well just a little earlier the chief of turkey's high electoral commission announced a victory for the main opposition candidate here in istanbul his name as a mom and that's as official as it gets for now according to this announcement he is sixty thousand votes ahead of the candidates so present ad ones candidates of course so we would have to wait for an over all official results here for turkey but taking everything together the other preliminary results that we got so far this really looks like a serious setback for president add on and his ruling a.k.p. according to the figures we have they lost the capital ankara and apparently also lost istanbul the city of fifteen million people an important economic half of the city where president add one started his personal career as mayor of istanbul in the one nine hundred ninety so for him this city is immensely important and the analysts we talked to before the elections actually told us if the opposition manages to win and istanbul this would be a political earthquake for and a clear sign that he and his party the a.k.p. after such a

how we heard anything from the electoral commission itself?umatra, he seemed very shaken when i spoke to him yesterday and quite absurd stop i asked him, well, he is responsible for these deaths, because there is an argument that 390 people, there were some 7 million people working on the day, so, based on that, it's relatively low based on those terms, but those we re low based on those terms, but those were all people working around the clock, when i asked him who he thought was responsible for the deaths, he thought that the electric committee was unequivocal in needing to ta ke committee was unequivocal in needing to take responsibility. to that end, the government said they are going to give compensation to the victims, so to give compensation to the victims, so for the victims who died it will be 36 million indonesian rupiah, which is about £2000 each. this was a very unique election, one of its kind, but if this happens again, there is going to have to be some kind of rethinking. yes. it's not the electoral committee or the electrical c

down, prior to those 12 months, to put in place an institution that will make reforms for the electoral commissiononal court, reform on, you know, how to conduct the country about corruption and so on, reform on security services, and reform on... so have a reform commission to be set up now. exactly. right now. and then to hold fresh elections in a year's time? exactly. april 2020, is what you are saying. exactly. what i'm saying. first of all, we have to sit down and agree on that, because that is the only way we can give back to the people that sovereignty. reform the institutions and then hold fresh elections. elections that will probably cost anything between $250 million to $300 million to hold again in the drc. exactly. where is that money going to come from? butjust round the opportunity cost. how much is it costing the country today by having this situation? nobody is coming to invest and nothing is happening. tshisekedi is spending the country's money. it's still early days. exactly. tshisekedi is spending the country's money. round up the opportunity cost and you will see if that amount

and it is a fact that it broke the law and has been fined by the electoral commission for its expensesat it would be legitimate for mr cummings to engage with the committee to talk about those things. there was clear frustration about the ability of mps to sanction witnesses who refused to give evidence to them. people often cite the ancient powers of the house to lock people up in a prison under big ben or lock people up here, and those powers do technically still exist, but would rightly be considered to be unenforceable. the house must therefore debate and decide what we want to do when witnesses decline to attend. there's a very real danger, given the nature of dominic cummings, and i don't think, incidentally, the way he's behaved towards the select committee is any different from the way he behaves generally, that he would actually regard an admonishment from the house of commons as a badge of honour. does he also agree that we need some form of alternative measure so that future witnesses will not think that an admonishment is the only thing they might have to face? the chair of

according to the electoral commission none of the opposition parties met the requirements of a new electoral code and charter of political parties one view from the eligible republican block party is that the opposition party simply couldn't get organized in time to meet the requirements. it's also about taxes most of the national assembly members who cannot take part in this election have been in government over the last ten years and have properties and business interests and companies and now they can't meet their tax bills so they're not eligible for us in the republican party we are not only proud to be taking part in this election we're also doing our best to defend the constitution that's not the view from the other side opposition politicians believe the eligibility ruling is a deliberate move to fill the national assembly with candidates that will comply with the president's agenda to force the don't. just like it's a legislative coup and for us in opposition it is not acceptable we cannot endorse what's happening whichever way you look as if this is an unprecedented situation so mu

