20/11/2017 Victoria Derbyshire

Hello, it's Monday, it's 9am,

I'm Victoria Derbyshire,

welcome to the programme.

Our top story today,

Robert Mugabe has an hour to resign

as President of Zimbabwe or face

impeachment - he certainly showed no

signs of resigning last night.

The operation I have alluded to did

not amount to a threat to our well

cherished constitutional order, nor

was it a challenge to my authority

as head of state and government.

We'll get reaction from some

of those who've been tortured

by the Mugabe regime.

Also on the programme -

punishment attacks featuring

kneecapping or assaults

using anything from sledgehammers

to electric drills are taking place

in this country right now.

I walked to the place that they told

me to go and they were standing

there. They showed me the gun and

told me to lie down on the floor.

That was it.

We'll find out why so-called

punishment attacks by paramilitaries

are on the rise in Northern Ireland.

And it's 70 years since the Queen

and Prince Phillip got married.

It is their platinum anniversary

today.

We'll look back at a

relationship which has been

a constant in British life.

Hello and welcome to the programme,

we're live until 11am.

Throughout the programme,

the latest breaking news

and developing stories -

and as always really

keen to hear from you -

do get in touch on all the stories

we're talking about this morning.

Our top story today,

Zimbabwe's president Robert Mugabe

has less than an hour to resign,

before a 10 o'clock deadline

set by his own party.

He was removed as leader yesterday,

but in a rambling television address

in which he was expected to resign

as president, he refused and instead

insisted he would lead the party's

congress next month.

Former allies have condemned

his decision and over

the weekend huge street rallies

demanded his resignation.

If he doesn't step down, his party,

Zanu-PF, says he will be impeached.

The influential head of the war

veterans organisation said

they would initiate legal action

in the High Court to

remove President Mubabe.

They also repeated their calls

for him to be impeached

and for further protests, including

a sit-in to force him to resign.

He went on national television

to pretend as if everything

is normal and he said he would be

attending his party congress.

We are saying, Mugabe, go now.

Mugabe, go now.

Your time is up.

Please leave State House and let

the country start on a new page.

You should have the dignity

and decency to spare the country

further turmoil by simply

announcing your

departure immediately.

If he can't, and this is the call

we are doing and repeating again

from when we came here on Thursday

last week, we are bringing back the

people of Zimbabwe to the streets.

You will then have to settle these

issues with the people of Zimbabwe.

Ben Brown is in the

Zimbabwean capital Harare.

Are you getting any sense of what

might happen in an hour, if

anything?

I am not getting a sense

that he is going to resign. Until we

hear it from his mouth, no one will

believe he is going to resign.

Everyone was expecting him to resign

last night after his own party,

Zanu-PF, had sacked him as their

leader, after the military had had

their takeover here, and after

seeing thousands of people on the

streets here in Harare on Saturday.

So much pressure from the people,

from the Army, from his own party to

resign. Everyone thought he would

last night, and then he didn't. He

is nothing if not stubborn. He is

the world's oldest head of state, 93

years of age, and still technically

president of this country although

extraordinarily, he is still under

house arrest. So the impeachment

process will begin if he continues

to refuse to resign. In the

parliament behind me in Harare, it

would need both chambers of

parliament to agree with a two

thirds majority to impeach him. I

was talking to one MP this morning

who said that that could take weeks

or even months, and that means Mr

Mugabe could still be president in

2018.

And in the meantime, the

citizens of Zimbabwe today where

industry is over the weekend -- they

were on the streets. What are they

doing today?

It is fair to say they

are disappointed. They watched that

TV address in their millions. They

were expecting him to resign. Almost

everybody you talk to want him to

go. It is almost impossible to find

anyone who wants him to stay. So

they are disappointed and angry. Let

me show you just one newspaper front

page from this morning. " Arrogant

Mugabe disregards Zanu-PF". That is

just a flavour of how people are

thinking. There has been a call for

another big demonstration on the

streets tomorrow. Maybe we will see

thousands more people calling for Mr

Mugabe to resign, but frankly, he

doesn't listen to the people and I

don't think you will make any

difference.

Thank you, Ben.

Obviously, as things continue to

change in Harare, we will be their

live for much of the morning,

talking to residents of Zimbabwe and

we will of course be there at ten

o'clock when that deadline passes.

Let me bring you this news. Jana

Novotna has died. She was Wimbledon

champion in 1998. She was just 49.

Here is the statement. After a long

battle with cancer, Jana Novotna

died peacefully, surrounded by

friends and family in her native

Czech Republic. She has died aged

49. She had cancer. More on that to

come in the sport in a few moments.

Now a summary of the rest

of the day's news.

Germany is on the cusp

of a political crisis

following the collapse of talks over

the formation of a

coalition government.

Eight weeks of negotiations

following September's general

election have collapsed,

with the centrist Free

Democrats pulling out.

Angela Merkel will meet

the German President

who could call a new election.

Police say there were no injuries

to suggest "any other person

was involved" in the death

of the missing teenager Gaia Pope.

The 19-year-old's body was found

on Saturday in a field near Swanage,

11 days after she was last seen.

Dorset Police are treating her death

as "unexplained" pending

toxicology results.

Women are being advised to sleep

on their side in the last three

months of pregnancy to avoid having

a stillborn baby.

A study of just over 1,000 women

found the risk doubles if women go

to sleep on their backs,

but researchers say

women should not worry

if they are on their back

when they wake up.

The study authors estimate that

about 130 babies' lives a year

could be saved if this advice

was followed.

MPs are calling for a crackdown

on the so-called "gig economy".

Delivery riders and minicab drivers

for firms like Deliveroo and Uber

are being exploited by loopholes

in employment law, according

to two committees of MPs.

They say they face an "unacceptable

burden" of having to prove

they are "workers",

rather than self-employed.

The Government says it's already

considering the findings of a review

of working practices.

The convicted cult

leader Charles Manson -

who orchestrated a series

of notorious murders in the 1960s -

has died in prison in

California at the age of 83.

In 1969, members of his group killed

seven people including

the actress Sharon Tate,

wife of the film director,

Roman Polanski.

Manson himself was initially

sentenced to death, before

the penalty was abolished

in California.

