that initially got support order barring the electoral commission from releasing the celts. that is opted or did a recount from some polling districts to to allege voter making now among the end occasions that correctional fluid or tipping was found on some of the ballot papers that should be a red flag it should be an indication of a moment and it should be a wake up call to the my electric nation that somebody is trying to play some games so we went to court seeking the intervention because you know the court is independent in this matter to listen to us and be a good move us and therefore we have ordered the more electoral commission to do a recount or idea adrian crash was in malawi covering that vote last week he joins me now from cape town good to see adrian last week you had an exclusive president interview with presidents. from the person that you spoke to last week who is this president. rick i was very self-confident back then when i talked to him he was convinced that he would win the elections and it seems that this is what really happened he was also quite convi

what more are we hearing from the electoral commission?ment this afternoon from them, they are set to visit the brexit party offers the seed tomorrow, they say it is part of their active oversight or the rules around electro, fundraising, attending officers to conduct a review of the systems in place to receive funds. this is after gordon brown, former labour prime minister, made a speech earlier on today when he raised concerns about brexit party funding. some of the centres and the fact that brexit party has a paypal account, from which it can receive smaller donation. donations under £500, those types of donations don't actually have to be declared to the electoral commission. the brexit party is not the only party to have some subtle paypal account but gordon brown, speaking earlier in glasgow, said he was concerned by some of the brexit party's fundraising. the electoral commission and the european parliament should now investigate the finances of nigel farage and his brexit party. democracy is undermined and he says the election is a

the electoral commission says it will visit the brexit party's office tomorrow to review how its fundsre received. also coming up: manchester is blue as city parade their treble winning trophies. they became the first men's side to win the domestic treble after they thrashed watford in the fa cup final on saturday. and at 11:30 we'll be taking an in—depth look at the papers with our reviewers eve pollard and lance price — stay with us for that. good evening. welcome to bbc news. google, one of the world's biggest tech companies, is blocking the chinese firm huawei, from using some of its mobile software. google took the decision, after the trump administration decided to put huawei on a trade blacklist. it means new versions of smartphones made by the company, will lose access to google apps and services, like youtube and gmail. huawei is the world's second largest smartphone maker, producing more than 200 million a year, with three million being shipped to the uk, in 2018. all this comes amid an increasingly bitter trade war, between the us and china, though huawei insists, it operate

the electoral commission says it will visit the brexit party's office tomorrow to review how its funds received the conservative party withdraws the way from former deputy prime minister lord heseltine after he said he was voting liberal democrat. also coming up — manchester is blue — as city parade their treble winning trophies. they became the first men's side to win the domestic treble after they thrashed watford in the fa cup final at the weekend. and the global fundraising campaign to help the model railway club which had decades worth of work destroyed by vandals. google has blocked the world's second—largest smartphone maker, the chinese company huawei, from some of its mobile services. it comes after the us government put the firm on a trade blacklist. huawei is a global leader in 56 superfast wireless technology, which will help link everything from our phones to driverless cars to domestic appliances. but the us and several other countries have raised concerns that huawei equipment could be used by the chinese authorities to spy on foreign data networks, allegations the compa

that some people voted more than want the parties and the electoral commission of agreed to all the result before they were officially announced the straw. we do not is the extent of the problem and we hoping that that or that will show the extent of the problem if we have a nationwide phenomenon or whether it's just localized in 3rd place is the economic freedom fighters whose leaders promise radical economic reforms exposure has increased to about 10 percent it's also complained about double voting but observers say it's not on a scale that could affect the national election result agents from all of the political parties been sitting here at desks monitoring the results as they've come in they're waiting for the official results to be announced and on this side of the room officials from the electoral commission to be in processing some of the data one of the most interesting things that they've reported is a lower voter turnout than ever before amount 2 thirds of registered voters voted in wednesday's poll about a quarter of eligible voters didn't even register but i think there

