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>> this is france 24. in senegal, the president is claiming victory. opposition sayay a second round vote is and evitable. our correspondent is on the way. hundreds ind at algeria.
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the president wants to extend his 20 years in power with a fifth term in office. mike pence is rallying support for juan guaido today. -- the two men are due to meet. the tech conference gets underway, folding 5g smartphones are unveiled, but they come with a hefty price tag. wins best picture. for glenn shutout close. up.the details coming
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the camp of the president of senegal says he won the first round of the vote outrtright. the challenger say that is not the case and that a runoff vote will have to be held. nadia. with us, what has t the response beenen o the prime minister's announcement that he has already won? >> a degree of surprise. that it is being said he won without a second runoff. be until will not friday. there was a degree of anger on social media. we saw the unprecedented press
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conference with the main opposition candidates. coming together for a press conference to say he was trying to steal the election and demanding a second round go through. was up since the election. what was that due to? >> it was , sitting at around 60% the last presidential election it was just 51%. we expected turnout to be lower compared to the last one. fromarties were barred
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this and it was suspected supportersrs would not turnrn out to vote in this election, , but it suggests many voters are happy with the economic record of ththe presidt and others are energized by the he isis exciting young people. he seems to energize the youth vote here. >> there is a lot of criticism the two countries are totoo clo. tell us about that. election inhe 11th senegal. senegal possible relationship dominates much of the election cycle. accused onees have
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of being too close to paris. how much liquidity is partly controlled by the bank of france. they say that needs to change. that policy isn't a new one, but has a degree of populist support. economists, some pulling senegal out would cause a degree of instability to the economy. are stille here talking and considering the ongoing relationship with france. nigeria is on standby, waiting for results from its presidential election saturday, due to come out later this week.
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and theent president vice president are claiming victory. violence,ked by saying close to 40 people were killed. whoever wins the presidency will be faced with fighting security and corruption and roosting the economy. in algeria, protests have been straight day.hird demonstrators expressed anger over the plan to seek a fifth term in office. tear and cannons to disperse the crowd. police faced and off in the city center. mediag the call on social
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, hundreds turned out to rally band.iance on a there demand, no fifth term for the algerian president. let himve to refuse to take our country's fuster -- country's future hostage. >> i am here to express my anger towards the government. security forces clashed with demonstrators and dozens were detained. >> we are protesting to ask for our rights. police and government are trying to attack us with teargas. we are waiting for the government to talk k to us.
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serving the longest president in power since 1999. after suffering a stroke in 2013, he has rarely been seen in public. >> mike pence is due to sit down guaido.n he has been recognized by most western nations as the legitimate leader, despite his standoff with nicolas maduro. juan guaido is set to participate in a meeting with latin a american countrieies in columbia. he is cacalling on international backers to help free venezuela. must resign, says juan guaido. the men are in a standoff over delivery of humanitarian aid
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from neighboring brazil and colombia. attempts or rebuffed and around 300 people were injured in clashes at border crossing points. bogota too arrived in discuss venenezuela future. has been recognized by more than 50 countries. he is calling on the international community to consider a all measures to frere venezuela. >> venezuela wakes up emerged in a crisis. venezuela are here today. we came to help our people. onple who resist and d insist democracy and freedom. >> renewed clashes have broken out between his supporters and national guardsmen blocking the
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entry point. >> we want humanitarian aid to enter into venezuela. >> the nightmare is over. we do not want nicolas maduro. he has to go out. we are counting his days. that day has to be today. >> he has defied pressure to hold elections, choosing to his desk choosing to dismiss his rival. biggestuan guaido's challenges is getting the backing of the military that has been behind nicholas madero. that is starting to change. 160 military and police officers have defected, crossing the border into neighboring columbia
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-- colombia. >> we found out nicolas maduro planned kyl all civil servants considered as traitors of their country, as well as s their families. of the when we thought plan leaving with civil servants loyal to our country. discreet asbe as possible by trying to make sure no one saw us. we took a truck and we hid as best we could. >> donald trump is set to meet kim jong-un for a second summit in hanoi. no rush tohe is in strike a deal at the summit, saying he would be happy as long as north korea retained its paws
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on nuclear testing. trump has said he would love to remove sanctions on north korea, provided there is progress on denuclearization. greatcan be one of the financial economic countries. keepannot do that if you nuclear. if you do nuclear, that cannot happen. we see ida i. you will see it more and more over the next couple of days. what will happen, i cannot tell you. i don't want testing. as long as there is s no testin, we a h happy. media -- analian to mimicsian comedian who kim jong-un is being deported.
