robert: yeah, how 'bout for you? what's the kinda, the rewarding thing now, having seen it from one side and now doing it as a field specialist? what are kinda the rewards that you feel when you're doing it? patrick: so, as a field specialist, i cannot describe enough how it feels when i see someone that i've helped and you hear that very sincere, "thank you," from these people when, in fact, i was on the other side, thinking about the same thing, thanking second harvest food bank, beings so grateful with the help that they've given me and my family. robert: so, how can people help? what do you wanna make sure that people, kind of in a simple way, how can people get involved? how can they help you? patrick: so, we're really open to donations. so, monetary and food donations are all welcome, although monetary donations are the best right now. so, with your money that you donate, we can stretch that with our buying power. for every dollar that you donate, we can actually two meals to feed the hungry. so, i would encour

robert: i still have the same editor. jonathan was her boss, he had a bigger position at simon & schuster. i had gotten a two book contract to do a book on the presidency, which i did. and also a book on the 1850's, how america fell apart and had to go to war to get put back together. i wanted to do it through a prism that i thought might be revealing. the prism of the two crazy states that were driving us to war, massachusetts and south carolina. that contract was delivered. but jonathan was reading my book on the presidency in manuscript form and he liked it. he knew i had done the polk book and it had gotten attention. so he went to alice and said, i wonder if we should not keep merry on presidents. i am intrigued by mckinley. so they asked me if i would be willing to switch to another subject. i was not sure about it. we had a meeting in new york. i waxed eloquently on the 1850's and a little bit less eloquently on mckinley. but jonathan said he was not sure how to market a book on a decade. they do not have natural s

today premature —— robert mugabe. let's be clear. robert mugabe has reached a cul—de—sac. whether he did not resign tonight and he stays on, it is quite clear that there is very little room for him to move on now. he isjust showing his deep little room for him to move on now. he is just showing his deep sense of commitment to what he believes in. he wants to stay in power. but there is no way he can survive this week, there is no way and bob way can go back to where it was last month, for example. so he is in a difficult place. i am sure you were wondering, where was mrs grace mugabe in those pictures? we saw the military officers. she triggered the sequence officers. she triggered the sequence of events we have been following for the last few days. it was she who made the military decide that they are not going to support her potential rising to the top job. she was nowhere to be found today and we are wondering where she was at this crucial live tv speech. thank you very much for your analysis. our southern afri

i, robert gabriel mugabe... 37 years ago, robert mugabe was a hero, the man who liberated zimbabwe. but he soon proved to be a brutal, vengeful leader. and, after he had unleashed his supporters on the country's white farmers, the economy collapsed. mugabe rigged elections and terrorised his opponents, to stay in power, and all but a few suffered. this was me shopping in a country ravaged by hyperinflation. to give you a sense of this country's spiralling economic catastrophe, i've come to a supermarket on the edge of harare. we're using hidden cameras, for our protection. the first thing you see are empty shelves, that should be stacked with bread, but the bakeries have stopped working. robert mugabe shrugged it off, but he was older and weaker than he knew. in the end, his fatal mistake was almost a cliche — to pick his wife as his successor, a woman who know one trusted or liked. the man poised to take over here is emmerson mnangagwa, for decades robert mugabe's right—hand man, his brutal enforcer. the worry is that zimbabwe is busy exchanging one tyrant for another. then aga

robert: all right. well, you did a great job in "the little exile." jeanette: oh, thank you. robert: all right, i really recommend it. thank you for being here. jeanette: oh, my pleasure. robert: all right. well, jeanette arakawa will be a panelist along with other prominent speakers at the forum "immigration and civil rights: what can be done to achieve positive change?" the panel discussion will take place tuesday, december 5 from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at the bus barn theater at 97 hillview avenue in los altos. our friend, historian connie young yu, will be the moderator. for more details, you can go to nbcbayarea.com. and when we come back, telling our stories through home movies and making it art, memories to light is up next. robert: memories to light was a project we featured on a show partially preempted by nbc hurricane coverage. fortunately, it's still timely, so here it is. robert: well, memories to light is a project that always makes me marvel, what took so long to come up with this idea? as i ment

