the electoral commission investigation has found that vote leave broke electoral law and has been finedmits by getting cash through the pro—brexit youth group be leave. its founder darren grimes has been fined £20,000 and also been reported to the police. to read you a statement darren grimes has put out on his twitter account... that is a statementjust in from darren grimes, the founder of be leave. we can now talk to chris mason whojoins us leave. we can now talk to chris mason who joins us from westminster. chris conley spoke to the head of the electoral commission earlier for more on the findings of that investigation. —— chris, you spoke to. we have just investigation. —— chris, you spoke to. we havejust heard investigation. —— chris, you spoke to. we have just heard that strong statement from darren grimes and both he and be leave feel wronged by what has happened. it's a reminder of how brexit has come to dominate every aspect of westminster politics. 0n the one hand, and we will discuss this with labour mp kate hoey in a moment. the tumult in the commons chamber, last night and

he said checking is the electoral commission's job, not his.lectoral commission. any unincorporated association like the crc which donates more than £25,000 in a single year, must be registered with the electoral commission. the crc wasn't. spotlight understands the crc was fined £6,000 because it wasn't registered with the electoral commission as required. and because its donation was to a northern ireland party, where the crc got its money remains secret. the electoral commission had urged the government to make all donations since 2014 fully transparent, but the government resisted. we were very disappointed about that. our expectation had been that transparency would be from january 2014 onwards, and we think it's disappointing for the public that they don't get to see that information. and it means that any big donations recently, including the 2016 eu referendum campaign, remain shrouded in secrecy? yes, that's right, those donations have to be reported to the electoral commission under the law, so the donations are reported to us, but we

but now the electoral commission says vote leave overspent and broke electoral law.roup campaigning in the referendum, vote leave was entitled to spend up to £7 million. but the electoral commission said it overspent by half a million, and it has fined vote leave £61,000. the electoral commission says vote leave worked with another campaign, beleave, to pay a data analytics firm £675,000 for adverts targeting voters. now, the money was sent to the company by beleave, but it came from vote leave. and the commission says vote leave should have declared it. vote leave claims the commission's report is politically motivated. we repeatedly sought co—operation from vote leave, which we didn't get. but we were able to get a whole range of evidence from different sources, which we have closely inspected and looked at in the course of our investigation. and i think we have produced a detailed, robust and impartial report. so i would strongly refute any allegation that the electoral commission isn't independent and impartial, because that is fundamental to what we did. the fou

we are bemused by the findings of the electoral commission. interim report six weeks ago, we provided a very detailed 500 page response, answering all of their points with the opinions of a qc and several lawyers to back our claims. we're very disappointed they have not taken up our points or engaged in them with any meaningful way. moreover, we made it clear we were able to come in for an interview and give our side of the story. we feel it isa give our side of the story. we feel it is a very one—sided report. we wish they had followed due process. have they done so, just like they gave us the all clear on the first two occasions they investigated us, they would have given us the all clear on the third investigation. but they are very clear that they did come on three separate occasions, invite you for interviews and you refused. there was an exchange of letters, basically over christmas last year, when they started the third investigation. they seem to kick it off because a bunch of remainers started a judicial review against the electoral c

house of commons. 0fficial brexit campaign group vote leave has been fined £61,000 after the electoral commissionh to remove the india captain virat kohli for 71. so far, the momentum has swung slightly in england‘s fever. they will be hoping their batsmen can do the job, they are yet to bat but they will be out injusta are yet to bat but they will be out injust a moment. alastair cook bowled out for 180 as he warms up in the test series. he was playing for england‘s alliance. england will be hoping for a little bit of that in the one—day today. looking ahead to the one—day today. looking ahead to the world cup as well. let‘s talk about golf. all eyes on tiger woods. yes, they will. tiger woods returning. it‘s been a three—year absence for him. hoping he can turn his fortunes around, imagine if you could secure a major title at the open and win his fourth title. what aboutjustin open and win his fourth title. what about justin rose? here‘s open and win his fourth title. what aboutjustin rose? here‘s hoping for the same, he fish and forth as a teenager, 20 years ago if you remember. that is still

