zimbabwe's ruling party wins a majority in parliament. this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up the date for afghanistan's presidential election has been announced the vote will be held on april the twentieth next year . south africa's president says he'll go ahead with land reforms and white farmers won't be compensated. and facebook discovers a new effort to influence u.s. politics ahead of embers mid-term elections. zimbabwe's ruling party has won a majority of seats in parliament after monday's vote according to the electoral commission it says zanu p.f. had taken one hundred nine of the two hundred ten seats in the national assembly the results show forty one seats for the opposition movement for democratic change while results for fifty eight seats are yet to be declared no results have been announced so far for the presidential election both sides have been sure of victory heading into the poll job service said was too close to call president emerson a man god was supporters to be patient and wait for results meanwhile his

across the country to maintain law and order the government of zimbabwe. and this is food responsibility. for the. destruction of property. injury and lives for life on the m.d.c. islands the commonwealth election observers are asking zimbabwe's electoral commission to release the full results they also denounce what they call an excessive use of force by security forces we cut to gary can lead the nose the excessive use of force against civilians and wish to engage all parties to exercise restraint zimbabwe electoral commission to exploit votes the announcements of who results it said that the lease creates opportunities for sick speculation about possible money pollution of the reserves before we bring in our guests let's take a look at the timeline of how we got here last november following mass protests and military intervention president robert mugabe stepped down after thirty seven years in power the same month it was replaced by emerson minh agogo who had previously served as vice president and god promised to bring change to call general elections

and that's just time for one headline before we leave you in zimbabwe. opposition movement for democratic change has rejected the results of the country's presidential election as later nelson chamisa said his party would challenge the outcome in cork president emerson mangala meanwhile also said he wanted a free and fair election. that's your news rap i'm sara herman in berlin thanks for watching have a great weekend assisting. germany street by street. the most colorful. along. the most traditional find it all at any time. check in with the web special. take a tour of germany. on d w dot com.

soldiers firing live rounds and zimbabwe's capital. the army into district to harare midafternoon reportedly at the request of the police. the country's justice minister said the military had been deployed to maintain peace and tranquility and accused opposition supporters of going on a rampage however protesters claim they didn't stop the violence. that was going on on friday. to this is a i just want to know if this is a demonstration that. the crackdown came after a day of protest in the capital people were taken to the streets to protest at the law and the release of the results of presidential polling. crowds gathered outside the offices of the country's electoral commission to demand the release and things quickly turned violent the electoral commission called for patience verifying the vote was more complicated than expected the commission chairwoman said the unusually high number of candidates was causing delays in the verification process. but a spokesman for the opposition said the situation was unacceptable and suggested tha

who really runs this country and what kind of zimbabwe is it becoming? questions on the morning after victory. we were there in the early hours of the morning when the result was finally declared after days of waiting. emmerson mnangagwa of the zanu—pf party is duly declared elected president of the republic of zimbabwe with respect from the 3rd of august 2018. cheering. there you have it, quarter to one in the morning. the news that emmerson mnangagwa becomes the president of zimbabwe after this highly contested, volatile election. the slenderest of majorities amid claims of rigging, but it is enough for these party loyalists. this is a story of parallel politics. for elsewhere in the city there was terror, soldiers beat civilians in several opposition strongholds. this man told us how they had attacked around 50 people at a bar. "we were just beaten and i don't know why," he says. "i lost consciousness, they beat men and women with rifle buts and whips". he showed us the bruises on his body. as these reports were emerging, a public relations disaster

there are involved in the show it's good to have you with us the leader of zimbabwe's main opposition party has rejected the result of the country's presidential election and said we will fight the outcome in court nelson chamisa from the movement for democratic change also complained his party had been harassed since monday's election as police sought to confiscate proof of what total fraud earlier in the day riot police tried to stop the m.d.c. from addressing the media. the main opposition party leader in zimbabwe tried to hold a press conference on friday in the capital out of it but it was disrupted by riot police who then cleared the area they were then in turn confronted by journalists oh that is what i did that will go to the good and what was it eventually the police did allow the pressure to take place. there nelson chamisa of the movement for democratic change party or m.d.c. claimed the election on monday was rigged his party had taken just over forty four percent of the vote but emerson on god one of the rulings on a p.f. was declared the winner with almost fifty one perc

