, and now that it has finally arrived, and new explosions and gunfire echoing around the capital of normandy. people were due to begin voting a policeman and opposition official killed in the latest violence. the election held amid ongoing purchase over the president's decision to run for a third term and the opposition's decision to boycott the vote.

elsewhere, there were only a trickle of voters. reporter: police kept a close eye on proceedings on tuesday as burundians turned out to vote in a presidential election that should have gone ahead last week. >> the country should be stable. everybody should be protected, and their safety guaranteed. reporter: that may be too much to hope for in a nation divided. shots and explosions echoed in the capital ahead of the vote. the vast majority of burundi's opposition boycotting the election, accusing incumbent pierre nkurunziza of violating the constitution in seeking a third term. >> there is no security in burundi. gunfire rings out through the night. we don't know where the country is headed. we are not sure what is happening here. reporter: just two months after a failed coup against nkurunziza , dissenting factions in a

variety's von miller -- in burundi's own military has raised the specter of an outbreak of violence. >> there is an armed opposition that is launching an insurgency against the government, and should the military or the burundian army see some of its members join the i insurgency, we could see in burundi and escalation in the country and possibly a breakout of full on civil war. reporter: talks between the opposition and government collapsed in the run-up to the vote. thousands have been leaving the country every day. at least 150,000 have already fled. stuart: a "france 24" reporter is in bujumbura for us and tells us what could be next, assuming pierre nkurunziza is reelected. reporter: little doubt that he is going to win the election because the majority boycotted the election. once he is elected, can he renew dialogue with the opposition or is it too late?

several opposition groups last week called for the creation of a national transitional council and some of the opposition leaders say they are ready to start an armed struggle, and some observers say they believe that might happen in the coming months to. opposition leader site gathered together there strength and attempt a new crew in the coming months. -- new coup in the coming months. stuart: the former chadian dictator hissène habre has been forcibly brought to a court in senegal. the reason, to allow appointed lawyers to prepare some kind of defense after he said yesterday he will not be offering any of his own. habrek, often dubbed africa's pinochet, refused to speak. reporter: hundreds of people traveled to witness what is a test case for african justice. the trial had barely started when judges decided to adjourn

until september 7. the former chadian dictator had refused legal representation and was unwilling to cooperate. his lawyers say the court has no legitimacy. >> there are no defense witnesses, no possible defense no examination of the chain of command. we want the lawyers to listen to their conscience and we appeal to the president and the dakar bar to denounce these commissions that have no objective other than to rubberstamp the legal system. reporter: the court wants to give habre's newly appointed lawyers time to prepare the defense. the move could favor the defendant, according to families of the victims. >> there is an option that he says the lawyers, i've nothing to do with these lawyers from i

don't want to be defended, the trial is a legitimate. this is consistent with his behavior. he might ask lawyers to increased submissions and gain an indefinite amount of extra time and penalize the trial. reporter: human rights groups say 40,000 chadians were killed under habre's regime. the former president, is accused of torture, war crimes, and crimes against humanity. stuart: turkey says it has identified the suspects in yesterday's devastating suicide bombing on the border with syria, which is confirmed to have killed 32 people. the bomb ripping through a crowd of young socialist activists who were preparing to take aid over the border to kobane in. a suspect has been identified, and they claim the bomber could have been a female suicide bomber with connections to the islamic state group. here's the trigger. -- luke shrago. reporter: as coffin after often

passed through the crowd mourners grieve for the loss of those killed in monday's deadly suicide attack on a turkish cultural center on the border with syria. >> we won't give up. whatever happens, we will defend peace and brotherhood. >> i really can't believe this. i thought when i saw his mother, i would believe it. but i can't believe it. he was against violence. reporter: the center had been hosting activists preparing to send aid to the stricken syrian town of kobane just over the border. we've chosen not to show the moment of the blast itself. but it's aftermath left of the nation reeling. the prime minister visit at the hospital caring for the wounded. he indicated ankara's believe

that the bomb to log into the islamic state group. -- belonged to the islamic state group. >> security units are working hard to find all connection of this person inside and outside of turkey. we are at an important point regarding the suspect. reporter: davotoglu stated that turkey would be tightening of the border security, long seen as too porous in allowing militants to slip in and out of syria almost at will. stuart: our correspondent joins us on the line from on corrupted after -- from ankra. kurds are stepping up their campaign against what they see as a lack of action by authorities there. reporter: yes, yesterday the leadership of the pro-kurdish party accused the government of

being a publicist in the bombing, pointing to the fact that the government has deployed thousands of troops along the syrian border recently, asking how is that possible for isis militants to detonate such a bomb so easily? today the deputy chairman of the party went further and said that under the party turkey has become a logistic isis, and a revolving door for isis militia who across the turkish-syrian border and will. the prime minister promptly denied that, claiming that turkey and the party has never had "any direct or indirect connection" with isis. however, there is evidence that he has had meetings with isis.