Church leaders across

Northern Ireland have released

a statement condemning so-called

"punishment" attacks

by paramilitaries.

They can take the form

of kneecappings, where victims

are shot in the legs,

or serious beatings

with weapons like iron bars.

They've been declining

in recent years, but saw

an increase of 30% last year.

You can watch our report including

exclusive interviews with two

teenagers who were shot in the knees

by paramilitaries, coming

up in a few minutes.

The Queen and Duke

of Edinburgh are today

marking their 70th wedding

anniversary - the longest

in the royal family's history.

They will celebrate the occasion

privately with family

and friends at Windsor Castle.

Our royal correspondent

Sarah Campbell reports.

In the gloom of post-war Britain,

their marriage was, in the words

of Winston Churchill,

a flash of colour.

He was the dashing naval officer,

she the future Queen.

In the 70 years since,

theirs has proved to be

a relationship which has truly stood

the test of time.

It's worked because their

personalities and their characters

complement one another.

They're quite different,

in many ways, but Prince Philip

is the first to make the Queen laugh

uproariously, and is probably

the only person who can also

tell her to shut up.

Pictured in 1939, 18-year-old Philip

first caught Princess Elizabeth's

eye on a visit to Dartmouth Naval

College.

It was the beginning

of a friendship which grew

into a lifelong partnership.

The Queen has referred to him

as her strength and stay.

The Duke remarked that

tolerance is essential

to any happy marriage,

and the Queen, he added,

has that quality in abundance.

70 years after the royal couple

exchanged their vows here,

the bells of Westminster Abbey

will peal for more than three

hours in their honour.

These images have been released

by the Palace to mark the couple's

milestone anniversary.

The Queen and Prince Philip

will celebrate at a private party

at Windsor Castle this evening.

That's a summary of the latest BBC

News - more at 9.30.

There are a couple of lines coming

out of Zimbabwe, according to the

Reuters news agency. They don't

necessarily make the situation

clearer. According to senior

political sources, Robert Mugabe's

speech last night was intended to

make clear that the military

intervention last week was not a

clue. -- it was not a coup. Mr

Mugabe was supposed to say that in

his speech. The second line is that

Robert Mugabe had agreed to resign,

but Zanu-PF, his party, did not want

him to step down in front of the

generals. That is according to

senior political sources talking to

the Reuters news agency. As I said,

that does not necessarily make the

situation clearer. Does that suggest

that at ten o'clock, when this

imposed deadline reaches us, he will

step down if the generals are not

the picture? Stay tuned, and we will

try to bring the latest. Let me

bring you these comments about

punishment attacks, which are on the

rise in Northern Ireland and a lot

of the victims are under 25, some

including children. And we are

talking predominantly about boys

being shot in the back of the knee

as punishment for petty crime, for

stealing a car, for drug dealing.

Inclusive 2017 says young teenage

boys are being maimed. Politicians

fail to act. In Northern Ireland, we

need a strategy to end violence

against men and boys. We are beaten,

shot and assaulted daily. Another

says, these brutal attacks on young

people need to stop. The

victimisation needs to stop. These

young people need a chance in life.

This is abuse and it is child abuse.

Our film on that is coming up. If

you are getting in touch, you are

very welcome.

Let's get some sport with Jessica.

Sad news from the world

of tennis this morning?

Yes, we have had it confirmed in the

last half-hour that the former

Wimbledon champion Jana Novotna has

died aged 49. We have a statement

from the women's tennis Association,

the WTA. They say "It is with deep

sadness that we announce the passing

on Sunday of Yana Novotna, the

former WTA world number one and

number two singles champion. After a

long battle with cancer, Jana died

peacefully, surrounded by her family

in her native Czech Republic. The

CEO of the WTA, Steve Simon, said

Jana was an inspiration both on and

off court to anyone who had the

opportunity to know her. Her star

will always shine brightly in the

history of the WTA. It goes on to

say "Our condolences and our

thoughts are with Jana's family"

say "Our condolences and our

thoughts are with Jana's family".

It

was 1998 when she won Wimbledon and

lots of people will remember her

reaction afterwards.

Yes. She will

be well known to British tennis

fans. She captured the hearts of

many when she burst into tears after

losing to the German great Steffi

Graf in 1993, she was consoled by

the Duchess of Kent. She was

renowned for her serve in the volley

game and achieve a career-high

singles ranking of number two. She

was twice a beaten finalist, in 1993

and 1997. But a year later, it was

third time lucky for Novotna. Of her

career, she won 24 singles titles in

14 years on the professional

circuit, along with 76 doubles

titles. And she was inducted into

the tennis hall of fame in 2005. But

it is sad news from the world of

tennis that Jana Novotna has died

after a battle with cancer, aged 49.

They're a legacy of decades

in conflict in Northern Ireland -

so-called "punishment" attacks

by paramilitaries, usually

kneecappings or serious beatings

using anything from an iron bar

to an electric drill.

Those responsible claim it's a way

of clamping down on crime

and anti-social behaviour

in their community.

If you deal drugs, for instance,

you face being kneecapped.

And now, after a period of decline,

these attacks are on the rise,

with a 30% increase over

the last year.

Almost half of those

targeted are 25 or under.

Today, church leaders

across Northern Ireland have

for the first time

released a statement

condemning the threat

against young people,

timed to coincide with the United

Nations Universal Children's Day.

This programme has spoken

exclusively to two teenagers

about their experience of being shot

by paramilitaries and to the PSNI

officers leading the fight

against the attacks.

Some of the details

in Greg Dawson's report are graphic

from the very beginning

and you may not want

young children to hear.

Police have just released details

of what they believe

was a paramilitary-style attack

on a teenager in Londonderry just

after midnight yesterday morning...

...After being shot in the legs

at their home in west Belfast.

It happened just

after six o'clock...

...The vicim's injuries aren't

believed to be life-threatening.

I walked to the place,

and they told me to go,

and they were standing there.

They showed me the gun and told me

to lie down on the floor.

That was it.

The first time they shot me,

I only moved a bit, but see

the second time they shot me,

I was screaming.

It went right through

and hit my main artery,

busted my whole kneebone.

A 17-year-old boy has been shot

in the leg after two masked men...

It's an enormous human rights abuse,

whatever the age of the person,

but it's happening a lot

against young people and children.

