in the days following the world's biggest single day polls held earlier this month the general elections commission says the workers mostly died of fatigue related illnesses caused by long hours spent counting millions of ballot papers by hand more than one hundred fifty four million people the rest a meter to a voted on april the seventeenth the elections combine the presidential vote with national and regional parliamentary ballots in order to save money. still ahead on al-jazeera the nineteen year old man accused of opening fire on a synagogue in the u.s. is charged with murder. and when politics gets possible the deepening rub between iraq and bahrain over a prominent cleric. hello there we're still got snow in the forecast for north america or over the next few days even though we're at the tail end of april we look at this satellite picture we can see one area of cloud here that's edging its way eastward that got some snow to chicago but now it's mostly rain as it works its way into the northeast but then we've also got another weather system that is dropping down from canada and this is goin

in the days following the world's biggest single day polls held earlier this month the general elections commission says the workers mostly died of fatigue related illnesses caused by long hours spent counting millions of ballot papers by hand more than one hundred fifty four million people are estimated to have voted on april the seventeenth elections combine the presidential vote with national and regional parliamentary ballots in order to save money still ahead on al-jazeera vigils in sri lanka in the memory of the easter sunday attacks venezuela makes a plea to farmers as new sanctions put pressure on food supplies.

days following the world's biggest single day polls that were held earlier this month the general elections commission says that the workers mostly died of fatigue related illnesses caused by long hours after counting millions of ballot papers by hand more than one hundred fifty four million people are estimated to have voted on april seventeenth elections combine the presidential votes with national and regional parliamentary ballots in order to save money on dress is that indonesia consultant for human rights watch and says that the new parliament has to make changes to the electoral process. my footing station open at seven am and finalise counting at two fifteen am meaning almost one thousand hours open not to say preparation we have to prepare the previous night meeting these people working like forty eight hours more straight with of course the break lunch and dinner break but again it is not adequate at the same time they have to do with five elections presidential send up national parliament drop into the parliament and local parliament and there are sixteen possible parties meaning at least f

the days following the world's biggest single day polls held out earlier this month the general elections commission says the workers mostly died of fatigue related illnesses caused by long hours spent counting millions of ballot papers by hand more than one hundred fifty four million people are estimated to have voted on april the seventeenth elections combined the presidential vote with national and regional parliamentary ballots in order to save money still ahead on al-jazeera vigils in sri lanka in the memory of the easter sunday attacks venezuela makes a plea to farmers as new sanctions put pressure on food supplies. hello there were more showers they were the middle east at the moment if you look at the satellite picture we can see the clouds here making its way over saudi arabia through kuwait and up into iran so getting a great deal of what weather at the moment but it's intensify and as it works its way up towards afghanistan and one day we're going to see some heavy rain and some snow still over the high ground and then that will gradually pull away as we head into choose day towards the w

an official with the country's general elections commission has said the deaths are a result of fatigueunting millions of ballot papers by hand. more than 1,500 workers also fell ill. our next guest is a journalist for the independent online publication new naratif, a publication focused on regional issues in asia. aisyah llewellyn has started to investigate what's behind the deaths and joins us via webcam from her home in medan, sumatra, indonesia. the deaths could be as high as 320? hello. i think so. we're getting reports now it is probably around 270, more likely over 320. tell us a little bit about what kind of work these workers were engaged in? right. you have to understand that this was a huge election, it wasn't just a presidential election, there we re just a presidential election, there were five different colour boxes for parliamentary elections, presidential elections and regional elections —— ballot boxes. there we re over elections —— ballot boxes. there were over 290 million people registered to vote, it was one of the largest single elections we have ever seen the large

in the days following the world's biggest single day polls held earlier this month the general elections commission says the workers mostly died of fatigue related illnesses caused by long hours spent counting millions of ballot papers by more than one hundred fifty four million people the rest to me to do a voted on april the seventeenth the elections combine the presidential vote with national and regional parliamentary ballots in order to save money still ahead and al jazeera of the nineteen year old man accused of opening fire on a synagogue in the us is charged with murder.

in the days following the world's biggest single day polls held earlier this month the general elections commission says the work has mostly died of fatigue related illnesses caused by long hours spent counting millions of ballot papers by hand more than one hundred fifty four million people are estimated to vote on april seventeenth three elections the presidential to national and regional parliamentary ballots were held on the same day in order to save money address asado is at indonesia a consultant for human rights watch and says that you part of it has to make changes to the electoral process. my footing station open at seven am and finalise counting at two fifteen am meaning almost nineteen hours open not to say preparation we have to prepare the previous night meeting these people working like forty eight hours more straight with of course could break lunch and dinner break but again it is not adequate at the same time they have to deal with the last election presidential center national parliament drop into the parliament and local parliament and there are sixteen possible parties meeting a

