to understand better our relationship with the natural well then soon there will be nothing left facing reality or our friends and allies played a positive role in the offense and his condition from taking place here this story on talk to al jazeera. zimbabwe's ruling party wins a majority in parliament. this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up the date for afghanistan's presidential election has been announced the vote will be held on april the twentieth next year . south africa's president says he'll go ahead with land reforms and white farmers won't be compensated. and facebook discovers a new effort to influence u.s.

politics ahead of embers mid-term elections. zimbabwe's ruling party has won a majority of seats in parliament after monday's vote according to the electoral commission it says zanu p.f. had taken one hundred nine of the two hundred ten seats in the national assembly the results show forty one seats for the opposition movement for democratic change while results for fifty eight seats are yet to be declared no results have been announced so far for the presidential election both sides have been sure of victory heading into the poll job service said was too close to call president emerson a man god was supporters to be patient and wait for results meanwhile his main rival the m.d.c. was nelson chamisa said the commission was delaying announcing the outcome to

repair zimbabwe for fake results. afghanistan will hold presidential elections on april the twentieth next year the announcement from the country's election body comes as afghans prepare for parliamentary elections in less than three months shall about us reports from kabul. hundreds of women recalled the names of the countryman compiling an electronic list of who decide afghanistan's next leaders nine million people have registered to vote a quarter of the population but here that means nine million trees and this is the . name of that person and find their name and it is. the business. next. the tosca lies with seven hundred. people working for two hundred dollars a month out of an old un compound on the outskirts of kabul the registration forms are being flown or trucked here and a military

a schools the nation's election chief wants afghans to feel they can trust the process despite logistical and security challenges. unfortunately there are in secure areas in afghanistan so we can't register people there those areas that are under the control of the government and that we have access to people should go there for registration the government assisted in putting our registration centers there there's been a lot of criticism from election watchdogs observers about the registration process that they may be fake or duplicate registrations are you concerned about that. of course there is some complaints about the registration when it's not possible to do biometric registration and if it's a manual system like ours it's natural there may be some a duplicate registrations name is in charge of ten thousand observers on election day and says registrations need to be chicks more thorough and vote is assigned to specific polling stations there is a willingness among the people although they are not the economists about this. but

when i would election that is no other than if i did think election about whether it made their life better. afghans died in the hundreds this year for a chance to make their lives the worst was in april in kabul with fifty seven people were killed and more than one hundred wounded in a suicide bombing at a voter registration seem to. afghanistan is working its way towards credible elections one keystroke at a time. from power outages to bombings patiently they push on charged with holding an election that cannot be disputed chelate ballasts out jazeera could pull. the united nations command and the united states forces career are holding a ceremony for the repatriation of remains transferred by north korea the remains of u.s. soldiers who participated in the korean war will now be sent home why mcbride is live for us in sol so is the repatriation being seen as

a sign of progress in the u.s. north korea talks. that's right so me this ceremony has just started it's taking place at osan air force base south of seoul these are the remains that were repatriated last friday by north korea there thought to be the remains of more than fifty u.s. soldiers that i think it's true to say that it's seen as one of the most tangible signs yet of improving relations between north korea and the united states it was one of the promises made by kim jong un in the agreement he reached with president donald trump that the repatriation of remains a would take place the repatriation has always been subject it's been dependent upon the state of relations between the u.s. and north korea and obviously in the past a few years it has prevented. the repatriation of remains like this i think you have to go back to two thousand and six to find the last occasion on which remains

were repatriated so if this is seen as a positive sign the u.s. military believes that some five thousand three hundred u.s. soldiers remain unaccounted for in north korea that their remains are either in the possession of the north koreans or still remain in shallow graves somewhere in the north korean peninsula and the hope is from the u.s. military that if the conditions improve relations improve between pyongyang and washington that possibly they can resume joint searches for those remains so i mean all right thanks so much leave it there for now. more now back to our top story in the zimbabwe capital harare where the election commission is saying the. majority of seats in parliament how is the opposition reacting of exacting these results at least for the parliament. some of the supporters. are in

