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we are happy to be in france. >> one of several visits francois hollande as been making to the countrysays the growing misunderstandings about secularism in juncker circles needs to be addressed. >> teachers play a crucial role in explaining what secularism is to their pupils. the law is of our republic that allow us to live together and be free to follow any creed. >> teachers say it is essential to listen to children, especially when confronted on topics such as "i am charlie," the slogan of those killed at a satirical newspaper that published a cartoon of the prophet mohammed. >> "i am charlie" comes up a lot, and i have even had students tell me they are not charlie. what does charlie mean? it is not in the dictionary. >> charlie means i support them and what they did. >> yes, but people who protested in the days following the attacks said "i am charlie" because they supported free speech. >> yes, i support free speech. >> there are survivors of the terrorist attack you come to meet students, so we do talk about the cartoons. but slogans like this do not actually mean anything beca

the top court in central african republic has ruled that former president francois busy csicop stand for election decided was is it did not satisfy the good morality requirement for candidates because of an international warrant and un sanctions against him the former leader is accused of murder torture and supporting groups guilty of war crimes. aid workers say thousands of rwanda refugees are being coerced into moving to a remote on and off bangladesh which the u.n. warns is prone to storms and flooding and the 1000000 rohingya have been living in squalid camps in southeast bangladesh after fleeing violence in me and. as the by john has revealed nearly 2800 of its soldiers were killed in recent fighting over nicola cut a buck it's the 1st time buckaroo has said how many of its troops died during 6 weeks of trash as well meaning forces amenia and azerbaijan signed a russian brokered cease fire agreement last month but the headlines downs back to witness ghost fleet. and yet hold high. it is. higher than and human life. and why we care. now will i mean when a woman you call an americ

on the former president of the central african republic francois maziar has been barred from contesting elections in december and his candidacy was invalidated by the constitutional court rule that posey did not satisfy the good morality requirement for the candidates on the former leader is also accused of war crimes nicholas hackable. catch me if you can former president francois taunting authorities at a campaign rally last week despite an international arrest warrant for his involvement in mass killings and torture the former president currently under un sanction for fermenting unrest after he was deposed in a coup in 2013 is not only back in the central african republic but it wants to become the country's next president with the slogan the day has come. except the country's constitutional court has now ruled he's not illegible to run in december's presidential election his supporters are dismayed at the judge's ruling that he lacked both a clean criminal record and the moral character to be a candidate and. it's a bit strange so courts have never summoned him neither has he been c

french president francois hollande addressed the nation which will do you see that it could be said a the whole republic became a target in the wake of the carnage people came together to honor the victims the hashtag charlie became a slogan for freedom of expression. a writer for the magazine warned that this freedom was in danger absolutely titian's must act quickly otherwise there will be dramatic consequences not in years to come but in the coming months don't even work yet and 5 years on france is once again in shock following the beheading of schoolteacher samuel patti for teaching students about the caricature as a different president but the same message. simulate the day on friday samuel patti became the face of the republic and the face of our determination to understand to learn to continue to teach and to be free i don't see any. a. word that once again stressed the importance of freedom of expression to french culture. joining me on the line from paris is the political scientist and documentary filmmaker dr azeem out of for our leading expert on the arab world and particu

city of medan and the top court in central african republic has ruled that the former president francois was easy can't stand for election it designed a busy didn't satisfy the good morality requirement for candidates because of an international warrant turned to un sanctions against him now the former leader is accused of murder torture and supporting groups guilty of war crimes. after a year in exile the former bolivian president evo morales has returned to the capital house he was welcomed by thousands of supporters before meeting president luis acra and his cabinet in the government palace last year he fled the country amid allegations of election fraud those were the headlines more news in half an hour 0 world is next here on al-jazeera. her neighborhood. lived on the. income when she said i'm going on my own for almost 4 years lollapalooza to the supreme. court i was walking about to do the delicacy of a. letter at the foot of what i'm going to do myself what if it ever really wasn't put in because she knew that the bottom of the. going to do most of that it necessary. ok. that's w

