also coming up zimbabwe's opposition says brace for the worst of the reports that the leader of morgan tsvangirai is critically ill we'll ask our correspondent what this means for the country's political future. and are we there yet talks drag on for a new german government the country's two bit biggest parties ensures a coalition deal the missed deadline after deadline and negotiators clash of the key issues. i'm sumi so much going to thank you for joining us we'll get to those top stories in a moment but first our global markets are tumbling after the u.s. stock market takes a record nosedive the dow jones industrial average has seen its biggest loss in a single day since two thousand and eleven asian markets followed suit taking a plunge and european indices are also down in the wake of what's being called the flash crash and it will have a full analysis of the dow and business news with ben sizzling that's coming up a little bit later on the program but first to kenya and allegations of a conspiracy to kill in the slums of nairobi dead bodies of young poor men are turning up on the

he was the strongest opposition leader in zimbabwe. and contesting elections, again, tsvangirai, he has stood the test of time. in 2008, it's said that victory was snatched away from him. he had won elections, but president mugabe and his administration would not accept his victory. so this is a big blow to the opposition politics in zimbabwe. particularly coming now when the opposition is facing another election in 2018. sarah: now we know that tsvangirai's career was marked by a long political struggle against former president robert mugabe. he had been beaten and imprisoned numerous times. what do you think his legacy will be? will it be as a true democrat? privilege:efinitely. it is a 50-50 situation. when you look at the figure, morgan tsvangirai. to some, he's a big icon in terms of fighting for democracy in zimbabwe. because in the history of opposition politics there is no other man who mounted a big challenge for the ruling party, even for president robert mugabe. it was morgan tsvangirai, since 2000. if you look at the other

opposition leader in zimbabwe and contesting alyson's. he has to do the test of time and you know in two thousand and eight it is say that the two worst snitched away from you know it when he listens but you did not. present mistress it would not accept your speech you saw this is a big blow to the opposition. but if you learn it coming now when the opposition is facing another illusion in two thousand and eighteen now we know that tango right square was marked by a long political struggle against former president robert mugabe you know if he had been beaten and imprisoned numerous times what do you think his legacy will be will it be as a true democrat. definitely you know it's. if to fifty situation when you look at it is a defeat or mocking it's only right is to some he's a big icon in terms of fighting for democracy in zimbabwe because in the history of opposition politics these no other men who mounted it challenges big tournaments for the actors and in even for prison. morgan so get it for these past years since two thousand and if

to what to what has transpired in zimbabwe now things of course and. moved on morgan tsvangirai lived to see the end of robert mugabe in power he lived to see. take his place as the new president also zanu p.f. man who stood beside mugabe for all of his thirty eight years in power and there will be elections were promised by july what happens to the opposition in zimbabwe now the party that you've just described of morgan chang or i bitterly divided is there any credible opposition to emerson and zanu p.f. in the elections to come. that's going to be one big thing to watch how quickly can they do knight and form a united front to challenge the rulings on a party and create an image than mega westmead happening these last few weeks some supporters of the state is very very sad while he was in hospital there were unconfirmed reports that some family members weren't allowed to see him some people in the party weren't allowed to see him there were unconfirmed reports that people were claiming that he was saying certain things about who should take over the

not to zimbabwe and the main opposition leader morgan tsvangirai is reported to be critically ill in a south african hospital his supporters have been told to quote brace for the worst the sixty five year old has been in and out of the hospital since disclosing that he had colon cancer two years ago he returned torture has berg hospital for his latest round of treatment in early january. and you have used christine money recently returned from zimbabwe where she spoke with morgan tsvangirai christine thanks for joining us what did you learn about his condition when you saw him simply when i walked into morgan trying you guys office in november last year it was an interview about the politics at the time and this was actually on the day robert mugabe was also from office he is not the man that i had to watch to give speeches adrenaline as he was a diminished morgan trying to get i both in posture and he's voice is so i struggle to hear him have to leave him very closely he whispered he's voice would sort of wither away he was so frail i got up close and personal him i was trying to pu