i, robert gabriel mugabe... 37 years ago, robert mugabe was a hero, the man who liberated zimbabwe. but he soon proved to be a brutal, vengeful leader. and, after he had unleashed his supporters on the country's white farmers, the economy collapsed. mugabe rigged elections and terrorised his opponents to stay in power, and all but a few suffered. this was me shopping in a country ravaged by hyperinflation. to give you a sense of this country's spiralling economic catastrophe, i've come to a supermarket on the edge of harare. we're using hidden cameras for our protection. and the first thing you see are empty shelves that should be stacked with bread, but the bakeries have stopped working. robert mugabe shrugged it off, but he was older and weaker than he knew. in the end, his fatal mistake was almost a cliche, to pick his wife as his successor, a woman who no—one trusted or liked. the man poised to take over here is emmerson mnangagwa, for decades robert mugabe's right—hand man, his brutal enforcer. the worry is that zimbabwe is busy exchanging one tyrant for another. then again

it's the second book he wrote, "the unmasking of robert-houdin." and this one is from houdini's library, so it has his bookplate, a beautiful autographed postcard of houdini inside. it's also inscribed "a friend of houdini for 35 years, howard thurston." >> houdini's such a big name. you have another houdini book. >> mm-hmm. this is the last book he wrote, "magician among the spirits." >> what else? >> a copy of henry dean's "hocus pocus, the whole art of legerdemain." this is a bestseller from the time it appeared in print, first in 1722. >> good condition? >> i mean, if i look this good when i'm this old, yeah, i'll be very happy. this is a book that actually does a trick and... >> okay, i'm ready. >> so, when you flip through, you may see some pictures of some soldiers. >> i do. >> you breathe on the book, and when you flip through it again, you may see some different pictures, perhaps of flowers. >> upside down? >> and when you breathe through it again, most of the pages are blank. >> gabe says no single book will top rex's previous record-brea

robert e. lee maneuvered his army after the andle of gettysburg describes the reorganization of both armies during the months after leave a treated across the potomac river. this half-hour talk was hosted by the gettysburg heritage center. tammy: welcome back. my name is tammy myers, i am president of the gettysburg heritage center, and i have drilled to have you here in attendance. he is a retired executive a licensed battlefield guide here at gettysburg national military park. joe is the past president of the association of licensed battlefield guides and the gettysburg civil war roundtable. in addition, he is on the faculty of the prestigious lincoln leadership institute. he has three books to his credit including after gettysburg, lee retreats and another. he lives with his wife, chris. >> thank you. [applause] >> my wife kris is here in the audience tonight. welcome, everybody to the book talk about my latest book called after gettysburg. the great radio commentator always talked about the

i, robert gabriel mugabe... robert gabriel mugabe was a revolutionary leader who fought in the liberation struggle against white minority rule. ..and beartrue allegiance to zimbabwe... his tight grip on power earned him the title of being the oldest head of state in the world. the 93—year—old leader has been in power since zimba bwe's independence in 1980. he has continued his life as an international statesman despite a diminishing reputation, as zimbabwe's economy crumbled amid corruption and violence. mugabe's rise to power began in 1979 when the lancaster house agreement ended white minority rule. at first, he protected minority rights. but in the 2000s he changed tack — he led a chaotic land reform programme, including redistributing land from white farmers without compensation. the country's economy collapsed with runaway inflation figures. the central bank printed money on a massive scale. supermarket shelves were empty. a loaf of bread would cost you trillions to buy. mugabe's misrule prompted wide

i'm robert costa. we assess a transformational year for the republican party and the country. tonight on "washington week." president trump: i pledge to every citizen of our land that i will be president for all americans. robert: on election night, donald trump called for unity. president trump: it is time for us to come together as one united people. robert: one year later, president trump leads a deeply divided country. unemployment is at a 17-year low. the stock market is booming, and justice neil gorsuch sits on the supreme court. but many campaign promises remain unchecked, including a massive border wall, the repeal of obamacare and, so far, tax cuts. there are mounting foreign policy challenges, the russia probe, and the power struggle between trump's inner circle and the republican establishment. what everyone agrees on is this -- president trump has thoroughly disrupted washington and his own party. we discuss the first year and look ahead with peter baker of the "new york times," andrea mitc