nation gears up for the political contest many young south africans have chosen to set out the electoral commission says the youth demographic has had a notoriously low voter registration than any other demographic data views christine finds out why. in an alley in downtown johannesburg i meet rico he's twenty seven doesn't have a job and sells drugs to earn a living i can enjoy his book ok i was looking for a job any job so i was like ok what can i do because my i need to pay for my bills my ran my shoes my clothes food everything so what can i do and came out on prom fun to observe the place try to learn the place try to learn what everyone is doing around the place then i decide i better ok this people they love this they don't like this let me give them what they love. so which is rico says he has a diploma in hospitality and wanted to become a shift he's given up trying to look for a job he's also given up on voting in elections for me it was the of time. i was there it's always got time for me because like. just about what i want to get anything in the way of doing even give us jobs we need f

street protests in istanbul as the electoral commission orders a rerun of the city's mayoral electionlandmark un report warns that humans are rapidly destroying the natural world. holding the process will require a fundamental change in the way we consume. and stars reveal their looks at the annual met gala in new york. hello to you. the duke of sussex as his absolutely feel that his wife, the duchess of sussex, has given birth to a son. the baby has not been named yet, was born in the early hours of the morning. i think abdullah says the queen and the rest of the family is delighted —— buckingham palace and the queen. on the forecourt of buckingham palace, the orthodox way of doing things — a short written statement on a gilt easel announcing a royal birth. but the sussexes have been at pains to do things their way. cue a beaming father, eager to share their news. i'm very excited to announce that meghan and myself had a baby boy early this morning, a very healthy boy. mother and baby are doing incredibly well. it's been the most amazing experience i could ever have possibly imagined

africans but the levels of apathy among youth in this country is worrying in south africa electoral commission say sixty percent of eligible voters who did not register to take part in this election often know the age and that's what happens outside and split and this is the spot on the net with young people many of them have told me they won't be voting in this election the company for like this in all the companies that are happening right in general. did not denote a child as young people would be gauging that a lot of people really really really feel like they need to use this to vote you know see so a lot of people that have been convince what to vote for you have to come pain and couldn't give them toward frist i don't think any of. the main parties being. in n.c. are really catering to the we need most of the parties are promising job creation it's the right message for a country with an unemployment rate of more than twenty five percent but going on a little has found no comfort in campaign promises as smiler pretty sick tried to avoid saying i think it's quite pointless because like i

the electoral commission in istanbul has called for a rerun of the mayoral election.d the move treacherous and an attempt to take back the people's

has called for a full audit off the election results and we don't know that the independent electoral commission has confirmed that about nineteen people were arrested full floating twice. is being called a milestone for the right hailing industry on the so-called sharing economy. is set to make it stock market dead view today shares will be priced at forty five dollars for the initial public offering the company based in san francisco hopes the i.p.o. right can with an eight billion dollars but ahead of the i.p.o. uber drivers in some u.s. cities have taken to the streets and protest complaining about what they say are working conditions and when doing levels of pay. date of washington correspondent helen humphrey met one driver who like many of his colleagues is struggling to make ends meet she reports some analysts all saying that his business model is not sustainable because it relies on cussing pay even mall for the drivers. off your gnome flight business shortage of weary travelers eager to jump in here at washington's one hundred reagan airport right hailing services have never been more

has called for a full audit off the election results and we don't know that the independent electoral commission has confirmed that about nineteen people were arrested for voting twice. christine reporting that russia has been marking the seventy fourth anniversary of a soviet victory over nazi germany in world war two the main victory day celebration took place in moscow's red square president vladimir putin joined the estimated half a million people many of them actually carrying the photos of loved ones from died or suffered in the war picture day months nazi germany surrendered in one thousand nine hundred forty five and russia itself abraded a day later than elsewhere because the surrender documents were signed after midnight moscow time. for his reminder of our top stories at this hour the european union is urging iran to stick by its commitments under the nuclear deal agreement world powers in two thousand and fifteen the statement came after to announce that it was suspending some parts of the agreement the crisis has been building since the u.s. it withdrew from the deal last year. and

