Thousands of people, they want, on the streets to pressurise mr mugabe to step down. Zanu pf branches across the country calling for him to go and think they have got no confidence in him any more. The military taking over in the capital harare on wednesday, putting him under house arrest, despite that bizarre scene we saw today when he had been house arrest and suddenly ppped had been house arrest and suddenly normed up had been house arrest and suddenly popped up in academic robes handing out degrees to graduates at the university in the capital, but he has got fewer and fewer allies and i think for him time is running out. It is just think for him time is running out. It isjust a think for him time is running out. It is just a question, think for him time is running out. It isjust a question, really, they are trying to negotiate with him to go with some dignity, perhaps in return for some guarantees about the safety of him and his wife, grace, and his family. Ben, ido and his family
More investment in House Building and infrastructure. On the other side he has a lot of brexiteers who are very side he has a lot of brexiteers who are very much looking to hamstring him for anything they can in this budget and if he goes too far one way he risks damaging this reputation of fiscal responsibility that he spent seven years cultivating. Can he not get around that by saying that this money is no longer on the books of the treasury or the public accounts because it is Housing Associations and they are not part of the Public Sector . guess he can. Ijust think he is in a very precarious position, especially given the disastrous budget of last year with his u turn on National Insurance for example. He had to climb down in a matter of days after the huge backlash. I think he is under a lot of pressure to get this right. Whether that will come off for him remains to be seen. Another story in the independent. Budget sector to deliver Council Housing boost, local authorities who h
Progress can be declared. In zimbabwe, president mugabe is seen in public for the First Time Since the military takeover. Nineteen year old gaia pope Police Release the man they were questioning about her disappearance ten days ago. Also in the next hour as the budget approaches, the government is urged to spend seven billion pounds on homes, rail and a brand new town in southern england. Over a million new homes between oxford and cambridge could help bring hundreds of billions of pounds of investment, says the author. Well hearfrom him before half past seven. And a dog so brave, hes been given a medal the story of mali, who fought through bullets, explosives and his own injuries to save british troops. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. A number of people are feared dead following a mid air collision between a light aircraft and a helicopter. Emergency services are attending the scene near the village of waddesdon in buckinghamshire close to aylesbury. Our correspondent ben ando i
Pressure is growing on president Robert Mugabe with his own party zanu pf calling on him to go. Thats been echoed by the veterans of the war against white rule in zimbabwe, who until now have long been the president s most ardent supporters. Their leaders have called for a mass demonstration in the capital harare on saturday. Heres how zanu pfs uk representative, nick mangwa na, explained what was happening to his partys long time leader. President mugabe has been recalled by zanu pf from being leader of the party and country. What has started today, he still the president , but what has started within the party is to effect that recall. So all ten provinces have voted to say ok, we think the president should take a rest, and they have directed the central committee, which is the highest policy making body outside congress, to recall the president. Zanu pfs nick mangwana. Well, mr mugabe made his first appearance in public on friday, despite being placed under house arrest by the zimba
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