the electoral commission. will the prime minister guarantee that her cabinet ministers will fully co-operate with the police investigation? prime minister may: i say to the right honorable gentleman that i actually question the way in which he put his question. mr. speaker, he has made an accusation in this house against members of this house -- [indiscernible] >> order. the question was heard and the prime minister's answer must be heard. the prime minister. prime minister may: the right honorable gentleman has made an accusation in this house against individual members of this house and of the government, and i suggest that when he stands up, he reflects on whether or not it was correct to do so. the electoral commission is an independent regulator, accountable to parliament, not to the government. they have taken steps. the have, as we know, taken steps in relation to the vote leave campaign. i would expect that all those involved and required to do so will give the evidence that is required, and respond ap

has ignored these complaints with the electoral commission and the ruling zanu p.f. party say that a jew process is being followed and everything is legal to resist says in spite of the problems a boy called is not an option. donald trump's former attorneys released an audiotape to the american media and which the para allegedly heard discussing a payment of an apparent affair between the president and a model michael cohen made a series of recordings which were seized by the f.b.i. during raids at his home and office in april conversation ed on tuesday seemed to involve buying the rights to a story by former playboy model karen dougal she was paid eight hundred fifty thousand dollars for her story but was never published president has always denied her claims of an affair. catalonia suppose president carter has pushed him on says he'll head to belgium where help keep pressing for his region's independence it comes after a spanish judge dropped a european arrest warrant for him last week he was detained in germany in march over his role in last year's illegal cason i

several addresses and id numbers on the register don't exist they calling on the independent electoral commission to allow them to personally inspect ballot papers before elections to prevent vote rigging wire. on the bottom. of the. election organizers say it is possible for some people to have the same first last name and date of birth and for security reasons it's illegal for political parties to inspect the ballot papers before elections should we continue to try and. given that would have exercised we've done has failed to build consensus in the first place perhaps we should just stick to our very strict constitutional mandate and exclude everyone these are things that we're going to sit down as a commission and discuss was the out of voting day at the end of the month will be the first without deposed president robert mugabe on the ballot except for the explosion at president a muslim women god was rarely in pull away last month campaigning has been incident free so far police say the right up to this election has the list of violence than in previous years and few cases of intimidation hav

the government will continue to work closely with the electoral commission along with many other stakeholdersy, security and effectiveness of referendums and elections. let me also make it clear for the record that we will continue to implement the referendum results and to make a success of it. labour's chuka umunna, accused vote leave of being an affront to democracy sot) theirfindings of their findings of the electoral commission are shocking and vote to leave's action is an affront to our democracy. that fundamental british value of fair play. the commission's legal counsel described vote to leave's behaviour as follows, they resisted our investigation from the start including contesting our right asa start including contesting our right as a statutory regulator doping investigation. they refuse to cooperate, refused our request to put forward a representative for interview and forced us to use our legal powers to compel it to provide evidence. who do these people think they are? they think they are above they are? they think they are above the law. with new facts arising every week, it i

electoral commission to be given the power to impose largerfines.electoral commission to be given the power to impose larger fines. at the moment they are limited to just £20,000. some campaigners have warned mps against overreacting. we have also heard from the former director of vote leave, who actually lea ked director of vote leave, who actually leaked this report after refusing to be interviewed by mps for it, and he has described it as fake news. a 24—year—old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder and sexual activity with a child, after the death of a 13—year—old girl. lucy mchugh‘s body was found in woodland in southampton on thursday. she'd been reported missing the night before. the man remains in police custody. a raging wildfire in northern california has killed two firefighters and forced tens of thousands of people to flee their homes. officials say the fires are being sucked up by strong winds to form "fire tornados" that are uprooting trees and overturning cars. more than 3,000 fire fighters are trying to prevent the flames spr

