the world needs right now in washington, ah, ah armine as boats can sing, continues with early result, showing the prime minister nicole passion yon in the lead. ah, hello, welcome, i and peter w. watching else is your life from also coming up and emotions shut down that iran only nuclear power plant could last days and cause electricity cuts across several tissues. millions of pins will cost the balance on monday, but with some regions excluded questions remain about how inclusive to vote will be

. and china tightened his grip on red minerals. the u. s. makes moves to gain control of this precious resource powering future technology. ah, i mean, you can't take a prime minister claim victory and sundays snap election votes still being counted, but results show passions ruling party is in the lead says main rival, the former president robert kashi runs block, says it will not recognize these results turn. i was just under 50 percent passion . you had called the snap parliamentary election back in april after last year defeats in the war with as the by john. let's talk to the re challenge joyce's life now from european. so rory, passions spoken to supporters and claimed victory. what else did he say?

while he's claims that his block, his party has a convincing majority, although he acknowledge not all the vote to be counted yet. and yes, the official does have a does put him out significantly in front of the moment. he said that when in the space of 3 years, armenia has had to revolutions. first, there was the velvet revolution that was the one in 2018 which brought him to power . now he's calling this, what he's saying is an election. victory is an ion revolution. now, what does this mean about voting patterns in armenia? the last polls opinion polls that we've done before election day put pasheti and pansy, i'm comparing the party essentially neck and neck. but they did identify that there was a large chunk as voters who are as yet undecided now. these are the result suggest

is that many of those undecided voters in the end have broken for passion, the m bus of minutes. this is a big but with 10 out of few than 50 percent, less than 50 percent. that also suggests that better a good number of armenians and for whatever reason is it, this is because of the war or the tone of the campaigning or the candidates themselves have decided to sit this election out. so the opposition contesting the results. what happens from here on in yeah, well i think if, if these results are confirmed in the final tally, it suggests that the official mechanisms for settling a close contest would be necessary. now those mechanisms are coalition negotiations and if those fail a 2nd round of voting,

so if it's not close that won't be used but says he say it doesn't mean that this election isn't being contested. and rebecca cherry and party has already come out basically saying that it believes that there are been voting irregularities, significant voting irregularities in this election, and they won't accept any results until i have analyzed what those irregularities all where we heard of this before recently. well, it's pretty much what donald trump did, following the us election. now the central election committee here said that yes, although they have been some voting irregularities in large and in maine, this is been the whole election has been conducted in line with legal norms. now presidium is calling his supporters house to the square behind me for 8 p. m local time, tomorrow, that's 16 g m t. if carrying supporters do something similar, then we're going to have a situation where there are 2 blocks of support is trying to have st. rallies over

the next few days, and that could mean that the potential for crashes on the streets is going to rise . rory, you'll keep us up today, i'm sure, in the meantime, thank you very much for a challenge that reporting. my 1st is from armenia. let's talk to awesome cut, john. he was an advisor to the prime minister mr. passenger and he joins us on skype from washington. awesome, correct. john. your former prime minister soon to be again. prime minister, mr. passing you on has been criticized. he was under pressure regular sizable st protest because so many people was so annoyed over the content of the peace steel following the war last year. open to go and cut about how will he change what he does, assuming he is the next prime minister. thanks for having me. well, a one correction, it wasn't really a peace deal. it was a fire announcement. we actually stopped the bloodshed $44.00 days last year. it is going to be a big juggle. it's going to be quite

a difficult situation wherever comes to power. as our colleague from europe was reporting less than half of the casting counties are now. but it seems like of course, the passion young has the lead. it's not going to be a constitutional majority from what it seems, which means that it's not necessarily going to be an absolute majority in the parliament. however, it will be a majority, which will give a chance to create a government, which was one of the biggest concerns, so that the political, internal, political turmoil. now, how are you going to handle the situation where i mean, it's in, it's very difficult to say for any political power. the pied road walk between all it looks like the larger, in the larger picture, the security architecture of the region has not changed much in war. russia is still going to be a major player in all of this. so whatever comes to power is going to have to deal with moscow quite directly and, and that's,

