remains highly worrying to put it bluntly we have serious doubts about the results in the democratic republic of congo where the election delayed several times since twenty sixteen was beset with problems including the exclusion of about a million voters in the east where there isn't a bowler break uncertainty about the winner threatens to spark violence in the country hoping for its first peaceful transition of power since independence in one thousand nine hundred sixty let's cross over to her metasearch who's in the capital

presidents of congo's largest opposition party union for democracycy and social progress he's's also now at fifty fie years old the provisional president of the democratic republic of congo. born in kinshasa in nineteen sixty three tshisekedi live much of his political life in the shadow of his father. the late veteran opposition leader at the end jessica de you for decades headed the dsp. son felix occupied this position of national secretary for external relations in two thousand and eight a decade later he would take over the party rains in march. two thousasand nineteen yesn the run up to the december elections it looked like at first he wouldn't even be on the ballots. second he joined six other opposition leaders to rally behind a single unity candidates martin for you live. only to pull out after his party base rejected the arrangements. instead he phoned the winning ticket. and one on the promise that if elected he would make poverty and security is. two priorities. and peace to the country. we go so whahat youou'll developmentsts in the democratic republic of congo a correspondent banking shasta and that will bring you to developments as we get them her

accusations of an electoral cool in the democratic republic of congo after three weeks she said katie is announced the winner of the presidential vote will there be a peaceful transfer of power could this marks a new beginning for the country this is inside story. it. and welcome to the program fully back to a two year wait for a new leader has come to an end in the democratic republic of congo but already a post-election crisis is brewing. the leader of the largest opposition party has been declared the winner of the long delayed presidential election to replace joseph kabila but a second opposition rival is announcing the result as an electoral hold up and marching for you know is calling for protests now the provisional results from the electoral commission showed just under thirty nine percent voted for katy the leader of the u.d.p. yes martin for you know of the for citizenship and development party was second with nearly thirty five percent third with twenty four percent was emmanuel. candidates of outgoing president joseph kabila voter turnout was forty seven percent only aroun

french foreign minister is warning that things could take a turn for the worse in the democratic republic of congo the unexpected victory. we're very concerned about the situation in the democratic republic of congo because it seems that the results announced mr security being the winner cannot match the expected result. of the catholic church of congo did its tally and announced completely different results therefore i think while remaining calm and avoiding confrontation that we must have clarity on these results we charge the opposite to what we expected let's go live to can. mean by their force something taken a lot of people by surprise what's been the reaction. by the fighting it but they can make it here. breaking if the honorable here but much . more quiet or. much in. the air that. kind of deal with. the ultimately. putting the strings behind. the right of the country but. you know again that whatever we're told. but people here believe that nothing is going to change in the country in the part of the country if the got in for example in the market but you want to live in i mean it's part

believe that now james join you later in the day thanks very much let's go back to the democratic republic of congo where just data is speaking out in sworn in as the president let's listen in to the new president of the democratic republic of congo citizens. where able to get involved and give contributions with their ideas for a better congo. all this honorable compassion that's. the country the nation is going. through consultation. and taking into consideration of their rights and are willing to involve them in forming our country confronting. our democracy question she says was also supported by institutions organizations and actors of civil society we want to highlight the import important role of the independent and national commission for the elections and older religious organizations and all the civic and citizens organizations and movements in fact. for the first time ever our country has organized with its own. initiatives and financing. a triple cons electoral consultation process however our electoral process needs to be adjusted accordingly we recognize the contributions of different

election result should be upheld recognizing political capital as the new president of the democratic republic of congo people here say this victory is very much about an independent democratic republic of congo and that nobody should interfere in the institutions in this country and the democratic what they consider to be the democratic result that's come out in the last couple of hours now we do know and we've heard from my mouth and tell you the opposition do not large the claim with the constitutional court challenging the electoral commission the result he has said that he doesn't recognize what the constitutional court has said he considers himself a legitimate we know of that election he should be president it is also called the peaceful pulse was not just how much of an impact those protests would have been kinshasa it is unknown especially given that there is a significant support electricity but most of the you look like have support in the northwestern part of the country as well as the east and there are concerns around these protests and just what might happen in the coming day concerns ar

