thank you. this is news live from berlin authorities an order why order a recount in the race for the presidency early results from the country's presidential runoff put both candidates from the left and the right neck and neck the result is just too close to call also coming up on the show voters in hong kong some a clear message to the government in beijing pro-democracy candidates make massive gains as the crow beijing vote collapses in the municipal elections. and leaked documents shed light on the chinese government's mass detention of

weaker muslims in a network of prison camps beijing insists their voluntary reeducation centers. i mamiya use of welcome to the program when it was election electoral court has ordered a recount in the country's presidential runoff early results show the 2 candidates neck and neck and the results too close to call. at the moment the kai po from the center right national party holds a narrow lead he came in 2nd in the initial round of voting but has since assembled a strong coalition close behind him is done yet martinez of the ruling center left broad from party they are facing widespread discontent with economic stagnation and rising unemployment after more than a decade in power. for more on that v.w. correspondent nicole foolish is joining me now from monday video hi nicole so this

is a really close race between the 2 candidates and looks like when we're when will we know who's won. well that's still going to take a couple of days that's an outcome really nobody expected the electoral authorities are saying that it's too close to call and that they want to wait until they proclaim a winner until they have taken a look at the ballots that have been submitted for observation those that showed signed signs of having been tampered with at the ballot boxes because these amount to almost exactly the difference that is right now being registered between the 2 candidates between the pope and the unit the people very close to here at the national party headquarters were gearing up for a huge party but from the looks of it they're not going to get it today so

martina's was ahead in the polls in the beginning but now they're neck and neck so how did you manage to gather all that support in the meantime. well you already talked about this coalition he kind of managed to to gather around him all of the other opposition parties except for an environmentalist party his coalition of the willing so to say includes social democrats but also far right parties something that he has been very much criticized for because it looked like he was and he was willing to pact with almost anybody in order to to get to the presidency that also face the same with a dilemma should he actually win once this recount is over because all these people

that threw their weight behind him will want to see their party represented in a new government and taken into account that some of the parties in this coalition didn't even want to speak to each other until very recently that's going to be a difficult task for him so what are going to be the biggest challenges facing the new president whoever that may be. walk through the confirmation of the a of the government his cabinet. there are plenty of challenges that await starting with having to breathe new life into the country's economy he will have to fight the fiscal deficit and unemployment and he will have to do something about the country's security situation that has and has been in decline for the past 10 years. the cold through this in montevideo thank you. now to some of the other stories making

news around the world. at least 26 people have been killed in a plane crash in the democratic republic of congo the aircraft came down in a residential area in the eastern city of goma authorities say the cause of the crash was pilot error. thank you everyone former new york mayor michael bloomberg has announced he is running for president of the united states a former republican became a democrat just last year and is one of the richest people in the world he'll 1st have to beat other democratic candidates jostling to go up against president donald trump in 2020. romanian president klaus your highness has been reelected for a 2nd term in a landslide election victory a conservative defeated the leader of the social democrat party big eureka dunshee the run up to the election was dominated by allegations of corruption against and she was party. pro-democracy supporters in hong kong are celebrating after

securing a landslide victory in municipal elections the pro-democracy camp has won $388.00 council seats compared to $58.00 probation parties just a handful of seats are still up for grabs the opposition now controls a majority of councils and city residents turned out in record numbers to cast their ballots the election is widely seen as a referendum on the pro-democracy movement after nearly 6 months of protests. now for more on that story i'm joined by our reporter hung the president following events there for us so the initial results have come in what do you make of them so far all the counting is still on the way but early results have already shown that the pro-democracy cab is leading the poll it has already won more than $380.00 out of $462.00 seats and that's a lot and as for the probation camp they have lost around 240 seats compared to the last election many prominent probating heavyweights have been bombed out of office

such as studio hold his. very controversial figure and has caught a lot of media attention because of his abrasive comments about the protesters so the whole he's been a controversial figure and he recently made headlines in the vendor because it it appeared that he was stabbed at a campaign event now this could have gone both ways it could have obviously looked bad for the pro-democracy camp that because there's criticism of them using violence but he was kicked out of office how did this happen at julius hall is very unpopular among protesters you're right he was stabbed in november and the attack was filmed and shared online so logically protesters and the prodemocracy can shoot loose support because of that violence why junius hall and the pro dip pro-government camp should actually gain support but why it didn't happen it's because many people doubt the credibility of the a.t.o. so the video was filmed in a way as if it was all planned. the filming of the filming angle was perfect and

