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natural wonder in botswana which is under threat. ♪ ♪ the turkish president erdogan says the whole world should respect the results of sunday's general election. the ruling a.k.p. party received 50% of the vote and form a government. the turkish people have voted for stability. a report from ankara. >> reporter: the man of the hour addresses jubilant supporters in the capital ankara. >> translator: today is a day of victory for our democracy, for our nation and may god be content with everyone who has made this victory possible. >> reporter: going in to the elections the a. k party was hoping to regain the majority it lost last june, but everyone the most optimistic exit polls

didn't predict such a resounding victory. turn out was close to 90%. >> i am absolutely happy with the victory a lot of people went to the polls showing that they want unity over polorization, they want a continuous democracy. >> i know that the a. k party has regained the majority well look to unite and embrace all the other parties. >> reporter: turkey's opposition parties were quick to concede defeat. >> we respect the elections on the first of november the same was as we did the seventh of june. i not want anyone to have concerns 67 the pr 67. >> reporter: the pro curbish party was able to get through. >> with reget i have to say there wasn't a fair and equal

election, we received 11% of the vote without waging a political campaign in the middle i've bloody dooms day, h k p didn't hole a campaign, we couldn't. we had to protect our people against massacres. >> reporter: it is a victory. but despite the huge win. the a.k. party and its leadership still face the challenges, including a sputtering economy and increased violence and insecurity not to mention trying to bridge the divide in what is a polarized society. but now the a.k. party has reviewed faith. let's look at how the have been spread between turkey's parties. the calling a.k. party secured 49% of the vote. enough to a majority 316 seats in parliament. 134 seats.

the for c.h.p. nationalist party has 41 seats. and the pro kudish party has just enough to keep seats in parliament so it gets 59 seats, omar al saleh is live for us in istanbul. give us a flavor of the kind of reactions you have seen there in turkey. >> reporter: well, there has been a mixed reaction, surely, ishiulie,it question spends on u ask. everyone here was taken by surprise and the results shows how deep the turkish society remains after the elections. let me gave you an idea of what the main newspapers came out with headlinings. the preop since paper says victory of fear for the ruling a.k. party. another mainstream newspaper says the ballot boxes have decided.

and then the daily pro government newspaper, it's in english it says a.k. party swept back in to power in a landslide victory. so you have a flavor that this country remains deeply polarized politically and also other social issues, shiulie. >> you talked about the polorization there, erdogan says it's a vote for stability, but how will he now reach out to bring more unity to the country? >> reporter: here is the thing the president said the results should be respected and he said also that the results and the result were messages to terrorist organizations he's making returns to the kurdistan workers party and what the government says they campaign against the turkish state. he says the results are a message to the opposition parties that didn't want to join

the a.k. party in the june elections the previous, of course, elections. but i do think shiulie that, the a.k. party took the message from june because they lost all of their majority. and when you analyze the speech given by the prime minister who was the leader of the a.k. party, he said that now he is the prime minister of all of the country. so he's trying to reach out. now, the question is, how the a.k. party will try and implement or embrace the opposition, it remains to be seen, we'll have to wait and see in the coming days and perhaps weeks, shiulie. >> omar, thank you for that. omar al saleh in istanbul there. now, the remains of some of those killed when a russian plane crash ed in egypt on saturday have been returned home. the bodies were brought to a morgue in st. petersburg where the identification process will begin. russia says the plane broke enough midair over egypt's sinai peninsula crashing minutes after taking off. all 224 passengers and crew

aboard will i would. official mourning events will continue in st. petersburg until tuesday. on sunday candles were lit and flowers laid as people gathered in the square. moscow says it will competent families and help with funeral arrangements, peter sharp sent this update from st. petersburg. >> reporter: crash investigators at the scene have been recovering bodies following the crash on saturday. and overnight an aircraft from cairo brought back 144 of the victims. now they will be taken from the airport here to a special purpose-built mortuary in the north of the city where they will be matched with d.n.a. samples that were taken from their families. and that should result in positive identification of the bodies. meanwhile, the investigation in to the crash goes on, but it's going to be sometime, possibly months before they come up with