to her with any developments on the story from the democratic republic of congo thank you heard a. spokesman for the advocacy group of friends of the congo and he says the results marked the start of a new era. again it is quite a surprise anything should bury id science is a new beginning we still have to wait to see what will come out from people context the results and hope that the process is going to be much more a keener than the electoral process so that we die end up in a situation that surprising because people don't feel represented in the result they just be in the release now it is quite a shock for everyone but it is a new beginning so let's wait to see what will happen we have any court challenge and the final hour counts on the votes it is a nice time as we are discussing the science formation is coming i live real time as we look at it much closer will just we'll be able to decipher if those results are credible but as we discussed there lection are a naive and with the result the fact that the chosen candidate from the cure and regime can be allowed to not win is a

countries have congratulated felix just before winning the presidential election in the democratic republic of congo martin for you is calling for nationwide protests says he is the only legitimate president has the latest. this is. the highest court in democratic republic of congo announcing the next president felix just acadia. the constitutional court dismissed an appeal by the main opposition contender martin for you lou who claim that the summer thirtieth poll was rigged for you will argue that just the k.t. had made a power sharing deal with outgoing president joseph kabila a charge both men deny. for you is refusing to accept the court's ruling prompting fears of further unrest. i consider myself the only legitimate president of the democratic republic of congo i call on the congolese people not to recognize someone who would take on that role illegitimately know to a by orders coming from him in. the electoral commission had announced that she's sick eighty received thirty eight point five percent of the vote compared with thirty four point seven percent for for you willow. the un says thirt

now feelings to she katie has been sworn in as the new president of the democratic republic of congo he takes office off her basically just today lection december to see katy was integrated at the palace of the nation in kinshasa where the former president joseph kabila handed over power for me to mina was that. arriving at the palace of the nation to be sworn into office felix to secure the city to become the democratic republic of congo's fifth president since independence from belgium in the one nine hundred sixty s. . for many congolese the same really matters deeply in a country having dealt with decades of conflict and violence it's the first peaceful handover of power since independence under symbol of change after eighteen years of rule under joseph could be the. last month's election was bitterly fought the country's new president came with a message of reconciliation. and. we want to build a strong congo in its cultural diversity we will promote its development in peace and security a conduit for each and every one where everybody will have his or her own place. the formal c

the highest court in democratic republic of congo announcing the next president felix just skate. the constitutional court dismissed an appeal by the main opposition contender martin for you of those who claim the december thirtieth poll was rigged for you'll argue that just the k.t. had made a power sharing deal with outgoing president joseph kabila a charge both men deny. for you is refusing to accept the court's ruling prompting fears of further unrest. i consider myself the only legitimate president of the democratic republic of congo i call on the congolese people not to recognize someone who would take on that role illegitimately nor to a by orders coming from. the electoral commission had announced that she is a katie received thirty eight point five percent of the vote compared with thirty four point seven percent for free will over. the un says thirty four people have been killed since the provisional results were released the lead up to the poll was also marred by violence and controversy over this isn't to delay voting in some areas for health and security reasons which

election result should be upheld recognizing political capital as the new president of the a democratic republic of congopeople just say this victory is very much about an independent democratic republic of congo and that nobody should interfere in the institutions in this country and the democratic what they consider to be the democratic results that's come out in the last couple of hours now we do know and we've heard from my mouth and tell you the opposition who had lodged the claim with the constitutional court challenging the electoral commission the result will say that he doesn't recognize what the constitutional court is he considers himself a legitimate we know of that election he should be president is also told the police the cultures know just how much of an impact those protests would have been kinshasa is unknown especially given that there is a significant support to security but most of the little cars have support in the northwestern part of the country as well as the east and there are concerns around these protests and just what might happen in the coming today concerns around potentia