shock some are angry the leaders had said earlier that if they lose this election they won't accept it and they were threatening to go to court to release their own set of results which they say shows that they. made opposition to the nelson chamisa has won the election but clearly for now it shows that. the majority of seats in parliament just two thirds majority by the way things are looking chances are they'll get it why is this happening to most people in zimbabwe live in rural areas and identify with politics they say is the party that gave them a land. that gives them food looks after the poor black majority they have a lot of supports in the rural areas just partly why probably they want to also because the opposition is divided especially since. a few months ago when he died the party splits some people if the party formed another party and that divided the opposition so

a lot of things play here that's probably why they're not doing so on parliamentary seats but that said people are still waiting for it to be coming in and of course the important presidential to be announced talking of the presidential results is that are we expecting that to be you know what happened with the parliament results premier of the cross into the presidential election. well you never know what could happen here this is the way it could be that zanu p.f. did well in parliamentary but who knows how people will vote for the presidential results in urban areas the opposition is populous it's expected. mate opposition leader will get some a lot of votes in urban areas but again it's. a rule that really matters in most parts of africa for that matter so it's the way to election officials say that the only announced those results when all the results from all the polling stations more than ten thousand of them some of them in rural areas come in so it could be a while they have to now to start within five days so they still have time but

again all eyes are on the electoral commission when with those presidential results be announced all right thanks so much. yemen's houthi rebels say they'll stop the tanks in the red sea for two weeks to support peace efforts it comes after attacks on two vessels last week one of the world's most important trade routes the strait but you say they targeted warships belonging to the saudi and morality coalition the saudis say one of their oil tankers was damaged the u.n. special envoy to yemen has been shuttling between the warring parties he wants to avoid an assault by the coalition on the port city of data which is in the red sea aid groups are worried the fighting could make a humanitarian crisis even worse warning of a second cholera epidemic and more than a million people on the verge of starvation one hundred reports from djibouti just across from yemen. this is the impact of more than three years of war the city

from hold for both fighters was once known as humans bread basket market is now destroyed people are desperate and on the brink of. roads and bridges have not been spared either limiting the supply of vital supplies of food and fuel to a population already so free. is up on an all time high at a tin shack that knowledge serves as a temporary health center acutely children upset high protein peanut based food. reading out of a get the vin are scared to death every hour we see a plane i'm not exaggerating at all we wish for peace peace and safety. but the prospect of peace in yemen remains of a more distant relentless efforts by the u.n. to broker a peace a failed on one side other who think rebels trying hard to keep control of huge

swathes of the control on the other pro-government militias back by the sooty u.a.e. coalition. in recent days they have intensified their outcomes to wrestle control of the vital part of the data from both the fight is the city has been heavily militarized forcing half of its population to flee controlling the day that is important to both sides it's the main and two point four much needed aid and most imports into yemen this is with from australia more than anything else here many people now desperately need peace with peace and stability we can start to get people back on their feet start to rebuild their livelihoods their fears any escalation in the fighting could cause a shock tunnel the white told put holes in the bus station in what is already the world's last humanitarian crisis some twenty two million people in the yemeni. many

of the war displaced have no way of surviving without food hundreds and their fears to over all break of diseases strikes have destroyed yemen's water and sanitation facilities something that's already call from outbreak of cholera the u.n. now say the complete one asked like away form of the fatal disease how many other was either djibouti. still ahead i'll just erupt form a wall or jump here bamber is returning to the democratic republic of congo to participate in presidential elections but we live in kinshasa. through tranquil review. i do not mean. and if it means going to. hello there is still very hot for many of us across

