for elect -- election commission. each state should require a comprehension system of election audits and outcomes. state and local jurisdictions should conduct and assist end to end verifiable systems in using paper ballots. vendors oft to the voting technology, the committee recommends that vendor should be required to report to their customers, the u.s. department of homeland security and the election assistance commission any detected efforts to probe, tamper with or interfere with voter registration systems. ballots should be separate from computers and software used to count and tabulate ballots. voters should have an opportunity to review and confirm this election before depositing the ballot for final time relation. finally, the committee recommends that universities and community colleges should increase efforts to design curricula that address the growing organizational management and informational technology needs of the election community. the u.s. election commission should encourage develop and enhance in

election assistance commission and other relevant state officials. now, in addition to these five key recommendations, the committee also recommends that congress should appropriate funds for distribution by the u.s. election assistance commission for the ongoing modernization of election systems, provide funding for state and local governments to improve their cybersecurity capabilities in an ongoing basis, require state and local election officials to provide the u.s. election assistance commission with data on voting system failures and other difficulties arising during our elections. for example, long lines, intrusions into voter registration databases. and such information should be made publicly available. fully fund the u.s. election assistance commission to carry out its existing functions as well as the additional functions that are articulated in our report. and to authorize and fund immediately a major initiative on voting that supports research relevant to the administration, conduct and performance of elections. this research initiative s

for example, we recommend that us election assistance commission and us department of homeland security should develop and maintain a detailed set of cyber security practices to state and local election officials and that congress should authorize and fund the national institute of standards and technology in consultation with us election assistance commission to develop security standards and verification of protocols by electronic books . our report also offers recommendations to state and local jurisdictions. we recommend that along with congress, state should allocate funds for election systems, all states should participate in a system of matching voter registration. although in jurisdictions should provide means for a voter to check whether a ballots sent by mail has been dispatched to him or her and subsequently whether his or her balance has been received and accepted by the appropriate election officials. election administrators should routinely assist the security of electronic poll workers and develop plans that details security procedures for assessing integrity. state requi

guest: all of the spending is reported to the federal election commission. we analyzed the data that was , and we werehe fec able to look at this list to come up with the 15 biggest players. these 15 organizations do not disclose their donors. we have figured out that there are a number of backdoor avenues that sometimes you can find information about who is funding these groups through obscure public records. the research team at issue one look at filings with the department of labor, the internal revenue service, the fec, and a number of other records to try and figure out do we know percentages of the money coming into these groups, and over the course of a year, we cataloged every transaction that we could find. ultimately published a searchable database online that contains about 1200 records from about 400 unique donors and the donor organizations. these donors contributed about $760 million to these 15 organizations over the last eight years or so. that only represent one in every nine dollars that these groups have raised. a dollars of every nine dol

election commission and other officials. now in addition to these five key recommendations, the committee recommends that congress should appropriate funds for distribution by the u.s. election assistance system and provide funding for state and local governments to improve the cyber security capabilities on an ongoing basis and require officials to provide the u.s. election assistance commission with data on voting system failures and other difficulties arising during the elections. when information should be made publicly available. fully fund the commission to carry out the functions as well is the additional functions that are articulated in the report and authorize and fund immediately a major initiative of voting that supports research relative to the administration and the performance of elections. it should include academic centers and should foster collaboration across disciplines and with the state and local officials and research includes involving evaluating the reliability of the voter research technologies and r

because the civil society organizations media organizations and the opposition babied with the election commission and they agreed to revert back to the previous elections counting process which were reported which was commented as . your biased and transparent by international and domestic election observers and so the election commission agreed to and we were back to the two thousand and thirteen counting process but the officials were trained to count in a different manner so what with the thing is that some of the oprah show some of the. votes accounting according to the twenty per team intelligent process and some officials are counting according to the process that they were trained on they see a right so this is the inconsistency in some in some polling station saying they will showing the ballots each of those at a separate list whereas in some other voting stations we are not seeing this we are not seeing that the i'm. showing i meet about pippa separates me that is he was concerned in the motives because the current incumbent yami in one by a difference of six thousand twenty two warts o

