is eventually action a human rights group says one person has been killed electoral commission says preliminary results show president alexander lukashenko won 80 percent of the vote despite indications of strong support for an opposition challenger before the vote electoral commission says that challenger. just took just 10 percent of the vote. this streets of minsk bella who says capital filled with protesters. chance of change and along with belarus resoundingly through the city. riot police pushed back against the demonstrators deploying water cannon and firing tear gas and rubber bullets. incumbent president who gushing call had warned would crack down on any unauthorized rallies. 7 will follow the law and any talk of repression will disappear the law is above all else if you break it we will respond and we've been like handed in our response so far to be honest with you i've always held back our law enforcement joe i told them there's no need for a heavy response you know. the protests kicked off after a state exit poll said look i was far ahead many of those in the streets believe the go

there in front of us or 2 days until tuesday and that's the legal obligation we're just 8 electoral commission to come we will elect it will be official. and his record is $78000.00 cases of coronavirus and 24 hours the biggest single day figure anywhere in the world the health ministry also reported $948.00 deaths taking the total to 63000 $500.00 but the government still easing pandemic restrictions nationwide. hong kong has government says half a 1000000 people have already signed up for its from coronavirus testing program stews along on tuesday but a pro-democracy union of health care workers has called for a boycott because of the program's connections to mainland china so a clock reports from hong kong. in a city still struggling with a 3rd wave of corona virus infection the government says mass testing is the best way to put hong kong on a course for recovery. the universal community testing program is running from september 1st the government is heavily promoting the campaign which has been funded by mainland china central government at a cost of $20000000.00 the offer was presented a

well despite the opposition's allegations of fraud the electoral commission says results so far show looker sankoh winning with 81 percent of the vote step was with the main opposition candidate as she cast her ballot. cheers for start line up the kind of guy who went into hiding on the eve of the election because she feared arrest that was after 8 members of her team including her campaign manager were reportedly detained at 1st a reluctant presidential candidate she has grown into the biggest hope many belorussians have for change then are you worried about your safety. everybody. would be kind of guy at election rallies attracted the largest crowds valorous i seen in decades with 2 other women on her site the wife and complain manager of 2 other jailed opposition figures she can paint across the country on the eve of the election one of them fled abroad and the other one aria kolesnikov i was briefly detained she's undeterred but i have a great hopes that all dreams are. today tomorrow or day after tomorrow is the beginning of the end it's a beginning of a new life she came out of

crowd of protesters and ambulances have been rushing to the scene it comes after the country's electoral commission said results so far showed look at shanghai winning with 81 percent of the vote despite voting being extended in some places because many people were still trying to cast their ballot the main opposition candidates for. on a 2nd off sky had asked her supporters to vote his latest possible to minimize the opportunity for electoral fraud and action officials are accusing the opposition of sabotage and say she currently has just 80 percent of the vote taken off sky is a former teacher who only recently entered the race when her husband was barred from running. so let's get the latest from stat vasa who joins us on the phone from central minsk and you've been reporting on this story throughout the day that just tell us if you've been getting any more information about clashes between police and protesters yes maryam it's still a growing on it's 1 o'clock in the morning here in minsk and the city is still filled with anger and frustration as thousands of people are gathering at a large squ

the protection is is not going to go away despite the opposition's allegations of fraud the electoral commission says results so far show looking shankar winning with 81 percent of the vote step was with the main opposition candidate she cast her ballot. cheers for that lana to kind of sky and went into hiding on the eve of the election because she feared arrest that was after 8 members of her team including her campaign manager were reportedly detained at 1st reluctant presidential candidate she has grown into the biggest hope many ballo russians have for change and i worry about the safety. of everybody with. the kind of tie s. and election rallies attracted the largest crowds ballasts high seen in decades with 2 other women on her side the wife and complain manager of 2 other jailed opposition fake of sheikh. in pain across the country on the eve of the election one of them fled abroad and the other one area kolesnikov i was briefly detained she's undeterred i have her great hopes dreams that everything will chance today or tomorrow or day after tomorrow this is the beginning of the end it's