anything definitive. what we do know that this aircraft broke up at very high altitude, possibly around 30,000 feet, from some catastrophic effect, and the whole area of debris stretches over 20 square kilometers and they are still search that go at the moment. a palestinian man has been shot dead by the israeli army in the occupied west bank. police say two palestinian men were approached by israeli soldiers at a checkpoint. one of the mena ledge italy tried to stab a soldier. he was shot and killed. the second man has been arrested. 72 palestinians and nine israelis have been killed since the outbreak of violence in the beginning of october. in syria, a new video appears to show government helicopters dropping barrel bomb on his civilians. the attack reportedly happened in the suburb on the western outskirts of damascus. it's difficult for al jazeera to independently verify the video but it comes a day after the

russia ambassador to iran said bashar al-assad would stop such attacks. rauch is closely adam eyed to assad's regime. two team killed in yemen as a cyclone hits the main island. more than 100 homes were destroyed. thousands of people evacuated from areas along the coast. weather forecast expects the cyclone to make landfall later on tuesday bringing strong winds and heavy rainfall. the leaders of south career and japan have agreed to speed up talks on so-called comfort women. south korea has insisted japan competentes women forced in to the military brothels before and during world war ii. harry fawcett reports. >> reporter: this relationship has been in a deep freeze since these leaders took offers. the hand shake and smiles hardly brimmed with warmth but this moment might represent the start of the that you. south korea's president talked about the need to sincerity in order to heal painful history. prime minister abe spoke of a

new era, of future oriented relations. south korea first wants japan's prime minister to address the past. in particular the sexual enslavement of 10s of thousands of young korean women by the japanese army before and during world war ii. and competent the dwindling number of elderly survivors of the so-called comfort women system. perhaps the bare minimum was agreed a promise to speed up talks on the issue. >> translator: in order to build a forward-looking relationship, we should not leave obstacles for the future generations over the comfort women issue. >> reporter: south korean officials have been pressing for sincere language from prime minister abe on the comfort women issue. his stance on japan's history and policy of loosening restrictions on japan's president day military were major factors in president park's earlier refusal to meet him. now at last that impasse has been broken few will be happier about that than the united states. keen for tokyo and seoul to move

beyond their differences. ashton carter in seoul for annual military talks welcomed the move talking of the importance of washington's trilateral relationship with its two essential regional allies. but there is still plenty of repair work needed. president park pointedly didn't offer japan's prime minister lunch before his flight home. he equally appointedly took his entourage for a traditional korean restaurant. harry fawcett, al jazeera, seoul. still to come here on al jazeera, more refugees arrive on european shores. but not all in boats. some countries are coping with the crisis. plus visiting china hoping win support for the upcoming climate conference from the world's biggest polluter. stay with us.

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getting the news from the people who are affected. >> people need to demand reform... >> ali velshi on target. ♪ ♪ welcome back. i am shiulie ghosh, let's reminds you of the top stories now. turkey's president erdogan says the whole world should respect the result of sunday's general election. his a.k. party won nearly 50% of the vote and can now form a majority government. the remains of in of those killed in a russian airliner crash i in egypt have been returned to st. petersburg, the identification process will now begin. russia says the plane broke up in midair over the sinai peninsula on sunday, all 224 on aboard were killed. liters of a japan and south korea have agreed to speak up talks. the two leaders are meeting for for the first time since taking

office. climate change is top of french president francois hollande's agenda as he visits china, the world's biggest polluter. the negotiations could be crucial for his effort to his secure a global climate deal at a u.n. summit in paris which starts later this month. rob mcbride reports. >> reporter: with low opinion ratings back home, what francois hollande achieves in china could go a long way in securing his political survive. or at least the survival of his legacy as a climate hero. hollande is leading french effort to his win support for the upcoming climate conference in paris, aimed at limiting global warming. and china's support is crucial. >> translator: france really values his climate summit and considers it a dim pat i believe goal. china shares the same goal is is making a biggest to reduce he minute buzz of course, kline huh al jazeera has a lot of difficulties. >> reporter: hollande action

talks come off a spate of uncharacteristically blue days but as winter sets in, residents here know it's only a matter of time before the smog returns to this northern part of china. as the world's biggest producer of carbon dioxide, china's emissions are twice those of the united states which is the second highest producer. but environmental assists say recent efforts at reducing dependence on cheap, dirty coal have helped china turn a corner. >> the good news is the coal use in china has seen decline in last year. for the first time in a century. and it's still continuing as a result, carbon emissions have stalled. and last year. >> reporter: while china might have some way to go to build it's a green energy credentials, its reputation as an environmental villain is change. hollande and his climate conference may find a friends in china. rob mcbride, al jazeera,

