Intensifying, with the military and his own party taken steps to remove him. The ruling zanu pf parties to remove the 93 year old at a meeting this morning. In last the zanu pf youth league, which until now has strongly supported him, has called for him to step down. Tens of thousands of protesters lined the streets of harare yesterday, calling for his resignation. Mr mugabe has so for his resignation. Mr mugabe has so far resisted. We can speak to richard dowden, journalist and director of the royal african society. Today could be a significant day . More pressure on mugabe, but he is a very stubborn man. It will be interesting to see whether he finally says, all right, i will step down. I think he Still Believes he is president of zimbabwe and he wants to stay there. So, its going to require an awful lot more arm twisting. Going to require an awful lot more armtwisting. What is your feeling about what he will do today . Up until now we have not heard from him, only his nephew, who sa
Thousands of bombs. But what about civilian casualties . Ploughing a new furrow the Herefordshire Farmer who turned his fields into an art gallery. And coming up in sportsday on bbc news, concerns grow over the fitness of andy murray ahead of his wimbledon title defence, as the world number one pulls out of an Exhibition Match tomorrow. Good evening and welcome to the Bbc News At Six. Its only a few hours since theresa may named the judge who will chair the Grenfell Tower inquiry, and already sir Martin Moore Bick is facing questions about whether his brief is wide ranging enough. Sir martin promised a vigorous inquiry into what caused the fire, and how it spread so quickly, with such fatal consequences. But many local residents, some of whom met the judge this afternoon, say they want to know who should be held responsible for the disaster. Our home affairs correspondent, tom symonds, reports. Away from the debate about the number of deaths and the risk from cladding, dozens of famili
Mislaid more than half a million pieces of confidential medical correspondence, including Cancer Test Results and treatment plans. We will bring you the story. Heresjoanna in the bbc newsroom with a summary of todays news. The independent inquiry into child sexual abuse in england and wales will hold its first Public Hearings Today, more than two and a half years after it was set up by the government. It will begin by examining the mistreatment of british children in Care Orfrom Poorfamilies who were sent to australia in the years after the second world war. The inquiry will be told that the scale of abuse they suffered was much wider than previously thought. Organisers of this years oscars say theyre still trying to work out how the ceremony ended in chaos, after the wrong film was named best picture. The hollywood musical la la land was mistakenly revealed as the winner, but during the acceptance speeches it was discovered the award should have gone to moonlight, which is a drama abo
Mislaid more than half a million pieces of confidential medical correspondence, including Cancer Test Results and treatment plans. We will bring you the story. Heresjoanna in the bbc newsroom with a summary of todays news. The independent inquiry into child sexual abuse in england and wales will hold its first Public Hearings Today, more than two and a half years after it was set up by the government. It will begin by examining the mistreatment of british children in Care Orfrom Poorfamilies who were sent to australia in the years after the second world war. The inquiry will be told that the scale of abuse they suffered was much wider than previously thought. Organisers of this years oscars say theyre still trying to work out how the ceremony ended in chaos, after the wrong film was named best picture. The hollywood musical la la land was mistakenly revealed as the winner, but during the acceptance speeches it was discovered the award should have gone to moonlight, which is a drama abo
Today. Its five oclock. Our main story. Two british medical students who travelled to join so called Islamic State almost two years ago have been killed in fighting in the iraqi city of mosul. They were pa rt of a group of british medics, many of them of sudanese origin, whojoined is in 2015. Our Home Affairs Correspondent Daniel Sandford reports. The Young British medic who travel to join so called Islamic State, then made a Propaganda Video to encourage others to follow. Ahmed sadi khider was seen in 2015 a p pa re ntly sadi khider was seen in 2015 apparently pitching is medical stu d e nts apparently pitching is medical students anatomy and appealing for other doctors tojoin the self declared caliphate. Other doctors tojoin the selfdeclared caliphate. All the people who specialise, surgeons, anything where you can help would be great, there will be great reward. And this isjihad. He was one of a group of around a dozen british students, mostly from sudanese families, who all studied