madagascar voting today in the runoff residential election. two former presidents facing off in a bitter battle for power. in king of belgium to weigh on whether to accept the resignation of the prime minister. he offered to quit tuesday over a fight over immigration. legal troubles for donald trump as the attorney general accuses his foundation of being a personal piggy bank for the u.s. president and his children. coming up, the biggest ever stock market debut in japan. softbank costs mobile -- hasbank's mobile network had a terrible day. the democratic republic of congo years that for its presidential election. we will look at the controversy over the electronic voting machines. first to madagascar, where the island nation is voting for president today. and rivalspresidents who have waited years to come face-to-face in a battle for power. inh were banned from running 2013 to avoid violence. here is more reaction from voters today. enthusiastic today. i am happy to take part in the development of madagascar. civics is an important duty. smoo

lake sofia, in the north of madagascar, will be the pochards‘ new home.ped an extra level of protection. well, it might be bit of a different climate here in gloucestershire compared to madagascar, but the team at the wetlands here have been able to develop this floating aviary. the idea is, it'll keep the birds safe and get them accustomed to their new lake. there they go, swimming off, swimming off... the doors to their floating aviary have now been opened and the pochards are venturing out to explore. it's a small — but significant — step, conservationists say, in saving one species from extinction and in protecting madagascar‘s threatened wetlands. victoria gill, bbc news. the monty python star michael palin has been knighted and model twiggy has been made a dame in the new year honours list. more than a thousand people have been recognised, including british divers who helped save a youth football team trapped inside a flooded cave in thailand. lizo mzimba has all the details. do you want me to what? you want me to go round the world? michael palin s

lake sofia, in the north of madagascar, will be the pochards' new home. extra level of protection. well, it might be bit of a different climate here in gloucestershire compared to madagascar, but the team at the wetlands here have been able to develop this floating aviary. the idea is, it'll keep the birds safe and get them accustomed to their new lake. there they go, swimming off, swimming off... the doors to their floating aviary have now been opened and the pochards are venturing out to explore. it's a small — but significant — step, conservationists say, in saving one species from extinction and in protecting madagascar‘s threatened wetlands. victoria gill, bbc news. britain's royal mail has apologised after a stamp design it planned to issue, commemorating the d—day landings in france 75 years ago, showed the wrong image. the design in fact showed us troops landing in what was dutch new guinea — today's indonesia — thousands of kilometres from france. the stamp was supposed to show the normandy landings and was due to be released as part of a ‘best o

lake sofia in the north of madagascar will be the pochards' new home.m has developed an extra level of protection. well, it might be bit of a different climate here in gloucestershire compared to madagascar, but the team at the wetlands here have been able to develop this floating aviary. the idea is, it'll keep the birds safe and get them accustomed to their new lake. there they go, swimming off, swimming off... the doors to their floating aviary have now been opened and the pochards are venturing out to explore. it's a small but significant step, conservationists say, in saving one species from extinction and in protecting madagascar‘s threatened wetlands. victoria gill, bbc news. that's all from us — now on bbc one, it's time for the news where you are. goodbye. hello. this is bbc news with martine croxall. new research shows that more than half a million potholes were reported by members of the public to local authorities in the uk last year. the rac says the figure proves road conditions are worsening. in 0ctober‘s budget the government pledged mor

lake sofia, in the north of madagascar, will be the pochards‘ new home.re have been able to develop this floating aviary. the idea is, it‘ll keep the birds safe and get them accustomed to their new lake. there they go, swimming off, swimming off... the doors to their floating aviary have now been opened and the pochards are venturing out to explore. it‘s a small — but significant — step, conservationists say, in saving one species from extinction and in protecting madagascar‘s threatened wetlands. victoria gill, bbc news. and we‘ll be taking an in—depth look at the papers with our reviewers political commentator giles kenningham and defence editor of the evening standard robert fox — that‘s coming up after the headlines at 11:30. now it‘s time for a look at the weather with louise lear. with the new yearjust with the new year just around with the new yearjust around the corner, the weather patterns look likely to stay the same so it doesn‘t look like we will see any significant change to bring in the new year. the next few days we keep those cloudy condit

