the, the, the near his line from berlin, pockets on his main to wait on the full results of a general election because of problems with the internet. with counting still under way early indications suggest a close res with independent candidates linked to jail, former prime minister in brown con 3 quite well so far. also ahead us president obama and takes aim at israel's campaign in gaza condo program response to you guys in the district has been um, over the top. his remarks come as you, as officials warn israel,

they won't support plans for a major military operation in the southern city of rough line. this time a new cranes military gets a shakeup. president folder, we have the link to your replaces this top military commander general valerie's a loose me had been leading ukraine's war efforts since rushes invasion as dismissal suggests, a major re think of keys approach to the conflict. the uncle for at least welcome can. so we started in pockets on today were the full results of a nationwide election, have been delayed, official se issues with the internet are to blame early indications suggest independent candidates, most of them linked to jail. former prime minister, inbound con, are doing better than expected, but they're still of

a long way to go. the military backpacks done muslim league led by now as sharif, had been the early favorite to win this after a chaotic day of voting across the country in which several people were killed and military attacks. and the government suspended mobile phone service as the as being the summit is at the election commissions headquarters in fox dunn's capital, as lombard and i asked her, what officials are saying about the belief results? yes, sports comes in as soon as they can please. and ask you if mentioned the election submission officer, say that the main reason for the award delay is uh the shut down of the internet. so based on phone service. uh, yesterday, during the 4th now pockets on the policy says that'd be hacked with the exact mail because of securities. and this is the offers and version of the election commission to focus on. but i would say that there are many journalists in focused on and also human rights group was criticized of the shutdown, all phone and internet service was. so there's lots to be

a lot of criticism often that information of focus on why it is such a huge delay in the election that says here at the election commission headquarters in the some what we see a lot of election officials here. as you can see, all of them from different provinces of focused on, for example, here we can see the get the theme or the or here we can see the defense team. and the, and the print job is not all of them offer shows across from returning on compiling data that is being sent from the toning offices from housing across focused on an order for the out of the debt that is coming through these offer shows. they have some funding that cetera, and once they get the data here, you can see this big screen where they punch the latest updates. and as of now what we see is that a so far from to $166.00,

part of the so far limit for the size of $107.00 seats half has been announced. it's been more than 20 or 20 all of us since it was closed. so there's for definitely that is a long delay. let me see. so over half of the seeds are still to be determined, but different politicians of already claimed a win in the election. what do we know about the results? which way are we swaying here? because of the most surprising or shocking thing that's happened or the results that have surprised many and focused on is the b t. i box independent candidates, hung up in winning a number of seats international, a for national assembly. there was a general strong perception that focused on military establishment was docking lead

the admin in my boss cities. and he was considered to be one of the physics candidates for the election. and there's an advanced report. it's this for several days now that focused on the editor and soft headed by boxes and former prime minister in non hon has accused of a booty. blackstone against it bought the electrical symbol was taken because of which this candidates are now running, get independent, independent and candidates has complain that they were had asked. they are not allowed to conduct political values. housings of the members are in jail, along with them drawn on senior leadership is also in june. so nobody was expecting that in such an environment. with this 5, d was facing a crap down that you know, any, anybody would what would go out and worked for despite these parts. and a very surprising news. i saw far independence on the thing in the,

in the sense. and this has been seen as a really big upset. a lot of people say that it's people are focused on who have voted. and that's or point addition on the establishment of the country should respect the award that bought this on these have cost it and they should respect the premium of, of people. but it clearly is a big setback in a big surprise. hit inbox at venus. this vote has been overshadowed by allegations of vote rigging, and many analysts say that business among pocket starts at least credible elections in years. what do you think this will mean for the outcome? so definitely there was criticism off the way one pointed to kentucky was site like b t i headed by him. ron hahn had accused that they were not given a level playing field. and of course we saw that their members were there and this

world symbol was take on their members. putting da sedated in on him says is in june on 7th charges. and therefore there was a very strong perception that there has been a pretty poor rigging. but it's very difficult to say not as we see the results. i'm not in a position right now to blame anyone because that is, that's so far off favoring b d i backed independent candidates. but it's, these are spend the money just as i was only $170.00. you can see that only here we can see that only 107 results. hoffman announced, which means that there are still many seats. and so far what the fee is $41.00 seats. and these numbers will of course, keep changing. but so far p t i back independent candidates are leading out. i think it's 2 already to see if the election process has been good or not

a report or venus, java, and right from the center and the action is all about. thank you so much for that update. the united states has long been israel's most powerful allies in the military backer. but now president and joe biden has questioned israel's military campaign and gaza and the sharpest criticism so far as or against from us. take a list of the view is you know that the conduct of the response in gaza in the guy is a strip has been um over the top. we talked to bb to open the gate other as really so i'm pushing really hard, really hard to get any manager and assistance in the guys. and there are a lot of interest and people are starving. not innocent people who are in trouble.

