and hope they can compete again one year after washing invasion of ukraine water. the lessons learned what i've learned is that in europe, we are a small continent, but we don't really know each other's history. how worried on the if putin succeeds in ukraine will be an invasion of your country. as stoney, as prime minister talks to, welders you ah, when the next president. c josh, to want to get an idea in peace. that's what we need when it piece of we're not junior hopes and phase as nigeria counts votes and the most tightly contested presidential election in decades. ah,

i'm molly inside the sound. is there life and whoa, whoa, whoa, so coming up, 20 years since the beginning of the war and off for an su dance still bears. the sconce talks between israeli and palestinian officials are on the way in jordan. but some factions are against the meeting on a rare look at life inside russian control done yet we meet people who've been living near the front line since 2014. ah, that's all being counted in nigeria in wants believed to be it's titus presidential election in decades. some areas in one province have extended voting through sunday all to delays on saturday. the election was held in the middle of an economic crisis and there's been violence by armed groups in some regions. well, i'm a jam, june reports from the capital of boucher in nigeria is capital. the

polls didn't open as early as they were meant to. but the mood was nonetheless up beat sandra awful. who wants to see her country move in the right direction? told us how relieved she was to have voted. i will, i fired i yoga expo race because we have been allowed to ruin, you know, written on the phone. how many, how many months now, for those practicing their civic duty, the significance of this day could not be overstated. no matter the heat, no matter the length of the lines, people waited. despite the delayed start earlier in the day, things have gone smoothly here at this point station. and everybody i've spoken to say they're prepared to stay here as long as it takes to ensure they can cast their ballot at a polling station in the battleground state of legos. panic after gunfire broke out armed gunmen and

a minibus fired shots in the air. and snatched ballot boxes at the voting station and follow lou junction. earlier lagos, his police chief, had issued a stern warning to any one planning to provoke unrest. led into fi you we way. so let's you will apprehend you. i will bring you to justice for voters here growing concerned not just over the high cost of living, but even what might happen after this vote. if this was you wrong. that means that we don't have a see enough on shirt, in the southeastern city of new gu ballots were delivered late voters, both tired and bored. wondered when booths would finally be set up. poles were scheduled to close by afternoon, and many worried. they might not be able to vote. nigeria independent national electoral commission said some areas had experienced irregularities, and try to offer reassurance. anybody who had was only to behold 2

such libya allowed to vote, even who quoted rose will be on the official clothes and alice local news. 18 candidates are running for the presidency, but only 3 are seen as having a realistic chance of winning. also up for election or hundreds of seats in parliament in this hotly contested election, voters only know one thing for certain. no matter who wins the challenges ahead will not be easy. oh helen jane is now lie for us in a blue, gentle hammock. any updates from election officials on the 10 out have facing went nationwide to any idea of when we gonna get a results. so molina, let me tell you 1st where we are. we're at the nigeria, civil society situation room. this is where you have all manner of civil society members and activists were here to talk to their teams who found out throughout the country to observe how the election went. not just the polls that were ongoing

yesterday, but they have been extended in some states into today because there were so many delays at different polling stations throughout the country yesterday. so those votes are still ongoing. what's interesting at this hour is there seem to be 2 different narratives that we're hearing from different groups on the civil society . there was a press or just a short while ago here in which the members of these groups said that they were very disappointed. and how the elections went, they were glad that there wasn't a lot of violence, but they said that valid boxes weren't deployed correctly. they said that there were too many delays when it came to when pulled open throughout the country. and that there were too many logistical difficulties that should have been handled better by the government were also told by civil society members here that it's about 17 percent of the vote thus far. that's been uploaded to the website of the national electoral commission. and that they are going to be finding out more about those results later in the day. now, on the competing side of that, you have the electoral commission here, nigeria, they are actually holding

a press press right now. we don't know at this point when they plan to announce any results if they're going to be announcing preliminary results as they get them or if they're going to wait until they tally all the results. but what we've heard thus far from the electoral commission up to this point is that they are happy with how things went yesterday. they have admitted that there were difficulties that there were some problems that there were some issues as far as people taking ballot boxes. some violent incidents as well yesterday, some are regularities, but they say they've extended the vote in those areas today. they think that the vote went largely better than they had expected it to. and because of that, those are encouraging signs. all that being said, i should add that everybody we've spoken with here in a boucher they seem to be quite happy about the fact that things went better that they than they thought a. what a lot of people were worried, even in a boucher that there might have been violence as people head to the polls yesterday that didn't happen in a boucher. there are a lot of parts of the country where they expected it would happen. that didn't happen. there and because of that,

