of cases and with the election commission there hasn't i guess been resolved in oil military liked the military is named on to the supreme court and i think this is where it gets interesting because actually the supreme court has only at home the case that the military has brought against the union action commission and some of the current rules including uncensored she in the supreme court so we're also waiting to hear about that look today's date is where i was he waiting to hear more i think what is clear though is that there is no legal basis for the military to take over while the military may claim there are certain powers in the constitution that allows it to do this and that is very much open to interpretation and it's fairly clear that in terms of a constitutional american see that that. is with the president and not with the commander in chief and indeed the president has also we believe been detained at all and as you say we don't know what's going on so we have to perhaps talk in hypotheticals is likely because what we do know is that for example the u.n. chief has had a go

there is an official election commission.ssions in this region it is appointed by the government. that death to some degree compromise is independent. had the election result being closer, had the irregularities went on a very visibly big scale, that might perhaps be a little bit more sympathy but i think many burmese people will be asking themselves first of all what business is that of the military, the actual army which is possibly managing the security of the country to intervene in the election? it is making it belief that it still has a very big role in politics very clear and also the election commission i said there were some irregularities but nothing that could have changed the results and the election commission that makes the final call on whether the election was valid or not. the results were due to be formally approved in parliament and have been able to open today and clearly that will not happen. for all there may be some grounds for the complaints about irregularities, the military has a self has said it doe

many see the prime minister's visit to the election commission on tuesday as an attempt to influence the constitutional body there are concerns that many will try to influence the supreme court as it considers more than a dozen assertions against the dysfunction of the house whether m.p.'s return to work or the country goes to elections isn't it funny people will most likely to be affected as they gave this government a mandate of 5 years to lead with a comfortable majority. the weather next them on al jazeera mystery still surrounds last month's fatal injuries in plane crash investigators continue to comb through the evidence in search of the calls. refusing to give up relatives of those who go missing in syria and want answers on says and justice. it's time for the perfect gentleman who went sponsored point qatar airways it's not as cold as it was and it's getting a bit warmer throughout japan northern china the real cults' talked of a long way knowles in the top of screen there so a few showers at 1st snow showers then they disappear maybe the focus is down here this is unusual ac

many see the prime minister's visit to the election commission on tuesday as an attempt to influence the constitutional body there are concerns that many will try to influence the supreme court as it considers more than a dozen assertions against the dysfunction of the house whether m.p.'s return to work or the country goes to elections isn't it funny people will most likely to be affected as they gave this government a mandate of 5 years to lead with a comfortable majority. sudan's new cabinet has been appointed in the capital khartoum from mr abdullah one doc announced a reshuffle on monday to push through reforms so the country can access international aid has been grappling with a worsening economic crisis and nationwide protests against few and bread shortages the red cross says ethiopians in the conflict hit a region risk of dying from starvation almost 4000000 people there in need of aid but up to 80 percent of people are century cut off the federal government has been criticized for preventing access to t.-ray months into its conflict with local troops in the region was strug

was making strong accusations a week ago saying that there was a lection of fraud but the elections commission rejected when i say strong they were being strong about what they're alleging they didn't show any proof of this so the election commission rejected saying there was no widespread voter fraud and then there were real concern since last week that we could have a coup those concerns seemed to tamp down over the weekend was they when they came out of the military but then we saw what happened early this morning with political leaders being detained put under guard some little black that was detained as well and how about the people of myanmar how is this likely to impact them. well a huge blow to these people while the military does have some supporters and that's the overwhelming majority of this population clearly supports. and actually for democracy clearly against this coup now there was a statement released today by the end of the end her name where she calls the actions to the country called putting the puts it back under dictatorship and urging people not to accept this the questi

it's unclear right now what that means so that you know election commission the new one pointed by the military invited all political parties to join that meeting where the results were in all and a little less a little more than half joking and so it remains to be seen how much. influence and persuasion that the committee representing the elected officials that has formed as sort of militia organization in the. house in terms of other parties how much other parties are willing to go along with you know it and whether or not sort of the people are willing to accept and eventually work with the military pointed leadership as well as local ministry theirs and on sunset she actually hasn't been seen since the military took power so what do we know about her whereabouts at this point. it's completely unclear where she's being held she has had some contact with her party and her lawyers are that's where we're kind of hearing about the ongoing very few details of her own trial but you know her lawyer said a few days ago no news is good news it sounds like she's likely to be in good health or

