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Im sara kelly welcome to the Program Thanks for joining us a new turn of events in zimbabwe a newspaper has published photos of president Robert Mugabe holding talks with the military and a delegation from south africa the president of that country jacob zuma says that the political situation will quote become very clear shortly so is a solution in sight we will cross to the capital harare in just a moment first this report. Tanks are still in key positions on the streets of zimbabwes capital harare a day after the military seize control of the country the streets a bustling again after many businesses shut their doors on wednesday. People. Jobs. In the quiet way in a good way. Everything is normal it was normal the shops are open people are back to work everyone that is except zimbabwes ninety three year old ailing president Robert Mugabe he hasnt been seen since the military takeover but he said to be under house arrest and saif rumors are flying about whether his wife grace is with him or whether she managed to flee the country before the military action graces ambitions to succeed a husband are said to be behind the current turmoil last week. Vice president the army potentially saw this is paving the way for grace to take over the militarys actions dari have put a stop to her hopes for some zimbabweans that is welcome news. The division bridges above is very good because we were looking for it for news about the biggest about the sex Vice President and mr and is tipped to head a Transitional Government by the military an option the African Union sent it wouldnt support. It if indeed you know you know if we in the African Union are against any violent government overthrow. Issued a statement saying the army should retreat and return to constitutional order. Would support the legitimate zimbabwean government and in no case of good will we accept a forceful seizure of power for. Him that power belongs to he still and i can question. And lets get more now with pastor evan marvie re his social Media Campaign hash tag this flag to trigger last year the largest antigovernment protests in a decade thanks so much for being with us this evening and we just want to get your take on what is going on in your country what do you make of it all. Well this is a its such an unprecedented time for the barbarians right now we the feeling of change is palpable as i speak the entire country is sitting on the edge but this isnt of our nation in support of change and would really want to see a zimbabwean that goes in a different direction from the direction that weve been going for the last thirty seven years some of the things that we definitely want to see is our constitution being respected as we go forward we want to see. A new transitional inclusive government coming into place so that it can safely carry us to the next election or to whatever is agreed to by this inclusive Transitional Government that includes everybody opposition people from Civic Society citizens and so forth so that we really start to build our nation in a different way Going Forward and we now have the photo evidence that appears to show that there are talks underway to see mugabe the military delegates there from south africa you have urged them bobbins to be part of what you call this transition process do you think that that will come to fruition do you think that would mugabe will indeed step down and what would you like to see as part of the transition process as you describe it. Well i mean i certainly ones true want to see a new government coming into play i certainly want to see change going ahead. But it has to be the kind of change that speaks to our future and not to our past. And again you know as citizens of the babbler we have had to really learn how to be citizens how to speak up how to stand up because what they did seven years weve been intimidated would be the frayed in the end from the process of building our nation so you know we really really want to be part of it and i think that it may be possible you know i think this is the Biggest Movement towards change in terms of the thing that happened right now is the biggest thing that weve actually ever seen in the bombing weve never seen. You know government ministers government ministers arrested weve never seen our president being sat down for a negotiation by his own people its a first in many many many ways in the pap and open so we have a lot of hope that this may be a very very key outcome for Going Forward i hear such a hopeful message from you and i can definitely see that they think you are looking toward the future hoping for change but the reality is is that you know we do not know what will come next are you also a little nervous. Absolutely i mean like i said on the dispenses killing us all literally we are all sitting on the tire country social media is exploding right now because you know the speculation and the fake news unconfirmed reports. So you can tell the reason why people are like that is because of the expectation of a positive result. Well we want to thank you very much for telling us about your hopes for the future of pastor evan my career as we mentioned your social Media Campaign this flag triggered last year the largest antigovernment protests in a decade and it seems as if change might be coming for your country zimbabwe we thank you for talking with us this evening. Thank you very much. And as events over the past few days have unfolded in zimbabwe people have of course been searching for reliable information many turning to social media the problem though is that fake