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many of them are going to make it this fall. don't even realize they have to cross the sea, the red sea to get severe rape being put into it and they turned back. others pay smugglers on is a never ending and increasing quote, caused by droughts. uncomfortable in april, almost 27000 migrants came through to booty. since january the number has increased by 56 percent compared to last year, the with most of the votes counted possible as antique corruption, candid and the not the follow is leading ahead of his conservative rivals. the full necessitated sandra taurus, the
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hello. so robin, you are watching all just their lives, but headquarters here in the also coming up boats are also being counted in equity, who is most unpredictable presidential election and yeah, as much by wave of gang violence. tropical storm hillary make sense all in mexico, heads towards southern california with that all warnings of catastrophic floods and women make history. the full will come spain list to try fee for the 1st time, beating england world. now the welcome to the probably go with 90 percent of the votes, confident going, as well as presidential vital selection. congressman bathroom out the bottle appears to be in a commanding lead. the centralized candidate ran on a platform of antique corruption. he's the son of the country's 1st democratically elected president. obama was on the ballot with conservative candidates. sandra told us, let's go the very latest with our correspondent metal rock play,
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who's in guatemala city. the sun has set the counting begins and the results are coming in thick and fast. what do we know? the sale of a sudden has set and these votes are coming in faster than any of us could have really imagined here. it's been just over an hour actually not even in ours is the polls officially closed and we already have more than a very clear trend to have a monitor here to my left that i'm looking at right now. and we are seeing 95 percent of the votes already counted with the same media party and the left of center candidate uh bill amount of the idea of a little leading with 59.22 percent of the vote. and the conservative candidate leading with 36 percent just about roughly 3036 percent of the vote. here we have of spent the better part of our day at voting centers here in the guatemalan capital in guatemala city. it's been a very quiet day very,
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everything seems to be in order people coming in with their families. very good mood, a lot of that good mood having a lot to do with this voter anxiety that we've seen these days leading up to the selection people sort of fed up with what's been in election season mark by controversy allegations of, of, of interference in the elections, allegations of fraud, and what many of seem to be kind of a dirty campaign, a lot of just information. so people very eager to see the selection season be over with somewhere around $8000.00 electoral observers have been deployed across the country. what we've heard throughout the course of the day is that there haven't been too many anomalies. we did hear reports of some irregularities in the, in areas outside of the main urban centers of the country. but nothing significant enough to sway the boat one way or another one thing that has raised eyebrows throughout the course of the day that i would be remiss not to mention is the conservative candidate some. but i thought it is who has been trailing in the polls
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in the lead up to this run of runoff election. so she was asked by a local reporter whether or not she would respect the results of the election. if she lost, she did not answer that question sort sort of just stared at that reporter. but if any of that's being so close to a full tally of the vote, it could be any minute. now, before we hear from these candidates, we don't want to get ahead of ourselves. but the trend is very clear in favor of this and be a party and the left upset or candidate been out of the bellows. the hail was close up men while it surprised when the political opponents stopped but slinging. but at the end of the day, it's what the public need and think and walk me when they go to the ballot. bulk says you've been that through the day, what sort of issues have really resonated full? the electors, and what sort of changes did they want to see? so that's, that's very much the case. the hell you, you've really nailed it, uh, with that and you know, it's easy for us as, as outside, hers as foreigners and for an international audience to be looking at what's going
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on. in guatemala, the headlines have been clear. this is a critical test of democratic institution ality for the country, but that's not really what's on the minds of people here. it's a lot more simple. it's the issues that affect the everyday lives of everyday citizens. here in guatemala, things like worsening crime, poverty which sits at somewhere around 60 percent in the country, the issue of the economy more so than anything else. so when we look at these candidates, they do have drastically different government plans for what they would bring to the table in the case of bid them out of the idea below. he's been running on a very staunch anti corruption platform before for his country. he's, he's identified corruption as one of the leading drivers behind economic stagnation and the loss of the end, the prevention of job opportunities for the country for he's these, you know, you set it in your introduction there. he's been seen sort of as a dark horse in this campaign,
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coming out of relative obscurity. despite being the son of the 1st democratically elected president of guatemala. he's still sort of seen as this political outside are. and that's very attractive to people here. he's been one of the biggest surprises in recent electoral memory and the big it's jacob to political landscape here in guatemala, in the last 10 years. conversely, if you look at the more conservative candidates, you certainly have the backing of the more conservative elements of guatemalan society. some that i thought as she represents more of a perpetuation of the status quote for the country for better or worse, people do seen her as a sort of perpetuating the same policies that have that have led to guatemala, being seen regionally as one of the most corrupt countries in latin america, one of the poorest countries in latin america. so today was not only a critical test, guatemalans demik product institution ality. it's a, it's, it's a question over whether or not the country was wanting to double down on those same policies that have been seen in the country for the last 10 years, or take this country in