have been negotiations between the 2 candidates and smaller parties to form a coalition the election commission says it expects the election to be conducted smoothly but there are fears of attacks by armed groups in some areas in december the country missed the opportunity to produce a president in the 1st round of voting but is still on course to mark a historic milestone sunday's vote is expected to lead to the 1st peaceful transition of power from one civilian government to another in this year. but whoever wins will face don't think challengers poverty made worse by covered 19 years on the rise youth unemployment is high so also is the level of illiteracy but more warry is the violence of the borders in the west boko haram has raided many communities and along the border with mali and broken up fossil groups allied with iceland al-qaeda attacking civilian and military target. no kemal the question of correlation is very prominent in politics from 30 years ago up till today however in that on up to this vote there have been talks about negotiations between political parties on paper it looks

military will only be in power for a short time in that they'll make you know the reforms to the election commission and the other undertakings that they might want to do it and then hold an election state of emergency is for here so we'll see how quickly the new host of plants to you know get back to elections and democracy and if it doesn't look like that that's happening quick quick enough you know we might see you know protests arising and people hitting the streets but at the moment you know i think everyone's just shocked because we thought that it was just posturing by the military and you know they wouldn't actually carry this through but they have absolutely to herriman very good to speak to you thanks for joining us there from bangkok thank you. well the general now in charge of mineral was sanctioned by the u.s. 2 years ago over human rights abuses against muslims in 2017 the military launched a crackdown against armed group in the western state of rakhine throwing us say their homes were set on fire by the military and buddhist militias well then 730000 refugees fled violence rape and to

fraudulent so obviously that's probably why they're going to they have taken some of these election commission workers know what's happening today so that's what happened kind of overnight what's happening today so far again as you said for a 6 day running thousands of protesters have gone out to the streets across me and more particularly in yangon we've been talking to some people there their cup like we've seen again the last few days or a couple of different areas where there congregating one is by the united nations office one is in front of the u.s. embassy it's what's interesting too is you know we've almost every day we have more groups more unions more civil servant groups coming out to join the protests today we're hearing that the railway workers are out now protesting on the streets of yangon and because of that as a result of that a lot of the railway system is down in myanmar not completely but it's been disrupted greatly because they're out protesting against this military government right now so far everything has been fairly peaceful there been no incidents as of yet that we'v

and dealt with the legal parameters and norms of the country the election commission in naperville as you've just alluded to saying that there was no fraudulent activity or behavior joining the general election it is going to be interesting to see how the military justify what they have done and also there will be perhaps cautious words from the international community depending on where they are the east all western nations because they have a very different relationship with me and. scenario. some sort of i think we can expect the condemnation to be said is that if this indeed because that or even if you know there is no justification or clear justification for hanging. on some 2 g. and senior officials and others i believe a provision in the constitution that allows the military to remove the leader. i'm not sure if that is what they're going to say as i said we haven't yet heard from them in the trees so there isn't so we don't know why c.g. has been detained but it's pretty clear that the military is trying to take over in some way that not only detained the state comes out but t

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was making strong accusations a week ago saying that there was a lection of fraud but the elections commission rejected when i say strong they were being strong about what they're alleging they didn't show any proof of this so the election commission rejected saying there was no widespread voter fraud and then there were real concern since last week that we could have a coup those concerns seemed to tamp down over the weekend with statements that came out of the military but then we saw what happened early this morning with political leaders being detained put under guard some little black that was detained as well and how about the people of myanmar how is this likely to impact them. well a huge blow to these people while the military does have some supporters and that's the overwhelming majority of this population clearly supports. and actually for democracy clearly against this coup now there was a statement released today by the end of the end her name where she calls the actions to the country called putting the supports of back under dictatorship and urging people not to accept this the

