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from london. also this hour. another rise in the number of global refugees in this space. people, even though the pandemic shot borders and restricted movement and hong kong authorities charged to apple, daily newspaper executives were violating the national security law. they were rounded up by police along with 3 others on thursday. and i found out how much and i have all the for now ma saw for host nation brazil, and they continue that perfect thought to be cop america. i thank you for joining us. we begin any one way or to turn out in this year's presidential election has been relatively no so far. 3 candidates dropped out of the race before friday for remain in the free. many believe the scales are tapped in favor of a former hard line judge and current desiree. chief,

these are pictures from earlier when abraham ra hasty cast to spaniards in northern t. a. ron, as remind you about who's running in this election. the front runner, abraham ra, he c support pushing ahead with nuclear deal diplomacy, and his victory would put hard liners in control across one government, as it tries to save the nuclear deal and recover from the pandemic. also on the ballad, she's a former head of yvonne's revolutionary god, mostly and res. i. e, who opposes a nuclear agreement, is run and last 4 times already. the youngest candidate is a mere wholesale guys. he's id shimmy. who's the deputy speaker of parliament. and there is abdul master mighty, the former governor of iran central bank. the outgoing president has sandra honey, who can run due to term limits is urging people to get out in volts. i'm about to do. lots of these elections are very important. and i invite all citizens to participate. we must not allow the problems that we witness, since people applied to run for candidacy to affect participation in the elections

. citizens must realize how important these elections are to their destiny and the fate of the islamic republic. popular participation and broad participation in the elections will lead to the disappointment of the enemy lives to argue their thoughts and jabari, who is not thought appalling station in tehran door, said, the radian president, the going leader, urging people to get out and vote. but observe is predicting the 8th president of iran will be elected with a low turnout. tell us how it's looking at this bullying station where you are well, fully as you can see behind me, there is no longer a line up at this particular public space. of course, this is one of nearly 677000 polling stations across the country. but this one in particular is a very well known one. it's for all the major players come out to vote to show to be seen by all the for media who are camped out here. but today we've seen very little line up. usually before, in the past we've seen lineups around the corner of the street,

but now this time around we haven't even seen a lot of outside the door. most of the day. now, many of the people i spoke to in the line who were voting, they had one name to tell me that they were voting for and that was every racy which is somewhat of a surprise. i have to say because this particular polling station is known to be very popular with the reformers voters. and we haven't seen many of those today at all, and to pacifically speak about photo, turn out of what it means and the outcome of the selection. i am now joined by someone, a one who is a political analyst. i want your opinion about what you've seen so far. what are your thoughts about the voter turnout during this election? i was out from the very morning and i found many places, some places are very crowded, some places were empty and i think the protections on the whole which shows that about 50 percent of the of the issues both it's

maybe it's very accurate. and what do you think that means what the results, the next president that will come in to power will not be very popular one. how would that hinder or help him tall and trying to achieve his agenda? as far as like can see in the fall he doesn't surveys be in front of all the candidates. i think we have some problem on some issues. the next person to the shore pupils that he can solve. the 1st of all is not clear . talk to save and pursuing united states to return not only on paper but also moving on to other issues that make people to not to vote or they are. i think that they are angry or disappointed is

that the from get if you, from the economy issues in your own management, that's all the administration to show it, to the people that they can manage the economy issue. so we have people that they are disappointed on. they've gone to change, they're going to change something on the maybe they are in favor of these now because he's famous for he's the fight against corruption, the judiciary system of your family, both. he has not any faculties, they can't on the money. so we have different ideas. i think it will all be managed. they participate election because if you are welcome to the point you

can show by voting to phone bond, you will see that he managed to call to call mc issues on the foreign policy issue. very better than all their challenges and do you think it when and if i brought him by you see becomes a president, we will see a lot of change internally because that means that the country is now all conservative across the board in terms of the parliament the judiciary and the presidency is office. what would that mean in terms of a day to day, michael or they are on the and you think some on the say that if the parliament or that musician are very strong together on the very, very stronger relationship with each other and they are from bon

oh party and they can manage the country. they're all they're done at the time when they've quarrelled all the time with each other man was and all that the see that if they are very strong in defending themselves against it needs us all of the people a chance to go to get people in the law it says the role of the id on dad. my name is ben bar, to get station i'm calling in response to the thank you very much, our political analyst. so those are the views here from the capital on election day . of course, the polls remain open for another few hours and they can be extended until to a local if need be. we'll have to see how that shapes up in the coming hours will

