hundreds of thousands have fled the celebrated concrete jungle. those who remain no that restoring its my policy will be easy. people in power asks whether the city can bounce back to its former glory. saving new york on just the news to be encountered anything appear after an election build on the democratic ever but laws by fighting and famine. ah, what y'all did there like my headquarters here in that how coming up in the next 30 minutes? ah, the pool just chill, menia leader as he went a landslide and both he called after the defeat him the will again as if i chose

also keep it says it's 3 short of donna vaccine. it 92 percent effective against corona violence straight rejects the you and recommendation to put the great barrier reef all of it's a world heritage site that are in danger. ah, welcome to the program boats are being counted any few if he has general election that's being seen as a test of prime minister of elements commitment to democracy. though to his mom by shortages, the ballot papers allegations of vote irregularities and conflict that's denied hundreds of thousands of people. the right to vote. belmont has described the pole as ethiopia 1st attempt at free and fair elections. major opposition party the boycotted monday's election while some who remained in the fray. se ballot boxes with tampered with and the staff were attacked from addis ababa, his hermit,

it out. the one long queues of voters in most pulling centers in several cities across. if you appear including in the capital of the sub, some of the volta started queuing us us for a m local time. and the electoral commission had increase the number of pulling stations across the country to avoid large crowds from gathering at boarding centers to reduce the risk of spreading covered 19, but also to haste and the voting process. it is the 1st electro test for 44 year old prime minister who rose to power in 2018, championing a democratic revival in africa, sick and most populous country. and a break from it's of the city and past, totaling other things, a common normally so far. but i just wish the process was a little faster than it is. and we hope this election will bring peace and unity as far as i will, than anything i will vote for a party,

which i think will bring peace to our country. and i finalize my decision on who to vote for their delays in some pulling stations, though they threw up to a national electro board say about a dozen pulling stations opened. late due to officials arriving late. voting was extended in some pulling stations to allow water cuts the polyps, the prime ministers newly formed prosperity parties of florence run up by a considerable margin in a crowded field of candidates mostly from smaller, ethnically based parties. more than 40 parties of philip candidates. but most originally based from opposition parties of boycotting the volt in the battleground states or mere position parties have been courted the elections, citing intimidation and imprisonment of some of their leaders and supporters. some opposition leaders have however endorsed the process, calling it's somewhat credible. my expectation is that it would hopefully was minor

difficulties would be good to know creative, awake and difficult. luckily i hope things are watching very closely up to now. the turn out seems to be good. people are out in the numbers. that's a good thing. that's a good science fight. been billed as a nationwide called elections are not 2nd place in one 5th of the countries. 547, because it was these elections in the somali on hot region for this study. you will post for me until september for what the electoral board cold, logistical reason elections also not taking place in the region of north and if you up here most of the delayed volt scheduled for 6 september. but no debt has been set yet for a vote. in the fall, something monitored by observers from the african union, as well as the number of european groups. but the european union did not send a team blaming if you appear for failing to guarantee the independence of its mission. once the volta account of bushnell in peace, with the prime minister,

who is head of government, as well as the president, a largely ceremony role. how much do all just eat a sub a base you appear? now the election is being seen as prime and of the ahmed 1st electoral test. in 2018 of april. he became the 1st ethnic amorro prime minister before that the 2 graham people's liberation frontal, the c p l. f dominated politics and the 3 decades in his role made lifted media restrictions release political prisoners and appointed women into government roles . in 2019, he was awarded the nobel peace prize for his work and ending a long standing conflict with eritrea. the turning point came a year later, when he accused tpl fighters of attacking an army base in the north, he sent in military to try in the vendor. and later they were joined by ever trained troops. there are reports of thousands being killed in the conflict and tens of thousands being displaced. there are also accusations of war crimes and

rape. now david shane was the us ambassador to ethiopia and is now professor at george washington university. he says his election isn't necessarily of indication of, of elements performance as prime minister his party, their prosperity party will in all likelihood, when most of the of the votes, in part because some parties are boycotting the election. so i may actually love from his standpoint like he did fairly well. the bigger issue though is. ready what extent can he carry out the promises or any more democratic future for the if indeed there. ready are, is many challenges to his role behind the scenes that will not be accounted for in this voting process. and that will be a major challenge about 37000000 europeans registered for this election that remains to be seen. how many of the 37000000 will actually vote, that's out of a population of about 109000000. so it's going to have to be