besides he and his team reacted superfast and as if they knew exactly what was going to happen so that's why a lot of people actually doubt the credibility and of course these are all speculations i have to say that but many believe that the attack was staged and that's why they didn't take it seriously so booting this guy out of office seems like a pretty big win for the pro-democracy camp but this is of course just a municipal election so what are the what's going to the outcome for hong kong how are they taking this well the results are very symbolic because the district council has. said the results are actually only symbolic because the district council has relatively late to power in order for it in the political landscape of hong kong it has some sort of influence but not much. but it is giving a fresh fresh impetus to the protesters because it's approved for the protest

supporters that if they are determined enough they can make a change. and also there's to come an argument among pro-government supporters they're saying that well a lot of the majority of the people are actually not in support of the protests but they are the silent majority and that's why i didn't say anything before. that they said that when one 4th of the population there was 2000000 people on the streets and asked for change they were saying that they were arguing the fall but then the other 5000000 people didn't come out and now this is just a slap in their face so do you think the protesters after this result are going to go back out on the streets yet definitely as long as the 5 demands of the protesters are not met people will keep on going out on to just streets. and now with the backing of the election results. they kept their purchases can put pressure on carolyn's government and to ask for change and to osce carolan to

respond to that and lots. of your porter thanks for that analysis. leaked chinese government documents have revealed details about the country's mass detention of weaker muslims at least 1000000 people from the minority group are believed to be held in term of camps a group of best to give journalist publish the cables which contradict china's claim that the camps are voluntary reeducation facilities a chinese official has dismissed the documents. these confidential chinese government documents lay bare the control and repression that reign in the internment camps and province at least a 1000000 muslims are thought to be detained in the camps. these are just a mater shipped into this systematic internment of an entire ethnic and religious minority this is really something that the world has not got to grips with yet. experts believe there are more than 1000 such camps the keeley documents lays out

how they are to be run it states the inmates answer loud any contact with the outside world owning a mobile phone is strictly said that in the camps should be under constant and comprehensive video surveillance not a single corner should be left on watched preventing escape is a top priority but in. these camps are like prisons the aim is to completely control every 2nd of a person's life it's not just about locking them up and the aim is to have a deep psychological impact on their identity in. beijing has always described the camps as voluntary reeducation facilities. delete documents confirm that is not the case. genocide is probably the most accurate way to describe what's happening there. the

documents now being called the china cables were tamed by the international consortium of journalists. iraqi security forces have opened fire on protesters in several cities including the capital baghdad at least 9 people have been killed in clashes and dozens of others injured it's the latest violence since anti-government protests began in october. before sunrise in the southern city of basra flames block the roads leading to iraq's major trading ports protesters no government workers will soon be trying to travel this way. it's not long before the pink dawn sky is filled with smoke and the empty streets of filled with demonstrators. was. right across the country they're out in force from the south to the capital baghdad and iraq center. and everywhere they're facing

violence i know for the 1st time security forces opened fire on the protesters. they shot life bullets and take us was since the un rest began in october more than 300 people many protesters have been killed and thousands more injured demonstrators are calling for a whole system change. lives but the outcome is we want all the government to leave we have no other demands we want the fall of this government and the introduction of a new one made up of all those people with diplomas who are sitting on the bridges why are they there we haven't been happy for 16 years i don't know the current anti-government protests iraq's largest since the fall of saddam hussein in 2003 many iraqis feel the political system that has been in place since then has failed

them corruption is rife unemployment is high promised reforms have not materialized and protesters say concessions offered by the government and not enough they want systematic change a complete overhaul of iraq's political system and they're prepared to die for it. and a reminder of the top story we're following for you or was electoral court has ordered a recount in the country's presidential runoff early results show the 2 candidates neck and neck the poll from the center right national party holds. a slim lead over done your much of the ruling center left broad from the party. coming up after the break it's been as they go with nick mckenna climb the risk of dortmund are in a full blown crisis after only managing a draw with last plays out of one it is only a matter of times of the club parts ways with coach new snow fall for that and much

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