kabila together with the electoral commission have fabricated the result in order to appoint someone else to the presidency this is why everything is fake now and worse in our country kabila appointed all of the m.p.'s and sen without including any of the opposition we will continue to fight until the truth of elections results are restored the. last two feeling in the december thirtieth presidential election he alleges the outgoing president joseph kabila orchestrated a deal with tisha katty to win the nomination they both deny this claim the election was marred by violence in the lead up to delays and irregularities late to the bone outbreak and security concerns and the international community has raised doubts about the election outcome. in january for you mounted a legal challenge against the results the case was dismissed by the constitutional court despite the court's decision by you know supporters continue to stand behind him. in a permanent fight since elections took place in this country everything was troubled by two people kabila and helix katie. changed the result of el

leaders as you know for the deaf man and this led to our last year i think to the independent electoral commission in order for them to put the regulations in terms of why you know these points you made in the north say because we believe that the system is that they don't and that might then. take us back and say the four point eight speech is right up it's about that the south african government saying is that this is criminality and not saying a phobia what is your response to that in every case you know for the you know economic. sense but more to that we believe that today that this is acts of criminality not enough of the only need to get this through particular mission of. general. crime it becomes very untrue for you because as long as it could you do it back and that's. been the case if my memory is everything that's happened in bali and so money is developed and right and. then that's the. right stuff about that my last listen to you and please give us a brief i'm so you know what what in your opinion do you believe that some african authorities are handling this myself with with can we

leaders as you know for the deaf man and this led to our last year i think to the independent electoral commission in order for them to put the regulations in terms of was you know these points made in the north say because we believe that there's this myth that they don't and that's my back. and they are the one point eight speeches the press about the south african government saying that this is criminality and not saying a full be a what is your response to that you know the kids are going to forget you you know economic. sense but more to that we believe that today that this is not enough enough all the way to get this through particular mission of. general. crime it becomes very untrue you know use because as long as it could you do it back and that's. been the case if my we develop enough facts and by we had some ideas developed and right and. then back to. write stuff about that my last question to you and p.s. give us a brief on so you know what what in your opinion do you believe that's all african authorities are handling this myself with with k well we don't really think that i mean you

look at the fact that parliament voted to trigger this referendum on tuesday the national electoral commission declared a state that it would occur today that's not a lot of time for anyone wishing to set up an observation mission to come here to egypt and to set up a proper insulation mission even if the kind that we saw during the last election last year they are still where sisi got ninety seven point eight percent of the vote so there are very few expectations that what we see today will be classed as free iraq where i can pull in the country or outside earth michael thank you very much. now on to some of the other stories making news around the world. an attack is ongoing in the afghan capital kabul close to the communications ministry and one of the city's main hotels so far no casualties have been confirmed we'll bring you more on this developing story as we get it. in for ruid judge has ruled that former president pedro pablo kaczynski must remain in detention for up to three years while the awaiting trial on corruption charges he's accused of having taken bribes from a brazilian const

is just about enough time to hold a second referendum with this 31st of october deadline —— electoral commission don't appear to have really changed. we have the possibility of revoking article 50, we've got the possibility of a second referendum, we got the possibility of a no—deal brexit, and we've got mrs may saying vote for may deal again. groundhog day, we've got mrs may saying vote for may dealagain. groundhog day, is we've got mrs may saying vote for may deal again. groundhog day, is it not? well, yes, to some degree i guess you're right. resume has also been saying that she was more indicative boats from parliament on what it wants and parliament has already held some of these boats itself and it hasn't really come up with a clear alternative. —— votes. one thing that is different this time is that we have for the first time is that we have for the first time seen relatively clear disagreement between eu member states, between france and germany, and others, on how much patience you have with the uk. in the dynamic is going to continue over the coming months. so that could change. in the

well that's for the electoral commission to look into and decide obviously there is a deadline or there was a deadline of midday g.m.t. three pm local time here so that's just gone over an hour ago for any complaints or grievances to be submitted and then the electoral commission has between a minimum of three days to a maximum of ten to look into those and decide whether they will uphold or the initial results or specific recounts to either specific boxes or generally which is unprecedented through the entire area that is being disputed or means it's your city in this case obviously the most significant one being istanbul and ankara the act party one of their. spokespeople came out on t.v. in the past hour and they showed pictures of they say boxes and. papers that showed that those boxes were counted as having zero votes for the ak party's mayoral candidate former prime minister been a dream whereas in effect they actually had. in them that were picked or crossed with next to his name so they say they have enough evidence that would support such a claim it's important to note that the

