elections in south africa are conducted under the supervision of the independent electoral commissionich conducts all elections and referendums at all three national, provincial and local levels. well, a little with the political structure. the government of south africa has three levels. this country has a national government, a provincial government, and a local government. each of these levels of government has different roles and responsibilities, and each of them has a different mechanism to answer this year. south africans will go to the polls in the general election. therefore, elections are held for people's representatives at the national and provincial levels. democracy in south africa is called multi-party democracy. individuals' political parties can be candidates in national and provincial elections and enter the national assembly. which is the largest and most important group of legislators at the national level who are present in the parliament . members of parliament. the parliament is also made up of provincial legislators. the provincial legislatures are representati

imran khan's independents ranjust as that, independent candidates. the electoral commissionecause they said that imran khan's party hadn't done its internal elections properly and therefore it lost the ability to campaign as a party and said they are all independent. that now presents imran khan's party with your real issue about what they will do next. in order to be able to form a government, they need to be, they need to be seen as not independent but part of a party. what will they do? it is very unlikely they will get their pti party to be recognised again in a relatively short space of time. and the other alternative is that they form an alliance with another party, whether that is a very small party, which they can essentially come in and dominate, or whether they form an alliance with a larger party. in order to be able to get the numbers to form a government. so, this is what is happening at the moment in pakistan. it is all about the political wrangling is going on behind the scenes. who is trying to form an alliance with you and can they get the numbers? it is a r

his pti party was barred from running by the electoral commission, forcing its candidates to run as independentsll hold peaceful protests on sunday, if complete results aren't released by saturday night. the rival pakistan muslim league — led by nawaz sharif — has also claimed victory and says it has begun talks with others about forming a unity government. from lahore, our pakistan correspondent caroline davies has more. the final results in pakistan's general election are now starting to come in. and it seems pretty clear that imran khan's backed candidates are in the lead, followed by mr nawaz sharif�*s party's, the pmln's, candidates. they have the second largest number of seats. it is not clear at the moment who is going to form a government, but we are starting to see international reaction about this vote. we have heard from the eu who have said they note a lack of a level playing field. from the us, who said there were undue restrictions and from the uk who expressed concerns about the fairness of this election. today, we have now heard from the foreign office here in pakistan. they have

commission are nominated by the government to the parliament, and then the parliament decides on their selection . the president is also satisfied with their performance. they work completely independently. the electoral system and elections in portugal are very powerful and subject to the law. no problem with them it doesn't exist, because this commission is completely legal and their orders are to. what is the participation in the parliamentary elections in your country? currently, the participation rate of the portuguese people in the elections is between 65 and 70 percent on average. in our country, we did not have an election with the participation of less than 50% of eligible people. for the european parliament elections, people's participation is relatively less and there is less incentive to participate in the parliamentary elections. if one of the candidates has a complaint about the election process, how should he raise this complaint and what process will he go through. there is no election fraud in portugal. actually we we have a strict monitoring and control system in voting areas. we have a commission to manage the elections and at the same time all the parties have representatives in th

his pti party was barred from running by the electoral commission, forcing its candidates to run as independentsts on sunday, if complete results haven't been released. the rival pakistan muslim league — led by nawaz sharif — has also claimed victory and says it has begun talks with others about forming a unity government. now it's time for a look at today's sport with lizzie. round two of the six nations has produced some very close games so far... at twickenham, england overturned another half—time deficit to edge past a young wales side. as in rome a week ago, england trailed at the break but a late try from fraser dingwall got them close before george ford kicked a late penalty to give them a 16—14 victory and take england top of the table with two wins from two. that was a proper test match, in terms of it coming down to five margins, the ball was in play for a long period of time and we rode it out with 13 men to a certain degree and we are really pleased with our work. we knew we had to keep going with our england way, we have been speaking about our identity as a teen, i think we keep bu

his pti party is not recognised by the electoral commission and its candidates had to run as independentsthat if complete results aren't released by saturday night, the pti will hold peaceful protests on sunday. the rival pakistan muslim league — led by nawaz sharif — has also claimed victory and says it has begun talks with others about forming a unity government. a russian drone strike has hit a fuel depot in the ukrainian city of kharkiv, killing seven people, according to regional officials. the attack caused a large fire, which spread to nearby residential buildings. the governor says three of the dead are young children, killed in their home with their parents. at least 50 people were evacuated from their homes. kharkiv has been targeted more frequently by russian forces in recent weeks. el salvador�*s supreme electoral tribunal has confirmed which can take your life to hong kong where we have some pictures of the new lunar year celebrations. this is the new lunar year parade in hong kong which as you can see is as colourful as ever. singing those are some signs of their celebration