information is being spread online our social media editor jared reed is joining us here in the story in the studio rather to tell us a little bit more about that story why is it so hard to find reliable information about whats going on well i think what we need is a bit of a look at the media landscape in zimbabwe sir in regards to this military intervention that weve seen over the past few days state media under reporting whats going on and so then were left with independent journalists who often work on the heavy restrictions and threats to foreign media so youre left with a situation where a lot of misinformation can spread we know that in zimbabwe what is the most popular way to spread information its a mess and just and in fact our colleagues at africa do a lot of work with whats up in the region the u. N. Maybe and breaking news journalists we often rely on twitter to get our information and so when the events were unfolding this week in zimbabwe unfortunately foreign media turned to the wrong twitter accounts to to work out what was going on so jared what happened im going to show you an example of what caught a lot of us out its this twitter account that you can see on your screen should be coming up shortly a lot of media cited this as the official account of zimbabwes ruling posse during the military intervention it was tweeting a lot including claims like this that were retreated around five thousand times since having a lot of problems with this a readout one of the tweets that it had out here we go we can see it it was very traded more than five thousand times it says last not the first family was detained and this site both for the constitution and the site. See all of the nice in this was necessary and theyre talking about getting a bet is in bob way now this account that you can see was cited by Media Outlets but hes the thing it wasnt the official account a little bit of digging would have revealed that its a parody account is something quite bizarre it tweeted from two thousand and fourteen hipsters should be lined up in force to sing the Zimbabwean National anthem and then shot one by one sarah this is apparently in zimbabwe a very well known parody account so this just goes to show you the lessons that foreign media can learn to go to the right souls for the right information how embarrassing that you know that source was thought to actually be credible it just shows the challenge in verifying information jared how does one get reliable information well thats the big question its difficult but its not impossible we have experts in Africa Department and theyve been telling us today that in zimbabwe in recent years a number of independent Media Outlets and journalists have been springing up and their goal is to deliver reliable information as quickly as possible and one of those journalists is a man named nodule move hes a journalist of the two sixty three chat website heres some advice from him for those following the news in zimbabwe please be very cautious of following and interacting with social media accounts that were created recently please verify beforehand cerro on our website d w dot com today we have a really great article by a journalist solo an echo it basically is an explainer of the media landscape in zimbabwe and explains to us in our readers how they best can get the news from reliable sources in the country fascinating stuff terry agreed with the very latest from our social media task and how to get reliable information you know on breaking news things that are developing if i much appreciate it. Well we turn now to europe where it is a decisive moment in german politics chancellor Angela Merkel has warned that serious differences remain between the parties hoping to form germanys next government but she also says that she is confident that a deal will emerge today is the final day of talks and it is thought that the parties will negotiate late into the night the potential government has been dubbed it the Jamaica Coalition because the partys colors match those of the jamaican flag. Four weeks of negotiations have seen the chances for a socalled Jamaica Coalition hover at fifty fifty one thing is clear theres still no love lost between the very parties who say they want to govern under chancellor on the america. When we have to put ourselves in the shoes of the other side and ask what is important to them. On valentino you can achieve that kind and if we do we will also achieve a positive result at the end of these negotiations and when stephen negotiators come and go those who face the microphones are still busy placing blame and stressing their own limits notably when it comes to the right of all refugees to have their families join them in germany. I need to say one thing is clear we will insist on the right of refugees with subsidiary protection to be reunited with their families in germany thats an issue of trust for us here. When i look up but other parties already fear a public backlash if thousands of migrants are allowed to bring their families to germany. Because. We cant assign things here that could fan on extremism in germany. That is why we are available for a fact oriented solution rooted in humanitarian reasoning German Foreign policy appears to have become the latest casualty in the struggle to strike a deal between the four parties. Weve taken a step back and now that the foreign deployment of German Forces became an issue again all Foreign Policy issues are back on hold. While the exploratory talks for a Government Coalition could be extended public patience with unlimited efforts to forge a coalition is running thin. Talk a