it's monday morning in the cambodian people's party headquarters in the capital phnom penh having ruled the country for more than three decades the party's propaganda machine is well oiled and. the phone call for cool moment. came on board. spokesman saka son is presenting his program true voices for people who live on facebook and on seventeen government on radio stations across the country. are. who are who want. to comment. except those with an opposing opinion. in the past five years his support for the main opposition party surged the world's longest serving prime minister would send notes to brutal campaign against it. opposition politicians have been beaten more than a dozen jailed the party's leader held indefinitely on treason charges and then the final blow in nine months before the election the party was outlawed for conspiring with the united states to overthrow the government. picks ross he's been accused of acting for the ruling party when he filed a complaint against the opposition that lidge two with its i compliment them because they are opposite the law he is evidence

but a search of the cambodian company registry reveals khan's family appears to own a very large business and may have some questions to answer. one of the biggest petroleum companies in the country it was incorporated in two thousand and eight but according to the records here it didn't register with the tax department until march twenty seventeen the same time as the cambodia daily it says on the company register that it only registered for taxation in twenty seventeen. other move you're talking about i'm just trying to understand whether paps your own family company has main orders to to determine tax owed prior to when it registered with the department in two thousand and seven tank no two it's been a long time ago so that date on the official cambodia company registry is wrong. maybe they put in the system wrong. when i mention the company registry also shows that two directors and a chair woman all relatives live at his home address it seems those records are wrong to talk about to the wrong person. i think i have nothing related to this company but they share a home address with yo

you're watching t w news still to come a sham election keeps cambodian prime minister hun sen in power but that means new worries for the economy as punitive sanctions loom. that story plus trade talks between the e.u. commission president and us present donald trump that within the next. story that people will hold on for you on facebook and twitter. to date and in touch. climate change. waste. pollution. isn't it time for good news. for go people and projects that are changing our environment for the better it is up to us to make a difference let's show the. legal limit for the farming magazine. d w the. critics call it a sham alexion the opposition says it's the death of democracy cambodian prime minister hun stand extends his hold on power as his ruling party claims all parliamentary seats in sunday's election other countries could apply punitive sanctions that would cripple the economy. zimbabwe's. besides or is it the economy that will decide this election investors watch closely to see who will be charged with pulling the country out of its crisis. and a record drought grips ger

after nearly losing the vote five years ago to the cambodian national rescue party he took action to make sure they wouldn't threaten him again the rival party was dissolved by court order its leader jailed for treason websites critical of his party were blocked. on sen's only real worry this election day was that cambodians would answer the opposition's call for a boycott. anyone who opposes elections destroys the nation and democracy and should not be forgiven. the the. officially the boycott was averted cambodia's national election commission claims about eighty percent of registered voters cast their vote the opposition however believes that number is inflated former opposition leader sam rainsy now living in exile tweeted that no credible election observer would confirm an election process that was quote falsified from the outset. for a majority of cambodians unsent is the only leader they've known he began his career as a military commander for cambodia's camaro rouge but as the regime carried out genocide on its own people can send defected to vietnam to help overthrow his own

the portrait of his party's co-founder is an eerie reminder of just how treacherous cambodian politics can be. in july twenty sixth seen ken lay was shot dead in a phnom penh cafe in one of the country's most feelings critiques of the ruling party he's widely believed to have been a victim of a political assassination a lot of people try to convince me to want to become a force there was no no i know what i'm doing so. for me i have no choice i have to continue with this mission all my life like the people they hope to represent most of the candidates have little money and with the campaign budget coming out of their pockets funds are limited to saying coleman is encouraging party members to be creative like recording policy messages for facebook so we have thousands of people are doing like that. so it's like grassroots media yes when there is no independent media you have to find out if you have to find a way out or what. it's not only the main political opposition party that's been destroyed in the lead up to the election the independent media has been decimated to the alleged new w

picks ross is now leading the campaign for his own cambodian youth party one of the twenty mostly new parties contesting the july twenty ninth election. there. but once again he finds himself ending off accusations he and his party are puppets of zen. our good hobby is that i don't know mitt. romney i did. not. know people were. sad. and he insists it's his own money behind his party i sell my then i sell my house i sell my car just before i have a good cause. comfortable cos i just. maybe niche being. cambodia is a failing democracy where a one party state. is the director of one of cambodia's oldest and most respected human rights organizations. if you look closely at some of these parties the other night. except from one tiny one they're all aligned in some ways and they all popped up recently so this is no tea party. and actually this is. a non competitive election. the one and only party that not only pinoy says is independent is this one the grassroots democratic party set up in twenty fifteen today it's candidates a meeting on the outskirts of phnom penh to talk election strate

