but the over here. charge there's. going to. be a and. this is you know we knew it was live from roland bellwether election in zimbabwe people are voting for the first time for someone other than long time autocrat robert mugabe zimbabweans of grieving long lines since dawn to cast their ballots were in the capital harare for the latest in this landmark vote and as zimbabwe turns over a new leaf tembo dia becomes

a one party state cambodia's leader just extended his more than three decade long rule last year he got rid of the main opposition party and now he claims a clean sweep for his party and sunday's election all the seats in parliament. i am. iraq it's a pleasure to have you along polls have just closed in zimbabwe's a land mark election it's the first time in nearly four decades where the people voted but the name of former authoritarian ruler robert mugabe was not on the ballot zimbabwe turned out in large numbers forming long lines at polling stations around the country and you don't use any increase she spent the day on the ground with the voters and this is the report that he filed. here's in them bob west capital our hour long very long for the first time since robert mugabe was chased

out of office by the military last year people are allowed to go to the polling stations and the turnout is huge. i am very very excited this is my face time flood scene i hope you are going to bring a change to our country it's a special day because it's all fist time is a new generation to choose who aren't ever since we were born news never expressed our choice everyone is able to put these flawed freely not being intimidated intimidated by just three so look if anything's going to be just. so after waiting when people are finally allowed to come in here to cast their votes but before that they have to come over here to pick their ballot paper where they find a total of twenty three candidates. neck and neck race is expected on the one side there's a muslim world of the ruling zanu p.f.

although he has been part of the ruling elites minister and vice president under mugabe he's portraying himself as a reformer in his short time in office to try to open up the country to investors and also allow its about winds to express their opinion freer than under mugabe and his key opponent over there nelson chamisa however does not believe in the sudden change of heart of the ruling party that has been suppressing as a position party m.d.c. for years it could be the first relatively free and fair elections in the history of them bob with the opposition where allow it to campaign even outside the capital harare without fear and for the first time since two thousand and two also an election observer mission of the european union was invited the chief of the observation mission germany e.u. parliamentarian broke just arrived at the polling station and the people are not so afraid anymore there is no violence physical violence but perhaps some intimidation . and uncluttered t. bow to procedure to come to the elections concerning queue to go to solicit the

below cheats and to be have to check that also this reason for optimism but also a reason for concern for the future of zimbabwe the question is how will the opposition react if the president will win these elections will they accept the results on the other hand how will the powerful military react who has been interfering in politics in the past will they allow a peaceful transition of power. and increase reporting there and the millionaire current obama is also in harare covering these historic elections for us melanie it's just hard to overstate just how historic this day is for the people of zimbabwe is it living up to expectations how is it going so far they really is living up to expectations here it's been a very significant day for the almost six million voters in zimbabwe and you really should have seen the queues here in harare people starting to queue from four am in

the morning i believe three hours before the polling stations even opened because they are so excited because they've been saying this time around they know that their vote will really count. what's really striking that there is earlier melanie we heard from robert mugabe who of course used to rule zimbabwe with an iron fist now he cast his ballot just like any other ordinary voter in zimbabwe as well and when he did that he spoke out in support of the opposition candidate why do you think he did that. well let's remember he did not leave the political stage voluntarily he was ousted by the military last november and he's been really resentful he's been saying it's been painful for him not to see his name on the ballot paper this time and also his party has become unconstitutional and undemocratic which is of course a very strong statement coming from someone who ruled the country under what was

essentially a dictatorship for almost four decades and mcgovern knows that he has a lot of political sway still so you know is that if he keeps on saying you should vote for me so some of the people who might have voted for the might go out and actually vote for the opposition that's. melania along with the international observers invited by the new government was also the e.u. which is monitoring this election as well have we heard from them what is their assessments are these free and fair elections we've heard from them several times today we've been in touch with the chief of the e.u. observer mission here in zimbabwe and he's been saying there's a bit of a mixed picture around in some areas of the country it's been very smoothly running it's been peaceful everything whacked perfectly and then in other areas it's been very very disorganized catastrophic nice to almost some people leaving the queues

because they have been waiting for too long especially young mothers so we'll have to see for their final assessment later this week and of course well also looking forward to seeing how high they will set the bar in judging whether these elections are actually transparent and fair use melanie curveball reporting from harare zimbabwe thank you. and you can find more information about the zimbabwe election on our web site just had to do that we dot com slash africa you can of course also follow us on twitter for the latest our handle is at w news all right we're going to move now to cumbria because meanwhile in that country the ruling party has claimed it has won all the seats in the parliamentary election that took place on sunday now if true and the official results won't be declared until august eleventh cambodia would become a one party state under its longtime ruler hans and. if it was the one that would

