been using the full weight of state security including the army to crack down on his opponents catherine sawyer reports some companies. a more cigar was by the towels as he was killed by soldiers during protests in the cockpit or kampala last november he was 15 years old and had gone with her to the family's shop in the city with news of opposition leader the winds are asked triggered a riot he was hit by 2 bullets as they hurried home more than 50 other people also died that. he fell on the ground and stopped moving he did not even call out for me to help him i did he was dead and there i just collapsed took us to hospital but my son was already gone the un and human rights organizations have blamed security forces for using excessive force while breaking up protests. several opposition candidates including bobby wine and patrick on the scene being arrested by police in this are challenging president yoweri most seventies beat for a 6th time in office but they have been blocked from campaigning and detained audible times many of. 'd their goals. while the reagan 'd republican. government offic

most vile election fraud in history has resorted to the most despicable forms of intimidation catherine sawyer joins us now from camp so catherine are we any closer to getting this alleged evidence that bobby wine says he has talking about an election that was not pretty and. well that's what everybody's waiting for he had said that he is going to present his evidence once the internet is back up and we've been speaking to officials of his far to the national unity platform who say that they are in the final stages of compiling the evidence now they have up to 15 days to file a petition with the supreme court they say they will do it even if they don't trust that the judges will give them a fair hearing and are early on we did hear from their police spokesman fred and who say that bobby wine is not under house arrest he said what the security forces have provided ease security cover around his house to prevent any plans of violence demonstrations and dry it he also said that they controlled access to his home but lawyers are saying they cannot access his home journalists who've tried to go the

wind has gone on twitter saying the military is still surrounding his home and blocking access catherine sawyer is monitoring developments for us from neighboring kenya she joins us from the capital city nairobi so catherine despite the judge ruling that the house arrest was unlawful it looks like the house arrest carries on. well for now but i did have spoken to the police spokesman fred in anger who said that they will abide by the court truly and will withdraw the soldiers and the police that have besieged poppy once home he did not say when he hired are also said that they are going to keep the surveillance going he did not give details on what this surveillances but then when i was in uganda covering the election i spoke to him several times and he did mention about this surveillance that has been going on he insisted and continues to insist that bobby wian is not and house arrest he says what the security forces have done is provide a cover a surveillance because of a body one's own protection and also because they have information that wine was planning to organize violent protests after

this 3 decades of power using the full weight of state security to crackdown on his opponents catherine sawyer reports now from kampala. a more cigars by the towels as he was killed by soldiers during protests in the capital kampala last november he was 15 years old and had gone with her to the family's shop in the city with news of opposition leader the winds arrest triggered a riot was hit by 2 bullets as they hurried home more than 50 other people also died that. he fell on the ground and stopped moving he did not even call out mom for me to help him no idea who was dead and then i just. took us to hospital with my son who's on the un and human rights organizations have blamed security forces for using excessive force while breaking up protests. several opposition candidates including bobby wine and patrick on the scene be arrested by police in this you are challenging president yoweri seventies beat for a 6th time in office but they have been blocked from campaigning and detained want to pull times. gone through house that meant. republic country that he. government officials insist that o

catherine sawyer reports from kampala. catherine: he shows journalists soldiers deployed around his home. he says they raided the house friday. this was after he made allegations in the presidential election. the electoral commission has asked him to back up his claims with evidence. >> our lives are in danger. having survived assassination attempts on the campaign trail and now being confined at home, still we are being attacked at home. >> military officials say the soldiers around white homes -- around his homework following unknown men. they arrested one and allowed two others to escape. >> security team would not allow someone to jump over the fence of a presidential candidate. a presidential candidate is not an ordinary man. >> presidential results are coming out gradually. he has to get the lead over 10 other presidential candidates. the lead up to the election was marred by violence with security forces accused of using excessive force. police and military officials have in turn accused some of defining covid-19 rul

