celebrations by imran khan's supporters as results roll in.t looks increasingly likely that the former cricketing star will be pakistan's next prime minister and his party, the largest in the next parliament. i think the hard work of pti, the members of pti, which is definitely, in my opinion, the biggest political force in the history of this country has paid off, and people are not only who support pti but also the people of pakistan can look forward to a golden era. votes are still being counted, with final results likely tomorrow. earlier today, imran khan cast his vote. he's promised to crackdown on corruption. his main rival, former prime minister nawaz sharif, was sentenced to ten years in jail following an investigation khan pushed for. his brother shehbaz has been leading the party in his absence. tonight, he rejected the results, claiming fraud. this election campaign has revolved round two competing narratives, about the case against nawaz sharif. his supporters say the pakistani military has been working behind the scenes to ensure

from inside his home, imran khan addressed the nation.tanis across the country watched him promise to create a fairer, more equal society. translation: we will run pakistan in a way it has never been run before. we'll provide the kind of governance it has never had. khan first became a star as an international cricketer. in britain, he was known for his good looks and playboy lifestyle. in 1995, he married, then later divorced british socialite, jemima goldsmith. he developed a keen interest in charitable causes, one he shared with his friend, princess diana. after entering politics 22 years ago, he initially struggled but in recent years, his anti—corruption message has energised young voters. he has, however, faced accusations that pakistan's powerful military has been working behind the scenes to bring him to power. his political rivals have rejected the results of the vote. we are all united tomorrow in islamabad and we will be giving our strategy to the people of the country from a united political front, and we will spell out our co

whether we see that imran khan orthat minorities.gry demagogue which has sometimes been on the campaign trail. he has certainly wa nted campaign trail. he has certainly wanted to eradicate poverty and being an underdog, but he has used crude language about journalists being an underdog, but he has used crude language aboutjournalists and judges. 20 think we are going to see? there are also these elections with the military and security services. —— what do you think. with the military and security services. -- what do you think. the thing with imran is, he will want to be his own leader. he want to be the most powerful person in the country, a civilian who leads a government that delivers on its promises. the tasks he has selected for himself are very, very huge, chronic problems which have affected pakistan for a long time and to deliver on these promises, especially with the severe economic crisis that is ahead of them, there are political divisions in the country, he has raised some very, very high expectations and to meet them wo

from inside his home, imran khan addressed the nation. the country watched him promise to create a fairer, more equal society. translation: we will run pakistan in a way it has never been run before. we'll provide the kind of governance it has never had. khan first became a star as an international cricketer. in britain, he was known for his good looks and playboy lifestyle. in 1995, he married, then later divorced, british socialitejemima goldsmith. he developed a keen interest in charitable causes, one he shared with his friend, princess diana. after entering politics 22 years ago, he initially struggled but in recent years, his anti—corruption message has energised young voters. he has, however, faced accusations that pakistan's powerful military has been working behind the scenes to bring him to power. his political rivals have rejected the results of the vote. we are all united tomorrow in islamabad and we will be giving our strategy to the people of the country from a united political front, and we will spell out our concerns over t

imranfan decided to tap into the imran mania, the imran fan following by offering him a ministerial positiont suitable, was not suited to politics because he felt he did not possess the right ingredients for a political career in pakistan. he thought that addressing a sea of people, addressing huge crowds, would bring him to sweat. he was not a great orator. later when a pakistan won the world cup, he was approached by the head of the pakistan people's party and the leader of another party and he again rejected the temptation on similar grounds. but it was when his mother passed away due to cancer and seeing his mother engulfed in terrible pain, that was the watershed. that was the turning point. he then resolved to establish a cancer hospital in a country like pakistan, and economically backward country like pakistan. hospital where free treatment was promised for the poor. and that was the breakthrough when he was able to generally connect the people... said that was the breakthrough. what about now? what kind of prime minister will he be? there are people saying he's too close to the army

frreporter inside his home, imran khan addressed the nation. pakistanis across the country watched him promise of affairer -- a fairer and more equal society. mr. khan: we will run pakistan in a way has never been run before, providvethe kind of rnance it has ever had. reporter: khan became a star as an international cri. in britain, he was known for his good looks and playboy lifestyle. atin 1995 he married and l divorced a british socialite. he developed a keen interest in in charitable causes, one he shared with his friend princess diana. after entering politics 22 years ago, he initially struggled. but in recent years his anticorruption message energized young voters. he has, however, faced accusations that pakistan's powerful military has been working behind the scenes to bring him to power. his political rivals have rejected the results of the vote. >> we wi be giving our strategy to the people of the country from a united cal front over concerns of these historic rigged elections in pakistan. reporter: khan's party dismissed those clms.

