we are told by the electoral commission that it told by the electoral commission thatitis told by then printing the ballot papers for the council elections, as a result of legal challenges by particular candidates. —— tpm. there was a lot of frustration when we're on the ground and that frustration is increased because there is a perception the electoral body was specifically targeting urban areas which are oppositions that my opposition strongholds. from what i understand, the one station that we went to, where people had been waiting for about eight hours, and the ballot papers did finally arrive at about 3:30pm at local time, so people were able to vote. the electoral commission has asked people to remain patient, ballot papers are still being posted to the various polling stations and it says that everyone who wants to vote will still be given a 12 hours, that stipulated period by the law, and we expect the process to keep going on into the hours of the night and into the early hours of the morning in some cases. the early hours of the morning in some cam-— the early hours of the

the electoral commission have said it is one thing that says they should keep to pen and paper becauseected. it is interesting this lag between august 2021 and october 2022, what is likely is that they gained access in august 2021 and have since been looking for weaknesses, researching and looking through those millions of e—mails sent by the electoral commission office to potentially try to find weaknesses in the electoral system. it is a serious incident. we often talk about the sky falling in cyber security when it is not. the electoral commission has already said they are very sorry that this was allowed to happen. 2023 marks the festival's 76th year and, over that time, the event's grown from a handful of performances to a sprawling extravanganza. live now to our reporter courtney bembridge, who is there. you have interested adults are so many talented, interesting people on bbc news. who do you have there now? this is a group from south africa. they have just been rehearsing. they are incredible. i have two people here ready to tell us all about it. many of this group hadn't been

it electoral commission is a big one, isn't it? , , ., electoral commission is a big one, isn't it? electoral commission is a big one, isn'tit? , , . isn't it? it is, yeah. it's big in terms of— isn't it? it is, yeah. it's big in terms of the _ isn't it? it is, yeah. it's big in terms of the number - isn't it? it is, yeah. it's big in terms of the number of - isn't it? it is, yeah. it's big in. terms of the number of people affected, potentially a0 million people on the electoral roll from 201a up to 2022, when they finally discovered the hackers and kicked them out. we don't when they kicked them out. we don't when they kicked them out. we don't when they kicked them out but we know they were in there from august of 2021 right the way up to october 2022. it was probably longer because when you discover a cyberattack you first of all have to do discover where they are, then get them out and secure the system to stop them getting back in. it's a big one. the interesting thing is, there is obviously the massive amount of data, but that's largely already publicly available data and if

but earlier, the zimbabwe electoral commission, which is responsible for conducting these elections,at at least one in four polling stations in harare had not opened on time. they blame the delay on printing ballot papers on some of the last—minute legal challenges that they faced from candidates. but i think the anger here is that yesterday nobody said anything and so, when a lot of these voters arrived this morning, they were expecting to vote and that hasn't happened. already, some people are beginning to think that it's deliberate on the part of the electoral commission. the ccc leader, nelson chamisa, who voted earlier on in his constituency, is also hinting that he believes that this is deliberate. and you're saying that voters have been waiting there seven hours to cast their vote. can you take me through the process? do they have a day to vote? is there a cutoff point? well, according to the law, elections take place over one day. the polling stations were supposed to open at 7am. and they're supposed to close 12 hours later at 7pm. the zimbabwe electoral commission, however,

so the electoral commission good commission is very good at digging out perceived digging people outved voter irregularity and often voter irregularity 80s and often they're to wrong about they're found to be wrong about doing it comes to doing that. but when it comes to actually protecting million actually protecting 40 million people's and then telling people's data and then telling the people about it , they are the people about it, they are asleep at the wheel , it does asleep at the wheel, it does seem a little bit as though for at the time when the at least the time when the hackers actually hackers were actually accessing the material, hackers were actually accessing the material , the electoral the material, the electoral commission does like it commission does sound like it was the wheel. was asleep at the wheel. >> argument not >> its argument for not notifying immediately notifying the public immediately when was discovered when the breach was discovered was that it wanted to tighten its own security systems before its own security systems before it sort of alerted the hac

we'll talk live to the chair of the electoral commission.e'll be live from fringe in edinburgh, where comedians and theatrical performers have gathered for the festivals 76th year. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's tanya arnold. colombia are through to the quarter finals of the women's world cup for the first time. they beat jamaica 1—0 and will now face england on saturday. catalina usme�*s goal in the second half in melbourne was enough to set up a clash with the european champions. they become just the second south american nation to ever reach the quarter finals of the world cup. brazil were the first. forjamaica though, their impressive world cup comes to an end. for us, we are coming in with no games. i feel very happy for the players that they could perform at this level without getting adequate games to play so i am very pleased with them and they gave it everything tonight. they should be proud of themselves and i am very proud of them. england's laurenjames will miss that quarter—final against colombi

