the minutes of silence in the room these constitutional court for the late president. the government announced his death on tuesday that left the question of who takes over. the constitution says the speaker of the national assembly should then become an interim leader. there is no need for an interim president as the newly elected president can started a day after being sworn in according to article one of the constitution for this reason the court has decided that it is right for president elect. to take the oath as soon as possible. every student was announced the winner of elections held last month which were marred by reports of violence in irregularities he was due to take over from currencies are in august when currencies are good rule burundi for 15 years his rule started peacefully but ended with widespread reports of political killings and torture. 5 years ago there were weeks of protests when he announced his decision to run for a 3rd term. political opposition said it was against the constitution many of them along with activists and journalists since fled i

they said it was the constitutional court to decide. and it's the same court that 5 years ago was forced by own currencies are to rule that he could run for the 3rd term according to one of its judges and fled into exile. rights groups say none of these institutions function independently after 15 years of an currencies as rule he may be gone to bring the future is still fragile malcolm webb al-jazeera now libya's national oil company says it's lost more than $5000000000.00 since january because of ongoing fighting and was forced to put exports on hold at slaughter just feel this week after it was shot down again by an armed group libya's oil crescent is close to the laces battles between the u.s. backed government and fire his loyal to war khalifa haftar many trainer reports. in a major setback for warlord khalifa haftar forces loyal to the internationally recognized government in tripoli are now advancing into the city of sirte on libya's central coast after a string of victories in the west. sirte is located near libya's most importa

taken down the middle over racial oppression following the death of george floyd traficant a constitutional court has ruled that the president elect must be sworn in as soon as possible following the sudden death of pierre couldn't caesar the outgoing president died on monday weeks after elections were held to choose a successor the ruling party's candidate was announced as the winner welcom webb is following the latest developments from nairobi. the constitution says it's the speaker of the national assembly that takes over in the case of the head of state dying on currency that died while it was announced on tuesday we don't know when exactly he died the government said it was a heart attack growing number of people believed it was in fact coded one thing that following his surprise death in normal circumstances it would have been the speaker of the national assembly his then mentor oversee an election to choose a new president because it already had an election last month which was marred by violence and irregularities that the ruling party's candidate every day shumi a he was announced the wi

court. all said in the dream talking and opening the door to constitutional change but when finally it went through parliament the actual changes yes now that i'm an airport and all changes are important in legislative and constitutional proceedings but it doesn't actually shift power enormously because soon after i made the initial speech then he insisted you know with good sense and perhaps sensibly usually that russia will remain a presidential system so therefore the changes are not substantive the only fundamental huge change is the ability to extend for the present incumbent beyond the 2 terms yes future and future presidents will only be able to serve a maximum of 2 terms no longer consecutive that word has gone and simply 2 terms however we know that amendment allows that with as the new you well modified constitution is not a new one will allow have no option to start again well again putin has spoken about it this week and he's been quite honest and open about it that this is a way of managing expectations coming up to 2024 when his existing to come to an end and it opens the door

burundi's constitutional court has ruled the president elect must be sworn in immediately this follows the sudden death of pierre increase the president elect won the election in may but wasn't supposed to take office until august those are the headlines next up at swiss. called the beyond well. taken without hesitation. fault and died for power defines our world we should not have to trade our culture for oil and gas we leave here we make the rules investigating exposing and questioning the use and abuse of power across the globe people in power returns to al-jazeera. go. about.

obviously the decision by he constitutional court only concerned the previous problem but there wereconditions in the udgment by the constitutional court, for the purchase central bank should not exceed one specific bond that each shall l central bank only buy as much as what its key capital is. therefore, it needs to be watched very carefully and thus also the decision by german constitutional court needs to be taken very seriously. until the pet program? you expect that to be next? it's very likely they will use the current problem out iately to figure whether they can go back again to the constitutional court, and obviously this but it some time, has to be watched very carefully. the rticular, when conditions under which the urrent program that's run might be different from the previous problem. of it tying the hands the ecb at a time when they flexible to respond to the requirements of the economy. is the tool box looking as a result of the german ruling? > definitely, the ecb has to take these concerns from have to be taken seriously. it's the only game in town, lender of only l

