a lot of emphasis it appears on what the electoral commission had to say and it appears as if in the court's decision largely based on that the electoral commission had said that what they were a number of contradictions in the claims made by the opposition leader martin for you and that he also presented no evidence to clearly indicate that he had one of the fifty nine of perhaps sixty percent of the vote as he had claimed and finally the electoral commission had been asked the constitutional court to reject those claims made by martin by you lou and also confirm the results as given by the electoral commission of course this is not what we've heard from the court even and now the court also went on to say that there were irregularities in if i use claims and that to the electoral commission had abided by all the regulations set out there were no irregularities in the transmission of result and we're already beginning to hear a number of cars going down the main road here in kinshasa people beginning to celebrate this result coming from all the of the ruling coming from the constitu

the electoral commission on the other hand has so far been very opaque about its methods and it's unclear whether the tallies that they've come up with at the level of the voting stations much the results that have been aggregated in larger centers of the electoral commission so you get a fairly significant discrepancy there i don't know what the numbers of the catholic church are at this point they are not really the actual numbers but they've made it clear that by their account it's martin for you who would be in the lead and not feeling security director or commission of congo is not does not have a reputation for a high degree of integrity and over time the certainly acted in ways including its president corner in ways that suggest that they are doing the bidding of the regime to a large extent and so yes i would i would consider if anything the catholic church to be more trustworthy than the electoral commission. security forces in sudan have used tear gas to disperse hundreds of anti-government protests as demonstrations are taking place in the capital khartoum as well as in the sec

the electoral commission on the other hand has so far been very opaque about its methods and it's unclear whether the tallies that they've come up with at the level of the voting stations much the results that have been aggregated in the larger centers of the electoral commission so you get a fairly significant discrepancy there i don't know what the numbers of the catholic church are at this point they are not really the actual numbers but they've made it clear that there count it's martin for you to who would be in the lead and not feeding the security commission of congo is as not does not have a reputation for a high degree of integrity and over time the certainly acted in ways including its president corn in one go in ways that suggest that they are doing the bidding of the regime to a large extent and so yes i would i would consider if anything the catholic church to be more trustworthy than the electoral commission. security forces in sudan have used tear gas to disperse hundreds of antigovernment protesters from instructions of taking place in the capital khartoum and the second b

the electoral commission on the other hand has so far been very opaque about its methods and it's unclear whether the tallies that they've come up with at the level of the voting stations much the results that have been aggregated in larger centers of the electoral commission so you get a fairly significant discrepancy there i don't know what the numbers of the catholic church are at this point they have not released the actual numbers but they've made it clear that their count it's martin for you to who would be in the lead and not felix the security director or commission of congo is as not does not have a reputation for a high degree of integrity and over time the certainly acted in ways including its president. in ways that suggest that they are doing the bidding of the regime to a large extent and so yes i would i would consider if anything the catholic church to be more trustworthy than the electoral commission. security forces in sudan have pursued and attacked injured protest says as they went inside a hospital in the country's second largest city. the country has seen three weeks

the electoral commission on the other hand has so far been very opaque about its methods and it's unclear whether the tallies that they've come up with at the level of the voting stations much the results that have been aggregated in larger centers of the electoral commission so you get a fairly significant discrepancy there i don't know what the numbers of the catholic church are at this point they have not released the actual numbers but they've made it clear that by their account it's martin for you to who would be in the lead and not feeding. the actual commission of congo is as nut does not have a reputation for a high degree of integrity and over time the diff certainly acted in ways including its president. in ways that suggest that they are doing the bidding of the regime to a large extent and so yes i would i would consider if anything the catholic church to be more trustworthy than the electoral commission. security forces in sudan have pursued and attacked injured protesters inside a hospital in the country's second largest city. the country has seen three weeks of demonstratio

the electoral commission on the other hand has so far been very opaque about its methods and it's unclear whether the tallies that they've come up with at the level of the voting stations much the results that have been aggregated in larger centers of the electoral commission so you get a fairly significant discrepancy there i don't know what the numbers of the catholic church are at this point they have not released the actual numbers but they've made it clear that their count it's martin for you lou who would be in the lead and not feeling. the actual commission of congo is as not does not have a reputation for a high degree of integrity and over time the certainly acted in ways including its president corner in ways that suggest that they are doing the bidding of the regime to a large extent and so yes i would i would consider if anything the catholic church to be more trustworthy than the electoral commission. security forces in sudan have used tear gas to disperse hundreds of anti-government protests and demonstrations taking place in the capital khartoum and the second biggest city