the day that robert mugabe resign. he led zimbabwe for 37 years, but with parliament about to impeach him, did the presidentjump before he was pushed? and joyous celebrations followed. people are chancing out on the streets tonight, releasing years of pent—up frustration at robert mugabe's increasingly autocratic rule. it is a happy day today, independence is finally here. this is the man likely to take over. two weeks ago, emmerson mnangagwa was sacked as vice president. in the next 48 hours, we expect him to become president. alas, the long—time opposition leader morgan sang the reich tells the bbc what should happen for the man he has fought for years. these were his last days, i don't feel any guilt or ill will at all. robert mugabe's presidency is history. as member of zimbabwe's parliament began debating whether to impeach the president, the speaker of the parliament interrupted. he had a letter of resignation to read. i hereby tender my resignation as president of the republic of zimbabwe with immediate effe

i'm robert costa. the democrats bounce back tonight on "washington week." >> it's very disturbing. >> the white house and a chorus of republicans are calling on roy moore to step aside if reports of sexual misconduct with teenagers are true. >> it is a devastating nasty story. robert: moore has launched a fundraising appeal. and how the weaven of democratic victories this week affect next year's mid-terms. president trump talked about his message of america first and said hello to president putin. we discuss it with molly ball and peter baker and chuck todd. >> celebrating 50 years, this is "washington week." funding is provided by -- >> their leadership is instinctive. they understand the challenges of today. and researched the technologies of tomorrow. some call them veterans. we call them part of our team. >> additional funding is provided bynewman's own foundation, donating all profits from newman's own food products to charity and nourishing the common good. koo and patricia yuen through the yuen

robert mugabe fought against white minority rule. his tight grip on power earned him the title of being the oldest head of state in the world. the 93—year—old leader has beenin world. the 93—year—old leader has been in power since zimbabwe's independence in 1980. he has continued his life as an international statesman despite a diminishing reputation as the economy crumbled amid corruption and violence. his rise to power began in 1979. when the lancaster house agreement ended white minority rule. at first he protected minority rights. but in the 2000 see changed tack, leading a chaotic land reform programme including redistributing land from white farmers without compensation. the economy collapsed with runaway inflation figures. the central bank printed money on a massive scale. supermarket shelves we re massive scale. supermarket shelves were empty. a loaf of bread would cost you trillions to buy. the misrule prompted widespread protests but it was the birth of the opposition mdc led by a trade unionist morgan tsvangirai wh

this is d w news live from berlin celebrations in zimbabwe after president robert mugabe resigned bringing almost four decades of on your own rule to an end our correspondent was in the capital harare when it happened. that. we'll take you to harare for more on this historic day for the people of zimbabwe also on the show who's to blame for germany's new political uncertainty chancellor angela merkel was at the center of a raucous a session in the bone this talk on tuesday plenty of accusations flying in the wake of collapse coalition talks and the big question will there be fresh elections plus we'll take you to israel for a story about a special family reunion at the age of one hundred into a holocaust survivor meets the nephew he never knew he had thanks to a one of a kind data base. i'm bringing off it's good to have you with us we begin with a. boy minus mugabe and a bombshell announcement delivered today in zimbabwe's parliament the country's ruler robert mugabe resigned now we've follows a tumultuous week that saw a military take over mass demonstrations and a desperate mugabe cling