how would you describe the mood in zimbabwe? well, the supporters were obviously very excited to have his body back, they almost broke down the hang of trying to get his body. but zimbabweans have been in a very sombre mood, remembering the legacy he had, he has been in politics here in zimbabwe for about 20 years. he has led the movement for democratic change for all of that time. he is the figurehead for the opposition and many people wonder what will happen to the opposition now that he has passed away, given that in about four months‘ time, the country will be heading for elections. how are those who so forcefully opposed morgan tsvangirai and everything he stood for dealing with his death and the outpouring of respects you have been describing? it's a major departure from what zimbabweans are used to. under president mugabe, morgan tsvangirai served as his minister, but there was a very acrimonious relationship between the ruling party and the mdc, but what we have heard over the last few days from the president, he descr

zimbabwe's opposition says to embrace a before the worst report said opposition leader morgan tsvangirai is critically ill look at what this means for the country's political future. also coming up kenya's secret chain dozens of bodies arrived at nairobi's morgues every day many of them young men killed by police in a culture of impunity hears from one officer willing to speak out. i'm sunni so much gonna thank you for joining us and let's get right to what's been happening on the markets and i care how the us is here with us to tell us more about the scare hard how bad are these numbers well many are calling it already a black man and that might be a bit premature because it's a term reserved in financial circles only for the most severe of shocks but after a rally that has been going on for many months monday was a busy day of reckoning on the u.s. markets the dow jones industrial average tom. bulled four point six percent is the biggest loss for six years and marks the largest intra day decline of all times in asian markets picked up the sentiment in tokyo the nikkei is four point sev

zimbabwe's new opposition leader looks to the future following the death of a rock. and the year of the dog millions around the world celebrate the new year. the u.s. secretary of state says he's had a good and productive talks with turkey's president at the one rex tillerson as on the fifth and final leg of his middle east oil ties between the two countries have been strained in recent months of the u.s. support for kurdish watches and syria roslyn jordan tells us more about why the u.s. and turkey haven't been seeing eye to eye. there's a saying you dance with the ones who brought in syria the u.s. military is supporting the syrian defense forces local fighters who helped liberate the. city for meisel. just one problem the s.d.f. is led by kurds whom turkey considers a mortal enemy. once again is demanding washington abandon the s.d.f. and pull its own forces out of syria he can you produce and how that you can why are you standing around go ahead and leave who did you bring their. p.k. didn't you take in there and you are still telling us not to come the moment we

and the crowds pay their respects to zimbabwe's opposition leader morgan tsvangirai as his body returns home. a man convicted of the rape and murder of six year old zainab ansari whose killing triggered nationwide protests is sentenced to death. and we meet the kenyan indigenous forest community that's being forced out of its and chester lands by the government. there begin with a war of words that sit up to between the u.s. and russia of the indictment of thirteen russian nationals for election meddling russia's foreign minister sergey lavrov has dismissed the indictments as just blather saying there. no facts to back them up but yes national security adviser. said the evidence of espionage and subversion was undeniable on friday special counsel robert miller charged thirteen russians with running a huge social media trolling campaign against democrat hillary clinton. mr foreign minister i just wanted more your reaction is to the indictments the published yesterday the united states that show us one point two five million dollars a month of russian taxpayers' money being spent in tryin

zimbabwe government has said it will pay for state funeral. will replace china as acting leader of the movement for democratic change. if he is planning to hold talks after the sudden resignation of the prime minister. and follows nationwide anti-government protests the home of the reports. in a televised address and say it is it is ignition was vital for choosing the changes necessary evil sustainable peace and democracy in ethiopia in other words an attempt to ease rising tensions in the country because unity for which in my circuit unrest and political crisis have led to the loss of lives and the displacement of many i see my stepping down as vital in the effort to carry out reforms that lead to sustainable peace loudness seen as a place holder on a consensus figure highly does alone has led ethiopia since two thousand and twelve following the death of former prime minister and the architect of a few present isn't a comic boom melissa. he rolls from relative obscurity as an academy to president of the solvent region before being appointed f

and another major story from southern africa zimbabwe's opposition leader morgan tsvangirai has died at the age of sixty five the movement for democratic change his party its vice president says he died in south africa after a long battle with colon cancer and the nine hundred ninety nine. trade union leader for the opposition party in the years that followed organized protests to try and force robert mugabe out of office. is in the zimbabwean capital for us give us a sense of how well respected how well thought of morgan chiang rai was and therefore how people are likely to respond to his death well people have been reacting many saying that they sad they saw but many more saying that they want to remember his bravery more than saying that i was a man who did challenge all of mugabe the former president he was arrested several times he was badly beaten several times he was called a puppet of the west by the ruling party zanu p.f. so waiting to hear from family members particularly when the bodies coming back to zimbabwe from south africa where he died they want to know about the fun