If you speak to young

people in the communities,

I think they'll tell

you there is a climate

of fear for them.

We have a choice here,

this doesn't need to be

the future of our children.

Belfast is a city that

prides itself on its progress.

From the darkest depths

of the Troubles, it has emerged

as one of the UK's most

popular tourist destinations.

But in small pockets of this city,

there are many communities

still living with the legacy

of Northern Ireland's

division and violence.

Many of the recent victims

of paramilitary threats and attacks

will have little memory

of the Good Friday Agreement.

Some were born long after it.

We've come out with the Police

Service of Northern Ireland's

new task force, set up specifically

to tackle paramilitaries,

the armed groups active in both

Protestant loyalist areas

and Catholic republican communities.

We're leaving the Lower Shankill

and we're going to go

in from a loyalist...

...the nationalist Catholic area.

But certain paramilitary groups

still see it as their role to police

these communities and crack down

on what they judge to be

anti-social behaviour.

Even in 2017, the self appointed men

in charge assert control

with baseball bats and bullets.

We've spoken to two young victims

of paramilitary-style attacks.

James and Thomas, not their real

names, were shot in the legs.

For their safety, we've hidden

their faces and voiced their words.

They got in contact

with someone in the family.

They told me I had

to go and meet them.

I changed my trousers,

went out of my house

and went to the pub.

I had two pints and I got a text

message that I had to go,

so I walked over on my own,

and that was it.

I walked to the place

and they told me to go,

and they were standing there.

They showed me the gun and told me

to lie down on the floor.

That was it.

How did you feel when you were

making that walk over from the pub?

I was scared, of

course I was scared.

I was fearing for my life,

in case they did something else.

Someone who was really,

really close to me was first

out because they knew

I was getting shot.

They brought out a pillow,

and then the ambulance came.

The first time they shot me,

I only moved a bit.

But, see, the second time

they shot me, I was screaming.

It went right through

and hit my main artery.

Busted my whole kneebone,

know what I mean?

I couldn't even move my leg.

There ended up being loads of people

around me and I asked

someone for a fag, and then

I just went blank.

And all I remember was just waking

up in the ambulance.

These paramilitary-style attacks may

have been happening in certain

communities in Northern Ireland

for decades, but after a fall

in recent years, the numbers

are creeping back up.

In 2016-2017, there were 94 reported

casualties of shootings

and assaults, that's up 30%

on the previous year.

Attacks are currently

at their highest level since 2010,

and, since 2009, 47% of attacks

targeted people aged 25 and under.

The actions of these paramilitary

groups range from everything

from threats to individuals,

either in person or by proxy,

up to beatings, and right up

to the end of the scale which can

include serious assault, shootings,

and, on occasion, has resulted

in the murder of individuals.

This 15-year-old from Londonderry

is a recent victim.

In June, he was beaten with iron

bars, including this one that

officers in Derry recovered.

Paul Smith is a youth worker and has

devoted years to campaigning

and speaking out against attacks.

There isn't any due process

involved, nobody appears in front

of a court and can defend

themselves, and a lot of the victims

end up being traumatised

for the rest of their lives.

One of the hallmarks

of these attacks is that

many of the victims

know it is coming.

They're often given notice

to attend an appointment.

Last month, this flyer was posted

through doors in West Belfast.

It lists the names of 14 men accused

of selling drugs and orders them

to come forward to the Republican

movement, adding that failure to do

so could result in execution.

In some cases, parents of victims

are faced with a dreadful dilemma -

protect their child,

or hand them over to paramilitary

groups for appointments.

See, I used to be a happy child,

always up and bouncing.

Then I did one or two bad things,

and they were just picking

on me and picking on me.

I was trying to change my life

around and they were

still picking on me.

They put me out of the country,

and then my mummy visited me

and said, "Listen, I've been talking

to someone to try and sort it out.

To get someone to give

you an easy shooting."

I put my shoes on straight

away and I said, "Yes,

let's get it over and done with."

So I put my shoes on and straight

to Belfast, right?

Just talk me through

the day that it happened.

I was told to walk up the street,

and I looked behind me

and two men were there.

I turned round and I said to them,

"There are ten times as many people

out there doing worse than me,"

and he just said, "Listen, kid,

I'll look after you."

How is that looking after you?

I think people are appalled when

they hear about parents bringing

their kids for appointments.

But I feel deeply sorry for those

people, I think that they have

reached a point where they feel

they really have no option.

And, in one incident recently,

a couple who tried to intervene

to protect their child

was shot themselves.

Injuries sustained in an attack may

not be life-threatening,

but more often than not

they are life-changing.

We've spoken to a surgeon

in the city who told us often

the beatings are more brutal

than the shootings,

with paramilitaries using everything

from iron bars to sledgehammers,

and even electric drills.

You were shot in the legs.

Just give us an idea

of how that actually felt?

It's a burning sensation for, like,

two minutes straight,

then it stopped for 30 seconds.

Then it started again.

It was burning and burning,

you know what I mean?

See, when I'm playing Xbox,

my whole leg locks up.

I get pains every single day.

It's like shooting pains.

But it's not just the physical

scars that do the damage.

Campaigners say often attacks can

lead to devastating mental

health consequences.

I know of several examples

where young people have been shot

or beaten by paramilitary

organisations, and within

a matter of weeks they've

taken their own lives.

So it's an awful, it's a double

tragedy for families,

and it's a terrible toll

that our society's taking

for this ongoing problem.

I had depression already,

but now it's far, far worse.

I've been going to the doctors,

seeing psychiatrists.

Before this I was just like a stupid

kid, know what I mean?

Other people were doing far

worse, stealing cars,

burning this and that.

I didn't do anything that bad.

I've had very bad depression,

everything you can think

of, know what I mean?

I couldn't leave the house.

I was sitting in the house

every single day.

I'm not scared of violence,

I'm just scared because of what's

going through my head

because of the depression.

I've actually lost count of how many

times I've tried to kill myself.

I've sliced my arms.

Sometimes it's been a cry for help,

but a few times I really,

really did want to kill myself.

The last time, I was in my bathroom,

and I waited until everyone

was asleep, and I tried to hang

myself, but my mummy must have been

listening, know what I mean?