robert:hello, i'm robert costa. this is a special edition of the "washington week" extra, a conversation among veteran reporters about the presidency and the country, next. >> celebrating 50 years, this is "washington week." funding is provided by -- >> their leadership is instinctive. they understand the challenges of today and research the technologies of tomorrow. some call them veterans. we call them part of our team. >> additional funding is provided by newman's own foundation, donating all profits from newman's own food products to charity and nourishing the common good. the ethics and excellence in journalism foundation. koo and patricia yuen through the yuen foundation, committed to bridging cultural differences in our communities. the corporation for public broadcasting, and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. once again, from washington, moderator, robert costa. robert:welcome to a special thanksgiving week edition of the "washington week" extra. tonight, we have a stella

kennedy and robert kennedy. some of the other kennedy people are there but a lot of things are lacked out. that is part of the agreement manchester made with them. she wanted him to remove this material. she felt, and robert kennedy believed that it was too negative a portrait of lyndon johnson. even the kennedy people objected to it. robert kennedy was afraid people would see this as a political attack by the kennedys against a sitting president at a time when robert kennedy is now in the senate. the kennedys did not accept this view, no one accepted this very negative portrait that he paints of lyndon johnson. manchester says, for example, that lyndon johnson was at the whim of the secret service agents when he was in parkland hospital. he refused to make any decisions on his own. the secret service agents were in his face and insisting he leave parkland hospital right away and he is saying no. he is clearly his own man. there are still other comments he makes about lyndon johnson that are unnecessary. that in

once again, live from washington, moderator robert costa. robert: good evening. after weeks of fits and start the house passed a tax without bill -- tax cut bill on thursday moving president trump and republicans a step closer to their first major legislative win of the year. the action now moves to the senate where there are glimmers of trouble with democrats and some resistance from republicans. the stakes are high and the schedule is tight with christmas the informal deadline. nancy, what's fascinating about what's happening on capitol hill, it's a return to traditional fault lines. core republican values like tax cuts to core democratic values. is that what's at the heart of the debate. ? nancy: this is a fight that was going on long before obamacare was a word that had been uttered in the halls of congress. it came to a crescendo on thursday night when you had orrin hatch, a conservative and sherrod brown, finally, after 25 hours of debating this g.o.p. tax plan had it out. brown made the case this is a giveaway to wealthy, to corporation, that trickle down

robert: yes. and by that time his presidency had been so successful. mckinley ended it a big depression on his watch. so he managed to take the sting away from brian's silver advocacy. brian: there is a lot in here to read that we cannot get to. i will jump to another scenario. the uss monitor story. what got the monitor in trouble, what was that all about? talk through the cuba situation and puerto rico, spain, the philippines. but start with the monitor story. robert: i am not sure what you mean by the monitor story. brian: i mean the main, i am in a different world. robert: i am going to have to backtrack. spain's number one colony was cuba. it had the philippines and puerto rico and a few other islands in the pacific. but cuba was very significant because they got a lot of commerce, sugar and particular, from cuba. it worked for them tremendously. the cubans, like the mexicans earlier, had wanted independence. there was a ten-year insurrection that occurred two decades before mckinley was elec

it's been a tumultuous week for the country after robert mugabe resigned earlier this week he ruled the country with an iron fist for nearly four decades. well the christian one who has been following all the latest developments for us from harare and we also have a journalist you're going line on who reported from zimbabwe for a decade he joins us from bonn christine and european good to have you both christiane let's start with you in harare the whole country must be watching this event what it is as a been like there in harare today is it a credible atmosphere assuming there is an uncle on phrase that he released a song a couple of months ago and the song lyrics go something along the lines of god. that is sure not to say the crocodile is going to come and rule at the time people didn't know that they will be singing the song on a day like this and calling it prophetic because indeed the crocodile so to say has been sworn in in a synagogue is now the president everybody virtually everybody has become a political commentator on some solace it is the talk of the town people are happy t

robert mugabe have come toa time honestly... robert mugabe have come to a time when he started realising that the people did not want him. but right now, we are so thankful that every process that has happened, from the march to the impeachment, everything, the people's voices. i want to thank the activists. our lives have been in danger but we carried on. every day somebody followed me. my family was scared for my life, i am scared for my life, my 13—year—old daughter sent me a message saying, we want you life, mum, because we have been fighting for this. so glad he has gone. that was just one fighting for this. so glad he has gone. that wasjust one of fighting for this. so glad he has gone. that was just one of the people who was out here celebrating this evening in harare, giving me her thoughts. as you can see, amazingly emotional. and why would she not be? this has been 37 years of rule in zimbabwe that has been a rule of political repression, and brutality and economic chaos. at one stage, inflation of many billions of

