0:00:05 > 0:00:07An extraordinary night in Zimbabwe as Robert Mugabe addresses
0:00:07 > 0:00:11the nation but does not resign.
0:00:11 > 0:00:14He spoke under house arrest and with the generals watching on --
0:00:14 > 0:00:16but after nearly four decades in office there was
0:00:16 > 0:00:22still no goodbye:
0:00:22 > 0:00:24The operation I have alluded to did not amount
0:00:24 > 0:00:26to a threat to our well cherished constitutional order.
0:00:26 > 0:00:28Nor was it a challenge to my authority as head
0:00:28 > 0:00:38of state and government.
0:00:38 > 0:00:40From Zimbabweans watching - disbelief and confusion about how
0:00:40 > 0:00:44the Mugabe era will now be brought to an end:
0:00:44 > 0:00:49We need him to change his mind, we need him to resign.
0:00:49 > 0:00:52He does not speak for our interests, he only speaks for his personal
0:00:52 > 0:00:56interests and his family.
0:00:56 > 0:00:58We'll be live in Harare to assess what happens next.
0:00:58 > 0:01:01Also tonight....
0:01:01 > 0:01:04Here - the Chancellor says this week's Budget will set out plans
0:01:04 > 0:01:06to enable 300 thousand for 300 thousand new homes a year
0:01:06 > 0:01:08to be built in England.
0:01:08 > 0:01:09The international hunt for an Argentine submarine,
0:01:09 > 0:01:11missing with more than 40 crew on board.
0:01:11 > 0:01:15The Royal Navy joins the search effort.
0:01:15 > 0:01:17And England make it through to the semi finals
0:01:17 > 0:01:22of the Rugby League World Cup.
0:01:39 > 0:01:40Good evening.
0:01:40 > 0:01:43Robert Mugabe remains President of Zimbabwe tonight
0:01:43 > 0:01:46despite a tumultuous weekend that saw popular protests against him
0:01:46 > 0:01:50and an ultimatum from his own party.
0:01:50 > 0:01:53In the last few hours, a live address to the nation -
0:01:53 > 0:01:55widely expected to include his resignation - saw him pledge instead
0:01:55 > 0:01:57to oversee his party congress next month.
0:01:57 > 0:02:00But the party has already replaced him -- and called on him
0:02:00 > 0:02:01to resign by tomorrow.
0:02:01 > 0:02:11Let's cross live to our Africa Editor, Fergal Keane in Harare.
0:02:15 > 0:02:20Well, these are the hours after anticipation. When it was announced
0:02:20 > 0:02:23earlier today that Robert Mugabe would address the nation it was
0:02:23 > 0:02:27taken to mean that he was going to resign and that was encouraged by
0:02:27 > 0:02:32officials, that idea was encouraged by officials said to be close to the
0:02:32 > 0:02:36negotiations. The world's oldest head of state has defied the
0:02:36 > 0:02:43predictions and the hopes of many of his people.
0:02:43 > 0:02:48The very music seemed designed to drain any drama out of the moment.
0:02:48 > 0:02:52And perhaps the geniality of the encounter was a giveaway. Robert
0:02:52 > 0:02:57Mugabe did not look like a man about to walk into the wilderness and his
0:02:57 > 0:03:01words delivered 15 minutes into a rambling address confirmed that he
0:03:01 > 0:03:07intended to stay as leader of the country and party at least until the
0:03:07 > 0:03:14party congress in December.The Congress is due in a few weeks from
0:03:14 > 0:03:21now. I will preside over its processes which must not be
0:03:21 > 0:03:33repossessed by any axe calculated to undermine it or to compromise the
0:03:33 > 0:03:39outcome in the eyes of the public. He praised the military and
0:03:39 > 0:03:44acknowledge the crisis in his country and party.The way forward
0:03:44 > 0:03:58thus cannot be based on swapping lying clicks that ride roughshod
0:03:58 > 0:04:05over party rules and procedures. There has to be a net return to the
0:04:05 > 0:04:14guiding principles of our party as enshrined in its constitution.This
0:04:14 > 0:04:18appearance has shocked the people of Zimbabwe who were prepared to
0:04:18 > 0:04:23witness his resignation.I think we are being played. I feel let down,
0:04:23 > 0:04:27by now we should have had a result, but it is like we are back to square
0:04:27 > 0:04:33one.What did you make of that? I think the whole nation was expecting
0:04:33 > 0:04:40him to resign and we are all shocked, I think people will be
0:04:40 > 0:04:42depressed, confused, people do not understand what is happening, but I
0:04:42 > 0:04:50think we are in a post-Mugabe era. It will happen.There are big
0:04:50 > 0:04:54questions now, how can Robert Mugabe preside over a party which today
0:04:54 > 0:04:59removed him from the leadership? Once loyal supporters met to warn
0:04:59 > 0:05:03that he would be impeached by Parliament if he did not step down
0:05:03 > 0:05:08from the presidency by midday tomorrow. An old friend read out the
0:05:08 > 0:05:08sentence.
