>> waiting for final election results, but the main islamic party looks like its looking for seat in the parliamentary polls. >> welcome to al jazeera live in doha. under arrest the police round up dozens of people in spain linked to a $300 million corruption case. plus a deadly attack in northern afghanistan where it will ban have taken aim at a court house. and four more years for brazil's

dilma rousseff who won a second term as president. we begin in to yo to tunisia. sources tell more about its parliamentary election. >> it was an historic vote that was not without pride. a businessman turned politician not long ago comes forward in these elections. in the party that many thought would win these elections have conceded defeat, and they accept

the choice of the people. more details about the after mast of the elections, the expectations an. >> there is a quiet sense of expectation at the headquarters of t use n circumstance. they'll be waiting for official results before declaring victory. some unofficial results suggest the party is in the lead. even if it wins its members admit it cannot rule alone. >> we cannot talk about coalitions here, but we don't exclude anyone. and it is part of the political landscape. >> it's rival is also waiting. it wants to be part of a new government and over the last threw years it has shown it's willing to compromise. >> anything that we've said we stick to it because this is our country, this is democracy. and democracy can be number one.

we can be almost number two. it's the main thing in the program. >> for the campaigners the tunisian people are the real winners. there was an answer expectedly high turn out, and now a possible change of government without violence in one of the arab spring countries. >> we're going through a change of power. this is very important for establishing of democracy. we're not having the same political party winning over and over again. we're witnessing the next two or three days a smooth transition of power. >> but it's not over yet. the next government will need to get to work to create jobs and bring a sense of security. wit will need to win the trust of the democratic system before it goes to the polls once again. >> in less than a month

tunisians will elect a new president, and a historic moment for the country as it gets to select it's own past. >> so tunisia's next prime minister is likely to be from the centrist. now what are the possible scenarios? either they forge aalliance and they'll have a very comfortable majority of the party. you're looking at 146 seats of 160 seats. if for some reason they decide to go without another they'll have to forge an alliance with many small political parties. this might come with a price. just to give you an idea this is a very liberal party.

this is good news for the region. they want to have a smooth traditio transition to democracy. >> battles have been raging for 40 days inside the turkish border. bernard smith is near kobane near the borde border.

>> we've heard gunfire all day. sunday night into monday, begin, concentrated on that border. isil forces want control of the border because they believe if reinforcements come, whether they be iraqi. >> both sides created a smokescreen as they move around the streets. airstrikes again on sunday night helped the kurdish fires. they're essential and they were almost too late, an indication of how much they rely on those airstrikes, but an indication of how much they need more reinforcements. the fighter jets flying over

head. they have to fly up from the gulf, jordan, cypress before they reach this area of operation. they have to fly back and refuel so there could be large gaps when the kobane allow isil forces to make their move. >> staying in syria where the war continues unabated. the al-qaeda-linked al nusra continues its attack unabated. >> activists are reporting multi it will airstrikes including the use of barrel bombs. it was a coordinated attack followed by fighters on the front. >> several rebel groups targeted

the hill and some managed to sneak inside the building and managed to kill a number of soldiers and snipers. >> government controlled television said that syrian you wants managed to kill a number of fighters and that the city is now secure. >> the fighting happened around checkpoint. the terrorists managed to cut off electricity is which is how they got into a government building. they started shooting and throwing grenades. we quickly managed to contain the situation. >> sources tell us that it was an attack that surprised the al nusra front. this is a video training their fighters there. taking the city would be symbolically and strategically important. it would give opposition groups control of the main city. the only other city fully out of government hands now under the full control of isil. there was an intense fight for

idlib back in 2012. opposition groups took the city for a couple of days before the regime managed to take it back, and it's been under their control ever since. this video purports to be overlooking the city, warning the government that taking idlib remains in their eyes after this assault. >> spanish police have arrested 51 people including senior politicians in the biggest corruption crackdown. 40400 bank accounts have been frozen. those investigated are accused of mishandling business contracts. i spoke with a journalist placed out of madrid, he said that this corruption case will complicate politician. >> they were diverting money for their own pockets. you see the contrast using their