the electoral commission have said they are sorry for the incident and they have kicked out the hackersut it is a big concern. the data that could have been accessed is less of a concern, and the potentialfor what could have happened. there are millions of people that could have been affected because the hackers had access to the electoral roll but it is not that secret document you can get this if you are a phonebook company. but the difference is, the hackers were able to access people who wanted to keep their names and addresses private, so if you wanted to have those details off the phone book and not sold on the companies, the hackers may have been able to get those details. anybody who wanted to register to vote anonymously, like when your safety is in danger, for example, if you are a victim of domestic abuse, and you are in a safe house, for example, those people have not had their details hacked, so that is a cause for people to relax a bit but the potential here is a more serious situation and the electoral commission have said they have praised the system saying it is very ha

the uk electoral commission, has revealed it's been the subject of a complex cyber attack. ich sets standards for how elections should be run, says "hostile actors" have been able to access electoral registers, in 2021 and last year. it's warned the public to be "vigilant for unauthorised use or release of their personal data." let's get more from our technology editor, zoe kleinman, in glasgow. zoe, what could all this mean for uk voters? there are a0 million people on the electoral register, which is updated every year and contains their names, addresses and for some, date of birth. lots of them tonight, not only will they be worried about their own data but it raises questions about the security of these critical, digital infrastructure is in the uk. we know these unidentified hackers were in these unidentified hackers were in the electoral commission's system for more than a year before anybody noticed. it has been ten months of investigation and trying to secure their systems are gay before it was announced to the public. the electoral commission said it is not clear wh

and a huge cyber attack on the electoral commission in pretty much the data of every single one of us has been hacked . we ask in an age where we're moving more and more towards digital database , what could digital database, what could this mean if we had digital money? but before all of that, let's get the news with ray addison . thanks, nigel. addison. thanks, nigel. >> good evening . here's the >> good evening. here's the latest on our top story. >> good evening. here's the latest on our top story . the latest on our top story. the chair of the police federation for northern ireland says urgent answers are required after details emerged of two significant data breaches . significant data breaches. police in northern ireland say the names of more than 200 serving officers and staff were stolen from a private vehicle on july 6th, along with a police laptop and radio. earlier, the psni announced a critical incident after admitting that data revealing the details of thousands of police officers had been published online. chairman liam kelly says the force needs to produce credible exp

the chair of the electoral commission, john pullinger joined us earlier.art that it affected meant that a hostile actor was able to gain access to the copy that the commission holds of the electoral register which as you said contained details, the names and addresses of people who are on the electoral register across the uk. also e—mails and some other internal systems. you said in a statement earlier that you regret that sufficient protections were not in place to prevent this. why were they not? we have known about hostile actors for some time wanting to target exactly this sort of thing. wanting to target exactly this sort of thin. , ., wanting to target exactly this sort ofthina. , ., , .,, ., , of thing. first of this was a very sophisticated _ of thing. first of this was a very sophisticated attack _ of thing. first of this was a very sophisticated attack using - of thing. first of this was a very . sophisticated attack using software to get in and evade the systems and i think we must be continuously vigilant for these kind of things. cyber threats

overnight, we learn about a whopping great big data leak from the electoral commission.ed by mariano delli—santi legal and policy officer for the open rights group. so what's actually happened here? >> well, so what we know, which is actually not really a lot because the electoral commission has not really given us too many information about this is there has been a data breach that was communicated yesterday concerning a 40 million, 40 million. so the records of 40 million. so the records of 40 million people living in the united kingdom who have been exposed apparently in this cyber attack , whose origin is still attack, whose origin is still unidentified. and this exposed basically the whole electoral register of the united kingdom. yeah >> and i mean, the specs relation that it's russia, but it could be. i mean, we just don't know do we know? >> i mean, like there is no available information as to whom has actually done this. >> how worried should we be? as i say , we have the police i say, we have the police service of northern ireland data yesterday that's released

the electoral commission say his main challenger, nelson chamisa, secured 44% of the vote.nference a short time ago, where he was also asked about those concerns about the integrity of the vote. the elections have come and gone. i am humbled by the trust and confidence that you, my fellow countrymen and women, have imposed on me once again to stand as president of your great country zimbabwe. iamso i am so happy that the vote was won fairly in broad daylight. our correspondent shingai nyoka is in harare and has more on the result. president emmerson mnangagwa addressed the press a day after saturday's election results pronounced him president of zimbabwe for a second and final term. and he appeared unshaken in the face of criticism from the opposition party, which labelled this election a blatant and gigantic fraud. he said he was humbled by the confidence shown in him by zimbabweans, and also defended the much criticised electoral commission, and he said that they conducted a transparent process. now, president mnangagwa won 53% of the vote and avoided a runoff. but what h