in cambodia there is only one show in town these days the ruling cambodian people's party led by prime minister who in sin is expected to win sunday's election comfortably the main opposition the cambodian national risky party which almost won five years ago is banned and urges voters to stay away. voting isn't compulsory but that didn't stop the prime minister threatening anyone who doesn't take. whoever doesn't participate in this election destroys democracy following the illegal propaganda movement. that illegal movement is the cambodian national risky party which was dissolved her allegedly plotting to overthrow the government with foreign help its leader kim so carr has been in jail since september awaiting trial for treason while most other leading members left cambodia fearing a wrist they say the election is illegitimate and the ruling out supporting protests if cambodians call for them if there is an uprising we hope that the. uprising. that is why we want to find solutions today the international community is also slowly taking action some foreign election observers are here

i will never give up and i strongly hope that in the future my party can be revived through cambodians voting for it and i believe that come bowden's will provide justice for the c.n.n. r.p. with fingers stained purple for those who voted there will be no hiding for those who didn't and may now fear repercussions the government including the prime minister tried to intimidate people into voting even though it's optional another sign say critics of his increasingly all thora tyrian rule that will now continue wane hey al-jazeera phnom penh. opposition leader nelson chamisa has been reported to the police for holding an unlawful press conference on the eve of elections when campaigning isn't allowed earlier to me so received an endorsement from an unlikely source the former president robert mugabe who said he was the only viable candidate in the senate p.f. leader and current president emerson and gaga has accused the pair of striking a deal from harare his harem of tasa. it's the second time robert mugabe has spoken to reporters since he was forced from office last november his reappear

voting for it and i believe the cambodian will provide justice for the c.n.n. r.p. with think is stained purple for those who voted there will be no hiding for those who didn't and may now fear repercussions the government including the prime minister tried to intimidate people into voting even though it's optional another sign say critics of his increasingly all thora tyrian rule that will now continue wane hey al-jazeera phnom penh. what are being described as flaming tornadoes have destroyed entire neighborhoods in northern california at least five people have been killed by the wildfires including two children seventeen as a missing in the setting of in the city of reading. reports. tornado like photos of fire ashes and combustible gas residents say was unlike anything they've seen before just like in oklahoma you see like on the wizard of oz they also use a scene points like a wall for names and then there are sheets of metal for an around like two hundred feet in the air. fueled by steep terrain hot weather and dry brush what was left the smoldering remna

he laid the groundwork for the last year of getting rid of the main opposition party what do the cambodian people themselves make of this election . well you know they are they saw this coming when. at the latest when the opposition party was dissolved it was clear that this was going to be a one horse race now that doesn't mean that every day that they're just accepting it and that they're happy with it many people actually there are a lot of people who genuinely support the ruling party in cambodia but there are of course also a lot of supporters of the opposition if you take the election results of the the last election five years ago where when the opposition got some forty four percent of the votes that tells you that a lot of people are not happy with the government but what change now i think in contrast to a few years ago is that there is a climate of fear people don't want to talk about politics like five years ago after the election there were allegations of election fraud and there were protests for months and months there were protests in cambodia i'm not sure if we're going to

i will never give up and i strongly hope that in the future my party can be revived through cambodians voting for it and i believe that come bowden's will provide justice for the c.n.n. r.p. with fingers stained purple for those who voted there will be no hiding for those who didn't and may now fear repercussions the government including the prime minister tried to intimidate people into voting even though it's optional another sign say critics of his increasingly all thora tyrian rule that will now continue wane hey al-jazeera phnom penh. emergency teams in laos are continuing to search for survivors as floodwaters there begin to recede official sources say eight bodies have been recovered and one hundred twenty others remain missing following the collapse of a dam in southern province florence reports stung training in northern cambodia it's not just laos that's been affected floodwaters in at a poor province in southern laos a slowly receding but the deluge of mud left behind is hampering search operations lower water levels have made some areas in assessable by boat helicopter flig