europe at the moment and we still have quite a few thunderstorms around those in the east have been plaguing us for weeks now and there's plenty more of them at the moment and then there's also a more step to area of thunderstorms across parts of france and further east across the alps as well now these are very hit and miss if you catch one you're going to see some very heavy downpours maybe with some damaging hail and damaging gusts of wind as well but maybe a mile down the road you'll miss them all together and then you're just stuck with a very hot day the exception really is the northwest here we're still slightly below what we might see temperature wise but then the hot weather pushes back up again so things will get hotter once more as we head through the next few days for ireland and scotland there are more clouds here and a bit more in the way of rain will make it very different here it will be quite a gray and dull day as we head down towards the other side of the mediterranean for many of us here it's fine and dry there is a little bit of cloud there over parts of iraq and what you'll also notice of the winds feeding up from the south so for robots where the temperatures are generally

quite well behaved they're quite high at the moment up to around thirty one degrees the central belt of africa still has plenty of showers and they're pushing quite a long way northwards now into more parts of chad's and nisha. the weather sponsored by qatar and he's. where were you when this idea popped into it when they're on line it's undoubtedly. call of poverty inequality in our society today or if you join the sunset criminal justice system is dysfunctional right now this is a dialogue what does it feel like bring you have to go back for the first time everyone has a voice and allow refugees to flee the speakers for change join the conversation announces iraq.

welcome back time to recap here in al jazeera so bob why is rulings and appear years one a majority of seats in parliament after monday's vote the electoral commission says everson and then god was party game one hundred nine seats the opposition gained forty one fifty eight seats are yet to be declared. the date for afghanistan's presidential elections has been announced the vote will be held on april twentieth next year the presidential vote will take place six months after parliamentary and local elections scheduled for october. yemen's houthi rebels say they'll stop attacks in the red sea for two weeks to support peace efforts saudi arabia suspended moving all oil through the red sea last week saying oh things had attacked two of its tankers. south africa's president says the ruling

african national congress will push ahead with plans for land expropriation from white farmers without compensation cyril ramaphosa says the a.n.c. will try to amend the constitution with the support of the left wing economic freedom fighters the issue of land ownership is one of the most contentious in south africa with some pointing to neighboring zimbabwe's economic collapse after land reforms there the intention of this proposed amendment is to promote redress advance economic development increase our going to cultural production and food security it will also transform the unjust special realities in urban areas to accelerate agrarian reform the sea has further directed government to urgently initiate farmer support

programs in depressed areas before the first rains this year this should include supporting farmers with two tractors fertilizers c extension services finance and access to key infrastructure mark schroeder is founder and principal of geo markets africa he says this is a political ploy ahead of next year's elections. this year is a significant move and certainly the political context is general elections that are that are scheduled to be held in twenty nineteen the economy has underperformed and not met popular expectations since several months ramaphosa was appointed president in february twenty eighth jean succeeding jacob zuma and so this expropriation without compensation is certainly a political ploy to ensure that the ruling african national congress has sufficient

electoral support going into those crucial elections next year the political pressure and the support within the ruling alliance the ruling african national congress and its support of parties has really escalated over the recent weeks and months to ensure or to press forward with the expropriation without compensation of not only government owned land not only private own land but the white owned land in south africa and you heard the statements by president run the focus of these are identical statements that the government of zimbabwe enacted to ensure that they won their political base over the very difficult and challenging outcome economic conditions that that country faced and so while the elections are still more than six months away the pressure is on the run post administration the and the economic african national congress to ensure that these policy pronouncements

are enacted sooner rather than later. congolese opposition leader and former warlords. is returning home he was convicted of war crimes and served ten years in prison in the hague but he was released on appeal in may and now wants to run in long delayed elections scheduled for december catherine sawyer reports from the capital kinshasa. was john pierre bemba's supporters all free to welcome people it's been ten long years they say and now it's time for him to take back his rightful place in the country's political scene . we are very happy many people see the hate for all of us i have confidence in him because he's. bambery ties to the democratic republic of congo intense political times president joseph kabila has delayed a crucial election for two years kristen sat in t. and protested which dozens have been killed by security forces many congolese say

they feel oppressed corruption is high and the government is increasingly isolated by the international community supporters believe that only he can change the bad tight surely. you don't know congolese need. ten years in prison for nothing and he still acts of the people. was. supported by his rebel group hand opposition party many analysts believe that still present a formidable challenge to the ruling party the fans of ring was the. moment for the liberation of the congo political party headquarters if the board does make me believe that it is a change of action then by himself in the coming days really to a little document to the electoral commission congolese law states that any kind it has to be in the country for at least twenty year to contest an election the fact