the electoral commission on the other hand has so far been very opaque about its methods and it's unclear whether the tallies that they've come up with at the level of the voting stations much the results that have been argued in larger centers of the electoral commission so you get a fairly significant discrepancy there i don't know what the numbers of the catholic church or at this point they have not released the actual numbers but they've made it clear that the count it's martin for you lou who would be in the lead not feeling security well but that doesn't appear to be reflected in the results we know that president kabila and his closest allies appear to have preferred the opposition candidate felix to shit kiddie does this suggest that the electoral commission has orchestrated a result in their favor. the earth all commission of congo is as not does not have a reputation for a high degree of integrity and over time the only acted in ways including its president called the one in which that suggest that they are doing the bidding of the regime to a large extent and so yes i would i

people do not trust the electoral commission president they think that this process has been so has not been transparent and you know everything that has fallen on how the whole force and has been then the election has somewhat been stepped up for content station and even a selection is contest and then there could be violence and already seen signs of this during the campaign period as i mentioned and on voting day we went to polling stations where people of very angry because of this you know what is not working in part no water of voters registered in the polling stations people very angry very aggressive so you can imagine you know i have to their talents and even a declaration is made that is not in favor of many people you can imagine how they can react all right now catherine thank you very much live in kinshasa. at the european union a school for the release of a prominent rights activists him a news prison sentence for speaking out against saudi arabia has been held by a top cold and on the same day a colt in the united arab emirates held a sentence against that. andres shi

saying elise barry is it's clear the electoral commission doesn't need or want to give us the name of the person who was elected. them to repair the transfer of power in a civilized way so people don't die when they announce the results so no blood is shed we're tired of that. this ballot was meant to usher in the first democratic transfer of power in congress fifty nine years of independence both local observers say there were major regularities one of the opposition front runners martin for you lou has made this threat against the election commission. saluted. the proclaimed results are not lawful we will release our own figures already known by the electoral commission says the international observers african observers and local observers is a feel good. congo was rocked by violence after of its in two thousand and six on twenty eleven now there are real fears of more instability. or heavy snowfall and avalanches in austria and germany have claimed at least five lives train services and roads have been disrupted authorities are warning that the avalanche risk in the alps remains hi

new president for a new start in the middle of africa but in the middle of last night the electoral commission declared opposition leader felix which is a key to the country's new president tonight has run. the results as an electoral clue and warning of the coming chaos i'm burnt off in berlin this is the day. today we must no longer consider each other as adversaries but rather as partners and democratic change in our country. results do not reflect the truth of the ballots in an acceptable editorial for old of a nature that will provoke general chaos across the whole country mr. election observers witnessed a fifty two cases we consider to be major irregularities but you see. this is a very worrying because it was a clear violation of electoral. categorically reject these results. following the publication of these results we plead with everyone to show civic maturity and to avoid violence. also coming up tonight in just two days the u.s. government shutdown will become the longest in u.s. history but you didn't hear about that today from u.s. president donald trump when he paid a vore paid

the electoral commission on the other hand has so far been very opaque about its methods and it's unclear whether the tallies that they've come up with at the level of the voting stations much the results that have been aggravated in larger centers of the electoral commission so you get a fairly significant discrepancy there i don't know what the numbers of the catholic church are at this point they have not released the actual numbers but they've made it clear that their count it's martin for you to do would be in the lead and not feeding the security security forces in sudan and he's take gas to disperse hundreds of anti-government protesters calling for the resignation of longtime president tomorrow bashir demonstrations took place in the capital hartin and the second biggest city of durham and where the security forces have been accused of attacking injured protesters in a hospital there were morgan reports now from hartin. friday's prayers in sudan ended with calls for more protests demanding the resignation of president obama to be here and the calls were heeded in several cities se

the electoral commission had announced that she is a katie received thirty eight point five percent of the vote compared with thirty four point seven percent for for you willow. the un says thirty four people have been killed since the provisional results were released the lead up to the poll was also marred by violence and controversy over this isn't to delay voting in some areas for health and security reasons which in effect meant more than one in a quarter million people from intellectual of almost forty million works glued it these official figures have been disputed by the influential catholic church which says it deployed forty thousand monitors across the country but the winning candidate supporters have welcomed the courts the citizen was born in the constitutional court acted responsibly and in a sovereign manner the court decided in a litigation presented before it by the congolese and did not have to answer to any other injunction. fifty five year old felix just a katie who leads the country's largest and oldest opposition party founded by his father is expected to be sworn