an isis commander told "the washington post" here in turkey last year -- he was interviewed here -- that ingres had an 8 -- ankara had enabled isis recruits to reach territory and have provided supplies to the group. to put this all into context, there is an eminent turkish political scientist istanbul and he says that turkey got involved in supporting islamic militants back in 2012 to overthrow syrian president bashar al-assad could he said that turkey had made the mistake of thinking it could control the jihadis. but it found out that he was playing with fire. stuart: meanwhile, the turkish pkk activists, they have been stepping up their attacks in the south of the country there. jasper: yes, this is most distressing. a second front.

on the one hand, we have this isis attack, yesterday's, and on june 5 a bomb, allegedly planted by a turk isis militant, blew up during an election rally of the hdp and killed four people. on the other hand, the turkish armed forces have put out several statements since yesterday morning saying that no fewer than 8 attacks had taken place on its personnel down in southeastern turkey and a roadside bomb of 100 kilos of explosives and a remote-control detonator has been discovered in another eastern province. the worst of these eight attacks, one soldier was killed and two other soldiers were wounded. now, this appears to be the work of the pkk who earlier this month announced it was abandoning the cease-fire and

threatened to attack dams because it claims the government is damming the valley that was across infiltration routes, and attacked construction equipment and vehicles. the kurdish analyst told me today that he thought the pkk was trying to avoid death to minimize the political impact of it stepping up its campaign. but it was escalating the tempo because it was set up with of the government stalling on the kurdish peace process. stuart: jasper mortimer, our correspondent speaking to us from ankara. at least 18 civilians have been killed in a residential neighborhood of the old corner of aleppo city. the observatory is saying that at least one child died and 35

homes were destroyed in the attack. news has been coming into us in the last hour or so that three spanish journalists have gone missing in syria when they were reported from the aleppo region, according to the president of the spanish press federation. there has been no news since july 12. smoke rising into the air amid the smell of burning tires once again, all near the entrance to the tunnel here in france. protesting ferry workers once again temporarily blocking french road access to the undersea rail tunnel linking france to britain. the strike again causing delays for travelers trying to cross from france to the u.k. and vice versa. reporter: billowing black fumes. ferry workers this tuesday block access to tunnels. setting fire to piles of tires they close access to the main

road that allows entry to the crossing. employees of the euro tunnel-owned ferry link service are angry at the potential job losses. a spokesman for france's road traffic authorities that short stoppages were likely to take place throughout the day. the action comes after ferry workers brought traffic in the tunnel to a standstill for a whole day last month also preventing travel from the port of calais. this is not the only disruption the tunnel has seen this summer. the crossing has become a flashpoint in recent months for migrants hoping to reach the u.k. encouraged by the better weather, they are attempting the journey increasing numbers. traffic jams have exacerbated the problem, creating easy targets for migrants trying to step away on lorries. stuart: he always knew how to remain humble, nice with everybody. and in different from the others. that is the description of the french formula one driver whose

funeral has been held today. bianchi died on friday after nine months in a coma after a crash in last year's japanese grand prix, the first deadly crash in the sport in more than 20 years. he competed in 34 races over the year 2013-2014 season. the crash happened when he collided at high speed with a mobile crane that was picking up another crash car. >> formula one is a complicated just in which you can often lose things. he always remained humble. his gentleness made a difference between him and the others. stuart: this december optimists hope that a world you will be signed to save for these help to save the environment climate deal being sought at a major u.n. meeting to be held here in paris this december. the french president has been hosting a conference to appeal for clear-cut global deal to be signed. joining him here in paris, the

former head of the united nations, kofi annan. reporter: former u.n. secretary-general kofi annan prince albert of monaco, and several religious leaders all wanted to take part in the so-called awareness summit in paris. the talks are focusing on climate change and how to reduce fossil fuel consumption. >> there are refugees from more, refugees who flee from terrorism. but there are equally the displaced and the refugees from climate change, obliged to leave their villages and even sometimes just separate themselves from their families because it is no longer possible to live any.-- live and eat. this is what is at stake in paris this december. reporter: 2014 was the hottest year ever measured, with 2015 on track to be that record. -- beat that record.

many scientists blame human actions for global warming. a major event where the aim will be to reach the first-ever worldwide legally binding agreement where states commit to reduce carbon dioxide emissions. >> all the events that are paving the way for the u.n. climate talks are important, and this one is because of its spiritual dimension. it is an interesting approach. reporter: having spiritual leaders attended the event could strengthen the fight against global warming. pope francis recently made a landmark ecological andencyl clical saying the world could no longer afford to turn its back on the reality of environmental decay. he stressed the effects on the poor, making the fight against global warming a moral issue. stuart: question that the pope would probably like the answer to as much as the rest of us -- is there intelligent life

anywhere out there? not talking personally to you, the viewer, you understand nor to anyone who has or has not been with me in the studio, either. the question has long fascinated, hasn't it? the quest to find an answer is underway. a russian billionaire has launched a 10-year, one hundred million dollar project to try to find alien like him and yes the support of one of the planet's most intelligent people, professor stephen hawking. reporter: is e.t. out there? that is a $100 million question with the launch of a 10-year project to find alien life. it is backed by professor stephen hawking. stephen hawking: mankind has a deep need to explore, to learn, to know. it is important for us to know if we are alone in the dark. reporter: technology advances would allow scientists to have

several different radio frequencies at a time. the project is being financed by a russian billionaire. >> the scope of our search will be unprecedented. the galactic center. the entire plan of the milky way. and hundreds nearby galaxies. reporter: for hawking, the recent discovery that there may be tens of billions of habitable planets in our galaxy brings a question. stephen hawking: if a surge of this scale is investigation finds no evidence of intelligence out there, that is a very distant result. it will not prove that we are alone, but it will never the possibilities. reporter: space endeavors are generating huge interest after the comment lending last year and the photos of pluto this month. they get another boost with the determination to reach out to any life out there.