now turn to your questions when we start off with election commission the election commission is an independent institution a horizontal accountability created by the constitution and mandated to be independent it is hosting the election today it is managing the election today the same way that it has for the last parliamentary elections the last presidential elections in the maldives is following the same procedures the same methodology and each of those elections have been declared really unfair by the international community this election two will be free and fair now there's a host of issues that you discussed just now. and there's a host of accusations that was made by your former guest the former president machine and what we saw from those descriptions was an incredibly sensational threat rick that has no basis in the reality on the ground he talks about exit polls and we don't have exit polls in the maldives we don't have any independent polls in the maldives we know for a fact that there's been a massive amount of support for the government as well and the fact that he's coming out now

a leader of the campaign before he became the current chief of about elections commission here's what's coming up for you on this news hour rising from the ashes in brazil but how long will it take to restore what's left of the national museum also the archaeological treasure in iraq that locals say is being treated more like a rubbish dump and sport anthony joshua puts in heavyweight title on the line in london far right here with that at about ten to the hour. now the woman who is accusing donald trump's choice for supreme court judge of sexual assaults is deciding to announce if she will be testifying two u.s. senators break out in a denies assaulting christine blasi forward when they were high school students thirty six years ago are white house correspondent kelly how it has all. after days of surprising restraint u.s. president donald trump turned on christine blasio forward the woman whose testimony could to rail his supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh we have to fight for him not worry about the other side and by the way women are for that more than anybody would understand on

lost the election it is becoming more uncertain over time we also have official word from the elections commission host totted announcing results are just about an hour and thirty minutes ago the chief of the elections commission said that what. the things that this is one of the most peaceful elections we've had. in our. courting him here joe thank you very much thank you very much neighborhood for bringing us all the latest from la let's discuss this story some more with a couple us wanny director of the south asia center at the atlantic council thank you very much for speaking to us as you were hearing that almost all of the results some ninety eight percent of the vote has been counted and we see that abraham the opposition candidate continuing to maintain his lead why have we not heard anything from president yet mean. well i think that's a great question and the longer president mean waits to concede defeat it's not a good sign for him and it's not a good sign for the democracy and or for that matter it's not a good it's not justice to the people of maldives or at large i think he should com

with president a bill a yemeni conceding defeat official results are due by sunday but the election commission says the progressive party of mall deaves has raised concerns about the vote there are fears it could be an attempt to have the result. britain's opposition leader says his party will vote against the prime minister's proposed breck's it addressing members on the final day of the labor party conference require been set out details of what he called his radical plan to rebuild britain has more now from the conference in liverpool. the wealth and then leader of the labor party and the next prime minister gerry. to his supporters he offers hope in a world of neo liberal get rich capitalism and they were expecting jeremy corbin to come out fighting against the government and the system but true to form he delivered a speech which set out to destroy what he called greed is good he tried to speak directly to those british cities he said have been left behind to perish arguing there's this today that our program of investment and transformation to achieve a sixty percent reduction in emissio

a leader of the campaign before he became the current chief for about elections commission. right well there are reasons to justify why there is a hatred and. paranoia especially around everything that person commission is doing right now all right well thank you very much for sharing your opinions with us tonight mohamed john list thank you very much for the multis independent. still to come for you on the program operations are suspended after a landslide in the philippines province kills at least twenty nine people. why hong kong's new high speed rail link to the rest of china is providing protests despite halting journey times. hello again it's good to have you back well here across parts of central asia we are watching more clouds developing across parts of china down here towards the philippines those zone is looking quite nice partly cloudy skies temperamentally about thirty one but what we're going to be seeing over the next few days is increasing clouds and increasing rain because we have a developing cycle own out in the pacific now we don't expect to see a direct i

a leader of the campaign before he became the current chief about elections commission. sri lanka's former president has accused the government of mismanaging the country's finances the rupee has plummeted against the dollar in recent months and inflation is at an all time high now fernandez reports from colombo. there with joe warden opened a big three in colombo six months ago bringing his savings and experience from working abroad he had big plans but his wife says an unstable economy increasing costs and a sliding rupee have made things very difficult we can't increase our prices each time gas prices increased off live in korea because our customers know what drives me off for certain items that so each time we come increasing thought as a result we absorb the cost. the price increases have been many. will sugar even bus commuters forced to fork out higher fares for the second time in four months be very good at getting at it maybe a small increase in the fear but when you take the total cost it's a big amount for the month. to make matters worse for the struggling e