and ties zimbabwe has had to international finance. and so this really is a very worrying thing for emmerson mnangagwa, and so it should be, because it potentially damages the plans they have had for zimbabwe. ride, for the moment, shingai, thank you very much indeed. shingai, thank you very much indeed. shingai nyoka for us there are, in zimbabwe —— all right, for the moment. farmers at a meeting with the government have demanded "emergency measures" to safeguard food production from the current drought. they're warning milk, meat and harvests will be reduced by the heatwave. the shortage of grass has led to the price of hay for livestock doubling in some areas. and some farmers are sending their animals to slaughter early as the cost of feeding them has become too high. sima kotecha reports. relentless heat and a shortage of rain, causing farmers across the country to worry. in many cases it has led to dry ground, an early harvest, and a lighter crop. this is the cereal from last year and as you can see, it is a much fatter, full

and that i will promote whatever will advance zimbabwe. and will oppose whatever may harm zimbabwe. that i will protect and promote the rights of the people of zimbabwe. that i will discharge my duties with all my strength, to the best of my knowledge and ability. and adhere to the diktats of my conscience. and that i will devote myself to the well—being of zimbabwe and its people, so help me god. applause a number of children are living a "battery hen existence" during the school holidays, according to the childrens comissioner for england. anne longfield expressed concerns about the number of children who are stuck at home on their own — with nothing to do — whilst their parents are at work. she's called for more funding for play schemes and adventure playgrounds. a team of researchers from kent university have pieced together the genetic characteristics of dinosaurs by working backwards from their closest modern—day relatives. they say the breakthrough reveals how they dominated earth for more than 180 million years. pallab ghosh has been finding out more. could these sce

what a week that has gone terribly wrong for zimbabwe tonight as the presidential election results are finally made public the capital harare is on walked to prevent more deadly violence there may be a new president in the morning what kind of democracy will lead no one is saying tonight i'm burnt off in berlin this is the day. with. you doing all we need to do you know in the outgoing i'm really disappointed you want peace we have to be in one thousand one hundred punching and this edition of responsiveness in the in the rose lines. audemars to group opinion that i think is good news and it's nice to be reachable by these. repeated and agreed to deploy that we even see it too much about floods of india's the new i think it is but. these it is a disease which it lives to lead to. fit human life. that we could to day shoot again given that we did we have only seen civil war and we want to see peace we don't want. also coming up tonight how many zeroes are there in one trillion all if you own shares an apple you probably know today the u.s. tech giant became the first company in history

more now on the situation in zimbabwe. charles ray served as us ambassador to zimbabwe from 2009 until 2012. he is in north potomac, maryland. very good to talk to you. thank you for your time. i know you met opposition leader on a regular basis, given the president as well. where do you think this might be heading now‘s how will it end up? that is a question and one that is really ha rd to that is a question and one that is really hard to answer. looking at what was happening up until yesterday, i would have said things would go smoothly and there was a chance for a peaceful transfer of power. today's events though, caused me to take a step back and wonder if it could really go very badly. had you think the opposition have played this? —— how do you think. u nfortu nately, this? —— how do you think. unfortunately, not very well. from the start, the factions within the opposition fighting over who had ownership of party names really, i think, weaken the opposition. there seemed to be a bit of a comeback over the

and welcome to the program in zimbabwe president. has called for unity after winning the country's first elections since the ousting of robert mugabe but he was declared the winner last night after securing just over fifty percent of the ballot but zimbabwe remains on edge following post-election violence the main opposition are questioning the polls out and demanding the release of what it calls proper and verified results. after days of unrest the long awaited results were delivered in the middle of the night zimbabwe's electoral commission declared a narrow victory for the country's incumbent president. is therefore. elected president. with effect from the third of august twenty eighth. with fifty point eight percent of the votes and missing money on avoids a runoff against his nearest rival nelson chamisa who won just over forty four percent his party the movement for democratic change has declared it will challenge the results. time. off eric. what would follow. you very much like you look up what you see. when i'm goggles poxy

