Process and seen to be legitimate and that means it may take weeks to get through the impeachment and finally to get rid of Robert Mugabe as the president of zimbabwe. Lets get the report from tom burridge. A call for the mugabe era to end. They gathered near zimba bwes parliament, where a move to impeach their leader of nearly four decades is under way. The army overseeing the process, but still no sign from Robert Mugabe himself that hes ready to resign. Hes very stubborn. I think in a way it is a very painful process. Zimbabwe was mugabe, mugabe was zimbabwe. Now a remarkable claim from the man once mugabes deputy, the former Vice President here being sworn in but sacked two weeks ago, a move which precipitated the current crisis. In a statement sent from an undisclosed location, Emmerson Mnangagwa almost mugabe of planning to have him killed. Plans were under to eliminate me, he wrote. Mr mnangagwa said he would not return until mugabe was out of power because he did not trust his
New industrial strategy later today with the aim of kicks darting the economy in the run up to brexit. Kickstarting. It will focus on major sectors the government thinks the country is good at, but needs more investment. It will look at boosting Life Sciences like pharmaceuticals. The government says its already secured investment of up to 1 billion pounds by the Drugs Company msd, known as merck in the us. Advance manufacturing, like 3 d printing, will also come in for special attention, as will britains Creative Industries such as movie and tv production. Nuclear power will also be part of the strategy. And the government wants to make sure the country leads the field in the production of low emission vehicles. With me isjonathan portes, professor of economics at Kings College london. Good to see you again. What do you make of the industrial strategy . think the basic philosophy, the idea we should pick, not individualfirms but broad factors that we are good at and concentrate on sho
Security council to call for a thirty day ceasefire across the country. For example rob and this is there a line from our headquarters here in doha coming up in the next thirty minutes. Our movies stars our politicians there are all more protected than our children at school all the head of the largest gun lobby in the u. S. Breaks his silence about the Deadly Florida School Shooting. Also pressure mounts on Donald Trumps former aides paul manifolds gates as they face dozens more charges of bank and tax fraud. And Australias Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce steps down after weeks of pressure over an extramarital affair. Welcome to aljazeera good to have your company its been under siege by Syrian Government forces for five years but the last five days have been the worst so far for civilians in the rebel held klav of Eastern Ghouta near the capital damascus relentless bombardment killed dozens more on thursday bringing the number of dead to more than four hundred more than a thousan
Council to call for a thirty day ceasefire across the country. One of them recall this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up. Mixed messages from the Nigerian Government about missing schoolgirls after mondays attack. On the Divided Island of cyprus where gas revenue is proving to be a further wedge between greek and Turkish Cypriots. And the new campaign thats underway to make antarctic waters the largest protected area. Its been under siege by Syrian Government forces for five years but the last five days have been the worst so far for civilians in the rebel held enclave near the capital damascus relentless bombing bombardment killed dozens more on thursday bringing the number of dead to more than four hundred more than a thousand people have been injured and the military has dropped leaflets over the area residents to leave and calling on opposition fighters to hand themselves. Meanwhile the Un Security Council is struggling to pass a resolution on a ceasefire which would allo
Threat to the public. Back from the dead this tortoise thought to be extinct for a hundred and fifty years, creeps back out of its shell. Eight residents of a florida nursing home have died after Hurricane Irma knocked out its power and air conditioning, when it hit the state on sunday. 115 other residents of the home were evacuated, a number of them were in critical condition. Police are now conducting a criminal investigation into the deaths. Sarah corker reports. A state of emergency at a nursing home in florida. Without air conditioning since Hurricane Irma hit, four days ago, police say the deaths at the home in hollywood hills, north of miami, may be related to high temperatures inside the building. A tragedy described by one florida senator as inexcusable. 115 elderly and vulnerable residents, some in significant distress, were taken to safety on wednesday. At this time we have other patients in critical care. Right now the building has been sealed off and we are conducting a cr