e.u. election observers say there's a press conference tomorrow afternoon whether they indeed uphold these these allegations of breaking now this comes after of a violent and bitter campaign leading up to this vote where does this all leave pakistan's democracy. well indeed and then there was also a lot of intimidation and threats against journalists in the whole election campaign we've talked to journalists who off the record many of them did not want to go on the record were talking about threats and intimidation and that they were not allowed to report freely on the elections but we also have to have a look at the wider picture and pakistan this is not an established democracy votes here are all out and sold local villages vote according to whoever their village strongmen tells them to vote for so the general picture is not one of free and fair elections but we'll get the final results later on in the day maybe tomorrow that's also when we'll get the update from the e.u. election observers and that's when we'll have the full picture do you ever use not only conrad reporting for us from

e.u. election observer mission said the problems they saw at some of the polling stations this is too early to tell whether it's the just to call issues or is deliberate what they're going to do now is meet other election observers compare notes and then make some kind of statement in a few days' time the bobbins know that if the international community doesn't endorse these elections and say they were free fair and credible then all that talk about investors coming to the country may not happen and most people who are voting were young and unemployed they really want the economy to recover the really want jobs and they need these elections to be endorsed by everyone especially international community tell us more about the type of change people want to see what they want from this election her. everything it's about the economy this election is different from the past because right now you know you probably be talking about the number of people who have been assaulted and beaten the number of people who've been killed in elections but it's a different election people seem free and the oppo

e.u. election monitors. realise. you know there are reservations there is no doubt about it because the way that. members of the pakistan muslim league which was in power and was expecting to get back into power. that their people were imprisoned there and were taken into custody at the last minute or they were disqualified. for participating in the elections so it seemed as though the establishment as they call it in pakistan all the election commission was somewhat biased against ruling party but you have to see that the present elections the way that these were held obviously no one expected that imran khan's party would win as many seats as it has won so there were also. good pointed in the sense that you know there has been some sort of favoritism done but to what extent that has been done and very little this is true or not i think it has yet to be determined because imran khan has been very forthright as far as saying that well if there is any doubt that there has been any interference or my election has been

e.u. election observer, bservation mission, came forward with some interesting statements earlier they werete critical, not necessarily about what took place on the election day itself but about the campaign and the build-up there. one of the stasmse -- statements they said they had been told there was a systemic campaign to undermine the ruling party at the time. and that chismse with one of the complaints the plm has long made, saying the pakistani military has been trying to dominate the election campaign d ensure that the p.l.m. aret brought into power and they've said those claims are just to try to cover up fr th decriesing popularity. he has said he'silling to look into any alleged incidents of vote rigging >> after surviving the brutal war in syria, a group of child refugees and class mapets will take to the stage in london on sunday. reporter: it's a long way from the rubble of war to this. >> welcome tthe royal albert hall. >> oh, what do youhink? b what do you think? >> it'sn a tough but extraordinary journey for these children. this is sajita, 14. severaler of family members wer

e.u. election observation mission in pakistan has said. while polling day itself was well conducted the lead up to the vote suffered from curbs on the media and a crackdown on the former ruling party and naomi conrad in islamic has been speaking with the chief election observer observer michael gallagher. i'm here with the head of the e.u. selectorial mission who just gave a statement mr garland we've seen a lot of cracked whistle crackdown on the media in the run up to the elections an unlevel playing field would you say that the elections will free and fan we are never reducing our assessment to these two nice words that fit of course in a headline for a journalist but the process is more complex there are the legal aspects that the legal framework has definitely been improved all of the confidence in the election commission they have been very communicate if they have contacted civil society organizations and relevant stakeholders so in this area we have seen definitely an improvement but the election environment that was definitely mar

