Thirty seven years in power. Flowing down jordan this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up lebanese Prime Minister saad hariri returns to beirut more than two weeks after announcing his shock resignation in riyadh. Dramatic video of the rescue of a dog korean soldier who was shot while escaping across the border into the south. And a verdict due at the war crimes trial of bosnian serb leader right come luggage used of genocide against muslims and. We begin with the resignation of Zimbabwes PresidentRobert Mugabe who stepped down after thirty seven years in power it sparked scenes of jubilation around the country with large crowds filling the streets in celebration reports in the capital harare. Jubilation on the streets of had already across the country that Robert Mugabe rule for thirty seven years while. Maybe even days. News demagogy was stepping down came as both houses of Parliament Sat in an extraordinary session to debase the president s impeachment to speak at the speed of the session and told m. P. s that hed received a letter. If. Mugabe wrote that he was resigning with the medias effect voluntarily in order to facilitate a smooth transfer of power. To the crowds outside those who was many thought theyd never have ever since i was born i have never heard this day im so glad for thirty seven years we have been our fathers were there when my father the war veteran you went to war. Went to perry. Well listen to him mugabes departure comes an emotional week off the minute she first took to the streets intervening in Party Politics over his succession it likely means that this man. Will become zimbabwes interim leader i had of elections in. The exuberant now some a cautious about any person whos been proven by where you live to listen to people simply what you see what. The people are now with when you only get one listen. And politicians like for you to hold we have supported them along to trouble me a couple through these demonstrations and words from god was to play the game fairly if it is not well to play the game fairly we will touch him on you also we are sick and tired of the sun look here soon. Go ahead for decades been a faithful mugabe lieutenant described as a president s in close to the army and nicknamed the crocodile if you will. Described as a democrat. Many a right to wonder but theres an era will be much different from the past on this night and for now though not mean ok. Or that whatever it. Was. Was. No one knows whats going to happen next its a new dawn for the country for a people who have only known one leader since the one nine hundred eighty s. Had an aljazeera as paul brennan takes a look now at the life and career of the veteran zimbabwean leader there will never be eighty. Years there will always be. In control that was two thousand and seven. Ten years later when the people let their views be known opiate encouraged by zimbabwes military Robert Mugabe ignored them and then surprise them when he didnt announce his resignation and widely predicted t. V. Address i thank you and good night after thirty seven years in control mcgarvie found it hard to let go hes made a career by deftly apa new for potential rivals one of the first to be sidelined was joshua como a fellow liberation fighter and comer was leader of the zapata party gabi merge them with his son who p. F. Party their alliance was uneasy i dont cum i was relegated to the figurehead role of Vice President. At the turn of the century the gobby started seizing farms owned by whites to a peace supporters angry at the slow pace of land reform the economy shrank by a third unemployment soared about eighty percent. Out of this economic turmoil another rival emerged we must have given it is sounding defeat Morgan Chander i formed the movement for Democratic Change it became popular enough to risk defeating mugabe in a president ial election runoff in two thousand and eight. I was beaten up frequently arrested and intimidated dozens of his supporters were killed allegedly by zanu p. F. Thugs and the m. D. C. Leader withdrew from the election worried about the stability of its neighbor south africa forced both men into a coalition or i became Prime Minister but mcgarvey retain control of the police army and secret service and with that the real power of gabby won the election four years ago by a landslide supporters said Voter Registration lists were manipulated critics said mccarthy was just as ruthless at dealing with rivals in his own party war veteran and Vice President joyce mature and was fired in two thousand and fourteen accused of corruption and plotting to assassinate the gobby this time a gabbys wife grace was seen as instrumental in engineering mature its downfall it was the clearest signal yet the mcgarvie was now not only protecting his own position but also laying the path for his wife to succeed him the sacking of emerson made that obvious the Vice President nicknamed the crocodile had been in pole position to succeed mugabe firing him cleared the way for his wife. But this time the ninety three year old president had gone too far when a god is close to the military leadership and they stepped in. After thirty seven years Robert Mugabes days of exercising unchallenged power well over. Well reaction from a god by his resignation has been coming in from around the world tanya page looks at the international reaction. As the news that Robert Mugabe had resigned hit the streets of johannesburg there were celebrations relief that one of africas strongman had gone we dont want to. Listen to this it now its night. This is just so many years that that was just a. Few. Of. These are a fraction of the hundreds of thousands perhaps millions of zimbabweans who lift their homeland in a desperate search for