this is the deeds of the news from berlin and twenty nine t. begins with a back. saying abrasions are underway in museums and the country among the first in the world to bring in the hugo will bring you all the festivities as they. end by the danish prime minister shake as you know wins a record third consecutive term by a landslide but their rivals say the victory was

a fraud. and people in the democratic republic of congo await the outcome of sunday's netball presidential election as the ballots are counted tensions remain high following allegations of widespread voting irregularities. i'm christine one go welcome to the program. people in new zealand are ringing in the new year these are live pictures from oakland the first major city in the world to welcome twenty nine thousand. i. thought. i'd next to

welcome the new year is new zealand's neighbor all straight we'll be bringing you pictures from sydney and new year's updates from around the globe as people say goodbye sweet eighteen and hello twenty ninety. abunimah dishes prime minister shake has seen a has secured a third term in office ofter a landslide victory in the country's divisive national elections the electoral commission says the scene this coalition won two hundred eighty eight out of three hundred seats in parliament but opposition members have rejected the results as richt amid widespread allegations of voting irregularities. to some she's a humanitarian to others she's an autocrat shaikh hasina daughter of the founder of bangladesh now set to serve a third straight term in office has seen is credited with boosting the economy and

giving refugee shelter to her supporters her victory represents both hope and security. for the football side of this fire expect the new government to keep their promise of creating more jobs for young people but also to increase the age for working in the government sector hopefully there will continue with the progress they've already made. we feel safe under this prime minister and we believe we will be safe under her in the future. we have many hopes and wishes and shake us here is the daughter of a model. but sunday's vote was plagued by allegations of vote rigging and voter intimidation has seen as critics accuse her and her party of authoritarianism of detaining opposition candidates and supporters despite heavy security election campaign violence spilled over into voting day with clashes turning deadly opposition alliance leader come out hussein has called the vote farcical and is

seeking fresh elections. see creation that has been created by appallingly bad election can be corrected by holding appropriate elections ministration. and behold another election as early as was. dozens of candidates withdrew from the race before polls closed the rival parties have been jostling for power for decades but with a key opposition figure imprisoned and the alliance on the back foot sheikh hasina is likely to retain her post. early as folks our correspondent. who's been following the election process closely from and out australia if this result with all the inconsistency is around it is still credible the credibility of this election has definitely been drawn into question over here has spoken to at least two waters who faced some kind of intimidation or how this meant at the polls they so that they were not able to cast their vote freely one of them even said that his

ward was already cost for him he was not able to actually put down the stamp on the other of you also have reports of reporters saying that this they've written this ballot box stuffing but any decisions and any investigation into these discrepancies would have to be done by the election commission the election commission is the party who which can actually declare any kind of water rigging so far the election commission has said that the water has gone through freely and fairly but of course that allegations against election commission as well off a bias towards the ruling body that there was a correspondent in a such as well in the bangladeshi capital dhaka for us now to some of the other stories making news around the world at least three people on dead and dozens missing all to an explosion in an apartment building in russia with or he's beneath a gas leak caused the blast in the nine story building in the city of course the explosion occurred early in the morning when residents were asleep. a tokyo

court is extending for many sun chairman carlos pretrial detention for a further ten days due to the latest allegations of financial misconduct made against him and has been detained in japan since november on allegations of falsify financial reports. to west africa now and a tense wait for people in the democratic republic of congo as votes are counted following sunday's presidential election millions cost their ballots in the land which could see the first peaceful transfer of power in decades but questions over its fairness amounting with accusations off delays and irregularities especially in opposition areas. eager voters refused to give up at the ballot box election day is over in the democratic republic of congo but by nightfall many had yet to cast their vote trust traded by turmoil at overburden polling stations

scenes like this one in the limited district of conciousness were not uncommon long lines stonewalled by malfunctioning machines. in the city that we've been here since this morning and it's dark already but we're here and we will vote no to that we called the technician he came but. the card is missing the memory card the as vote counting gets underway in one of africa's largest and poorest countries the significance of the election is palpable this could be the d.-r. sees first peaceful transition of power since again independence from belgium in one nine hundred sixty long time leader in strongman joseph kabila is stepping down after nearly eighteen years at the helm of the main opposition candidate martin for you lou and others allege that the vote has been marred by rigged machines voter suppression in opposition strongholds and general mismanagement. says he did.