changes in january and they have already been accepted by both houses of parliament and the constitutional court despite this mr putin has insisted the changes be ports to a ballot the vote which is not legally binding will take a week to complete it was originally planned for april 21st but was postponed because of the coronavirus epidemic. and a massive surprise during the state of the nation address in january russian president vladimir putin stumped the country with his plan for constitutional reform. proposal envisages strengthening the role of the state council as well as expanding powers for parliament and creating new entrants hurdles for presidential candidates the reform would also allow putin to stay in office until 2036 christmas. the speed with which the changes were rushed through parliament position in much the duma passed the reform and the constitutional court also gave green light. now the only thing putin needs is the approval of the russian people. through this with. us from a german institute for international and security affairs he's an expert on eastern europe and russia

days presidential rerun he lost to president 515-9000 votes in last year's election with the constitutional court ruled was marred by whites paid by judges or did a really good old a lot of young people and that's the majority of malawians do not have better jobs and we are telling them that we were created jobs or have been destroyed. haven't actually heard that every young person involved in something that will build this country prison with arika tried to stop the rerun but the supreme court turned down his appeal when he then tried to force the top judge into early retirement opposition groups accused of trying to intimidate the judiciary the president denies the allegation it's only the 2nd time a presidential election result in africa has been overturned visible and the 2nd ability in malawi is crucial constitutional framework is there an independent judiciary is there i mean we hear brazil going and going and tradition of putting it down in demanding that the elections must be held according to law and we have managed to get here so it's not perfect because there's too a number of signific

and what long term effects might such remote court proceedings have on litigants' constitutional and due process rights? thank you. >> first of all, it's an interesting development for supreme court watchers, is having the court make its oral arguments more readily accessible than in the past. but i haven't been following it to the extent to which the supreme court has made clear that it's not going to continue to do this after we go back to normal normal,k to pre-pandemic normal, but it seems to me once that bridge has been crossed, it might be hard to turn back to the old days of just making us wait to hear those oral arguments. >> i think that's absolutely right. if i could just elaborate in two quick ways. one is, there are a lot more appellate arguments are going to be done by video conference. the ninth circuit has shifted to that with great success. some courts only to audio, such as the supreme court, but also some lower courts for reasons i don't fully grasp. only to audio. that's not a great way of doing those. but video, i think, it's not perfect, it's not quite as good, qu

there were some courts that jumped him pretty early on substantive questions like the german constitutional court, for example, or of the courts in your that it said explain what you had to stay home, because it's not clear if there's any reason for single out young people, for example. but i do want to also i guess maybe what others have said, pushback on this idea that courts, are not suitable decisn makers. nobody has information. like epidemiologists ares not running -- mexican officials. everybody is weighing the same imperfect information. it's not made courts worse like in the worst position to judge this information that elected officials. really not clear to me at all. it's important to these different actors check each other on these questions. i hope we see more of that going forward. >> there hasn't been anyis litigationnk about this technoly ideas that were floated, have been as far as i understand, by consensus rejected because the consensus has developed that they wouldn't be effective. early on their suggestions that we could all use mobile phone location apps or contact tracing.

voting for their next president it's a rerun of last year's election which was set aside by the constitutional court due to ballot rigging incumbent president putin what are you trying to stop the rerun of the supreme court turned down his appeal church members and n.g.o.s have volunteered as observers. reports. malawi's main opposition leader nasser who formed an alliance with the vice president says he's going to win choose days presidential rerun he lost to president 515-9000 votes in last year's election which the constitutional court ruled was marred by whites played by judges or did a rerun you know a lot of young people and that's the majority of malawians do not have better jobs and we are telling them that we're creating jobs we're not having the street. have a national service that every young person involved in something that will build this country prison with erica tried to stop the rerun but the supreme court 10 down his appeal when he then tried to force the top judge into early retirement opposition groups accused of trying to intimidate the judiciary the president denies the allegat

voting for the next president it's a rerun of last year's election which was and now by the constitutional court due to ballot rigging incumbent president putin the 30 who tried to stop the rerun but the supreme court turned down his appeal to its members and n.g.o.s volunteered to serve as how to muntasser is covering this for us from holiday. in the big cities along. the long lines and things are going with italy in the smaller towns and in some rural areas some polling stations opened late but eventually got started again things they seem to be going. to violence here and there but nothing really significant what's interesting is that because the coronavirus endemic internationalization observant unable to come in to these elections so you have a lot of church officials who are on the ground at the polling stations and the church very respected in malawi people trust to respect the church and the hope of church remains neutral one of concern that people have been mentioning is that at the polling stations the polling agents the polling officials all weighing mark but a lot of people in the lo

