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soldiers. plus. >> reporter: i am in new orleans, it's been almost 10 years since h hurricane katrina devastated this entire county. wwe'll be showing you how it's struggle to go make a comeback. egyptian presidential candidate has conceded defeat in the election, but says there were serious violations in the vote. he's described them as an insult to the intelligence of the people. supporters of the former military leader al se sisi says he's won the election with more than 90% of the vote. here say report. >> reporter: he's the only other candidate for the presidency and now he's conceded defeat. >> translator: the election process in itself in the democratic governor the election

was violated and lacked impartially. i am telling you with respect to the people, we cannot give any credibility and we cannot believe the figures declared until now about the participation of the voters in this election. >> reporter: al se sisi is only waiting to be sworn in once the official results are through. it was billed to be a celebration democracy, a chance to show the world that the majority the majority of the egyptians were in support of the military announcing the coup. when rolls opened on monday the reality has much different. seems like the empty polling station as contract the country were a sign that a large section of society chose to ignore calls by egypt's military-backed government to take part in the election. the low turn out forced officials to declare day two of the election a national holiday in a bit inning career par raise, but it seemed to have little impact with tuesday witnessing a similarly low show

in voters. that prompted them to close shopping malls eight hours early with public service announcement made calling on shoppers to go and vote instead. everybody mosques were used with calls blaring with a message if you love god go and vote to abdel fatah al sisi. al sisi was only one of two candidates contesting the polls, he was the former general in the army that courts mohamed morsi. but voter numbers remained low so the he had lex commission announced tuesday they were extending the poll by one more day. claim that go weather had presurrendered many from taking part. but the last time th the egyptis voted in a president was in may 2012, the weather was identical, the pictures were not. back then long queues.

the apparent low turn out in this year's election has been interpreted differently by all sides. the anti--coup alliance and the muslim brotherly have hailed it a victory. while others say it's a blow for the coup leaders. >> translator: the military in egypt is at its weakest point the coup is toppled and toppled by the empty ballot boxes. >> reporter: the result are said to be announced june if i feelth but the winner could be announced much earlier if the votes are finished being counted. the out come. election has never really been in kuyt dow with all signs points to go a landslide win for al sisi. but why he may have been assured a victory, he himself said that he wanted 40 million egyptians to turn out and vote. they want to show those participating this year are more than those who took part in the 2012 elections that voted for

morsi. in more respects it's more about those voting than the candidates. al jazerra. an associate professor of public policy at harvard university and also o author ofa new book on elections in egypt. so the lawyer who we had on set here was saying there have been serious violations. but he accepts defeat. what do you think is going on there? >> well, i think he doesn't really have much of a choice, you know, this election has been very embarrassing for him. he was really running to demonstrate that there is a big pay revolutionary camp still in egypt and he ended up polling around 5% of the vote. in fact he was beaten not just by al sisi but also beaten by spoiled ballots. in egypt that count all the ballots for every candidates and the once they couldn't read or messed up there were more spoiled vote balance ups than vs

for him. >> do you think his comments undermine the credibility of the elections even more than critics say it has? >> i think certainly these elections had a lot that happened that undermined their credibility. they extended it to a third day which is unprecedented. so clearly there are lots of question marks around this election and his statements just further add to the general air around these elections that they were really not what you would think of as a free and fair election. >> so where does this leave al sisi, he has his victory now? not a very strong mandate, where does this leave his ability to tackle the all-important issues of economy and security? >> well, so there are two days of looking at this. you might make the argument that because he didn't get the very powerful democratic mandate, you know, from the people during this election, that he's really limited now in what he can do. that in order form to get the acquiescence of various elements of the state, it's going to be a lot harder because he doesn't come with the prestige that he

would have come with if there had been this massive turn out. that's one way of looking at it. the other way of looking at it, though, is that al sisi is basically backed by the military, egyptian leaders have generally ruled by the fact that the military is behind them. remember mubarak in 2005 was elected by boo six and a half million people. but nobody said that suddenly knew mubarak is weak and can't rule. because at the end of the day his authority and ability to, you know, compel compliance came from the fact that the army was behind him. >> and the fact that he's obviously trying to legit mice the coup. where does all of this lead democracy? >> that's the big question, right. what we were learned from this is lexes don't equal democracy. elections can be occasions for reminding us just how far we are from democracy. egypt has a very long road ahead of it. in order to get december at this, you have to is a --

