active in eastern afghanistan especially in one go home province meanwhile the country's independent election commission is saying the parliamentary result of the presidential election campaign now is because of technical problems and security concerns afghan voters went to the polls on september 28th but the commission says the 19th of october deadline was impossible to me because of problems transferring information securely they did apologize for the delay. and the horse was. first of all afghanistan's independent election commission is apologizing from the respected afghan nation for not announcing the preliminary presidential election results on time according to the plan we should have announced the results the reason we couldn't announce it as promised is that we have faced serve and technical problems by transferring biometric data to the main so her. on hundreds of people have drowned over the last few years in a popular but dangerous river in pakistan's swat valley and now one man has taken it upon himself to provide a rescue service and is credited with saving many lives but the government is

alliance to stay in power forcing the league into opposition to afghanistan now where the independent election commission says the result of the presidential election can't be announced due to technical issues afghan voters went to the polls on september 28th but the commission says the saturday deadline was impossible to meet due to problems transferring information securely and they apologized for the delay. and the horses have to be sort of must 1st of all afghanistan's independent election commission is apologizing from the respected afghan nation for not announcing the preliminary presidential election result on time according to the plan we should have announced the results the reason we couldn't announce it as promised is that we face 70 technical problems by transferring biometric data to the main. mozambique's main opposition party renamo is rejecting the premier results of cheese days general election a show the ruling for lima party heading for a major victory that european union observers are raising concerns about the vote after reports of ballot stuffing at some polling stations was also vi

the results will be announced by the independent election commission but we have the most votes we've been checking the results in the past few days and we are sure we have the most votes the information that we have received showed that 60 to 70 percent of people voted for us interestingly enough they might both be right the organization that oversees afghan elections says over a 1000000 votes ended up fraudulent that's roughly 40 percent of the entire ballot and as if that didn't make these elections undemocratic enough the ballot box turnout wasn't even 30 percent y. total we can. count the reasons for things 1st secure he mentions a lack of voter trust in the election process a tight schedule thin budget the media environment but most importantly he cites security threats by which he means the taliban has been slaughtering civilians for taking part in the ballot the un says over $400.00 civilians have been killed or injured in connection devoting one 3rd of those being children and unfortunately those deaths seem to be the only significant outcome of this election a lot of afghans

categorically clear that they will accept it is out of this election announced by the independent election commission of a show shouldn't it that will make a change of the accepted the results because of that there was a lot of negotiation that had to take place in 2014 which was also mobbed by massive fraud as well last year's parliamentary elections as well so you don't you don't have a good record here the system is completely isn't it you see it as i say they know this is a learning process my the sticks and the other sticks of money observers in afghanistan should be that or we're doing better than the past or it's getting worse so i will say this election is much better than the previous election i mean look at look it was the constant ambassador last month we had the former heads of the election commission and the electoral complaints commission both jailed for fraud along with 8 members of their staff how many other people are involved in fraud right up and of the country how many you see that also again showed the result of this state that the election fraud will not will not go in. easy wit

results being weeks away counting is still taking place after saturday's vote and the independent election commission says it's too early to declare a winner incumbent afghani's camp says he's won a clear 1st ballot victory but his opponent chief executive of della bella says he has the most foods. national talks aimed at ending cameron's long running political crisis have appeared to have faltered even before they began both separatists and opposition politicians are boycotting the event a manager's has this report from the capital you and. the start of the talks here in your own day marks a significant milestone for many as you said for the 1st time the government acknowledges the fact that there is a real problem in the northwest and southwest of the country the government on its part represented by the prime minister of cameroon says it's impressed with the turnout and with their arrangements on the ground despite the fact that many or most of the separatists are not yet in person was someone just one saying the government should allow everything to be on the cards one of the main problems here a

results being weeks away now counting is still taking place after saturday's vote and the independent election commission says it's too early to declare a winner encumbered a shotgun he's come says he's won a clear 1st ballot victory but his opponent chief executive dollar says he has the most votes 20 berkeley has more from kabul. mr abdullah said he got the majority of the votes but it doesn't necessarily mean he's got enough to become president to do that he would have to have 51 percent but it's hard to know where he's getting his inside information from so far 3750 polling stations have sent in their votes that and that accounts for about 2100000 people but the still another 750 polling stations that still have to send in their votes the actual interim results will not be known until october the 19th and then the final result will be announced on november the 7th to become president you need 51 percent of the vote if they know they can do it gets that then it goes to a 2nd round probably later in november but maybe mr abdel is posturing for his own supporters maybe has some inside information it jus