capacity as officials. they would divert this money to grant contracts to businessmen who were a part of the scheme. apart from that there are also instances of fraud, money laundering, a number of accounts which the police are investigating. the timing of this oppression is the fact that it comes at a moment of turmoil, there is a complex surrounding the movement in catalonia, but also we are approaching analect really year that is considered to be very important because of the bigger parties are now very much in d disrepute. precisely because of these cases of corruption. this is one corruption case too many. people are angry with the main parties including with the ruling party, and this is going to add to that angry and the fluidity and the flexty of the

political indication in spain. >> at least 11 people have been killed in afghanistan after taliban fighters attacked a court in the northern city. in recent months the taliban has taken advantage of the security left by withdrawing international forces. jennifer glasse reports from kabul. >> the target of the taliban attack is a symbol of afghanistan's justice system. the prosecutor's office. they fought against the attackers for hours as they defended the city. the use of taliban method, suicide-bombers getting past the front gate, and then the fighters moved in, firing as they win. the policemen and prosecutors moc among the dead as well as the attackers. they attacked the building because they believe that punishment against their

fetterers unfairfight fighters unfair. >> the taliban is testing with tactics like this one as well as on the battlefield. jennifer glasse, al jazeera, kabul. >> still to come on al jazeera, pro western parties dominate ukraine's party after a big election win. >> i'm rob mcbride in china with wine makers who are making a big splash on the world stage. with al qaeda. >> since 9/11 the us has spent has spent billions of dollars on domestic counter-terrorism

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>> kurdish fighters have repelled an overnight offensive in some of the heaviest fighting in a syrian town to date. four taliban fighters were killed in a courthouse. nine others were injured. the taliban said that the targeted prosecutors because the justice system is unfair. to now what the palestinian government is calling an dangerous escalation that will lee to an explosion of violence.

more homes will be built in jerusalem in rama t shlomo and 400 in har homa. president benjamin netanyahu talked about palestine's effor efforts. >> mr. netanyahu said that he would not accept any unilateral moves, and any future palestinian states would be through negotiations and mutual agreement would be met that would encompass israel security concerns. he also addressed the news that the palestinian president macma mahmood abbas will

press israel with war crime charges. president netanyahu said that israel will represent soldiers in court, but more importantly defend their public opinion as well. so mr. netanyahu making it very clear if israel is taken to the icc by the palestinians, they will fight any of those charges. but in the backdrop of all that is that a thousand units will be built in occupied east jerusal jerusalem. very significant expansion of israel's settlements in occupied east jerusalem, and that really just puts into sharp focus the tensions that we've seen there over the past several months. we've seen frequent skirmishes between israeli security forces and palestinians and news of the settlement expansion certainly is not going to solve that issue any time soon. >> president dilma rousseff has

promised to reunite brazil after narrowly winning re-election. she won 51% of the vote, enough to give her another four years in power. gabrielle elizondo joins us from th brazil. >> it's it is a historic day in brazil. they're breathing a huge sigh of relief that she was able to eke out this very narrow victory. now the opposition party here in brazil, they're clearly very disappointed. they came so close but they were

not able to convince a nature margin of enough brazilians that he would be the right path for change. now dilma rousseff will have another four years. i can tell you that the international financial markets are not viewing her election positively. stock is down 12% today, and the sao paolo stock exchange, the biggest in south america, is down four points today. lots of challenges. i want to bring in a political analyst, tell me, first, what's going on with the markets and their reaction today to the re-election? >> the benchmark companies, many people are wondering about the second term.

they are waiting for signals for them to say that the market can act more freely. >> now, she has to appoint a new finances minister as well. brazil's economy is based on agriculture and hopefully in the six term an investment in infrastructure. >> she won the election with the middle class and working poor. >> jobs have been at a very reasonable level for a long time. the inflation numbers have been rising in the last three years. the economy has not grown that much, but she has been age to keep the employment at very good level. we can say that brazil has full

employment, that's what gave her the decisive margin that she needed. >> what will be the big initiative of her second term? >> it seems that brazil's internal consumption is finished. the main thing is to make investments in infrastructure so that they can keep inflation and keep high levels of jobs in brazil's economy. it's going to be a difficult balance. she has to keep social programs as well. spending cannot be that high. it will be interesting to see what she's going to do. >> interesting to say the least. that's an understatement to say that it will be an interesting next four years in brazil. but even with the slow economy right now, dilma rousseff re-elected in this unprecedented election. she'll get another four years as president of brazil, the world's fourth largest economy.