now, let's talk about zimbabwe. after dominating zimbabwean politics for almost four decades, president mugabe finally stepped down and the country is now scheduled to have elections later in the year. one man who has campaigned for change for many years is evan mawarire — who founded the #thisflag movement, demanding the end of corruption and economic mismanagement. he is with me in the studio and i will talk to him in a moment. but first let's remind ourselves what's been happening in zimbabwe. robert mugabe led the country for 37 years, first as prime minister and then later as president from 1987. in november last year, the army took control — though denied it was a coup. a week later mugabe's deputy emmerson mnangagwa called on mugabe to stand down. just days later mnangagwa is sworn in as zimababwe's president. earlier this month, the opposition leader morgan tsvangirai died — after dealing with cancer for many yea rs. he had played a crucial part in paving the way for the overthrow of mugabe. now, the n

police in a culture of impunity debbie hersman one officer willing to speak out and also coming up zimbabwe's opposition says grace for the worst amid reports that leader morgan tsvangirai is critically ill we'll ask our correspondent what that means for the country's political future. chaos on world markets after the dow jones biggest nosedive since two thousand and eleven and there are fears of more selling when new york reopens in thirty minutes time we'll go live to wall street. plus we'll also be speaking to a u.n. a cyber safety expert with a question plaguing many parents how do we keep kids safe on social media that's on this safer internet. and inviting the balkans into the e.u. fold after years of neglect to be europe looks account of growing russian and chinese influence in the region. i'm sumi so misconduct good to have you with us we start out in kenya with allegations of conspiracy to kill in the slums of nairobi dead bodies of young poor men are turning up on the streets almost every day they're suspected of being criminals and are executed by the police without charges and wit

to his supporters more good richard was a man who challenge zimbabwe's long time leader robert mugabe at a time when few people day to do so but it was a long and sometimes painful journey in one thousand nine hundred nineteen good i'd been a trade union leader form the opposition party the movement for democratic change in the years that followed he organized protests to try and force mugabe out of office he was beaten while in police custody charged with treason jailed several times and labeled a traitor by mugabe supporters. in the two thousand and eight presidential election he won the most votes but not enough to win outright. before a second round took place his supporters were targeted in a campaign of violence the opposition leader put out of the presidential race in protest regional leaders and the international community intervened after months of negotiations i was sworn in as prime minister in two thousand and nine it was a temporary power sharing government but mugabe was still the president. be remembered fundamentally in the sense that he broke. into got this huge huge

zimbabwe's political opposition has lost a towering foot over the. death of morgan channel roy if out of the movement for democratic change and became a symbol of resistance against former president robert mugabe a child i was being treated for colon cancer in south africa. the un's envoy for syria has warned that the recent surge in violence there is among the worst hit certain scenes in sirte taking the job four years ago last week was one of the bloodiest in the conflict as government forces bombed the last major battle how areas. and in a province. i've been now for years. this is as violent and worrying in dangerous a moment as any. in my time of day in your so far therefore i strongly rate the rate the appeal of this is to all concerned in syria and the region and beyond that to this collate immediately and unconditionally and urge all stakeholders including the ground to use their influence to help reduce violence. at least seventeen people have been killed in the us after a gunman opened fire at a high school in florida that happened in pocke

and the crowds pay their respects to zimbabwe's opposition leader morgan tsvangirai as a body returns home. and i will begin with a developing story is ready jets have struck the gaza strip are to force soldiers were wounded in a blast along the border with the enclave an explosion which left two of the israeli soldiers severely injured is one of the most serious incidents on the border the hamas ruled gaza strip since the twenty fourteen war minister benjamin netanyahu promised to respond appropriately understand an official said the israeli attacks included air strikes against three have training camps. today's incident on the gaza strip border was severe we were responding appropriately i send my wishes for a quick recovery to the wounded this week to hurry for sit in west jerusalem so i guess a bit more of the information that this incident. as you say it is a serious incidents it's a considerable escalation from what happened earlier today with that that explosion which which damaged z.g. and wounded seriously two israeli soldiers and moderately two others what we've had since th

