And im adrian from again this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up cambodias opposition about to find out whether itll be disbanded after being accused of trying to mount a coup. As lebanon awaits the return of its Prime Minister president of france invites me to paris and. The base is so. Good whats going to why solid rarely and out of the vinci painting sets a new record of auction in new york. A South African delegation has arrived in zimbabwe to mediate a way out of the political crisis that the army seized power on wednesday and placed president Robert Mugabe under house arrest. It was angered by the sacking of the Vice President last week and reports from harare. Parts of harare are now on lockdown and soldiers in Army Vehicles have blocked roads to government offices parliament and the courts people say they are cautiously waiting to see what happens next many are relief so far there has been little violence i can see. Moving as usual no more business. Moving around freely. The countrys war veterans say they have had enough of president Robert Mugabe many helped keep him in power for nearly forty years we. Should have been recalled from is a row as the president insisted. The mob his army said on wednesday the president Robert Mugabe and his wife are safe in their private residence south africas president Jacob Zuma City was concerned about the situation in a phone call with zuma mugabe confirmed he was fine we would like to call for calm in the strained. Particularly to the Defense Force and also to the two forces in zimbabwe i have also. Conducted he said president mugabe. Whom i had. Time to to talk. And he is fine but confined in his home zuma plans to send a special envoy to the country. The crisis began on tuesday with reports of military vehicles rolling towards the capital good morning the army gave a statement on state television insisting the situation is not a military takeover we are only targeting criminals are only. Committing crimes that are causing social and economic suffering in the country in order to bring them to justice hours after issuing the statement the army again restated its position. The state run newspaper printed a special edition on wednesday are in the army says president Robert Mugabe is still head of state and commander in chief. Zimbabweans and only known one leader since one thousand nine hundred eighty the mugabe family is an institution some people love the president and his wife grace mugabe are the say over the years the mugabes have destroyed the economy this is uncharted territory for the country zimbabwes military has said soldiers will only return to the barracks when all those are the keys are trying to destabilize and destroy the party from within had been arrested we have correspondents following the story across the region tony pages in south africa but first lets speak. In zimbabwes capital harare. What more do we know about this South African delegation that arrived in the cup. Well we know that they are in talks with members of the army the mugabe is and some officials in the rulings on appear positivistic elation theyre trying to negotiate an exit package for the president mugabe and make sure that he has some guarantees from the state that he and his family will be safe theres also speculation that this delegation will try to push for us to additional government to be led by the former Vice President emerson and other leaders from other Political Parties but this is all speculation at the moment is at the moment calm and quiet the government is telling people to go to work all Civil Servants have been told to report for g. T. E. Shop owners have been told open their businesses and schools have been told to function as usual so it is calm and quiet but people are just be watching waiting to hear what comes out of these negotiations overnight the the youth wing of the president s zanu p. F. Party apologized to the military what do you make of that. Well it came as a big surprise to many zimbabweans it was announced late last night on the states t. V. News channel a big sigh and went on the screen saying breaking news and after or the events that have happened the barbarians were now saying now what what could have possibly happened so when they saw the Youth League Leader because and i appear on screen there were surprised to hear him say what he said never expected he would ever say what he said on me. To apologize for the statement i made. Together with my executive. Is the leader of the practice youth league i have reflected. Therefore i can be requested you know were trying to please say i accept my apologies were in behalf of the youth league and to myself we have two young people we are still growing up we learn from our mistakes and from this big mistake we have a lot. I had previously chriss not criticize the army and he was a staunch supporter of grace mugabe who is of our ways first lady he and i the senior so maybe of officials have been arrested or of her many thanks indeed lets cross to johannesburg zero zero study page is the Southern AfricanDevelopment Community into Governmental Organization to hold a meeting on zimbabwe president jacob zuma is the current chair of that community what are we expecting to come out of that meeting. Well this is an emergency meeting thats being called it will be