following the world's biggest single day of polling held earlier this month and countries general elections commission says the workers mostly died of fatigue related illnesses caused by long hours spent counting millions of ballot papers by hand one hundred fifty four million people are estimated to have voted on april the seventeenth through elections the presidential national and regional parliamentary ballots were held on the same day in order to save money. now china has banned all variants of the drug fenton and it's a step welcomed by donald trump the u.s. president to stem the flow of lethal opioids responsible for forty thousand u.s. deaths in twenty eighteen however the drug isn't just entering the u.s. directly from china it's also being imported by the cartels in mexico john holeman reports from the heartland of the mexican drug trafficking scene the states of sinhala. three young men out in the woods in sin a low of mexico it only takes these pots and pans to cook up a drug puts wreaking havoc in the u.s. then to new the synthetic opioid that's killed tens of thousands in the last six yea

have reportedly died from overwork after the world's biggest single day elections the general elections commission says the workers mostly died of fatigue related illnesses caused by long hours spent counting millions of ballot papers by hand the announcement comes ten days after indonesians went to the polls but joining us now to talk more about this is greg fealy an indonesian politics specialist at the australian national unity university joins us by skype now from cambra thanks very much for being with us now this was of course a huge undertaking administering these. elections and there were millions of people involved in and carrying it out and carrying and counting the votes but many people will be shocked to hear that two hundred seventy people died doing it how is this allowed to happen. well i think you're right many nations are shot off that the death toll is so high because many of these election officials are just ordinary people from local communities and a lot of people would now not election officials who be the dog would become sick this almost two thousand who also become very ill

the days following the world's biggest single day of polls held earlier this month the general elections commission says the workers mostly died of fatigue related illnesses caused by long hours spent counting millions of ballot papers by hand on the one hundred fifty four million people are estimated to have voted on april the seventeenth. mozambique's government says the number of dead after a powerful cyclon has now risen to thirty eight heavy rain is cause flooding in some areas and rain is expected to continue in the coming days the u.n. is giving thirteen million dollars in emergency funds to mozambique and the camorra us to assist in the relief effort a psychoanalyst second one to last the african coast in six weeks. china has banned all variants of the drug offense and it's a step welcomed by donald trump to stem the flow of lethal opioids responsible for forty eight thousand u.s. deaths in twenty eighteen but the drug isn't just entering the u.s. directly from china it's also being imported by the mexican drug cartels john holdren reports from the heartland of the mexican trafficking indus

doing cleinias election commission has for spawned a screening of a biography of india's current prime minister pm raindrop modi was due to come out ahead of the first phase of india's general election but both the commission and many in the country are concerned about the effects of. takes on the world's largest film industry. by. pm the renderer movie is a glowing interpretation of the life of india's current prime minister it's not something everyone here would agree with and what's more producers tried to release the film just before the country seven days election began this month but the election commission has delayed the release over concerns it would unduly influence voters the film is the most prominent in a recent line of political films and series critics say favor the government or pan the opposition it's. almost every month specially in these months leading up to elections we are seeing more and more political films this film journalist says the political exploitation of films used to be rare in india but that's changed everything. is in some way. by the movies and so perhaps the powers that be have figured out that this is one way to get across earlier this y

india's election commission has delayed the screening of a biography of the indian prime minister pm the run to come out ahead of the first phase of india's general election but the commission and many in the country are concerned about the effect of politics on the world's largest film industry al-jazeera as far as jimmy ill has more from mumbai. pm the renderer movie is a glowing interpretation of the life of india's current prime minister it's not something everyone here would agree with and what's more producers tried to release the film just before the country seven days election began this month but the election commission has delayed the release over concerns it would unduly influence voters the film is the most prominent in a recent line of political films and series critics say favor the government or pamby opposition it's coming out you know you almost every month specially in these months leading up to elections we are seeing more and more political science this film journalist says the political exploitation of films used to be rare in india but that's changed every life is in some way. by the movies and so perhaps the powers that be

the european commission is elected for five years. generally publish policy papers. you see a lot of forward-looking thinking. there is expertise to carry out that work. experts from research. what are the issues down the road which are going to hit our society. artificial intelligence is a good example. we have spent a lot of time and thinking the last 12-15 months to see how will that implicate when we as citizens, workers, , governments officials, how do we see this from a broader nature? andhe u.s. will go into ai we will try to tackle it while how was itaying, going to affect our lives in the next five years? is that a fair assessment? notost of these issues are kind of this or that. this is a little bit but we are trying to do here. that thinking comes along with solid investment at the same time. perhaps it comes with certain guidance. what to expect as a society to get out of this? it may be similar in other areas . it is a balance of how can we make those investments most useful for society? >> what has been the impact of gdp are? injured in on 25th of may.

