a star turned politician and in uganda 38 year old bobby wine has inspired the younger generations voters were turning out in droves on thursday to have their say in a historic election that saw him face off against president yoweri museveni who's been in power for 35 years or bobby wine started his career addressing social injustices in his songs and he manifests a long tradition of politics through music in africa. to spread good gripes with his music singer from uganda winner of an m.t.v. music award has been a pop star for more than 20 years. his lyrics are political party wine tells it like it is giving a voice to the oppressed in his country. many people are good and they really want to use. their plight because they are not being but he realized singing wasn't enough to affect real change so 3 years ago bobby wine got into politics to try to change uganda from the ground up now he's running for president trying to topple ury most 70 has been in power for almost 35 years. is a different generation he's a representative of. a representative of the future. the 38 year old musician is

oh he's a reggae star turned politician and in uganda 38 year old bobby wine has inspired the younger generations voters were turning out in droves on thursday to have their say in a historic election that saw him face off against president. who's been in power for 35 years old bobby wine started his career addressing social injustices in his songs and he manifests a long tradition of politics through music in africa. surveillance bobby wine likes to spread good vibes with his music the singer from uganda winner of an m.t.v. music award has been a pop star for more than 20 years. his lyrics are political bobby wine tells it like it is giving a voice to the oppressed in his country and. many people are good and i really want to use every reporting to bore highlight their plight because they are not as lucky as i've been but he realized singing wasn't enough to affect real change so 3 years ago bobby wine got into politics to try to change uganda from the ground up now he's running for president trying to topple ury most 70 has been in power for almost 35 years. 70 is a different genera

for now bobby wine same unpopularity for his protection. a charismatic bobby wind there challenging the 70 in today's election in uganda and scott roxboro who's joining me to talk about this tradition of politics through music in africa scott there was a lot of focus in that report on bobby one the politician tell us a little bit more about him as a musician and how he expresses politics that way yeah i mean bobby was a fascinating figure i mean as an artist because there's really no gap between his pop and his his his politics i mean he expresses his policies directly through music often writing songs that are direct political messages i mean last year late early last year when the penned them i think on a virus pandemic hit like any politician bobby wine gave a sort of public safety message. but he did a different way he actually wrote a song about the safety surrounding the coronavirus and put everything to music ok let's see if we can just have a listen to that one on the coronavirus. your boss or shot. down over. the wire very. yes i me

uganda's high court says continued detention of opposition leader bobbie wine is unlawful the court has directed the police and the military to leave winds residence halls been under house arrest since january 15th a day off again this presidential election let's get more less or to cats and so we've been wanting developments from neighboring kenya stories from nairobi catherine what exactly is the court said. well the court has ordered like you mentioned that all the police officers in the military that have beseeched bobby wines home to leave immediately the lawyers presented their arguments on thursday with the popular ones lawrence says that saying that he and his wife barbie childline you have been illegally detained in a facility in a place that is not because that id which is his home which is not a prison facility so he needs to be they need to be released immediately and the police and security and military guarding his home needs to be removed but the lawyer representing the state on the other hand said that he is not under the custody of security forces they say that what he

stations counted oficial same was 70 has won at least 58 percent of the vote is main challenger bobby wine has just over 34 percent but has been rigged the final results are expected in around an hour from now as ringing in al-jazeera as katherine so income forest katherine with been here before of course not really a surprise that was 70 said to be in the lead bring us up to speed with the results then and the reactions to these early results. hi foley let me fast give you some information that is reaching us i've just spoken to bobby wind who says that he is effectively under house arrest he says that his house has been surrounded by security forces particularly the military he says he's not being allowed to leave he's called poems journalists who are there get called journeys for press conference and they have been blocked from accessing his compound so basically saying that he is under house arrest but we have spoken to some security officials here who are saying that bobby wine called the press conference to announce he's all in results and that is not allowed by law that's why people

dispatch the opposition rallies and protests quite violently targeting opposition leaders like bobby wine and patrick are more reactive been arrested several times but the wind says that so many of these election team members have been arrested and are being detained some have been killed yesterday yet attended the burials of one of his drivers who he said was killed by our soldiers on monday so a very intense period people saying that they are concerned that the result of the presidential result in these contacts said that there could be more violence because your in the 70s been in power for over 30 years i mean he must feel very uncertain about bobby wine as an opposition leader you must feel very threatened because we've never seen the incumbent president you might seem so agitated catherine in the time that he's been in office. absolutely bobbie wine is young he's 38 years old uganda has a very young population 75 percent of ugandans are below 35 years old to both the wind days that he speaks for them they relate to him they have only known a president who 7 years president they say

