So i Maryam Namazie in london youre watching aljazeera also coming up the u. N. Agrees to send another nine hundred peacekeepers to the Central African republic as the humanitarian crisis there gets worse warnings malnutrition was killing an average of one hundred thirty yemeni children a day before saudi arabia blockade the countrys ports. And Scientists Say glass is in the french alps a heating up so fast they threatened to wipe out popular tourist villages. Zimbabwes military has confined president Robert Mugabe to his home after taking control of the country soldiers are patrolling the capital harare and heavy gunfire and explosions were heard earlier on but the military denies its a coup the takeover follows a bass a battle over who would succeed the ninety three year old president which split the ruling zanu p. F. Party into two main factions the low cost Group Supports the site Vice President. While the younger g forty group backs unpopular wife grace a long time ago ally has strong support among the armed forces it was his sacking last week in favor of grace which led to this military action south africas president jacob zuma says hes spoken to mugabe and confirmed that the longtime leader is say i have also. Conducted the president mugabe. Whom i had. Time to to talk. And he is fine but confined in his home. Hoping that the Defense Force will be able to respect the condition of them barbara as well as the people of zimbabwe so that this situation does not go beyond. The situation where it is now well lets go live now to our correspondent harmattan has been monitoring the situation there and im just wondering what visible signs youve been seeing through the day that indicate something has changed. What weve noticed is that when or the started there was a lot more attention the atmosphere was more tense but throughout the day you saw more and more people coming into the city center in particular people went to work some of them some children went to school its now getting late so people have started heading home it is calm it is quiet for the moment a lot of people be keenly watching the state broadcaster the main news bulletin is that a. T. M. s list an hours time for now is the only way the country can get an official update on whats going on theres no guarantee theyll get things tonight but theyll watch and hope that they will you have to understand the garbage present garber has ruled this country for nearly forty years he and his family are an institution some people say they love him some people say they despise him but hes affected zimbabweans each in every way and whats happened recently with the army has hit a lot of zimbabweans hard there waiting to see which way this country is going to go but whats clear is a lot of saying this is uncharted territory and they are reeling still reeling in facts from the past few weeks. And im easy carmen harare this after confusing scenes on the streets of zimbabwe with a night of unrest as military vehicles rolled in there were also reports that soldiers were seen loading ammunition these developments followed a warning on monday that the military would step in if the sacking of candidates they favor within the ruling party didnt stop a statement was read by soldiers on state radio this is not a military takeover and things will return to normalcy. And used. And the security. We are only interested in criminals around him who are committing crimes that are causing social and economic suffering in the country in order to bring them to justice but this is sparks fear of a military coup even now with all the confusion we do know that the army in sirte is so this way running the country and telling the world to what to do what to believe in herndon in the news taking over their broadcast those are very unusual in other countries we call those the. Zimbabwe army chief constantino cheering i want earlier this week the military could step in if party pages didnt stop but she was quickly accused of treasonable conduct by the zanu p. F. In a statement he was reacting to the firing of the Vice President in a seminar the week before when i got well had close ties to the military and was revered for his revolutionary work in fighting for the countrys independence a fight that also boid president mccarver to power in one nine hundred eighty when i got was removal apparently followed a series of disputes with the first lady grace mugabe her leadership and vision to succeed our ninety three year old husband had triggered infighting within her party she is popular with designing of youth faction dubbed the g forty but her ascension contradicts an earlier promise mugabe had made saying only those who fought in zimbabwes liberation can preside over zimbabwe being fifty two grace is not a war veteran and like a emerson managua nor the Army Generals who threatened to intervene. One of the first announced casualties is the finance minister who the army stated they had detained despite the military emphasizing the president and his wife are safe these look like trouble times ahead. And are you describing their situation in harare which is both tense but at the same time calm as people go about their days as normal difficult want to this perhaps but what you know about the situation outside of harare elsewhere in the country. It seems to be the same a lot of people were looking at harare and wondering what is happening in the capital city but the other cities the other towns it has been quiet people have been going about their business of course they were they were also concerned about the future of the country but things had been rated to be calm across the country pretty much i think a lot of people are waiting for influential figures to react to this the people who are in the country a few hours ago the war veterans had a press conference these are the individuals who helped in the white minority rule they helped keep presumably