To focus on terrorism in the uk after she criticised his sharing of far right videos. Mr trump tweeted dont focus on me, focus on the destructive radical islamic terrorism that is taking place within the United Kingdom. The us president earlier retweeted three inflammatory videos posted online by a british far right group. Mrs mays spokesman had said it was wrong for the president to have done this. Earlier i asked the bbcs washington correspondent laura bicker about his latest tweets. What now for the special relationship that has been between the us and the uk for a number of years . When theresa may was here she was given a warm welcome by President Trump. He is expected in the uk for a state visit but now it seems, tonight certainly, that President Trump has decided to hit back. This came after he re tweeted videos from a far right Political Group called britain first. The videos purport to show, allegedly show muslim immigrants beating up white people in the United Kingdom. They h
The removal of Robert Mugabe as president of zimbabwe in november led to several mugabe loyalists going underground. The most prominent of these is probably jonathan the most prominent of these is probablyjonathan moyo. Until recently, a cabinet minister, key ally and close adviser to Robert Mugabe and his wife, grace. He has been described as one of the most hated men in zimbabwe, and is wanted in the country on corruption charges. Jonathan moyo is now in hiding in self imposed exile, and says his family is being harassed, and that his life is under threat. We cannot disclose his location, at his request. This is his first interview since his ousting of president mugabe. What has he got to say for himself . Jonathan moyo, welcome to hardtalk. Why have you gone into hiding, and not wish to disclose your whereabouts . It is because of the extraordinary situation that exists in zimbabwe following the unconstitutional overthrow of the government in a military coup that took place on 15 no
Its 5 oclock. Our main story is the military takeover in zimbabwe where president mugabe remains in confinement at home and armoured vehicles are patrolling the streets of the capital, harare. Appearing on state television, an army general denied that a coup had taken place and said they were targeting what he called criminals associated with Robert Mugabe, whos 93 and has ruled zimbabwe since independence from britain in 1980. The atmosphere on the streets is said to be calm but tense. The British Embassy in zimbabwe has advised british nationals to stay indoors until the situation becomes clearer, as our Diplomatic Correspondent James Robbins reports. Snatched video filmed furtively tells some of the story, troops on the streets of harare, as the generals take control after 37 years of president mugabes increasingly dictatorial rule. Heavy gunfire could be heard in parts of the capital early this morning, but the picture overall is of uncertain quiet. It looks as if the bulk of the a
Sons and says she dreaded making the relationship public. He has been appearing at the old bailey fighting extradition to the United States for obtaining and publishing secret military documents a decade ago. Thank you very much for talking to us. I want to ask you first of all how you first metjulian assange and what you thought of him when you first met him nine years ago. I metjulian in paddington at the frontline club. I thought he was intriguing, a man with a mission. I mean, i first came across him when he released the collateral murder video, which is the video where two reuters journalists and nine other civilians are gunned down by a Us Helicopter gunship. So by the time i metjulian, i knew about what. Wikileaks did, but on the first day we spoke for i would say about two or three hours, about a wide range of topics. I never get bored with him, i can talk with him for hours about anything and. I find him very funny, i mean, we laugh a lot and. I spent almost every day in the e
Robert mugabe has died. Plus the Washington Post says it has solved sharpie gate. Guess who altered the infamous weather map with his favorite marker . Good morning, everyone. Happy friday. Welcome to early start. Im dave briggs. And im christine romans. It is friday, september 6th. 5 a. M. In the east. Lets begin this morning with the news. Hurricane dorian creeping slowly north just off the carolina coast. In just the last few hours it has weakened to a category 1. Its leaving more than 293,000 customers in north and South Carolina without power. Cnn meteorologist derek van dam is in charleston, South Carolina, live this morning. Derek, youve been Walking Around the streets there. You can see the evidence of the wind damage and the storm surge, at least for charleston though not as bad as feared. Fortunately, they can breathe a sigh of relief. They were spared the worst from Hurricane Dorian. We are in Historic Downtown charleston. The quintessential area of this particular city. Dri