>> in ukraine pro western parties after a big election win there. president poroshenko's party is expected to lead a new coaliti coalition. barnaby phillips reports from kiev. >> this television station played a crucial role in the overthrow of president yanukovych. funded by the public it's popular with the maidan generation, the young and educated from kiev and other cities who want change in ukraine. so what does natalia, a reporter here, make of the election results? >> the people showed more or less smarter--made smarter choice because the first three parties, they more or less liberal, they are moderate parties. the system is still not perfect but i think in germ it's the results tha are a good surprise. >> these elections were closely monitored.

now monitors within ukraine are monitoring closely. >> this is where protesters of maidan have received endorsement from the cities of ukraine. and i'm sure that moscow will have to take it into account. >> the majority of ukrainians will expect it to fight corruption and push through economic reforms. progress has been slow through recent months. the government said that's because the old parliament was dominated by supporters of former president victor yanukovych. the government will no longer have that excuse, and ukrainians will expect the pace of reform to accelerate. though people are exhausted from the upheavals of the last year, there is new hope in the capitol and some how the new government

must take that message to the entire country. >> in south korea prosecutors are asking for the death penalty of the captain of the ferry that killed 300 people. harry fawcett has more from the south korea capitol of seoul. >> before sentencing happens next month the prosecution has said that the captain of the ferry should be given the death penalty for his actions on the day the ferry sank with the loss of 304 lives. in the case of three other senior crew members, like the captain, charged with homicide by willful negligence and they say they should be given life in prison and 11 others given lesser charges, they should be sentenced between 15 and 30 years in prison. now we've heard from the captain

himself. he said nothing like it had happened in his many years at sea. he said his body ceased to function properly and he could not attempt to rescue people. there was similar testimony from the third mate. she's recommended to have 30 years in prison. she was in charge of the bridge at the time. she said she simply cried like a fool, and she was angry and ashamed. the families' lawyers say these sentences were not enough. the max was not recommended in every case. of course there is another trial i don' ongoing. and also the families are asking for special lawyer to investigate the government actions before and after this tragedy. >> south africa police are looking for three men following the death of their national football teams.

the football captain was shot on sunday during a burglary. he was 27 years old. south africa president, teammates and sport officials all express their regret. >> safe to say without doubt that this team never had problems because he was always a leader. he was a guider to the players, and the players would listen to him. players would not bring in problems. they would go to senzo and they went to senzo and presented their problems. >> oscar piss torou pistorius has been sentenced in the killing of his girlfriend.

his attorneys will appeal his sentence. lava is creeping through hawai'i's forest. it began oozing from the kilauea volcano back in june, and then it resumed through the island. china is not usually with regarded as one of the great wine-producing nations, but it's wine has been surprising connoisseurs with its vineyards. >> reporter: this year's crop of merlot grapes is being harves harvested. renowned for quality grapes give it's altitude, climate, soil and irrigation, they are quickly gaining recognition for its wine. boutique wineries like this one has been winning rewards.

thanks to wine makers like emma gau. trained in france she has brought some of that's expertise back home. >> determined to make drinkable wine. >> china has been making wine for years. just not very good wine. the problem for the wine is production. not enough is being produced, so little reaches foreign markets. that means that people's perception of chinese wine is based on mass-produced stuff from other parts of the country. which is mostly, as they say in the trade, just a little bit ugh. >> wine experts gather to sample its offerings. a region some say could become china's napa valley. >> very the beginning most or many of these wineries, they

have their own vi vineyards, so they grow their own grapes, and this helps to improve and puts the focus on quality instead of quantity. >> wine makers are conscious of maintaining quality in a country with a 75ly developing appreciation of good wine. >> we need to make good wine for local customer, not only bad wine. >> reporter: government initiatives and collaborations with wine makers have expanding. >> driving around the vineyards, one is the size of a region. >> reporter: growing domestic demand means all that extra production will be eagerly

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