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to welcome the 76 year old back of thousands. more like the streets to catch a glimpse of him. but security is tight across the city, police using pig and live fire to disperse large crowds supporters. the former history professors served as ivory coast presidents per decade until 2010. when he was defeated by current leader and a son, what a ha. but he refused to accept the result leading to a 4 month civil war, which killed at least $3000.00 people. a year later, he was captured in a bunker by un and french backed forces behavior. the 1st former had a state to go and trial at the international criminal court on charges of crimes against humanity. but what was acquitted in 2019 and has been living in brussels since his release in the same year. and ive oriend court sentenced him in absent for to 20 years in prison for looting the central bank. although he is still very popular at home, there is a chance it could be arrested. i'm going to draw says more from joe that is

supporting buses in buses, on cars, on motorcycle moving towards the headquarters, just 500 meters away from where we are now. and then the support is that telling us they are going to party all night in the middle of the site month. you also hear anger, you hear about frustration. you also hear about the possibility of challenging the party in power to clear, is that or is back home 10 years after and the process of recourse, elation probably could take longer than expected. a lot of people and it will be done by the way, expected return could lead for a form of reconciliation. and john, in the morning this afternoon and continuing into tonight,

is that mr. lauren will have a very, very difficult task at reuniting a country. many people wards, how will he rico deposit which is now divided and then that will give them an indication of whether or not this is the right person to leave the reconciliation in ivory coast. but this is a deeply divided and actions on the street today. the point to a very, very deeply, wide and ivory course for the last decade, i'd reconciling i bought it, but it looks like the government didn't take extra effort profit. so largely civil society organizations and victims have organized themselves to try to find out what happened. and like one of the person of mister motors bubble told me in an interview that everybody in this country 1st,

everybody has been it's only supporters of the holding party who are then built position. everybody in this country will be other now also people are still very, very angry, missing from his pocket in the supported engine with the president and his party, the government especially providing enough security and not allowing thousands of proposals of bubble into the app would come in there was that they could be generate and nobody knows exactly what the support of it. i guess that's why the security forces prevented sizes and bring that into the airport. now the one on the street, if i be done like this tonight, with so much presence of security forces, they want to make sure the things don't get out of that. no, it's important for what will happen in the next one. we could do one

impersonal why this country, but at the time for the time the, the temperature in obviously many other parts of ivory coast is very, very high. a lot of people really, really scared the things to get out of their doctors, that director of the geneva center for africa, security and strategic studies. insurances lie from dweller in cameroon. thanks so much for being with us. i wanted to go back to why long by boys is returning at this point. why now? correct. that's a very good question. a lot of, you know, i've been expecting to return to the course since the medic where he was found. we did, you know, by the international criminal court of 2019. but as you know, they have been difficulties in the government given him to court on the basis that

even though he was acquitted, he's to fit these charges in either cause or corruption. embezzlement. so i think it's a very strategic period for him to return, especially at the time when the support for the government is deeply divided after the president runs from provincial election, which was seen by there was issues as been the constitution of 2016. so we'll get to see what will happen now that the wrong part was been allowed to drive because he's now in would be, which is john the headquarters of his political party, the front booklet for you. so let me see what would happen, you know, at this time, it suddenly you mentioned that the charges against him in, in ivory coast. how likely is it that he would serve any sentence for that? it was, i understand it was that they charge him for looting. the central bank is of course,

you remember that you know, these, you know, have not been, you know, these are just tragic. they've not been proven the korean both men of the time, you know the, the accused of crimes against humanity, responsibility for the kid over 3000 people during the cale happening 2010 because he has been acquitted by the icpc leave. the court government is pressing for these charges with these i because you know, and so many supporters i've seen the as a way of silence. seen he's political beaches if he does have one. but, you know, we're here to see if there are any, you know, how to demonstrate that beat. indeed, you know what this was, but for now you don't see missing the, the court has made a decision that he should be allowed to come in. because because he's now 3 months, i think a lot of talk about reconciliation. are there any practical measures for making

that happen in ivory coast? i think the difficulty not, especially for the victims, is who are responsible for these crime against humanity. and you know, for the kidneys, if indeed long has been up to you thought been that in a situation where to where each learn bible is now by the icpc. then i think the responsibility for the disease to be able to find out who actually committed these crimes. and there's some court saying that you know, the governments of the day and what should also be held responsible for some of these plans. but again, you know, it comes down to how the political party react if he decides to go the other way. that is, you know, to, to press for, you don't say that he's completely, you know, saying, and he wants to run for presidency or he wants to continuously to korea. you know,

