Hello and welcome to business live. We will get to the environmental summit in bonn in a minute but we want to bring you some breaking news from zimbabwe. Explosions and gunfire have were heard overnight in the capital, harare. Military vehicles appear to be on the streets, but for now the situation remains confused. There are even reports that the finance minister is amongst many people detained. The army denied this is a coup. It hasnt used that phrase. It says it is targeting criminal elements. So it is trying to restore order. It has taken over the crucial tv station there. One of the main tv stations and read out a statement, but they are trying to reassure people, they said that the president , they describe him as their excellency, the president Robert Mugabe is safe and well. We will keep across that and we can get the latest from our correspondent. Milton nkosi in johannesburg. What we know is that the zimbabwean capital is quiet, but tense. There are troops in particular key
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Treats and well hear why grandparents treats could be bad for their grandchildrens health. Good morning. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. The army in zimbabwe has seized control of the country but is denying its staged a coup against Robert Mugabe, whos been president for the last 37 years. Loud explosions and gunfire were heard during a night of tension in the capital, harare. Armoured vehicles have now been deployed around parliament and government buildings. Soldiers seized the headquarters of the countrys National Broadcaster and an army general appeared on television to say the military is targeting what he described as criminals around president mugabe. The army say the president is being kept safe. The president of south africa, jacob zuma, has urged zimbabwes government and its military to resolve what he called a political impasse amicably. The latest events were sparked by the sacking last week of one of the countrys Vice President s, Emmerson Mnangagwa, who mugabe accused of pl
The telegraph claims senior Cabinet Ministers are in talks with labour counterparts to come up with a plan to force the government to soften its brexit strategy. The ft focuses on the warning from the eus chief negotiator Michel Barnier to get on with brexit talks, or face the prospect of the uk failing to secure a deal before the country leaves the union in march 2019. The i refers theresa mays comments to the 1922 committee as her mea culpa, saying the Prime Minister pledged to stay only as long as she was wanted. The times reports that mrs may told tory mps that she was prepared to scrap further cuts to public services, in a bid to win back support for the party. According to the guardian the Prime Minister was contrite at the 1922 Committee Meeting and that she sought to reassure back benchers more would be done to reach out to younger voters. The daily mirror portrays mrs may as Princess Leia from the star wars films, paraphrasing the movies famous line, may the force be with you.
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