was the opposition leader wasn't expected to win the presidential vote in the democratic republic of congo but he edged out his main rival putting the country on course for its first democratic transfer of power in almost sixty years since independence. i know many of you find it hard to accept but i see it with sincerity i pay homage to president joseph kabila president of the republic. today we must no longer consider each other as adversaries but rather as partners in democratic change in our country. was some believe jessa katie won by cutting a deal with president joseph kabila who's clung to power for and the teen years although could be less preferred candidate only came in third the man expected to win martin for you lou is among many contesting the results. susan. the end of these results do not reflect the truth of the ballots so. this is obviously an acceptable electoral fraud of a nature that will provoke general chaos across the country. it will be up to the country's constitutional court to validate the vote for now to cicadas supporters across the country are celebrating eve

this is you don't use live from berlin the results of the presidential elections in the democratic republic of congo are in but the outcome is being called into question opposition leader felix searches acadia is declared the winner but there weren't catholic church which has a lot of sway in the country is disputing official results and the runner up says the vote is tantamount to a coup also coming up southern germany and austria are experiencing the heaviest snowfall in two decades the report on the communities cut off in the worst hit areas and empty shelves at the supermarket medicine running out in a battered economy we take you to venezuela as present money could us my good will begin a second six year term in office. thank you so much for your company everyone well no one expected him to win and now there are protests in the democratic republic of congo after authorities declared opposition candidate felix just a k.t. the winner of the presidential election will one report says two police officers and two civilians have died in the protests the catholic church is power. or feeling congo and

now the democratic republic of congo has told the international community to back of the outcome of itspresidential election the head of the congolese election commission was addressing the un security council as it debated the result which saw the opposition leader make sessions the katie declared a surprise winner opposition rifle mostyn for you lou who came a close second test dismissed the result and says he will challenge it in the country's constitutional court. this may not look like what you'd expect to see from supporters of a candidate who just lost an election but these jubilant scenes are at a rally in kinshasa for the loser of the presidential vote in the democratic republic of congo the crowds are boyd that runner up martin fight you lou says he's challenging the election results in court he claims that he won by a. and slight. break up rise up sons of the congo take courage we'll go to the constitutional court to file an appeal. to stay there was old by the by but each polling station. this isn't. for you lou accuses outgoing president joseph kabila of making a backroom d

the runner up in the democratic republic of congo's presidential elections. court challenge against the official results. you want to know just zero life from a headquarters and. also ahead after weeks of uncertainty. from syria. to disperse protesters as thousands take to the streets calling for president. reject. journalists jailed for breaking the official secrets. hello the head of the un's mission in the democratic republic of congo is warning of more violence while a dispute over presidential election results continues. sixty percent of the vote citing figures from catholic church observers this contradicts the official tally which his rival felix the winner for you lou is planning to challenge the results in courts. of one. to the point on saturday. with a he has a case if they say he doesn't have a case. which means. on january eighteenth on the ground quiet on friday the people wait to see how this is going to. be is that. petition is rejected in court he may call on his the porters to come out onto the streets and protest in their fear that there cou

the opposition leader wasn't expected to win the presidential vote in the democratic republic of congo but he edged out his main rival putting the country on course for its first democratic transfer of power in almost sixty years since independence. and i know many of you will find it hard to accept. but i say it with sincerity i pay homage to presidential. president of the republic . today we must no longer consider each other as adversaries. but rather as partners in democratic change in our country. some believe sikka katie won by cutting a deal with president joseph kabila whose clung to power for eighteen years. although could be preferred candidate only came third the man expected to win martin is among many contesting the results of. susan. moon the end of these results do not reflect the truth of the ballots. this is obviously an acceptable electoral fraud. that will provoke general chaos across the country mr meanwhile the country's influential catholic church is already questioning the vote it says official results do not match the outcome compiled by its forty thousand obser