can be said that the independents won the largest majority of votes in the pakistani elections, but the election commission has not yet announced the final results, only 13 electoral seats out of 266 electoral seats in pakistan have been it has been confirmed that five seats belong to independents, four seats belong to nawaz sharif's party , and four seats belong to mr. hashemi's people's party . it has not been determined yet, all the networks and media are announcing the unofficial results, but the confirming authority the election commission of pakistan has not announced yet. they usually announce this time in the previous periods. now we have to wait to see what the results will be. yes , thank you very much, mr. hashemi. i bid you farewell, mr. hosseini. this is the international news at your service. thank you, mr. shasmani, for you and your esteemed guests to be with us. peace be upon you, my moment is different from yours, your life is different from yours, the life of this world is different from yours, when we say "o ali", it means you are going to die. my heart is with mahdia or mahdia the most beautiful or hossein today or mahdia or mahdia is good ever

this up to the electoral commission announced results of those days. general election independent and it's are in the late with 97 seats. most of them is supported by the positive child from the prime minister. and we're on con, show a center right progress on muslim league. this in 2nd place with 66 sites. you bought that would be what it wouldn't be in a very happy moment if we had a full monday twice and became the majority party with the ability to form the government. even in that case, we were going to invite co energy partners to join us to form a government. but as we don't have a majority on a loan, we're going to invite the allies to come and join us and form a coalition government. as a big as a whole with more and how people are reacting to the announcement of the results. the leader of the book's done wisdom league has said that he is willing to form a government. in fact, he wants to form a government as quote on independence on the books on people's party to join him. although he doesn't have them which are attend as an acknowledgment from him, that he doesn't have

full the coalition government this up to the pockets towns electoral commission announced results of those days. general election independent candidates are in the lead with 97 seats. most of them is supported by the positive jailed form of prime minister and run con shirts and to ride focused on muslim league is in 2nd place. with 66 seats, the santa live pockets down people's potty stood with 51 and the results for 27 seats still yet to be declared. would you bought? that would be. what up would it be in a very happy moment if we had a full mandate part then became the majority policy with the ability to form the government. even in that case, we were going to invite co issue partners to join us to form a government. but as we don't have a majority on a loan, we're going to invite allies to come and join us and form a coalition government. se bag is in the whole with more on how people are reacting to the announcements of the results. the leader of the book's done wisdom league has said that he is willing to form a government. in fact, he wants to form a government as quote on independence, the bucks on people's party to

this off to the electoral commission announced results of those days, general election independent candidates on the lead with 97 seats. most of them are allied to the party of jail and full of prime minister. and the non con, should have sent a raj pockets, donaldson league n. as in 2nd place with 66 seats. would you? if you bought the would be pulled up. it wouldn't be in a very happy moment if we had a full monday talk then became the majority party with the ability to form the government. even in that case, we were going to invite co issue partners to join us to form a government. but as we don't have a majority on a loan, we're going to invite allies to come and join us and form a coalition government. and i thought, well let's go to our pockets. don correspondence come on. hi there. he's joining us live from is lama by them. come on, what are the chances of now, why should he being able to form a coalition? his body has only one. that's the culture of the seats. yes indeed, it should also be noteworthy that back in 2022. a. go to the correlation of $1314.00 that out states m ron han, an

independence. the new electoral legislation worked for the company. the elections took place smoothly, preliminary results from the head of the central election commission were assessed by international observers. 20 thousand soldiers and 3,500 pieces of military equipment are undergoing the largest nato exercise in poland. authorities threaten locals penalties for publishing the movement of military vehicles. found in the vitebsk region, he was transferred to the zoo and is doing well. we will tell you on the air about the fate of two bear cubs abandoned by their mother. the elections in belarus were organized and calm; people trust the authorities and are committed to an evolutionary transformation of the political system; this is perhaps the main conclusion after a single voting day in the country. the election results were discussed today during a working meeting at the independence palace. the president's morning began with a conversation with the chairman board of the eurasian economic commission bakedzhan sagentaev. he began working in this important post in february; his visit to us coincided with the election campaign. however, the conversation

