0:00:21 > 0:00:22Good afternoon.
0:00:22 > 0:00:25President Mugabe has been dismissed at the leader of Zimbabwe's
0:00:25 > 0:00:28ruling Zanu-PF party - a day after tens of thousands
0:00:28 > 0:00:31marched on the streets calling for him to go.
0:00:31 > 0:00:36He's been replaced by the former Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa,
0:00:36 > 0:00:40who's sacking by Mr Mugabe sparked this political crisis.
0:00:40 > 0:00:44Robert Mugabe remains, for now, President of the country,
0:00:44 > 0:00:46but this latest move means his control has
0:00:46 > 0:00:48been further weakened.
0:00:48 > 0:00:58From Harare, our correspondent Shingai Nyoka reports.
0:00:58 > 0:01:01Senior military commanders have met President Robert Mugabe to further
0:01:01 > 0:01:06pressure him to step down from government. His own party held a
0:01:06 > 0:01:12historic meeting to dismiss him. It is a humiliating end for the
0:01:12 > 0:01:20decorated war hero and the party's longest serving leader.Our people,
0:01:20 > 0:01:26colleagues, are demanding from us government here to give effect to
0:01:26 > 0:01:35their demands for the recall of President and first secretary of
0:01:35 > 0:01:40Zanu-PF from his position in the party and government.Bruising in
0:01:40 > 0:01:46fighting for power has taken its toll, an empty top table, no Robert
0:01:46 > 0:01:51Mugabe, and no First Lady. This is the beginning of an end of an era.
0:01:51 > 0:01:55President Robert Mugabe will no longer had the party he has led for
0:01:55 > 0:02:01more than 40 years. The question now is, who will take his place? The
0:02:01 > 0:02:05Central committee has sacked the president and also the First Lady as
0:02:05 > 0:02:09the leader of the women's wing, but she still remains the head of
0:02:09 > 0:02:13government. Parliament are expected to impeach him if he refuses to
0:02:13 > 0:02:17resign. Veterans who fought alongside him in the war of
0:02:17 > 0:02:25liberation have warned of an undignified exit if he digs in.He
0:02:25 > 0:02:35will need to give in, tender his resignation, and leave.The Vice
0:02:35 > 0:02:38President he sacked for disloyalty, Emmerson Mnangagwa, has been
0:02:38 > 0:02:43recalled to lead the party. It is an extraordinary end for a man whose
0:02:43 > 0:02:48name has been phenomenal is not only with Zimbabwe, but also this party,
0:02:48 > 0:02:54since 1975. A dramatic day for Zimbabwe, and a
0:02:54 > 0:02:58humiliating moment for a man once seen as the symbol of liberation.
0:02:58 > 0:03:03What happens next?It is a very significant event, as we have seen
0:03:03 > 0:03:08over the last couple of days. President Mugabe fired from his
0:03:08 > 0:03:12position and reduced to an ordinarily card-carrying member,
0:03:12 > 0:03:17which is the lowest ranking within the party. Essentially, they have
0:03:17 > 0:03:21stripped him of his ability to influence proceedings within
0:03:21 > 0:03:27Zanu-PF. This process has been relatively swift. If he refuses to
0:03:27 > 0:03:31resign, and as we understand, about a mile from now, he is having a
0:03:31 > 0:03:36meeting with Army generals, who will try to apply further pressure on him
0:03:36 > 0:03:42to step down so he can have at least have a dignified exit. If he refuses
0:03:42 > 0:03:47to do that, government will tomorrow begin the process of trying to
0:03:47 > 0:03:51impeach him through a Parliamentary process. According to the
0:03:51 > 0:04:01Constitution, a Vice President would take over, and the grounds for
0:04:01 > 0:04:04impeachment are ill health or wilful misconduct. Really, options are open
0:04:04 > 0:04:12to him. Grace Mugabe has borne the brunt of the hatred in this process,
0:04:12 > 0:04:15Reuters is reporting that the Central committee has recommended
0:04:15 > 0:04:20that she be prosecuted for corruption, along with other people
0:04:20 > 0:04:24who have surrounded Robert Mugabe. These events are moving very
0:04:24 > 0:04:29quickly. It appears more and more that President Mugabe and his wife
0:04:29 > 0:04:35will have an undignified exit from power.Thank you very much.
