four percent of the vote and other independents did manage to garner votes as well i'm interested in your opinion about how the president can move forward and in one respect perhaps at least on the surface distance himself from the military after what has happened in the run up to the elections and the violence that has or has gone on around that and how much of a hindrance that will be as he attempts to move forward and try to persuade a significant proportion of zimbabwe's population that he is the right man for the job and who don't believe that he should be in that office well if you noticed this morning he sent out a tweet that pretty much. told the world the statesman that he is first and foremost he said look he regrets the lives that are lost so those three people didn't need to die and secondly they'll be a full investigation of what transpired how did the soldiers or soldier.

should know live ammunition in a public place and thirdly is been saying look the opposition look we are opposition as far as politics is concerned but essentially we've seen we rise and fall together and zimbabwe it will only go all places if everybody who is the hand and back and ease the president of all not the president for his own appeal supporters only so in this election simply ask contesting after contesting we need to move forward and in bill rebuild zimbabwe. because we thought interrupting i wonder terribly sorry but time i'm afraid is against us but we really appreciate your time sir thank you very much indeed. appreciate it. nani's presidential election will go to a runoff after no candidate secured fifty percent of the vote the election commission announced provincial results with president even him global hawk winning forty one percent rival some ala seasick came second with seventeen percent

millions of people cast their ballots on sunday but the vote was marred by violence in thousands of polling stations and some election convoys were targeted by gunman one hundred dollars and barnacle with more. body has always seen its election and when you think you don't so that's your position has been gaining a lot of momentum going in the last couple of years remember. the opposition lost. those big rallies last basically by position parties have been able to force president to buy a bucket keep to withdraw from the constitutional amendment that he wanted to introduce so that was like a big win for the opposition party. and they built on the momentum coming up to the selection so my schooling the region you know i'm going to support through to him

not even that was surprising to many. of the president in many african countries has the advantage of stayed on stage influenced. by him a lot of people have been accused of using those means to to benefit. but but. not surprising it is building up to this vote and the honesty is not on our use of in the money they will go to the park and the expectation now we've got some of your pollution leaders particularly some of those candidates will support some mileage. if that happens on a wide scale maybe he will present a challenge to president obama and the work of peter. the health ministry of democratic republic of congo says it's identified the strain of a ball in the country's latest outbreak they say it's the zaire strain which has been successfully treated by a vaccine in the past an international team is in the town of beni in north kivu

where the outbreak was detected on wednesday twenty people are confirmed to have died from the disease and four others are ill warlords turned opposition politician and democratic republic of congo zhang pierre banda as lodge his application to run in the upcoming presidential election a former rebel commander arrived home on wednesday after eleven years in exile ten of them spent in prison catherine sawyer reports from the capital kinshasa john pierre bemba arrives at the electoral commission offices to submit his candidacy for president the last twenty four hours have been a whirlwind for him he's been heavily guarded by police to officials say his movement has been restricted he's not allowed to publicly address his supporters and the government has denied him access to a residential home in the suburb called in the capital city. the police are telling us that have been behind residents this is

a violation of his way he's come home and should be able to freely move around and leave where he wants the. kinshasa police commissioner is in charge of security arrangements he says all this is for his protection but they will not allow him to go to court which is also a presidential area so. the security missions have to be taken he's holding his very close to the president as it went into those and in secret he supporters crashed with the presidential guard and people we are trying to avoid anything like that happening again. and the electoral commission offices had to first register as a voter before filing his candidacy he's been away at the hague for the last decade was arrested in two thousand and eight in belgium for war crimes committed by his militia in central african republic between two thousand and two and two thousand and three he was then convicted to eighteen years in prison two years ago by the international criminal court that decision was over time on appeal in june but has

just finished the meeting. and to do this before a distraction next week some of the borders have been here all afternoon cheering him on down. on the commissioner's all of a vow to move forward to see. it took him hours to clear up with a commission and now he has to wait for a few more weeks to know for sure if he'll be on the ballot paper in december catherine soy al jazeera kinshasa. a struggling mining company in south africa says it's going to slash thirteen thousand jobs as a battles to stay afloat and impala platinum has seen violent protests in the past over pay it will cut its workforce in the city of rustenburg and it will reduce the number of mines operating there the government's criticized the decision calling the job cuts careless and reckless. but more ahead on the news hour including