the country's electoral commission.nside officials are evaluating the presidential ballot results which they were supposed to announce last sunday. riot police are erecting barriers. the security presence has been stepped up, and nervous locals say that is not a good sign. >> seeing all these barriers it is clear the electoral commission does not need or want to give us the name of the person who was elected. >> we want them to prepare the transfer of power in a civilized way so people don't die when they announced the results, so no blood is shed. reporter: thihis ballot was meat to usher in the first democratic transfer of power in their 59 years of independence. observers say there were major irregularities. one of the front runners has made this threat against the election commission. >> if the proclaimed results are not lawful, we will release our own figures, already known by the electoral commission, international observers, african observers and local observers. reporter: congo was wracked by violence in 2006 an

results to be published, polling station by polling station, so that he can compare what the electoral commissionas with the data that his own observers from his own political party collected and sent to his headquarters here. and after that, the court will have a maximum of seven days to look into his petition and also to look into all the evidence that he provided. right after that, the court will announce its final decision to say whether fayulu is right and whether all the votes should be recounted or simply cancelled.

despite the african union the government to delay the final results citing serious doubts the electoral commission declared felix's it said kerry the winner of last month's vote but another opposition leader mohsen failure lou posed a legal challenge in the court calling it an electoral crew out as he has for me as a mellow joins us live now from the capital kinshasa for me to walk us through what the court is thinking about today. decides. well this is a very important decision for the constitutional court because there was great expectation that this would be the first of possibly peaceful democratic transfer of power but we know that it's essentially a political crisis for the d r c as you mentioned there we have little bodies like the african union wanting to intervene saying that these results should be suspended the ruling from the court could have been final and no appeal allowed should be suspended but that the r.c.c. responded saying well the government here saying that the a you has no place in dictating to the courts here what to do this is an internal process we also heard from these o

challenging the result in the constitutional court bring it down to the court we called the electoral commission to. the ballot papers because that's what. we have to politicise agree with the results. as announced. they are fabricated nothing to do with the truth provisional results released by the election commission on thursday declared felix the k.t. the winner with nearly thirty nine percent of the votes his supporters if she accept the result. guys stop with it's done we want it we don't she didn't she didn't we didn't make an arrangement. this is just the result of the polling station and we made sure what because we do agree we don't want to go into a fight unlike previous elections voting day at the end of last month was relatively peaceful but growing suspicions over the count could derail congress' first democratic transfer of power since independence from belgium in one thousand sixty constitutional court judges are due to meet on monday and tuesday to go through what martin faily says is evidence which proves he won last month's election if the judges say he has no case in felix's t

inside the court for you had harsh words for the head of the electoral commission carney and security and that is what you say published results have been fabricated i'm telling you mr non-god has violated the electoral law and his lawyer told the w. he was confident the recount would paint a different picture. good north among the but when the votes are counted again we'll see that martin got the biggest total do we demand that the court name him president of the republic. piece not to me meanwhile outside the court tensions were high. there have been several deaths in other parts of the country since the election results were announced thursday. for you lose loss to another opposition candidate felix chica city is just the latest twist in congo's long running political crisis current president joseph kabila has ruled the war torn country since two thousand and one he was supposed to step down two years ago but has delayed elections since then many congolese feel they are not getting the changed. they want. to sell you're going to have. to say he's just prolonging he was the second h

you know we have the electoral commission saying secure kaley one but vote tallies by the country's very influential catholic church to say that runner up martin for you actually won the poll how did the church arrive at its conclusion. there is a chance a right that is going to join because they hate doing the nation they had like many of sèvres in the entire country and i was very sure that not that i was a one zero win that election and since we end of a nation that was saying that they won the truth of the election to be told and this is all there was not of a mistake during the night right accidental when those beneath you thinking to read in a spring event of a country so we had to wait he was we didn't next move or the change we really need a nice and wise i mean he so why sr was that we are waiting for the next statement of both riches and you lose what can you say that he. doesn't agree re seventy thousand actually ok if you will says he'll be contesting the results briefly if you could what happens next. for you to continue on that side and say that you would contest that we ca