don scott, to stop those remarks by joe biden came as a us official warrant israel. that staging a military push into the southern city of russell wood without proper planning spell disaster. israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu is that the military would soon enter the city calling one of the most last remaining strong hopes. smoke rises over the crowded city of rafa is really bombardments and preparation for our ground assault and to what it says is a strong hold for him. us, which is classified as a terrorist organization by many countries, but for hundreds of thousands of thousands who have fled to the southern end of the strip. after being told by the is really army to leave their homes further north. rafa is the last refuge. it's also home to one of the biggest border crossings for aid and supplies. israel says rafa also house has multiple tunnels that have mouse uses to supply itself with arms. the selling has already taken its toll here.

even before soldiers arrive, the 3 missiles hit this same place where i'm standing. there's not much to say about the victim's children, the women and the elderly. i wish we could have collected their whole bodies. instead, we have bits and pieces. are all hearing that there will be a ground incursion into rafa. i imagine things will be extremely bad, but is really prime minister benjamin netanyahu and says there is no alternative to the military collapse of i'm us. let me look a show like there is no solution other than total victory. lovely to and if i'm us survives and gaza, us will get is only a matter of time until the next massacre and the axis of evil. they run and it's proxies will continue with their campaigns. but for neutral band, we instructed the army to repair, to operate also in rough, awesome and into the camps and the center. the last remaining strong holes of,

i'm us, i know zoom a whole name sion with one of them with peace making efforts apparently stalled for the time being. the people of rafa will pay the price for both sides on willingness to come to a deal. and a quick look at some of the stories making headlines around the world. now, in india, at least 2 people have died in classes, sparks find the demolition, and as long as the school and the joining prayer site authorities and what are con state claim they were built in legally. and officials that police have been authorized to shoot rioters. india has a hindu majority. muslims say they are being unfairly targeted. are a controversial us right wing faker has the interview rush as president vladimir putin and moscow and a video from tucker carlson network food in claims. he has no interest in expanding the war and ukraine beyond the countries borders. he added, he's prepared to negotiate a prisoner exchange to free us,

or unless evan garsh corvette, who is jailed, and russia on spying charges. one fire has swept the residential building and rushes capital. moscow officials say 400 and people were evacuated when the blaze broke out overnight occurred in the capital's north west plains have since been contains ukraine's president will let him use the lensky has dismissed his top military commander, general valerie's allusion is regarded by many as a national hero for overseeing ukraine's war efforts since russia's full scale invasion, started back in february of 2020 to the iron general of ukraine. valerie's allusion, e is widely known as a symbol of resistance against russia. he had led the ukrainian army, as commander in chief, says russia's full scale invasion began in february 2022 successfully pushing back . in the 1st months of the war, news of his dismissal was confirmed and then addressed by president full of the

mirror, zalinski, citing a need for re shuffle. you have just, i'm grateful to generals. illusion need for 2 years of protection. be developed on facebook, frankly today about what needs to change in the army with the boy urgent charges. i mean just that the general's illusion need to be in the team of the credit in state in the future. i am. i will be grateful for his consent. are you able to of jackson is a it was good. so lansky claimed that most commanders leading more efforts and ukraine have not experienced the front lines firsthand and said it was time for new approach. he named alexander thursday. the head of ukraine's ground forces to take charge of the military service keys, known for leading ukraine's defense in the city of boston. moved for you cranford, one of the bloodiest battles, and for defending keys in the streets of keys. the

new sparks mixed reactions. someone you say it's, it's on the chose. i do not think this is the right time. this is not the time to fire. the army chief said, this is a very odd decision. you said they're so nice here. well, i think that we know and the me and it does not solution me. it's in, there's always when you do, i'm very upset. i don't know about others, but i'm very upset. this is a signal that was with me all the way you sullens case plan to revamp your craze. military comes in mid months of uncertainty in ukraine. the conflict is out of stalemate. and there are questions over whether keys will receive additional military aid from the us. like martin is a former british army officer and senior fellow and the department of war studies at king's college london earlier. i asked him how unusual it is to change military

leadership in the middle of a bitterly font, or it depends really on how well you was going as to what was going well and you did change the need to ship. but clearly that have been some stumbles over the last year, and a change of leadership is useful to change direction, but also i think, to stick another change of direction. so if you've got some allies who are perhaps little reticent, changing your leadership is a big signal that you're about to change direct from instruction. do you think this is more about sending a signal than about making actual changes, though? i think is both. so last year we had the counsellor offensive, which, which really was a failure of ukraine, made very little progress wherever it needed to make progress lousy because the russians had extensive defenses. and now with the tail off of western supplies it's, it's very likely that the will remain style might have new kind won't be able to