0:04:35 > 0:04:37The Chancellor, Philip Hammond, says there's no silver bullet
0:04:37 > 0:04:38to solve Britain's housing crisis.
0:04:38 > 0:04:41But he told the BBC that a range of measures -
0:04:41 > 0:04:44to be set out in this week's Budget - will help to get 300,000
0:04:44 > 0:04:45homes built a year.
0:04:45 > 0:04:47Mr Hammond also dismissed suggestions the government should
0:04:47 > 0:04:50borrow tens of billions of pounds to fund a massive house
0:04:50 > 0:04:51building programme.
0:04:51 > 0:04:55Here's our political correspondent, Emma Vardy.
0:04:55 > 0:04:59This is what Phillip Hammond wants to see and is calling time on
0:04:59 > 0:05:03so-called land-hoarders, saying it is no longer acceptable
0:05:03 > 0:05:05to have so many sites with planning permission that
0:05:05 > 0:05:07aren't being built on.
0:05:07 > 0:05:10Today he told the BBC the state would intervene.
0:05:10 > 0:05:15There are, in London alone, 270,000 residential planning permissions
0:05:15 > 0:05:18that have not today been built.
0:05:18 > 0:05:22We need to understand why these planning permissions that are going
0:05:22 > 0:05:27up all over the country, that will continue to increase across the
0:05:27 > 0:05:30country, why they are not being built out.
0:05:30 > 0:05:33On Wednesday Philip Hammond will announce £5 billion of
0:05:33 > 0:05:37new investment for housing and he will reveal a range of measures not
0:05:37 > 0:05:41only designed to encourage the big construction firms but also schemes
0:05:41 > 0:05:45such as government backed loans for small developers too.
0:05:45 > 0:05:47There could also be help for first-time buyers
0:05:47 > 0:05:50on things like stamp duty.
0:05:50 > 0:05:53The drive for more housing has cross-party support.
0:05:53 > 0:05:55But Labour said today the Government isn't doing
0:05:55 > 0:05:58enough for public services.
0:05:58 > 0:06:00Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell argued
0:06:00 > 0:06:04this could be funded by ending tax cuts for the wealthy, not through
0:06:04 > 0:06:06borrowing.
0:06:06 > 0:06:09Stop giving the tax cuts to the corporations and the rich and
0:06:09 > 0:06:12recognise you have an emergency out there in terms of public services.
0:06:12 > 0:06:14Invest in those public services.
0:06:14 > 0:06:17And will these be on our roads by 2021?
0:06:17 > 0:06:21Philip Hammond said driverless cars are the future and is setting up
0:06:21 > 0:06:24plans for new investment for technology and artificial
0:06:24 > 0:06:28intelligence.
0:06:28 > 0:06:31But will robots eventually put millions of us out of work?
0:06:31 > 0:06:34Mr Hammond said that won't happen, but had to clarify his
0:06:34 > 0:06:38comment that suggested there is zero unemployment.
0:06:38 > 0:06:39Where are all these unemployed people?
0:06:39 > 0:06:42There are no unemployed people...
0:06:42 > 0:06:47There are a lot of unemployed people.
0:06:47 > 0:06:49We have created 3.5 million new jobs since 2010.
0:06:49 > 0:06:51This economy has become a jobs factory.
0:06:51 > 0:06:54This budget, says Philip Hammond, is also about building a country that's
0:06:54 > 0:06:55fit for a post-Brexit world.
0:06:55 > 0:06:58But don't expect anything too controversial.
0:06:58 > 0:07:00That slim majority means the government just doesn't
0:07:00 > 0:07:02have strong enough foundations to take many risks.
0:07:02 > 0:07:10Emma Vardy, BBC News.
0:07:10 > 0:07:12Police in Dorset say they're treating the death of the
0:07:12 > 0:07:14teenager Gaia Pope as unexplained.
