abdalla abdalla. >> well ahead of his competitor abdalla abdalla. with 4.4 million votes to abdalla's 3.4 million. ghani had come in second in the first round. >> 56.44% for ashraf ghani and 45.6% for abdalla. >> reporter: the election commission says these results are not final. now another commission takes over to investigate complaints. fraud allegations delayed this announcement by five days. perhaps the biggest objection will that be nearly 8 million ballots were cast, a million more than in the first round. abdalla insists that more than 2 million votes are fraudulent. he didn't want any results announced before her his allegations were investigated. >> what is the solution for it? or in the other side, we are saying that auditing should take place. >> ghani said he did so well in his second round because he was able to mobilize his supporters especially women. his party members want 11,000 ballot boxes reexamined for irregularities before they will accept the results. jennifer glasse, al jazeera, exul. >> threimul. kabul. >> a cargo train was crog cross -- cross being that bridge at the time

abdalla abdalla. ghani had come in second in the first round. >> 56.44% for ashraf aghani and 45.6 per for abdalla. >> are the election official says these results are not final. then another commission is to certify these complaints. 8 million were cast a million more than in the first round. abdalla insists more than 2 million votes are fraudulent. he didn't want any results announced before these results were investigated. >> if any ballot box is stuffed in our side, what is the solution for it? or on if other side, we are saying that further auditing should take place. >> ghani said he did well in the second round because he was able to mobilize his support, especially among women. 11,000 ballot boxes need to be expelled for irregularities. >>> one of the most influential statemen of the 20th century dies at age 46. >>> and the football world mourns the passing of one of its greatest players. rs. >>> but first to kenya where police have fired tear gas to break up antigovernment protests. >>> addressing security crumtion and thcorruption in kenya. katherine soy reports. >>> they threw stones at the

abdalla abdalla. al jazeera's jennifer glasse has more from kabul. >> 4.4 million to abdalla's 3.4 million. ghawn t ghani had come in second in the preliminary round. gltion the election commission says these results are not final. now another commission takes over to investigate complaints. fraud allegations delayed this announcement by five days. perhaps the biggest objection will be that nearly 8 million blots were cast, a million more than in the first round. abdalla insists that nearly 2 millioninging votes were fraudulent. he didn't want any results announced until his allegations were investigated. >> ballot box stuffed in our side what is the solution for it? other side, we are saying that further auditing should take place. >> reporter: ghani says he did so well because he was able to mobilize his supporters, especially women. want 11,000 ballot boxes reexamined for irregularities before they will accept the results. jennifer glasse, al jazeera, kabul. >> got away from boko haram friday while fighters were queadged in a major attack. meanwhile the nigerian government said it was mov

one of the presidential candidates abdalla abdalla accused the, glrks the church's national assembly approved the historic measure, at its meeting in york. that is the north of england. members did not approve the move two years ago despite move from bishops and italy. crews are preparing to move the costa concordia to northern italy this week. aalal jazeera's belle lupton has more. >> almost 300 meters in length for the engineers working on what's left of the costa concordia, two meters signals a much bigger success. >> translator: everything we had planned has gone the right way. today we started unloading the wreck progressively. in half an hour the ship detached from the platform. the ship is floating thanks to inflatables. >> for two and a half years, this shipwreck has been an unwanted addition to the shore line of gilio. last september it was hauled onto a temporary platform to sit upright. these boxes are making the ship float slowly to the surface, a little like swimmers arm bands. already it has cost $1 billion. the captain of the costa concordia remains on trial for mansla

