this is deja vu news live from berlin zimbabwe's president emerson when god calls for a new beginning after being declared the country's president his supporters are euphoric but the opposition is refusing to accept the result raising fears of more violence . also coming up a stark warning from u.s. intelligence officials about russia they say moscow is carrying out of her face a campaign to sway the upcoming midterm elections but is president trying to undermining their message. in india false reports on social media about child kidnappings have led to the murder of innocent people now local police are taking

action to try to prevent any more killings. i'm sumi so much common good to have you with us in zimbabwe president emerson mclaughlin has called for unity after winning the country's first election since the ousting of robert mugabe but doco was declared the winner last night after securing just over fifty percent of the ballot box him by the way remains on edge following post-election violence the main opposition is questioning the polls outcome and demanding the release of what it calls proper and verified results. after days of unrest the long awaited results were delivered in the middle of the night zimbabwe's electoral commission declared a narrow victory for the country's incumbent president. party is therefore julie declared he lifted president of the republic of zimbabwe with

effect from the third of august twenty eighth. with fifty point eight percent of the vote and missing money on god avoids a runoff against his nearest rival nelson chamisa who won just over forty four percent his party the movement for democratic change has declared it will challenge the results. of those. affect. what would follow. you very much like that you would look up what was. going on god was party zone o.p.'s is also celebrating its victory in parallel parliamentary elections officials declared a voter turnout of almost eighty percent but european union observers said the

election could not be declared entirely fair so it wasn't a level playing field there was a misuse of state resources by a single state media and also with regards freedoms there was concern about the in the pre-election vironment pressure on prospective voters through intimidation and coercion. the country was left shaken off the six people died in clashes with soldiers during protests while awaiting the election results. now mon god has promised zimbabwe a new beginning. let's bring indeed of these adrienne krishi standing by for us and had a good to see you so the results came in the middle of the night one of the reactions been this morning there. well the situation in paris still quite tense you can see behind me this still heavy military and police presence in the city it has improved though compared to yesterday where the city center was always deserted and you found a policeman there today more and more people on the streets some shops even opened

but you can see there's still some tension here a lot of people have the feeling that this election drama is not yet over although the results where already announced it is have a look at what the local newspapers wrote today and this is also an indicator for what i was saying. and disputes the independent is talking about and a slim victory for emerson when i've got one and then we also have the news today here that says chamisa rejects the fake results nelson chamisa is the major opposition candidate so things are not yet over here and people are looking forward to see how the opposition will now react you know what options does the opposition really have here and. well there's basically two options one is they could go to court and challenge the results there this is what some reprise entities of the opposition have said already that they're going to do that but it's not the candy did the major candidate nelson chamisa said yesterday that this is

not an option for him he said that the courts are not independent so he could not expect a fair process but he also left open the other option but it is quite clear what the other option is he could basically ask his supporters to go on the streets to protest and this could be of course bringing a lot of attention to the town again we've heard it before six people died on wednesday when opposition protesters went on the streets and now the country is looking forward to see what he said will do will he ask his people to go once again on the streets to protest against the results or will he find another solution i didn't there was so much excitement in the lead up to the selection this was seen as a watershed vote for him bob way in a storage election did it live up to that. well absolutely if you think back thirty seven years of robert mugabe the person who ran the country for such a long period ended last year when the military intervened then the current president went and got what took over his former vice president and this election

was of course a milestone for the country for the first time there was a good chance for free and fair elections in zimbabwe the question is can we really talk of free and fair election here we have had several statements from several election of service some are saying yes tendency others also from the european union they were much more critical but nobody really had a final statement nobody can really say if we really saw a completely fail action hero if they were wrecked on not this is a process that still has to be looked into and still probably take some time until we really can make a fair judgment of that and i mean you know briefly if you can what does emerson now have to do to win the support of his critics. well he has to try to unite the country has to bring the other side also in the bow this will be his major challenge and political terms but then of course he has a lot of economic challenge as well but basically bankrupt ten billion dollars debts so he has to bring the economy back on track to really push this country for what he did you correspondent adrienne chris for us on the ground in harare thank

you very much. let's catch up now on some other stories making headlines around the world the presidential election in mali will go on to a second round after initial results showed that none of the candidates attained the fifty percent needed for an outright winner current president. came close with forty one percent of the votes while his closest rivals say won almost eighteen percent the two will meet in a runoff vote next sunday. health officials in the democratic republic of congo say the type of ebola in the country's latest outbreak is a strain which has been successfully vaccinated against in the past four people have tested positive for the deadly virus in recent days the world health organization says there is a high risk of the outbreak break spreading including to neighboring countries. and in jerusalem tens of thousands have marched in the city's largest ever gay pride parade the colorful festivities were mixed with anger following the passage of

a law that excludes gay men from having children via surrogacy. u.s. president donald trump's national security team has said russia is behind what they call pervasive attempts to interfere in the upcoming u.s. midterm elections intelligence director dan coats and national security advisor john bolton made the announcement in a rare joint news conference at the white house but as he hits the campaign trail president trump is again downplaying the idea of russian involvement. on the campaign trail u.s. president donald trump is trying to prevent the republicans from losing their majority in congress. his number one nemesis is the media which he accuses of misreporting his relationship with the russian president he's got little to say about the latest allegations of russian meddling in the upcoming midterm elections . fake news fake news. breaks.