we may see a lot of tension within the next few days or weeks. so that way, you know, give some kind of, you know, the re reconciliation period very difficult. what we want to see is, you know, putting himself into the common little spring koreans together. but from what i see that be very challenging in days or weeks. david, to thank you very much for your thoughts on subject. thank you. now, just hours until polls open, there are concerns that few iranians will cast their ballot for president. the suggestions turn out could be low, with many voters disillusioned after several candidates were blocked from running. the conservative head of the judiciary abraham racy is widely seen as the front runner, with support from hard liners was the result is chief of the revolution regard. dubbed the perennial candidate, he's run and last 4 times already. i mean hussein as he's a day,

how show me is the youngest candidates at 50 years old. and the deputy parliamentary speaker and of the lesser humanity is the former central bank governor. eating opponents to paint him is responsible for iran economic was he support for nuclear deal with western powers? and as i said, big reports from tehran, economic concerns could be a major factor on the streets of iran. there's one topic that everyone is talking about, the economy hit by some of the toughest sanctions iran has ever seen. as well as what some believe is government mismanagement, the coven pandemic has caused the economy to plummet further in 2019 the country. so widespread demonstrations after a fuel price, like, according to the iranian government, more than $200.00 people were killed in violence, the still unrest, but it's not limited to fuel prices. the muslim or goods we sell our basic necessities since last year. prices of some items have gradually increased by 30 to

50 percent pastor noodles salad dressings, junior tomato paste. everything you can imagine has had a 30 to 40 percent price rise in just $1.00. yeah. iranian cough. it's a famous around the world. but even this trade has been hit hard hello long. they blame it on many reasons, but usually it's the sanction we have to live, but we're struggling economically. certainly the main reason is the sanction. but management has a significant role to the new president will have an uphill challenge when it comes to the economy. when i'm sure was good with the power roman. the chronic problem with always faced is inflation. it's always been high in the past decade was 40 percent on average. we had to inflation shocks in the last 4 to 5 years. inflation in the short term, could be controlled by interest rates, which in turn leads to recession. we can't continue going on with the card 40 percent inflation anymore. the government should phillips budget deficit and

implement reforms. the size of fair on many people earn less than $150.00 a month. the woods here have adverts for laborers, usually paying less than the minimum wage on getting every dog and the cost of living is very high. it's very difficult. people have many problems, rents, and other miseries. you don't know whether to pay to rent or do shopping. only god helps us. officials should think about us renters, the youth and their future. i just feel ashamed when i can buy something for my kid a times. i can't really buy what i want for her. that cannot be, conditions are very bad. the price of cooking oil used to go up once a year, but cooking or butter went up $4.00 times. last year. we can, we can meet, our condition wasn't good, but it wasn't very bad either. now, i can't buy butter ortiz, i expect from the new government to make goods cheap in this poor neighbourhood. some still hope things can change its working class areas like this one across iran

. the establishment relies on fritz core support and the working class standard of living must be improved if the new president is there any sort of success? i said big i just, there are there on do i have i skype from london actually ensure he's senior lecturer in middle east politics and international relations at the university of bradford. thanks very much for being with us. so the expectation seems to be for fairly low turnout. do think that's going, that's going to be the case. you know, he's extremely difficult to do independent polls or surveys in iran because of the obvious political conditions. but when you look at actually any other indicate is that you can actually almost research. and he said up, we're going to have the record low, 10 out tomorrow. figured amy in the presidential election. i was looking at actually the global media coverage of the union election today. and i think that a lot of commentators i've been talking about obviously,

but actually i don't think what we see at the moment in the wrong is about political apathy or indifference. what we see at the moment in the wrong as the report clearly suggest it is not apathy. i don't think people tend to fort to be apathetic. i mean, obviously he's about indifferent. i think people are extremely dissolution with the political system. and more importantly, there are disillusioned with the government because it seems that they have realized that despite actually what a lot of presidential candidates actually claim and promise in the end when we do look at your petite of uranium political system, there is a limit to what the president can do in the end entirely up to the supreme leader. i'm the on elective organs like our gc connected to his office. and the sign in sheet attending out being conduct the electro pause. they have decided to use

