revisited. iraq. celebrations in turkey as president declares victory in an election that will transform the way the country is run. by maryam namazie in london you're with al-jazeera also coming up as hold an emergency meeting in brussels as hundreds more migrants are left in limbo on rescue . or award is offered for information on saturday's apparent assassination attempt on zimbabwe's president in the city of pull away oh. and a medical crisis unfolding in nigeria as hundreds die of snakebites because of a lack of access to health care.

turkey's president has declared victory in an election that is set to transform the way the country is run on appears to be on course to tighten his grip on power after the referendum he now really won last year which gives the presidency sweeping new powers nearly all the ballots have been counted now and one has received roughly fifty two percent of the vote. sichem didn't you know. the elections were peaceful and have been held in a mature way this is a win win situation for everyone i would like to thank all the candidates for all their work and i would like to congratulate them no one should criticize or cast died in the election system just because they can't digest their defeat there has been a record voter turnout and this is a very important message to the world the message very clear there has been a voter turnout of almost ninety percent and we've given a lesson in democracy to other countries. but the main opposition public and

people's party has refused to concede defeat they say it's too early for the party to claim victory was angelou agencies sharing some electoral race with the public by saying approximately ninety three point five percent of face have been counted according to those results some have started to beat the drums too early no one should be building castles in the sky we have already said this during the previous press conference the presidential elections will go to the second round. we're going to chase the space step by step the data given by the polling station offices is preliminary no one can declare himself as president with fifty one point seven percent votes in a country where there are one hundred ten thousand uncounted ballot boxes. well in a moment we'll go to it's myth is it c.h.p. had courses in the turkish capital first in jamaal or shall his at the act party base in ankara and so there does appear to be some disappointment and concern about

the fact that says president i do one was so quick to claim victory before any confirmation of the official results jamal he was speaking earlier in istanbul what are his plans now. well i mean he's tried true sense of the cost doubts over the those who are saying that the result there's some sort of irregularities behind the bar at least and the way in which the photos taken place what's he's been trying to say is that not only is he president but turkey has decided to continue moving forward in the vision that he has sets out that his party is the south and according to that region he said that he would not allow for any charge to be discriminated against that you would be a president for everybody and that there was a place for all different walks of life all genders all backgrounds all political inclinations in turkey to play

a part in making turkey as he promised he would one of the ten most powerful nations on earth obviously that strong rhetoric resonates with his supporters but also that more reconsidered three more open message. directed towards goal to do vote for him maybe also those who are still yet to succeed through to accept that he has reviewed one these elections as he claims and his supporters claim he has jamal what about the result the president the ones act it is going to be able to retain its majority in parliament but it will lose its dominant position. just so well coming into this election the act party together with its allied ultra nationalist image be they heard what is known as a super. a majority two thirds or for the parliament and that's what's allowed them to push for the constitutional referendum which was then voted on passed by the

people a few months back which paved the way for this executive presidency however according to the parliaments they now know the parliamentary results that have taken place today they now only have a simple majority albeit still a victory for them but not the resoundingly one they wanted because they searched they still what is official for constitutional changes now you'll be hearing a victory speech from the prime minister or the ex prime minister because according to this new political system there will no longer be the role of the prime minister in turkey political system but that is hardly the president has been delayed due to personal reasons because you're that there was an accident to one of his friends got to be did it come to ankara but this is a poor choice have been here in force murray have they been your patient lead for several hours and they're waiting now coming up to one am here or past one am here and i'm proud to welcome what they believed to be at

a historical moment for our two under who is now really urged to stay in modern turkish history is probably the most significant person in this country's recent history thank you very much with all the latest from party headquarters. and so now let's speak to bennett smith who is outside the headquarters of the republican people's party in ankara scenes of celebration there with among supporters after he claimed victory but no concession of defeat by the opposition and also planted some concern being voiced by them about what might have unfolded in these final stages of counting. the result isn't official yet but i think it's a sense of frustration and disappointment here at the headquarters of the republican people's party i think it's beginning to sink in that they may not have forced president to on into a second round runoff and that is what they were hoping to do they were hoping to

deprive him of this fifty percent plus warm. victory this minimum victory this time around to force a runoff with their candidate in jay it looks like that's not going to happen although they are waiting for the official results there were complaints earlier and this is happened in previous elections that the state press agency the ana do agency reveals the results of areas that occurred one is one first and that part is one first main in the east of the country and they the the republican people's party accuse the agency of using this to demoralize their supporters to persuade their supporters who are observing the counting of the ballots that they can go home and leave because they've already lost the c.h.p. has said repeatedly their leadership has said repeatedly don't go home don't leave stay and watch the ballots to be counted but with the of unofficial tally almost all in now nearly ninety nine percent of the unofficial votes in order one has gone

