this is news coming to you live from berlin international observers accuse him bubblies military of using excessive force after they killed three are unarmed protesters at an opposition rally held over alleged vote breaking we'll have the latest from the capital harare also coming up levanon is pressuring syrian refugees to return to their country but what about those fearing reprisals from the assad regime we hear from one syrian woman worried about her future.

hello i'm terry martin welcome to the program election authorities in zimbabwe are urging people to keep calm the statement comes after an opposition rally yesterday turned violent and the army shot dead three unarmed protesters the opposition alleges the ruling party of president emerson and gaga has rigged the results of monday's elections the election commission denies any wrongdoing. soldiers firing live rounds and zimbabwe's capital. the into streets in harare mid-afternoon reportedly at the request of the police. the country's justice minister said the military had been deployed to maintain peace and tranquility and accused opposition supporters of going on a rampage how what the protesters claim they didn't stop the violence. was going on

. i just want to emphasize the demonstration. that the crackdown came after a day of protest in the capital people were taken to the streets to protest a delay in the release of the results of presidential polling. crowds gathered outside the offices of the country's electoral commission to demand the release and things quickly turned violent the electoral commission called for patience verifying the vote was more complicated than expected the commission chairwoman said the unusually high number of candidates was causing delays in the verification process. but a spokesman for the opposition said the situation was unacceptable and suggested that something unusual was going on it is that every citizen is right to demand that the results operate used in reasonable time ok the fact that the results far right essential that it's just next door to have not been released by up by by

midday today is inappropriate and suggests that something wrong is happening we've been here before. as tensions remain high in the country the international community is becoming increasingly concerned with governments calling for restraint on all science. melanie corrida ball joins me now from harare melanie election observers from the commonwealth have been commenting on the election and the violence so what have they been saying. well terry goes to a restaurant yesterday they denounced the excessive use of fine again on civilians here in harare and both parties to exercise restraint it was talking about the election itself though they raised concerns about voter intimidation about the local media being biased in favor of the rulings and m.p.'s and now they are asking the electoral commission to come out with a full report the full results as soon as possible because the delays are of course

raising suspicions come to teach me we know that they have to give us the results by saturday but we will get pressure mounting up on them it could be that the child knows who the next president will be today if they do so we are expecting them to do that during the evening or at night even to decrease the likelihood of protests . so yesterday we did see. the government would crack again if there were any further anti-government protests what's it like there on the streets today. the situation on the streets is calm as of now but not on social media there are moved pictures and videos appearing online of people being beaten up of people bleeding even of those shot dead. but in general we also can say that it feels like it is a state of imagined see here just not a declared one the army is still out on the streets they have been saying that the

police with seventy thousand police officers is completely unarmed the stuff that the army will remain present in the streets until the police in the case there is no one week for them to be around. thank you so much for your correspondent melanie curry the ball there in harare. now let's look at some other stories making headlines around the world today authorities in the democratic republic of congo say four more people have tested positive for the abode of virus in the country's northeast break in north kivu province close to the ugandan border has already claimed twenty lives the cases come just days after another outbreak in the northwest of the d.r. c. was declared over. the u.s. has announced sanctions against two top turkish officials over the country's detention of an american pastor turkey accuses andrew brunson of aiding the failed coup attempt against turkish president richard out of one in two thousand and

sixteen the u.s. is demanding brunson's immediate release. remains of what are thought to be fifty five u.s. servicemen killed in the korean war of arrived in the united states president mike pence attended the ceremony in hawaii he said president all trump was grateful to north korean leader kim jong un. and in copenhagen over a thousand people have protested against their country's new than on face covering veils in public the law targets the need and burkas more and by some muslim women protesters say the law infringes on freedom of religion and expression but the government says the veils prevent women from integrating into danish society. lebannon is stepping up pressure on syrian refugees to return home some one point five million syrian refugees are currently in lebanon and officials there have repeatedly said that's putting the country under strain hundreds of refugees have