2 of the wells used in pakistan's electoral commission has announced results for more than half of the seats in the national assembly, leading the race are independent candidates, most of whom are supported by the party of jails. former prime minister in non con, they sent a ride pack, a son mostly league, led by former pharmacist and the washer reef is in 2nd place. a central restaurant, hassan people, spotty, is trading behind in 3rd place as go live to us. i beg, who's in lahore? your outside the home of the former prime minister. now i sharif of the p. a midland party. tell us about what's been happening there and, and the reaction to these results that have been coming in well, you've just said he's party is in 2nd phase and that's exactly the information we have from the look toral commission. currently the independence of 62 seats. the pecks on wisdom league have 46 leg button was 3 and the bucks on people's party liked by mister windows has already been all the windows of doughty has 39 seats for the mood here. is that the celebration? i'm not entirely sure what it is. that this celebration we understand the street is going to get up on the

so, independents, they are running as independents because in the weeks running up to this election, the electoral commissioney said that there were issues with the way they had held their own internal party vote and that meant that all of the candidates had to run as independents, not as a party. that now presents a new problem here, because do they stay as independents? which might mean they have issues with sort of party discipline, all voting in one direction, voting as a block. do theyjoin a smaller existing party and essentially come in and dominate that party? do theyjoin one of these other larger parties that have got large amounts of votes, or would that be seen by their supporters as some form of compromise too far? or do theyjust continue to operate as independents? the option of trying to get their party to be recognised again might take some time, so those are the sort of options that are on the table for imran khan's party here. you mention imran khan's, the people who have actually won in the election, but what about his supporters? what has he been saying to them and how do we expect them to

independent, they are running as independent because in the weeks running up to the election the electoral commissionr internal party vote and that meant all of the candidates had to run as independents, not as a party. that presents a new problem here because, do they stay as independence? do theyjoin are smaller existing party and essentially and dominate the party? do theyjoin one of these other larger parties that have amount of votes all the piscina by supporters as a compromise. 0r amount of votes all the piscina by supporters as a compromise. or do they continue as independence? the option of getting their party recognise again might take time so those are the options on the table for imran khan's party. you mentioned _ for imran khan's party. you mentioned the _ for imran khan's party. you mentioned the people - for imran khan's party. you mentioned the people who won the election, but what about imran khan's supporters on how do we expect them to react? figs khan's supporters on how do we expect them to react?— expect them to react? as you mentioned — expect them to react? as you mentioned at

he's ready to form a coalition government that's on to the electoral commission announced results of those days. general the election, independent candidates are in the lead with 97 seats. most of them are allied to the potty of jail. from the prominence to m dot com should have sent a ride pockets donaldson league n. as in 2nd place with 66 seats. come on high that has moved on his alarm above said, goes to be noteworthy that back in 2022 age or the correlation of 13 parking that out state m ron con. and although they didn't agree with each other and were on con, became the rallying point under which day united. so now why should the, if of cause would it be now looking more or less for the same allies that within that correlation government, nor the focused on democratic airlines and what did expected aid that is able to get the support of the bug gift on people's party with your number g as far as the number of was off and it began rule of view of the political parties. then they have a john for forming a coalition government. but that is not going to be easy. given the fact that m, ron con party, had 12 thirds majority or go

form a coalition government this off to the pockets towns electoral commission to announce results of those days. general election and independent candidates are in the late with 97 states. most of them are supported by the positive child from a prime minister and wrong con, shrieks center ride focused on muslim league is in 2nd place. with $0.66. i said, bank is in the whole with more on how people are reacting to the announcement of the results. the leader of the book's done wisdom league has said that he is willing to form a government. in fact, he wants to form a government as quote on independence and the bucks on people's party to join him. although he doesn't have a majority and this is an acknowledgment from him that he doesn't have a majority, but he support as well celebrating. and his speech was seen as a victory speech, and the election commission has said that after the results and that's the old independence has around $72.00. i was to join a political party. now the p t i am on cons, p t i the chairman of the quarterly con, has disputed that she said that it's only the symbol of a cricket batch of the peach you i,