i will never give up and i strongly hope that in the future my party can be revived through cambodians voting for it and i believe that come bowden's will provide justice for the c.n.n. r.p. with think is stained purple for those who voted there will be no hiding for those who didn't and may now fear repercussions the government including the prime minister tried to intimidate people into voting even though it's optional another sign say critics of his increasingly all thora tyrian rule that will now continue wane hey al-jazeera phnom penh. still ahead for you on the program indonesia's government is calm after an earthquake rocks the island of longboat killing more than a dozen people. on the u.s. space agency nasa marks its sixtieth anniversary we explore china's mission to win the space race. hello we missed fifty yesterday remiss fifty two gave it not by much and iran is one of the hottest places in the world seventy southwest iran and iraq not a cloud in the sky here but even much in the caucasus in pakistan was in the shower too and that might be repeatable or otherwise is just d

history the ruling cambodian people's party of prime minister who won the election easily up to having the main opposition dissolved and its leader arrested it's fair to say that this is now a one party authoritarian state it's the end of cambodia after the paris peace agreements it's like i said a whole new bad cambodia the production visions of what the group was going. to. talk about what to do the day after the vote when sand was beaming as he greeted one of the main so-called independent election monitors is. the band opposition is running out of options to try to bring about political change and isn't ruling out supporting peaceful protests that may be a last difficult resort. as the prime minister has tightened his grip on power he's become increasingly intolerant of protests behind this huge wall is what used to be freedom a high profile does ignited protest sites in the heart of the city. the government closed it after it became the focal point of opposition protests following the disputed two thousand and thirteen election which was almost won by the cambodian national rescue

has ended in cambodia following elections today and the winner is all but a foregone conclusion cambodian trickled into voting stations in a poll that human rights groups have labeled a farce prime minister hun sen's expected to sales a victory extending his thirty three year grip on power of his opponents called for a boycott after the country's courts dissolved the male physician party leaving no real challenger the world's longest serving prime minister has become increasingly heavy hand as restricting human and civil rights income podia has more. the votes have not been counted but no one is holding their breath. there is little doubt that this man will stay in power can send the prime minister remains firmly at the head of the ruling cambodian people's party for c.p.p. he's been in power for thirty three years making him the world's longest serving national leader he has survived the khmer rouge pushed the country's royalty aside and outlawed the rival c.n.r. p. party his only viable competitor because of that and a crackdown on media critics call the election a sham. he's. prepared

cambodian prime minister. we'll tell you why many people are saying this is the. kind of still waiting to be declared the winner of pakistan's election three days after the vote and now a group of opposition parties is demanding a new poll it's claiming vote rigging and is threatening nationwide protests shortly who will be without a serious come out and islamabad for the latest but first a report from a solid job it. the master even his brother are no longer calling the shots after the campaign it's time to clean up in what the manhunt called a new pakistan. voters have taken their leader for the top job but they're already calling for accountability of those who joined in one hand from the so-called all pakistan and only if you don't stop you or me pardon me if they carry one the same way even after coming to power it will be really unfair to us p.t.i. voters a man can must know this if he cannot stop the corruption and then he has no right to be the leader international observers say they did not witness any military indifference during the vote process but the

and when he got the final exam and i am really cambodian prime minister gordon salmon will tell you why many people are saying this is the latest among the in the name of god. how apparently you've had it dry long enough in indonesia and the good possibility the showers are showing a bit more obviously a bit more frequent this slow progress but going to sunny sunday coming size so born is even more showers and satellite picture there in the full cost too i still think in java and eastwards it's looking dry fine and sunny but if in some office singapore kuala lumpur showers seem a little bit more like than they did about a week ago and the same is true of so the way i see a good part of borneo south of this quite a windy winter storm is on its way through the southeast corner of strays you can see the front itself is a long lived stretches run into the tropics and therefore it is active it leaves behind windy in colder weather in melbourne twelve degrees so twenty two in sydney was i will drop i think very rapidly the heart of the storm is coming into town as mania we're talking about su

at the results of sunday's election it's difficult to argue against that sentiment given that the cambodian people's party of prime minister who in sindh won almost all the seats in the national assembly only a couple of small opposition parties won seats as well and neither of those parties can be considered a thrill a real threat to the rule of the c.p.p. we've had some fairly strongly worded statements from the vice president mustafa while all of the band opposition party the cambodian national rescue party that was dissolved late last year they've just held a media conference in jakarta the capital of indonesia she is calling it the death of democracy saying as you mentioned down that the result must be rejected democracy has been replaced by outright dictatorship and also interesting lee enough saying that the cambodian people have been let down by the international community the exiled leaders of the sea an r.p. have been very busy particularly over the last six months lobbying international governments to apply more pressure to take direct action against the government in cambodia an