but this action came kind of came to prove that none of the 26th or 25 party to where participating in the elections were coming with a pro western agenda got enough boats, whatever it is, whether good or bad, unfortunate, or what it is, they will have to rush up or you'll, you'll country armenia hosts a russian military base. so clearly moscow and also anchor the turkish government, given the events of this time, roughly last year, looking in on what's going on there very closely will prime minister passing young carry on however, with his cooler relationship with the kremlin than what went before. because he initially got into office of the back of the protest in 2018. i think his pre election campaign has clearly showed that he's not going to make any major shift in foreign policy. we'll, we'll have to see how the,

the remaining relationships between that putin and passing on or whatever to government leader will be, will play out. but, but what it is is, i think that considering the way moscow has been behaving in this, been in keeping some kind of a neutrality. they do believe that whoever comes to power will have to deal with that. so we'll have to see how these relationships really all the revolution of 2018 definitely. is that something that in general, the i what i called the democracy oil is in the neighbor light. hence, they did not want a successful outcome of what happened in 2018 the revolution that we saw. however, the promises of coming back with the iron bits, if you wish, and that is no bell, but no more velvet will have to see what this is going to materialize into a policy. okay,

we have to leave it there. awesome. cut up john. many thanks for joining us from washington. at there are wanting to power costs across several iranian cities after it's only nuclear power plant went into emergency shut down the head of the state. energy company says the sheer plant may not be operational for up to 4 days. it's the 1st time tyrann has reported an emergency of this kind. there had been warnings in the past that the plant could stop functioning if iran couldn't buy equipment from russia because of american banking sanctions. have at all, it has been announced in the news and you might have had to that nuclear share of power has been subject to an emergency shut down, which will last for 3 to 4 days. it was shut down yesterday when you lose a 1000 megawatts of your plans capacity. the likelihood of blackouts will rise guy, same, or is an expert on iran nuclear program. he's also director of the crime center for middle east studies. he explains now more on russia's role in the construction and the operation of this plant. it's entirely

a foreign facility. so the plan was originally started by a german company before the iranian revolution and was partly finished at the time the shot was removed. then germany refused to continue building the plant after the revolution and russia stepped in and the plant was finished about 2011. the plant is entirely fuel by russia, so the fuel is manufactured and enriched in russia, shipped who were rod after the fuel is used and therefore contains put tony, i'm and then said after russia for disposition. so the blue shirt nuclear power plant really isn't connected in any direct way to concerns about your ra nuclear program because iran operates the facility, but they don't really provide the fuel or handle the spence you. there have been concerns expressed about the safety of the facility because it's such

a curious hybrid, partially german facility, finished with rush and technology. but so far there have been no safety incidents that have taken place in the plan has operated more or less efficiently since it 1st went online in 2011. well, to vienna, where one day after iran elected a new conservative president talks to revive the nuclear deal seem to have made some progress. but differences do still remain diplomat sipping negotiating since april to bring both to iran and washington back into compliance with the original agreement. the united states is indirect talks with iran. it says there are still several sticking points, while the had to be iranian delegation, things they are closer to the end. but the most difficult issues are yet to be resolved negotiators and going back to the capitals for more consultations, and they'll return after 10 days. still to come here on al jazeera, a floral. tribute for more than half

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runs, only nuclear plant has gone into an emergency shut down the 1st time, not get clear what caused it. the head of the state energy company says the ship plant may not be operational for up to 4 days. some progress has been made and talks to revised iran nuclear deal in vienna. but the ron and the us say there were still some sticking points to dissertations where was in, in 10 days time. on sunday, brazil became the 2nd country after the united states to record more than half a 1000000 corona virus. deaths demonstrators in rio de janeiro placed rosie's on cooper on a beach and memory of the victims. hospitals are struggling with a devastating 3rd wave of the pandemic. the president julia wilson are still continues to play down the seriousness of coven 19 putting pressure on states to resist lockdown. i've canister on has recorded 92 new corona virus deaths in the

last 24 hours the country seeing a huge spike and daily cases and a record number of deaths. the government has asked for international help and agencies of what the situation is spiraling out of control. alexandra buyers reports in cobble, the lineups for oxygen tanks start in the middle of the night. and last for hours. every person here is desperately trying to save someone. they love the show no more than i came here when i am last night to buy oxygen because i have a cobit patient at home. i've been waiting on the streets and then i would never of what it's long. but i've already lost family members. like my aunt and some other relatives on my brother is now infected, and he's in a very serious condition. afghanistan's 3rd wave is also it's worst, and it's continuing to spiral out of control. 10000 new cases were recorded just in the last week, but some say the true number is much higher, shall. wow,