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a drastically new direction. and we are moments away from finding out what that answer is to help things. but of course we'll come back to you when we get that results verify model roughly for us in guatemala city, not equitable left us a presidential candidate. louisa gonzalez has taken an early date as votes accounted in presidential upon entry elections. the country's top electro. all sovereignty reported no violent incidents. described the election as peaceful and safe form and p. donnelly, and letting the bar is coming in. as a surprise, 2nd place, which there was lots in america, i just really see any of it is my 1st of the central counting station in the capitol, kito and lucy. it how surprising all these results does the trickle in of the wow they're, they're actually extremely, extremely surprising. and it's also the son of a sudden, here too. but not all the votes have been counted as in guatemala,
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but i at least 50 percent of them have an, an electrical official told me off the record that these are irreversible results. so what we're seeing is luis of them salad with a little under 34 percent of the votes with the, with the new no more a 35 year old pharaoh. pretty much a new comer to politics. we had been publish them before, but he is in his scene as a, as an outsider in politics. and he is less the 9 percentage points behind luis, evelyn silas and will clearly they will be going to a runoff election on the 15th of october. uh, one thing you need to know about, no boy, is that he does not belong to us. it doesn't, it doesn't seem to represent a particular ideology, but he is the son of one of the richest men in ecuador. he had a lot of money to spend on social networks, and many, many young i put door ins voted for him because they say that they see him as me and to politician. let me close. uh, let's see. you just mentioned that the run off on the 15th of october uh with that
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in mind. the issues will become more acute for the 2 candidates that will be in the run of be its security, the cost of living corruption and all the other issues of the public wants addressed. i'm sorry, but for just a moment there i lost, i lost your audio and i only got the very, very last bit of your salary. lucy? yes, of course that you did mention the run off on the 15th of october and that the 2 candidates will have to focus that campaign. certainly all the issues of corruption, the cost of living and security, which has been obviously a very important subject in the lead up to this particular part of the votes. yes, that's right. the issues will not change from the 1st round. what the, what the real problem is, but now the woman or louisa gonzales and the party, the citizens revolution party, which seemed so well placed to actually come back to power. remember,
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this is the same political party, a former, when president is about by a quarter there for many years during his government, people sort of believe that ecuador was doing very, very well. it was very stable. violence was certainly down, but that eventually it was marred with continuous corruption charges and korea finally had to go into self exile, self imposed exile. and then shortly after that, he was sentenced in attention to 8 years in prison on corruption charges that he denied that just to give you the background. but it was believed that she would be able to bring that party back, bring back what she said would be the brutal days. now most of the other candidates, so those are voted for the other candidates, are likely. and i'm, and i do underscore likely to vote for the war which puts her in a very, very difficult position in a run off selection. but as i say, the issues will continue to be the same. how well either one will be able to convince the electorate that they have the best answers for their deep,
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deep problems of corruption of violets of organized crime. the economy, the nest is very, very long stale and they will have 2 months to kind of a certainly lose of those sound. this will have only 2 months to try to turn this around in her favor. the cd with that for us are locked in america just following the vote. count in. good. all. thank you. the the best, the days of the news about tropical storm. hillary is moving news eva, southern california after causing flash floods. at least one death in mexico street, some already started flooding and full cost as a warning they could become catastrophic. there's also a warning of but sites, debris flow from 5 in areas, tornadoes, strong winds, and power outages is always expected to being $25.00 centimeters of rain in some areas, southern holes in the state of oregon and idaho. they're also expected to see heavy
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rain and possible flash flooding. los angeles not coming back, say is asking residents to stay in full, stay safe and stay home. for the past few days, the city family has been working around the clock to prepare for the storm that we are just beginning to see, hit los angeles, but some disasters. we don't have the luxury to respond to in advance. but no matter what, we will be ready. our message today remains the same. stay safe, stay informed, and stay home. the worst of the reins is potentially left to come, rentals. how's the latest in palm springs? it all liberty aside. these warnings are very, very serious of catastrophic and life threatening flooding throughout southern calvary. and particularly in areas like this in the desert. low line desert areas where flash flooding is almost inevitable,
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right result of a heavy rainfall and the rainfall is going to be extreme. more rain in parts of the desert area, light palm springs than this area normally gets in, in the entire year is going to fall in one day according to forecast or so. again, people are being told to stay inside, stay off the roads. it looks from this vantage point, at least that that is what is happening that uh uh, the streets in this town are practically empty. the rain is coming down harder. and hillary is barreling northward, towards this area at about 40 kilometers per hour. in addition to uh, handing out sandbags and giving people an opportunity to show up their houses for flooding authorities in the, in this city. and in los angeles and other cities have paid special attention to homeless residents who often live or stay in dry washes river beds.