they were occasional anti-government protests zimbabwe's economy was on its knees there was a shortage of foreign currency and the government couldn't pay salaries on time and the military intervened in a van by twenty seventeen and put mugabe and house arrest and zimbabweans from all political parties marched together in solidarity saying mcgovern must stick down eventually mcgarvey resigned and emerson when i was sworn in as president. despite having cancer thank god i supporters insisted he was a. candidates for the twenty eighth they were confident he could defeat me at the polls but he never got that chance opposition supporters states that i will be remembered as a brave man a charismatic public speaker and a symbol of resistance and how do is joining us live from her now in the most prominent opposition figure and zimbabwe how who could possibly step forward and leave the opposition now. the in your party officials of the right but the party faithful to the building behind me they going to have an emergency meeting that is going to be a place called for income people waiting out

and final farewell to move in chiang rai zimbabwe's opposition leader is laid to rest in his hometown. has been no letup in the syrian government's assault on eastern ghouta despite a growing international outcry baum's rockets and shells have continued to rain down on the last rebel stronghold near damascus killing more than two hundred people since late on sunday the u.n. says six hospitals have been hit pushing three of them out of service opposition activists are calling it a massacre france says it's a violation of humanitarian law. has been besieged by the government since two thousand and thirteen four hundred thousand people in the rubble held being bombed by government forces and the russian allies. only a few can always away from the government center of power the presidential palace and there are fears the bombardment is a precursor to a larger ground operation so in a holder has this report now from beirut. panic in the streets. you see the. fear in people's faces. neighborhoods flattened the airstrikes are almost continuous no towns across eastern who are coming under int

the things of zimbabwe's opposition. wanted. in your eyes loans appearances was in her already in november twenty seventeen. the day when former leader. of a. the thirty seven years in power. about. the rejection and moved on his rule did not start today it started a long time ago. moving gingerly was born in nineteen fifty two when the country was still known as southern rhodesia. it would be another three decades before zimbabwe gained its independence from britain in nineteen eighty eight. the young man he said he is working in the coal mines became active in workers organizations. eventually becoming a general secretary zimbabwe's congress of trade unions. shortly afterwards he was detained by the authorities suspected of spying for south africa. the number of students in prison. in the following years singer i became increasingly involved in politics merging as a compelling figure. a one time civil cell of leader robert mugabe his first stand out process came in nineteen ninety eight when he was raised a series of national

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he was the face of zimbabwe's opposition to longstanding leader robert mugabe for decades thank you i live long enough to see his rival resign. and now said bob is facing its first election in nearly two decades without either. if your peers prime minister haile mariam does a land has suddenly resigned after months of anti-government protests haile mariam says he's tried to solve the crisis and is resigning to be part of the solution hundreds of people have died in the unrest which began as opposition to an urban development plan but then morphed into protests about political restrictions land grabbing and human rights violations haile mariam says he will stay on as caretaker prime minister until the ruling party names a new leader. is an exiled ethiopian journalist who's now the c.e.o. of ethiopia satellite t.v. and radio i spoke earlier from washington. what do you make of the timing of haile nym's resignation the timing of highly madame's resignation was long overdue because. the prime minister the leader of the country no he has lost control much of the country is in turmoil. in t

and the body of zimbabwe's opposition leader morgan chang has been repatriated from south africa . well now in other news the u.s. embassy in ethiopia is saying that it strongly disagrees with the government's decision to impose a six month state of emergency chairing which protests will be banned the ruling party hopes the move will help to quell the west and government demonstrations in a quarter of a century which prompted the prime minister to resign on thursday as mohamed atta reports. it's calm on the streets of ethiopia's capital of the suburb but the country's slipping into a deeper political crisis on friday the government imposed a state of emergency to steam away will list the defense minister confirmed on saturday it will last for six months and includes a ban on poultice hts governs and publications that incite violence you get a good value gives you the state of emergency should not be seen as a military coup the army is under the federal constitution and it is a tool to implement the government's decision that the state of emergency procedures are intended to protect

but i more still ahead on al-jazeera infighting within zimbabwe's opposition as it mourns the death of morgan tsvangirai. canada has a reputation as a haven for refugees but north korea seeking asylum ever save a cold welcome. hello has recently been quite a bit of flooding on the eastern side of the u.s. last the from melted an additional right into the rivers of come over the banks you still got a visible system here but it's more or less irrelevant this line is a bit more relevant going back to a lie somewhere around multiple sort of area at least don't feel that the real winter is not kept so chicago's that plus five denver plus sixty so this slice isn't really wintry toll but the cold has produced snow already in the northwest core it is heading south it's heading south with the lower lowering temperatures so with snow for all the desert states and i'm towards our result and beyond you'll funk tension in denver subzero by the time we get to tuesday's focus to be minus twelve there's a huge swing twenty degrees celsius at least on the stair than lines up through the dakotas and bey