0:05:22 > 0:05:25Tonight's non-resignation does not change the feeling of the party and
0:05:25 > 0:05:31it does not remove the bitterness against his wife Grace Mugabe and
0:05:31 > 0:05:38her friends.It has to be over now? Yes. Enough is enough.The people of
0:05:38 > 0:05:45Zimbabwe have shown in numbers that they are fed up with this dynasty
0:05:45 > 0:05:52and a new era is beginning.This is the moment when Robert Mugabe lost
0:05:52 > 0:05:57power in his own party, the party he dominated for so long and has now
0:05:57 > 0:06:01been replaced as party leader by a man who was one of his closest
0:06:01 > 0:06:09allies for decades. The new leader Emmerson Mnangagwa is known as the
0:06:09 > 0:06:15Crocodile. Celebrated for his ruthless cunning. He may have agreed
0:06:15 > 0:06:24to pause, but he is unlikely to stop until he ousts his old comrades. On
0:06:24 > 0:06:29the streets of Harare the people of the presidency to occupy a different
0:06:29 > 0:06:33nation. Here praying for reconciliation and healing. They
0:06:33 > 0:06:45have already started to move beyond the trauma of the age of Mugabe. So
0:06:45 > 0:06:49how are the ordinary Zimbeaweans reacting? Our correspondent has
0:06:49 > 0:06:53followed this crisis from the beginning and she has been out
0:06:53 > 0:06:58gauging the feelings of fellow citizens.
0:06:58 > 0:07:03They came to listen to what President Mugabe had to say. After
0:07:03 > 0:07:06meeting with Army generals responsible for a takeover earlier
0:07:06 > 0:07:12last week they had expected to hear his resignation speech. At this bar
0:07:12 > 0:07:16they waited and waited, to be told by President Mugabe in a stumbling
0:07:16 > 0:07:25address. But he was going nowhere. He does not speak for our interest.
0:07:25 > 0:07:30He only speaks for his own personal interests and his family.So why are
0:07:30 > 0:07:37you so disappointed?We are suffering. We have had enough of
0:07:37 > 0:07:44suffering, we need him to change his mind.We need him to resign. He did
0:07:44 > 0:07:50not say he was resigning or anything and we are still waiting.The people
0:07:50 > 0:07:54marched yesterday and expressed their views. I am a young lawyer in
0:07:54 > 0:07:59Zimbabwe, I have been practising law for the past three years, it is
0:07:59 > 0:08:03pathetic.The country has gone to the dogs. The consummate politician
0:08:03 > 0:08:08appears at least for the moment and on the surface to have negotiated a
0:08:08 > 0:08:13deal on his own terms. This is not the announcement that some
0:08:13 > 0:08:17Zimbeaweans were waiting for, Robert Mugabe is still the President and it
0:08:17 > 0:08:21is not clear whether permanents will now begin the impeachment process.
0:08:21 > 0:08:25People here today were expecting to hear the resignation they have
0:08:25 > 0:08:29demanded but those hopes have been dashed. The wild celebrations we
0:08:29 > 0:08:34have seen on the streets stand in stark contrast to the sombre mood in
0:08:34 > 0:08:39Harare tonight.
0:08:39 > 0:08:43After a night that turned out rather differently to what some people were
0:08:43 > 0:08:51expecting, what will happen now? Frankly, I shudder to speculate.