stuart: an amazing experiment, isn't it? i wonder what the answer will be. intelligent life has arrived in the studio. will hildebrand has the business news. you have more on that counting scandal at toshiba. will: yeah, these are the ones where the results came out from the independent panel finding that there were systemic and delivered a thames to inflate profits -- deliberate attempt to inflate profits. today, the fallout, a 15-second bout of contrition and the ceo resigned, as well as the vice chairman. the ceo said the prices could be the biggest emotion of to shiva's image -- toshiba's image in its 140-year history. accounting irregularities covered up struggles with

computer chips and a small computers. mr. tanaka: it is not my understanding that i gave orders for improper accounting. but the reality is that such an observation has been made. the new executives and management must take preventative measures accordingly. stuart: the former ceo there could what about the markets will? william: equities in the u.s. are striking. tracking down the u.s. market -- the dow jones down more than 1% after ibm and united way technologies climbs over 5%. nasdaq trading down about 1/5 of a percent and the s&p down half

a percent. time for the other business headlines. our prices are cheaper than amazon -- that is the message jhetjet.co is shouting from the rooftops. mit launched o tuesday. the new jersey-based company 72 f $20 billion of revenue and 15 million users by 2020. a big order from a budget carrier. sprint lance plans to buy 21 airbus 320 planes. the order comes as a chinese company reported profits of 46% in the first quarter. the shanghai-based company flies too many domestic international locations. a silicon giant is eager to expand in africa. the french company has exclusive talks with 4 african subsidiaries of the biggest mobile company. it could pave the way for operations in burkina faso chad congo, and sierra leone.

stuart: we are to bring you a story that has been a big story in france today. farmers in up for once again. they are accusing food companies and supermarkets of not respecting a deal that was signed last month. william: they say that profits are being squeezed, but there are a lot of issues at hand. this is where france is one of europe's leading agricultural powers. president francois hollande says he will unveil an emergency plan to help those farmers market but you may find that help those farmers tomorrow. he may find that some reasons for what some are calling and agricultural prices are well beyond his control. reporter: on tuesday, french livestock farmers continued to block access to towns in lower normandy. it seems to have worked. ministers convene energy meeting to address the issue of the low meat and dairy prices that are crippling their industry. >> there is a profound crisis rocking our agricultural sector.

it did not start yesterday. the ministry of agriculture and the entire government are actively engaging the issue. reporter: while the crisis may not have come out of the blue, there are a number of factors on the international scene that have made a significant impact on french agricultural production in recent months. retaliating against western-imposed sanctions in the aftermath of russia's annexation of crimea, russia in 2014 bann the importation of all european meat. ethe country used to be responsible for buying 10% of all eu exports. china, meanwhile, is ramping up its milk exports to russia to fill the hole left by the eu and its allies. this as milk supplies in china are nonetheless outstripping demand and pushing down the price of milk worldwide. thene there's greece. france typically provides about one third of all meat consumed in the cash-strapped country

but with banks closed and the economic future uncertain, that revenue, too, has plummeted in recent weeks. with internal factors significantly harder to influence and then next journal once, french president francois hollande will be presenting an emergency plan to help the farmers at his weekly cabinet meeting on wednesday. stuart: we have got some space news for you this month because this month marks the 46th anniversary of the apollo moon landing. a museum is taking a rather out of this world approach to put -- try to preserve the experience. william: they are hoping for the 50th anniversary they can raise $500,000 to preserve neil armstrong's spacesuit. the smithsonian institute has launched a crowdfunding effort called reboot the suit. i would like to have my suit rebooted. but the preserve -- they are hoping to preserve the spacer including the lunar dust on it. why does the smithsonian need that help?

it says that federally appropriated funds do not cover the spacesuit. it is turning to users to allow them to raise the way that would help to digitize the suit with 3-d scanning. a sort of space-age technology for a soup that is more than 40 years old. stuart: would you reboot the dust on your suit as well? finally, mexico. they're handing out free tickets, but you have got to break a sweat to get them. william: mexico is trying to fight obesity. do 10 squats and you get a bus pass with 10 rides. they will donate 25,000 metro bus cards and other measures taken, attacks on sugary drinks -- a tax on sugary drinks and junk food and banning unhealthy foods from school cafeterias. i like this idea. i think it kind of makes it a little bit more friendly. you are interacting with people. it is a little bit more -- i don't know.

unless you go to work and you break this went right before then. stuart: taking the metro home -- 10:00 tonight, doing squats -- william: talk to have to take off the -- stuart: spacesuit.

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