lake sofia, in the north of madagascar, will be the pochards‘ new home.the wetlands here have been able to develop this floating aviary. the idea is, it‘ll keep the birds safe and get them accustomed to their new lake. there they go, swimming off, swimming off... the doors to their floating aviary have now been opened and the pochards are venturing out to explore. it‘s a small — but significant — step, conservationists say, in saving one species from extinction and in protecting madagascar‘s threatened wetlands. victoria gill, bbc news. royal mail has apologised over a stamp produced to commemorate the d—day landings which actually showed us troops on a beach in asia. it was said to depict the normandy landings — but was actually taken in what is modern—day indonesia. the stamp was due to be released next year in a "best of british" collection. police in new york have sought to reassure residents after a bright blue light illuminated the night sky over the city. officials have explained the glow was not an otherworldly phenomenon but was caused by a trans

lake sofia, in the north of madagascar, will be the pochards' new home.ll, it might be bit of a different climate here in gloucestershire compared to madagascar, but the team at the wetlands here have been able to develop this floating aviary. the idea is, it'll keep the birds safe and get them accustomed to their new lake. there they go, swimming off, swimming off... the doors to their floating aviary have now been opened and the pochards are venturing out to explore. it's a small — but significant — step, conservationists say, in saving one species from extinction and in protecting madagascar‘s threatened wetlands. victoria gill, bbc news. before we go , some rather unusual pictures from new york overnight.. the city skyline was turned blue, the result of an explosion at a power plant in the east of the city. police brought the fire under control and nobody was injured. there were also power cuts across the city, which caused some flight cancellations and delays. power and services have now been restored. a p pa re ntly apparently some people in new yor

lake sofia, in the north of madagascar, will be the pochards' new home.rotection. well, it might be bit of a different climate here in gloucestershire compared to madagascar, but the team at the wetlands here have been able to develop this floating aviary. the idea is, it'll keep the birds safe and get them accustomed to their new lake. there they go, swimming off, swimming off... the doors to their floating aviary have now been opened and the pochards are venturing out to explore. it's a small — but significant — step, conservationists say, in saving one species from extinction and in protecting madagascar‘s threatened wetlands. victoria gill, bbc news. now it's time for a look at the weather with louise lear. good evening. a fairly straight where the story to close the year out, it looks as though we have this area of high pressure staying with us area of high pressure staying with us until new year. it is just allowing these weather fronts to topple across the high so overnight we will see cloud and rain pushing into scotland, drifting steadily eastwar

the madagascar pochard was thought to have been wiped out completely. have been so polluted and damaged that the birds were forced into a last untouched area. but as pristine as it looks, this final refuge is actually too deep and too cold for the pochards to thrive. they are clinging onto existence in a place that isn't really suited to them. the threats that they face across the rest of madagascar — which is why they've been wiped out so extensively — are vast and range from sedimentation, invasive species, pollution, poor agricultural practices. a whole suite of different things combining to make a perfect storm and making it hard for a species like the madagascar duck to survive. a painstaking refuge mission. after bringing a few birds into captivity to start a breeding programme, the researchers scoured madagascar for the best possible site to bring them back to the wild. lake sofia, in the north of madagascar, will be the pochards' new home. and for the world's rarest birds, the team has developed an extra level of protection. well, it might be bi

lake sofia, in the north of madagascar, will be the pochards' new home.of protection. well, it might be bit of a different climate here in gloucestershire compared to madagascar, but the team at the wetlands here have been able to develop this floating aviary. the idea is, it'll keep the birds safe and get them accustomed to their new lake. there they go, swimming off, swimming off... the doors to their floating aviary have now been opened and the pochards are venturing out to explore. it's a small — but significant — step, conservationists say, in saving one species from extinction and in protecting madagascar‘s threatened wetlands. victoria gill, bbc news. weather now with ben rich. hello there. here comes your weather forecast for the rest of this year and i have to say, for many of us, it doesn't bring any huge changes. it's going to stay pretty mild through the next few days. mostly dry as well although northern parts of the uk are going to see some bursts of rain and some brisk winds at times as well and that's certainly the case during saturday. th

