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millions of egyptians have turned out. after days of violent clashes between activists and police, the voting was by and large peaceful. a revenue reports. >> egyptians turned out in big numbers to vote. they had to wait longer than expected. there were patient. the right to vote at last. it made people who spend their lives under dictator feel like citizens. >> we are going to get there today. we're -- this is a good day.

it would be history. >> the ballot papers were enormous. this district had 122 names to choose from. no one seemed to mind. they used to have a elections under the regime but their effects of most people did not bother to vote. not today. >> first time, i want it to be good for everyone. whoever wins i hope they do not stay forever. >> getting a free vote was a big part of the revolution and it is finally happening. there are serious questions about the amount of power. >> at said there may handle the security. apart from a roundabout -- a row, it was peaceful.

some egyptians believe this election is flawed. harbor the election does if the economy has been served out, political stability will not be possible. 700,000. people must enter the work force every year. thsis election as the best possible way forward. >> with the vast majority of egyptians want to have the state of the state. there is no other way to expect the state to have a heavy weight in a jet to accept with the democratic government. with discipline in the country. >> the protesters handed

arrests. >> this is not perfect but it is historic. >> our guest says there was a positive mood , almost turning up to about. >> there was anticipation but also suing zanny. it was a new experience for many people. there was some in the voting station. these were very small problems compared to these serious

problems. with buying votes and selling of votes, we have seen none of us today. >> how much faith that you have in the election process. >> it is a new thing even for myself. i have a lot of faith in the revolution. we need the revolution to bring this about. we have many questions about the military and whether it will step aside and what it will have in running a country afterward. the because -- whether or not we will have a stable government or split parliament. it seems to me that the election, was designed in such a way as to make this inevitable.

this is one of the reasons why people objected to it. >> many were hoping the democratic process would have started months ago. our president do you think those people are compared to the population of egypt, with their concerns? >> definitely they are not an executive and many people have turned against him because of the messages that have been sent by the state media in putting him for the economic situation and the bad security situation. that has fallen on receptive ears. today, also on facebook and twitter, many people have been saying this could not have been

possible without the sacrifices of people in tahrir libyan revolutionaries are holding thousands in prisons. some of the detainees are reported to have been tortured and have no access to legal process because the police and courts are not functioning. many are suspected of being mercenaries who were hired by the gadhafi regime. >> the report estimates run seven dozen prisoners are being held in libya in prisoners and makeshift detention centers most of them under the control of revolutionary brigades. all of these are the sub-saharan africans. some of whom have been accused of being mercenaries. some have been accused of doing so. they exist in legal limbo.

there have been reports that some prisoners have been tortured. this is an issue that is facing the new interim government. the un envoy to libya said in his meetings with some of those new ministers, he did press them to do with the situation urgently. he did get a positive response. he welcomed public pressure. they strengthened his hand in dealing with them. a government task force should be set up to screen and release those prisoners who should not be there. he told the security council there werender -- remembe facing enormous challenges. also especially security because they have to disarm the revolutionary fighters and reintegrate them into society

and that would be a big task because there are more powerful than the police. they have to prevent the proliferation of arms and have to build from scratch an electoral system that will hold a vote in seven months' time. >> a un report has accused authorities of gross human- rights violations. the charge stems from the assaad regime's handling of anti- government demonstrations. forced abductions were used against protesters. what has been the latest? >> both -- votes are being counted in the democratic republic of condo.

the voting took place against a backdrop of violence and government and their complained of fraud. >> umbrellas at the ready for condo's big day. the downpour may have slowed down the stream of letters and made the journey harder but people are determined to choose their leaders. a change from the years of dictatorship many remember. some were surprised the election when ahead, given the speculation it would be postponed at things ready. with 60,000 of these stations dotted across this country, this has a daunting challenge. the voters are not having an easy. to get an idea of the size of the task is under way, have a look at this table.

this is the ballot booklet. h. page, dozens of candidates. overall, there are 18,000 candidates vying for position. 500 posts there. observers have turned up but the struggle to get an accurate picture from across the nation. there have been a flurry of calls for calm. some of the campaigns turn violent. there could be trouble ahead. there is expected to be a tight race between the incumbent and a man old enough to be his father. final results on unexpected for over a week. >> the rockets landed in the

western galilee region and the israeli army responded with strikes on the launch area. the first time that rockets have been fired across the border. guerrillas fought a war in 2006. the geren has declined to comment on reports that there may have been the case of mistaken identity. sources report they thought -- look for -- baldy in catmint contained escaped militants. the unrest in london and other parts of england in august could happen again unless urgent action is taken according to an independent panel set up by the government. if found people in many areas felt abandoned by the police and a lack of confidence and place

response helped the rest to spread. president obama said -- ruled out any financial help. the president's comments came following a meeting. >> the u.s. stands ready to help resolve this issue. if europe is having difficulties, it is difficult to create good jobs at home because we send some money of our products and services to europe and it is an important trading partner. we have a stake in their success and it continues to work in a constructive way and we will resolve this in the future. >> you're watching news day.

