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the last minute. voting is underway in turkey's high stakes elections that will complete the country's transition to a new executive presidential system present typer to one's main rival myron in j. has just voted in his home city of he's would voters with an unexpectedly engaging campaign otoh on for his part is seeking a new five year term with vastly increased powers under the new system and his ruling party is hoping to retain its majority in parliament meanwhile the turkish prime minister benignly has just voted in the city of izmir the post of prime minister will disappear after the election according to the constitutional changes that will take effect following the vote correspondences standing by a simple soup who is in istanbul and mohamed vall is in the kurdish heartland

diyarbakir will be live to both in just a moment but first priyanka gupta explains the numbers the candidates and why the changes to turkey's political system aso significance. these elections have many firsts including one that's expected to make lasting changes to turkey's presidency and its politics for the first more than fifteen million tells us can vote for new members of parliament i'm depressed and on the same day within fifty six million of them are in turkey at least three million more in sixty countries abroad the elections will end the existing parliamentary system of governance and replace it with an executive presidential one after it was approved in a referendum last year the office of the prime minister will be dissolved and the new president who the first time can have ties to a political party will be the head of the state but the last executive powers like the power to prepare the on would budget issue decrees and declare a state of emergency let's take

a look at how the numbers stack up in the parliament the governing party has three hundred sixteen seats followed by the main opposition republican people's party all the c.h.b. is hundred thirty one seats the procreate with forty seven the m.h.d. with thirty five the controlling six and two for independent the parties are fighting for a majority in a parliament which is now increasing in size from five hundred fifty members to six hundred and this time but it's a good parties have been allowed to form alliances which could offer a counterweight to a stronger presidency the uk party is part of what's called the people's alliance for others including the republican people's party a part of the national alliance these alliances good to help smaller parties get a foothold in the parliament if their coalition wins over ten percent of the vote now there are five men and one woman in the presidential race there's of course the current president of the gun who's running as part of the people's alliance the

other parties have put their own individual candidates like more injured for instance who's from the c.h.p. party he's are the gods here's his opponent and a strong contender. from the party is the only female candidate in the fray and tosh is running for the pro. who's been leading his campaign from prison after being accused of having links with the outlawed kurdistan workers' party or the one of them needs to win more than fifty percent of the vote to become a precedent if not it will head to a runoff are let's bring in our correspondent in istanbul not seen him go sit in your polling station where president obama is expected to cast his vote very soon tell us about what's been happening and what the mood like like is. yes fully present and on is about every five and cast his vote at the school right behind me probably you are seeing this small crowd stumble citizens are waiting for him

though those people who are all of the here for voicing are also waiting to see president john and show they are love and support to him as a tradition since our don used to live in istanbul he always was here especially in the school behind me also another candidate the only female candidate meadowlarks and i already cast her vote in istanbul but other candidates more i'm injured the main challenger and the minor challengers in the presidential bid have voted in ankara more image of voters in yellow a close by city to istanbul people are waiting to see are gone because dan's vote is like a a benchmark during the day of election presses here too much attention and people are waiting for him now all right we will bring you those live pictures when we have them of course of president voting in istanbul thank you very much an

impressive group for the moment let's not go to break here the kurdish heartland valley's air force the kurdish region is in the southeast and some polling stations there understand were moved for security reasons tell us about how the voting has been going so far. for so far it's not that big we don't see crowds we don't see queues long queues here we see families and groups of people who come in all of them to vote and leave this is an area in the center of the. surrounding areas have more than one million eligible voters supposed to go to the polls today as you said some of the polls we had in the news and some reports that some of the polls outside the arbuckle were moved from one. area to another for security reasons and some people we talked to yesterday in the street were not happy with that they said they had people in those villages and those areas had to walk long distances to reach those those polling stations there is heightened security here in the albuquerque about eight thousand and five hundred and

also about nine thousand policemen deployed in the streets there are also foreign observers everywhere in the city trying to monitor the more than the more than three hundred thirty three thousand three hundred and twenty one polling stations across the region so the government is not taking any chances and under these circumstances and also remember and emergency laws the kurds are not happy. in the overall picture they're not happy with the how the election is being organized particularly the supporters of the mustache we see in jail they say their leader should be out of jail that he should have been allowed to campaign for and seek the support of of the of the partisans but here they also say that even though he's in jail they're going to do their best to win this election they're going to try to maintain that ten percent of seats in the parliament but they've got and they want