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lake sofia in north madagascar will be the pochard's w home.r the world's rarest bird, the team has developed extra levels of protection. it might be a different climate in gloucestershire compared toar madagabut the team has been able to develop this floating aviary. the ideas it will keep the birds safe and get them accustomed to the new lake. the doors to the floating aviary been opened and the pochards aro venturing ouxplore. it is a small but significant step, conservationists say, in saving one species from extinction and protecting madagascar's threatened wetlands. victoria gill, bbc news. lucy: plenty more of all the stories we are covering on our website, bbc.com/news. if you want to commeme on them, get twitter. thanks very much for watching. >> with the bbc news app, our vertical videos are designed to work and your lifestyle, so you caheswipe your way through t newsf the day and stay up-to-date with the latest headlis you can trust. download now from selected app stores. >> funding of this mresentation e possible by the freeman foun

lake sofia, in the north of madagascar, will be the pochards‘ new home.dea is, it‘ll keep the birds safe and get them accustomed to their new lake. there they go, swimming off, swimming off... the doors to their floating aviary have now been opened and the pochards are venturing out to explore. it‘s a small — but significant — step, conservationists say, in saving one species from extinction and in protecting madagascar‘s threatened wetlands. victoria gill, bbc news. we‘re back with the late news at 10pm. now on bbc one, it‘s time for the news where you are. goodbye. hello, this is bbc news. let‘s get more on the news that more prisoners will be allowed to make phone calls from their cells under government plans to tackle violence and re—offending. currently 20 prisons in england and wales have phones inside cells, they‘re closely monitored and can only call pre—approved numbers. ten million pounds will be spent extending the scheme to 50 prisons by early 2020. john mcmanus reports. for years, the authorities have struggled to stop illicit mobile phones m

lake sofia, in the north of madagascar, will be the pochards' new home.might be bit of a different climate here in gloucestershire compared to madagascar, but the team at the wetlands here have been able to develop this floating aviary. the idea is, it'll keep the birds safe and get them accustomed to their new lake. there they go, swimming off, swimming off... the doors to their floating aviary have now been opened and the pochards are venturing out to explore. it's a small — but significant — step, conservationists say, in saving one species from extinction and in protecting madagascar‘s threatened wetlands. victoria gill, bbc news. police in new york have sought to reassure residents after a bright blue light illuminated the night sky over the city. officials have explained the glow was not some otherworldly phenomenon but was caused by a transformer explosion — as rhodri davies reports. alien, the almighty, or apocalyptic? new yorkers were asking the question when the night sky turned blue on friday. it was freaky. it was like independence day, the mo

lake sofia, in the north of madagascar, will be the pochards‘ new home.loucestershire compared to madagascar, but the team at the wetlands here have been able to develop this floating aviary. the idea is, it‘ll keep the birds safe and get them accustomed to their new lake. there they go, swimming off, swimming off... the doors to their floating aviary have now been opened and the pochards are venturing out to explore. it‘s a small — but significant — step, conservationists say, in saving one species from extinction and in protecting madagascar‘s threatened wetlands. victoria gill, bbc news. now it‘s time for a look at the weather with louise lear. good afternoon. a straightforward weather story to end the year. high pressure is going to stay with us until new year. it is allowing these weather fronts to go over, meaning tonight we‘ll see some cloud and rain in scotland and moving east. quite a lot of cloud elsewhere. not a cold night, cloud preventing temperatures from falling far so preventing temperatures from falling farsoa mild preventing temperatures