cutting off the supply that helps keep alive israel stops fuel trucks entering the strip. all the way to the top a driver for a former argentine minister is the king to uncovering a corruption scandal. and in sports the wickets have been tumbling and bombing on which the first test between england and india is evenly poised after today's. satellite coalition in yemen has denied carrying out an airstrike and that killed at least twenty six people the strike hit a fishing port and a fish markets near the main hospital there who think rebels say fifty five people died meanwhile the u.n. special envoy for yemen is convening a round of talks in the latest bid to end the three year old civil war or so in jordan reports from the united nations the families of at least twenty six people

who day to yemen are now planning their funerals the victims were killed in a saudi coalition air strike near the hospital in the city center on thursday this as the u.n. special envoy for yemen announced he will host talks between the government and who think rebels in geneva on september sixth these consultations will provide the opportunity for the park use among other things to discuss the framework for negotiations to agree on relevant confidence building measures and specific plans for moving process forward griffith's argument keeping her data open to delivery of humanitarian aid to millions of yemenis is important but it's much more important to end the war the un's humanitarian aid she described just how bad the situation has become for ordinary people. three years of conflict have left two million people displaced from their homes eight point four million people do not know where

their next meal is coming from and the worst cholera outbreak in the world the card in yemen last year with one point one million cases. the humanitarian situation is indeed shocking both in scale and severity and these figures they represent a cold for urgent action the saudi coalition which backs the government of president abdulla robbo monsoreau hadi and iran which gives the who these military support are not invited to griffiths talks but they'll probably go to geneva to keep an eye on things and then there's the us under fire for giving military support to the saudi coalition and a critic of tehran support for the who these the us ambassador used her security council remarks not only to chastise iran for destabilizing yemen but also to send a message to riyadh about its air war against the who these we've hit a new day now in yemen and we've had a new sense of urgency and u.n. and that if this is what started to happen civilians are at risk infrastructure is

at risk but in the last three years at least ten thousand people have been killed in yemen another forty thousand injured the risk for civilians already a reality rosalyn jordan al-jazeera the united nations mohammad al huslia is the head of the fishermen's union in her data and he accuses the saudi led coalition of targeting civilians say that that. is the targeting of fishermen was not expected the poor and market were full of people and there was a massacre at least twenty five people were killed and forty others were injured we believe more fishermen were killed in the scene near the port fishermen were targeted by the coalition everywhere the gate of the hospital in the fishing port are not a military target and there was no military presence in the area normed men were around at all the targeting was aimed to spread fear and terror. hundreds of iranians have protested in at least five cities because they're angry at the state

of the economy iran's official news agency says the demonstrations were illegal and have been broken up by police iran's currency the reaal has hit record lows this week it's also lost on hof its value this year as concerns been building about the reimposition of u.s. sanctions they're going to start next tuesday has more from the capital to iran. but we're seeing these protests break out in the main cities about five or six different provinces the biggest demonstrations in the city of this fun and ensure rise now protests in iran have become relatively normal with the economic struggle that the country's been seeing for the past several months so dozens of people protesting in their cities in the towers in the villages is not something that generally makes the news but what we have seen in the last forty eight hours is dozens of protesters in a few pockets around the country turning into hundreds in main cities in multiple provinces and that's really what is interesting here we also saw or have heard

unconfirmed reports of small demonstrations yesterday and the day before in the capital but what is interesting is that about an hour outside of the capital in carriage there were a few dozen people to try to set fire to a mosque there were demonstrations there but the police who ordered that attempt to burn down a mosque what we're seeing is the number of protesters are swelling people who came out protesting economic conditions those slogans are now turning into more political chants and to government protesters are also coming out not just people protesting the economy and what we're also seeing now is a government effort to try and quell that as soon as possible there is a very large police presence out on the street not just in the capital to her on but in several places around the country and that's likely a response to a call by several anti-government media organizations based outside the country that have called for another round of protests to take place later today. russia says un peacekeepers have returned to the buffer zone between syria and the israeli

