Morgan Shangri-La withdrew to avoid defeat, but said the runoff would go ahead with or
without him.
The people are going to vote, the people will vote him out, whether he is there or not.
Why does he make a decision for all those people who want to vote?
They are going to take place, we go ahead, it's a constitutional mandate, it's not a
Shangri-La runoff election or a British runoff election.
This is the Zimbabwe constitution.
Here come the thugs again.
Stay behind the crew.
Yeah, stay behind Jen, let's stay behind.
The opposition says it's not an election, it's a war waged by President Mugabe's henchmen
against the Zimbabwean people.
American diplomats recorded these images of ruling party thugs rampaging through a township,
chasing opposition supporters.
And this is what's been happening when they catch them.
Almost 3,000 people have been beaten or tortured.
In the face of this violence, the MDC says it had no choice but to pull out.
Many of those who want change in Zimbabwe have paid a high price.
More than 80 people have been killed, according to Morgan Shangri-La.
He said today he couldn't ask anyone else to vote for the MDC when that vote could cost
them their life.
Oire Giren, BBC News, Johannesburg.
And a short while ago I spoke to Oire and I asked her if Zimbabwe's election commission
would now have to decide on whether the election can go ahead.
Well there are some formalities to be gone through.
The commission has been saying that the ballot papers are printed, they are ready to go,
and that the election will go ahead unless Morgan Shangri-La formally notifies them that
he is withdrawing as a candidate.
Now we understand that that has not happened yet.
So technically this ballot could still take place.
That was the view being put forward today by the ministers in Robert Mugabe's cabinet.
They were insisting that the vote would happen and that the result would be a humiliating
defeat from Morgan Shangri-La.
In fact they maintained that this was the reason why he had pulled out of the poll rather
than the violence which has been so evident and which has been roundly condemned by the
international community in recent weeks.
So Oire, the electoral commission then still has to make that announcement.
It's looking more and more likely then that that election cannot go ahead then at this
stage.
Well I think it's difficult to gauge and what we've seen in the last few weeks shows us
that the regime in Zimbabwe can make any kind of decision they want frankly regardless of
the rule book and regardless of their own constitution or the legality that should be
there inside the country.
So I think at this stage we simply don't know.
What many people are concerned about now is what happens after that poll and whether or
not there is any remaining chance of some kind of compromise formula that could rescue
the country.
Now we've spoken tonight to Morgan Shangri-La's spokesman in Harare.
He's leaving the door open to that saying the party is still quite warm to the idea
of a negotiated solution and in fact saying that there is no alternative to a compromise
because Zanou P.F. can't go it alone.
But I have to say I think there is a great deal of concern among others in the region
that whatever leverage the MDC may have had they have now surrendered by not taking part
in this poll and I wouldn't say at this stage there's a great deal of optimism here in the
region about the possibility of talks taking place.
We also have to remember what Robert Mugabe himself has said in this election campaign
that the MDC would never ever be allowed to rule and that only God could remove him from
power.
And we've heard from Thabo Mbeki in South Africa, haven't we, saying that he wants
to see those two leaders getting into some sort of talking but that does seem a little
way off possibly at this stage as you suggest and largely the international community too.
Lots of condemnation about what is going on in Zimbabwe there but no real action is there?
Well I think this has been part of the problem.
In effect there is a paralysis by the international community.
There's a great deal they can say but not much they can do.
There are already sanctions against the regime in Harare, there's talk of stepping them up
but frankly that hasn't made much difference.
Robert Mugabe has a long and proud tradition of ignoring his critics, particularly those
in the West.
Now there has been a suggestion that action could be taken at the level of the United
Nations, certainly Britain is pushing that but I think the pressure that would count
if it was to come would be from here on this continent.
We have seen African leaders speaking out against Robert Mugabe in the last few days
but I think there is a feeling that that was too little too late.
He might have been swayed earlier by louder voices from inside this continent, he might
perhaps still be swayed if South Africa was to come out as the regional power and make
a critical statement but so far we haven't had anything like that.
Well again, reporting there.
Now meanwhile President Taboombeki of South Africa, the regionally appointed mediator
for Zimbabwe has urged Robert Mugabe and Morgan Changrai to meet to discuss that crisis.
It's still necessary that the political leadership of Zimbabwe should get together and find a
solution to the challenges that face Zimbabwe.
So I would hope that that leadership would still be open to a process which would result
in them coming to some agreement about what happens to their country and that most certainly
is what we would try to encourage.
And we'll have more on Zimbabwe in this bulletin.
I'll be speaking to the editor of the Zimbabwean newspaper.