delayed election results were announced in the democratic republic of congo the country's electoral commission surprised many by naming the opposition candidate felix chase a k d the winner but officials from the catholic church say those results don't match the tallies from the observers are in the toss the reports from can shatter the provisional results have led to celebrations for some and protests for others. and nancy meant few expected one that could set the stage for the first democratic transfer of power since independence from belgium in one thousand nine hundred sixty philip chism who had seen his father lead congress opposition for more than thirty five years had a message of unity. oh. i know how many of you find it hard to accept but i say with sincerity i pay homage to president joseph kabila president of the republic today we must no longer consider each other as adversities but rather as partners and democratic change in our country. thousands of his supporters poured onto the streets to celebrate their hold it will be a new beginning to suffer in this country there's no job i

the electoral commission says the delay is due to technical problems. but the opposition says officials say using the time to tweak the results in the ruling coalitions favor which its leaders deny. these delay is looking for the if you see this indeed is israel what. they've called for calm but patience is wearing thin. you because it's waiting for the results to be announced is painful. no problem on the side of power the celebrating their victory already is on the opposition side they're doing the same in the end we don't really know who won we live in fear. and independent commission tells you in forty eight hours you will have results they postpone it for a week after a week it's suspended for another two weeks and then we had not yet sure of a timeframe at this point we don't have any more trust in than those in the leaks. president could be less preferred successor former interior minister emanuel run on sunday shut dari was up against strong opponents the clear front runner in pre-election polls was newcomer martin for you know and the well resp

party have already started celebrating and deny allegations of fraud they insist only the electoral commission known here i see me know the outcome. we have to study the results of the. remake of the. how. i was in your position. how will. you know when. the government has cut internet and islamist services to prevent speculation on social media about who has won some people fear they could be violence if the final results are rejected by the liz's. now zimbabwe is going through its worst economic crisis in a decade hundreds of doctors have been on strike for weeks and now teachers have stopped work very demanding the government do more to help ends meet priyanka gupta reports. a new year a new term but an actual start for the students of zimbabwe. i was there instead of notebooks inside classrooms some teachers are outside holding placards they say they can only hold classes for two days a week and a threatening to go on strike in the coming days they want their salaries to be paid and u.s. dollars to shield them from a spiraling currency crisis this was at leeds was a negotiated and agreed i

the electoral commission -- only announced. voting machines are that. one of the election delayedd result -- this story will be joining him of course -- soon as we have -- word from kinshasa the resultlts are coming in thas the results in the presidential election and the democratic republic of congo. next the beauty queen who is standing up to racism. can you just. ben how mood says she won't be dauaunted in the face for marks about her skin color in the wake of being crowned miss algeria critics say she doesn't represent the true beauty of a country. misspent how movies from the south and a dry region people that are darker than other algerians the region is based. on going discrimination it's been going on for generations according to people who left at all based on their skin color. i could you has received much support though from many sources within her own country. and as you might expect from online that so. then you miss algeria fifighting back against rac. time to business committee joins as the us and china have concluded three days of negoti

one of calling for a transition meeting with outgoing president joseph kabila the country's electoral commission is yet to release the results meanwhile one of the main observers of the election is reporting irregularities in more than half of the counting centers that monitor how to toss a has the latest from can chaucer shopkeeper blanche to democratic republic of congo has had a difficult history could several civil wars and contested elections he once the election results released as soon as possible to ease tensions so the country can move on. the political situation right now is affecting business very few people are spending money. in things. election officials were supposed to release provisional results on january sixth but they say logistical challenges are causing delays now they're expected to be announced later this week this could be the first democratic transfer of power in the us since independence from belgium and nine hundred sixty that's what everybody here except for the other many people hoping to help in decades of everything on its head make. opposition leaders say they fe

party have already started celebrating and deny allegations of fraud they insist only the electoral commission known here as see me know the outcome. we have to study the results all. we make of that is. how. i was in your position. how will. you know when. the government has cut internet and islamist services to prevent speculation on social media about who has won some people fear they could be violence if the final results are rejected by the liz's al-jazeera kinshasa. but certainly as president has dismissed calls to step down and praise the army's response to anti-government protests omar al bashir made the comments at a military parade and other a city where the demonstrations began three weeks ago the rallies calling for bashir to step down have sent spread across the country authorities say at least nineteen people have been killed in the demonstrations but amnesty international has put the death toll at thirty seven. now britain's parliament has approved financial measures making it more difficult for the country to leave the european union without a deal and that is another major blo