robert mugabe is not known for giving in that easily. we have seen this in the last few days, he never gave an inch in those negotiations with the military and the two envoys that were sent by president zuma to try and help with the negotiation process. so it would be really, really massive and a big historical moment it robert mugabe voluntarily says that he is stepping down, without being pushed. are right, milton, for the moment, thank you very much. —— all right. well, it has been another momentous day here in the history of zimbabwe. robert mugabe being dismissed by his own party, zanu—pf, and also his wife, grace mugabe being dismissed from her position within the party as well. zanu—pf giving him a deadline, an ultimatum that if he hasn't resigned by midday tomorrow local time, they are going to start impeachment proceedings against him. let's get this report on the day's events let's get this report on the day's eve nts fro m let's get this report on the day's events from fergal keane. it began today with a visit from the

i think the only person who didn't believe robert mugabe was going to resign his robert mugabe, and probably his wife, grace mugabe. having watched what has happened over the last few days here, you have had the people on the streets yesterday in their tens of thousands, the central committee, which he dominated for 37 yea rs, committee, which he dominated for 37 years, ruling he should be removed from the presidency of the party, and setting in train threats to impeach him by next monday. and then tonight, in spite of all of that, he appears on television and he says, i will preside over the party congress in december, in three weeks' time. one has to stand back a bit from the natural sense of deflation that you get from members of the public, and not just people get from members of the public, and notjust people who are members of the opposition. what your previous guest said, it is the end of the era of mugabe but he has managed, probably by playing an international card, probably by saying, look, it is the policy of the african union and the international community that leaders are not r

robert mugabe's speech robert mugabe has just rained by robert mugabe's speech robert mugabe hasjust rained on zimbabwe's pari mugabe hasjust rained on zimbabwe's par i had a, really. i think everybody, every one of my compatriots is downcast, pretty much heart broken. i'm very sad because what is going to happen from here now is the humiliation of robert mugabe. big time humiliation, which is something that throughout the weekl is something that throughout the week i was saying we don't need and it is very sad, because when the evidence — i mean when the impeachment evidence comes, it will be very, very embarrassing and humiliating. we didn't need to drag him through this mud but he has asked for t and as far as he is concerned, he is going to preside over congress in december. that's ridiculous. which congress? as far as we are concerned he is not longer president of our party. he is done. at the central committee, the highest board inside zanu—pf, outside congress has made a decision, he is gone. all ten of them on friday made the decision he is gone, so whose interests is he

the general who arrested robert mugabe. and emmerson mnangagwa, the political brain behind the coup, and president in waiting. by midafternoon, the mp's and senators had moved to a hotel to accommodate the special joint session of parliament. they were watched by the public in what felt like a rare moment of true democracy here. people are suffering, this mp said. and then the moment. a letter was handed to the speaker. he read it first himself, and then to the world. fergal: he was muffled, but the words were momentous. [cheers and applause] fergal: many who a week ago would have cheered robert mugabe exalted in his fall. and we are here right at the moment where they have heard that robert mugabe has resigned from the presidency. you can hear cheering from zanu-pf mp's, opposition mp's, and those who have come to witness what is happening. they thought it would be a potentially elongated process of impeachment, but it hasn't happened. he's gone it's over. , a week ago, most foreign journalists were banned here. today mp's