catherine sawyer joins us now with more from the capital kampala. bobi wine has been saying officials all he's party to national unity platform have also been saying that they have evidence of widespread irregularities of you know every bends over rigging in favor of president yoweri which have any there was a press conference on what house yesterday and officials of his party say that the i'm going to be moving to court they have 10 days to put together the evidence and presented before the supreme court for the saying that they are going to do that even if they do not trust the cost system they say they don't trust. constitutional judges and judges of the supreme court to give them a fair hearing we haven't hired much from bobby wine since friday when he rejected the results he feels effectively being surrounded by soldiers who have been there for the last few days he says that he cannot leave his house visitors are not allowed to access these compounds we also saw that as journalists were blocked from accessing his compound several times but they

wine is under heavy guard it is home in what his supporters say is effectively house arrest catherine sawyer reports from come power. group it did not come as a surprise presidential where in the 70 has maintained a decisive lead against his opponents from the start of the vote count the little commission declares. elected president of the republic of uganda the president addressed the nation after his victory was declared and say despite attempts by some individuals to tamper with the barometric identification kits their lection was largely free and fair. to you for turning. illegal numbers and voting for the candidates and for the parties. i think this may turn out to be the most. read. elections. supporters of the 76 year old incumbent cand out to celebrate a very grand and the most to support. the he is the one with. the electoral commission and they've done their best under the circumstances but already the results have been redacted by bobby y. ou have said had evidence of widespread irregularities including rigging in favor of president yoweri with 7050 members say they are considerin

to get in those were taken away and my security guard was beaten very very badly catherine sawyer has more from come parla. this is not the 1st time we have seen a bobby wine and one of the candidates that was in that press conference called called patrick are more reactive seen them being arrested more people times detained they've been blocked from attending their campaigns bobby wind aids some of them have been killed in the last few weeks so they say that this is a government that too strong to intimidate them but i also spoke to the government spokesman who said that this individuals have been defying covered regulations he said this election is happening in the middle of a pandemic and they are government restrictions including meetings that should not be with more than $200.00 people but they say that this individuals are going and calling on hundreds of supporters to come and the government is not going to allow that to happen but like i said bobby wine and the other opposition leaders are saying that this is a way of the government trying to intimidate them and they have said

unfair alleging fraud and violence maad the vote wine wants to end president 7075 years in power catherine sawyer reports from kampala. voting in some polling stations started late because of delays in the delivery of materials at this station on the outskirts of kampala people waited patiently for an hour before they could cast their ballots one thing we had disappointed when there were. no hope versus the internet is going to working and then rethink his. presidential where it was 70 voted in western uganda has previously won some opposition politicians and electoral commission officials against what he described as attempts to rig the election. some opposition leaders including the wind his strongest challenger have sent the same message wiener arrived at his polling station to an enthusiastic crowd and later arched them to stay on the polling stations to monitor the process and got their votes many voters here say they just want a leadership that is going to provide them with the basics jobs lower taxes for small business owners a reasonable education for their children and this issues have b

he's told all just there that his life is in danger after security forces surrounded his home catherine sawyer reports from kampala. shoes john against the soldiers deployed around his home he says they raided the house on friday beat up the security guards and arrested some this was after he made allegations of widespread food treat in the presidential election the electoral commission has aust him his claims with evidence. i know we find it still we are being attacked. so yes. we have not shown us. military officials say the soldiers are around one's home we're following suspicious unknown men who jumped over his fence there arrested one while the other 2 escaped a security we could not allow somebody to jump over the fence of a presidential candidate the presidential candidate is not an ordinary man presidential candidate must be given enough security because we don't know this person who decides instead of using the main gate to jump over the world what are the intentions the intention presidential results are coming out gradually and president yoweri was 70 has taken the lead over 10 othe

above the wind speaking earlier about his house being under siege he has claimed now al-jazeera catherine sawyer is in camp on a ship uganda's that she military spokesman about those claims from both the wine. as a presidential candidate is a not a common a person is not a no they're not a person we have to ensure that we monitor his a security how to make sure we ensure that he's a safe until the declaration because all of them are still kind of it. doing to working with the police we're providing security it's even a one thing i didn't jump the incidents that happened to us talking with the 2 to jumping to his fans it is not a true what's happened to the 3 people who moved from. approaching his compound the 3 people when they reached under they really mean 3 unknown people. they realized that these 3 civilians and not to the security when they realized that they asked security because his home was also along the road and these deployments are longer those are all of their deployments to ensure that as a presidential candidate also is safe they realize some people coming to point to buckle i de