meanwhile afghanistan's independent election commission says the results of the presidential election can't be announced 2 to technical issues afghan voters went to the polls on september 28th a commission says the saturday deadline was impossible to meet because of problems transferring the information securely and they also apologized for the delay now to mozambique the main opposition party renamo has rejected the parliamentary results of choose day's general election they're a show the ruling for lemo party heading for a major victory but european union observers are raising concerns about the vote after reports of ballot stuffing at some polling stations it was also violence during campaigning including the murder of an observer and a renowned official and her husband though those who. wrote. 'd under the bill will. note. these kind of looks or clashes have broken out once again in chile's capital santiago despite a state of emergency declared in response to ongoing protests against the rising price of commuter commuter train tickets a rapid transit metro system has now been shut

headquarters of the 34iminiy of foreign affairs and the international oil company, and the independent elections commission, and despite all of the challenges, the national government is working in coordination with the united states to intercept and target all terrorist cells in libya up until today. the war criminal discovered that these claims cannot be believed, and so he sought another reason for his attack claiming his aim to equal distribution of wealth. and even though 65% of the countries' budget is directed to the sellers, and 10% for ancillary support or subsidy, and these expenses were never to fall short for any reason in libya. of course, these were good indicators and things that we are working on reforming. in addition, the government provides the funding necessary for basic services through the different sectors such as education, health and so on in these regions. equally and fairly, the national accord government is the government of the libyans and all libyans. its members are members that i come from all of the parts of libya, and east, west, north and south. we did not forego our resp

early elections undeder a new electionsns law ad under the supervision of a a new elections commission composed of independent and a political members he also announced that prime minister of the of the not the had voiced his willingness. to tender his resignation provided that his departure wouldn't leave a constitutional vacuum and provided that the two largest blocks in the parliament would agree on the replacement now this is something that can take a very long time in iraq let's remember. that it took six months for this prime minister to be appointed- following the two thousand eighteen- parliamentary elections now president silas said that he would be presenting a new elections law to parliament as early as next week but- it can take a very long time for this parliament to- this discuss and to vote on such a low given how dysfunctional it has been over the past few months. not even being able to reach a quorum to hold its sessions- in order to vote on some of the critical reforms to address the protesters the method of president also mentioned his speed significantly that he- would bring that those who

videos were shared on social media during the election and spot fears the ballot boxes were being stuffed with fake votes. the independent electoral commission has now announced only 5 metric votes will be counted. and election officials have also complained some machines didn't work properly and staff lacked training we had witnesses on technical states we had problems with the voter lists and also electronic and veritie devices turned out i. didn't announce the final figure of turnout the government blames taliban attacks and threats to turn out an estimated 26 percent of just more than $9000000.00 registered voters but analysts say there were other problems one factor could be because of the insecurity that you have in afghanistan and the other primary factor i believe is because of the 2014 elections and subsequently to 2018 and actions where people lost trust as well as this whole electoral process and democratic process of concern. back to the workshop ratman says tradesmen like him are struggling and differences need to be resolved. my message to everyone is peace i am thirsty for peace i'm demanding all sides whether the taliban or t

videos were shared on social media during the election and sparked fears the ballot boxes were being stuffed with fake the. the independent electoral commission has now announced only biometric votes will be counted. and election officials have also complained some machines didn't properly and staff lacked training we had witnesses on technical states we had problems with the voter lists and also electronic devices. didn't announce the final figure of turnout the government blames taliban attacks and threats to turn out an estimated 26 percent of just more than $9000000.00 registered voters but analysts say there were other problems one factor could be because of the insecurity that you have in afghanistan and the other primary factor i believe is because of the 2014 elections and subsequently to 2018 and actions where people lost trust. in process and democratic process is concerned. back to the workshop ratman says tradesmen like him are struggling and differences need to be resolved with. my message to everyone is peace i am thirsty for peace i'm demanding all sides whether the taliban or the government sit together and make efforts toward

a beloved the law hasn't given any evidence to back up is that collaboration and the independent election commission says it's far too early to call preliminary results aren't expected for at least another 2 weeks candidates need more than 50 percent of the vote to be the clear an outright winner or the top 2 will head for a 2nd round in november. national talks to end the separatist crisis in cameroon have faulted before they even began most rebels and opposition leaders are boycotting the summit which was announced by president paul b. people in cameroons english speaking areas have been demanding independence accusing the french speech speaking majority of discriminating against them the u.n. says violence between rebels and government forces has killed nearly 2000 people and displaced more than half a 1000000 acquitted risk reports now from the capital young that. the start of the talks here in your own day marks a significant milestone for many years who said for the phos time the government acknowledges the fact that there is a reinforcement in the north west and south west of the country the

