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a clear victory and his math alleged i know from iraq, president elect to meeting joe biden as the in the united states must return to the nuclear di lan lift sanction down my head in respect for your courage. andrea and you and special invoice. angeline usually shows solidarity with thousands of refugees forced to flee to bikini buffer. i'm devin ash, with board austria, be ukraine to fill that place in the last 16 of your 10000 local finals will be allowed into olympic venue. despite warnings from health experts that the games would be safer without crowd. ah, well, it's a little after 9 pm, and addison are in the polls are closed in ethiopia. in general election, 10 months they've been delayed. so the vote has been widely welcomed,

but it has not come without a loss of issues. first and foremost, millions of ethiopian have been excluded from voting this round because of ballot problems and insecurity in 3 regions, including today which we will talk more about later. this is the 1st electro test for prime and if the abbey made since his appointment back in 2018, there are more than 40 political parties competing to states. i'll be there is expected to win elections happening in the shadow of regional tension. we mentioned to grey, which remains at war with the national army and is now suffering widespread famine . but also ethiopia is dealing with a long standing dispute with both sit down in egypt of ritz hydro electric dam, on the blue nile. so let's start with mohammed died, our correspondent who's been at a polling station in addis ababa so often, long queues in the capital of the sub, about several other cities across the country. people had started gathering some of these pulling sessions as early as 4 in the morning. these are very crucial

elections to be and they see us the 1st step towards democratizing that confounded once the entire world to see it just not a walk in progress, not just a great region which is where a 7 month long conflict is going on. abuse for that and get in fighting with a t p l a fight. this is the form of ruling patty of the ticket region in the north. but also there are places in that you, some part of the country, like how to the tiniest of the federal state of the piano. so the somali region next to 200, well, voting has been postponed until september for what the electoral board calls logistical rhythms. they also pockets of the region on a hot region as well as in the symbol where some conflict with his where a tribal pilot cut off on where for security reasons,

the elections have been postpone. so it's about a 5th of the 547 constituencies in if you are not working with the rest of the countries that a lot of focus on that to region. for example, in the united nations human rights chief thing, she's deeply disturbed by the situation there. a conflict between the national army and the ticket in people's liberation front, the t p o f, which now was in its 8 months. the tv and dominated, if you have been politics, been any 30 years until i b, i had to power in 2018. he ordered a military operation against the group intake in november after he said it attacked army bases. the t p l f though says it was on fairly targeted to grow our position parties say more than 50000 people have been killed in those 8 months. while the united nation says more than 350000 face a risk of famine,

very place to welcome patricia has like to the news, our former us ambassador to ethiopia and same from london for us today in bass. the thank you for your time. i have read so many different views on the selection. some people saying it shouldn't be going ahead under the conditions something well it's got to go ahead some time it's been delayed for 10 months. what's been your take on on? well, just the fact that it's even happened today. well, i think you, you address the administrative challenges that the countries facing. i think the fact that the country has not been able to vote, and i'm certainly hoping that they get an opportunity in the future to do so. i think there's some positive aspects to them. i think it's pretty, pretty much determined that the prosperity party will win. and that my hope is that with this victory, that the government will open up. i talked with the t t l laugh and with the g grants as well as open up my talks with the government of sudan in egypt over

the girl, the, the greatest on stamp. that's your hope. what's your actual feeling about whether it will happen? again, the varying views i've heard on. if i be 4, if and when i'll be at, when will he see it as a chance to as you say, open up more because he has the mandate of the people or actually go even more authoritarian. well, i think he said that in fact, he made some positive noises about allowing some work to move for the united nations and others and looking to somebody allegations of human human rights abuses, etc. i think the real concern here is the fam and i have to say the medium situations, humanitarian situation, is in a crisis. if they do not sit down and start to talk, i think the situations might get much worse and will spread to other parts of the

country. and as well as the famine i mentioned in the numbers just before we came to claim that 50000 people have died in that cigarette conflict, that is extraordinary. that that has been allowed to happen. if i can put it that way. well, not only the 50 and the 50000 people walk their arrives over millions, millions of people or 100 thousands of people have been displaced. some of them have fled into some dan, the fact that people can't farm their land. this is what's contributing to the drought family situation. this is a man may situation. i was there when there was a drought, but that was caused by nature and they averted a famine. they have the ability to do that, but they need to give unfettered access to humanitarian organizations to get into grades, to get into the pockets where people are starving to death. this is, unfortunately, i much a, b, b o, b as past has been you know,

through the stories of drown famine. and i have to say many governments now as a result of that. so i'm certainly hoping that the new government takes this opportunity to sit down, start having talks with the t p l last as well as resolving some of the other issues in the country because it's not just in cheap rate where there's on rest. can you explain for our view as ambassador, why e c o p, a matters quite so much in africa and african students with the rest of the world. it is as, as island today, the 2nd most populous country in africa, as a lot of people there. and it seems so critical for that part of the world. well as critical as so many ways when i was there was a member of amazon and was helping with the situation in somalia. ethiopia was also now home to refugees. laying across from the conflict is out to dan,