zimbabwe's main opposition party and its supporters have marched to the country's electoral commission to demand reforms it says are vital for a credible vote this month the movement for democratic change insists there needs to be a deal on how to design print and store ballot papers to ensure the system is fair the country will pick a new president and members of parliament on july the thirtieth in the first election since gabi was forced to resign late last year haiti's prime minister jack entente has given no indication he will resign despite widespread antigovernment protests in four days of unrest over the government's plan to raise fuel prices in the impoverished nation which have left several people dead. those the top stories that from may but do stay with us analogise are people in power coming up next. the i.m.f. said riyadh's breakeven although price twenty eighteen is likely to be around eighty eight dollars a barrel why is argentina again turning to the i.m.f. to help now we bring you the stories that are shaping the economic world we live in counting the cost on al-jazeer

when the electoral commission the focal point in the civil society organizations political parties were confident this is going to go through and so far we haven't had any complaints about open little thank you so much progress and that's it from a syrian bomb acoa adrian thank you so much mohammed vow now i want to being described as flaming tornadoes have destroyed entire neighborhoods in northern california us police say that at least five people have been killed by the wildfires including two small children seventeen others are missing in the city of reading cable is on the reports. tornado like funnels of fire ash and combustible gas residents say was unlike anything they've seen before just like in oklahoma you see like on the wizard of oz there also uses seen points like a wall flames and then there are sheets of metal for an around like two hundred feet near. fueled by steep terrain hot weather and dry brush what was left the smoldering remnants after an out of control wildfire that scorched northern california you know five hundred structures burned to the ground including hund

the resolve much quicker but as we see it we're still waiting for the final results from the electoral commission but i can first of all show you how this software is supposed to work so at every polling station there is somebody who supervises the whole electoral process and that person is supposed to download an app this app is then used to take a photo of the so called form forty five now this is the form that shows how many votes it's candidate for each party has received so you take a photo you also manually enter the number of the votes that the candidates have received and then you send that to their database of the central database of the electoral commission that is the idea behind the whole system but then last night when the results started coming in it was just too much for the services of the electoral commission it crashed and that is why there is odds have been really slowly coming in i would guess that some people aren't too happy about it and have taken to the social media to vent their frustration. yeah absolutely i mean everybody's impatient you know everybody wants to know the

should be examined modest officials at the electoral commission said i had said that the algorithm to listen to the concerns was listened started but they say it was not even they don't know was to vote says on the votes are all either the inside proposition or someone said they see off the ballot paper but they are demanding to say they want to be able to be taken to make so they don't know it and that is they had anxiety that is glad to try to make this election the next or the most insistent bob was law does not allow an opposition supporters to look at the paper before god said for security reasons but these people say they are not having that and they threatening to try and stop the election from going ahead if that does not happen the next time it was on june i think here international observers already in the country are watching the games and very very closely are going to be the first election without robert reviving the former president on the ballot so was. sixty s. . they are just an hour away from kickoff in the second world cup semifinal and you end up playing croatia fo

well the electoral commission is telling people to be patient until they start releasing official results they said so far that the voter turnout was really good more so than in twenty thirty with us a lot of voter apathy with does indicate a lot of people excited to vote in terms what we know so far at individual polling stations results in just one polling station. these for the national assembly and you can see over here the m.d.c. alliance led by the main opposition leader nelson chamisa got three hundred thirty eight. thirty eight votes by the station and then we have got two hundred and seventy three now depends where you go in some places. that's needed and not be in d.c. people were excited about voting because they're hoping that this could turn around the economy lots of people queued up to vote on monday many of them young unemployed hoping that whoever wins does something to turn around the stagnant economy. it's the first vote without robert mugabe on the ballot in nearly four decades. the man who is now in charge president in a similar promise of the general elections period