robert mugabe is a leader who has outlived his epoch. from icon of the struggle against racist rule, to symbol of excess and repression, he has fallen hard and inflicted untold damage on his country in the process. there was a deceptive calm in salisbury, capital of rhodesia, on the day of udi, the declaration of independence. it was this world of white privilege and black exclusion he and other revolutionary leaders sought to overthrow. robert mugabe went to jail for ten years and later fled tojoin his guerillas in the bush. a revolutionary war led to thousands of casualties but when apartheid south africa withdrew support from the rhodesian regime, it was forced into negotiations. whether they accept it or not is immaterial to us, really. they will have to accept it in as much as they must accept political domination. under the stewardship of the old british colonial power, there were elections, which robert mugabe won, promising forgiveness and tolerance. and bear true allegiance to zimbabwe and observe... but in power, a ruthless nat

the military has placed robert mugabe under house arrest. the presence of the military is being felt on the streets of harare. this is as close as we can get to some of the tanks that have put themselves in strategic positions. one has blocked access to parliament. in the early hours of the morning following an evening of gunfire and explosions that militantly took over the state broadcaster and they made an announcement that this is not a coup and that president robert mugabe is still in charge. but on the streets it is clear who is calling the shots. and then military say they will make arrests on those who they a re eli‘s game g game. not is; just a book you ! is; just a book you send, to the post mugabe we are moving to the post mugabe days. he may remain head of state that he will not be in charge. on the other hand, the processes that zanu—pf have in their constitution, that the config of it, bend the rules, that he will step down, the party will anoint a successor. there isa party will anoint a successor. there is a process for th

robert: yes. and our inability to do anything big, our public schools, infrastructure, immigration, a whole host of issues. we can't get anything done. earlier people questioning our economic model. i think there are people around the world who are questioning our political model. maybe the way the americans do it isn't so hot. maybe this more authoritarian state capitalism that you see in russia, china, elsewhere, maybe that's the way to go. charlie: so people around the world are looking for a model, they say, let's look at the united states, they are in paralysis. china, they are in control. robert: they are expanding robustly. look at these thousands of miles of high-speed rail to have built, the bridges, airports. look at the difference between laguardia airport and the airport in shanghai. i think this is not irrecoverable. , think we can get back there but only if we begin to fix our internal political problems. charlie: what's going to happen in north korea? robert: i think, what we've see

house split is zanu—pf over robert mugabe? —— how split. split is zanu—pf over robert mugabe? -- how split. it has been a bitter struggle. rivalfactions both want to see the old man go. but the fight over a succession to see the old man go. but the fight over a succession is between the faction following grace mugabe or the other candidate. the revolution, which was zanu—pf‘s agenda, was a powerful party card. this could take weeks. it is very murky what is going on. conflicting reports. the game is not yet played out. thank you. police believe they have now found and identified the bodies of everyone who died in the grenfell tower fire. they've put the final number of victims at 71, including a stillborn baby. in the immediate aftermath of the blaze, 400 people were listed as missing. they said the search and identification operation had been "meticulous." commander stuart cundy at the metropolitan police has been speaking to our correspondent tom burridge. i can't ican‘t imagine i can't imagine the families of those who have died have gone through over the last five mo

robert mugabe went to jail for ten yea rs robert mugabe went to jail for ten years and later fled to join robert mugabe went to jail for ten years and laterfled tojoin his gorillas in the bush. a revolutionary war led to thousands of casualties but when apartheid south africa withdrew support from the regime in rhodesia, things changed. whether they accept it or not is immaterial to us, really. they have to accept it. under the stewardship of the old british colonial power, there were elections which robert mugabe won, promising for goodness and tolerance. and bear true allegiance to zimbabwe. but in power, a ruthless nature swiftly asserted itself. my government will never rest until those within the party who are responsible for organising this are crushed and crushed fully. in one 4p used the army to crush supporters of a rival army. —— in one province. it was a pitiless massacre as i discovered when i went to investigate the atrocities. this is a country in a state of fear. everywhere you go there are militia and police roadblocks and of course spies you can't see. the west s