elections. i met with the independent electoral commission. it's something that is a source of, i think, should be a source of pride for them. and certainly for the region. it's unusual. we think the number is the right figure. we are -- the fmf, the money that we provide for the security forces is the same, basically. but some of the eff have decreased and if we need to, we can make that up. they also get a great deal of money from europeans. once again, burden sharing. and all this money, there's an issue of absorptive capacity. so we think we're at the right amount. >> thank you. >> thank you, mr. trone. i just had a couple of follow-ups then mr. wilson if he has any. assistant secretary schenker, you said iraq is a beachhead. i think you were referring to iraq as beachhead in confronting iranian aggression. is that right? november is the six-month deadline for extending the or r ordered departures and you've got to decide the future of u.s. government presence in iraq. are there -- are there plans to strengthen the security of the u.s. emb

commission nice any foul play is also be controversy over observers rights groups say that $3000.00 independent observers weren't given accreditation to the polling stations and so they're saying that this election lacks the transparency it should have that the electoral commission again defends itself and says it is running a free and fair poll but ultimately during the counting and during the announcement of results it's whether or not this election has credibility in the eyes of mozambicans which will really determine whether or not the country remains at peace global economic growth this year is now predicted to be a 3 percent its lowest since the 2008 financial crisis the international monetary fund says. trade disputes are largely to blame for its latest downgrade it's also warning of trouble next year saying there is no room for policy mistakes the growth projections for 2 major middle east economies saudi arabia and iran have been sharply downgraded the i.m.f. said iran's economy will contract by a massive 9 and a half percent this year that's a 3 and a half percent drop from its april projections tighter u.s. sanctions on iran's oil exports are seen to blame meanwhile the growth forecas

foreign government in undermining our election that would have been a necessary investigation even if hillary clinton had won. >> i would like to see an independent commissionook into this like we did after 9/11. >> we are only at the beginning of understanding what the russians did to affect our elections. trish: how can you understand it and figure out if there is any corruption if you don't do the digging in the first place? joining me now, congressman rick crawford. good to have you here. you are on the intelligence committee. tell us your thoughts on what went down today. >> i want to congratulate the democrats. they finally found a witness to support their narrative. all the leaks that have been reported thus far are selective in nature, and they are done to support the narrative that trump did something illegal and this will be what they are hanging their hats on with regard to impeachment. they found a career diplomat who didn't like president trump are who apparently is as unhinged as they are about the fact that president trump got elected so he got his moment in the sun. but how do you undo the testimony of the other witnesses who didn't have tha

election observers rights groups say that 3000 independent observers i won't give an accreditation they're concerned that this was a deliberate attempt to try and prevent transparency in this election but the electoral commission denies any foul play he says that everything is going to plan and above board. and. you mentioned there some of the concerns around the process but there are also concerns out there given the divided ethnic makeup of the country given the history of the country there have been credible reports of concerns of potential violence and that inflame tensions once again one of the risks here. we just mentioned the violence i mean it was just last week in gaza province that i just mentioned where an election observer was shot dead by 5 assailants place better off in a car with just down the road that car crashed and then local bystanders immediately were able to identify the killers as members of the special police unit about the opposition and rights groups is really called into question who is behind this and they expressed concern that the reason for this killing is to intimidate observers in gaza province which is where the opposition allege that rigging is going to take place because of

it does things like make election day a holiday, but at its core what it does is require independent commissions, meaning state legislatures can't draw these maps, which is how you get gerrymandering. they have to be drawn by nonpartisan, independent commissions. >> what about iowa? mr. delaney: let states do it and you get better results. there are issues that have eroded our democracy. too much money in politics, no question. too much corporate influence, no question. but those are not the only issues. if you think about our failure to do comprehensive immigration reform, all the money in politics and all the corporate interests were pushing for immigration reform and we didn't do it. if you think about the attack on women's health care and reproductive freedom, all the money in politics, corporate money, is supportive of women's reproductive freedom. people gloss over our problems in politics and to quickly say it is corporate influence and there is too much money in politics, which there is, but gerrymandering, the creation of these one-sided districts where the only thing that matters is th

commission nice any foul play is also be controversy over observers rights groups say that 3000 independent observers weren't given accreditation to the polling stations and so they're saying that this election lacks the transparency it should have that the electoral commission again defends itself and says it is running a free and fair poll but ultimately during the counting and during the announcement of results it's whether or not this election has credibility in the eyes of mozambicans which will really determine whether or not the country remains at peace accord doris president has signed a decree scrapping austerity measures that lets almost 2 weeks of violent protests many more from crito. in a neighborhood. the outskirts of the ecuadorian capital freddy and carmen are walking back from their home their house is modest and they share the space with other members of their family. the couple make a combined income of about $500.00 per month which is just enough to get by. for the past few days however the 2 haven't been working. instead they were participating in an indigenous movement that was calling on the ecuadorian government to abandon austerity measures that threatened to increas