the montana supreme court disagrees and that court held boring schools did not: violate the federal constitution. this board should reverse that judgment. even respondents now concede that excluding religious schools from the program is unconstitutional they are viewed that the court avoided this discrimination by invalidating the entire program. this is wrong. the only reason the court invalidated the program was because it included religious schools and the court's remedy did not cure its discriminatory judgment nor should the remedy shielded judgment from review. petitioners brought this lawsuit because they were denied scholarships based on religion and they are still being denied scholarships based on religion. if the court had shut down the program because it included muslim schools or african-american schools, there's no question that would be unconstitutional. we ask you to reverse. respondents argue in the alternative that the law allows them to exclude schools and this case falls within the play in joint but that would allow the exception to follow the rule as trinity lutheran made cle

malawi for a rerun of last year's disputed presidential election the vote was an old by the constitutional court because of widespread irregularities reports. malawi's main opposition leader who formed an alliance with the vice president says he's going to win choose days presidential rerun he lost to president 515-9000 votes in last year's election with the constitutional court ruled was marred by whites played by judges or did a rerun you know a lot of young people and that's the majority of malawians do not have better jobs are telling them that will work create jobs or what have been the story. i haven't actually heard for years that every young person involved in something that will build this country prison with erykah tried to stop the rerun but the supreme court 10 down his appeal when he then tried to force the top judge into early retirement opposition groups accused of trying to intimidate the judiciary the president denies the allegation it's only the 2nd time a presidential election result in africa has been overturned visible and the 2nd ability is crucial constitutional framework

constitutional court says, well, you can't stand gatherings. services ban religious if they adhere to social distancing guidelines. the high court came out and basically said the government has still to explain what you can run on the boulevard next to the beach, but once you enter the beach you are no longer allowed to run there because the beaches closed. that just doesn't make sense, right? explain to us why these rules seem so arbitrary. u.s., the sixth circuit court of appeals decision held that kentucky could not simply ban religious services. open liquoreep stores with social distancing -- we actually see some of these cases. the courts are really inserting themselves. and then third, we see cases where courts are demanding action. this is kind of uncommon in the united states. so, in brazil, the court actually imposed the lockdown. the court imposed a lockdown. under annment is obligation to provide accurate information about the virus. all they have this video saying that it is not real. courtdia, the supreme ruled that public health --

a minute of silence in the room these constitutional court for the late president and currencies or. government announced his death on tuesday that left the question of who takes over the constitution says the speaker of the national assembly should then become an interim leader. there is no need for an interim president as the newly elected president can start his term a day after being sworn in according to article one of the constitution for this reason the court has decided that it is right for president elect and they should be here to take the oath as soon as possible. every student was announced the winner of elections held last month which were marred by reports of violence in irregularities he was due to take over from him currencies are in august when currencies a good rule burundi for 15 years his rule started peacefully but ended with widespread reports of political killings and torture. 5 years ago there were weeks of protests when he announced his decision to run for a 3rd term. political opposition said it was against the constitution. many of them along with activists

their next president though this is a rerun of last year's election that was an elder by the constitutional court because of ballot rigging president people with a record tried to stop this rerun but the supreme court turned down his appeal church members and non-government organizations volunteer and as election observers to try to ensure fairness this time around it's out of a task the following developments from harare for us tell us what more you're hearing how do specially about that issue of things being free and fair after the controversy of lost time. voting is being going generally well across the country except for some parts in the central region with some incidents of violence have been reported the incident with last year's election wasn't so much the issue between a voting it was an issue basically of the result judges ruled that some of the ballot papers back then the results would change using typewriter correction fluid if that some people voted more than once it was interesting with this one is that this time the winning candidate had to get more than 50 percent of the vote and

