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nobody saw it, he paid for it

himself, so he would qualify for the

Academy Awards.

Was never going to

happen, was it?

It has cult status,

the original film.

Since then.

The

rituals that people have when they

see Ed, the cutlery?

In a way it's

the new Rocky Horror picture show,

there is this audience

participation. It has gone on for 14

and a half years and there are

specific call-backs to the screen.

One thing people do, they bring

plastic spoons because in the film

there are these picture frames with

spoons in them.

How did you notice

that?

You've got to watch The Room

with people who have seen it a bunch

of times, there are a bunch of

Easter wrecks.

When they made the

original movie they said to Tommy,

the director, shouldn't we have some

pictures on the wall, make it look

like people live here -- Easter

eggs. There were stock photos of

spoons and they said, Tommy, should

we put photos of the characters so

it looks like they live here? He

said, don't worry, if they are

looking at the spoons they are

looking at the wrong thing. 14 years

later, whenever the spoons come up,

people yell spoons in the theatre

and throw plastic spoons.

It could

be real knives and forks which would

be more dangerous. We would like

photos of you with your brothers,

because we have James and Dave with

us. Tell us what you do together,

send us a photo and we will show you

at the end of the show.

In a moment we'll be meeting

a lurcher called Red

who is looking for a home.

He was abandoned by hare

coursers, criminals who use

dogs to

I'm hoping that the next leadership,

even during the transition, must set

in a new trajectory were people are

respected and that the rule of law

is restored.

My hope and wish is

that we are able to craft a

transitional framework for the next

elections which will put in place

the issue of reforms, the issue of

free and fair elections as per the

Constitution. We will look back to

this day with a hearty degree of

nostalgia because it's something

that they have been wishing for the

last five years but has been very

difficult to achieve because of the

machinery that has been put to

prevent it. So, like in any new

birth, I think the celebration

represents a new feeling, and I

think it will go down like in 1980,

when we got our independence as a

very memorable occasion.

And frankly astounded. This third

veto in the month clearly exposes,

if it wasn't already obvious,

Russia's determination to protect

the Syrian ally, whatever the harm

that causes. To the ban on the use

of chemical weapons to the wider

international system of rules to

Russia's own reputation. A

potentially elongated.

My colleague, the BBC Africa editor,

Fergal Keane, was in the chamber

when the announcement was made.

We're here, right at the moment that

they've heard that Robert Mugabe has

resigned from the presidency,

and you can hear it -

cheering from Zanu-PF MPs,

from opposition MPs and from members

of the public who've come

here to witness what's happening.

They didn't expect it and thought

that this could be a potentially

elongated process of impeachment,

but it hasn't happened.

He's gone, it's over.

Scenes of wild celebration

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After 37 years

and a promising start,

it's an embarrassing end for one

of Africa's last INAUDIBLE.

This is a good day for Zimbabwe,

a new era for our nation.

37 years with one president,

it doesn't make any sense.

I'm very happy.

I don't have anything to say,

but I'm happy with this.

Mugabe was...

I don't have any words to say now.

There was an air of

expectation earlier.

Parliament had resolved that,

if he wouldn't resign,

he would be impeached.

This is a people's project,

we are a people's party.

We believe in people's resolutions.

And let it go.

And what if it fails?

It will never fail.

The people have never failed.

Waiting in the wings now

is Emmerson Mnangagwa,

a long-time assistant

and Vice President whom Robert

Mugabe sacked just last week.

The weight of the expectation is now

on him to fix this broken country.

For now, Zimbabweans

are savouring the moment

they thought would never come.

Mr Mugabe is no longer

the president of Zimbabwe.

Let's go straight over to Harare

now, where the BBC's Ben Brown is.

What is the atmosphere bike on the

streets of Harare?

It is an amazing

atmosphere and has been ever since

the news came out that Robert Mugabe

and finally resigned. The news was

read out in Parliament just over

there behind me were all these

people have been celebrating ever

since and because the impeachment

process had started, most people

were expecting that impeachment to

just continue, they did not know how

long it would take, but in the end,

on the first day of the impeachment

process, Robert Mugabe just decided

to resign and people have been

dancing on the streets for the last

few hours, blaring their car horns

and partying. It will be a party

that will go on all night. Let's

talk to one person here. What does

this mean to you, the fact that

Robert Mugabe, after 37 years, has

resigned?