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and that sort of thing of that sort of place where they can pitch a tent, but are uniquely susceptible to a very, very dangerous flash flooding. so here in palm beach for, excuse me, palm springs, for example, the police have been going into some of the dry. arroyo is and washes and urging people to get out, go to shelters. some shelters have opened up here, also may or the mayor of los angeles is open shelters for hundreds of people in her city to bring you some breaking news from guatemala and that we seem to have a result in the presidential election. let's cross over to my little rock polite who we just spoke to a short while ago about the vote count and the trends a manual. what's the latest? that is to see you again in such a short time. there is a hell we do have breaking news in just the last few moments we did hear from the national electoral tribunal. the are now using the term president elect them out of
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the idea of a low. we can confirm we have not reached a 100 percent of the tally yet, but with 90 for 95 percent of both counted and 59 percent point 3 percent of the vote versus 36 percent of the boat leaning toward the bloody below the electoral tribunal. of guatemala is naming him president elect. so guatemala does now officially have a new president. this is very exciting. we are in the historic center of guatemala, where we expect that there may be celebrations here, taking place a very shortly. we have also heard from the or the campaign that is a campaign from the opposition son, but i thought of this you just announced that you will not be speaking. we are expecting to hear from a president elect that amount of the load here in the next few moments were standing by for that. uh, i should mention once more that uh, earlier in the day when the when sunday that's what i was asked whether or not she
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would accept the results of the election. she did not answer that question raising many, many questions. but for the moment, what we can report officially is that the electoral tribunal is using that term president elect. so standing by for more information, we will bring you this as it continues to develop. okay, model roughly. thanks very much for the update the in guatemala city. so i said hey, hold out. is there a ranch into spain's historic wells cups? football? trying the okay, so a bit of a breeze or for the monsoon range in buck this done not a lot going on. in fact, temperature, slightly above average apperson providence rate through to punch our profits as well. we're talking about a degree or 2,
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but where the monsoon rains are starting to pick up once again northwest india is we look through him not show per dash altura khan. and the project states. that's really where the bulk of the rain will be falling across india on monday. sure. we've got showers and storms elsewhere across the country, but the worst of it will again be in the northwest of india. on monday, lot of rain around the gulf of thailand. we seem pockets of about a 100 millimeters of rain that will continue southern cambodia and southern vietnam . meantime, for china, most of the action really is south of the game. see river valley but some pretty good burst of rain here around blue, hong dipping down into bunch of province in southern china. and then we've got this wind of the east china seas. so this is going to amplify rainfall as we look toward north korea. same goes for that northeast size of china and still that heat and humidity for mainland japan tokyo feeling in the low fourties over the next little bit. we'll end hits further reports that can this part of southeast asia, some pretty good. first of rain for the malays side and the united side of borneo
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island on monday. it's one of the biggest clubs in south america. but it's great. this arrival is just a few blocks away. a mutual dislike between funds come across device sustained over generations. most people could you and your support, his opponents of these club colors in an epic feud, a rich business put the funds who make football when i was just the or the
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book about to what you of is that it was nice. the whole rahman and the whole reminder of all the top stories tropical storm hillary is moving knowles. i have a southern california to causing flushed floods and at least one day in mexico streets of already started flooding and full test as a warning they could become catastrophic cost. amount of congressman does not, orlando has won the presidential rentals the send to less candidate value on a platform about to corruption. the product was on the ballot with conservative candidates. sandra told us that kind of thing is also in the way that google's presidential and condiment 3 elections. security was tight through the day with 100000 police officers and soldiers deployed. well, let's bring in a guess to the a 5 joe who's a political i list joins us now live from london because we were speaking just a short time ago about what we thought might happen. and now we've got some real surprises coming in the vote. yes, unlike what the model where this fit,