i have sought and received advice from the electoral commission on a range of options, including retainingh of september, moving the election by four weeks to the 17th of october and the final possible date the electoral commission considers the election could realistically be held, which is the 21st of november. having weighed up all these factors and taken wide soundings, i have decided on balance to move the election by four weeks to the 17th of october. at the end of last week, i was advised that this date is achievable and presents no greater risks than had we retained the status quo. i've also been advised that in moving to a 17 october election day, the commission will be able to leverage and draw much of the work already undertaken to deliver the election. so how have new zealand's other political parties reacted to the delay? here's tvnz correspondent ryan boswell in christchurch. well, they're very pleased. national and act were pushing for the election to be delayed and evenjacinda ardern‘s coalition partner, new zealand first, wanted it pushed out too, saying that there simply

i have sort and received advice from the electoral commission on a range of options, including retainingion by four weeks to the 17th of october and the final possible date the electoral commission considers the election could realistically be held, which is the 21st of november. having weighed up all these factors and taken wide soundings, i have decided on balance to move the election by four weeks to the 17th of october. at the end of last week, i was advised that this date is achievable and presents no greater risks than had we retained the status quo. i've also been advised that in moving to a 17 october election day, the commission will be able to leverage and draw much of the work already undertaken to deliver the election. new zealand prime minister jacinda ardern. australia has recorded its deadliest day of the coronavirus pandemic after the state of victoria recorded 25 deaths in 2a hours. victoria's previous daily record was 21, recorded last wednesday. there were 282 confrimed cases in the state in the past 2a hours, the second consecutive day where the number of new cases wa

i have received advice from the electoral commission on a range of options, including retaining the currentving the election by four weeks to the 17th of october and the final possible date the electoral commission considers the election could realistically be held, which is the 21st of november. having weighed up all these factors and taken wide soundings, i have decided on balance to move the election by four weeks to the 17th of october. at the end of last week, i was advised that this date is achievable and presents no greater risks than had we retained the status quo. i've also been advised that in moving to a 17 0ctober election day, the commission will be able to leverage and draw much of the work already undertaken to deliver the election. 0pposition activists in thailand have staged another anti—government rally in bangkok to demand political change. as well as a revision of the constitution, the demonstrators called for reform of the monarchy. an estimated 20,000 people have joined a protest in bangkok calling for sweeping political reform. the thai government successfully contain

i have received advice from the electoral commission on a range of options, including retaining the current and the final possible date the electoral commission considers the election could realistically be held, which is the 21st of november. having weighed up all these factors and taken wide soundings, i have decided on balance to move the election by four weeks to the 17th of october. at the end of last week, i was advised that this date is achievable and presents no greater risks than had we retained the status quo. i've also been advised that in moving to a 17 october election day, the commission will be able to leverage and draw much of the work already undertaken to deliver the election. unidentified gunmen have shot dead at least eight people in a small town in southwest colombia. several others were wounded in the attack in samaniego. most of the victims are reported to be young adults. the first cruise ship to put to sea since operations were suspended worldwide in mid—march has left the italian port of genoa. the msc grandiosa will stop at three italian ports and the maltese capi

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across the room president alexander lukashenko except to claim another election victory the electoral commission says the sofa taken 81 percent of the vote for the main opposition candidates taken of sky is just 8. step fastens in minsk with more on the protests. when they try to write their police was already blocking the road saving people so the people were sort of trying to get together but they were all separated by police then there was a clash police were firing as when they said to the crowd a police to our right. and one protester with. ambulances were taking away the injured people around the city the police have been blocking off roads trying to stop people from gather wait in other news the hong kong media tycoon jimmy lives been detained in the most high profile arrest yet under beijing's new security law and executive in lies media group says he's been arrested on suspicion of colluding with foreign forces dozens of police are now searching the offices of lies used by the egyptian authorities have extended the detention of al-jazeera journalist and hussein by 45 days he's already b

there in front of us or 2 days until tuesday and that's the legal obligation for this 8 electoral commission to come when he fishel election with the official election and voter turnout we understand has been at an all time high why do you think people are so excited and enthusiastic about this particular vote. the reason you can't mount months long campaign by the church. and of course the main subject of the election and the reason course such such a success of your position because church supported the a position because government tried to implement the new law on the freedom of religion which according to churches opinion endangered its existence in montenegro and what they are. not to go into the realm of speculation here but if there is a victory by the opposition party which of course a 2nd closer ties to serbia and russia then what would this mean for montenegro's place in the balkans and in europe. as i said fortunately the small kingmakers party decided not to form a true coalition with with its opposition. with their opposition colleagues they asked for their support to form the