on inside story benedict engine eva how credible are the election results released by the electoral commission and i think that is going to. church. the result do not owe to respond to will they have observed so i think that the election as they call it is a problematic one. if. you look at the early church. reading of the numbers i think that. president will have the service problem of its embassy. in paris is true that the catholic bishops conference of congo whose preferred candidate is not a secret it's martin for you says it made verifications and has results that are totally different from those of seventy the electoral commission who in your view has the right the correct results that represent the will of the congolese people. i'm very clear with you i think the process has been all very chaotic and i'm not surprised to ever resolve that give room for discussion so today we are in front of. what i call official body which is seventy which is that mr. warren this election and apart from that we have another group who says unfortunately it is not the data that we have i would say that be

because the president of the electoral commission said we will use only the counting from the ballot paper nothing else he said so we told him to commit himself he committed he committed very billy and we told him to put it in writing which he didn't want but won't accept the result that will be transferred electronically the ballot to. the contras be manually and the results should be transmitted manually that's why you hear some people of from c. saying that they are warm but we haven't seen in the many. polling station there is that the presenting where for use i had full from four of by far i don't know what they're seeing. we have again to come back and you know easy decision not to provoke anybody we have to use the counting the manual count since colonialism congolese people and their minerals happen exploited people have been left to poverty and only then benefited so how different are you from everybody else who have sought to. lead this country the difference is that i have a bug and have a knowledge of work i've experience i've delivered ok someone can promise and not deli

printing as just the machines are going to be used just as to print the ballot papers the electoral commission has come up to say there will be some transmission but the final result will really be determined by the physical count of the ballots do you believe this now no cannot set out because the president of the electoral commission said we will use only the counting from the ballot paper must think as he said so we told him to commit himself he committed he committed very billy and we told him to put it in writing which he didn't want but would not accept the result that will be transferred electronically the ballot to. the contras be manually and the result should be transmitted manually that's why you hear some people of from c. saying that they are warm but we haven't seen in the many. polling station that is that the presenting where for use i had full from for by far i don't know what they're seeing. we have again to come back and you know easy decision not to provoke anybody we have to use the counting the manual count since colonialism. and then rolls happen exploited people have be

challenging the result in the constitutional court i'm hoping that the court we called the electoral commission to recount the ballots because that's what the law said we totally disagree with that is not to say ne has announced that if they are from the kid turned down nothing to do with the truth provisional results released by the election commission on thursday declared the winner with nearly thirty nine percent of the vote his supporters if she accept the result. guys. we won it we don't she didn't she did we didn't make an arrangement. this is just the result of the polling station and we make sure what because we don't want to go into a fight unlike previous elections voting day at the end of last month was relatively peaceful but growing suspicions over the count could derail congress' first democratic transfer of power since independence from belgium in one thousand sixty one. judges like you to meet on monday and tuesday to go through what. evidence which he won. if the judges say he has no case. will be sworn in as president the influential catholic church is rejecting the official r

provisional election result was an accurate reflection of the will of the people the head of the electoral commission briefing the council from can charge admitted the election was not perfect and had been conducted in an atmosphere of mistrust but he stood by the result he's announced. the african union and the regional body the south african development community which had observer teams on the ground both broadly back that assessment but then came the testimony of archbishop who temby his catholic church organization cinco who fielded by far the largest number of observers nearly forty thousand never correspondent the results is published did not match the data collected by our own observation mission we have a recommendation to publish it quickly as possible all the records and minutes from the counting and polling station to allow candidates to compare but the head of the electoral commission said he would only hand over that data to the constitutional court for now the security council is focusing on the stability of the democratic republic of the congo but as the electoral dispute continues ma