a very high percentage of the 37000000 and make this a fairly credible election. but there are so many challenges already to the electron that does raise serious questions about the credibility armenian battled prime minister. nicole pershing young has held onto his grip on power. months after a defeat in a conflict with us by john, that prompted must protest demanding his resignation. dashing young has won sundays, not parliamentary election, not tens of thousands of his support as rallied in the capital yard of him as passionate and pledged to build what he called a new armenia. really challenge reports now from yet on the, in the end, it wasn't even close with a much bigger victory than pre election polls predicted nicole pasheti. and it's celebrating that the radi and central yerevan on monday night the thank the country and talked of work to be done. the me, the political crisis that stuff,

that anatomy, november 9th and over the republic up, i mean, i gave a mandate to our government and this political team to establish a dictatorship of low and right, the people implemented. and i don't have a lot so jubilation for the prime minister and his supporters. but although winning 54 percent of the votes from a turn out of not quite 50 percent, is a solid mandate. it's hardly a ringing national endorsement of the man. it was a large hon cuz on the side advice, is that in the end, when nicole, yes, they might be a mighty grieving over here, minute 3 to $3.00. who has a by john. but it seen that was from quite a rejection lane libel robert cherry and what was the focus? and that's according to analyst richard garrick garcia. and his return to armenia is less democratic, passed his terms as president of armenia,

where he actually came to power by force and forcing the resignation of the 1st democratically elected president patrol in subsequent years for charles on by ruling the country rather than governing the country has been much better at fixing elections than winning elections. robert contrarian and his armenia alliance are rejecting their defeat, saying there were voting irregularities. but international observers had given the running of the election, their preliminary approval. if not the toner, which campaigning was conducted, the parliamentary elections in the republic of ammonia. they're competent and generally managed with a short timeframe. however, they were characterized by intense pull station and maud by increasingly inflammatory rhetoric among key contestants. this election has delivered something unusual for armenia and the region largely fair vote, in which the winner wasn't pre ordained bots, nicole passions,

and must move quickly to unify this traumatized and divided nation or political crisis might soon consume armenia again, will reach helen's out 0 year event, the opinion u. k u. s. in canada, her together impose sanctions against other routes over the 4th, the version of a passenger plane to minsk last month. look those talk to the those close allies all present. alexander lucas shanker. now they're accused of fraud during last year's election and violence against protest is disputing the results. a foreign minister said the sanctions will help cut off funding to look for shank of government is conveyed to me. she can new school year. due to the union remain ready to support future the lucrative arose with a comprehensive plan of economic support of up to 3 billions for democrats burrows supporting it we net help right now

through the sanctions. there isn't as decided today, he cannot to really cited sean and continue putting pressure on the lucas as regime. now the us says it's waiting to hear back from north korea regarding a proposal from meeting the american special representative for north korean a. the come in during talk with south korea unification, minister, both officials say now it's a good time to reopen discussions about the young young nuclear program. earlier this month, north korean need to give jolen warned his government to be prepared, fully prepared for the dialogue and confrontation with the us. most importantly, i think the 2 countries agreed on the shared commitment to pursue complete the condition of the credit post diplomacy. i dialed the wrong president elect is declared, his country has many more foreign policy objectives than reviving the 2015 nuclear deal with well powers. ibrahim and i see giving his 1st news conference since

winning find his election reiterate reiterated his support for the agreement. but he said he was not prepared to meet you as president joe biden. i see emphasized that it was the u. s. violated the deal by withdrawing 3 years ago. that you are talking. how did you don't model how he kept our interaction with all countries will be balance. 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 its people who call johan 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. our people want their rights to be revived. whitehouse correspond kimberly health care report. so those comments and how they were received in washington. there is the new president lacked and what impact it would have on negotiations in the eyes of the united states. in fact, that was a question posed to why those press secretaries and saki of the daily press briefing

. not only what impact the election result could have negotiations, but also the comments by the president leg that he refuses to meet with you as president joe biden. here's what she had to say. 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 just manage their 6 rounds of talks. they have not to get in 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. now when complicating factor and all of this is the president elect himself, is subject to some of the sanctions that have been put in place by the united

states and the european union as well. iran continues to push for a listing of those sanctions so far. the vibrant ministration has kept the sanctions put in place for the previous trumpet, ministration in place. and so asking about that, the white house press secretary did comment on that as well. saying that she is aware that the president elective iran is subject to some of the sanctions for his human rights record at a crackdown that he was participating in. and as a result, she says that's why the biden administration has made human rights foundation of its foreign policy. the negotiations that are taking place in vienna are no exception. and when there is an effort to reach mutual compliance and disagreement for ron and the united states, this will be part of the negotiation. we'll still ahead hill out there at mexico. argentine baset is from nicaragua, over the getting down against the opposition and propose venture forms have led to