abdalla abdalla accuse each other of fraud. >> what is most likely that ghani will be declared the winner. even if you allocate a majorities of the fraudulent votes on both sides, ghani appears to be the victor. it seems that abdalla will accept the consolation prize of a much stronger prime minister role. abdalla lost to karzai in the previous presidential election, there's bad blood. there's no consult the entire idea of a unity government we're back to square 1. >> wunonce again, the recount continues. >>> fighting aids around the world. scientists are coming together for one of the largest conferences of its time. where the conference stands and where they hop to accomplish moving forward. >>> how the governmental recruits and uses its domestic spies. >> welcome back to al jazeera america. here are the top stories we're following right now. the u.n. security council is holding an emergency meeting on the crisis in gaza. this comes after the armed wing of hamas says it has captured an israeli soldier. israel's ambassador to the u.n. has denied these claims. at least 60 have died in the past 24 hours. >>> in eastern ukraine, pro-russian sprafts say they have the -- separatists say they have the black boxes from

ing abdalla abdalla says the results are fraudulent as does ashraf b ghani. >>> tomorrow angela merkelwill meet with china's president. stay with us because we're going to examine the issues on the table coming up in the week ahead, about 15 minutes from now, 11:30 eastern, 8:30 pacific. >>> the president of egypt seems to be. verdicts verdict had a negative effect and he wished the journalists had not been put on trial. peter greste, mohamed fahmy, and baher mohamed, sentenced up to ten years in jail. al jazeera continues to call for their immediate release. >>> peter greste's family is launching a website where people can contribute to the campaign to free him. the family is raising money to hire a new legal team for appeal. peter greste's brother spoke about his parents recent meeting with peter in cierp. >> well, as you'd imagine it was quite emotional. it's the first time they've visited him or seen him for six months in the flesh. and they were certainly tears shed. >> florence louie, reports from australia at the announcement. >> his family is looking towards hiring a new legal

last month's presidential runoff ended with both candidates, abdalla abdalla and ashraf ghani makingof corruption. the u.s. secretary of state john kerry came to kabul to broker a deal. now afghanistan is conducting the biggest election review process in history. >> leading up to the agreement, i think people were starting to prepare for serious conflict. and this is only chance to really -- to save the election. >> reporter: so every one of the eight million votes cast is being reviewed, one by one with a checklist to help separate the good from the bad. all the ballot processes are being brought to kabul with the help of nato forces, a big operation. it involves representatives of both candidates, the international community, the election commission, observers from thobserversfrom the unitedg over it all. >> so far they've only done a few hundred boxes in the first five days and already there's been a dispute. ghani supporters walked out saturday over which ballots should be valid. >> if it were accepted, a person with a fingertip wasn't -- fingerprint wasn't accepted. >> guards wa

abdalla abdalla and ashraf ghani, the u.s.retary of state john kerry came to kabul to broker a deal. now afghanistan is conducting the biggest election review process in history. >> leading up to the agreement, i think people were starting to prepare for serious conflict. and this is the only chance to really save the election. >> reporter: so every one of the 8 million votes cast is being reviewed. one by one. with a checklist to separate the good votes from the bad. all the ballot boxes are being brought here to kabul with the help of nato forces, above all a big operation. >>> it is a complex process, that involves both candidates, the international community, the election commission, with united nations officers watching over it all. they are hoping to do 100,000 boxes a day. so far they have only done afew hundred boxes, all right, the ghani group walked out. >> the fingerprints weren't accepted. >> it took a day to resolve that dispute alone. security is tight, with guards watching over observers and the boxes. and every

. >> last month's presidential runoff ended with both candidates, abdalla abdalla and ashraf ghani making accusations of fraud. that left the people in afghanistan in the middle of a dangerous standoff. the u.s. secretary of state john kerry came to kabul to broker a deal. >> leading up to the agreement, i think people were starting to prepare for you know serious conflict and this is only chance to really save the election. >> reporter: so every one of the 8 million voas coos is being -- votes is being reviewed one by one to help separate the good votes from the bad. all the ballot boxes are being brought here to kabul we -- with the help of nato forces. >> the international community, the election commission with observers from the united nations watching over it all. they're hoping eventually they'll be able to look at a thousand boxes per day. so far they've only done a few hundred boxes in the first five days and already there has been a dispute. ghani supporters walked out over which ballots should be accepted. >> if someone put a fingerprint was not accepted, it's agreed by boat te