the central bank looks willing to play an active role in responding to germany's constitutional courtding to testimony by christine lagarde. the court gave a critical ruling over the central bank's monetary policy but out until now, the institution has taken a backseat, letting the bundesbank take the lead in responding. democrats are proposing a sweeping police reform bill, hoping to turn the energy from nationwide unrest into concrete legal change is one key change, they want to make it easier to prosecute and sue law enforcement officers. a vote is planned for later this month. a new round of arms control talks between the u.s. and russia. senior officials will meet in vienna on june 22. the aim for washington is to enlist moscow's help. the white house wants three-way treaties to limit the stockpile of nuclear weapons. the past, china has balked at talks. global news, 24 hours a day, on air and on quicktake by bloomberg, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. manus. manus: coming up burton on the mend. boris johnson will talk to his cabinets

now brandy's constitutional court has ruled the president elect must be sworn in immediately following the sudden death appear in the currencies or the outgoing president died on monday that's weeks after elections were held to choose his successor every singe seamy of the ruling party won that election in a landslide so let's get more on this from michael ware who is following developments from nairobi who is not after all the speaker that will be sworn in as per the constitution. now is not the constitution says it is the speaker of the national assembly that should take over in the event that the head of state dies following the controversial election last month that was marred by violence and irregularities everest me a was announced the winner although a lot of people disputed that he was jus to take over from pierre in currencies or in august following pm communities is surprised death which growing number of people believe was from coded 19 of the government said it was a heart attack so instead of appointing an interim president what the constitution says the constitutional cou

the polls earlier this week after the initial may $21000.00 election was discredited by the constitutional court due to mass fraud at least one person has been shot dead and another injured at an anti police brutality protests in louisville kentucky media reports say a man opened fire into the crowd protesters had gathered to demonstrate against the police killing a briana taylor a 26 year old black woman earlier this year while. french police have arrested 6 people for the theft of a banksy artwork honoring victims of the 2015 paris terror attacks there mural painted on an emergency door of the concert hall was recovered in italy 2 weeks ago . early results indicate iceland president good new johanson is heading for a good landslide reelection victory the popular incumbent ran against a right wing challenger with manure franklin lonesome the coronavirus was not seen as a major issue as iceland has only been mildly affected. another country heading to the polls is poland which is holding its 1st round of presidential elections on sunday national conservative incumbent. is the front runner facing

for presidential candidates russia's parliament the duma passed the reform in march and the constitutional court also gave the green light the opposition criticized the vote sharply putin defended himself. a national option was unusual digital but now a crucial goal is to make sure the results of all russian voting are completely authentic and legitimate. there's no place for any forcing or driving up the numbers here let alone any failures while counting the votes so that nobody can ever question the stance expressed by the russians set it sends a virus and russia exploits far beyond workouts talk to w. why president putin wants to push the boat through now. actually putin said it himself if he didn't kind of start his process not by giving himself the possibility to actually get real liked it even once more or even 2 times in $20.00 to $24.00 that would have started uncertainty among among the lead they would have started to look for a successor so he argues i need to create stability and that's sort of the main backdrop of. of the kind of the whole constitutional reform. should the vote pass

rooney's constitutional court announced last friday that the new president would take charge immediately the european court of justice has ruled that a law in hungary requiring n.g.o.s to disclose their foreign donors is illegal the court said the law breaches the e.u.'s fundamental rights critics say the legislation aims to silence any opposition to the government. the u.s. supreme court has ruled that president donald trump cannot reverse a program which offers protections for undocumented migrants who came to the united states as children and they're commonly known as dreamers the dhaka program in acted in 2012 under former president barack obama was a target of the trump administration. here in europe german chancellor angela merkel has outlined of the challenges she hopes to tackle when germany takes over the e.u. hughes rotating presidency on july 1st in a speech to the german parliament today merkel said that the coded 19 crisis tops the list calling it the e.u.'s biggest challenge ever merkel says the crisis has exposed europe's fragility she calls for more solidarity bigger budg