indonesia say more than two hundred seventy election staff have died from fatigue the general elections commissionsays the workers that spent many hours counting millions of ballot papers by hand where the one hundred fifty four million people are estimated to have voted in the election on april seventeenth three elections were held on the same day in order to save money and dress sort of salo is an indonesian consultant for human rights watch he says the new parliament has to make changes to the electoral process. my courting station open at seven am and finalize counting at two fifteen am meaning almost nineteen hours open not to say preparation we have to prepare the previous night meeting these people working like forty eight hours more straight of course could break lunch and dinner break but again it is not adequate at the same time they have to deal with five elections presidential center national parliament properties or parliament and local parliament and there are sixteen possible parties meaning at least for these three legged left if you like and you have. sixteen part this time three

general election for fifty million users of smartphones in the country right now smartphone penetration has skyrocketed india has the largest markets off what's often facebook and even the election commission a stick in north and for the first time the election commission of india which is basically the authority that monitors the election is watching candidates online behavior so candidates have to toe the line the way they have to do in japanese and offline advertising for the first time ever in india as electoral history we actually went down to the southern state of karnataka to meet with one such young candidate who heavily uses social media to reach out to waters to find out how he's appealing to the masses while also ensuring that he told the line that the election commission is drawing. probably going to vote party or this could be just recent. for that student of the south indian city of bengal to a lawyer and a member of parliament joining us a lot of order for the recall at twenty eight he is the youngest candidates from the ruling b.g.p. to contest these elections. as temperatures soared above to five degrees on the soft be just me goes out of his to read to greet and knowledge

indonesia say more than two hundred seventy election staff have died from fatigue the general elections commissionsays the workers that spent many hours counting millions of ballot papers by hand where the one hundred fifty four million people are estimated to have voted in the election on april seventeenth three elections were held on the same day in order to save money and dress sort of salo is an indonesian consultant for human rights watch he says the new parliament has to make changes to the electoral process. my voting station open at seven am and finalize counting at two fifteen am meaning almost one thousand hours open not to say preparation we have to prepare the previous night meeting these people working like forty eight hours more straight with of course could break lunch and dinner break but again it is not adequate at the same time they have to deal with the last election presidential center not national parliament properties or parliament and local parliament and there are sixteen possible parties meaning at least for these three legace left if you like and you have sixteen parties

now india's election commission has postponed the release of a film about prime minister narendra modi on the eve of the general election the delays expected to remain in place until after voting ends next month activists journalists and members of the opposition complain the film was designed to entrance voters but on tuesday former civil servants in india had questioned the credibility of the election commission they accused it of ignoring prime minister modi is alleged violations of the code of conduct that kicks in once election days are announced voting in india begins on thursday al-jazeera is so here raman has been speaking to people about their hopes for the next government. to millions of indians the wheels of life don't stop turning and that includes those like bike route work atop one course from the state of west bengal in the east of the country he's been a rickshaw rider in new delhi for twenty years with few job opportunities moving to the big city was the only way to support his family. it would be wonderful if my son and daughter get an education that's my only wish and nothing else as a respon

general election. possibly. if you wanted to have a referendum before october, the electoral commission reckons 20 weeks maybe, youkly. and we are not at that stage in the political process. you could in... we know labour if taking an complementary referenda. we heard some may be a second referent. —— confirmatory referendum. she may not be able to get a deal through without a referenda. just giving them room. the other thing is it a thing if you room to elect elect a new leader. we know that theresa may said in the house of commons a few weeks ago i wouldn't want to be the prime minister that kept us in the eu beyond the 30th ofjune, that she find a way around that? we know there will be pressure. including from within. i'm sure there will be some pressure for that to happen pretty soon after what may now be an easter break in parliament. we know she will be in the comments on rob because she has to report back from the summit. it will be interesting. —— be in the commons tomorrow. the summit. it will be interesting. —— be in the commons tomorrowm would looking for some cider and point for the —— they were lookin

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

general election. there is so little clarity. may going to brussels and asking for an extension and participating in european elections were not. lots of questions about where we had from here. juncker of the european commissiontience can run out. patience with the u.k. will not last forever. even describing the u.k. asked sphinx-like. talking about the fairly difficult to read aroundmiss -- miss around the sphinx. theresa may's plan is nebulous. we will see whether brussels have any understanding of what it is the u.k. wants. the u.k. needs to decide that quickly. angela merkel is going to be in ireland on thursday, trying to nail down no deal plans with the irish -- that has been a point of tension between the irish and the germans. the german fearful about ireland is not making plans sufficiently enough to protect the border of the e.u. if we are to see a no deal brexit. manus: let's hope it does not return to anything like that. great job as ever. anna edwards in westminster. let's get to our guest host this morning. it is the head of investment strategy at rbc wealth management. she is still with us. will be much beating of brouse today about the indicative votes. let's see what comes from that. i want t