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charges, zombie amone's, the death of its founding president kenneth cohen regarded as one of the fathers of african independence, this is really, really, really important moment in our history. the u. s. president urges americans to learn from history the signs a law creating a federal holiday to commemorate the end of slavery. i welcome to a program, iranians around voting to pick the next president. supreme leader tele alley. harmony was the 1st to vote. it's a critical time for leadership changes. negotiations continue over the future of the nuclear deal and the possible lifting of us functions. but there are concerns, voter turnout will be low wealth with several candidates dropping out at the last minute. 4 people are left buying for the top job. abraham racy is widely seen as

the front runner. he's the head of the judiciary and houses of hard liners, most in reza e is a former chief of the revolutionary god, and he's a critic of the 2050 nuclear deal. he's one last 4 times before. and the youngest candidate is a mere hoss and guess these are the hash, me who's the deputy speaker of parliament, and those are the nasa him auntie, the former governor of iran central bank, where dorothy barbie joins us live now from the rainy and capital. so the fund run at this stage, abraham racy, he's back by the hotline is a done deal. he's going to win. well, you know, there are iranian politics are very hard to predict, to from the voters that i've been speaking to here at this mosque pull at pulling station. the ones that have told me who they are voting for. i've only heard one name and that is abraham, right. you see the 60 year old, of course, if he is elected as iran, 13 president will be the 1st person who is currently under

e u. sanctions as well as the united states sanction. there is a lot a state here because the country has really suffered tremendously over the past 8 years. many of the people i spoke to in the line up while the standing in line to vote. they told me the main issue they have right now is very economy. most of them told me they're living below the poverty line. and that is why they have come here today to cast a ballot trying to make a change within the government to see if that will help their day to day lives and also. so what are the broader issues then the voters are concerned about and will turn out? are we expecting well, for the population really, the economy is the only issue that concerns them. their day to day living their wages, their real has plummeted over 80 percent in the past 8 years since donald trump took office in 2017 and the maximum pressure campaign began on iran after they

withdrew from that nuclear deal. the voter turnout is specifically important issue because there is a lot of voter apathy. many people i spoken to say that they are not convinced that a different president will be able to turn around the country's economy. there is a lot of different factors involved, one being the us sanctions that have been imposed on iran since the us withdrew from that you clear deal? the president can the presidential candidates right now? the front runner is both abraham racy, and i'm not sure how much you say that they are not against the nuclear deal. so the negotiations in vienna will continue, regardless of who we see become iran, 13 president. it's a matter of when that will come into play. there was an economist i spoke to yesterday who said that the entire countries, economic community is on stand by waiting to trigger a number of deals that will take place. as soon as that nuclear deal is signed in vienna. so there is a sense that that deal will be as sealed in the coming months. and what happens

here today will certainly be important, but will not change the faith of the ongoing negotiations and vienna. all right, i feel such a live person in toronto, so thank you. let's bring in mohammed islamic. he's a political research, it joins us by skype from tehran. i'm good to have you back. so let's talk 1st then if we can about abraham, right? you see, we know he's a protege of the supreme leader. he's got the support of the hard liners. it's a done deal then that he's going to win. we should, we should wait until the end of it actually, you know, the rent in our department. we are going to do all the last election the election, the result that it comes with the waiting day patients before the election. so yes, it seems that this is going to become the next president was

a result. and why is this election mohammed so important to the islamic republic? i mean, many people believe that the next president is likely to become the new supreme leader. how much of a change would that be for the power structure in the country? the next president, we call the next to the leader by the bus with the how many he so he was, he was credited probably could be wrong, and then he became his next meter. so. so i think that he can be a model who can be there, but i'm not sure about a mama. just talk to us about what are the issues that matter to the voters. i mean, the economy as a jabari was saying they have been crippled by sanctions imposed by the trump administration. iran's been badly hit by the corona virus pandemic. so what ordinary people, one from this election,

in order for mr. had several honey supported negotiations. we think community so to check the rules to international. busy community in order to get some benefit on ocean, but they haven't had a good experience from those are changing to another or you all moving arrive, but you need those internal power. and in general, so at the all thinking about the economy. but we are thinking about the economy and economy will go factors just to final thought you mohammed in terms of the big, broader picture. how will the international community be viewing these elections? i mean, ron and the signature is to the j. c. p. o, a. the iran knew that deal back currently and talks in vienna is the new kid, the,

the key diplomatic focus for the country. you know that the on the moon, the shade by borders are needed. so, so the genetic guarantee do not expect that much changes in your home by the changing of the president, by the president can have all the facts on shaking the football team or boarding other burgers. for example, changing mr. varied for 5 minutes. so in the big picture, the do not expect change but, but think about the details would be the moment of let me try to get your thoughts . thank you very much. indeed for talking to us now, 10 years after being expedited for war crimes, former ivory coast president of the wrong bank book has returned home. he was tried and acquitted of crimes against humanity. the charges baked back to 2010. when he