a leader of the campaign before he became the current chief about elections commission. in the us siblings of a republican congressman running for reelection in the state of arizona have launched a t.v. ad for their preferred candidate the democrat running against their brother paul's absolutely not working for his district and he's not listening to you and he doesn't have your interests at heart my name is tim ghosts or david goes or grace goes or. goes or jennifer goes six of congressman paul goes home as nine siblings star in the scathing ad which endorsers his democratic rival david brill casarez held the arizona seat since twenty eleven the ultra conservative politician has a history of controversial remarks and it's not the first time his brothers and sisters have spoken out against it. u.s. cable giant comcast has outbid rupert murdoch's fox in a blind auction for u.k. broadcaster sky sky's twenty three million subscribers premier league football rights an exclusive rights to the entire catalogue make it one of europe's most profitable t.v. companies comcast bid o

the situation received wide news coverage the country's election commission ignored reports of fraud declaring kremlin back. the winner international politicians such as former general secretary of nato. became frequent guests in kiev initiating negotiations between parties in a faltering will they. be able to get. the results of the negotiations however were often reached only on paper thus you shan't go never told the supporters to stop blocking government buildings in central kiev. therefore these nonviolent and very orange protests lasted for a month during which time the previous election results were no marred by massive corruption and new elections were announced an important nuance just three months before viktor yuschenko became a victim to a mysterious and still unsolved poisoning but it didn't prevent him from winning in the new election. though as we shall soon see there was much more than just the people's will that led to this victory this peaceful. pollution and its leader were warmly welcomed by the international community but the euphoria didn't last long yuschenko g

lives opposition leader abraham sali has declared victory the country's presidential election election commission has released provisional results they say sali won any sixty percent of the votes of the current president. thousands of people are protesting the british city of liverpool over the government's handling of the briggs it talks protesters are calling for a new referendum labor party leader journey called and has not yet indicated whether he supports a new. and iran's revolutionary guard says it will avenge southlands attack on a military parade in the city of ours that killed twenty five people iran's president accused the us of helping support those who carried out the attack and accusations of washington that are not. fully attacking iran is likely to highlight tensions between washington and tehran of the un general assembly this coming week al-jazeera diplomatic editor james bays has more. at this year's general assembly iran i think was always going to be the main subject and the thing that was making all of the headlines and now there is a new dimension to all of this with this a

favour of eu membership. would be even higher. it has to do that. of the country's borders. election commissionrnout was around 34%. said that turnout was around 34%. need at least 50% to make the vote valid. that was early indications. we are still waiting for results. make that referendum name change valid. following the deaths of 2 women at a house near tonbridge in kent. of hadlow since yesterday. lucy vladev has the latest. two people stabbed to death and another left seriously injured. quiet village have been left with questions. i think the whole village is just completely shocked. here and obviously incredibly sad for the family. they seemed very friendly and nice and just quiet. kept themselves to themselves a bit. but as you say, you just don't expect that here. been named locally as sharon harris and her mother margaret. condition in hospital. by the ambulance service. to neighbours to try to piece together what happened. for a community left mourning. for the chap in hospital recovering. because of course something terrible has gone on there as well. counts of murder and one of atte

there's two candidates and eras really excited to go toward also of some people like using the election commission that they will bring this election however according to the information that we have got and according to the things we have. not the knowledge we have got we believe that the election will be free fair and inclusive and everyone will have the right to go out and what there's two legs sixty two thousand one hundred thirty five eligible voters this year so i believe that what's of youth will come out and what this time there's a will is really excited to come out and vote in this election. and this picture perhaps sums up the story in the maldives when it comes to this election you have quite a big government and very little people if you're in the maldives do let us know what issues you're most concerned about for this election you can get in touch with us through encrypted messenger on whatsapp and telegram our number plus one seven four five zero one travel one four nine. thanks lee obviously we want to report on these elections from the moldings but the government has made it prohi

institutions and premises now this attack is very similar to the attack on the high national election commission last may when i solute claimed responsibility for that but so far according to security sources this is this bill is the science of a terrorist attack but the identity of the assailants has not been confirmed yet. the united nations new human rights chief has urged the creation of a body to investigate crimes against minority michelle bachelet his comments come after the international criminal court last week that it has jurisdiction to prosecute me on mass military leaders i also welcome efforts by member states at this council to stablish an independent international mechanism for me a manner to collect consolidate preserve and analyze every dance of the most serious international crimes in order to expedite fear and independent trials in national and international courts. this mechanism would also complement and support the preliminary examination of the i.c.c. prosecutor i urge the council to pass a resolution and refer the matter to the general assembly for its indorsement so tha