make advances on the ground, particularly while we're waiting for the us presidential elections. and so i think there is going to be a different direction and this is a way of signaling it now to of servers at this will didn't come as much of a surprise because there had been a lot of speculation about a risk between the wednesday and solution at do you think that could of factored into this jacob? this is definitely an i so often these things are about politics as well as personalities. so listening, organize the defense of ukraine in 2022. so he will forever have his place in the history books, but really, as i related to the counselor offensive into incense 3 was a bit of a failure. that was the vision is applied. and since then, zalinski is usually have displayed overstretched feet, including is really important question of conscription. how do we get the manpower into ukraine's armed forces?

but there is another thing as well. the illusion is, is very popular and is seen as a potential future arrival tubes in ski. and it's not on 9 unit eisenhower commanded allied forces. the 2nd level then went on to be president. so it's not a, it's a, you know, it's a wellness impulse. i'm so some people are saying that pop zalinski thought joe, i can just downgrade to lose the stature and that will make my political life easier as well. he says he will remain on the team though. what can you tell us about the new commander in chief alexander sir ski. she says she was born in russia in 1965. so in the soviet union, as it was then and served in the side of your own forces, including enough kind of son he most recently, he's been that come under ground forces. he said in your package. and he was responsible for the defense of keys in the ignition invasion for which she was ordered. she was given a metal, i mean, an amazing piece. what and heels and that the offensive into hockey is difficult to

say from that history exactly what he's going to do. but i think we know, of course, he will have discussed the zalinski, this new change of approach. and that is the reason why he will have been appointed . so i think, i think we're going to see some changes in the way you're trying to approach is the will at the presidency landscapes as you create needs a realistic battle plan. if you talk about the change of approach, what would that have to look like? so i think it's, it's commonly accepted that the ground bottle has reached the style. mike, i think will remain there until the off to the us presidential election until we get clarity geopolitically as to what the levels of western support will be. the ground was not going to move on. i think over the last month we'll say, we've seen the inklings of what the new you tried new strategy is. there's been increased a tax on russian gas and oil terminals. there's been the sinking of russian ships. so i think you train is going to hold the ground roll as it is,

and it's going to strike russia's economic power because it, russia, consulates, oil and gas that it can't afford to continue the war, the same pace. and so i think this is the news jace that we're going to see was we wait for the results of the us presidential election. yeah, mike, i wanna bring up something else because all of this comes as russian forces are focused on taking the town of, of this guy. this battle has been going on for 4 months now. what's the status there? it's uh, you know, is a little bit like a then, if your view is remember about moods where it went backwards and forwards and eventually the russians took it at great. last of these crews of very, very similar story. the russians have been trying large numbers of troops that they do have of the match or the cutting forces. so they have more, you know, lots henry shells, and most of us now on the ukrainians have been fighting for several months now. quite a slope withdrawal. i've lost inflicting maximum damage on the russians. i mean,

if i had to guess, i would say the russians are probably going to take the towel in the city and then in the, in the coming days it does not change the overall picture. not hugely. that was like martin from kings college in london. thank you so much. always great to get your take on things and some more headlights. you as president obama has rejected the findings of the report that implied his ability to recall personal events was impairs. using his memory, this is fine. the report was by especial counsel looking into weatherbug and willfully mishandled classified information, while a private citizen and concluded no criminal charges were warranted abroad. and u. s. supreme court has signaled edward reject and attempt to remove donald trump from the 2024 presidential ballad. justices appeared skeptical during a hearing over a colorado supreme court ruling that the barge from from the states primary after

finding he engaged in insurrection. on january 6th of 2021. it's unclear when the court will issue is the ruling and you commission president whether the funder line has announced over 200000000 euro is an a to help martini a curb, a legal migration to europe, in a meeting with more attaining as president mohammed who does one me see said the african nation will also receive funds for humanitarian aid and job creation. sundays at the top of nations. final represents the high points of the latest biannual celebration of african football and culture. as con is the continents biggest football tournament, and fans of this years host ivory coast are in excellent move at mood after seeing their site make the final and abi john against nigeria against all odds. but despite building excitement among fans, accusations of sports washing leveled at this year's main sponsor,