0:08:51 > 0:08:55Nobody is quite sure. We were being told by a source close to the
0:08:55 > 0:08:59negotiations that it was definitely going to happen. We have heard that
0:08:59 > 0:09:02he agreed to resign and then changed his mind. I believe that the
0:09:02 > 0:09:06generals have no intention of forcing him out at the barrel of a
0:09:06 > 0:09:10gun, they will be content to allow the party to carry out its
0:09:10 > 0:09:13procedures, work three impeachment in Parliament if necessary and
0:09:13 > 0:09:26remember, they are backed up by huge public demonstrations
0:09:30 > 0:09:33like we saw yesterday. We are also being told that tomorrow morning the
0:09:33 > 0:09:35military will give a press conference and so will the war
0:09:35 > 0:09:37veterans, and important constituency, all of them opposed to
0:09:37 > 0:09:39Robert Mugabe continuing.This is a pause, not a conclusion. Thank you.
0:09:39 > 0:09:42The Chancellor Philip Hammond has said measures to boost the housing
0:09:42 > 0:09:45market will be at the heart of his budget on Wednesday.
0:09:45 > 0:09:47He says he wants 300 thousand homes to be built every year,
0:09:47 > 0:09:50a big rise from the recent levels of around 200 thousand
0:09:50 > 0:09:51a year in England.
0:09:51 > 0:09:54But Mr Hammond stressed there was no "single magic bullet"
0:09:54 > 0:09:58to increase housing supply as Ben Wright now reports.
0:09:58 > 0:10:01Building up expectations ahead of the budget for a raft of measures
0:10:01 > 0:10:04to fix the housing crisis.
0:10:04 > 0:10:07The Chancellor wants to stop developers sitting on land that has
0:10:07 > 0:10:09been given the green light for housing.
0:10:09 > 0:10:12There are lots of things we can do using planning powers,
0:10:12 > 0:10:14using intervention powers to get planning permission that have
0:10:14 > 0:10:17been granted built up.
0:10:17 > 0:10:20We will use money, we will use the powers of the state,
0:10:20 > 0:10:22we will use the powers of the planning system
0:10:22 > 0:10:26but we are determined to get those missing homes built.
0:10:26 > 0:10:28Today Mr Hammond gave hints and winks about government help
0:10:28 > 0:10:32for smaller house builders and the possible cuts to stamp duty.
0:10:32 > 0:10:35Housing seems set to be the centrepiece of the budget,
0:10:35 > 0:10:38but will it add up to the giant house-building leap another Cabinet
0:10:38 > 0:10:40minister has called for?
0:10:40 > 0:10:43Wednesday will tell us.
0:10:43 > 0:10:45Labour says the government should borrow billions
0:10:45 > 0:10:48more for house-building and stretched public services.
0:10:48 > 0:10:51Stop giving the tax cuts to the corporations and the rich
0:10:51 > 0:10:53and recognise you have got an emergency out there
0:10:53 > 0:10:57in terms of public services, invest in those public services.
0:10:57 > 0:11:00The head of the NHS in England has said health needs an urgent
0:11:00 > 0:11:01£4 billion spending boost.
0:11:01 > 0:11:04The Chancellor said he would seek to address particular pressure
0:11:04 > 0:11:08points but a spending splurge on any front looks unlikely.
0:11:08 > 0:11:12Balancing the books is still the government's aim.
0:11:12 > 0:11:14There will be some cash for driverless car technology
0:11:14 > 0:11:16and artificial intelligence, but will robots eventually put
0:11:16 > 0:11:19millions of us out of work?
0:11:19 > 0:11:23Mr Hammond said that won't happen, but did say this.
0:11:23 > 0:11:26Where are all these unemployed people?
0:11:26 > 0:11:29There are no unemployed people...
0:11:29 > 0:11:30There are unemployed people!
0:11:30 > 0:11:32Because we have created three and a half million
0:11:32 > 0:11:33new jobs since 2010.
0:11:33 > 0:11:35The Chancellor's clumsy claim, there are no unemployed people
0:11:35 > 0:11:39was quickly clarified by him.
0:11:39 > 0:11:41Mr Hammond meant that previous periods of technological change had
0:11:41 > 0:11:44not left millions out of work.