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institutions and premises now this attack is very similar to the attack on the high national election commission last may when i salute claimed responsibility for that but so far according to security sources this is over this period the science of a terrorist attack but the identity of the assailants has not been confirmed yet. lawyers for brazil jailed for president your reason to silva say he'll keep fighting to run in next month's presidential election is barred from running because of a corruption conviction the supremes court has rejected his latest appeal but his lawyers say they'll press the un's top court to make an exception so he can stand as a candidate and that's america at its own human joins us live now from. brazil and so you see a what are the prospects of being able to participate in this election as the situation stands now. where mary he has legal options what he doesn't have is time and that's because there are deadlines are let through of deadlines that goal that will probably precede any court decision it's true that the united nations commission on human rights has appeal

institutions and premises now this attack is very similar to the attack on the high national election commission last may when i solute claimed responsibility for that but so far according to security sources this is this bill is the science of a terrorist attack but the identity of the assailants has not been confirmed yet now eighteen people have been killed and central.

institutions and premises now this attack is very similar to the attack on the high national election commission last may when i salute claimed responsibility for that but so far according to security sources this is this bill is the science of a terrorist attack but the identity of the assailants has not been confirmed yet. the find in the southern iraqi city of basra may be under threats on groups backed by iran have vowed to track down protesters who set fire to their offices over the past week iraqi prime minister hydrilla body has visited the city where people say corruption and neglect are destroying their lives rob matheson has more from baghdad. under pressure to resign the prime minister hide the body or arrives in the southern iraqi city of basra where protesters say his government is to blame for much of the corruption and neglect which have destroyed their water and power supplies and left thousands without jobs. what happened in a bathrobe was one hundred percent true to a political conflict unfortunately some political blocs have military wings and some of them wanted to burn down

election assistance commission, good morning. guest: good morning. host: tell us what it doesn't how you get started? guest: this came out after the 2000 election under the help america vote act of 2002, it's a bipartisan piece of legislation that provided the states with $3.9 billion to reform process that we saw across the country in 2000. host: and what are you looking forward to with these upcoming elections? do we see more problems similar to what we saw in 2000? or are we in a new ballgame when it comes to election security? guest: every election is different, right now we are seeing things about internet cyber security. but overall, we wanted to make sure that the confidence remains high for voters, so that they know when they cast their ballots they will be counted. host: what about the argument that -- how confident are you that ballots can be cast and they will be counted? guest: i'm very confident. there are over a thousand jurisdictions and 10,000 election workers ranging from coworkers all secretary's of state and they all have a distinct

some people like using the election commission that there were previous election however according to the information that we have got and according to the things we have. not the knowledge we have got we believe that the election will be free fair and inclusive and everyone will have the right to call out and what does to let sixty two thousand one hundred thirty five eligible voters this year so i believe that a lot of you will come out and want this time there's a real it's really excited to come out and vote in this election. and this picture perhaps sums up the story in the maldives when it comes to this election you have quite a big government and very little people if you're in the.

institutions and premises now this attack is very similar to the attack on the high national election commission last may when i salute claimed responsibility for that but so far according to security sources this is this bill is the science of a terrorist attack but the identity of the assailants has not been confirmed yet. now eighteen people have been killed in central my g. area after a gas depot exploded it happened in a fear the capital of state more than forty others were taken to hospital with serious burns. six people have died after a suicide bomber detonated a car full of explosives and the somali capital mogadishu group al-shabaab claim responsibility for the attack that left sixteen others enjoyed and destroyed an office building to the morgue and reports that the was the bomber targeted a local government building in mogadishu and was followed by gunshots oh i need all of that i was drinking tea when the car hit the key i fell down on the ground and saw other people on the ground as well but i was shocked because this is the second suicide blast and somalia's capital has now. claim

