And this is the news hour live from london coming up in the next sixty minutes. Jubilation across our honoree fountains of people flood the streets of the capital calling for Robert Mugabe to step down lebanons Prime Minister saad hariri meets the french president in paris and confirms he will return to lebanon on wednesday. And supplies trickle into yemen and saudi arabia eases its blockade but the u. N. Says more must become. Critical twenty seventeen on a sad note for the swiss he is eliminated from the a. T. P. Finals by devon in the semifinals that more later when program. Is involved way where euphoric seniors that just days ago would have been unheard of playing out on the streets of the capital harare tens of thousands of people have rallied to demand the resignation of president. There always took place with the blessing of the military which on one say place the countrys ninety three year old leader on the house arrest but they were actually called by the influential war veterans association. Here. Is live for us in harare cairo the demonstrations of calm down now but very much the message on the street was we think he should go and we believe this is a new beginning for the country. Yes it was an extraordinary day and more developments keep happening on sundays and it hit me and was have a meeting in. Talk about firing president Robert Mugabe from the posse they also talk about firing grayson thats his wife as the head of the womens they want to remove her from that post so thats going to happen as around ten a. M. Local time in terms of the mood on the streets against the the but the march is over but it was a day that many people thought they would never ever ever see that you had the women children you had war veterans you had opposition supporters you had members of the routings on if your party all coming together united until one theme and that is president mugabe must go it was peaceful there was no nothing was damaged they just destroyed some posters with mugabe space others out of your Party Headquarters but you still soldiers posing with people telling them come up on top of vehicles come up take a selfie with us keep us in the side and social media it was a day that many zimbabweans really never thought would have happened now it has it is a sign that change is coming and all eyes on that sunday meeting where the posse will just decide the fate of them. And do they believe that its possible that he can oust struck a im running to what happens if it exists heels in and refuses to go. If you refuse us to we have threats from some Army Officials that they will find a way to make him go the war veterans thats there they wont tolerate him not stepping down they think it is not an option he has to go at some point in time the important thing up by the meeting on sunday is what happens there if they decide to manage prism of god is exit if you could maybe see some delegates is on if youre pushing for them to go to. Conference with a new agenda and may be that agenda once we know once you know the outcome of the meeting. But anything can happen it could happen someday it could be stalled a bit until it is in the conference which is a thank you thats harmless also with the very latest from harare well were joined now by no stretch here hes an associate fellow of the Africa ProgramChatham House here in london and hes also president of the Britain Zimbabwe Society thank you very much for coming in on quite an extraordinary day in zimbabwe and i suppose i should start with that question i just asked her the result is pressure for the president to step down but so far hes saying im not going anywhere what happens next if you carries on digging his heels it. Well you know as. Youre saying the pressure is enormous i mean theres really no reverse gear on this and. Its just how its going to be managed one hopes that it will be resolved peacefully but there are number of options as the meeting on sunday parliament could come in and do a vote of no confidence. Is going to be meeting next week so its really an hour just that when he goes rather than if he goes hes not going to manage this others are managing there was that call to jacob zuma obviously across to south africa who was checking are you ok and he said yes im fine im under house arrest how does that play and how does south africa now play into how he thinks his future might well work out well South Africans about to have a long historic relationship and of course all over almost over the past twenty years africa has been involved there is a lot of pressure within from zimbabweans to south africa and to sadek that you know cedric and i cant delay too much on this this has to be resolved very quickly because because whats happening is a National Convergence as we saw in harare but its a fragile moment and sadoc. To have to be in sync with what the people are saying and that is calling for a fairly rapid exit and on that there is always outpouring how was talked about the field feeling good on the streets people saying this is a new beginning is it a new beginning or could it end up being more of the same if they put somebody like Vice President who was pushed out if he comes in is he going to make for a better zimbabwe for those people out on the streets today. You know i mean i was i was just there a few days ago what people are really the number one thing people are talking about is the economy people are pragmatic. You know we know that its not going to be a perfect transition we know that the next government is not going to be a perfect government but people want the economy to be sort of jobs money food on the table and especially cash because theres no cash so that is the government will be the next governments top priority and they have to deal with that