It is a beginning. I am so

happy. We are all so overwhelmed. We

never thought this would happen

after 37 years. On Saturday, we came

out, and we want to thank the Army

general for making Saturday a

success for us all to be out.

It has

been hard for the Zimbabweans. We

are tired of these political parties

of Zanu-PF. People are suffering in

the streets. Everything was brutal.

We were tired of the government of

Zanu-PF are now we want something

new, we want a different government.

I hope this resignation has brought

a big change in the country.

We

graduates but we not working. We

were going to work but they stopped

us going to work. They did not even

pay us.

That is just a flavour of

the celebrations that there are in

the people here who have been

demonstrating in front of Parliament

whether resignation was announced.

They will be partying. Goodbye,

Mugabe, is the message.

Very lively

streets of Harare the night.

And joining us now is the US

Senator, Chris Coons,

who in Congress sits

on the Foreign Relations

Africa Subcommittee.

We spoke to you before Mugabe fell.

Incredibly happy voices on the

streets of Harare tonight. IQ

optimistic about the future of the

country now?

This is a historic

moment for the people of Zimbabwe.

The 37 years, Robert Mugabe has been

a president who became a dictator.

The economy is in a shambles, there

have been violations of human rights

and ways in which democracy has been

thwarted since the 2008 election

that Mugabe lost but somehow

manoeuvred to be able to renege as

president. I am hopeful there will

be a peaceful transition of power.

Mugabe has resigned and has called

for peaceful transition, but this

will be up to the people of

Zimbabwe, regional leaders from the

African union, to insist on an

inclusive and open process. My hopes

are that the transition will respect

rule of law and lead to an open and

inclusive election in which there

will be a democratic process to

choose the future leadership of

Zimbabwe reform the economy and

repair the health of the country.

We

have been here before with other

African leaders who have been

proposed. The lesson is there is a

very short window of the

international community to get in

there and enact reform and get the

economy working again. What could

the United States do to help

Zimbabwe?

The United States imposed

a fairly strong sanction against

Zimbabwe many years ago against both

Robert Mugabe and some of his inner

circle of advisers as well as

impacting the country as a whole.

The United States continues to

provide humanitarian relief because

of the famine, drought, throughout

Zimbabwe, but we do not provide any

direct government to government

assistance. If the new government of

Zimbabwe presents itself as being

more transparent and open to reform,

the United States could consider

lifting some or all of those

sanctions. We could be a strong

partner with Zimbabwe that the

future development. Along with our

ally the United Kingdom and others,

we could create an environment to

improve Zimbabwe's economy as long

as there is respect for human rights

and transparency and democracy that

has been lacking for the last 37

years.

But you will also know there

will be a scramble for control in

the era of the new government,

whatever shape that government is.

China has been very good partner for

Zimbabwe in recent years. It is

likely that the West will try to

move him and perhaps regain some

control had.

My hope is that the

transition will be one that will

allow for more openness. It seems

likely that Emmerson Mnangagwa will

be sworn in as the new president and

that Morgan Tsvangirai, the

opposition leader, or play some

role. It is my hope that these

gentlemen and others will view the

transition as an opportunity to

establish new standards for conduct

of rule of law and openness to

engage with the West and in

particular the United States and the

UK.

We are seeing live pictures

coming in from Harare as you are

speaking of soldiers on the top of

tanks being embraced by the people

on the streets of Harare. They had a

tricky relationship with the

military but today at least they

feel very excited. I want to pick up

on this balance of power in Africa

with the Chinese. Are you concerned

that China steps in, it has clout in

what is an important southern

African country at a time when

America is withdrawing its influence

around the world?

I am very

concerned about the lack of an

active forward leading presents by

the United States. The last American

delegation to visit Zimbabwe was led

by my friend. He and I and two other

senators and congressmen have

visited Southern Africa in February

2016, we met with Robert Mugabe, and

extremely troubling meeting, and I

expressed concerns. I think that

China has a significant foothold in

Zimbabwe. They trained many of the

liberation struggle leaders and have

a strong economic presence. China

and the United States have a

different approach to engagement in

Africa. They do not advocate for

democracy, free press on human

rights and are more interested in

economic relationships. It is time

for China to stand up for

international standards in terms of

how we conduct business across

Africa and for the people of

countries like Zimbabwe to have a

voice in the future of the nation.

One of the few Zimbabwean

politicians who dared

to challenge Mugabe,

despite the violence

and the murder of his supporters,

was Morgan Tsvangirai,

leader of the opposition MDC.