the number of infected much more than reported in the media. there are 2 to 5 people that are infected with the virus in many homes and the wrench in all categories from mild to moderate to severe hospitals in multiple provinces have reached full capacity. and there is a severe oxygen shortage. many here are angry and say, the government hasn't done enough to avoid this crisis. i have seen young people who have dined because they didn't get got only oxygen. if they have got oxygen, their life could be saved. i think the higher, efficient in health sector, they are responsible for that, that the health ministry has defended itself, saying it took the necessary steps and was prepared to treat its citizens as part of the matter because it came from because of all those patients who went to our medical facilities and needed oxygen were able to get it. but yes, we are facing the threat of sort of oxygen is

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alexandria buyers, al jazeera, exit polls in front suggest the far right has performed worse than expected in sunday's regional elections. president emanuel macro centrist party, also polls poorly, but it appears the center right, has made gains. it comes after a record, low voter turnout, the 1st time in these regional elections. in a few hours, millions with your peons will head to the poles for crucial parliamentary election, which has been delayed twice so far. it is prime minister abbey smith's 1st electoral test and comes at a critical time for the nation with reports of famine and continuing violence in the northern te gray region. while they will be no election in t gray because of conflict. some other regions will also be excluded. as mohammed the reports now from the eastern region of hara with $368.00 alley squeezed into just one square kilometer. this is the old walled city of hot of

extent. if you appear. if thick high walls was erected in the 13th century by the indigenous heart of the people, a unique ethnic minority group. while holidays used to inhabit a much larger area, their population has declined. and they now leave behind the city walls. in 2016, the unit called recognized as the heritage site to protect its history. as one of the worlds and ship civilization, they threw up in government also men had its own federal state, the smallest in the country. yet the electoral commission recently refused to allow his living in other parts of it to appear to vote for candidates in their homeland in upcoming parliamentary elections. but up the heart of his challenge, that decision in the supreme court, it ruled in their favor to get the loan. or we wanted to preserve a culture and heritage. the reason harry's have a cause. i state today is the recognition of hiring culture language history, and perhaps most importantly, readdress,

the injustices perpetrated against us. preserving hovering governance will prevent a tyranny of the majority, protect indigenous in minority rights, and quite simply, it is just fair. following the supreme court ruling the electoral commission as for more time to conduct a special registration of how to revolt, as in other parts of it appear to enable them vote in their home. for what is the question of who gets to govern is central to the existence. and they say that specially important as they're facing competition from surplus and coaching on their land. we are really worried about the future, about people as a population keeps declining the plot to take over herrera by other ethnic groups is getting thicker. the challenges facing the people of the hot region is but illustrated by the housing behind me. it was built with funds from the diaspora, people living in the united states and europe. but now lies abundant. people from

the neighboring region came to claim the land of their own. these weeks elections will also take place in the neighboring somebody regional get the electoral commission. i was postponed, the polls. they're citing defects with falling material. the region has no more stability than piece in the past 3 decades. 2 years ago, the rebel group or gotten national liberation front, signed a peace agreement with the pin government, and did more blessed its troops. while we were all thinking that our region viewed for once of all, to be the rest of it, your p. it's piece for vance, and we are all being forced to wait till september to exercise our constitutional rights. voting has also been postponed in the morphin conflict on to great region where hundreds of thousands of people are suffering from farming. a new date for voting today has not been set together, the harder to ground. so molly regions account for 6 to 3 out of 504 to 7,

but i'm interested and too many of the people in those regions been unable to vote . they say undermines their existence ma'am, and i do just see it harder is tennessee libby as national units. he government has announced the partial reopening of the road that links the east and the west of the country. it was one of the conditions of the cease fire agreement, signed between warring sides and october, forces loyal to the warlord holly for after said they weren't consulted and get to approve the decision. but the prime minister insist portions of the road are open. you tell me yeah that you know me, me about it. it was my pleasure to be part of this historic day as the reopen the main arch, reconnecting that used to be edwards, wes. it will enable people to reunite as the doctors of division and separation have gone forever. i take this opportunity to call an all libyans to steal away from rift malice or hatred, and to join hands to rebuild our country to take libya forward. and the war had, let me see what the prime minister did is

