Its a humiliating end for the decorated war hero and the partys longest serving leader. Our people, colleagues, are demanding from us gathered here to show leadership and to give effect to their demands for the recall of the president and first secretary of zanu pf, comrade rg mugabe, from his position in the party and government. Applause bruising infighting for power has taken its toll an empty top table, no Robert Mugabe, and no first lady. This is the beginning of the end of an era. President Robert Mugabe will no longer head the party he has led for more than a0 years. The question now is who will take his place . The Central Committee has sacked not only the president but also the first lady as the leader of the womens wing, but she still remains the head of government. Parliament are expected to impeach him if he refuses to resign. War veterans who fought alongside him in the war of liberation have warned of an undignified exit if he digs in. Were hoping that by 12 oclock that t
In around 15 minutes time. Hello. Welcome to the programme, were live until 11. Were going to talk about black friday later, which as you may know, is no longerjust a day but more like several days. Christmas retailers are doing their utmost to lure you in. Despite it only being the 21st of november, where i live, some houses already have their Christmas Lights out the front. Fairy lights are on the front of their homes. Why, is my question. It is the 21st of november. Ru one of those households. Please tell me you have done this. You are definitely in danger of beating too soon. You can send me photographs, too. Use the hashtag victorialive and if you text, you will be charged at the Standard Network rate. A little later in the programme, well hear from the british explorer Benedict Allen, whos back in the uk after being rescued from thejungle in Papua New Guinea where he was trying to reach a little known tribe. Watch his first tv interview after 10am. Our top story today. The bbc un
Thousand homes are under mandatory evacuation. Frances biggest rock star Johnny Hallyday has died after a battle with lung cancer. Good morning. Its wednesday the 6th of december and im ben brown. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. The Prime Minister has just been speaking on the phone to the leader of the Democratic Unionist Party in northern irealand to try and salvage a deal on the future of the irish border. But Arlene Foster has also said in a newspaper interview her dup party will not be rushed, even though the deadline is looming if the uk wants to move on to crucial trade talks with the eu. Meanwhile, the government has admitted that it has not carried out so called Impact Assessments of how leaving the eu might affect the british economy. Appearing before the Brexit Committee this morning, david davis claimed it would be hard to predict the economic effects of brexit, but said officials would do the work at some stage. Our assistant Political Editor norman smith is in westminster.
A lastminute change to the bill is propping criticism for its benefits to President Trump and one republican senator whose vote congressional leaders were eager to flip, bob corker. It would allow real estate businesses to take advantages of tax breaks, providing a multimillion dollar windfall to investors. Senator corker said in an interview saturday that his change in vote had nothing to do with it. So heller is on cop or is on capitol hill with the latest. Taxain to us this news break. Sahil its a combination of what was in the house and the senate bill. It was done uniquely in the final version, but includes a benefit for real estate pass through investors that includes President Trump and figures like senator bob corker. The fact that corker had mysteriously flipped his vote seemingly out of the blue on friday has raised a lot of questions as to whether this was the reason. Senator corker strenuously denies he had anything to do with this provision or it had anything to do with hi