e.u. election observer mission has said that they observed no vote rigging on election day but they also noted a lack of equality of opportunity and systematic attempts to undermine the ruling party so how much of a shadow does this cast over the formation of a government led by iran. oh well i did i did out a tax about it there was some kind of intimidation to other political parties primarily nevada city sparty however had that been the case had it been engineering as being portrayed by the opposition parties. that he can solve to be honest with them would not be looking for other coalition partners it could have since singlehandedly formed government but that's not the case they election was pretty clear the election procedures have never been. over have never had level playing field for all the political parties so out to history we just don't justify what happened before these elections but definitely think should have gone to improve towards improvement and that was don't the case but having said that i think election day was the most organized but a day and there were discrepancies ther

e.u. election observer mission says in some places voting went well when other places it was totally disorganized this is they don't know where there's a simple logistical errors or it was deliberate it's too early to tell they say what they're going to consult each other consult other election observer missions and come up with a statement in a few days' time. being told that if the international community don't endorse this election in three clear and credible in the much needed money that they need to jumpstart this economy may not come and many people who are waiting in line voters many of them and in florida who are hoping that this election could make the country move in a different direction investors come into the country open the factories and businesses that have been closed for nearly two decades visible were illiterate commission has said there had been a few issues here and there but they are confident that things have gone while the final results will be announced within five days. let's now speak to my studio guest charles laurie director and head of politics at a very risky maple

election. i mean. you're referencing there the u.s. and e.u. who are already worn cambodia that it could face harsh sanctions in the wake of what they are calling sham a sham vote what would that mean for your country and that's mr incentive and care about legitimacy in the legitimate leader of your country mr hussein has been given a sick no warning do a big that do bring that can democracy but he doesn't care because the only thing that he's hungry for is more power but we do care what is going to happen is economic sanctions and eat it is the whole it will be a disaster for the economy and we do not want to get to that what this way we will political solutions that will bring you back to the country we need to set solutions for that can we get ten of the late economic sanctions mr trump what next now for cambodia i mean your party has been very and you are in exile in jakarta indonesia can you be an effective opposition party not being in cambodia. as i said earlier we've pursued and half of the country and inside cambodia our people our sup

want it transparent and that led to the election these. e.u. electoral observers have been invited into zimbabwe to monitor the polls and opposition parties have been freely allowed to campaign the un is hopeful. in the. two elections previously in zimbabwe were very different very much modified violence and from what we have been seeing what we have been monitoring there has not been that scale of violence in fact civil society people that are that are calling to spoken to have expressed his cautious optimism it is far from from from perfect but the there are encouraging signs. monday is going to be a historic day for zimbabweans for the first time in thirty eight is there is a chance that the people will speak and be heard. and let's get a quick check of some other stories that have been making news around the world the annual bric summit opened today in south africa bringing together the world's fast developing economies brazil russia india china and south africa this year's meeting is expected to focus on revitalizing africa's industrializat

election observer we have got. i'm here with the head of the e.u. selectorial mission he just gave a statement mystic we've seen a lot of cracked whistle crackdown on the media in the run up to the elections an unlevel playing field would you say that the elections will free and fan we are never reducing our assessment to these two nice words that fit of course in a headline for a journalist but the process is more complex there are the legal aspects that the legal framework has definitely been improved odds of the confidence in the election commission they have been very communicate if they have contacted civil society organizations and relevant stakeholders so in this area we have see definitely an improvement but the election environment that was definitely marred by. a situation where the press was. particular precious and certain journalists and certain media outlets that was different from twenty thirty that was the question is where they had to say such environments lead them to an overall assessment that we that the twenty thirty in. better i

e.u. they almost essential e campaigned against trump dearing the election process many many e.u. leaders openly in the worst hillary clinton you still can you still work i can still meddling they both start with an m. . and those that did their state media you know completely. you know unabashedly objectively attacked you know and they're paying for it now he's got it right. now i don't think i don't think that trump is going to pull any large number of u.s. troops out of germany a lot of this is bluff and bluster and it's just personal a little bit of personal revenge and a little bit of leverage in his negotiation as it starts mentioning him and if you are talking about country supporting and against from ukraine and if we're going about what. during this meeting in my opinion trump is ready to take his revenge on ukraine on promotion very very openly support to turn against him well ukrainian officials such as have to clean their facebook accounts one of the messages against trump so it's a very well known story but what is the most surprising thing about this or is the fear t

