ashraf ghani's campaign said a few minutes ago that it would not accept any changes to the process, not this far into the process, so we have an impasse for the critical vote to determine afghanistan's next president. >>> all of the assessments point to the fact that christian abbiati has come out the -- abdullah abdullah has come out the lose are. with 70% of quotes recounted, it shows his opponent to have gotten more votes. are these the complaints of the loser in this battle. >> the ghani campaign says that's the case, the reason abdullah abdullah things they are going to lose and will make excus excuses. we have seen a small portion of the validation count come back. it doesn't take into account the critical boxes that both think are the controversial, those 6,000 or so are being evaluated. and that has been halted. after the second round of elections, preliminary results showed ashraf ghani ahead by more than a million, and that is what triggered a lengthy recount and review of all 8 million votes cast. and this lengthy process to choose afghanistan's new president has damaged the

officials must died how many votes that gave ashraf ghani the lead will be thrown out. >> nobody will get everything they want. whether one or two accept it or a nation of 32 people, if one million don't accept it, it won't be the end of the world. both candidates have been met. the long delay damaged the economy and security. >> in pakistan an anti-government protest shows no sign of ending even though demonstrators are falling ill. thousands have been camped out in islamabad since august 14th. protestors hope to force nawaz sharif to resign. that has not happened. protesters are getting sick, being treated for dehydration and food disorders. >>> rockets fell on a hospital in donetsk. the ukraine government attacked badly damaging the morgue and other sections of the hospital. pro-russian militia hold most of the city. hundreds of thousands of residents have been driven away. the attack coming hours before parades held in the government held parts of ukraine. they marked the 1991 independence from the soviet union. rebels in donetsk took the opportunity to mock their opponents. >> re

abdullah abdullah or ashraf ghani, is going to have to admit that they lost. that is not going to be easy for an afghan politician to admit. ashraf ghani would not only have to admit he lost, he will have to admit he cheated in an industrial scale and tried to steal the election. that is going to be hard. let us assume we can get over this hurdle. next year, we are going to see whether the president's gamble that we can build an afghan army, -- president obama's gamble -- build an afghan army good enough that it could contain the taliban will pay off. it has always been a gamble. at this point, indications look like the afghan army is holding by and large but there are troubling individual incidents. there were some fights in kandahar this last week. in which the afghan army looks like it did fairly poorly. we have to watch this thing very closely over the next two years. it could unravel just like iraq. that is why we need to be very careful not to set all of our decisions about our force will be in january 2017 today. the president has backed himself into a

and now ashraf ghani's guys have been told, well, you guys go home, the u.n. will continue this without you. it is beginning to feel like where do they go to from here? the election is working, president karzai is leaving next week -- to where, who knows? if he really is. you are approaching a situation where the fields that the worst-case scenario for afghanistan, and i don't say that lightly. i know a lot of the western press can be or is perceived to be unduly pessimistic about a place like afghanistan. i think in this case, i know personally we have tried to take it at face value and be optimistic to a degree. with each render the election, well, people are voting. this isn't a failure. sure, that's got problems, what country doesn't? the process seems to have broken down that it doesn't seem you can walk it back, that the capacity to sit and talk forever is being dried up. partly it is that these are a series of imposed deadlines set by president karzai himself, set by the americans. we have got this 2014 date coming and in nato and they have got to that

ashraf ghani has pulled his team out of the process in the interest of, he says, fairness. the u.n. is determined to finish the accounting of all the votes, even without the presence of the candidates. >> the withdrawal is regrettable but will not disrupt the continuation of a robust and credible audit that will, to the best of our abilities, deliver a result that afghan voters can have confidence in. >> the deadlock over the poll has raised concerns of instability in the country. some fear abdullah abdullah supporters could take to the street if their candidate loses as widely predicted. and with u.s.-led combat troops preparing to withdraw completely by the end of the year, the international community wants to ensure a smooth transition of power in a country where they have spent billions of euros and lost thousands of lives. >> the french government is asking air france to suspend all flights to the largest city in sierra leone in response to the ebola epidemic in the region. >> the government says the epidemic' in liberia and sierra leone trumpet its request -- the aepidemic's g