democracy you have to have different competing votes at the table. we don't have that fry jump now. from all signs it's not clear that al sisi is interested in create that go kind of environment, there are dark days ahead. >> good getting your thoughts, thanks. al has will be beened from reporting there and they are continuing to demand for the release of their journalists there. they have now been held in prison for 152 days. their trial has been adjourned until june the first. they are accused of conspiring with the outlawed muslim brotherly. al jazerra rejects the charges against all of its staff. a fourth al jazerra journalist has been held in a cairo prison without charge for more than nine months. his lawyer has filed a third grievance with the attorney general demanding his release, and also requesting a medical report to document his poor health. to india now, where police

say two teen-aged sisters found dead in rural india were raped and strangled before being hanged. the girls' bodies were found hanging from a tree in a village on wednesday. four men have been arrested and police are searching for three more. authorities say the suspects include at least two police officers. pakistan's prime minister as ordered his government to investigate the killing of a woman. she was three months pregnant when she was beaten with sticks, stones and bricks by her family. they were angry with her because she married a man against their wishes. here a report. >> reporter: it's hard to imagine the horror of her last moments. she was beaten to death here outside of the high court by around 20 mens of her family. they were furious she married a man she loved, instead of agreeing to an arranged marriage. she came to the court to contest the case filed by her father, in which he accused her husband of

kidnapping his daughter. >> translator: we arrived at the court just at 8:00 in the morning, her family was waiting for us at the main gate then attacked us. they beat her to death and injured her husband we can filed a case with the police and her father has been arrested. >> reporter: the police have described the killing as totally unacceptable and ordered government official to his vert. >> a murder case has been registered, family members of the deceased are among those charged in the murder case, while other names are also being add today the case. >> reporter: public anger is growing at the police who are accuse of do knowledge to save her, their apparent indifference isn't surprising. there are hundreds of so-called honor killings in pakistan each year n2013, there are nearly 900 recorded cases. but few convictions because courts often site a lack of evidence. it's not just the brutality of

her murder which has shocked people, it's also how the local media have covered the case. in most english-language dailies, strongly worded editorials have been pubbed condemning the murder, by that's in stark contrast to the language press where it's barely received a mention. underscoring the widely-held belief here that cases like this are a family matter, and not criminal. al jazerra. pro russia separatists have shot down a military helicopter in eastern ukraine. at least 14 ukrainian soldiers were killed in the attack over the city. acting president tells parliament the helicopters flying troops to government position on his the hill outside the city when the attack happened. he also said russian weapons were used. >> translator: i have just received information from the area that terrorists with russian miss aisles have shot

down our helicopter carrying soldiers, 14 of our soldiers have died. >> it comes as a convoy of pro-russia separatists were seen heading toward donetsk airport also in eastern ukraine it was the scene of heavy fighter earlier in the week, the kiev government claims it has taken control of the side but the separatists have taken the rod leading two it. also a tense stands off between different pro-russian separatist groupings armed members of the group have surrounded the headquarters of the self-proclaimed donetsk people's republic, the stan of stands ofs provoked eye report by reports . four men are alive and well after they claimed responsibility for object ductinabductingmembers. osce and say the group is likely to be released soon. russia has called on kiev to stop its military praises in

eastern ukraine in order to avert what it has called a ca as it trough i. russia's foreign minister says more must be done to stem the tide the violence in ukraine, david has td s the latest. >> reporter: ukrainian army helicopter was brought down by a surface to aramisal filed b air. just actually dropped some soldiers off at that base and was carrying others back to their main base in. we understand also on board as a senior ukrainian army general. there has been they have fighting all day. mortars and rocket launchers were being used in the conflict but. here in donetsk, there have been reinforcements around the regional headquarters building, a large contingents of pro-russian supporting fighters including chev an volunteers very skilled in urban fighter.

which there will be one of the main battlefields if they come in to donetsk. we don't know when that might happen but they have we defloyd heavy weapons, they have rpgs, armor-piercing grenades and a weapon capable of being down any helicopter gun ships, the only way they could take this building is by using helicopter to his lands troops on the roof and the chechan less ans and pro separatist fighters here are ready for that. an extra day to vote ahead of the presidential election in libya. and in praise of e cigarettes why british scientists say they should not be stubbed out. >> al jazeera america presents the system with joe burlinger >> the dna testing shows that these are not his hairs >> unreliable forensics >> the problem the bureaus got is they fail, it's a