now what the electoral commission is saying is that. we're able to get through that process if you like failed on a technicality and so now we have unprecedented situation. and that's what's cool is such an outcry. saying how can this country go to an election. where. elections and it's very ironic because this president came to power as an independent and people had high hopes that. taking the country back decades so one of the main concerns to the electorate if this process goes ahead as it currently stands. well the concern is that this will. not just. trading partner with nigeria. for this region there are so many. protests. very very bad not just for the country but. a process so far have been stifled by the police and they haven't been able to get. what they're planning next. thanks very much. in mozambique tens of thousands of people have been rescued from their homes off just. michael and kenneth main landfall on the north coast mozambique is still recovering from the devastation of cyclon day just a month ago kenneth first hit

irregularities don't seem great enough to put the overall result in doubt if when it reports in may the electoral commission confirms the informal results. this year by a great small gene that when they lost competed in twenty fourteen well andrew thomas now joins me live from the capital jakarta andrew you reported on problems at polling stations talk us through some of those. well it's not as if you're one of the people who wasn't able to vote on wednesday because the ballot boxes didn't arrive all the ballot papers didn't arrive then you'd be very upset and there were more than two thousand polling stations that weren't able to open on wednesday because of those problems that sounds like a big number but when you put it into context more than eight hundred thousand polling stations did open around this vast country it's a very very small number much less than one percent of polling stations where voting wasn't able to take place so in the great scheme of things those missing votes that will be people or people will vote on later or they won't make a huge difference to the presidential results entirely ri

irregularities don't seem great enough to put the overall result in doubt if when it reports in may the electoral commission confirms the. global results jocko the beaten proposal this year by great somalis when they last compete to do twenty pull to what's actually in this election result will represent a big big break out without a doubt the main. jet airways once india's biggest airline is holding all operations after bankers refused to lend more money mounting losses force that to counsel flights over the past few months the company's founder was forced out in march when the government state lenders to help avoid thousands of job losses creditors are appointing a new board let's bring in phase two meal he's joining us via skype from new delhi as we're saying it was regarded as one of india's biggest airlines how did the company get to this point phase. during it was a long road down unfortunately at its peak jet held about twenty two and a half of the market share in india now it's roughly about twelve percent it's had financial difficulties for years in two thousand and thirteen jet actually was close

turkey's electoral commission has overturned the victories of several candidates in last month's localresident erdogan‘s ak party. several mayors—elect from the main pro—kurdish party have been told they cannot take up their posts because they were previously dismissed from theirjobs, by government decree. security has been stepped up in algeria, where mass protests are expected for the eight friday in a row. demonstrators are calling for the departure of the new interim president, abdelkader bensalah, who was appointed this week. he has promised to held free elections in early july. the on—demand streaming phenomenon has revolutionised the way we watch tv shows and movies. netflix and amazon are huge in this space — but now there's a new player in town and it's a massive one. disney has unveiled plans for its own on—demand streaming service. what does this mean for this increasingly crowded sector? mark davies — boss of strategy consultancy, camberton — joins us now. what do you think? this is a long time coming. a pretty crowded market base. they got so much content and more to the p

the turkish electoral commission has rejected a request by the governing ak party for most of the votesounted. it says votes in only fifty one ballot boxes across the city will be re—examined, likely to have little effect on the opposition‘s estimated 15,000—vote lead. president recep tayyip erdogan has alleged that the elections eight days ago were affected by organised crime. the white house has announced the removal of the director of the us secret service, randolph alles. it's the second senior departure at the homeland security department after the agency's chief, kirstjen nielsen, stepped down on sunday. donald trump accused her of not being tough on immigration. the american actress felicity huffman and a dozen other parents have admitted their involvement in a unversity admissions scandal. ms huffman was accused of paying a consultant $15,000 to boost her daughter's exam score. she said she was ashamed of the pain she had caused. theresa may will travel to berlin and then to paris today to urge the german and french leaders to agree to delay brexit. the british prime minister's

