from a tea boy to the prime minister of india. he wins the biggest election in the world by a land side. he has defeated the most famous, living the former leader humiliated at the pools. hello there, i'm laura kyle, you are watching al jazeera live from our headquarters in doha. two blast ngs kenya's capitol. kills at least ten people. also coming up a battle has

broken out in benghazi, a retired libyan general is taking on what he calls terrorists. ♪ and in turkey protesters clash with police at a mine where hundreds of men lost their lives. >> the first party to do so in 30 years. he was one a [ inaudible ] will be sworn in as prime minister sometime next week. here is the report from the capitol in new delhi. >> reporter: a new political chapter in the world's largest democracy.

♪ >> reporter: welcomed with a loud bang and a burst of color. at the headquarters in gnu deli. victory celebrations started early. it transpired to be a land slide victory. >> i'm so happy with the people and i bow to you and thank you for all of the love you have shown me. i am thanking you from the bottom of my heart. i respect and solute you. >> reporter: the party held prayers in anticipation of a good performance. but most supporters viewed the final as a mere form mallty. they describe the party's win as a new start for the country. >> translator: we used to look to the west for support and development, but now we're going to be the kind of country that

people [ inaudible ]. >> translator: we respect all religions. he will take care of people from all states. he has done it before and he will do it again. >> reporter: in stark contrast the leading congress party was empty. only the media stayed in position to hear there the president. >> translator: we respect the decision that has been made. we hope whichever government will be formed they will do the best of the country. and i will congratulate the new government. >> reporter: a victory wall set up filled up quickly. this was the first time in independent india's history that a none congress party has won on its own.

[ inaudible ] they have done just that, and after nearly ten years in opposition indy's people's party has returned. [ inaudible ] has more on the man about to take the top job. >> reporter: he is the prime minister elect. the huge election win gives him a chance to see his vision for india through from paper to parliament. there are issues at home and abroad that he sees at top of his agenda. the economy is in a slumping growth. and inflations sits at nearly 5% and is rising. his model for foreign investment has worked successfully in his home state. yet he is seen as a divisive figure blamed by many for

failing to perfect muslims in 2002. minorities here are concerned. will the new government offer fair opportunities for one and all? the bjp said it would during its election campaigns. but that didn't stop senior leaders and allies from revisiting a site destroyed in the 1990s. it is claimed by hindus as the birthplace of their god. the bjp has said it will build a grand temple there. recent comments about illegal immigrants being sent home has worried some. victims with were muslims he said if he comes to power those will be dpoerted.

they also want to continue a dialogue with pakistan. >> we are very clear that we need to [ inaudible ] and if that means [ inaudible ] on pakistan so be it. we are very, very clear that our neighbors have to ensure india's safety first. the line of control needs to be completely secure. we have seen the beheading of our shoulders -- soldiers and we're not going to take it laying down. >> reporter: they have given him 60 months to turn the country around. and now he'll have no one else to blame but himself if he doesn't fulfill his promises. in the past hour we have reports of a fence situation between protesters and police in the mining town in turkey ang rer over the death of 284 minors has been growing since the mine

collapsed on tuesday. and we're seeing live pictures, but they are at the mine site and it is all calm there. what has been happening while these protests are taking place. >> reporter: though situation is right in the center of summer by the local municipal building, a large number of protesters were gathering, and chanting slogans about supporting the minors of this town when the riot police decided to try to break up the demonstration as it was attempting to march towards another long distance down the main streets to minor's memorial point. now what happened was this. they fired tear gas and sprayed water cannon on the crowds. there were arrests, and angry seen, and this made the situation even worse.

the police cordoned off. and the police decided to withdraw, but now there is another standoff going on at the minor's memorial. there are crowds all around cheering and quite emotional scenes with minors breaking down in tears, one man screaming and shouting, seven years i have spent down below, and now so many of my friends have dead, and you are trying to poison me now here. referring to the tear gas. there was also another situation whereby one man came forward and said he was a school teacher, and said this really is a situation whether it's so much grief and the police are trying to wash away that grief with tear gas and it won't work. so this intervention of the

police, with all the people here is -- is a new development and it's unclear about where this is really heading. the level of anger, the calls for accountability on the day that the company once again denied any negligence. >> these protests are a daily occurrence. it's clear there is a lot of anger over the safety of turkish mines, but also the government's handling of this tragedy. >> reporter: well, questions have been put about the government handling of the tragedy. there has been an announcement today by the ruling ak party that there will be a full investigation, a full all party committee set up by parliament with powers to pull in any evidence it wants in order to get to the bottom of this, and also make people accountable, but that isn't enough to calm