arkansas, we are blessed to have an effective unreliable system when we go to the polls, the election assistance commission has an important job assisting state local officials by administering and grants to the states developing breast practices and acting as a clearinghouse of election administration information. we are grateful for that. the coronavirus pandemic challenged state local election officials across the country as they work to modify their election processes to ensure voters could exercise the rights to a safe environment. as he navigated these new circumstances, they also maintain focus on potential cybersecurity vulnerabilities, voter registration systems, voting machines and systems that tabulate and display the election results. i am pleased the commissioners were closely with the department of homeland security's, cyber security and infrastructure security as well as cyber command to make sure our state and local officials better understand the threats they face and how to made to gate them. i hope these partnerships between federal government and state election officials continue to gro

elections. the commission has denied such claims. -- the election commission has denied such claims.et's talk more about this now with tom andrews, the u.n. special rapporteur on myanmar, who took part in this meeting. tom, welcome. the resolution was adopted unanimously. russia and china, myanmar's staunchest supporters and actors, also agreed. how is that possible? >> [lauger] that's a very good question. as you know, china has just traditionally been the protector of myanmar for the united nations, particularly the security council, providing them with weapons and trade. it was, i think, a reflection of the very strong view of the world. looking at this outrageous act by the military, of overthrowing a developing democracy, a fragile democracy, after and collection -- after an election on november 8, after the very day the new government was forming. so it was outrageous. and it was inexcusable. i think the aftermath of this, th the massi protestsnd the veryeavy-handed mess of -- heavy-handedness of the military, combined to make it very difficult for anyone, including china or ru

it was making strong accusations a week ago saying that there was a lection of fraud but the election commission rejected when i say strong they were being strong about what they're alleging they didn't show any proof of this so the election commission rejected saying there was no widespread voter fraud and then there were real concerns since last week that we could have a coup those concerns seemed to tamp down over the weekend with statements like came out of the military but then we saw what happened early this morning with political leaders being detained put under guard some little black that was detained as well and how about the people of myanmar how is this likely to impact them. well a huge blow to these people while the military does have some supporters and that's the overwhelming majority of this population clearly supports. some sushi and actually for democracy clearly against this coup now there was a statement released today by the end of the end her name where she calls the actions to the country called putting this and puts it back under dictatorship and urging people not to acc

landslide but which the military insists was fraught with irregularities claims that the country's election commissionhas dismissed as baseless news of the coup has drawn strong international condemnations it's nothing short of. deeply disturbing this is unacceptable the international community rejects what is happening. there. on the streets of me in mar the coup is seen as a sad setback for many more than a decade after it celebrated its transition to democracy. that only now do. i feel the army assaulted when it states the civilian government and i can have a government elected by people. why not then you are countries just a bird learning to fly or like you know the army procure wings younger than medical that like i told i think i can i. ask me in mars catapulted towards an uncertain future many are rushing to stock up on essentials bracing for an end to democracy as they know it. now young heelys a former un special rapporteur ter on me and now she gave this reaction to d.w. this is really an outrageous situation and it's a direct assault to democracy and minimize people's will when they elected

while ago what did he have to say so from what we know so far about what he said he said the elections commission use kovan 1000 as an excuse and did not allow for fair campaigning so he's sticking with the same theme of election irregularities he says that they will hand over or after elections they will hand over power to the winner and that he says in the meantime is form the government of suitable ministers the bottom line is the majority the people me am are are not going to buy his sales pitch it's the same one that came out from the window we could go same thing now they didn't buy it then they're not going to buy it now the question is with the military starting to show a little flex its muscle more you know we saw the water cannon his speech tonight reports of martial law and mandalay. will this scare off any the demonstrators or if they continue to build and then the military comes down with more and more force does that get people to back down some people said they are all in no matter what they will not back down to about the generations so the question really becomes is how much forc