you're watching reminder of our top stories this hour the african union has called on the democratic republic of congo to postpone the announcement of its final presidential election results saying there are serious doubts over the vote courses due to a veil on friday. the protests are expected following. friday prayers and through dawn to demand the resignation of president omar al bashir nationwide confrontations between police and protesters on thursday killed three people. and u.s. president donald trump says he wants to explore space based on weaponry that could shoot down missiles he made the announcement unveiling a new defense ops the pentagon. let's get you more on the scene now and chris bowen says offer of congo's violent peace is also an independent expert on the conflict security and democracy in central africa and joins us live from ghent in belgium good to have you with us how interesting do you find this call from the african union the final results of the democratic republic of congo's elections be delay. i think it's. very important only one historical. event next elections three wee

it was supposed to be the first peaceful democratic transfer of power in the democratic republic of congo a new president for a new start in the middle of africa but in the middle of last night the electoral commission declared opposition leader felix choose a key to the country's new president tonight his running the results as an electoral crew and warning of the coming chaos i'm burnt off in berlin this is the day. today we must no longer consider each other as adversaries but rather as partners in democratic change in our country. moving these results do not reflect the truth of the ballots. an acceptable editorial for old of a nature that will provoke general chaos across the whole country mr. election observers have witnessed fifty two cases we consider to be major irregularities. this is very worrying because it was a clear violation of electoral what it would mean. you would be categorically reject these results. following the publication of these results we plead with everyone to show civic maturity and to avoid violence. also coming up tonight in just two days the u.s. governmen

election results should be upheld recognizing political capital as the new president of the democratic republic of congo people here say this victory is very much about an independent democratic republic of congo and that nobody should interfere in the institutions in this country and the democratic what they consider to be the democratic results that's come out in the last couple of hours now we do know and we've heard from our martin suddenly the opposition who had large the claim with the constitutional court challenging the electoral commission the result he has said that he doesn't recognize what the constitutional court has said he considers himself a legitimate we know of that election he should be president is also called the peaceful cultures not just how much of an impact those protests would have been kinshasa is unknown especially given that there is a significant support to security but most of the you will cause have support in the northwestern part of the country as well as the east and there are concerns around these protests and just what might happen in the coming day concerns around p

the democratic republic of congo has told the international community to back the outcome of the vote but the disputed results have sparked unrest with several day support it so far. days of heavy snow have brought chaos to parts of europe and there is no sign that the situation will improve anytime soon more than twenty people have now died in what is some of the heaviest snowfall in two decades and forecasters are warning that up to a meter more could be on the way to see if it isn't one of the worst affected areas in austria where fresh avalanche warnings were issued overnight silence has fallen over the north side of altaf say this part of the village lies in the path of a potential avalanche that authorities say could trigger without warning more than one hundred people have had to evacuate a few come back now and then to clear their roofs or driveways and a constant battle with the snow on the way it has been snowing now here for nearly two weeks the residents tell us they haven't seen anything like it in over a decade is a break in the weather now the sun is out but even if the

the runner up in the democratic republic of congo's presidential elections says he will challenge the result in court the disputed result to spark unrest with five deaths reported so far. and heavy snow sweeps into the balkans after burying much of southern germany and austria the military has been called out in some areas and more snow is forecast. i'm still going to welcome to the program a new chapter has begun for the saudi teenager fleeing alleged abuse by her family time officials have confirmed she is now on her way to canada mohamed al canoe made global headlines earlier this week after barricading himself inside a hotel room at bangkok airport she'd been stopped on route to australia and threatened with deportation she launched a social media campaign to draw attention to her plight. speaking i think vent to short time ago canadian prime minister justin trudeau that canada has granted her asylum. the u.n. h.c.r. has made a request of canada that we accept. as a refugee and we have accepted the un's request that we grant her asylum that is something that we are pleased to do b