imran khan must know this if he cannot stop the corruption and then he has no right to be the leader. international observers say they did not witness any military indifference during the vote process but the election observation mission says the twenty eight hundred electoral process was not as trouble free as it was five years ago although there were several legal provisions aimed at ensuring a level playing field we have concluded that there was a lack of equality of opportunity candidates was large political appeal and financial means the so-called elected bills often dominated the campaign the opposition party said there was a difference especially when votes were counted a multi party conference rejected the results in the capital. there but this is theft of the people's mandate as those who achieved majority through this we need to accept. them the right we have agreed to demand a new fair and free election but i think. the election commission insists that the election was transparent but it failed to keep its promise that it would quickly announce the official results in one k

imran khan promises a newan pakibut as prime minister, he will face real challenges. chief among them will beo reaching out tthose who didn't vote for him, as well as the continuing question about the fairness of the election. bbc news, islamabad. ja: for more on the election results, i spoke a brief time ago with seth jones at the center for strategic and international studies. why did the military decide to support him this time around? seth: i think he is the best of the alternativesor the least worst of the alternatives. i think what they see in imran freshs someone who is face, someone who has at least publicly argued from a natiol security standpoint that he will move closer to china. he will take a tougher line ande he relationship with the united states fairer, at least from the pakistan perspective. he has not quite said it this way, but his motto is to essentially ke pakistan great again. jane: how is he going to do that?as seth: well, heurned himself from a sex symbol and cricket star to a devout muslim and politician who is likely to become the prime minis

a group of opposition parties calls for a new election and protests in pakistan up to imran khan terms victory. by one down in jordan this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up. stun grenades and fire to go around the al aqsa mosque as israeli security forces push back palestinian worshippers. massive growth in the u.s. economy but how sustainable is it. i'm done looking the thirteen hundred year old mystery of mexico's red queen. a group of opposition political parties has rejected the results of pakistan's general election following allegations of vote rigging and meddling by the military the ruling party has conceded defeat paving the way for cricket's a politician imran khan to become the next prime minister but the opposition alliance says it will take to the streets until new vote is held a solid binge of aid reports on the whole. the master even his brother are no longer calling the shots after the campaign it's time to clean up in what the manhunt called a new pakistan. voters have taken their leader for the top job but they are already calling for accountability of those

celebrations by imran khan's supporters as results roll in.pakistan's next prime minister and his party, the largest in the next parliament. i think the hard work of pti, the members of pti, which is definitely, in my opinion, the biggest political force in the history of this country has paid off, votes are still being counted, with final results likely tomorrow. earlier today, imran khan cast his vote. he's promised to crackdown on corruption. his main rival, former prime minister nawaz sharif, was sentenced to ten years in jail following an investigation khan pushed for. his brother shehbaz has been leading the party in his absence. tonight, he rejected the results, claiming fraud. this election campaign has revolved round two competing narratives, about the case against nawaz sharif. his supporters say the pakistani military has been working behind the scenes to ensure his conviction and remove him from power. imran khan says those claims are simply an attempt to distract from the corruption allegations. residents in rawalpindi watching th

the official results still has not been called, but imran khan claims to have won pakistan's elections. he went on title vision of proclaimed himself iran's next prime minister. opposition parties claim the vote was rate. final results have been delayed because of what election officials say is a computer glitch. >> jubilation in islamabad. supporters of imran khan's party took to the streets. >> we will run pakistan like it has never been done before. we will give it the government it has never had before, and we will start with ouourselves. we w will be transparent and cleaear. >> supporters may be celebraratg tonight, but without an outright majority, khan still has potentially tough coalition talks in front of him, and pakistan may still have to wait a while for its new government. >> a scenario that may prove difficult with the ppp party and the pml led by the brother of the disgraced former prime minister claiming it was not a fair vote. >> this is blatant rigging. results based on rigging will lead to irreparable loss. we do not accept it. we reject it. >> before an number of or