now bobby wine whose real name is rob it has rejected the election calling it a complete sham he claims ballot boxes was stuffed and that he spotted agents were beaten and chased away from some polling stations they head of the electoral commission say it all the wind should provide evidence of his claims now the largely peaceful election followed one of the most violent campaign in his with harassment interests of the opposition attacks on the media and scores of deaths. as this report from. the preliminary results house puts the incumbent you are 70 in an early lead but with less than half the votes tallied by friday afternoon his main challenger bobi wine is already challenging that he's citing fall play here in kampala where the opus's sion enjoys strong support there is a lot of anxiety the police and the military have deployed heavily and the government has maintained the internet shuts down your enemy 7 wants to lead uganda for 40 years but bobby one thinks that's too much but now that ugandans have decided the entire country awaits their final results on saturday and as you this

oh he's a reggae star turned politician and in uganda 38 year old bobby wine has inspired the younger generations voters were turning out in droves on thursday to have their say in a historic election that saw him face off against president yoweri museveni who's been in power for 35 years or bobby wine started his career addressing social injustices in his songs and he manifests a long tradition of politics through music in africa. also the wind likes to spread good vibes with his music the singer from uganda winner of an m.t.v. music award has been a pop star for more than 20 years. his lyrics are political the wine tells it like it is giving a voice to the oppressed in his country and. many people are good and i really want to use every highlight their plight because they are not as lucky as i have been but he realized singing wasn't enough to affect real change so 3 years ago bobby wine got into politics to try to change uganda from the ground up now he's running for president trying to topple ury most 71 has been in power for almost 35 years. is a different generation he's a repre

the entire world is watching a long time authoritarian incumbent against a singer by the name of bobby wine today wine said the government is using violence offline and online to intimidate voters. we know that. because you know there's not one. does not want. to our viewers on p.b.s. in the united states and to all of you around the world welcome we begin the day with a time impeached us president it was just 24 hours ago when the u.s. house of representatives democrats and republicans voted to impeach donald trump he is the only president in u.s. history to be impeached twice lawmakers are holding trump responsible for last week's deadly siege of the u.s. capitol the article of impeachment against him reads the president threatened the integrity of the democratic system interfered with the peaceful transition of power and imperiled a co-equal branch of government now it was one year ago when trump was impeached for the 1st time accused then of abusing his power to influence the presidential election you may remember not a single republican voted to impeach him then not the case yesterday

the entire world is watching a long time authoritarian incumbent against a singer by the name of bobby wine today wine said the government is using violence offline and online to intimidate voters. we know that. because you know most of it does not want to follow 'd and doesn't want. to our viewers on p.b.s. in the united states and to all of you around the world welcome we begin the day with a time impeached us president it was just 24 hours ago when the u.s. house of representatives democrats and republicans voted to impeach donald trump he is the only president in u.s. history to be impeached twice lawmakers are holding trump responsible for last week's deadly siege of the u.s. capitol the article of impeachment against him reads the president threatened the integrity of the democratic system interfered with the peaceful transition of power and imperiled a co-equal branch of government now it was one year ago when trump was impeached for the 1st time accused then of abusing his power to influence the presidential election you may remember not a single republican voted to impeach him been

the toll is expected to rise uganda's you to announce election results as presidential candidate bobby wine says the vote was rigged and on hold whatsapp postpones privacy changes that prompted many users to abandon the messaging service for its rivals. india has begun its tracks in addition campaign one of the biggest and most challenging in the world on saturday 300000 people are set to receive jobs nationwide with health care workers given priority india is using 2 vaccines the oxford astra zeneca vaccine any locally developed one called call vaccine india has the 2nd highest coronavirus case count in the world after the us. those who need the vaccine the most will get it 1st those who face the greatest risk of infection they will be vaccinated 1st are doctors nurses hospital sanitation staff medical and paramedical workers have the 1st right on the vaccine whether they are in government hospitals or a private one and they will be given priority. after that those who have the responsibility to manage essential services defense and law and order will be vaccinated these include our defens