ethiopia was home to many refugees weighing from eritrea. it was the one area of peace and stability. and now we're looking at another country in the ball to show a horn of africa. i mean, geographically it's in such an important area. it's right across from yemen. we don't want to see another situation at 1st of all, did you manage cherry situation? but there are also surety concerns. you know, al, your bob is still active in somalia and ethiopian troops were really contributed to trying to settle down that conflicts. so i think with e d o b, a being preoccupied with its own situation. and i'm very concerned frankly about the potential breakup of the country. this is does not, it's not just the g grants and all the rooms have different degrees feeling that,

that you know, they, they've been not perhaps treated josslyn this. this just created to tune your house and it's just not in anyone in any government interest. and i would not want to see that happen. ethiopia, as they have such a wonderful history and such a great welcoming to, to people from all over the world and just see this happening to a country is just heartbreaking. really appreciate that perspective in context. you can give us ambassador patricia has like thank you so much for your time. do appreciate it. thank you very much. we're on to other news and thousands of people gathered through right now and armine, it's capital to celebrate nicole passion, young victory in sunday's snap general election. remember it was punch on himself. we've called early paul tried to ease the public anger about a p. steal. he signed to end the war with as the by john last year his civil contract party took the majority votes, well ahead of the party of his main rifle,

the former president roberts battalion rory challenge has been covering this selection for us. and he's there tonight as the people come out onto the streets to celebrate rory. while the people who come, man, the people have left again, this square down behind me was full very recently. they'd come out. so here, there, man nicole passion in the prime minister who took a big, big gamble following that disastrous war with the, by john lot. yet, he perhaps unwisely. why is the one i mean, he gambled and he's one. he decided that he was going to resign, calling out the election and asked the people whether they would return him to power with a risky move. but it has paid off or have the speech that he gave on space with talking about. now, his task is unifying the country he referred to the rhetoric of the campaign trials,

saying that he had been one of the guilty parties to use inflammatory insulting language. but now was the time to calm things down and to unify, to have dialogue with the policies here that are open to it, the cold for a dictatorship of law. and that he had an art mandate. now, to leave the country, he won with 54 percent of the vote, but the turn out was quite low, just shy of 50 percent of the country. so yes, it is a decent mandate for him to, to rule the govern. but it's hardly a ringing endorsement of the man more it's of rejection. i think all his rival, robert cherry and who in many ways too many people, represents armenia of the past, less democratic, more corrupt, more beholding systems of patronage and armenians. i think despite the war of

decided they didn't want to go back to that. so the war with the, by john re, it's the reason the poll happened, how much does it still hang over armenia? because people and you pointed this out earlier today, people last land and they lost family members in that battle. it's not the type of thing. you can just gloss over no. and you only have to go to the main military sacrament cemetery here, which i did a couple of days ago and sat amongst the graves that looked at all the pictures of the fallen soldiers ferrying from those graves. and most of them were basically 1918 years old. you see my mother's coming and sitting by those grave phones and we think it's a, it's a, it's a really moving thing to see. and it really bring home to you how much grief the country has gone through in the last few months and how much that is still

a very war and very real experience that much of the country. there is anger. absolutely. but nicole actually on in his campaign, i think managed to convince lots of people that although he, he does have some culpability, a lot of culpability for that defeat. it's not his alone. there were military mistakes that were made and they date back many, many years. that was over confidence, the dates back many years. and there was a squandering of many chances to have meaningful dialogue without as a by john. so yes they, we have a situation where nicole fashion and he's come back to power. he can govern, he can try and unify this country and he can try and maintain that piece deal with as a, by john, broken by the russians. we have russian peacekeepers on the grounds need to go on a counter back. it's precarious. but i think with nicole pressure again, most people believe that it will hold at least for the moment. thank you, rory,

challenge reporting from yet of them just a little closer look at those election results. the numbers as they came on that civil contract party of passion, young, 54 percent of the vote after he called that early vote over the wars we were discussing their passion. young's main rival, robert custodians, armenia alliance block just 21 percent of very distant seconds. and as we talked about the turnout, it was actually only down at 49 percent of eligible voters casting their ballots, reflecting how people do feel still about the war. let's hear from mama and gregorian. an associate professor of international relations at law university says he believes the result is more of a rejection of china and then it is really an endorsement of passion. yeah. it is certainly a very strange outcome. it is difficult to recall too many cases were after such a catastrophic defeat, the leader or