kind of the power in a very kind of seem bullet manner. use it kind of just shit by, by cutting the election. so i genuinely don't think this should be interpreted as they call it pacific move. it should be interpreted as a symbolic just to bike with the election to send a very clear message to the political system that people are frustrated with economy mismanagement. people are frustrated with adventures in the foreign policy which has led to a lot of sanction. i'm so many other difficulties that are affecting almost every facets of life on databases in iran. so if the live supposedly the front runner is abraham racy, if, if indeed, he does take over as president. what will let mean in terms of the attempt to restart the nuclear deal? you know, 1st and foremost, please bear in mind that abraham bracy was

a kind of key figures for the mass execution of political prisoners in the late 19 eighties being that in iran, until recently, he really did not have a political puerto fire. he was mainly active in india to digital system. and at the same time or that all you yes, there has been some room is that actually brought him right? if this then to be the new supreme leader of iraq. and without any doubt, he's save it by the supreme vida, the hard line is on i r g c. all that, all. i don't see actually the president how much will 40 over major foreign policy issues, particularly when it comes to iranian kind of nuclear negotiation with the rest. what if he comes to power? probably we are more likely to see that kind of further concentration of power

by r g c and the hard line is not elected. the organs is probably an obviously, that's going to have a major reflection on that iranian foreign policy. it seems that even now, even over the last 6 or 7 months, the supremely the have given the green light for negotiation. and that's why didn't she, she is still going on because they have realized that the no longer can continue with this regime of fashion. so regardless of who comes to power off the tomorrow election, i think the negotiation process will go ahead what, what we're going to see as the new feature iranian foreign policy. you've been connected to the change of political landscape in iran with the arrival him. right? you see in the presidential candidate,

we're going to see further him was an eviction that offer elaine in political landscape, even that superficial division of power that existed from time to time between the reform it and the hard line. it's no longer going to this. i'm a radical audience like i r g c. we talk of the big active in the foreign policy domain. probably have more flexibility to do what they like to do. so if he gets elected, we're going to see a very different for you that has both in terms of what's happening inside iran and more certainly what's happening outside on when it comes to iranian foreign policy. and that includes that uranian missile program, uranium position iraq. you're in your position in yemen, hearing and position in live on cetera, et cetera. you seem to be, if you change your political ask actually i thank you very much indeed for your

thoughts on sunday. thank you. so to come on the news hour the darkest day in the panoramic trough, dennis on record $101.00 current of our death in one day with a warning hospital is comp codes that mean mar, village, burned to the ground by government. troops reportedly after residence fought back against military rule and withdrawing from wimbledon. tennis, don name is a soccer, pulls out of another grand slam because of her mental health. ah, i've got it on record. it's highest number of korean virus death in one day. since the pandemic began with a group warning, the situation in the country is spiraling out of control. 101 people in the past day died with the international committee of the red cross saying cases of written 2400 percent in the past month. hospitals are already full in many areas with

oxygen supplies, running out less than half a percent of the population has been fully vaccinated. so fall dr. neela but mother as is president of the afghan red crescent. and she told us about the difficulties facing us kinda sounds. pandemic response. first at the eastern part was head and slowly not, not slowly but it quickly after that. it is all over the country, almost cobalt, with its 4500000 population is really and very big shortage rehab. and fortunately, not received an oxygen plants on time and that was another big problem currently do. oxygen shortage is huge. a little bit under control by the ministry of public sheltered cells. unfortunately, our national partners have to bring on time. japan as now says

easing current of ours restrictions. one months before the limit games are due to start from is so you she does, through the us as a state of emergency will be lifted in tokyo and other areas. but in this place, the government will bring in what's being called across the state of emergency. it will limit the sale of alcohol. and as far as the restrooms is really watch, it serv rated an empty training camp belonging to the military wing of hamas in the north of the gaza strip. israeli army says it was in response to the flying of incendiary balloons, which is as linked to $5.00 and $8.00 fields in 7 israel. the resumption of the balloon attacks triggered as strikes early on wednesday in the 1st fare up of violence since a ceasefire followed 11 days of fighting last month. hong kong, largest pro democracy newspaper has warned that press freedom is hanging by a thread of to 5 of its executives were arrested on china's national security law.

