Ok did. You hear. Im burned off in berlin we begin the day on a day that will go down in history now these are the first hours of a zimbabwe minus mugabi the embattled president turned iron fist ruler resigned today the man whose presence was matched for almost four decades by his tents outside the rule of law did not show up to let it all go instead he sent word of his resignation by letter to the speaker of zimbabwes parliament his absence some will say a final act of disdain for the democracy that he dismantled for others mugabes sudden a strange moment didnt come soon enough how quickly a new chapter of history in zimbabwe has been written exactly one week ago tonight there were reports of tanks rolling into the capital harare my colleague christine joined be here to talk us through what would become a bloodless military coup mixed with a forced constitutional transfer of power tonight christine is in harare with zimbabweans celebrating an end and a beginning like never before. The