a political party has retained its power. and even before the war pushing on and he's, he's political party, had lost a considerable amount of their popularity. so such a character victory certainly begs a question. some people ask the question, how found an easy answer to it, which is the irrationality of the army. and electra, the ideas of all, you know, pushing and having a cold following good cetera. i reject these ideas. i think the army and electra to behave rationally and the choice the elect with his face. and i'm talking about the alex it's own perspective. you will be between electing, pushing young, who they acknowledged had filled quite quite spectacularly and thought. but the alternative was the restoration of the previous regime or, or the, the previous order which was associated with the name of the child. most people in

armenia could see, would consider that the restoration of some kind of a new feudal order. that is what has been rejected by the armina electorate and so spectacular. and i think that the explanation 60 minutes past the new dollar, see what's coming out. sweet and government. its collapse after the prime minister failed at constant pfizer reset to announce trial back. same child that is on children age as young as 6 months. that's going to football, or he's tested, positive corona buyers, and then knock on effect england. that is coming up as a to iran, where the president electors declared his country as many more foreign policy object has been just reviving the 2015 nuclear deal with world power of a room. right. he gave his 1st news conference and winning fridays election. he

reiterated his support for the agreement, but said he wasn't prepared to meet us. president biden emphasized it was. the us violated the deal by withdrawing 3 years ago. that how did you don't mind how? how can our interaction with all countries will be balanced? any negotiation that is going to be the benefit of our nation will be supported, but negotiation should have an achievement for the great nation of iran. and it's people who call your home care al stances that all signatory should return to the 2015 agreement and abide by their commitments. we are asking the europeans not to be pressured or influenced by the americans. people want their rights to be revived . i forgot to the white house. kimberly, how could his van fact just raced out of that daily press briefing with jim saki the white house spokes person. what's been said on this? well, the big question in washington around the world is with the election of the president

elect in iran. what impact could this have on negotiations that have been taking place in vienna to bring back new so compliance in the united states and iran with respect to the jcp or that agreement to limit arise nuclear program. the question was raised in the white house press briefing, and here is which i'm talking the press secretary had to say about sort of a potential impact as a result of these elections on those negotiations. well, we don't currently have diplomatic relations with iran or any plans to meet with the lead at the leader level. so it's unclear that anything has actually changed on that front. i will say that the president's view and our view is that the decision maker here is the supreme leader. that was the case before the election is the case today, will be the case probably moving forward. the iran nuclear negotiating teens just manage their 6 rounds of talks. they have not yet to get announced the 7th round, but as is typical, they're back consulting with capitals and we're looking forward to seeing where

that goes. moving forward. what remains unclear then is whether or not the white house is considering lifting some sanctions. as iran has said, it's necessary as to show good faith 5 united states, that it is committed to the steel for the long term and not just for the binding the ministrations term. now the other problem and all of this, and that was not clarified by the white house press. secretary is that the president elect in iran is subject to some of those very sanctions that were put in place by the trump administration and have not been lifted by the new ministration . specifically with respect to the fact that there was a concern about the president like human rights record, the white house press secretary only saying that as that ago, she should take place and adherence to human rights is of utmost priority to the 5 ministration and will factor in to the negotiation. thank you. kimberly, how can what house correspondence i also spoke to mart fitzpatrick, early as

a former deputy assistant secretary of state. and he says bought in. it's actually under pressure to take a phone stump against iran. anything that bided ministration does to show flexibility toward iran is going to be criticized. republicans are not going to support any feasible deal with iran. so the biden team knows this and knows they will have to weather criticism. i think the issue is not so much the one of sequencing, but rather the extent to which they will lift sanctions imposed by the trump team. the white house has said that there will be several 100 sanctions that will remain in place. you ron, want all of them lifted, and i think there will have to be some compromises on both sides to narrow down this area of disagreement. there are so many complications and iran in be so called behavior is of concern to many of its neighbors into the united states. united

states is primarily concerned about the nuclear issue. because if the ron gets nuclear weapons that would, that would really be a game changer. that could threaten us national interest in a severe way. what iran does meddling and its neighbors is a last concern. the united states took great concern to its neighbors, the sweden's prime minister steph, and often is facing the choice of either resigning or calling us now the election after losing a no confidence vote in parliament. and the vote was triggered for the governing coalition fell apart in a dispute over proposed rent reforms. this report is from pull brennan. the rick dark chamber in stock home was packed full for the momentous vote and electronic balance which took less than 20 seconds to confirm the outcome. stephanie lawson is the 1st swedish premier ever to lose a confidence as la fan sat impassively on the front row as his coalition disintegrated before his eyes. the stuff beneath then threw up lawfern