and some of them really are quite heavy over madagascar on thursday they clear away though as we head into friday so madagascar will have a brighter day still a few showers just not quite as many of them for many of us in south africa you should be fine job or get twenty nine to twenty one. the weather sponsored by cats on race. in countries like mine people have been killed. when united states privatized the old. war this was a deal with saudi arabia things would be different the saudis when they came to britain would be fools to help the process mobs do euell rumsfeld was meeting saddam is an interesting. show. coming soon. at the top stories for you now british prime minister theresa may has survived a leadership challenge by m.p.'s from the conservative party two hundred voted for her one hundred seventeen against many of her m.p.'s are unhappy about may's the deal. former lawyer is going to prison for three years for tax evasion and for violating campaign finance laws pleaded guilty to lying to congress and paying off two women who had largely had affairs with trump. and the us s

lake sophia in the north of madagascar will be the pochards' new home.xtra level of protection. it might be a bit of a different climate here in gloucestershire compared to madagascar, but the team at the wetlands here have been able to develop this floating aviary. the idea is that it will keep the birds safe and get them accustomed to their new lake. the doors to their floating aviary have now been opened and the pochards are venturing out to explore. it's a small but significant step, conservationists say, in saving one species from extinction and in projecting madagascar‘s threatened wetlands. victoria gill, bbc news. we can speak now to peter cranswick — from the wildfowl and wetlands trust — who have spent years laying the foundations for the birds' introduction into the wild. ijust want i just want to pick up ijust want to pick up on the point, it isa ijust want to pick up on the point, it is a small but significant moment. it has taken is nine years to get stuck this point and although it isa to get stuck this point and although it is a very sign

for madagascar president three regularly now has been declared we know of a runoff presidential election his rival has charged electoral fraud and also an investigation by the country's electoral commission madagascar's high constitutional court now has nine days to confirm the results. although it is in indonesia have raised the alert level for the volcano that caused a tsunami last week and they have warned that fresh activity from the crocodile volcano might cause another tsunami and they've ordered all flights to stay at calais all the area now saturday's deadly waves killed at least four hundred thirty people since then heavy rains and flooding have added to the hardship and a sound also sent us this report. although i know these villages thought they were safe after escaping the tsunami that tore into the western coast of java but now they've returned they face a new problem. in the long before now around six in the morning when the water began rising. i went out to get some food and when i came back the water was almost chest high our village has never been flooded like this. john

i formerly is a consulting fellow at chatham house and covers madagascar he joins us now from london thanks for being with us so putting aside at the personalities what what is that these of these two men here what is the choice facing and madagascan what each of them stand for well in ideological terms they're pretty similar they both came from a business background before going into politics both as mayors of the capital city and on the river. before later jumping up to the top of the state but there's a big difference rather low manana during his seven years in power before he was forced out did actually pursue a fairly coherent economic policy and really quite effective development program he seriously try to address some of the problems of rural under development in a country that's one of the poorest in the world russia alina was installed by the military after the forced takeover and presided over a four year transition when the economy shrank corruption reached even higher levels than it had before foreign aid was mostly frozen and the country really sore decline in developme

standing political rivals if the result is tight observers fear a contested election might plunge madagascar into political crisis. luxury brand prada has withdrawn a line of accessories over complaints of racist blackface imagery a facebook post show the figures in a new york shop went viral last week in a statement prada said we have who are all forms of racism american backed forces are close to gaining control of the last syrian territory held by the so-called islamic state the syrian democratic forces the s.d.s. made up of kurdish and arab fighters have captured the town of hygiene and are now in the process of clearing out islamist fighters hygene lies in the valley of the euphrates river close to the border with iraq it was a final urban stronghold of the jihadist militia which once controlled substantial territory in syria and iraq but as the mainly kurdish inches closer to final victory over ah yes turkey is threatening to launch an assault against the kurds further north reporter danny and has sent us this report from the front line in syria. these people have escaped the clutches