e.u. they almost essential e campaigned against trump during the election process many many e.u. leaders openly in the worst hillary clinton you still can you still work i can still meddling they both start with an m. . and those that did their state media you know completely. you know unabashedly objectively attacked and they're paying for it now he's got it right. i don't think i don't think that trump is going to pull any large number of u.s. troops out of germany a lot of this is bluff and bluster and it's just personal a little bit of personal revenge and a little bit of leverage in his negotiation as it starts mentioning him and you know if we're not talking about country supporting and against from ukraine and if we're going to vote going to during this meeting in my opinion is ready to take his revenge on ukraine on very. very. openly support to turn against him well ukrainian officials such as have to clean their facebook accounts one of the messages against trump so it's a very well known story but what is the most surprising thing about this or is the fear that that ma

e.u. they almost essential e campaigned against trump during the election process many many e.u. leaders openly in the worst hillary clinton can you still merkel can you can spell meddling they both start with an m. right and those that did their state media you know completely. unabashedly objectively attacked and they're paying for it now he's got it right. i don't think i don't think trump is going to pull any large number of u.s. troops out of germany a lot of this is bluff and bluster and it's personal a little bit of personal revenge and a little bit of leverage in his negotiations it stops him shooting him and if we're not talking about. supporting and against from ukraine and if we're going about what's going to go sit there in this meeting in my opinion is ready to take his revenge on ukraine on promotion very very openly supposed to turn against him ukrainian officials such as i welcome to the to plead their facebook accounts one of the messages again strong so it's a very well known stories ukraine but what is the most surprising thing of all of this is the fear that t

great britain eve i owed it to lee about what president elect andres manuel lopez obrador means for the world plus is brics it no surprise given the e.u. policy on the jailing of democratically elected politicians on the day a new spanish pm petter sanchez meets is. catalonian counterpart we get the take of us by the gemini be on the european parliament committee on foreign affairs georgie so that all the some more coming up today is going underground but first on this day in one nine hundred sixty two singer bob dylan recorded the song that would make him a star blowin in the wind he introduced it by saying it was no protest song later though he said that the greatest protest song ever written was by someone we speak to today we caught up with the grammy award winning artist and film star known for you can get it if you really want harvey they come many rivers to cross i can see clearly now and countless others jimmy cliff speaks to us at a hotel in west london jimmy you're touring across europe across the world the big talk here across the world obviously terms america but here is the the injustice of the war as there is migration a

e.u. they almost essential e campaigned against trump during the election process many many e.u. leaders openly in the worst hillary clinton can use bill merkel can you can spell meddling they both start with an m. . and those that did their state media you know completely. you know unabashedly objectively attacked and they're paying for it now he's got it right. i don't think i don't think trump is going to pull any large number of u.s. troops out of germany a lot of this is bluff and bluster and it's just personal a little bit of personal revenge and a little bit of leverage in his negotiations it stops him shooting him and if you are talking about. supporting and against from ukraine and if we're going about what's going to during this meeting in my opinion is ready to take his revenge on ukraine on. very very openly supposed to.

clearly about what president elect addresses manuel lopez obrador means for the world plus is brics it no surprise given the e.u. policy on the jailing of democratically elected politicians on the day a new spanish pm petter sanchez meets his catalonian counterpart we get the take of us by the gemini be on the european parliament committee on foreign affairs jordi so all this the more coming up today is going underground but first on this day in one nine hundred sixty two singer bob dylan recorded the song that would make him a star blowin in the wind he introduced it by saying it was no protest song later though he said that the greatest protest song ever written was by someone we speak to today we caught up with the grammy award winning artist and film star known for you can get it if you really want to target they come many rivers to cross i can see clearly now and countless others jimmy cliff speaks to us at a hotel in west london jimmy you're touring across europe across the world the big talk here across the world obviously terms america but here is after the injustice of the wars there is migration and t