that the has been away for ten years and still has a pending witness tampering. they said the international criminal court could walk against his eligibility themba told that he hopes it does not come to that are you surprised that the government in place that say that i'm not. surprised i think that. those people in the. measure ity of the government not the right people able to talk about it. it's still unclear if president kabila plans to run for a third term despite being barred by the constitution so many congolese are anxious to see who the ruling party's nomination will be and whether hopefuls like bemba will be allowed to contest the december election. well catherine joins us now live from can a crowd gathering behind you catherine how popular is how much of a threat could he represents to the government. here is

a very popular. here in the democratic republic of congo that's why you think all these people out here and we expect more and more people to come to welcome him and because of that he's making a lot of people. also in the opposition making them very very uncomfortable about it he has said that he has the best experience he was the former vice president has the best experience to run this country he controlled before he was the vice president controls a huge rebel group which is now a political party. even when he was away in prison for a lot of people who say that he's going to comment to the politics saying that right now he's the only one who presents a most formidable challenge to the ruling party to joseph and people think that he will also be able to perhaps to galvanize the opposition to rally against

opposition together to support one candidate here outside the airport there's a lot of security presence people are saying that they're very excited to see him they did not know they did not know that they would ever get to see him in a very long time he's private plane is going to be landing in the next hour or so and all this you know of the night vision has been a logistical nightmare for the security forces and he's back you'll deny this just to put together this program they've been having a lot of meetings. there that they want to walk out of the way but the government has signaled the government has all the conditions like for example they say that he. cannot drive. from here. directly. to me that without making stuff that exactly the point that i'm even acknowledging them but you've got the night the thing that is not possible although i've come to

the here and there you know when you're not doing. very. thing that you're the only one who can provide the change. of right catherine sawyer there thank you. dozens of people were injured when a passenger plane crashed and caught fire in northern mexico shortly after takeoff all one hundred three passengers survived the crash the brazilian built and breyer jet belong to the national carrier aeromexico it was flying from durango to mexico city the state governor says the plane was hit by a gust of wind as it left the runway. if you will for this because you know it was a strong explosion which hit the plane we don't know if it was a lightning bolt or a mechanical problem we had just taken off the plane fell john heilemann has more from mexico city it really was the great escape for those on board the plane that crashed just after taken off when you see the pictures of the plane crash we

flames coming out of it really is incredible that no one died on impact the plane was heading from durango a city in the north of the country to the capital mexico city and there are around one hundred people on board now some of those after the crash were reportedly able to walk to the nearest motorway to ask for help and then turned up and took people to nearby hospitals some of them suffering from burns others from injuries now there's going to be there's already starting to be investigations about exactly what happened what we do know so far is that the plane was trying to take off in quite bad weather but coupled with that is a sensation in mexico of relief over something that could have been a lot worse. facebook says it's discovered a coordinated campaign to influence the u.s. midterm elections social media's giants removed thirty two accounts and pages that

it believes are fake aimed at creating divisions before november's vote almost three hundred thousand people follow the suspended pages alan fischer reports from washington d.c. . the phone to facebook mark zuckerberg went to capitol hill in april to admit his company hadn't done enough to stop foreign groups trying to influence the twenty sixteen u.s. presidential election we didn't take a broad enough view of our responsibility and that was a big mistake and it was my mistake and i'm sorry now as part of its continuing investigation into election interference it discovered it's happening again and so it is suspended thirty two pages on the platform and instagram which it also they are going to be a hair trigger alert for you know for the foreseeable future so any instances that crop up like this they're likely to take to take action and then be public about that action the company uses artificial intelligence and human investigators to