over about fifty two percent of the votes that have to be a significant change in voting patterns for that suddenly to decrease below fifty percent. and what is the opposition's plan now because hiram n.j. obviously didn't reach any sort of figure near the fifty percent threshold but nonetheless we have seen an opposition with much more momentum and better organization compared to previous years. well certainly from the presidential perspective the opposition party you managed to get together a candidate who had charisma who appealed to a while perhaps a part possibly a wider base than the left leaning republican people's party previously appealed to managed to sort of reach out to some more conservative minded voters and the world larger crowds at these rallies in istanbul and there's me another part of the country crowd similar this to the size of earth one normally exclusively enjoyed so

there was a hope that that might have suggested that this was going to be a much narrower as i say there was no expectation that in was going to win this in this first round it was it was just that he would get just enough to stop getting this fifty plus one percent he didn't the opposition will say that this was never a level playing field when this when they went into this election t.v. ad time dominated by. his out party sixty seven hours coverage given to them last month for example compared to seven hours coverage for the c.h.b. opposition republican people's party they say given that they've been very hard for them to get their message across so they'll be disappointed they'll have to go back and reassess their tactics again it shows that the c.h.p. is just finding it very difficult to breach this thirty percent of the support that they regularly getting to push elections thank you very much ben it's with the opposition party headquarters down and crap.

saudi arabia's a defense forces say they've intercepted a ballistic missile over the capital riyadh yemen's who's the rebel say they launched rockets targeting the defense ministry in the saudi capital of stepped up messiah attacks in retaliation for as strikes by the saudi led coalition. we're now if he is again criticised for not taking in a rescue ship with more than two hundred thirty refugees and migrants on board the m.v. lifeline is currently in limbo in the mediterranean after both italy in malta refused to permission to dock the german vessel picked up the migrants between libya and the italian island of lampedusa or on thursday it's a new government has been rescue ships from docking at its ports and called on multitude take the boat in but malta are saying it's not responsible meanwhile spain's coast guard has rescued nearly eight hundred refugees and migrants over the

weekend and the spanish and joe proactive open arms. say they've also received seven or eight calls alerting them to boats in distress off libya they estimate there to be up to a thousand people on board the italian coast guard has told the ngos they're not needed as the operation is being handled by libya. leaders of pushing for a new solution to deal with the migration crisis they've been meeting in brussels to try and hammer out a joint european approach german chancellor angela merkel says there's been a lot of good will there is dominic came reports from brussels. as they posed for the cameras in brussels the central question being posed to e.u. leaders was if they could find a solution to the migrant crisis for some this is appeared to become decisive over recent weeks angle america has had to concede ground to her domestic allies on sunday there was a further concession at least in tone isn't i need we all agree that we want to reduce illegal migration that we want to protect our borders and that we are all

responsible for all topics it cannot be the case that some on a deal with primary migration and others only with secondary migration everybody is just bonds above everything wherever possible we want european solutions it is not possible we want to bring those who are willing to gather and find a common framework for action the issue has been brought into sharp focus by scenes like these filmed aboard the vessel m.v. lifeline in the mediterranean two hundred twenty six people rescued from the sea but stuck on the ship as different countries refused to accept them as it were a metaphor for the entire migrant crisis it is extremely difficult and i would say it's even harder now than it might have been two or three years ago because in the interim we've seen a number of government changes including a number of hardline governments a couple vocal but also we've seen a polarizing of positions between countries based on their experience of migration italy has proposed

a ten point plan to try to drive the discussion forward suggesting different countries accept reception centers as part of a commitment to abandon the previous dublin regulation whereby refugees must claim asylum in their arrival country as he left brussels on sunday prime minister giuseppe conti tweeted his happiness at the way the talks had progressed when this meeting was first called it was with the hope that sixteen member states might be able to iron out some of the problems and then present solutions to the twenty eight member state meeting that takes place on thursday and friday this week the question is will there be any kind of compromise acceptable to the full e.u. summit dominic kane al-jazeera brussels. all u.s. president all trumpet sharpened his call to deport people who enter the country illegally saying they should be sent back to where they came from immediately and without a court case i have. no doubt. he made the comments after

protesters tried to block a bus carrying migrant children have a u.s. border with mexico police will call to disperse the protesters and enable the bus to proceed policy to separate children from their parents as far as an outcry are around the country without is there much more still ahead for you nine police officers have been arrested in ethiopia over saturday's grenade attack and displaced families from dara set up makeshift camps in the desert while russian as strikes rained down on the syrian province. and it stays cold in the southeast of a stray bullets big surprise sunshine of course helps a lot with the might be a bit of a development the next couple of days at the eastern side in the immediate future looks like sunshine melbourne thirteen cities seventeen as