held in botswana which is the home of the said secretariat and prison there are going to be the Foreign Ministers of course of south africa. And angola they are going to hear a report from that delegation that has been ends and bob way on exactly what the current state of play is and we are expecting at the end of that meeting for there to be some kind of statement or News Conference that also includes sorry that comes after the statement from the African Union which reiterated many of the positions put forward by South African president jacob zuma calling for a constitutional process to be followed and for anything that happens in zimbabwe in the coming days and weeks to follow due process and to promote the democracy human rights and these social Economic Development of zimbabwe what happens in zimbabwe crucial of course because if anything unconstitutional word to take place that would basically put both said m e a you in the position of having to expel zimbabwe from both bodies turn everything steve turn a page there live in. To the rest of the days news in cambodia riot police have blocked the streets around the Supreme Court in the capital phnom penh ahead of a ruling on the Main Opposition Party the government has filed a lawsuit accusing the opposition of plotting a coup it comes ahead of next years election and its being seen as the climax to a crackdown thats been going on for months now in february sam rainsy resigned as head of the Cambodia National rescue party hed been living in exile since two thousand and five and in march when rights activists can soca replaced sam rainsy as the new leader in september soca was charged with treason and now the Supreme Court will decide whether to dissolve the party entirely lets go live to it upon phnom penh mcbride is there whats happening there right now. The court is now broken up. Adrian they have been deliberating all morning looking at various submissions mainly from lawyers representing the department of the interior here on why the party should be dissolved basically the case all stems from remarks made by the Opposition Leader a number of years ago now but which was which were recorded where he according to the ruling party was calling for the overthrow of the cambodian government the Opposition Party says this is nonsense basically he was talking about normal democratic process of his party and seating the ruling party through peaceful democratic means whatever the truth of it the upshot is the court is using this is the Prime Minister to dissolve the party and if that is the case then the Opposition Party which very nearly beat the ruling c. P. P. Party at the last election will be dissolved the members of this Opposition Party are expecting that some of them are in hiding others are fearful of a rest what does this call case mean then for the future of political opposition movements in cambodia. It means basically that what people are suspecting is that in preparation for the election next year is very concerned the. Opposition party was becoming too strong there were local elections here a few months ago back in last june where the where the Opposition Party was gaining ground over the ruling party and i think that really has really has shocked and whos been in power now for the best part of thirty years and he was determined that he is still going to be in power after the next election it seems as though if they can dismantle the structure of this Main Opposition Party take away the seats of the sitting m. P. s they wont be allowed to be in politics for another five years then what will be left with is a much smaller opposition parties that hell be facing next year much easier for him to defeat so there is real concern here i mean. There have been as you said there are rolling back of the Civil Society there have been clampdowns on n. G. O. S and also some winding up of some of the free Media Outlets and some of the free press activities here in cambodia people are concerned about now the political situation this is certainly not a one party state but as the day goes by it does start to look more and more like that. Serious rock mcbride live on penrod many things. At least eighteen people including four female suicide bombers have been killed in a series of blasts in northeastern nigeria twenty nine others were injured in the attacks in on the outskirts of my degree the Group Boko Haram has been active in that area twenty thousand people have been killed by the group since two thousand and nine when it began its campaign against the Nigerian Government lets go live to what lagos and. What exactly happened in this attack. Well basically. Looked like a coordinated attack by the Group Although i did not claim responsibility for suicide bombers. Were driven to carry on the outskirts of my degree and then. The most casualties were at ground. Late evening prayer a female suicide bomber walked into the crowd. And killed at least nine people one other suicide bomber. Detonated instantly killing a woman and one other person and then the third female suicide bomber killed a small child in a similar incident when she hugged the child and then detonated. The device went off and so she was killed and one other person twenty nine people like you said were injured and are currently receiving treatment what we hear now in my degree is that