the independent electoral commission has been at pains to to assure south africans that has that this has been a free and fail action there have been isolated incidents printout including things like electoral officials seen holding and handing ballot papers and supervised for example there is the issue of the smaller opposition parties today forming a coalition and saying that the election has been free and fair citing various isolated incidents across the country but the major sticking point really has been the issue of the indelible ink that some people were able to remove and supposedly cost two votes now we've seen for example the biggest opposition the democratic alliance already called for an audit off the results as a result of that and we've also heard from the electoral commission that they will be audited certain samples of the results after about twenty people have been arrested for trying to vote twice that that has really put a cloud or cost a shadow rather over the credibility of this election in a way but the electoral commission going at pains to state that it's not e

above that, obviously we apply the electoral commission rules.hat's not illegal. the reality is of course we apply appropriate electoral commission law and the truth is hundreds of thousands of people are wanting to support us, they back what we are trying to do. that was nick robinson asking the questions on the today programme. so the big issue here is is the brexit party playing by the rules? i have been speaking to the bbc‘s rob watson. today‘s developments, i was reminded that a few years ago, i was travelling around with nigel farage and we were in nottingham and he got egged and wasn‘t very happy with that at all and we had to spend the entire day in the pub, which was quite an interesting experience. i guess we‘re going to find out very soon because britain‘s electoral commission is going to be looking into these allegations and it has to have previously been on or part of the leave campaign during the referendum, i mean they have fallen foul of the electoral commission in terms of declaration and sources of funding. and rob, it is intere

opposition parties say they also pose a risk after reports of some tampering they protested to the electoral commission demanding verification with paper voting records. either here or the election commission. that. run for data on. international observers say the election has been largely free and fair and the ruling party says the opposition claims a just a distraction they have already sensed it that this 200-1000 looks a by election is not going in their favor however much they do night it. wants and distance to prime minister. the b j p c's only one possible winner in this election incumbent prime minister narendra modi his coalition met on tuesday to discuss its agenda for a 2nd term. modi campaigned hard to keep a commanding majority he won in 2014 he's promised better incomes for farmers and more infrastructure spending but the opposition has highlighted slowing economic growth and increasing religious divisions modi's main rival is congress party leader rahul gandhi he wasn't expected to stage a major upset if neither of the main parties claims an outright majority smaller regional groupings c

but, back in the uk, the electoral commission is impatient for the government to do more.aw forcing all online political advertising to be upfront about who's paid. when you see an advert in your facebook news feed, you want to be able to know there and then — do i believe this advert and does it influence my vote? a really key piece of information you need to make that decision is who's paid for it. across europe, politicians are preparing for battle, knowing that, for good or ill, facebook will be a key weapon in their campaigns. rory cellan—jones, bbc news, dublin. there's been a lull in fighting between israel and palestinian militants in gaza after two days of violence. over the weekend, palestinian militants fired hundreds of rockets into israel during a protest against the blockade of gaza, prompting retaliatory air and artillery strikes into the gaza strip. unconfirmed reports say a ceasefire has been agreed. 23 palestinians and four israelis were killed in the fighting. our middle east correspondent tom bateman is in ashdod in southern israel. does it look like th

street protests in istanbul is the electoral commission orders a rerun of the city's mayoral election. a landmark un reports ones that humans are rapidly destroying the natural world, halting the process will require a fundamental change in the way we consume. the brightest stars reveal their campus looks out the annual met gala in new york —— canvas. hello. the duke of sussex says he is absolutely thrilled that his wife, the duchess of sussex, has given birth to a son. the baby has not yet in name, was born in the early hours of monday morning. buckingham palace at the queen and the rest of the royal family were delighted with the news. more from oui’ royal family were delighted with the news. more from our royal correspondence stop —— our royal correspondence. on the forecourt of buckingham palace, the orthodox way of doing things — a short written statement on a gilt easel announcing a royal birth. but the sussexes have been at pains to do things their way. cue a beaming father, eager to share their news. i'm very excited to announce that meghan and myself had a baby boy early this