i, robert, gabriel mugabe. 37 years ago robert mugabe was a hero, the man who liberated zimbabwe, but he soon proved to be a different leader. after he had the least his supporters on the country's white farmer as the economy collapsed. he rigged elections and terrorised his opponents to stay in power and all but a few suffered. this was me shopping in a country ravaged by hyperinflation. to give you a sense of this country's spiralling catastrophe i have come to a supermarket on the edge of harare and we are using hidden cameras for our protection. the first thing you see are empty shells that should be stacked with bread, but the bakeries have stopped working. robert mugabe shrugged it off, but he was older and weaker than he knew. in the end his fatal mistake was almost a cliche, to pick his wife as his successor, a woman who know one trusted or liked. the man poised to ta ke trusted or liked. the man poised to take over here is emerson mnangagwa, for decades robert mugabe's right—hand man, his brutal enforcer. the worry is that zimbabwe is busy exchanging one tyrant for another.

capital for robert mugabem show that there is no more political capital for robert mugabe. it was moving seeing so many people on the streets of harare yesterday. do you think that is the thinking of the military, for allowing these kinds of demonstrations and protests? in the party would not have seen this in zimbabwe. absolutely. in the past, the military would have been the instrument used by robert mugabe to stop people doing that. the fact that they allowed people to protest in the way that they did shows that they are willing to apply political pressure. they are also using the people to drive home their point. this would not have happened last week. it is happening now because it is important for them to sir robert mugabe that he is running out of time. and if indeed that does happen and robert mugabe is removed, is this a kind of freedom that we will they continue? what will all this mean for zimbabwe they continue? what will all this meanforzimbabwe in they continue? what will all this mean for zimbabwe in the short to medium term? it is very important that we shou

genie: robert parsons speaking to me earlier today. in cambodia, the supreme court has dissolved the country's main opposition party and band more than 100 of its politicians for the next five years. that ruling has been blasted by rights groups that call it the death of the nation's democracy. the government had asked the court to dissolve the cambodia national rescue party that was the only opposition party that had a fighting chance of breaking the authoritarian prime minister's 32 year grip on power. the cambodian prime minister himself says elections will still take place as normal next year. a regional correspondent explains. the court'sre decision, authorities hahad deployeded forces around ththe s to block accccess to the s supre court.t. made it very cleaear the o oosition wowould be didissolved. the leader of f the opposititio, the cnrp, is already behind bars on charges of treason and espionage. the opopposition is accusedd of trying to overthrow the government and that's why it is being g dissolved. sen has always said he h

after 37 years in power, it is perhaps not surprising that robert mugabe cannot accept zimbabwe's robert mugabe cannot accept zimba bwe‘s new reality. robert mugabe cannot accept zimbabwe's new reality. but no amount of playing for time will save his presidency now. the robert mugabe era is over. the question is what comes next. will it be a continuation of the oppressive rule of zanu pf? orwill the continuation of the oppressive rule of zanu pf? or will the politics of the country open up in new and unpredictable ways? my guest is ibbo mandaza, a former government official turned academic analyst. will zimbabwe's official turned academic analyst. will zimba bwe‘s current drama official turned academic analyst. will zimbabwe's current drama and well? —— end well? ibbo mandaza, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. i just refer to this compelling drama playing out in harare. you have obviously just come from playing out in harare. you have obviouslyjust come from harare in the last few hours to talk to me. can there are only be one ending, that robert mugabe will be gone within days? i

they banked on robert mugabe caving in quickly. however, last night's rambling speech to the nation made no mention of resigning. i will preside over these processes... he appeared detached from reality, talking about presiding over a party congress. the question is why the generals allowed this to happen. partly, it's to do with a changed africa. the old days of shooting leaders are gone. human rights lawyer, beatrice mtetwa, was once persecuted by robert mugabe. she says the generals and mr mnangagwa want to be seen to be acting constitutionally. zimbabwean culture has always been that you make the law, you justify your actions on the basis that this is the law, and this is in line with the zimbabwean way of doing things. give it respectability by making it law, however bad it is. the talks mooted tonight might yet end this crisis. but the people are ready for impeachment. and that legal path is about ensuring the legitimacy of those who rule zimbabwe next. fergal keane, bbc news, harare. the human rights group amnesty internatio