we welcome benjamin hovland, chairman of the election assistance commission, to testify on its work to ensure our elections are fair, secure and accessible. thank you for being here today. it is well-known that are foreign adversaries have made attempts, and even have breached our election system to varying degrees in 2016, 2018 and 2020 elections. officials at all levels of government have worked to address vulnerabilities in our election system. as a result, the 2020 election was declared "the most secure in american history" by the previous administration's department of homeland security. the fact those officials were able to achieve this feat amid a pandemic is even more remarkable. now is not the time to proclaim mission accomplished. even though the election was secure, we know there was malicious activity from foreign adversaries leading to election day. the threats to our democracy are constant and ever evolving. our enemies will not be taking a break, so neither can we. this committee has helped lead congress's efforts to address this issue. since 2018 we have provided 805 mi

we welcome benjamin hovland, chairman of the election assistance commission, to testify on its work to ensure our elections are fair, secure and accessible. thank you for being here today. it is well-known that are foreign adversaries have made attempts, and even have breached our election system to varying degrees in 2016, 2018 and 2020 elections. officials at all levels of government have worked to address vulnerabilities in our election system. as a result, the 2020 election was declared "the most secure in american history" by the previous administration's department of homeland security. the fact those officials were able to achieve this feat amid a pandemic is even more remarkable. now is not the time to proclaim mission accomplished. even though the election was secure, we know there was malicious activity from foreign adversaries leading to election day. the threats to our democracy are constant and ever evolving. our enemies will not be taking a break, so neither can we. this committee has helped lead congress's efforts to address this issue. since 2018 we have provided 805 mi

vendor selection which one since you cheese party won in a landslide last week man last election commission rejected the allegations the military announced its takeover by the news channel it owned in man. city in order to perform scrutiny on the voter lists and take actions. of the nation's law making it governance and jurisdiction is handed over to the commander in chief according to the 2008 constitution article $419.00 well has been widespread international condemnation of the military takeover in manama the new secretary of state anthony blinken the u.s. expect expressed grave concern over the reports and warned me and must military to reverse its actions immediately and the un security secretary general antonio terrorists released a statement strongly condemning the detention of one son sujit president you when mint and other political leaders in vietnam he said the developments are a serious blow to democratic reforms in. i'll dive bomb is a journalist who spent many years reporting from mine mine joins us now from kuala lumpur dave vague reports of a military coup but things are mov

number that really these these these irregularities would be would be minor but the country's election commission has looked into these complaints and has rejected them the military took now rather their parties took their protest to the supreme court on friday and of broad to rich against suchi in the courts as well now now they were overthrown. just briefly how is all this affecting ordinary people in myanmar yeah well the internet and phone lines are very badly disrupted seem to be being blocked the army or on the streets the main city young gong banks of clothes there was long lines at a.t.m.'s this morning prompting fears of a run on the banks. long lines at petrol stations at rush vendors people you know they've lived under military rule before and you know that they're very nervous about its return they're not at the moment as far as we know protesting on the streets you know as i mentioned has called for that so really it's a very tense time and we're going to have to see how things unfold today and in coming days phil thank you very much that was philip sure well though there is a corres

you look at agencies like the federal election commission, they are at $70 million. ou look at the election program , $40 million as part of a $1.5 billion sub agency. so if you look at our jurisdiction and the challenges to election administration in this country, being an election administrator has never been harder than it is right now. elections are chronically read -- chronically under resourced across the country. i would not hesitate to say we should be a hundred million dollars agency to take on the challenges people expect of us. i know that does not happen overnight but i think this is a great example of one of the issues that needs to be tackled. as we look at the statutory mandates, the things that we are required to do under the help america vote act, this is important and we want to work on best practices. but there is also a reality with the resources congress has given us. rep. kirkpatrick: my follow-up question has to do with violence at polling places. this was an emotional election, we had people angry -- angry crowds marching to the polls. i just w

about the safety of members of congress, republican campaign committees are asking the federal election commission to allow lawmakers to use campaign donations for bodyguards to protect themselves and their immediate family members. this request, of course, follows the january 6th siege on capitol hill that left five people dead. i'll ask a democratic congresswoman for her reaction coming up this hour. stick around for that. >> and for more on everything we have been discussing today, i'm joined by cnn political commentator dachigh. he's a former republican strategist, and olivia nuzzi. good to see you both. very busy sunday. doug, first to you. if former president trump finds his way and gets lawyers to argue election fraud in his impeachment trial, how does that change the approach of senate republicans who have seemed certainly to acquit? they would be given another platform for trump to spew the lie that played a role in the riot. >> ultimately, we have seen so many times when republican senators or house members for that time would say about a donald trump tweet, i didn't see the tweet. they'