2900 triggered months of at times violent protests in long peaceful malawi in february the constitutional court unanimously overturned the results. it cited widespread fraud including the use of correction fluid to tamper with result sheets the ruling made malawi just the 2nd african country south of the sahara to have a presidential poll a null after kenya in 2017 but he's the only opposition candidate to have gone on to win the rerun. lazarus trick where i called his victory a win for democracy and justice that would allow the nation to reset. but 1st the former evangelical preacher will need to unify the country after months of political upheaval. well this weekend the e.u. raised over 6000000000 euros more to help vulnerable countries battle the coronavirus pandemic the money was raised at a virtual summit organized by the e.u. and the international aid group global citizen for more than 2 hours global leaders and influencers delivered a video message is aiming to make any future of vaccines tests and treatments available worldwide delighted to host this incredible it was partly to ship som

to back scene we need public euro and we need primary health care to bernie now where the constitutional court has upheld the results of last month's presidential election declared the ruling party's candidate. the winner the opposition ledged widespread irregularities catherine soy has more now from nairobi but this ruling does not come as a surprise atoll we did speak to some people in blue in the hall say that they did not expect anything else they believe that the constitutional court is not independently also r.d.s. spoke to agatha that he was a presidential candidate he filed the petition and he says that he also didn't expect any justice to come his way now he says he's going to take this matter to the east africa court of justice where he hopes that he is going to get a fair day in court we don't want anyone to use this as a lever to. any citizen. we have to to do to talk with those who are. pretending to be voted in to see how do we do we move forward while agathon ross i inquired state that there were massive irregularities across the country he said that he supporters was intimidate

to bolster local currency it's now lost 70 percent of its value since october for india's constitutional court has ruled the president elect must be sworn in as soon as possible and follows the sudden death of outgoing need appear in crazy his successor everest and die she may 1 last month's election that wasn't due to take office until august police in hong kong have arrested a 35 people as hundreds of anti-government demonstrators gathered across the city they defied a ban on public gatherings to mark the one year anniversary of a major rally that kicked off months of protests they also angry over a new law that makes insulting the chinese national anthem a criminal offense well those are the headlines i'll be back with more news here on al-jazeera after the war injury stay with us. 15th of may 1967. a parade and military might to celebrate 19 years since the founding of the state of israel. that this public display of power took place under a dog shadow. the previous day egyptian president. had ordered his forces to take up positions along the borders but israel. look at last came in no. wa

29000 triggered months of at times violent protests in known peaceful rally in february the constitutional court unanimously overturned the results it cited widespread fraud including the east of correction fluid to tamper with results sheets the ruling made man i was just the 2nd african country south of the so hard to have a presidential poa nulled off to kenya in 27 team but he's the only opposition candidate who has gone on to win a rerun the last was check where a cool his victory a win for democracy and justice that would allow the nation to reset but 1st the former evangelical preacher will need to unify the country after months of political up and he told. our reporter in malawi elves and. sent us this round up of the situation from the capitol long. president elect last last up we had a has a huge task to ensure that malawians are united from these phrase presidential elections it is evident that malawians are voted on tribal and regional lines put in with a lot of votes from the south and rejoin of the country has bought a lot of votes from central and northern regions. and the same ti

members of parliament are asking the government to move the way the web raised from the german constitutional court given to god to keep the honey people are. not saints not it. mexico city's police chief was wounded and 3 others were killed after a group of more than 2 dozen gunmen attacked his vehicle local media same police have now arrested 19 suspects and they're investigating drug cartels who they say of planning an assassination attempt. a brazen dawn attack the security camera footage shows gunman firing on the police chief's convoy. the victims included 2 bodyguards and a bystander the attackers failed to kill the police chief wounding him in 3 places . police have detained several suspects and said as many as 28 gunmen were involved. authorities later confiscated a dizzying array of weapons. and so far we have secured firearms of different calibers rifle fragmentation grenades smoke grenades telephone equipment radio communication equipment ballistic vest and 13 vehicles. the audacity of the attack has sparked fears of a new escalation in violence the so-called how least go new generation

earlier this week after the initial may 2019 election was discredited by the constitution constitutional court due to mass fraud . early results indicate iceland president goodluck jonathan is heading up for a landslide reelection victory the. ocular incumbent a rant against a right wing challenger with mundra franklin young son the corona virus was not seen as a major issue as iceland has only been mildly affected. the french police have arrested 6 people for the theft of a banksy artwork honoring victims of the 2015 paris terror attacks the mural painted on an emergency door of the posh concert hall was recovered in italy 2 weeks ago. well to sports now and it was the final match day of the buddhist league season with the title decided at the big battle was for 4th place champions league qualification the spot was brucia luncheon glad backs to lose as they played hard to berlin meanwhile 5th place leverkusen hopes that a god back slip up might let them sneak ahead in the table. living in began the afternoon with arguably their best player on the bench made way and so it was up to kevin folla