This week, he returned

to the country from South Africa,

where he has been receiving

treatment for colon cancer.

This was his reaction to the news.

I'm hoping that the next leadership,

even during the transition,

must set in a new trajectory

where people are respected and that

the rule of law is restored.

My hope and wish is that we are able

to craft a transitional framework

for the next elections

which will put in place

the issue of reforms,

the issue of free and fair elections

as per the Constitution.

We will look back to this day

with a hearty degree of nostalgia

because it's something

that they have been wishing

for the last five years but has been

very difficult to achieve

because of the machinery that has

been put to prevent it.

So, like in any new birth,

I think the celebration

represents a new feeling,

and I think it will go

down like in 1980,

when we got our independence

as a very memorable occasion.

Alex Magaisa is the former adviser

to Morgan Tsvangirai,

the MDC opposition leader.

He's been with us

since the news broke.

I went to see him 15 years ago and

the time he had been beaten, he was

on a charge of trying to assassinate

Robert Mugabe. It is sad actually,

at this point when the country is

rejoicing, to see him in poor health

at a time when he could have a big

role to play.

Absolutely. He has

been a courageous fighter. He has

been a hero for the people of

Zimbabwe for even the war veterans

in Zimbabwe who pay tribute to him,

he is one of the few people who

stood up against Mugabe to take a

leading role. But we must not forget

that people have died trying to get

rid of Mugabe, people who lost limbs

and property. On this day, while

people celebrate, it is important to

remember that there are families and

people who have lost loved ones as a

result of this person who has left

office after so much pressure.

You

were listening to the senator when

he was talking. It said the

international community will have to

play a role in putting Zimbabwe back

on its feet. Looking at the

statistics, 95% unemployment rate in

the country. Foreign reserves are

about to run out. There is a $100

limit on withdrawals. The country is

in ruin!

The economy is one of the

major casualties of this regime. Mr

Mugabe may have had an economics

degree, but he had no clue how to

run an economy. People talk about

human rights violations and

discrimination and recriminations we

saw, the people are concerned about

the economy. These are the huge

challenges that Zimbabwe faces. It

is important for the international

community. We look everybody. I do

not think it is a route we should

take with us. In the past, we had

the selective approach when Mr

Mugabe was saying, I look East and

he slams the West. It is important

to understand that it is about the

interests of Zimbabwe. Thankfully,

Zimbabwe is a country that a lot of

people do care for, do look to

something that can be developed and

become a beacon, not just for

Africa, both of the world.

There is

so much potential. It is a country

that is rich in resources and

education levels. I am just

wondering whether Alex thinks that

whoever takes over can implement

reforms and implement them fast

because to capitalise on this

moment, presumably those reforms had

come pretty quickly?

There is so

much goodwill. We are hearing from

the international community. I

believe that whoever will take over,

and I think we know it is Morgan

Tsvangirai, he has to show

leadership. That will include taking

an inconclusive and transparent

approach. We saw people

demonstrating and exercising their

rights on Saturday. That should not

be a one-day affair, that should be

the new culture for Zimbabwe

embraces. We hope he will show that

leadership because he is coming from

a system that was so bad that people

are only looking to a brighter

future. They are saying the only way

is up and we hope people. Promise

and we do not have another 1980

moment. We ended up with a huge

disaster on our hands when we

celebrated them.

We do hope the

future is brighter.

Will there ever be a day

of reckoning for the Syrian

President, Bashar al-Assad?

Twice last week, Russia vetoed

a move by the UN Security Council

to extend the investigation into use

of chemical weapons in Syria.

In thanks, perhaps,

the Syrian President paid a surprise

visit to Sochi yesterday to hug

Vladimir Putin - literally.

Mr Putin is taking full credit

for Mr Assad remaining in power,

saying the Russian army saved

the Syrian state.

This year, more than 80 people

were killed in a sarin attack

on the rebel-held town

of Khan Sheikhun -

an attack that prompted

President Trump to launch 59

Tomahawk cruise missiles

at a Syrian airbase.

The joint report from

the United Nations and international

chemical weapons inspectors

determined that Assad

was responsible, and yet Russia

continues to defend him,

to the incredulity of those

sitting at the UN table.

I'm frankly astounded.

This third veto in a month

clearly exposes, if it

wasn't already obvious,

Russia's determination

to protect their Syrian ally,

whatever the harm that causes,

to the ban on the use of chemical

weapons to the wider

international system of rules

to Russia's own reputation.