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so it is very clear in the quote, a decent the moment lisa gonzales represents the popular form of price you to the roof. i'd go to the house. that's 32 percent of their boss. i'm checking differential figures that new mobile at the surprise of this election, 24 percent of the vote and christian suite, the candidate who would replace the number we have we sent you was remote because he made it on the 9th of august. has got 16 percent of the vote on john public a hotline candidate wants to implement the same policies that they sit in. now you can look at implementing the some of the controversial ones. 14 percent. he said no more, a 35 year old business man with another plan and about in relation to what he wants to do. and government is it is a big surprise and he's very like to ask you a refund. the right of you 80 to said likely. so they're likely to get the most of the other 2 candidates christian suite the represent a party of but on the we have the same as you for the move. you have the century
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investigate the former president. if i go in 20144 digit gets a corruption on me. so we have the sense of what sentence to 18 months in peace and for consulting the president he up school and it showed up again in 2017 and 14 and he's completed things. but if he's in career, so there's no way that those who voted for me to suite the whole, we basically think we ever since you would vote for recycling sizes representing mr . corter. yeah. okay, let's ok, thanks for the can i just jump in that? so just for our international view is obviously what i need. so to, to be slowly understanding what's on the folding in ecuador right now, walter has missed the both saying, go have, what has he said during his election campaign? do you think this resonated with the public to get him into 2nd place at the moment? if the result stand, does they do? yes, because you know people, the young volt, volt for people who are very unhappy with its political system make for the same franchise. he appeals to those folds. in less than an hour ago, he give a press conference when he pulled about, once again the young vote. he wants to appeal to young people. he's a young,
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a trip in the faith, 5 years old. but also he said that he was prepared to talk to jump up in the hard line candidate who wants to implement hard forties in relation to crime control, couple security. so he's appealing to the young both of those like he's happy. and so the people who are fairly disappointed, i'm afraid, because of the way a crime has blown in, in, in the quote, especially because of the presence of guns within the country, coworker for the mexican drug cartels. so she's appealing to both the young people, those who want. she talked about education for everybody. he took several chances, opportunities for everybody apprenticeship. but also he's appealing to the people who are afraid of the covering the security situation by saying that he will be prepared for talk to junk poppy. the only issues related to security, that is the key, a piece of speech on qx retreat to that's less than an hour ago and a press conference that he offered a just to celebrate the many ways he's a say complacent. just like in terms of the violence leading up to this vote on the
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assassination of the presidential candidates, how much do you think in your opinion, has that focused the public's attention on what they think really does that so that's, you know, the general safety to everybody assumes they can have in a democratic state, a very my soul. i have never seen have over the cause of cobra. take what are many term for many years for the book, captain organizations have never seen the limits of violent that the reason they for the last never been like that. and it was all, there is a few guns, very powerful guy's work of full. the mexican dropped of tails, his guns got to the court can leave. that is used to put back ok and to be sold by the mexican drug deal is a big because the drug hotels that gabriel violence is one of the nice what well funded and that has created a lot of em shirts at the in the club or stick on to the jails. they control parts of the country. they control a great deal of the economy because they have
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a lot of money. and that has become a big issue for the, for the, for the extremely peaceful party. you would go there and it was a joy to be there. now people are afraid of going out on the street at the sunset, the what the, the assumption that didn't happen before, out of movies to noise, appealing to the people. what seems like you feel and say, but also she's appealing to younger people who want change, but crime is going to be in port is important in this particular case. okay. when she's in court, have them for me, it was place it and she's suspended incorporation with the us. now what i would probably come back to the us and say help a fight from us has happened before mr. gloria was president. but we should say what happens to them and have a 5 year joining us from london. thank you so much. my pleasure for me is present. donald trump has consented the tale skit, wednesday's debates with other republican presidential contenders. the truck posted on the social media site that he believes, both of us know how successful his presidency was. he's the frontrunner, even though he's facing at least full trials, including federal and state charges for trying to over time. the 2020 election