a political drama that trans sweeten into uncertainty. ah hello there. we got tropical storm claudia, now making its way out into the open waters of the, the western atlantic. it was a depression for a time as piping up. now. it's moving out into the waters. that's something to watch for newfoundland, that east side of canada over the next couple of days. but it's really going to be the speeches sinking their way down out of the it west easing across the high valley towards mississippi valley, tennessee. valley easing. further east with some very heavy right around that eastern seaboard of the us through the panhandle and across the deep south. as we go on into wet and stay that will continue to tumble its way further eastward, south, east and past the us. in particular, we'll see further flooding rain that is likely to cause disruption severe storms or

rumbling away here. but dr. skies do come back in behind. we could do some rain further west. warm enough in phoenix at 42 degrees celsius, cooler than it has been that still plenty warm enough. warm sunshine. further west, we're getting up to. 25 in. seattle says unpleasant sunshine for the pacific northwest western side of canada, by the sunshine to welcome sunshine coming back into mexico. now that from bluestorm, the losses moved out to the way. still a few showers coming in here. having said that, some shot showers across the caribbean, but lossy fine, and dry, with plenty of sunshine, ah. in the next episode of science in a golden age, exploring the contributions made by scholars during the medieval period in the field of chemistry, they transformed the superstition of alchemy into the science of chemistry. many of

his chemical procedures, all those which make today oh wow. science and golden age, which professor jim and i'll just 0 ah the book about what you all just bear with me. the whole rom, the reminder of all top stories that kind of gets underway need here in general election. the opposition says ballot boxes with tampered with. an esther threatened prime minister is hoping to hold on to pounds. and what is his 1st real electoral test? armenian prime minister nichol passion, and his supporters are celebrating that victory and some dates that parliamentary

election after a bitter and divisive campaign and is calling for reconciliation. and the european union, u. k. u. s. and canada have imposed the sanctions on salaries over the full diversion of a passenger plane to minced last month among those targeted close allies of president alexander lucas shanker. keepers health ministry has release details of the 2nd self developed covey, 19 vaccine, and they say it's 90. 2 percent effective of dollar is a 3 shot vaccine and has proved highly effective in its late stage clinical trials . cuba is facing its worst outbreak since the start of the pandemic with a record number of daily infections. him hold on. so we have achieved a 62 percent efficacy with the application of 2 doses of this vaccine. this is a very comforting results because it was obtained in a scenario where mutant strains are circulating. we are talking about efficacy not

against the original strain, but efficacy against the combination of the strain circulating in havana at the moment. where there are many variance circulating on that. well let's bring in the sun, janice and the aca who's an associate professor of infectious diseases of the australian national university. joyce, now from cambra, good talk with us on the program. encouraging news coming out to central america. knowing that cuba has really a long history of being at the forefront to sort of medical treatment and development. we do apologize. we seem to have lost the sound, the doctor said in yucca, we shall try and get back to him. i think he can hear me, but we can't hear you. so we'll get back to you. i'm sure i, let's move on with the new current virus infections. have continued to me, emma, and they fits at the highest levels in the military seized power. in february, 595 new cases were reported on monday,

the coo prompted many medical workers to abandon the health service. and that's led to the clamps of the countries crow virus testing regime. turkey is set to drop curfews next month. as the number of new infections continues to full restrictions on travel between cities and public transport, the will also be lifted, present rest of the earth. one says that the goal is to make everybody of the age of 18 eligible for a vaccine within a few weeks. let's get back to camera. i think we can join doctors and in the ica to the university of australian national university could help you with this again, sir, on the program as i was saying before, encouraging use where they can be out of cuba because they do have a long history of medical development, don't they? yes, look, cuba is a very small nation island nation of 11000000 people, but they have to be self sufficient over the decades due to sanctions and various

other issues. and really, prior to cove it, they were exporting 49, almost 50 by products to other countries, predominantly in latin america. and they've got a strong history of developing and administering vaccines. so it's really good news is good news. what's your, the standing them of how the cubans would have proceeded in terms of the way that they tested in that phase trials and what is the procedure look, i'm fortunately, the only issue at the moment is the, the announcements. so i haven't seen any doctor or peer reviewed papers, but that was also the case would be spot me back seen. and they presented very good dr. and in the last paper following that. but hopefully, if we're seeing 92 percent efficacy with the adela vaccine and

the sub to vaccine had 62 percent off the 2 out of its 3 doses. that is very encouraging. but of course we will. i'd like to know more information. what sort of variance were in place, particularly with the delta barrier circulating in cuba when the study was being done? and were the results similarly efficacious in more vulnerable groups such as the elderly. you know, i mean, cuba opted not to import foreign vaccines, but to develop its own how brave a task is that to actually take on board a decision to develop your own vaccine in the hope that you will find a solution. look, it is a courageous decision, but came by the fact that they have got a strong history of being self sufficient and very successful in vaccination programs, not only for their own population, but other populations in latin america and even africa,