the electoral commission says he won a said to him in office, and he said to have got nearly 65 percent of the vote. as soon as you have enough us best are often noting irresponsible, unpredictable governance, which results and it continues deterioration of social cohesion. the risks leading the country to close today, the 13th of august, 2023 in the name of the governor and his people we. the committee of the transition of the restoration of institutions have decided to defend the peace putting an end to the regime in place. to this end, the general elections of august 26th, 2023. as well as the results or cancel, jones to the voters of the country are closed until further notice. all the institutions of the republic are dissolved, got the government, the senate, the national assembly, the constitutional court. we call in the population for come and surrender to myself, and we are from our attachments to the respect of god bones commitments to the international community. is it a well the public, a bonus, situated on the western shows of central africa, the country has been run by one

now, of course, the electoral commission has pointed out that because our electoral system in the ukd, we aren't able to vote online. it is less susceptible to voter fraud than perhaps in other countries. they've also suggested that that the that lots of the information that's out there is was already available in the public domain . available in the public domain. so perhaps it could have been worse. that said , the fact that worse. that said, the fact that all of this information is now all of this information is now all in one place and in the hands of potentially nefarious hackers is pretty worrying because some of that information could be linked up to other information, which is also in the public domain and used to work out information . about 40 work out information. about 40 million registered voters in the uk. worryingly the electoral commission says that it doesn't know whether or not that data was download loaded. it knows that the hackers had access to it, but it doesn't know whether that information has been taken offline. so we don't yet know the full extent of the dam

the uk electoral commission has revealed its been the subject of a complex cyber attack. which sets standards for how elections should be run, says "hostile actors" have been able to access electoral registers in 2021 and 2022. it's warned the public to be "vigilant for unauthorised use or release of their personal data." civil servants in the scottish government spent tens of thousands of taxpayers' money, including nearly £10,000, on vip airport services. former first minister nicola sturgeon and her staff were given fast—track security and access to lounges at airports. in indonesia, a number of women who competed in the recent miss universe beauty pageant have filed complaints with police, accusing the organisers of sexual harassment after they alleged they were subjected to inappropriate topless "body checks". following the complaints, indonesian police have opened an investigation. the national director of the pageant issued a statement on instagram the national director of the pageant issued a statement on instagram where she did not confirm or deny the allegations

the central electoral commission is entering an active phase of preparations for a single voting day upcoming in the electoral campaign, especially because in 2024 we elect deputies of all levels from the village council to the house of representatives , according to cec chairman igor karpenko , it is necessary to put a barrier to any external influence on the electoral system and updated legislative norms - this allows an emphasis on electoral sovereignty. we have norms that, for example, forbid funding candidates for deputies of political parties from abroad. the second point is the increased requirements for candidates for deputies. and the members. uh delegates vns. uh candidates for the presidency of the country candidate members of the council of the republic - this is the lack of e citizenship of a foreign country. that is, it as such cannot exist. well, it shouldn't have. previously, e qualification e settlement increased. uh, except this uh, candidates do not have the right to have documents that provide certain benefits in religious, national or political grounds. uh, foreig

the uk electoral commission, has revealed its been the subject of a complex cyber attack. it's warned the public to be �*vigilant for unauthorised use or release of their personal data.�* this report from our technology correspondent — joe tidy. it has been a busy couple of years for the electoral commission with many by—elections and hackers have been overseeing them. for at least 1a months cyber—attacker had access to the system's internal commissions and e—mails were compromised. it is the sort of scenario the cyber security world has feared. but the commission says no votes were affected. electoral data has not been destroyed or amended and in elections there are separate systems and we can be confident that the process of elections has not and been affected by this attack. the news will swell the ranks of supporters for the manual system, pen and paper cannot be attacked it is often said. the commission said data accessed by hackers is largely already in the public domain and experts think the nature of the attack is it is likely to be espionage. there is not much mon

development of the urban economy of another african state highway gaboniac, the electoral commissionted victory, the current president had previously accused the authorities of numerous violations in the elections, more than a third are in the country, the population of the country, if possible, does not leave their homes, do not go near the windows and do not go out on the roof. rzu, preparing for the opportunity. this is what people in our world said about this situation today. in this friendly african country, while continuing to closely monitor development of the situation, we count on its speedy stabilization according to the data, no citizens of the russian federation have been reported to consult in the hijacking, we recommend to ours. remember what they told you when you decided to open a business, yes, you are a girl, this is not a woman’s business. after all, you’re doing everything wrong . alfa bank was the first in russia to abolish the acquiring commission. all payments are commission-free with a free business account pancreatin and not val. we trust reval. we choose rin