to go even beyond that and no one knows if there is a second round whether they will actually be the expectation is that they're going to have a very heavy weight in the second round against or for whatever they want thank you for that moment for us india thank you onto other world news now and the united states has reportedly told syrian rebels not to expect military support inside in syria near jordan and the israeli occupied golan heights a deescalation zone was established last year which includes parts of the provinces up there and connla rebels there are facing a syrian government offensive and in the latest developments syrian activists report that at least twenty five russian air strikes hit eastern parts of iraq overnight. this is the first time government forces have used battle bombs in daraa in a year. helicopters struck several villages in what appears to be

a major advance to take over the city but this violates a truce that was brokered by russia and the united states in africa to bring an eye and to the seven year war the rebels who are losing ground remain defiant. we don't recognize assad's authority he has destroyed our cities and killed our people he destroyed syria to stay in power we will never recognize him and we reject the presence of the reigning and afghan militias only syrians who should decide the future of the country. the syrian army is massing troops in the area the opposition says thousands of shiite militias are also moving in dar was the focal point of the syrian uprising in two thousand and eleven but in recent years the rebels have been retreating they now control one

neighborhood in the city and a few areas on the border with jordan this is a show of force by the free syrian army in daraa for years the f.s.a. was trained and armed by the u.s. europe and gulf countries but that support has diminished over the last. anti forcers are largely outgunned and outnumbered. u.s. president donald trump's son in law and senior adviser jared krishna says the administration will soon present its peace plan for israel and palestine and he said this will happen with or without input from palestinian president mahmoud abbas he made the comments during an interview with the palestinian newspaper al codes during his trip to israel question is quoted as saying that he doubts abbas is capable of making a deal but added that he is willing to work with him still the palestinian leader

cut communications with the trumpet ministration after it recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel iraq's prime minister high dollar body and kerik mock tadasana are entering into a political alliance which they say will cross sectarian and ethnic divisions solders party won the largest number of seats in the disputed election in may a body's victory alliance was third both leaders say they are open to remaining parties joining them northern on the album we announce across sectarian cross ethnic alliance to speed up forming the next government a strong new government that serves the interests and aspirations of the iraqi people now have you seen this kid how the we are keen to form this coalition and call upon all other political parties to join us also we call for honeywell meeting with all of the political blocs to rid the country of its current crisis. still ahead on al-jazeera i will tell you what happened when protesters tried to stop

a bus carrying migrant children near the us mexico border. i told. me today the weather sponsored by qatar airways. hello and welcome to international weather forecast we begin in europe plenty of showers across eastern areas will trust of low pressure generating some really intense thunderstorms and those thunderstorms extend across other southern parts of southeastern parts of europe so you've seen some big rainfall totals across parts of sr the through into turkey over the last twenty four hours those central areas are generally looking fine plenty of sunshine around but again those high temperatures generated some quite severe storms is cooler and fresher further towards the west just eighteen degrees there as a high in london and then as

a move the forecast on the twenty four hours not a great deal of change expected generally we're going to see further showers across the central and southeastern errors the bit warmer in london there twenty three degrees so moving into north africa all again fine here much as you'd expect with temperatures there are thirty seven degrees in car a pleasant and choose their highs of twenty nine and would like to see further heavy showers coming through across central parts of africa i think for west africa will see showers extending as far west as far north as guinea guinea-bissau and then as we head through into southern portions of africa but a front of facts in south africa cloudy one cape town with highs of sixteen. the weather sponsored by cattle and. unpack it for us what were you hearing what were you seeing whether online horrendous things humans will disturb as i was not in doubt about that or if you join us on the scent of the major countries in the commonwealth how far bigger fish to fry and chips to eat bass is