institutions and premises now this attack is very similar to the attack on the high national election commission last may when i salute claimed responsibility for that but so far according to security sources this is this bill is the science of a terrorist attack but the identity of the assailants has not been confirmed yet. a suicide bomber has blown up a car in somalia's capital mogadishu at least six people were killed and sixteen others injured heba morgan has a details the the bomber targeted a local government building in mogadishu and was followed by gunshots the only dollar i was drinking tea when the car hit the cage i fell down on the ground and saw other people on the ground as well but i was shocked the this is the second suicide blast and somalia's capital that's not the al-shabaab claimed responsibility for that blast and dozens of other previous he said attacks in others not quite as they turned out they are jockeys they have a doctor they are with they carry a brick when attackers in the conditions somali capital they know are the last week be attacked and hello that districts li

opposition leader abraham ahmed saleh has declared victory in the country's presidential election election commission says solly won nearly sixty percent of the vote of a current president abdoulaye i mean the message is loud and clear the people of the moralist want change just this instability in the next five years we will consolidate democracy by guaranteeing human rights and ensuring accountability we will establish a peaceful and just society for all the godless of how you want it to day i assure you i will be the president of all maldivians a second woman has come forward with allegations of sexual misconduct against the u.s. supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh she spoken to the new yorker magazine about allegations dating back to calvinist time at yale university comes as he says he has proof of his whereabouts at the time of the first alleged incident those accusations by christine blasi ford center around a high school party in ninety two cabinet has denied both allegations the white house has called it a smear campaign iran's revolutionary guard says it will avenge saturday's attack on a

inaudible] by providing resources for capacity building of the human rights commission, the election commission and the broadcast authority as independent, competent and credible institutions. we would like the usa to urge the ethiopian government to create an independent commission to conduct a full, credible and transparent investigation into the killings, detention, torture and excessive use of force by security forces and hold accountable security forces accused of such action through public proceeding and to publicly release findings from such an investigation. an organized and independent commission that oversees recognition of the human rights commission, the election commission and the broadcast authority to be independent in its decision conduct full, credible and transparent investigation into the recent ethnic violence that led to loss of life and displacement of a large number of ethiopians including those that -- [inaudible] and hold accountable those responsible for this human rights violations. and to call for an open, constructive dialogue with all the opposition forces for thos

election assistance commission, good morning. guest: good morning. st: tell us what it doesn't how you get started? guest: this came out after the 2000 election under the help america vote act of 2002, it's a bipartisan piece of legislation that provided the states with $3.9 billion to reform process that we saw across the country in 2000. host: and what are you looking forward to with these upcoming

changed dramatically in 2010 when the supreme court issued the citizens united versus federal elections commission pulling. if you are a candidate running for office or a political party or political action committee. one of the rules

right now the election commission is continuing to announce the official provisional results from thect this to drag on into the morning as well. at the same time, we have the local media calling the results for all the ballot boxes. we have 472 of them. and according to a secondary report there is a 16 percentage point difference between the candidates. ibrahim mohamed solih trailing behind abdulla yameen 58—41% of the votes —— abdulla yameen trailing behind ibrahim mohamed solih 58—41%. if we do have this convincing result, how much of a surprise is it for the opposition to win in this way? i'm afraid we have just lost the line. let's try one more time. how much of a surprise was this or is this result for the opposition? inaudible i'm afraid... i'm really sorry, we havejust lost the line. you could just hear that breaking up unfortunately. those presidential results coming in in the maldives, we will keep you up to date with any information as we get it. let's get some of the day's other news. a second woman has come forward with allegations of sexual assault against the us supreme

>> making sure we're all in compliance with the federal election commission in contribution is always something we're constantly ensuring that we're doing. lee: i think figuring out how to talk with them or work through the existing guidelines to make sure we're offering the best security features and consultations to this at risk audience is important. i also think i know all of us have met with, for example the d.h.s. election task force and we continue to do so. we talk to each other. allie: on a regular basis? lee: we speak with the government on a regular basis when necessary and we also speak with each other. and i think the collaboration that we have with each other as well as government being more aware of how they can be a resource to campaigns, election officials, secretaries of state, local county election clerks, is a really big collaboration between all of us. because we generally speak a lot to campaigns and candidates, voters, d.h.s. and others are speaking to the election clerks. that's a whole nother audience we continue to talk to but they have more of a direct line