people are hopeful that perhaps this election could be a turning point for the country going forward. melina, okay, good to speak to mama jump june, giving us that update from a booth. jeff? oh, i want to bring you some breaking news. at least 43 people have been killed. off to a suspected migrant boat sank off the coast of southern italy. thousands of bodies have been found on a beach near east in columbia. i advise his rescue more than 40 people. the shoals believe they were part of a group of asylum seekers trying to reach europe 3 the mediterranean. now it's been 20 years in start of the wooden door for hundreds of thousands of people have been killed. millions more have been forced out of their homes. fighting has ease, but many people are still living in camps with nowhere else to go. hip morgan reports now from north duffle. this was once a home in the village of elk, a shadow and to dance north dar for as alma adam stands amongst the ruins where his

home once stood, he remembers his life here before being forced out when the were and dar 4 began ottawa on helena had love him for them, correct? people came and braided the village. there was 6 cars loaded of guns somewhere in horses and some on camelback. they were from the arab tribes. they killed the men and bent the villas down and looted property in livestock. i knew we had to escape to the mountains to survive the war, miss animal binder, less or more due to a bottle. the worst started in 2003, with a car for the tribes rebelling against the government and accusing it of marginalization. the government responded with airstrikes and attacks on villages perceived to be allied to the rebels. more than 300000 people were killed and over 2000000 displaced in the years that followed. the un describe the war as ethnic cleansing, against the tribes here and 20 years on evidence of the we're still remains

hundreds of villages across the dock for region. well burns, during the years of war, in what was known as courts, earth policy, many of those who are able to flee are now in camps, waiting for the implementation of a peace agreement find in 2020, to be able to return home. the deal signed between the government and various troubled groups included, compensation for victims were but some displaced people say other issues keep them from returning when it is yet not another cup alone of the people who killed us and burns, our villages are still out there and still aren't, we can leave the camp without being assaulted by owns men are running into pickups . with loaded guns on the local authority, a security will be provided for those wanting to return. we actually agreed you were peace agreement in the, in a security protocol agreement that we said that those return is they must go back to their original village and we have to establish the force to carry out the

mission for protect them when they are going back to the origin of the ditch. after 20 years of displacement, alma wants to return home, but he needs to be sure it is safe. he doesn't want to be forced to leave again. he, bill morgan august 0 on cash 0 north star for. ah, russian president vladimir putin has accused nato of being an in direct accomplice to what he's called crimes committed by keith is also keys western powers of working to disintegrate and control russia. on the ground, the moscow backed wagner group says, as fighters have captured the village of yeah, he'd ne, which is north of bad news. i think has been concentrated around the city for weeks was on a been surveyed reports now. a child shielding his sister, a monument from 2014 when ukrainian shells had done yeske in the last year of

fighting here. at least 35 more children have been killed. and in the last 9 years of conflict, russian officials estimate thousands of died in russian controlled territories. despite the dangers nadisa and her grandchildren have stayed in dawn yeske, one of her 2 daughters is being treated in hospital after a shell exploded near her. the other had to find work after her husband fled to ukraine. but no matter how hard life here gets, she isn't ready to leave. a oh oh no categorically, nash. i grew up on this land. i buried my parents here. i'm bringing up my grandchildren here. i grew up on this land. why should i leave us? at least one woman was killed in the latest ukrainian artillery strikes on homes. and don yeske ah, seems like this have become routine. many have lived under constant fear since rushing back separate as rows up against ukraine. human rights watch has accused

russia of carrying out indiscriminate attacks against civilians and ukrainian forces are violating laws of war. it's gathered testimony about a legit mistreatment and summary executions of prisoners of war, as well as the use of band weapons. human rights watch says ukrainian force is used euro gun cluster munitions, rockets in an attack on has out if got in hockey region from me to early september . ukrainian forces repeatedly attacked the city of idiom and surrounding areas while they were under russian control, with cluster munitions. since russia annex these regions last year, many here now have russian passports, but that doesn't take away the dread of the next incoming missile. but the engine lady school, we are all at great risk. i get up to go to work and i don't know whether or not a missile will hit us when i'm on the bus. i don't know if rockets will strike in the night. we can stay indoors forever. i need to leave my house. we just spray and go outside a personal nozzler. it is dangerous,

but i have to go out doors. we have to eat something, we must buy essentials. it was in the north go off. this man says he was building a snowman with his daughter in a shell exploded next to them. this arrived with minor injuries. so now parents don't meet in parks any more. more strings and slides are empty because of the contested status. he was a worker such as the red cross not entered these dated fees or people living in parts of east the ukraine. the war has continued or nearly a decade. farmer mcgary that the 0 moscow officials from israel and the palestinian authority, the us jordan and egypt are missing in the city of kaba, in jordan. now discussing ways of di escalating the recent attentions in the occupied west bank. many palestinians say that the global community wants to maintain israel's military occupation as net abraham reports. it's hard to miss growing palestinian support for i'm groups. the latest example