indonesia's electoral commission says many people have fallen ill, and some have died because of fatiguetween libya's government forces and troops loyal to commander khalifa haftar. haftar‘s libyan national army, which is allied to a rival administration in eastern libya, mounted an offensive on tripoli three weeks ago, but has failed to breach defenses in the city's south. for the first time in more than 200 years, a japanese emperor is about to resign. on tuesday afternoon emperor akihito will enter a ceremonial room in the imperial palace in tokyo and formally give up his throne. under japan's constitution emperor akihito is not allowed to retire, so the government had to pass a special one—off law to allow him to do so. rupert wingfield—hayes reports from tokyo. in a lush forest on the western outskirts of tokyo, the japanese emperor is on a final, solemn mission. standing before the vast tomb of his father, 85—year—old emperor akihito has come to tell him that he is relinquishing the throne. 0utside, crowds have gathered with shouts of "banzai", as the emperor and empress pass. this

electoral commission announced that this was roughly the right amount of time for them to be able to organize a second referendum but what this is this is what the european union do they come to compromises that's what the whole idea of the organization supposed to be about and it gives them the ability to be able to say that the e.u. hasn't forced out a member state and it puts the ball firmly back in the u.k. scorsone says if you want to leave you're going to have to agree somehow between yourselves to the deal that's already being agreed that withdrawal agreement it's been said time and time again that is the withdrawal agreement it isn't going to be reopened and that was mentioned throughout this summit. so that leaves us with the options we've had for quite a while now either the extension which we have now to try and find a solution for an orderly exit of the united kingdom the other option one of the other options is that article fifty is revoked essentially counseling breaks that that would come with its own set of problems the third option well is that the u.k. leaves withou

the first and secure in two thousand and fourteen now over the weekend protesters accuse the electoral commission of cheating that after a series of vote counting are earth's final results will not be ready until may the ninth meanwhile parties supporting and opposing the military junta are both claiming the right to form a government that abused hartig spoke with young voters disillusioned with baltics . that's twice a month when you won't see what i walked in not that long in the take to you tube with their popular political parody show shallow news in-depth whole topic this week of course was the elections on tammy there's another type of ghost the type they don't even want in hell it's called the popular vote ghost. the program is as popular as ever says when you want what i want especially with young viewers and black. younger generation kids right now. starting to notice what is going on and so i'm just doing my best i'm trying to do my best to like show them that it has been going on for soul many years so many decades. so if you want change you guys need to step up. there was hope that wi

between two parties which both support him because opposition parties have been excluded by the electoral commission we try to ask him about this. taking place about heroes you responds with i'm not answering questions at this time thank you. the lack of choice hasn't deterred. he says he's ready to do his civic duty. personally i'm proud to verge in this election with these two parties because they will work for us and our country will go forward. all parties wanting to field candidates had to meet the requirements of a new electoral code passed by the national assembly only two newly formed parties were given the go ahead opposition parties say it's a deliberate attempt to exclude them from the process all indications are from election observers that so far both the turnout appears to be you know that's a huge contrast to five years ago when people had twenty parties to choose from now they have two to choose from opposition parties that asked their supporters to stay at home and that could be one of the reasons why we're seeing such low numbers. eugene as a tassel a member of the former president

turkish voters have dealt president party a major blow in local elections the electoral commission has announced that his aka party has lost control of ankara and istanbul thousands of opposition party supporters are a bit out celebrating in both cities however the party is reportedly planning on challenging the results in the country's two main population centers alleging that there's been widespread voting irregularities despite the setback in ankara and istanbul the ruling party and its ally still came out on top nationwide taking more than fifty one percent of the votes the turkish president welcomed the victory. you as a result show that in these elections as has been the case in the november two thousand and two elections as we as the a.k.o. . once you can come. to a little political analyst you told us that he believes the party has done relatively well given economic woes. c.h.b. had a very good strategy going in they changed it up a little they're normally recognized as a left party a bit took a step to the right during the selections we've seen them go out race the conservati

turkish voters president ruling party a major blow in local elections electoral commissions announced that his aka party has lost control of the capital ankara and istanbul thousands of opposition party supporters have been out celebrating in both cities however the a.k. party is reportedly planning on challenging the results of the country's two main population centers alleging been widespread voting irregularities despite the setback though the ruling party and its allies still came out on top nationwide taking more than fifty one percent of the vote in turkish press. welcome to victory . as a result shows that in these elections as has been the question of the november two thousand and two election does this mean we as the a have once again become. political analyst use of erin told us he believes the party has done relatively well given to these economic woes c.h.b. had a very good strategy going in they changed it up a little they're normally recognized as a left party and they took a step to the right during the selections we've seen them go out and embrace the conservative elec