refuse to concede defeat after presidential election, well that spark months of violence. if it's not clear, he return would bring reconciliation or renew tensions. often address reports from amazon elated crowds finally get a peak buckle as he touches down in our b junk airport. to them, he's a hero coming home to the ivory coast after a decade in exile. but many of us consider him a war criminal. not far from felix who had bony airport st field with talking to a gas report of gunshot as police clear area for mike was told that they are stopping us from going to the airport to receive their president. we who want reconciliation. they have been mistreating us since this morning. anger approached from the street. why was party the 40 and popular front dance you but not us through yesterday we came out of the council ministers meeting and the

spokesperson for the government indicated very clearly that the government no longer had any active privation of gatherings, which we are sales to the level of organization have never been told. we are surprised that the moment people who are about to welcome the president, our guest in the strait with tear gas for my history professor, has been a device if the guy in the west african nation. he served as president from 2002. he was defeated by a rival of a son or tara in 2010. when i bought a few starks up the result crowd march through, i'll be gone. by march, the crisis escalated into a full military conflict between forces loyal to bubble and water supporters. although the war was brief, more than 3000 people, perished. bubble was found by government forces hiding in a bunker. yeah, he's who he was arrested, exiled and handed over to the international criminal court to try acquitted of all

kinds in 2019. he still faced challenges at home after the government charged immunization to 2 decades in prison for stealing funds from the central bank. one prison water has allowed for both return at least many questions about the role he may take in politics and reconciliation for the victims of the wall that will bring the the existing divisions in too much clearer sight. i think. the the, the party oblong by body f p. i has been divided down the middle ever since his arrest in 2010. and there is a need for sort of an internal hopefully dialogue, but at least some kind of reckoning within the f b. i party in relation to the ruling party and their supporters. you know, there's been a sustained critique that allison water hasn't really taken national reconciliation seriously enough. but before questions there will be celebrations from

a strong base of supporters is return is touted as an important step to heal old words. and i guess i don't know how much more reconciling. i typically divided many more to to see if the realize that could be one to 100. 3, cause i was never say considering his long absence and give distrust among many a party of that job. shouldn't be left to the former president and all the rest. i'll be your israel says it's fighter jets loan stand strikes on garza targeting how sites it says that was in response to incent, re balloons being sent off into southern israel for a 3rd day. if the latest escalation in fighting putting pressure on a sci fi between israel and hamas that came into effect almost a month ago, the you effective date on israel's foreign minister,

have discussed by phone what's been described as practical ways to improve israeli palestinian relations. the us state department says anthony blink and, and the lap he'd also discussed, regional issues including iraq was also to come here and i'll just, they are including obamacare is span the u. s. supreme court rejects and i thought to kill, be help can or preserved medical insurance familiar, cholera and cobra. 19 the u and warns of a humanitarian crisis in haiti as the need for food and medical help grow smart statements. ah, ah, it's time for the journey to winter sponsored by kettle airways. hello there, hot to dry and unsettled conditions. continue to dominate much of the middle east. we had

a temperature record set in oman. temperature rising above 51 degrees celsius. but things have cooled slightly. we've got a wind blowing down, bringing those temperatures down and musket. we'll see the temperature sitting in the mid thirty's as we go into fat today. but it's a very dry picture. the shema wind blowing down. that's going to kick up a lot of dust and hazy sunshine. those strong gusts of wind felt in kuwait in guitar and the u. a. but as i said, it's a very dry picture. if there is any rain, it'll be in the west in areas of yemen. and as we hop across to africa, we have showers brewing across the e. c o p, and rift valley. but much of the storm action is going to be across the central african republic into cameroon. and nigeria, seeing some of that wet weather, but up in the north and in the south, it's a much dry, a picture. as we move to southern africa, plenty of sunshine around for cape town, 20 degrees there. that will be some wet weather as we go into next week. but it's