from opposition leader bobby why in the run up to the vote has been paid by violence as he took catherine sawyer who joins us live from a polling station in one key so district which is not far from uganda's capital kampala so the polls are now open catherine how's the voting going self-righteous and there were a few glitches that in the early hours. yes there were people sponsored voting on our stuff holes opened for g.m.t. and this is because of delays in the delivery of voting much cereal and we've had a report from either party in station even compile with voting materials haven't yet arrived you're also receiving information that in some polling station in some polling stations the biometric machines are failing i'm not sure how widespread this is by the electoral commission stays that it's trying to resolve the issues this has been quite an intense election period the internet is still down there's a huge deployment of security forces including the military who have taken positions on rooftop positions and buildings in the cockpits all kampala in the last few months we've seen police secur

in many rural areas where a majority of people actually pan out and vote thank you for that catherine sawyer reporting live from near kampala straight ahead on al-jazeera. i'm natasha butler in the french city all very bad day where a mass testing campaign is helping in the race to isolate cases of the highly infectious caving variant 1st seen in the u.k. . and charged with treason why opponents of cambodia's government are calling an upcoming mass trial a sham. it's time for the perfect gentleman to weather sponsored point qatar airways there's still snow all over the ground in central spain which means it gets really cold at night minus $25.00 east of madrid marathon that's not a record so he 3 degrees off the record the snows die being cleared the skies above are blue and that settled weather now for spain and portugal for the next few days the action is further north and further east over what is very cold out least in europe we see significant snow up in sweden recently that cold air is coming down through most of these countries where the average is well below where it should be for av

using the full weight of state security including the army to crack down on this 10 opponents catherine sawyer reports from kampala. a mall cigar was by the towels as he was killed by soldiers during protests in the capital kampala last november he was 15 years old and had gone with hair to the family's shop in the city with news of opposition leader party lines arrest triggered a riot he was hit by 2 bullets as they hurried home more than 50 other people also died that. he fell on the ground and stopped moving he did not even call out for me to help him i did he was dead and i think there i just collapsed well wishers took us to hospital but my son was already gone the un and human rights organizations have blamed security forces for using excessive force while breaking up protests. several opposition candidates including wine and patrick on the scene being arrested by police in this challenging president yoweri with seventies beat for a 6th time in office but they have been blocked from campaigning and detained to pull times. while the reagan 'd republican. government officials insist that o

have been high for months with opposition campaigners killed and their candidate held by police catherine sawyer has more from kampala. there's been a lot of misinformation and propaganda going around from little sides of the political divide when i message days on want to stop reading very strictly our images and. misinformation on twitter and facebook and so on and now facebook says that among that towns that have been suspended are old individuals connected said to the information ministry we have spoken to the government spokesman who says that it's true that about the after hours of douglas employees employees working for the i.c.c. ministry have been suspended he says that this has been down with no explanation and no warning be deeded paradise was going to be devoted to. be able to return. if we are going to. answer to the double standard and that would agree with what i would tell you. that some of the opposition is working with. other government officials including those on the president also saying that this guy and step operations are a good thing. i would ensure you have any governme

he skipped in the doubt but that while he's kept in the dark about uganda that's enough from catherine sawyer who's in uganda's capital of kampala with more on the concerns that the election result will be contested. president 70 has voted he voted just a short while ago in western uganda and as you can see appalled many polls across the country have cleared up people have voted but the electoral commission is saying that those who are still in line in polling stations will be allowed to vote so now what happens next is counting the votes are going to be counted in polling centers and then this count is going to the district tallying centers where the votes will be verified and collated before being put in a system and sent to the main polling main palings center here in couple compiler their electoral commission says that we should expect a declaration of results on saturday and this is worrying very many people who are saying that they are concerned that these will see their election results presidential election result is contested which is very likely if president yoweri moves heaven is g