have all the way to something they don't live in have on. thank you very much, daughter in the world news corona virus infections are on the rise again in the u. k. blamed on the delta vary in which 1st was defined in india. the number of hospital admissions has also been rising. as of friday, anyone age 18 and above can get that call. the 1900 vaccine live to join a hall who is in london for us from broadcasting center that so the biggest spike, jonah a cases in 4 months. and the latest figures concerning the delta vary and wary. i think there's no doubt now that the you guys in the grip of a 3rd wave of infections they've been building since since may, it is all the court caused by the so called delta, very 1st identified in india. it is now the dominant strain here. it is far more

transmissible and it is accounting for arise in infections. that is, we are told, doubling every 11 day, so exponentially rising. the big question of course, is what happens going forward, been hospitalized ations and deaths. they're also going up, but not by anything like the same amount as the infections hospitalizations up 15 percent week on week deaths up 10 percent week or week will be it still in this of the single digits or just over so historically still very low. what seems to be happening here is that the vaccine program has largely protected the elderly and the otherwise vulnerable, who in the past would have been coming, and in large numbers dying from the disease, it is now the unvaccinated population. largely young adults who are getting infected, some of whom are getting sick enough to be hospitalized. most of those are recovering and being released. but it's still a worry for the national health service, which is trying to do with an enormous backlog of non coded cases. that could be

pressure that scientists will. ready and they still don't know very much about the delta variance, how it operates, what its characteristics are. so this is a trend that he's likely to continue and get worse before it gets better. and for that reason, the government took the decision to delay the final easing of restrictions so called freedom day that had been planned for monday. that's now being put off to july, the 19th with other parts of the u. k. as well as in the following suit. and everyone age 18 and above now can get that over 19 vaccine in england. jonah is going to be a high demand. well, you know, this is off the back of the delta variant. of course, there is a lot of interest in younger adults getting vaccinated. the oft repeated phrase, which is now being very often repeated that the race is still very much on between the virus. and the vaccine is the case, of course, this more virulent strain of the virus against some 10000000 adults who haven't yet been vaccinated. these are largely young adults. it's significant that friday sees

all adults 18 and over able to get a job. but you know, this is a sector of the population that isn't traditionally, doesn't traditionally feel the same urgency towards getting predict protected. they don't feel as much at risk, so yes, the messaging is on the messaging is out there to try to encourage younger adults to go and get vaccinated. jonah, thank you very much for that. john hall live for his fair in london. and there's also been an increase in 1900 cases linked to the delta vary and take germany. the strain now makes up about 6 percent of cases. about 60 percent of the population is vaccinated, but health officials are concerned. they knew very and could fuel more infections. south africa has recorded its highest number of daily infection since january. more than 13000 cases were reported in the last 24 hours. the government has deployed the army and go to a province to help combat the spreads. on tuesday, south africa returned to tie to restrictions after

a sudden rise in infections. uganda is in the grip of its worst. corbin 1900 outbreaks in the panoramic began. hospitals are running out of bed for medical oxygen, industrial manufacturers have been told to make oxygen cylinders, if a cat, israel. meanwhile, it says it will give around a 1000000 current of eyes vaccines to palestinians. the office of prime minister and tiny bennet phase of 5 jobs will be given to the palestinian authority in return. these really say the palace uniform. he will give israel an equal amount when its own shipment arrives later. this is plenty morehead, on this news hour, including why educated young albanians are leaving that country. jose, even though the government has done a lot to make everyday life better class, this is really, really, really important moment in our history. a u. s. president, americans to learn from history as a new holiday is created commemorating the end of slavery in belgium,

remind everyone just why they're the top rank team in the world. you are 2020 action coming up late in the program with i 1st and i jerry where gunmen have reportedly kidnapped at least 18 students in a raid on a school in the northwest and state of cabbie, please say 5 teachers were also abducted and an officer killed is the 3rd mass, a kid not being 33 there in 3 weeks. gangs of men described as bandits, often stage, abductions, seeking, ransom payments, address areas, fidelis, and by joins us from a butcher on this. these are what more do we know fidelis. and as any group claimed responsibility for this later attraction, where we're waiting for official confirmation of the number of students who were picking what we do know from witnesses is that at least 80 of them were abducted by

the panic. right now the police said, yeah, in what, what's the use of the, the government and the actually fetching forest around the town to be able to find out if maybe the students are being held there. but for now, families and relations of the students have got it in the school, waiting for, for the information from the school authorities. and also from the state government where the incident took place. no group has come out to claim responsibility for these attack. that's not, that's actually not common because most times when these groups could not didn't know, don't actually come out to say maybe the name of the group that has kidnapped them . what they do is to reach out to parents or reach out to the government or the school authorities to make demand for ransom. and in the coming i was will be waiting to find out if they are going to reach out demanding for ransom. fidelis.