chair of the electoral commission — john pullinger gave us more details of the information that has beenffected part of our system and the part that it affected meant that a hostile actor was able to gain access to the copy that the commission holds of the electoral register, which as you said contained details, the names and addresses of people who are on the electoral register across the uk. also e—mails and some other internal systems. cyber—security advocate jen ellis serves on uk cabinet office s government cyber advisory board. welcome here to bbc news. what should people be worried about now? i think the thing people should be worried about is scams. and we see a lot of this anyways, this is not new news, fraud is the number one crime and the uk. what attackers do is they take the information they have stolen and then they leverage it to make the scam look more believable. it is much to reach dresses e—mail addresses or numbers for them. i would say with the general public should be concerned about is to be really vigilant about any outreach thatis really vigilant about any outrea

well, 1st of all, let me tell you that right this moment the president of the electoral commission is about to give a nationwide news conference that are right behind me. so we'll see if we get any more information to that question, but already us a significant amount of votes have been counted and let me tell you there are some surprises. yeah. and to pick them and you mentioned as the and as the businessman who seemed to be coming up in the ranks is not doing as well as expected. instead, the big surprise here and needing a lot more, i'm leaving. but with about 24.5 percent of the votes so far is done. you know, boss, his, he's 35 year old business graduate from harvard. his father was 4 times a presidential candidate if he is considered the banana byron of this country that exports billions of dollars with bananas. and he was once an assemblyman, none of it was a congressman, but has very, very little experience in politics. he's considered conservative meeting doing a little bit better than him so far is luis of own silas, the left wing candidates and everyone needs or many people

the electoral commission has asked people to remain patient.and everyone that wants to vote will still be given a 12 hour period that is stipulated by the law to vote. so we expect that process to keep going on well into the night and into the early hours of the morning in some cases. the british museum's director hartwig fischer said it is "frustrating" that the person who raised concerns about missing items at the institution did not reveal they had more artefacts in their possession. items including gold, jewellery and semi—precious gemstones are among those missing. i spoke to our correspondent lizo mzimba, who told us more about what's been happening. well, it's not exactly clear. we had this statement from the director of the british museum, hartwig fischer, as you pick out, at one point he says, "concerns were only raised about a small number of items, and our investigation concluded that those items were all accounted for. we now have reason to believe that the individual who raised concerns had many more items in his possession, and it

yes, the electoral commission says that he won 53 percent of the vote with 44 percent for his main challenger nelson tr meiza. the opposition is reject the result saying it was rushed without profit verification. general election on wednesday was extended by 24 hours. also ballot papers failed to arrive on time. in some areas a. this is one of our, i'm not a parent as a director of information and publish a t for this, a new policy. and he says the routing party is satisfied with the election results . this to somebody, so i used to be paying um the same game that we played in 2018 on the 24th of july . uh you came out in the headline on the used a uh, a lot of, uh, private, private newspapers in uh, zim saying that there is no way that uh the election of the visit. and it was headline news. and now they've changed just as into saying that somebody can, might have happened. so as long as he is a personal relation of results, a timing with the, with what they could say. if mr. somebody says good standing challenges with uh, the results is very free to visit the court. i don't know if we can sa

this has| been fairly common in zimbabwe's elections, and some other electoral commission is actuallyed to stay open a little bit longer, so that people can cast their vote. so certainly it is an issue, i am their vote. so certainly it is an issue, iam not their vote. so certainly it is an issue, i am not sure it is an issue which totally undermines the election. it is certainly something that the electoral commission is addressing and hopefully everyone will be able to cast their vote. find will be able to cast their vote. and 'ust let us will be able to cast their vote. and just let us know— will be able to cast their vote. and just let us know what happens next, what can we expect and when can we expect a result? what can we expect and when can we exoeet a result?— expect a result? constitutionally, the commission _ expect a result? constitutionally, the commission has _ expect a result? constitutionally, the commission has to _ expect a result? constitutionally, the commission has to announce | expect a result? constitutionally, i the commission has to announce the results within t

and they reject the announcement by the electoral commission. the commission said that when that's what 53.6 percent of the vote. time use of 44 percent of the vote, which means there will be no reynolds and then guidelines the president elects all eyes. i'm now going to be on what is nelson, tell me. so going to do he could go to court and challenge the whole results or he could have some kind of statement addressing his supporters on the way forward. the military leadership initiated has rallied support as to what it describes as a 1000000 men much in the capital. it comes to die out, the hundreds of people held the purchase. downside of french on the buys. they won't french forces to leave within one week. the downs, military hesitates positions of the power military rapids support forces in the capital fighting between the recess and the army has been spreading from costume to all the parts of the country since it started in mid april. the united nations is wanting the conflict could tip the entire region into i submit a terry and catastrophe