bobbie wine has tweeted that the military is still surrounding his home and blocking access to it catherine sawyer has been monitoring developments from neighboring kenya here's her update. i'd have spoken to the police spokesman fred and mongo who said that they will abide by the court ruling and will withdraw the soldiers and the police that have besieged by the winds whom he did not say when he higher also said that they are going to keep the surveillance going he did not give details on what this surveillance is but then when i was in uganda covering the election i spoke to him several times and he did mention about this surveillance that has been going on he insisted and continues to insist that bobby wine is not and house arrest he says what the security forces have done is provide a cover a surveillance because of a bobbie one's own protection and also because they have information that whine was planning to organize a violent protest after they declare a ration of the presidential results but he did say that the that they will withdraw the forces that are there now i also talked to one of

shut down and there's heavy security presence 2 thirds of registered voters are under 30 and as catherine sawyer reports from kampala many feel disconnected from politics. who is going to vote on thursday. and move for the 1st days no one here who's aged 35 or older and this popular food on the outskirts of kampala. dominates the conversation however some including reach i don't have a vote has caught. i want to vote but i could literally just i lost my id card and the process of getting another on. james on the other hand says nothing will stop him from casting his ballot in the past as part of our upbringing we thought it was up to the elders to decide on the country's affairs but looking at the social and economic challenges we're facing i think it's time to stand up and claim a right for position in politics 2 thirds of registered voters are below the age of 30 which means they have only ever seen 76 year old president yoweri with 70 in power. to 70 started a social media campaign recently to try and gain young people support the exercises she. takes part in popular. among other things. ugan

but claims the election has been rigged the final results are expected in less than an hour catherine sawyer has more from kampala have just spoken to bobbie why and with is that he is effectively under house arrest that he has been surrounded by security forces particularly the military he say he's not being allowed to leave he called who are their. friends and they have been blocked from he compound so basically saying that he is under house arrest but we have spoken to the kuwaiti official here who are saying that bobby wine called a press conference to announce he's all in revolt and that is not allowed. india has begun its vaccination campaign one of the biggest and most challenging in the world on saturday 300000 people are set to receive jobs nationwide with health care workers given priority india's using 2 vaccines the oxford astra zeneca vaccine any locally developed one called kovacs in india has a 2nd highest coronavirus case count in the world after the us germany's ruling party has just elected a new leader amin lash it has been chosen as the new head of the christian democrats

against 10 candidates that include the pop star turned politician will be of wine al-jazeera catherine sawyer reports from kampala it's been a lot of information and propaganda going around on the side of the political divide well i think. that spreading very picky are you made a pact with him if information on twitter and facebook and so on and the facebook page that among that group of spend an hour of individuals connected to the information ministry we spoken to the government spokesman who says that. through that. the government employee employed what i think the ministry has been let me say that they have been down with no explanation and no one. they didn't tell us was a complaint. letter of the company. if they had to say we are going to suit you we have no time to answer to the devil standard and that would agree with with what i would tell it is that it was that some of the opposition is working with. other government officials including those on the president who are all flopping on the thing that this guy and that operations are unfairly targeting the portal of the ruling party of

leader you're wearing a 70 against 10 candidates including pop star turned politician of the wind catherine sawyer has more now from kampala it's been a lot of information and propaganda going around side of the political divide but i think. that spreading very. information on twitter and facebook and so on and now facebook. suspended individuals said to the information ministry we spoke to the government spokesman who says that it's true that. employees what i think the ministry has been let me say that there have been no explanation and no warning they did it . was plain. if we had to say we are going to suit you we have no time to answer to the devil standard and that ties very very weird with what i would tell you this is telling us that some of the opposition is working with. other government officials including those on the president who are also saying that this giant step operations are on. the porch of the little heart i wouldn't go away with any government official and for one without for move on they say and this is the one that is now raging here in uganda him. on top of everything els

