Losing his grip on power with the military, who put him under house arrest earlier this week, expected to summon him to hear his fate on sunday. Tens of thousands of people joined rallies across zimbabwe on saturday calling for mr mugabe to go here, for example, in bulawayo. Crowds gathered outside his official residence in harare and his Ruling Zanu Pf Party said it would meet on sunday to dismiss him from the party and reinstate the ousted Vice President , Emmerson Mnangagwa. But despite all of this, the veteran president remains defiant. Our africa editor, fergal keane reports something happened inside the people today. A shared energy that swept them along the streets. They were there on the big streets and small. A common purpose in a place so long divided. Voices that would not have dared speak of Robert Mugabe a few days ago now sounding his political requiem. It is a historic moment. It is special and we have waited for it for 37 years. You have returned from england, you are h
The capital harare have been packed with crowds calling from aqaba as departure after nearly four decades in power but he is resisting calls to go bring you the latest from our correspondent and herat it also coming up. The plot thickens in the recent middle east drama as lebanese Prime Minister saad hariri says he will return to beirut by mid week today he was in paris for talks with the french president money from all just two weeks after suddenly announcing his resignation in saudi arabia. Hi my ass waiter thank you for joining us tens of thousands of zimbabweans have been rallying in the capital harare to demand the resignation of president Robert Mugabe the protesters backed by veterans of zimbabwes independence war an Influential Group who have traditionally supported the president now even mugabes own zanu p s party has joined the calls for him to step down mugabe is said to be asking for more time to leave the presidency but many zimbabweans say they have had enough. People pow
Is the rulings on the p. F. Moves to recall president look gobby as party leader. Pelosi welcome to our life and. Also coming up in the program palestinian leaders threaten to suspend ties with the us if the government closes the p. L. O. Office in washington. Lebanon awaits its Prime Ministers return and for an explanation for his sudden resignation while sim riyadh. The polls have just opened in chile find out why this conservative politician is still the favorite to become president again. But first as in bobby where the Ruling Party Zanu p. F. Is considering a motion to recall Robert Mugabe as party leader theyve been meeting to decide on the president s future now if this nation policy is he could still be the president of the country but there are growing calls for him to step down now earlier the Home Affairs Minister. Im perfectly gannett cheers from Party Members as here in the talks what our forces have done is not only freed. Of nation theyve freed is excellent from the clos
A missing submarine raising hopes that the forty four crew members on board will be found alive contact was lost with the sand kwan on wednesday as it was returning to base in ma del plata from a routine mission in the south atlantic are those are the headlines inside story is next with with. There are reports saudi arabia is demanding money from senior officials recently arrested crown Prince Mohammed bin salmond says its an Anti Corruption operation but many say its a way for him to increase his power so how far will he go this is inside story. Were. Were. Hello there and welcome to the program im laura caro hes stoking huge tension in an already volatile region saudi arabias thirty two year old crown Prince Mohammed bin solomon has made a number of controversial decisions that many believe could forever change the kingdom and the entire region the developments in saudi arabia and what they mean for the rest of the world has been the focus of a conference in london on saturday thats
Gerry adams announces hes standing down as president of the party. In sport, england are into the Rugby League World cup semi finals in the last few minutes theyve beaten Papua New Guinea by 36 6 in melbourne. Philip as the weather. Good morning. There is a fine, and for some frosty start to sunday. A decent day in prospect for many parts of the british isles, but there is a change on the way. I will have all of the details in a few minutes. First, our main story, police in dorset say they believe theyve found the body of missing teenager, gaia pope. The 19 year old had not been seen for 11 days. Specialist search teams made the discovery on saturday close to a coastal path near swanage. Her family have said they are absolutely devastated. She is. Im not go going to say was, and i never will. She is the absolute light of my life. So beautiful, so emotionally wise and intelligent. And so passionate, and artistic, and creative, and understanding. Was the news that everybody was dreading.