She busted the door

and I just dropped.

My eyes were in the back of my head,

and I looked dead and all.

I heard my mummy was shouting,

"He's dead, he's dead!"

Then I just woke up and came

to and was like, "What's

wrong, what's wrong?"

The police may be determined

to prevent these attacks

and punish those responsible,

but they face enormous obstacles.

Victims who are too scared or simply

just refuse to name the culprits

because of a stigma of so-called

touting, the nickname

for talking to officers.

It all means only around

4% of attacks result

in charges being brought.

For people who would be

surprised by that figure,

can you explain why it is so low?

Well, it's down to a number

of factors, one of the biggest

issues is the noncooperation

of the victims, and I think that's

understandable in circumstances

where people have already been

beaten or shot.

The fear of engagement

with the police and what that might

lead to in terms of the party that

were responsible for the initial

attack clearly is something that

would inhibit their wanting to get

involved with the police.

At the same time, these groups

are sophisticated in terms of how

they go about carrying out these

attacks, they're very careful

to make sure they're done in areas

where they won't have witnesses,

where there won't be the likes

of CCTV, and many of the groups are,

as well, forensically aware.

When the police came to you,

they must have asked

you, "Do you know who did this?"

What did you tell the police?

Of course I can't say,

because that's touting.

You'd be scared to tell the police?

Not scared, I just wouldn't.

Round those areas,

it counts as touting,

and you don't want to be a tout.

The paramilitaries come back

and shoot you for that, too.

Worse, they'd shoot you dead.

But there's another obstacle.

It's been labelled the societal

shrug, where many in these

communities see a paramilitary-style

attack as an imperfect but necessary

solution to crack down on crime

and anti-social behaviour

in their neighbourhood.

What would you say to people

who would say, well,

you were hurt in a punishment

attack, you must have done something

wrong to deserve this?

Aye, I did do wrong, yeah,

but I was punished for that

through a court of law.

I didn't need to be punished

by gangsters in the street.

I was punished for what I did.

There was no need

for them to shoot me.

A court of law is for punishment.

It shouldn't be overlooked

that the numbers of these attacks

has drastically reduced

since the height of the Troubles

here, but campaigners

believe more could be done

to eradicate them altogether.

Finding a political solution has

become even more of a challenge

since the power-sharing agreement

between the DUP and Sinn Fein

collapsed in January,

leading to deadlock here

at the Stormont Assembly.

Beyond doubt there is an attempt

by some of these paramilitary groups

to continue to exert

their influence within communities.

I think this is one area

where they see a degree of populism,

and they think it's a way

in which they can re-establish

or promote their legitimacy

within communities, and obviously

from my perspective I am absolutely

committed to denying them any

potential oxygen in that respect.

I can remember every

bit of what happened,

it repeats in my mind all the time.

My mental health issues,

it's made them worse.

I'm still young, I should be

enjoying myself in bars,

and now I'm scared to go out.

I won't leave the house

unless I have family

or friends with me.

This has changed my life.

Greg Dawson reporting.

After 10am, we'll hear from someone

who mediates between paramilitary

groups who carry out these so called

punishment beatings

and the community.

Thank you for your comments.le Jamie

says, "This has been a curse of

Belfast life. I used to not being

able to walk down the street without

seeing an otherwise fit young man on

crutches." Patricia says, "These

young people are drug dealers or

joyriders who don't care what they

do do others. They know if they are

found out, what are the

consequences." Another viewer says,

"If the PSNI don't do their job,

these people will take it upon

themselves to issue punishments.

Sometimes you think to yourself well

if they didn't deal the drugs or rob

grannies then they wouldn't have had

their knees blown off."

Still to come, Robert Mugabe's party

has given him half an hour

to stand down as president.

What happens if he doesn't?

We'll bring you the latest analysis.

We will speak to those who suffered

at the hands of President Mugabe's

regime.

70 years ago to the day, the Queen

and Prince Phillip got married.

We'll take a look back

at their lives together

and speak to another couple,

also celebrating their platinum

wedding anniversary.

Time for the latest

news, here's Rebecca.

The BBC News headlines this morning.

A deadline set by Zimbabwe's ruling

party for President Robert Mugabe

to resign or face impeachment

runs out shortly.

In a speech to the nation last

night, Mr Mugabe made it clear it

he had no intention of stepping

down.

The influential head of the war

veterans organisation said they

would initiate legal action in the

High Court to remove President

Mugabe, and called for further

protests, including a sit-in to

force him to resign.

The German President Frank-Walter

Steinmeier is to hold crisis talks

with Chancellor Angela Merkel,

after her failed attempt to forge

a coalition cast doubts

over her political future.

The centrist Free Democrats pulled

out of talks late last night,

blaming irreconcilable differences

with Mrs Merkel's Christian

Democrats and the other party

in the talks, the Greens.

Talks have been going on for eight

weeks following September's

general election.

Police say there were no injuries

to suggest "any other person

was involved" in the death

of the missing teenager Gaia Pope.

The 19-year-old's body was found

on Saturday in a field near Swanage,

11 days after she was last seen.

Dorset Police are treating her death

as "unexplained" pending

toxicology results.

The convicted cult

leader Charles Manson -

who orchestrated a series

of notorious murders in the 1960s -

has died in prison in

California at the age of 83.

In 1969, members of his group killed

seven people including

the actress Sharon Tate,

wife of the film director,

Roman Polanski.

Manson himself was initially

sentenced to death, before

the penalty was abolished

in California.

Women are being advised to sleep

on their side in the last three

months of pregnancy to avoid having

a stillborn baby.

A study of just over 1,000 women

found the risk doubles if women go

to sleep on their backs

but researchers say

women should not worry

if they are on their back

when they wake up.

The study authors estimate that

about 130 babies' lives a year

could be saved if this advice

was followed.

The Queen and Prince Philip

are celebrating their 70th

wedding anniversary today -

the longest in the Royal

family's history.

The occasion is being marked

with a new series of portraits,

a set of stamps and a private party

for the Royal Family

at Windsor Castle.

The church's bells of Westminster

Abbey, where they married,

will ring for more than three hours

to mark the occasion.

That's a summary of

the latest BBC News.

Here's some sport now with Jessica.