disqualified, candidates are all standing as independent press rather than as part of his particular party because his party is no longer recognised by the electoral commissionthis country that support him. he seems wildly popular here. there are also lots of questions, those independent candidates will have three days to join a political party, it seems unlikely that imran khan's party, the pti, will get recognition in that time, and those candidates are being lined up by other political parties who would like to absorb them. plenty more complications to come in pakistan and with still some seats to be announced. caroline davies, thank you. a state of emergency has been declared in iceland after lava from a volcanic eruption damaged key hot water pipes. thousands of people in the south—west of the country have been urged to limit their hot water and electricity use, as the pipes could take days to fix. it's the third time the volcano has erupted since december. there's concern about about a spike in cases of a disease which affects dogs known as alabama rot. more than 300 dogs have from died from it since it was identified in the uk in 2012. it causes sores

his pti party was barred from running by the electoral commission, forcing its candidates to run as independentsceful protests on sunday, if complete results haven't been released. the rival pakistan muslim league — led by nawaz sharif — has also claimed victory and says it has begun talks with others about forming a unity government. hungary's first female president, katalin novak, has resigned amid outrage over her decision to pardon a man convicted of covering up the sexual abuse of children. ms novak, a close ally of the nationalist prime minister, viktor orban, stepped down live on national television. nick thorpe is in budapest and has been following this story. i think this was completely unexpected and very shocking for most hungarians. i think they will be hearing this news and really and truly it comes as a bolt from the blue. she has been under pressure in previous days, it is a very embarrassing case involving paedophilia. she actually granted an amnesty, she dismissed the case against a person who was not convicted himself of paedophilia but had covered up for his boss who was the h

and this is after focus on the electoral commission announced the results of those days, general election independent candidates. so in the lead, with $97.00 seats, most of them is supported by the policy of the jail full, the prime minister in run con treats center, right focus on the same league as in the 2nd phase of 66 seats, the center left focus on people's policy is that with 50? well the results for 27 seats all yet to be declared a. would you keyboard to the how may i pulled up, man, it wouldn't be in a very happy moment if we had a full monday talk then became the majority party with the ability to form the government. even in that case, we were going to invite co energy partners to join us to form a government. but as we don't have a majority on that alone, we're going to invite the allies to come and join us and form a coalition government. they all have to do the full, the buckets on the problem is to enroll in call and declaring victory has been released on social media. a social media accountant ex described the results as alon slides, the candidates affiliated with his pci policy, and

the electoral commission has announced results for more than half the seats in the national assembly office thursdays out leading the race. our independent candidates, supported by the party of jail, from a certain non con, is ready will pain. so again, formed homes in 7 guys of 5 members of the same family, raquel goodness, right on their house is offer health and services. at least a 107 policy means i think it was in the past 24 hours. and the us administration is wanting israel against carrying out of major offensive involved. most of the population has stopped refuge. national security council spokesman john kevin says washington will not support one set for the rest allies of around one point. 2000000 palestinians well display spanish names and rough are hoping that a new round a ceasefire talks will succeed. israel has dismissed a proposal by hamas, by the us secretary of state antony blinking says there's still room for an agreement. mazda negation is in kyle for negotiations. look, a little seeing is he on it as a displace palestinian? i hope to see your face. he's fine. we have fled from the north to russell. what else can we g

electoral system is ruling in your country and how does it work? elections in pakistan according to the constitution under the supervision of an independent organization it is held in the name of election commission of pakistan. this commission invites international observers as well as domestic observers to comment on the elections . if there is a complaint , it will be submitted to the commission for investigation. if there is an urgent complaint, the commission. that there is no interference in that case, whether from outside or inside, as a result of election monitoring does not mean interference, i think the purpose of election monitoring is to ensure that there is no corruption in the election process, for example if there are people who they vote once, this is an act of corruption, if there are people who are from the same region go to another area to vote. this restriction is due to the fact that no person can vote in two regions, so anyone who is 18 years old and above and has mental health, and only the court can determine who is a person. he does not have sanity, as i said, if he is a resident of that region, he can vote there. the only question that arises is that if you are from a re