i couldn't bury him so my first duty is to see his grave the second thing is to go to the electoral commission and they give my my paper to be able to be counted it for the electoral process what actually would you take if they refused to accept your candidacy i mean all my best just never happen because it will be arbitrary and it will be another arbitrary decision what can we do if they reject your application there's a danger of violence once again isn't there i hope not i hope not because it will be arbitrary and the people we see the arbitrary so i don't know the react and the reaction of the people i don't know and if you do make it through as a president do you think that you can withstand the pressures that every other president has had in the congo it's such a powerful position so much to do do you think you will be overwhelmed how do you think you'll be able to cope with the pressures of that position i know that would not be easy but the experience that i have will say that i try to pull through. dialogue and i hope. determination will make us to succeed i hope so how much will you

vote leave‘s former chief executive, matthew elliott, has submitted a 500 page dossier to the electoral commissions. this morning we have learned that vote leave is expected to be found guilty of breaking electoral law. does the prime minister agree that we need absolute transparency in elections and people must be held accountable? i am not going to comment on what appears to be a leaked report which the government has not seen. the electoral commission in relation to be vote leave matter will consider the representations it received and will publish a closing report to provide a balanced account. and we will consider that report when the government receives it and consider any recommendations arising from it when it is released. the labour leader, jeremy corbyn, turned not to the impending cabinet meeting on brexit, but to the state of bus services. under this government, fares have risen three times faster than people's pay and bus users are often on lower income whose wages are lower than they were ten years ago and have suffered benefit freeze. this government under their stewardship has cut

smoothly as they should be here the problem is that the server crashed it turns out that the electoral commission is using new software which it never actually tested before we were told so now they have to get the server back up and running so that itself is not a sign of things going wrong i mean if you look at the white a bigger picture maybe but it looks as if we should get the results later on in the day. and concurrence so far. is leading what is it promising the country does he represent the kind of change the country wants and needs. so he's running on an anti corruption platform and that is definitely what the people i've been talking to is one they're sick of they're basically two main parties here in pakistan they're dynastic parties where offices are passed on from family member to family member over the years these two main parties own credibly corrupt they're known for bestselling funds and people want that to change they want a new start and they want someone who can address the issues they really care about which is the economy which is poverty alleviation which is electricity and

fines of just electoral commission can only impose fines ofjust £20,000.who say mps risk overreacting and impeding people's right to freedom of speech and we heard from dominic cummings, the former director of vote leave the official campaign to leave the eu, and healy this report yesterday —— he leaked this report. he refused to be involved in the report, he was not interviewed. he has described this as fake news. we have heard from the government, as well, and this is a report from backbench mps and so the government would have to take on these recommendations for this to come into play, they have said they will look at the report and by looking at online safety laws to make it much more safe than it is now. thanks for joining us. much more on that tomorrow when the report officially comes up. a man travelling by horse and cart has been killed in a collision with a car in south east london. the victim, who's in his 30s, was pronounced dead at the scene on the a2016 near thamesmead this morning. the horse was put down because of its injuries and a 30 year

votes are still being counted that have been diligent to a technical glitch according to the electoral commission of pakistan only thank you very much and you would be keeping an eye on the story for us in the pakistani capital. and of course there's lots more on the pakistani election on our website that's dot com let me now move on to greece a country which is reeling from its deadliest wildfires in recent times more than eighty people are confirmed dead relatives and rescue crews are searching frantically for those still missing our correspondent charlotte chosen pil sent us a report from the was affected coastal town of marty residents and tourists dragged into the sea to escape the flames. a steady stream of supplies greets those battling the eye watering smoke and ash to reach the five it's a small token for a community that's lost so much from rescue teams who know all too well what they've endured for volunteers like these weak lifeguards it's been an unrelenting here when the fires broke out as they take to desperately searching for survivors then came the search for bodies now they're j

have been seeing serious issues in the past we're also hearing everything that the zimbabwe electoral commission is saying that two candidates might have by late at the law by campaigning after the cost of all time. which candidates could they be could they could that they be the main candidates and what could that mean for these elections. those are very likely the main candidates and i'll tell you what happened yesterday ex-president mugabe came out to make a statement to the press and yesterday was the day when none of the parties was actually allowed to go out and campaign anymore but after mugabe made his statements and doors in the opposition party both of them reacted to the opposition candidate said well he's free to do so but i will not let him be part of any party or party politics while the president. said well if you're going out now and you're voting for the opposition you basically vote for mugabe and these things of course might have affected some of the voters who were not decided yet and this is exactly what the electoral commission is criticizing adrian thanks. chris there in h

