03/08/2013 BBC Weekend News

Seven in a row - Robert Mugabe is declared the winner of Zimbabwe's

presidential election. As Africa's oldest leader secures another five

years in office, his defeated political rival calls the election

process a sham. The fraudulent and stolen election

has plunged Zimbabwe into a constitutional crisis.

Zblt UK boss of Twitter tweets a public apology to women who suffered

abuse from others on the social network.

Despite a 23 rd Test century from Drew Petrie -- Kevin Pietersen

England face a challenging two days ahead if they're to retain the

Good evening. He's already Africa's oldest and longest-serving leader

and today, Robert Mugabe extended his grip on power in Zimbabwe for

another five years with an emphatic victory in the presidential

election. The leader of the opposition, Movement for Democratic

Change, Morgan Tsvangirai, is alleging massive fraud in the poll

and says he will challenge the result in poll. Britain and America

have also questioned the credibility Mugabe of zun ewe pave is therefore

-- ZANU-PF is therefore declared president of the republic of

Zimbabwe with effect from today, the 3 rd of August, 2013. I thank you.

Robert Mugabe has won a seventh term in office, a extraordinary victory

for Africa's ageing patriarch. His party have secured a two thirds

majority in Parliament giving Mugabe powers to change the constitution.

The mood on the streets of the capital, Harare is subdued. There

are no festivities here and there's an increased police presence in some

areas. Surprisingly...Opposite movement for Democrat change leader,

Morgan Tsvangirai, maintains -- maintains this was a theft, a sham

that has plunged the Cannes I -- country back into problems.

By your own allegations you say that these elections were stolen.

Political strategy says that you join in order to achieve the

objective. We have achieved the objective of working with ZANU-PF

and President Mugabe in resolving the national crisis. There was

nothing wrong with that. Now, it is not just the motivation of power. It

is the question of to what extent are you prepared to give the

sacrifice in order to save the people. That is the most critical

thing. Has just held a briefing at his residence. He said Zimbabwe is a

-- in national mourning, no-one is celebrating and that all hopes have

been dashed. He says he will appeal to the African Union and approaching

Zimbabwe's courts, which he says, have been severely compromised.

These are now his only narrow options. Next for this embattled

country that had seen a semblance of stability restored after years of

economic chaos? Pleas to the African Union are likely to fall on deaf

ears. As far as they're concerned, the problem of Zimbabwe is now

solved. With just over 60% of the

presidential vote and a crushing victory for his ZANU-PF party in

Parliamentary elections, 89-year-old Mr Mugabe now has the power to amend

the country's constitution. Andrew Harding joins us from Johannesburg.

What does this all mean for the future of Zimbabwe over the next

five years? Well, President Mugabe is in a mower midable position. He

-- formidable position. He says he has no plans to retire. What does he

do with that new renewed authority? He may well choose to clamp down

again on critical voices, perhaps in the opposition, perhaps in civil

society. But I think the real issue is what does he do with the economy?

On the campaign trail, he had very tough messages about seizing

control, for instance, of foreign companies and foreign banks. Now

that could easily trigger another economic crisis. I suspect that Mr

Mugabe doesn't want that and he should probably, it will probably

turn out that he'll be a little bit calmer in his economic policy in the

coming months. It's very likely that more evidence will be revealed about

the extent of the rigging in this election. We've heard just this

evening, the Americans say they don't believe the result reflected

the will of the Zimbabwean people. We will continue to hear from

perhaps even Zimbabwe's neighbours pressure on Robert Mugabe for

change, but Britain has very few options and influence now. I think

we'll see increasingly Zimbabwe move towards the sphere of influence of

countries like chien yoo. -- China.

Thank you. Here, the manage ING Director of Twitter in the UK has

issued a public apology to women who've experienced abuse on the

website. Tony Wang said the verbal attacks were not acceptable. He

announced the company is adding a report abuse button to each tweet

displayed on its desk top website. Some high profile women have had to

endure bomb threats, like this one. Other tweets threatened violence,

rape and even death, merely for having an opinion. One woman

received hundreds of messages when she campaigned to have a woman on

the back of the new �10 note. She won the campaign but her treatment

in cyberspace highlighted a serious issue. Caroline still continues to

receive threats and other people are as well. That's why it's so

important that this week becomes a start of a process of change and we

change the culture that says it's inevitable that Willoughby receive

the sexualised images and just have to cope. It's not for us to cope,

it's for society to change it. attacks led to an online petition

urging Twitter to take action. Today the company said it would hire more

staff to monitor abuse of comments. The UK general manager said he was

sorry. He said abuse some women received was not acceptable. It

wasn't acceptable in the real world and it wasn't acceptable on Twitter.