one of latin america's most wanted drug traffickers is captured in venezuela. >> loud flamboyance and outrageous, some of the tributes to ken russell. an inquiry into newspapers standards have turned from the man who was wrongly suspected of murdering july dates. he had been vilified from the press, he said, in a frenzied campaign to blacken his character. >> christopher jefferies has changed his appearance since his image received such unwelcome attention. this was how he looked last december when he was arrested over the murder of 21 a yates. christopher jefferies was innocent but his reputation was

torn apart by the press. >> the flaunting of the reporting was intended to be as sensational, ax -- as exploitative, as titillating to appeal in every possible way to people's voyeuristic instincts. >> charlotte church has been in the public eye since she was a teenager. she described almost daily surveillance, cameras hidden in her garden, and offers to boyfriends to talk about her private life. >> why is it ok that an editor or someone senior in a newspaper could pay an employee from cardiff tens of thousands of pounds to reveal intimate sexual details about a 17-year-old

girl? >> inquiries heard for five days from people who feel they have been victims of the press. it will lure -- hear from a tabloid reporter who became disillusioned and a guardian reporter group, or that anyone, exposed the scale of the phone hacking scandal. >> this is "newsday". >> the headlines korea this hour. there has been a heavy turnout in the first parliamentary elections since president hosni mubarak was toppled. >> you and says thousands of prisoners are being held without being given proper access. to a traditional process. the president of columbia and venezuela have joined calls for

rest of a drug trafficker. he had jugo chavez cemented rapprochement. >> the meeting between the president started on a good note. after the venezuelan authorities announced the capture of a top colombian trafficker. there is another man that the president would like to get his hands on even more. the new commander-in-chief of the farc. his predecessor bill was killed in an army operation november 4. president santos has declared him the new priority target. there are fears he will remain out of reach within venezuela.

president chavez who has been accused of sympathizing with, if not actively supporting the farc, promised to aid colombia. >> you should know columbia. we would do everything within our power to stop people conspiring against and attacking columbia whether they are drug traffickers, paramilitary, or any other group. the farc shot four security hostages they had held for over a decade. the army was trying to locate and rescue the hostages but the guerrillas have orders to kill those they hold rather than allow them to be liberated. one hostage survived the attack. >> i heard the first gunshot. one, two, three and a burst of thousands of shots. one of them i felt had my face,

the other in the neck. i started to run because i saw the guards run toward the river and that left the field clear for me. >> although they have been greatly weakened over the last decade, thanks to drug court -- trafficking and extortion, they remained funded. showing no sense of wanting to give up their 47-year stretch -- our goal to overthrow the state. >> the world may not be able to properly feed itself and that is a stark warning which suggests a quarter of the world's land surface is degraded and may not be able to grow enough crops for a rising population. the report blames a combination of climate change and poor farming practices. the farmers know the problem. rainfall has dropped and temperatures have risen.

the world has ever more mouths to feed in 40 years' time, there's another 2 billion of us. and nothing is done, said the food and agricultural organization, there will be consequences. >> to not able to have interviewed as expected in meeting the human demand for 2050. the consequences in terms of hunger and poverty are not acceptable. the damages that in asia where billions depend on rice. growth is declining while the population keeps rising.

farmers will need to increase output by 70%. do it in a way which does not damage the environment. >> it is -- we can contribute to a solution. provided we have the right framework that we have enough investment in sustainable agriculture. to generate income and we can adapt to climate change. >> solving the problems will cost $1 trillion but doing nothing will cost more. >> bid follows kenya's issue of an arrest warrant for president bush here who was wanted on genocide charges. a kenyan high court judge said officials should enforce the

directive if the president sets foot in kenya again. two new schultze -- soldiers have been shot in kosovo during an operation to remove roadblocks. they used tear gas, mortar cannons and a berber bullets -- for bullets. some protesters were injured. of the film world has lost one of its most colorful and controversial characters. >> that is right. love her -- his work or hate it, ken russell made an impression. during his career he became known for movies like women in love which won seven oscar nominations and tommy. ken russell died sunday at the age of 84. we have a look back on his life and the films he helped create. >> ken russell's portrait, one

of a series of portraits. they were beautiful to look at, seductive to listen to comments -- seductive to listen to, and seductive. some said genius. speed. -- camera speed. >> take one. >> he learned his craft as a director and developed his trademark style. flamboyant and visually extravagant. he moved into cinema where his second major feature was acclaimed as a masterpiece. >> i will plead guilty. >> as time went on his films became more extreme. the devil -- this was widely

panned. >> i started to make films and -- he disturbed me. he -- whether you like it or dislike it. and had a strong reaction either way. quex tommy was typically overblown, his films became less successful and the difficulties he faced in financing them progressively greater. >> i sent the script and it eventually came back six months later signed by someone i have not heard of the name. thank you for your script, it is not cinematic enough. i nearly went lead. -- went mad. not cinematic enough for me?

>> this is the work of genius. as a genius, he was extraordinary and sometimes his films were much less than genius. >> action. music. >> better to remember his successes like the boyfriend. a reminder that russell could also be wonderfully entertaining. i xthe lif >> reporting on the life of ken russell owho died on thursday. egyptians have turned out in large numbers to vote on a mostly peaceful first day of elections to a new parliament. the first since president hosni mubarak was toppled in february.

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