and that i will promote whatever will advance zimbabwe. and will oppose whatever may harm zimbabwe. that i will protect and promote the rights of the people of zimbabwe. that i will discharge my duties with all my strength, to the best of my knowledge and ability. and adhere to the diktats of my conscience. and that i will devote myself to the well—being of zimbabwe and its people, so help me god. applause emmerson mnangagwa taking the office of president. it is still pretty atrocious in phoenix park. hopefully not dampening the enthusiasm. is there anything for us to be enthusiastic about? hello, probably not today, but for much of the uk, it has been wet and windy. we still have more rain to come. a few showers following on behind the dry spot. heaviest was east anglia and southeast england do this afternoon where the winds will be quite gusty. up to 40 miles an hour. 0ver be quite gusty. up to 40 miles an hour. over this evening and overnight, it will clear away. behind it we will have some showers. not quite as cool as recent nights. lows between nine and 15 celsius. away from

across the country to maintain law and order the government of zimbabwe. loses food responsibility. for the. destruction of property. is the commonwealth election observers are asking zimbabwe's looked royal commission to release the full results they also denounce what they call an excessive use of force by security forces. we cut to gary could be known as the excessive use of force against civilians and wish to engage all parties to exercise restraint zimbabwe electoral commission to exploit votes the announcements of. results. that the least creates opportunities for speculation about possible manipulation of the results before we bring in our guests let's take a look at the timeline of how we got here last november following mass protests and military intervention president robert mugabe stepped down after thirty seven years in power the same month it was replaced by emerson minh agogo who had previously served as vice president and in god promised to bring change she called general elections and and biden international observers to monitor them twenty three candidates were on t

a week that has gone terribly wrong for zimbabwe tonight as the presidential election results are finally made public the capital harare is on walked to prevent more deadly violence there may be a new president in the morning what kind of democracy no one is saying tonight i'm burnt off in berlin this is the day. you believe be a good thing we do know we at polling i'm really disappointed that you want peace we have to be ninety two wanted to punch in and you can see this response would be for any of those with lines injuries or damage to group of sunni that i use brutal means it's instituted poor violence which the beautiful. green to the people i leave here too much of my blood's ability is that i think these poems and these incidences which it lives in july. fifth human life. i think that did they should do it in that way did we have owings all you want is peace we don't want bloodshed and. also coming up tonight how many zeroes are there in one trillion all of you own shares and you probably know today the u.s. tech giant became the first company in history valued at one trillion doll

bullet's a week that has gone terribly wrong for zimbabwe tonight as the presidential election results are finally made public the capital harare is on walked to prevent more deadly violence there may be a new president in the morning what kind of democracy no one is saying i'm burnt off and this is the day. you doing all we do know we have i'm really disappointed you want peace we have to be ninety we want you to do printing and in addition responsiveness with any of those with money. audemars to group or do you got that i used to do the leaves it's going to be violence. in the region before i leave here to my above floods of india study i think it is but. these incidences. human life. they didn't they shoot again because you know if we did we're going still all new ones this peace we don't want the bloodshed that is. also coming up tonight how many zeroes are there in one trillion all if you own shares and you probably know today the u.s. tech giant became the first company in history valued at one trillion you westfall . just loved watching it go up and up and up and i doubt if that

now mon god has promised zimbabwe a new beginning. for the very latest now let's cross over to harare were our correspondent adrian krishna standing pa adrian the results came in in the middle of the night what's been the reaction so far this morning. well the situation here are still a little bit tense i would say is not fully back to normal it has improved compared to yesterday for example when you could only see police and military on the streets today you still see police and military on the streets but some of the shops have opened some banks even opened so it's slowly getting back to normal but some people have the feeling that the whole election drama is not yet over and we will talk about the reasons right now we have two guests here one representative of the opposition party mr jameson timber he is the chief election agent for the pan presidential candidate off the opposition party and we also have a representative of the zanu p.f. the governing party in the one gun a. representative in europe i would like to ask you first mr