have been negotiations between the 2 candidates and smaller parties to form a coalition the election commission says it expects the election to be conducted smoothly but there are fears of attacks by armed groups in some areas in december the country missed the opportunity to produce a president in the 1st round of voting but is still on course to mark a historic milestone sunday's vote is expected to lead to the 1st peaceful transition of power from one civilian government to another in this year. but whoever wins will freeze don't think challenges poverty made worse by covered 19 years on the rise youth unemployment is high so also is a level of illiteracy but more warry is the violence of the borders. in the west boko haram has raided many communities and along the border with mali and broken up fossil groups allied with iceland and. attacking civilian and military targets. yes there have been negotiations they have been calling talks before in the run up to this runoff however it's difficult to say without supporters of other parties the 28 parties that lost out will really vote based on th

. >> he claimed politicians and the election commission for forcing him to stage a coup, and again claimedre had been a massive fraud in last november's general election. but as he spoke images began circulating online of people banging pots and pans in front of their television screens. devastations intensified on monday and spread to more parts of the country with tens of thousands taking to the streets for a third day. the coup in which de facto leader aung san suu kyi and dozens of her party were detained was triggered -- has triggered international condemnation. >> i'm hoping she will soon be free. i believe that. i hope we will be free from military rule. >> i've decided to fight until the end, until they are released. >> the rallies have the military government to ban gatherings of more than five people in two of the biggest cities. it's also imposed an overnight curfew. >>4 early we spoke to a burmese activist who told us more about the public dissent, especially among young people in the protest movement. >> both of us are protesting peacefully. and i believe all of the violence h

presidential runoff demonstrators at the barricades a village size in the capital near me the election commission declared the winner but my harmonicas sami claims widespread voter fraud and says he's the rightful victor. supporters of the russian opposition alexina valley have voiced outrage after amnesty international's that would no longer consider him a prisoner of conscience the rights group said it made the decision because some of the valleys past comments bordered on hate speech he has previously promoted nationalist and anti immigrant policies those stories on our website at al-jazeera dot com updated through the day more news in a half hour here on al-jazeera but now it's in search of india's soul to stay with us. i'm in northern india on the banks of the ganges in the holy city of are not saying . this is one of the oldest inhabited places on earth and like rome or jerusalem it serves as a kind of cosmic center for india's 1000000000 hindu those. behind this image of religious harmony india faces a crisis minorities including over $200000000.00 muslims an underlying current of violence

election happened in november had widespread election fraud i mean that has been rejected by the elections commissions rejected by the national identities and rejected by most of them are people who believe that it was a free and fair election but the senior gentleman on long he wants to stay in power he was scheduled to retire in july when he hits the mandatory retirement age of 65 but he adds no it's no secret that he has an interest in staying in power whether it's in the military or it somehow at some point trying to become the president there was david grubin speaking with us earlier here's some of the other stories now that are making headlines around the world the delegates from libya are meeting today in geneva to choose an interim government for the north african country ahead of elections which are scheduled for the end of december the libyan political dialogue form is being mediated by the united nations it aims to select transitional leaders by friday russian prosecutors have backed a request to imprison opposition figure alexina vone for 3 and a half years on embezzlement charges this com

process by the constitutional court in 2 weeks after the announcement of the result of the election commission and i might just give us a sense of why significant you'd say the selection is for the share we mentioned that was the 1st peaceful transition of power and thought close well does that mean so it's the people who live firma. well basically an engineer has has has a history or had a history of military coups and this has sort of trying to get its democracy stopped it from developing and it's been years now since democracy has been on the rule in asia and it's important that they keep to these progression simply because the country what the country needs is more a focus on economy this is one of the poorest countries in the world and it's also facing a very very difficult time in terms of security on the border with nigeria but what i was not to book out of and i slept the islamic state in west africa provence and on the border with mali and brooke you know fossil i'm groups allied with al qaida and i still have people in rampage attacking military and civilian targets so they need prob