just describe what it has been like to up close robert mugabe in yea rs like to up close robert mugabe in years gone by here. opposing robert mugabe was something that was not had. the moment you spoke the words mugabe, even in public, everyone would just be silent. you could see the nfa says. the just cannot talk about this. robert mugabe, just that word brought so much fear in a person, so word brought so much fear in a person, so much terror because of what used to happen in the streets of hanratty and that it sells and bubbly. it was a police state. every corner of the state was filled with policemen, state agents, everywhere, shops, schools. it wasjust a reign of terror. and now, we're feeling free. we are feeling the badness has been taken away from us. for example, i had been beating, thoroughly abused by the police and military before. and, for the first time, ican military before. and, for the first time, i can actually work freely without anyone telling me. and you say, is this going to go on? is this the new zimbabwe? i visited fort robert mugabe to maintain legitimacy. the

i, robert gabriel... robert gabriel mugabe was a revolution leader who fought in the liberation struggle against white minority rule.|j fought in the liberation struggle against white minority rule. i bear true allegiance to zimbabwe...m tight grip on power and in the title of being the oldest head of state in the world. the 93—year—old leader has been in power since zimbabwe's independence in 1980. he has continued his life as an international statesman, despite a diminishing reputation, as zimbabwe's diminishing reputation, as zimba bwe's economy crumbled diminishing reputation, as zimbabwe's economy crumbled amid corruption and violence. mugabe's reister power began in 1979 when the lancaster house agreement ended white minority rule. at first, he protected minority rights. but after 2000, he changed tack, he led a reform programme including redistributing land from white farmers, without compensation. the country's economy collapsed with runaway inflation figures. the central bank printed money on

i robert mugabe... his letter of resignation read out in parliament prompting scenes of surprise and joy. today, it is victory, it is the tree in our hearts, it is the tree for oui’ in our hearts, it is the tree for our children. —— victory. in other news, police reveal dozens of prosecutions have been dropped after claims that thousands of test results were tampered with at a forensics laboratory. the dup leader arlene foster says northern ireland's border is being used as a bargaining chip in the brexit negotiations. we bring you the world's first interview with morgan chang derived —— morgan tsvingirai, since the resignation of robert mugabe was announced. good evening and welcome to bbc news. robert mugabe took zimbabwe and the world by surprise this afternoon when he suddenly resigned as the country's president after almost 4 decades in power. without warning his letter of resignation was read out in parliament — just as impeachment proceedings against him were getting underway. in it m

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that is when robert mugabe's term as president was due to expire. that was a commitment specifically. we will have to see whether that can be met and whether they will be free and fair. anchor: he spoke about hitting the ground running with the task of rebuilding the country and economy, particularly agriculture at the heart of his pledges today. >> absolutely. agriculture historically is the backbone of zimbabwe's economy. production plummeted the land inorm introduced by mugabe 2000 when white farm owners were displaced of their land and black war veterans were given them. often it was well-connected people and political the given the land, perhaps people who did not have much farming prowess. production plummeted sending zimbabwe's economy into a spiral. land reform was addressed early in his speech. he said land reform was inevitable. he said the principle of possessing them cannot be read first reversed -- cannot be reversed the called on them to use it correctly. compensation would be paid to those farmers whose land was repossessed. that was

this is a battle for who succeeds robert mugabe? yes, indeed, what i was saying victoria there, the military found it unacceptable that grace mugabe, who was once a typist in robert mugabe's office was likely to become head of state, pushing away a liberation struggle hero and that's what triggered the events that we've been seeing in the last few hours. what does grace mugry represent? what does grace mugry represent? what the army is concerned about is the people who fought against white minority rule in the liberation struggle. they want those people to keep going because they feel that this struggle has not yet ended. remember, there were land invasions in zimbabwea remember, there were land invasions in zimbabwe a few years ago because they felt that white communities still owned too much of the land in comparison to local indigenous communities. so, they want the liberation struggle momentum to keep going and they felt that grace mugabe who does not have liberation struggle credentials could not be the head of state. thank you