vote and the police claims went to another polling station to cast a second votes but the electoral commission today claimed no this is not true we don't have any evidence that this really happened but this drama is not yet over because some of the smaller parties have protested they walked out of a meeting with the electoral commission today and said no we have to investigate that we really have to get the facts on the table and publish them. thank you very much the w.'s increase there in cape town south africa now some of the other stories making headlines around the world today freed journalist denise you child has told a court in germany that he was tortured while being held in a turkish jail and says he holds president reggie of type out of one personally responsible because he's german you show spent a year behind bars without being formally charged turkey now accuses him of terrorist propaganda. a militia set up to fight the islamist terror group boko haram has released nine hundred children that it had quote and listed the civilian joint task force a regional militia allied with the ni

and the watchdog, the electoral commission, will pay it a visit tomorrow.an election developments tonight, this time involving the former deputy prime minster lord heseltine? yes, lord heseltine has been suspended by the conservative party, he has had his whip removed. he said over the weekend he would be voting liberal democrat in the european parliament elections on thursday. politicians are given a certain amount of latitude to express their views but publicly endorsing a rival is seen as a little too far. lord heseltine is a very senior member of the conservative party, he has had a very lifelong view about the european project, and it is his view the conservative party has been infected by the virus of extremism on brexit. a party spokesman has acknowledged his long—standing views and says he will be welcomed back into the fold if he is willing to vote conservative in the future. it isa vote conservative in the future. it is a reminder, yet again, of the capacity of brexit to rip apart our biggest political parties. 0k, chris, thank you. chris mason at

has called for a full audit off the election results and we don't know that the independent electoral commission has confirmed that about nineteen people were arrested for voting twice. christine before pope francis has issued a groundbreaking new law requiring all catholic priests and nuns to report clerical sexual abuse and cover ups the paper to create covers abuse of children and adults and requires every catholic diocese in the world to set up simple under excessive all systems for reporting abuse and protecting whistleblowers it also allows for suspected abuse to be reported directly to the vatican if necessary. religious affairs correspondent demotic jack can tell us more welcome. what does this mean. mostly this is imposition of a top down of a top down policy for reporting this type of policy it's already in place in europe and it's already in place in north america but most areas around the world do not have such thing and in this sense is a very strong message mainly because it comes directly from the very top of the church so this no longer left to party or charges particular archbis

the electoral commission says it will visit the brexit party's office tomorrow to review how its fundseived. and manchester city have been parading their silverware after they became the first men's side to win the domestic treble. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are the political commentator, lance price and the former fleet street editor, eve pollard. tomorrow's front pages are all now in. we start with the financial times — and it reports on a growing technology cold war, with chinese telecoms giant huawei said to be teeing up its own mobile phone operating system after google restricted its use of android. the chancellor philip hammond is going to use a speech on tuesday to attack the former foreign secretary, borisjohnson, over brexit. that's according to the times. the metro leads with the news that nigel farage, the brexit party leader, had a milkshake thrown at him during a campaign walkabout. nigel farage has condemned the milkshake attack on him as an "affront to democracy", according to the express. the telegra

has called for a full audit off the election results and we don't know that the independent electoral commission has confirmed that about nineteen people were arrested full voting twice. and watching news still to come on the program one of the most important. also at festivals of the world opens in venice this week we take a look at one of the most unusual exhibition visit exit exhibits at the n.r.a. and also gets curator about the toughest of all. now it's being called a milestone for the bride healing industry and the so called sharing economy is set to make its stock market to the today show as will be priced at forty five dollars for the initial public offering the company based in san francisco hopes the i.p.o. will rake in more than eight billion dollars but ahead of the i.p.o. the droid is in some u.s. cities have taken to the streets in protest complaining about what they say are what decisions and dwindling levels of pay. washington correspondent helen humphrey met one driver who like many of his colleagues is struggling to make ends meet and she reports now some analysts all saying th