commission nice any foul play is also be controversy over observers rights groups say that $3000.00 independent observers weren't given accreditation to the polling stations and so they're saying that this election lacks the transparency it should have that the electoral commission again defends itself and says it is running a free and fair poll but ultimately doing the counting and during the announcement of results it's whether or not this election has credibility in the eyes of mozambique and which will really determine whether or not the country remains at peace hong kong's embattled chief executive will deliver her annual policy address on wednesday mapping out the government's plans the controversial extradition bill which triggered months of protests will also be formally dumped sarah clarke reports from hong kong. barricades around government headquarters and extra police are on patrol on the eve of carrie lamb's annual policy address hong kong remains a city under siege. as protests enter their 5th month. a new law that would have allowed to speak to criminals in hong kong to be sent to the mainland for trial to get some of the worst violence the city's seen in half a century those demo

independent line. i got caller: -- i got a couple things. no one is above the law. nobody is, ok? the lady from the federal election commission says the law has been broken. and then you have in the constitution, the emoluments clause and the other thing that goes to mitch mcconnell and the oligarchs factory. i am just wondering, have i lost my mind hear? -- lost my mind here? guest: the color brings up an interesting point here is there are some democrats who have said is aact that there campaign finance violation is the most important point. host: asking for help from ukraine? guest: which it is. are making mistake aspectsing on the legal rather than the political outrage the the president may have pressured the ukrainian president to dig up dirt on his political rival. it focus on the legalese of may -- that is why there is a danger that this hearing is being held at the house rather than behind closed doors. host: next, diane from upper darby, pennsylvania. good morning. caller: how are you today? i have a comment about donald trump. he was born and raised to behave in this manner. to cheat money, manipulate people, the w

independent study to be commissioned and concluded. and that will be the final product, not the f.e.c. russia's election interference efforts were sweeping and damaging and we know social media was one of their greatest weapons. for future elections, we must ensure our citizens are resilient by arming them with the skills to be critical consumers of online critical content. with that, i urge my colleagues to support to study media literacy and impact on american voters, an independent study that will be commissioned. and i yield back. the chair: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. mr. davis: to clarify, i don't think the f.e.c. is capable of commissioning an independent study. i would be happy to work with the gentleman from rhode island to find another agency to offer a fair assessment and i urge a no vote on this amendment for those reasons and i yield back. the chair: the question occurs on the amendment offered by the gentleman from rhode island. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. he amendment is agreed to. it is now in order to c

extradition the law, universal suffrage and election of the chief executive of the members legislative council, the establishment of an independent commission to investigate the olice's excessive use of force against the protesters. the changing of the protestsation so these are not classified as riots. not he participants are classified as rie out -- rioters. having all the charges of dropped.ticipating many have been inspired by the people of hong kong, standing up for their fundamental rights few months.t one of the protests brought entire 5% of the population of hong kong in the streets. unprecedented. beijing to give in demands. adly, in recognizing their own ole in protesting the protestings -- protests, the government says it's part of the united states. reject these. this is in reaction to the republic the people's of china and the chinese interfering ty for in the you a taun my that was -- autonomy that was promised to of hong kong. these protests were motivated by the olicies of beijing and hong kong government that's increasingly reduced the city's degree of autonomy. the state-run media has gone so accuse a particular state depa

independent line. i got caller: -- i got a couple things. no one is above the law. nobody is, ok? the lady from the federal election commissionthe law has been broken. and then you have in the constitution, the emoluments clause and the other thing that goes to mitch mcconnell and the oligarchs factory. i am just wondering, have i lost my mind hear? -- lost my mind here? guest: the color brings up an interesting point here is there are some democrats who have said is aact that there campaign finance violation is the most important point. host: asking for help from ukraine? guest: which it is. are making mistake aspectsing on the legal rather than the political outrage the the president may have pressured the ukrainian president to dig up dirt on his political rival. it focus on the legalese of may -- that is why there is a danger that this hearing is being held at the house rather than behind closed doors. host: next, diane from upper darby, pennsylvania. good morning. caller: how are you today? i have a comment about donald trump. he was born and raised to behave in this manner. to cheat money, manipulate people, the way he

commission in eyes any foul play is also be controversy over observers rights groups say that $3000.00 independent observers weren't given accreditation to the polling stations and so they're saying that this election lacks the transparency it should have the electoral commission again defends itself and says it is running a free and fair poll but ultimately during the counting and during the announcement of results it's whether or not this election has credibility in the eyes of mozambicans which will really determine whether or not the country remains at peace . us vice president mike pence and the president's lawyer rudy giuliani are facing a tuesday deadline to hand over documents to the impeachment inquiry into double trouble there were. subpoenas after the white house said it would not comply with the investigation meanwhile one deputy assistant secretary of state has the find the white house to testify before 3 house committees george kant is responsible for u.s. policy toward several countries including ukraine the democratic nominees for the 2020 u.s. election are preparing to go head to head in their force the base in a little over 4 hours time this time it's being held in ohio which is s