but some in the white house are less dismissive the heads of the agencies responsible for national security appeared before the press with a joint announcement history russia and other foreign actors are again trying to influence the american elections and attack its democracy. because the intelligence community continues to be concerned about the threats of upcoming u.s. elections both the midterms and the presidential elections of two thousand and twenty in regards to russian involvement in the midterm elections we continue to see a pervasive they're choosing messaging campaign by russia to try to weaken and divide the united states. the effect of trump's meeting with vladimir putin is still being felt trump's advisers are trying to combat the impression that the president isn't concerned about foreign interference they say he's aware of the

danger. it's important that. we address the question of the president's involvement in this his leadership his determination to prevent russian and other foreign influence and elections. putin earlier declared he wanted trump as president when asked about the twenty six thousand election. trump at times voiced skepticism about russia's role in election interference but u.s. security agencies are stepping up their warnings i would support any efforts that we can collectively. put together to send a signal to russia that there is a cost to the price to pay for what they're doing and if we want to have any kind of relationship whatsoever in dealing with things of mutual interest the russians have to stop doing what they're doing. it's been over two weeks since the two leaders met in helsinki trump opted not to admonish putin during their joint remarks but now u.s.

officials say they're going on the offensive with key elections some three months away. india has been rocked by a wave of mob lynchings across the country in recent months more than twenty people have died after a viral rumors about child kidnappers circulated on the messaging service whatsapp the indian government to set up a committee to try to curb the murders in some areas local law enforcement officials have started their own campaigns are india correspondent sonia found the car travel to the western state to find out more. it isn't every day that this village sees guests like these. on a special mission dispelling vital rumors spread and what's that have killed people across the country not the mob ought to be the daughter who's also a trained lawyer is the brains behind the campaign he appeals to the crowd to not be fooled by fake news of the internet and use their own mind to judge what's true

or false. misleading videos like this one which claim to show corpses of children have gone vital voices teves disguised as beggars harvested the organs all because she explains how the videos of doctored to create panic. another clip suggests this woman is an outsider and was trying to abducted. that's why she was beaten up fake news like this is spreading like wildfire in india it is a major problem because these are very close knit communities where almost everyone tends to know each other the spread and acceleration of this news can be very very quick but the fact that it is about lifting is something so primal something so provocative that your child could be taken away from you i scarcely think there is a greater fear than that for any family or any parent. that it can precipitate violence very easily. that's what happened here in the neighboring district of coolie about three hundred fifty kilometers from mumbai. this heavy security in

this remote village it only has women and children many of the men have fled ever since a lynching to place in this building. fake news is killing people in india right here in this village council office five people were beaten to death by a mob last month the police say the people were driven by the deals on whatsapp claiming that kidnappers are on the loose the victims were beggars from a nomadic tribe. the lynchings here were particularly brutal the police have arrested twenty eight people so far. about try to help the victims by locking them in here but the mob forced their way in a lot clearer deckard. sharpton and. the people would stick with rods put stones in witches in the office the crowd was bloodthirsty i've never seen anything like this there was a video on someone's phone warning people to stay vigilant because gangs were

kidnapping children and stealing their organs. in mali go police have tracking train time if anyone four with explosive messages that can cause public panic. it's part of the campaign to quash rumors before they boil over and lead to. the measures stick on and added urgency in monaco's melting pot into religious tensions are never far from the surface here. today officers are in the hindu temple it's part of the campaigns are preached in french and religious leaders the message is familial remain skeptical of what you read online and don't resort to violence. the campaign continues a crack at junctions across the city leaflets with police help like numbers are handed out. to raise awareness about the deadly consequences of fake news. man or not our top story at this hour assemblies president emerson magog. has

called for unity after being declared winner of the country's first elections since the ousting of robert mugabe the main opposition has questioned the polls outcome and demanding the release of what it calls proper and verified results thank you for watching t.v. turn martin will have an update on your headlines for you at the top of the hour going. it's all happening don't you have it coming. your link to news from africa the world your links to exceptional stories and discussions and no one will come to see their views on producing program tonight from for a new journey from the news of easy to our website do deputed much africa and join us on facebook and t.w. africa.