work and some who fled political persecution a sense that a profound change has taken place was echoed at the United Nations secretary general and his predecessors have made clear that we expect all leaders to listen to their people and from britains foreign secretary this is a moment of hope for zimbabwe and for the people of zimbabwe the state department was also looking to the future we look forward to and hope for free and Fair Elections he was a disport to some but remains an influential figure in african politics many zimbabweans believe countries like neighboring south africa helped to keep him in power by approving elections some thought a questionable since about was military intervened South African president jacob zuma has encouraged a negotiated settlement but it was thembi as president go along the who took the lead reacting to magog his resignation saying its time for the army to return to their barracks so zimbabweans can focus on cohesion and unity a call echoed by the main opposition in south africa the Democratic Alliance another Opposition Party the Economic Freedom fighters said zimbabwes should at vannes and promote. Mugabes Land Reform Program that stripped white commercial farmers of property placing it in the hands of black people and state the use of Robert Mugabes legacy in this region will be mixed many people supported his idea of but not the way they were realized and for a long time many people have forty should step down that would be glad its happened peacefully but not that it took so long tony a page out as there are. To lebanon now on the return of Prime Minister saad hariri hes arrived in beirut two weeks after announcing his shock resignation while in saudi arabia a river is expected to attend lebanons Independence Day celebrations on wednesday president michel aoun has refused to accept the Prime Ministers resignation believing it was done under duress alone previously said harry was being detained by saudi authorities riyadh has denied the accusations in a hardass of this update from the lebanese capital. Heavy day back in beirut for the first time really since his father resignation on november for sudden resignation which was delivered in a televised address from the saudi capital riyadh it raised a lot of question a resignation that it might take a crisis two weeks really of a lot of uncertainty not just surrounding his resignation but about his circumstances while in taba arabia many in lebanon believe that in one way or another had really was being held off really now back in beirut definitely. Like i mentioned those mysterious circumstances there was a diplomatic turmoil over his fate but the. Crisis is still there lebanon really is not immune to political crises or political instability and. People were worried because you found it really at the center of. The wire very between saudi arabia and iran. Is very nation was in saudi arabia move against hezbollah hezbollah being an ally of iran the law being a member of. Government they wanted to curb the ones. Who move lets say backfired because the lebanese came together from across the political divide. By the fact that the Prime Minister. Was practically a hostage that is the feeling here of course saudi arabia denied this. The country came together but how long will this unity last because the differences are still there and the question remains will insist on his resignation or is he going to withdraw it we understand is that the president is going to try to dissuade him from resigning. To to try. Over a period of a compromise your father had we were looking. To come here and aljazeera including increasing concern in the search for an argentine submarine missing for almost a week plus. We had a great. U. S. President donald trump talks on his phone conversation with his russian counterpart the war in syria topic number one. Theres plenty more rain on its way for some of us in north america its been in the northwest of our mark where weve seen the wettest of the weather recently and that cloud is still working its way towards us a more heavy rain and snow is expected for the northwestern parts of the u. S. And the western parts of canada this is only slowly edging its way eastwards as we head through thursday plenty more cloud and rain following it so still staying very very wet meanwhile towards the east is actually drawing up for some of us here pretty waterlogged at the moment in some parts of it but it should be joyous over the next few days it wont be warm though our maximum temperature would just be around three degrees for the towards the south or for his phone you know weve seen plenty of planning plenty of rain over the last few days heres that area of cloud with this now it is beginning to move its way northward though so force in the Dominican Republic and for haiti does look dry on wednesday instead the wetter weather will be a reports of cuba and stretching down through jamaica as well and thats really where were expecting the wettest of the weather on thursday to meanwhile office out for america plenty of rain over rio over the past few days and that showing no sign of moving anywhere in a great hurry so this system search is still down through rio more wet weather still to come to the south of that is actually not too hot in the sunshine but twenty seven. Captaining a leading used team at sixteen years old takes determination. To that staying on top of your game at school. The whole family bands together and shares the sacrifices necessary for a son to have a shot at becoming a professional footballer. My tunisia home game at this time. Welcome back a quick reminder of the top stories here on aljazeera Zimbabwes PresidentRobert Mugabe has resigned as the countrys leader after thirty seven years in power