name is the amount of people and a war that's due to. the line from berlin a crucial presidential election gets underway in mali incumbent you bring a car can cast his ballot in the vote that's hoped to bring peace to the west african country of fears of violence keep other voters away lowlife to bomb a goat for more also coming up. cambodia's ruling party wins the general election for critics say the vote is a sham after the main opposition party was barred from participating. in california battles days of enormous wildfires fueled by strong winds and high

temperatures it killed at least five people and sent thousands fleeing for their lives. and welcome to the program voting is underway in mali were close results is expected in the west africans presidential election incumbent abraham. was among the first to cast his ballot in the capital bamma co he is seeking a second five year term as main rival as opposition candidates in my life he say a former finance minister there has also been unrest in the run up to the poll with the country battling ongoing ethnic violence and jihadism. for more let's go to journalist bram post amiss who's in mali's capital bamako brann there have been concerns of election violence what can you tell us about the security situation

this hour. right this acuity situation in the capital bamako is pretty well sewn up i'm in the polling stations where i've been has been well protected nobody enters a polling station without showing a vote of scots or that means no elements who shouldn't be there are allowed in i would imagine that in the rest of the country in several other regions most notably sikka soca in the kook liko and say grew the situation is a bit similar i would imagine the thing places like mob scene which is where the attention should be because that's the at the region where the troubles are and a bit further north to timbuktu that is where the concerns are as regards security and there are unconfirmed reports of one voter station in central mali having been attacked that's as i said unconfirmed brown the country is facing ongoing communal clashes as well as jihad is violence what are the main candidates promising to tackle these major issues. well the two men come with the you mentioned in your

introduction he will remove a caricature the incumbent to seeking reelection and his challenge or even they will smile as he say all basically promising the same thing they're promising an end to the violence but they don't particularly clearly spell out how they're going to achieve that what we've seen in the past five years during is going to work as a first term of office is a steady deterioration of the situation on the spreading of the of of the violence from the north to the center to even the border areas in louisiana big enough also and because these are two men with similar backgrounds and similar political aspirations and of similar political histories it is difficult to see how any of these two is able to make any difference what's needed is the real the profound on the reform and a sense of purpose to demoralize marley and me which has been defeated in the middle of five years ago and needs to reestablish itself and re-establish

sovereignty in its in mali's entire territory it's frustrating to them that they haven't been able to do that have already has been an issue in the past are people there expecting an election without this type of issue or do concerns remain briefly if you can ram. looking for through on the say in the concerns are the same first of all security then how the economy performs does a deliver job jobs and get can get people access to basic services health care education water electricity. brand postmaster reporting from mali's capital bamako thank you very much on the eve of historic elections in zimbabwe an expected voice has spoken out about the vote in his country than bob ways former president robert mugabe suggested he would not vote for the party he led for decades in monday's election speaking in harare mugabi said his successor amarin the man and dog walk illegally took power last year but he did encourage them bob

waynes to accept the election result. tight race is expected between man and god and the main opposition candidate nelson chamisa of correspondence melanie karada bell and adrian creech sent us this report. attending a rally with the average club that is something quite extraordinary campaign events like this one organized by the opposition m.d.c. party used to be extremely dangerous brutal crackdowns by the government was commonplace that was within the. i was beaten up and had to spend three months in hospital i was bedridden and could only eat porridge my back was badly injured and i thought i would never be able to become a father but by god's grace i recovered. because i know. now many are hoping for a fresh start with a new president the preacher and lawyer nelson chamisa.

i was there. was there what it was there like this is not what we were just that was there. but the past is never far behind in zimbabwe the country's economy has collapsed down by high unemployment hype and nation and billions in foreign that is the legacy of thirty eight years of rule by the party. now cheer the military having our president robert mugabe. and i am not some man on god why then take over and now at seventy five years old he wants to continue running the country. although he is a former vice president and was part of the very system that brought the country to the brink of collapse when god promises a break from the book of iraq and news and bob way just like his opponents he likes

to portray himself as an advocate for change. tearing has short time in office moment god has opened his country up to her own investment and planted so. great freedom. really. right. there are better her somewhere i am. sure here it could hurt. efforts doesn't behoove to sudden change of heart of the governing party and its president he cannot of just some positive developments though for the first time in his life he doesn't have to hide his red opposition shot on the way home after a rally he can wear it with pride and without fear. election