for a long time this path towards what we saw unfold on sunday night with a huge victory for the cambodian people's party so many in the international observer community the n.g.o.s community reacting with no surprise whatsoever they were expecting this result perhaps the module of victory that the c.p.p. all constructed a cold according to them was larger than what many people expected but we have heard from a couple of governments in the west from the australian minister of foreign affairs julie bishop from her office saying they have serious concerns with the election and it has made those concerns known to the cambodian government the australian government has come under a lot of criticism over the past few months for inaction seemingly public in action against the cambodian government the office of the press secretary although the white house in the united states also issue issuing a statement saying that the elections on sunday with neither free nor fair and the u.s. will consider additional steps to respond to what has happened in cambodia referring to perhaps even tighter visa rest

an election in all but name that cambodian opposition parties along with the e.u. and us are describing sunday's elections prime minister has promised a one cent buy on the largest opposition party from taking part as he looks to extend his thirty three years in power wayne hay reports from the capital phnom penh. in cambodia there is only one show in town these days the ruling cambodian people's party led by prime minister who in sin is expected to win sunday's election comfortably the main opposition the cambodian national risky party which almost won five years ago is banned and urges voters to stay away. voting isn't compulsory but that didn't stop the prime minister threatening anyone who doesn't take us who have a dozen participates in this election destroys democracy following the illegal propaganda movement. that illegal movement is the cambodian national risky party which was dissolved allegedly plotting to overthrow the government with foreign help its leader kim has been in jail since september awaiting trial for treason while most other leading members

this man will stay in power can send the prime minister remains firmly at the head of the ruling cambodian people's party for c.p.p. he's been in power for thirty three years making him the world's longest serving national leader that he has survived the khmer rouge pushed the country's royalty aside and outlawed the rival c.n.r. p party his only viable competitor because of that and a crackdown on media critics call the election a sham. although he's. prepared to do anything. to cling to power so he hasn't date to suppress. rights. this is cambodia six election since one thousand nine hundred three after decades of war and one cent has made it very clear that he wants a big turnout. a poor showing could be seen as support for the band opposition party. anyone who opposes elections destroys the nation and democracy and should not be forgiven the. as polls close in cambodia consensus seems assured of his seventh straight term as prime minister further securing his name in the history books. some of the other stories making news around the world. at least ten people have died and forty injur

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got ok sam rainsy president of the cambodian national rescue movement thank you for joining us appreciate it emergency teams in laos continue to search for survivors as floodwaters there began to recede and the number of dead and missing from monday's dam collapse that is not known but the government initially said hundreds of people were missing the flood roth has also affected northern cambodia as for its louis reports from stern trying. floodwaters in at a poor province in southern laos a slowly receding but the deluge of mud left behind is hampering search operations lower water levels have made some areas in assessable by boat helicopter flights are the only way into some communities makeshift shelters are packed with thousands of people who fled their homes they've lost everything homes were swept away and farmland submerged when an auxiliary dam at the sippy ensign hydroelectric project collapsed on monday parts of neighboring cambodia are also flooded about five thousand people here in storm trying province right next to the border with laos were moved to safety on tuesday have be

but i got nothing to do with that but those details are on the company cambodian company registry that's now online which is being really put online yeah but i think it's wrong it's wrong. so your family has no association with nec company anymore so long time i think. maybe they use my address before but never been and i don't know when they so rise. if that isn't actually their place of residence it would rise real questions about what kind of a ranch ment's have dynamite with regard to this company what is his interest in the company. in sa my profiting from the benefits of the company and why that it's not transparent might be completely legitimate but it is rising red flags that are worthy of questioning and investigation. is one of the straight years leading anti money laundering experts questions he finds it extraordinary that the bo kongs family wouldn't have updated the registry if the company had been sold normally there would be an obligation to update the registry to acura flick to the new you wouldn't still allow yourself to be listed as they are now because you're carrying