. >> one-time finance minister, ashraf ghani, and abdullah abdullah, both claimed victory in the election. the former rivals have agreed to form commissions to work on the structure of the next government but only one will be president when the results of a u.n. supervised election recount comes through. the u.s. brokered a deal aimed to defuse sectarian tensions over the presidential elections regardless of who leads in the current recount. >> this audit is not about winning and losing. it's about achieving the credible result that people of afghanistan demand and deserve. >> both candidates can now be certain that they will have a say in the government. >> from now on, i hope that the people of afghanistan will be more hopeful, will have much better sense of certainty. >> the agreed time line will allow western leaders to meet their new afghan counterpart at the nato summit in early september. >> we hoped that by end of august that results of the audit will be completed and the next president of afghanistan will be inaugurated. >> while afghans don't know who has won, the most urgent ch

and now ashraf ghani's guys have been told, well, you guys go home, the u.n. will continue this without you. it is beginning to feel like where do they go to from here? the election is working, president karzai is leaving next week -- to where, who knows? if he really is. you are approaching a situation the fields that the worst-case scenario for afghanistan, and i don't say that lightly. i know a lot of the western press can be or is perceived to be unduly pessimistic about a place like afghanistan. i think in this case, i know personally we have tried to take it at face value and be optimistic to a degree. with each render the election, well, people are voting. this is a failure. -- this isn't a failure. sure, that's got problems, what country doesn't? the process seems to have broken down that it doesn't seem you can walk it back, that the capacity to sit and talk forever is being dried up. partly it is that these are a series of imposed deadlines set by president karzai himself, set by the americans. we have got this 2014 date coming and in nato and they h

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abdalla abdalla claims that his opponent ashraf ghani stuffed ballot boxes. observers from the audit say three are unhappy with the u.n. process. >> the withdrawal is regrettable but will not descrups the completion of a robust audit. >> the independent elections commission is calling on candidates to return to the table. that audit was part of a u.s. brokered deal to ease tensions and help afghanistan's new democracy. >>> also from afghanistan, a story about a child abduction. imagine your estranged spouse taking the kids for weekend and then dispearg disappearing. 16 months ago a british mother found that her afghan born husband had taken her three sons, including her youngest just two months okay old. al jazeera's jennifer glasse has that story. >> it's been list than a day since attorney kim motley picked up three boys in northern afghanistan where her former husband's been hiding them. motley brought them to the afghan capital. >> i think they're very traumatized. they are speaking dhari. they are very much connected with each other. they are -- the elde

in warehouses like this on the edge of kabul, afghans are waiting to see who won the election - ashraf ghani or abdullah abdullah. day after day supporters argue over which ballots will count, like this dispute over a ballot box in eastern afghanistan. >> we have 568, in the registry. 568 votes. when we open the box. there was nothing. >> so he wants the votes thrown out. that will be the decision of the election commission. the deputy chief is satisfied with the progress here. >> i am confident because such a thorough review has never been done anywhere in the world. it's 100% outed the by afghan observers. -- audited by afghan observers. >> reporter: when preliminary results last month gave ghani a million vote lead, his opponent alleged fraud and threatened to form his own government. secretary of state john kerry has been trying to resolve the deadlock. the autogoing president, hamid karzai, would like to see all of this wrapped up in time for his success sore to be inaugurated on september 2nd. 6,000 ball the have been chosen for a recount. >> each chose half. they have taken longer to

abdullah abdullah's campaign accused a deputy of fraud in favour of abdullah abdullah's rival ashraf ghani. the office denied the charge and the audit it expected to take weeks. >> the fight for the separatist stronghold of donetsk is intensifying. >> government forces are shelling separatist positions in and around the city. civilians are trying to flee. some of the most vul ner enable people are unable to escape. we have this report from a home for the elderly in donetsk. >> reporter: this woman tries to call her grandson. he used to visit all the time. she has not heard from him since the fighting started. she is one of more than 160 passengers living in a care home on the outskirts of donetsk, close to the front line. >> translation: i used to be an optimistic person, thinking that the war would not last long. now i think it will continue. >> reporter: this woman owns and manages the nursing homes. pensions have stopped coming through. relatives can't pay the fees. she's using her savings to keep the place open. she's running out of money and supplies. sometimes it's all too much. >> t

ashraf ghani has also pulled his people out. >>> world health organisation shut one of two laboratoriesseerar, after a worker -- sierra leone, after a worker contracted the disease. >>> obama repeated a commitment not to allow u.s. ground troops to return. >> threats to citizens abroad, like in iraq and syria, as commander in chief, the security of the american people is my highest priority, that's why with the beautiful terrorist group i.s.i.l., i have authorised targeted strikes to protect diplomats and military advisors. comments come as the iraqi prime minister designates haider al-abadi races to form a government to deal with the vice sis. political leaders are aiming to complete the government before that. they announced a government programme to resolve issues. our correspondent has more now from the ricky capital. >> not far from here iraq's new prime minister designate is sitting with political leaders to form not just a new government, but agree on what the government will do. by today he'll have a government programme, a list of priorities, that the new government will take o