police in zimbabwe fire live rounds on opposition supporters in harare as an election that was filled with hope descends into chaos. and though i'm barbara starr you're watching al-jazeera live from london also coming up on the program tens of thousands crammed the streets to welcome opposition leaders. back to the democratic republic of congo. food security fears in britain the farmers call an emergency drought summit and the u.s. judge blocks how to print your own gun guide from being published online. thank you for joining us let's start in zimbabwe where one person has been killed after the military fired on the opposition supporters who were demonstrating in the capital had. hundreds took to the streets on wednesday amid mounting suspicion over why the electoral commission is taking so long to release the results of monday's election it has announced the president was party has won two thirds of the seats in parliament but the result of the presidential vote is not yet known i don't without such joins us live now from the capital harare so first of all our both from where you are

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as president of zimbabwe. i would be surfacing. to suburbia. but despite all the pomp at this inauguration the election result has been bitterly contested only twenty four hours before zimbabwe's constitutional court confirmed that more on god chua had won the july ballot after claims it was rigged m.d.c. opposition leader nelson chamisa still won't accept the results when the president no doubt what is disputed is illegal i yeard legitimate claim dogs are in supposed to be leading the people's above. post election clashes resulted in violence with sylvia my foes are one of those killed the president has promised an inquiry and also talked of political unity. zero merkel lutes and other political parties who contested just ended i won our elections we are the bribery and what you know us is greater than we weren't ever our dividers. but the president too to come over from veteran leader robert mccarthy last year must know it would take more than one words to unite this country. to racing now and formula one's belgian grand prix where the red fl

order for unity after he is declared the winner of the zimbabwe election. theopposition called results unverified. theresa may cut short her holiday to me the french president. the british prime minister is hoping to sway a manual macron. russia presents a real threat to the u.s. midterm elections. that is the conclusion of top american intelligence officials. president trump said it's a hoax. we have breaking news coming from afghanistan. a suicide bomber has detonated a bomb near a mosque. 25 people have been killed and another 23 wounded. that explosion took place and we will have more on france 24. he has nearly won the first election in zimbabwe since the fall. 50.8%.ally, challenge calls foul play after the results were announced. demanded theyhe release a detailed breakdown of all the results. he said the figures were unverified and fake. the summer holiday is in. i'm it. millions of french people are escaping to the countryside. french president will leave paris and had to his official residence for two weeks. a rocky few weeks marked by sagging app

host: straight to zimbabwe's capital where we join our corresponded. tell us about reactions to this verdict. >> the reactions are mixed. on the ruling partrting side, ty are celebrbrating that the court is on their side and finally, their leader, emerson mnangagwa, will be inaugurated as the present of the republic of zimbabwe for the next five years. but on the opposition side, they are not letetting go. they are still p putting up the fight, and containing the -- the 30 july election was stolen. late this evening they released a statement dismissing -- though accepting the courts's verdict. but they are also saying the judiciary is -- therefore, the decision that they made today is not favorable. host: so, the opposition does not like t the course disision. is that is as far as action on this matter is concern or are they promising further action? >> speaking to the secretary-general of the party soon after t the verdict at the court, he said t that they are going to purursue other a avenuo settle thihis matter because thy are saying that the court

zimbabwe's rulings and p.f. party when some majority in parliament. i'm sami say this is al jazeera live from coming out south africa's president says he'll go ahead with land reforms and white farmers why would be compensated. a lucky escape all one hundred three people on board a mexican airliner survived as the plane crashes just after takeoff plus. i'm saying in the south of tehran where iran's water crisis is making it more difficult to beat the summer heat. we begin with the breaking news from zimbabwe where the ruling party has won a majority of seats in parliament after monday's vote that's according to the electoral commission it says no p.f. has taken one hundred nine of the two hundred and ten seats in the national assembly the results show forty one seats for the opposition movement for democratic change while results for fifty eight seats are yet to be declared no results have been announced so far for the presidential election. both sides had been sure of victory heading into the poll service said it was too close to call though presiden