street protests in istanbul with the electoral commission has ordered a rerun of the city's mayoral electione ak party leader, president ergodan threatened to take back of the people's victory. a landmark un report is wanting that humans are rapidly destroying the natural world. holding the process will require a fundamental change in what we consume. this body — the most comments of the dates you just that i most comments of the dates you just thati million species of plants and animals are at risk of extinction. it's about 2:30 am. there up—to—date on the headlines. it's up now for the spring edition of weather weld. this time on weather weld, were looking at the impact our warming world is having on the environment around us. i'll be discovering the challenges facing migrating birds as the seasons follow increasingly unfamiliar patterns. and i'm investigating how our changing climate is affecting plants and trees. and, finding out why saving seedsis trees. and, finding out why saving seeds is the insurance policy covering whatever direction our future climate takes. i think people are muc

the electoral commission said it will desert the brexit party's offices tomorrow to see how its fundsetween the two countries. the president of iran said that esther trump has made a genocidal chance. the population of middlesbrough had was one of the highest population... as pa rt of was one of the highest population... as part of the week of studies from middlesbrough, are north of england correspondent danny savage reports on how the town and how the

nigel farage has accused the electoral commission, officials from the electoral commission, have visitedraising. no evidence of electoral offences were found, but the commission said there had been significant public concern. the european parliament has confirmed it's investigating donations mr farage received, shortly after the eu referendum in 2016. 0ur deputy political editor john pienaar is at the brexit party hq in central london. what more can you tell us? well, when i spoke to nigel farage early on today, he described the current criticism of the donations and support for him and his party as 5mear5, collusion. yet, as you say, a new front has opened up. the valuable support from arron banks, which nigel farage de5cribes valuable support from arron banks, which nigel farage describes as a purely personal, has been referred toa purely personal, has been referred to a scrutiny and discipline committee of the european parliament, where he is a member. he went to provide a driver, a home in london, travel and parties in the usa. if they recommend to the president of the parliament tha

in the uk, the electoral commission is impatient for the government to do more.ising to be upfront about who paid for it. when you see an advertisement in your feed you want to know do i believe this advert and will it influence me? the key piece of information you need to make that decision is who has paid for it. across europe, politicians are preparing for battle. knowing that for good or ill, facebook will be a key weapon in their campaigns. you have been watching newsday. i'm ben bland in london. and i'm karishma vaswani in singapore. stay with us. uber gears up for the biggest stockmarket debut of the year, but with the ride—hailing firm previously warning it may never make a profit, just how attractive are its shares? and before we go, we'd like to leave you with these pictures. monday marks the first day of the holy month of ramadan during which muslims abstain from food and drink from dawn until sunset. worshippers in indonesia gathered for taraweeh prayers in the capital jakarta to mark the holiest month in the islamic calendar. good morning. two key el

the police arrested about twenty suspects for a legit stoppel voting but the electoral commission said there is no evidence whatsoever that there was any double voting going on so one more people are getting concerned and more and more people are demanding an audit. so what challenges does president siddle was a face non some say in see is a very divided. it certainly is and the elections were largely a referendum on ramaphosa the question was basically will he get enough votes to have a strong mandate to clean up within his own party remember former president jacob zuma under his leadership there was a lot of corruption in all levels of governance that were rarely addressed it was swept under the carpet and promised to stop this impunity he promised to even go after his own people and now is the time where people are waiting if you will really walk his talk under increasing in capetown south africa thank you very much for your reporting on the south african elections. time now to look at some other stories making news around the bond north korean state t.v. has released images showing

meanwhile, here at the brexit headquarters in central london across the road, the electoral commissionn investigation coming to the handling of donations. mr farage says it is all part of collusion between the commission and the parties enemies. will it the party, will it damage the party or feel the suggestion of collusion, that his victim, well, thatis collusion, that his victim, well, that is the impression nigel farage is keen for this evening. local councils in england could be facing a multi—billion pound funding gap — according to an independent review of their finances. it was commissioned by the organisation representing large county councils and says demand for services such as social care will increase in the next few years. unless more money is provided, it suggests that councils could face a shortfall of more more than £51 billon by 2025. even if council tax is increased by almost 3%, there could still be a £30 billion gap over the five years from 2020. the government says this year's local government settlement has included extra funding for services. alex forsyth reports