the official result still hasn't been called but imran khan claims to have won pakistan's parliamentary elections the former cricket star went on national television and positioned himself as the next prime minister partial results give khan's party a significant lead but opposition parties claim the vote was raked final results have been delayed because of what election officials say is a computer glitch. jubilation in islamabad supporters of iran khan's p.t.i. party took to the streets to celebrate what they deemed to be a change in direction for pakistan as promised by their leader. the pakistan like it's never been run before. we will give it the government it has never had before. and we will start with ourselves we will be transparent and clean or sob. his supporters may be celebrating tonight but without an outright majority in one can still has potentially tough coalition talks in front of him and pakistan may still have to wait a while for its new government a scenario that may prove difficult with the p.p.p. party of below well bhutto zardari. and the p.l.o. led by the brother

imran khan claims victory in the country's general election.e, lives are being put at risk because of long delays in diagnosing adults with adhd, says campaigners who call for government action. and at half past 11 will be taking and other in—depth look at the papers with lennon davidson and head of politics at the mirror, jason beattie. —— lyn davidson. the uk has experienced its hottest day of the year so far, with 35.1dc recorded. predictions are that the all—time record of 38.5 in 2003 could be broken tomorrow. however, the continuing extreme heat is calling problems —— causing problems in the nhs, warnings that the health service is facing similar pressures to the winter. passengers on eurotunnel were subjected to delays of up to six and a half hours when the air conditioning on trains failed. john kay reports from milton keynes. wally is suffering. at 86, the heat has made his lung condition worse. he was rushed to hospital after collapsing at home. i fell, fell backwards into a radiator. took a chunk out. he's now making sure he drinks p

in this case, that is imran khan. all the election surveys, he's also the favorite to -- to form a government with the help of the establishment. there are also small religious groups that in the past would not pick sides and have now been mainstreamed. that of experts here say behind that is the military and they want to rebrand thehese , groups that were internatationally banned. they are being rebranded and allowed to contest elections to gain particular legitimacy. the chief of staff for emmanuel macron is to give evidence this tuesday at a paparliamentary inququiry over e handlingng of the s scandal in h a presidential security aid was filmed assaulting protesters. at least 60 people have been killed as wildfires ravage seaside resorts outside the greek capital, athens. it is the country's deadliest fire season in a decade. satellite images reveal that north korea has begun dismantling nuclear facilities at the sites used to develop the engines. and it is time now for the day's business news. , stephen. we are ap

from inside his home, imran khan addressed the nation.romise to create a fairer, more equal society. translation: we will run pakistan in a way it has never been run before. we will provide the kind of governance it has never had. khan first became a star as an international cricketer. in britain he was known for his good looks and playboy lifestyle. in 1995 he married — and later divorced — british socialitejemima goldsmith. he developed a keen interest in charitable causes, one he shared with his friend, princess diana. after entering politics 22 years ago, he initially struggled but in recent years his anti—corruption message has energised young voters. he has, however, faced accusations that pakistan's powerful military has been working behind the scenes to bring him into power. his political rivals have rejected the results of the vote. we are all united tomorrow in islamabad and we will give our strategy to the people of the country from a united political front, and will spell out our concerns over these historic rigged elections i

become pakistan's next prime minister despite opposition allegations of widespread election fraud imran khan is promising major changes and valuing to clean up corruption can he deliver this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program i'm my mage enjoy him he says it is a new pakistan and non-con is pledging to help the poor talk to the taliban and try to end the decades of dispute over kashmir the former world cup winning cricket captain is set to be pakistan's new prime minister following wednesday's general election the leader of the to hurry up and soft party won most seats but not enough to form a majority government so a coalition cabinet is expected he defeated mainstream parties who have long ruled pakistan the ruling pm l n party of no washer reef has conceded defeat but is disputing the result along with opposition groups they say the vote was rigged and they're threatening to call for nationwide protests if their demands for an election rerun aren't met khans promising to investigate the vote rigging allegations and has other major challenges ahead of some a bit of a re