we'll bring you the latest also coming up the conflict deepens over the result of the democratic republic of congo's presidential election the runner up says he'll challenge it in court the disputed outcome has sparked on the rest with several deaths reported so far. and heavy snow brings chaos to parts of europe a reporter visits an austrian village that's been partly evacuated for fear of avalanches snow as if you knew it'd been sitting there and it could fall off the mountain onto these houses at any time. thanks for joining us i'm marian evans dean. france's interior ministry says at least two people are confirmed dead after a powerful explosion and fire ripped through a bakery in central paris the dead are said to be firefighters the cause of the blast is not yet known what police suspect it was sparked by a gas leak this comes as authorities brace themselves for another round of anti-government demonstrations by the so-called yellow vest protesters. all right for the latest from paris we're joined now on the line by our correspondent lisa lewis lisa we understand you are actually at the scene

there runoff in the democratic republic of congo's presidential election he says he'll challenge the results in court that is music results a spot on the rest with several deaths from pollution so far. and heavy snow brings chaos to parts of europe our reporter visits an austrian village that has been called evacuated due to the fear about an option. to. find a home free glad you could join me schools of people have been injured several critically in an explosion at a day resulting fire at a bakery in central paris well police in the french capital say it is not yet known what caused the early morning blast fire crews were seen rescuing residents from apartments and initial reports suggest it may have been sparked by a gas leak or thirty's are on high alert as another demonstration of yellow vest protests is planned in the city this off to noon. and our correspondent lisa lewis will join us she's that now and she joins us from paris good to see you lisa we understand that there are reports of foreign men among those critically injured what can you tell us. absolutely we are hearing th

while the much anticipated results from the democratic republic of congo's presidential election are out but the leaders of the country's powerful catholic church are disputing the outcome of the election commission declared felix candy is the winner but another opposition candidate says the results are a fraud priyanka gupta reports. an announcement few had expected one that could set the stage for the first democratic transfer of power in the syncing dependence. causes of felix just a key supporters to the streets to celebrate the surprise. just to carry would see his father called this opposition for more than thirty five years how did messi chief unity. i know how many of you find it hard to accept but i say with sincerity i pay homage to president joseph could be the president of the republic today we must no longer consider each other as a bursaries but rather as partners and democratic change. country. but the result has triggered protests goma and just to carry its rival modify hugo says the provision results were rate to suit you all those who learned of the truth of the ball

allegations of fraud in democratic republic of congo despite an opposition candidate being announced the winner of the presidential election. this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up attempts to end the u.s. government shutdown asked donald trump walks out of a meeting with congressional leaders. u.s. secretary of state is in egypt where he's expected to outline president trumps middle east policy in a speech in cairo. and concerns over the new technology that lets retailers read customers move. so the much awaited provisional results from the democratic republic of congo's election are out and a winner has been declared it could set in motion the country's first peaceful transition of power since the one nine hundred sixty s. the opposition candidate kerry won more than thirty eight percent of the eighteen million votes cast on december thirtieth that's according to provisional results unveiled by the election commission promised to be the president of all congolese and hailed the outgoing president joseph kabila and important political partner. i know how many of you find it

felix tshisekedi is declared winner of the presidential elections in the democratic republic of congo it's disputed and the runner—up tells the bbc he'll mount a legal challenge. at least 16 people are killed — and there's more brutal winter weather ahead for parts of central and eastern europe. a tearful andy murray tells reporters next week's australian open could be his last tournament — he says he's in too much pain after hip surgery. with the partial shutdown of the us government about to become the longest in american history, there is no breakthrough in sight, and many government workers won't get paid on friday. president trump refuses to sign any legislation to re—open the government unless it includes more than $5 billion to fund his long—promised wall on the mexican border. he's again threatened to declare a national emergency, and today took his case to texas, speaking with some of those patrolling the border. nick bryant was there. crowd chants: build the wall, build the wall! the fight over the wall has exposed the angriest faultline in us politics — immigration. chantin

as the new president of the democratic republic of congo people here say this victory is very much about an independent democratic republic of congo and that nobody should interfere in the institutions in this country in a democratic what they consider to be the democratic result that's come out in the last couple of hours now we do know and we've heard from my martin for you the opposition who led large the claim with the constitutional court challenging the electoral commission the result here said that he doesn't recognize what the constitutional court is he considers himself a legitimate we know of that election he should be president is also called the peaceful cultures not just how much of an impact those protests would have been kinshasa it is unknown especially given that there is a significant support to security but mongolia look like they have support in the northwestern part of the country as well. and there are concerns around these protests and just what might happen in the coming days. around the potential violent american union highlight it wanted to send a high level del