occupied golan heights for the first time since twenty fourteen that's when u.n. pulled out after forty five peacekeepers were kidnapped by al qaeda linked fighters syrian government forces say they have now regained control of all territory along the frontier after a six week military campaign against isolate fighters and other rebel groups as well however says it's carried out an air strike on thursday and i saw targets in the area moscow says it's going to deploy military police and set up monitoring posts to avoid any possible provocations israel's defense minister says he believes the front here will be quieter with president bashar al assad's rule restored. from our view the situation is returning to how it was before the civil war meaning there's a clear address someone responsible and a central forty israel's announced it's blocking fuel and gas supplies into the besieged gaza strip defense minister avigdor lieberman says fuel trucks won't be

allowed through the crossing it's in retaliation for palestinians using incendiary kites to set israeli land alight palestinians in gaza are already suffer frequent power cuts and rely on fuel to power generators. jordan's gas deal with israel still brings protesters to the streets two years after it was signed but they haven't been able to scrap the agreement construction of the pipeline has begun and is in a call to reports from amman it's not only the government action that's facing opposition . public opposition in jordan failed to stop this project work has begun on a sixty five kilometer pipeline which is supposed to start bringing gas from israel in early two thousand and twenty the jordanian government says the deal will save hundreds of millions of dollars a year critics disagree it's a waste of taxpayers' money to support terrorism. ten billion

dollars of taxpayers' money it can be invested in. a wide variety of. sources like solar energy. belongs to a movement called the enemies gaz is occupation which has been campaigning against the deal since it was signed in two thousand and sixteen for them it's not just about funding israel they don't want jordan to be linked economically to a country they don't trust. we are hostages of the israeli enemy it makes us vulnerable at any time they can just stop providing us with gas the demand for energy is only growing in jordan already it imports up to ninety five percent of its needs some forty percent will now be provided by israel in the next fifteen years our enemies occupation is one of many organizations involved in anti and normal isolation campaigns it's been over two decades since jordan signed a peace treaty with israel but that deal is still largely popular

a significant portion of jordan's population many of whom are palestinian refugees continue to resist efforts to promote ties with israel. some of the biggest protests in the arab world were held in the jordanian capital after u.s. president donald trump's decision to recognize jerusalem as israel's capital the kingdom rejected trump's decision and has been outspoken against what it calls israel's violations against holy sites in jerusalem this is part of the approach of the jordanian government. they say we cared about jerusalem then we signed because the they said we need you know for local consumption then the question is why don't you get. got thirty. or get from anywhere else the government however remains committed to the project despite criticism from the public and members of parliament who have still not seen

the terms and conditions of the agreement. man still ahead and al jazeera how spain's costa del sol is becoming costa del heatwave. why hundreds of fathers are holding a hunger strike in an immigration detention center in the u.s. . and in sports the italian champions had towards the new season with another win and with a fan favorites returning to the club. from dusky sunsets over the sprawling savannah. to sunrise atop an asian metropolis. welcome back as we look at the weather across southern and eastern parts of china and also taiwan you can see a circulation that is junk dari which was a tropical storm the top of the pression at one stage was

a typhoon it is now beginning to weaken but shanghai can see spent a very wet day during friday before the system moves inland and weakens quite considerably further serpentis showers around eastern parts of china some heavy rain so across northern parts of vietnam and through into laos we've had flooding here a thing that situation could get worse before it gets better and really no change for me i'm arsenic coastal areas seen some very heavy rain moving into southeastern parts of asia the philippines are looking quite wet at the moment all way from north to south but once you get to borneo weather conditions are looking pretty good and absence of rain over borneo i haven't been able to report that very often find across much of java and bali and blome book and then threw them on a plane and sumatra weather conditions are looking pretty good but once you get up into thailand and certainly for bangkok look at those going to be quite wet at times there's a lot of very wet weather across northeastern parts of south asia india in the eastern states of india also for bangladesh and india nepal for the west looks

brighter in delhi with highs here of thirty four. the weather sponsored by cattle and me's. when diplomacy fields and fear sweeps in our borders are wide open wide open to drugs terrorists we've proven the barriers are built to impose division and it's ill to sixteen's instead of being an obstacle to a toll east's into became another obstacle to peace in a four part series al jazeera revisits the reasons for divisions in different parts of the world and the impact they have on both sides walls of shame on al-jazeera. challenge your perception ethiopia's economy has grown at a faster rate than any other african country fearless journalism look at sirens were heard here is that is indication of just how close the fighting groundbreaking documentary is debates and discussion just six months ago we were at the brink of a whole al-jazeera show world winning programs take you on