to madagascar where a former presidents and the man who asked him in a. the come the country's next in a seriously contested election this arrival small. man of agree to accept the election results. by the end of the year the head of the european union's monitoring commission says the runoff vote has passed peacefully. to secure i've just come from two large the two teams to represent the candidates there told us we are ready to accept the other side's victory so was a pretty good atmosphere south african police have issued an arrest warrant for zimbabwe's former first lady grace mcgarvey for assaulting a model with an electrical cord the wife of former president robert mugabe is accused of attacking a woman and to tell her. she suffered a serious head injury or gabi has previously claimed she was acting in self-defense police say the warrant was issued last thursday or despite no longer being first lady grace mugabe is still protected by zimbabwe was her explains her options could be limited the government spokesperson here in zimbabwe said that we have

and some of them really are quite heavy gave the madagascar on thursday they clear away though as we head into friday so madagascar will have a brighter day still a few showers just not quite as many of them for many of us in south africa you should be fine job or get twenty nine cape town twenty one. my name's. and i think i'm on my phone all day every day on my tablet is never really more than a few feet away the use of the internet elevates don't mean just like gambling and just like cocaine goes i will experience my own unusual digital detox i feel like i don't want to use. to slow. my d.h. to addiction on al jazeera. this is al jazeera and these are the top stories right now british prime minister theresa may has survived a leadership challenge by m.p.'s from her conservative party two hundred voted for one hundred seventeen against many of her m.p.'s are unhappy about may's proposed deal. u.s. senate has gone against president trump on the war and yemen and voted to began discussing a resolution to end u.s. military support for the saudi coalition. and president former lawyer t

in madagascar pro-forma president on the man who ousted him in a two thousand and nine crew are vaseline to become the country's next leader in a fiercely contested runoff election bitter rivals marc ravalomanana and andry rajoelina cast their votes on wednesday the election result is due to be released by the. well sixty nine year old mark a ravalomanana was first elected to the presidency in two thousand and two he's a former milk land from a poor family who went on to build a business and by. that ruled for seven years before violence the most gracious force them out in two thousand and nine the demonstrations were supported by and then mayor of the capital and town and that evil he was instated by the army and led madagascar from two thousand and nine to two thousand and fourteen but both men claim they were victims of fraud and cheating during the first round of voting but they have agreed to accept the result of the problem the head of the european union's monitoring commission says the runoff vote has passed peacefully. busy i've just come from to live the two teams to represent t

and coming up, one of the rarest birds in the world, the madagascar pochard, gets a new home.irds at a lake in the north of madagascar. and we look back at some of the extreme weather events of 2018. that's in weather world in half an hour.

surrounding this industry as a whole voting is underway for the presidential runoff election in madagascar former leaders under raja alina crevel amana vying for the top job but it's really now only one the first round with thirty nine percent of the votes this is the first time the two face off since two thousand and nine unraveling manana was forced from power by protest led by a gradual enough. opposition candidate martin fire you know is expected to hold a rally ahead of sunday's long awaited election in the democratic republic of congo at least six people have been killed in violence ahead of the poll for the first time electronic voting machines will be used but as katherine sawyer reports the opposition is worried they'll be used to rig the result. the conversation in tea shops such as this one on the edge of the river is all about sunday's election and electronic voting machines. are concerned by the general lack of information and what's expected on them on voting day. we don't know what to expect we might do the wrong thing they should have told us what to do before now we'll jus

madagascar is heading to the polls on wednesday in a runoff between two political heavyweights marco ravalomanana and. have both been president and their long standing political rivals if the result is tight observers fear a contested election may plunge madagascar into political crisis. u.s. president donald trump has banned the bomb start a fire arm attachment that enables a semi-automatic weapon to fire sustained rapid bursts and the gunman who massacred fifty eight people in las vegas and twenty seventeen was using about to stop. a u.s. judge has postponed the sentencing of president trump's former national security advisor michael flynn the former general had pleaded guilty to deceiving the f.b.i. about his contacts with russia's ambassador to the u.s. in january twenty seventh teen when the originally said he had not met the ambassador when in fact he had a judge and that sullivan said by doing so flynn arguably sold out his country. a lying to federal agents carries a maximum five year sentence flynn is the highest profile culprit so far in special counsel robert robert miller