we seem to keep on hearing, given the electoral commission has not definitively declared a winner?y this morning. soon after the vote counting process was finished and the polling stations. there is a requirement that the results posted outside each polling station so ordinary people, political parties, were already doing their own permutations and coming to their own conclusions. but the electoral commission is warning that false declarations or announcements that are not officially verified could be misleading and there might be tension when political parties celebrate and then the result is contrary. so that really is a concern here. and what about what we are hearing from observers and those monitoring the vote, pointing out a number of irregularities in what they have seen? many of the observers have said that voting was largely peaceful. the electoral commission itself has confirmed that about 1% of the people that turned up to vote were turned away because their names did not appear on the voters roll. but generally the observers that we have spoken to has said the vote was

at the moment the largest fine the electoral commission can impose is just £20,000 which is not verybillions in revenue. “— companies which make billions in revenue. —— if you are talking about. there have been warnings about some mps possibly overreacting, though, from campaigners, and dominic cummings, the director of vote leave, he refused to be interviewed by the electoral commission. vote leave was fined by the electoral commission a few weeks back for overspending during the referendum campaign, and he has described this as fake news. both sides of that town have been accused of that. and still are. —— both sides of that camp. let's talk to tom baldwin — author of the book: "control; alt; delete: how politics and the media crashed our democracy". he is also a former spin doctorfor ed miliband in the 2015 election. fake news is another name for propaganda which has been around for hundreds of years, but it is easier to do now. easier to get to people with it? my book sets out a 30 year abusive relationship between politics and the media on the one hand and the information age on

the official results could only be announced by the electoral commission we're not. the actions. civic organizations individuals and other interested groups. are pretty clear in that they will a mouse was also respect for the progress of the law ladies and gentlemen sure no one wants to provoke the ruffled. so into you. with both the rulings on party and the main opposition to see alliance confident of victory the stakes are high there can be only one winner and should all be a window be a loser. but zimbabwe as a country will be that world winner if everybody please their part of the world whoever wins must be magnanimous in victory and whoever loses must be gracious in defeat. in africa elections often the stakes are very high and nobody has a backup plan for losing diplomats and observer groups say the race we saw a turnout of seventy five percent is too close to call. al-jazeera. south africa's president says the ruling african national congress will push ahead with plans for the expropriation of land from white farmers without compensation so around opposers says the a.n.c.

at the same time the electoral commission has asked zimbabwe and is to remain peaceful and said theres been an element oran and said there has been an element or an atmosphere of peace throughout this election period, and also police have urged all members or supporters of the various political parties to shun any form of violence while the country waits for the official result to be announced. we also heard from the electoral commission, saying it can guarantee and it is confident there has not been any rigging or cheating that has taken place and also said it will not subvert the will of the people. thank you. "wow" — that's how geraint thomas summed up his feelings standing on the podium in paris after winnning the tour de france. the first welshman to wear the famous yellow jersey, thomas started the tour as a 14—to—1 outsider. well, nowjust a couple of days after riding to victory, the cyclist has been reflecting on his extraordinary achievement. natalie pirks reports. it's a geraint thomas! he's a double olympic champion and three—time world champion, but this is another level o

the zimbabwe electoral commission overseeing the election insists it is different this time.society do not believe them and the problem is the longer it goes on without a declaration the greater the suspicion will be. i think you will see pressure from the international community, perhaps from the church, for a winner to be declared. that will not end the crisis and along with that you will see the international community pressing both sides to damp down rhetoric which is essential to stop the war of words between the two size so when a winner is declared there will be negotiation that might see nelson chamisa of the mdc and president mnangagwa as he is now come together and agree to disagree on how they got to that point, and at least go forward in peace, so this country can have stability. thank you. there are calls for labour to suspend a member of its ruling body, after he was recorded calling some members of the jewish community "trump fa natics". peter willsman — an ally ofjeremy corbyn — claimed that accusations of anti—semitism in the party have been invented. he's si

