last year's general and presidential elections to be an old the appeal comes two days after the election board decided to rerun istanbul's mayoral election presenter ship type bedouins party last of all there see them go see who has the latest from istanbul. turkey his main opposition republican party c.h.p. or submitted a request to the supreme electorial boards to cancel lawsuits general and presidential elections as well as the march third two one votes a course stumbled the streets and the main opposition said even present out on xmen mandate should be a nod following the ousting of c.h.p. mayor in istanbul supreme election board canceled istanbul may oral results based on based on the grounds that there were illegalities in irregularities in the appointments of the ballot box officers off issues and now the made a position argues that the ballot box officials were appointed as in the same way as they were in last year's general and clothes for his then shal election the following vision in turkey is election rules in march two thousand and eighteen. in their request they have there is ano

a key party in istanbul and in the capital ankara a victory that may be short lived turkey's election board has ordered its stamboul to rerun its election next month agreeing with president ed of one that the first vote may have been rigged tonight there is international outrage of that decision and yet even the opposition parties even the party which won the first election they've all agreed to let their candidates run for office again here's what president to one and the head of the main opposition party said today about that election repeat. i hope the decision will be good for estan bowl as well as our country. says you know to his numbers didn't it became clear that certain people with dirty hands had become involved starting before the elections and they brought the situation to this point step by step. we sincerely believe that there was organized corruption full illegality and irregularity in the estimable mayoral election but no news although didn't love it it is we won almost all of the cities we thought we could win which they did not anticipate. the aliveness they could accept i

last year's general and presidential elections to be allowed the appeal comes two days after the election board decided to rerun mayoral election president party last year some course you want to has the latest. kirk is main opposition republican party submitted a request to the supreme electorial board to cancel last serious general and presidential elections as well as the march third two one course stumble districts and them. positions said even presidents add ons men men date should be a nod following the ousting of c.h.p. mayor in istanbul supreme election board canceled istanbul may overall result space based on the grounds that there were illegalities and irregularities in the appointments of the ballot box officers and now the major position argues that the ballot box officials were appointed as in the same way as they were in last year's general and close for his then szell election following a revision in turkey is election rules in march two thousand and eighteen. in their request they had there was another issue that the main opposition raised this into a kid during local elections

three months prior to election and these names are selected through security background check and as the names are put on the list these are approved by district electoral boards political parties and even just one month before the election why didn't anyone reject this why didn't anyone react against those names this is a question being asked right now but we have been hearing from international communities that. this the situation is almost who have ever the ruling got part to say is that the decision is that it is a way to clear all the doubts about the election of march thirty first he said i'm going to ask you to speculate a little bit here in the event that the result doesn't go in favor of the ak party after this rerun election is that going to be the end of it do you think or do you think the president of the one is going to continue to push for a result that is favorable to his party. as you say this would answer this question we have to speculate we have to talk about scenarios but everybody asking the same question because some people say that now they stumble may or may not positions candidate examine them all has been treated wrongly this is an un

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55 percent of the vote but opposition party say that it was systematic cheating something the election board has ruled out citing lack of evidence. people in allowing have started voting to elect a new president in what's expected to be a tight race 70 year old president peter with the rica is seeking reelection for a 2nd term challenge hard by his deputy at the head of malawi's main opposition party 193 seats in parliament are up for grabs. major indulgences have been announced at the u.s. vehicle maker ford the company is shedding $7000.00 workers at offices worldwide that's 10 percent of its salaried staff ford is looking to save $600000000.00 a year is it gears up to build more electric and self drive vehicles in the future john hendren has more from chicago. ford motor company is laying off $7000.00 white collar workers worldwide that's about 10 percent of its salaried work force deep cuts at ford and those might just be the beginning that's part of an $11000000000.00 restructuring from the company why their sales actually went up in the united states in the past year but they've gone d