electoral commission because of those results whole. most of the seats and the national assembly independent candidates with 96 seats in the lead. most of them all supported by the party of jail full and the prime minister run called, and called his claim victory and an audio visual message created using artificial intelligence. the sensor on the box on wisdom league led by the former prime minister, the washer reef is in 2nd place with $69.00 seats, and the cents left, buckets on people's policy is 3rd with $50.00 to $3.00, says he's ready to full a coalition. would you bought that would be what i meant. it wouldn't be in a very happy moment if we had a full monday twice and became the majority party with the ability to form the government. even in that case, we were going to invite co energy partners to join us to form a government. but as we don't have a majority on a loan, we're going to invite allies to come and join us and form a coalition government as a vac has more from the whole. the leader of the flux done. wisdom league has said that he is willing to form a government. in fact, he wants to form a government as quote

electoral seats have been identified in which the independents, that is, those who can be so-called supporters of the tehreek-e-insaf party , have won the majority, and we are waiting for the election commission to announce the official results. thank you for your explanation, mr. hashemi. sada news agency and sima at least 4 palestinians, including three children, were killed in the early morning airstrike by the zionist regime on a kindergarten in zawaydeh area in the center of the gaza strip. this kadaxistan was a temporary settlement for palestinian refugees. they bombed the south of the gaza strip , as a result of which eight people, including three children, were martyred and dozens were injured. in the air attack of the occupiers on another house, one person was killed and several people were injured. in the west bank , the zionist forces also attacked the bedros region in the north of ramla and the town of azon in the east of qalqilya. last night the military and security forces of the zionist regime were widely present in the occupied old quds area at the same time as the city dwellers gathered, and by placing barriers to allow palestinians to enter this area. lebanon's hezbollah ann

focused on the electoral commission has a non spi official results of the general election 3 days after voting took place. but it's still unclear who's going to form the next government independent candidates, backed by email and con. this policy of exceeded expectations when a 95 of 264 parliamentary seats on other former prime minister. and now why should we spotted the pockets on muslim the estate and $75.00 seats on the central left? practiced on people's bossy, has $54.00 come off. hot is joining us not alive from is from a button that we were talking about an hour or so ago that to and you were telling us that protests are likely to be taking place. and it looks as though you're in the middle of one at the moment, what's being happening. yes indeed. i'm in the midst of abroad. just a few days ago. the bucket on derrick and solve were not allowed to hold any products. they were not able to campaign properly because those heavy crack down. but right now, i'm in the middle of a peaceful protest. we also have where does the candidate towards from this constituency and the national assembly feed number? 47. it's the constituency of over 400000 war. does we have mr. tre shy? he'

but because of the electoral commission has an us results for 238 of the seats and the national assembly with 27 seats yet to be declared independent candidates with 97 seats that were in the lead. most of the support is by the policy of the jail full, the prime minister, sharon called the sent to right to bunk us on wisdom legalized by the full, the prime it as an why should we visit the 2nd place? the 66 seats, the center left bulk, as long as people potty is the with 51, the street says that he's ready to full the calculation. would you keyboard to be pulled up? man, it would have been a very happy moment if we had a full monday twice and became the majority party with the ability to form the government. even in that case, we were going to invite co energy partners to join us to form a government. but as we don't have a majority on a loan, we're going to invite the allies to come and join us and form a coalition government. and i video full the bucket study problem listed inbound call, and declaring victory has been released on social media by social media accounts on ex describe the results as a lands finds the candidates affil

increase the pockets. tom's electoral commission has announced results for 221 of the seats and the national assembly with 44 states. yet to be declared leading the rice sought independent candidates with 90 states, most of whom was supported by the policy of jail form, a prime minister, a wrong fund. and a press conference in islamabad, the spokes person of the group, his house of voting delays and suspected irregularities ascend to arrive pocket stone, most of in league, led by former prime minister in the cities is in 2nd place with like 62 seats. the santa laughed pockets down people's policy is trailing behind in 3rd place with 51 seats. a. let's go to us. a bag is live for us in the hole. so i said, 1st of all, what is the message from the last to refund the stand? he's just been speaking yes, he was given the victory chief of forces, celebrating his messages that he says that he's policy is the largest party after the the election. and technically he's correct. but the only reason that is through is because him wrong code. so these are all books done, so he gets awful feature in jail. i teach i, we're not allowed to start now. they've been focused on us independe