i believe. and if they do end up vaccinating their population, they'll be the 1st country to do so with their own locally manufactured vaccine. how potent is efficacy in terms of getting the rubber stamp from the w h o. because getting the rubber stem from them means helping a region that's racked with cove. it all look at is it for another well health organization, once vaccines, at least 50 percent dedication. so if the trial or if these announcements bear out in terms of the data that's published, then they'll be well on top of that. and of course we have to work out what, because the means it's been talking about domestic, private, et cetera. but assuming all that is good, then the world health organization should be satisfied. and as you correctly say, because there, there's no privatization of vaccine production. they can offer fairly cheap spec scenes to the surrounding region. and countries like brazil are really struggling

with cobit at the moment, so those vaccines would be very welcome. it's really good to get your insight. thanks. talk to sunjay or send in the aca from the australian national university in tampa. thanks for your time, sir. thank you. that makes garage and tina have recalled our baset as from nicaragua, the consultations over present daniel will take his increasing crime down on opposition. not more than a dozen opposition figures, including 5 potential presidential candidates have been arrested. this month, present or tank was expected to seek a 4th term in the upcoming november elections on sunday. and we got a laura, a journalist, and a presidential hopeful, was arrested under nicaragua as controversial new laws. now the crackdown overtake us opposition isn't new, as john homer reports from mexican city. it seems that president daniel will take his government has really got around sort of mopping them up. now officially, what the police have said is that he was asking for, for an intervention in nicaragua,

including for military intervention that he was involved in terrorist attacks. they ready for the book at him. and there is new laws in nicaragua that have recently been made, which enables the government to accuse basically people of treason, their political drivers, treason. so he's just the latest one in more than a dozen political figures that we've seen arrested recently in the country. now this is something as well that hasn't just been happening over the last couple of months. this has been happening over the last 3 years or so since 2018 in which there were protests against president ortega and his regime. and those protest ended with a lot of people being arrested, a lot of people being thrown in jail dissidence students, journalists, and political figures amongst them. but this is an escalation of that repression. susan's prime minister, stephan lawson is facing the choice of either resigning or calling

a snap election after losing any confidence in parliament that the vote was triggered after the governing coalition fell apart. and a dispute of proposed venge reforms pro brandon reports. the rick dark chamber installed home was packed full for the momentous vote, an 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 my friend sat impassively on the front row as his coalition disintegrated before his eyes. the stuff beneath then threw up lawfern is a former union voss famed for his negotiating skills and since an 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 succeed, 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 know, some of the some move on the politic we kept our word said no, she dug into the last talk 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 audit. 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 la friendly, 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, inefficient or recommending that australia is great. barrier reef be placed on

a list of world heritage sites that are in danger. but the australian government says it's stunned by the recommendation and it's planning to strongly oppose the draft decision. unesco is also coil camera to take accelerated action at all possible levels on climate change. climate change as that to 3 mass bleaching events on the 2300 kilometer long reef since 2015 doctor. selina ward is a marine biologist and seen electra at the university of queensland. she says the great barrier reef needs urgent attention. very bad news for a trailer. of course, we have not wanted the great barrier reef on the danger least, but also not terribly surprising. given the threats to the great barrier at the moment, please try and government has not been taking action guy need to on climate change . and whilst they canceled the problem themselves, obviously they need to take stronger action. so they could certainly say that

coming. and whilst we've had great improvements in the funding for water quality on the great barrier reef and including new money in the most recent state government budget, we really need to do more in that field as well. that means making very definite decisions on climate change. not heading towards supporting the fossil fuel industry in this country and new coal, mine gas developments. none of those things are going to help climate change, but also taking as much action as we possibly can on improving water quality for the great rates. we've got a really big coastline. it's a long rate, so it's a difficult job. but one that we really have to work as hard as possible to. so now the streets are alive with the sound of music. again in paris, the music lovers able to sing and dance full

annual music festival with many creative i was just now lifted. festus music went ahead with 15 months of restriction at celebrate the sum of all this the longest day of the year. it wasn't a complete return to normal though many restrictions are still in place with unplanned st concert band and limits on capacity at restaurant the ah, ah, don't y'all just bear with me? the whole rahman indo reminder of all top stories counting his underway in a few years twice to a general election. prime minister element is hoping to hold on to power. and walt is his 1st real electoral test. several opposition parties of boycotted the votes. mama did our reports now from per polling station in the capital they walk long queues of them in the carpet.