and civil society groups in zimbabwe is seeking a court order that would all stay electoral commission to publish results from all polling stations off to monday's vote. also developments in syria the army along with its allies has reportedly taken full control of the are moved by some in southwestern syria after driving out myself elsewhere in the country forces loyal to the president have continued on the province of idlib activists have reported shelling on just assure south of ellipse city and in neighboring hama province they say the nearby town of bug i first alms is the only significant territory still held by rebel fighters. meanwhile the u.n. special envoy to syria says he wants agreement. from iran russia and turkey on the formation of a body for drafting a new constitution to found a mysterious says he hopes to finalize the plan in september make the comments is the latest round of peace talks wrapped up in the russian city of sochi all parties vowed to work towards the resettlement of syrian refugees as well as a pilot project for prisoner swaps between the government and t

the polls on july the thirtieth the first time without long time ruler robert mugabe but the electoral commission has already been accused of failing to prepare properly for the vote to prevent rigging ghost ballots as more from harare. opposition leaders on the march in the capital say the voters' role has a lot of ghost voters on it they say they have proof some names that in duplicated and several addresses and id numbers on the register don't exist they calling on the independent electoral commission to allow them to personally inspect ballot papers before elections to prevent vote rigging one. problem. was. very. obvious their. election organizers say it is possible for some people to have the same first last name and date of birth and for security reasons it's illegal for political parties to inspect ballot papers before elections should we continue to. given that would have exercised. to build consensus in the first place perhaps we should just stick to our very strict constitutional mandate and exclude everyone these are things that we're going to sit down as a commission and discuss. wha

has ignored these complaints with the electoral commission and the rulings on a p.f. party say that process is being followed and everything is legal but jimmy says in spite of the problems a boycott is not an option. the u.s. government has until thursday to meet a court imposed deadline to reunite thousands of children with their parents after they were forcibly separated in the us mexico border a federal court has ruled that all two thousand three hundred detained minors must be back with their families by july twenty sixth according to a filing by the government and the american civil liberties union at least eight hundred seventy nine children have so far been reunited with their parents but the administration says four hundred sixty three parents have already left the country and it's not known if they were removed by force and it's also not known how long families will be given to decide whether to seek asylum the government's proposed a four day waiting period but that's three days shorter than what the union the says is fair well heidi jocasta is joining us n

has ignored these complaints with the electoral commission and the ruling zanu p.f. party say that process is being followed and everything is legal but she says in spite of the problems a boy called is not an option. president transformer lawyer has released an audiotape to u.s. media in which they seem to be discussing a potential payment for former playboy model now michael cohen recorded what appears to be a conversation with trump in twenty sixteen a few months before the presidential election this was weeks after a tabloid newspaper paid former playboy model karen mcdougal one hundred fifty thousand dollars for her story about her affair allegedly with the with mr trump they then never printed it. nine days after the helsinki summit in the white house is still hasn't released any of the details of the one on one meeting between president trump and president putin that will be one of the questions put to trump's top diplomat as he goes before a senate panel on wednesday our state department correspondent ruslan jordan has more. when u.s. president donald trump w

the electoral commission says it broke electoral law. this is the full report. electoral commission says it overspent by half a million. and it says vote leave worked with another campaign group called "beleave", to pay a data analytics firm £675,000 for adverts targeting voters. here's more from the electoral commission. repeatedly sought co—operation from vote leave which we did not get what we got a whole range of evidence from different sources which we have closely inspected, and at and over the course of an investigation, we have reduced a details, robust and impartial reports i've reviewed any claims that we are not impartial because it is fundamental to what we do. vote leave released this statement saying the report contained "a number of false accusations." and saying that it "provided evidence to the electoral commission proving there was no wrongdoing." we also know the founder of beleave, darren grimes, has been reported to the police. you may well remember this bus. it was a big part of the vote leave campaign. so were people like borisjohnson who