imran khan's one pledges of change in people and by. even those who did not vote for him want him to deliver by improving living conditions healing the economy and fighting corruption your v.a. you come on board so you can take your money reach of a government comes it should do good for us we want water gas and electricity. obviously there are other problems as well they should be problems. in punjab province plans to form a coalition government but he has promised to fight tooth and nail to save their provincial influence the challenge for the cricketer turned politician is to create an inclusive government and then keep it running for five years so far all major political parties apart from the p.d.i. have reservations about the results they've called for an all parties conference in the federal capital islamabad it is going to be a numbers game to form a government and imran khan does not have those numbers alone the big question is who will he form an alliance with. al-jazeera the whole region has a pakistani t.v. anchor and a poli

a night of wild celebrations imran khan. and his supporters. former cricketer and feel that pakistan is on the brink of change. short time ago, he claimed victory and thanked supporters. translation.” claimed victory and thanked supporters. translation. iwant claimed victory and thanked supporters. translation. i want to talk about the members of my party, we have threats of suicide bombings andi we have threats of suicide bombings and i want to thank my followers that in spite of all of this week and tested these elections and i thank god that we have succeeded and we have gotten this mandate. but the old guard is not conceding defeat yet. supporters of the former and now jailed yet. supporters of the former and nowjailed prime minister calling this an assault on democracy. his brother says he rejects the result utterly and is talking of blatant rigging. throughout the campaign, there are accusations that pakistan's powerful military is siding with imran khan. 26 years ago, imran khan was a national hero, leading pakistan's cricket team to wor

celebrations by imran khan's supporters as results roll in.tar will be pakistan's next prime minister and his party, the largest in the next parliament. i think the hard work of pti, the members of pti, which is definitely, in my opinion, the biggest political force in the history of this country has paid off, and people, not only who support pti but also the people of pakistan can look forward to a golden era. votes are still being counted, with final results likely tomorrow. earlier today, imran khan cast his vote. he's promised to crackdown on corruption. his main rival, former prime minister nawaz sharif, was sentenced to ten years in jail following an investigation khan pushed for. his brother shehbaz has been leading the party in his absence. tonight, he rejected the results, claiming fraud. this election campaign has revolved round two competing narratives, about the case against nawaz sharif. his supporters say the pakistani military has been working behind the scenes, to ensure his conviction and remove him from power. imran khan says

although imran khan is gone for a day and that he would inform the neg. the operation is now to launch nationwide protests once the declared election considered an island war and one third relation and pockets on dead threatening to wage protest on the streets saying that david bordeaux all the political parties support however there is no consensus within the opposition one of the major political parties the buggers down people's party to. go that son of a one time prime minister of don boehner did go that he would try to convince the opposition that they must follow the parliamentary procedure and that of course means divisions within the opposition if the opposition and they were good brings. pressure on the government it would mean more political instability but there is no turning back on emraan khan's rake and ridge ball when they're trying now it's strong and it's here like need to dig within the next few weeks. so what do we know about imran khan and his policies the tasha good name has more now on the man poised to leave pakistan. imran khan has

voters imran khan must know this if he cannot stop the corruption and then he has no right to be the leader international observers say they did not witness any military indifference during the vote process but the election observation mission says the twenty eight hundred electoral process was not as trouble free as it was five years ago although there were several legal provisions aimed at ensuring a level playing field we have concluded that there was a lack of equality of opportunity candidates with large political appeal and financial means the so-called elected bills often dominated the campaign opposition party said there was a difference especially when votes were counted a multi party conference rejected the results in the capital. this is theft of the people's mandate as those who achieved majority through this we need to accept nor give them the right we have agreed to demand a new fair and free election what are. the election commission insists that the election was transparent but it failed to keep its promise that it would quickly announced the official results in one k

imran khan has lived many lives he's been a world cup crew. her a philanthropist and a long time opposition leader for two decades he's tried to disrupt pakistan's entrenched political system often plagued by corruption scandals now as the leader of the largest political party he's poised to become prime minister pakistanis may soon find out if khan has the ability to deliver on promises of transforming their country when sharon i've got my promise that i will control the corruption and i will prove that we can have such a government here to where our ministers would be scared of engaging in corruption as our national accountability bureau will prosecute anyone including prime minister and ministers as it happens in the west. in addition to fighting corruption khan has promised to tackle poverty and improve access to health care and education but some have criticized khan for supporting the death penalty for blasphemy and legislation they say would persecute a minority muslim movement khan has been critical about the u.s. war in afghanistan an