madagascar is heading to the polls on wednesday in a runoff between two political heavyweights marco roboto manana and andre raja lina have both been the president and their long standing political rivals if the result is tight observers fear a contested election may plunge madagascar into political crisis. a us judge has postponed the sentencing of the as president donald trump former national security advisor michael flynn his lawyers requested the delay after the judge raised the prospect of jail time flynn had pleaded guilty to deceiving the f.b.i. about his russia contacts and where tornado is ripped through a town in the u.s. state of washington killing off roofs and downing trees at the twister struck on tuesday about twenty kilometers west of seattle no injuries were reported. to some rare mid week football now we have the biggest shock of the season so far last night with leaders dortmund losing two one at. chris harrington from sports is with us chris you didn't see that happening did you know well i did see dortmund losing but you're right i definitely did not see it comin

madagascar is going to the polls in a runoff between two political heavyweights marc ravalomanana and andre way to have both been president and are long standing political rivals if the result is tight observers fear a contested election may plunge madagascar into political crisis for lynn has marked the second anniversary of the terror attack that left twelve people dead and dozens wounded in the german capital on december nineteenth two thousand and sixteen a radicalized tunisian man hijacked a truck killed its driver and plowed into a crowded christmas market. chancellor merkel's government has agreed on a bill to help skilled workers from outside the european union pine jobs here in germany the country kerr urgently needs people to fill more than a million job vacancies the proposed law will simplify the process for recognizing professional or vocational training degrees that have been earned abroad it will eliminate the requirement that employees check whether german nationals are also available to fill the vacancy and if passed by lawmakers it will allow qualified non e.u. natio

and coming up — one of the rarest birds in the world — the madagascar pochard — gets a new home.adventures of 2018.

we know he was a former president of madagascar and he rajoelina is back in the top job after winning the election with more than fifty five percent of the vote actually know was up against another former president marc ravalomanana who is already to announce what he called massive fraud he wants an investigation into the december one thousand. about two hundred people seeking asylum in the u.s. spent some of christmas and a parking lot in texas after being sent there by immigration officials in the city of el paso four hundred others were also sent to places in putting a bus shelters just ahead of christmas day. as government is likely to continue into the new year the shutdown that is after both houses of congress adjourned without agreeing on a way forward politicians are now expected to vote on the impasse next week the standoff centers on donald trump's demand for five million dollars for his border wall and next year's budget which the democrats firmly oppose brazil's military claims its crackdown on crime in rio de janeiro has been a success the controversial operation due to e

madagascar are is heading to the polls on wednesday in a runoff between two political heavyweights marco and undereat rational enough have both been president and are long standing political rivals if the result is tight observers fear a contested election may plunge madagascar into political crisis. luxury brand prada has withdrawn a line of accessories over complaints of racist black face imagery a facebook post of the charms in a new york shop went viral last week in a statement prada said it abhors all forms of racism. yes president trump has banned the bump stock a firearm attachment that enables a semi-automatic weapon to fire sustained rapid bursts the gunman who massacred fifty eight people in las vegas and twenty seventeen was using about to stop. a u.s. judge has postponed the sentencing of president trump's former national security security advisor michael flynn the former general had pleaded guilty to deceiving the f.b.i. about his contacts with russia's ambassador to the u.s. in january twenty seventh teen flynn originally said he had not met the ambassador when in fact he h

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now voting is under way for the presidential run off election in madagascar former leaders under a rockgiuliana and marc ravalomanana vying for the top job. roger leno narrowly won the first round with thirty nine percent of the votes this is the first time the two are facing off since two thousand and nine unravel a minor was forced from power by protest led by roger leno the united nations wants all parties involved in the upcoming presidential elections in the democratic republic of congo to reject violence at least six people have been killed in the lead up to sunday's polls the government denies there are links between the violence and campaigning the un is called for an investigation and says voters and candidates must be kept safe. for the first time electronic voting machines will be used in the elections as katherine sawyer reports from kinshasa the opposition is worried they'll be used to rig the result of the conversation in tea shops such as this one on the edge of the river is all about sunday's election and electronic voting machines these are to say they're concerned by t