there in front of us or 2 days until tuesday and that's the legal obligation we're just 8 electoral commission are we will elect be official. protesters and valorous were warned against demonstrating but government threats of a crackdown didn't keep them away tens of thousands once again filled the streets in the capital to protest against president alexander lukashenko they hears him a frigging day presidential election burdensome fs following developments from neighboring lithuania sunday's alexander lukashenko 66th birthday this is not the president he was hoping for was we're not a herd of cattle or cowards we're belorussians that chum to him was 3 weeks since the disputed election that the ballot russian president claimed to win with 80 percent of the vote. no one here believes that and they've been protesting against luka shank ever 6. months i'm here to express my disapproval at the rigging of the elections and to be in solidarity with everyone he was detained i am for peace i am propellor s. but. the protesters have been peaceful from the outset and after initially violently attempting

cities across bellary president alexander looks set to claim another election victory the electoral commission says he's so far going to 81 percent of the vote on an opposition candidate. is on just 8 step as our reporter in minsk on the protesters have been battling with the police. when they try to ride the a police was already blocking the road detaining people so the people were sort of trying to get together but they were all separated by police then there was a clash police were firing as stun grenades into the crowd a police truck right protestors and one protester. ambulances were taking away the injured people around the city the police have been blocking off roads trying to stop people from gather rate other headlines in hong kong media tycoon jimmy line's been detained in what is the most high profile arrest yet sounds of the beijing imposed national security law an executive in lines media group says he's been arrested on suspicion of colluding with foreign forces protesters in lebanon have gathered near parliament for a 2nd grows over tuesday's port explosion tear gas was fired to

is going to win we also had complaints by opposition politicians complaints against their electoral commission to damn awful status is saying that the 7 of its parliamentary candidates have been unfairly disqualified as well the 600 candidates of the law call council posts electoral commission officials are saying that they investigating the allegations that are also coming from leaders of other opposition parties but already we're seeing this leader this opposition politicians saying that they do not believe that the election is going to be free fair or transparent . the afghan army says it's killed dozens of taliban fighters in the past 4 days soldiers attacked taliban outposts in providence keith killing $44.00 finances and injuring dozens more the army says the operation was in retaliation for a series of taliban attacks on their bases in the region. and more than 50000 afghans have been forced to leave their homes due to that violence in condos and he said the taliban captured 4 army bases that was despite talks with the government to try to win the fighting this from osama bin. laden the

and dozens were injured in the electoral commission says the president. 80 percent of the opposition says the ballot was rigged the french president. what he calls a cowardly attack which killed 8 people in. included 6 french aid workers and a local. defense minister on motorbikes opened fire it's not known who was behind the attack. pakistan is reopening after months of lockdown and more than 280000 coronavirus infections the government says its efforts to contain the virus have been successful however the world health organization says more testing is still required it right up to date with all our top stories developing stories up next. i will see you very soon. oh i got them all right there are more than what i do but. if you think let me think that thank you. but i do have one better better. we'll. hear more. from last year. when you like i come from. your beach the world the microbiome yeah it. was enough last. year we were in the region. or something the pool from the ball. and the. chance of that's a little you just competing to see in your. eyes that you can. well you could.

and i‘m curious that i think she wanted to see the electoral commission and nobody knew what she wasappears in lithuania are reading from a statement. yes. that was very boring anyway. a lot of pressure has been put on her and i think her children have been threatened. —— that was very worrying. she was made to read probably that statement calling for supporters to not to protest. this is worrying. look at the leaders, they have been a powerful 26 years and he is considered as you are a‘s last dictator. —— ihnatenko. we will see 110w dictator. —— ihnatenko. we will see now what comes next. —— europe‘s must appear within the eu minister proposes sanctions because they need to be adopted in unanimity and we will see whether victor orban from hungary opposes the sanctions, but what is going on there is pretty concerning, especially if you think that lukashenko concerning, especially if you think that lu kashenko decided concerning, especially if you think that lukashenko decided to put the entire country off—line in order to stifle the them. so it is difficult for them to organise and c