election? , the nation has delegitimized the commission -- elected commission and this will have to be addressed before any election can happen, and this includes not only future general elections but also provincial elections which are to happen in december. -- has to say about this. the current situation makes it newntial that iraq has a set of provincial governments that are reflective of the people's choices. iraq were to have another election, assuming that is possible, i do not think we are going to see better turnout from last time. we might see the trend of go even farther than it election, may 12 which is not -- does not help iraq. i hope voters have learned that partial boycotts only helps those who manipulate results and those who can mortal life a solid base of voters. i hope iraqi voters will see that in the future and try to be more assertive and going out and voting on election day to make --ir voice heard and to have increases their leverage in challenging the results and demanding accountability eventually. so, the bottom line is one of is biggest -- iraq will face restoring the

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the most audacious was in may, when isis gunmen stormed libya's election commission headquarters in tripoli, detonated suicide vests and killed at least 16 civilians. these counterterrorism forces in sirte recently raised the isis threat level in the area from 70% to 100%.is so is in this direction. they're regrouping in the desert, here in the south. >> aanytime, they can come i one or two people and blow themselves up. we rely on shepherds to tell us if there are any isis fighters passing through their pastures. >> reporte so far this year, in libya, there have already been more than twice the number of isis attacks. is isis trying to regroup in order to launch attacks abroa outside of libya, as well? ( translated ): right now, they lack the ability to control any major territory in libya, but they are doing their best to regroup and mount attacks again. our men have proven themselves in this war with the islamic state, but we asfoand we hope help from other countries. we cannot eradicate isis on our own. >> reporter: that's largely because isis isn't libya's only problem. the country has

final results are expected from the election commission within the next hour.arlier, from sweden's state broadcaster, suggests the incumbents, the social democrats are leading with with 26.2%, and the sweden democrats have 19.2%. if these numbers are accurate, that would make them the second largest party, ahead of the moderates who are predicted to come in at 17.8%. our correspondentjenny hill is at an election party where the governing social democrats are awaiting the final result. the people in this i'm nervous, because sweden's entire political establishment is under such pressure from the sweden democratss, they have made real political gain following the migrant crisis. sweden ta ke following the migrant crisis. sweden take any more people seeking asylum bare head of population than any other european country. the prime minister here is clearly nervous. earlier today, he described the sweden democrats as a racist party. he has warned against forces of darkness operating in the country. what happens tonight will be closely scrutinised in other european ca

brought him home and saw a has declared victory in the country's presidential election the election commission is release provisional results they so solid one nearly sixty percent of the vote over the current president of the i mean. the message is loud and clear the people of the moralists want change just this instability in the next five years we will consolidate democracy by guaranteeing human rights and ensuring accountability we will establish peaceful and just society for all the godless of whoa you water today i assure you i will be the president of all. a second woman has come forward with allegations of sexual misconduct against us supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh she's spoken to the new yorker magazine which has published the story the allegations go back to cavanagh's time at yale university the senate judiciary committee is preparing to hold a hearing on thursday for cavanagh and christine lazy fraud ford says he sexually assaulted her as a teenager cavanagh denies both allegations. iran's revolutionary guard says it will avenge the today's attack on a military parade in the

institutions and premises now this attack is very similar to the attack on the high national election commission last may when i solute claimed responsibility for that but so far according to security sources this is this period the science of a terrorist attack but the identity of the assailants has not been confirmed yet. lawyers for brazil's jailed former president louise silva say they'll keep fighting to run in next month's election is barred from running because of a corruption conviction and supreme court has rejected his latest appeal but his lawyers say they'll press the un's top court to make an exception so he can stand as a candidate a latin america editor b.c. and human is included kiba is in jail but clock is ticking and it is still unclear whether former president lula da seen about will ultimately save his presidential candidacy to his running mate for. the workers' party and lula himself are still hoping against all the odds that the court will pick up a united nations appeal to brazil to allow the president former president to a run but that is a long could take the court weeks