who surveyed he was handed a 6 term in office extending his rule to 40 years his rival bobby wine remains at home tightly guarded by soldiers outside once party the national unity platform says he's under house arrest but they're determined to challenge the outcome of those days for what we're here to inform the country but. reject we are now through over the provisional action. announced yesterday by the e.c. do not in any way relate to the privilege spitted of the party pressed in most of any insists the vote was fair despite a crackdown on opposition candidates and internet shutdown and of growing international concern about the validity of the election for now uganda remains on edge with many calling for calm and an end to political upheaval my only hope for the best. and this country but that may not be easy the 76 year old president faces an undetermined opposition bolstered by young ugandans fed up with high levels of unemployment corruption and growing increasingly impatient with the old political order. demonstrations have continued in tunisia days after the 10th anniversary of t

but tonight, bobby wine finds himself surrounded in his home.ity forces patrol the area of the power of the government he wants removed. bobby wine told the bbc that he believes he is the clear winner. >> i'm not calling myself president-elect yet. but it is fake, fraudulent, and not a representation of what happen. reporter: bobby wine needs to present evidence of allegations. results they have released so far, taking a decisive and early lead. the 76-year-old has been in uganda for three decades and is in charge of the army and the police. he had this warning for his rivals. >> the real power is still in the hands of the old guard. business leaders, politicians, and army generals want to maintain the status quo and economic stability. they believe the state has failed them. they are not sure if the final results will be accepted. even though he is challenging the process. laura: 2021 will be a momentous year for germany as angela merkel steps down. party leader. jenny hill reports on the men vying for the top job. reporter: when she speaks, th

damaged and civil defense authorities are warning of strong aftershocks ugandan opposition leader bobby wine says the military has raided his home early a claim victory in the presidential elections official figures show the pop star turned politician trailing the incumbent you wary of any well placed said bobby wyman joins us on the phone line now from. tell us if you will as far as what you as far as you know what's happening at your home right now. bobby wine i'm hoping that you can hit me tell us what is happening right now. surrounded by they. jumped over the fence they have taken. down. my security guy the. bad. intel and it's completely shut down my phone and my wife's phone to phone the people that i am paid. by the telecom company. that is the situation now. and when i tried to ask them. earlier we spoke to a military official who said that their security presence outside your house is for your in benefits and they arrested somebody who was jumping over your rules so you would dispute that side of the argument would you. would certainly love to do that jump over my world. 'd around

uganda's high court says the continued detention of opposition leader bobby wine is unlawful the court has directed the police and the military to leave winds residence he's been under house arrest since january 15th the day after uganda's presidential election catherine so we've been monitoring developments from neighboring kenya i have not too long ago spoken to one of bobby wines a lawyer benjamin qatar knife he said there was headed at the time to some of these orders to the police and military commanders including the inspector general of police and he also told us he's aware and not holding his breath really because they have seen previously our security parys has failing to abide by a court order that has happened before with bobby wine it has happened with other opposition leaders like for example cuba best suggest he's an opposition leader who was previously contested for the presidential elections and 2016 he was put in the house arrest for 40 days and the security apparatus refused to a by court orders to have that leaf dead and you know in other cases as well so the lines l

uganda's high court rules the house arrest of the opposition leader bobby wine is unlawful and ask security personnel to leave the premises. leaders from around the world are attending a virtual summit today to try to close the gap between how rich and poor countries tackle climate change the meeting is hosted by the netherlands and it's the 1st of its kind in a clock explains. this summit is all about supercharging the effort to protect people and nature from the effects of a rapidly heating climate as well as the urgent need to reduce emissions we also need to defend ourselves it's already unavoidable impacts of climate change on fold we're seeing those impacts every day this was mozambique less than 2 years ago when cycling killed more than a 1000 people now literally today the country is again in pick itself up after cycling elouise swept through from australia to california wildfires are growing in intensity destroying whole communities to this floods droughts sea level rise all threats we need to adapt to adaptation is crucial because more than 1000000000 people around the world are h

but runner up bobby wine sees things differently in a phone interview the opposition leader described the results as an absolute fraud and pledged to soon release video evidence to back his claims. with soldiers and police around his residence whether they're there to protect the opposition leader or to intimidate him and keep him under unofficial house arrest is unclear. uganda has been under a government imposed internet blackout for 4 days one of africa's longest serving leaders is said to stay in power 76 year old you know wearing the 70 became president of uganda in 1986 back then he said that leaders who overstay their welcome were at the heart of africa's problems. well some sport now and in the bundesliga brasier dortmund had their hopes dashed when they hosted bottom placed minds the visitors took a shockley in the 2nd half 11 to knowledge showed off his skills with a beautiful strike into the top corner thomas moore near equalized for dortmund after 73 minutes and just 3 minutes later marco royce had the chance to give his side victory but his penalty shot was too wide. 11 w