of elections in uganda has been partially lifted but social media platforms are still blocks catherine sawyer reports from kampala. or britons that work with were pulled out of our room on a normal day this office at a motorcycle transport ordination harb will be very busy robert thomson ricky started the only company that connects motorcycles taxis called bordeaux borders with passengers and food korea's 2 clients so the 5 day blackout affected the company badly over 20000 border boarders borders income people and between part of if the problem people were between our own 50000 hearings a day and our current 4 know what for 5 days. government officials say the shutdown was necessary to crush violent demonstrations that were being planned by opposition leaders like body wine some political analysts who trusted it was for the best the one who cannot afford now is having another round of is the ability i think shutting down to get it for 3 days or even a week in order to ensure this a bit of discomfort is a very small 1st bit. when it comes to internet shutdowns african countries are among the

fraudulent and he says in effect been under house arrest since the weekend let's speak now to catherine sawyer our correspondent following that story for us out of camp is there any evidence at all that direct u.s. meddling here catherine. well there is no evidence it's just that the u.s. has been very critical of the selection process from the very start even before polling day. us said it's not going to observe these elections because. electoral commission has refused to accredit most of its observers they said that the embassy here said that the election process has been deeply flawed locks transparency and accountability now about the u.s. ambassador natalie brown she did visit the wines home yesterday she says she just wanted to go and check on him how he's doing how he's healthy is but he was she was blocked by security forces who have besieged his home for a number of days now we have spoken to the government spokesman or foreign or pando who has said that the u.s. is meddling in the political affairs of the country in the electoral process and he said that the ambassador needed to foll

since the 15th of january one day after the disputed you can them presidential elections his catherine sawyer from nairobi now the lawyers presented their arguments on. the ones lawyer that saying that he and his wife barbara. have been illegally detained in a facility in a place that is not guys that it which is his home which is not a prison facility so he needs to be they need to be released immediately and the police and security and military guarding his home needs to be removed but the lawyer representing the state on the other hand said that he is not under the category of security forces they say that what he said that what the forces are providing is because of security reasons 10 miners have died in northeastern china after being trapped underground for 2 weeks they were among the 20 people caught in up last a gold mine in the province of shandong 11 at been pulled to safety one person is still missing. the indian army says there's been a minor faceoff between their troops and chinese forces it happened in nakoula area in the northeastern states of sic him last week china as i said

been under house arrest since january the 15th the day after uganda's presidential election catherine sawyer is monitoring developments for us from neighboring kenya she joins us live from nairobi sir catherine the judge there has ruled that the house arrest is unlawful but will the government abide by that. that's a big question isn't it peter and i have not too long ago spoken to one of the lines lawyers benjamin catan i see say they why headed at the time to some of these orders to the police and military commanders including the inspector general of police and he also told us he's aware and not holding his breath really because they have seen previously the security of paris has failing to abide by the court order that has happened before with bobby wine it has happened with other opposition leaders like for example to the best. opposition leader who has previously contested for the presidential election than 2016 he was put in the house arrest for 40 days and the security apparatus refused to abide to court orders to have that lifted and you know no other cases as well so what we want a

nonviolent means and ideas that they have to free themselves from the most 78 didn't she says catherine sawyer is following developments from nairobi from kenya's capital nairobi. this press conference was held in his home after the police and soldiers while withdrawn in compliance to the court order issued yesterday and basically he reiterated that he has overwhelming evidence of widespread rigged a widespread irregularities including rigging he did not provide this evidence but he said that he's part of the national unity platform is considering the option of going to court even if they do not trust the system and don't trust the judges will give him a fair hearing then he went ahead to call on ugandans to use every means nonviolent means legal means to free themselves this will likely upset many government officials and president yoweri with 70 has also spoken about the election he was speaking in entebbe during the country's labor liberation day celebrations where he said but the election was free but there are some people who are trying to cause trouble he said that the government will no

contested and internet black blackout is in effect also show media and messaging apps abound catherine sawyer has more from the capital kampala. or the chairman of the electoral commission on. a draft after the completion of. anything that by and large the voting process has been small he talked about a few problems in found voting stations for example that biometric identification. failed in the. materials arrive late but he says much of those problems was solved by the experts of the electoral commission and one in the 2 year old arrived in the polling station everything else went smoothly a lot of people have raised on that and about how the transmission of results will happen without internet the internet has been shut down yet in uganda opposition supporters but the wine and paktika moriarty have accused government all through of using x. thank you forth on their supporters to politicians have been around that wall to pull times have been blocked from come painting. i have been backed by security forces in november 54 people killed in krakow after i was a rat that novel to talk to. gover