why did it take 14 months for this electoral commission hack to be recognised and what's going to bech indeed, our political correspondent there, utley, live from there, olivia utley, live from westminster, us up to westminster, bringing us up to date on not one, but two massive breaches . breaches. >> astonishing, absolutely astonishing. well let's speak to democratic unionist party mp jim shannon with more . shannon with more. >> jim, what is the political reaction been where you are ? reaction been where you are? >> i think it's quite astonishment . then let's just astonishment. then let's just say two things. first of all, this. this is a massive, massive data breach of officers and staff personal circumstances. i understand that the figures are clear. there's 10,799 data entries . that's 9276 police entries. that's 9276 police officers and staff. also includes intelligence officers, includes intelligence officers, includes those who work at ports and airports , surveillance units and airports, surveillance units , psni staff located at the m15 headquarters and outside hollywood,

so, so you know, they, the conduct of this in, but electoral commission, again, you know, they've been doing them, got to be as the conductor, this is barbara electro commission was seemed not to be saved, not to be partial, not to be independent of. so all these uh, as 2 people end in 2 days election into the bible. i just now so the senior research a to and ride sports. thank you very much. i. so before we go, i have some breaking news coming in. russian authorities say a plane that crashed me, a most call today was probably carrying the chief of the vault. and i must, in every group if any precaution plan was traveling from the capitol. those st. petersburg was carrying 10 people or reported that and i will update you on that at the top of the as soon as we get more information, you're watching the w news. here's a reminder of our top story. india and has become the 1st nation to land near the moon, south pole. it's on crude croft touch down safe states and cheers and celebrations . just days of the rushes failed landing on the surface. prime, it has been around remote, he called it

the electoral commission said president bongo had won just under two—thirds of the votes in an electioncerns over delays in returning the election results led to an internet shutdown, and a night—time curfew by the government. mr bongo came to power when his father 0mar died in 2009. if he is overthrown, it would end his family's 53—year hold on power in gabon. france has joined other countries in condemning events in gabon and called for the election result to be respected. it's the latest in a series of military takeovers in west and central africa. 0ur regional africa editor, will ross, has been following developments from the kenyan capital nairobi. president ali bongo has been in power since 2009. and during that time, much like during his father's time in office, it was really a patronage system. and over the last, well, five years or so, there have been some pretty shaky times for the president. there was another attempted coup, we were told. also, the president a few years ago had a stroke and then was completely missing in action for about ten months. but nevertheless, he stood

. >> 95% of voters have backed a new constitution from an electoral commission.y remove a term limit. this could allow the president to stay in office longer. >> the result is as expected, we have said changing the constitution was the will of the people. the turnout was visibly low last week, boycotting the polls that said turnout was about 60%. the changes to the constitution could allow him to serve 27 year terms in office. about half need the eight. there are fast this vast deposits gold. staying safe is more than politics. >> a visa program is being criticized for contributing a cost of living inflation. >> it is just toasted the pope and continues to welcome many others. there has been a boom in popularity. sam works as an events planner, during the pandemic he could not get back home, he liked it so much he is making it for a city with amazing street art. >> there is one drawback. >> housing costs quite a lot. >> portugal is a cheap destination looking to settle in a warmer climate. now putting pressure on the system. adding to this, a decision to host the

the uk electoral commission, has revealed it's been the subject of a complex cyber attack. ctions should be run, says "hostile actors" have been able to access electoral registers, in 2021 and 2022. it's warned the public to be "vigilant for unauthorised use or release of their personal data". joe tidy reports. it has been a busy couple of years for the electoral commission with many by—elections and hackers have been overseeing them. for at least 14 been overseeing them. for at least 1a months cyber—attacker had access to the system's internal commissions and e—mails were compromised. it is the sort of scenario the cyber security world has feared. but the commission says no votes were affected. . ., ., ., ., ., affected. electoral data has not been destroyed _ affected. electoral data has not been destroyed or _ affected. electoral data has not been destroyed or amended i affected. electoral data has not| been destroyed or amended and affected. electoral data has not i been destroyed or amended and in elections there are separate systems and we can be confident that the pro