electoral commission also announced that the thirty first of october is just enough time for them to be able to organize a second referendum should that ever appear on the cards what this ultimately slope is that allows the european union members to say we don't push members out and now the ball is back in the court of the united kingdom for the m.p.'s in westminster to try and work out how they're going to leave if they're going to leave well we're expecting to hear i would say very shortly it's always tempting fate it might be a bit longer than that. because the european commission president. the european council president about how. conferences gone we'd also expect that after that's done we'd hear from to reason made the u.k. prime minister about what she's going to be bringing back to the british parliament on thursday and what she's going to have to put to m.p.'s it's all still up in the air but that's the extension we have at the moment it's not the one year we were talking about a few hours ago it's also not the couple of months that to reason may entered into . today's summi

opposition parties meets agreed now what happened was a month ago there was a decision taken by the electoral commissionthat policies were able to meet all the requirements of. the new charter of political parties this election was. read by the national assembly so the fact that now only two parties to the president has been able to succeed has caused an opposition outcry there asking how can it be that an election can go ahead without any genuine opposition the president's position has been that he's left the decision to the national assembly the process is taking its course and this is the. non-governmental organizations are concerned about what this means for the democracy of this country because bernie has a very proud tradition of democracy since multi-party politics in one nine hundred ninety so for the country to find itself in this situation many watches many activists think this is a step backwards for this country. afghanistan is marking the anniversary of the overthrow of it so the government in one thousand nine hundred two after occupation by the soviet union in the one nine hundred eighty

turkish voters have dealt president out of one's ruling party a major blow in local elections electoral commission isabelle's that his party has lost control of encore and istanbul thousands of opposition party supporters have been out celebrating in both cities over the age a party is reportedly planning on challenging the results in the country's two main population centers alleging there have been widespread voting irregularities despite the setback the ruling party and its allies still came out on top nationwide taking over fifty one percent of the vote turkish president has welcomed the victory. and the results show that in these elections as has been the case in the november two thousand and two election does that mean we as the a k p or have once again come first by a wide margin or should i be injured party all that turkish political analyst few so far i'm told us he believes they're gay parties done very thoroughly well given the country's economic woes. c.h.p. had a very good strategy going in they changed it up a little they're normally recognized as a left party and they took a step to

irregularities don't seem great enough to put the overall result in doubt if when it reports in may the electoral commission confirms the informal results would have beaten proposal this year by great when they last competed in twenty fourteen what's actually in this election result will represent a big victory without i. want to india's biggest airlines jet airways is halting all operations after bankers refused to lend more money last year and carry twenty seven million passengers but the company's founder was forced out in march and the government has asked state lenders to help avert thousands of job losses creditors are in the process of appointing a new management board spoke to us by skype from new delhi. jet airways had about a twenty two and a half percent market share in india now at down to roughly twelve percent it's had financial difficulty for years twenty thirteen the airline came close to collapsing but thanks to a government rule change allowing some foreign investment into indian airlines it was saved when the hot air waves bought a twenty four percent stake in the airline but new domestic

have right now one is stumble in these turkey local elections just earlier today the high electoral commission here in turkey announced a victory for it crim. saying that he's about sixty thousand votes ahead of the a candidate have been a year there him so this is basically the first time is stumble with its fifteen million people will become will get an opposition may stumble is considered to be the biggest prize in these elections of course we still have to wait for a final official result but it is simple is such an important city there is a saying in turkish politics whoever wins istanbul wins turkey and i guess that's the message of today so inside now people are preparing for maybe assembles a new mayor to give his victory speech and as they prepare yulia as those political dynamics there shift how damaging are these election results for heir to one himself. well the city of course is enormously a port important for president al gore and he rose to power here in istanbul when he became mayor in the one nine hundred ninety s. and then you know later became prime minister and now he's the