new leader have faced off with police after he declared himself the winner of a presidential election commission to zoom the weather but. widespread voter fraud and says that he is the rightful victor those were the headlines about. the women make change to stay with us. in india identity politics on the rise is the construction. hearts and labor unions of the across the country and there's a dark side. to see the grit from. him into something more like the team i didn't see of the british but i meet with victims of violence and life is like for minorities in the country join me on my journey in search of india's soul on al-jazeera. the hour. and i'm not done. yet. but i let me show you something this is a $1.25 a well i mean if it were by your very small cup of coffee millions of people around the world. this amount a day of the numbers have gone down but there's still a lot of work to be done at a time when the world is looking at how to reduce exchange the spotlight has been turned on the women wherever they have the opportunity to be. in the local communities into the economy is the huge ben

then no party is allowed to have convicted members they're not allowed to register with the election commission not allowed to contest elections so that would probably be an attempt to try to dismantle as it were the national league for democracy from ever running in future elections again and that may well have very severe repercussions what do you make of the international response because it's been 4 days since the coup took place we haven't seen action at toul. a you surprised by that. yeah i think to an extent on the other hand this who comes in the middle of what is a very politically tense and divided a global order and one that is also confronting the pandemic so many politicians have been rather focused on domestic issues above issues of global politics however i think for for both the makers in washington d.c. or in brussels or even perhaps in tokyo there is a conundrum here because they could decide to reenact sanctions then the question becomes what sorts of sanctions targeted sanctions. on particular individuals within the military including the commander in chief minimum lying wou

so from what we know so far about what he said he said the elections commission use kovan 1000 as an excuse and did not allow for fair campaigning so he's sticking with the same thing of election irregularities he says that they will hand over or after elections they will hand over power to the winner and that he says in the meantime song the government of suitable ministers the bottom line is the majority of people me and maher are not going to buy his sales pitch it's the same one that came out from the window we could go same thing now they didn't buy then they're not going to buy and now the question is with the military starting to show a little flex its muscle more you know we saw the water cannon his speech tonight reports of martial law in mandalay will this scare of any the demonstrators or if they continue to build and then the military comes down with more and more force does that get people to back down some people said they are all in no matter what they will not back down to about future generations so the question really becomes is how much force is the military willing

you look at a sister agency like the federal election commission, they are at $70 million. you look at the election program, $40 million as part of a $1.5 billion sub agency. so if you look at our 50 state jurisdiction and the breath of the count that challenges -- being an election administrator has never been harder than it is right now. elections are chronically under resourced across the country. at the state and local level and also the federal level. i would not hesitate to say we should be a1 hundred million dollar agency -- $100 million agency to take on the challenges people expect of us. i know that does not happen overnight but i think this is a great example of one of the issues that needs to be tackled. when we look at the statutory mandates, the things that we are required to do under the help america vote act, this is important and we want to work on best practices. but there is also a reality with the resources congress has given us. rep. kirkpatrick: my follow-up question has to do with violence at polling places. this was an emotional election, we had march

so from what we know so far about what he said he said the elections commission use kovan 1000 as an excuse and did not allow for fair campaigning so he's sticking with the same thing of election irregularities he says that they will hand over after elections they will hand over power to the winner and that he says in the meantime is form the government of suitable ministers the bottom line is the majority of people me and maher are not going to buy his sales pitch it's the same one that came out from the window we could go same thing now they didn't buy then they're not going to buy it now the question is when the military started the show a little flex its muscle more you know we saw the water cannon his speech tonight reports of martial law and mandalay will this scare of any the demonstrators or if they continue to build and then the military comes down with more and more force does that get people to back down some people said they are all in no matter what they will not back down to this is about the generations so the question really becomes is how much force is the military wi