national rescue party was dissolved last year human rights groups have dismissed the election as a sham for the e.u. the us and japan well they refuse to send election observers when he has the latest from mom pen. this could have been a day of political change for cambodia instead voters lined up knowing there was little chance of that the choice was vote for a continuation of prime minister who sends thirty three year rule back one of nineteen small opposition parties most of which can't be called truly independent or stay away. but i came to vote because it's my right and my obligation average five years i want to see my country develop more. at this polling station in the capital phnom penh came so car was still on the voter list he's the leader of the banned cambodian national rescue party which called for people to boycott the vote this is where i would have cast his vote if he were not in jail awaiting trial on treason charges this could have been a day of big celebrations for him and his party given they almost won the last election five years ago. the assumption is they became too popular

and election in all but name that's how cambodian opposition parties along with the e.u. and us are describing sunday's election prime minister has promised a one cent buy on the largest opposition party from taking part as he looks to extend his thirty three years in power wayne hay reports from the capital phnom penh. in cambodia there is only one show in town these days the ruling cambodian people's party led by prime minister who in sin is expected to win sunday's election comfortably the main opposition the cambodian national risky party which almost won five years ago.

while china has congratulated hinson on the smooth running of his election both the u.s. and the e.u. have already threatened to impose sanctions on company as high ranking officials. are all joining us for more is going to be a correspondent on the heart to he's been covering events for us in cambodia busta anna is cambodia today a one party state for all intents and purposes and what does this mean for the country and the wider region. well yeah it definitely is a one party state and it was pretty much before since the main opposition party as we heard in the report was the solved later that year then the ruling party they took all of the seats that belonged to the opposition so basically it was a one party one party state in effect before as well but now of course it's official now they announce that they officially one all of the seats in parliament and of course that means that then the prime minister and who has been prime minister for thirty three years he can he can tighten its grip on power even further and that is a development layer that is not unique to cambodia it's some

clarified it yet and we still have to wait until the election day is over and more reports are coming in to see what really happens and what about the e.u. here the monitors they've been monitoring this election to what overall picture are they getting from how this is this election was held about being free and fair. was actually the first time since two thousand and two that the government in zimbabwe and why did service from the european union so this was already a positive sign we've talked to them today earlier with the head of the observation mission mr brewer who is the european union parliamentarian and he told us so far it's been quite satisfied with what he has seen but of course still it is too early to really just a situation he was commenting mainly on the things that happened before the elections and there he said it is a big improvement from what we have seen during the elections if before yes there were some minor incidences but those cases of violent intimidation of voters which used to be a standard during the last elections these things didn't happen but we have to wait once again see how the next days the next hours

election these. e.u. electoral observers have been invited into zimbabwe to monitor the polls and opposition parties have been freely allowed to campaign the un is hopeful. in the run up to elections previously in zimbabwe were very different very much marred by violence and from what we have been seeing what we have been monitoring there has not been that scale of violence in fact civil society people that are that our colleague has spoken to have expressed his cautious optimism it is far from from from perfect but there are encouraging signs. day is going to be a historic day for zimbabwe for the first time in thirty eight years there is a chance that the people will speak and be heard. will be doubly correspondent creations covering the election for us in the capital harare welcome i've been the country's been under new management for the last couple of months hasn't changed much well definitely the new president is more open than the old one and i'll give you two reasons that prove that one point is th

e.u. electoral observer mission so whether they indeed call these elections for your fair will have a big impact on what the opposition parties decide to do another thing is a meeting of all the parties except for the p.t. where they discuss what strategy to take and as one of the high ranking members told me yesterday all options are on the table meaning they might be able to move supporters depending on what they do so a very tense day and it remains to be see what happens later on in the day no matter what about four in run time you know he's promised to tackle issues that are important to the voters but he is the candidate who was a favorite by the military in this vote so how much freedom will we have to do so with the military the influence in politics. over two things that elected politicians can't touch that's foreign policy and defense policy but that's always been the case in the history of pakistan the one issue that he's was really central in his campaign which was corruption fighting corruption is very much aligned to what the military wants to see the military says there's t