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welcome back just a quick look at the top stories. but i do want has declared victory in turkey's presidential and parliamentary elections nearly all the ballots of it been counted now in the age of one has received around fifty two percent but saudi arabia as a defense forces say they intercepted a ballistic missile over the capital riyadh yemen's who's the rebel say they launched rockets targeting the saudi defense ministry. and more than two hundred thirty refugees and migrants are still in limbo in the mediterranean turned away by both italy and malta it comes as the new leaders wrap up a mini meeting on migration in brussels. well now to developments in zimbabwe where security has been stepped up across the country ahead of next month's general election following an explosion as a presidential rally on saturday forty nine people were injured by the blast in the city of by the way zero which happened near president amisom and gaga in an apparent attempt on his life. now from. fifty kilometers from the capital harare.

in his first public appearance since saturday's grenade attack zimbabwe's vice president constantine says he suffered minor injuries and tells part to support his makes months general election we don't hate this planned lose me. you can be. the vice president was among politicians party supporters and security officials injured by the explosion at a political rally gambled away a president emerson and other was near the blast but escaped unhurt no one's claimed responsibility for the attack so for

a good number of people we have been injured or fourteen lang in there currently receiving treatment it might at the. israel is united lawry hospitals while police investigations continue preparations are continuing for the first elections since the army corps struggled to resign last week in the run up to this year's drought had been relatively peaceful and like previous elections which are marred by violence saturday's attack at the president's rally in below well has made some people nervous. when i got was promised a presidential and parliamentary elections will be free and fair security will also be pristine campaigning and go to. indication of. the situation but to remain stable in zimbabwe political. remains on the table with the system that's going to go out on the.

the twenty three candidates have registered to contest a presidential election in a month's time when i got was biggest rival is the main opposition leader nelson chamisa for the first time in sixteen years international observers who were banned by robert mugabe have already arrived if they endorse the election economists say it could help secure international funding. for that to happen and have to be seen as credible and violence free. al-jazeera. when in ethiopia thirty people have been arrested after a grenade attack at a political rally in the capital addis ababa also on saturday the new prime minister ahmed was whisked away immediately after the blast two people were killed and more than one hundred fifty others injured described the attack as an attempt by forces who don't want to see the country unite or nine of the arrested are police officers going to doe has more from addis ababa. if you're going to police

have confirmed that the mind policeman they're holding in connection with the attack on saturday included the deputy commander of police here in the cup little addis ababa they say they will soon be charged with negligence and not putting a mouth measures in place to ensure that such a breach did not or can that the past few hours organizers of that rally also today hold a press conference in which they called for arjun blood donations to save the lives of more than forty people injured in the outside and who are in hospitals here in the cup with all now thousands of with your people flocked to mescal square in the center of the city also today. calling on mall support for prime minister ahmed reform agenda they say that promises of repealing the media rule the march abused terrorism law as well as possible peace

with at syria and then see the many people who've been living in exile abroad retiring after the prime minister came to office has them all excited. elsewhere at least thirty two people have been killed in ten a missing following an attack in central mali traditional hunters linked to the duggan ethnic group a suspected of ambushing the isolated village of command in the mopti region those killed were from the fuller ethnic group who are traditionally heard as i've been accused of having links to al qaeda. well now russian airstrikes have targeted the opposition held province of daraa in southwest syria it's the first time moscow has provided as support for the syrian government's offensive which was launched last week to recapture an area inside one of the international deescalation zines. explains. government helicopters continue to drop barrel bombs on the rebels last stronghold in southwest syria.

the free syrian army or f.s.a. is deploying more fighters to repel the attacks but most units in the face shorter's of weapons and ammunition thousands of civilians have fled their homes circling in makeshift camps in desert areas. anger is mounting on the border with jordan where thousands of internally displaced people asked around. where stitching plans to help the growing number of refugees were arrived daily and whether it can help us you are most welcome. judie and we spent days seeking shelter under a tree and no one came to our help when we came here and as you can see the terrain is rough and inhospitable we call upon the international community to help us.

syrian army's offensive started last wednesday president bashar al assad is vowing to crush the opposition unless rebels surround the military campaign could turn into a full blown confrontation the u.s. which along with russia brokered a truce in southern syria last year has warned of retaliation if the syrian army doesn't pull out. u.s. president donald trump son in law and senior adviser jared kosha says the administration will soon present its peace plan for israel and palestine and he said it will happen with or without input from the palestinian president mahmoud abbas made the comments in an interview with the palestinian newspaper could steering his trip to israel questioner is quoted as saying that he doubts about is capable of making a deal but added that he still willing to work with him palestinian leader communications with the trump administration after it recognized jerusalem as the