among cambodians choosing to stay away was couldn't beat out who want to seat in local elections last year only to lose it when his party was dissolved he now drives for a living and hopes one day he can reenter politics. i will never give up and i strongly hope that in the future my party can be revived to come bowden's voting for it and i believe that come bowden's will provide justice for the c.n.n. r.p. with fingers stained purple for those who voted there will be no hiding for those who didn't and may now fear repercussions the government including the prime minister tried to intimidate people into voting even though it's optional another sign say critics of his increasingly all thora tyrian rule that seems set to continue wane hey al-jazeera phnom penh sam rainsy is the former leader of the cambodian national rescue party he says it's becoming increasingly isolated in the international community. the united nations has already set. up at. any u.s. european union head. to text sections how did it so. it gains that mr hu and his family and kearney i expect those of us actions will

you look at the results of sunday's election it's difficult to argue against that given that the cambodian people's party of prime minister hun sen won almost all the seats in the national assembly only two other small opposition parties won seats and neither of those parties can be considered a real threat to the rule of the c.p.p. or the prime minister who has been running this country for thirty three years we've seen some strongly worded statements from the cambodian national rescue party that is the party that was dissolved late last year banned from taking part in sunday's election the vice president of that party mousavi saying that it is the death of democracy in this country the result must be rejected democracy has been replaced by outright dictatorship and she went on to say that she believes the cambodian people have been let down by the international community the leadership of that party have been very busy particularly over the over the last six months or so lobbying foreign governments to take action against the government in phnom penh and so far we really haven't seen any

among cambodians choosing to stay away was conveyed at who want to seat in local elections last year only to lose it when his party was dissolved he now drives for a living and hopes one day he can reenter politics. i will never give up and i strongly hope that in the future my party can be revived through cambodians voting for it and i believe that come bowden's will provide justice for the c.n.n. r.p. with fingers stained purple for those who voted there will be no hiding for those who didn't and may now fear repercussions the government including the prime minister try to intimidate people into voting even though it's optional another sign say critics of his increasingly all thora tyrian rule that seems set to continue when hey al-jazeera phnom penh emergency teams from thailand are helping the military in neighboring laos to rescue people trapped by the dam collapse five days ago boats and helicopters are being used to find one hundred thirty one people who are still missing flooding from the dam has devastated infrastructure and as a pope province delaying efforts to bring food

now be called a one party or thora tarion state i think no one was surprised by the fact that the cambodian people's party of prominence still in sand won the election of course but perhaps a little surprised by the margin of victory one hundred fourteen seats out of one hundred twenty five one by the c.p.p. in the national assembly there was some suspicion before the election that perhaps they would redistribute some of that support to some of the other smaller parties to create the image or at least try to create the image of a multi-party thriving democracy well that didn't happen at all only two other very small parties won seats in the election and neither of those will be of any threat to the reign of the c.p.p. going forward some international reaction as well and we've heard from the australian government they say they have serious concerns as the minister of foreign affairs julie bishop and they've made those concerns known to the cambodian government a slightly stronger statement from the united states from the office of the press secretary of the white house saying that the elect

that's because the cambodian national party which came very the cambodian national party which came very boycott the elections that people to boycott the elections that people are still afraid, they are still afraid to not go out and vote because the government has threatened legal action against those who participate in these campaigns. before the general election on sunday, the government actually closed down 17 and media websites, and this includes independent news websites and the voice of america and radio free asia. we've played you quite a few original reports from bbc africa eye. their latest is a special undercover investigation which has discovered that somali men and women are being tortured and abused at centres in east africa. these centres claim to be rehabilitating those they say have gone against somali culture and religion ? accusing them of drug abuse and un—islamic behaviour. but our reporterjamal osman found young somalis held against their will for so—called crimes like having a girlfriend, drinking alcohol or smoking cigarettes. you might find some of the scenes in

i will never give up and i strongly hope that in the future my party can be revived through cambodians voting for it and i believe that come bowden's will provide justice for the c.n.n. r.p. with fingers stained purple for those who voted there will be no hiding for those who didn't and may now fear repercussions the government including the prime minister tried to intimidate people into voting even though it's optional another sign say critics of his increasingly all thora tyrian rule that seems set to continue. so that counting underway now in the rooms behind me scene a scene that is replicated at polling stations right around the country and those results will start to filter into the national election committee here in nonpaying what will also be interesting is the number of spoilt ballots because while we mentioned there had been this boycott campaign by the c.n.n. r.p. many people were afraid to not turn up to vote because of that intimidation campaign the. i mean in syria we appear to have lost when hey there in phnom penh many apologies i think you got the gist of what women a

