zimbabwe election winner president emmerson mnangagwa rejects criticism from international observers as the opposition declares the vote a "gigantic faud". and the metropolitan police deals with a potential cyber security breach at one of its suppliers, involving some personal details about force staff members. hello. we start this hour with some breaking news. authorities in russia have confirmed the head of the wagner paramilitary group, yevgeny prigozhin, died in a plane which crashed north west of moscow on wednesday. they confirmed the identities of the bodies recovered corresponded with the flight�*s passenger list, which had named mr prigozhin. the mercenary leader had led an aborted mutiny against the russian military injune amid growing tension with russian commanders over the war in ukraine. he'd since relocated to belarus. you can see him on our screens now speaking a few months ago. live now to bbc monitoring's russia editor vitaly shevchenko. we suspected this was the case, and now we have got confirmation that yevgeny prigozhin has indeed died in that crash? , , , ., th

i don't know if we can say, oh, international observers because the international trip is offended, support is coming through and support of the election and the fund them credible. it's quite daunting that you find that people want to say that they the major challenge of the less than simply because um on the voting day, less than one percent of the polling stations failed to do the floating and the presidential look proclamation the very next day is one of the, the chance to do the 14. so some of the allegations that the leveling uh to was just trying to just go to the election with all due respect, a spurious. but um we, we, we respect to opinions. and um, we'll look at the opinions, we'll take what is good, and we'll leave all the letters that we keep on developing ourselves as a democracy. hundreds of protests as in asia demonstrating outside the french embassy in the capital in the army. cooling on the french troops to leave the country demonstrate as rules are demanding that the french ambassador should go home. the she has military need is ended several cooperation agreements with,

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says that he cannot do anything because all these places are under control russia and no international observers are allowed to enter there in order to talk to the prisoners of war and see with their own eyes the conditions these people live in, so how did this investigation take place, bbc journalists recorded interviews with more than ten former ukraine managed to exchange all of them as prisoners during the war. the bbc cannot independently verify this testimony, but their details were given to human rights groups and, if possible , confirmed by other former prisoners of war, and then the stories of three released ukrainians , senior lieutenant of the azov regiment, artem srednyak, senior sergeant of azov, serhiy rotchuk and the senior combat medic of the 56th brigade, iryna stogniy, all of them were kept in the detention center of the city of taganrog, rostov region, then dry hell, well, this is the scariest thing. a different place where you get rid of this human and ukrainians have gone through russian captivity and they can just physically do whatever they want with you, they were kept in

zimbabwe's president emmerson emengagwa has rejected criticism from international observers about theountry's recent election, after being declared the winner and securing a second term. the opposition party has labelled the vote a �*gigantic fraud' the head coach of spain's women's football team, jorge vilda, has condemned the behaviour of the country's football federation president. luis rubiales has been suspended by fifa. now on bbc news, women in beirut — rebuilding our city. hello, i'm kim chakanetsa and today, i'm in beirut, the capital of lebanon. on the 4th of august 2020, a devastating explosion ripped through the city's port. the blast claimed more than 200 lives and thousands others were injured. damage to surrounding properties and businesses was estimated to be overfour billion us dollars. many of those affected were small to medium enterprises, led by women. it was one of the largest non—nuclear explosions in history. three years on, what is life like for the people who live and work here? i've come to downtown beirut to meet two women who are working tirelessly to rebu

international observers like the us and the european union and so on. so they were denied accreditation to go and observe the elections. and because of that, a lot of people that we spoke to the income born say that they felt that the election would not be free and fed. and we've been talking to voters throughout the election period. the come pains and uh, the uh, the voting itself. and they said that they do not feel like it will be fair. and we also so of the president in ali both during his last campaign he said that he and some people were trying to over through the government. and we saw that said the ruling party officials while very uncomfortable about what has been happening inga born, especially after of she of position personalities riley behind one of position the candidate of presidential candidate. and so a lot of people in the ruling party felt very g 30 about that. and that's how we so this uh, the internet look down the cost fuse and so on. and people became very frustrated. now i was in the born in 2016 and at the time the election was d

those advanced democracies that we very often get how and what to do voting will be invited international observers in the electoral code set specific dates for all stages of the political race at the meeting today set the average number of voters per constituency 61.000.9. 60 before october 1, 110 constituencies will be formed no later than november 23, a decree of the head of state should be issued, which will schedule elections for a single day. macro, financial assistance program we support kiev in its efforts to restore the maintenance of the state, said the head of the european commission. ursula vonderlein. the total amount of the european. assistance to ukraine for this year is 18 billion euros. greece will train ukrainian f-16 pilots athens joined the declaration on a long-term guarantee to the security of ukraine adopted on the sidelines of the nato summit in vilnius, but, as it were, kiev was not amused, all these western initiatives will remain only nbc publications on duty. news states that delays in deliveries of f-16s have confused and disappointed ukraine, and the squadrons will be