what, what are the nigerian authorities saying as these cases of massive directions are rising by the day? and what are they doing in response? president motor hurry was in may degree in bono state, the center of the insurgency in the not is region and he retreated, he's, you know, he's appeal for people to be patient. why he tries to tackle ripening security across the country. because at the moment the country's battling the book, her, i mean, so jesse and did not. he's gotten men who were referred to as panics, have been cutting out abductions for ransom in the north west. we have heard of clashing with farmers in the northwest. and so in the southwest and also in the south eastern part of the country where the people there, i asked him to leave the country. you know, so the, the fight has been between sufficient is and the military. so at the moment the

security produced overstressed, and even in most times when the common against these and men, especially those in the not who are carrying more sophisticated weapons, it should be more like a big problem for them because they most times get overpowered and they've actually lost many men that difficult people have lost many, many recent weeks. but the government has all continued to assure that in everything that they will try to make everything possible to ensure that peace returns to the country. fidelis, by, in a boot or a thank you. war violence and human rights violations drove another 3000000 people from their homes last year, even as a found make shut, borders and restricted movement. the un says the cumulative total of displace people has reach almost $82.00 and a half 1000000. about half of them children. the number has risen for 9 straight years. more than 2 thirds of all refugees come from just 5 countries, syria,

venezuela, afghanistan, south sudan, and jamar, where conflicts continue. turkey hosts the largest number of refugees about 3700000 . most of them from syria. columbia is next taking in more than 1700000 people from neighboring venezuela, mozambique, key gray in ethiopia and africa broadside region are among the leading sources of new refugee movement. due to conflict and the impact of climate change. the un says governments, particularly wealthy ones, need to do more. why are these people moving? they're moving because of economic reasons and this will require massive investments in their countries of origin. but they're also moving because of violence and insecurity perpetrated by gangs in the community in the homes. and these are reasons to recognize people as refugees. but also these are causes that need to be addressed in court. the nation in partnership with countries

in the region that speak to rolla mean about this. she is senior communications advisor and middle east and north africa. folks went for you and hcr and he's joining us via skype from mine. very good to have you with us on now. she's here. i miss, i mean, so the headline for this report is that despite coven, despite a reduction in overall migration, record number of people were driven from their homes. tell us more about the reasons and the factors behind this in the region that you cover. the middle east and north africa. yeah, you know, as you mentioned this because i'm very tragic because if you think about the on the and there are about 20400000 refugees that include soon back in iraqi to rock keys. yeah. and what's interesting about this return on track is that most of these refugees, when they are forced to do that for safety, and even with whether they, when they cross,

they end up staying in the countries around syria. which means that hosting by congress economy, click on they don't how there must be something they're developing countries. many of them are suffering from their own become struggle, high unemployment, weak investments, and public factors. which means that this is an extra burden. but that's the whole thing. and the problem is, the region is, this is a region that actually is producing a huge number of internally displaced people and hosting a huge number of refugees as well. so the resources that needs to be mobilized to address these problems are just immense. and the resources, it's not just to meet their needs, your needs to have show and health and education. but it's also to find and the

solutions in this weekend are also kind of away from, they're not within our reach. so why? because solution people return to their countries that include integrated and all right, and all of these are available for these records. so let's talk about ferry a bit more. you talked about syria, of course, the civil war there now, and it's 10 thea, 13500000 people, the space you talked about, many of them being in lebanon, of course, in turkey as well. but many are also internally displaced within syria. tell us about their conditions, the face of this past year, you know, within the war and also coal bid. and is there any improvement at all in sites for those internally displaced within syria? yeah, let me ask you this question because sometimes people forget that even within that i've about 6700000 people was

a journal change. they had left their homes looking for safety and still had not been able to return. and many of them had been forced to feed more than they are staying in very shelters. and the kids are not getting the right education if any. they're not getting the health services in a company that has been ravaged by more crisis and economic difficulties. so more as you probably know in the audience, add a lot of the infrastructure and whether it has cool hospital, public infrastructure has been passed. so these people are suffering at so many different plans. and now we call it and call the economy as well. they multiply and they need that and they, this is we have, we have to think about is that more of the population, whether it's german people or recog teeth, right. most of them are like almost all 48 percent of the refugee conditions that