e.u. have said is that. they want to create theory elections and. i think the reality in a in a sense is that we already don't have a free election and that everything that that has happened in the pre-election will environment terms of the state media which has been totally biased towards toward sunapee in terms of the way that sic has conducted the electoral commission has conducted themselves in an untransparent man and refusing to release important information people having to go to court. simply to get the most basic things like a voter's roll from from sick. and so to that degree the election is already not in compliance with the law or be the question really is with the is with the opposition is able to overcome those those hurdles open on an even playing field in order to win the election on the list human rights lawyer joining us tonight from harare doc thank you very much we appreciate your insights tonight . thanks very much. what's going to the white house the u.s. president meeting with a leader from europe and this one appears to be ex

e.u. is used to being kind of a very slow moving lafarge a bureaucrat with no accountability whatsoever he's not elected he will say anything but generally that means not getting. the deal is not the ink on the contract has to drive for us to say that there is a deal. meanwhile the u.s. trade wars are all new gender of this year's tenth anniversary bricks summit each year the world's emerging economies comprising of brazil russia india china and south africa got there for three days and not a correspondent you could have done a report from johannesburg south africa where the summit is now on day too. heightened security swarms of journalists and lots of vehicles with diplomatic license plates this is pretty much the city of johannesburg right now the south african host city for the twenty teen breaks summit one breaks was formed like about a decade ago it was formed with the goal of the member states accelerating their own economic growth which are they are already implementing secondly they created that the new development bank but also its main purpose has been to serve as a counterbalance to more tra

e.u. write their reports on this election in the days ahead meanwhile it's going to take a few days before we get the results it won't come out till saturday fourth of august so zimbabweans now are waiting for them to find out who will be announced as the winner of this presidential election. around four million residents of a northern indian state are at risk of losing their citizenship the government has published a register of citizens and to be included people must prove they came to india by the twenty fourth of march one nine hundred seventy one that's two days before bangladesh declared independence which led to hundreds of thousands of refugees fleeing to india many of them settling in some states officials there are telling the newly dubbed foreigners they won't be deported but security is being stepped up to prevent any violence against them paul charges reports. india has tightened security across the northern state of us some which borders bangladesh. thousands of bengali speaking muslims are worried about being sent to detention centers or deported. they sent me to jail withou

e.u. write their reports on this election in the days ahead meanwhile it's going to take a few days before we get the results we won't come out till saturday for the longest so zimbabweans now are waiting for them to find out who will be announced as the winner of this presidential election. for more on this we're joined by zimbabwean journalist georgina godwin thanks very much for coming in to our just how crucial do you think it is that this is seen as a fair election not too much vote rigging obviously reasons already saying he's questioning it both in terms of the domestic sort of reaction but also in terms of the foreign reaction to mystically people absolutely need to feel that it's legitimate unfortunately that's not ever going to happen it's definitely been a problematic election we know of lots and lots of cases where we can prove that in fact it has been rigged whether by incompetence or or deliberately certainly it's not entirely free and internationally again it's the sad thing of well it's if it's good enough we can sign it off which i think is hugely. unfortunately it's true

e.u. with european elections coming up and it's not just for the leaders to sort of look to how we're drassinghis complex world and associated policies but actually the political parties that need to realign themselves and come take in those political topics and find ways of engaging the contingencies and come forward with programs actually addressing the future of nato and europe and the transatlantic alliance. jonathan: thanks for staying with us, corinna horst reporting from brussels. coming up we'll get to the market perspective with our long view economics c.e.o. live from new york, this is bloomberg. ♪ >> we put $40 million in intelligence. it will rip through the economy like a tsunami. ♪ alix: the headlines coming out from president trump's conference from the nato summit and you see movement in the currency market. look at euro-dollar which took a leg lower halfway through him speaking earlier in brussels. with more market reaction, chris watling, chief market strategist and happened around the time he was talking about trade and things could actually work out with china. as an invest