As you have been reporting, sad news

from the world of tennis and you can

bring some of the tributes being

paid to Jana Novotna.

Yes, it has

been confirmed this morning that the

former Wimbledon champion Jana

Novotna has died aged 49. Our tennis

correspondent Russell Fuller joins

me now. She will be well known to

British tennis fans, but most

remembered perhaps for crying after

losing the Wimbledon final in 1993?

Yes, in many ways, that will be the

abiding memory of Jana Novotna

amongst British fans. She couldn't

help but share her emotion after

losing the Wimbledon final to Steffi

Graf in 1993. It was Jana Novotna's

first Wimbledon final. The great

Steffi Graf was her opponent.

Novotna was in a winning position,

but Steffi Graf came back to win and

when she received her runners-up

trophy from the Duchess of Kent, the

Duchess literally provided her with

a shoulder to cry on. She was back

in the final four years later,

losing to Martina Hingis. The

Duchess of Kent then said to her, if

you come back and make the final

again, I'm sure it will be third

time lucky, and so it proved. She

came back in 1998 and this time,

Jana Novotna was victorious. She won

her one and only Wimbledon singles

title.

And incredible career, 24

titles that she won during her

career, inducted into the hall of

fame in 2005. How do you think she

will be remembered?

Those titles

were just that singles level. She

was a wonderful doubles player as

well. She won a number of doubles

titles. 16 Grand Slam doubles

titles. She was a serve and volley.

She was a very athletic player. She

won the team competition for her

country, the Czech Republic. She won

Olympic medals in singles and

doubles. She was number one in the

world in doubles, number two in the

world in singles. We had the

privilege of sharing a commentary

box with her at Wimbledon in recent

years. She was never ostentatious in

her delivery, but you could see her

passion for the sport, her love of

the game and the way the players

conducted the points.

Russell, thank

you. That is all the sport for now.

Confirmation again that the former

Wimbledon champion Jana Novotna has

died aged 49.

Welcome to the programme.

As things stand right now -

Robert Mugabe is still

Zimbabwe's President -

despite a warning that he'll be

impeached and removed

by his own party unless he resigns

in just under half an hour's time.

He didn't step down last night,

as many expected, as many hoped,

even though his own party have

sacked him as leader; instead

he said he intended to chair

the party's congress next month.

The Congress is due in a few weeks

from now. I will preside over its

processes, which must not be

pre-possessed by any act is

calculated to undermine it or to

compromise the outcomes in the eyes

of the public.

Robert Mugabe's grip on power

weakened big time since the army

intervened on Wednesday,

in a row over who

should succeed him.

The crisis began two weeks ago

when the 93-year-old leader,

who's been in charge since 1980,

sacked his deputy Emmerson

Mnangagwa, angering army commanders

who saw it as an attempt

to position his wife

Grace as next president.

Since there have been huge street

raliies in the country,

demonstrations including

the country's influential

war veterans, all

demanding he step down.

Under his presidency,

he's overseen economic collapse,

rampant corruption and the brutal

oppression of anyone

who dared to criticise him.

Ishmael Kauzani joins us from Harare

- he was tortured numerous times

under Mugabe's regime.

Marcellina Chikasha

is also in Harare -

she's President of the opposition

African Democratic Party.

Ishmael, President Mugabe has 20

minutes before the deadline expires

to resign. Do you think he's going

to?

No, I don't. He's not going to

resign. He said last night, I'm

going to preside over the Zanu-PF

congress, so I don't see him

resigning.

What do you think will

happen, then?

For now, I can't say

anything. But as events are

unfolding, anything can happen. As

we speak right now, we are gathered

in the square where we are having

some prayers so that God might hear

our prayers and he might resign.

There are also other groups, the war

veterans and other social movements

who are planning some demonstrations

and sit-ins. They are planning to

march to the blue roof, his

residence. Anything can happen.

According to one Reuters witness,

students at the university of

Zimbabwe are not doing their exams,

or the exams have been postponed

today because students have started

chanting and singing songs against

resident Mugabe. I wonder if you can

tell our British audience how you

have been treated under his regime?

Mine is a long story. It started in

2000. For now, I can say I have been

arrested more than 130 times by

Mugabe's regime.

Why?

I was arrested

because I was a member of the MDC

and I am a human rights activist.

And MDC stands for the Movement for

Democratic Change, which is an

opposition party. And they

understand in 2008, your friend and

your brother were murdered by the

regime. Tell us what happened.

Yes.

It was on the 19th of April 2008

when I was abducted together with my

friend. We were taken away from

Harare to our place about 80

kilometres away, and we were beaten

and dumped in the mountains. I

sustained three broken ribs. My

friend had multiple fractures to the

league. We were rescued by the women

who were fetching firewood. Then we

were taken to a clinic and later

transferred to another clinic. I was

in hospital from the 20th of April

until the 5th of May, when I was

discharged. On the eighth, I planned

to leave Harare to go to South

Africa for further medication. I was

also running away because I felt my

life was in danger.

So you had to

get out. Let me bring in Marcellina.

Sorry, Ishmael. Marcellina, you are

the leader of an opposition party in

Zimbabwe. What do you think is going

to happen in the next 15 minutes? Do

you think Mugabe is going to resign?

I don't think he is going to resign

at all. He has proved that he's not

going be a pushover for anyone, and

he doesn't want to deliver this

presidency on a silver platter to

Emmerson Mnangagwa.

So what will

happen if he doesn't resign?

I am a

bit worried, because we could

descend into anarchy. These

demonstrations could get out of

hand. What people don't realise is

that, in as they are desperate to

get rid of Robert Mugabe, they have

joined the system that has always

oppressed them and they could just

be collateral damage. We need to

think about the citizens and the

best way forward for the country. If

the street protests and the marches

that are being proposed go on on

Wednesday, we could descend into

anarchy. That is something that

cannot be overlooked.

As I understand it most people out

on the streets, most of the army,

want President Mugabe to step down.

So everybody is on the same side?

Everyone is on the same side now,

but it only takes a moment for

people to realise that it's not

actually just Mugabe that they want

out, it's the system that they want

out. It's Zanu-PF they want out.

Depending what happens in the

situation and who takes advantage of

the situation, you know, it's just

fragile at the moment. I just think

that the army intervening in

civilian politics, you know, roping

people in, citizens to in to fight

their factional battles is not a

good place for a country to be.