people down, because there is a feeling that so many people dead in this town now, and the way the government has treated the situation, that there is no going back. there has to be some sort of demonstration. there has to be an immediate demand forable accountability. so the level of sensitive has not been helpful -- or the lack of sensitivity has not been helpful here. >> andrew thanks very much. andrew simmons reporting from soma in western turkey. at least ten people have been killed in two separate explosions in kenya and nairobi. the first bus was a bus, and then sect star gets market area. >> reporter: millions of kenyans

depend on buses like this to get around. lately they have become deadly. explosions are thrown at the bus or placed inside. often small ball bearings are used in the explosives, and whoever was sitting here is unlikely to have survived. 11 people have been killed in syria in a car bomb. [ inaudible ] which al jazeera cannot dentally verify appears to show the aftermath of the car bomb. it went off in front of a mosque during friday prayers. and in the northern city of aleppo, rebels fired a rocket that killed 13 people according to syria's state news agency. and southwest of aleppo there has been a barrel bomb

attack in the damascus countryside. barrel bombs have killed throws of civilians. in libya at least two people have died in fighting in benghazi. the caretaker prime minister has called the violence illegal. >> reporter: the situation in benghazi is now relatively calm, but it remains very tense. now the caretaker prime minister, described the situation in benghazi as a military coup against the legitimacy and the revolution of february 17th. he called on rebels to prevent any force from outside benghazi trying to enter the city. he also called residents to back

the revolution, and he also called on the rebels as well as the residentsover benghazi to show self restraint. the forces head by this heard has apparently declared he is trying to pursue extreme elements within benghazi. he named the february 17th brigade, and the [ inaudible ] brigade. they are very powerful militias and describe them as extreme mril -- militant groups. the government says he is trying to topple the legitimacy of the government and the national council. still to come on the program, the fossils of the long

neck dinosaur is discovered in south america. and coming up in sport, fifa president says his decision to award the 2022 world cup do qatar was a mistake.

♪ hello again, our top stories here on al jazeera. [ inaudible ] has lead india's main opposition party to victory in the general election. results show the right-wing hindu is on course for a clear majority in parliament. the win means the end of the

congress party's decade-long rule. a tense situation between protesters and police in the mining town in turkey. anger over death of 284 minors have been growing since the mine clapsed on tuesday. now there's been a big social media and online element to the indian elections and we have more on that and how it has clearly helped the bjp at the polls. >> this election was clearly a smashing victory. but what has always emerged is the way the bjp hars thatted social media.

more than 150 million voters were first ever. that means young people. people for whom facebook and twitter are an integral part of life. the numbers for the bjp really stack up as you see, some of the social media numbers, just facebook stats to start with. the bjp has a lot more facebook followers than any other party. but you see it, 14.3 million followers on facebook no one else on that grid even comes close. some of the other stats are a little bit closer when we look at total number of interactions, it is looking a little closer. but look at the man himself, total number of interactions on twitter. he is up at 11.5 million of them. once again, neither of his competitors even come close.

but what is important is how all of this online support translates to ballot box support. have a listen to this analysis, who explains how the bjp have campaigned and won. >> i think there is a north and southern sort of divide. the bjp has done extremely well in southern states [ inaudible ] and that's where the bjp is also planting a flag. >> yeah, right across india. as google's india election map shows us. it's a sea of yellow and orange which symbolizes all of the votes given to the bjp. up here, you win those two states there's a chance you are going to win the whole country.

and complete sweep here, and way over where the bjp had no foothold before this, they won that as well. perhaps it was fitting that he chose just three words to sum up the day and used twitter to do it. he said simply, indian has won, and by days end upwards of 55,000 people thought that was something worth sharing. anti-government demonstrators are taking to the streets in several cities across egypt. with less than two weeks to go before presidential elections will be held. 140 polls situations in 124 countries. the presidential poll pit the al-sisi against his rival candidate. detained al jazeera correspondent has accused egyptian authorities of trying to force feed him while in solitary confinement.