President Assad's trip to Sochi

is the first time he has

left his country in two years.

The bearhug tells you

all you need to know -

he would no longer be in power

were it not for the

Russian intervention.

So what comes next?

Tomorrow, the Russian President has

meetings with leaders

from Iran and Turkey.

He is due to speak to President

Trump again after that meeting.

But does the US have any role

anymore in the process?

Thomas Pickering was a US ambassador

to Russia and joins us

now from Washington.

Many people watching will have

serious distaste for the fact that

Mr Assad is now part of the peace

process.

I think that is right. On

the other hand, it should come as no

surprise or shock as recently as a

year ago, the Obama administration,

without saying much about it, had

accepted the fact that what Henry

Kissinger used to say about this,

that Assad would have to be in at

the beginning but out at the end,

would be a more realistic view that

the notion that before any talks

could begin, certainly with US

participation, Assad had to be gone,

which I think was perhaps a

wonderful aspiration of political

non-feasibility.

But has the United

States effectively ceded control of

this peace process to Russia? It was

not long ago that the Americans

under President Obama were at least

calling these meetings are now they

are not even invited to the table.

It appears at least at this stage

for the good bit of seeding has

taken place, not just to Russia, but

to the Russia, Iran, Turkey

triumvirate which will meet in

Saatchi on Wednesday, tomorrow, and

will hold a conference of Syrian

peoples, seemingly a representative

group of the people who support

Assad or at least are not supporting

the anti-Assad group. Turkey has had

problems with that because there

will be Kurds present but they seem

to be resolved. But what we heard

from Putin and Assad is an awful lot

of processed but not much in the way

of politics in terms of how they

will solve this particular problem.

We have seen a lot of things from

the side including de-escalations

owns which seem to be the precursors

of the soft partition of Syria

looming in the background. One

wonders in fact whether, as

President Putin announces his

departure for the third time,

whether that will be realistic or

not it actually mean anything or

whether in fact it is just another

stage in Russia scaling down but

still hanging on quite tightly to

its searing objectives.

Isn't part

of the problem, when it comes to

Assad, the weakness of the UN

Security Council? If they were

speaking with one voice, he would

have to go, but continually, whether

it comes to the conflict itself

whether it is the investigation into

chemical weapons, it is Russia that

exercises its veto.

That is quite

right. The Security Council and the

Russian veto at another indication

of what I would call limited

progress. We have the depend on

that. The UN seems to be excluded

from the meeting or at least the

negotiator may well be hovering in

the background somewhere.

There had

been some hope that the Russians

might at least use their influence

to try to stop chemical weapons. Are

we giving up on that prospect as

well?

The Trump administration shows

a sense of non-engagement. Maybe

because they are overwhelmed by

higher priorities like North Korea

and so on. But in some ways, it is a

continuing example of the fact that

the State Department is

understaffed, what they are focusing

on is high priority issues that seem

to be left out to pasture here from

the point of view of the United

States. We cannot then expect much

in the way the US influence. Putin

will call Trump, but I do not know

what that will produce. Last famous

call they had Putin suggesting

nuclear disarmament and Trump was

not sure what that meant. He

answered in the negative.

The veto

they have just exercised at the

Security Council was for an American

bill. So where is this that resident

Trump had promised between Russia

and the United States?

We do not see

much coming out of it. Putin holds

the line quite strongly and stiffly

in the areas he is most interested

in securing Russian interests. Trump

seems to be on the sideline,

unwilling to criticise Putin,

although the rest of the United

States is quite vehemently. On the

other hand unable to get Mr Putin to

do very much to support what is

American policy and, after all,

Putin jumped in with Obama and said,

let's get rid of the chemical

weapons. When that happened two

years ago. There is a Russian

interest in performing on the

chemical weapons account in large

measure because of his partial

authorship of that particular

question.

It is interesting. We have

the case of the Russians and the

Syrians, the case of Zimbabwe, we

are looking at those live pictures

from Harare right now, and in both

cases there are questions about

American engagement over the

engagement of some other power, beat

Moscow or Beijing. As these

momentous events unfold around the

world, the question of American

involvement and leadership.

Also

questions about accountability.

We're talking about two leaders who

have carried out on the old abuse

against the all bone people are

getting off scot-free. Where will

Robert Mugabe go? There was thought

he might go to South Africa but in

fact there is a charge is wife is

facing in South Africa so maybe

Malaysia and Singapore where they

have departments. Maybe that will be

the final destination.