returned to syria in the past few weeks but many more are afraid of what would happen to them if they went back d.w. correspondent bora traveled to the town of ourselves where she met a woman who fled syria the assad government killed her husband and her son she and her children feel. or for their lives if they return. and it was not a voyage pulled out of the ever imagined undertaking but the mother of eight and grandmother of three children was forced to flee has syrian home and fleet docks to take refuge in the town of ourselves just across the border in lebanon. although it happened five years ago the memories are still fresh this is my son served her husband and his son who were killed in the syrian role. at the beginning of the uprising protests were not violent they were peaceful but my husband was killed because he

took part in the my son was with the regime army doing his compulsory service in the syrian intelligence service killed him because he deserted. who fears the assad regime but the pressure from lebanon to leave is building some three thousand syrians have already registered to return but i can never go back to syria. she is especially worried about this man. goes in by is a member of the syrian committee tasked with collecting the names of billing return is and sending the list to damascus for approval who is suspicious that the government mitali the names with those who protested against the regime and neither of us them upon arrival or refuse them approval to return but golson denies the charge. it's not

a condition not an issue of approval and it's just about informing the government of the names of the people returning. he claims syria is now safe and to convince us he asked one of the refugees who replied to return to talk to us do you want to go back of course what's keeping me here but it doesn't go quite as he sought so he is confronted by angry syrians. back to syria safely is impossible. he shows his broad scars the military. but lebanon's government is eager to stop one off million syrian refugees so many say they may be forced to look at europe again. and her friends are among those thinking about making the journey to europe they know that it won't be easy but the risk of reprisal by assad security forces is high the

thirty. one of the ladies has just heard of the arrest of her sister by the syrian regime. i want to migrate to europe for the future of my children and i applied to the u.s. that they didn't help me other than going to have mobile smugglers want that eight thousand euros for the trip and i when i said that if you're going isn't it meant that i feel who that doesn't know what she would do yet and many here are facing a similar dilemma. it may be too soon to say if there will be a second wave of refugees to europe but the conditions are right. for now despite all the hardship the last best bet seems to be levanon if the lebanese testy. now it's a nightmare scenario you're on a plane going in for an emergency landing people are praying all around you would

you keep filming with your mobile phone that's what one aeromexico passenger did on tuesday have a look. or oculus lee ashley garcia made the video and all the other one hundred two passengers and crew survived the crash the accident occurred just after takeoff in northern mexico this is the scene as they take the wreckage. or see a poster of her video to twitter where it's been watched more than one hundred seventy thousand times. for norway has looking to make its waterways a bit greener it's been investing in the development of battery powered ships and

ones that drive themselves launching more zero emission vessels is also part of a national push to save norway's famed for its. this boat may not look so impressive but she could be the future of the shipping industry. the seven metre long plywood prototype called land can operate autonomously. experts in houses in norway have been developing autonomy's ships for decades now the first self driving cargo ship designed for regular commercial use is nearing completion a full scale. is due to be operational from twenty twenty she'll carry fertilizers from manufacturers onto further transport at one of the larger ports relieving traffic on land. by doing this they're reducing the number of truck journeys by forty thousand per year through. urban areas so it will have a huge impact on local society with emissions less dust lest salles emissions and

also safer traffic situation norway is investing in modern shipping not only developing a thomas ships but also looking at green technologies with many of the country's shorts heavily polluted by fumes from large cruise ships norway's adopted legislation allowing only electric ships to enter the few words from twenty twenty six. boats like this one are now being developed this forty two metre long ferry the future of the few words was launched recently. it can carry four hundred passengers and is powered by a large battery which can be charged in twenty minutes at a pier docking station. if there are no emissions when we used to ship. the energy comes from norwegian hydro power which is produced directly here in the town of our land it's a green project that couldn't be more environmentally friendly. and by

supporting this technology the government hopes both to protect the environment and promote a burgeoning economic sector. the yarra beer kalani project is supported by a fourteen million euro government subsidy people here want this project to be a success engineers are trying to perfect software to enable the ship to handle stormy weather and oncoming traffic they're working on steering it via satellite and they've also decided a two person crew will be needed at first for safety they would be cyber security risks there would be maybe the social interaction people might play a kick in right and the technical ability where it. went it's it is said that it it is in place. but thomas ships like the yarra burkle and will likely only be used for short distances during their initial deployment but in the future perhaps these carriers will be able to seal the world's oceans without

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