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by a top court in the central african republic you had rejected the candidacy of former president francois boozy zay who had plans to run against the current president in elections at the end of this month let's move on to other news now and iran's top council has approved a law that would allow for higher levels or you blame him in richmond it would also stop unrestricted inspections by an stache not nuclear war stocks or the law still needs to be approved by president has done rouhani is seen as a show of defiance after the assassination of a top nuclear scientists last friday. or as foreign minister says the u.s. should rejoin the nuclear deal hold on its own and 2018 or stop interfering in the go see asians the united states walked out of the nuclear agreement but did not walk out of the united nations it's hard to responsibilities obligations as a un member of the security council member and there is a security council resolution $2231.00 which the united states must observe as a permanent member of the security council of the united states has been in great breach of that resolution

. >> alcindor: marginalized people like francois pierre-louis' family when they landed in 1970s new york city.in after grup in haiti, suppression was all pierre-louis for 14 years, the country's leader, francois "papa doc" duvalier, jailed or killed his critics. when he was a young boy, duvalier killed pierre-louis'. uncles by 1965, duvalier had f clared himsel"president for life". and even after dictatorship in p haiti ended,itical turmoil in the country has remained. >> no one ever loses elections in haiti, and if you tem they lose, they arm their gangs, th go around shooting everybody, burn down homes, burn down offic, burn down electoral offices so they can intimidate peoe and finally they're self declared winners.ou whenave people really buying into the news that the president trump won, even though he didn't win the election and he has all these pple out there mobilizing for him, d , ese people are armed, they're threatening peoponer or later they can go out there and start violence. a indor: pierre-louis said he hopes the u.s. has strong government institutions and officials who w

escalation in violence the country's heading to the polls on sunday rebels backed by former president francois busies are accused of attempting to stage a coup there are many parties to the iran nuclear deal say they're preparing for the u.s. to join them and the president elect joe biden in a virtual meeting foreign ministers from iran russia china germany and from the u.k. and the e.u. committed to working towards the full implementation of the agreement deal to lift sanctions in exchange for limits to iran's nuclear program and revelled after the united states pulled out in 2018 yet today with headlines more news coming right up off the people in power. greece has a proud reputation as the birthplace of democracy of government by the people for the people but to the ethnic to minority of trace in the country's northeast who say they've suffered decades of discrimination from the state that snorts have it seems today we've been to investigate. form west and thrice. the northeastern corner of grace bordering bulgaria and turkey is wild and remote. the rideau payment ins would struggle these 3

president star shines to watch the row is hoping to win a 2nd term but has accused his predecessor francois of planning a coup a chinese citizen journalist has been jailed for 4 years for her lifestream reporting of the early days of the corona virus outbreak in ruhani. videos were widely shared on social media platforms in february she's a mocking of these 8 whistleblowers facing charges of quote picking quarrels and provoking trouble for their coverage of the outbreak the 37 year old former lawyer was arrested back in may you have to date with the headlines on al-jazeera we'll have more news at the top of the hour now it's people in power thanks for watching . what is sammy been doing with the money that it's borrowed we bring in the stories and developments to the police changing the world. scene as congress is debating a bill seeking to raise billions of dollars for the super rich families by the damage counting the cost on al-jazeera. 6 years ago in ireland a secret mass grave for babies was discovered near a home for unmarried pregnant women in an institution run by roman catholic nun

to help deal with the fighting that the government accuse rebels backed by the former president francois boozy sday of attempting to stage a coup. all right you're up to date with headlines here not 0 we got more news coming up right after one of one east africa. what does and they've been doing with the money that it's boring we bring in the stories and developments that are rapidly changing the world we live in argentina's congress is debating a bill seeking to raise billions of dollars for the super rich poor families hit hard by the ballot counting the cost on al-jazeera. singapore street food issue world famous traditional stores serve up a vast range of cheap and tasty dish just a staple diet for the masses but the cause with my $900.00 pandemic is turning up the heat on the focus mail saying it all the e-mails and. they face a stark choice to innovate defeat the fragile use of its all physically and mentally ill patients clue one on east examines how corporate 19 is changing singapore stalker culture. beneath the shimmering skyline of the city state where i grew up the humble trad