—— imran khan.han last week and asset to him, if he becomes prime minister, he will be inheriting a very polarised country. it is expect it to be a tight race between his party and the other party. there has been an acrimonious campaign with competing allegations of corruption levelled against the party and allegations of undue military interference level at against him on khan's party. he told me as faras against him on khan's party. he told me as far as he is concerned the biggest challenge will not be to unite that country but to focus on the economy and that is one of them keyissues the economy and that is one of them key issues in this election. we have seen key issues in this election. we have seen the trade deficit increased in recent yea rs seen the trade deficit increased in recent years which has led to a depletion of foreign country reserves. the country could be headed for another bailout. what happens in the next few days will have a big bearing on the country's future. much more to com

and they were asked to leave our party and join mr imran khan's party.ing. minutes later, he was arrested. both khan and the military dismiss his claims. but many pakistani journalists say the military isn't allowing them to air sharif‘s side of the story. if you have soundbites expressing people's anger and frustration, those soundbites often don't make it to the screen. i honestly have not seen anything like this in myjournalistic career. even under military dictatorship? even under military dictatorship, no. nawaz sharif‘s party is being led by his brother, in his absence. they still have sizeable support, but whoever wins this election, many fear more political instability awaits. secunder kermani, bbc news, lahore. hackers have stolen the personal data of 1.5 million patients from singapore's government health database. in the island nation's worst ever cyber attack. the communications ministry says they do not know who was behind the attack but that it was sophisticated, deliberate, targeted and well—planned. the hackers stole personal details and

this is due to abuse coming to you live from berlin it's a for sure imran khan is one pakistan's general election he's promising a new fungus on but the first form of cricket star will have to first find out as to form a coalition government also coming up on the program natural disaster or arson recruits how to save it think this week's deadly wildfires was trying to deliberately but the government is also facing criticism for what its response our correspondent is in the worst affected community with the latest. class in the next half hour will be about the lucky ones to catch sight of. the longest total lunar eclipse of the twenty first century begins tonight and it will feature a blood moon find out what's behind the special astronomical event and. how in a woman continue on with our cheema our european union monitoring team has said pakistan's election campaign showed a lack of equality and wasn't a level playing field for all parties concerned now the announcement comes after pakistan's election commission officially declared him drunk on the winner of the country's election in lun

partial results show the former cricket star and is oncian imran khan course to win elections slammedy his rivals as rate. alongside several smaller parties, the incumbent party of jailed extra minister sharif. pakistan's election officials have dismissed claims of fraud. results of been delayed by technical failures. the vote was marred by violence with dozens killed by suicide bomber at opposing -- a polling station. the historic polls marked the first time a civilian government has handed power to another after serving a full term in pakistan. fraud anddenouncing vote rigging, the party of pakistan's ousted prime minister said it would reject the outcome of the country's general elections. as for limiting the results gave a considerable lead to political newcomer imran khan. >> the pakistani masses will never bear such an airfare vote. they will do everything they can to secure the democratic lives, politically and legally. we will also use all available options. reporter: they campaign have been played for months by allegations that the country's military, was fell out with the fo

ithink imran will be other reports that come in.ng of vote rigging. whether it is something thatis rigging. whether it is something that is actually more to do about the process of communication between the process of communication between the election commissioner of the stand and how it is run, this particular process, it is the first time they have also had the overseas vote coming in. and they have also taken a long time to declare the results. they still don't have all the final results. so there are questions, people are asking questions, people are asking questions rightly. and i think those questions rightly. and i think those questions will need to be answered by the ruling party and to see what the election commission in particular had to say about this. the election commission in particular had to say about thism could be damaging i guess to imran khan himself, could an end? because after a ll khan himself, could an end? because after all being against corruption was very much the central point of his campaign. absolutely

a night of wild celebrations for imran khan's many supporters.. these people worship the former cricketer and feel pakistan is on the brink of change. but the old guard is not conceding defeat yet. supporters of the former and now jailed yet. supporters of the former and nowjailed prime minister, nawaz sharif, calling this an assault on democracy. his brother says he rejects the result is utterly and is talking of blatant rigging. throughout the campaign there have been accusations that pakistan's powerful military is siding with imran khan. 26 years ago he was a national hero, leading the pakistan cricket team to world cup glory. he led a playboy lifestyle and married the british heiress jemima goldsmith, the first of three wives. but today's politician seems a very different man, campaigning on the issue of corruption and his apparent closeness to religious hardliners has earned him the epithet taliban khan. however much one wants to ignore hardliners, you can't: yes to work with them and he has a working relationship with them like the opposit

