A quick recovery have been dashed the country now faces the worst economic and humanitarian crisis in a decade and critics question the political will to stamp out rampant corruption and human rights abuses my guest this week is involve ways minister of Foreign Affairs and International Trade see both these 2 more you as a former army chief he was also the face of the military coup that propelled him nongod what took power will zimbabwe ever be able to see genuine political and economic reform. Foreign ministers see both you so much oil welcome to conflict zone thank you. You were the face of the military overthrow of Robert Mugabe back in 2017 as a commander you got on television in your uniform to assure the public of a stable transition back then you were the heroes of the hour now you have an economy close to collapse with fuel food electricity shortages where is the hope in zimbabwe right now. World thank you very much sarah yes the change in 2017 and the advent of the current gov
Electoral College Votes shy of an outright victory. This is. In the america this is an embarrassment to our country. Donald trump has falsely claimed election victory and this is the speech and the results even as votes are still being counted. In other news a military escalation in northern ethiopia as tensions between the government and local groups threaten to spill across the border. Its 20 g. M. T. Thats 33. 00 pm in the eastern United States and the race for the white house is still too close to call with 5 states still outstanding within the last hour joe biden has won the key battleground state of wisconsin the Term Campaign announced it will request a recount there its also filed the suit to hold the vote counting in the state of michigan and we are expecting to hear from the Trump Campaign and joe biden very soon hes urging his supporters to be patient insisting that he is on track for victory. Well lets take a look now at how the u. S. Election picture looks right now joe bi
A state of emergency in new measures are in place across europe to stop the spread of covert 19. A call for a nationwide strike in belo rose after the president ignores the oppositions demand to step down. Celebrations are underway in chile where of looks like a referendum to change the constitution is set to pass with an overwhelming majority these are live pictures from the capital santiago many say the current guidelines imposed 4 decades ago under a military dictatorship have led to widespread inequalities the government agreed to the referendum following protests that began one year ago. In america added to the scene newman is joining us now from from santiago give us an idea of what the mood is like on the streets because it does seem as though. People are pretty confident that even though the final results are not yet in this is going to go ahead. Youre absolutely right there seems to be very little question about whether its i mean rather its not about whether but by how much t
Across europe. And the special sessions on the way in Thailands Parliament as a country grapples with weeks of mass antigovernment protests. And humanitarian ceasefire has come into effect between as a media its the 3rd such stalemate in recent weeks to stop the conflict. The 1st to file to hold this truce was mediated by the United States and comes despite heavy fighting on sunday rory challenges in gori i mean you know the border with azerbaijan rory any confidence that this ceasefire might hold. Well were only an hour and well a few minutes into this ceasefire and already the there resized is saying that the armenians violated the attempts at the ceasefire that has been denied by the armenian side and Prime Minister nicole passion jaan says the army absolutely will adhere to this one but as we have already said this is attempts number 3 the 1st on the 10th of october mediated by moscow collapsed fairly swiftly and the seconds just over a week ago last barely minutes so well have to
Burrs defense secretary saying hes been terminated. And president elect joe biden is still warning of a dark winter ahead after the u. S. Infection count passes 10000000. A cease fire is taking effect right now off to armenia and azerbaijan reached a deal to end weeks of conflict over the disputed region of nichole macau to block i mean as Prime Minister was 1st to announce the news of the agreement by a statement on his Facebook Page he described the decision as unbelievably painful but one which had to be made. Pro Armenian Forces had lost control of a major city in the going to cutback not far from the regional capital. The russian president Vladimir Putin gave more details of the cease fire. The Azerbaijan Republic in the republic of armenia will stop their current positions along the contacts line in the gorno karabakh and the corridor between nagoya karabakh and the republic of armenia Russian Peacekeeping forces will be deployed internally displaced persons and refugees are to r