into doubt by the collapse of coalition talks. also this hour, celebrating their platinum wedding anniversary. the bells will ring out for the queen and prince philip who married in westminster abbey 70 years ago today. and tributes to the former wimbledon champion jana novotna, who has died of cancer at the age of 49. good morning. it s monday, november the 20th. i m rebecca jones. welcome to bbc newsroom live. we are going straight to zimbabwe to see my colleague ben brown. hello from ra, where that deadline has come and gone for mr mugabe to resign. the president is still, against all the odds it would seem, technically head of state of this country, despite all the pressure from the military with their ta keover last from the military with their takeover last wednesday, from the ruling party zanu pf which has fired him as its leader, and from people who have taken to the streets in their tens of thousands demanding he stepped down. when he refused to stepped down. when he
angela merkel could be out of office by next year. it s not the most likely outcome, but it is possible. thatin that in itself is extraordinary. this is why the pressure is on. since the election, the chancellor s cdu party has been trying to form a coalition with the liberal fdp party and the greens. well, the fdp has pulled out of talks. ms merkel has now told german broadcaster zdf she does not rule out new elections and is ready for a new candidacy, and that she s reluctant to form a minority government. broadcaster asks, what now, and they may ask. the election in september delivered a shock. we knew that the block she led at its worst result in almost 70 years. it still has had the biggest number of seats in the bundestag, but it only had two clear routes to a majority. one work with the social democrats, but they don t want to, so that s out. martin schulz has been clear he doesn t want to do that. or two, work with the greens and the free democrats. but, as we ve no
history. as member of zimbabwe s parliament began debating whether to impeach the president, the speaker of the parliament interrupted. he had a letter of resignation to read. i hereby tender my resignation as president of the republic of zimbabwe with immediate effect. well, mr mugabe s letter said his decision was taken to allow smooth transition of power, and that it was volu nta ry. transition of power, and that it was voluntary. well, voluntary is one word for it, unavoidable is another. he refused to resign last week after a military takeover and refused to resign after mass protests at the weekend. he refused to resign when he was sacked by his own party on sunday, and he ignored a deadline to go on monday. he even called his normal cabinet meeting for today, tuesday, but there was nothing normal about this tuesday. the pressure has told, his 37 years as president has ended. look at these pictures we have seen in harare today. this is inside the parliament as the news
it s 9:00am in singapore, 1:00am am in london and 3:00am in zimbabwe, where robert mugabe took the country and the world by surprise when he suddenly resigned after almost four decades in power. without warning, his letter of resignation was read out in parliament, just as impeachment proceedings against him were getting underway. the news sparked wild celebrations with thousands of people pouring onto the streets in the capital, harare. our africa editor, fergal keane, was in parliament when the news broke. it is the night of the free, and night like no other in their lives, a great tension has broken, the epoque of fear, of desperation, of robert mugabe, has ended. how rarely does politics translate into something so truly felt? it is history in the making. we never thought something like this would happen in zimbabwe. this is what we have been fighting for since independence. one man has been taking us aback, but we are happy it is done now. suddenly we got the news tonigh
the pitch, and i think it is fantastic for us. a fantastic achievement. first, top of the table, qualifying for the next stage of the champions league, i think, is a great thing for us. translation: it s not about missing shape or condition. i think we have conceded a goal against us, and this affected the confidence of our players. this should not be, but we have seen this again today. outthink a performance in the first half, especially in the first 30 minutes, was very decent. we defended very well, were very compact i think our performance. elsewhere, sevilla came from 3 0 down to draw 3 3 with liverpool. no club is through from group e yet. manchester city are already through to the next stage, and beat feyenoord by a single goal. napoli beat shakhtar, to keep alive their hopes of qualification. besiktas will be the first turkish side to finish top of a champions league group. holders real madrid are through, after thrashing apoel nicosia. like manchester city, totten