Some outbreaks of rain affecting

many parts of the UK this evening

but wet and windy weather on the way

tomorrow. This is one Weather Watch

abuse from Cambridge. Hard-pressed

to find much in the way of sunshine

tomorrow. The winds had been picking

up, blustery night. Those winds will

get stronger into the day tomorrow.

Some of the rain overnight will

leave the time that this next batch

fringing in the Northern Ireland

become significant. A mild start

across England and Wales with

temperatures into double figures.

Well into double figures. But it is

windy. Cloud around, many places

dry. That's rain edging into the

western and northern parts of Wales.

It will be persistent. We could see

up to 100 millimetres of rain by the

time we had done. But it started in

Belfast. Across much of Scotland it

will be dry. Rain and snow in the

very far north. This is the main

area of rain through the day. They

just to pull away eastwards from

Northern Ireland, pushes into

northern England and southern

Scotland. Very wet air into the

Southern Uplands. Notice the wind

arrows. The wind strengthening in

England and Wales with gales

developing, maybe up to 70 mph. A

bit cooler for Scotland and Northern

Ireland. Things may be OK travel

wise but coming home in the evening,

with rain in places, strong

destructive winds, there could be

problems. On Thursday, be aware,

northern Scotland, snow. Low levels

to begin with. A dry day for many of

us on Thursday. Still very mild for

much of England and Wales.

Especially when we get sunshine.

Still blustery, the winds easing a

bit. Colder air pushes south across

the UK but a complication comes in.

Another area of low pressure.

Uncertainty about weather rain will

go. Some will have a very wet day on

Friday. As that pulls away, they

cold air completes its journey back

south across the UK, right in time

for the weekend. A fine, dry, sunny

day but wintry showers around during

Saturday, especially in the north

and west.

This is Beyond One Hundred Days,

with me Katty Kay in Washington -

Christian Fraser's in London.

Our top stories - Robert Mugabe

makes a suprise resignation.

And the jubilant

response is immediate.

This is the scene now in Harare -

hours after the news broke people

can't stop celebrating.

The dictator is gone

but the system survives.

We will look at what comes

next in Zimbabwe after

years of economic ruin.

Also coming up in

the next half hour.

President Trump issues his first

pardons - to turkeys that is.

In a holiday tradition - these birds

can rest a little easier.

Let us know your thoughts

by using the hashtag.

'Beyond-One-Hundred-Days'.

Robert Mugabe has resigned after 37

years as Zimbabwe's President.

The suprise announcement came

after parliament began

the impeachment process.

Half way through that session

the speaker interrupted the debate -

it's a bit hard to make out

what Jacob Mudenda says but the key

word is 'resignation' and just watch

how the parliament reacts.

Notice of resignation...

CHEERING

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How do Zimbabweans feel about

the events of the last few hours?

Rashweat and Caroline Mukundu

have been in the centre

of Harare today with -

three of their children -

to celebrate a new era

for their country.

They're now back home again

and join us from there.

Lovely to see you both. You must be

full of optimism for your children?

We are full of optimism, our

children are asking us what is

happening. They have grown up

knowing only one leader. It is an

early Christmas for Zimbabwe. And we

did not believe this would ever

happen in our lifetime. We were

suffocating onto the political

leadership of Robert Mugabe. But

right now heavy burden has been

lifted from our shoulders. Where

happy and look forward to the

future. We will not allow another

leadership like Mugabe to come back

ever again.

What is the economic

situation like for your family under

Robert Mugabe recently and how

hopeful you that it will get better

soon?

The economic situation has

been a heavy burden, I can assure

you. For the few of us lucky to be

employed, you have to kick take care

of your family, of the health of

your parents and siblings, your

parents-in-law, everyone, in terms

of paying fees. Right now even we

cannot get water, men have no jobs.

And we're the military and the loo

leadership that will come will

really look at the economic

policies. Just new leadership. So

that our lives can be improved. It

has been a heavy burden. And at the

end of the month you know whatever

level you get will have to be split

across your extended family.

What

would you say to party leaders today

about the kind of future you want?

I'm 35 years old and the mother of

three girls and I'm so excited

today. I hope at least my children

will be able to go to school and

have books, right now I'm at home

and we have no water. And I hope

that this is a new beginning and we

will have everything we need for us

to be able to feed our children and

send them to school.

Would you like

Zanu PF to carry on or would you

like a transitional government?