Thank you very much for talking to

us.

That's the President of an

opposition party called the African

Democratic Party. Thank you for your

time. He was arrested over 100 times

since Robert Mugabe came into power

and he had to flee effectively for

his life. He had to save himself. He

had to flee to South Africa. We will

be live in Harare, of course, as we

reach that deadline at 10am.

On this day in 1947,

the Queen and Prince Philip got

married at Westminster Abbey.

They'd actually got engaged a year

earlier, but the Palace kept it

a secret until the then

Princess Elizabeth turned 21.

They'd first met when

the Queen was 13 years old.

And for the last 70 years,

their marriage has been

a constant in British life.

Here's how it all began.

# When you are in love

# It's the loveliest

night of the year...

The king and queen announce

the betrothal

of their

dearly beloved daughter,

the Princess Elizabeth,

to Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten.

I am so happy that on this,

my third visit,

my future husband is by my side.

Into the dull November morning, two

Greys draw the Irish State coach.

Inside, the Royal Highness Princess

Elizabeth and her father.

# ...it's the loveliest

night of the year

# When you are in love

# It's the loveliest

night of the year

# Stars twinkle above

# And you almost can

touch them from here

# Words fall into rhyme

# Any time you are holding me near

# When you are in love

# It's the loveliest

night of the year

Let's talk to the Queen's former

press secretary Dickie Arbiter.

Christopher Lee

is a royal historian.

Alun and Delphine Richards

are in Swansea and they celebrated

their 70th wedding anniversary

in June and got a card

from the Queen.

Welcome all of you. Thank you so

much. Dickie, you have seen this

relationship of the Queen and Prince

Philip's from close quarters. Give

us an insight into what they are

like together?

They are like pretty

much a normal married couple. The

fact that the Queen is head of state

and head of nation is neither here

nor there when they are sitting

across the table from one another. I

was there in the crowd watching the

procession and there was love and

adoration when they were driving

back from Westminster Abbey and that

exists today. They have got humour.

They've got affection for each

other. They have got chemistry.

I

can imagine him making her laugh.

Does she make him laugh?

Yes, she

does make him laugh. What you see in

public is the very different to the

person you see in private. They are

two people that are pretty much

wrapped up in each other, but they

give each other space. She has got a

job to do. He has got a role and

they allow each other to get on with

it, but when it's time to come

together they do come together.

Christopher, you believe their

marriage is symbolic of British

national identity. Explain?

Well,

one of the roles of the monarchy

apart from providing an heir is to

reflect identity of the nation and

it's not so much look at us this is

how you ought to behave, but it is

somehow they do reflect the feelings

of a nation. A nation feels quite

comfortable with the idea of a long

lived monarch. I think that what I

find intriguing without being sort

of damp about it, this is towards

the end of this long monarchy and

this long reflection of the nation.

If you go back to 1947 what it was

like then and right up to the

present day where the uncertainties

that we have now and I think that's

particularly important because when

you look at the, looking at Ascot

earlier this year and in all the

crisises that's going on throughout

the world and suddenly up came the

carriage and then there they were

waving, and suddenly, that seemed

right because it reflected another

side of the nation.

Let me brael in Alun and del fen.

Both 93 and celebrating the 70th

wedding anniversary. Congratulations

first of all.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Tell us how you do it. How have you

done it for 70 years? What's the

secret?

Well, I really don't know. I

think it is a bit of give-and-take.

She gives and I take! And we manage

fine that way.

LAUGHTER

Yes, I agree. That's the sum of it.

How would you describe what it is

like being married for 70 years?

I

don't know. It's, we've just got on

so well. We don't know the time

passes even. We're good friends. We

have laughs together and it's just

normal to us that we should be

together.

Do you still love each

other?

Sorry?

How much do you still love

each other?

Oh, very much.

Oh yes.

Very much, yes.

Alun?

Yes.

How much do you her?

Of

course, I do. More than I ever did.

I know you got a card from the Queen

and a commemorative coin from the

Royal Mint to celebrate, didn't you?

What else did you get for your

platinum wedding anniversary?

Well,

on the actual anniversary, I don't

think we got each other, that's all

we wanted. We did have a special

service for us in chapel as part of

the normal Sunday service which was

rather moving. We renewed our

wedding vows.

And how was it for

you?

We are just like one being, I

feel, you know, we have become one

being and we know what the other

wants and sometimes we disagree, but

it's not much of a disagreement.

It's just sort of, oh well, I think

so and so and that's it.

Thank you very much. Let me bring in

Dickie and Christopher. Dickie

former press secretary to the Queen.

The Queen and Prince Philip, do they

have disagreements? Do they argue?

They might argue. They might have a

little bit of a spat, but it is over

very quickly. Their body language,

looking at the pictures released

today, there is one picture of them

looking at each other, look at the

picture behind us, they have that

look and it permates through the

course of their marriage. There have

always been pictures like that.

Their body language is terrific.

They do adore each other and it does

come through. It does show and they

just have this ability to connect,

to communicate without actually

being joined at the hip.

Do you

think Christopher, they have taught

us any lessons about how to make

marriage work?

I don't think it is

making marriage work because they

failed to teach some of the other

members of the Royal Family, haven't

they how to make marriage work? What

is fascinating here when they get

married, he is going to be a very

good naval officer. He was a very

good naval officer. He under

standings that this would be a

complete change his life. When he

becomes, when the Queen becomes the

Queen, he turns around and says, "I

have nothing to do. I haven't got a

role in this. ." You can go off a

design the royal naught and go off

to Australia and cause levels of

friction, like talking to the couple

here, we look round and we look at

them and we look at the Royal Family

and the Queen and Prince Philip and

say, 70 years, now what made it

work? What was it? Is it like the

older you get in marriage, the more

forgiving you are? It becomes

something which you split into two

roles. The Queen, about whom we know

very little surprisingly and Prince

Philip who we seem to know far more

about, and they become symbols and

that's why I come back to this idea

that they somehow reflect society as

it is at the moment. So, we are

moving towards a complete change in

the way society is and the way

monarchy will reflect that society.

I think it's the end of an era.

Thank you very much.

Congratulations again. Thank you.

