17th November 2017

In the early hours of Wednesday morning, a Zimbabwean military official made that announcement after troops occupied the state broadcaster and placed President Robert Mugabe under house arrest. We take a look at events as they’ve been unfolding, and ask what this coup - which supposedly isn’t a coup - means for Zimbabwe. The UK Government has been accused of economic murder - one hundred and twenty thousand counts of economic murder - as a new landmark study analyses the impact of austerity measures. On Wednesday night, Donald Trump returned from his two week tour of Asia, but how did it go? We’ve got a detailed report on the US President’s Asia tour, as well as analysis of what it all means. Calls for an industrial strategy for Scotland as over 1000 jobs are at risk as engineering firm BiFab faces potential administration. And we take a look at the 16th Annual Carrying Stream Festival, this year paying tribute to two late greats of the Scottish folk and traditional music community.