presidential election and campaign read have been banned because of the coronavirus pandemic the electoral commission has candidates to use media in states to get their message to voters. but the opposition say's they don't have fair access to the country's broad cost is in a moment i'll be talking to the man who's emerged as the strongest presidential aspirant but 1st this report on the country's 1st virtual campaign. on the radio for information about uganda's elections due in february next year she loves political rallies but she won't attend any this time uganda's electoral body has banned them to stop the spread of the coronavirus now you'll get i did not get him i like it when a candidate talks to me directly and i can also ask what i want entirely depending on the radio is going to be hard to beat it it is. on top of playing candidates now have to mainly campaign via the radio television and the internet. we are in the flood stage of community transmissions it means that we need to be one out and find ways of accepting the new normal and that just from the conventional ways of campaigning but

release we've heard today from her team that when she was in the building of the better russian electoral commission she was joined by 2 top rank security officials who spent 3 hours with her we also heard from then that further members of her team are in government detentions if the government needed any further ways to put pressure on her husband who's been in prison for quite some time they have it and i think there seems little real question now as to whether that was recorded in. it and she calls on protesters in that video not to gather and not to resist the police do you think her supporters will listen to or will it better russian social media as it is go by i know the comments on the more recent video taken recorded if you ania from freedom are awash with swords. but also recognition the fact that she was not in a position to refuse the requests seemingly made to her to make that video and pledges to keep on protesting tonights in minsk we've seen protests across the city not gathering in any one place using so she can really tactics to spread the police thinly now with molotov cocktails af

another election victory at least one person was killed and dozens were injured in the unrest electoral commission says the president is on course to win 80 percent of the vote the opposition says the ballot was rigged the french president emanuel macro is denouncing what he calls a quote cowardly attack which killed 8 people in southern asia 7 of the victims works for an a charity their convoy was hit by gunmen at a giraffe nature park on sunday a bomb blast in pakistan's blotches stand provinces killed 6 people and injured at least 15 others the explosion targeted a vehicle from drugs forces in the city of charmin close to the border with afghanistan there's been no claim of responsibility. those are your headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after witness adrian has the news from 10 half an hour of news from 11 g one of us. is there. is the government in this area to really address some of the structural issues we listen i still think that travel is the safest mode of travel and this we meet with global news makers the stories the. 0. so. so. not only in the film. doesn't that give us

police who responded with stun grenades despite the opposition's allegations of fraud the electoral commission says the results so far so look a sankoh winning with 81 percent of the vote. in minsk and has been joining us by phone because of an internet blackout she has more on the protesters who've been battling with police into the early morning. when they try to right there police was already blocking the road detaining people so the the people were sort of trying to get together but they were all separated by police then there was a clash of police was firing a stun grenades into the crowd one police truck ran into protesters and took one protester with them so i'm guillen says we're taking away the injured people and around the city the police have been blocking off roads trying to stop people from gathering and at the moment people are still driving around in their cars honking their horns showing their protest signs raising their their fists so that's still happening in a deep in the night here it's been and also what we're hearing in other cities around that are rude these scenes have

we've had complaints from the leaders of other opposition parties as well officials of the electoral commission saying that they're investigating these complaints opposition leaders are also saying that there is no equal playing field this saying for example that they do not have broadcast times broadcast times in the on the radio or on the t.v. the main opposition candidate. people are saying he is the main challenger to the he started his campaigns in dar es salaam on friday and he's saying that he wants to restore democracy he say that president musharraf is a dictator and he's telling the people of tanzania if you elect president michael hooley again in the situation is just going to get worse a lot of his supporters are confident that if the election is going to be free and fair then to list who will win but other towns are saying that eve the opposition does not rally behind one candidate then it's going to be very problematic because it's going to put the opposition in a very weak position especially against against a leader as formidable as president john. catherine so with that update