the new president of the democratic republic of congo people yes they. very much about an independent democratic republic of congo and that nobody should interfere in the institutions in this country in a democratic what they consider to be the democratic results that come out in the last couple of hours now we do know and we've heard from our martin the opposition who led large the claim with the constitutional court challenging the electoral commission the result here doesn't recognize what the constitutional court considers himself a legitimate we know of that election he should be president of. focus not just how much of an impact was. done known especially given that there is a significant support to security but. supporting the northwestern part of the country. and there are going around these protests that is what might happen in the coming days. around potential violent african union hired wanted by level delegation the they are they wanted to help with the r.c. what he considered to be a political many people that know. well i'm not modeling i ha

celebrations in democratic republic of congo as an opposition candidate for one of the country's long delayed election. headquarters in doha with the problem also ahead crisis in the capital president. of the democrats as the government shutdown continues. to wreck the economy venezuela prepares for presidential. loss. the u.k. parliament. with the make or break vote for next week. opposition candidate kerry has been declared the winner at the democratic republic of congo's presidential election that is according to provisional results announced by the national election commission the preferred candidate of outgoing president joseph kabila if the long awaited result is confirmed it will pave the way for the country's first peaceful handover of power since independence from belgian and nine hundred sixty. six. having gained more than seven million votes or thirty eight point five percent of the votes. mr felix is provisionally declared the elected president of the democratic republic of congo that's going to our correspondent is joining us live from the capital kinshasa electoral commi

capital kinshasa wendy to security calls this the arrival of democracy in congo to the congolese think so. hi everyone yes he aimed a democratic republic of the congo yesterday i mean just like when the constitutional court gave yvette the saying that you think it is becoming just defies president of the congo everybody was happy to know that people was waiting for the change there was waiting for coverage as to who when you ask a question to people in the street like we have very happy to have a great event and we hope that we bring change like employment end up and they will give in good condition go here i mean to give the for the moment when when come maybe in the future months people we have another story and that's the point of view but for the moment really really well when come. but as concerns mr for you who has the catholic church behind him and some data analysis notably by the financial times and other observers is this battle over to see have a way to fight back for what he claims is his victory. marker for you to say here today during his press conference that only one if you make president and i think that for the moment

case even if a deal at least allows opposition into the doors in terms of governing the democratic republic of congo but there's also thought that because they are allegations of fraud is this a real democratic process is a real win what does it mean for the congolese will they have faith in the democratic process in the elections and is this a real winnable people essentially what we are waiting for a response from the opposition and waiting to see what might happen next and of course as you ask there are concerns around violence potentially we do know in parts of the country they are there is armed militia we do know that there's been a growth in demonstrations in the in the months leading up to this election even at a time when the electoral commission said their due to health reasons and security reasons they wouldn't hold elections in three thirty that are known to be strongholds of the opposition as there is for me the minute live for us in kinshasa following developments there thanks so much for me to will bring you more as we get it well u.s. senator lindsey graham has again one saudi arabia

the runner up in the democratic republic of congo's presidential election is calling for a nationwide protest salta the constitutional court rejected his allegations of vote rigging most and says he is the only just met president obvious appealing to the international community not to recognize felix she said katie as president has the latest. this is. the highest court in democratic republic of congo announcing the next president felix just skating. the constitutional court dismissed an appeal by the main opposition contender martin for you lou who claim that the summer thirtieth poll was rigged for you'll argue that just the k.t. had made a power sharing deal with outgoing president joseph kabila a charge both men deny. for you is refusing to accept the court's ruling prompting fears of further unrest. i consider myself the only legitimate president of the democratic republic of congo i call on the congolese people not to recognize someone who would take on that role illegitimately know to a by orders coming from him in. the electoral commission had announced that she's sick eighty