flag up automated accounts. you know only deal with the voice of social issues aimed at finding conflict and upset. one page called resistors created an event a counter protest to unite the right rally a white nationalist gathering in washington d.c. in august it was found to be a fake group and the page was disabled and the event deleted it says it can't definitively tie this is spending accounts to russia but suggests it was possibly involved american intelligence agencies have been warning for months russia's efforts to undermine american democracy are active under threat to november's elections at a cyber security summit in new york the homeland security secretary said the country is facing what she called a hurricane of threats let me ask you again. take this opportunity to issue a warning as i have in other forums in speeches to any foreign power that would consider meddling in our networks or in the affairs of our democracy the united

states will no longer tolerate or accept your interference you will be exposed and you will pay a high price facebook has been heavily criticised for not doing enough to stop outside interference in the twenty six thousand election it's determined that won't happen again and it says it continues to work with the f.b.i. to identify threats and remove them from its part forms own fisher washington poll manifolds money laundering trial has revealed that a business partner rob the amount of force himself was responsible for tax evasion and bank fraud a former campaign chief for president trump denies all charges in his opening remarks metaphors lawyers said his business partner richard gates was the one who have his hand in the cookie jar charges were brought by special counsel robert muller he's investigating a legit collusion between russia and trump's two thousand and sixteen presidential

campaign shihab rattansi has more from the court in virginia. the prosecution accuses poor man afore of attempting to fund a lavish lifestyle with the tens of millions of dollars that he had crude from his consulting work in ukraine which he put into shoal corporations in cyprus and the caribbean and then he also avoided paying tax on all this money form out of all says this was none of his doing the ukrainians wanted to set up shell corporation that wasn't his idea and anyway he wasn't even in charge of day to day business dealings that was all the responsibility of rick gates his associates at his company and he was the one who was embezzling money from the show companies and that's why he's now cooperating with robot mona's investigation to try and save his own skin and still over this entire case is the question what does this have to do with the rush or investigation and there is that suspicion even explained by the judge himself but really this is all about robert mueller trying to put the squeeze

on mount a for so he starts cooperating with that russian investigation. and you can get much more in all those stories ahead over to our website al-jazeera dot com. and let's take you through some of those stories now zimbabwe's ruling zanu p.f. is one a majority of seats in parliament after monday's vote the electoral commission says . was party gain the hundred nine seats against forty one for the opposition movement for democratic change fifty eight seats are yet to be the clades. has more from holiday. it's because of the rural vote people in rural areas are the majority that additional vote design gives this one nine hundred eighty when white minority rule ended partly because of loyalty to the party they see no other option other

than. the opposition are still claiming they have won this election day and age these been vote rigging they will likely be some kind of press conference they have threatened to release their own set of results which they which they say show that the candidate they made opposition to the nelson chamisa has won. the date for afghanistan's presidential elections has been announced the vote will be held on april the twentieth next year the presidential vote will take place six months after parliamentary and local elections scheduled for october. yemen's who three rebels say they'll stop attacks in the red sea for two weeks to support peace efforts after saudi arabia suspended moving oil through the red sea last week saying two of its tankers were attacked by booth the u.n. special envoy to yemen has been shuttling between the warring parties the u.n. wants to avoid an assault by the saudi a morality led coalition on the port city of the day there which lives on the red

sea south africa's president is pushing ahead with plans for the expropriation of land from white farmers without compensation cyril ramaphosa says the a.n.c. will try to amend the constitution with the support of the left wing economic freedom fighters supporters of congolese opposition leader and former warlords. are celebrating was convicted of war crimes and served ten years in prison in the hague but he was released on appeal in may now wants to run the long delayed elections scheduled for december. all one hundred three people on board a passenger plane that crashed and caught fire in northern mexico have survived emergency services say dozens of people needed hospital treatment but mostly for minor injuries is the stream now.

and the differences. and the similarities of cultures across the. al-jazeera. i untie me ok and you're in the stream and i'm really could be millions turned out to vote one day in zimbabwe is historic close run election day we ask what's next for the country post mugabe so tweet us a comment in the live chat and you too could be in the street. monday zimbabweans voted in the country's first election since former president robert mugabe was forced from power here without my god his name on the ballot voters had to choose from a field of twenty three counted.