children from the same families, set to be released early tomorrow morning in exchange for dozens of palestinian prisoners. white house officials say they are hopeful this will happen, as israel unleashes a massive bombardment ahead of that cease fifr. matt gutman standing by with new reporting. developing right now, that major cross-country storm set to strike on one of the busiest travel weekends of the year. major airline hubs including in the northeast bracing tonight. rob marciano timing it all out. just ahead of black fridays, a new warning after a string of thefts. how police are scrambling to stop the trend. amidst all the pageantry, a pro-palestinian protest briefly halts america s most famous parade. new details on a fiery train derailment in kentucky, prompting evacuations and disrupting holiday plans. a developing headline we re following out of china tonight. a surge in cases of a respiratory disease impacting children. are there concerns of a larger ou
For england over australia in their Rugby Union International at twickenham. Good evening. Tens of thousands of people marched in the zimbabwean capital, harare, and the second city of bulawayo, calling on their president for almost four decades to stand down. Crowds have been singing at the gates of Robert Mugabes official residence, urging him to go. Hes been under virtual house arrest since the army took control of the country four days ago. The countrys ruling party, zanu pf, has said itll dismiss mr mugabe as its leader tomorrow and reinstate the ousted vice president. Our africa editor, fergal keane, reports from harare. Something happened inside the people today. The 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 sank his political requiem. It is so special, we have waited for this for 37 years. You have come bac
A portrait to mark the Platinum Wedding Anniversary of the queen and the duke of edinburgh. The royal couple celebrate seventy years of marriage tomorrow. And stay with us here on bbc news for a look at tomorrows front pages including the sunday telegraph, which reports that the chancellor is planning a pay rise for nurses. Thats in half an hour. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. The family of gaia pope have said they are absolutely devastated after Police Searching for her, tonight said the body of a young woman had been found, and they were confident it was that of the missing teenager. The discovery in dorset was made by specialist search teams close to a coastal path near swanage. Adina campbell reports. The search for gaia pope has been going on for 11 days. But tonight that search has come to an end. She isi that search has come to an end. She is i will not say was and never will she is the absolute light of my life. So beautiful, so emotionally wise and intelligent and, um,
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
Urging him to go. Hes been under house arrest since the army took control four days ago. Now, the countrys ruling party, zanu pf says it will dismiss mr mugabe as its leader on sunday and reinstate the ousted vice president. Our africa editor fergal keane reports from harare. Something happened inside the people today. A shared energy that swept them along the streets. They were there on the big streets and small. All sing a common purpose in a place so long divided. All sing 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 happy to see this . Indeed, i am very happt. This is a new beginning for the people of zimbabwe. What i am seeing here is the death of a dynasty. All of the faces of the nation came into harare. All sing joy was unrestrained and exubera ntly expressed. We watched passing soldiers being envelo