presidential runoff several election commission officials killed by a roadside bomb. welcome to the program we begin this hour with the efforts to revive the 2015 iran nuclear deal the head of the un's nuclear watchdog is due to speak this hour after returning from tehran where he was on a mission to ensure the continuation of nuclear inspections. met with iran's foreign minister mohammad javad zarif for talks which iranian officials later described as fruitful under the 2015 deal iran agreed to restrict. it's nuclear program in exchange for the easing of sanctions by 6 nations including of course the united states but donald trump reimposed u.s. sanctions in 2018 and iran is saying that unless the biden administration lifts them by midnight which is not long from now an hour a half from now they'll block future u.n. nuclear inspections so earlier iran's pharmacist said he wasn't convinced by u.s. president joe biden's promises of careful diplomacy nothing has changed by didn't claims that trump policy of maximum pressure was maximum for a beer can also just recently

since both factions claim to control the governing party the issue is being disputed at the election commission whether m.p.'s return to work or the country goes to elections it's the people who will likely be affected after giving the government demanded to lead for 5 years by a comfortable majority of. the time. and oscar winner christopher plummer has died at the age of 91 he was best known for his role as captain von trapp opposite julie andrews in the 1965 blockbuster the sound of music al-jazeera as christensen to me looks back on his 6 decades in film television and on stage for. christopher plummer was a classically trained actor in his native canada on broadway and on the london stage. the sadness. the comedy and tragedy the world came to know him as captain von trapp and one of the highest grossing movies of all time the sound of music. the. more you see. the film's success caught him by surprise here are words of a sudden we're very famous. none of us really realize there were. no words and of course of course of everybody stuart so i was were disappointed that the part i was playing

well in fact there are certain areas that the election commission said the elections may not take place and pro probably this is one of them or these are some of the areas that they fear are such attacks may come from i remember in december the election or commission also announced that it's not going to all the elections in those areas simply because these 2 dangers and election officials want to prepare to go to that to those locations to conduct elections but because the incident is not significant enough according to officials i doubt very much if this will disrupt or affect or even ma the election as a whole remember the other part of me here the election was conducted peacefully and on a successful note although the opposition candidate in the election the man who came 2nd in the december vote was warning of election fraud and said that all citizens will not take it kindly if any election malpractise is allowed to take place during today's vote. ok i think it's a step bring us the latest from a big thank you. let me isn't tarrier minister has survived a gun attack 30 bashar has co

now they were bringing up accusations of widespread election fraud just a week ago which the elections commission rejected there were rumblings that there might be of things seem like they might damp down a little bit that's the kind of impression we're getting over the weekend and then this today but why now really seemed like he was going to have to move now or have an even more difficult time doing it later the new parliament that was set to take office based on those november elections the lower house was set to take seat today so if he was going to make a move clearly in their mind it was this would be the most opportune time for them to try to do it of course now they're trying to justify what they're doing which so much of the world is rejecting. now she has lost quite a bit of global goodwill because of her position on the country's military action against the ranges and she's tonight it was a genocide against that minority group will that translate into national committee less willing to support democratic causes. well if you look at it and look at the statements coming out particularly

have been negotiations between the 2 candidates and smaller parties to form a coalition the election commission says it expects the election to be conducted smoothly but there are fears of attacks by armed groups in some areas in december the country missed the opportunity to produce a president in the 1st round of voting but is still on course to mark a historic milestone sunday's vote is expected to lead to the 1st peaceful transition of power from one civilian government to another in these year. but whoever wins will freeze daunting challenges poverty made worse by covered 1000 years on the rice used unemployment is high so also is a level of illiteracy but more warry is the violence of the borders. in the west boko haram has raided many communities and along the border with mali and birkenau fossil groups allied with iceland. are attacking civilian and military targets. al jazeera. may masako as enhanced her reputation as the dominant force in women's tennis the 23 year old has won the australian open her 4th grand slam title and the japanese started it in style in front of adoring fans a

it's unclear right now what that means so that you know election commission the new one appointed by the military invited all political parties to join that meeting where the results were and a little less a little more than half joking and so remains to be seen how much. influence and persuasion that the committee representing the elected officials that has formed as sort of munition organization in the. house in terms of other parties how much other parties are willing to go along with it and whether or not sort of the people are willing to accept and eventually more with the military pointed leadership as well as local ministry theirs and on sunset she actually hasn't been seen since the military took power so what do we know about her whereabouts at this point. it's completely unclear where she's being held she has had some contact with her party and have for years and that's where we're kind of hearing about. very few details of her trial. you know her lawyer said a few days ago in this it sounds like she's. in good health or at least you know the same health conditions she was