We

want to see a transitional

government that overcomes the

polarisation of the past. We're

tired of violence. Tired of people

inside its by political leaders to

beat each other. We do not want to

go back to the politics of

polarisation. And psychologically

this has helped us really look at

who we are. We have enjoyed freedom

of expression in the past few days,

talking about our wishes. And we

never again want these rights to be

taken back. So we hope our political

leaders will look beyond their

selfish interests and beyond the

politics of party interests to the

people of Zimbabwe. This is our wish

that we're willing to support them

and willing to defend our rights.

Good to see both, thank you so much.

Earlier, the BBC spoke

to Nick Mangwana, the Chairman

of the Zanu PF UK Committee as news

was emerging of

Mugabe's resignation.

Nick is has re-joined us.

So they want Zanu PF to put the

country first and not the party.

They are right, the party was set up

to deliver certain political and

economic outcomes for its people.

But people are looking at what might

be around the corner, the return of

the vice president and they're

saying hang on, this is more of the

same.

They're wrong, I can reassure

them of that. In China when Chairman

Mao died, some people thought the

same thing. And in Tanzania when the

last president went out, they

thought the same. A few weeks ago in

Angola they thought the same way but

in all these examples it was the

beginning of transformation and

reform. And the same applies to

Zimbabwe, it is the beginning of the

new year and new dispensation.

Elections are coming up next year.

And for every example that you give

there are also examples of regimes

that have got rid of the leadership

but have carried on in an autocratic

way and you can understand why after

37 years of 1-party rule Zimbabweans

might feel sceptical that Zanu PF

really is prepared to engage in a

democratic process and perhaps even

allow an opposition party to win?

I'm just hearing your voice! OK, we

can assure you that when the

military took power or other took

control of things, they ensured --

they assured Zimbabweans there was a

new dispensation. The new

dispensation phrase came way too

many times and Zimbabweans were

assured of a new beginning. The vice

president is now a presidential

nominee. And in his statements he

was giving a new vision. And saying

it is not all about Zanu PF.

It is

going to be about this country. He

presided over economic grown

alongside Robert Mugabe.

90%

unemployment. It does not work like

that. They have no power at all? He

had limitations. In Zanu PF we had

only one person who held the power.

Everyone else was delivering things

as a proxy of the centre of power.

And the vice president was a proxy

that centre of power.

Are you

prepared to say right now if

elections were held in a month or

three months' time, and the

opposition party or one opposition

party won, that Zanu PF would cede

control of power?

It has two because

one thing we're going to do is abide

by the Constitution and in one of

the offences Mugabe was accused of

was not respecting the Constitution

and that was an impeachable issue.

So I do not think we can be so

hypocritical ass to do the same

thing.

Thank you very much. Let's go

to these live pictures coming in

from Harare. These celebrations I

think may go on long into the night.

We still do not know the whereabouts

of Robert Mugabe.

We do not know

where he is, whether is going to

stay the country where Grace Mugabe

is. One of the most remarkable

things about watching these pictures

is seeing those soldiers earlier, we

saw them on the tanks being embraced

by civilians on the streets. But for

so long the military has been seen

as a weapon of Robert Mugabe for

keeping control of the country and

seething now is the liberators, you

just hope the hopes of all those

people celebrating tonight are well

founded and there is now economic

and political reform. -- seeing them

now as the liberators.

What a

quarter of Zimbabweans had left the

country were told during the time of

Mugabe. Some of the other news.

Famous US talk show host

Charlie Rose has been sacked by CBS

following allegations

of sexual harassment.

Eight women accused Mr Rose

of inappropriate behaviour

in a report published

by The Washington Post.

In an internal memo the president

of CBS news said Mr

Rose's employment was terminated

effective immediately

and the revelations

showed intolerable behaviour.

This marks just the latest case

of sexual harassment claims

following the Harvey Weinstein

case.

In a statement posted to Twitter,

Charlie Rose said...

I deeply apologise for my

inappropriate behavior.

I am greatly embarrassed.

I have behaved insensitively

at times, and I accept

responsibility for that,

though I do not believe all of those

allegations are accurate.

I always felt that I was pursuing

shared feelings, even though I now

realize I was mistaken.

I think it is that last bit that has

people here surprised because of

course we have had a string of men

in powerful positions forced now to

issue similar apologies and that is

quite a distinction between some of

the apologies. The ones that are

wrote apologies and the ones that

seem to have a bit of a but at the

end of them and I think that was a

bit of a but.

This shared

feelings...