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last year's general and presidential elections to be an old the appeal comes two days after the election board decided to rerun istanbul's mayoral election present. last of all this there. is some istanbul. turkey his main opposition republican party c.h.p. a submitted a request to the supreme electorial boards to cancel last serious general and presidential. elections as well as the march third two one. stumble districts and the main opposition said even presidents add ons men men date should be an old following the ousting of c.h.p. mayor in istanbul supreme election board canceled istanbul may overall result space based on the grounds that there were illegalities and irregularities in the appointments of the ballot box officers and now the major position argues that the ballot box officials were appointed as in the same way as they were in last year's general and clothes for his then szell election following a vision in turkey is election rules in march two thousand and eighteen. in their request they had there was another issue that the main opposition raised this in turkey during local el

will you respect the decision of the election board after june''s election? >> i thinknk it will be very difffficult for r the high elecn board and also foror the ruling party if they losose a second te . this would be ridiculous. brent: unal cevikoz from the chp party, we appreciate you tatakig the time to talk with us tonight. thank you. >> thank you very much. brent: here are some of the other stories making headlines around the world. u.s. secretary of state mike pompeo has canceled his plan trip to berlin at short notice. he was expected here today. the u.s. embassy here in berlin saying the visit had to be postponed due to urgent matters. a news agency report cites international security issues as the reason. myanmar has free to journalist that imprisoned after they reported on the countries treatment of a minority. they were arrested in december 2017 and convicted of violating the official secrets act. they were sentenced to seven years in jail. they were given their freedom under presidential amnesty after a local campaign for their release. pro-govern

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mayor in istanbul supreme election board canceled istanbul may overall result space based on the ground saying that there were illegalities and irregularities in the appointments of the ballot box officers off issues and now the made a position argues that the ballot box of issues were appointed as in the same way as they were in last year's general and clothes for his then szell election following a revision in turkey is election rules in march two thousand and eighteen. in their request they had there was another issue that the main opposition raised this into a kid during local elections in one envelope you have four voting sheets that's you elect to your local administrators mayors. local councils and local municipal councils and local officials so the decision of the supreme of the board to council only stumble may overall result is not welcomed by the main opposition saying that it is totally unlawful that all district results should be annulled as well so now the main opposition argues even the legitimacy of last year's presidential and general election is compromised by the deci

ordered i mean that is that is within the realm of possibility will you respect the decision of the election board after june election i think it will be very difficult for nation water as well as the orderly. each day to seconds out to call put it out of the elections this will be it it's ok well we know that because from turkey's opposition c h p party mr geragos we appreciate you taking the time to talk with us tonight thank you thank you very much. well here's some of the other stories now better making headlines around the world the british government has admitted it is legally bound to hold elections for the european parliament in just over two weeks the finance minister saying that the obligation is challenging given that the country is due to leave the e.u. the prime minister continues to hold cross party talks on the brakes at planned but london nel says time is too short to secure a break sit deal before parliamentary elections pro-government forces in libya re poured it into a clash with forces supporting rebel general khalifa haftar are on the southern edges of the capital tripoli thes

protests in istanbul up to turkey's election board cancels the city's mayoral election and orders a new vote. palestinians bury the victims of israeli airstrikes as a tense cease fire holds. money pleading if. we take a look at the major challenge south africa's ruling party faces as it fights to hold on to power. after more than sixteen months in prison and miramar to reuters journalists have been freed while on and shore so were convicted of breaking the official secrets act or reporting on the working year crackdown the government says the release was in the country's long term interest when he reports in a case that's drawn international reaction. after almost a year and a half in prison while loan and walked to freedom they left insane prison and yang gone moments after finding out their names were on a list of thousands of inmates to be freed in a presidential amnesty their immediate thoughts were for those closest to them and their profession. in the freezer and also their own people wishing to release says i wanted to say thank you very much. i'm really happy and excited to see