. >> electoral commission wants him to retain power. some of the candidates who didn't win are now seek aing to keep him in power forever. no. this cannot happen. i don't think the people will allow this election to be stolen or the presidency to be stolen. >> the majority says that all discussions so far have centered own forming a new c coalition government. >> the coalition is beginning to take shape. there is no way to form a coalition without talking with willing parties. namely the president-elect and that of the payment majority along with regional parties. >> the party has declared can president-elect says contesting results will destabilize the cocountry, which has n never se peaceful transition of power since fwaining independence in 1960. >> a a today we're teaching the d.r.c. a lesson in democratcy. powerful president, considered a dictator by some, trying to position the president-elect. and support other people. some will spark hate and violence in the d.r.c. >> it's a constitutional court -- if the constitutional court re

challenging the result in the constitutional court i'm hoping down to the court we called the electoral commission to recount the ballots because that's what. we are totally disagree with the result that has announced that. they are fabricated nothing to do with the truth provisional results released by the election commission on thursday declared felix just a kiddie the winner with nearly thirty nine percent of the votes his supporters say should accept the result. more than guys stop with it we want it we don't she didn't she did we need to make an arrangement regime arrangement this is just the result of the polling station and we make sure what because we do everything we don't want to go into a fight unlike previous elections voting day at the end of last month was relatively peaceful but growing suspicions over the count could derail congress' first democratic transfer of power since independence from belgium in one thousand sixty constitutional court judges are due to meet on monday and tuesday to go through what martin finally says is evidence which proves he won last month's election if t

duty is to tell the electoral commission to give th anythingnot to do which can bring the violence.l: t presidency may be stripped away from him, but many believe joseph kabila will be the real power here.th e riskil is that congohave the appearance of democracy but too little of its true substance. jane: fergal keane reporting there.e you tching "bbc world news america." still to come on tonight's program, a deep freeze grips parts of europe witheavy snow causing death across the region. even ski slopes are forced to close. chinese state media says north korea's leader has reached what he calls an importtht consensus resident xi ahead of a possible second summit with donald trump. during talks with the chinese president in beijing, kim jong-un reaffirmed his commitment to denuclearization. john sudworth reports. john: not for the first time, heina has been rolling out red carpet for the north korean .leader asch usual, ese state media hasbr waited, onloadcasting these images after the visit is over. alongside the displays of solidarity, other messages can while the chinese presiden

see we call the electoral commission to publish as quickly as possible the records in minutes from the counting and polling stations in order to allow candidates to compare data and statistics that they themselves compiled with the official numbers this might not spelled out among the population as to the outcome and may third mind to rest. the security council i think behind the scenes are debating what is the best course of action they know i think that there are real doubts about this result in the accuracy of this results in the now will be a legal challenge having said that the one thing that they want is security and stability in the democratic republic of congo and they know that a long drawn out dispute over the result with no president in charge of the country is not good for security and stability i think the security council members will try to come up with a unified statement of the way forward not at all clear to me though whether they will all agree on a form of words that they can release at the end of their meeting all right james bays thank you now the u.s. military sa

was about much of what the rules have to say what the ground the commission's problem of the electoral commission that the name is the mission by martin buber not valid and that the. unique commission that might conduct the bulk properly vote look exactly lection it now and also follows me to alt working on making eventually if we didn't will. they won't even know that name president we have not held and that all of us have mentioned in the claims made by. tensioning would be to me now we all act as if. i'm at the hotel just behind me the kid even right now we don't know you. got it yet you. come out to look great. meeting them they won't. that is very much about the independence of the democratic republic of congo especially octo court ruling when i would think many times that this court the government had said that the court's ruling should be respected they think that is about the d r c the people of the larceny and the opposition coming into government yelling at each of them a crackly environment there very much as did everybody else should stay on today for me as it were kind of reaction ar

called a large number of witnesses to the security council meeting they've called from the electoral commissionwhich has said it wasn't perfect their election and there was a huge atmosphere of mistrust but they believe they have the right result they will so heard from the regional group in the s a d c and also from the african union both of which had observers they say that they are sticking with the result that's been announced but they've also heard from sankoh which is an organization of the catholic bishops in the r.c. that had more observers than anyone else on the ground and that organization believes that the result that has been announced does not match their date now the archbishop who heads senko came up with a new suggestion for the security council he said that the electoral commission should now release all its data from the individual counts so that that can be checked against their information and the information that the individual candidates hold at this stage the security council i think will rally around one message and that is from the un z. representative in the d r c and