i want to people like moment the Opposition Leader were not hearing anything over the last week from whats going on there you would think he would be the one out on the streets trying to garner some support at least a sense of an opposition while i think the opposition is being fairly strategic on this because you know this is a military guided transition and theres so many variables so in a sense i think the opposition are being strategic and taking a rather low key and really this is being led by the people as we see in iraq but one hopes that the next government will be an inclusive government and they will be room for position as well strawberry time thank you very much for coming in to talk to us thank you. Lebanons Prime Minister saad hariri has confirmed hillary turn to beirut by wednesday and says hell hold talks with president to michel ari made the statement in paris where hes met the french president. From paris in the latest twist in this political crisis saad hariri arrived at pariss look airport at dawn and headed to his apartment in the french capital it was the first time the lebanese Prime Minister had been seen in public since his sudden resignation in riyadh two weeks ago later he met the french president emanuel marcotte at the elysee palace and said he would return to beirut. With regards to the political situation i will be in beirut in the next few days to take part in the celebration of our independence and all express opinions on all subjects once ive met president. Hariri was joined by his wife and eldest son but his other two children were left behind in riyadh fueling speculation about why that was at least the sources said only that it had been the hariri familys personal choice. Macro invited to really he said not to offer exile but listen act of friendship the fact that some of her riri was here at the elise is being seen by those in france as something of a diplomatic success for him at all might call it is the french president s mediation attempts over the past two weeks that have seen hariri finally leave riyadh. This is certainly a diplomatic success for a manual mark cross at the start of the lebanese crisis no one was very convinced that hed be able to get results but he succeeded in getting hariri out of saudi arabia and hopefully back to lebanon soon for that its a personal achievement for macro hes managed to reinsert france into the middle east and diplomatic arena. Many people in lebanon say theyre fed up with what they regard as foreign meddling in their affairs if hariri does make it back to beirut on wednesday hell be there is the country celebrates his independence with a Public Holiday that would be a symbolic moment that would be lost on no one Natasha Butler al jazeera paris in black is a visiting senior fellow at the London School of economics and middle east center and he joins me live in the studio where there saad hariri was on house arrest or not the big question everybodys been asking in riyadh and its very clear that the saudis are taking very much of an interest in whats going on in lebanon and in fact an active role if you like. Absolutely i mean the fascinating thing is hes going to go back for the Independence Day celebrations next week on wednesday i think whats he going to do then will be delivering a message from the saudis will he Say Something privately or publicly about the road to hizbullah which is what the saudis really dislike about lebanon will he insists that he still wants to resign so there are some quite Big Questions yet to be answered hes obviously going to go the wife i guess he wouldnt have said so but it is really intriguing were going to see another chapter in this very mysterious story within quite a short space of time and this is a visit she had to paris to see the french president as a manual macro and i see improved situation as ease attentions always even muddied the waters for so i think because being helpful i mean he certainly gave her really some way to go neutral but friendly territory making the point about not wanting lebanon to become a source of new tension france of course has an important historic relationship with lebanon dating back many years sadhu his father was assassinated was very close to Jacques Chirac so theres a sort of lucas there if you like for this and vicious french president is a time of considerable disarray internationally with President Trump and breaks it in britain well you could argue and i suppose the other question we have to ask is whats hezbollahs reaction going to be and indeed there was also all sorts of talk the lebanese Prime Minister was going to say he would didnt want to allow hezbollah to be part of a future government or any part of that how will that now fits in when he pops back on ones world i mean. Has in the strength of his brother leader has been pretty firm from the start when this story unfolded he said that hariri was being held hostage by the sundays the reaction in lebanon of course has been one of great solidarity with the Prime Minister. Crossed sectarian lines so again well have to see what unfolds when hariri returns to beirut how long will he stay what will you say what will he do privately what will he do publicly but i think the idea of a confrontation with hizbollah is is unlikely frankly whatever the saudis want the lebanese reality is very much against Something Like that happening i just ask you to stay with us because we want to take a closer look at saudi arabia and its been the focus of a meeting of former diplomats and middle east analysts here in london saudi arabias add to the throne has been making bold political moves which many consider to be unprecedented a recent report says saudi arabia is demanding cash for the release of dozens of high profile citizens its