we can actually this will have long in fact a lot of to be on the longer of the communities and the region. indeed, let me ask you briefly, i mean about the role and responsibility of western governments and european governments in particular. turkey continues to be the largest refugee hosting countries. and in the world there's been control of migration and asylum among european union government. what needs to happen right now in order for western countries to step up to the plate to re, for no rules and controlling migration flows and that countries so that countries like turkey don't bear the burden of this crisis. yes, that's very important because these countries can do a lot, what we call is birth and sharing that even if you are not with them that they need to have tomorrow and the obligation to help these people have run away because of

complex and, and violence and work, in many cases, the force of bonds over the weekend on their national element, and there are a few by larger powers and there needs to be responsibility sharing in helping these people mitigate the impact of placement on the bad one is by funding funding here. and it's, it's like you're trying to provide helping with solutions. and that means helping with settlement for example. so for the number of people who get to be reset it from all over the world, only 34000 refugees, the sensor worldwide. and from that region, less than 4000 people had to get a chance to start a new like what these numbers need to be to be there, need to be more effort to provide more resettlement places for these people,

especially the more refugees when we really need to live facing, the other companies need to help is the political will and the power to put an end to all these conflicts and horse, would these people to be able to return home? thank you so much, the major, all these complex needs to and for these people to be able to go back home and to restart their life. thank you so much for talking to us about this role. i mean from you and hcr, joining us from amman and jordan. thank you for your time. police in hong kong have charged the chief executive, any chief executive of the pro democracy newspaper, the apple daily with collusion with a foreign country. it follows arrayed at the tabloids headquarters on thursday. let's bring in adrian brown, who's outside the apple daily in hong kong, to more charge onto the national security law in hong kong. tell us about who they are and what exactly they're being accused. well,

fully here at the headquarters of the apple daily staff was still struggling to come to terms with all that happened during the past 36 hours. 5 of the top executives and editors were arrested. now 2 of those executives have been charged with violating the national security law, specifically colluding with a foreign power. now these charges were confirmed by hong kong police on friday afternoon. they haven't identified the executives, but they say 2 men will be appearing in court in hong kong on saturday morning. it will be a brief appearance. they say the other 3 are still being questioned and the charges may follow. now how is that the daily being responding to these arrest? well, i think in a rather defiant way, it up to print from, from 80000 copies 250-0001 friday. as a result, the apple daily basically sold out very quickly here in hong kong. but of course,

there is a big question mark now fully as to whether the apple dady can survive so many of its assets have been frozen the top editorial team and now incarcerated. and of course, the owner jimmy lie is now imprison, serving time for a string of convictions, and he's also being charged with violating the national security law. a lot of academics of express concerns today fully that perhaps hong kong is moving towards a system whereby the media here will be regulated regis stated in much the same way that it is on the mainland. no, i was based in beijing for 5 years. and when it comes to the media here in hong kong, it's beginning to feel as if paging rules now apply. thank you for that. adrian brown live there in hong kong. who still ahead on this news are high very close to the former president. no bipolar returns back home to being acquainted of crimes against humanity, but not everyone's happy about it. in the box fight for survival in the n v pail.

basketball action coming up. they were there for back after. ah. hello no sir. here's the weather story across europe. it's unsettled toward the west and also in the east, and we have a heat them over the central areas of the continent. we're going to go over all of that right now, but for some violence, whether it's for the south of france, we saw wing guys in excess of 100 kilometers per hour, toppling trees and power lines. and that set the stage for some active weather. thunderstorms firing up across iberia through the west of france, clipping the eastern portion of the united kingdom steering rate into the low countries. now if we look towards saturday, this same region is in that zone to see the potential for some act of weather

bubble up here. and look at central areas. berlin, 35, all the way down to toronto, a high of 30 degrees, and it is unsettled across the bulk. and because we've got a disturbing spinning around the black sea, that's going to shove somewhat weather. as we head toward, it's stumble on friday, but also saturday to we've got to keep the risk and therefore some showers take it to africa right now. and you know that what, whether that we're talking about through iberia is starting to slump into the south, impacting morocco with rain and wind as well. and then as we look towards the uneasy tune as a high of 41 degrees through the gulf of guinea, will have our usual pulses of what weather the global pandemic social unrest. a world under locked down, brought to the knees by a deadly buyer. but now we have a window to like the path to a brighter future. coming to you live from doha. we bring together leaders from all

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