Of overcharging the nhs by tens of millions of pounds. And less than 48 hours until the start of the ashes, and so the sledging begins, with the aussies delivering theirfirst round of pom bashing. And coming up in the sport on bbc news, australia may have retained the womens ashes but england level the series with a record run chase in canberra. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. Zimbabwes governing party, zanu pf, has started impeachment proceedings against Robert Mugabe. The motion accuses mr mugabe of failing to uphold the constitution and of giving his wife, grace, too much power. Zimbabwes former Vice President , who was sacked by president mugabe, has warned him to resign immediately orface humiliation. Ben brown is in the capital, harare, this lunchtime. Can you hear us . We will try to come back to ben brown. He is there. President mugabe has so far stubbornly resisted. No, i cannot hear anything. We have to apologise, hear anything. We have to apologise, he has
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
This is a new era for our nationli think the only time i will be able to comprehend what has just think the only time i will be able to comprehend what hasjust happened is whenl to comprehend what hasjust happened is when i wake up in the morning. As almost four decades come to an end, we hear from almost four decades come to an end, we hearfrom his friends almost four decades come to an end, we hear from his friends and enemies. Hello. There have been jubilant celebrations on zimbabwes streets over the resignation of president Robert Mugabe, ending his 37 year rule. Without warning his letter of resignation was read out in parliament, just as impeachment proceedings were getting underway. In it, the worlds oldest head of state said his decision to go was voluntary and he had made it to allow a smooth transfer of power. Our africa editor fergal keane was in parliament when the news broke. It is the night of the free, a night like no other in their lives, a great tension has broken, the
New era for our nationli this is a good day for zimbabwean, a new era for our nation. I am numb, to be honest. I think the only time i will be able to cop and what has happened is one wake up in the morning. When i wake up. And the actor and singer, David Cassidy has died in hospital in florida, where he had been admitted with organ failure. He was 67 years old. Hello. There have been jubilant celebrations on zimbabwes streets over the resignation of president Robert Mugabe, ending his 37 year rule. Without warning his letter of resignation was read out in parliament, just as impeachment proceedings were getting underway. In it, the worlds oldest head of state said his decision to go was voluntary and he had made it to allow a smooth transfer of power. Our africa editor fergal keane was in parliament when the news broke. It is the night of the free, a night like no other in their lives, a great tension has broken, the epoch of fear, of desperation, of Robert Mugabe, has ended. How rare
What has happened is when i will wa ke what has happened is when i will wake up in the morning. Comprehend. The actor and singer David Cassidy has died in hospital in florida. He was 67 years old. Hello. There have been jubilant celebrations on zimbabwes streets over the resignation of president Robert Mugabe, ending his 37 year rule. Without warning, his letter of resignation was read out in parliament, just as impeachment proceedings were getting underway. The former Vice President , Emmerson Mnangagwa, is expected to be sworn in as the countrys new leader within the next two days. Our africa editor fergal keane was in parliament when the news broke. It is the night of the free, a night like no other in their lives, a great tension has broken, the epoch of fear, of desperation, of Robert Mugabe, has ended. How rarely does politics translate into something so truly felt . This history in the making. We have never thought that Something Like this was going to happen in zimbabwe. Scream