time to take a look at the top stories here and out of the cricketer turned politician imran kong is promising a new pakistan in which he will alleviate poverty and tackle corruption his pakistan terek insaf party is leading in the preliminary tally after wednesday's vote khan's opponent sherry from the ruling pm l l n is alleging blatant election rigging charge of the electoral commission has rejected the votes still being counted in the general election. now the israeli military says it struck a rocket launcher in syria after two missiles fell into the sea of galilee that's close to an iso held area which is pretty serious and government forces are trying to clear this patch of territory borders the israeli occupied golan heights russian and syrian jets have intensified their air campaign on the eisel affiliate over the last four days israel says a lot against any attempt to compromise its sovereignty meanwhile mass funerals are being held for some of the victims of coordinated isolate tax in the government held city of the waiter at least two hundred forty people died in the attac

imran khan has declared his party the winner of pakistan's national election.total vote counted, khan's pti party was in the lead with 113 seats in the national assembly. pml—n, the party ofjailed former prime minster nawaz sharif, is in second place with 64 seats, out of the 272 in the assembly. here's mr khan. translation: we have seen that the way our democracies evolving is getting better and in spite of all the difficulties that we have faced so far, our candidate died in a suicide bombing before that. he was also martyred because of a suicide attack. lots of people died. in spite of all of that, the process of the selection was completed. sharif‘s party, the pml—n announced last night as the first results came in that they would not accept the result. this is shehbaz sharif, who has taken over the party from his brother, saying the pti win shows blatant vote rigging, and accusing the pakistani electoral commission of failing the country's democracy. the pakistan people's party, who is projected to come third, have made similar objections. the final result

the former cricketer, imran khan, is running to become the country's next prime minister.ilitary is backing mr khan by cracking down on his political rivals. secunder kermani reports from lahore. they've come to see the man they hope will be the next prime minister. cricketer turned populist politician imran khan tells the crowd he'll create a new, corru ption—free pakistan. but he's been forced to deny allegations elections are being fixed in favour of his pti party. what you are seeing is all these status—quo parties certainly saying that, you know, the election is not going to be free and fair. the reason is all the opinion polls now show pti is going surging up, and so they're already seeing the writing on the wall. the reason why they're going to lose is because of the track record. pakistan has been directly ruled by the military, rather than politicians, for nearly half its existence. the country's now had ten years of civilian rule, one of the longest periods in its history, but there's growing concern that behind the scenes, the pakistani military is still pulling

to have you with us in pakistan the official results are in and they show the former cricket star imran khan has won the country's election despite a sizable lead khans party is short of an outright majority meaning he will have to seek out allies to form a coalition government the charismatic politician has promised to create a new pakistan and wipe out corruption but his victories dogged by allegations of massive votes working and intimidation. jubilation in islamabad supporters of a monk khan's p.t.i. party took to the streets to celebrate what they deemed to be a change in direction for pakistan as promised by the ellida. the pakistan like it's never been run before but we will give it the governance it has never had before. and we will start with ourselves we will be transparent and clean or sod. his supporters may be celebrating tonight but without an outright majority in one can still has potentially tough coalition talks in front of him and pakistan may still have to wait a while for its new government. a scenario that may prove difficult with the p.p.p. party of below all but c

imran khan has taken a popular stance against corruption.e said it is time to defeat partners which have kept the country hostage for years. his target and main opponent, shahbaz sharif. he is the brother of the former prime minister, who was ousted from power last year and jailed for corruption. sharif accuses khan of colluding with the military. pakistan's history has been flagged with a number of military coups. cricket star, or sharif dynasty. the election is expected to be close, with the results thursday. sarah: dw's naomi conrad joins us now. naomi, this is a historic election for the country. walk us through why it is so important. naomi: yes, it is, indeed. it is a very important election because it might see a shift away from usual pattern of pakistani politics, which is dynastic. basically, here politics are a family affair and politics are passed from family member to family member. interspersed with military rule. nonow we are possibly seeing a shift away from ththe dynastic policies -- politics to o imran khan's politics. peopl