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♪ ♪ hello again, a minder of the top stories, egyptian presidential candidate has accepted defeat in the election but says there were serious violations in the vote. meanwhile, supporters of the former military leader al sisi says he won the election with more than 90% of the vote. pakistan's prime minister has order his government to investigate the killing of a woman in the city. she was beaten to death by her family who were angry because she married a man against their wishes. at least 14 people have been killed in ukraine, after pro-russian separatists shot down a military helicopter over the eastern city. it comes as a convoy of pro-russia separatists were seen heading towards an everything airport also in eastern ukraine.

now, turkey's highest court has ruled that a man ban on youtube violates self expression, it is a major bush back for the president. joining us from the phone is a anita. how did it happen? >> reporter: well, it's another court ruling that has overruled the government. they'd that witthey had that inr twitter. where twitter also had its access blocked in turkey on the grounds of article 26 of the turkish constitution that says everyone has the right to compressor did he sim nate his or her thoughts and opinion by speech and writing pictures through other media individually or collectively. site that go article that is what the constitutional court used as it's a basis for ordering the obstruction to his accessing twitter be listed and it seems, although we have yet to see a detailed receipt out on the constitutional court's decision this time. but it is on these grounds as well, freedom of speech. they have ordered the government

to lift the blocks on access to youtube, it's early days, yet. there is a process that has to be bon through, the government didn't want to see it happen. it was critical of the court's decision last time. it will be critical we can expect of this ruling to lift the instructions to youtube this time around. >> reminds us why the government has been so worried about this expression of freedom of speech? >> reporter: twitter and youtube became tools which the government saw very much as ones that were attacking its status and its credibility and also the stability of turkey. the final straw that caused the government to close down youtube was the purported leak, in fact it was confirmed by the government so we can say it was a confirmed actual leak of minutes recorded inside a top-secret meeting of defense chiefs, the foreign minister, the head of the secret service where they discussed what action to be taken against syria, what action america was taking

against syria. and various other issues involved in turkish foreign policy which the dirk i can government felt exploited turkey's vulnerability. it was a violation of national security. but leading up to that was something a little more diffuse, if you like, twitter and youtube have been used to di disseminate the allegations of corruption against the turkish prime minister and those the government was not confirming, it was in a vigorous program of denial. we saw it being used to roll out leaks and secret recordings and other bases for allegations against the government. the government couldn't stop them without shutting social media down. the prime minister threatened that he would, and he did. are a need, a thank you. syrian have been given an extra day. help knees troops about been patrolling the area outside the

syrian embassy in beirut the country's only polling station, there were key attic scenes on wednesday, soldiers used baton on his crowds as thousands tried to cram their way in for a chance to vote. much calmer today. >> reporter: we are here at the syrian embassy in beirut where syrians who live in lebanon get to come and vote. now for the second day in a row, 10s of thousands of sear i don't knows have come to this place, you can see that they start here, they present their identity card, it gets checked, and then when -- if they are eligible to vote they come and take a ballot. three candidates, one of them is the syrian president bashar allah sad. many of these people are either workers or refugees who have fled the war in their country in the past three years. many are fed up with the cries discuss wants their lives back, most of them, we asked them, who did they vote for. >> today i am here voting for

bashar allah sad. we are supporting him. and for supporting the revolution best of luck for him. >> it holds a great future for december any as well as having freedom of speech and having those systems involved in the making of the republic. >> reporter: so some of these people are zaun th staunch supps the assad. and see this election as a sign that he has won over his opponents. a reason to celebrate, but many others have come here out of fear and concern. that if they don't show up, if they don't cast their ballot. they will be punished by maybe not renewing their identity cards and passport when they need it or their families back in syria could be punished. so they are here and it says something also many of them have come to it the conclusion that president assad has prevailed and that for the next two years, he will be the president and they are dealing with that reality.

the opposition insists this election is spars, it's not -- a as far as, it's not democratic, not legitimate and not credal i believe. the government points to these people to say it's a very legitimate election and one of the signs is the determination of all of these voters to get to the embassy and cast their vote. 35 people killed in nigeria on a an attack by gunmen in the northeast. suspected members of boko haram torched homes and shot those who tried to escape. it happened the same day the nigerian president announces that he ordered his force to his wage a full-scale war against boko haram fighters. he wants to end the threat for good. >> i am determined to protect democracy.

it took a war the unity and stability of our country and the protection of lives and property and [inaudible] i have instructed our security forces to launch a full-scale operation to put an end to impunity of terrorists on our soil. president johnson also expressed his sympathy for those parents of those abducted girls insisting all will be done to rescue them. >> [inaudible] the ab trucks of the college girls, -- abduction of the college girls and their parents and guidance, and i assure them once again, that government will continue to do everything possible to bring them home. >> our correspondent watched this speech in the capital.