but back in the uk, the electoral commission is impatient for the government to do more.for a law forcing all online political advertising to be up front about who's paid. when you see an advertisement in your facebook news feed, you want to be able to know there and then — do i believe this advert and does it to influence my vote? a really key piece of information you need to make that decision is who's paid for it. across europe, politicians are preparing for battle, knowing that for good or ill, facebook will be a key weapon in their campaigns. rory cellan—jones, bbc news, dublin. the headlines on bbc news... 41 people are now known to have been killed when a russian passenger plane caught fire during an emergency landing in moscow. six of the 33 who survived are said to be in a serious condition. some survivors suggest the plane was struck by lightning. scientists are to call for a global rescue plan to prevent the loss of a quarter of all species and plants because of human activity. police hunting joseph mccann for a series of alleged abductions and rapes, have arre

pennines electoral commission has announced results from sunday's legislative elections that didn't include the opposition of the two parties that were in the race the progressive union won forty seven seats while the republican bloc took thirty six seats. to president. has more from the commercial capital. the results were announced in the early hours of wednesday morning by the head of the country's electoral commission the key. to turn out twenty two percent comparison with sixty five percent five years ago for similar national. elections now after observers have said that this election hasn't been competitive . and doubtless the results of reforms that took place in the run up to this election which meant that opposition parties able to take part now interestingly the head of the commission talked about this being a special election you talked about obstacles in any nation's history that needs to be learned from that and the question is what. people will be asking now one of the recommendations from the african union observer mission is that the. national dialogue following this process

however both the electoral commission and independent observers have dismissed that claim saying the april seseventeenth h -- twist fat. reacting to the o ongoing violee to be on so called on both sides for restraint.. the police yet i urge allll parties the people the police and the military. to stay calm and avoid any violence. protesters however have vows to stay put. the q. security forces of using live ammunition to disperse the crowd i claimed the police deny. government is lying the cd didn't use weapons against us but they did. authorities say some forty thousand police and military personnel on gt across to counter to maintain security. access to social media has been restricted. catholic bishops in poland have acknowledged save not done enough to stop child sex abuse by priests. they said medical becomes after the screen of a documentary in which victims spoke of the ordeal. had a polishh catholilic church archbishop of voice check pilots told reporters and will so the bishops also began to work on systemic response to the problem of the peace by some clergy. until the case

but back in the uk, the electoral commission is impatient for the government to do more.a law forcing all online political advertising to be up front about who's paid. when you see an advertisement in your facebook news feed, you want to be able to know there and then — do i believe this advert and does it influence my vote? a really key piece of information you need to make that decision is who's paid for it. across europe, politicians are preparing for battle, knowing that for good or ill, facebook will be a key weapon in their campaigns. rory cellan—jones, bbc news, dublin. a man in his 30s has been murdered following an incident in liverpool in the early hours of this morning. police were called to monfa road, in bootle, after a man was found with life—threatening injuries following an altercation in the street. a 41—year—old man was arrested at the scene on suspicion of murder. investigations are on—going and police are appealing for witnesses in what they describe as a truly shocking crime. an 18—year—old man has been stabbed to death in south—east london. police we

the police arrested about twenty suspects for a legit stubble voting but the electoral commission said there is no evidence whatsoever that there was any double voting going on so what more people are getting concerned and more and more people demanding an audit under increase in capetown south africa thank you very much for your reporting on the south african elections. paris maybe wealthy and chic but like many other large cities it has homeless people living on the streets one of them started using social media to draw attention to what it's like living rough and he soon collected more than thirty thousand twitter followers and got the year of the authorities that was the start of a passionate fight for better living conditions for the paris home this. christian posh knows what it means to lead an insecure unstructured life he spent over three years hanging out with this group of homeless people at the plus sun mart in paris he used to have a well paying job as a sawmill year but after his wife left him he developed a drinking problem and when he could no longer pay the rent he ende