from zimbabwe we'll have more on those elections in zimbabwe later but first news from germany the majority of germans say racism here is a big problem that's according to a new survey by pulling institute in for tests the issue of racism came into focus off of football. came to face racism and disrespect because roots and he quit the german national team. he wore the german jersey he even won the world cup for germany but football player. was recently caught in a backlash regarding his german turkish identity he then resigned from the national team accusing the german football association of racism. now germans are publically debating the country have a problem with. racism in germany is a very big or big problem for two thirds or sixty four percent of the germans according to latest polls only thirty five percent think it's a small or no problem at all a hot political summer in germany but with nothing to gain for the government in berlin approval rates for the grand coalition continue to plummet. i asked which party they'd vote for less than a third of german voters twenty nine percent w

bullet's a week that has gone terribly wrong for zimbabwe tonight as the presidential election results are finally made public the capital harare is on walked to prevent more deadly violence there may be a new president in the morning what kind of democracy will lead no one is saying tonight i'm burnt off and this is the day. we're doing the alleviating the do you know we i'm really disappointed you want. to be ninety two the old you punted. is it isn't your strong suit it's the in those with lines. audemars to group or to you and i used to means it's believed to be very nice we should be repeated in the preaching to people i know you can see it too much about floods of india is the new i think it is but it is these it is a disease which. fit human life. good to the game shooting has been upgraded so we have owain since all you want to species we don't want. also coming up tonight how many zeroes are there in one trillion all if you own shares and you probably know today the u.s. tech giant became the first company in history valued at one trillion you westfall . and i just loved watch

news coming to you live from berlin riot police in zimbabwe appear to be preventing journalists from attending a news conference by opposition leader nelson chamisa. security forces carrying the tons and shields forced journalists to leave the site the leader of the opposition m.d.c. has so far refused to accept the results of the election earlier zimbabwe's president emerson when a god was called for a new beginning after being declared the winner of the poll. also coming up in india false reports on social media about child kidnappings have led to the murder of innocent people now local police are taking action to try to prevent any more killing. oh i'm terry martin welcome to the program in zimbabwe riot police have broken up a press conference to be held by opposition leader nelson chamisa police ordered journalists present to pack up their equipment and leave the hotel grounds where the press conference the main opposition party the movement for democratic change was set up just minutes ago leader nelson chamisa has disputed the results of the presidential election. this is a fa

what we have gone through in the past years in zimbabwe, ican through in the past years in zimbabwe, i can safely tell you that if people were not on the street, which they were, it's because they we re which they were, it's because they were anxious about whether... young people who are tired and fed up of the system, and they want change. they are tired of being on the streets. and chamisa mentioned that these people do not need to be called on the street, they live on the streets because they're unemployed. harare was quiet today because people are scared, they've been chased out and shot, some people are dead, we have lost lives because the army got involved. but these people... there is undoubted support for the mdc amongst young people, as you say, and on the streets of harare. but in rural areas, there still remains a huge amount of support for zanu—pf?|j areas, there still remains a huge amount of support for zanu-pf? i can tell you might home area belongs to zanu—pf. i have family all around there, i can tell you personally that people are set to shut up. i didn't vote t

this is g w news live from earth land at least one person is dead in zimbabwe following on the breast after the country's election security forces clashed with protesters who say that the sound of p.s. parliamentary victory was tainted by fraud the country's opposition says that they will challenge the results we'll have the latest from harare. also coming up germany opens controversial new processing centers first silent seabirds it will fast track refugees applications and deport those who are protected critics say they will deal a blow to integration efforts and europe's heat wave death to me its crops will need german farmers preparing for a future of extreme weather. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program we begin with reports of unrest in zimbabwe where at least one person is confirmed dead two days after historic elections riot police used water cannon and tear gas to disperse opposition supporters on the streets of the capital harare troops are also out in force and one report says that a man has been shot dead election observers from the european union and the united states h

a very critical fewdays lie ahead for the future of zimbabwe. there have been calls for restraint and it remains to see whether those opposition supporters, especially nelson chamisa, will concede defeat. he said he believes he has won this presidential vote so we wait to see what course of action he will take. it is interesting because they're re—elected president, emmerson mnangagwa, was reaching out to the opposition, tried to form so sort of relationship with them but i guess that did not work and it might be headed more towards the courts? we understand there was informal discussion not between emmerson mnangagwa and nelson chamisa but between ministers with calls for the two of them to sit down and make some negotiations. and for supporters not to engage in violence. we will see over the next few days whether nelson chamisa we'll be able to restrain his supporters but he has said he will defend the vote. it is not clear what that means either rat concerns on the ground. it is one o'clock on the ground so many zimbabweans are sleeping but