hello i'm christine it's good to have your company bobbie wine has claimed victory in uganda is a presidential election the final result is expected on saturday but early tallies released by the electoral commission showed a strong lead for president. now bobbie y. whose real name is rob it has rejected the election calling it a complete sham he claims ballot boxes was staffed and that he's party agents were beaten and chased away from some polling stations they head of the electoral commission say it should provide evidence of his claims now the largely peaceful election followed one of the most violent campaign in he is with harassment interests of the opposition attacks on the media and scores of deaths. has this report from kampala. the preliminary results house puts the incumbent year where it was 70 in an early lead but with less than half the votes tallied by friday afternoon his main challenger bobi wine is already challenging that he's citing fall play here in kampala where the opus's sion enjoys strong support there is a lot of anxiety the police and the military have deployed heavil

but runner up bobby wine sees things differently in a phone interview the opposition leader described the results as an absolute fraud and pledged to soon release video evidence to back his claims. that. the soldiers and police around his residence whether they're there to protect the opposition leader or to intimidate him and keep him under unofficial house arrest is unclear. uganda has been under a government imposed internet blackout for 4 days one of africa's longest serving leaders is said to stay in power 76 year old you know wearing the 70 became president of uganda in 1986 back then he said that leaders who overstay their welcome were at the heart of africa's problems. and france nationwide 6 pm curfew to help stem the spread of the corona virus has taken effect residents face fines or even jail time if they don't comply infection rates in the country have stabilized but the government is concerned about the number of patients in hospital requiring intensive care treatment and says the measures are necessary and it's a blow to already hard hit restaurants and retailers. normal

the entire world is watching a long time authoritarian incumbent against a singer by the name of bobby wine today wine said the government is using violence offline and online to intimidate voters. we know that then it does mean. because you know most of it is not want it. and doesn't want. to our viewers on p.b.s. in the united states and to all of you around the world welcome we begin the day with a time impeached us president it was just 24 hours ago when the u.s. house of representatives democrats and republicans voted to impeach donald trump he is the only president in u.s. history to be impeached twice lawmakers are holding trump responsible for last week's deadly siege of the u.s. capitol the article of impeachment against him reads the president threatened the integrity of the democratic system interfered with the peaceful transition of power and imperiled a co-equal branch of government now it was one year ago when trump was impeached for the 1st time accuse them of abusing his power to influence the presidential election you may remember not a single republican voted to impeach hi

this is africa on the program today uganda's bobby wine say's he won a peaceful resolution to election why an interest in media off to early results showed a lead for presidential and was 70 just widespread for. me to be pretty thick broads. in other cases some people were ordered to vote in the prison if we weren't. as ugandans awaits the final was. the election the internet remains catchpole we'll be talking to an expert about the impact of this. and the 50th anniversary of the ass one day a massive feat of construction that shapes the course of modern day egypt. hello i'm christine it's good to have your company bobbie wine has claimed victory in uganda's presidential election the final result is expected on saturday but early tallies released by the electoral commission showed a strong lead for president you where. now bobbie y. whose real name is rob it has rejected the election calling it a complete sham he claims ballot boxes was stuffed and that he spotted agents were beaten and chased away from some polling stations the head of the electoral commission say it will be why and s

defacto house arrest of the country's opposition leader robert shadowline a popularly known as bobby wine has been unable to leave his home since january 14th after soldiers raided his property the military is now standing guard outside his compound but we one will have to wait until at least monday to learn whether his petition to remove them will be granted his lawyers say the confinement is a political ploy to stop him from appealing the results of last week's disputed elections which saw a long running president yoweri museveni elected to a 6th. meant he is a is a bit of a he is a competitor. physically like any other person who is denied food. spiritually he's really strong and determined to rid uganda of the tyranny bobbie one supporters to our defiant though many feel intimidated to some have said they are ready to demonstrate on the streets if called upon. their own way that. is not accepted even. if it's something from now we have to wait and see what what he does. get something from these people they are those which visit him and this group is. to get more on this i'm joined by