for some zimbabwe's capital harare. put in the instinct many opposition supporters are broken hearted. they say they are struggling to accept the man who led them for nearly twenty years morgan tsvangirai is dead. i was definitely shocked. that you would notice things ok so we are. headed to. christmas i am satisfied the m.d.c. is national council has appointed nelson chamisa as acting president for twelve months which likely means he will be the party's presidential candidate when elections take place later the cea chamisa is forty years old and popular with the youth we are just four months away from an election and we have lost a commander but what i can tell you is that we do not have a crisis. all of the generals on the field of those who are going to believe tennis to make sure that will win the battle in the war again and then come in and win this election. but two senior party officials took us on equipping investment sooty did not attend thursday's party meeting there is speculation they may split the biggest o

still to come on al-jazeera zimbabwe's main opposition m.d.c. party appoints a new leader following the death of. on wednesday. survival of the fittest take a look at some of the films vying for. to kill testable. hello and welcome back now as we take a look at europe's weather is still pretty chilly in parts of the east not as cold as it has been without some snow across central areas which is dying away mala conditions out across some more western areas double figures for london looking fine in madrid though the maximum of fifteen degrees move the situation on twenty four hours more snow across the alps and quite heavy falls a snow likely here and across you can western parts of france fine conditions and still relatively cool there across more eastern areas a low pressure across parts of greece and turkey should be moving away towards the eastern side of the mediterranean towards cyprus now on the other side of the mediterranean this low pressure is sitting in and bring cool winds in on the coast and will be quite windy some rough seas are li

zimbabwe's former opposition leader morgan chang will be buried shortly president. is among those expected at the funeral service. the white house says u.s. president donald trump is open open to supporting greater background checks on people buying guns the move follows last week's school shooting in florida in which seventeen people were killed trump will meet survivors on wednesday he's been speaking to leaders in congress about a bipartisan bill to improve checks on people purchasing weapons students staged a protest outside the white house on monday there being demonstrations in the brazilian city of rio de janeiro it's in response to orders by president michel tema for the military to take over policing the government says it's to counter rising gang violence but many brazilians fear soldiers on the streets could worsen what they say is excessive force used by some police. those are the headlines the news continues on al-jazeera but first its inside story. shifting alliances in syria kurdish fighters backed by the us say the syrian army has to help them face t

reality is sinking in the man known as the face of zimbabwe's opposition lived long enough to see. but it seems not a united opposition rally is expected on monday to on his life but his final three while is planned to choose day when he will be buried at his rural home. al-jazeera . a member of the european central bank's top policymaking counsel has been detained as part of a bribery and money laundering investigation in lafayette from save it is also head of the country's central bank his home and office have been searched vs prime minister will chair an emergency cabinet meeting on monday is here the operations of the country's central bank will not be affected as scares in india carried out

scars from massacre three decades ago in zimbabwe will meet the people still demanding justice from robert mugabe's time in power. and the fight to blanket smothering big chunks of britain and europe why scientists are calling it. our top story a second attempt to impose a humanitarian ceasefire on a rebel held enclave in syria is due to begin in the coming hours russia's partial truce is planned to allow aid in and get the injured out of eastern ghouta close to the capital damascus the first attempt on tuesday. fail to stop the onslaught of some a binge of a house the story. thanks when the bombs stop it's the stand to see what's left of the home day one of the five hour ceasefire brought that he comforted the people trapped in besieged eastern ghouta. there's no food or water they always say there's a ceasefire but they come back and inform us the situation is really bad france is already high and we do not have money at the shelter. or water and we do not. close to six hundred people have been killed in the latest onslaught hospitals have been hit and medical supplies are running out of

reality is sinking in the man known as the face of zimbabwe's opposition lived long enough to see. but it seems not a united opposition rally is expected on monday to on his life but his final three while is planned to choose day when he will be buried at his rural home. al-jazeera . a member of the european central bank's top policymaking counsel has been detained as part of a bribery and money laundering investigation in lafayette from save it is also head of the country's central bank his home and office have been searched vs prime minister will chair an emergency cabinet meeting on monday is here the operations of the country's central bank will not be affected as scares in india carried out more raids on sunday over a one point eight billion dollars bank fraud that is said shock waves of the financial system two employees of the national bank are in custody after being accused of helping a billionaire diamond jeweler and his business partner access millions of dollars and unsecured loans to homes and offices of which will learn the rov modi and his business partner were search

