced his surprise resignation in riyadh last saturday prompting criticism from iran and the Lebanese Group hizbollah that the move be made under duress. Save the children says almost four hundred thousand children in yemen are in desperate need of treatment for acute malnutrition but says aid agencies are struggling to reach them because of funding shortfalls the cholera outbreak and obstructions by the warring parties. Irans president Hassan Rouhani has suggested corruption may be responsible for the collapse of state owned homes in sundays earthquake at least five hundred thirty people were killed and eight thousand injured when they manage to seven point three quake struck the mountainous iran iraq border region survive as a building temper shelters in a still waiting for water tents and other emergency supplies to arrive. As they had once the stream is up next you stay with us here if you can buy for now. Youre in the stream why would al jazeera and you to you today indias capital new