A meeting in Saudi Arabia that brought together ministers from leading oil producing and importing
countries has agreed that soaring oil prices are damaging the world economy.
But Saudi Arabia is the only exporter which has undertaken to increase its output to try
to ease prices.
Paul Wood reports from Jeddah.
Most of the world's oil exporters are gathered in this room and the majority are quite happy
to see prices at record highs.
The Saudis though want stability in the market.
They've increased production by 200,000 barrels a day and there may be more to come.
King Abdullah also promised a billion dollars to a fund to help poor countries hit by spiralling
energy costs.
That may be a sign that the Saudis think prices will remain at 130 dollars a barrel or more.
If so, the King sought to deflect blame.
Dear brothers and sisters, there are several factors behind the unjustified swift rise
in oil prices and they are speculators who play the market out of selfish interests,
increased consumption by several developing economies and additional taxes on oil in several
consuming countries.
Despite these facts and even though OPEC has sought to meet demand, we find those who point
the finger of blame at OPEC alone.
The British Prime Minister Gordon Brown came with a detailed plan to improve the functioning
of oil markets, a new deal between producers and consumers he called it.
Mr Brown also wants western economies to switch from oil to alternative sources of energy,
nuclear, solar and wind power.
The OPEC nations would be encouraged to invest in these technologies in Britain and elsewhere.
I propose that Britain and other oil consumers should open our markets to new investment
from oil producers, including sovereign wealth funds, in all forms of energy including renewables
and nuclear.
There has been a lot of debate at this summit over whether speculators or market fundamentals
are to blame for oil at almost $140 a barrel.
There's widespread recognition though that one of the things driving prices ever upwards
is the huge and increasing demand from countries like India and China.
That's not going to change soon.
So there are no illusions here that an oil summit in Jeddah on Sunday will mean lower
prices at the pumps on Monday.
Paul Wood, BBC News in Jeddah.
And you can get more on the developments from the Saudi oil summit as well as background
features such as the history of OPEC on our BBC News website.
It's bbc.com forward slash news.
The French president Nicolas Sarkozy has said the creation of a Palestinian state is in
the best interest of Israel.
On a state visit to the country, Mr Sarkozy said an Israeli-Palestinian agreement would
allow the two peoples to live side by side in peace and security.
The most active militant group in Nigeria's main oil producing region, the Niger Delta,
has declared a unilateral ceasefire for midnight on Tuesday.
The group, the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, or MEND, said it was respecting
an appeal made by elders in the region to give peace and dialogue another chance.
There's been a fresh outbreak of fighting in northern Lebanon between supporters of rival
political groups.
At least one person was killed and more than 20 others were wounded in Tripoli.
It's one of several recent clashes despite a peace deal last month.
Stay with us on BBC World News, still ahead on this program for you.
A ferry boat carrying over 800 people capsizes in the Philippines during a typhoon.
The spiritual leader of the Anglican Church, the Archbishop of Canterbury, has been accused
of failing to show bold and decisive leadership over gay priests and the blessing of same-sex
relationships.
The criticism from the Archbishop of Uganda comes as 300 Anglican bishops gather in Jerusalem
to discuss forming a breakaway movement.
From there, our religious affairs correspondent Robert Piggott reports.
Traditionalist Anglican clergy went back to their roots today, meeting for a service in
Jerusalem.
They're the harshest critics of the liberal American church and its ordination of an openly
gay bishop.
So strongly do they feel that they're even discussing what amounts to a blueprint for
an alternative Anglican communion.
Today there was criticism of the Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, for allowing
the dispute to reach this crisis.
A brother Archbishop claimed Dr. Williams had procrastinated and had not always been
brave enough to stand up to those who broke the rules.
I think we've been on fire for quite a while and you just cannot leave us burning and delay.
At what time will you salvage us?
And I think he has a key to saying something as the Archbishop of Canterbury.
Tomorrow all 300 bishops dressed in their robes will process up to the Mount of Olives with
its panoramic view of the old city of Jerusalem.
The bishop's dramatic spectacle here in the city where the church was born will be highly
symbolic.
Their message to the rest of the Anglican communion will be that they're ready to cut
their links with Canterbury if that's what it takes to return to what they say was the
original teaching of the church.
But the leader of the Anglican church in Jerusalem says the bishops do not speak for all traditionalists.
We don't agree with what happens in the Episcopal church but this doesn't divide us.
Unity is at the heart of the gospel of Christ.
But it seems some Anglicans would sacrifice unity for a traditional Christian view of
sexuality.
Robert Pigott, BBC News, Jerusalem.