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>> deported for impersonating kim jong-un. he checks out of his hotel after authorities revoked his visa. they grab the person who issued a visa letter and made her sign a piece of paper saying it was invalid. satire is a powerful weapon against any dictatorship. they are scared of guys who look like the real thing. >> the comedians were tat -- were questioned by police on friday. him not to told create any disturbances as the city prepares to host kim and
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trump for their second nuclear summit. it is not clear how his first gig, he also staged his stunt for the leaders in singapore last june. he has been barred from public appearances. >> green book won best picture, but there was a surprise shut out for glenn close as olivia colman took best actress at the oscars. >> people were expecting glenn close to win because she is overdue. that would have been nice, but afterggest voting block americans happens to be britt's. they were behind this movie and this performance.
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we never know if someone won or lost by a landslide or one or two votes. glenn close has been nominated six or seven times. that is the inherent silliness of awards. one.ever wins the fact that stanley don't and just died at 94, a brilliant comedic choreographic talent, who gave us some of our favorite films until they went so, he never won an oscar, so we better give him an honorary one. >> people love the oscars. one of the big talking points is that there was no host after kevin hart had to leave over controversy over what were alleged to be homophobic suites.
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how did it go? surprisingly well. host was special. it is now a hot potato. he saiaid he was not going to apologize for what he said. >> h he ended up apologizing afr the fact. the me toowake of movement. three of the four acting categories were african-american or the son of egyptian emigrants. are things becoming more diverse? sure things fell
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under the heading of diversity. nonwhitemeone with skin, asian, a woman head taller than the man she was presenting with. a lot of women won prizes. i don't like the animated spider-man very much, but that and bold, animated film people really want to see people of color as main character. we have a mixed race young spider-man and that went over gangbusters. is theanther proved it third most successful movie ever made ahead of titanic. it proved an imaginary world
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designed by two jewish white guys in the 1960's is not o only something people will watch and pay for, but were desperate to see. >> the president's camp is claiming victory in his reelection bid. a second round vote is inevitable. tear gas fired at hundreds in algeria. u.s. vice president mike pence is rallying support for venezuela's opposition leader. they are due to meet as pressure grows against nicolas maduro.
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withfor business news brian quinn. thejor development between u.s. a and china as donald trump agrees to put off raising tariffs. are onese negotiators their way back home a after the talks. the deadline would have seen u.s. duties on chinese goods rise from 10% to 25%. mr. trump: pop -- progress has says s progress hasas bebeen made. train hawks in his admiministration are worried the president may be rushing into a week view to declarare victory d calm the markets. trump set no new deadlinene fora trade deal, but said there could be big news over the next week
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oror two. >> the whole relationship has been outstanding. we put ourselves into a position of strength for the first time in early five years or more than that. china has been terrific. we want to make a deal. that is what we are going to be doing. >> what kind of reaction on the markets are we seeing? >> pretty positive. chininese ststocks had theheir t since 2016. redon dips into the following a government review of u.k. programming. the frankford dax is up pretense of a percent.
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>> the tech trade show opens too the publblic tod.. highlighghts are looking pricey. >> the mobobile worldld congress underway with events taking place over thehe weekendnd. andin 2019 f folding screens 5gonnenectity.y. it is ththe political backdrdron the turere of 5g networkss casting a long shadow. at the mobilile world d congre, huawei telecom giant occupies the biggest booth. flagship offering is a handset that folds out and comes ready to connect with network technology. 5g downloads in just three
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seconds. offering boasts a folding display and 5g connectivity. boostdustry is pushing to exextement as customers wait longer to replace their handsets replace their handsets in a sataturated market. that is s not the ononly headwid facicing huawei. they are urging internet providers to sean the chinese giant, who they consider a security risk. those accusations and has its sights set on europe as a key market. the benefitsnging
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to our countrymen, creating jobs. >> hallway over -- huawei overertook applele and is currey at the forefront of launching 5g networks. of theda has been one fastest growing economies for some time now. it hit ann investment milestone. >> the country has crorossed th2 billllion u.s. d dollar mark. 173 3 projects have been registered in the country by the start of 2019. economic growth has averaged over -- percent. the president has been lauded for the recovery following the 1994 genocide. 2019 is expected to bring growth
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, boosted by farming, mining, and construction projects. created in the economy is the estimate related to the investments. activity promotes more activity. when we get a level of isestment, our investmenent going to be increasing and investors are encouraged to come. has releasedfett his letter to shareholders of burkert -- of berkshire hathaway. yetet to name a susuccessor to run the holding company that has a majority stake in dozens of major firms. berkshire lost over 25 billion dollars in the most recent quarter driven by craft tines struggling under an sec investigation and waning demand.
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buffet also appeared to chide donald trump for taking too much credit for the strong u.s. economy. imagine that. teenvers of hazelnut tart may have been holding their breath. >> last week was when the largest t in the t tele factory suspended production over a quality defect. they canan breathe easy. the factorory resumes operation with no risks having been found. factory produces 600,000 jars of nut tele. they have assured customers there will be no interruption in the tele supply.
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