in madagascar i think the rains are going to ease a little bit as we had three set today so still some showers here not quite as many as they have been and there will also be plenty of showers in the northern parts of alma as well but for the south it looks largely fine enjoy hort for a sin with the top temperature of around thirty three degrees for cape town at around twenty two rising there for some day. an investigation into the real powers that control the world health organization their obligation to their shareholders completely overwhelms any consideration of public health can they be trusted with building a healthier future if their loyalty becomes questionable reason the people that are called to the h one n one porsche isn't getting what if it was like you know a w h o has those chest who says don't hear in terms of trust that you trust who are knowledge is zero. the latest news as a frank's yellowcard the failure will continue to hold on in july but into the next week with details coverage classical criticism of capitalist economics to a fifty six billion dollar i am mansell

in madagascar a former president and the man who ousted him in a two thousand and nine coup are battling to become the country's next leader in a fiercely contested runoff election bitter rivals marc ravalomanana and andry rajoelina cast their votes on wednesday the election result is due to be released by the the end. the world food programme has announced severe service cuts affecting palestinians in gaza and the occupied west bank food assistance to one hundred in one thousand people will be reduced or suspended from the start of january to an agency is blaming funding cuts have been lost forty percent of its funding when president donald trump slashed aid to humanitarian agencies working in the occupied territories those forty percent of us and the attorney general from washington d.c. is suing facebook over the misuse of users they to in the cambridge analytical scandal the lawsuit comes as a social network faces new reports about data breaches those are the headlines coming up next it's witness speed sisters. so work in. other words a grave but that's a really good start. i don't t

a polls have closed in the presidential runoff election in madagascar ballot counting is stopped in its former lead as a resume now and market have low manana vying for the job wrench alina narrowly won the first round with thirty nine percent of the votes this is the first time the two face off since two thousand and nine. head of the european union's monitoring commission says the elections have been carried out peacefully. i've just come from two lawyers the two teams to represent the candidates there told us we are ready to accept the other side's victory so it's a pretty good atmosphere i want the world's biggest stock market flotations in japan has flopped the. share price of softbank fell almost fifteen percent in japan as the telecoms company made his debut on the tokyo stock exchange softbank hope to raise twenty four billion dollars but investors were not impressed analysts are blaming the disappointing start on recent network glitches and links with china's telecoms company. university. says investors are questioning soft banks growth strategy. i would be a little sympathetic

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in madagascar a former president and the man who ousted him in a two thousand and nine kuku are battling to become the country's next leader in a fiercely contested runoff election bitter rivals marc ravalomanana and andry rajoelina cast their votes on wednesday the election result is you to be released by the end of the year sixty nine year old mark ruffalo manana was first elected to the presidency in two thousand and two he's a former mill fan from a poor family who went home to build the business empire revolution and i ruled for seven years before violent demonstrations forced them out in two thousand and nine that demonstrations were supported by andry rajoelina then mayor of the capital and tun in a revolt he was instated by the army and left led madagascar from two thousand and nine to two thousand and fourteen both men claim they were victims of fraud and cheating during the first round of voting but they have agreed to accept the result of the final well the head of the european union's monitoring commission says the run of vote has passed peacefully. i've just come from two li

charged a lecturer fraud and asked for an investigation by the country's electoral commission madagascar's hike. now has nine days to confirm the result. a cleanup operation is underway on the italian island of sicily after an eruption of the mount. triggered an earthquake struck just north of baton mia injuring several people and damaging buildings chimneys exploring the idea of a so-called mosque tax it would be loosely based on the existing tax which funds catholic and protestant churches in germany the idea is that levin a charge on practicing muslims here would make german mosques less dependent on financial support from abroad. the central mosque in cologne is the largest in all of germany the mobs in germany come largely from turkey and are paid by the turkish religious organization the dia net the concept that mosques could be offered an alternative financing by germany appeals to many politicians in the government coalition. he taught us a city that i believe it's important that mosque associations in germany and islam are independent of foreign influence from currently the fact i