mayor in istanbul supreme election board canceled istanbul mail result space based on the grounds that there were illegalities and irregularities in the appointments of the ballot box officers and now the main opposition argues that the ballot box of tissues were appointed as in the same way as they were in last year's general and clothes for his then shal election the following vision in turkey is election rules in march two thousand and eighteen. in their request they had there was another issue that the main opposition raise this in turkey during local elections in. one envelope you have for voting sheets that's you elect to your local administrators mayors. local councils and local municipal councils and local officials so do the fish and all the supreme of the tour award to council only stumble may or all result is not welcomed by the main opposition saying that it is totally unlawful that all district results should be annulled as well so now the main opposition argues even the legitimacy of last year's presidential and general election is compromised by the decision of the supre

corruption of mishandling and mis calculating the election results and the national election board of the country which is a board made up of. independent judges and prosecutors they discussed the issue and with a vote of 7 to 4 they decided to renew the elections mr gerecht when he was prime minister of belgium was a very strong supporter of turkey's accession to the e.u. as the leader of the liberal group he had also been very much in favor but now that he sees there is an anti muslim anti turkish anti immigrant anti refugee anti other movement in europe they have an upcoming european parliament election he is also trying to exploit the turkey question for the elections that he is facing which is not fair if you look at mr house touts past statements you will see what he said in the past was total opposite of what he's saying today. so said he has done a great job in stemming the tide of refugees to hear a can faltering ties with the leak to the collapse of the refugee deal bring the crisis back on agenda we have been working very closely with the european commission especially comm

turkey's main opposition says a decision by the election board to rerun the my oral votes in istanbul is plain dictatorship and you election will now be held on june the twenty third after the act party of president richard heard of one challenge the original results which have now been a no vote in march slowly at party lose control of istanbul to the republican people's party for the first time in twenty five years to serious set of costello joins us live now from istanbul and what reason has been given for ordering this rerun cinema well the higher electoral boards or however you like to call supreme electoral council announced we'll have an official announcement but a party member of the board stated that the reason for behind this and all meant is that some of the ballot box officers were not civil servants this is the excuse this is the part of the game that the higher the door awards will be presenting soon however the main opposition reacts against this because the names of all those people all those people who would take position to protect the ballot boxes or to work in poll

economic saboteurs as he put it and he said the rerun of the election that is being decided by the election boardnd it is unprecedented in turkish electoral history of the election board to cancel an election in order a rerun in this way. this is a very risky strategy for president erdogan mainly because of three things. firstly, because of the economic impact that will happen because of this rerun. already there was a currency plunge today on the news. secondly, because his own party is divided over this, his predecessor and a former finance minister are on the verge of splitting and forming their own party. so they are unhappy by the direction turkey is taking and thirdly, because the leader of deposition who won the election by a sliver back in march is gaining popularity fast. he could already increase his margin of victory during this rerun. but president erdogan is determined to go for this, he is determined not to lose the city that he was born in and in which he once ran as mayor, he has outplayed all of his opponents over 16 years in power, could he now have overplayed his own hand? stay

protests in istanbul love to turkey's election board cancels the city's mayoral election and alders a new vote. palestinians bury the victims of israeli airstrikes as a tense cease fire holds.

ordered i mean that is that is within the realm of possibility will you respect the decision of the election board after june election i think if you leave it. at all the orderly. each day to send to all of it out of the nation is this for me it is ok well you know because from turkey's opposition c h p party mr geragos we appreciate you taking the time to talk with us tonight thank you thank you very much. well here are some of the other stories now that are making headlines around the world u.s. secretary of state has canceled his planned trip to berlin at short notice he was expected here to day u.s. embassy here in berlin saying that the visit had to be postponed due to urgent matters a news agency report cites international security issues as the reason me and maher has freed two journalists that it imprisoned after they reported on the country's treatment of its root muslim minority white loan and. were arrested in december two thousand and seventeen and convicted of violating the official secrets act they were sentenced to seven years in jail they were given their freedom under a presidenti