One of the women said

that she was in tears at the time

that she was being harassed so I

think pretty clear that in that

incident peelings were not shared.

He employed his staff and we have

talked about this in the House of

Commons, there was no in between

Charlie Rose and the people but he

employed. Interesting that CBS who

fired this afternoon in a

termination notice that what may

once have been accepted should not

ever have been acceptable. And that

brings us to the point that maybe

this is the tipping point in the UK

and the US that this kind of

behaviour can no longer be

tolerated.

Many people in this

position, the men who have been

exposed like this, they seem to be

older and you wonder if it is just a

generational thing than that younger

men do not do this is much was up

but also perhaps I think more

sceptically it is because that these

men have power and as their career

has progressed they get more power

and this is not about sex, but abuse

of power towards people who are

vulnerable and on your command and

that was the case with Charlie Rose.

So the man in his 30s darting out

does not have that kind of power. So

let's see if this is a generational

thing or just that men tend to

become the men who are going to

abuse become abusers as they get

older and more powerful.

Well the

public mood I think is shifted in

the United States and yet we heard

from the Trump administration and

from Kellyanne Conway that she wants

people to vote for Roy Warr, a man

facing allegations quite frankly of

paedophilia. She is saying go and

vote for him because we need the

votes and elsewhere people are

apologising, resigning, being

suspended.

And actually won the

first allegations came out about War

Memorial Kellyanne Conway was

interviewed and said that no Senate

seat was worth the safety of a

child. So quite dramatic the shift

that she's made basically saying we

need that vote on tax reform and

we're prepared to put up with what

one or has done. So a pretty

stunning reversal of her position.

Still to come.

Time to talk turkey.

President Trump spares two birds

from the Thanksgiving table -

in a tradition that goes back

decades.

An investigation into alleged data

manipulation at a forensics

laboratory in Manchester has

uncovered more than ten

thousand criminal cases

may have been affected.

The laboratory is used by police

forces across the country.

Our Home Affairs correspondent

Daniel Sandford reports.

A glossy promotional video

for Randox Testing Services, used by

dozens of police forces to check

suspects for drug use.

But it's now clear that for more

than three years, those tests have

been unreliable.

My advice from the forensic

science regulator was that

up to 10,000 cases spanning back to

late 2013 could no longer be fully

relied upon in the criminal

justice system.

10,000 cases.

Defence lawyer Nick Freeman

was one of the first to

spot the problem when

one of his clients,

who had admitted taking a

little bit of cannabis, tested

positive for drugs he knew he hadn't

taken.

When we got the report from Randox,

it suggested a much larger

amount than had been anticipated, -

but it also suggested he consumed

cocaine and another substance,

and he hadn't consumed any of those

substances, as far

as he was concerned.

The actual number of miscarriages

of justice is unclear.

The Crown Prosecution Service has

dropped 50 prosecutions for

drug driving that haven't

come to court yet,

and two cases of death by

careless driving involving drugs

have been referred back here to the

Court of Appeal.

Two employees from

Randox's Manchester

laboratory are suspected of not

retesting samples that had failed

quality checks.

They've been arrested

but not charged.

The company says it

deeply regrets the

distress caused and is paying

for thousands of retests.

But the regulator believes

it is an isolated problem.

There are also concerns about work

done by the same two employees on

family cases and workplace testing

at Trimega Laboratories before

it was taken over by Randox.

Daniel Sanford, BBC News,

at the Court of Appeal.

You're watching

Beyond One Hundred Days.

The resignation of Robert Mugabe is

bringing some hope that the economy

of the country may turn around.

Dr Theo Acheampong is a senior

analyst at IHS Markit.

People say there is no money, no

cash, what actually goes on, how do

people carry out their transactions?

What the government has introduced a

two tier system where you have a

voucher system will you just going

with the card and can use that to

make transactions. These are backed

by government IOUs and in addition

to that when you queue up to get

money for the cash machine there is

a limit on the transaction that you

can do. So currently a limit of just

100 US dollars, it used to be about

500. But because of the severe

liquidity crisis the government had

to intervene and then the central

bank recently even had to pinch --

to print IOUs to say take this piece

of paper and the government will

honour the payment obligation of

that.

I spoke to one friend who runs

a business in Zimbabwe and he needed

to buy boxes, and ordinary thing

that all factories used and he could

not pay for them because the outside

supplier from another country would

not trust that he would get paid.