let's look at some other stories making news around the former madagascar president . has been declared a runoff presidential election his rival has charged electoral fraud and asked for an investigation by the country's electoral commission. high constitutional court now has nine days to confirm the result. a clean up operation is underway on the italian island of sicily after an eruption off the mount triggered enough quake the tremor struck just north of injuring several people and damaging buildings a court in austria set to rule on how much. birthplace is worth that's after the state offer to buy. in for three hundred thousand the current owner is demanding one and a half the judge is expected to rule on the matter in january june is exploring the idea of a so-called mosque tax it would be loosely based on the existing tax which funds catholic and protestant churches in germany the idea is that a challenge and practicing muslims here would make german mosques less dependent on financial support from abroad. the central mosque in cologne is the largest in all of ge

seeking to replace president joseph kabila in madagascar a former president and the man who ousted him in a two thousand and nine coup a battling to become the country's next leader in a fiercely contested runoff election while problem of elena and his rival andre rajan lina cost their votes on wednesday both men have agreed to accept the election result which is due to be released by the end of the year a south african police have issued an arrest warrant for zimbabwe's former first lady grace mcgarvey for salting a model with electrical cords the wife of former president robert mugabe is accused of attacking the woman in a johannesburg hotel room last august gabriella and l. says she suffered a serious head injury but gabi has previously claimed she was acting in self defense and those elections headlines here on al-jazeera more news about how fast time stay with a slow witness is coming next book. i will. let you be if i'm gonna. be ok for you to. get all of them. all. right here the you know that really do matter how can you build the only problem in the local game and now what if

dollars but investors were not impressed voting is under way for the presidential runoff election in madagascar former leaders andry rajoelina and marco ravalomanana now are vying for the top job brazilian are now only won the first round with thirty nine percent of the votes those are the headlines of next crusades an arab perspective. in the history of conflicts between east and west. the mightiest battle between christianity and islam. a holy war in the name of religion. for the first time. the story of the crusades. from an arab perspective. up. up. up. the crusades are the epitome of holy war. yet the roots of this two hundred year conflict late not in religion but in the economic condition of medieval europe later little sleep. shae that look at that molests you know. the in the last no. doubt unless the solution. while the pope was trying to hang on to his historical forat over the people of your. all that got you some off and then all elements and balboa like elements i get. meanwhile in the east internal divisions had weakened the previously all powerful islamic and. so i mean leslie.

house pretty good figures same is true of abu dhabi that we have seen significant rain recently in madagascar one or two potentially heavy showers have been threatening in zimbabwe and this rain just scraping through the western cape for cape town itself and nothing much to it it's still quite warm in in botswana up to thirty six once again in the capital but as fish i was well have to say there are still a rarity the weather sponsored by qatar airways. i'm a historic day for the but i meet people every week denise knight who brings a seamless of the breaking stories told through the eyes of the world's journalists these three voices jan less well one of the few journalists in bama that lakshmi doing investigative black join you been listening post as we turn the cameras on the media focus on how they were caught on the story simply to demand sixty buys the rights to those stories but then he never publishes their stories they're listening post on al-jazeera. welcome back. a reminder about top stories this hour the saudi amorality led coalition in yemen has confounded will allow fifty industr

has pretty good figures same is true of abu dhabi that we have seen significant rain recently in madagascar one or two potentially heavy showers have been threatening in zimbabwe and this rain just scraping through the western cape through cape town itself and nothing much to it it's still quite warm in in botswana up to thirty six once again in the capital bass fish i was right to say there are still a rarity. over one hundred years ago britain and france made a secret deal to divide the middle east between them now we can draw in the second episode we explore the new phase of this agreement that there is a regional center to sikes because it's at those borders were drawn with consulting the people who have to live with the. song speak. in the sun. welcome back. a reminder about top stories this hour the saudi u.a.e. coalition and yemen has confounded will allow fifty injured three key fighters to be evacuated on monday for treatment and i months capital muscat un envoy martin griffiths requested the arrangement as a goodwill gesture for peace talks and sweet and that's not. an exchange of