55 percent of the vote but opposition parties say there was systematic cheating something the election board has ruled out citing lack of evidence by the headlines keep it here i'll have another update at the top of the hour in the meantime inside story is next. you stand the differences. and the similarities of cultures across the world. al-jazeera. is ebola spiraling out of control into the r c why does the country get the putrid lee hit by that is used by health workers not getting enough help this is inside story. the apollo welcome to the show and sam is a dam doctors say they're terrified by the spread of the worst ever ebola outbreak in the democratic republic of congo and more than 1100 people have died since august 1760 cases have been reported a 5th of them in the past month alone aid workers are calling for money and protection in the country's east fighting between armed groups is hampering efforts to contain the disease 3 people were killed last week in an attack on an ebola treatment center the red cross says unless it gets more funding soon it may be forced to dramatically sca

had approved me as a candidate. 2 months after the vote people here are still appalled by the election board's decision. lane i think this is very unfair. decision is wrong whoever wins the election should take office. didn't minister not giving her the mandate this stealing the will of the people most of them in. the election committee. says goujon catchments should not be made because she was dismissed from her job by an emergency decree following the attempted coup in 2016 despite international criticism the turkish government had tens of thousands of state employees detained sacked or suspended. who was a teacher at the time was also on the list she still doesn't know why. i mean if it comes in bottles a couple the same election authority that allowed us to run as candidates then makes this unlawful decision it's supposed to be an absolutely independent institution but it's not it's under the control of the a.k.p. . instead of the runner up candidate in her district was declared may be a member of president adeline's a k party. a few weeks ago catchments protested against a ruling in front

had approved me as a candidate. 2 months after the vote people here are still appalled by the election board's decision. lane that i think this is very unfair the. decision is wrong and whoever wins the election should take office. there in minutes by not giving her the mandate they're stealing the will of the people. the election commission says good catchments should not be made because she was dismissed from her job by an emergency decree following the attempted coup in 2016 despite international criticism the turkish government had tens of thousands of state employees detained sacked or suspended he was a teacher at the time was also on the list she still doesn't know why. the army is that comes in bottles of kabul the same election authority that allowed us to run as candidates then makes this unlawful decision it's supposed to be an absolutely independent institution but it's not it's under the control of the a.k.p. . instead of catchments the runner up candidate in her district was declared made a member of president. adeline's a k party. a few weeks ago catchments protested against a r

|j elected board took so my view is primarily why he left.was saying that you are not the only brexit party. you said ukip is the brexit party. you said ukip is the brexit party. and the brexit party appears more popular than you, ukip. ukip is the only party that can deliver brexit because it's published a plan, a published manifesto, an active democratic system and we have counsellors in the determination to do it which is the most important thing. who is going to be ukip's next leader? my guess would be gerard batten. we will have a leadership election soon and i think the party is very much behind him and he's been a very successful leader of the party. it's growing fast. i see that in my own branch. i think you should continue, long may he continue. mr batten has selected a number of right—wing youtube users as candidates and they encourage, according to the guardian, tojoin as candidates and they encourage, according to the guardian, to join a hate—filled social media platform used by the perpetrator of an anti—semitic massacre which le

speaking to supporters of the weekend, he urged the supreme election board to rerun the vote of the country'sresist the pressure. just let —— can let there has been cheating! there has been corruption, all this is clear and ambiguous. come! we will go before the people and accept what their wishes dictate. it's as simple as that. the opposition candidate one istanbul by a thin margin and was appointed mayor last month. tonight he urged calm but his supporters are furious is what they see as an attempt to steal the result. translation: go talk to your neighbours, to your friends, translation: go talk to your neighbours, to yourfriends, family, for the well being of turkey and our people and democracy. go start tonight! the local elections in march dealt a huge blow to president hearder one, losing several cities are —— erdogan. it became a referendum of his rule, in recession, his supporters deserted him. but he and his supporters cried foul alleging irregularities and demanding a rerun. his opposition is gaining popularity fast, his restart beyond his base and has settled into thejob. so this