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the former new york mayor has denied any wrong doing the electoral commission and by way has announced that some voters in the countries general action will be able to cast their ballad past the deadline after it was marked by delays. motors complained of having to wait for hours after pulling stations opened late in the capital her are a less than a quarter of pulling stations opened on time. the commission says any voters in line at 7 pm, global time will still have their balance count domains to change due to same buffing flux due to pulling stations after 2 decades of economic deals, and with inflation kind of driving it around a 100 percent. people are desperate for change the most of what does in, in the business because i move in. so we need some things with the roads. mall gave me most news on the subject, king and bob with retired build a building and stuff did to keep candidates facing of industry in election incoming president and doug from designed to be of party and nelson to me from the opposition party citizens coalition for change and then got back to board in 2017, aft

the electoral commission say his main challenger, nelson chamisa, secured 44% of the vote.shingai nyoka. how are people feeling after this election. — how are people feeling after this election, particularly with these allegations of vote rigging? it�*s a allegations of vote rigging? it's a sunday morning _ allegations of vote rigging? it's a sunday morning here _ allegations of vote rigging? it's a sunday morning here in - allegations of vote rigging? it�*s —. sunday morning here in harare and people arejust going sunday morning here in harare and people are just going about their business, it's very quiet here in the central business district. there is almost a sense of resignation after those election results were announced. i don't believe many people thought that nelson chamisa would stand a chance against emmerson mnangagwa, given their highly uneven playing field, even before the elections their opposition had expressed concerns about the fact there rallies were banned disproportionately to the ruling party rallies, that there was intimidation of voters, that they di

(soft music) stuart: britain's electoral commission said it was a target of the complex cyber attack.more about this? >> we know the hackers had access to the voter information for more than a year, uk authorities say the intruders were able to access any system so the actual administration of elections but they did gain entry to the agency e-mail servers and personal information like names and address of voters who register from 2014 - 2022. an eight year . . . the electoral commission says they don't know the identity of the hackers and no one has claimed responsibility. intelligence agencies we know from russia and iran have been accused of hacking systems and a number of countries including the u.s. and france and in 2020 the uk accused russia of a cyber campaign designed to influence its nationwide election the year before it is undetected for over a year. acta worry. now the news that you've all been waiting for, news from the royals, harry and meghan reported looking at an apartment in kensington palace, this is been seen as a peace offering of sorts. neil sean royal watch her

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the electoral commission says he won with 53% of the vote, but accusations of fraud, intimidation andeping the country on edge. cnn's david mckenzie joins from us johannesburg. david, zimbabwe has a history of disputed elections. but as mnangagwa has said, he wants peace here. where will things go from here. >> reporter: well, the next thing that happens in this critically important election, omar, is that the opposition is, they say, reveal data, they say, that shows where there's a disconnect between how people voted and how the electoral commission said the election went. emmerson mnangagwa as you mentioned said this was a peaceful election, transparent and happened in broad daylight. election observers from the southern african community and european union and also the u.s. government have posed questions about the leadup to this election, in terms of intimidation. there's also huge technical issues with the voting that was much delayed. the opposition said they didn't even get an up-to-date voters roll which is critical to understanding the efficacy of i election in that country.

. >> the president says the elections were aboveboard and expect results from the zimbabwe electoral commission. this is what some department's saying. they hear both parties say they all have evidence. the suggestion is they show the court what evidence they have. this is for everyone to see and then they can decide who is right and who is wrong. >> a meeting to end tribal conflict in northern india has ended in chaos. rival political leaders blamed each other for not doing enough to end mean unrest in the state. at least 160 people were killed in three months of fighting between majority hindu and majority christian disease. charles reports. cracks in discomfort out. but this mainly muslim community situated in the middle are calling for tribal conflicts. while it has killed at least 160 people since may and forced tens of thousands to flee their homes in the northeastern state here. militias from the hindu majority and the mainly christian minority have fought for land, socioeconomic and religious rights. they began protesting against demands for official travel status. the people living in

they dissolved all government bodies and closed the borders after the electoral commission announcedresident ali ben bongo odimba. son of an ex president of gabon entered his third term , the opposition had previously accused the authorities of numerous violations committed during the elections. i remember gabon is located on the west coast of equatorial africa, a former colony of france has large oil reserves, and more than a third of the country's population is below the poverty line. the embassy warned people living at home not to go near the windows and not to go onto the roof. prepares, possibly unrest, creating a supply of water food. give give give star hot food supermarket force from cafe restaurants for free. use the promo code eats yes and get a discount of 400 rubles. hello, i can't talk. i'm in the tape on the tape. i downloaded the application from bt, linked the account and pay with one touch for food for cashback. yes, i know i 'll call myself. we check employers with reinforced concrete and under the silver foil there is a delicious chocolate layer, inside there is a

and by the electoral commission, the commission said that when they caught 50 to be point 6 percent of the vote. so that means that 44 percent of the vote, which means they will be no, right? no, i mean, and douglas not president elect or i've, i'm now going to be on what is nelson, tell me. so going to do, he could go to court and challenge the whole results, or he could have some kind of statement addressing his supporters on the way forward in extremes of, of had huge issues with the way the selection was conducted. for example, some of them said they're concerned that there was a delay in delivering valid payable to some potentates, which would make it all position strongholds. and they will see if that's something voted voted in a climate of the so all these concerns were raised by the opposition before this announcement of this result could be the unhappy and people wait to see what they're going to do next. and as you say that the, the opposition parties rejected this result. what options that i have a hit of them as well from past experience, they've gone to courts, but they fe