0:11:44 > 0:11:47Phillip Hammond will walk out of that door on Wednesday knowing
0:11:47 > 0:11:50that the contents of his budget box could be crucial to the political
0:11:50 > 0:11:56fortunes of Theresa May's struggling government as well as his own.
0:11:56 > 0:11:59Unusually, Cabinet colleagues have been arguing publicly for more money
0:11:59 > 0:12:01to be spent on the health service, on house-building.
0:12:01 > 0:12:04Tory MPs are urging him to come up with some bold ideas to prove this
0:12:04 > 0:12:08is a government that has a purpose beyond Brexit.
0:12:08 > 0:12:10The Chancellor knows as well that there are critical Tory MPs
0:12:10 > 0:12:14who want him out of his job because they do not think his heart
0:12:14 > 0:12:19is in the task of getting Britain out of the EU.
0:12:19 > 0:12:22We won't be a government that is defined just by Brexit...
0:12:22 > 0:12:24The outcome of the Brexit negotiations will matter much more
0:12:24 > 0:12:27than any single budget and tomorrow a core group of Cabinet ministers
0:12:27 > 0:12:29including the Chancellor will discuss how to unblock talks,
0:12:29 > 0:12:32knowing that an offer of more money might be the key.
0:12:32 > 0:12:37Ben Wright, BBC News, Westminster.
0:12:37 > 0:12:43Kamal Ahmed, our economics editor is here.
0:12:43 > 0:12:49How do you think the Chancellor is going to chart a course this week?
0:12:49 > 0:12:52It is interesting. The position of John McDonald showed some of the
0:12:52 > 0:12:57problems that Phillip Hammond is facing. His claim is
0:12:57 > 0:13:00straightforward, increase taxes on businesses and the wealthy and pay
0:13:00 > 0:13:05for public services from those increased taxes. Phillip Hammond has
0:13:05 > 0:13:09a far harder equation to solve. He is hemmed in by the politics, no
0:13:09 > 0:13:14majority in the House of Commons, that means tax rises or spending
0:13:14 > 0:13:22cuts difficult to force through. The one option left him is to borrow
0:13:22 > 0:13:24more but that could jeopardise the offer that that party made to
0:13:24 > 0:13:27balance the books in 2025 so any more borrowing could be
0:13:27 > 0:13:32controversial. He is hemmed in by the economic is, we are expecting
0:13:32 > 0:13:35this big productivity downgrade. The economy has not been as good at
0:13:35 > 0:13:39producing wealth as we expected and that means it does not grow as fast
0:13:39 > 0:13:44and the government does not get the tax revenues it expects. The room
0:13:44 > 0:13:48for manoeuvre is constrained, probably something on housing and
0:13:48 > 0:13:52health as well and let's look at that public sector pay cap, what
0:13:52 > 0:14:03will he do there? There is one big question, can he sound big and bold
0:14:03 > 0:14:05politically for all those families who have got falling real incomes
0:14:05 > 0:14:08without putting the economy and the public finances at risk.We will see
0:14:08 > 0:14:09on budget day. Thank you very much.
0:14:09 > 0:14:12A post-mortem examination carried out on the body of the teenager
0:14:12 > 0:14:14Gaia Pope hasn't identified injuries that would suggest anyone else
0:14:14 > 0:14:15was involved in her death.
0:14:15 > 0:14:17The nineteen year old's body was found yesterday close
0:14:17 > 0:14:21to a coastal path in Dorset.
0:14:21 > 0:14:23A British sailor has died after being swept overboard
0:14:23 > 0:14:27during an international yacht race.
0:14:27 > 0:14:2960 year old Simon Speirs, from Bristol, was sailing
0:14:29 > 0:14:32between South Africa and Australia, as part of the Clipper
0:14:32 > 0:14:33Round the World Race.
0:14:33 > 0:14:36He was rescued from the water, but never regained consciousness.
0:14:36 > 0:14:39The broadcaster Aled Jones won't be appearing on the BBC
0:14:39 > 0:14:41while an allegation of inappropriate behaviour is investigated.
0:14:41 > 0:14:44A spokesperson said he accepted the way he acted more than a decade
0:14:44 > 0:14:46ago was "occasionally juvenile", but he never intended to harass
0:14:46 > 0:14:55or distress and he strongly denied any inappropriate contact.
