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ah armine as take a prime minister has claim victory in sunday, snap parliamentary election early results show nicole passions rooting parties in the lead. the call the election as anger grew up last year defeat and the war with as a by john, where we challenge as more not from the capital given that he result started coming in acting prime minister, nicole patching the unclaimed victory over to the people of our mania gave our civil contract party a mandate to lead the country and personally me to lead the country as prime minister. but its main cause we already know that we want to convincing victory in the elections and we will have a convincing majority in parliament. if the results hold, it means voters have decided not to throw a passion the am and his reformist agenda out despite anger and trauma, over last year's military defeat, so as

a by john pershing. yann's main rival is former presidents, robert cherry and his armenia alliance block is contesting the count, saying there were hundreds of voting irregularities, raving the searing heat to come invites people told us that i hope for an end to armenia as current miseries. i can call them, i expect on mania, is able to come this temporary crisis with a good governance will be able to guarantee development, avail country, politically and economically. yes. didn't it? i'm going to vote with the dream to see my armenia safe and unified with karen. i hope for the best future for my country, with official turn out, not quite 50 percent. it seems the war or the campaigning has turned many armenians off politics. both main arrivals try to convince that their competitor is worse. and that is why we have this aggressive abusive

language from both sides. now. so, and if you will talk to our citizens, you will see that they are just judging what will be the least harm for the future of armenia as dawn broke over year of and on monday, the raw growing fear is this. com is temporary. nicole passion yan is already calling on a his supporters to campus later in the day on monday in this square. if they are a similar move from cherry and supporters than the chance of st. clashes increase will reach helens out a 0 year event with us in karachi and was an advisor to prime minister passion. yeah, and he outlined the challenges ahead. it seems bike, of course, pushing 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 creative with others, which was one of the biggest concerns, so that the political, internal, political turmoil up. 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. the, the war, russia, to going to be a major player in all of this. so whoever comes to power is going to have to deal with multiple, quite directly. and that election came kind of came to prove that not all 2625 party to where participating in the election were coming with a co, with or not gender. got enough vote. so whatever it is, whether good or bad, unfortunate, or what it is, they will have to deal with russia. 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 will evolve. both are just opened in a crucial parliamentary election for ethiopia. its prime minister be its 1st electro test. he's under increasing international pressure with reports of famine, non continuing violence in the northern te gray region. but people there won't get a chance to have their say in the election yet. but besides to go i polling will not take place in some other regions. as one of the reports from the eastern region of hara with $368.00, alice creased into just one square kilometer. this is the old walled city of hot of extent. if you appear, if thick, high walls erected in the 13th century by the indigenous people, a unique ethnic minority group. while harder is used to inhabit a much larger area, their population has declined. and they now leave behind the city walls. in 2016

units got recognized as the head of the 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 if you 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, moved to get the loan, or we wanted to preserve our culture and heritage. the reason, however you have a cause, i state today is in recognition of hurry, culture, language, history, and perhaps most importantly redressed the injustices perpetrated against us. preserving. however, governance will prevent a tyranny of the majority, protect indigenous and minority rights, and quite simply, it is just fair. following the supreme court ruling electoral commission, us for more time to conduct

a special registration of hardy voters in other parts of it appear to enable them vote in their homeland for holidays. the question of who gets government is central to their existence. and they say that specially important as they are facing competition from settlers and coaching on their land. but we are really worried about the future of our people, as population keeps declining the plot to take over herrera by other ethnic groups is getting sick of the challenges facing the people of the hot region is best illustrated by the housing behind me. it was built with funds from the bass for people living in the united states and europe. but now lies abundance of people from the neighboring autumn origin came to claim the land of their own. this week's elections will also not take place in the neighboring somebody regional via the electoral commission. i was postponed the polls, they're citing defects with building material. the region has known more

instability 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 pm, we are, it's be 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 greater gym where hundreds of thousands of people are suffering from farming. a new debt for a vote integrate has not been set together. the harder to gray and somali regions account for 6 to 3 out of 500 and for to 7. but to me and it's, it's and to many of the people in those regions spend unable to vote. they say undermines their existence, mama to do just data harder in tennessee. so well if you were here last held