of the constitutional court of economic social and environmental councils, as well as the electoral commissionof gabon kashi gabon is a small republic on the gulf of guinea, not the poorest by african standards, of course, unemployment is more than 20%. a former colony of france, it gained formal independence in 1960, and in 1967 omar banku was elected president. he ruled until 2009, when he was replaced by the son of andibba, who is now under the rule of one wangu family it seemed their values, but everything suited them, bangko were comfortable back in the eighties journalists who criticized politics. paris in africa was characterized by an attitude of non-deviationism on the verge of caricature, and since then nothing has changed for a long time, the regime was one-party in the history of gaboon, there was already an attempt at this coup, just the same with the president's father. and then, uh, the french intervened, and they restored him as an elected constitutional leader of the country. well, here perhaps the military can, because france is not ready. to lose this region it's all about,

electoral commission has been the subject of a cyberattack. dependent watchdog says hostile actors have been able to access electoral registers and has warned the public to be vigilant on unauthorized use of their personal data. five people including a 40-year-old british national have died in violent protests related to the taxi strike in cape town, after a weeklong strike was called by the taxi council. the strike was in response to what the drivers called heavy-handed tactics by law enforcement authorities. now, it is results day for scotland. the pass rate for exams in scotland has fallen but remains higher than before the pandemic. more than 144,000 young people across scotland have been receiving their grades. the portion of peoples awarded a, b, or c at higher has fallen 77% -- fallen to 77%. you are watching bbc news. i am maryam moshiri. this is "the context." a charity representing asylum-seekers due to be moved onto a barge in dorset is claiming that four more transfers have been canceled. they claim it is due to the threat of legal

victory in the august 26 elections in this contradicted a lot of information coming from this electoral commissionted that opposition was ahead in the votes, so it is conceivable the army saw this as a moment to step in and stop the process that would have seen," elected in a situation in which the polls appeared -- seen bongo elected in a situation where the polls appear to be -- he himself is we know from the u.s. treasury documents has considerable real estate holdings in the united states and is connected to the networks linked to bongo so it is unclear whether the junta will be different in terms of its governing style than the bongo regime, a real open question that will be hanging over the transition over the next couple of weeks and months. mark: essentially this is more of the same you think? >> that is a real risk, a situation of meet the new boss, same as the old boss, and he is a cousin of bongo, and parts of the military leadership have been involved in corruption scandals in the past, that being said, the dynasty that has been in power has generated an arm's amounts of unpopularity i

the electoral commission has reportedly been hacked. what do we know about this ? this?email addresses and names of almost everyone who registered between registered to vote between 2014 and 2022 was accessed by hackers. now, this hacking happened over a year ago in october 2021. and the details of it have only just come to light today. so there are questions for the electoral commission about why this wasn't in investigated sooner, why they didn't know sooner, and what is being done about it now . the being done about it now. the electoral commission argues and you can see where they're coming from that because the democratic process in the uk is still so paper based . the chances of paper based. the chances of hackers managing to influence an election by this sort of stunt remain very low. but that might be called comfort to the perhaps millions of people whose data has been accessed by hackers. what else will they be able to get hold of ? get hold of? >> absolutely. really, really concerned . earning stuff there, concerned. earning stuff there, i suppose. thank goodne

hello, dmitry well , actually, i also want to add that ella pamfilova called the central electoral commissione most effective departments. there are minimal costs. many tasks can be solved as efficiently as possible, and many departments will succeed in all this, and how russia does it. well, actually, to this topic. i'll be back a little later now i want to tell you about the place where we are. this forum is the territory of meaning in the largest educational platform in russia , which annually now for the ninth time gathers ambitious and young people from all over the country. and now here is in the midst of a thematic shift called to serve, and i think right away. it's clear. what it aims at the change is dedicated to the involvement of modern youth in public service issues, as well as participation in their decisions. it lasts a little less than a week and every day there are a huge number of speakers. and just today, and the first guest of this forum was ella pamfilova. it was an open dialogue during which we discussed the current situation in the world, how the youth view the whole sit

one o'clock, the defective forms were destroyed in the presence of members of the regional electoral commissionpes can be cut down to one inch. for the post of governor of the novosibirsk region , four candidates are vying, including the current head of the region, about 2,000 polling stations of representatives will work in the elections.