home a sunni has won the country's presidential election provisional results from the maldives election commission indicate a sixteen point victory margin over president of the young mean his first term in office was marred by a crackdown against dissent. president drawn is due to visit germany later this week revelations between the two countries have been strained following turkey's failed coup two years ago and the subsequent government crackdown yet there is also a strong connection between germany and turkey several waves of migration would decades have resulted in germany being home to the largest turkish population outside the home country today they are nearly three million people were turkish roots in germany half of them one point five million have a turkish passport among those who voted in turkey's presidential elections in june loyalty to president drawn with strong drawn got sixty five percent of the german turkish vote that's nearly two thirds and is significantly higher than overall result of fifty three percent. let's all take a look at the weekend sporting action and by live a qu

joint opposition as well and they are saying that there will still have been tonight until elections commissionfinishes in us in the official provisional results right now from the provisional results that have been called by the local media are ninety eight percent of the war has the countered that is around four hundred sixty three books books is out of four hundred seventy two and continuing to see. the president elect hold on to a strong lead or sixteen percent. iran's revolutionary guard is pledging what it calls deadly an unforgettable vengeance after saturday's attack on a military parade that killed twenty five people iran's president has accused the u.s. of helping support those who committed the attack an accusation unlikely to help tensions between the two countries' leaders at the u.n. general assembly this week saying the reports from test run as he took off for the united nations general assembly in new york iran's president gave a preview of the likely message he was taking to world leaders be touting the. undoubtedly the islamic republic of iran does not overlook this crime it i

it says results released by the elections commission show mr solih securing 133,808 votes compared tofor the incumbent abdulla yameen. leave the latest pictures to us showing support is celebrating on the streets of the capital. calls for the incumbent to concede have been announced. we are still waiting for official results to come out from the maltese in a campaign that was marked by restrictions on the independent media and the opposition. we are keeping an eye on this campaign for you. also making news today. lawyers for a woman who has accused the us supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh of sexual assault have confirmed that she will testify before the senatejudiciary committee on thursday. christine blasey ford has accused mr kavanaugh of trying to rape her when they were both teenagers in the 1980s. he denies the allegations. a new zealand supermarket chain has withdrawn a brand of australian strawberries from sale after finding needles embedded in some of the fruit. the countdown supermarket says they were found in a punnet of strawberries sourced from western australia. polic

mohammad sony has won the country's presidential election provisional results from the more deaves election commission indicate a sixteen point victory margin over president. he has conceded defeat and said on state television he knows he needs to step down. the last private refugee aid ship operating in the mediterranean can no longer carry out rescue missions but of a has revoked the ship's registration under pressure from the italian government the vessel had been conducting operations off the libyan coast. pope francis is in latvia today the second stop on his four day visit to the baltic states he's visiting three countries as the hundred years since winning independence off the fuss was bore president i'm lungs of years you also was on hand to welcome the pontiff at a ceremony at castle nato the pontiff will hold a mass in the village of. before arriving in latvia france's spent two days in lithuania where he addressed the atrocities committed by the nazis and soviet occupations his message to the free it's remember the suffering as a way to guard against eight in today's political landscape. as

brought him home and saleh has declared victory in the country's presidential election the election commission has released provisional results they say so on the one they only sixty percent of the votes have a current president of the million mean. the message is loud and clear the people of the most want change just this instability in the next five years we even consolidated timika see by governor dean human rights and then tried in accountability even established peaceful than just society for the godless of oh you want that i assure you i will be the president of all of the. a second woman has come forward with allegations of sexual misconduct against u.s. supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh she's spoken to the new yorker magazine about an incident during his time at yale university cavanagh denies both allegations the beijing appointed hong kong government has banned a pro independence political party it says the party is a threat to national security the band comes under a colonial era law originally used to prohibit organized crime the government has intensified a crackdown on activi

court banned him from contesting it bumba was one of six presidential hopefuls excluded by the election commission from the vote he appealed but the constitutional court has upheld the balancing it was because of his conviction by the international criminal court the i.c.c. for bribing witnesses at his crimes trial. well the term of office in the fall or term of office of the d r c's incumbent president joseph kabila and a two years ago but he refused to step down in the violent unrest that followed the roman catholic church to lead negotiations to agree conditions for a new election after more protests rocked the country at the beginning of this year could be left finally agreed to stand down and not to stand for office again salonika went to find out how those who participated in the protests are doing today. here they stand together the activist the church members who live in hiding and those who lost their loved ones during pro-democracy protests earlier this year together they've won a small victory president joseph kabila who's ruled the country for seventeen years want to run for a third te