power for nearly forty years they are a strong bloc and they used to support him theyve recently broken away some of them anyway so this press conference they came out saying that they support what the army did they say that they are glad theyre now in control of the rulings on a party and they stated they want prison magali to go because hes overstayed in power. For his role as the president very sick very some fear. We could actually want to start salute to. The run and most. Wanted to go on what is in the forthcoming elections. A more do we know about the whereabouts of. People close to my saying he is still out of the country what zimbabweans are now watching and wondering is is he going to come back when easy going to come back and we need comes back what role will he take on they know that the army is supportive of him so it will be keen to watch study been very closely if he does come back the country is now preparing for what the ruling party is going for elective conference in december thats when the earliest people elected to this position so all this thats happening now you could see a sub youll being purged from the party and sided will who were kicked out by prison before for being disloyal brought back in but you know that in a couple of days or maybe even a couple of weeks all right thank you very much in harare bring us up to date with whats happening there and lets take a closer look at the man who was talking about his sacking triggered the takeover emmerson man and were a seventy five year old was an ally of Robert Mugabe for decades serving as his bodyguard in exile and holding a range of ministerial positions including that of defense minister when i go where hes been described as the one person more fear than his boss reputation that led him to become known as the crocodile which is why his supporters are known as the low cost group after the Clothing Company whose logo is a crocodile of close links to the military hes most notorious for his part in a crackdown on rivals in the eightys which saw thousands killed though he denies any role all signs point to an alliance now gathering by him and im going to succeed mugabe which includes the chief of the armed forces the opposition and the powerful war veterans which is hearing from im joined now by gina godwin a zimbabwean journalists so weve been hearing the one guy who are very much the man of the moment when he is finally back in the country there are some conflicting reports about whether hes there what might he do next well i think that hell be very anxious to. To to bring together as many people as possible that were looking at a Transitional Government and hell want to be inclusive and whats very interesting is is this formation of a democratic and National Democratic project which is bringing everybody together i think its very interesting the language thats used around that that they really are trying to to pull everybody together obviously were not calling it a coup but this is a project that the for everybody from the youth to the war veterans can be involved in and at least give some semblance of zimbabweans coming together to try and make a new a new way forward its also very interesting that this project is a turn away from the west were saying as im bob when solutions for zimbabweans but i think we might be fooled if we think were turning away from the east its very instructive to look at where challender went he went to china one was when after while many gaga was being fired so he wouldnt be there when to go himself may have gone to china in the interim they certainly met outside the country this would not be happening unless it was sanctioned by beijing. But why why do you say that what evidence is that china has a location investment in zimbabwe it has propped up the regime for a very long time and i. Got himself trained in china for a while and in china and in egypt and its theres a theres a huge amount of history there but also a lot of investment china will be wanting to protect its own investments in zimbabwe and really china very very powerful politically there behind the scenes i honestly believe that at least there must be tacit approval from beijing and you know the. What you want from what youre saying that gives beijing enormous political influence in the country we know that china has had investment projects not just in zimbabwe but in many other parts of africa for many years now. What does this the Economic Situation has been so difficult for ordinary zimbabweans theyve really suffered theyve seen such a fall in their Living Standards does it look as though that economic vulnerability has been in place for so long as now translated into political vulnerability for mugabi i think so i mean i think certainly what the army said in their statement was that what they want to do is make sure that the Economic Situation was was straightened out that this would not bring a new era of prosperity i think china as i was saying very much involved in the economy as is south africa and i think this is why south africa is not making more noise about it as a symbolic ways economy crashes what happens is obviously south africa doesnt do well either mostly because of the huge flood of people that go across the border south africa wants to avoid that at all costs to in their interest to potentially play it down but thank you for now we will talk some more later on a want to move to another story now the United NationsSecurity Council has just approved a resolution to add some nine hundred u. N. Peacekeepers to the Central African republic as a humanitarian and security situation worsens there lets get more on this one diplomatic editor James Spaders whos at the u. N. Tell us more about what theyve decided to do. Well the world focuses a lot on humanitarian disasters around the world in places like yemen in syria in myanmar the Central African republic perhaps rarely gets a look in but