few days there have been reports of an image crew attempt by militants moyle to former president francois was easy who was overthrown in 2013 the militants all say to have seized control of towns outside of the capital. randon and russian troops have been deployed to help come to be embraced. now we'll have more on those developments in a moment but 1st a look at how religious leaders are addressing the standoff which some are trying to frame as a clash between christians and muslims. was. it's prayer time into your 1000000000 able who would in benghazi. it's here we need you mom was a lady. we muslims we have no right to wage war. our sees the conflict broke out in 2013 but in mom together with other religious leaders has traveled across the country preaching a message of peace he says religion has never been the cause of the fighting in the christian majority country instead its politics were personally commit some profit in the conflict in ca are have been likened to an interlude just conflict leaves you nothing you know religion had nothing to do with it. the main actors are politicia

what looked like an armed rebellion in the run up to the pole foster it is accuse former president francois of orchestrating the rebellion after he was barred from standing in the sunday's election because he's a him self ousted in 2013 denies the allegations. but for the people in the central african republic this is just the latest chapter in a tit for tat ethnic and religious violence that has been flaring sporadically for nearly 2 decades one most view as a vicious circle. is going to the more good will can you really develop a country through war. in my opinion you know if there are problems let's sit around a table and discuss it well it was and in the negotiations of course each party agrees to win and also to lose it was a divide. the hope among the majority here and the international community is that such reason will prevail this weekend. and west africa as a whole region has been has by heavy rains and floods in recent months resulting in damage highlights the impacts of climate change but the downpours did offer some rest fight for herders in senegal they have suffered for years

few days there have been reports of an image crew attempt by militants royal to former president francois was easy who was overthrown it's we need 13 the militants are said to have seized control of towns outside of the capital bangui randon and russian troops have been deployed to help be under. now we'll have more on those developments in a moment but 1st a look at how religiously it is addressing the standoff which some are trying to frame as a clash between christians and muslims. was it's prayer time into your 1000000000 able who would in benghazi it's here we need in mom was a lady. we muslims we have no right to wage war. our sees the conflict broke out in 2013 but in mom together with other religious leaders has traveled across the country preaching a message of peace he says religion has never been the cause of the fighting in the christian majority country instead its politics with us not to permit some tough weekend the conflict in ca our had been likened to an interlude just conflict. religion had nothing to do with it the main actors are politicians they are the only ones who

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french president francois hollande addressed the nation which will be today the whole republic became a target in the wake of the carnage people came together to honor the victims the hashtag charlie became a slogan for freedom of expression. a writer for the magazine warned that this freedom was in danger absolutely titian's must act quickly otherwise there will be dramatic consequences not in years to come but in the coming months don't work yet and 5 years on france is once again in shock following the beheading of schoolteacher samuel patti for teaching students about the caricature of a different president but the same message. simulate the day on friday samuel patti became the face of the republic. in the face of our determination to understand to learn to continue to teach and to be free i don't see any. a. word that once again stressed the importance of freedom of expression to french culture. joining me on the line from paris is the political scientist and documentary filmmaker dr azeem out of frau a leading expert on the arab world and particularly on the media welcome. did

morrow and francois who plans to bomb the public for filming the police the u.n. says the new security bill is incompatible with human rights however paris insists it won't drop to go it could be very rich. let's go inside and talk to the 1st woman series of worlds 1st and she called the mass vaccination russia's top 3 must write summations against david 19 right here in the capital we speak to one of the doctors who was 1st in line. people who are sick with hospitalizations and intensive care and needing long ventilators and i don't want to see this anymore or becomes that your patients myself. do you understand this is not going to be a super. group. that had all of the international red cross ones that vaccines won't solve the problems and so far us. bring you the stories all those mine on this is a tense national live from the russian capital good to have you with. well let's start off by heading straight to paris where protests are taking place again this weekend over security bill that could stop the public from filming the police demonstrators in the french