The 60th anniversary of the arrival of the ship, the Empire Windrush, which carried the
first Caribbean migrants to the UK has been marked on Sunday.
492 workers, mainly from Jamaica, arrived on the vessel at Tilbury Docks east of London.
Most of those aboard didn't intend staying in the country for longer than just a few
years.
Welcome to BBC World News, our main headline for you.
Zimbabwe's opposition leader Morgan Changari announces that he's pulling out of the presidential
runoff election against Robert Mugabe.
So what does the future now hold for Zimbabwe's opposition movement?
The South African president has called for negotiations between Mugabe's party and the
MDC.
Here's our diplomatic correspondent Brian Hanrahan with his assessment.
The group now left in control in Harare, the military leaders surrounding and supporting
Robert Mugabe, show no sign of having any political plan to manage Zimbabwe.
And with their own survival at stake, they seem in no mood to heed the international
disapproval heaped upon them.
I believe we've reached an absolutely critical moment in the drive by the people of Zimbabwe
to rid themselves of the tyrannical rule of Robert Mugabe.
It's evident that the only people with democratic legitimacy are the opposition, because after
all they won the first round of the parliamentary elections in March and the first round of
the presidential elections.
But Zimbabwe society's on the point of collapse.
Hyperinflation, counted in hundreds of thousands of percent, has made the economy unworkable.
Starvation has become a real risk for millions of people since agriculture collapsed.
And the violence which has disrupted the election could take root in a country which otherwise
has remained largely peaceful.
The UN is preparing for a new wave of refugees spilling across Zimbabwe's borders and carrying
instability with them.
The other leaders in the area want something done to contain Zimbabwe's problems.
It is still necessary that the political leadership of Zimbabwe should get together and find a
solution to the challenges that face Zimbabwe.
So I would hope that that leadership would still be open to a process which would result
in them coming to some agreement about what happens to their country.
Joining us from our studio in Southampton is Wilf Banda, he's editor of the Zimbabwean
newspaper.
Hello and welcome to BBC World News.
So what do you think of the MDC and Morgan Changrai standing down?
Was this the only choice you had?
Well, they left with no choice.
They have been beating up his supporters.
They've killed over 80 members of the MDC.
They have disrupted his rallies.
They've confiscated his vehicles.
They have stuffed his supporters.
They've taken away identity cards of members of his party.
The number of people, prominent people, lawyers who support him locked up in jail with, on
the frivolous charges.
It's been impossible for him to campaign.
They've refused to accept his adverts in the herald, the government newspaper and on the
radio and television.
He has only had to depend on the independent media to carry his message.
So it's been an impossible task and he knew that Mugabe said that he would not concede
defeat and he's also said that only God can remove him.
Indeed.
So in terms of the future now, the coming days, Thabo Mbeki in South Africa is saying
he still wants to see these two leaders getting themselves together, talking.
Do you think that's possible?
Well, I think so late, isn't it?
Mbeki has become a part of our problem in Zimbabwe.
He is not an honest broker.
What we need right now is an independent and honest mediator, somebody of the stature of
Kofi Annan or somebody else.
But Mbeki is a problem.
You can see the way he's been behaving, defending Zimbabwe at every international forum.
He stopped debate on Zimbabwe and the United Nations and at the Human Rights Commission.
He's been defending Mugabe even among the Sadak leaders where there is growing discontent
with Mugabe's behavior.
Mbeki has been defending him.
Just in a few brief words, do you think it is all hopeless now or is there any hope left
at all for Zimbabwe?
Well, the only hope is for international pressure to be brought to bear, to get rid of him.
We've got to get rid of Mugabe if Zimbabwe is going to survive at all.
So in terms of the international community, we've been talking about this in these last
few hours here on BBC World News, that a lot of condemnation from these international communities,
but nothing really seems to be getting done.
There doesn't seem to be any appetite to get involved in Zimbabwe.
Well, I think they should.
What does it take?
What are they waiting for?
Do they want to see two million people killed first?
So far, 80 people have been killed, with 25,000 people internally displaced in Zimbabwe.
Not to mention the four million who are in South Africa and in the UK and around the
world.
What does it take for the world to feel pity for Zimbabwe and do it again?
When you've got a government that starts murdering its citizens, then it ceases to have a right
to rule.
Sovereignty goes out of the window.
What we need now is for the international community to do something positive to get
rid of Mugabe.
Will Fander, editor of the Zimbabwean newspaper, thanks for joining us from the Southampton
studio there in southern England.
Now hundreds of ferry passengers are missing in the Philippines after their ship capsized
in a typhoon.