beijing. well, political analyst david says getting a binding deal won't be easy. >> china has already made many pledges about what it wants to do for the environment. it needs to do it. it knows it needs to do it. the quality of life issues are really very important now. but i think where these negotiations may founder will be on whether they will be a binding agreement that is actually tested every few years, that is leaguely binding or whether it's more of a statement of intents. and that also there are the issues of who pays for this. china i think believes that the g7 countries. the developed nations have had a century of growing dirty. whereas it's only had a few decades to actually spur its economic growth. there are really only three major traders in the world these days, the united states, china, and there is europe. so china is already a huge partner for the e.u. i think there is a billion euro in trade per day going back and

forth. the e.u. is made of up various nations and there is competition and competition from europe and the u.s. france doesn't want merkel or the u.k. to get deals it doesn't get and the europe in general doesn't want the u.s. to be the major partner of china. there is a lot of jockeying back and forth there. now, fires which are causing haze in indonesia are having a huge impact in southeast asia the no only hurting the environment but people' health. the burning of millions of hectares of lands has been described as a climate disaster and 15 people have died, hundreds of thousands are ill. police are investigating big companies for their roles in cause the fire. step vaessen has this exclusive report from south sumatra. >> reporter: this is the end certainty of indonesia's fire disaster, thousands of hectares used to make piper are on fire, infer foe contributing heavily

to the haze affecting 10s of millions of people in asia and neighboring countries. paetsch a pulp and maker is the largest producer of paper and packaging. they took al jazeera exclusive i feel on a held pop ride for the worst his plantation. a lack of visibility makes clear how the effort to his control the fires are being hampers the company says the blaze started on yo outside it's supplier plantations. >> roughly around 90% of the fires in our suppliers come outside. yes, there are fires coming from inside as well. a lot of them that we have investigated so far. are people coming in to the conservation areas, hunters, gatherers or people just went past. with -- >> reporter: isn't that an easy -- it sounds so easy to me blame ago people. >> i am not blaming other people. we have responsibility to make sure that the areas of our suppliers is actually protected. >> reporter: this appears top failed. the company blames extreme

drought conditions because of the el nino weather system and strong winds for causing the fires to spread rapidly. spiewp supermarket in nearby singapore are boycotting products made by asia pulp and paper blaming the company for the fires which are also affecting the city state. three years ago, the company announced it would stop converting natural forest in to plantations. asia pulp and paper has been scrutinized for many years over its widespread deforestation, now it's being criticize today its huge role contributing to this haze. despite government promises to bring those involved to justice, this company is not being investigated. the government says it wants to focus firefighte fire fighting s before taking legal steps against anyone found responsible for starting the fires. >> i think police investigate very much the detail. we don't want to hurry to do this. we like to do it very steady here. you know, --

>> reporter: people are worried they are going to get away with it, they get off the hook? >> i don't think so. but we'll solve this problem, i promise you, you because you see the impact of this is really huge, you know. you know, 43 million people of indonesia in the particular area affected by this haze. >> reporter: the minister says slash and burn practices which involves burning down existing vegetation before planting new ones will be banned. the government also says it will take back hundreds of thousands of hectares of converted land from plantation companies and restore it. and as the fires continue to burn, asia pulp and paper says it can only be stopped when the rainy season starts in three to four weeks. step vaessen, al jazeera, south sumatra, indonesia. a new nasa study says ants s arc at this ca isn't losing ice mass after all. it says snow accumulation that began on the continent 10,000

years ago outweighs the losses. this challenges a u.n. chime at change stud friday 2013 of the new research suggests it is not contributing to rising sea levels. the lead author of that study and says finding things in the new report are positive but warns it's only a small part of what is happening to the global climate. >> they are a good thing because it means that sea level is not getting a rise from the assets from antarctica. it's good news that antarctica is not losing mass right now. but it's only a small part of what is happening to the global complaiclimate the things happen the antarctica are quite different than there is happening in the arctic, in green land, the sea ice, the sea ace in the arctic has been

decreasing rapidly. in antarctica it's very different of the sea ice is actually gun decreasing slightly. and part of the continent is warming. and ice is being lost there in the antarctic peninsula in west antarctica. but over the large expanses of the interior we find it's gaining mass. we need to continue the measurements, we have seen the mass loss have his increased in part of antarctica and the gain that his we are seeing over the large interior have been going on for a very long time. so the increases will catch up. the increases in loss will catch up with the gains that are taking place probably in 20 or 30 years. in nepal the police are using batons and tear gas for clear protest presser a bridge