francois pulls with a crisis of public trust in the police force and i'm gaga for thomas to pieces as the ruling party is forced with poor bill criminalizing the filming of offices. on european leaders ease restrictions for the upcoming christmas celebrations the concert on xp pro this could actually spark another wave of cope with 19 infections . hello and welcome you are watching out 7 international banks your company's. well starting us off the russian president vladimir putin has awarded the government to start a nationwide fox nation against codes at 19 next week. got the made from this development from correspondent daniel hawkins. the russian president made clear the 1st people to receive the job starting as early as next week would be those who are most vulnerable on a work with the most vulnerable so of course medical professionals and teachers among other key workers that would then be made available to the wider public and it's coming out very much over the next few days. we have already produced in these 2000000 doses of the 1st registered vaccine against coronavirus speed

to come here on al-jazeera why a court in central african republic has rejected former president francois d.'s it was these ads that run the in the upcoming elections plus home comb through democracy activists and media mogul jimmy line said i bail as he faces charges of. how the weather looks decidedly disturbed across a good part of the middle east at the moment still a fair amount of play out just around the black sea the caspian sea said through the event we got some showers in the forecast here just some cloud to just coming down into saudi arabia through kuwait just to the north of us here in qatar will see the showers continue across central parts of saudi arabia want to see showers to up towards the north of iran and showers just pushing into that eastern side of the mediterranean over the next day or 2 becoming a little more extensive as we go through saturday so sliding across jordan more than past saudi arabia try to push a little further southwards that the is going to make too much progress for us here in qatar but come the early part of next week this may well flick through

rebellion more people support the man say behind to say to be behind the rebellion former president francois we don't expect much more voting in this area so really it's going to be interesting to see how this day plays out and more importantly how the watertown out is going to be ok catherine sawyer bring us the very latest from catherine thank you. well voting is also starting in the share a nation looking to deliver its 1st peaceful handover of power president to mohamad who is so full of came to power in a coup before being elected and 2011 is stepping down after 2 terms as preferred successor mohamed basil its authority a strong field of candidates we share is struggling with arms movements and widespread poverty. was the us it's a big job because there are 2 elections at the same time there are the presidential elections and the legislative elections who stakes are high we have to make sure that the ballots that have to go to the ballot box for the presidential election go there and those for the legislative elections go to the ballot box for the legislative elections so we try to orga

two years later, in 1981, the french people voted him out, opting instead for francois mitterrand, soal politics. in the early ‘90s he was a member of the european parliament. and then in 2002 was chosen to help write a constitution for the european union. valery giscard d'estaing was never a man of the people but he leaves behind a legacy. valery giscard d'estaing, who has died at the age of 94. for three weeks, president trump has made unfounded claims about the election result but has focused particularly on georgia — where a second recount has made no change tojoe biden's victory there. mr trump is angry and has taken it out on state officials, who have faced death threats from supporters of the president. barbara plett usher has the story. georgia has become a focus of president trump's battle to reverse his loss tojoe biden. a last stand for his supporters. it's a republican stronghold that he and they refuse to give up. that means gabriel sterling is getting more camera time than he ever wanted. the seasoned election official has been overseeing the recount of votes. but it has

the latest conflict started about 7 years ago when the then president francois was overthrown by a. group called seleka reprisals by the milly christian i only made things worse a peace deal signed between suited rebel groups and the government in 2019 brought about some calm but now violence is again on the rise. we have the poorest people in rural areas who they are scared and wish as a father a man of the church ask those who have picked up weapons to f.p. to warn us. all the presidential candidates are promising peace many central africans tired of broken promises but here are the market they tell us they want to take the weight of their country's politics off this shoulders for just a little while to have a merry christmas catherine. syrian state television says the country's ed offenses have shot down several missiles launched by israeli warplanes in the north west the sun a news agency says the airstrikes were carried out in the area there are also reports of blasts in the coastal city of tire to. iran's top general has dismissed claims his country was behind a recent attack