That is very true and to the extent

that there are structural issues

facing the economy. As we speak now

the Zimbabwean economy has less than

one month of import cover for

International reserves. Basically

meaning international benchmark is

looking at three, four months of

import cover because of the severe

liquidity crisis that has faced the

economy. This has got to the point

that virtually there is no money to

support the payment coming in. And

so you have people who ordinarily

would have transacted business with

other people or other international

partners stepping back a bit because

they're just not too sure when they

would get paid and not too sure even

if they would get paid at all.

A

chronic situation. Thank you very

much.

For more on Mugabe and what happens

next in Zimbabwe lets talk

to Sara Dorman who's latest book

is 'Understanding Zimbabwe - from

liberation to authoritarianism'.

The country has been brutalised for

so long politically and

economically, how difficult will it

be to get back on its feet?

It will

be a challenging situation for

Zimbabwe. A huge amount of goodwill

exists and I think the people for

all their very excited and hopeful,

they understand that this is about

more than just removing one man. I

think people understand many of the

challenges both political and

economic ahead of them. But yes, it

is not going to be easy. That said

Zimbabwe have been resilient, it has

very good underlying infrastructure

and excellent trained people so I

think that there is potential there

for the rebirth that people are

talking about.

For millions of

course Robert Mugabe is the only

leader that they had ever known. Who

will regret his leaving us right I

certainly have heard people saying

for example, I had a discussion with

some friends saying my 14-year-old

daughter is totally opposed to

Mugabe but my mother will not hear

anything against him.

So I think

there is a cohort of people who

respect him as an individual,

despite much of what has happened. I

think there is a broader issue of

the legacy of the liberation war

which is still held very dearly by

many Zimbabweans and that is why

this process of events that we have

seen in the past week has been

called operation restore legacy.

They want to restore the legacy of

the party, of the movement that

brought Zimbabwe to independence.

The suggestion is that it has gone

off track and they want to bring it

back. So the people hoping to take

power from within Zanu PF and

especially, they see themselves as

part of the legacy but are trying to

identify with the good parts of the

legacy and not necessarily with the

more negative parts of what has

happened. The human rights abuses,

the economic disasters, the decline

of so much of Zimbabwe?

Political

and economic systems. Thank you very

much.

It's nearly Thanksgiving

here in the US and that means just

one thing in Washington,

time for the President to spare

the life of a turkey.

A tradition as old as...

well, pretty old.

This particular bird

was called Drumstick - oddly.

It will spend the rest of its days

not as part of a thanksgiving feast

but in retirement at a university

in Virginia.

As many of you know I have been very

active in overturning a number of

executive actions by my predecessor.

However I have been informed by the

White House counsel 's office that

pardons cannot under any

circumstances be revoked. So we're

not going to revoke them.

Well as it's such a long-standing

tradition, and as President Trump

mentioned his predecessor -

we thought we'd look back at some of

President Obama's turkey pardons.

There are certain days that remind

me of why I ran for this office and

then there are moments like this

where I Padoin Turkey and send it

Disneyland! If for some reason,

cannot fulfil his duties as the

official White House turkey, gobbler

will be waiting in the wings. Today

I'm taking an action fully within my

legal authority, the same kind of

action taken by Democrat and

Republican presidents before me, to

spare the lives of two turkeys, mac

and cheese. From a terrible and

delicious fate. I'm going to

publicly thank Maria and Sasha who

once again are standing here with me

during the turkey pardoning.

Now

where did think the turkey goes

before its big day at the White

House? No idea. Have a look at these

pictures, these turkeys went last

night to the Woolard

Intercontinental on Pennsylvania

Avenue. I kid you not. They went to

a twin room, these are the pictures.

I look today because I'm curious and

a twin room there is anything up to

$1000 per night. There they are

going with the baggage handlers all

the way down the corridor. And then

they go into the room and you will

see them, this is their bedroom. And

they left them in this room, paint

for by the National Turkey

Federation!

If you come to

Washington let me tell you you will

not be put up their! Just one other

fact, not just one turkey but

actually an alternate turkey so you

have had turkeys named in areas,

stars and stripes, cobbler and

gobbler, mac and cheese. You get the

drift. But I do not know if there

has been a turkey called Katty and

the back-up turkey called Christian!

And if so which one would be saved!

That is the Twitter question! Which

one would you save! I was looking at

how many pounds, 47 in five months,

that turkey. My last turkey

statistic of the day!

That is it on

turkey!

We will see you same time

tomorrow.