Its 8am in singapore. Midnight in london, and 2 am in zimbabwe where Robert Mugabe took the country and the world by surprise this afternoon when he suddenly resigned after almost 4 decades in power. Without warning, his letter of resignation was read out in Parliament Just as impeachment proceedings against him were getting underway. The news sparked wild celebrations with thousands of people pouring onto the streets in the capital harare. Our africa editor fergal keane was in parliament when the news broke. It is the night of the free, a night like no other in their lives, a great tension has broken, the epoch of fear, of desperation, of Robert Mugabe, has ended. How rarely does politics translate into something so truly felt . This is history in the making. We never thought Something Like this would happen in zimbabwe. This is what we have been fighting for since independence. One man has been taking us aback, man, and we are very happy that he is done now. Suddenly we got the news
Brent we will take you live to harare for more on this historic day for the people of zimbabwe. Also on the show, can she hold on . Angela merkel under pressure as germany plunges into political uncertainty. After the collapse of Coalition Talks, the german chancellor says she would rather run in new elections than lead a minority government. Is this the dawn of a postmerkel era . Brent im brent goff. Its good to have you with us. We begin with a zimbabwe minus mugabe. In a bombshell announcement delivered today in zimbabwes parliament, the countrys ruler, Robert Mugabe, resigned. It follows a tumultuous week that saw a military takeover, mass demonstrations, and a desperate mugabe clinging to power in the face of impeachment proceedings. And now the ending that few saw coming. Reporter joy and relief on the streets of harare. 37 years of Robert Mugabes rule has come to an end. Dw correspondent chrstine mhundwa on hand to witness history. Christine people are chanting things like Rober
Off u. S. Aid. After days of unrest tens of thousands of iranians rally in support of the government. Its fares cracking down on the opposition now ethiopias government says it will release all Political Prisoners plus. Im a lesson here for you columnist Western Region after car where voluntary doctors together with the countrys marines are bringing Health Services to once conflict ridden areas. Palestinian leaders are condemning u. S. President ronald trumps threat to cut aid to the Palestinian Authority trump also says jerusalem is off the negotiation table angered palestinians last month by recognizing truce on israels capital palestinians one occupied East Jerusalem as the capital of a future state tweeted asking why the u. S. Should make any future aid payments to palestinians when the u. S. Gets no appreciation. I would say that palestinian dogs are not for sale and will not succumb to the acme theyre out imperatives and requirements for peace and unilaterally president campaigns
Decision to resign as president of the republic with immediate effect south africas scandal plagued president jacob zuma reluctantly steps down under intense pressure from his own party. Also seventeen People Killed during a Us High School shooting the suspect is a former student hed been expelled and. Russia can push the regime to commit to seeking a real peace in syria the u. S. And russia again trade blame at the u. N. After the special envoy for syria says the violence is at its worst level for years. Also around moves in on black market money traders and sinking currency inflicts more pain on the economy. Welcome to the news hour jacob zuma has resigned south africas president heeding orders from his ruling party the a. N. C. Hes going immediately bringing an end to almost nine scandal plagued years in power for me to miller possible from johannesburg. A reluctant announcement from an in vattel to president i have therefore coming to the decision to resign as president of the repu
Of real frustrations and real anger and veto threats. I dont think anybody likes it. Ive heard republicans who support the democrat side. Why does this have to be happening here and now . It is interesting to see who is blaming who. I dont think anyone is happy, this just seems to be the necessary existential context. The Defense Department tends to move ahead of the country on these things. Before run out of time, if this unusual . The chairman seem to indicate cap and frequent. Seemed to indicate that it happened frequently. To make sure that planes are flying and people have enough training. That this is an unnecessary burden put on defense spending. There is this the deal with which changes the debate entirely. We will have to leave it there this week thank you for joining [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2016] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] speakers look at