the country's only south declared emperor has withdrawn citing security concerns former president francois was disqualified by the constitutional court state officials and the u.n. accuse him of being behind the c.p.c. rebellion to disrupt the election and overthrew the government has backed and he said who's a march to as president would dare a strongest challenge. president is the founder of one of the strongest political parties with solid policies he himself is a very popular leader but he did not back my candidacy it's the party that endorsed me. most opposition candidates a while back and won the election postponed presidential candidates are each promising to finally bring it back to the republican vibe and provide basic services but people talking here involving. i think that the hardest problem is before. knows all about pain caused by conflict his leg was blown off by a hand grenade when the mostly muslim armed groups are over on 2030 and overthrew. a very sick you. actually cannot understand what's happening to me and i'm scared of what's happening now they're only coming to kil

the country's only salty cleared emperor has withdrawn citing security concerns former president francois was disqualified by the constitutional court state officials and the u.n. accuse him of being behind the c.p.c. rebellion to disrupt the election and overthrew the government has backed and he said who's a marched as president would dare a strongest challenger. president is the founder of one of the strongest political parties with solid policies he himself is a very popular leader but he did not but my candidacy is the party that endorsed me . most opposition candidates a while back and won their. election postponed and that's all candidates that each promising to finally bring back to their loved one publicly and by. my belief that. people are you talking to here in bondi i think that the hard problem is people don't miss loss rate you can knows all about pain caused by conflict his leg was blown off by a hand grenade when the mostly muslim armed groups seleka over on bondi 2318 and over through. a very sick you. actually cannot understand what's happening to me and i'm scared of wh

good president fast enough to adela is hoping to win a 2nd term but has accused his predecessor francois busies a of planning a coup the government's praised voters for ignoring threats by rebel groups in the straw poll catherine soy is in the capital born gay and explains the next steps in the electoral process. there was a press conference today by the un the interior minister defense minister the electoral commission and they all said that voting was by and less successful they say that in the country the process went smoothly but they did acknowledge problems in some towns and villages in the provinces in some areas for example polls could not open at all because of the security situation in other people polls open but people could not come out to vote because they were hiding out in other areas. groups came in and around polling stations. and in other places voting materials were delayed palls delayed to open because of the security situation when it came to counting some polling stations when counting was going on people would come in and take. them by the u.n. that they send reinf

violence in the run up to the vote government has accused the rebels backed by the former president francois. who. has pledged to give $70000000.00 to the u.n. agency for palestinian refugees to help tackle its worst ever financial crisis has been struggling to run operations after the u.s. cut contributions the money from canada will be distributed over 3 years and it will go towards running schools and providing health services. those are the headlines on al jazeera up next is the stream thanks for watching law by for now. one of africa's most troubled nations heads to the polls for presidential and parliamentary elections in a country plagued by violence and political instability could this bring the resolution that is desperately needed central african republic elections on al-jazeera. high after me ok in this stream today governments all absolutely if they citizens not going to dig deeper into sunni protests that made headlines in india and in poland and in the west bank and in gaza it's going to be a moving show so if you and you want to comment jumping right into the comments section

looked like an armed rebellion in the run up to the poll for thora she's accused former president francois busy of orchestrating the rebellion after he was barred from standing in the sunday's election because he's a self ousted in 2013 denies the allegations that for the people in the central african republic this is just the latest chapter in a tit for tat ethnic and religious violence that is going flaring sporadically for nearly 2 decades one most view as a vicious circle. is going to the mall bigloo can you really develop a country through war. in my opinion you know if there are problems let's sit around a tables and discuss well it was and in the negotiations of course each party agrees to win and also to loose it was in the bank. the hope among the majority here and the international community is that such reason will prevail this weekend. by some of the stories making headlines now china's deputy u.n. envoy has wished the german ambassador a good riddance as burhans term of the u.n. security council ends christophe poisson had appealed to beijing to release to imprison to canadian