here they've been compiling this data but the complaints being brought against the electoral commission by some opposition parties who say there's been some irregularities they allege that some people voted more than once or 2 or more times in some cases and so there's an audit on the way to try and assess the extent of these irregularities there are a lot of observers have said that they don't believe or haven't seen any evidence that this is happened on a scale that might affect the result of the queues for food fuel and common ensuite all basic commodities are in short supply i think political crisis grinds old following new overthrow of president bashir ramadan has more cartoon. more tourists queue up for fuel in. seems like these are now a common sight in most parts of the city more to say sometimes they spend the entire day we think to fill up their vehicles. the fuel crisis shortages of bread and electricity outages are posing a major challenge for the country's transitional military council. men and. everything is as before there is no difference between the old regime and the m

even the electorate commission has agreed with them in a way, i had a statement here and they say theygovernment participation in the election has had an impact on the time available for people to become aware and complete the process and we have had so many people get in touch with us and basically state they are really upset and they had not had their say and have been denied a boat, so what we know is that people have to fill out the form, and they were very confused, they perhaps did not get it in on time may be forgot to even submit the form, but however we do not know they sell local councils could have administrative errors, and lack of the correct forms being sent out and we simply don't know. this is outside source live from the bbc newsroom. our lead story is... the usjustice department has announced 17 new charges against the wikileaks founder julian assange, accusing him of endangering the lives of classified government sources. here are some of the other stories being covered across the bbc. an american man who fought for the taliban in afghanistan has been given early rel

that some people voted more than once the parties and the electoral commission of agreed to all the result before they were officially announced to the do not is the extent of the problem and we hoping that that all that will show the extent of the problem if we have a nationwide phenomenon or whether it's just localized in 3rd place is the economic freedom fighters whose leaders promise radical economic reforms exposure has increased to about 10 percent it's also complained about double voting but observers say it's not on a scale that could affect the national election result agents from all of the political parties been sitting here at desks monitoring the results as they've come in and they're waiting for the official results to be announced and on this side of the room officials from the electoral commission to be in processing some of the data one of the most interesting things that they've reported is a lower voter turnout than ever before amount to surge of registered voters voted in wednesday's poll about a quarter of eligible voters didn't even register i think there's a g

those parties in the electoral commission agreed to carry out an audit of the results after the counts finished before the official result is announced on this side of the room where we have to fish oils from the electoral commission to be processing some of that data one of the interesting things we've learned from them is about the turnout about 65 percent of registered voters actually voted in those polls on wednesday. and that number doesn't reflect a quarter of eligible voters who chose not to register to vote since looks like the lowest turnout we've ever had in an election in south africa since the end of apartheid since democracy began in 1904 and malcolm how are people reacting to these results are they surprised at the loss of support for the a.n.c. . this is not a major surprise i mean this is what is pretty much exactly what opinion polls had shown before the election the a.n.c. has popularity steadily declined over successive elections and the series of corruption scandals in particular on the former president jacob zuma since president ram opposer took over from him just

street protests in istanbul as the electoral commission orders a rerun of the city's mayoral election

and fair now it's an agonizing wait whilst being counted and percentages at the independent electoral commission results at changing by the minute. presidents are in the process just after casting his vote here still confident about voters supporting the main see. they can see that with their vote. on your door. you're beginning at a new at the period of three new police force a period of hope. for many that's what trauma process stands for he replaced former president jacob zuma who was forced out last year of a corruption scandals. corruption got into the way the turn age got into the way and not focusing on the needs of our people got into the way. and is the country struggles with corruption crime poverty economic stagnation and an official unemployment rate at twenty seven percent people's wishes a down to the essentials zero would be a drop you know for the people that are employed. hope to get something up to each . state who probably don't have jobs those kind of time hoping that they could get to this jobs stop corruption which is the main course in a. victory for the a.n.c. is assured