incumbent president he'll where even though $78.00 is declared the winner of national polls his rival bobby wine claims fraud amid an internet blackout. and the wonderfully got like big miss the chance to go top of the table against wall support we'll bring you all the highlights of the 4th gold thriller. i'm looking for this welcome to the program germany's governing c.d.u. party has chosen a new leader amin lusha the head of the country's most populous state party delegates elected lusha in a convention that's been postponed since last year due to the pandemic and took place mostly online the contest was necessary after aguilar medical's 2018 pick to leave the party resigned last that's a win puts him in a strong position to be c.d.u. chancellor candidate in the elections later this year but claiming that spot won't be easy. a centrist a team player a successful campaign or a c.v. you has chosen. to lead it in a year which will see elections in 6 german states and the national vote in september when i'm going to miracles time as chancellor will come to an end. in midair for most i am conscious

but runner up bobby wine sees things differently in a phone interview the opposition leader described the results as an absolute fraud and pledged to soon release video evidence to back his claims. that. the soldiers and police around his residence whether they're there to protect the opposition leader or to intimidate him and keep him under unofficial house arrest is unclear. uganda has been under a government imposed internet blackout for 4 days one of africa's longest serving leaders is said to stay in power 76 year old you're wearing the 70 became president of uganda in 1906 back then he said that leaders who overstay their welcome were at the heart of africa's problems. so for now and in the bundesliga lights issue are looking to bounce back from the think dorman last weekend but instead they suffered another setback to their title ambitions after being held to a troll involves. light to extradite knowing a win would at least temporarily put them top of the table but men faced tough opposition involved borg the hosts had won their last 5 home games but started this match snoozing

money are can barely walk without support the campaign coordinator of uganda's opposition leader bobby wine says he was beaten and tortured by the police put something. that. i had been connected to excuse me. by a korean what do i was shocked i his allegations come a day after you can dust long time preston you a new survey he was handed a 6 term in office extending his route to 40 years his rival bobby wine remains at home tightly guarded by soldiers outside winds party the national unity platform says he's under house arrest but they're determined to challenge the outcome of coasties fault we are here to formally country but in your p. reject we are now through out of the provision elections. the last announced yesterday by the e.c. do not in any way relate to the privilege would you put spitted as a party. preston was severely insists the vote was fair despite a crackdown on opposition candidates and it didn't shut down and it cruel international concern about the for that italy of the election for now you can't or remains an edge with many calling for calm and an end to political uphea

the standoff and ordered the creation of a committee to negotiate ugandan opposition candidate bobby wine says his home has been raided by the military as the accuses the ruling party of intimidation wine spoke to the media along with 2 other opposition candidates saying they'll work together to monitor thursday's a presidential election they also are supporters to help by reporting any suspicious activity of voting stations last night one of our team members my driver sometimes and works mainly as a mechanic. will show by the military and he passed away this morning and again this morning. my house was really. to get in those were taken away and my security guard was beaten very very badly catherine sawyer has more from come parla. this is not the 1st time we have seen a bobby wine and one of the candidates that was in that press conference called called patrick are more reactive seen them being arrested more people times detained they've been blocked from attending their campaigns bobby wind aids some of them have been killed in the last few weeks so they say that this is a government t

his main challenger bobby wine alleges the election has been rigged. candidate your team 7 to have a workable time having obtained the highest number of votes in the election and the votes cast in his offense being more than 50 percent who they voted to vote cast at the lection they lead to a commission they care your way 72 how will work of will power.

last week the official results shows frozen in 7 easily won a 6th term but opposition candidate bobby wine promised to provide evidence of vote fraud when the internet was reconnected and in the last few minutes he tweeted this heavily our military and police have once again raided our party offices and come parlor no one allowed to go in or come out of 70 after committing the most vile election fraud in history has resorted to the most despicable forms of intimidation . catherine sawyer joins us now with more from the capital kampala. bobi wine has been saying officials all he's party to national unity platform have also been saying that they have evidence of widespread irregularities of you know every bends over rigging in favor of president yoweri which have any there was a press conference on what house yesterday and officials of his party say that the i'm going to be moving to court they have 10 days to put together the evidence and presented before the supreme court for the saying that they are going to do that even if they do not trust the cost system they say they don't trust. cons

