Brent we will take you live to harare for more on this historic day for the people of zimbabwe. Also on the show, can she hold on . Angela merkel under pressure as germany plunges into political uncertainty. After the collapse of Coalition Talks, the german chancellor says she would rather run in new elections than lead a minority government. Is this the dawn of a postmerkel era . Brent im brent goff. Its good to have you with us. We begin with a zimbabwe minus mugabe. In a bombshell announcement delivered today in zimbabwes parliament, the countrys ruler, Robert Mugabe, resigned. It follows a tumultuous week that saw a military takeover, mass demonstrations, and a desperate mugabe clinging to power in the face of impeachment proceedings. And now the ending that few saw coming. Reporter joy and relief on the streets of harare. 37 years of Robert Mugabes rule has come to an end. Dw correspondent chrstine mhundwa on hand to witness history. Christine people are chanting things like Rober
And what the pope did not say as. Pope francis meets myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi and calls for respect from all ethnic groups, but avoiding the term rohingya. Brent im brent goff. Its good to have you with us. We begin with breaking news tonight. North korea appears to have launched a new ballistic missile. Reports coming in from south korea and japan say a missile has been fired. The u. S. Military saying that it is investigating what it calls a probable launch a probable icbm missile. If confirmed, it would be the latest in a series of missile tests this year. The last flew over northern japan and into the pacific ocean. The u. S. Administration has issued repeated warnings to pyongyang to abandon its weapons program. All right, we want to go now to washington to our correspondent carsten von nahmen, hes on the story for us. Good evening to you, carsten. So, whats the latest there, what more can you tell us about this story . Carsten well, not much more as far as the effects are
Palestinian groups are calling for a day of rage in protest. We will get the latest from jerusalem. And police in kiev arrest former georgian leader mikheil saakashvili, but they are forced to free him by angry supporters. We will have an exclusive interview with the man who escaped the police. Brent im brent goff. Its good to have you with us. The International Olympic committee has banned russia from competing in the 2018 winter olympics. Some clean athletes, however, will be able to compete as neutral, but under strict conditions. With just 10 weeks before the games begin in south korea, the ioc president and executive board found the evidence of systematic doping presented to them today was enough to stop athletes from competing under the russian flag at the games. This is the second time in a row that russian athletes will miss out on an olympics because of doping after also missing out on the 2016 summer games in rio. The ioc president held a press conference a little while ago.
The fight against climate change. I am phil gayle. Welcome to the program. Voters in alabama go to the polls to choose a new senator to send to washington. After President Trump threw his support behind republican candidate roy moore, a former state Supreme Court justice has been accused of Sexual Misconduct with teenage girls more than 30 years ago, which he denies. They said these women had not come forward for nearly 40 years. But they waited until 30 days before this general election to come forward. If you do not believe in my character, do not vote for me. More from dw correspondent who joins us from washington. Welcome carsten. What are the applications for the race . Carsten it was already a tight race even before the allegations came out. Roy moore has been a controversial figure for many years in alabama. He was removed from the state Supreme Court twice for not obeying federal laws and court rulings, so normally in alabama, any republican should easily win. In this case, dou
Destroyed by that attack. Also on the show, republicans in the u. S. House of representatives passed donald trump tax reform bill. The first rewrite of tax law in three decades is now set for a senate showdown. And yemen to do rebels are apolitical rocket at saudi arabia. Saudi forces say they intercepted it that is this a sign that the carnage in yemen is spreading . We will ask an expert for his analysis. Im brent goff, it is good to have you with us. Here in the german capital, people have been remembering the lives lost in a night of terror. One year ago, a rejected assignment drove a truck into a berlin Christmas Market, killing 12 people. Tonight, the country and the world cast their eyes on the scene of that attack. The bell tolls 12 times for the 12 victims of the terror attack one year ago. The names of the victims marketplace where and islamist attacker rammed a truck into a Christmas Market in the heart of bolan. Berlin. Many people gathered to mark the anniversary and peopl