more now on the situation in zimbabwe. i spoke to charles ray who was us ambassador to zimbabwe from 2009 to 2012. he met the opposition leader many times and the current president. i asked him where he thinks this might be heading now. that is a good question, and one that is really hard to answer. looking at what was happening up until yesterday, i would have said things would go smoothly, and there was a chance for a peaceful transfer of power. today's events, though, caused me to take a step back and wonder if it could really go very badly. how do you think the opposition have played this? unfortunately, not very well. from the start, the factions within the opposition fighting over who had ownership of party names really, i think, weakened the opposition. there seemed to be a bit of a comeback over the last few weeks, and i have been following the voting on facebook. i have about 6,000 zimbabweans who dump information on to my facebook account by the minute. and it was looking like it was a very close election, but ma

this is d w news lawyer from berlin after a delay and deadly violence of the zimbabwe is finally discovering its new president the country's electoral commission is in the process of announcing the winner of monday's vote after days of unrest and an anxious wait for results incumbent emerson. is tipped to win the opposition have accused authorities of election fraud will cross wives to the capital harare for the latest also coming up . i beg them there are children here and there but they just started attacking us even little viciously and my husband was lying dead in front of me after that i lost consciousness a moment an exclusive reports on a series of attacks by four white gangs on the roma community in ukraine what is fueling the violence. also coming up al gore becomes the first company to the top one intro young dollars in market value the latest milestone for a company that began in a girl wrong forty two years ago. good to have you with us at this hour zimbabwe's election commission is releasing the results of the presidential vote from monday announcements started about an hour ago

hopes were high for zimbabwe's first election and the post will grab air but now the leader of zimbabwe's main opposition party is refusing to accept the result saying he'll challenge it in court elson chamisa from the movement for democratic change also complained his party had been harassed and the police are trying to confiscate proof of electoral fraud earlier in the day riot police tried to stop the m.d.c. from addressing the media. the main opposition party leader in zimbabwe tried to hold a press conference on friday in the capital out of it but it was disrupted by riot police who then cleared the area and they were then in turn confronted by journalists. that. did good and that was what was in it eventually the police did allow the pressure to take place. there nelson chamisa of the movement for democratic change party or m.d.c. claimed the election on monday was rigged his party had taken just over forty four percent of the vote but emerson minim god of the ruling zanu p.f. was declared the winner with almost fifty one percent of the vote. he had first taken power in november aft

deal with al jazeera time for a second look at the top stories zimbabwe's new president deserves the country to unite and focus on helping the economy grow and as a man and gaga was sworn in after weeks of political uncertainty over an election that was disputed by the main opposition the inauguration took place at the national stadium in the capital harare. pope francis is concluding his two day visit a while and with an outdoor mass for almost half a million people earlier on sunday the pontiff begged for god's forgiveness the sexual abuse of children by the clergy and said the catholic church needs to take decisive measures the truth and justice to prevail. colombians are voting in a referendum on a series of tough anti corruption measures the bill needs at least twelve million votes in order to pass if it does go through it could see big changes in how public contracts are at war did and politicians could be forced to declare their income. peru's granted asylum to hundreds of friends. whalers despite the tough new entry restrictions that were introduced on saturday all new arriva

the faces tell their own story about zimbabwe's politics today. it was a very different scene among zanu supporters in rural mazowe, confidently expecting the victory of ed mnangagwa. it's been our liberation since 1980, we were born into zanu—pf and i am zanu—pf and i will support it to the end. the president has his victory and is backed by the might of the state, but he will rule a deeply divided nation. fergal keane, bbc news, harare. other news now: as europe bakes in another heatwave, forecasters say the all—time temperature record could be broken in the coming days. the current mark, 48 degrees celsius, was set more than a0 years ago. but the southern continent, particularly spain and portugal, could see temperatures higher than that. the bbc‘s tim allman reports. speaks spanish the weather forecast could probably summed up in just two words — "very hot". spanish television warning viewers that temperatures were only going one way, up, aided by a surge of scorching air sweeping in from africa. in madrid, there were some enjoying t