ashraf ghani was asked to remove his auditors, as the country struggles to overcome ethnic divide. >>> and we end in chengdu china, where the panda has pretended to be pregnant. the six-year-old panda showed the physical sign of pregnancy, in the her handlers realized it was a phantom pregnancy. you can hardly blame her for wanting to escape the heat. that's something happening around the world. >>> what do the palestinians want from israel in a long term deal? we'll ask the negotiator. >>> also a political fight that will be so nasty and expensive it will look the real housewives of new jersey look plus our social media producer, hermela aregawi tracking. what's trending? >> strong reactions to support, espn wrote about michael sam. the network initially defended it, looks like they had a change of heart. i'll tell you coming up. if you don't already follow our social media clips, follow @ajconsiderthis. >> fault lines labor day marathon the true cost of cheap labor >> nothing can be worse than this people burnt to ash... >> horrendous conditions... traffic labor on us bases... manag

former prime minister ashraf ghani, or foreign minister abdullah abdullah. supporters argue over which ballots will count, like this dispute, over a ballot box from eastern afghanistan. >> we have 568 on the sheet. 568 votes. when we opened the box, there was nothing. >> so he wants the votes thrown out. that will ultimately be the decision of the election commission. its deputy chief is satisfied with the progress here. >> translation: i am confident because such a thorough review has never been done anywhere. it's 100% ordered by afghan and observers. this is the only one. >> reporter: neither candidate won a clear majority during the first run of elections. when preliminary results gave ghani a million vote lead, his opponent alleged fraud, threatening to form his own government. john kerry has been trying to resolve the deadlock. >> the outgoing president hamid karzai would like to see it wrapped up in time for the inauguration on 2 september. it will be a tight dead line. 6,000 boxes chose for a recount. >> each chose half. they are the most contentious

abdullah's campaign accused a deputy of president hamid karzai of fraud in favour of his rival ashraf ghani. the deputy's office denied the charge. the audit will take weeks to complete >>> a year ago today, hassan rouhani took office as iran's president. we have a look at his achievements and challenges during his first year in office, from improving iran's operations to domestic issues, which still need work. >> reporter: 37 million iranians went to the ballot box hoping for better times. with the weight of expectations hassan rouhani stepped into the role as president - political, pragmatic and patriotic. >> i'm proud that the people of iran thought i deserved this. so i can begin on the path to serve the country, enhancing people's lives and welfare. i feel that i need your assistance along the path. i need you to be there and your cooperation. >> it was going to be a long shot. hassan rouhani said so. iranians say his predecessor mahmoud ahmadinejad pushed the country to the brink. the economy crashed, iran's international reputation was in tatters. a decade of nuclear talks had gone n

the audit will determine whether ashraf ghani or abdullah abdullah will replace hamid karzai. >>> the fooupion wants to establish -- african union wants to establish an african disease, control and detention center. across the region the ebola death toll surpassed the 1400 mark. we have reports health officials fear it could be months before the virus is under complete control. >>> this doctor was the deputy chief medical officer at the largest hospital. he's now another victim of the virus he's hoping to stop. he was one in three african given an experimental drug, zmapp. it was unable to change him >> did he take zmapp? >> he finished a full course. . >> what else went wrong? >> he had other problems other are than just ebola. >> the liberian president has been visiting the west point neighbourhood. tens of thousands are in quarantine, reliant on food aid. >> you need protection for people. we are really getting collaboration of the community. communities have been quarantined. >> in neighbouring guinea, where the first cases of the outbreak were detected. many are too afraid to tra

former finance minister ashraf ghani led the june run-off against former foreign minister abdullah abdullaht he won first round, and has now charged fraud. amid an audit of the votes, secretary of state john kerry has made two emergency trips to kabul to try to hold the situation together, and get the candidates to agree to share power after the results whoever wins. but ghani cast doubt on that yesterday. >> there is a difference between facilitation and arbitration. there is no difference in terms of agreeing to the framework but the framework was not a document prepared for signing. >> reporter: the stakes are huge for continuing u.s. and nato military and financial support after the december 2014 deadline for withdrawal. president obama said in may he's willing to keep 9,800 u.s. troops after this year, but withdraw them all by end the end of 2016. >> american personnel will be in an advisory role. we will no longer patrol afghan cities or towns, mountains or valleys. that is a task for the afghan people. >> reporter: but a new afghan president would have to sign the deal allowing those

