emerson in nangagba won 52.6% of the votes, his main rival party leader, the citizens ' coalition for change nelson chamisa 44 , had a 69% turnout in the elections with emerson re-elected as president of zimbabwe on gava congratulated by the head of the belarusian state alexander lukashenko noted that the electoral campaign once again demonstrated victory. in zimbabwe's people's justice election results show strong public support for the 20-23 strategy. the president of belarus stressed that the interaction between our countries has a solid foundation. this was fully confirmed during the leaders' meeting in harare in january and numerous visits by government delegations. minsk will make every effort to bring traditionally friendly relations at the level of strategic partnership karavay 2023 already weighs almost 6 million 900.000 tons of grain, it includes 5 million 959.000 tons of cereals and legumes, as well as 938.000 tons of rapeseed mass harvesting continues only in two regions of vitebsk and mogilev only 6% of the area is not developed they are actively harvesting potatoes in the bins already 16,000

his main rival, the citizen coalition for change opposition leader nelson chamisa, got 44% of the votest the results were hastily put together, that they weren't validated by them. and so yesterday, when everybody was waiting for the election results, the opposition party had said it wouldn't validate those elections and now we're just waiting now to hear what their step is. the options are very difficult for the opposition. they might go to the courts. they have seven days within which to lodge an appeal at the constitutional court. but this echoes what happened in 2018, with the same two candidates, mr mnangagwa and mr chamisa, who entered the court to try to overturn the results and the constitutional court upheld mr mnangagwa's victory. and so they really don't have confidence in the court system but they said they're going to announce their next step very soon. london's metropolitan police is investigating a possible data breach after "unauthorised access" was gained to the systems of one of its suppliers. the force said the company held names, ranks, photos, vetting levels, and pa

for change after two decades of economic chaos but sceptical that the ruling zanu—pf party will allow a credible election. president mnangagwa is being challenged by nelson chamisa of the ccc — the citizens coalitioners. the zanu—pf party has been in power for almost as long as the 45—year—old opposition leader has been alive. 0ver six million registered voters are also choosing members of parliament and local councillors. we spoke to shingai nyoka in harare, the capital of zimbabwe. well, i'm just west of the capital, harare, and you might be able to see behind me that people are just sitting around. some of them say that they have been here since 6:00 this morning, waiting for the polling stations which were supposed to open at 7am. so almost seven hours later, nothing has happened, so there's a lot of frustration. some people have already left, but the ones that are here are absolutely determined to stay until those ballot papers arrive. they say that they haven't really received any communication about when that's likely to be. but earlier, the zimbabwe electoral commission, which is responsible for conducting these elections, put out a press statement, and they said that at least one in four

for closely watched presidential and legislative elections. here we see president mnangagwa voting. he is being challenged by nelson chamisa of the ccc — the citizens coalition for changeo decades of economic chaos but sceptical that the ruling zanu—pf party will allow a credible election. the zanu—pf party has been in power for over a0 years in zimbabwe. let's go live now to dr knox chitiyo who is an associate fellow at the think tank chatham house here in london. thank you very much for coming on the programme. thank you very much for coming on the programme-— thank you very much for coming on the programme. thank you very much for invitin: the programme. thank you very much for inviting me- _ the programme. thank you very much for inviting me. what _ the programme. thank you very much for inviting me. what do _ the programme. thank you very much for inviting me. what do you - the programme. thank you very much for inviting me. what do you think- for inviting me. what do you think ofthe for inviting me. what do you think of the selection _ for inviting me. what do you think of the selection so _ for inviting me. what do you think of the selection so far? _ for inviti

see president mnangagwa, the candidate of the party, being challenged by nelson chamisa of the ccc — the citizens coalition for changee other contenders. the zanu—pf party has been in power for almost as long as the 45—year—old opposition leader has been alive. over six million registered voters are also choosing mps and local councillors. our correspondent shingai nyoka is in the capital harare and has more now on what we can expect today and in the coming days as votes are counted. we understand from a government spokesperson there was a delay in delivering some local government ballot papers caused by delays in litigation but we understand that the polling stations will be open for 12 hours regardless of what time they open but there is a lot of excitement and the people i spoke to said they were excited and wanted to exercise their right to vote and they are waiting to see the outcome and whether the election will deliver the change they want, this is an opposition stronghold. after each polling station has finished the count, by law they are supposed to post the results, the ve ii to post the results, the ve 11

president mnan—gagwa is being challenged by nelson chamisa of the ccc — the citizens coalition for changealmost as long as the 45—year—old opposition leader has been alive. over six—million registered voters are also choosing members of parliament and local councillors. our correspondent shingai nyoka is in the capital harare and has more now on what we can expect today and in the coming days as votes are counted. the electoral commission said it was ready to conduct these elections but it has teething problems. polling stations were supposed to open at 7am but in harare, they said that only one and a quarter were able to do that and by mid—morning, some other stations still had not even received the ballot papers and here, these stations opened an hour late at 8am. these stations opened an hour late at sam. the authorities have called for calm and said that everybody will be able to devote for the 12 hours that are still elated by the law but it has not really helped the mistrust that already exists between voters and the authorities, especially in the urban opposition stronghold with th

see president mnangagwa, the candidate of the party, being challenged by nelson chamisa of the ccc, the citizens coalition for change zanu—pf party has been in power for almost as long as the 45—year—old opposition leader has been alive. over 6 million registered voters are also choosing mps the zanu—pf party has been in power for almost as long as the 45—year—old opposition leader has been alive. over 6 million registered voters are also choosing mps and local councillors. we'll be live in harare in the next hour. russia's defence ministry says it's foiled a drone attack on moscow by ukraine. it said air defences brought down two drones in the capital's region, a third device lost control and hit a building under construction in a business complex. staying in russia, numerous serious crimes are being committed by wagner soldiers returning from ukraine to russia. our correspondent, will vernon reports. anna has fond memories of her grandmother. she anna has fond memories of her grandmother.— anna has fond memories of her grandmother. she was 85 years old. she lived _ grandmother. she was 85 years old. she lived in _