a journey around the globe. only on al-jazeera. you're watching all jazeera reminder of our top stories this hour emerson money has been declared the winner of zimbabwe's presidential election with just over fifty percent of the vote it's the first time since independence that robert mugabe has no it's been on the ballot but the opposition m.d.c. alliance says it rejects the result and it'll challenge it in court. the saudi led coalition in yemen has denied carrying out an airstrike on hard data that killed at

least twenty six people who think rebels say fifty five people died meanwhile the. and special envoy for yemen is convening a round of talks in the latest bid to end the three year old civil war. hundreds of iranians angry at the state of the economy have protested in at least five cities iran's currency has hit record lows this week has lost two and half its value this year is concern builds about the reimposition of u.s. sanctions. the white house says it's ramping up efforts to stop foreign interference in the twenty eighteen mid-term elections in one shuttle appearance the white house press briefing room senior intelligence and law and order office shows insisted they are better prepared to deal with anyone trying to influence voters or attack election software unofficial reports. to sixty the new and is the big piece of intelligence gathering and law enforcement in the u.s. in an unshared jeweled appearance they arrived in the white house press briefing

room to insist they were better prepared to combat foreign interference in the upcoming u.s. midterm elections the president has specifically directed us to make the. matter of the election meddling securing our election process a top priority just days ago facebook revealed it had removed fake profiles and pages from its platform and instagram which it also warns the head of the f.b.i. says this shows greater partnership we're sharing with them actionable intelligence in a way that wasn't happening before we understand better what they need they're sharing information back with us based on what they find this white house is particularly sensitive to reports of foreign interference given the ongoing investigation into alleged russian collusion with the trump campaign before the twenty sixteen presidential election and the growing number of intelligence assessments that see when it comes to interference the russians are at it again donald trump says he

raised the issue during his summit with vladimir putin in finland he just said it's not russian but there is concern that this time around it might not just be the russians our democracy itself is in the crosshairs free and fair elections are the cornerstone of our democracy and it has become clear that they are the target of our adversaries all of those on the platform say they are not seeing the same level of attacks on the twenty eighth. that they witnessed two years ago but that election is still three months away alan fischer al-jazeera at the white house drug administration is seeking to scrap even more environmental regulations is setting its sights on fuel efficiency standards for american cars and trucks activists are warning that this is going to be bad for both consumers and the planet rob reynolds has more from los angeles. the proposals would freeze fuel efficiency at the level mandated for twenty twenty discarding higher standards that

would have gone into effect in two thousand and twenty five the standards were negotiated between the obama administration and the auto industry environmentalist say the move would cost consumers money harmed public health and increase climate changing emissions rolling back or or freezing feeling kind of mean and and weakening pollution standards for cars will drive up oil consumption it will drive up climate pollution the real winner in that scenario is the oil industry because they'll be selling more product to consumers taking money out of their pockets and out of their communities and into the pockets of big oil as part of its reasoning the trumpet ministration said better fuel mileage would make driving cheaper so people would drive more resulting in more accidents logic that puzzled many transportation experts the white house spokesperson brushed aside reporters' questions about the emission rule changes were simply open enough for a comment period and will make

a final decision at the end of the. postals would directly target california which for decades has had the power to impose efficiency standards over and above the federal standard the new rules if approved would strip the state of that privilege many other states follow the california standard california governor jerry brown called the effort to weaken the emission standards quote a reckless scheme a betrayal and an assault on the health of americans everywhere california officials are promising an all out legal battle with the trumpet ministration over fuel efficiency standards a fight that could go all the way to the u.s. supreme court robert oulds al jazeera los angeles. over five hundred fathers are holding a hunger strike in an immigration detention center in the u.s. state of texas the khans county residential center currently houses hundreds of newly reunited migrant families according to races and advocacy and legal services

group the father's a striking to urge the government to expedite their cases u.s. president donald trump has been forced to end his zero tolerance family separation policy last month that made public outcry the us immigration and customs enforcement agency has reiterated it stands on hunger strikes saying in general ice fully respects the rights of all people to voice their opinion without interference ice does not retaliate in any way against hunger strikers ice explains the negative health effects of not eating detainees for their health and safety ice closely monitors the food and water intake of those detainees identified as being on a hunger strike jennifer falken is communications director at the races organization and she says the striking fathers are in limbo leaving them desperate . i think that it's absolutely devastating that these bothers feel like this is their only. way to have their voices heard at this point some of them have been to