a dialogue talk to us about some of the successes perhaps everyone has a voice what happens when the robots them so are making to suit join the global conversation amount to zero. welcome back you're watching al-jazeera live from doha a reminder our top stories this hour voting is underway in turkey's high stakes elections that will complete the country's transition to a new executive presidential system president bedouins main rival n.j. has just voted in his home city of. activists in syria say more than twenty five russian as strikes hit the province of day overnight as the government offensive

continues the u.s. has reportedly told syrian rebels they are not to expect their supports. u.s. president donald trump's son in law and senior adviser says the administration will soon present its peace plan for israel and palestine he told the palestinian newspaper our code says this will happen right away at all without the input of palestinian president mahmoud abbas. back now to our top story in turkey's election joining us now is very by sohn who's an assistant professor at university is live from istanbul thank you very much for being with us on al-jazeera so present at zero on will no doubt be looking for a first round knockout in an overall majority of ways ruling ak party in these elections but both of those things seem to be very much in doubt now how close are you expecting this election to be while probable put it. this is probably the hardest test since the beginning of.

ruling since two thousand and two the challenge came quite dynamic actually as you mentioned earlier from the c.h.p. party candidate modern injured although. you know the elections were kind of taken back almost a year position caught by surprise but it seems they really kind of made their put their art together. they produced quite a strong challenge for mr yes we can say rather than the dull but that's a serious test so how do you explain then this challenge that the president is facing now the nationalist fervor that we saw after the july two thousand and sixteen failed coup attempt is that still on voters' minds today one of the key concerns for people as they go to the polls. why

doesn't the fifteen july the failed attempt was a very serious thing happened in turkey and i was i personally think that this has not been really very much. to put it on public display i mean you know that parliament has been borne by warplanes and around two hundred fifty people got killed and some of them brutally on the meter a tank stand it was all full night i was in istanbul at that time doesn't the people keep that in mind and also what happens one of the challenges is that the disk europe the. state of emergency has been imposed right after the failed cooper attempt doesn't it they also in people's mind that's where the opposition is very much kind of focusing on yeah because maher mangy has said he would lift the state of emergency as soon as he's elected what is it just coming back to president i don't want to mention that he's facing this tough challenge today what is it about

one that's being questioned by those who are leaning towards the opposition and what lessons do you think you might learn from from this election. well actually the lessons came more than a year ago where he desperately tried to the court in court changed blogged in his party even some like the polls such as istanbul ankara the money is full of mayors has been changed a lot in many places the smaller ones are actually forced to resign so this was a serious attempt to renew in his party's saw the signs came over there because a lot of people or all the party was blamed being you know like a small way in response and they're not as dynamic as before so the changes start there but i think here what will be defining factor perhaps is that the world ought

party did enough to reach really vibrant young voters or rather first time or second time voters where the party managed to gain the hearts and minds of these people so that a lot of criticism even from the party members of the supporters on that regard they've been based on think very based on thank you so much for analysis thank you for joining us on al-jazeera and much more on the high stakes elections in turkey on our web site al-jazeera dot com this is a section dedicated to our special coverage will have all the latest updates on there throughout the day al-jazeera dot com on to other news now and zimbabwe's president has tried to offer a grenade explosion close to him at a campaign rally emma said one guy wasn't hurt but several others were including the vice president says the attack won't affect next month's presidential election the first since longtime leader robert mugabe was asked said last november.

and. this is just changing the. music james says six times a month. and a grenade attack in ethiopia has now really missed the prime minister the explosion killed two people and injured more than one hundred others factory gates and the reports. this was the moment the grenade exploded close to where prime minister abby asked might was sitting. for a few moments there was confusion the four members of the security forces came onto the stage and led abby atma to safety. witnesses say they saw the man who targeted the prime minister as a prime minister were just concluded his speech and that moment there was a grenade. but i think the guy was just trying to show up to the stage.

