Morning mail: Mugabe in detention after Zimbabwe coup Thursday: 93-year-old held at home in coup sparked by power struggle over his succession. Plus: Socceroos qualify for the World Cup in 3-1 win over Honduras Young women walk past an armoured personnel carrier at an intersection in Harare. Photograph: Jekesai Njikizana/AFP/Getty Images Eleanor Ainge Roy @EleanorAingeRoy Good morning, this is Eleanor Ainge Roy bringing you the main stories and must-reads on Thursday 16 November. Top stories Robert Mugabe is being held in detention in his home after the military took control of Zimbabwe yesterday. The army declared on national television that it had temporarily taken control of the country to "target criminals" around the head of state. The move by the armed forces appears to have resolved a bitter battle to succeed the 93-year-old president, which had pitted his former vice-president, Emmerson Mnangagwa, against Mugabe's wife, Grace. It is likely to signal the departure from power of the world's oldest leader within days, weeks or at most months, at a time when the impoverished country is facing acute economic problems, with many state employees having gone without salaries for months. Former vice-president Mnangagwa was reported to have returned to Zimbabwe on Tuesday evening from South Africa, where he fled last week after being stripped of his office by Mugabe in an apparent attempt to clear Grace Mugabe's path to power. South Africa appears to be backing the takeover and sent ministers as envoys on Wednesday morning, while Britain and the US are urging their citizens to stay indoors. Soldiers have blocked access to parliament, government offices and courts in the capital Harare, and the president's official residence was surrounded by troops. However the city appeared largely calm. "People are excited because they are ready for change," said an official who asked not to be named because of his job. "I don't think things will get violent because they are doing this for the people." A day after it was announced Australians voted yes to same-sex marriage, electoral analyst Ben Raue takes a deep dive into the data from the postal survey – and he says the results are impressive the deeper you look. All age and gender groups came out to vote in large numbers, with every state voting yes and a wide variety of electorates reporting a majority yes vote. This result does not reveal a country split down the middle but a country where a majority (small or large) supports marriage equality in most places. The yes campaign didn't win by piling up votes in a small number of electorates. A majority voted yes in 133 out of 150 electorates. These seats reflect a wide variety of Australian life. While women's workforce participation has increased significantly since the 1970s, new research says Australia has "entered an equilibrium in which women who have children work part time, producing a family model of 1.5 earners". Women comprise less than a quarter of the top 10% of income earners in Australia, and their lifetime earnings are less than two-thirds of those of men. The research in a book edited by the Australian National University professor Miranda Stewart uncovers problems with superannuation and childcare policy, which entrench income inequality for women in Australia. "The data shows that the increase in women's workforce participation in Australia since the 1970s has been almost entirely in part-time work." Former British intelligence officer Christopher Steele who compiled an explosive dossier of allegations of collusion between the Trump campaign and the Kremlin, believes it to be 70% to 90% accurate. Steele's contacts in Russia span decades and his reports earned widespread respect in the US for their reliability. "I've been dealing with this country for 30 years. Why would I invent this stuff?" Steele is quoted as saying. Steele's reports include allegations that the Kremlin had compromising material on the US president, including alleged sex tapes recorded during a trip to Moscow in 2013, and that Trump and his associates actively colluded with Russian intelligence to influence the election in his favour. A crowd gathered in the baking sun of an industrial complex car park in Canberra on Wednesday for a sombre, long-fought-for ceremony: the handover of the remains of the first known Australian, Mungo Man, and 104 other ancient Indigenous ancestors for their repatriation to Lake Mungo in outback New South Wales. A vintage Chrysler Valiant hearse will carry the remains on their three-day journey to the Willandra Lakes world heritage area, followed by a coach load of traditional owners and Jim Bowler, 88, the Australian National University geomorphologist who discovered Mungo Man in 1974. A Barkandji elder, Warren Clark, said the journey with the remains would be an emotional one. "I'm sure their spirits won't rest until they are buried back on our land," he said. A multibillion-dollar banana industry at risk of a deadly disease could be saved by genetic modification that created a line of bananas resistant to Panama disease. Researchers at Queensland University of Technology genetically modified Cavendish bananas using a gene found in a south-east Asian banana subspecies that naturally displayed resistance to the devastating fungus. More than 99% of all bananas exported worldwide are of the Cavendish variety and they are all essentially clones of the one plant. This leaves plantations highly susceptible to disease outbreaks. "These results are very exciting because it means we have a solution that can be used for controlling this disease," the lead researcher said. Hat-trick hero Mile Jedinak scoring a second penalty. Photograph: Jonny Weeks for the Guardian Sport The minarets of Red Square are finally visible on the horizon after the longest, windiest qualifying road in World Cup history concluded in Sydney on Wednesday night. Mile Jedinak's second-half hat-trick in an ultimately comfortable 3-1 win over Honduras secured the Socceroos' place at the tournament in Russia, but the identity of the coach who will take them there remains the subject of conjecture. "Who needs Stokes when you've got Woakes?" came the cry from the grandstand, as Chris Woakes has taken six wickets for England in the final Ashes warm-up in Townsville, with Cricket Australia XI 249-9 on day one. Thinking time Tamara and Maddie in the second series of Struggle Street. Photograph: Martin Philbey/KEO Films The controversial SBS series Struggle Street returns for a second season to tackle national issues of poverty, after politicians blocked filming in Queensland and Melbourne. Shot over six months in a number of disadvantaged suburbs, the series will again feature personal stories of hardship and triumph – but with a broader focus on national systemic issues, and twice the run time. SBS's director of TV and online content, Marshall Heald, said the second season makes for confronting television. "These are not easy stories for us to hear, but they're the ones we need to listen to the most," he said. "Sometimes when facts don't persuade, feelings do." The latest wages growth data suggest the bottom over low growth has been reached. That's the good news. The bad news is there is little sign of any rebound – with growth remaining at historic lows and showing virtually no improvement at all in real wages. And despite improving unemployment we have seen this falling wages growth – something that is not meant to occur, says Greg Jericho. What's he done now? Donald Trump is back on home turf and again taking aim at the media, accusing the New York Times of writing articles based on personal bias and vendettas. "The failing @nytimes hates the fact that I have developed a great relationship with World leaders like Xi Jinping, President of China ..." Trump tweeted. "It is actually hard to believe how naive (or dumb) the Failing @nytimes is when it comes to foreign policy ... weak and ineffective!" Trump also lamented being "forced" to watch CNN while he was abroad. "While in the Philippines I was forced to watch @CNN, which I have not done in months, and again realized how bad, and FAKE, it is. Loser!" Media roundup Australian newspapers overwhelmingly splash with the yes vote to same-sex marriage. "Now we can all share the joy," says the Daily Telegraph in a widely criticised front page, which features an uninspiring image of Al Bundy from 80s sitcom Married with Children sitting on a couch in his tracksuit pants. "YES" shouts the Sydney Morning Herald in a striking front page. "We were shamefully late to the party. But we've changed. We've apologised. And now we've voted YES," declares the Mercury in Hobart. The ABC has an interactive analysis of the YES vote, and a long read on the stigma surrounding mothers who feel anger and frustration during postnatal depression. Coming up Legislation to legalise same-sex marriage will be debated when the Senate sits in Canberra. The Queensland's premier, Annastacia Palaszczuk, the opposition leader, Tim Nicholls, and the state's One Nation leader, Steve Dickson, will appear before a people's forum of 100 undecided voters in Brisbane tonight. 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