Job sikhala, in a location that we have agreed not to reveal, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you very much, steve, for your invitation to this important interview. Well, its important to have you on this show. You emerged from more than 1. 5 years of pre trial detention in zimbabwe earlier this year. We saw photographs of you last year, shackled, as you were Given Healthcare while still in detention. I just wonder what impact that experience has had on you physically and mentally. It really affected me to the most difficult depth. I have been maltreated as if im a terrorist. I was not given the basic standards that are granted to prisoners, in terms of both International Law and in terms of domestic law. The way i was maltreated is that they never wanted me to get peace. And, also, they never wanted me to get on with my proper mental strength. So thats why they have been shackling me at every turn. There is not any moment when i was visited at Chikurubi Maximum Security Prison when i was n
What else is there to do . Either you sit down and die or get up and die. We have all the sports including the latest from the World Championships. Usain bolt runs in the 100 meter semis in beijing. Hello. Our top story this hour. Macedonian police allowed hundreds of refugees to cross into the country two days after a state of emergency was called and the border was closed. It follows a tense day for refugees trying to make their way to western europe. Weve been following the events on the greek side of the border. Reporter 48 hours after macedonia shut its border to reef gees, the gathering crowd makes a break for it. They didnt come this far to be held back. Hundreds do get through, sprinting across open fields as Armed Police Units fire percussion grenades in this case directly at a mother and her two children. Until thursday this was an invisible, open border. Railway tracks leads from greece through macedonia towards serbing ya, the eu and serbia beyond. Now refugees from idlib,
Shoots in the next half hour or so. And shes one of the favourites to win strictly Alexandra Burke and her dance partner Gorka Marquez will be here after 10am. If youve got a question for them, get in touch. Hello and welcome to the programme. Were live until 11am. Latest breaking new throughout the programme were expecting to hear shortly whether or not scotland can introduce minimum pricing for alcohol, to tackle binge drinking. The Supreme Court will be making the announcement in about 45 minutes time and if the Scottish Government is successful it will have an impact on plans in others parts of the uk. Do you think minimum pricing a good idea . Will it tackle binge drinking . If you binge drink, if youre addicted to alcohol, would it help you if booze was more expensive . Our top story today. Zimbabwes military has seized control of the country in what it is claiming is not a coup but a bloodless transition. President Robert Mugabe and his family were detained, but are safe, accord
And the Worlds Largest Dairy Farmers and hit by a slump in global milk prices. We begin in yemen where efforts to resolve the political crisis appear to be crumbling, the so called Southern Movement that wants to break away from the north suspended participation and talks to form a new government and calling it an absurd dialog and a waste of time. Lets look at the main political players in yemen, houthis emerged as the most powerful group in yemen and seized control of the capitol sanaa in september. General Peoples Congress was founded by the former president in 1982 and ruled yemen for 30 years and remains a powerful figure. The islam party is a Major Opposition Group in yemen and combined both tribal and more hard line factions and the Nobel Peace Prize winner is a member of that party and then there is the Southern Movement which demanding independence in southern yemen and says they have been marginalized politically and economy. Lets go live to aiden and jamal is there and why d
Fresh strike could threaten the world company. Hello, fighters from the Islamic State of iraq have seized the northern part of a province in iraq, the areas largest city mosul is sending residents fleeing the fighting. Al jazerra immaterial ran cannes ikahnis there and sent this rep. Reporter in the early hours of ties fighters from the Islamic State of iraq mounted one of the boldest attacks on mosul in the countrys north. 1300 fighters besieged the city and took over at least 75 of it according to local sources. Iraqs army and Police Forces also abandoned their posts. They freed 2,300 prisoners and then the provincial government building was taken over quickly followed by two tv stations and some banks. A few hours later the iraqi Prime Minister called for. We call upon the parliament to declare state of emergency. Reporter he also put the arm on maximum alert and called for tribal militias to protect sits and take the fight. He also called for the International Community to help. It