university three months while seeking asylum in reno that's a violation of international and domestic law. i think it's absolutely devastating that even the sons are participating in this strike in their own way by not participating in school activities throughout the day they have asked us to share their stories and we have definitely advocated on their behalf and shared some of those clips with the public and definitely got their story out to media so let people understand that while there were families reunify and release there are still families in family detention here in the united states and there are also families who have not be banned from united yet in the u.s. a london rapper who was cleared of murder earlier this year has been stabbed to death known by his stage name incognito the twenty three year old was part of the drill rap scene that's a style of music known for violent lyrics it could lead to recently agree that the

zoner was responsible for the rise in gang violence in london two well known french rappers have been arrested along with nine members of their own two others before as a mosque brawl that all the airports in the paris level artists and callous clashed in a judy free shop in the departure lounge in an incident filmed by fellow passengers on the cell phones that forced the template of the closure of a tunnel one delaying several flights. at least twelve people have been arrested in argentina in connection with a multi-million dollar corruption scandal dating back to one christina was president the case centers around eight detailed notebooks kept by a driver who worked for a once powerful minister kosta has been ordered to testify by a federal judge has more from want to set his. this the investigators believe is only the beginning with politicians and several leading

business people arrested in a corruption scandal they say involves millions of dollars and threatens to reach the very top. investigation centers around this man. a former driver for the number two in the planning ministry in the governments of both nestor and christina kitchener the movie that they get out she has been summoned for questioning he died in two thousand and ten argentines a still coming to terms with the news it seems everyone is involved here i don't know if the businessmen share the same responsibility f. the politicians maybe the politicians are more to blame but it is overwhelming we are already tired of all this anymore we need time to do an evaluation this is still very volatile it's still difficult to know what still means. officers have been searched in vehicles seized all as they usually do have denied the charges or refused to comment the driver kept detailed accounts of the trips he made over many

years delivering sacks of cash to the presidential residence and the private kitchen the home as well as to business leaders allegedly paying to seal big public works contracts are. also implicated is the former planning and public investment minister who you are the veto confidant of nestor kitchener and already in custody on other corruption charges some say that this could be as big as the car wash scandal in neighboring brazil that sucked in business leaders and politicians from right across the political spectrum this scandal threatens to undermine the argentine population space and institutions which they already have little regard. whether cyrus now in the philippines is not unusual for disgraced leaders to stage political comebacks with the help of whoever is currently in power rights groups say judges and corruption watchdogs are persecuted when they call out bearing officials smile and organs been speaking to the outgoing but the country's struggle

against corruption in government. look i those unfamiliar with philippine politics might find it strange that a former head of state becomes house speaker much less a former public official who has been detained and charged with punter but that's exactly what happened with former president gloria macapagal arroyo when she staged a coup during president to de good at their distinctive diminishing address last week. another former president joseph is charged with spore sibly removed from office in two thousand and one he was later detained and convicted of plunder but pardoned him and he's now mayor of the capital manila it may seem like a dizzying political circus but comebacks like these are not uncommon here. in one thousand nine hundred eighty six the family of the late dictator president for didn't marcus fled the philippines after

a popular uprising. they were charged with corruption and human rights abuses but decades later they are back in power former first lady imelda marcos is now a congresswoman her daughter i mean a governor and her son bongbong became senator and even ran for the vice presidency . all of them have one thing in common they are now allies of president de go to tear to. one of the churches that main campaign promises to rootless the fight corruption in government but many observers believe the territory is attacking institutions meant to keep checks and balances like the ombudsman the former and goods man could cheat a carpenter morales had five cases against high ranking officials despite threats against herself and her family and her office was even investigating members of detectives family over allegations of accumulating illegal wealth to terror to

threatened to have her impeached i didn't take it sitting down i thought back you see we president oh was saying that i am correct that i should shut up so i have to answer back i was just doing what was expected of me being corrupt i'm sorry to disappoint him i am not corrupt her retirement is seen by many here as the end of efforts to punish corrupt leaders this is really been deliberately assaulting the institutions that are in place the democracy itself is the philippine government denies all this in his recent state of the nation speech the third just says he had to fire friends due to corrupt.