Hello im Kristie Wonderwall come to africa its good to have you along thousands of people marched across zimbabwe today against u. S. And e. U. Sanctions on the country those taking pause and the government backed him astray should say the sanctions have crippled the economy by the way that economy is in deep crisis the i. M. F. Reported inflation in august reach 300 percent and its predicted some always economy will shrink by 3 percent this year. But both the e. U. And the u. S. Say the sanctions theyve imposed on zimbabwe did not target the economy and entre sponsible for the countrys problems heres a quote from an African Affairs official with the u. S. State department thats. He said theres a very false narrative out there which i want to correct some people say the United States has sanctions against the country of zimbabwe we do not repeat do not have sanctions against the country of zimbabwe we have sanctions against certain individuals and certain corporations but not against t
This week, we discuss the state of the uks finances after the budget, whether this could be the end of the german chancellors reign, and assess the prospects for the people of zimbabwe, now Robert Mugabe has gone. My guests are, from germany, Stefanie Bolzen of die welt, uk conservative political commentator alex deane, from bloomberg news, Senior Writer stephanie baker, and the italian writer and film maker annalissa piras. Welcome to you all. But before we discuss those events, we do want to take a moment to focus on the horrific attack in northern sinai, where more than 300 people have been killed in a bomb and gun attack on a mosque during friday prayers. As we go to air, no group has claimed it carried out the attack, although the state prosecutor in cairo said the gunmen were carrying flags of the so called islamic state. It is a quite horrific attack, and annalisa, the scale and the coordination of this is something that has not been seen in this region for a very long time. It
This week, we discuss the state of the uks finances after the budget, whether this could be the end of the german chancellors reign, and assess the prospects for the people of zimbabwe, now Robert Mugabe has gone. My guests are, from germany, Stefanie Bolzen of die welt, uk conservative political commentator alex deane, from bloomberg news, Senior Writer stephanie baker, and the italian writer and filmmaker annalisa piras. Welcome to you all. But before we discuss those events, we do want to take a moment to focus on the horrific attack in northern sinai, where more than 300 people have been killed in a bomb and gun attack on a mosque during friday prayers. As we go to air, no group has claimed it carried out the attack, although the state prosecutor in cairo said the gunmen were carrying flags of the so called islamic state. It is a quite horrific attack, and annalisa, the scale and the coordination of this is something that has not been seen in this region for a very long time. It is
Welcome to bbc news. A 12 year old boy is among five people who died when a stolen car collided with a tree in leeds last night. Our correspondent Chi Chi Izundu joins us now. Whats do we know now . A spokesman for West Yorkshire police said officers were confronted by a scene officers were confronted by a scene of co m plete officers were confronted by a scene of complete carnage when they arrived at the scene last night at around 10pm. In a statement they said the vehicle involved was a stolen renault clio. They confirmed that five people were killed, as you say, all boys or men aged between 12 and 28. They have now confirmed that two were pronounced dead at the scene, the other three died later in hospital. All the families of the disease have been informed. Two 15 year old boys remain in Police Custody. They were arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving. As yet, the police have not established whether everybody involved in the car crash was in the car or some wer
Dateline london, imjane hill. This week, we discuss the state of the uks finances after the budget, whether this could be the end of the german chancellors reign, and assess the prospects for the people of zimbabwe, now Robert Mugabe has gone. My guests are, from germany, Stefanie Bolzen of die welt, uk conservative political commentator alex deane, from bloomberg news, Senior Writer stephanie baker, and the italian writer and film maker annalissa piras. Welcome to you all. But before we discuss those events, we do want to take a moment to focus on the horrific attack in northern sinai, where more than 300 people have been killed in a bomb and gun attack on a mosque during friday prayers. As we go to air, no group has claimed it carried out the attack, although the state prosecutor in cairo said the gunmen were carrying flags of the so called islamic state. It is a quite horrific attack, and annalisa, the scale and the coordination of this is something that has not been seen in this re