he would have been president of zimbabwe, and thatis have been president of zimbabwe, and that is the man they want a member today. and they want to remember for a very long time. thank you very much for being with us, a former adviser to morgan tsvangirai, who has died at the age of 65. i want to bring you some news of a shooting in florida, in the united states. police in florida responding to reports of a shooting at a high school. these are the latest pictures from there. television pictures from there. television pictures from there. television pictures from broward county, showing several wounded people being taken, these are life pictures from the scene, school buildings have been surrounded by armed police, and vehicles from the emergency services. this is the marjorie stoneman douglas high school, that has been placed under what is called a code red and down. no information on the victims, but local television reporting that five people have been seen being treated —— code red lockdown. you can see people rushing from the scene. police there responding to those reports th

is very much in the zimbabwe's new opposition leaders look to the future following the death of morgan chang arrive plus. the year of the dog millions of people around the world celebrates the lunar new year. the u.s. secretary of state has been holding talks with his turkish counterpart as the two countries what to repair strained relations rex tillerson and metal. but syria high on the agenda there have been heightened tensions in recent months of a u.s. support for kurdish fighters and syria to the kurdish y p g as a terrorist group turkey is the fifth and final leg of middle east oil and jordan looks at why the u.s. and turkey have not been seeing eye to eye. there's a saying you dance with the ones who brought in mandate syria the u.s. military is supporting the syrian defense forces local fighters who helped liberate the city from. just one problem the s.d.f. is led by curved whom turkey considers a mortal enemy. once again is demanding washington abandon the s.d.f. and pull its own forces out of syria he can you. now that you can why are you standing around go ahead and leave wh

he has been in politics here in zimbabwe for about 20 years. he has led the movement for democratic change for all of that time. he is the figurehead for the opposition and many people are wondering what will happen to the opposition now that he has passed away, given that in about four months because time the country will be heading for elections. it is a major departure from what zimbabweans are used to. under president robert mugabe, morgan tsvangirai served as his minister, but it was a very acrimonious relationship between the parties. what we have heard at the last few days from the president, he described him as a son of the soil. they said they might even consider conferring another honour on him, the relationship between the military and the party has always been tenuous. they hailed him as a man who contributed to democracy and pushed for free and fair elections across the country. across—the—board, we have seen something that zimbabweans have never really seen. that is all the political parties coming together, putting their diff

morning morgan chang right supporters remember zimbabwe's opposition leader and his legacy and look to the future. and the refugees his journey has stalled in indonesia many are forced to live on the side of the right. hello once again across southern and central parts of china the weather's looking pretty good at the moment and should stay that way over the next few days though very warm for the north in shanghai with some outbreaks of rain but here it should brighten up as we head through saturday with temperatures reaching double figures temperatures above average and had neuer that southerly flow find additions across all of indochina really looking good there and find conditions for young ghonim e.m.r. with highs of thirty five so without further ado let's head across into south asia where it's also relatively quiet visibility not too bad across northern parts of india pakistan through towards bangladesh elsewhere to a bit of patchy cloud rhombus all looking for much of sri lanka should be drawing on bryant's and that is expected to continue as we head through into saturday highs

doing it well at the moment what do you make of so south korea's moves and look what's happening in zimbabwe in venezuela at the moment how well kept i can see is all being used they can it'll be melded together to provide the perfect platform. this is i think it's fascinating because i do think it has some incredible utility for people who are participating in economies that don't really have significant backing of their currency or indeed central banks that are trusted and i can understand in places like zimbabwe and venezuela why you would want to go into a marketplace that you could at least have some confidence that the value that you have created is going to be stored now there's an incredible amount of volatility in bitcoin but there's even more in the venezuelan currencies and indeed in zimbabwe as well so you can understand why there would be attraction there but i guess i would say that in many respects all of us are using digital currencies as we speak it's not like we're walking around with enormous bags of cash in our pockets when we go out and buy our coffee i take my card i to