political parties cannot come to an agreement as to the house deciding at so they create a special electoral commission composed of five senators, five representatives, and five supreme court justices. in the results that come back, three southern states had disputed returns, so what shows up is two different groups, one for tilton, one for hayes. the commission comes back and finds in favor of hayes, awarding him those boats. as part of the political negotiation that is struck to make him president, the southern -- democrats manage to push republicans to end reconstruction formally. that happens in 1877. decade, a you see a decade and a half, a process where african-americans are gradually excluded from the political process in the south. it is a combination of state laws, local laws such as poll taxes. 1890, through law and custom in the south african-americans are largely no longer part of the political process. that plays out in congress in because 1877 period you see the numbers drop off by 1880. -- we only have five african-americans and serving in congress at various points and usually it is onl

so they create a special electoral commission composed of five senators, by representatives and five supreme court justices. and in the results that had come back, there were three southern states that had disputed returns. so what shows up is two different groups. the commission comes back and finds in favor of hayes. as part of the political negotiation that struck to make him president, the southern states managed to -- democrats republicans to end things formally. what you see is over a decade and a half of a process of where african-americans are gradually excluded from the political process in the south. combination of state laws that go on the books and local laws that go on the books, such as poll taxes. the 1890's, both through law and through custom in the african-americans largely are no longer part of the political process. and that plays out in congress becausepost 1877 period you see the numbers drop off by the 1880's. in the 1880's and 1890's we only have five african-americans who are serving in congress at various points. usually it's only just one or two given any d

dollars they don't even count the ballots where they just get the numbers from the central electoral commission and they pooled their right numbers in the final protocols and the only thing for the commission members is to good this balance into the piles so their servers independent service can see their piles unfortunately or fortunately we question. will not recognize a few lost he's definitely in minority right now and he definitely has the crisis of legitimacy of the people in maine people in 30 other cities that were protesting less line we believe the question can receive more than 2025 percent the folds and now the question if they are the men who are all few shows they will or they will switch sides and they will support the will of people. well if this red line it's going to scare says that she will not accept the result what harm what can she do well what are her options. so a bunch of i was brave enough to stay in brothers because my prediction yesterday to one of the foreign media was that today all of the leaders of the position will be weak off the deal ready said logical most ca

on monday, the electoral commission said the incumbent had won 80% of the vote.despread boat thing. the political division comes after a night of sometimes violent protests across the country. the actor antonio banderas says he haste tespositive for covid-19 and is in quarantine. inwriton twitter, he said he is feeling well, but a bit more tirethan usual. he is the latest hollywood star to announce they have coronavirus. tom hanks and iis elba has also been second. you are watching "bbc world news a.amer still to com mandatory.sks parts of frace are telling people to cover up, but not everybody is listening. officials in hong kong have arrested a prominent media tycoonic on sun of colluding with foreign forces. the publisher of the popular "apple" daily newspaper is one of a doz pro-democracy activists to be detained. troublemaker who s tod him a incite riots and spread rumors with his newspapers. but i it is worth bearimind how popular his newspaper, "apple daily" is. it is very popular on y e pro-democrde. when jim eli -- jimmy lai was arreed, a popular tycoon

against houston government however because look at who can control of the elite controls the electoral commissions and crucially he controls the police and the security services i think by using all these methods he will be likely to stay in power we have seen that his reelection has been recognized by a number of powerful foreign players particularly by russia and by china and with this external support he will be able to use the state apparatus which is in his disposal disposal in order to keep power in belarus pay to the end do you expect protests to grow are we looking at something that's going to be snuffed out very quickly or something that will grow with time. why it is difficult to predict so far. one a century but the russians have not shows the vision courage of the last 2 days in the news and rome but on a look at this time they're saying that they will we have seen the call go out on our. feet on the internet that flickering in and out as you know it was shut down yesterday but there is still some sporadic connection people are able to connect to sporadically not only about all the thr

so they created special electoral commission composed of five senators, five supreme justices. in the results that come back, there were three southern states that had disputed returns. what shows up is two different groups, one for tilden, one for hayes. the commission comes back and finds in favor of haze, awarding him those votes. but is part of the political negotiation that is struck to make him president, the southern states manage, the democrats managed to push rick republicans to and reconstruct reconstruction formally. that happens in 1877. once that happens you see over a decade or a decade and a half, so process or african americans are gradually excluded from the political process in the south. it's a combination of state laws that go on the books local looks laws echoing the books, such as poll taxes. but by the 1890s, african americans largely are no longer part of the political process. that plays out in congress and that goes to the 1877 period because you see the numbers really drop off by the 18 eighties. in the 18 eighties and the 1890s, we only have five afr

