this is the devil in your life from the world welcomes twenty nineteen. masseur moderates this play on sydney harbor bridge as the australian city became one of the post to ring in the new here also on the program. bangladesh's prime minister says a conscience is clear shaikh has seen rejects calls for a new photo after wouldn't have stood consecutive elections despite this latest

being mobbed by deadly violence a rival say a victory is a front. congo meanwhile is awaiting the outcome of its a landmark presidential election sunday's votes are being counted and tensions a high allowing allegations of widespread voting irregularities. i'm still have a chance and i'm going to match that delivers her traditional new year's address and openness tolerance and respect as one of the toughest years of her political career goals to an end. i'm still gal welcome to the program. the world has begun to ring in the new year these pictures are from sydney's a famous a fireworks display the opera house and harbor watched by an estimated one of the health million revelers on the waterfront.

hong kong celebrates the arrival of twenty nineteen in just under an hour we'll bring you live pictures from their fireworks and new year's updates from around the globe as the world says goodbye to twenty eight take home good morning to twenty. bangladesh prime minister has been declared winner of sunday's national elections the country's electoral commission says a shake has seen this alliance won two hundred eighty eight out of three hundred parliamentary seats but the victory has been overshadowed by allegations of vote rigging with opposition members demanding a fresh election. to some she's a humanitarian to others she's an autocrat shaikh has seen a 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 refugees shelter for her supporters her victory represents both hope and

security. for the. 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 to 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 its 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 kamau hussein has called the vote farcical and is seeking fresh elections. creation that has been created by appallingly bad

election can be corrected by holding appropriate elections ministration of the. dissolution and behold another post under a new philip ministration 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. now there are some of the other stories making news around the world at least three people are dead and dozens missing following an explosion in an apartment building in russia the blast in the nine story block in the city of magni two goals and early in the morning but many residents were asleep before it is believe it was caused by a gas leak. the reuters news agency says prominent activist ahmed nonsocial has lost an appeal against a ten year jail sentence in the united arab emirates he was sentenced in may on

charges of criticizing the u.s. government over social media. police in the philippines say at least two people have been killed and thirty five others wounded after a bomb went off outside a shopping now in the sun in the southern city of course about so many of the wounded were buying goods for traditional new year festivities. according to ok it has extended the pretrial detention of foreman a sign chairman calling scorn for a further ten days this is the results of the latest allegations of financial misconduct to be made against him has been detained in japan since november charge would falsify a financial records. that were tense waiting congo as the votes from sunday's presidential election accounts it well as a people took part in an event that could say the first peaceful transfer of power for decades but questions over its fanous amounted with 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 trust traded 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. 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 c s first peaceful transition of power since again independence from belgium in one nine hundred sixty long time leader and strongmen 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 rich machines voter suppression in opposition strongholds and general mismanagement . says even. all these irregularities will certainly have a negative impact on the election process his 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 emanuel. 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.

congolese voters will have. to wait a week for provisional results a new leader could be installed by the middle of january. there is a yemen where the latest ceasefire between government troops and who think rebels is holding its hope this will bring relief to the population millions of whom are suffering from starvation but an investigation by the associated press found that much of the aid arriving in yemen and in the wrong hands the united nations world food program has also said today its food is being stolen. goods on sale at a market in yemen desperately needed wheat and cooking oil a closer inspection shows these products come from the united nations world food program and charity groups aid that should have been given away after nearly four years of war. twenty nine million people getting enough food. i think we came here they wrote down our names but they didn't give us anything

they gave to other people but nothing to us they left us without anything. in the. large volumes of aid have been flowing into yemen donors sent more than four billion dollars worth in twenty eighteen but the u.n. says it can only track twenty percent of the deliveries observers say who the rebels are blocking or diverting aid some of the food goes to their own troops or resold on the black markets. this is a it is not presence on the ground it has no direct impact. on the contrary the more years past the worse the situation becomes especially in the areas controlled by the who things we're seeing very painful pictures. to who these were due to hand over control of the whole day to ports under a peace deal recently negotiated in sweden but the u.n. says rebels are failing to fully honor their agreements the residents of her data

are still waiting for relief. that it. has become a city of ghosts it's an empty city because of the war's. prices have become very high and a crazy way. to back out of buying and selling has become difficult we live in a desperate situation we can't meet our daily expenses it's not living we're physically and spiritually dead and have a you hit the you know on a months long and. the geisha by the associated press also found problems with aid distribution in areas controlled by the yemeni government and it's the weakest who are suffering the most unique says some four hundred thousand yemeni children aged under five are at risk of death from malnutrition. germany's chancellor has delivered house official new year's message and one of the toughest years of her political career i'm going to machall call 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 here politically she vowed to look ahead pressing for more solidarity in two thousand and nineteen. that misty about slagle i am guided by the conviction that we will only master the challenges of our time if we hold together and if we work with others across boundaries and borders. two thousand and eighteen saw the infighting that brought on america's coalition government to the brink in october she announced she would not run for a fifth term in office michael 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 what have been certain scenes of international cooperation and now coming under pressure in such a situation we must stand up more for our convictions we must fight for them and in our own interest we must assume 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 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 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.

in sports japanese ski jumper rio you kobayashi last won the opening round of the prestigious four hills tournament in germany he edged out the competition in opus dove largely facts to he's huge first jump a one hundred thirty eight point five meters the victory gives him a chance of becoming the first japanese athlete to win the four hills and nineteen ninety eight. russia is running out of time to meet an end of year deadline to handle the computer data from its moscow drug testing the bar of free access to the data was a condition of the controversial lifting of a three year back on the route that followed on occasions of state sponsored doping in russia's force earlier this month officials from the world anti-doping agency was denied access to the data russia risks another ban if it doesn't comply. well because in china celebrating a three day long new year's holiday for many it's the perfect time to visit some of

that backdrop treasures. patters visitors have been flocking to respond to bring santa in chengdu in southwest china to see what the best do best. and just to keep things interesting last week the trying to pound the face debuted to new cups boy and. try not top story at this hour it's farewell twenty eighteen and get a twenty nine seen massive fireworks display the sydney harbor bridge i see strangers if you don't want to ring in the. garbage can always get b.w. news on the job just down the road from the google play off of the awful story box if you ask us to all the latest news from around the world as well as push notifications for any break you can also use it to send those photos and videos.

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