that rattled india and a lot of people in bhutan. it was picked up by the opposition as to what the particular position was of bhutan and its relationship with china and india. ofrecent days, subsidies kerosene, andnd, subsidies for electricity have been removed raising prices and ifding bhutanese to wonder they have been punished for preliminarily talking to china. they got twice as many seats as the outgoing party. they have little experience in government. the country could be in for big changes. >> yes. they performed their election campaign on the word change. we have heard it across many campaigns since barack obama won his first term. change does seem to be the word even here. the incoming people's democratic party is a very young party. most are in their 30's to early 50's. most have no ministerial experience. vibrant, a newg, who wantn of bhutanese to make a difference and say we can make a difference. the difference between this party and the income and government was they had been ministers who have been loyal to politicia

al jazeera, bhutan. u.s.istleblower edward snowden is thought to still be inside a transit area of the moscow international airport where he is expected to take up an offer of asylum in venezuela. that could mark the beginning of another difficult chapter in the latin american country's relationship with the united states. ariana sanchez reports caracas. >> watching the news and waiting for events to unfold amid these venezuelans say they are route nicolas maduro granted edward snowden asylum. >> shanda has taught us to be humane. because of that, maduro took that decision. plus, snowden has a lot of valuable information, including spying on their own country. it is important to have them here with us. maduro's decision is likely to stall the process that his government started just over a month ago. venezuela foreign minister and u.s. secretary of state john kerry met to pave the way for improved diplomatic relations. they have been strained since inh expelled ambassadors 2010. a pew research center poll say

and the winner of bhutan's second-ever election. >> after more than two years of fighting, the troops of bashar al-assad in syria, opposition forces turn their guns on each other. the free syrian army has asked for more weapons, to drive out what they call al qaeda-link operation fighters. down byer was shot rival fighters on wednesday and now the rebel leaders threatened to retaliate if the attacker is not handled in. -- and it in. we spoke to a commander who was there and narrowly escaped. >> we want to avoid all-out war, but we demand justice for our killed commander. al commanders have given qaeda 24 hours to hand him over to face justice or there will be an escalation. we will not let this pass without him being held accountable. >> will you tell us what happened? >> al qaeda stopped us at the checkpoint. he said -- you are protecting their regime. your and fiddles and you should not be here. take your men and get out of here. he said -- bear witness, i will kill abu basir. men opened and his fire. he said we will kill all of you. it is clear that this was his target. were fighti

. >> bhutan is holding the country's second ever demographic elections.the king plays a powerful role but introduced parliamentary democracy in 2008. the tiny country sandwiched between the giant india and china has opened up to the world in recent years after decades of isolation. television and the internet are now allowed. they were banned until 1999. when it comes to change, the country has one simple question -- will it make evil happy? -- will it make people happy? >> people in bhutan think differently. happiness is more than just any motion. it is the only country that has a gross national happiness index . her business may be called the happiness shop, but she, too, finds the concept of happiness hard to define. >> happiness is what you see. [laughter] say.'t know what to i'm so sorry. shall i call my daughter? in the southern himalayas between china and india. landscapes are breathtakingly beautiful. about 700,000 people live here. the way of life fosters mutual respect. here.have a lot of people we do not say too many bad things about each other

people in bhutan blame the government for a rise in youth unemployment. they're also dissatisfied with the widening welt gap between cities and rural areas. the new leader has promised to give jobs to all unemployed young people. he's also pledged free electricity to farming villages within the first 100 days in office. bhutan pursues a policy of what it calls gross national happiness but it must deal with several challenges to achieve its aim. >>> britain's economy has begun to enjoy positive effects from the birth of the royal baby. prince william's wife catherine gave birth to a boy last week. the couple's first child and third in line to the british throne. he was named george alexander louis. prince william was seen holding the child seat carrying his son when the couple left the hospital. a major baby goods store is enjoying brisk sales of the type of child seat used for the royal baby. the store says its sales have tripled. >> clearly parents looking at what's the latest product, who's the latest celebrity, and i think on the back of that, the seat

thinkple in bhutan differently. happiness is more than an emotion. they are the only country with a gross national happiness index. her business may be called the happiness shop, but she calls the contest -- context of happiness, hard to define. >> i am so sorry. i do not know what to say. i have called my daughter? >> this is in the southern himalayas between china and india. the landscape is beautiful. about 700,000 people live here, the way of life foster's mutual respect. >> we have a lot of these culture andth our religious upbringing. >> democracy is still in the early stages -- and the first elections took place in 2008. people still adapt to the new system and politicians do not associate change with unhappiness. >> this does not mean we are unhappy, we need change because we need to see that the youth are given a lot of opportunities. >> it is hoped that these opportunities will reduce poverty. many people survive on the equivalent of one or two euros per day. the running of, the bulls has left 23 injured. today, people were trampled as they

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some ofi recently cut its aid to bhutan. soldiers and police officers have tossed ballots out of the elections and are voting early because they will be voting early when the polls are held on the final day of this month. the movement for democratic change will challenge the ballot in court. it says the police numbers have been inflated and officers are being pressured to vote for the the former south african president says he expects his predecessor, nelson mandela, to return home soon. prayer services are being held for the anti-apartheid hero who has been in the hospital for five weeks. mandela was admitted after suffering a lung infection and is said to be in critical but stable condition. the ugandan army is on the lookout for rebel fighters who could be among the thousands of refugees fleeing the democratic republic of congo. people have been crossing the border after their villages were attacked. malcolm webb reports. he was a brave man. when the rebels came, he was one of few who refused to run away. he took a stand

in bhutan, polls have closed, and voters are choosing a new government. it's only the second time the small himalayan kingdom has held an election. it became a constitutional monarchy in 2008 after the king relinquished his powers. the ruling party is expected to return to power with a small majority. monsoon rains have devastated northern india. hundreds of people have died. thousands have lost their homes and floods and landslides. we have this report. >> along the river banks, water are held. they were lost when the dam suddenly broke. with two months to go in monsoon season, people are worried they will lose what is left. >> we are still living here. the government has issued a warning. they say the rest of the house might fall, two. >> neighbors are helping out. everyone is in this together. the houses on the other side of the river have been cut off after all the bridges were swept away. people have been sending food and baskets -- in baskets. the school across the river has water flowing through it. >> we are going to try to make a temporary school

whether you're in korea or japan or in bhutan, you need to speak english to air traffic controllers. >> is this -- are there aspects of the safety revolution that we don't appreciate or have gone sort of out of the radar? >> yes. there are some things, and they're mechanical things that are very important. collision avoidance systems. every day in america collision avoidance systems save flights to keep planes from colliding. that is a new development within the last 15 years. >> you go on flight tracker, we were looking at the avo morales plan on bolivia and pull up flight tracker. this is a weird representation because there are icons on the screen, man, there are a lot of planes in one area. >> collision avoidance saved planes the other day in new york city. the ground proximity warning. 15 years ago we would have perfectly good planes in night, in bad weather, fly into the ground, mountains, and not know it. cfit it was called. now this system gives you enough warning that you can get the plane back up. you can apply power and get out of the system and get out of the danger. >> y