he has been on hunger strike for 116 days in protest at being held without charge since his arrest last august. the egyptian state media reported he ended his hunger strike. his family says he is being held in solitary confinement so he can be force fed. >> that is absolutely not true. after he was moved from his original cell to the scorpion prison, a maximum security cell. he was moved to solitary confinement and pretty much all of his fears for his safety are coming in to action after his transfer without informing either the family or the lawyers. i think what is happening is that they are trying to force feed him. they are using his solitary confinement as a way to end his

hunger strike through none -- through forceful methods. five candidates for the european [ inaudible ] has battled it out. the debate wasn't aired on prime outlets. so tim friend found out who watched it, and what they think. [ cheers ] >> reporter: it's a live presidential debate but perhaps without quite the same level of excitement normally associated with similar debates in the u.s. and elsewhere. they all want the eu's top job, president of the commission. the body that drafts and enforces legislation for 28-member states. some are outsiders. >> translator: we have to begin with social cohesion and jobs and development. we want to stop with recession and stop with austerity. we have to stop with the paranoia of debt. >> reporter: others are more

main stream. faith in the eu is at an all time low after a five year economic crisis. the debate is an attempt to make them more transparent even though it will still be up to national leaders to decide who gets the job. but for the first time they will have to take account of election results. here in london the debate was shown on television and on the web. but it barely made a blip on the news agenda. so what is the reaction elsewhere in europe. did they watch the debate in lisbon? >> nope. >> do you care? >> yes, i do, but not enough to watch the detait. >> reporter: what about at

thens? >> did you watch the debate? >> no, i didn't. they are all corrupted. >> do you know who the in the of the european commission is. >> i think it was burozo or something like that. >> correct. >> reporter: and in france. >> i must admit it doesn't from me that much. i'm interested in french and local elections, but europeans, i'm not interested enough. >> reporter: the main enemy seems to be apathy and cynicism. steelworkers employed by ukraine's biggest company -- >> reporter: i'm outside the city administration building. the building quite clearly bares the scars of occasion by separatists. but what we have here now is a group of about a hundred locals

that have come here because they are upset by a memorandum of security that has been signed by many executives and by the police. they say in the signing of the memorandum, they were not consulted avenue nothing about it. and they said they are not happy with it. it comes as local steelworkers have organized their own patrol, civil patrol. they are going around with police, a group of about ten of them, negotiating with separates to leave buildings and keeping peace in the area. the workers were being urged to take part to create peace in the city. the separatists have left many of the buildings in the region. the real issue for poll traditions now in the region is calming the locals who say they are not being talked to in this entire process. rescuers are attempting to

reach thousands who have been trapped after landslides have buried houses, but neither the army for forces have been able to reach the towns. in fifa president says the decision to award the 2022 football world cup to qatar was a mistake because of the country's climate. when asked by a swiss television channel if an error was made, he responded by saying . . . >> well that's not the first time he has used that word in

reference to the event. fifa is investigating whether to shift the world cup to qatar's winter months to avoid the extreme heat. qatar has also come under levy scrutiny over treatment of its migrant workers. andrew is chief correspondent with inside world football. >> on this occasion there's some speculation and it depends who you listen to, that actually he was referring to qatar's hosting rights per se. the interview was in french, and he speaks several languages so it is often lost in translation exactly what he means. but it's very important to stress that fifa were very quick to clarify that he was again referring not to qatar's status

as host nation, but to the decision because of the weather, because of the heat, because of the climate in midsummer about the decision to stage the world cup in midsummer. so it's -- it's -- we -- we still -- we still don't know precisely what he was referring to. but fifa have made it very clear that his office said that, look, he is not talking about qatar per se, he is still talking about staging the world cup in summer. fossils of the long necked dinosaur as been discovered in south america. scientists are excited at the new evidence showing the species may have roamed the earth long after the jury aresic period. >> reporter: these scientists discovered the refrains in a region home to more dinosaur bones than almost anywhere else

in the world. >> translator: it is the first record of this dinosaur found in the whole of south america, and the last one that died in the world and the last for the crew ta house period, so it is important because we really did not expect these creatures to live here. until now they were considered north american dinosaurs. >> reporter: it may be the smallest member of the family. this new find also lived about 140 million years ago. millions of years after scientists have previously thought they had disappeared. >> translator: therefore this also opens up the possibility that these dinosaurs would have cast a barrier between the jer aresic and the crew ta house.

>> reporter: the name means vanishing family. it's reappearance now has the experts challenging some of their own theories. and a reminder you can always keep up to date with all of the news on our website. >> for more than a decade, the world has witnessed seemingly endless violence in afghanistan. many tell me the daily reports of the attacks, and the daily killings have ceased to hold much meaning. but for those living in this land, torn apart by war, there's no more important of a time than now. after years of trying to drive back the taliban, most of the na