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the me welcome back a cricket mind about top stories here on our 0, iranians are out and voting to pick their next president. they have a choice between 4 candidates. the conservative head of the judiciary. abraham racy is widely seen as a front runner, with support from the hotline, from ivory coast president. the wrong bank has returned home 10 years after being expedited for war crimes. he was later acquitted by the international criminal court. but it's not clear his return will. he will renew tensions in the country. zambia has announced 3 weeks of morning after the death of its 1st president kenneth cohen has died. at the age of 97. he was considered one of the fathers of african independence and that is country for 27 years. calendar champion, the continents fight against apartheid and h i. v. aids are tough as boy on his life and politics. it was 1954, zambia gaines independence on britain for many who were there. it was

a time for new beginning. people had high expectations from zambia, the 1st president kenneth calendar. it was an exciting time as one by one liberation movements in africa, gained independence from the colonial masters colon the rules ambia for nearly 3 decades in what was effectively a one party state. as life got tougher for the poor. many became frustrated and angry. some blamed the struggling economy on colon, the socialist policies. as his puppy, that as he waned zombie and had had enough off the 27 years and power that be as founding father was defeated at the polls. then he did something that still very ray in africa. he accepted the seat and willingly stepped down. he had been forth from the political arena through the ballot box, but he didn't disappear in the years that followed. he had a troubled relationship with subsequent zambian government. at one point he was a keys approaching a coo and they had to fight to retain his ambient citizenship. in quarter. later,

he became very much the eldest statesman, engaged in human charities, and gradually winning back the trust and affection of me in his ambiance. many say they will always remember his trademark white handkerchief, but also the fundamental role played helping other neighboring countries gain the independence for years than be offered refuse to african national congress members during a party in south africa. the a few radio fleet them was allowed to broadcast from the capitol, the sucker it was under code is protection that the agency wasteful and om struggle when a diplomatic one against the apartheid regime. zambia also helps to bob. again, it's an attendance from white minority rule in 1981. and after a long life spent at the center of politics cohen, they lived out his final years at home in the country. he loved the zambia. he had helped lead to freedom like you know, korean leader kim jong, who has told his government to prepare for both dialogue and confrontation with the

united states. the statement for the meeting of the routing party and comes days after washington, a young young to give up its nuclear program and return to tools from abroad. that's more from sol. with these statements and north korean leader kim junglin appears to be keeping his options open on how to deal with the united states. saying that north korea should be prepared for both dialogue but also a possible confrontation. his remarks have been eagerly awaited ever since the meeting last month between the south korean and us presidents on how to deal with north korea moving forward after the review by the us on it strategy to north korea . deciding and declaring that they would be following a policy of dialogue. so with these comments, this does seem to be a slightly conciliatory gesture from north korea. and it does contrast with a harder position with kim jong and saying that they would only ever be dialogue with the united states. if the americans desisted from what he called their

aggressive approach towards north korea. now these comments have come at an important plenary session of the ruling work as party and young, which has been going on this week which has been dealing with a number of different problems facing north korea. most notable amongst them being the current food shortage with kim jung and saying that there is a tense food situation that really has to be dealt with. this follows on from devastating storms and typhoons last year, which impacted the harvest. also compounding problems that already existed because of international sanctions and also the pan demik. it is slightly unusual for a north korean leader to admit to such failings. it would normally be seen as a sign of weakness, but then came jargon, has differentiated himself from his predecessors admitting the mistakes apologizing to his people for the sufferings they are enduring. and of course,

having food shortages is something which you couldn't dr. easily lie about or hide people know that in the coming months, especially there will be a daily struggle finding enough to eat as a now let up in the violence in men mar, videos posted on social media show. most of my village in my gray region burned to the ground villages accuse the army of firing at them before burning nearly all 200 homes, as well as killing capital on tuesday. most had already fled to receiving a tip of the soldiers were looking for a group opposing the military take up in february. so united states has created a new national holiday tomorrow. the end of slavery in the nation. president joe biden assigned a bill into law to commemorate what's become known as june 18th alan fisher as mobile from washington dc. we are gathered here and a house built by and slaves, people. in a ceremony at the white house, it became official. the de slavery ended in america is now

a national holiday. june 19 10800. 65 was the day union trips fried the last slaves in texas. 2 years after president lincoln's emancipation proclamation. a day that has become known as june 13th. this is the day profound in my profound weight and profound power day, which remember the moral stain, the terrible toll. this slavery took on the country and continues to take. it's the 1st national holiday approve since the 1900 eighty's for some it's something but doesn't address real issues of today. it avoids one of the major issues and that is the human rights of african american. people across the country took to the streets in the past year, advocating for racial equality, demanding get reforms to the justice system. in recent months, many states have past due voting laws,

which activists have claimed make it more difficult for people of color to vote. and there's growing cause for some form of reparations, for slavery itself, for the generations which have suffered the consequences. but for the protesters, they now have a national holiday. lack people want their full citizenship to be recognized, not to be infringed upon. and while they are so many effort to do so, some of the same senators who are trying to take away voting right, won't pass police reform and won't do many other things, you know, trying to change education are the same. people who said, yeah, i will give you a symbolic holiday and you should be happy to biden says this is a big deal. currently there are discussions underway on capital hill about justice reform. senators are coming under pressure to do more to protect voting rights across the country,