all these irregularities will see. certainly have a negative impact on the election process. coalition will make sure that there are consequences when the time comes. because the polls. are legations rejected by president kabila as preferred successor emmanuel rama zani daughter you. see i have just voted and i am now satisfied because today is the result of the electoral process we started several years ago and. i think victory is on my side and that tonight i will be president. of the. congolese voters will have to wait a week for provisional results a new leader could be installed by the middle of january. all right. she is in kinshasa and has been following the elections for us they are high windy so there

were some irregularities at some polling stations as we've seen in our piece was this a fair election. i can say that the election was fair election worked out. there was when people didn't have the strength to find their name on they knew there was a new that. so i guess is that the rate of like this and we're very you know even if people wanted to vote for the race it was low and everything went go. ok so a lot of doubt there about the credibility off this election but opposition leader mohsen fight has strong support and we saw that in the run up to this vote does he stand a chance against could be his protege emanuel shot. i don't know if i can say that he has a chance but matters i know is really popular in many parts of the country in kinshasa and in other places like in the east but of the back to where the country where the

legend was this week for example but there is also and that is your position think she gave you also has many people who trust him so there is a street main leaders as i move politically and emanuel has entered iraq and we don't know exactly who will be but if they lection he stared and the result is what people voted for i don't think i mentioned them as i'm sure they're as ancient as that to be the one we'd be chosen by the people. all right talking about the people right now you've been talking to sources at polling stations what does a one from the next president what are they told you. people told me it is that they want change laws then everything they want to live in their condition they want the next president to really get very involved in social issues they want someone who will bring peace they want someone who is being bring jobs because

people. don't have jobs and they want someone who is very very involved in changing the face of the congo especially at international level also. right that seem to have been windy flashy reporting from kinshasa for us of course that result coming through in the coming days thank you. in sports russia is running out of time to meet a deadline to hand of a computer data from its drug testing lab in moscow to access to the data was a condition for the controversial lifting off a three give ban on the net that followed the alleged state sponsored to doping scandal in russian sports earlier this month officials from wada that's the world anti doping agency would denied access to the data russia risks another ban if it doesn't comply with the condition. japanese ski jump.

kobayashi has won the opening round of the prestigious four hills tournament in germany kobayashi edged out of the competition in obit stalls largely thanks to he's huge first jumpoff one hundred thirty eight point five reaches the victory gives him a chance of becoming the first japanese athlete to win the four hills tournament since one thousand nine hundred eight germany's chancellor angela merkel has delivered her traditional new year's message bringing to an end one of the toughest she is of her political career medical called for germans to come together and show more openness tolerance and respect. a little light at the end of the tunnel here at the chancellor e. in berlin germany's leader sure hope so. chancellor angela merkel describes two thousand and eighteen and her new year's address as an extremely difficult year politically she vowed to look ahead pressing for more solidarity in two thousand and nineteen. i am lead by my conviction that we will only overcome the challenges

of our times if we stick together and work together across divisions. in vic to summon. two thousand and eighteen so in fighting that brought on america's coalition government to the brink in october she announced she would not run for a fifth term in office meco stressed in her speech the importance of shaping the future for generations to come referring to the challenges of migration climate change and terrorism a staunch supporter of the e.u. and diplomacy she warned against self isolation. and that's the foundations of global cooperation are being put to the test in such a situation we must stand up for must fight for what we believe in and for our own good we must take on more responsibility. on january first germany is joining the united nations security council for two years now called

promised her country will use the term to fight for what she called a global solutions she also said germany would spend more on humanitarian aid and security and medical spoke with uncharacteristic passion about these images taken by german astronaut alex on the guest during his time at the international space station she said his pictures captured a new view of our planet testifying to the dangers of a changing climate but also to earth's overwhelming beauty. all right now work is in china australia bracing a three day long honesty for many it's the. perfect time to visit some of the national trisha's giant pandas visitors have been flocking to this panda breeding santa in chengdu china to see the bay is true what they do that would be munching on bamboo as if that weren't enough just last week the chain do panda base two new cubs a boy and a girl all right you're watching data being is live from berlin more coming

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