a general election 60 years ago, monday's vote was scheduled for last august, but the government delayed it. citing the pandemic voters will elect 547 members to parliament and the leader of the wedding party will become the prime minister. while the $9000.00 candidates are running in federal and regional races. representing building 40 political parties in europe says 37000000 are about 3 quarters of eligible voters of registered. yet in nearly 20 percent of constituencies, voting is postponed due to conflict and defects invalid papers in other areas. let's bring in william laurence is a former us diplomat and regional security officer. in west africa. he joined us via skype from washington. d. c. william, good job with this election is prime minister abbey. i'm its 1st electoral chest. it comes at a critical time for the country, doesn't it? so high potent is this vote in terms of democracy for the country? well, we're not going to get much democracy from this book because already the outside

observers are pulling out major powers of expressed great concerns. many policies in parties are calling for boycott and 25 percent of pulling stations will be open tomorrow for some of the reasons that you reported was talking about. so a number of vp of been analysts are saying these elections will not be free, fair or credible what it's really about is using the elections to consolidate power and an effort to make the more stable it risks, making it more unstable. yeah, and the conflict config right, is causing a huge alarm with increasing violence reports of widespread famine. i mean, i'll be on the promised a swift military campaign, but that didn't happen, william phone. so how is to grow playing into this election? do you think? well, not only was it not a swift ending, but he couldn't even handle it without bringing for troops through eritrea was committed atrocities, well documented by the major human race organizations,

least the heart of people to take over west t grey. and they also perpetrated a lot of atrocities and there won't be any voting there. and many hundreds of thousands to gradients can't even be reached by 8 workers. millions of degree are facing famine, 350000 are already in the state of famine, according to the international organizations. and so kind of the way to think of it is t great sort of a big black hole in the middle of the selection. and now 2 other regions are open rebellion on the to gray and model and do forget that what prompted the tree and war was too great trying to hold elections that weren't sanctioned by the central government. and so this is a good example of how electrons are going to have the can offer that the opposite effect of what you'd like. yeah, i knew you just raised the point william, that with many regions in ethiopia being excluded from this voting process. how can the selection then be seen as free or fair, or even as you say, credible,

you won't be. so the real question is to what degree will the majority of the parents who are backing abby against that degree? see this a good enough for them to continue support? i will. he seems to be the for being winner of the election. while a number of populations are becoming more and more marginal, what would really fix this situation would be a national, national reconciliation conference that would bring in all of these increasingly excluded population. don't forget that abbey was elected originally the mandate of respecting the cultural diversity and various histories of all the regions. and the current government is doing the exact opposite. it created a central party that's excluding william just a final quick thought to you. the united states has express grave concerns about the detention of opposition leaders, the harassment of independent media and spiraling into ethnic violence. how worried then is washington about ethiopia and its potential for why the instability in the

horn of africa? and this is negative impacts on sudan, where is the border dispute and $60000.00 refugees of somalia, which were trying to get a handle on their risks of egypt hitting and bombing over the dan dispute. their repercussions in kenya, their sal sudan is being destabilized by the there's about 8 or 10 countries that are negatively impacted by the growing in stability and t o b. and he'll be with the shining sort of fulcrum of stability at the center of all these countries. that the us for supporting and right now things are going in the opposite direction. whenever it's always good that you're poor. thank you very much indeed with him. now exit polls in france suggest the far right has performed worse than expected in sundays regional elections. president emanuel macro centrist party, also posed badly, but it appears the center right has made gains. it comes up to record low voter turnout for the 1st round of regional elections. an advisor to jailed hong kong

media tyco in jimmy ly says pro democracy newspaper apple daily will be forced to shut in a matter of days. the company's assets have reported had been frozen by authorities under the territory as controversial national security law. it comes days after the apple daily newsroom was rated by police, 2 of its executives were also charged company or not as they are including shaking down the barriers. a coastal highway becomes a symbol of a french i'll truth in libya as cases of cobra. 1900 spike enough dentist on people queue for hours to get oxygen to try to save somewhat a lot more in that state. ah hello, tropical storm cloud at has lashed the u. s. gulf states and particularly louisiana