be going through the book you take your mind where you didn't question the. gushing reception for prime minister and send it back at work today after what his party claimed was a landslide victory after thirty three years in power he was confirmed in office again after a relentless crackdown on opposition preliminary election results show consensus party taking at least seventy percent of the vote in exile in indonesia the leadership of the main opposition party had a different story to tell plenty more new long row. of democracy in cambodia. who've. seen history. in the senate race in the. right to choose. unfortunately that choices have made. polls open.

after one send nearly lost to the compared to a national rescue party or c. an r.p. in the last election he made sure they wouldn't threaten him again last year compared to his main opposition party was dissolved by court order its leader jailed for treason. websites critical of henson's party who plucked. a country that after the bloody rule of poll part was enjoying decades of stability seems to be steadily turning into an autocratic leave ruled state. you know this is the resoundingly victory that hundreds and guaranteed himself when he dissolved the c.n.r. b.n. now he's going to do his victory lap the key issue is what does the international community to do about this next. while china has congratulated hinson on the smooth running of his election both the u.s. and the e.u.

have already threatened to impose harsh sanctions on combat he has high ranking officials all right and joining us now from jakarta indonesia is the rise president of the band cambodia national rescue party the main opposition party. a very worthy welcome a search warrant why did your party say the election marked the death of democracy we just heard you say that in the piece that we just aren't aired the can would be a national restaurant we're presenting over the three million will do is a hat with electrodes was not part of the election yesterday because it would be sold by the supreme court that is at the end controlled by mr hussein it was to see now you'll still sen to run with that real and. we will present the will to people we cannot accept that we were not heard of this election because

to will the people who is it it want to see is in cambodia now your party has in the meantime called on the international community to reject the results in the hope that fresh a fresh election maybe could be called i mean is that a few towel exercise at this stage. which doesn't stand in the plane so to be in the chip in that lead to. the government of yet it will not be illegitimate a government of cambodia and the. reactions from the e.u. from the united states from other countries show it very well that mr wilson said to have to deal with this legitimacy therefore if he wants to be a vocal night as a legitimate leader eat it all together than that has an itch to be a leader has to be

a election. i mean. you're referencing there the u.s. and e.u. who are already worn cambodia that it could face harsh sanctions in the wake of what they are calling sham a sham vote what would that mean for your country and that's mr incentive and care about legitimacy in the legitimate leader of your country mr hussein has been given a sick no warning do a big that do bring that can democracy but he doesn't care because the only thing that he's hungry for is more power but we do care what is going to happen is economic sanctions and eat it is the whole it will be a disaster for the economy and we do not want to get to that what this way we will political solutions that will bring you back

to the country we need to set solutions for that can we get ten of the late economic sanctions mr trump what next now for cambodia i mean your party has been very and you are in exile in jakarta indonesia can you be an effective opposition party not being in cambodia. as i said earlier we've pursued and half of the country and inside cambodia our people our supporters remains strong this by intimidation we live in fear every day insider outsider cambodia and we are determined and we have been leading the opposition and spreading democracy in the hearts of the people of cambodia for over twenty five years we are not at bended by our people and to and we have. taught people to bring democracy back to cambodia back to our people mr trott vice president of the

bound cambodian national rescue party thank you for joining us on the program. thank you. too when tip boards have fins of both ends to allow the riders to do spectacular tricks and race in two directions the world championships in this discipline went down to the wire in syria italy at the weekend home favorite sofia time i saw anyone who had been playing catchup since day one sees the title and a nerve racking final race to win the women's event and germany's florian gruber continue to dominate the men's competition winning his third consecutive title in southern italy. are extreme sports might seem like a modern innovation for adrenaline junkies but in the bosnian town of lost our diving has been

a test of courage dating back centuries several thousand spectators lined the banks of the river. to see forty daredevils brave the twenty seven meter jump into the depths below my star natives the moron's lister won the competition for the second year running it's his twelfth the win over all the other divers weren't in it for the win though they just wanted to test their courage and cool off. all right we still have lots more to come ben is up next with the bid. sarno just get this song. the musicologist began searching for the source of the baby. in the rain forest in central africa and the look to the look was a baby book.

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