when god was has tweeted in the last hour hailing a new beginning for zimbabwe thank you zimbabwe i am humbled to be elected president of the second republic of zimbabwe he said in the message that we may have been divided at the polls we are united in our dreams this is a new beginning the message added that us join hands in peace unity and love and together build a new zimbabwe for all the opposition however says it will challenge election results in court out of what asa has more from her body. zani of supporters are happy about the result the opposition supporters are disappointed people are now watching and the way to deceive the opposition leaders are going to do most analysts say the most logical thing to do is to approach the courts they say that they have evidence want to see and know what this evidence is and will be enough to overturn this result the other option is going on to the streets but how many zimbabweans are brave enough or have the appetite to go up against the soldiers or have been. tense throughout the day there's been a lot of soldiers on the street they've bee

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the latest headlines: zimbabwe's zimba bwe's new president zimbabwe's new president calls for calm after violence that has left six people dead. mike pompeo urges his allies in southeast asia to continue with diplomatic —— sanctions on north korea. thousands of people have fled their homes in the american state of virginia, as heavy rains cause major flooding. there are concerns that a dam near the city of lynchburg could give way, releasing millions of gallons of water. the bbc‘s tim allman reports. for days, the rains have come. a relentless torrent battering much of the east coast of america. millions have been warned about the possibility of flash floods. but in certain places, the flooding has already arrived. roads have been closed, some buildings and vehicles damaged or destroyed. as bad as things are, they could get worse. there are concerns about college lake dam, which holds back a nearby reservoir. in its path, a city of some 80,000 people, a danger dramatically spelled out on us television. the worst—case scenario, if that dam does breach, as officials are worried it

zimbabwe's new president emmerson mnangagwa calls for unity. the opposition maintains, his election was rigged. much of europe sizzles in a heatwave, with temperatures in spain and portugal in the forties. bluebird was set to go. and back on the water. more than 50 years after it crashed, bluebird rides again. and coming up on bbc news, india chase 194 for victory in the first test, after sam curran's 63 helps england to 180 at edgbaston. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. the prime minister is meeting the french president, as she seeks to build support for her brexit plans. it follows a round of discussions between ministers, and their european counterparts in the last week. theresa may's visit to the south of france comes as the governor of the bank of england, mark carney, warns the chances of a ‘no—deal‘ brexit are "uncomfortably high". but his comments have been criticised by some brexiteers, who say he's engaging in "project fea r". our business editor simonjack reports. wish you were here. this is no holiday. governme

i know that you said that one post has happened in zimbabwe they usually happen. because we see them spread do you think. it is possible if the unrest. continues. but in this part of the country and the baby land historically the many people supported the opposition that actually date back to the one nine hundred eighty s. when. the. insurgents an uprising but the army was accused of massacring twenty thousand civilians in committing gross human rights abuses. to both to the political rival. who was never really any justice or complete. people in the debate going full their opinions regarding the ruling party which isn't very popular has a historic area. but. just a short while ago we were in a town where. twenty three out of twenty four district council seats failed by zanu p.f. people are not the. officials had told them that white farmers would come back again and they didn't. say there was an extremely high. ninety nine percent. malcolm thank you for that for now that's malcolm webb joining us on the phone from below while we're going to try again to speak wit

o the constitutif zimbabwe provides for a mechanism within the next seven days. he has the lauchhis petition through the constitutional court, which will then hear the matter and make o a decisi the issue. that is one mechanism that he has available to hi but as i say, the constitution guarantees a number of fundamental freedoms and rights that can b exercised in order to ensure that the rule of the people is accepted. >> woodruff: what are the consequences for zimbabwe if mr. mnangagwa is declared the victor and this challenge from mr. chamisa doesn't bare out, doesn't bare fruit? >> well, we would hope that he would show zimbabwe a brighter future, but we have serious challenge, because mr. mnangagwa and a lot of people are ruallenging the administration. >> wo: the mugabe administration? >> that is right. so many people, if they are on e opposition side, wonder whether there will be any difference at all. the signs that we're seeing in itthe last two daysh the military being deployed in urban and rural area, using excessive forcethis is what we used to see dur