Local officials say the ferry carrying 845 passengers and crew ran aground off Subayan
Island in the central Philippines when its engines failed in heavy seas.
Rescuers say they found only about 10 survivors and see no other signs of life.
At the ferry office in Manila, there is still painfully little news for relatives of the
missing.
The Princess of the Stars was carrying more than 700 people when it capsized.
So far just a few survivors have been found.
One of them, the ship's janitor, is reported to have said he fears many were trapped inside.
On Sunday the ferry company tried to sound upbeat.
There have been many reports of survivors and passengers who were on the Cristina del
Gallo island.
The Coast Guard vessel is on its way there now to pick them up.
Also, there are four survivors whose names have been forwarded to us.
But so far rescue workers hampered by treacherous weather have failed to verify reports of stranded
passengers.
Several bodies have been found by local villagers.
They are not the only casualties of Typhoon Phang Xiong.
Over 100 people are reported to have been killed as gusts of 150 kilometers an hour
battered the Philippines.
Many, including the country's president, are questioning why the ferry was allowed to set
off.
They should not have let the ship sail because there was a typhoon coming.
How can they do that?
They will not even give out information on what happened.
Search and rescue efforts are resuming on Monday with the U.S. expected to provide assistance.
The Philippines has already seen the world's worst ferry disaster when over 4,000 people
were killed.
Relatives will be hoping this time is different.
Damien Kaya, BBC News.
Now let's take a check on the international sport.
Spain will play Russia on Thursday for a place in the final of Euro 2008 after beating Italy
on penalties.
Well, this final quarterfinal in Vienna lasted 120 minutes.
There were no goals, so that meant the dreaded penalty shootout.
This is how it turned out.
4-2 to Spain.
Two misses from Roberto Donaldani's side to the one by Spain.
In the end, the substitute, Ches Fibragas, hit the winning strike and they're still the
only unbeaten side in the tournament.
Now Ferrari's recent dominance of the French Formula One Grand Prix continued this Sunday
with the Italian team's eighth victory in 11 years.
Kimi Räikkönen began on pole with Felipe Massa in second and it was the Brazilian who
stole the show at Magny Corp.
Massa's third victory of the season makes him the first Brazilian to lead the Formula
One standings since the late, great Ayrton Senna in 1993.
He's now two points clear of Robert Kubica and five ahead of the defending champion Kimi
Räikkönen.
Britain's Lewis Hamilton had a race to forget.
This was new ground for Lewis Hamilton.
Penalized for a shunt in the last Grand Prix, he was bumped ten places down the grid in
France and with 12 cars in front of him he went on a charge.
But he was a little too eager, cutting across a chicane to make up ground.
That cost him a drive through penalty and he was back where he started, a long way off
the lead.
That belonged to Ferrari.
Kimi Räikkönen and Felipe Massa streets ahead of the field and at the halfway mark
at Magny Corp, Räikkönen had a problem.
One of his exhausts was broken.
He lost some power and let Massa through but such was the dominance of the Ferrari that
he managed to keep hold of second.
Hamilton was doing his best for a respectable finish but was tenth.
No points from his last two Grand Prix.
That's the worst run of his career.
It's Silverstone in a fortnight.
Even more pressure for Hamilton to turn things around as he now trails Massa by ten points
in the Drivers' Championship.
Ollie Foster, BBC News.
Casey Stoner won the British Moto GP at Donington Park this Sunday.
The Australian Ducati rider finishing ahead of Valentina Rossi's Yamaha and Danny Pedrosa's
Honda.
Rossi continues to lead the overall standings by eleven points from Pedrosa with Stoner
34 points behind.
Susie Perry reports.
The British Grand Prix at Donington Park today will be one that British rider James Tosland
would rather forget.
All weekend he was chasing a good setting.
He had to start from the back of the grid and then things went from bad to worse.
After the lights went out the front runners Casey Stoner and Valentina Rossi shot off
the line but the number 52 bike of Tosland didn't make it round turn one Red Gate.
He crashed out and the sell out 90,000 crowd was silenced.
Things really didn't light up until Rossi and Pedrosa produced a cat and mouse show
all the time though Stoner was clearing off at the front.
It wasn't a scintillating watch but it was vital for the championship because Stoner's
win bumped him past Alway Lorenzo to give him third in the championship standings.
So it was a rather quiet affair for Britain's James Tosland however never mind we've got
another race next weekend in Assen.
Susie Perry BBC News at Donington Park.
More sport and a one minute summary of world news 24 hours a day at our website just click
at the link at the top of the page there and it is bbc.com then forward slash news.
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