0:14:55 > 0:14:57The Conservative MP Anna Soubry says her office has received
0:14:57 > 0:15:00thirteen death threats against her over the last week.
0:15:00 > 0:15:03She says the messages were directly linked to the way she and other
0:15:03 > 0:15:05party members were branded "Brexit mutineers" by The Daily
0:15:05 > 0:15:06Telegraph newspaper.
0:15:06 > 0:15:14She said that she had been "quite frightened" by the threats.
0:15:14 > 0:15:16A huge air and sea search involving five countries,
0:15:16 > 0:15:19and including the Royal Navy, is underway to try and locate
0:15:19 > 0:15:21an Argentine submarine.
0:15:21 > 0:15:23The San Juan has been missing since Wednesday,
0:15:23 > 0:15:26with 44 crew on board.
0:15:26 > 0:15:29Contact was lost as it returned from a routine mission
0:15:29 > 0:15:31near the southern-most tip of South America, but there are now
0:15:31 > 0:15:34signals being detected which may provide clues as to its location.
0:15:34 > 0:15:40Dan Johnson reports.
0:15:40 > 0:15:44This is a vessel designed to play hide and seek in the deepest depths.
0:15:44 > 0:15:47So finding the San Juan, its crew and the 22 torpedoes it
0:15:47 > 0:15:50carries is a real challenge.
0:15:50 > 0:15:51Fresh satellite signals, albeit weak ones have
0:15:51 > 0:15:57revived hopes of rescue.
0:15:57 > 0:15:59Seven call attempts have been received, says the Navy spokesman,
0:15:59 > 0:16:02but they were incomplete and need to be checked to
0:16:02 > 0:16:07pinpoint the location.
0:16:07 > 0:16:09He stressed that they are making every effort to find the submarine,
0:16:09 > 0:16:15searching the open ocean and the sea bed.
0:16:15 > 0:16:17This is now an international effort.
0:16:17 > 0:16:21The US Navy has flown in deep sea rescue equipment.
0:16:21 > 0:16:23And HMS Protector, the Royal Navy's Antarctic patrol
0:16:23 > 0:16:26ship has been diverted to help scan beneath the waves of
0:16:26 > 0:16:31the South Atlantic Ocean.
0:16:31 > 0:16:34The San Juan left the Southern Port of Ushuaia last Monday
0:16:34 > 0:16:36after a routine mission.
0:16:36 > 0:16:40It was making the 2000 mile journey back to its base in Mar del Plata,
0:16:40 > 0:16:44not far from Argentina's capital.
0:16:44 > 0:16:46The search is focused around halfway in the San Jorge gulf
0:16:46 > 0:16:54where the submarine last made contact on Wednesday.
0:16:54 > 0:16:59One of the 44 crew members is Argentina's first female submariner.
0:16:59 > 0:17:02The best hope of finding her and her crew mates alive is that
0:17:02 > 0:17:05a power failure knocked out the submarine's communications.
0:17:05 > 0:17:08Six countries are now hunting for the San Juan,
0:17:08 > 0:17:11but it is lost in a huge area of ocean and bad weather is making
0:17:11 > 0:17:12a difficult job even harder.
0:17:12 > 0:17:17Dan Johnson, BBC News.
0:17:17 > 0:17:21Now it's time for the sport.
0:17:21 > 0:17:22Thanks very much, Mishal.
0:17:22 > 0:17:23Good evening.
0:17:23 > 0:17:26England are still on course to reach their first
0:17:26 > 0:17:28Rugby League World Cup final in over two decades.
0:17:28 > 0:17:30They're through to the semis against Tonga, after beating co-hosts
0:17:30 > 0:17:31Papua New Guinea 36-6.
0:17:31 > 0:17:41John Watson reports.
