mali vote in a presidential election today is expected to be a tight race between incumbent abraham boubacar kifah who is seeking a second five year term and opposition candidate to my left the say the poll comes as the country battles a wave of ethnic violence and jihadism. zimbabwe's former president robert mugabe has declared he will not vote for the man who ousted him last year amberson and god wot speaking in harare he says that his successor quote illegally took power but he encouraged them bob weigh ins to accept the results of monday's presidential election. israel has released palestinian teenager i had i mean me from prison a seventeen year old was jailed for eight months alongside her mother for slapping and kicking two israeli soldiers near her home in the west bank israel says she's being used by her family for political reasons or palestinians she has become a symbol of resistance. extreme summer temperatures in many parts of the northern hemisphere have left firefighters battling massive blazes in the united states at least five people have died in infernos raging through northern c