parliament set a remit for the electoral commission which is about making sure there is transparencyd and where it comes from. and that is where we are looking at today and it is for us to make sure that where we do find people who have broken those rules, we make that clear. i am voting to leave the european union. the commission found that vote leave linked up with a youth brexit group, beleave, run by darren grimes, he has been fined £20,000 and has been referred to the police. the investigation centered on a donation of more than £675,000 made by vote leave to this smaller group. the commission said they should have counted towards vote leave's £7 million spending limit because the two groups were working closely together. it means vote leave exceeded its limit by almost half a million pounds. my name is ann and i am calling from vote leave. but vote leave says it is confident the findings will be overturned because the report contains what it calls false accusations. it is a very one—sided report and we wish they'd followed due process and had they done so, just like they gave u

has ignored these complaints with the electoral commission and the rulings on a.p. after the parties say that the g. process is being followed and everything is legal but jesus says in spite of the problems a boy called is not an option. the u.s. government has asked a federal judge to allow the quick deportation of undocumented immigrant parents once that reunited with their children it has until thursday to reunite families separated under president trump so-called zero tolerance policy i did jocasta reports on the toll the policy is taking on families trying to cross into the u.s. . it's over forty degrees celsius as the sun beats down on the u.s. mexican border atop a concrete bridge connecting the two countries a few dozen families huddled under what little shade they can find some have been here for three days the heat is unbearable but we've already suffered to get here this man and his five year old son are from hundred us they travel twenty days to make it this far near steps from the u.s. now they're waiting to claim political asylum and eleven courteously

the two presidential candidates have both hinted at victory, but zimbabwe's electoral commission has warned final results may not be known before the 4th of august. >> we're absolutely confident that there was no cheating. we're absolutely confident 2w4r was no rigging. we would like to assure the people that we as an electoral commission will not steal their choice of leaders. >> according to preliminary figures, monday's vote attracted a high turnout at 60% to 78% in some areas. the election was also the first to allow international observers in 16 years. amid concerns of fraud and voter intimidation. >> a the process of collating those results ward by ward, constituency by constituency and then having them sent to us for the presidential results, this is why it will take us a few days. >> if no candidate wins at least 50% of the vote, a runoff will be held on the 8th of seseember. claire: mali's election might go to a second round according to the opposition party. he's set for a runoff against the antetokounmpo. sunday's election was calm in the capital but there was violence in

vote leave's former chief executive matthew elliott had submitted a 500 page dossier to the electoral commissiong the claims. this morning we have learned that vote leave is expected to be found guilty of breaking electoral law. does the prime minister agree that we need absolute transparency in elections and that people must be held accountable? i am not going to comment on, i am sure other members will understand, i am not going to comment on what appears to be a leaked report, which the government has not seen. the electoral commission in relation to the vote leave matter has said that will consider representations it has received and will publish a thorough and detailed closing report in order to provide a balanced account and we will of course consider that report when the government receives it and we will also consider any recommendations arising from it when it is released. now, let us take a look at some other news in brief. child welfare organisations told mps that some children were being groomed by internet live streaming services and they called for a more robust system of age verif

results of wednesday's automatically elections have been delayed after still counting the electoral commission is blaming computer glitches it says for results will be in later tonight the posher results show the body of former cricket star. has a commanding lead in iran khan had been the slight favorite ahead of the election but the main opposition leader shahbaz sharif is saying he will not accept the outcome here alleges ballot drinking in favor of khan's p.t.i. party. for the very latest i have our correspondent naomi conrad in islam but she's covering the pakistani elections for us the counting of votes as a result has been delayed is that a warning sign. i'm not entirely sure it's a worrying sign maybe it's just a sign of things not going quite as smoothly as they should be here the problem is that a server crashed it turns out that the electoral commission is using new software which it never actually tested before we were told so now they have to get the server back up and running so that of itself is not a sign of things going wrong i mean if you look at the white a bigger picture may