i will never give up and i strongly hope that in the future my party can be revived through cambodians voting for it and i believe that come bowden's will provide justice for the c.n.n. r.p. with think is stained purple for those who voted there will be no hiding for those who didn't and may now fear repercussions the government including the prime minister tried to intimidate people into voting even though it's optional another sign say critics of his increasingly all thora tyrian rule that will now continue wane hey al-jazeera phnom penh. emergency teams in laos continuing to search for survivors as floodwaters there begin to recede official sources say eight bodies have been recovered and one hundred twenty others remain missing following the collapse of a dam in southern province florence italy reports from strong training in northern cambodia it's not just laos that's been affected floodwaters in at a poor province in southern laos are slowly receding but the deluge of mud left behind is hampering search operations lower water levels have made some areas in assessable by boat heli

i will never give up and i strongly hope that in the future my party can be revived through cambodians voting for it and i believe that come bowden's will provide justice for the c.n.n. r.p. with think is stained purple for those who voted there will be no hiding for those who didn't and may now fear repercussions the government including the prime minister tried to intimidate people into voting even though it's optional another sign say critics of his increasingly all thora tyrian rule that will now continue wane hey al-jazeera phnom penh. if al-jazeera much will have for you on the program going to be live in mali very shortly where polls have just closed in an election dominated by security zimbabwe's ousted president robert mugabe turned his back on his old ruling party a day before monday's historic vote. to extend his formula one championship lead with a dominant performance in hungary. two children and their great grandmother are among the five killed in northern california more than thirty eight thousand people remain on the evacuation orders in and around the u.s. city of read

and cambodians head to the polls this weekend but do they have any really choice other than prime minister who instead who has ruled the country for more than three decades corresponding reports from comprende. plus in the next thirty minutes and we'll give you all the luck he wants to catch sight of the new almost total lunar eclipse of the twenty first century begins tonight and into the future the so-called blott morning find out what's behind the special astronomical event. hello and welcome cheema in pakistan the election commission has officially declared cricket legend and politician imraan khan the winner of the country's election. all celebrating the victory but results showed that his p.t.i. party. to win an outright majority at least to form a coalition to govern iran can spawn to one hundred forty to sixty nine with counting nearly complete his nearest rival shahbaz sharif from the governing pakistan in one sixty three series. chorus for a near me congress is covering this pakistani elections for us and joins me now from the capital islamabad the official results are now in ira

and cambodians head to the podium to speak and do they have any real choice other than prime minister hun sen who has ruled for more than three decades our correspondent reports from compaq and. lost in the next thirty minutes and really of all the lucky ones to catch sight of this. the longest still do not clips of the twenty first century begins tonight and feature a blood mill and find out what's behind this special astronomical event. i am. a european union monitoring team i said pakistan's election campaign showed a lack of equality. and wasn't a level playing field for all parties and their announcement comes after pakistan's election commission officially declared iran can the rid of the country's election in iran can supporters were celebrating the victory but results show that his p.t.i. party will fail to win an outright majority and will lead to form a coalition to govern so far in the end comes forty years one one hundred fourteen other two hundred sixty nine seats with counting nearly complete the nearest rival with shahbaz sharif from the governing pakistan in with sixty

the party of cambodian prime minister hun sen, who has been in power since 1985, has won a landsliden people in the indian state of assam have been left off an official register and stripped of their citizenship. most of those affected are bengali—speaking muslims, who had to prove they were living in india before the creation of bangladesh in 1971. the indian government says it is rooting out illegal migrants but there are fears of a witch hunt against assam's ethnic minorities. joe miller sent this report. they've always called india home, but these villagers now expect to lose their citizenship, their land, their voting rights and, perhaps, even their freedom. this schoolteacher feels her family has been targeted. "it's a witchhunt," she says, against the bengali muslim community." translation: this is our country. i grew up here, i studied here. i got married here. how come we're not indians? authorities claim settlers from nearby bangladesh are enmeshed in assam's bengali population. hiding in plain sight, often with forged papers. to help pinpoint them, all 32 million inhabitan

