rabuka accused the outgoing government of stoking �*fear and chaos' to derail his return to power.ontest between two former military strongmen, sit—iveni rabuka lead two military coups in the south pacific archipelago in 1987, he went on to serve as prime minister the 19905, to serve as prime minister the 1990s, as rival in this election is frank bainimarama, former navy commodore, who seized power in fiji in 2006. over the years he gradually restore democracy, winning elections in 2014 and 2018 but his defeat this week brings to an end 16 years in powerfor mr binding brahma, neither of these two men managed to win and outright majority at the ballot box, so in the end it came down to a small party that has decided to support sitiveni rabuka, his coalition government is promising greater freedoms for fijians, and also a more inclusive style of government in a country with a sizeable ethnic indian community. the peaceful transfer of power will be a test for fiji's democracy, it has been fragile in the past, of course fiji is a country with a history of armed coups. phil mercer, bbc

rabuka is expected to pursue tighter ties with u.s. allies australia and new zealand, while the current leader maintained a close relationship with china. the moroccan prime minister is suing josÉ bovÉ, a former member of the european parliament, for defamation after bovÉ accused him of attempting to bribe him into supporting a free trade agreement between morocco and the european union. bovÉ, a french farmer, labor activist, and politician, made the revelations on live radio last week. >> the minister of agriculture cannot -- you propose to send a give to me. that we should meet between christmas and new year's day. >> the money he is offering? cooked what else to think it was? it was not a teapot. amy: bovÉ has opposed trade deals with morocco that include products from western sahara, which morocco has occupied since 1975. this comes amid a growing corruption scandal in the european parliament, where muiple lawmakers are acced ofcceptingribes fromhe governments of morocco and qatar. go to democracynow.org to see our coverage of that

rabuka accused the outgoing government of stoking "fear and chaos" to derail his return to power.thiopian airlines crash nearly four years ago which led to the worldwide grounding of boeing 737 max aircraft. all 157 people on board were killed. the nairobi—bound plane came down minutes after take—off from addis ababa. the investigation concluded that a software failure was to blame. twitter has in the past few days removed a feature that promoted suicide prevention hotlines to users that look up certain content. the removal of the safety feature, #thereishelp, has not been officially announced, but various organisations noticed its disappearance and expressed concern. twitter and its new owner elon musk have not commented. just over a week ago twitter disbanded its trust and safety council. the canadian government says that one of the best—known polar bear populations in the world is in serious decline, almost certainly as a result of climate change. the town of churchill, in manitoba province, is known as the polar bear capital of the world. but a survey has found the number of p

rabuka accused the outgoing government of stoking �*fear and chaos' to derail his return to power.peech which is expected to pay tribute to the legacy of his mother, queen elizabeth. a picture has been released showing the king as he recorded this year's message in the chapel where a committal service was held during the queen's funeral in september. let me show you the pictures live in paris. we are still seeing a lot of disruption on the central streets of paris with the kurdish community who have been protesting peacefully untiljust have been protesting peacefully until just a have been protesting peacefully untiljust a short time ago. a lot of tear gas has been fired by the police. this comes after a gunman, who described himself as racist, attacked central paris yesterday. seem to be targeting the kurdish cultural centre, three people were killed and three injured. the kurdish community feeling very unsafe now. president macron and the police trying to issue reassurance, but also questions why the gunmen was released. he has been released from custody after a violent attack on

rabuka accused the outgoing government of stoking "fear and chaos" to derail his return to power.ide prevention hotlines to users that look up certain content. the removal of the safety feature, #thereishelp, has not been officially announced, but various organisations noticed its disappearance and expressed concern. twitter and its new owner elon musk have not commented. just over a week ago twitter disbanded its trust and safety council. ethiopian investigators have completed their final report into an ethiopian airlines crash nearly four years ago which led to the worldwide grounding of boeing 737—max aircraft. all 157 people on board were killed. the nairobi—bound plane came down minutes after take—off from addis ababa. the investigation concluded that a software failure was to blame. a wave of industrial action has been affecting different sectors of the uk economy from postal workers, ambulance staff, to uk borderforce officials. thousands of nurses will go on strike onjanuary 18th and 19th, with more dates to be confirmed in the new year. the royal college of nursing, says

rabuka accused the outgoing government of stoking �*fear and chaos' to derail his return to power.l report into an ethiopian airlines crash nearly four years ago which led to the worldwide grounding of boeing 737—max aircraft. all 157 people on board were killed. the nairobi—bound plane came down minutes after take—off from addis ababa. the investigation concluded that a software failure was to blame. the french president, emmanuel macron, has condemned a shooting at a cultural centre in paris as an �*odious attack�* on the country's kurdish population. three people were killed and three injured by the gunman, who had just been released from detention for targeting a migrant camp a yearago. following the attack, us secretary of state antony blinken sent his �*deepest sympathies to the victims of the attack at the kurdish cultural center in paris�*. also saying via twitter: �*my thoughts are with the members of the kurdish community and people of france on this sad day.�* clashes later broke out between police and a large crowd which had gathered at the scene. protesters started a f

as votes began to be tallied on wednesday, siti—veni rabuka held an early lead. the lead. the elections office said they had to review the entire mechanism that were pushing out results. yan bingtao has become the latest chinese player to be suspended from the world snooker tour as part of an on going investigation into match fixing. he's the highest profile player to become embroiled in the investigation and his suspension comes just days five other chinese players were also suspended. earlier i spoke to snooker commentator elliott west about this latest suspension. i think the biggest shock, obviously a top 16 player and we don't know what has happened regarding this individual case, but it is worrying. if you look at the history of snooker, there is a number of players over the years that have been involved in match fixing, some of them have got fines, some of them have been suspended from the game, and obviously, this is bad for snooker, we don't want anything like this and we want it cleared up as soon as possible. china is a massive market for the game, a l

minister, frank bainimarama, and his fiji first party are facing the people's alliance, led by sitiveni rabuka move away from beijing's influence, should he win. for all its recent success, south korea has a dire record on women's rights. it has the worst gender pay gap of any wealthy nation country, and men dominate its boardrooms and politics. but rather than promising to tackle the issue, south korea's new president wants to close its ministry for gender equality, and women fear they could be about to lose their hard—fought gains. our seoul correspondent jean mackenzie's report contains details relating to sexual assault and suicide, which some viewers may find distressing. many women in south korea are angry. the new president here has claimed structural sexism is a thing of the past. but you need only scratch the surface to reveal shocking discrimination. when eunice started herjob as a clerk at a major bank, she was told to make the lunch and wash the hand towels in the men's bathroom. they said, "this fell to me as the newest female member of staff." i said, "wouldn't it be better for t