constitutional court announced last friday that the new president would take charge immediately. the work of a group of north korean defectors is raising tensions between. north and south with the land border closed the defectors a turn into the air and sea to send messages and metz and to the north supporters say that efforts are raising awareness about the plight of people there but critics say the group's plans are complicating efforts to promote dialogue between the 2 koreas frank smith reports. north korean defector park has been sending rice and medicine to north korea in plastic bottles using ocean currents for 4 years now following pyongyang's recent complaints so korean officials have vowed to stop such activities but park is undeterred. and i don't know why the government is trying to stop this no they should say that there is nothing they can do because this is a nongovernmental group activity. i think it would be wrong to suppress such organizations because of what was said by north korea's kim. i'm confused whether i live here in seoul young on and. joe knows brother

the polls earlier this week after the initial may 2019 election it was just credited by the constitutional court due to mass fraud. early results indicate iceland a president could sneak johannes an is heading for a landslide reelection victory the popular incumbent who ran against right wing challenger with money to a friend and young son of corona virus was not seen as a major issue as iceland has only been mildly affected. well the african union is reporting progress in 3 way negotiations to build one of the world's largest dams it says over 90 percent of the issues among egypt the opiah and sudan have been resolved they you is trying to broker a deal to end a dispute about the dam which was begun on the blue nile river in ethiopia in 2011 the theo in government said it would start filling the reservoir in a few weeks to produce hydroelectric power so dan hopes to benefit from the dam as well but egypt fears it could face massive water shortages. the project has triggered a decades long dispute ethiopia began construction of africa's largest dam 9 years ago it will cost more than $4000000000.

constitutional court announced last friday that the new president would take charge immediately. united nations says that refugee numbers hit a record high last year with nearly $80000000.00 people displaced worldwide 70 percent of those forced to flee their homes come from only 5 countries we are going to stand syria south sudan and venezuela. the us supreme court has ruled the president on the trump cannot reverse a program that offers protections for undocumented migrants who came to the united states as children commonly known as dreamers. program and acted in 2012 on the former president barack obama was a target of the trump administration. companies such as google facebook do big business in europe but they hardly pay any taxes here now the u.s. has pulled out of talks with france britain spain and italy into the green tax rules on digital companies the u.s. says instead it wants digital tarts to be part of broader talks organized by the organization for economic cooperation and development the o.e.c.d. france is a pioneer when it comes to the digital services tax and the

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take a brief look now at some of the other stories making headlines around the world produce constitutional court has agreed that the president elect should be sworn in immediately following the sudden death of the outgoing president. who was due to take over in august after winning the presidential election in may he said previously currency's a died last week following a heart attack. the matter of us is here seattle says it would be illegal for president trump to send troops in to remove protesters from a neighborhood that occupy i mean and racism protests the president had called on them met with mediately clear activist for an area they've been calling an autonomous zone since police withdrew on monday. before it was in london have covered up a statue of wartime leader winston churchill and other monuments in preparation for a 2nd weekend of anti racism demonstrations in the british capital some protesters taking part in recent black lives massive demonstrations targeted statues all monuments that reflect the british colonial past and involvement in the slave trade . the syrian president bas

to the polls earlier this week after the initial may 2019 election was discredited by the constitutional court due to mass fraud. ireland has a new prime minister more than 4 months after going to the polls fianna foil leader hold martin was elected in a special parliamentary setting he had an unprecedented coalition with our tribal from a gale and the smaller greens the alliance was forged to keep the republican shin fein out of power for comfort. the african union is reporting progress in 3 way negotiations to build one of the world's largest downs it says over 90 percent of the issues among egypt ethiopia and sudan have been resolved they you is trying to broker a deal to end a dispute about the dam which was begun on the blue nile river ethiopia in 2011 but you theo and your government said it would start filling the reservoir in a few weeks to produce hydroelectric power sudan hopes to benefit from the dam as well by egypt's fears it could face massive water shortages. the project has triggered a decades long dispute b.t.o. pia began construction of africa's largest dam 9 years ago it wil