70 years.

The latest news and sport coming up.

Latest from Harare in a couple of

minutes. Before that, the weather.

Here is Carol. Thank you, Victoria.

minutes. Before that, the weather.

Here is Carol. Thank you, Victoria.

This morning it has been a cold

start, but a very mild start for

others. As we go through this week,

the forecast is a mild one. There

will be rain at times and it is

often going to be windy A the moment

in parts of North Wales, the

temperature is 14 Celsius. Low

pressure is dominating our weather.

We have got an array of fronts

moving from its west to the east,

taking rain with them. With

transient hill snow across the

Highlands of Scotland. We are

pulling in our wind from the

south-west which means that's a mild

direction, hence the higher

temperatures, milder air holds

moisture so there is a lot of cloud

and rain. The exception to the mild

air is across the far north-east of

Scotland. So as we go through the

course of this morning, the rain

continues to edge into the North

Sea. Behind it, there will be spots

of rain coming out of the thicker

cloud and there will be a lot of

cloud around this afternoon with

just one or two exceptions where we

will see sunshine. So into the

afternoon across south-west England,

we hang on to the cloud. Some

splashes of rain, some splashes of

rain not everywhere as we push

across southern counties, but it is

going to be fairly cloudy

everywhere, but one thing you will

notice particularly compared to

yesterday is, it's fairly mild.

Across northern England we are

looking at that cloud producing rain

and indeed we are too across

Scotland. The heavier rain having

pushed off into the North Sea. The

rain drizzly and murky conditions.

In Scotland it will be chilly. Seven

Celsius the tomp ture in Aberdeen.

Spots of rain coming out of the

cloud across Northern Ireland. Here

too, very mild for the time of year

and for Wales, quite a murky

afternoon, all having said that,

parts of east Wales and

Herefordshire, also the West

Midlands seeing sunshine. Lieu this

evening and overnight, the rain

across Scotland rejaouf nates. We

have south-westerly winds and

another mild night. The temperatures

wouldn't be too bad for day time

maximums, the mild air pushing up

across the north of Scotland.

Tomorrow the rain continues to push

up into the north and a new band

comes into the west and for a time

at least it will be dry in the east.

Hello.

It's Monday, it's 10 o'clock,

I'm Victoria Derbyshire.

Welcome to the problem - programme

what a Freudian slip.

The deadline for Robert Mugabe

to stand down as President

of Zimbabwe has passed.

I will have the latest live from

Zimbabwe, a nation still in shock

and disbelief that President Mugabe

failed to resign in his live

televised address last night. There

are calls for people to turn out

onto the streets tomorrow in huge

demonstrations, demanding that he

goes.

We will bring you the latest

reaction to events in Zimbabwe over

the next half-hour and try and find

out happens next.

Also on the programme -

so-called "punishment"

attacks by paramilitaries,

usually kneecappings

or serious beatings.

They're happening in this country

right now and they're

taking their toll on society.

I know of several examples

where young people have been shot

or beaten by paramilitary

organisations and within a matter

of weeks, they've

taken their own lives.

Our correspondent Ben

Brown is in Harare.

Welcome to the special coverage of

the crisis in Zimbabwe. We are in

the capital, Harare, and that

deadline for Mr Mugabe to resign has

just passed. To our knowledge, he

has not resigned. He certainly

didn't in that much anticipated

televised address last night on

Zimbabwean national television after

days of pressure from the military

here, from his own party, Zanu-PF,

which sacked him as party leader,

and indeed from the people, with

huge demonstrations here on

Saturday. Despite all of that

pressure, he refused to resign. What

looks now inevitable is that there

will be moves to impeach him. In the

parliament behind me, they will need

a two thirds majority in both Houses

of Parliament to impeach him. We

have been told this morning by one

MP that that impeachment process

could take quite a while. Days,

weeks, maybe even months. So Mr

Mugabe is still technically

president of this country, still the

oldest president in the world, and

also, bizarrely, under house arrest.

We have been hearing from the war

veterans, the men who fought

alongside Mr Mugabe in the war of

liberation for Zimbabwe, the war of

independence. They want him out.

They have just a news conference.

Yesterday, the party record him, and

today they are starting to initiate

impeachment proceedings, so I hear.

And they will be calling upon the

various province chairman to call

upon the MPs from those provinces to

come to Parliament and make sure

that impeachment proceedings begin

against Mr Mugabe. This is a welcome

thing and we want it to proceed. We

encourage the party to expeditiously

do that as soon as possible. We are

also appealing to other party in the

Parliament, the MDC, to coordinate

their efforts with the ruling party

so that we achieve the desired end

to see Mugabe out of office

immediately.

That was the leader of

the war veterans Association here,

saying that Mr Mugabe has been in

power for 37 years in Zimbabwe. He

should not be allowed to stay in

power, he says, for another 37

seconds. Just an example of the

hostility to Mr Mugabe that there

is, but for the moment, he shows no

sign of resigning. Let's talk to

Beatrice, a Zimbabwean human rights

lawyer who joins us now in Harare.

What do you make of Mr Mugabe's

refusal to resign when so many were

expecting that he would?

I think

everybody knows that he is a very

stubborn man. I'm surprised that

people thought he would just cave in

because people say he must resign.

That is typical Robert Mugabe for

you.

OK! But what will he do now? Is

he going to stick this out? We have

an impeachment process. Is that

going to be successful?

I think

impeachment is probably the best

route to take. Firstly, it is legal

and secondly, since everybody agrees

from all the political divide that

he should go, they can short-circuit

the process by ensuring that

Parliamentary rules are suspended

for the purposes of ensuring that it

goes through. Parliament has the

power to regulate its own rules, so

they can fast-track it if they wish

to. And by all accounts, they do

want it over and done with by

yesterday.

What was the reaction?

Millions were watching the televised

address last night and a lot of

people were thinking he was going to

resign. One news agency reported

that he had resigned, in fact. But

he didn't. Was there shock, anger,

disappointment?