statement from her or from her team but we do know that yesterday she went to the central electoral commission and she disappeared for several hours her campaign said that they weren't able to get in touch with her afterwards she then emerged and her press secretary said that she had made some sort of decision after which it appears that she that she left but we do know of course we don't know why she left but we do know of course that candidates in previous belorussian elections have been intimidated they've been arrested they've been attacked and that herself was only is only running in this election was only running in this election because her husband who had planned to be a candidate was arrested ahead of the elections one other candidate fled the country and another candidate was also arrested people say that critics say that that is for political reasons it's clear that the herself could have been in danger observers were saying that it was actually very brave that she was still in the country at all and yesterday there was even news on official government channels that the k.g.b. in be

police who responded with stun grenades despite the opposition's allegations of fraud the electoral commission says the results so far show look as shanker winning with 81 percent of the vote. in minsk and has been joining us by phone because of an internet blackout she has more on the protesters who've been battling with police into the early morning when they try to.

might happen yesterday thinks because she was held for 3 hours and they do them all central electoral commission i think it's just my idea that perhaps she was shown a video of her husband's have egypt and most perhaps beaten in the prison perhaps they threatened her that they're going to kill him or poison him or whatever and they are saying just interrupt you there you're saying that the very emotional statement that we see in our report is a forced statement unfortunately i didn't see exactly this statement but i think that might have been it that might this there might be recorded just after she she did take this decision you know you have 2 decisions what decisions are best and you're a given you know either you'll. either you or you will continue fighting but your relatives your friends and other people are risking with their lifes. i there you were agree on compromise and you give it away and perhaps you decided to give it away and k.g.b. i think be rebellious k.g.b. is of one of the most harshest secret services in the world they know all the soviet practices how to manipulate the person

parties and can't come to an agreement as to the house deciding it, so they create a special electoral commission composed to five senators, five representatives, and five supreme court justices. and in the results that had come back, there were three southern states that had disputed returns. so what shows up is two different groups, one for tilden, one for hayes. the commission comes back and finds in favor of hayes, awarding him those votes. but as part of the political negotiation that is struck to make him president, the southern states manage, democrats manage to push republicans to end reconstruction formally. and that happens in 1877. and once that happens, what you see over really a decade, decade and a half, is a process where african-americans are gradually excluded from the political process in the south. it's a combination of state laws that go on the books and local laws that go on the books, such as poll taxes. but by the 1890s, both through law and through custom in the south, african-americans largely are no longer part of the political process. and that plays out in congress in

another election victory at least one person was killed and dozens were injured in the unrest electoral commission says the president is on course to win 80 percent of the vote the opposition says the ballot was rigged. the french president emmanuel macro is denouncing what he calls a quote cowardly attack which killed 8 people in southern asia 7 of the victims worked for a charity their convoy was hit by a gunman at a giraffe nature park on sunday a bomb blast in pakistan's blotches stan province has killed 6 people and injured at least 15 others the explosion targeted a vehicle from drugs forces in the city of charmin close to the border with afghanistan there's been no claim of responsibility. those are your headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after witness adrian has the news from 10 g. half an hour of news from 11 g. one of us we'll see you soon. 0. is the government in this area to really address some of the structural issues we listen i still think that travel is the safest mode of travel and the spending we meet with global news makers the stories that matter which is their own

decision to push back september's election after consulting with rival political parties and the electoral commission if it comes to new zealand's largest city old plans went back into lockdown following a new outbreak of cases and says the election won't be delayed a 2nd tell you mary. was the quote a virus continues to spread across latin america. renewed restriction orders have sparked protests in the colombian capital. from bogota. streets have been cordoned off in this commercial area of central as another 2 weeks long lockdown comes into effect in 7 neighborhoods of the city shops are closed but hundreds of informal vendors are still trying to sell their products. police on foot and motorcycles pushing them away. we haven't received any help from the mayor we were promised $20.00 a month and food aid i haven't seen it we need to be outside working because hunger doesn't wait. on saturday dozens of shop owners took to the streets to protest against the new measures they dressed in mourning saying they were staging a funeral for the dying retail business in the city. the retail trade dies every d