household mark documentary starts in january thirteenth on w. . this is the w. news life from bowling twenty nineteen has begun all club night sky lights up best new zealand brings in the most of the world is still to come and we'll bring you live coverage of the festivities as they happen also on the program i'm glad that she's prime minister wins a record third consecutive term by a landslide but she can see in a survival say her victory as a for old. german chancellor i'm going to medical deliver us from traditional new

year's address or include more openness tolerance and respect is one of the toughest years of a political career twenty. i'm still going to welcome to the program. new zealand has rung in the new year its biggest city oakland was the first major city in the world to welcome twenty ninety five. was . the. next step will be new zealand's neighbor australia will bring you pictures from sydney serious updates from around the globe as we say goodbye twenty eighty and

hello twenty ninety. bangladesh's prime minister shake a seat has been declared the winner of yesterday's national elections the electoral commission says alliance won two hundred eighty eight of three hundred parliamentary seats but i think she has been overshadowed by allegations of vote rigging from opposition members who are demanding fresh elections. 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. of the put us on this i expect the new government to keep their promise of creating more jobs for young people and also to increase the age for working in the government sector. hopefully they 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 ina is the daughter of. 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 build over into voting day with clashes turning deadly opposition alliance leader come out hussein has called the vote farcical and is seeking fresh elections. that has been created by. election. history. and. 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 she has seen is likely to retain her post. correspondent in the misha jai swell reports now from the capital dhaka and considers the election's outcome the eleventh national election in bangladesh has come to an end prime minister sheikh hasina has won a historic toward the executive however this victory has been tainted not just by wild ones but serious allegations of water rigging d.w. have opened to waters wealthiest intimidation at the polling booth i have with me professor for me off the doctor university professor what exactly does this environment of feel mean to fall back into the issue democracy. well it just started maybe if you say about this election i came to know

some. some cases young people. but some there are some reports that people couldn't trust the code and you see it was not to participate reelection in two thousand and fourteen so this is the first time after ten years. younger people will be expected to cost but there are some reports they couldn't do that so this is this is not very good for the democratic practices in bangladesh but professor the leader of the opposition has called for a deal action under a caretaker government as somebody who was followed by the chief politics as an expert do you expect this to happen can we expect a reelection well i think this is quite old enough to be a. real action but the opposition has to raise this demand in such

a manner that that nation is being ready for the real reelection but i think the opposition is quite. weak to raise their demand in a strong manner so i don't think there is going to be any real action on this government will continue as they were doing in the last ten years well the opposition and voters have spoken about intimidation but it's also worth noting that the ruling party claims this election was free and fair she has enough for now will start whole thought historic in part in bangladesh. actually some of the other stories making news around the world at least three people are dead and dozens of missing following an explosion in an apartment building in russia the blast in the nine story building in the city of magneto gorse cap and early in the morning when many residents were asleep authorities believe it was caused by

a gas leak. reuters news agency says prominent activist ahmed mansell has lost the peel against a ten year jail sentence in the united arab emirates he was sentenced in may on charges of criticizing the u.s. government out of a social media. to west africa in a day and a tense wait for the democratic republic of congo as votes from sunday's presidential election accounted millions cast their ballots in a vote that could say the first peaceful transfer of power for decades but questions over its fantasies of mounting the accusations of 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 frustrated by turmoil at overburden polling stations scenes like this one in the limited district of kinshasa were not

uncommon long lines stonewalled by malfunctioning machines. said it we've been here since this morning and it's dark already but we're here and we will vote no to that as we call the technician he came but. the card is missing the memory card. 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 against 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 rita machines voter suppression in opposition strongholds and general mismanagement. says even. all these irregularities will certainly have a negative impact on the election process. coalition will make sure that there are

consequences when the time comes. because it grows. very new. allegations rejected by president kabila as preferred successor emmanuel rama zani should our youth. i have just voted and i am now satisfied because today is the result of the electoral process we started several years ago one minute. walk and i walk and i think victory is on my side and that tonight i will be president and soon as the. congolese voters will have to wait a week for provisional results a new leader could be installed by the middle of january. well they didn't do so wendy bash he joins us now on the line from the diaz he's capital kinshasa and welcome wendy from what you've seen and what was this election fast. hi everyone can say that election or actually day nixon was meek out. and

i'm on the ground right now i was speaking with gun people who was putting it told me that they had to leave gave polling station made in the night because they didn't have the chance to work so i don't know which way we can say that they should work but from here from what i've seen and heard you cheated is because you feel that you were very fair and does the opposition stand much of a chance against president kabila as proxy get'em honeywell shuddery. com very complex question because he here in kingston a monument that he said there you know so well if you ask people in this country they said you know that they will for example for myself i mean maybe for fifty to fifty. head of condition for said very i started that he feared for the last year but maybe in yeah the area of the country and even for bad

i'm not that sure but we need to wait for good he got the election the people generally then you have the actor the correct one and as you speak to vote says what do they tell you they want from the next president. most of them were change most of them when you ask them what do you expect what are your expectations for they want change because the conway's are very rich country that there is no contract if i don't some people leave you know very poor situation so most of them want to kill change the economy go changing their want to get too many things like the employer mandate and they have no doubt. most of them want change we the election and the new president. was. talking to you thank you so much for joining us wendy bashi in kinshasa thank you.

to sports japanese ski jumper rio you kobayashi has won the opening round of the prestigious four hills tournament in germany the competition in opens doth largely thanks to receive huge first jump of one hundred thirty eight point five meters the victory gives him a chance of becoming the first japanese athlete to win the four hills since one thousand nine hundred ninety eight. now russia is running out of time to base an end of year deadline to hand over computer data from its moscow drug testing laboratory access to the dates that was a condition of the controversial if they were of a three year battle i'm glad i followed allegations of state sponsored doping in russian sport earlier this month officials from the world anti-doping agency what denied access to the data the shit wrist another bout if it doesn't comply. the german chancellor has delivered her traditional new year's message and to one of the toughest years of her political career i'm glad machall 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. two thousand and eighteen saw in fighting that brought uncle america's coalition government to the brink in october she announced she would not run for a fifth term in office macro 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. 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. he 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 global solutions she also said germany would spend more on humanitarian aid and security and spoke with uncharacteristic passion about these images taken by german astronaut alexander 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 i think just times reminder of our top story at this hour new zealand has rolled in the news yet its

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