0:17:42 > 0:17:46Flying the flag down under. A trip worth making where England to reach
0:17:46 > 0:17:50the semi-finals but for Papa New Guinea, Rugby League as their
0:17:50 > 0:17:54national sport and they are fanatical for it. Silenced the crowd
0:17:54 > 0:17:58and you may just silence the team. 12 minutes in, England did that. It
0:17:58 > 0:18:07is going to be yet another try for Jermaine McGillvary. Ten tries, then
0:18:07 > 0:18:12matches Papua New Guinea tried to knock England of their stride, but a
0:18:12 > 0:18:17moment of magic as they found that the line again.In a second, the
0:18:17 > 0:18:21Huddersfield flyer turned provider. Watkins eyeing the try line.He is
0:18:21 > 0:18:26not going to be caught. That semifinal spot. He may have hit top
0:18:26 > 0:18:31gear but England have still to do so, despite Ryan Hall finishing with
0:18:31 > 0:18:35a flourish.More than happy to get through this quarterfinal but it was
0:18:35 > 0:18:39a bit scratchy at times. Really pleased to be progressing in the
0:18:39 > 0:18:45competition. We know we need to be better but to be in the semifinal is
0:18:45 > 0:18:49special.Time for the fans to extend their stay. Two games for England to
0:18:49 > 0:18:56find the fluency that will take them to the title. John Watson, BBC News.
0:18:56 > 0:18:59Match of the Day 2 and Sportscene follow the news, so if you want
0:18:59 > 0:19:02to wait for the results, you know what to do.
0:19:02 > 0:19:04There was one game in the Premier League today.
0:19:04 > 0:19:06David Moyes' reign as new manager of West Ham began
0:19:06 > 0:19:08with defeat at Watford.
0:19:08 > 0:19:10They were beaten 2-0 at Vicarage Road and stay third
0:19:10 > 0:19:11from bottom in the table.
0:19:11 > 0:19:14Hearts drew their first game back at the newly developed Tynecastle.
0:19:14 > 0:19:181-1 the score against Partick Thistle in the Scottish Premiership.
0:19:18 > 0:19:20Chris Coleman, who resigned as Wales manager on Friday,
0:19:20 > 0:19:23has taken charge of the struggling Championship side Sunderland.
0:19:23 > 0:19:25He led Wales to their highest world ranking and took them
0:19:25 > 0:19:27to the semi-finals of the Euros.
0:19:27 > 0:19:28Sunderland are currently bottom of the table.
0:19:28 > 0:19:35Coleman is their eighth manager in six years.
0:19:35 > 0:19:37Well, it may not have been the line-up tennis
0:19:37 > 0:19:38fans had hoped for.
0:19:38 > 0:19:40But the season-ending World Tour Finals in London finished
0:19:40 > 0:19:42with a gripping duel, as Grigor Dimitrov battled
0:19:42 > 0:19:45past David Goffin to win the biggest title of his career
0:19:45 > 0:19:47and the £1.9 million bonus for going the whole
0:19:47 > 0:19:54tournament unbeaten.
0:19:54 > 0:19:57English golfer Tommy Fleetwood held off a late charge from Justin Rose
0:19:57 > 0:20:01to win the Race to Dubai title as the season's European number one.
0:20:01 > 0:20:03Fleetwood only finished 21st in the final event -
0:20:03 > 0:20:06the Tour Championship - but it was enough to stay top
0:20:06 > 0:20:12of the money list after Rose fell apart in his final few holes.
0:20:12 > 0:20:15England's women's cricketers could still draw their Ashes Series,
0:20:15 > 0:20:18after winning the second Twenty20 in Canberra by 40 runs.
0:20:18 > 0:20:20Australia have already retained the trophy,
0:20:20 > 0:20:23but England have closed the gap in the multi-format points series
0:20:23 > 0:20:29and a win in the final game will level the series.
0:20:29 > 0:20:31With less than three months before the Winter Olympics,
0:20:31 > 0:20:34Great Britain's four-man bobsleigh team have won a surprise
0:20:34 > 0:20:36World Cup bronze medal.
0:20:36 > 0:20:38They put aside a difficult off-season to come third
0:20:38 > 0:20:41at Park City in the USA behind Germany - their best World Cup
0:20:41 > 0:20:51result for four years.
0:20:51 > 0:20:56That is all from me.
0:20:56 > 0:20:59A series of portraits of the royal couple have been released
0:20:59 > 0:21:01to commemorate their wedding on November 20th 1947.
0:21:01 > 0:21:02There are no public celebrations planned.
0:21:02 > 0:21:05Instead, the royal platinum wedding anniversary will be marked