results have been announced and come bolivia and the ruling party has won in a landslide the chief government spokesperson says the combo d. and people's party has won eighty percent of seats in parliament this will keep prime minister who can send in office her critics are calling the election a sham as the only credible opposition party was outlawed prior to the vote they're accusing the prime minister of cracking down on dissent in a bid to maintain his grip on more than three decades in power. ballots polling stations fingers stained with ink across cambodia voters went to the polls but with only one viable party in the running. the consent of the world's longest serving prime minister was not taking any chances this year. after nearly losing the vote five years ago to the cambodian national rescue party he took action to make sure they wouldn't threaten him again. the rival party was dissolved by court order its leader jailed for treason websites critical of his party were

blocked. one sends only real worry this election day was that cambodians would answer the opposition's call for a boycott. anyone who opposes elections destroys the nation and democracy then should not be forgiven. officially the boycott was averted cambodia's national election commission claims about eighty percent of registered voters cast their vote the opposition however believes that number is inflated former opposition leader sam rainsy now living in exile tweeted that no credible election observer would confirm an election process that was quote falsified from the outset. for a majority of cambodians unsent is the only leader they've known he began his career as a military commander for cambodia's camaro rouge but as the regime carried out genocide on its own people can send defected to vietnam to help overthrow his own

government he was named prime minister of cambodia in one thousand nine hundred five when he lost the country's first elections in one thousand nine hundred three he dismissed the results and refused to step down. after thirty three years as prime minister he remains firmly at the helm. that. before there were so many competitors but now there's just one. tell me i hope this country in the future will have a real democracy not fake. so counting appeared little more than a formality just six hours after polls closed the ruling party claimed victory for the sixth time. extreme summer temperatures in many parts of the northern hemisphere have left firefighters battling massive blazes in the united states at least five people have died in inferno was raging through northern california this

includes two small children who perished their great grandmother and more than thirty eight thousand people have been ordered to evacuate their homes and authorities warn the fires are far from under control. people in northern california are used to wildfires but not on this scale firefighters say they have never seen anything like it. they're doing all they counted to contain the flames but so far less than five percent of the blaze is under control. as it's burning in every direction all at the same time and we've got even though we have multiple resources the way that it's burning the intensity that's burning uphill downhill even if it doesn't have a strong wind on it it's it's burning as if it's got a santa ana wind or or a strong sixty mile an hour seventy mile an hour wind. more than six hundred properties and homes have been destroyed since the fire broke out on monday night forty thousand people have been forced to flee the flames. but the family of sherry

bledsoe seen here on the left did not manage to escape she received the news that her children a four and five year old boy and her grandmother were killed as they waited for help their former homes being burned to the ground and neighbors said the community was taken by surprise by the speed of the fire there was and we were told we were in danger this was like you see in the movies with tornadoes i mean it one minute it's firing the next minute everybody's screaming. the national guard has now also been drafted in to help. but the dry weather and winds are hampering their efforts to put the fives out. to formula one now in the hungarian grand prix where lewis hamilton held on to pole position to secure victory meanwhile his teammate valtteri botha slipped down from

second to fifth and once and was followed by the two ferrari drivers sebastian vettel and kenny reichen in after yesterday's rain played qualifying the hungaroring was bathed in sunlight but the race still featured two minor crashes as both collided with both federal and daniel ricardo abundantly a restart is still almost a month away for teams in germany second division the new season starts on friday for one club in particular that marks a new beginning hamburg suffered the first relegation in their history this year now one of the country's traditional giants is hoping for a season of revival springing back into action christan teats and hamburg are preparing for uncharted territory their first ever season in the second division the players have to learn fast about new challenges away from the illustrious top flight. a lady who is mine when i work with the players i want them

to be independent i'm just very actively involved in the analyzing the new opponents to find ways to beat them to them since it's within hamburg have brought in five new players over the summer. or some perry zero is the biggest name among them. the club also has a new sports director ralph becker he played in the second division and last season almost secured promotion as sports director of polish on kiel he knows hamburg fans won't be patient. and i'm both in the second division the club like hamburg simply have to get promoted that's our goal of course with see how. some players transfer to top flight clubs after hamburg's relegation but the team did manage to hold on to their breakout star from last season young feet to our top the eighteen year old extended his contract till two thousand and twenty established are still like i don't hunt and lewis holtby have also committed to the club. that these players have embraced the change with their actions and nowadays it's rare that players

will give up millions of euros and wages for the sake of loyalty to a club by the toilets a hut on friday hamburg players and fans begin their second division adventure. you're watching news more coming up at the top of the hour or you can get the latest anytime on dot com and abbi tatton and bergland thanks for joining us. on the tour. his works goddess fortuna. the maestro and the. beethoven faced off twenty.