still ahead on al jazeera uganda's opposition led by pop star turned candidate bobby wine prepares a legal challenge over its presidential election hope on the horizon after more than 200000 deaths vaccine rather is about to begin in brazil. but. how i wish same flooding into parts of indonesia particularly just around borneo has seen some very heavy rainfall here recently but the west the weather over the next few days will be up towards the philippines central northern parts of the philippines seeing some to read downpours as heat of the day showers are really ramping up and we are allowed to see some localized flooding pushing back up towards lose on at this stage further south as usual scattering of showers players showers that down towards java and those showers just keeping the far north of australia but the northeast of australia the same some very wet weather recently here we have trouble psych loaned to me which is now just to the far northeast of queensland bringing some very heavy rainfall in here some pretty strong winds as well there is some localized flooding warnings i

of parliament betty now boozy has how to has had her house surrounded by the military just like bobby wine for the past several days there are also reports of at least 3 national unity platform candidates bobbie winds party who are bent abducted 2 of them remain missing as i'm speaking to you right now so this is really a widespread crackdown that's happening and very very concerning. you mention. obviously that when these allegations of vote rigging and interference camp are there the capital is known to be an opposition stronghold but president 70 to many people he represents security stability perhaps continuity he has his share of supporters in that country. he does of course just like any liberation movement leader as general most 7 it was nearly 4 decades ago he does retain support and one of the ways in which he has been able to do that is his system of patronage in the country when you've been in power for as long as he has longer than most ugandans have been alive for 35 years now this will be his 6th consecutive term in office are able to build up there was networks in are able t

who has alleged widespread i get regular irregularities electoral commission has said that bobby wine should back both claims the with evidence as reported in the story . bobbie one shoes journalists the soldiers deployed around his home he says they raided the house on friday security guards and arrested some this was after he made allegations of widespread voter in the presidential election the electoral commission has asked him to back up his claims with evidence. i know. still we are being attacked at home so yes. we have not shown us. military officials say the soldiers are around one's home or following suspicious unknown men who jumped over his fence there arrested one while the other 2 escaped a security we could not allow somebody to jump over the fence of a presidential candidate the presidential candidate is not an ordinary man presidential candidate must be given enough security because we don't know this person who decides instead of using the main gate to jump over the world what are the intentions the intention presidential results are coming out gradually and president

the bathtub or also coming up uganda's you to announce election results as presidential candidate bobby wine says a vote was rate. a search for survivors after a powerful earthquake in indonesia dozens are dead and the toll is expected to rise and the u.s. carries out its 13th federal execution in just 6 months donald trump has now received more executions in any u.s. president since the 19th century. india has begun its vaccination campaign one of the biggest and most challenging in the world on saturday 300000 people are set to receive jobs nationwide with health care workers given priority india's using 2 vaccines the oxford astra zeneca vaccine and a locally developed one called call vaccine india has a 2nd highest coronavirus case count in the world after the us are. great johnny. those who need the vaccine the most will get it 1st those who face the greatest risk of infection they will be vaccinated 1st are doctors nurses hospital sanitation staff medical and paramedical workers have the 1st right on the vaccine whether they are in government hospitals or a private one they will be giv

oh he's a reggae star turned politician and in uganda 38 year old bobby wine has inspired the younger generations voters were turning out in droves on thursday to have their say in a historic election that saw him face off against president. who's been in power for 35 years started his career addressing social injustices in his songs and he manifests a long tradition of politics through music in africa. to spread good gripes with his music singer from uganda winner of an m.t.v. music award has been a pop star for more than 20. his lyrics are political. like it is giving a voice to the oppressed.

the entire world is watching a long time authoritarian incumbent against a singer by the name of bobby wine today wine said the government is using violence offline and online to intimidate voters. we know that and it does mean completely because you know most of it does not want to follow and doesn't want. to our viewers on p.b.s. in the united states and to all of you around the world welcome we begin the day with a time impeached us president it was just 24 hours ago when the u.s. house of representatives democrats and republicans voted to impeach donald trump he is the only president in u.s. history to be impeached twice lawmakers are holding trump responsible for last week's deadly siege of the u.s. capitol the article of impeachment against him reads the president threaten the integrity of the democratic system interfered with the peaceful transition of power and imperiled a co-equal branch of government now it was one year ago when trump was impeached for the 1st time accused them of abusing his power to influence the presidential election you may remember not a single republican vot