vaccine rollout could take longer than thought don't expect to return to normal before late next year francois phrase he has warned with more than 15000 people in the u.k. currently hospitalized for coronavirus the country is approaching the 1st wave peak of $18000.00 hospitalizations in any normal year central london would be teeming with christmas shoppers but this as we know is no normal year londoners are among the 30 $8000000.00 people across the united kingdom currently living under the its toughest of the 3 coronavirus restriction tears yes there's a temporary relaxation for christmas itself so families can get together but in many parts of the country after that the shops as a coming down again and they're coming down hard on the chair generated by being the 1st country to administer the pfizer biotech vaccine has worn off ready stopping the national health service becoming overwhelmed has again become a top priority. al-jazeera london. a week after they were kidnapped from a school in northwest nigeria war than 300 students being reunited with their families parents in katsina state r

escalation in violence the country's heading to the polls on sunday rebels backed by former president francois bozizé are accused of attempting to stage a coup russia has also voiced concerns about the unfolding political unrest russia has been providing military support to the former french colony since 2018. you have to say it now with all the headlines and the news continues here on al-jazeera with me after the stream. talk to al-jazeera. realistically how can you do it institutionalize corruption in this country if we listen if this breaks up a conflict between pakistan and india this has implications for the rest of the world we meet with global news makers and talk about the stories that back to 0. high after me ok you'll be watching this stream today governments at all absolutely if they citizens not going to dig deeper into 3 contests that made headlines in india in poland and on the west bank and in gaza it's going to be a moving show so if you and you want to comment jumping very quickly into the comments section and be part of today's discussion we start with a massive protest in in

the latest conflict started about 70 years ago when the then president francois was overthrown by a mostly muslim group called reprisals by the mainly christian antibalas only made things worse a peace deal signed between 40 rebel groups and the government in 2019 brought about some calm but now violence is again on the rise. we have the poorest people now hiding in rural areas who they are scared and wish as a father a man of the change ask those who have picked up weapons to have p 2 on us. all the presidential candidates are promising peace many central african say they're tired of broken promises but here are the markets they tell us they want to take the weight of their country's politics off this shoulders for just a little while to have a merry christmas catherine. china's fast growing electric vehicle markets is the largest in the world after a slump earlier this year the sale of electric cars nationwide is gaining speeds but while foreign brands dominate the luxury markets chinese carmakers are right selling them with more affordable models catrina you reports from the auto in chi

some 300 minute transfer of the government's request to cues rebels backed by the former president francois posies a of attempting a coup catherine sawyer in the. with more. we've been speaking to officials from the un peacekeeping mission here in central african republic and that telling us that they have been able to push back this rebel movement remember this is a group that was formed over the weekend they're calling themselves the patriots for change it's a group of kids we are the country's main groups and they started advancing on to the copy told calling for among other things government without president. so it's official that the u.n. says that in the west where this a rebellion has started they've been able to contain the situation in some towns and villages but in many other areas it remains very fluid indeed because we also have groups outside of this main. that are causing trouble so in the same area we also have other. troops we have a russian. also carrying out operations against this grouping they are the russians and the london are not under the un mandate that means that

few days there have been reports of an alleged to plot by militants oil to the former president francois busies who was overthrown in 2013 the militants are said to have seized control of towns outside of the capital bangui were wonder and russia have sent troops to help counter the rest some religious leaders are trying to frame the standoff as a clash between christians and muslims here's more. was. it's prayer time in the up illimitable who would in benghazi it's here we meet in mom was a lady. we muslims we have no right to wage war. sees the conflict broke out in 2013 but in mom together with other religious leaders has traveled across the country preaching a message of peace he says religion has never been the cause of the fighting in the christian majority country did its politics we both know to bring some profit in the conflict in ca our had been likened to an interlude just conflict ladies you know you know religion had nothing to do with it. the main actors are politicians they are the only ones who can give valid reasons for the situation in the central african republic. and