>> reporter: during president good luck jonathan zaps speech he mentioned the government's efforts to try and rescue and find more than 200 girls that were kidnapped now way back in mid-april. however, as was expected by many members of the public, there was no new information about exactly what the authorities are doing to try to bring them home. on on monday the chief of defense staff gave a statement saying that the military knew where the girls were but for operational reasons and security reasons, couldn't go in there and rescue them with force which led to the prospect and belief by many that there might be some kind of negotiation in the works to try to get them back. though the government publicly has always said it wouldn't be prepared to negotiate with boko haram. so now as things remain, they are still no new detailed information about what the authorities here are intend to go do to get the girls back and meanwhile, international pressure to find them remains.

the southern u.s. city of new orleans has spend years recovering from hurricane katrina, but for most part it's been a success story but some parts have been neglected a report on parts struggle to go rebuild. >> reporter: the skatepark opened to great fanfare. corporate sponsors and a wealthy musician left their names and cash to the park. and things look promising, weeks later the money ran out and the skatepark build inside a community center closed its doors, it was supposed to demonstrate the revitalization of the lower ninth ward instead it signified its failure. >> when you buildup a big hype for something, especially in an area like this, where there is nothing of this nature, and then just close it right then and there, it's kind of like giving a kid what they wanted for christmas and then taking it away from them on new year's day and being like you can't have it anymore. >> reporter: that's a recurrent theme in this community.

despite many areas bounce back after hurricane katrina, much of the lower 90th ward remains uncared form the community center then is a symbol of this neighborhood's persistent problems it's been almost 10 years since hurricane katrina struck and still homes remain abandoned. only a fraction of the former residents ever came back and there seems to be very little political will to remake a neighborhood that was once vibrant. >> well, this is our future church. future building of our sacred place. >> reporter: but the reverend hasn't given up his church was ruined by the storm but a new church is taking shape it's been a battle to raise funds but he says people are returning albeit slowly. >> people have found better lives in other commune i if a a. and that's okay. but how do you build a community by somebody standing up and saying we can do this if we work

together. >> reporter: across the industry a multi-$000,000 community center is being built. but other amenities like supermarkets and pharmacies are nonexistent. and for those that run the community center, time is running out. they are desperately trying to raise cash but funds to keep this building that's housed hundreds of volunteer workers are dwindling. >> every community in new orleans since katrina have created a voice for themselves and they fight for their human rights. we haven't been able to do that because we have less than a third of the community back. >> reporter: for the lower ninth ward it's a picture of limited progress and continued failures and could take years before the community returns to what it once was. andy, al jazerra, new orleans, louisiana. at a time when russia and the united states are at logger heads on issues across the planet, space is one place where they are still working together. the russian space craft carrying an american, a russian and a

german has successfully docked at the international space station, the three-man team joined the russian and american who have been there since march. nasa depends on the russian space craft to ferry crews to the space station paying nearly 71 million u.s. dollars per seat. hundreds of people have rallied in the port to celebrate 61 years since mount everest was first concurred. ♪ ♪ >> the march coincided with a memorial for the 16 sherpa victims of the deadly avalanche in april. a group of top british scientists have warned the world health on, not to classify e cigarettes as tobacco products, they say do so would jeopardize a major opportunity to slash disease and deaths caused by smoking. the u.n. agency is reviewing its position on the products. leaked documents from a meeting last year suggests it sees e

cigarettes as a threat and wants them put in the same category as normal cigarettes if they were their sewell and use would be subjected to the same restrictions as tobacco product. reminder that you can always keep up to date by logging on to our website aljazerra.com. ♪ ♪ you're in the stream. has the enter brought us closer to owing or pushed us farther apart? it's one of the most defining cultural questions of the past decade. one family took a year to put it to the test deciding to live like it was 1986. rotary mphones and paper maps and all. what they learned from forfeiting it. the growing number of households choosing to go off the grid. how some hide their personal information trails from the