hundred families or about five thousand people who have been evacuated this is according to the cambodian ministry of water resources and meteorology there is a flood the adjacent province further south of province for crotty province but no one there yet has been evacuated but the authorities do say that they are alarmed that the foster rising water levels now in cross the province the water level has already risen past twenty meters which is considered very high and installing trying province where we are now and the water level rose by more than a meter in just over a day so these are really quite high levels and authorities are on high alert now and people have already been moved to safety soldiers also involved in the evacuation efforts helping to move people and their possessions to higher ground some people have set up temporary shelters others have taken refuge in schools and temples volunteers as well as government workers also working very hard to distribute much needed supplies such as mosquito nets clean drinking water as well as food. throws any words the investigation into t

day he knows that he's unlikely to sell out all the delicacies he's putting on display sales for cambodian business owners like have slowed dramatically since the coastal town of sihanoukville has been overwhelmed by chinese tourists. they like their own food so . they come here but most most of them they go to chinese restaurants while his last sixty to seventy percent of his revenue some of the chinese own restaurants down the street are pursing at the seams. the main attraction for chinese tourists in sihanoukville the casinos. gambling is a favorite pastime for many chinese but it's illegal in mainland china here however casinos are springing up like mushrooms. alongside luxury apartment blocks at prices ordinary composed ians could never afford. by any measure cambodia is a poor country but its economy is growing fast and largely that's due to the massive amount of chinese investment pouring in and much of that money goes into construction projects like the one you can see here by the end of last year chinese construction contracts in cambodia were worth some seventeen billion dollars

the cambodian government was prepared there's been no lives lost they have been able to move people safely they acted very quickly they've probably they they have experience dealing with this kind of thing is as well allows lao government didn't have as much notice survivors in laos say they badly had time to escape the flood waters rose so quickly several villages are still inundated the flood waters are receding slowly but they are still many places are still submerged we don't yet know the extent of the damage in laos but we've seen how farmlands have been inundated they've been completely destroyed crops have been damaged livestock would have been killed as well and it really highlights the risks involved in these huge infrastructure projects in such a fragile ecosystem as well lawrence who live in phnom penh thank you. and at least eighty one the people have died in greece after wildfires swept across land close to the capital after rescuers is still searching both in the sea is one is on land as they try to find people who are still missing reports now from. well the relief effort he

cambodians have voted today in national elections in which incumbent strongman prime minister hun sen is expected to return to power human rights groups have criticized a crackdown on dissent on the opposition say that the election was a sham. especially your today's and you're watching daily news thanks for joining us. from. iran. once again insulated from the author seems now a major power in the middle east. airlines influence continues to grow but politically economically and above all militarily. good luck does iran truly want peace among the countries of holmes have their doubts to isolate such. a europe from theocracy the power of august tariffs on g.w. . this week on most tories a makeshift cemetery in china zia the children of the bulls mean civil war but we begin on the caribbean island of on cleanup efforts which overseas territories usually london doesn't hear much from the island as pocket almost to its trade dependent on links to a neighboring french island rex it might be about to change all that. as ship docking in britain six thousand five hundred kilometers away from

i will never give up and i strongly hope that in the future my party can be revived through cambodians voting for it and i believe that come bowden's will provide justice for the c.n.n. r.p. with fingers stained purple for those who voted there will be no hiding for those who didn't and may now fear repercussions the government including the prime minister tried to intimidate people into voting even though it's optional another sign say critics of his increasingly all thora tyrian rule that seems set to continue when hey al-jazeera phnom penh. a day before zimbabwe and voters get to choose a new leader the former president robert mugabe has suddenly stepped back into the limelight and ninety four year old has called a surprise news conference the first time since being forced from office last year and word on what he'll be talking about we are now officially in a twenty four hour quiet period ahead of voting the final campaign rallies for a whole or held rather on sunday afternoon by both the rulings and party and the main opposition alliance the credibility of the election is already

i will never give up and i strongly hope that in the future my party can be revived through cambodians voting for it and i believe the cum bowden's will provide justice for the c.n.n. r.p. with think is stained purple for those who voted there will be no hiding for those who didn't and may now fear repercussions the government including the prime minister tried to intimidate people into voting even though it's optional another sign say critics of his increasingly all thora tyrian rule that will now continue wane hey al-jazeera phnom penh. two children and their great grandmother are among six people have been killed off the wildfires in northern california the blazes have been described by some as flaming tornadoes on saturday the u.s. president donald trump declared an emergency in parts of the state devastated by fire now that means the area will get immediate financial assistance from the federal government relies on the joins us live now from california why is it so bad this time around i mean there are forest fires up and down the entire state. yeah there are there are actually se