the latest conflict started about 7 years ago when the then president francois was overthrown by a mostly muslim group called seleka reprisals by the mainly christian antibalas only made things worse a peace deal signed between 40 rebel groups and the government in 2019 brought about some calm but now violence is again on the rise. we have the poorest people now hiding in rural areas who they are scared and wish as a father a man of the change ask those who have picked up weapons to have p 2 on us. all the presidential candidates are promising peace many central african say they're tired of broken promises but here are the markets they tell us they want to take the weight of their country's politics off the shoulders for just a little while to have a merry christmas catherine so. bongi. russian police are questioning an activist and supporter of kremlin critic alexina valmy following a raid on her home in moscow they're both was 1st detained on monday she was picked up side the home of another alleged security agent who in the vollies says 2 parts in a plot to poison him in august against

the country's only south declared emperor has withdrawn citing security concerns former president francois was disqualified by the constitutional court state officials and the u.n. accuse him of being behind the c.p.c. rebellion to disrupt the election and overthrew the government has backed and he said who's a marched as president would dare a strongest challenger. president is the founder of one of the strongest political parties with solid policies he himself is a very popular leader but he did not back my candidacy it's the party that endorsed me. most opposition candidates paid a while back and won the election postponed presidential candidate that each promising to finally. basically says he. knows all about pain caused by conflict. when the most armed groups over 20 and over. actually cannot understand what's happening to me and i'm scared of what's happening now they're only coming to kill i want to ask the government to help us to stop those who are coming. to vote in an election clouded by fear and uncertainty he tells us only go to the station if he feels absolutely safe a senti

the latest conflict started about 7 years ago when the then president francois was overthrown by a mostly muslim group called seleka reprisals by the mainly christian i. only made things worse a peace deal signed between 40 rebel groups and the government in 2019 brought about some calm but now violence is again on the rise. we have the poorest people now heidi in rural areas who they are scared and wish as a father a man of the church ask those who have picked up weapons to f.p. to warn us. all the presidential candidates are promising peace many central african say that tired of broken promises but here are the markets they tell us they want to take the weight of their country's politics off this shoulders for just a little while to have a merry christmas. bunky christmas celebrations around the world have been muted this year because of a coronavirus pandemic of the vatican pope francis celebrated christmas eve in a rare section of st peter's basilica urging people to do more to help those in need and italians are under a nationwide lockdown for much of the holiday season. and that hon

development in the central african republic the government there accusing the country's one president francois boise's a of attempting a coup and preparing to march on the capital meanwhile the un chief is calling on armed groups in the country to lay down their weapons with peacekeepers being deployed ahead of that election on december 27th but several groups have announced they are banding together and forming a coalition ahead of the vote and joe biden is nominated congressman deb holland to be as interior secretary she will be the 1st native american to serve in that role which looks after tribal lands vast parts of native wilderness and the 1st native american in a cabinet secretary role accepting the nomination helen said her experiences growing up will help others that's it for myself in the team here in london will see you tomorrow now it's time for all hail the lockdown. american people have finally folk in america as i see it when america is off balance or will become more dangerous the world is looking for the next year of sadness. with the election behind us will the republican par

the latest conflict started about 70 years ago when the then president francois was overthrown by a mostly mostly an armed group called seleka reprisals by the mainly christian anti only made things worse a peace deal signed between 40 rebel groups and the government in 2019 brought about some calm but now violence is again on the rise. we have the poorest people now hiding in rural areas who they are scared and wish as a father a man of the change ask those who have picked up weapons to have p 2 on us. all the presidential candidates are promising peace many central african say they're tired of broken promises but here are the markets they tell us they want to take the weight of their country's politics off their shoulders for just a little while to have a merry christmas catherine so. bongi. millions of voters in the shareable had to the polls on sunday to elect a new president and prominence 30 candidates are running to succeed. he's been in power for 10 years i'm a degrees takes a look at what's at stake. market business has been in decline traders here say this is a trend they have no