the electoral commission is blaming computer glitches for the delay in the counting of votes. for the baileys i have our correspondent me only congress by she's covering the pakistani elections for us the counting of votes as a result has been delayed is that a warning sign. i'm not entirely sure it's a worrying sign maybe it's just a sign of things not going quite as smoothly as they should here the problem is that a server crashed it turns out that the electoral commission is using new software which it never actually tested before we were told so now they have to get the server back up and running so that itself is not a sign of things going wrong i mean if you look at the white a bigger picture maybe but it looks as if we should get the results later on in the day. and from current so far and there we can is leading what is in promising the country does he represent the kind of change the country wants and needs. so he's running on an anti corruption platform and that is definitely what the people i've been talking to is one they're sick of their basically two main parties

the electoral commission has said so, the information commissioner's office has said so.ill actually pass but it has to do is fairly quickly. is there a danger this will get caught up there a danger this will get caught up in the argument about how the new referendum was conducted, and people will end upjust referendum was conducted, and people will end up just been referendum was conducted, and people will end upjust been pushed back into their traditional partisan positions on that rather than engaging with the argument behind it, which is about more than just that referendum campaign, it is about every election still to come. i hope not. the way that i see this, it is not just i hope not. the way that i see this, it is notjust about i hope not. the way that i see this, it is not just about where i hope not. the way that i see this, it is notjust about where the tech is now, where is developing? we are producing more data and they will be more of this coming. this report to me is about the long—term integrity of elections. people trust that they are fairly held and they

the results of wednesday's parliamentary elections have been delayed after slow counting the electoral commission is blaming computer glitches it says full results will be and by thursday night early results show the party of former cricket star imran khan is ahead khan had been a slight favorite ahead of the poll but the opposition is crying foul opposition leader shahbaz sharif says he won't accept the outcome alleging the commission is rigging the result to benefit. and let's go to conrad she is following this poll for us in pakistan and joins us we were expecting results by no why aren't they beriah. yes we were they were supposed to come in late last night we're still waiting it might still take quite a while the electoral commission says this is down to software problems they using new software that and it's also a question of getting the results in from the different polling stations we have more than eighty thousand polling stations all across pakistan the opposition is calling foul they say the devotes were rigged and that they do not want to accept the results as they come trickling in

then, another recommendation is that the electoral commission, the watchdog which basically polices ourcesses, should be given the power to impose tougher fines. at the moment the electoral commission can only impose fines of £20,000. there have been warnings from some campaigners who are saying that mps risk overreacting and actually impeding peoples right to freedom of will be have also heard from dominic cummings, he is the former director of vote leave, which was the official campaign to leave the eu. he actually leaked this report that is supposed to come out tomorrow. he leaked it yesterday. he refused to be involved in the report when mps wanted to interview him. he was not interviewed. he has described this is fake news. i have also heard from the government today. this was a report by backbench mps. what would have to happen as the government that had to take on those recommendations for any of these to come into play. the government has said it will consider final recommendations but is looking for new, online safety laws to make being online much safer than it is now. a man t

vote leave denies the allegations and claims the electoral commission has not followed the correct proceduresf executive matthew elliott told our political editor laura keunssberg that senior campaign bosses had not been given the chance to give evidence. in the process, they have listened to one side of the stories of these so—called whistleblowers who came out in march, they've been into the electoral commission to have interviews and we've offered to go infor interviews and we've offered to go in for interviews both at a board level and staff level but they haven't accepted and interviews from our side and they haven't accepted the fact that we are doing an internal investigation to all of this. we've gone and got an outside it experts to look at e—mails, several teams of lawyers to piece together what happened two years ago during the referendum and when you look at all the evidence, all the fa cts , look at all the evidence, all the facts, they actually stack up on our side. the government claims britain will take back control of its seas as it sets out plans for the fishing industry aft