i must marry the electoral commission in zimbabwe has declared m as in mine, john, why the winner of the presidential election for a 2nd time the opposition is rejecting the result saying it was flashed without oper, verification, and hundreds of protest. suzy news there have been demonstrating outside of french 2010 face in the capital in yami, according on french troops to move the country as a traffic jam on one of the wells most important shipping, which is expected to last into next year and could delay deliveries of christmas merchandise worldwide. more than a 100 ships of stock on either side of the panama canal because of low water level, soft and months of drought, an average of 40 vessels, usually transit every day. that's been reduced to 32 a day. the waterway is a vital shipping route to avoid or to avoid vessels having to send all the way around south america. the cannot connect to the atlantic and pacific oceans carries around 6 percent of all cargo worldwide. i'll just here is on it's on that. i'm get to stay with more of moving a ship like the one you're looking at th

it's expected he'll stay in the city for a few days before heading to egypt. electoral commission in zimbabwe has declared m as in mountain doug, where the, when the presidential elections for a 2nd time, the opposition is rejecting the result they've saying it was rushed without proof of verification of hundreds of pre testers in these yet demonstrating outside the french military base in the capital, in the army cooling on french troops to leave the country, which has been treated as ended several corp agreements with from last month following the queue and the ever trip. the president of the gunman is killed. 3 black people in the united states police in jacksonville in florida are investigating the shooting by the whites of silence as a racially motivated, a crime. a 2nd call go ship a sail from the port of the desert and ukraine, despite the threat of russian attack. the prime is sitting alone and you, she monetary and card or the black sea was opened off to russia, withdrew from the black sea green deal last month, which guaranteed safe passions to pass it to vessels carrying u

the electoral commission said president bongo had won just under two—thirds of the votes in an electionosition argued was fraudulent. concerns over delays in returning the election results led to an internet shutdown, and a night—time curfew by the government. mr bongo came to power when his father omar died in 2009. if he has been overthrown, it would end his family's 50 three—year hold on power in gabon. —— 53—year—old. france has joined other countries in condemning events in gabon and called for the election result to be respected. it's the latest in a series of military takeovers in west and central africa live now to our regional africa editor will ross, who's in the kenyan capital nairobi. explain to viewers at home who may not know, a little bit about the background to the story. but what has happened in the last few years there, why is this happening now? president bongo has been in power since 2009. during that time, much like during his father's time in office, it was a patronage system. over the last five years or so, there have been shaky times for the president. there was

high inflation and unemployment will encourage people to vote for him the electoral commission. so some polling stations opened late while they waited for ballots to arrive and think this them around doing squared publicity in the most of our people, even the younger generation, are very interested in cost. we have one list of c media that we, for the 1st time we wanted to show that we also have the rights records is really good. part of it also reports from outside of poland station and had already some funding stations open on time across the country. either didn't because of logistical issues that as an open field in that out in civil plugging station have inputs, i've been extremely special space to make the process through. the people won't have to wait a minute longer and they have to, what happens is when someone gets here, they check to make sure the name is on the voltage role. it's a long list. so sometimes it can take someone a couple of minutes to find a name when they find the names and go to the particular polling says the way they've been designated and they wait

a thorough 11 candidates officially approved by the electoral commission. yet the main road off is expected to happen between 2 contenders incumbent president. emerson, my non guy was, leads the value party and came to power in 2017. that says, the former head of state resigned following political attentions involving the military who back the current president. the other candidate is the opposition leader nelson. to me, stuff from the citizens coalition for change. he came 2nd in the previous presidential elections getting 44 percent of the vote. local journalists, keith baptist explains we when change is so as you do, yes, i believe you see as somebody that just genius then the nothing to do that just the sitting you my bridges. so we went says is for you and i see we need you. i'm glad that you visit to face mind was to cut in one fluid face of the staging up. so we need to on we're getting can see the feelings noise as the upcoming elections approach. you do not? god was a aiming for a 2nd to pulling is victory over nelson seventies. in 2018 all over the country continues to grapple wit

polling stations and those results will be transmitted to a central point with the zimbabwe electoral commissionto announce the results. the presidential vote will need to be announced within five days, that is what the law says, and if the opposition or the ruling party or anybody has a problem with the results, they can approach the courts within seven days and then the courts have two weeks to decide on that particular case so if the election goes to a run—off and the presidential candidate fails to get above 50% of the vote they will go to a run—off which will be held on october the 2nd but many people are expecting a result in the next couple of days. excitement is building in india as it hopes to become only the fourth country to land on the moon, and the first to reach the lunar south pole. the unmanned chandrayaan—3 lander is on course to touch down later today, in a region that scientists hope will contain enough ice to support a future human settlement. this russia had been hoping to beat india to the south pole of the moon over the weekend. but its luna—25 spacecraft crashed into the