national rescue party was dissolved last year human rights groups have dismissed the election as a sham while the e.u. the u.s. and japan refused to send election observers wainaina from the pen this could have been a day of political change for cambodia instead voters lined up knowing there was little chance of that the choice was vote for a continuation of prime minister who thirty three year rule back one of nineteen small opposition parties most of which can't be called truly independent or stay away but i came to vote because it's my right and my obligation abbott has i want to see my country develop more. at this polling station in the capital phnom penh was still on the voter list he's the leader of the band cambodian national rescue party which called for people to boycott the vote this is where kim would have cast his vote if he were not in jail awaiting trial on treason charges this could have been a day of big celebrations for him and his party given they almost won the last election five years ago. the assumption is they became too popular so had to be removed by a government determined t

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

e.u. write their reports on this election in the days ahead meanwhile it's going to take a few days before we get the results we won't come out till saturday for the longest so zimbabweans now are waiting for them to find out who will be announced as the winner of this presidential election. syrian state t.v. is reporting government forces are attacking eisel on two fronts in the year mark region close to the southern border with jordan pressing ahead with the continuing offensive despite threats from eisel to kill a civilian residence on wednesday i still killed dozens of people and abducted around eighteen more in attacks on some way to province. and six people have died and seven are still in the accounted for as wildfire has sweep across the u.s. state of california officials say they've managed to contain about seventeen percent of the car fire in northern california the largest and deadliest of ninety fires currently burning those are the top stories in herald as are up next snow of the andes. does not a cook is the taliban is being glad there is out of film of all but if one then wi

first time since two thousand and two also an election observer mission of the european union was invited the chief of the observation mission germany e.u. parliamentarian broke just arrived at the polling station and the people are not so afraid anymore there is no violence physical violence but perhaps some intimidation . and uncluttered t. procedure to come to the elections concerning the vote the cheats and the b have to take that also is reason for optimism but also a reason for concern for the future of zimbabwe the questions how will the opposition react if the president will win these elections will they accept the results on the other hand how will the powerful military react who has been interfering in politics in the past will they allow a peaceful transition of power. i want to go now to our correspondent melanie crystal ball she is in harare the capital of zimbabwe good evening to you melanie the ballot counting we understand is underway right now how did the election itself go were voters able to cast ballots freely and in peace brand it's been truly amazing to see how significant this day has been here in zimbabwe there w

e.u. observer mission observing these elections and then adding on top of that is a local network of non-government organizations have come out with similar findings saying that at least thirty five constituencies the results the number of votes which were discarded the number of those votes was much higher than the winning margin that means that all of the losing candidates that would want a recount would want to see these ballots why were they discarded and especially on tight seats where only a few hundred votes have been between the difference between the winner and the loser so it is. an election especially the result of this election has been very controversial from the very beginning when the election commission was due to announce these results there was a delay the opposition parties came together and today they are meeting in the federal capital is not about to chart out a future course of action whether that means they will go to the streets or will they come out in the opposition and take this legal route it is all. they have to decide on what is the future course of action going to tak

e.u. and his own intelligence committee over the election i think he doesn't mire know that's an unpopular political opinion in the us i think he sees what what what the russian people see how much putin has done for the russian people since the catastrophe of the one nine hundred ninety s. how far he's brought the country back both on a domestic individual level one more talking wages and so far all the way up to russia's you know strength in the world but henry kissinger has been pushing the idea that what should be going on a grand strategic perspective is a realignment of the u.s. geo politically trying to drive apart the growing alliance between russia and china don't you think it's too late oh i think it's too late i had a lovely think it's really i hope it's too late i think that putin is far too intelligent to this point he knows that the next election is going to see a reversal but kissinger said back in one thousand nine hundred ninety two he said in twenty years speaking to nixon your successor if he's as wise as you will wind up leaning towards the russians against the chinese