near eights main border crossing from india. demonstrators from the ethnic minority community have been camping out. they are unhappy by nepal's new constitution, which they say ignores their demands for a separate state. meanwhile hundreds of indian trucks stranded in nepal for twofer two months due to the blockades of the boarder were finally able to pass. 60 refugees including children have drowned trying to reach the greek islands in the past four days, thousands continue to cross the aegean sea to reach europe despite measures to stop them. year old tagerald tan reports. >> reporter: biting wind and choppy waters as the european winter sets in. these boats almost didn't make it. after a perilous journey across the aegean sea, the refugees on his board arrive on the greek island of lesbos. >> there were three boats coming. they were already very low in the water think i guess they were sinking.

and they were getting in by a fishing boat in the harbor. >> reporter: nearby along the shore crews removed several body that his washed up overnight. the grim reminders of exactly what is at stake for those trying to escape conflict at home. europe is struggling to cope with this refugees crisis, many hope to reach gemini which has opened its doors to them. >> i have many friends that went there. there are some [ inaudible ] went there as they always tell us, there are good people. good services. >> reporter: do get there, they have to pass through several eastern european countries. croatia wants to speed up the process of registering those crossing its border. the government is set to unveil a new winter camp this week. >> this is a place which is now totally he equipped with everything what we need from

showers, tents, heated tents, containers for vulnerable groups and we are not expecting problems in this position. capacity is 5,000 people in one moment. >> reporter: from croatia, these people will most likely go north to slovenia and then austria before reaching germany. at each stop they face yet more difficulties. the for the countries, the issue you is numbers, more than double they faced than previous years. for the refugees, it's about doing whatever it takes for a chance at a new life. gerald tan, al jazeera. australia's prime minister has scrapped the national an senior system of knights and cames. he says the honors aren't compatible with modern australia. >> it is a lodge way from being the most important issue in australia today. but it is a change as you know removing knights and cames from the australian honor system has been a decision that the cabinet

has taken. her majesty has agreed to amend the rules of the order of australia. and the -- this reflects modern australia, knights and cames are a title -- titles that are really anachronistic and out of date and not appropriate in 2015 in australia. botswana's delta was recently chosen as the u.n.'s 1,000th heritage site but as we report it is you were threat. >> reporter: water and lush vegetation stretch in the distance for hundreds of hectares. the delta in botswana is one of the most bio diverse marshlands in the world. it's largely untouched wetland system gained international status as a world heritage site last year. >> the whole listing of the delta has been a wonderful opportunity to really preserve and protect the delta. and the communities that live in

it gives us a huge opportunity to boost our tourism. gives us a huge opportunity to showcase the country. >> reporter: but the delta's natural beauty is threatened by mineral mining. >> there are two or three mines on the delta. but there's lot of about to do mining in the delta. as a result of that you'll find that there are a lot of companies exploring for minerals. >> reporter: the government says existing prospecting licenses won't be renewed. >> as long as i am in the ministry there will be no mining there. and also with the regulations there is no mining. that's not an option. but secondly, it means that that jewel in our country will always remain a jewel. and it will always be something that is sustainable for the community that his live in and around it. >> reporter: still hewn communities here find it tilt to make a living with subsistence hunting banned they rely on the tourist trade and farming. >> there is a lot of

[ inaudible ] conflicts. a lot of communities live stock farmers, fishing in the delta. at the same time you have the wildlife tourism industry which is saying, no. there is a lot of [ inaudible ], a lot [ inaudible ] in here. all these are thefts to the delta. >> reporter: ironically a massive attraction for tourists could damage the environment. botswana is home to a third of africa's elephant population and 60% of them can be found here in delta. the elephant population is twice the size it should be creating a management headache. environmental experts say the evenings of climate change are also being seen with water levels lower than normal creating yet another challenge in a delicate balancing act. al jazeera, botswana. the kansas city royals have ended a three decade wait to win baseball's biggest prize. they beat the new york mets 7-2 to wrap up the world series. kansas city were trailing for

much of game five, but five runs in the 12th inning sow the royals secure their first championship since 1985. and you can keep up-to-date with all of the day's news on our website, aljazeera.com. hello, i'm richard gizbert, and you are at "the listening post", these are some of the media stories this week. we are focussing on north america. starting in the u.s. with the trump campaign. is it a media mirage made in media heaven. canada promise new life in c.b.c. turkey with an election coming, the media are feeling the heat. in july, a month after donald trump announced he'd run for the