was seen as thousands demonstrated across the occupied west bank at midnight. responding to a call by the lines them arm hope he loves palestinians were killed in an israeli rate on the city of nablus. on wednesday, some were fighters from the group. now palestinian officials have flown to jordan to attend the security summit with israel organized by the us. egyptian and jordanian officials are all severe. the meeting on sunday is an attempt to de escalate growing tensions. and we established palestinian security control in nablus and jeanene to cities where fighters are operating, blemishes, leather for a city, emory. the americans don't want a full blown escalation that would destabilize the region at a time via the rest of the world. are busy with ukraine and its ramifications with the worst that could happen is we implement their plan to push the p. i. security

to take over from these reli occupational that would lead to civil war. the 5th palestine depends on international 8 and a large sum of the money it gets goes to the security forces. most graduates from this military academy and up joining the ranks of palestinian authority security forces. even though it has fluctuated support for the security establishment hasn't stopped. critic say, such heavy international investment in the security forces. this empowers palestinians and many question coordination between the palestinian authority and israel on security. nearly 30 percent of international aid to the palestinian authority goes towards security. when the palestinian authority was established, the main goal of international aid was to keep the peace process go away. but this has changed over the years and many say that the goal now is to ensure stability.

while many world leaders are calling for de escalation intention, palestinian said they're missing the obvious problem, israel's military occupation. and without addressing that, they say any other discussions will only prolong it. the the abraham edges eda the occupied with them. okay, let's speak now to father karen. he is the campaign director for the non profit activists organization advise. he joys me live from ramallah in the occupied west bank. thank you for your time, sir. why has there been so much palestinian condemnation to the security meeting in jordan? well, it's for 3 main reasons. the 1st is viewers need to remember that the leaders going to this meeting will not represent the palestinian people. they have not been elected and, and the legitimate way. and the 2nd and more important reason is that over the last 23 years, israel has been escalating it to violence. and that's the cleansing of the palestinian

people and the palestinian authority, instead of finding ways to protect that population is now cooperating with the israeli side to continue the status quo. meanwhile, a lot of young palestinians across to us bank and even across palestinians and israel communities and palestinians and gaza are trying to find new ways of resistance. and these leaders that are going to this meeting in jordan are key actors and efforts to isolate and silent palestinian activism. and so this is why the population that large here, from all the political parties to all palestinian civil society, not only reject this meeting but reject the individuals who are attending it as well. so if not the palestinian authority, who should be going? i mean, isn't it important that someone is there to represent the palestinians at this meeting and try and reduce speak escalating violence? we've seen this here in places like jeanine and in nablus. well

1st of all, the palestinian authority and its leaders have not been democratically elected. so what most palestinians will call forth is urgent elections for the palestinian liberation organization. because people want a new card, ray of leaders who actually represent the people's interests and don't represent very narrow interests that are viewed as corrupt and palestinian society. secondly, and most importantly, the crucial things palestinian society wants to focus on these days is how do we resist is rules regime of apartheid, the expansion of settlements. and this has never happened through meetings with the americans or jordanians or egyptians or israelis. in fact, our experience over the last 30 years has been that these meetings end up increasing the repression of the palestinian side while not providing accountability for israeli war crimes. and so if we actually want freedom and if we want peace here in palestine,

it wouldn't be by people attending by leaders and the people attending such meetings. it would be by focusing on how to hold is will accountable and international criminal court or focusing on the ground here in palestine on how to empower palestinian resistance to push back against is really consistent efforts to kick us off of our lamps. ok many thanks for your time. fatty karen? the campaign director for the non profit activist organization of ass thank you. still ahead on al jazeera and you should add an on drinkable water fears for public health in southern tech. yay! in the wake of the devastating a great struggling to tackle and electricity crisis, the head of south africa power company, resigns, the blames the government assistant blackouts. ah, march oh, now jesse of devastation and its aftermath,

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in recent tensions in the occupied westbank. and at least 43 people have been killed off to suspected migrant boats sank off the coast of southern italy. dozens of bodies were found on a beach near east. and calabria officials believe their part of a group of asylum seekers trying to reach europe through the mediterranean. ah, health workers in india is are stepping up. they operations and quake hit regions of southern turkey, a with growing concerns about the spread of infectious diseases. hashem, i'll bar reports from put on mash for a raise, a goes dog to play the rub. god, i'm a marsh, is of all the regions hardest heard by earthquakes in southern turkey. drinking

water is unsafe, the air is thick with dust and health expert, say it's contaminated with toxins and pollutants from the rubble, properly a shamela man, malicious little muscle. our biggest challenge is improving hygiene and send it to the condition slot, especially now that you have a growing number of displaced living in dense and gamma schedules. our goal is to provide better living conditions for dancler. in this makeshift can those without homes receive bottled water, mass, hand sanitizers, and daily supplies of food, clearly traumatized. they face an uncertain future. as emergency teams clear the rubble, huge challenges are piling up the hundreds of thousands of people affected by the earthquakes with stay in shelters or well ok to save her houses until there's a rebuilt. but in the mean time,