all say many biting supporters. much more important than approving a federal holiday. alan fisher, i'll just see it up at the white house. the u. s. supreme court has rejected a challenge to the affordable care act, widely known as obamacare. the judges rule 7 to 2, rejecting the republican effort to kill it out to 0 as hard as your castro has more on what this means for the former, a bama administration signature legislation. it was the 3rd challenge. and the 3rd time the us supreme court has ruled in favor of obamacare, a milestone that the laws, namesake, former president brock obama. read it by tweeting the affordable care act is here to stay. the moment comes 11 years after obama backed by then vice president joe biden signed the affordable care act into law. today. after all, the votes have been tally. health insurance reform becomes law in the united states of america. but marred by

a law rule out and relentless attacks from conservatives. the law derisively nicknamed obamacare by republicans soon became a cultural flashpoint. donald trump's rise to the white house in 2016 was partly fueled by the countries divisions surrounding obamacare. but even as republicans campaigned against the health care law, americans began signing up in droves, reaching 31000000 enrollees amid the coby 19 pandemic. i think having a pandemic like covered meant that you had an economic downturn of the same time that you had a large health catastrophe. and the proof is in the pudding right. and that the people losing their jobs facing decreases in their salary, but also needing health care or able to get the care they needed through insurance coverage. and i think that the positive justice stephen briar a liberal, wrote the supreme court's majority opinion released thursday,

chief justice john roberts and 3 conservative including 2 trump appointees sided with the liberals, delivering the 7 to ruling the texas lag standing to bring the suit. president joe biden called it a big win for the american people. the supreme court did not decide broader legal issues raised by the case about whether the affordable care act remains constitutional. after congress struck down a key provision of the law in 2012. that means while the justice is preserved, health care once again for millions of americans, they did not rule out hearing future challenges to obamacare. hydro castro al jazeera washington, a couple in the us pointed guns at black lives matter protest as a pled guilty to charges arising from the incident. patricia and mont mccluskey drew international attention last june. when they came out of a home with weapons, as demonstrates as pass by as part of a plea deal,

the husband and wife accepted charges of harassment and assault. and i've been find many $3000.00. 20 countries have agreed to provide aid to lebanon's army to pay soldiers wages. current see crash has wiped out much of the value of their salaries . it comes amid a worsening economic and political crisis. on thursday, business is closed across the country as part of a general strike, according to the government to do more to help lebanon has been without a fully functioning government since august. the united nations is warning this year's humanitarian response plan for haiti is underfunded. political instability and the corona virus pandemic about it to the needs of food and medical assistance and making matters worse. the country has not yet fully recovered from a cholera outbreak. nearly 10 years ago. christian salumi reports from the united nations in haiti, an impoverished country with densely pack communities, and poor sanitation disease can spread quickly. a surgeon corona virus cases is

pushing the 2 main hospitals and the capital of porn prince to capacity. but international aid to haiti has been hard for the united nations to raise since 2010, when un peacekeepers there introduced cholera to the country. there's been a funding issue, right. we've, we haven't had the funds that we, that we need the source of the cholera epidemic that ultimately claim $10000.00 lives was unclear at 1st, but was ultimately traced to be inadequate handling of sewage at an epolina un peacekeeping base. we apologize for the haitian people, the secretary general at the time bunky moon, eventually apologized for the un handling of the crisis. in a new memoir, he calls it a lasting stain on the us reputation. the us has since spent more than $700000000.00 fighting colorado, haiti, and another $8000000.00 so far in victim lead community development. but the us

court ruled that the united nations could not be sued for damages due to diplomatic immunity. and no victims have ever been directly compensated. we are not usually on dismissed the, but that does not mean that we are not responsible. morally. that's why i did my best a to ready support. his paper is completely misleading and manipulative. international law professor and former un special rapid tour, philip austin says the un may have immunity in court, but it does have a responsibility to compensate victims under its own charter. this is not a question of a moral duty. it's illegal duty. we screwed these people, we're going to pay for it. in his book, bond describes lawyers who attempted to get compensation for haitians who lost loved ones as attempting to extort the un. mario joseph was one of those lawyers.

when they came to the bed, 82 people murdered on quarter. we're going to go to school. you know, what about us? that's why it eric dodge of mr. haiti hasn't had a new case of cholera and 2 years. but the country has yet to recover with yet another deadly disease on the rise. kristen salumi al jazeera, the united nations ah top record check at the top story 0 now to 0. iranians are out voting to pick them next president. they have a choice between 4 candidates, the conservative head of the judiciary. abraham races widely seen as the front runner with support from hotline is still such a bar. yes, more than tara, from the voters that i've been speaking to here at this mosque pull it pulling