gave that i am supposed to be leading the people of zimbabwe. post-election clashes resulted in violence with sylvia my phone is one of those killed the president has promised an inquiry and also talked of political unity. oh my colleagues and other political parties who couldn't get arrested just ended on our election. we are all zimbabweans what do you know. this is. going to work every hour dividers. but the president too took over from veteran leader robert mccarthy last year must know it would take more than one words to unite this country. match day one of the new bundestag a season is in the books and the russia dot mint have got off to an impressive start with a four one victory against life's ish earlier in the day and antony who juggles our minds to cut as they also start their season on a high. and you know promoted fortunate dusseldorf weren't as lucky they hosted oxburgh in this season open on saturday and left empty handed let's have a nuke. fortuna dusseldorf back in the bundesliga after five years freetown funchal the man who led

this is news coming to you live from bali and the standoff over zimbabwe's election shows no signs of being resolved president amazon mum god what is alleging the opposition to accept the result and move on to put up with the sunita nelson chamisa is still adamant that he won and that he would challenge the outcome also coming up europe's heatwave edges towards a new high cost to save this weekend temperatures in portugal and spain could reach the highest ever recorded on the continent. how unwelcome i'm under thought cheema. zimbabwean president has cooled down the opposition and the country to accept the results of the disputed election he said the opposition would have a crucial role to play in shaping the country's future but opposition leader nelson chamisa has repeated his kin that the elections were rigged we crossed the road to harare in just a moment but first this report. the main opposition party leader in zimbabwe tried to hold a press conference on friday in the capital out of it but it was disrupted by riot police who then cleared the area they were then in turn confront

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across the country to menton law and order the government of zimbabwe. to seize food responsibility. for the. destruction of property. to sea islands the commonwealth election observers are asking zimbabwe's looked royal commission to release the full results they also denounce what they call an excessive use of force by security forces. we can lead the knowns the excessive use of force against civilians and wish to engage all parties to exercise restraint zimbabwe electoral commission to exploit its the announcements of. results. that the least creates opportunities for six the coalition about possible manipulation of the results before we bring in our guests let's take a look at the timeline of how we got here last november following mass protests and military intervention president robert mugabe stepped down after thirty seven years in power the same month it was replaced by emerson minh agogo who had previously served as vice president and god promised to bring change she called general elections and and bided international observers to monitor them

you know of been covered zimbabwe for close to twenty years now. and i've seen the same things happen over and over again i would change the dates and the names but the narrative is always is always the same i remember eight months ago i set in this chair or an hour and i see zone appear it's like a snake shedding off its skin when they've got rid of zone appear if it simply said it's skin but remained a snake and i warned that that snake if you ever feel threatened would bite and we saw that snake yesterday six people were gunned down so it's said that sometimes you even able to predict these things because these are the things that have been playing over for the last twenty years as i've been covering zimbabwe and i need to remind your viewers that the president emerson and i were in the eighty's was the state security minister during a genocide that sort twenty thousand people who were killed in the southern provinces he's also the person who was in charge of the joint operations command in two thousand and eight when we had over two hundred opp

zimbabwe's opposition say they're ready to go to court to prove vote rigging led to their defeat. the victors meanwhile say the polls were free and fair. the names have been released of four men who died when their car crashed into a tree in bradford while being pursued by police. jeremy corbyn tonight says driving anti—semitism out of the labour party for good is his priority. also coming up this hour. forecasters say the all—time temperature record for continental europe could be broken in the coming days. spain and portugal are on alert — locals and holidaymakers are urged to take care as temperatures climb well into the 40s more than 50 years after donald campbell died in the lake district — his record breaking bluebird hydroplane takes to the water again this weekend. good evening and welcome to bbc news. the prime minister has been meeting the french president, as she seeks to build support for her brexit plans. it follows a round of discussions between ministers, and their european counterparts in the last week. theresa may's visit to the south of france, comes as t