is a former union boss famed for his negotiating skills and since and inconclusive election in 2018. lawful social democrats have governed in a minority coalition with the green, while still needing the support of smaller parties to get that through parliament. but his government proposals to reform sweden's, strict rent control system, proved to be a red line for the left party. who warned that they would bring down the government unless the proposals were withdrawn. the how you to not some of the some move only the polity. we kept our word said no, she dug into the left party leader. so often now has one week to decide whether to call a snap election or resign and get the speaker of parliament the task of trying to find a replacement prime minister, or was it vod regardless of what happens now, my party and myself will together with others be available to shoulder the responsibility of leading the country. my primary focus has always been is and will

always lead to do what is best for sweet audits. that's a heavy hint of what many analysts are suggesting that with sweden's fragmented political landscape and opinion poll, showing the center left and center right blocks evenly balanced. it's entirely possible that the speaker will hand the top job back to steph and law firm, at least until the next general election in september, next year. the pm may be down, but he's not yet out. pull brennan al jazeera libya has postponed. the reopening all the road linking the east and west of the country, the national unity government announced it was open on sunday. part of the faith 5 deal, but forces loyal to the wall or police have to objected. because they said they went consulted. so talk so held and a committee said the road is not yet face to reopen, due to land mine. the un has boosted security in a large refugee camp and became a faso violence worse than in the saddle region. thousands of fled their homes after a rising number of attacks this year,

with many seeking refuge in the go to boot camp near the northeast and town of dory . charlotte village has court in the northeast corner of the king of faso, near the borders of new year, and molly lies the good of a refugee camp. this is home 411000 refugees. actress angelina jolie a. you in. and basset flew in by helicopter to highlight world refugee day. she's been marking the day like this between 2 years. the keenest also is part of the hail with chad molly and this year the region is in crisis with growing violence, displacing more than $2000000.00 people. a milestone passed for the 1st time this year. the way the international community tried to address this conflict and insecurities is broken into the rank, it is unequal is built on inherited privilege. it is subject to the whim of political leaders and it is geared towards the interest, their powerful countries,

including my own and the expense of others, authorities in the king of faso and when say they are doing the best to protect these refugees, that deployed more soldiers and increase the trolls 22 year old yellow, our alma do moved here 4 months ago. her 4th moved and a decade. me do i left smelling 2012 me and my children. i have 2 children. i came here with the family and without. i am a woman, i am afraid of the war. the war has followed them. fighters linked to al qaeda and i saw operating on the edge of the sahara, have expanded their reach into this hail. 132 people were killed in an attack near here early this month will if i but once i arrived burkina faso, i'm afraid even in good about that we don't sleep at night. it's really hard for kina as well as molly or unstable. the number of people displaced in this, a hail is 4 times what it was 2 years ago. but yet you ins refugee agency sees it

has just 22 percent of the money. it needs to hope doors and became fossil when, as he still on that is to have it. we insisted on staying here despite our fear. we are too scared. it's like what we left and molly that happened in burkina, but it's not for keenest fault. this is all of africa today, there is not a country where there is no problem. this problem covers all of africa. as the violence worsens and this a hail refuge is harder to come by. so they stay here hoping to avoid the next attack in countries struggling to support them. charlotte bellis al jazeera. we will have a current of ours news after the sprite testing the effectiveness of mass vaccinations . brazil begins a full inoculation drive on a small island. just compet code, also india vaccines to a lot of free of charge. big challenge that was reaching the people who don't live in the big business. and probably like champions, manchester city make

a huge bid for totland star strike at the details of jemma like ah hello, that's more sunshine across the middle east. as per usual, i'm pleased to say the smile wind has just east off, so not quite as blow as it has been recently with the lifted dustin side but lots of hazy sunshine. right across the middle east, 48 celsius, the in queue weight of the still in back. then notice one or 2 showers there into a central and western parts of the turkey. that side is lossy dry with plenty of sunshine in the sunshine, stretching down across the horn of africa. fear showers still less into that eastern side of africa, but we have got one or 2 showers just cropping up around the hall is by just see some wet weather just seizing into the coastal part of kenya,

southern areas of somalia, havea showers around the gulf of guinea in to work a ball over towards cameroon, by jerry, a flooding race. any possibility here, over the coming days for southern parts of africa and the dry weather, lot of sunshine coming through said winter solstice, of course. so we are looking to just find a fall away because some west weather down towards the far south just around the western cape $800.00 celsius for cape town on wednesday. it'll cooler to go on into the middle part of the way. can some shower there into northern parts of mass, i'm big. i the no place. and so i go on with say, press brit treated of the car about a media hub and vital vantage point during the 1st truly televised war from the roof. we could see the recreation at the american embassy,

where the most iconic images of the conflict of vietnam were transmitted to the world. this was the front row seats, the final stages of the war, saigon, caravel, a new episode of war hotels on al jazeera. most people will never know what's beyond these doors, the deafening silence of 100000 for how it feels to touch danger every day. most people will never know what it's like to work with. every breath is precious, with fear is not an option. but when most people oh.