The company is taking further steps. If I use twit wear my smartphones

and someone sends me what I believe is an abusive message, I report the

tweet. I cannot do that on my desk top Twitter account. That anomaly

will be corrected from next month. The real issue with Twitter is you

can set up an account so easily and with such anonymity, if you are an

boo buzer, you can change your -- an abuser, you can change your identity

and name and start the abuse again. And where does curbing abuse overlap

freedom of speech? Could genuine debate be stifled by people

reporting as abusive what is merely a passionate discussion. It is

criminal to threaten people. It is criminal to cause people harassment.

But we should be careful not to censor obnoxious behaviour. Freedom

of speech is freedom to say good things and bad things. Tlaz balance

here between prosecution and freedom of speech.

Women are not the only group to be singed out for abuse by so-called

trolls. Today's promise of action by Twitter is a small, but significant

step, towards protecting those in a virtual world who are already

protected in the real world. Global security alerts by both

Interpol and the United States are warning embassies and staff across

the Islamic world to be on high alert. Britain, France and Germany

have all announced a temporary closure of embassies in Yemen. The

United States will close at least $21 embassy and consulates -- at

least 21 embassies and consulates from tomorrow.

The US embassy in Yemen today, already heavily guarded, but America

doesn't think it's enough in the face of what it calls a significant

threat. Around the Middle East and north Africa, almost two dozen US

diplomatic missions will close tomorrow, a working day in Muslim

countries. It's America's response to new intelligence. It is an

Al-Qaeda threat, yes. It is of the Al-Qaeda branch.

REPORTER: Is the threat to blow up an embassy, a consulate or something

else? That is unspecified, but the intent seems clear. The intent is to

what? Attack Western, not just US interests.

With that in mind, Britain, France and Germany are all closing their

embassies in Yemen for either one or two days from tomorrow. The UK and

the US share some intelligence. What they don't know or won't talk about

is the exact nature of this perseived threat. All the Foreign

Office will say is that it's closing the embassy in Yemen, temporarily,

as a precaution and withdrawing some staff out of concern for their

security. So why particularly Yemen? Well,

it's the base for Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, the most

dangerous of the terror networks affiliates. In 2009, the group was

suspected of trying to blow up a plane bound for Detroit on Christmas

Day. A year later to was linked to an attempt to kill the British

ambassador. In 2011 an American drone attack killed an extremist

preacher and key figure in the group in the north of the country. The US

has stepped up its drone strikes in Yemen in the last week or so after a

lull in the previous couple of months. I don't think this is a

coincidence. When you also consider that the European countries are

shutting their embassies specifically in Yemen, that leads me

to think that Yemen could be the source of this latest threat.

is taking no chances. Its embassies around the region, like here in

Cairo today, are preparing to close their doors. That's how seriously

America is taking this threat. Let's speak to our defence

correspondent, Caroline Wyatt, who joins us from Cairo. Given that the

shut down spans the Islamic world, is there anything more specific

emerging about the threat where you are? Well, what we've been hearing

is from the US, for example, from the chief of the joint staff in the

US saying this is a more specific threat than previous threats and

directed at Western interests. Here, again, details not being released by

the American embassy, because they know some things, for example, we

understand from intercepted electronic comuctions --

communications, and they are taking it very seriously indeed. The State

Department describe the measures being taken as an abundance of

caution. We saw in Cairo, for example, the embassy being shut up

much more tightly guarded than usual. One of the reasons is

Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula is one of the most active parts of that

group. The Americans believe that the threat or threats of Poe --

potential attacks could come Sunday and they are take nothing chances at

all. Thank you. Iran's new president,

Hassan Rowhani, has taken office. He was endorsed by the Supreme Leader

at a ceremony in Tehran in advance of his public inauguration tomorrow.

Mr Rowhani is a moderate conservative who promises reform and

an end to Iran's international isolation.

Another exciting day at Old Trafford, with a thrilling climax to

the third Test looming tomorrow. Let's get all the details on the

cricket and the rest of the sport with John Watson who joins us from

the BBC Sport Centre. A century from Kevin Pietersen moved

England closer to avoiding the follow on in the third Ashes Test

against Australia at Old Trafford. In a match, the visitors must win if

they're to keep the series alive. England reached 294 for seven at the

close, still 233 runs behind, but 34 adrift of their follow-on target.