. we're in some spots. 10200 millimeters of rain lead to this water logged roads. and this is certainly a state that has dealt with a lot of flooding as of late that new orleans about 159 percent above its average rainfall. so far this year, the disturbance has now moved out toward the atlantic, brushing up toward the carolinas, and it will have an impact for new york city. as we head toward tuesday, we'll tap into some tropical rain. your temperatures will fall off a bit below average, but you'll be back into the sunshine where we do have a friend sliding across the great lakes through the ohio valley, the mid west, straight down toward the southern plain. so certainly a possibility. we could see some storm spark up here and toward the u. s. southwest about 30000000 people under heat alerts and look at these temperatures. vegas up to 42. on monday the tropical storm dolores gave a lashing toward areas of mexico, particularly acapulco. we saw the flooding, mud slides, and now we've got about 300 members of the mexican army. they're trying to help in

whatever way they can towards south america. we've seen clouds and rain drift out of rio, so we've got some sunshine on monday with a high of 22. the news but it goes from one is a home world cup was what williams were made. turn into a night man of a rest in torture by demons military johnson. footballing legend, eric tend to introduce his cloud. your temporary, one of the special few stood up for their beliefs. whatever that cost football rebels on al jazeera, the o,

the me welcome back a quick remind about top stories here. this armenia is catholic, a prime minister has trained victory and sundays not parliamentary election. results show nicole fashion and ruling parties in the lead. the call the election following lossy of defeat and the war with the by john olden open. and here's parliament re election prime minister abbey ahmed's 1st tour of test, and comes in a critical time reports of feminine continuing violence and the northern to grind each other devices the jail. hong kong meter tiger jimmy law has told the reuters news agency pro democracy news for the apple dated before 2 shots in a matter of days to the company has no access to funds after prison. now there are warnings of power cuts across several iranian cities offered only nuclear power plant winter in an emergency shut down the head of the state. energy

company says the bashir plant may not be operational for up to 4 days. it's the 1st time terran has reported an emergency of this kind. there had been warnings in the past. the plant could stopped functioning. iran couldn't buy equipment from russia due to us banking sanctions. not at all. it has been announced in the news and you might have had to the 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 plants capacity. the likelihood of blackouts will rise. well gary, say more as an expert on iran's nuclear program and director of the crown center for middle east studies. he explain more about russia's role in the construction and operation of the plot. 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 it rod after the fuel is used and therefore contains tony, and then sent back to russia for disposition. so the blue shirt nuclear power plant really isn't connected in any direct way to concerns about your nuclear program because iran operates with facility, but they don't really provide the fuel or handle the spence. there have been concerns expressed about the safety of the facility because it's such a curious hybrid, a 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 sufficiently since it

1st went online at 2011. and in vienna day after iran elected a new conservative president talks to revive the nuclear deal seem to have made some progress. the difference is to remain, diplomats have been negotiating since april to bring both tear on washington back into complying with the agreement. the united states is an indirect talks with iran and says there are still several sticking points. while the head of iranian delegation thinks bit closer to the end. but the most difficult issues are yet to be resolved. and israel of new prime minister has warned world powers against reaching a deal during his 1st cabinet meeting. natalie bennett described around president elect abraham rice. he's victory as a final wake up call. the dangers of returning to the 2015 agreement rate selection is i would say the last check for the world powers to wake up before returning to the nuclear agreement. and to understand who they're doing business with. these

guys are murder, mass murderers, a regime of brutal haman must never be allowed, the weapons of mass destruction that will enable it to enough to kill thousands of millions. libby as unity governments has announced the partial reopening of a road that links the east and west of the country. it was one of the conditions of a sci fi agreement signed between warring sides last october, forces loyal to the wall, not any for half to say they weren't consulted and yet to approve the decision. the prime minister portions of the road are open. future need. yeah, that you know many more about it, it is my pleasure to be part of this historic day as the reopen the main arch, reconnecting, but you simply be edwards, wes, it will enable our people to reunite as a doctor 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 the be a forward in general 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. chinese president says the assembly task with drafting the country's new constitution will hold its 1st session on july for chiles, replacing its dictatorship era charter after mass protests that began in 2019 against inequality. it's been still computers. and as you let, this constitutional convention is undoubtedly going to be a historic milestone. good, i think because it's the 1st time in our history, we will be writing a new constitution for like an incredibly and with broad citizen participation. disarray presents not only a great opportunity, but above all, a huge responsibility for me. i've guys done as recorded 92 new corona virus deaths in the last 24 hours the