For the ordinary

people enlisted, the thinking was,

why would he have a press conference

unless he was going to say what they

wanted him to say? But from a

strategic point of view, it is a

good thing he didn't resign, because

he cannot challenge the process on

the basis that he was coerced and

resigned under duress because he was

surrounded by the military. So the

fact that he was made to go there

with a statement that didn't say

what the military wants in itself

can be used to show that actually,

he was not under any form of

coercion and the military would be

able to save the guy came, made his

statement. We didn't like the

statement, but he was a free man. So

this is not a coup, because in a

coup, you make someone read what you

want him to read. So this was a

masterstroke, because he cannot

argue that it was a forced

resignation.

But he is still

president and that is extraordinary.

If he under house arrest?

Again,

from a strategic point of view, it

is easy to argue that this is not a

coup because when one has a coup,

the military takes over the levers

of government. Here, all the levers

of government are still with

Zanu-PF. All the ministers except

the few who are in custody are this

judging their duties. The army

commanders have not taken over

Mugabe's office. It is still

functioning normally. It is probably

meant to disguise the fact that

there is military intervention,

which ordinarily is a coup. But

because they have not taken of the

government, they can argue that

actually, it wasn't a coup.

How much

longer do you think he's going to be

president, weeks, months or days?

When one looks at how this thing is

snowballing, his period is becoming

shorter and shorter. I would

definitely say not weeks. We are

talking days, depending on how the

impeachment goes. The university

students are also making their own

demands, which means other civil

society activists will join the

bandwagon. It looks like the country

will be made ungovernable unless he

steps down.

Beatrice, a Zimbabwean

human rights lawyer, thank you for

your time. Despite what Beatrice was

saying, Mr Mugabe has not got a

great track record of listening to

the people, although there is

another big penetration being called

for tomorrow in Harare by the war

veterans Association. Their leader

told us he will expect that

demonstration to be even bigger than

the vast demonstration we saw here

on Saturday, when thousands took to

the streets, demanding that Mr

Mugabe goes now. Let's get the

thoughts of our Southern Africa

correspondent, Milton Nkosi, in

Johannesburg. The deadline has come

and gone. He is still technically

president?

Yes. We now expect that

Zanu-PF will deliver on its threat,

or promise, that they will start

impeachment receiving is and there

will start carrying them out in

parliament on Tuesday. Even if this

process was started by the military,

they are now taking a step back and

allowing it to be a popular movement

by the people. Beatrice is correct

that the students are joining in.

They will have mass action following

this. Last week, we saw the military

taking charge and the people

following the military. I think from

now on, things will be turned around

so that the people are taking charge

of the process and the military will

be behind them. And what is

important is the region. They want

the transition of Robert Mugabe

stepping down to be choreographed

carefully. That is why you have this

delicate constitutionalism getting

in the way of what we all thought

was a coup d'etat. What they want is

that by the time Robert Mugabe is

gone, they cannot say he was removed

by the barrel of a gun.

Maybe we

were wrong to be surprised last

night when he made that address and

failed to resign. Maybe we should

never have expected a man as

stubborn as we all know Robert

Mugabe is to just cave in?

Well, it

was a natural expectation once you

hear the president is going to

address the nation live on

television. You expect something

unusual. And of course, Robert

Mugabe held onto his line that he

has been holding since the army

parked a tank outside his house. It

is clear that he has no intention of

stepping down. We heard him in his

own words saying that he is hoping

to be presiding over the Zanu-PF

congress in December. We are in

November. So the president thinks he

will still be president by December.

Thank you. That was Milton Nkosi,

our Southern Africa correspondent.

Calls for big demonstrations again

tomorrow. Let's talk to an activist

who was on the streets on Saturday.

Will you come out onto the streets

again to demand that Mr Mugabe goes?

I will be on the streets until he

goes. There is no other option. I

just need to see him go. So we are

sitting in Africa Unity Square until

he goes.

When you saw that speech

last night on TV, how surprised,

disappointed or angry where you that

he barely mentioned all the pressure

on him to go and never mentioned the

demonstrations or the fact that the

people are against him, certainly in

Harare?

Yesterday, before the

speech, I was ready to celebrate.

And then when I heard the speech, I

was really disappointed. It was

heartbreaking. I was actually in

tears. We expected him to step down

and do the right thing. And all he

said was nothing.

Isn't that classic

Robert Mugabe, in a sense?

Yeah,

that is classic Robert Mugabe. His

sole ambition was to have power from

the beginning. He got that power

which is so dear to him, and he

wants to hold onto it for ever.

Do

you think something has changed in

this country with that amazing

demonstration on Saturday that you

took part in? It was euphoric and

full of joy. People were on the

streets. They were taking selfies

with the Army. Has everything now

changed in Zimbabwe after that?

Yes,

there was a sense of a freedom that

we had never experienced in this

country. As an activist, some of the

demonstrations we have been doing

were under police brutality. You

could not walk a step without police

throwing tear gas at you. So there

is a sense of freedom and hope in

the country that something can be

done.

Thank you very much. That is

the latest from here. We know that

that deadline has passed. Mr Mugabe

has still not resigned, but we will

bring you the latest throughout the

day on BBC News.

So-called punishment attacks,

knee-cappings, serious beatings

using sledgehammers and electric

drills as punishment for carrying

out a crime or anti-social behaviour

is something we associate with

Isis-controlled parts of Iraq and

Syria.

But it's also happening

here in the UK in 2017.

After a period of decline,

such attacks by paramilitaries

are on the rise in Northern Ireland,

with a 30% increase

over the last year.

Talking to people who've been

victims of them is incredibly rare,

for obvious reasons.

But our reporter Greg Dawson has

spoken to two young men

who were kneecapped.

We brought you his full report

earlier; here's a short extract.

It is graphic from the beginning and

you may not want young children to

hear it.

Shootings, beatings, threats.

Paramilitary-style attacks may be

a legacy of decades of conflict

in Northern Ireland,

but even in 2017, the self-appointed

men in charge still see it

as their role to police

their communities and crack down

on what they deem to be

antisocial behaviour.

James and Thomas, not their real

names, were shot in the legs.

We voiced their words for them.

They got in contact with someone

in the family, they told me I had

to go and meet them.

I walked to the place

and they told me to go

and they were standing there,

they showed me the gun and told me

to lie down on the floor.

That was it.

One of the hallmarks of these

attacks is that many

of the victims know it's coming.

In some cases, parents are faced

with a dreadful dilemma of how best

to protect their child.