And i welcome to the news hour im so ho rahman this is what we have for you in the next sixty minutes. The pressure grows on zimbabwes embattled president to step down as thousands of former supporters join rallies against him. Lebanons Prime Minister meets frances president in paris in a bid to solve the political turmoil surrounding his shock resignation. And no food no medical supplies and no help from outside emergency calls to evacuate sick syrians hes been under siege for years plus. A cozy manhattan apartment thats for people in a great location the only catch you have to take it with you wherever you go and kristen slimmy coming up well tell you why some artists are choosing to live here. We start in africa where tens of thousands of people have thrown zimbabwes capital harare demanding the president step down the state run broadcaster says the country is now free and liberated as crowds stream towards Robert Mugabes official residence now the protests were called by the influe
And this is the news hour live from london coming up in the next sixty minutes. Jubilation across our honoree fountains of people flood the streets of the capital calling for Robert Mugabe to step down lebanons Prime Minister saad hariri meets the french president in paris and confirms he will return to lebanon on wednesday. And supplies trickle into yemen and saudi arabia eases its blockade but the u. N. Says more must become. Critical twenty seventeen on a sad note for the swiss he is eliminated from the a. T. P. Finals by devon in the semifinals that more later when program. Is involved way where euphoric seniors that just days ago would have been unheard of playing out on the streets of the capital harare tens of thousands of people have rallied to demand the resignation of president. There always took place with the blessing of the military which on one say place the countrys ninety three year old leader on the house arrest but they were actually called by the influential war vete
Bank ac dc, has died aged 64. He founded the group in the 1970s with his brother, angus, and, made in china. The click team are looking at mobile phone production in shenzhen. Thats in half an hour, here on bbc news. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. Tens of thousands of people have taken to the streets of harare, in zimbabwe, calling for the resignation of president robert mugabe. Hes been under house arrest apart from one public appearance yesterday since the army seized power on wednesday. Our senior africa correspondent, anne soy, reports from harare. This is not the typical coup, its more like a carnival. Zimbabweans here are already celebrating the end of president Robert Mugabes rule. This is an unprecedented show of defiance against the strong man. These soldiers are the new heroes in town. Zimbabweans are ecstatic. They say the soldiers have granted them their second independence. A moment theyve all been waiting for. Years of emotion poured out on the streets. What does
Collided with a helicopter in bucks. One of those killed has been named as mike green, a helicopter instructor. And tributes for the co founder of the Australian Rock Group ac dc, malcolm young. He died at the age of 64. Time to cross to the bbc sport centre for sportsday. Hello and welcome to sportsday, with me Lizzie Greenwood hughes and hugh woozencroft. The headlines this evening england make it five wins in a row over australia with a comfortable victory in rugby unions autumn internationals. North london bragging rights go to arsenal as Arsene Wengers side get their first win over tottenham since 2014. Ruling the race to dubai justin rose is ahead in the desert but Tommy Fleetwood is still in the chase. Also coming up in the programme. It wasnt perfect. Head coach Trevor Bayliss on a difficult day for englands bowlers in theirfinal warm up match. And david beats goliath. Goffin sends the great Roger Federer packing at the world tour finals. So, plenty to come in this evenings spo
With me Lizzie Greenwood hughes and hugh woozencroft. The headlines this evening england make it five wins in a row over australia with a comfortable victory in rugby unions autumn internationals. North london bragging rights go to arsenal as Arsene Wengers side get their first win over tottenham since 2014. Ruling the race to dubai justin rose is ahead in the desert but Tommy Fleetwood is still in the chase. Also coming up in the programme. It wasnt perfect. Head coach Trevor Bayliss on a difficult day for englands bowlers in theirfinal warm up match. And david beats goliath. Goffin sends the great Roger Federer packing at the world tour finals. So, plenty to come in this evenings sportsday, but we start with rugby unions autumn internationals and an impressive win for eddiejones england at twickenham. They scored four tries as they ran out 30 6 winners over jones native australia. But as joe wilson reports, it was a closer encounter than the scoreline suggested. The bricks and mortar