0:07:14 > 0:07:15The 19-year-old's body was found yesterday afternoon close
0:07:15 > 0:07:18to a coastal path near Swanage.
0:07:18 > 0:07:21She was last seen alive on the 7th of November.
0:07:21 > 0:07:22Our correspondent, James Ingham, is there.
0:07:22 > 0:07:33James, what's the latest?
0:07:33 > 0:07:37Sophie, the police are trying to establish the circumstances around
0:07:37 > 0:07:42Gaia's death. When she went missing, she was said to be in a distressed
0:07:42 > 0:07:47state when she was last seen, and didn't have the medication for
0:07:47 > 0:07:50epilepsy she needed. Detectives believe she may have been killed.
0:07:50 > 0:07:55They have questioned three people on suspicion of her murder, but all
0:07:55 > 0:08:01have since been released. On fields behind me here, closed the coastal
0:08:01 > 0:08:06footpath, forensic teams are at work, near to where Gaia's body was
0:08:06 > 0:08:10found. They are hoping to an Earth clues that will be able to guide
0:08:10 > 0:08:16their future enquiries, together with the postmortem investigation.
0:08:16 > 0:08:20This has really shocked the town here. Hundreds of volunteers turned
0:08:20 > 0:08:26out to help. Tonight, prayers will be held at a local church service,
0:08:26 > 0:08:32as this small town comes to terms with her death.
0:08:32 > 0:08:34There's hope today that an Argentine submarine that's been missing
0:08:34 > 0:08:37since Wednesday, with 44 crew on board, might have been located.
0:08:37 > 0:08:39The San Juan was returning from a routine mission
0:08:39 > 0:08:41near the southern-most tip of South America, when contact
0:08:41 > 0:08:42was lost with navy command.
0:08:42 > 0:08:44Now signals have been detected after an international search,
0:08:44 > 0:08:46in which the UK has been taking part.
0:08:46 > 0:08:50Dan Johnson reports.
0:08:50 > 0:08:54This is a vessel designed to play hide and seek in the deepest depths.
0:08:54 > 0:08:57So finding the San Juan, its crew and the 22
0:08:57 > 0:09:01torpedoes it carries is a real challenge.
0:09:01 > 0:09:03Fresh satellite signals, albeit weak ones,
0:09:03 > 0:09:06have revived hope of rescue.
0:09:06 > 0:09:09So help is on its way.
0:09:09 > 0:09:12The US Navy is loading deep sea rescue equipment and flying
0:09:12 > 0:09:14it to Argentina.
0:09:14 > 0:09:16The submarine left the southern port of Ushuaia on Monday
0:09:16 > 0:09:21after a routine mission.
0:09:21 > 0:09:24It was making the 2,000 mile journey back to its base
0:09:24 > 0:09:26in Mar del Plata, not far from Argentina's capital.
0:09:26 > 0:09:29The search is focused around halfway in the San
0:09:29 > 0:09:32Jorge Gulf where the sub last made contact.
0:09:32 > 0:09:35But it's a huge area and poor weather has made
0:09:35 > 0:09:39difficult search even harder.
0:09:39 > 0:09:41TRANSLATION:We have to consider that it
0:09:41 > 0:09:43might be on the surface of the water, as protocol says it
0:09:43 > 0:09:45should, because it would be easier for the submarine
0:09:45 > 0:09:47to get help that way.
0:09:47 > 0:09:51One of the 44 crew members is Argentina's first woman Sub Mariner,
0:09:51 > 0:09:54the best hope of finding her and her crewmates alive is that a power
0:09:54 > 0:09:58failure knocked out the submarine's communications.
0:09:58 > 0:10:01Britain is now one of five countries helping the
0:10:01 > 0:10:03Argentine navy in the massive search to find the San Juan.
0:10:03 > 0:10:09Dan Johnson, BBC News.
0:10:09 > 0:10:11Just a reminder you can see more on all of today's stories
0:10:11 > 0:10:13on the BBC News Channel.
0:10:13 > 0:10:15The next news on BBC One is at 5:50pm.
0:10:15 > 0:10:16Bye for now.