this is deja vu news live from berlin and it's official imran khan has won pakistan's general election he's promising a neil pakistan but for the former trick its top will have to speak out and that is to form a coalition government also on the program natural disaster also me to say they think this big deadly wildfire was deliberately but the government is also facing criticism over its response our correspondent is in the want to correct a community with the latest. coming up and really you will be one of the lucky ones to capture the sides of. the longest till the lunar eclipse of the twenty first century begins tonight and it is a feature a blood moon kind of what's behind the special astronomical event. held on a warm welcome to you i'm honored cheema in pakistan the election commission has officially declared cricket legend and charismatic politician imraan khan the winner of the country's election in non-con supporters are celebrating the victory the results showed that beattie i possibly fear to win an outright majority i need to form a coalition to govern even don khan's botch

alone citizen this is and is there at live from london also coming up cricket arrow turned politician imran khan declares victory in pakistan's general elections as rival parties complain of slayton vote rigging syrian government forces raise their flag over a key south western province as they move close to the front here with the israeli occupied golan heights and facebook stock takes a nosedive wiping out one hundred twenty billion dollars in market value. yemen's sooty rebels say they've attacked abu dhabi airport with a drone an official from the united arab emirates has denied that claim the airport tweeted earlier that there had been an incident involving a supply vehicle but said it had not affected flights or operations it's not clear if the tweet was referring to the same incident over the last three years the u.a.e. and saudi arabia have been leading a military camp coalition which is supporting yemen's government in its war against the who thinks the rebels have launched a number of missiles into saudi arabia and its capital riyadh in recent months tensions between saudi arabia

reporter: celebration by imran khan supporters as the results roll in. it looks increasingly likely that the former cricketing star will be pakistan's next prime minister. pti,think the hard work of the members of pti, definitely the biggest politicae in the country, has paid off. people are not only supporting pti, but the people of pakistan calook forward to a golden era. rerter: votes are being counted, with final results likely torrow. earlier today, imran khan has cast his vote. he is promising to crackdown on corruption. his main rival, former prime minister nawaz sharif, has been sentenced to 10 years in jail following an investigation khan pushed for. s his brother en leading the party in his absence. tonight he rejected the results, claiming fraud. this election campaign has revolved around two competing narratives on the case against nawaz sharif. supporters say the pakistani military worked behind the scenes to ensure his conviction and remove him from power. aran khan says those clai to distract fro athe corruptiegations. residence in all in

in pakistan the tally isn't official but imran khan claims victory. i'm about us and this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up an escalation or maybe not yemen's who thinks a they've had i would be airport with a drone the amorality say it didn't happen. the u.s. uses a conference promoting religious freedom to threaten turkey. and day after washington and the e.u. call a truce.

opponents of former cricketer imran khan rejects the election results and. protests and demanding a new vote. no i'm maryanne demasi in london you know with al-jazeera also coming up two palestinians including a fourteen year old boy killed in the latest protest along the gaza israel border. the search for those missing after the laos dam disaster goes on the survivors are asked why help took so long to calm and donald trump denies claims from his former lawyer that he knew about a secret meeting between his aides and the russians. a group of opposition political parties have rejected the results of pakistan's general election following allegations of vote rigging and interference from the army of the ruling party conceded defeat paving the way for cricket to turn politician imran khan to become the next prime minister but the opposition alliance a valid protest on the streets until a new vote has held this is how the results stand so far khan's technique in suffolk p.t.i. party is leading with one hundred sixteen seats is close its rival the ruling pm and o

how do you see this vote so you know i see this as a kind of slow motion revolution taking place and imran khan in a sense embodying that he's promising to change the lives of the poor people the ordinary people the tenants the landless peasants change their lives for the first time and talk son's history is emphasis is on lack of corruption of. education for all of his the shoes of trying to control this violence this rampant violence seeing this in books so these are huge issues creasing or sons and he's willing to put pressure on the rich and the corrupt that he will literally go off to them so that there is over no none of this is being heard or seen by the people of oxen and above all he's saying i will be the example so he's saying i will fight and that's really kind of just sicko his you know as a as a cricket captain this is exactly what he did he led trying to front but does he have the mandate to do so i mean we have to couch this in the fact in the that the final count is still awaited but how stable will a government led by imran khan be if he doesn't have the majority numbers.