set him just took him. just went off and on sunday it was a bloody end to a day that is started with say much optimism hundreds of thousands of ethiopians had gathered in the capital addis ababa mescal square to support the new prime minister since taking office in april the forty two year old has announced a series of reforms including the release of tens of thousands of prisoners the opening of state owned companies to private investment and to propose peace deal with eritrea in an address to the nation after the attack abby said that those trying to divide ethiopia would not succeed in the in my family why not but that i'm not certain groups planned and coordinated to destroy this large gathering to kill innocent people and to spill blood on our streets they have tried very hard but their entire plot has failed the questions are being raised about whether the

security operation for such a large rally was adequate some of the officers have been saying that this is an attempt on the life of the prime minister and the definitely. supporting the rally was a great demonstration that there is a solid support for the reformist by the prime minister but at the same time the the great attack have revealed that the reforms are still fragile prime minister abbey says he is determined to bring change to ethiopia but this attack highlights the lengths some will go to to try and stop him victoria. sprains coast guard has rescued nearly eight hundred refugees and migrants. trying to cross the mediterranean sea from north africa they were in a fleet of around twenty five small boat sailing between. and sprains coast e.u. leaders are having an emergency meeting on sunday to discuss tensions about migration policies meanwhile the french president says he supports financial

sanctions on members refusing to accept refugees and migrants with proven asylum status and many unmarked homemade sprains new prime minister in paris it's the first official trip abroad by pedro sanchez since taking office three weeks ago but tasha butler has more from paris. well the main message from these two leaders in paris was that the european union simply has to have a coordinated strategy when it comes to migration it has to be united now the french president emanuel markhor praised the new socialist prime minister pedro sanchez from spain saying that he had showed a gesture of solidarity when he decided to open up their doors in spain to the aquarius migrants and refugees those who were rescued by that charity ship or blocked by italy macross said it was indeed an important gesture but the migration cannot be solved in that way on a case to case basis what is needed is a much wider plan now both pedro sanchez and tomorrow mark or will be at

a mini migration summit in brussels on sunday and this meeting in paris was really an opportunity for these two leaders to get to know each other the first time they met and also discussed some of the strategies which may be talked about at the summit on sunday and later in the week at the main summit there is no doubt they are on the same page or they believe new solutions must be found they also both pro e.u. young dynamic leaders who really want more e.u. integration and what that means for them is that there must be solutions found to the migration crisis because they see the divisions that it is causing and they worry that that could threaten the future of the european union the future of the bloc in fact a model mark or even said that we could see a wave of populism and nationalism unless something is done. protesters have tried to block a bus carrying migrant children near the u.s. border with mexico. crowds briefly stopped the

bus as it was leaving a process of going to texas police were told to disperse the protesters and enable the bus to proceed border patrol agents didn't say where it was going what about two thousand three hundred children were taken away in recent weeks as part of the trumpet ministration zero tolerance policy on immigration the u.s. department of homeland security says it's reunited more than five hundred of the children with their parents but it remains a new for about plans to night the rest from those festivals on the mexican border again but it is on the records. at a bus station in mcmullen texas u.s. authorities released dozens of migrants from detention centers as before donald trump zero tolerance policy most have to wear electronic monitoring devices on their ankles so they can be tracked to ensure the show up for court appearances with their asylum cases can be heard one of them was carmen and her small child

they were kept together she's relieved to be free but says she was separated from her fifteen year old sister melissa who had to stay behind. my sister snuck out to say bye to me she told me to take care of myself and take care of the baby they both were applying for asylum in america the department of health and human services confirms to al-jazeera they have just set up a task force to begin the process of reunification of families separated at the border but provided few other details on how or when it might happen journalists are not allowed inside this detention facility but i'll just zero spoke to a human rights lawyer who was its dismal there's probably they told me that there are about at capacity but just five hundred people is they have is rather they haven't been at that level we met with probably between our entire group we have you know six or seven female lawyers who are in there probably two hundred detainees over the last two days alone. and they're still there this afternoon meeting with more and they say there's more and more people coming in most of them

every single one of them across the border with children separated almost immediately from immigration asylum seekers still face hostility from the very country they look to as their hope for a better future the trumpet ministrations zero tolerance policy is still in effect so families seeking asylum that cross into the u.s. illegally are still apprehended the families are just kept together and sent to homeland security detention centers like this one where they all been face criminal prosecution it's a crisis on multiple fronts with little sign of any changes even though the top administration has said that they're not separating families anymore they haven't ended the policy that is actually at the root cause of this surge of asylum seekers from central america has actually eased up since its peak in two thousand and fourteen yet the u.s. navy has been asked to build more detention centers on military bases the intent is twofold keep families together but also in custody which also keeps trump's