hopes that he had of the army was of course raising fraud accusations in the elections but the elections commission and myanmar refuted those so clearly. maybe his goals here we are speculating to some degree here but obviously things he had eye on were not looking like he could legitimately get there from kuala lumpur thanks so much for the update sure. well to russia now where more than $5000.00 people have been arrested during a 2nd wave of nationwide anti-government protests according to rights groups more than $1500.00 people would tank in the capital moscow including the wife of opposition leader alexina valmy demonstrators gathered near the prison when a felony is being held but protests took place across russia on sunday from siberia in the east to st petersburg in the west and the valleys arrested earlier this month has increased tensions of a corruption and a lack of democratic freedoms in russia as our correspondents found out on the streets today but also calling on the political battlefield to being told what to do being controlled but young people used to organizing them so that's why

polls which saw a landslide victory for searching the claims were not supported by man mas' election commission a curfew under strict rules on gatherings have been put in place but they are yet to prevent fresh protests from breaking out across the country. and i'm joined now from young gone by a pro democracy activist who for security reasons will run remain anonymous we'll call her sue thank you so much for joining us here and as we've mentioned that this is now the 5th day of protests it seems to be a little bit more peaceful and calm and yesterday what have you been seeing and what is the mood as you've been experiencing at. ok i was at the protests for 4 days and i've seen the videos of that 1000 years so i'm female protester who was shot in the head by the police and maybe don't cover the city of mark she was wearing a red t. shirt just standing there in the group at the station and not actually crossing the barrier gates or not doing something against the police they were previously using the water cannons. and now the realistic but it didn't stop the protesters from doing what they are

the election commission says it expects the election to be conducted smoothly but there are fears of attacks by armed groups in some areas in december the country missed the opportunity to produce a president in the 1st round of voting but is still on course to mark a historic milestone sunday's vote is expected to lead to the 1st peaceful transition of power from one civilian government to another in these year. but whoever wins will freeze daunting challenges poverty made worse by covered 1000 years on the rice used unemployment is high so also is a level of illiteracy but more warry is the violence of the borders in the west boko haram has raided many communities and along the border with mali and broken up fossil groups allied with iceland and. attacking civilian and military targets ahmed degrees al jazeera there have been cheers from passengers on board a u.s. air plane after a dramatic landing and engine caught fire and large chunks of it came crashing down on to the suburbs of denver colorado kristen salumi has the full story. very hard. this was a good feeling on board unite

they were bringing up accusations of widespread election fraud just over a week ago which the elections commission rejected there were rumblings that there might be of could things seem like they might damp down a little bit that's the kind of impression we're getting over the weekend and then this today but why now really seemed like he was going to have to move now or have an even more difficult time doing it later the new parliament that was set to take office based on those november elections the lower house was set to take seat today so if he was going to make a move clearly in their mind it was this would be the most opportune time for them to try to do it of course now they're trying to justify what they're doing which so much of the world is rejecting now she has lost quite a bit of global goodwill because of her position on the country's military action against the rangers and she's tonight it was a genocide against that minority group will that translate into national committee less willing to support young mars' democratic cause. well if you look at it and look at the statements coming

but election commission has rejected that. the governing party one in an even bigger landslide than before in 2015. aung san suu kyi is a democracy icon, spent 15 years under house arrest. peacefully protesting against . and 91, she won her nobel prize, 2015 she rose to be the nation's top civilian leader. tiger reputation to the military leaders who locked her up. critics say she failed to address the potential genocide of the muslim minority. and she fell out of favor with the international community. >>> president biden is starting new sanctions on myanmar calling it a direct assault on the country's transition to democracy and rule of law. united nations is says it is a step back for democratic reform. >>> stocks close higher on wall street, recovering some of the ground lost last week. the dow closed up 229 point come the nasdaq up 332, about 2 1/2%, and the s&p gained 59 points. today, the menlo park based online trading platform robin hood said it raised another $2.4 billion amid the retail, and that brings the total to