capital of israel. now mexican presidential candidate ricardo has pledged to investigate outgoing leader president. for alleged crimes whilst in office if he's elected in a week's time and i am made the promise during his final campaign rally in mexico city but he'll have an uphill battle against leading candidate andres manual lopez obrador join home and has mall. guys do you want to know just one week away now from the. make periodicity rather than your close up for grabs than ever before but only ice cream in the residence a good even if it is a gun that i recall the annoy is not so big i really like scary stories like this morning more than the angel of independence destroyed. the distant second place in the fold. of the mexico which we dream often is one where there's no corruption in which the government is almost the mexico we dream of is one in which no one lives

in extreme poverty in which we advance together because to annoy is running for a left right coalition this seems so low that i say i don't know the tree by the trail running but no someone is going to rock too much of the status quo completely the opposite end of the overwhelming from going after two hundred ninety well look at some of those an old school in which only says he runs only about poverty reduction but no she won't eat out on how we do it but where is the sense of revolt to see that the own nation recover or anything the more you make the motion from did it right. here the government has illegally attacked us like never before in a democracy as a country no i know it's election there pro-choice group is going to take your family also change uncle sugar to him to the latest next sunday one of the well snakebites kill more than one hundred thousand people every year the world health

organization has reducing the number of fatalities as a global health priority many victims in one thousand and address reports doctors a struggling to save lives this man was bitten by a snake three days ago but he's only now arriving at hospital for treatment two hundred kilometers away. a medical crisis is unfolding in nigeria why distances between medical facilities can prove the difference between life and death and medicines are either too expensive for many who are in short supply. before the doctor here can finish attending to the patient his call to another victim who's just been brought in we had a severe instance daily now. and as time goes on and so entering the arena says i'm. going to be having more because people are. under fire. and also because of sleeping i'll say thousands of people are bitten by sneaks in

nigeria every year but health experts can't be sure exactly how many died because of poor access in rural areas. this is the only hospital treating victims of snakebites in a region of more than thirteen million nigerians doctors and nurses here are struggling to cope with the rising number of patients doctors say many cases arrive year late sometimes too late and patients die or end up with permanent disability it took our people when nearly five days to get help to leave our love i never gone through unbelievable suffering to get here it's just that i didn't day at some point at least a decade copied by police are responsible for eighty percent of the cases in this hospital. i'd also fun to going to cost one hundred fifty dollars but there are some dubious antivenom is being offered on the market and they can help of course

death rather than prevent it. so many people are dying in the in the bush or india or areas where there's no access roads or ansen and then on the go there are so many. countries and even a circulating in nigeria with a growing population there is a need for more land to grow food and that has set humans and dangerous reptiles on a collision course most makes in their natural habitat i've been disturbed our small crops are planted the rising number of snake bite cases has prompted the regional government to build an extension to the hospital in an effort to meet the increased demand for treatment. a few months ago the country was hit by a shortage of i just need venom drugs it's reported two hundred fifty people died in just three weeks with a crop planting season only now getting in the way hospitals are bracing for another surge in the number of state by the victims in need of urgent help i meant

to grease al-jazeera come to nigeria was more on everything we're covering including of course and alice says that takes you behind the big story of the day of the election in talking al-jazeera dot com as i need to go. turkey's president has declared victory in an election that could transform the way the country is run or have type i don't appears to be on course to tighten his grip on power after the referendum he narrowly won last year which gives the presidency sweeping new powers nearly all the ballots have been counted and i do one has received around fifty two percent of the vote. sichem didn't you know that in that the elections were peaceful and of being held in a mature way this is a win win situation for everyone i would like to thank all the candidates for all their work and i would like to congratulate them no one should criticize or cast

died in the election system just because they can't digest their defeat there's been a record voter turnout and this is a very important message to the world the message is very clear there has been a voter turnout of almost ninety percent and we've given a lesson in democracy to other countries. in our other headlines saudi arabia's and defense forces say they intercepted a ballistic missile over the capital riyadh yemen's who see rebels say they launch rockets targeting the defense ministry stepped up missile attacks in retaliation for as strikes by the saudi led coalition italy has again criticize multo fanaa taking in a rescue ship with more than two hundred thirty refugees and migrants on board the m.v. lifeline is currently in limbo in the mediterranean after both italy multi refused it a mission to dock. it comes as sixteen leaders from the e.u. wrap up informal talks in brussels head of a major summit on migration on thursday german chancellor angela merkel says there's been a lot of goodwill at the summit. president donald trump has made

a fresh call to deport illegal migrants saying they should be sent back to where they came from immediately and without a court case he made the comments off the protesters try to block a bus carrying my when children near the u.s. border with mexico police were called to disperse the protesters and enable the bus to proceed russian air strikes have targeted a province in southwest syria it's the first time moscow has provided as support for the syrian government's offensive which was launched last week to recapture the area bordering jordan or you're up to date with all of our top stories coming up next on al-jazeera it's witness. if. you stand the differences. and the similarities of cultures across the world.

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