in kabul, he pressed the two candidates, abdullah abdullah and ashraf ghani, to accept results from an ongoing audit of votes from the june runoff. the u.s. wants a national unity government formed by next month. all u.s. combat forces are due to leave afghanistan by year's end. >> woodruff: meanwhile, the body of u.s. army major general harold greene arrived back in the u.s. he was killed this week by an afghan soldier outside kabul. troops carried the flag-draped metal case off a c-17 cargo plane at dover air force base in delaware. the general's family and officials, including army chief of staff, general ray ordierno, were on hand. >> ifill: this was the final day of a 72-hour truce between israel and hamas with negotiations continuing in egypt for a longer cease-fire. in gaza, several thousand palestinians marched in support of hamas. a spokesman for the militants insisted there can be no peace until the blockade of gaza is lifted. >> ( translated ): the talks in cairo are going on and we are still waiting to hear the answers. we have fair and legal demands and the israeli occupat

abdullah abdullah and ashraf ghani committed to resolving the disputed election and inaugurating onethem as president by month's end. secretary of state john kerry announced the agreement in kabul. >> the agreement is an opportunity for both candidates to do what they just said, which is move beyond the campaign and into the process of governing. for afghanistan, the stakes are high. it will depend on them and the united nations to help move this forward appropriately. for more on the agreement, we turn to n.p.r. correspondent sean carberry in kabul. i spoke with him a short time ago. sean, thank you for joining us again. first of all, tell us, what is this arrangement that secretary kerry has worked out? >> well, today is really a recommitment of the agreement that was struck last month when secretary came. there were two pieces to it. one was the 100% audit of the ballots cast in the june 14 election, and both candidates will abide by the results of that audit. the second part is a political agreement where the winner will form a government of national unity, and there will be a ro

abdullah led in the initial voting, but former finance minister ashraf ghani finished first in the runoff. the scandal at the department of veterans affairs brought a new presidential pledge today. the agency has faced disclosures of lengthy wait times for health care, and of falsified records. president obama defended his response to the scandal. but, at the american legion convention, in charlotte, north carolina, he said there's much more to do. >> we are very clear about the problems that are still there, and those problems require us to regain the trust of our veterans and live up to our vision of a v.a. that is more effective and more efficient and that truly puts veterans first, and i will not be satisfied until that happens. >> ifill: the president also announced steps to improve access to mental health care for active-duty troops and veterans. separately, v.a. officials said an investigation found no proof that delays in care at its phoenix hospital caused any deaths. the world health organization is now officially targeting electronic cigarettes. close at 4,570. and the s-and-p

the dispute between candidates abdullah abdullah and ashraf ghani is threatening to revive ethnic violenceat country such as u.s.-led nato troops withdraw after a 13-year battle against the taliban. >> a lot happening in the world. and now we want to get to the world of weather. in northwest europe there is some severe storm. you've got tornadoes i guess that are pending as well. >> yeah, and we can find out more by turning to our meteorologist pedram javaheri. >> good news at this point no, reports of injuries or damage and no major impacts when it comes to air travel but the storm system pretty easy to pick out here on satellite imagery. very pinwheel, symmetrical, organized feature as it begins to roar ashore across portions of the u.s., europe. been quite active. seen seen three reports of tornadoes or water spouts in the last 24 hours. one of them in eastern england across portions of chromer. a region that this portion of the uk notorious for getting small grade tornadoes. when you consider the size of the uk roughly a little larger than the u.s. state of idaho, this region sees 25 t

former finance minister ashraf g ghani or abdullah abdullah?hey argue over which ballots will counts like this dispute over a ballot box from eastern afghanistan. >> we have 568 here 568 votes. when we open the box, there was nothing. >> so he wants the votes thrown out. >> will ultimately be the decision of the election commission, it's deputy chief is satisfied with the progress here. >> i am confident that such a thorough review has never been done anywhere in the world. it's 100% ordered by afghans and international observers. this is the only one. >> neither candidate won a clear majority during the first round of elections earlier this year. when preliminary results last month gave ghani a million vote lead, his opponent alleged fraud and threatened to form his own government. u.s. secretary of state john kerry has been trying to resolve the deadlock. >> the outgoing president, hamad garza would like to see all of this wrapped up in times for his successor to be inaugurated on september march 2nd. it will be a tight deadline. all eyes are

ashraf ghani followed abdullah abdullah, describe the process as a joke. the president's run off in june. israel and hamas agreed to a long-time truce following two months of fighting. humanitarian aid and building materials are expected to start arrive through reopened border cross sings. the two sides will resume talks in cairo. here to provide his thoughts, we are joined from imam jordan. thank you for being with us. 50 days of fighting, 21 lives lost on the palestinian side. when you look at the ceasefire deal, what was it all for? >> well, i think the questions the palestinians are asking isn't whether 500 children dying is words the sacrifice, but whether anyone has to die. the war on gaza has done, they have forced the international community to ask the same question. we have a ceasefire agreement that lacks the details that it think will lead to a lasting peace. but within the next month, as they prepare to approach the negotiating tables, it's clear that the palestinians have the kind of leverage that they haven't had before. >> is it a war on gaz