uganda's high court rules the house arrest of the opposition leader bobby wine unlawful and ask security personnel to leave the premises. the most vulnerable countries are those that are least responsible for the climate change world leaders are set to meet virtually to come up with a plan to deal with the effects of global warming especially on poor countries. was was also ahead 10 years after the revolution in egypt we look at what's changed and what hasn't. and sport n.f.l. superstar tom brady will be playing in his record super bowl quarterback led his team the tampa bay buccaneers to victory over the how. are. we begin with the pandemic and the global number of corona virus infections quickly approaching 100000000. ording to johns hopkins university the track of the world is about $800000.00 cases away from reaching that milestone it could happen in the next 24 hours meanwhile countries are struggling to balance measures with growing anger over a lack of action or strict to lock downs the mexican president who has faced criticism in the past over qubit 19 management has tested posit

early results from uganda a long time president during the 70 in the lead as opposition candidate bobby wine accuses him of rigging the vote. censorship concerns grow in hong kong as the leading internet firm says it will block websites promoting what it calls illegal acts. and through the sports news a motorcycle rider has died after a crash at the deco rally i'm supposed to read about his concerns cameroon gets ready to host football's african nations championship with a limited number of fans inside stadiums. welcome to the news hour we begin with breaking news out of the netherlands and the dutch government has collapsed over a child care subsidies scandal that had a devastating impact on thousands of families prime minister mark critz and his cabinet have quit after a report blamed them for mismanaging the subsidies thousands of parents were wrongly accused of fraud and some were even forced into bankruptcy writs will remain in office in a caretaker capacity until elections are held already scheduled for march let's get the latest from south boston she's joining us from amsterdam so tal

ugandan opposition to bobby wine says his life is in danger after armed security forces were deployed to surround his home and they arrived soon after pop star the pop star time politician claimed victory in the country's presidential election early results from size days vote show him trailing incumbent leader you're wearing a 70 bobby wine is rejected the figure is a sham claiming that's been widespread irregularities and votes interference he says you'll be able to provide evidence wants uganda's internet is restored or bobby winds fight trounces there over the phone ali and describe the scene at his house my house is being surrounded by them and they jump over the fence taken over my compound with a ridge that my figuratively. weakening so bad. comes will the internet completely shut down my and my wife's phone and her before the the people that i agreed with blocked by the telecom company. that is the situation now really through it because over my house and the will occur to us when we are not. even as we speak i can see them outside my compound the roots of my crew together and

election last week that's up to washington's ambassador to kampala try to visit opposition leader bobby wine wine claims president seventies reelection was fraudulent and he says he's effectively been under house arrest since the weekend catherine so he has more from kampala. the u.s. has been very critical of this election process from the very start even before polling day. us said it's not going to observe these elections because the electoral commission has refused to accredit most of it observers they said that the embassy here said that the election process has been deeply flawed lacks transparency and accountability now about the u.s. ambassador natalie brown she did visit the ones home yesterday she says she just wanted to go and check on him how his doing how he's althea's but he was she was blocked by security forces who have besieged his home for a number of days now we have spoken to the government spokesman or foreign or pando who has said that the u.s. is meddling in the political affairs of the country in the electoral process and he said that the ambassador needed to follow t

polling stations counted official samus 70 has won at least 58 percent of the vote is main challenger bobby wine has just over 34 percent but claims the election has been rigged the final results are expected in less than an hour catherine sawyer has more from kampala have just spoken to bobbie why and with is that he is effectively under house arrest that he has been surrounded by security forces particularly the military he say he's not being allowed to leave he called who are their. friends and they have been blocked from he compound so basically saying that he is under house arrest but we have spoken to the kuwaiti official here who are saying that bobby wine called a press conference to announce he's all in revolt and that is not allowed. india has begun its vaccination campaign one of the biggest and most challenging in the world on saturday 300000 people are set to receive jobs nationwide with health care workers given priority india's using 2 vaccines the oxford astra zeneca vaccine any locally developed one called kovacs in india has a 2nd highest coronavirus case count in the world aft

it was 70 face the stiffest battle of his 35 years in office from the pop star turned politician bobby wine but the singer who is currently under virtual house arrest by security services has told his supporters to reject the results the country's election commission says was 70 secured more than 58 percent with nearly $6000000.00 votes while bobby wine took just under 35 percent and nearly 3 and a half 1000000 votes. i therefore sunk. the bit of uganda. in with numbers and voting for the candidates and for the parties. i think this may turn out to be the most. read election since 962. catherine has been reporting on the story from a capital camp. he has been talking about his achievements about the history of his leadership and which govern the achievement of his government on especially matters to do with health the economy agriculture as well but the crux of it all was at the beginning of his statement when he talked about the election he said that the election was largely free and fair but he did also mention. that there was an attempt to rig he talked about unknown individuals who atte