Joe Wilson reports. The Manchester sky is a picture of

ever changing mood, it looks bright. Looks dark. Could be rain or sun.

And weather could still decide this match. Australia just need wickets.

They got Trott easily enough. Alastair Cook out for 62, though it

took the 35-year-old fingertips of Brad Haddin at full stretch. How do

you lift the pressure? The Pietersen approach. Successive sixes to bring

his 50. Even belle -- even Ian Bell started

sending them skywards. Pietersen was given not out LBW. Australia not

interested in reviewing, interesting. If they had, Pietersen

would have been given out. As Australia's dressing room, helpfully

passed on to the captain. Bell batted to 60 and was then undone by

Ryan Harris. What England need from Kevin Pietersen is aggression and

discretion, tough balance. But he did it. Another century. He says he

put off an operation to play in the Ashes. It's the big stage. I like

performing on a big stage, when the team needs me, I like to try and

stand up to be counted. I think as an English player or an Australian

player, your career is defined on how you play in Ashes cricket.

this match Bester was out by the close and Pietersen too, LBW. The

hot spot camera possibly showed something. The TV umpire didn't see.

It seven down, England still need runs to avoid the follow-on, without

Pietersen. Australia are 233 runs ahead. There

are two days left. That's about all we know for certain. This match may

come down to every hour, every minute, maybe every rain drop.

Celtic began the defence of their title with a win in the Scottish

Premiership. They had to come from behind to beat Ross county 2-1.

Darren Maatsen fired in from distance to give the visitors a

shock early lead. Anthony Stokes was presented with the tap-in to level

before halftime. Stokes gave the champions all three points, as he

struck the winner three minutes from time.

On the opening day of the championship, new Wigan boss, Owen

Coyle, saw his side win impressively 4-0 at Barnsley. And wins for

4-0 at Barnsley. And wins for Bournemouth and Yeovil. Two sides

relegated from the Premier League last season, also made winning

starts with victories over Sheffield Wednesday and Ipswich.

With the Football League celebrating its 12th anniversary, two of its

founder members, Burnley and Bolton met at Turf Moor. David Wheater

deflected the ball into his own net to butt Burnley ahead. Darren

Pratley levelled for Bolton 11 minutes later. It finished 1-1.

Great Britain's swimmers are still looking for their first medal at the

World Championships in bars loanament Fran Halsall could only

finish -- Barcelona. Fran Halsall could only finish fourth. She did

qualify for the 50 m freestyle final on the last day of competition.

The Women's British Open could go on until Monday after strong winds

forced play to be suspended on the old course at St Andrews. None of

the leading players were able to start their third round, with Na

Yeon Choi topping the leaderboard. The third round resumes at 6. 15am

tomorrow. Sir Bradley Wiggins has shown a

return to form on the final day of the Tour of Poland, winning the time

trial. Wiggins, who wasn't fit enough this summer to defend the

Tour De France title he won last year, dominated the final stage in

Poland, finishing 56 seconds ahead of his nearest rival. That is all

of his nearest rival. That is all the sport for now.

Now Prince Philip will visit the Royal Society of Edinburgh on the

12th of August, his first public engagement since his operation in

June. Today Prince William made his first public appearance since

becoming a father. Presented with a mini polo mallet, the Duke of

Cambridge said he had been in baby mode during the game -- thinking

about nappies. The Duchess wasn't there. She's thought to be at her

parents' house with Prince George. That is all from the BBC Newsroom.

Good evening. A disturbed weather pattern for the next couple of days.

Some did escape the showers today, but equally we have a few sharp ones

to come through the next few hours, Northern Ireland, North West

England, into southern Scotland. Then there'll be more showers again

tomorrow. With some sunshine, oftening and clear spells developing

overnight this central and eastern areas, perhaps a little mist. It's

still quite blustery in the North West. Lots of showers here to come.

The wind streng thens in the south overnight as well -- streng thens in

the south overnight as well. Temperatures will be lower than last

night but it's not a cold night. It's a bright start in central and

eastern areas. Already that next pulse of rain comes into south-west

England and Wales. It turns showery behind it. Brighter spells, but you

can see there's more waiting in the wings. The better chance to stay dry

and bright is sown trillion and eastern parts of England, the

south-east as well. Some of the rain affects Wales, possibly affecting

Old Trafford into the afternoon as well in. Contrast longer drier

spells further north, still scattered showers for Scotland and

Northern Ireland. The winds are notch -- a notch down on today. But

for those areas such as the south-west of England, Wales,

north-western England, we see further pulses of rain tomorrow