official tally of all those eight hundred thousand well that takes time some weeks in the electoral commission won't release those results until the end of may in the meantime a bunch of private companies phone around and essentially do a sample each of them go to about two thousand different polling stations and they then publish their results of those samples and the reason everyone seems pretty confident the joker without a has won this election is that all of those private companies have come up with pretty much the same result which that is that joke a widow has won fifty five fifty six percent of the vote giving him a comfortable when i overrode so that's where it all comes from this is the jakarta post there is no doubt at all five more years for jocko widodo they are saying essentially the analysis is that has done enough on economic terms to merit reelection there's been five percent growth a year since he was elected in twenty fourteen the economy is taking over he's invested in infrastructure and proposal beato wasn't doing enough to overcome those inherent advantages that the presi

the counting is done in one go across india on may 23rd and the cost, the electoral commission has ae us election. the numbers are staggering. joining me now is the bbc‘s yogita limaye who is in hyderabad. this is one of the few cities spoke —— voting in the first phase. can you give us a sense of what the big issues are at play? i have been inking of some of the people lining up. —— thinking. this makes speaking. i meta up. —— thinking. this makes speaking. i met a first time voter, a 20—year—old who has a job in software. he said that for him, and national security was a big thing. that is something we have been hearing a lot in this election. the recent tensions in india and pakistan, india's claims it launched —— launched air strikes which attacked a policeman in indian administered kashmir. before that, the campaign of the opposition really was about questioning the economic record of the government. the minister narendra modi honest better powers when he came in 2014. there has been rise in unemployment and rural distress despite a fast pace economy. somehow, all of that seems

365 days a year and there's many parties involved that are not necessarily overseen by the electoral commissiony of being able to identify whether any of this dodgy activity actually works because there's quite a lot of evidence i would suggest as somebody who has witnessed it first—hand that it does not make much difference and most see through it. i think the real question is how do we fix the environment and the regulation around electrical interference and political advertising so that when these tools get more sophisticated, and the well, and we do need rules around them, when they get more sophisticated we can be sure they are going to work. and that's it from me for now, and if you're wondering where the lords are never fear peers will be back from their easter recess on wednesday and over in the commons theresa may will face mps for prime minister's questions. but for now from me, goodbye. there is a change on the way, it's certainly going to feel a lot cooler, but not really until the end of the week. today, wednesday, it's actually not going to be too bad. temperatures could still get

the electoral commission ruled that vote leave exceeded spending limits during the referendum in 2016 chair gisela stuart said the group had done everything it could to comply with the rules. several thousand protesters chanting "dictatorship — never again" took to the streets of brazil's biggest cities sunday, on the 55th anniversary of the coup that established more than two decades of military rule. 2,000 people rallied in rio de janeiro, while in sao paulo, a few hundred converged to demonstrate against the 1964—85 dictatorship. the former us vice president joe biden has denied claims made by another democrat that he behaved inappropriately towards her. lucy flores said that in 2014, while they were campaigning, he placed his hands on her shoulders and kissed the back of her head, making her feel uncomfortable. mr biden, who is reportedly considering a 2020 presidential run, said he did not think that he had ever acted inappropriately. in ukraine, a comedian with no political experience is on course to win the most votes in the presidential election. exit polls suggest volodymyr z

monday morning this hasn't been opened however the latest statement that came from the official electoral commissionwas that the candidates of the opposition in memo knew was leading been a legal dream that's the anchor party's candidate from the former prime minister by roughly. twenty odd thousand votes now. left conceptualized stumble on the results so far the reason maybe get a clearer picture stumble as you mentioned the largest city you're talking about roughly twenty percent of the turkish population it is the most cosmopolitan city here in turkey and it is also significant to the act party who have controlled it since the one nine hundred ninety four so even before they came to power nationally the mayorship of somebody in the council was always under their control so for a very very long time it is the birthplace of one's political career and where he launched himself on to the national stage so it has huge significance from that respect as well as the fact that since this became a presidential system here in turkey the mayorship probably stumble became probably the second most important el

irregularities don't seem great enough to put the overall result in doubt if when it reports in may the electoral commission confirms the informal results jocko would have beaten proposal this year by great similar to the one they lost competed in twenty four to what's actually in this election result will represent a big picture of john howard and i'm not trying to. pick on the. past still ahead on al-jazeera france plans a competition to help restore not true down cathedral in paris after it was devastated by fire. time for ukraine's president to face the music revisit the understand why voters rejected incumbent petro poroshenko in the first round of voting. and in sport rafael nadal is back with a bang as he returns to his favorite surface and hunts for title number twelve will be here with more later. and i bet the next storm system is ramping up over parts of north america on the satellite picture you can already see the cloud as it's marching its way eastwards it is taken. up all the while and it's in the south where there's the greatest chance of seeing that severe weather so this is where there's t