country to help deal with the fighting the government accuse rebels backed by the former president francois poses a of attempting to stage a coup. what we deplore what we condemn is that the people instead of entering the process so that we can have peace a democratic framework now that we've regained constitutional order we must maintain that order for democracy in the country but i'm 40 there are some who are engaged in parts of violence that the people condemn and that we condemn. russia has also voiced concerns about the unfolding political unrest catherine sawyer is in the capsule bungie with more on the security situation. if this stays to the general election here in the central african republic and we're seeing some pay that sees a page politicians trying to sell that agenda ahead of that election about what people out there who are it about here the topic was the security situation outside . people particularly wanting to find the place in the west where we armed groups house. coalition calling themselves a feature change and say threatening to march to belong you saying that they

just one week before the vote request comes a day after the government accused former president francois boise's of attempting a coup it claims he's behind an alliance of rebel groups are moving on the capital rebels say that president faustine a challenge to hunter who's running for reelection failed to offer them promise. british in european union negotiators up to continue trade talks in the belgian capital brussels on monday which is part of latest deadline ukase david frost and his e.u. counterpart michel barnier still have to sort out 2 issues the bugs fishing rights in british waters and fair competition rules for businesses the european parliament's had warned it won't have time to ratify any deal before the official deadline at the end of the letters agreed by midnight brussels time and the deal breaks it would lead to tariffs on goods crossing the border and possible shortages of some foods and medicines in the u.k. is were a challenge with the latest from london. that's only just heard was another breaks a deadline whooshing past sunday was supposed to be the crunch day with t

turnout present foulston archons to darrell hopes to win a 2nd term but accuses his predecessor francois busy day of sending rebels to try and disrupt the vote. population decided to safeguard democracy which is why they mobilized in the capital on a massive scale to go and vote so it's a relief. for the among the children are afraid because our area is the blizzard neighborhood that's the problem to a new threats. catherine sawyer has been following the story from the capital bangui and has more on the feedback from international. there was a press conference today by the u.n. the interior minister defense minister the electoral commission and they all say that voting was by and less successful they say that in the country the process went on smoothly but they did up knowledge problems in some towns and villages in the provinces in some areas for example polls could not open at all because of the security situation in other people polls open but people could not come out to vote because they were hiding out in other areas. groups came in and around polling stations shooting in causing m

concerns in some areas president fast enough to dare is seeking a 2nd term he accused former president francois busies a of plotting with rebels to overthrow the government catherine soy has this update from bondi. both the u.n. and the. statement. of the country went ahead smoothly but they also talk about the problem parts of the country. people want to the border areas where there's a huge presence of rebels we've been hearing this from forces while those disruptions in our own country. people hiding out in the bushes afraid to come out to vote because all the groups and. we're being told all of you know getting into polling stations shooting in the air. in some of these places the u.n. say that they send in reinforcements. commission also says that there was delays. because of the security situation and so on and also in some areas pools. but overall. we have been talking to opposition leaders who are confab about the vote going forward that's what people are looking at the vote. how many people. and people. to sort of. vote it's credible. to the spokesman would say that. he's going to be.

the latest conflict started about 7 years ago when the then president francois was overthrown by a mostly armed group called seleka reprisals by the mainly christian i. only made things worse a peace deal signed between 40 rebel groups and the government in 2019 brought about some calm but now violence is again on the rise. we have the poorest people now heidi in rural areas who they are scared and which as a father a man of the church ask those who have picked up weapons to f.p. to warn us. all the presidential candidates are promising peace many central african they're tired of broken promises but here are the market they tell us they want to take the weight of their country's politics off this shoulders for just a little while to have a merry christmas. at least 20 people died when a boat carrying migrants sank off the coast of tennessee or those on board were thought to be trying to reach the italian island of lampedusa when the vessel capsized coast guard officials said 5 people were rescued and they're looking for 20 others a court in pakistan has ordered the release of the man conv