former cricketer imran khan remains the frontrunner in pakistan's elections next week. but is the campaign being overshadowed by his links to the military? and we meet meghan, the nine—year—old helping to keep 250,000 london commuters safe on the underground network. us president donald trump's former lawyer michael cohen secretly recorded his client discussing payments to a former playboy model. that is according to a us media report. the tapes were reportedly discovered during an fbi raid on mr cohen's property. the new york times reports that on the recording mr trump and mr cohen discuss paying karen mcdougal. she says she had a ten—month affair with donald trump in 2006. the tape was reportedly made two months before the election. 0ur correspondent chris buckler has the details. the allegations of an affair date back a decade before donald trump ran for president here in the united states. however, the question is really about the timing of payments to karen mcdougal, who is a former playboy model, and that apparently took place in 2016, just before the presidentia

imran khan says those claims are to distract from the corruption allegations. residence in all in the watching watching rawalpindi the results come in were divided. >> nawaz sharif has been in power and stealing from us. becausert the plm they fulfill the promises. rareporter: n khan's supporters are in a buoyant mood tonight. but it seems likely they will t haveo form a coalition to take onpower, and his oents arein adamant rejecting his victory. jane: you are watching "bbc onrld news america." still to come onht's program, the court case over the candy bar. nestlÉ cou not catch a break when it comes to the kit kat bar. laos has minister of said more than 130 people are missing aer a partially built damps col, flooding villages. killedt 20 people were in the disaster d dozens made homeless as the forces ripped apart structures. reporter: survivors of the collapse of the dam inaos wade towards safety. they are a few of the almost 12,000 people affected. according to local media, thousands are still in .ed of rescue water rolled through remote areas of laos yest

we begin in pakistan where imran khan has claimed victory in the country's parliamentary elections. the former cricket star gave a televised address positioning himself as the next prime minister and promising quote a new pakistan and an aggressive anti corruption campaign but critics say vic kahn whose alliance with the country's military has helped push him to power is merely more of the saying the opposition has already challenge the election results alleging vote rigging and human rights groups say that the military had a campaign of intimidation to draw more support to con there's concern that this crime to losers could create instability for the incoming government which will inherit a crumbling economy crippling debt and a raging militancy still maintains that he is the right man for the job. jubilation in islamabad supporters of iran khan's p.t.i. party took to the streets to celebrate what they deemed to be a change in direction for pakistan as promised by their leader. the pakistan like it's never been run before. we will give it the government it has never had before. and

for his supporters, imran khan represents a break with the old form of politics. to create a new pakistan, but as prime minister he will face real challenges. chief amongst them will be reaching out to those who didn't vote for him, as well as continuing questions about the fairness of this election. secunder kermani, bbc news, islamabad. sir alex ferguson has spoken publicly for the first time since having surgery for a brain haemorrhage in may. the former manager of manchester united paid tribute to the hospital staff who cared for him. believe me, without those people who gave me such great care, i would not be sitting here today, so thank you from me and my family. thank you very much. tributes have been paid to one of the oldest surviving female pilots who flew in the second world war, who's died at the age of 101. mary ellis joined the air transport auxiliary in 1941 and delivered spitfires and bombers to the front line. up in the air, on your own, and you can do whatever you like. you know, iflew 400 spitfires and occasionally i would take one up and go pla

official election results too soon in pakistan imran khan's party leads but it's heading into a coalition government. all right when you watch officer life my headquarters here in doha are also coming up beginning of the final journey home north korea gives up the remains of u.s. soldiers killed during the korean war. new suspicion about the death and destruction in greece all forties now believe the wildfires around things were deliberately lit. and causing chaos across the border thousands now water from their homes in cambodia after the collapse of a dam in laos. welcome to the program imran khan is inching closer to the leadership of pakistan but he's going to need help to form a government the party set up the wrekin soft has emerged as the largest single vote winner for wednesday's general election in the next hour or two we're expecting the official final count to be announced by the election commission but khan's main opponents allege she benefited from massive vote rigging we're going live to islamabad in a moment but first a somber binge of it has the latest from lahore. support