a total energies are threatening to overshadow. okay. a while a swelling, months of football has taken since a stage across the african confidence, a sports washing round his look. and the shadows, french phone, total energy is one of the world's leading oil and gas companies and main sponsor that. com is accused of using the tournament to loan to get stuff to you image. what flushing is the use of spots to read direct um, public attention away from an, an ethical conduct. it's clear that this is a priori to tune up to 12 inches image of its name, its wrecking fossil fuel company that's scrambling off because oil and gas green piece of long campaigned against total energies. at the head of the competition. they join forces with kick total out, so that's called a campaign which is showing the lights on the damage caused by total in africa. total energy is guilty of foul play. there's no question about it. they like to well trained as clean green image of the cells through this pump ship on. but the reality is very different at a time with scientists,

a thing we kind of any new explorations of fossil fuels. you have a company like total entities, which is got the highest number of new oil and gas expirations on the african continent. then literally turbo, charging the time of crisis at 10 payments of raise awareness through far reaching social media campaigns. targeting young people for music out at even comedy skits on youtube. oh, i talked to we left football almost as much as we live money. and we love app called and because it is one of the most watched football tournaments in the whole world. so that means more money, balls bibles for us off combs, organizers have mainly deflected suggesting media companies support the competition instead. well, total have reiterated their commitment. so renewable energy is something kick, talk to lots of escal and refutes. take a look at the example of the vehicle pipeline to the building and you've got to in terms of the set to displace over a 100000 people that will destroy national parks and produce 25 times no

carbon emissions. then what uganda in terms of the currency bridges, i mean now campaign is hoping their thoughts can leave a lasting impact. ultimately, this war is not about to go to images. it is about saving the planets. if organizes can be persuaded to choose sponsors that fall for financial benefits, but from a good ethical standards seems such as these can become sofa cuz in tournaments to come. c authorities in iceland have declared an emergency after another volcanic eruption. emergency crews are trying to stop lava from reaching a power plant in the south west and the nearby town of greenville, vic, as the residents were moved to safety already back in november. the eruption has also forced the closure of the blue lagoon tourist attraction. for sure surface of the correct for 3 kilometers in south west iceland. the volcano erupted sending

tourists of running to safety. yeah, we'll get to the siren going office and we track this stuff up around the parking lot and there's the, there is a volcano going into the fields. amazing. there just something once in a lifetime you will see it. most of the residents in this region had already been evacuated in november. been a series of interruptions began. this time the lava has damaged a major hot water pipe injection is peninsula. it's applied heat to nearby homes. now thousands of people are rushing to buy electric heaters with temperatures outside floating close to minus 10 degrees celsius. it's heavy for us because now we don't have any hot water over the pipe. so it's fun

of the moment. it is also fuel, but the fast moving lava might reach small sunday, public blonde, which has no pipes supplying heat to another. 30000 people tells of way smoke could be seen in iceland international. apple. edward stops and there was no impact on flights. but tourists won't block from visiting one of items most popular destinations, the blue lagoon. but what a few options in the city, just off the central and nothing happened for the. ready 800 years and it's been a bit of a shock, has come back to life. i thought of these a hoping the lava speed will drop off and the next i was and not destroying more than just structure in the land of ice and fire. and before we go, here's a quick reminder over top story progress on a still waiting to find out the final result of yesterday's general election. officials say issues with the internet are to blame for the delay as follows. a chaotic day of voting across the country in which several people were killed and

militants attacks and the government suspended mobile phone services that we knew from berlin complex though is up next terms of bass and interviews. efraim levy, the former head of israel's intelligence service, most of our kelly will have more headlines for you at the top of the hour. thank you so much for joining me today by the

of the conflicts with tim sebastian, 4 months into the browser wall. and there is no end in sight for the killing of the sufferings. how long can is earl continued community campaign as his allies would increasingly, but too many policy news? i died my desk with recent bearing salaries for my head and intelligence service from all sides. conflict the next on d. w to the point strong opinions,

clear position. international perspective. vladimir putin has his eye on the upcoming presidential election that has been drumming off russian support for the war in your brain with the old soviet slogan. every thanks for victory. how far is he willing to go join this week on to, to point to the point? in 16 minutes on d w, the issue started, we started to understand cooley and watching june 2013, the still active for democracy protest in ukraine. 2022 ami invaded the country release in response to your cries to see if the freedom

system west has recognized the james bonds for the to really understand that so easily. a file uh we will lose our concerts, your own. my done the february 17th on t w. 4 months and so the browser will m as no andrew site to the killing. i'm the suffering. how long could israel continue? it's military campaign, as his allies would increasingly. but too many palestinians are dying. my guest this week here and tell of eve is from holiday former ahead of israel's foreign intelligence service. the most said for now europe and america are insisting that this war ends with a pathway to palestinian statehood. jerusalem says no. in the midst of this division, cool, i'm what.