irregularities don't seem great enough to put the overall result in doubt if when it reports in may the electoral commission confirms the informal results. this year by great somalis when they last competed in twenty. actually in this election result the big picture of. france will hold its national competition to decide how to replace the spire. that was destroyed in monday's far president wants to restore the cathedral to its full glory within five years but some experts are warning it could take much longer to reports from paris. from above the extent of the damage to not a dam is clear monday's fire ravaged the twelfth century cathedral destroying its roof and making the spire collapse dozens of precious artworks were burned centuries old stained glass windows melted. firefighters continue to assess the cathedral safety and used water jets to cool parts of it the spokesperson said risks remained. the surely most money toward a hot spot that can be found in the cracks between the stones that make up the votes the lead which covered the entirety of this vote as complete melted so we have to continue monit

as a group of 11, we sat down a decision because forming a party going to the electoral commission, youwho has the skills to bring people together. i have always worked across party and as apolitically as i could and given the reason we need these new politics is that all the existing structures have failed us, a kind of middle—of—the—road person who worked in business, industry, they are the candidates we want to attract. and with not much political baggage. no skeletons, i hope. are there any skeletons? i don't think so, i am quite a boring person really! should income tax be higher for the highest earners? i want a sweet spot where it covers public services and nhs and education. does that mean it goes up? potentially, it could. it was cut by george osborne from 50 to 45%. what could it go up to? i will not put a figure on it, everything we do has to be evidence—based so i would look at the statistics. have you ever taken drug stronger than cannabis? i have never even had a cigarette. should railways be renationalised? i don't think that would get the best service. do you think secti

turkey's electoral commission has overturned the victories of several candidates in last month's localdent erdogan‘s ak party. several mayors—elect from the main pro—kurdish party have been told they cannot take up their posts because they were previously dismissed from theirjobs, by government decree. voting has ended in the first phase of the indian general election. about 900 million people are eligible to vote in seven separate days of polling. prime minister narendra modi and his hindu nationalist bjp are hoping to win a second term in office. final results are expected on may the 23rd. the australian rugby star, israel folau, is facing the sack over a social media post in which he said "hell awaits" gay people. rugby australia and the new south wales rugby union say, in the absence of mitigating factors, they intend to terminate his contract. a fundamentalist christian, he's also suggested that "homosexuals, drunks, thieves and atheists" should "repent." the british prime minister has been defending the six—month delay to brexit she accepted in brussels late on wednesday night. t

the ballot papers in the clear the results but the tally of all of those gets done by the electoral commission and that takes a long time and it won't be until the end of may that we know the official results in the meantime private companies go to a sample about two thousand each of those polling stations around the country and then they put out their results right away and it's based on a bunch of those private tally used that we are seeing these results and the reason people here are saying they're pretty reliable is that they're all saying pretty much the same thing which is that dr without a has won about fifty five fifty six percent of votes although their song put a pretty small they're thought of as pretty reliable here in jakarta this is the jakarta post for example on thursday five more years and that reflects very the general media mood certainly here the joker without it has done enough to win another term as president andrew the main challenger but. he's challenging these initial counts is that like it's not you know overall results do we think. you know he's not just challenging

the electoral commission's decision to ball position policies from running has come about it says because on a technicality these policies failed to meet the requirements of a new electoral code and a new charter of political policies now these two the code in the charts were designed to use the number of political parties because there was so fragmented but what has happened is that in reality left only political policies able to run in these legislative elections and these are pro government policies and this is a situation i'm president in vendeans history since multi-party democracy in nine hundred ninety eight and that's why it was the size especially it's quite shocked that this situation is so far being allowed to continue now the president says since those parties were bought in march column it hasn't been able to reach a decision as to the way forward has been deadlocked and that's why as a result of this deadlock you take a decision that the elections must continue but the real concern here is that if this process does go ahead it will ultimately lead to rest of some kind and th