that's why it was a refusal to have like international observers and journalists in government because they wanted to organize fraud as they used to do it in the past. what change today? we have a very historical moment in the board right now is that for once, the arm, the, the, the armed forces have chosen not to pay to a blow the repression against the people in the 1st time. but they have chosen to stand up side by side with the people and celebrate this victory. so that's why they could not tolerate these proteins, results that were proclaimed. and they chose to stand by the people we can see in the video, the expression of a population that is, congratulations to the military forces whose thinking of them to finally free them from these oppressive regime. so right now, anybody can witness that it's a very positive i'm beyond, there's nothing but it's, there's no violence people are celebrating. i think that this in itself is the expression of this code for change that the government is people have been calling for social and if today, 8 to for the military forces. after waiting fo

i don't know if we can say, oh international observers because the installation of service has been and supportive comments and support of the election and the funding critical. um, it's quite daunting that you find that people want to say that there's a major challenge of the election simply because um on the voting day, less than one percent of the following stations failed to do the floating and a presidential look proclamation. the very next day is one of the but the chance to do the 14th. so some of the allegations that the leveling uh towards is trying to just go to the collection with all due respect, us beauteous. but um we, we, we respect to opinions and um, we'll look at the old unions will take what is good and we'll leave off what is that we keep on developing ourselves as a democracy. and i let him now from across one hurry, latasha, who has more from her r nelson. and she needs to outline all the thailand face during the image and including holding this press conference in how do i mean he claims that it was hard to find if you knew, because businesses were told by the rul

zimbabwe election winner president emmerson mnangagwa rejects criticism from international observersthe opposition declares the vote a gigantic fraud. hello. i'm vishala sri—pathma. we start this hour with some breaking news. authorities in russia have confirmed the head of the wagner paramilitary group, yevgenny prigozhin, died in a plane which crashed north west of moscow on wednesday. they confirmed the identities of the bodies recovered corresponded with the flight�*s passenger list, which had named mr prigozhin. the mercenary leader had led an aborted mutiny against the russian military injune amid growing tension with russian commanders over the war in ukraine. he'd since relocated to belarus. in a statement released on telegram channel the spokeswoman of russia's investigative committee, svetlana petrenko, said genetic tests had established the identities of all those on board. translation: as part - of the investigation of the plane crash in the tver region molecular genetic examinations have been completed. according to their results, the identities of all ten dead were esta

keep in mind that no international observers have been allowed into this facility.n trying to visit this facility to see the conditions there but russian authorities have not allowed them to enter this facility in the south of the country. you talked about some _ south of the country. you talked about some of _ south of the country. you talked about some of the _ south of the country. you talked about some of the people - south of the country. you talked about some of the people you . south of the country. you talked - about some of the people you spoke to. we can hear a bit from one of them. translation: the? to. we can hear a bit from one of them. translation: they dragged us b our hair. them. translation: they dragged us by our hair- they _ them. translation: they dragged us by our hair. they beat _ them. translation: they dragged us by our hair. they beat us _ them. translation: they dragged us by our hair. they beat us in _ them. translation: they dragged us by our hair. they beat us in the - by our hair. they beat us in the kidneys. — by our hair. they beat us

zimbabwe's president emmerson mnangagwa has rejected criticism from international observers about the country's recent electio, about the country's recent election, after being declared the winner and securing a second term. the opposition party has labelled the vote a �*gigantic fraud', and observers say the vote fell short of international standards. now on bbc news — hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i'm stephen sackur. imagine a writer with a blank piece of paper. on the face of it, they're free to take their imagination in any direction they choose, tell any story they like. but it's not that simple. they need money, a commission. they need to win an audience, and for that, they must constantly adapt to changing tastes and technologies. my guest is one of the uk's leading playwrights and screenwriters, lucy prebble. she's had huge hits and one notable broadway miss. for a writer, how daunting can that blank piece of paper be? lucy prebble, welcome to hardtalk. hello, stephen. thanks for having me. it is a great pleasure to have you here. now, you are very busy right now, because a p