hardline zero tolerance policy alive gabriel's andu al-jazeera los fresno's texas. germany's football team has revived fans' hopes of successfully defending the world cup crown. if the pairs made everyone back home wait until the very last minute and injury time free kicks you know the two one win over sweden the germans are hoping to become the first country to retain the well cap in more than fifty years as a force correspondent andy richardson has more from moscow. well there was a collective holding of breath for everyone concerned with this world cup here in russia as for long periods of the game against sweden it looked as though germany were about to be knocked sounds that coach yogi love had made for changes to the starting line up but the same defensive frailties still seem to be there the defensive frailties we saw in their one nil opening loss to mexico sweden took a first off lead through toivonen germany started the second half with an extra

striker on the pitch and they dropped an equaliser through mark or royce but it still didn't look set to be the night they had to defend your own words saying get sent off lights in the game but it was still time deep into injury time for them real madrid midfielder tony tries to smash only free kick and completely change the world cup. win means he'll go into the final round of group games level on points with sweden sweden will play mexico while germany will take on south korea who've lost both her games so far now this is a notoriously difficult title to defend successfully the last team to achieve it brazil back in one thousand nine hundred sixty two but perhaps germany will look at slightly more recent history for some inspiration in twenty ten spain lost their opening game but still went on to lift the trophy. and looking ahead to sunday's action in russia england play their second match of the tournament they're up against panama whoever winds out of japan and senegal will go to the top of group

h. one of poland and colombia will be chasing their first victory of this world cup and all the action all the latest results on our web site at al-jazeera dot com. hello again i'm fully back to go with the headlines on al-jazeera voting is underway in turkey's high stakes elections that will complete the country's transition to a new executive presidential system president shuteye bedouins main rival no harm n.j. has just voted in his home city of dallas his ward voters with a strong campaign to want for his party seeking a new five year term with a vastly increased powers under the new system and his ruling ak party is hoping to retain his majority in parliament the turkish prime minister banal has just voted in the city of izmir his job will cease to exist after the election after the constitutional changes take effect following the vote bernard smith is in ankara

with more. i think it's going to be a lot tighter than president one thought it was going to be when he first called this election two months ago in those two months the main opposition parties have formed an unprecedented alliance and they hope with this alliance they can rob the ruling party of its parliamentary majority and the main presidential contender against him in jail from the republican people's party he's drawn hundreds of thousands of people to his rallies across the country and really giving president bush time a run for his money. now the news activists in syria say more than twenty five russian air strikes hit the province of overnight as a government offensive continues the u.s. has reportedly told syrian rebels there not to expect military support u.s. present donald trump. son in law and senior adviser jared cushion a says the administration will soon presented speace plan for israel and palestine and he said

this will happen with or without palestinian president mahmoud abbas he made the comments during an interview with palestinian newspaper out could cheering his trip to israel is quoted as saying that he doubts abbas is capable of making a deal but added that he still willing to work with him the palestinian leader cut communications with the trump administration after it recognized jerusalem as israel's capital. and zimbabwe's president is shrugging off a grenade explosion cosa him at a campaign rally and mr non-god go wasn't hurt but several others were injured including his vice-president those are the headlines on al-jazeera the news will continue right after talk to al-jazeera i hope you do stay with us thanks for watching. on counting the cost a stronger dollar spells trouble ahead for developing market economies digital addicks we'll look at how the tech industry uses human psychology plus the fight for control of libya's oil prez. the cost.

in the world will be able to be superseded. in kampala the capital of uganda which is one of the countries where thousands of chimpanzees can still be found off in the highland forest it's like. other countries they've already completely disappeared and wherever they live there on the tremendous pressure chimps like human living communities have feelings they use tools these are qualities that was discovered only in the one nine hundred sixty s. by a young british woman she lived with chimps many and grew closer to them than anyone before jane goodall widely seen as the world's leading climatologist and conservationist talks to al-jazeera.