there will continue to be exposed to the threats of after shocks. diseases and toxins in the air. david, which wick, leads a team of doctors from the u. k. and his were it. it's inevitable that you're going to see a royce in disease and it's also inevitable. there will be some kind of infectious disease your new series, how quickly we can get on top of it altogether and control it for now, people in common mulash are desperate to retrieve their belongings. this is all volunteers could recover from this building. a photo album for the family that once lived here by they hope it will help survivors and relatives of those who have died to pick up the pieces and move on. hash marbella al jazeera gala, my marsh, serious white helmets, a warning of the growing st. threats of cholera and rebel held areas as

a result of the earthquakes. the civil defense group says the damaged infrastructure and sanitation has been massive. and it could be a real catastrophe for civilians. and also reporting cracks and many residential buildings, the schools leaving them too dangerous to use people in tennessee and protesting against what they say is part of a crackdown on government. critics. several prominent opposition politicians have been detained in the past year. president, case site has moved to expand his powers and restrict those of parliament opposition parties boycotted elections in december. meanwhile, hundreds of protesters have rallied in measures capital to denounce racism and express solidarity to words. migrants comes after presidents, i even said there was a plot to raise tennis in identity by bringing in people from other african countries. the head of south africa, state power company has left his job after keys and government officials and the governing party of corruption. the countries been facing record power cuts,

state of disaster was declared to tackle the crisis for mr. miller reports jewel abraham chicks, the fuel level on what's become a necessity for businesses in south africa, a generator to keep the lights on. as rolling blackouts persist without power, the cold storage fridges at the small won't work, sometimes forcing job to bury the dead quicker than usual, the unforeseen overheads that are 31 with the date. because the budget itself, let's say, hypothetically, you have to run the beatles of his nature 10000 times a week because of the park up. it's not down there because now you've got to inflate your expenditures. these are the worst power cuts in 16 years, leaving large parts of the country without electricity for 10 hours or more day. the cause old and badly maintained facilities for management and allegations of corruption at the state owned power utility. s. com. more than $10000000000.00

worth of contracts given by the power utility companies have been red. flags suspected of being corrupt. graft. s. com is made. the power cuts worse. critics say very little has been done to fix it. just a handful of senior management at esco have been investigated and arrested and now the persistent load president report has declared a state of disaster to tackle the crisis from facts. but critics say it's purely administrative and will do little to help. a new minister for electricity is being appointed alongside the already existing minister for energy. and skeptic say it will only cost further confusion. meanwhile, the probably utility p o is resigned. you, investigative journalist, cow colon, has written extensively about what he calls the sabotage of s. com, this physical sabotage, and the sabotage on the border. people are physically breaking down polish stations, cutting down pylons, adding rocks into cold, trying to cause power stations to break down either to secure contract. well,

because of ideological motivations in the boardroom, they all a series of incidents, you know, trying to target the executive of come, trying to make them look bad. some say there's a lack of political will to end the power cuts. meanwhile, businesses like job struggle to keep running, while thousands of other small businesses have already shut their doors for me to mala al jazeera johannesburg. that's it for me, molly. inside the news, continues he, on out there art inside story. ah hello. i'm pleased to say we've got scientists and choir to where they're coming back into japan over the next day or so. it's fun to drive across china and the korean peninsula, thanks to high pressure. miss. hi, will garage just topple its way a little further waste? which you can see some sharon cloud just pushing into that western side of japan or

the mara's but lot will clear through it will brighten up temperatures, getting up to 30 degrees there in tokyo. something a little more agreeable winds falling lights if any, quite pleasant here as we go through the next couple of days. okay. could touch 18 celsius by tuesday. so the snow, something of a year. thing of the past we hope will i will be some snow showers. out to the far east or russia, maybe a shower or 2, just drifting in the northern parts of north korea. wanted to shout to know the merits of in the air, a little bit of cloud, their western disturbance making his way across more than parcel pakistan. but from much of central asia, south asia, hot and dry sounded up once again. that is not the case down towards the southeast . we have got some lively showers just pushing back into shore lanka through man. they come tuesday at wes. a weather gathers across. tumble now do, there will be some very heavy rain coming in here for a time. elsewhere, she could see it is largely drive. it shows a little more widespread across the good part of pakistan and also the far north west of india. ah.

ready the catastrophic series of earthquakes into kia and syria has taken thousands of people's lives and left many more homeless. and major mobilization of humanitarian support is underway. ready ah, teams in the ground who bring you continuous updates to t n. syria quakes on al jazeera, china proposed as a way to ins the war and ukraine could it work. would cave in moscow compromise? and can beijing be seen as an honest broker of all the west accuses id of supporting russia? this is inside story. ah.