the new president of the democratic republic of congo people here say victory is very much about an independent democratic republic of congo and that nobody should interfere in the institutions in this country in a democratic what they consider to be the democratic results that come out in the last couple of hours now we do know and we've heard from our martin the opposition who led large the claim with the constitutional court challenging the electoral commission the result here doesn't recognize what the constitutional court considers himself a legitimate we know of that election he should be president is also called for peaceful protests not just how much of an impact those protests would have been. done known especially given that there is a significant support to security but it wasn't. supporting the northwestern part of the country as one of the deal and they are going around these protests that is what might happen in the coming days. around potential violent american union hired to want to send out high level delegation to the. they are and they wanted you out with the ark he was what

troops on standby the disputed presidential election democratic republic of congo suffers another setback. plus the dependable donkey under threat in nigeria tell you what's being done to stop them dying out. by the skyline of asian harbor or off the coast of the italian riviera. hello again and welcome back well we are watching a storm system here across the levant over the next few days is going to cause a few problems notice the clouds are here coming across parts of central iraq here's your forecast map on sunday you can see where those showers and snow areas are right there where baghdad's going to be seeing a mostly cloudy day in one thousand degrees but as we go towards monday that system makes its way down here towards the southeast and it will be passing quite close to parts of kuwait city where expectancy seem rain up here towards iran though it could be snow in the higher elevations and we're also watching what is happening out here towards the west very heavy rain continues for syria parts of lebanon as well as into jordan over the next few days well for the gulf not looking t

in kinshasa for the loser of the presidential vote in the democratic republic of congo the crowds are boyd that runner up martin for you lou says he's challenging the election result in court he claims that he won by a landslide. break up rise up sons of the congo take courage will go to the constitutional court to file an appeal. to state there was old by about each polling station. for you lou accuses outgoing president joseph kabila of making a backroom deal with the surprise declared winner opposition leader felix sheika katie the disputed results have sparked unrest with several deaths reported so far the country's influential catholic church also says its forty thousand election observers found a different winner from the official results but it has not released its tally. and they don't because wanted to wendy bash is in the congolese capital kinshasa she joins us on the line or welcome wendy you went to modify it is that meeting today tell us more about what he said. everyone yes they were the. people to clearly to morrow early in the morning and there wouldn't be ethical posi

first peaceful democratic transfer of power since independence in one thousand nine hundred sixty coming to mina has more from kinshasa. the highest court in the democratic republic of congo announcing the next president felix. the. constitutional court judges dismissed an appeal by his rival mounted by you who alleged widespread vote rigging on polling day last month. are you accused you say kitty of making a power sharing deal with the outgoing president joseph kabila both deny that by you lose refusing to accept the court's ruling and is urging everyone to reject. this i consider myself the only legitimate president of a democratic republic of congo i call on the congolese people not to recognize someone who would take on that role in legitimately nor to a by orders coming from him. while for you know calls for peaceful protest the streets of the capital kinshasa appeared as they would on any other sunday calm and quiet. unlike the celebrate two scenes by security supporters that greeted the final ruling by the constitutional court. some of service say despite the allegations of vote rigging the promise of a new face of the presidency may be enough to allow for a smoot

the highest court in democratic republic of congo and on seeing the next president felix just skate. the constitutional court dismissed an appeal by the main opposition contender martin for you of those who claim the december thirtieth poll was rigged. for you will argue that just the k.t. had made a power sharing deal with outgoing president joseph kabila a charge both men deny. for you is refusing to accept the court's ruling prompting fears of further unrest. i consider myself the only legitimate president of the democratic republic of congo i call on the congolese people not to recognize someone who would take on that role in legitimately nor to a by orders coming from. the electoral commission had announced that she is a katie received thirty eight point five percent of the vote compared with thirty four point seven percent for for you willow. the un says thirty four people have been killed since the provisional results were released the lead up to the poll was also marred by violence and controversy over this isn't to delay voting in some areas for health and security reasons wh