data collection or if an electronic signal transferred directly from those machines to the electoral commission will be used instead of paper counters of course much more transparent and easier for observers and opposition party representatives to monitor the electronic system opposition say is a paper and vulnerable to manipulation. opinion polls say that about half of respondents wouldn't accept the ruling even to be announced but about half of respondents would take to the streets if that's the case and bangladesh's prime minister shake his hand has dismissed calls for a new vote there after being declared the winner in sunday's election the opposition. rejected those results accusing the government of vote rigging police say at least one thousand people have been killed on election related violence stratford reports from the capital dhaka. bangladesh is ruling party is still running by the thousands in this darkened neighborhood. opposition candidates and their supporters tell us when they try to hang their banners many were threatened beaten by pro-government supporters and often detained

challenging the result in the constitutional court i'm hoping that the court we called the electoral commission to recount by. because that's what. we're totally disagree with the result that has announced that. they are fabricated nothing to do with the truth provisional results released by the election commission on thursday declared felix the kitty the winner with nearly thirty nine percent of the vote his supporters if she accept the result. guys. we won it we don't she didn't she did we didn't make an arrangement. this is just the result of the polling station and we make sure what. we don't want to go into a fight unlike previous elections voting day at the end of last month was relatively peaceful but growing suspicions over the count could derail congress' first democratic transfer of power since independence from belgium in one thousand sixty constitutional court judges like you to meet on monday and tuesday to go through what martin finally says is evidence which proves he won last month's election if the judges say he has no case in feeling that katie will be sworn in as president th

the electoral commission in bangladesh has rejected opposition demands to hold fresh elections, despite governing party led by prime minister sheikh hasina has been declared the winner. 0ur correspondent yogita limaye reports from the capital, dhaka. the morning papers declared the result — a historic third consecutive term, a landslide victory. at her official residence, prime minister sheikh hasina told foreign observers and journalists why she was the people's choice. the last ten years, what people enjoy, 110w they are getting better lives. but there have been allegations of vote rigging from around the country, one instance caught on camera by the bbc. i asked ms hasina about it. there have been reports from different parts of the country of the rigging of results in favour of your party. there's also actually video footage of a ballot box which was filled even before polling began. do you believe this was a fair election? well, if there's any irregularities found by the electoral commission, immediately, they cancel the election. that election will be held afterwards. so we never

has appealed to the international crew a constitutional court and called for a recount the electoral commission gave his rival felix she keda thirty eight percent of the vote four percent ahead a fail new. reports now from concetta. martin phyliss he has evidence to prove he won last month's election by a landslide sixty one percent of the votes and the presidential run up is challenging the result in the constitutional court i'm hoping down to the constitutional court we called the electoral commission to recount the ballots because that's what the law says we are totally disagree with the result that has announced that if they are fabricated nothing to do with the truth provisional results released by the election commission on thursday declared felix the kitty the winner with nearly thirty nine percent of the votes his supporters say should accept the result. more than guys stop when it's done we want it we don't she didn't she did we in the making arrangements regime this is just the result of the polling station and we make sure what because we do everything we don't want to go into a figh

oh ok now we have the electoral commission saying secure caylee won but vote tallies by the country's very influential catholic church say that runner up martin for you lou actually won the poll how did the church arrive at its conclusion. church already that is going to join because they hate doing the nation day head like many of sèvres in the entire country and i was very sure that not that i was the one to win the election and re end of the nation that was saying that they won this. election to be told and it is also was not the same you say during the night right after that nonsense those beneath you begin to read and they spring it as a free country so we are waiting was even then they will change we really need a nice and wise i mean he's a wife figure was that we are waiting for the next statement of both riches and you lose what can he say that he. doesn't agree re silly thousand actually ok if you'll still be contesting the result briefly if you could what happens next. for you to continue on that side and say that you respond they say we can wait we can be waiting for some

the national electoral commission has declared opposition candidate. the winner. now friday marks the twenty first day of the possible u.s. government shutdown it is also the day that federal workers due to receive their paychecks but without a last minute resolution about eight hundred thousand of them won't be getting paid and many are now facing tough choices and has more from baltimore. this government building in the heart of downtown baltimore is normally a hive of activity its doors are now closed its workers furloughed and the impact on the streets closed is clear over the last few weeks mohammed has seen his business declined sharply. since he tells us who leave the area if things don't return to normal soon if you see you know we. think you. know. down. burtons been a federal employee for decades this isn't the first government shutdown he's lived through but the longer it lasts the harder it gets for his family or drop again in the car today or do our way to the weekend do. buy groceries today or from away to nothing will be a long from things that can