arrested earlier this month on charges of corruption it includes the countrys richest man prince wed been tell our also reports many of those detained have been tortured including the son of the late King Abdullah prince me ten saudis large royal family traditionally share power however these latest moves are being seen as a power grab by the new crown Prince Mohammed bin salma and the thirty two year old influence grows he faces challenges in neighboring yemen where the u. N. Has warned that unless saudi arabia halts its blockade millions of people could die of hunger last june saudi arabia the u. A. E. And egypt cut ties with cattle and imposed a land sea and air blockade setting off an unprecedented crisis in the gulf region well as i said the beginning of that that long bit of information there is this conference going on in london at the moment with diplomats of various interested people who is that like Conference Fund and what do you think the reason is that theyre sitting around the table talking about this is it because theyre worried that the tensions with saudi underwhelm are going to spill over over here you know whats amazing. A moment is saudi arabia an important country but into recently it never generated much in the way of news no virtually a day doesnt go by without some headline grabbing story it is quite extraordinary and this really comes down to the the promotion of king solomon son mohammad been some thirty two appointed crown prince a few months ago and he was in the headlines before because he was appointed defense minister and launched the Saudi Campaign in yemen a couple of years ago now but since he became crown prince hes really he just hasnt stopped making News Economic reform social changes and no in recent weeks in particular this sense of a heightened confrontation with iran which is of course the background of the hariri story of course the links that saudi arabia has with the why do worlds particularly the west has details whether it comes to business links huge company is that there are a sort of groups involved in you cant really pull lots of parts to then how the west does or doesnt react to whats going on and obviously things like human rights things that whats going on in yemen at the moment theres been quite a muffled response by a lot of the west well i mean western governments the United States britain and france are all complicit to one degree or another in supplying weapons to the saudi government theyve been doing so for many many years its an important part of their relationships its become more embarrassing and more exposed because of the war in yemen which actually is now attracting Significant International attention because of the scale of the humanitarian crisis weve all seen the terrible pictures of starving children and reports of cholera and so on and so forth saudi arabias a really important country its very assertive at the moment politically economically militarily in yemen and this is significant changes that are underfoot so people who know about it and care about it dont worry about it. Sitting around scratching their heads trying to work out what is really happening is it just all about a consolidation of power by mohamed been sort of mine is he just trying to eliminate rivals or is there something genuine about this drive against corruption thats certainly popular with young people in saudi arabia is there any sign that the political structure of your a group so not yet feel free to ask more questions than weve answered but thanks very much for your thoughts ian black much more to come here on the aljazeera news hour. Chileans head to the polls on sunday four years after being elected we take stock of the impact that student leaders have had and chilling on politics. For artists one hopes being moved piece by piece were in new york to find out why. Im top gun assaf now i have a blast in the English Premier Leagues north london dobby with peter and support. The trumpet ministration has announced it will not renew operating permission for palestines Diplomatic Office in washington a u. S. State Department Official has cited statements that palestinian leaders have made about the International Criminal court oust the reason the palestinians say they will suspend all communications with the u. S. If its office and shuttle tom ackerman joins us live from washington d. C. So what kind of condition is would be that mission be shut down because of. Well under two thousand and fifteen a law that was signed in the Previous Administration by president obama the Palestinian Liberation OfficeOrganization Office in washington which has been opened for more than twenty years would be closed unless the palestinians dropped any efforts to pursue their claims against israel in the International Criminal court or if they failed to pursue what was described as serious and meaningful direct negotiations with the israelis so the notification by the state department appears to be following that law that mandate but there is an out the president would have ninety days to decide whether in fact the palestinians were pursuing direct meaningful negotiations and in that case he could waive this kind of closure so right now the palestinians are saying that the ball is in the u. S. Court and they claim that the u. S. Is being unfair because while the israelis are evicting palestinians from Palestinian Land on the occupied west bank they are not getting the same kind of critical examination of course which of course is not something something that is subject to u. S. Law so tom how does this all fits into the u. S. Efforts to broker a Peace Process between the two. Well it comes a very awkward time at a time where the administration at its chief negotiator Jared Kushner the president s brother