fraud wine is under heavy guard at his home and what his supporters say is effectively the rest catherine sawyer reports now from kampala. movies. it did not come as a surprise presidential 70 has maintained a decisive lead against his opponents from the start of the vote count they little commission declares. 72. are elected president of the republic of uganda the president addressed the nation after his victory was declared and say despite attempts by some individuals to tamper with about metric identification kits the election was largely free and fair. to you. in the video numbers and voting for the gun deaths and for the parties. i think this may turn out to be the most. read. elections to 62. supporters of the 76 year old incumbent cand out to celebrate a very grand and mostly support these are. these are being the he's the one with. the electoral commission and they've done their best under the circumstances but already the results have been rejected by bobby why they had evidence of widespread irregularities including rigging in favor of president yoweri with 7050 members say they are co

forward is going to happen using within the confines of the low ok catherine thanks very much catherine sawyer there reporting live from nairobi. back to europe the italian prime minister just as we come to you has resigned in a bid to form a new government he went to the presidential palace to submit his resignation of the president. will now start consultations with party leaders weapons in the meantime mr conti will stay home in a caretaker role he in effect lost his majority want a virtual title junior partner in his coalition quit over his handling of the pandemic his resignation is seen as something of a gamble stephanie joins us live from rome so stephanie i guess he didn't really have a choice this is his only option here. yes i think that's the understanding here certainly because there was an important vote going to be put ahead of the 2 houses of parliament tomorrow was expected that he was going to lose that so this is now going to be the way forward as you mentioned political consultations party consultations meeting with the heads of different parties over the next 2 days or so t

been using the full weight of state security including the army to crack down on his opponents catherine sawyer reports from kampala. a more cigar was by the towels as he was killed by soldiers during protests in the capital kampala last november he was 15 years old and had gone with her to the family's shop in the city with news of opposition leader the winds arrest trick at a riot he was hit by 2 bullets as they hurried home more than 50 other people also died that. he fell on the ground and stopped moving he did not even call out for me to help him i did he was dead and i just collapsed took us to hospital but my son was already gone the un and human rights organizations have blamed security forces for using excessive force while breaking up protests. several opposition candidates including mine and patrick on the scene being arrested by police in this challenging president yoweri with seventies beat for a 6th time in office but they have been blocked from campaigning and detained want to pull times. while. republican. government officials insist that opposition protests by land and the lead

electoral commission believes that it has run a credible election peter catherine many thanks catherine sawyer correspondent reporting live for the news from kampala. plenty more still to come for you including the stories we look at the growing push for independence in scotland in the wake of bragg's it and the global pandemic. and in sports and you chapter in the career of this world champion football all the details in about 15 minutes. how is the weather remains basically cold across a good parts of europe as signs of pushing into the west as we go on through the next couple of days well these weather fronts rolling in from the atlantic it will turn some away and somewhat. windier the matter with a lot when it's essential parts cold weather to be clear skies for them frost problems here seen some pretty heavy snow and some heavy rain down towards a southeastern corner moving through greece and on into turkey that will continue to make its way further races but there's that really cold western side of russia moscow minus 12 celsius in the heat of the day on monday the main while we have got

arrested to take charge to get their observe the election that's going to katherine sawyer in the capital kampala catherine what's the latest from the election commission. well the chairman of the electoral commission. he's a draft after the completion. and he says that by and large the voting process has been. talking about a few problems really unfound voting stations for example that biometric identification. failed in the stations of working materials arrived late but he says much of those problems once told by experts all the electoral commission and once that look in the fuel that arrived in the polling stations everything else went smoothly a lot of people have raised concerns and about how the transmission of result will happen without internet internet has been shut down here in uganda he spoke about the fact that the commission is using a few system that does not require internet now and counting is going on in polling stations there are hundreds of people in the polling stations the morning turning the process money turning the count. has been saying that people to should stay there and got thei