a unilateral act from one side. the prime minister did not coordinate with the operations room. the only authorized party for that decision is the 5 plus 5 joint military commission. we have to wait until they meet and we will see what decisions will be taken and say, well, malik crane has more now from that coastal roads. his report is from just west of the city of set. now we're here on the coastal road in between the cities of miss rhonda and approximately 130 kilometers east of miss. right now the prime minister has just arrived. he's opened the road and to commemorate the event. now this road has been closed. since warlord after launch is offensive on tripoli in 2019 in april 2019, this is a very important road to live in. trade are between eastern and western libya.

so this is very significant. according to the prime minister, he says, this will help rebuild living up to bring about unity and to further prosperity in the country. now, there are critics that say that opening the road will give war fighters as approximately, according to the un, 20000 warrant fighters in libya, according to military sources. there's at least 2000 russian mercenary to the south. here. wagner grew also some play that this will help for word for inquires to continue on, or to move up towards towards the north. so we're here now. this is the front line. there's another, there's another, a place that they're going to go to about 20 kilometers to the east of here,

and they're going to be opening up that road. they're. the hope is that libyans will be able to travel from eastern to western livia from western to eastern libya, and that this will help unite the country. now the technology that moves connects and contains and even hughes us, none of it would work without rare minerals. they are crucial to today's tech and china wheels significant control over their global supplies, not the us and others want to change that as rob reynolds explains them from los angeles. this is the mountain pass mine in california. the only rare earth's mine in the us. if you are like many people, you're probably unfamiliar with new di, medium gal linea m. this pros, e m, and more than a dozen other oddly named rare earth minerals. but you probably are familiar with smartphones, computers, television set cars, solar panels, wind turbines,

and hundreds more, a technological devices, including advanced weapons, all of which are made possible by the special magnetic and conductivity properties of rare earth where it's had electronic properties which, which caused a manufacturing and technology revolution. this is basically what's allowed, the, the absolute, universality of high technology, 90 percent of rare earths are mind and processed in china, which also manufacturers, most of the finished products that include rare earth, china as a stranglehold on processing even the or produce here in mountain pass asked to be shipped to china for processing, and we pack it into the slings and then we ship it to china, low labor costs, and lax, or non existent,

environmental regulation keeps china on top. the situation has led to concern over us japanese and european economic and military security. if china were to cut off supplies of rare earth finished product, it could devastate the economy. we also have to push back against unfair trade practices by competitor nations that have hollowed out the u. s. industrial base and undermine our supply chain security. despite their name, rare earth aren't really that rare at all. right now on the united states, mining companies, my iron or flash age, or is or coney am or some other commodity. collectively throw away enough recovery be rare to me, 85 percent of global demand. kennedy proposes using those wasted minerals in a combined corporate entity to counter china's near monopoly. all fashion concept,

call it operative to shiva shamans g ford motor company. they could all be owners, partial owners of the cooperative, and the co operative would produce for them, finish metallic alloy, and magnetic products. whether that model becomes reality or not, it's clear. world leaders have become aware of a global rare earth supply chain problem and are finally taking steps to address it . rob reynolds al jazeera, los angeles, to astronauts have stepped outside the international space station to tinker with its power supply. they installed the 1st of 16, so the arrays which will be the aging panels of boost after 20 years of continuous use. the new power supply will keep the station running in the years ahead. as it

begins to accommodate commercial operations and private tourists. the panels are 19 meters in length when fully unfold, like a carpet about as long as a cricket pitch. the renowned and controversial graffiti artist bangs. he is making headlines again, but this time is not for art. he's created, but for losing the rights to clean some of his work, the anonymous artist lost the rights to 4 of his most famous pcs in a legal fight with a postcard maker who uses the images for profits. the european union intellectual property office says his work cannot be protected if he does not identify himself. on updating your top stories for you so far today here on al jazeera, armenia can't take a prime minister his claim victory, and sunday snap parliamentary election. his main rival, the former president robert kashi and block says it will not recognize.