i m stephen sackur. president robert mugabe of zimbabwe is 93 years old. his wife recently suggested he could win re election as a corpse. but failing that, zimbabwe needs to grapple with the issue of succession. and will follow mugabe? my guest is his former vice president and one time heir apparentjoice mujuru. she broke away from the ruling party two years ago and now leads her own opposition party, but how tainted is she by her long association with robert mugabe? joice mujuru, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. how can you persuade the zimbabwean people that you are an agent of change when for most of your adult life you ve been one of robert mugabe s most loyal allies and associates? thank you very much. the way how i left zanu pf did not go down well with the rest of the country, because i never replied, i never did anything. but they know me, even during the robert mugabe government, that as much as i was loyal to my party, which i fought for, i was also loyal to zimbabw
he could win re election as a corpse. but failing that, zimbabwe needs to grapple with the issue of succession. and will follow mugabe? my guest is his former vice president and one time heir apparentjoice mujuru. she broke away from the ruling party two years ago and now leads her own opposition party, but how tainted is she by her long association with robert mugabe? joice mujuru, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. how can you persuade the zimbabwean people that you are an agent of change when for most of your adult life you ve been one of robert mugabe s most loyal allies and associates? thank you very much. the way how i left zanu pf did not go down well with the rest of the country, because i never replied, i never did anything. but they know me, even during the robert mugabe government, that as much as i was loyal to my party, which i fought for, i was also loyal to zimbabweans because when i ran ministries they know the relationship that i was building with them. you have
previously admitted culpable and careless driving after the fatal crash. now in a moment time for sportsday, but first a look at what else is coming up this evening on bbc news. as the preparations begin for those brexit talks, we will look at why gibraltar‘s future may be looking a little rockier, as the country s savings fall to a new low we find out what that might mean for the economy. and at10:1i0pm, and night we look at my‘s from pages withjoe phillips and the daily telegraph s economic expert liam howlett. that is ahead on bbc news, but now it is time for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday i m hugh ferris. our headlines tonight: the premier league s back, and ronald koeman says everton should hold no fear ahead of the merseyside derby a fixture they haven t won at the last 13 attempts. will celtic be celebrating a sixth straight scottish title by the end of the evening? if aberdeen lose tonight, celtic will be champions again. johanna konta beats her her
watching. celtic will have to wait until sunday at least to secure the scottish premiership title after second placed aberdeen thrashed dundee 7 0 at dens park this evening in a win that included a first hat trick for centre back, andrew considine. he turns 30 tomorrow and opened the scoring for the second placed dons inside 17 minutes. his second made it 4 0 just before half time, and with the game effectively over, many dundee fans were leaving the ground by that point. good night for considine though. celtic are still 22 points clear at the top, but this is a night that ll live long in the memory for considine, who would get the seventh and final goal in the closing stages. 7-0 7 0 away from home, not bad! there was one game tonight in the championship, with derby county keeping their slim hopes of a playoff place alive with victory over queens park rangers. matej vydra scored the only goal of the game in the second half. and while qpr hit the post in the final minutes, th
spacex havejust made a big step forward to that. here s the first ever relaunch and landing of a used, orbital rocket. have a lovely weekend. goodnight. ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three two, one. liftoff. atmospheric music. hello and welcome to sportsday. i m tim hague. coming up tonight: celtic‘s chances of the scottish premiership title being won without them even playing, were wiped out by aberdeen. 7 0 winners at dundee! a club versus country row has emerged, as everton boss ronald koeman publicly criticises republic of ireland manager martin o neill. only for o neill to call koeman a master tactician of the blame game . and charley hull remains in contention in her second round of the first women s golf major of the season. celtic will have to wait until sunday, at least, to secure the scottish premiership title after second placed aberdeen thrashed dundee 7 0 at dens park this evening. in a win that included a first hat trick for centre back, andrew co