it sparked scenes of jubilation across the country with large crowds filling the streets and celebrations. Lebanons Prime Minister saad hariri has arrived in beirut two weeks after announcing his resignation from saudi arabia lebanons president previously said i really was being detained by saudi authorities which they denied. That north korea is accused of violating the korean war armistice agreement by chasing a defector across the border between the two countries this video shows the defector being chased as he crosses the military demarcation line he was rescued by south korean soldiers who dragged him to safety on the south side of the front here the defector also a soldier remains in hospital following surgery. The key findings of the special Investigation Team are that the k. P. A. Violated the armistice agreement by one firing weapons across the m. T. L. And two by actually crossing the deal temporarily you can see personnel at the j. F. Say notified k. P. A. Of these violations today who are normal Communication Channels in panmunjom and requested a meeting to discuss our investigation and measures to prevent future such violations kathy novak has the latest from the south korean capital. The c. C. T. V. Footage released today shows the moments last week when a north korean soldier drove his vehicle towards the south korean side we see north korean soldiers noticing this is happening and chasing the vehicle at a certain point that vehicle becomes a stuck and we can see the north korean soldier exiting the vehicle and then running on foot towards the south korean side at that point we see other north korean soldiers firing at this defector that is the point at which the United Nations command says that north korea violated the terms of the armistice that governs that joint security area on the border between north and south korea the u. N. See says because of North Koreans soldiers fired across the border and one actually also momentarily crossed into the south korean side of that demonstrates a violation of the armistice and they have brought that up with the north korean side later in the c. C. T. V. Footage we see that the north korean soldier is lying on the south korean side and then forces from the joint south korean and u. S. Command crawl towards him to bring him to safety he has been in a south korean hospital since that incident last week and we understand that he has regained consciousness though he remains in hospital one of the other things that we learned from the doctors operating on this north Korean Defector is that he had parasites inside him that the north south korean doctor says he has only ever seen in textbooks and he says that gives some insight into the kinds of conditions that North Koreans are facing and indeed the kinds of conditions that at this north Korean Defector would have been fleeing. Now a verdict is due on wednesday in the war crimes trial of the former bosnian serb military leader iraq come let it hes accused of conducting a Genocide Campaign against muslim civilians and crimes against humanity during the war in bosnia in one thousand nine hundred ninety five a warning this report by david contains images that viewers may find disturbing. It was in the siege of sarajevo the world first heard of Ratko Malachi he ordered his serbian troops to kill mutilate and terrorize the civilian population. This is his voice on the intercepted Radio Communication directing his serb artillery guns to open fire on a muslim suburb because he said not many serbs live there. The artillery rounds grenades and sniper fire killed and wounded thousands in the city one thousand six hundred one of them were children. Cameras recorded some of the atrocities the scenes they captured are still almost impossible to watch let alone describe such was the scale of the barbarity. The memories havent faded nor the names of the victims. Yet my dear friend i mean it she was thirty nine died on this day she went house to the market to buy food for her child my friend. Died. The most serious charges of genocide and crimes against humanity relates to the town of strieber in the south. When lodges troops overran the town they hunted down and killed more than eight thousand muslim men and boys. In this previously unseen archive film hes seen threatening the towns muslim leader. Do you want to survive or do you want to vanish when you. Lost two of our sons in the campaign of ethnic cleansing she had to wait nearly two decades before their bodies were recovered and identified them as the news and. They did all sorts of terrible things to us killed and slaughtered rape girls in front of us in the middle of the street this is where one of her sons was killed a bomb in a nearby village twelve hundred men were slaughtered here and their bodies bulldozed into mass graves not even i was there. I would like it most if not a shirt front of a firing squad assassins are gone then let him be gone as well this cemetery a few hundred metres away from shore his house is the final resting place of two of our sons and many but not all of the other victims from the surrounding valleys their dates of birth are all recorded this man was eighty five alongside a boy of just thirteen they all died in july one thousand nine hundred ninety five a poignant poem was composed in their memory may justice become revenge may the tears of mothers become prayers that. Will never happen again to no one and nowhere. Aljazeera. Syrian president Bashar Al Assad has held talks with his russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in a surprise visit to russia on monday the meeting came ahead of a summit in sochi where putin will host the leaders of turkey and iran and a Syrian Opposition conference in saudi arabia growing challenge