little bit more about those efforts Charlotte Potts is standing outside now at the site of those talks so charlotte fair to say this is a make or break round and whats the latest there. Well its definitely a make or break day its been eight weeks since the german elections for weeks and see these negotiations started and right behind me you just mentioned the party negotiators of the four parties are meeting at this hour and hoping to present some kind of compromise at the end of the night or say look we have tried for four weeks now this is not working out and of course these are just exploratory talks its a first step then Coalition Talks will follow where they will have to find policy proposals for the next four years so it will take some time until germany has a new government maybe until christmas or even after Christmas Charlotte what is the general mood what we are talking about you know the Major Players in these negotiations how are they talking about each other how are they talking about the issues how are they talking to the public and what does it say about when we could get the result here. Well the mood hasnt been great especially between the smaller parties that are negotiating here between the greens the business friendly f. T. P. And the bavarian conservatives the c. S. U. Weve heard some quite some harsh statements from them within those four weeks of negotiations they could be much more excited about this this is the first time this coalition would be possible on a National Level between those four parties and its really been quite some tough statements so well have to see if they can overcome that this might be also just a strategy outside for their party base to appear that they are being ideologically stable on what theyve promised during the elections and within weve been hearing that the talks are much more respectful towards each other and that there has been already a preliminary paper. To the press tonight could could tell us that negotiations are actually coming to a compromise tonight ok so thats one Case Scenario the scenario where we do indeed get a compromise well talk about the other case in aereo if these talks fail what does that mean for angle americal and her party. Well negotiators have been saying that if these talks fail that would be a real catastrophe it would mean that there could be called snap elections soon new elections and germany which has never been done before when Coalition Talks failed if called for new elections and it would be a disaster for chancellor Angela Merkel because she is a very skilled negotiator and she is leading those talks you know as as the chancellor in place at the moment so if these talks fail it would be also her failure and it would weaken her in the months to come and in a possible new election where she might not then pose as a candidate for chancellor for her conservative party that would be a major change indeed charlotte pots with the very latest on these german Coalition Talks right outside of where those negotiations are taking place thank you and we cross now to an expert on the art of negotiation freighter graham is joining us to give us some idea about the possible strategies in these ongoing Coalition Talks thanks so much for joining us this evening we know its getting down to the wire with a long night of talks ahead and each party appears to be determined to get their way is this just part of the tactic of negotiation though. Well goals into. The election will carry us if were coming to an end of so call so you can see. There are talks but once now two heads to let go the mexican targets and chose the next ability in the night to have warrants but the streets with them are but im sure that many of those points are already clarified i want to talk a little bit about the mood and how people have been very acting to what is going on because the negotiations they can obviously get pretty tense we heard from a member of the green party a short while ago the state premier of. And a member of the greens as we mentioned had this to say i want to listen and then get your take. On one from jaimes you negotiate when you negotiate and refrain from attacking the other parties involved you just dont do that otherwise i get the feeling that they dont want to see any constructive or successful ive come and if thats the case they should just say so. You can also feel the frustration out there doesnt seem to be a good indicator of whats happening behind the scenes should we take that at face value there whats your take i think that. Was mostly angry about the behavior of some represent a party and from a negotiation point its not of i should talk about negotiation published in the public better to talk to them behind closed doors yeah and there are four parties actually involved in these talks as Angela Merkel describes they have very very different positions as youre highlighting their different approaches as well how do you find Common Ground and a way to Work Together would you say. Well first of all parties have to comics to come in a role which is the building of the next government of government and the next term is step is to identify the field of accordance and they have to be clear that each has a big responsibility and i really meant to always remember its what do you make of her strategy the way that she remembers that the way the to approach is negotiations because i mean she is a skilled negotiator she is then and not only on the domestic level shes at it internationally weve seen her do it many times in the e. U. What do you think she is doing behind closed doors right now well to be honest that ma