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results as come by it is new, probably minister and minute is being innovated as the new leader that the nation says, transition to power nearly 40 years. it takes over from his father a long time prime minister and suddenly stepped down after last month's election, the ruling policy one old but 5 states in parliament and the one side to the election of to the position was bought from the vote. king no to the pseudo bunny presided over the opening session of prominent spain base in england to win the women's football well kept for the very 1st time, spain secuity won no victory to take home the trophy and sydney australia. that'd be 5th nation to hold the title and become the 1st country to win both the women's amends well cups before this total in spain have never progress. beyond the last 16
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alex told me to sub district goals and sydney. it was the land to an incredible tournaments offset 6 feet full of matches and $32.00 days of action. it is spain who with a new women's well champions, printing england one building the final, the goal, schooled by the captive olga. com. oh no, i was going to see me roughly rise, its been for spain. this is only the foot of a women's world cup of photos for countries rich traditions in the sports. just over a decade off of the main see ones who european championship either side of a 20 say, woke up in south africa. it's now the spanish women's team. so i'm, frankly, they will, the best way to palm is in the european champions, the line and this is true for the 1st time in this 12 months, suddenly found they have less possession of the bowl. i'm facing a team technically better. not just jenny, him over. so not just for massey. no just um. how about we lost the whole the
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spanish team playing that pause in this fig tree. that was the scene is up in the tiny stood for the spanish couple fed ration to fax. the code to the face of the plasma youth and the last year and now they have champions of the well ring lens. no historic. you are paying a well double serena beach, but it's now taken to different countries. so women's world cup final, but hasn't one on either of them. alex thomas, how does era, sidney? well, let's bring it into a washington. she's a full of professional football and espn and the listing report that joins us now from philadelphia and pennsylvania in the us. kentucky with us miss washington on al jazeera. right. can i just begin by saying, i mean it's a, here's the successful tournament for the women's game. and the momentum continues. we might say for soccer to be given the same importance. and it's coverage as the men's game just wondering is the 2023 tournament in your opinion, a turning point for women. so on the turning point that you've been waiting for,
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it is felt like it's so far to be honest. this is the largest world cup, the roster that be seen across the board. more teams included, more players included more opportunities, but even the marketing, the commercial, the broadcasting around it was much larger than anything we've seen. so it absolutely feels like a change in the right direction and a huge step for women port from your perspective in the us and from the very 1st women's world cup in 1991. how much, how's the game change from primary school to the professional clubs that we're now seeing? imagine making that name on the national, on the national front. oh, it's remarkable. there are more opportunity than half off to spain for winning, but they're a great example of the opportunity. if you look at their you 17 team that won the european championships, they won the world cup on the you 20 side and the youth teams are really thriving. right now, and that's what the big part of the changes that you see use teams getting
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opportunities and know the latter that is growing from that, that leads to having a stronger women's team. so being able to play at a high level of being able to compete internationally from a young age all the way through those opportunities are the key to give players something to look forward to. there is a psychological, relevant to it because i think we is the global public look at task, let clicks and gymnastics, and seeing some things that both men and women have been doing well since the wheel was invented. but when it comes to football, there is this mindset that is always being demand schools. and yet the breakthrough for women has been so much more difficult. again, it's the whole thing about, you know, how difficult has it been for women to make football for them a serious both as well. the hardest part as is that hasn't been a full time job. there had been a lot of women's athletes, specifically, and soccer and i was, i saw this 1st pan, but i played professionally that weren't able to be a full time professional athlete,
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which is blast to me compared to the men's side. when you look at just the resources, the opportunities, the overall balance on and off the field. so now we're seeing more and more teams players that are providing the necessary everything from wait rooms to stadiums to training kids. so of course, as we saw what the world called the overall experience of being a to full time professional athletes that you now can play the sports you love provide for your family and mother, you're in season or adults even be a full time year round, soccer player, so any of the debates is going to continue as the analysts look at what happened out the world cup in 2023. thank you very much for your time. and the don't you know, just bear with me. so robin and uh, reminder of all the top stories across them all the congressman doesn't know the vinyl has when the presidential run of the center last candidate running on the platform of antique corruption. but while it was on the ballots with conservative
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