when you do focus on whats going on there you see the situation is getting worse much worse in terms of the humanitarian situation were now one point one Million People displaced from their homes and this is because of a worsening security situation in this troubled country the u. N. Security councils taken note its following the recommended ations of the secretary general antonio good terrorists which is that there are not enough peacekeepers in the country theyre upping the numbers as you say by nine hundred creating a total of eleven thousand six hundred fifty peacekeepers this was the comment from the french ambassador to the United Nations after that vote log on to say it is a Security Council cannot afford to take the risk of allowing the c. A. R. To relapse into a crisis as tragic as the one it was mired in in early twenty twelve and early twenty fourteen on the contrary the council must throw its full weight into halting the spiral of violence. As you know theres been controversy over the uns operations in the Central African republic and allegations of abuse and exploitation by peacekeepers and in the discussions about the secretary general and his staff enforced their zero tolerance policy the question now Going Forward is whether these extra nine hundred peacekeepers can really change the situation on the ground in Central African republic last week i spoke to the u. N. See military in coordinator there and she admitted to me that even if they double the number of troops they would still not be able to reach all of those who are in humanitarian need in the country because the situation is now so dire. All right thank you very much for diplomatic editor james bays at United Nations and watching. That is my assigned a multibillion dollar debt restructuring deal with russia. And earthquake survivors in iran a temporary shelters as they wait for a tour right through days on. How the weather remains largely dry unsettled across the middle east little bit of cloud just pulling out of afghanistan towards the himalayan plateau another area cloud just running in across the caspian sea but elsewhere it is largely sunshine all the way to around seventeen cells just in the sunshine back that has around twenty six degrees that fine weather continues to just around the levant getting up into the mid twentys over the next couple of days mid twentys to on friday for baghdad further south will struggle to get to twenty seven in kuwait city it is starting to cool down a little now not too cold across the right way but then getting up to around thirty here in doha over the next day or two would like to feel pretty pleasant so lots of hazy sunshine coming through meanwhile weve seen some rather heavy rain coming into parts of south africa recently the southern and eastern cape in particular support a little bit with fifty six millimeters of rain and that wet weather will remain in place as we go on through thursday perhaps a little bit of snow there you know just over the high ground some rights to coming into central parts of mozambique into zimbabwe at times that right could be pretty heavy. Be seeing some big downpours so its a big down polls recently entered fifty one millimeters of rain here those heavy showers continue across the gulf. Welcome back youre watching aljazeera a recap of the top stories zimbabwes military is confined president Robert Mugabe to his home taking control of the country soldiers are patrolling the capital harare but the military denies its a coup. South africas president jacob zuma has spoken to macabre on the phone and says the long time needed. And our other top story the United NationsSecurity Council has approved a resolution to add nine hundred un peacekeepers to the Central African republic as the humanitarian and security situation that gets was. Now save the children says almost four hundred thousand children in yemen are in desperate need of treatment for acute malnutrition but he says aid agencies are struggling to reach them because of funding shortfalls the cholera outbreak and obstructions by the warring parties even before saudi arabia blocked access to airports and ports around the country its estimated that fifty thousand malnourished children under the age of five would die this year thats an average of one hundred thirty each day. Were living in very dire conditions we cant even afford bread we cant find shelter from the cold no one in government or from the relief organizations are reaching out to us here disease is spreading and the children are falling ill if we cant afford to eat how can we afford to treat them or buy medicine. Well yemeni officials are denying reports that the Saudi Led Coalition has allowed ships in to deliver much needed aid on monday saudi arabia said it would restart rio it would start reopening some yemeni ports and airports close them nine days ago after who see rebels fighting missile at riyadh but officials at her data port the main entry point for aid say that it remains shut a no ships have arrived since the saudi closures well now lebanons president has accused saudi arabia of holding the Prime Minister saad hariri and his family hostage this is the first time michel aoun has explicitly said hes being held and he call this an act of aggression how we re announced his surprise resignation in a t. V. Statement from the saudi capital riyadh a move threatens to punish lebanon into a power contest between regional foes saudi arabia and iran president says he wont accept harry reids resignation until he returns to lebanon to explain it himself. This is an act of aggression against lebanon this is a violation of the Vienna Convention in the bill of rights this isnt a resignation this is an aggression on our independence sovereignty and our dignity well moving to iran now where the president has done rouhani has suggested corruption could be behind the collapse of state built homes in sundays earthqu