country seeing a huge spike in daily cases and a record number of deaths. the governments are for international help and agencies of warned, the situation is spiraling out of control. alexandra buyers reports in cobble 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 shall, ins. officials gentlemen. 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. i've gone, astounds 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. shad. 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's 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

a positive case has continued to increase. and if most of the car only goes to one hospital in the area, once there's a few of assorted oxygen in both the government and aid workers are pleading for international health. there have been multiple calls for oxygen cylinders, and most crucially vaccines. afghanistan began to roll out in april, but so far, not even one percent of the population has been fully inoculated or colored the old word. for 2 things. up as implants 1st, and vaccines lex in the fin, the cottage, and oxygen, oxygen. as the virus surges through the community, officials are trying to spread public awareness. they blame the surge on a lack of social distancing, and continued gatherings for a country that was already facing widespread poverty. and in near constant threat of attacks conquering coby 19 is yet another worry. afghans have to contend with

alexandria buyers, al jazeera. now on sunday, brazil became the 2nd country after the u. s. to record more than half a 1000000 corona virus, deaths demonstrators in rio de janeiro placed roses on kopeck on a beach. and memory of the victims. hospitals are struggling with a devastating 3rd wave of the pandemic. present jaya both and are still continues to play down the seriousness of coven 19 putting pressure on states to resist locked downs. since upon damage, italy's population has dropped by nearly 400000 the government, suffering cash benefits to families, having more children to reverse the trend. but i'm going to say it might not be enough. atom rainy reports room by italian standards. sahara maloney might be said to have a big family, 13 month old and that is her 2nd child. lemme start up, but the problem is that my husband and i have had unsteady work for 14 years. the

decision to have a 2nd child came late only after we both got a steady job. we have relied on our parents to help us pay for the house and take care of the children. postponing a family is common here. birth had been declining since the 2008 crisis. italy has the world's 2nd oldest population, and it is shrinking to last year. it fell by more than 380000 people. that was due to a historically high death rate with the pandemic. and a historically low birth rate. italy's fertility rate is $1.00 children for each woman. the government is trying to boost birth rates with a new family plan, a major infusion of direct cache payments that increase with the number of children a family has. demographers, elena and bro, set the says the family plan is a good start, but any increase in the birth rate can take decades. there are more immediate steps . italy could take now. immigration can be a solution,

software for aging population because we have an injection of young people working in the working age population. but immigration is a thorny issue in italy. we asked a member of parliament from the center left democratic party. how political leaders can convince italians of the need to take more non italian into the country. you'll also be got a lot. i can explain all i want to italians at a certain level of immigration helps italian society. but as long as they keep saying immigrants big for handouts on the street, i won't convince anybody we need to integrate them into italian society and need help from europe. with the pandemic evening and summer temperatures rising, there's been an increase in the number of migrants crossing the mediterranean and landing in italy, that's only further fuel the anti immigrant sentiments, divided over immigration. italy will rely then on mothers like sahara to choose to have multiple children. a choice many italian women are unwilling to make. adarine

al jazeera rome noise football federation has voted against boy cutting the 2022 fee for will cut and cut off. funds had called for the organization to withdraw the support of a claims cut off was exploiting migrants. caltrans face criticism over the living and working condition of work as especially there was involved in the construction of stadiums. but doha says it's done more than any country in the region to improve work, a welfare and region motion to boycott. the games was voted down at a delegates meeting on sunday. and i believe the executive committee of the football association believes that a boy caught us the same as turning. it's back on cut out and it's challenges and the denying itself the opportunity to commit to improvements not to ethanol. it's have stepped outside the international space station to work on its power supply. they install the 1st of 6 new solar arrays, which will give the aging panels a boost after 20 years of continuous use. a new power supply will keep the station

running in the years ahead, as it begins to accommodate commercial operations and private tourists. the panels on 900 meters in length. when for a quick check of the headlines here now to 0, manias catch, i get prime minister has claimed victory and sundays snap parliamentary election. early result show. nicole passion yann's ruling party, or in the lead he call the election and following last year defeat and the war with as a by john, where we challenge has more what he's claim that have block his party has a convincing majority, although he acknowledge not all the vote to be counted yet and yes, the official.