police rated apple daddy's newsroom for the 2nd time in 10 months, accusing it of colluding with what the government calls foreign enemies to hom, china. adrian brown has more from hong kong. the office of hong kong is most popular newspaper, one small a crime scene. in an operation involving up to 500 police journalists will order to leave the newsroom while their computers were examined. fi the executives were arrested, including the papers editor in chief ryan law. all were taken by police from their homes during early morning rates. there suspected of being involved in the publication of articles that encouraged foreign countries to impose sanctions and hong kong. the suspects have been arrested on strong evidence that they are conspiring to endanger national security. the action is taken

against the criminals who make use of journalistic work as a tool to further their criminal activities. the newspapers own jimmy lie was arrested and charged under a new national security last year that followed a previous raid on the apple daily lie is serving a 20 month jail term for taking part in unauthorized assemblies. in may police prose, more than $64000000.00 in assets belonging to lie. and on thursday, for 2000000 more belonging to 3 companies linked to apple daily. the papers known for its often strong criticism of china's government mixing pro democracy discourse with celebrity gossip. when the national security law was imposed on hong kong, almost a year ago, the territories chief executive carried said it would only effect a small number of people. since then, almost a 100 people have been arrested and more than 60 charged including leaders of

what's left of the pro democracy movement here. lamb says that that law has ended months of calles here and restored stability. and stability is what china's leaders want most right now as the ruling communist party repairs demarc. it's $100.00 anniversary. adrian brown, al jazeera hong kong. the army in nepal is using helicopters to rescue people, stranded by a flash flooding in the foothills of the himalayas. and these one person has died, and 7, still missing after rivers burst the banks following 3 days of monsoon reign, chambers, robbing as well. the monsoon comes to nepal. every year. farmers rely on heavy rains to revitalize rivers and their crops. but no flesh floods and landslides made worse due to the loose soil from past earthquake.

for people living in the foothills of the himalayas, the perils of the wet season have only just begun. yet to think about making a new start all the riches that we are in lion. that house which is now covered in mud and it's not accessible. we don't have anything now, not a thought about way to go and how to go. the soldiers have been air lifted in and have rescue dozens of people, but many more remain at risk. and since paul chuck, district and heavy rains are expected to continue for at least the next 2 days, the situation is being compared to an earthquake 6 years ago. i gotta do on monday . this flush flood is attributed to heavy rainfall and upper lying areas. incessant rainfall and movement of masses underneath the glaciers. trend down hill, these have dumped into low lying areas. here. we suspect it's a glacial outburst. survivors are streaming in to make shift shelters more are likely to come. what took away our land properties and all the documents of value.

our family a form must survive either by doing labor or any other means of the conditions. go back to normal. villagers traditionally go to the highlands this time of year to escape the summer heat with climate change and soil erosion from urban development have made the impact of seasonal rains more severe every year. more than $200.00 people died during the pause, monsoons last year. and a season that once symbolized the renewal of life is now associated with hardship. and then basra of the year the un is again said the human rights situation in min more is deteriorating and fast. it comes as the violence following the qu continues videos posted on social media. so most of the vintage, just kinda in my gray region to the ground, going to just say government troops, 5 guns at them before burning nearly all 200 homes and cattle on tuesday.

meanwhile, the current national defense force, one of the regional groups ranged against the military, says fighting in kaya state has started again. tens of thousands of people have fled the state, taking refugee camps scattered across the regions, forests, and attorney chang reports my homes on, on the time me and my border. there are concerns. camps are running short of food and diseases spreading. this is some of the a that's been hastily pulled together by a current organization and be sent across the border. and to me, whereas thought more than a 100000 people, the sheltering from fighting with very little shelter themselves and very little food or drinking water. they've got blankets here to protect them from the cold rain jackets. it's the monsoon season, the water medicine and here food up at the front, but also big plastic buckets for storing water and the cooking pulse because they think those people are going to be there for some time. there has been some sea

spas announced in certain areas, but many people are reluctant to return home. those that have found bodies lying in the streets where they were shot. many houses destroyed by heavy artillery fires set by me and mommy and a lot of people are concerned that what they're saying now is a repeat of what the mommy did in the 1990 is when they conduct to the policy of sports or thing the car, ready out of their homes, burning everything behind them and forcing them across the border into thailand. the news from london still ahead boldly going where no chinese astronaut has been before the 3 men now in residence, in the country's 1st space station. and after another's numbers, kasicoda euro 2020 boxes tell player to respect the sponsors that's coming up with foreign ah

hello. there are clear skies and sunshine continue to dominate for central and north eastern areas of europe as we move towards the weekend. but for the west, it's still a very wet picture, the heat is still there, but that rash of histones continues running from portugal into spain, france as well, and the british, i'll see some of that wet weather. we see a flash flooding in madrid. we could see more where those thunder re downpours tend to be heavier and last longer. but as you go to saturday, what a weather system working its way in bringing some of that wet weather to ireland and norway will see those thunderstorms as they work their way up north. so wet weather on the way, but centrally look about sunshine, clear skies coming through for germany, for austria and poland. and if we look at the temperature over.