Funeral Services for those who have been killed in yesterdays attack. What is the general security situation that the mother in northeastern nigeria. Well basically attacks encounter on the rise in the northeast the military has stepped up its operations. And in the air in the past two weeks they have claimed several successes against book autumn fighters but also responding in its own way they have. In the northeast of nigeria killing civilians and soldiers alike and they also claimed in one particular video released recently but they have taken some. Military convoy but the military is also saying that it has a lot of quite. Attacked and destroyed several of the camps they have noticed so the fight is still ongoing its difficult to say at the moment. What is exactly on the ground but the military said its operation is continuing im not quite i mean when it started when i had many thanks indeed al jazeera is out address there live in lagos. A weather update next here on aljazeera then President Trump has found an ally in saudi arabias crown prince but some u. S. Foreign policy experts wonder if the prince has taken on too much and that as well assigns a multibillion dollar debt restructuring deal with russia as it grapples with the ongoing shortages of food and goods. Hello it is still stormy in the Central Military miss well this or its brother has been iran after about two weeks of circulations virtually never ending so picking a place in his past in italy hundred eighty five millimeters of rain a significant amount there has been flooding theres been stove forming in the balkans and mainly its a rain picture and the low itself with fronts wrapped around it is drifting away its been replaced baldwin once and its the most active weather in europe and it still will be throughout thursday the rain bit further south still italy greece and macedonia and probably to the south of that now beyond it most the rest of europe is now enjoying much quieter and not even as cold with the temps has dropped a single figures in many places you can as you can see the next band of clouds is just start a band of cloud if anything it makes things slightly less co eighteen billion ten in passes for the two of rain but the rain is still falling they be not so much in italy but in greece youll notice and thats come friday obviously with where it is going to find rain forty again and still in algeria tunisia and libya the second ations very obvious it just stone eastward so it might take the showers even as far away as north need shoot some comes out behind and surprisingly its not like much colder. Right. Well again the top stories this hour on aljazeera a South African delegation has arrived in zimbabwe to attempt to mediate a way out of the political crisis that the army seized power wednesday and placed president Robert Mugabe under house arrest it was angered by the sacking of the Vice President last week in cambodia riot police have blocked the streets around the Supreme Court in the capital phnom penh the government has filed a lawsuit against the Main Opposition Party accusing it of plotting a coup at least eighteen people including four female suicide bombers have been killed in a series of blasts in northeastern nigeria twenty nine other people were injured in the attacks in. Which is on the outskirts of my degree says he. Frances foreign minister is due to meet lebanons Prime Minister saad hariri on a visit to saudi arabia the president of france Emmanuel Macron has invited her to visit paris on wednesday lebanons president michel aoun said that nothing justified the apparent detention of howdy by saudi arabia how he announced his resignation in riyadh nearly two weeks ago. 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 the New York Times is reporting that u. S. Officials are increasingly concerned with the actions of the Saudi Crown Prince saying that they could damage u. S. Interests probably calling reports from washington. A less than flattering article about the recent moves made by Saudi Crown Prince mohammed bin solomon in the New York Times the headline reads at thirty two hes begun a war and jailed his rivals whats next paints a picture a prince making rash moves and possibly destabilizing the region putting american interests at risk now oftentimes the way this works in washington because weve seen president come out with his tweets and his statements giving his full support to the moves that n. B. S. Has made as hes known here in the United States oftentimes though if the rest of the government wants to send a message they do it by speaking off the record or using Anonymous Sources to the New York Times and the message in this article from officials at the state Department Defense department but also the intelligence communities is theyre growing increasingly concerned about these moves that are being made and there is growing fear in washington that it will destabilize not just saudi arabia but the entire region and Human Rights Watch investigation as uncovered disturbing cases of Security Forces raping women and girls its a new report accuses troops of using rape as part of an Ethnic Cleansing Campaign in Rakhine State activists interviewed fifty two range of women and girls twenty nine of them were rape survivors three of them under the age of eighteen many women say they were