uganda's high court rules house arrest of opposition leader bobby wine on norful and all security personnel to leave the premises. this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up. mexico's president becomes the latest world leader to test positive for corona virus but says his symptoms are mild and he is optimistic. president joe biden plans to renew a travel ban on several countries as the number of covert 19 infections in the u.s. passes 25000000. we look at how much has changed in the 10 years since egypt's revolution calling for an end to poverty unemployment and corruption. uganda's high court has issued an order directing the police on the military to leave opposition leader bubby winds residents wind says he has been on the house arrest since january 15th a day off to presidential elections were held the court says his detention is unlawful. let's go straight to catherine so it's been monitoring developments from neighboring kenya she joins us live from nairobi good to see you catherine what exactly is the court said. judge michael lubow agreed with the defense that's the winds lawy

according to their final results the 76 year old won nearly 59 percent of the votes his main challenger bobby wine got almost 35 percent but he says the election was rigged and soldiers are preventing him leaving his house. candidate your team 7 to have a workable time having obtained the highest number of votes in the election and the votes cast in his defense being more than 50 percent voted to vote cast actually the electoral commission the career as your way 7200 well. elected president of the republic of uganda let's bring in katherine so she's joining us from kampala and we are expecting the 70 to speak any moment now what do we expect him to say. well we expect with 70 days in a couple of hours obviously he's going to thank the people of uganda for choosing him the electoral commission as a right now are still at the tallying center in front of me taking some questions but as you say d.s.a. was expected this result was expected he has been leading the president has been leading decisively from the very start but it is a result that has already been rejected by bobby wide who says that he ha

the ugandan military surrounds the house of presidential challenger bobby wine who rejects results which give the company away most of vanity and only leave. the dutch government resigns after a child care benefits scandal thousands of families have been falsely accused of defrauding the state. well the world has reached another tragic milestone in the fight against corona virus 2000000 people are now known to have died after contracting covert 19 just over a year after the pandemic began the united nations secretary general is calling for a joined up approach to save more lives. which the heart wrenching as though the coffin. plate 2000000 lives behind the steady numbers and names and faces the smile now. the seats whatever at the dinner table the ruled that the silence of a loved one. sadly the deadly impact of the pandemic as been made worse but yes of the global efforts in the memory of those 2000000 souls the world must think we try to debate that so that 80 brazil's causing particular concern average daily cases are up by 44 percent in the past 2 weeks as 2 new variations of the vi

i did speak to bobby wine i live. and human pain as he stated he has been saying that this and next is unfair to he say that he has evidence of widespread irregularities overeating and save all presidents 7 he did not show his evidence he said that he's going to present his evidence once the internet is back to abdullah now the electoral commission has also addressed these claims saying that he needs to prove beyond reasonable doubt. to back his claims of vote rigging and he also told me that he's home is still being surrounded by the military his movements us the v.a.d. restrict said he's busy says i'm not being allowed to access his compound we've seen that we've done the list as well we're trying to access his home crowd and if they could not we also spoke to he's agents of the tally sense of who i say does that to even the toddling process was unfair to them they're weighing options saying that they could consider going to the to the supreme court to challenge the results but they also say that they do not believe

official results shows president yoweri most 70 easily won a 6th term but opposition candidate bobby wine is promising to provide evidence of vote fraud italy's prime minister decepticon taze facing 2 days of parliamentary votes that will decide whether his coalition can stay in power these are live pictures from the lower house contain needs the approval of the chamber and the senate if he fails is administration could be forced out of office. the news continues here on al-jazeera after inside story. millions of ugandans know no other leader thank you nobody must 70 yet again he has won another term in power but he's accused of cracking down on his opponents and critics so could dissent triggered turmoil in this african country this is inside story. i don't want to the program i'm convinced one of africa's longest serving davis is heading toward 4 decades and poll after winning an election his opponent has branded a complete fraud but this time your god as president what it was 70 faced his toughest ever challenged on the pop star turned politician bobby wine on his being on the heavy gu