now the largest opposition party in the democratic republic of congo has declared its leader the presumed one of last month's president. election the union for democracy and social progress says its candidate fictious according one of calling for a transition meeting with outgoing president joseph kabila the country's electoral commission is yet to release the results meanwhile one of the main observers of the election is reporting irregularities in more than half of the counting centers that monitor how to toss a has the latest from can chaucer shopkeeper blanche to democratic republic of congo has had a difficult history could several civil wars and contested elections he once the election results released as soon as possible to ease tensions so the country can move on. the political situation right now is affecting business very few people are spending money. in things. election officials were supposed to release provisional results on january sixth but they say logistical challenges are causing delays now they're expected to be announced later this week this could be the first democra

meeting took place meanwhile one of the main observers of the presidential election in the democratic republic of congo is reporting irregularities in more than half of the counting centers it monitored. as the latest from the capital kinshasa. shopkeeper blank. the democratic republic of congo has had a difficult history coote several civil wars and contested elections he wants election results released as soon as possible to ease tensions so the country can move on little. people never the political situation right now is affecting business very few people spending money. in things. election officials were supposed to release provisional results on january sixth but it's a logistical challenges are causing delays now they're expected to be announced later this week this could be the first democratic transfer of power at n.p.r. since independence from belgium in one thousand nine hundred sixty that's it everybody here except the un many people hoping to help in decades of having an economic. opposition leaders say they fear the vote will be manipulated to favor president joseph kabila as preferred suc

accused of having a "temper tantrum" by the democrats after he walked out of a meeting to discuss funding for his border wall. 0pposition candidate felix tshisekedi has won the democratic republic of congo'stary of state, mike pompeo, is on a trip to the middle east, and will give a major speech in cairo later about his country's role in the region. but he's doing so at a time when us commitment is in doubt, after president trump's decision to draw down american troops in syria. cbs correspondent charlie d'agata has been on the aircraft carrier uss john stennis, which is supporting us forces in syria, and he sent us this report. even as we landed aboard the flight deck of the ussjohn c stennis, we could hear the roar of fighterjets taking off. the stennis looks every inch of its 11.5 acres of warship at war. f18 fighters launch in airstrikes on taliban targets from afghanistan to isis positions in iraq and syria, despite president trump's declaration of victory and talk of a troop drawdown of all 2000 us forces in syria. we have won against isis. we have beaten them and we have beaten them badly. we have taken back the land and now it is time for our troops to come back home. but the grou

and watching out there are these are our top stories the african union is a democratic republic of congo to postpone friday's expected announcement of the presidential election results because there are serious doubts about voter fraud and failure has launched a legal challenge and is demanding a recount after last week's provisional results which declared philip k. the winner a failure in the catholic church say he won by a landslide of sixty one percent. and sudan for the protests demanding the resignation of president omar al bashir are expected following friday prayers nationwide confrontations between police and protesters on thursday killed three people including a child and a doctor their deaths triggered a sit in at a hospital in khartoum. mourners or pay their respects at the funeral for that dr baraka abdel-hamid who died on thursday. says at least forty people have been killed since protests against price rises and the president began last month u.s. president donald trump says he wants to explore weapons in space that could shoot down missiles made the announcement was done v

capital khartoum on thursday calling for the resignation of president omar al bashir the democratic republic of congo's new president felix chester kerry has called for national reconciliation during his inaugural speech the opposition leader swearing in marks the first democratic transfer of power since the country gained independence from belgium in nine hundred sixty the u.s. senate has failed in its latest attempt to agree on ending the partial government shutdown which is now in its thirty fourth day to rival bills to break the deadlock were put forward by republicans and democrats neither got enough votes those are the headlines on al-jazeera the do stay with us inside story is coming up next thank you very much for watching. but as late as political and economic crisis turns into a power struggle to u.s. and regional countries put the support behind a man who's declared himself but where does this leave president. this is inside story. welcome to the program. years of time.