zimbabwe's main opposition leader morgan tsvangirai is reportedly critically ill in a south african hospital his supporters have been told to quote brace for the worst the sixty five year old disclosed two years ago that he had colon cancer. south african president jacob zuma has been forced to postpone his planned state of the nation address over concerns lawmakers could disrupt the speech well the move could herald a bid by members of his own party to remove him from office leaders of zuma as the ruling african national congress at the party's executive committee will hold a special meeting tomorrow to discuss his possible removal zuma has survived several attempts to oust him in the past but now faces a no confidence vote in the south african parlance parliament in just over two weeks. well with tensions are running high in south africa christine window is monitoring the situation for us hi christine there's a sense of deja vu here the a.n.c. basically pleading with this leader please step down yeah i mean zuma has survived a number of no motion and no confidence motion as impeachment mot

zimbabwe's president in a similar god what pays his respects to morgan tsvangirai family for years the main opposition leader was assaulted at arrested by police for demanding free and fair elections the rulings on a party then led by robert mugabe charged him with treason and called him a puppet of the west the new president says it's time to end old rivalries it is fruitless. search. for men and women as the elections in them are killing over one hundred questions in this country. to hear her call. to reach the surface in the sky and. leave. the t.v. of reactions this is. when the election is held many believe the opposition must appear united it is to have any chance of winning the m.d.c. tea party has any leader nelson chamisa he'll be president for twelve. other senior party members. and. they say they will make a big announcement after. as. they speculation the opposition could split if some key officials decide to walk away others hope that doesn't happen i must admit . i think our leadership. our leadership and focus. is. good i died in south africa on wednesday some of his sup

and zimbabwe's opposition leader morgan tsvangirai has been buried in his hometown of ohara politicians from the ruling zanu p.f. party attended the service alongside thousands of opposition supporters sixty five year old chang died from cancer last week you're up to date with all of our top stories that's it for myself in the team here in london but there is more news from doha coming up at the top of the next hour and twenty five minutes ahead of the september twenty fourth national election survey showed job and satisfied with the state of the economy this is easily the slow news biggest tech success story the company was bought by microsoft in two thousand and eleven we bring you the stories that are shaping the economic world we live it to the cost of this time on al-jazeera.

he was the face of zimbabwe's opposition to longstanding leader robert mugabe for decades that i live long enough to see his rival resign. and as above is facing its first election in nearly two decades without either. the us secretary of state says he's had open and productive talks with turkey's president russia type eto on rex tillerson is on the fifth and final leg of his middle east or ties between the two countries have been strained in recent months over u.s. support for kurdish fighters in syria and jordan thousands more about why the u.s. and turkey haven't been seeing eye to eye. there's a saying you dance with the ones who brought you in mandate syria the u.s. military is supporting the syrian defense forces local fighters who helped liberate the city for meusel just one problem the s.d.f. is led by kurds whom turkey considers a mortal enemy. once again is demanding washington abandon the s.d.f. and pull its own forces out of syria he knew. how that you can why are you standing around go ahead and leave who did you bring their. ok you take them there and you are still telli

he was the face of zimbabwe's opposition to longstanding leader robert mugabe for decades saying that i live long enough to see his rival resign. and as above is facing its first election in nearly two decades without either. at. all than fourteen thousand refugees are stuck in limbo in indonesia as they wait to be resettled in other countries some are living in detention centers full to capacity leaving many homeless and so desperate that there are scheme to be put in prison staff russell reports from jakarta. desperate refugees outside jack after us immigration detention center families with small children even newborns are camping outside the gate hoping to be let in many of them have skin problems. in the. areas from afghanistan he says after four years in indonesia he has lost hope any country will accept him and his family money provided by his family back home has run out we really are wrong then just put us in prison but give us the four you have. to give us something that we should not be under very and under the sun in the nisha is not a signal to. the un convention on refug

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also coming up at zimbabwe an opposition leader morgan tsvangirai has died after a long battle with illness we will look at his legacy. of seroquel and welcome to the program we have team coverage this hour with my colleague christine one south africa's president jacob zuma has announced his resignation he made the announcement in a televised address to the people of south africa a short while ago the move coming after an order by his a.n.c. party to resign by the end of today or face a no confidence vote in parliament let's listen to what he had to say. actually i've just been told by my producer we don't have that statement from zoom us to we're going to get straight to the analysis now christine when he was here with us on the set and you have been covering this from the very beginning christiane what a week it has been apparently now we can talk about a resignation of south african president jacob zuma and that literally came through in the last couple of seconds really i imagine was difficult for jesus to get to get that that that sound bite but it came down to the party essentially th