international observers noted that there was nothing to save insemination against opposition. simple says russian observance of the pulse shut that he's used to go to. uh, if we talk about the level of organization and clean this of the elections into by way, we can say that they took place on a decent level. firstly, the process was completely transparent. we were given access to any place we like. we visited all the voting spots we wanted to, and there was no resistance and representatives of electrical commissions did not distinguish us from the observance from the e u or opposite western states. we are treated adequately and calmly, and we've, i've shown what was happening at every collection, support, all the rules with family followed. one significant aspect is that the representation of a position and willing party candidates was equal from what i've seen in our don't ads printed production and booklets that were handed out to people. in this regard, everything was also clear and transparent. that because an extra special degree was issued, the elections were extended for one m

and keep in mind that no international observers have been allowed into this facility.not allowed them to enter this facility in the south of the country. well, hugo, you talked about some of the people that you spoke to. let's hear a little bit from one of them. her name's irina. translation: they dragged us by our hair. _ they beat us in the kidneys, in the ribs, with hammers and batons. how do you describe taganrog? only devils live and work there. hugo, have we had any response from the russians after your investigation? no. well, the russian defense ministry hasn't replied to our requests for comment. in the past, they've denied that prisoners of war were being tortured. but i've shared my findings with a number of human rights organisations, even with the office of the united nations human rights office. and they say that they've heard similar claims cases not only from this particular location, but also from other places where prisoners of war are being held. so i think this gives us an indication that this is happening not only in this particular facility, but a

opposite of it looked at all the forms of fluids and control official limitation exercise the international observers. i've listed a number of concerns including the binding of opposition, rallies, vote, intimidation and bias, state media coverage towards transparency, bi election. these criticisms would like you to little to stop the 18 year. let me know and go from staying and power it's and bob way has a history of disputed elections within minutes of mid on dogwood being declared the winner, the opposition, shadid rejected the result. so we're will things go from here? i asked, so a corresponding privilege which on here in hawaii, what is up in the now is that the opposition has not, uh, expressed what they are going to take is tips of going forward. we're still waiting to hear what the old position is going to present is they have gone or not really cool. what they're going to do is the request, but they have 3 options that they could explore. hi wouldn't. 00, $1.00 of those 3 is the option to approach the courts that 7 days to up to approach the constitutional court to challenge the election. b

because international observers say that the vote fell short of democratic standards. well, i don't know if we can say, oh, international observers because the independent living examples of data and so forth have come up to it as a part of the election and the fund them credible. so it's quite daunting that you find that people want to say that they the major try to do the less than simply because um on the voting day, less than one percent of the following stations failed to do the floating. and the presidential look brooklyn mesa the very next day is one of the, the chance to do the 14th. so some of the other occasions that the leveling uh to was just trying to just go to the collection with all due respect us beauteous. but um we, we, we respect to opinions and um, we'll look at the old opinions. we'll take what is good and we'll leave off at his bed. we keep on developing ourselves as a democracy. okay, the cool phase one, the most is one comes to one of the locals. one of those being arrested. local bank monitors being arrested in a routing potty if any organizat

so do you mean such a size, international observers, i've listed a number of concerns including been finding of opposition, rallies, vote intimidation, and bias, state media coverage towards your transparency all these criticisms would like you to little to stop the 18 year old. i mean on god was from staying and power. oh, corresponded in hawaii privilege, much on here. he has more on the electrons. and what the likely course of action will be for the opposition? i guess now it is a back to the drawing board for the opposition. they add 2 options for them. one to approach the quotes. we'd seen a 7 days and um, but that route they have to produce had evidence that indeed the election was stolen. this will and tell you of compiling evidence from thousands of boiling stations from across the country for them to prove that this election indeed it was fraudulent. the 2nd one would maybe to go in the streets and demonstrate, but it is, it's, it's consequences as well. we have seen over these past the 5 years how the government has dealt with the demonstrations and the critics of the gover

some international observers have criticized their limited access while opposition parties have complained about restrictions on campaigning. there are concerns the elections could end in a dispute outcome. w's privilege must been hearing reports from laurie, the, the, the, the with policies. we beat us from the main to presidential candidate. 6 incumbent president, we found out what presents himself is pro business and sees is government has created stability and economic opportunities. the, the, the, the, the, the, the new site, his intent placed to go the corner. we use corruption and viewed and inclusive. presumably they listen has been described, is a divided between the old and the young generations for the it let's right. it is a choice between maintaining this fits. that's cool. well embracing they change in the off position which they, i'm not sure yet. many would want to see a government that was sitting around the corner. me create jobs, good health, and include cvt. m s 11 mega is a 2 years old. he came to power of to a 2017 military quote, which tor poured a long time. who lot

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the opposition claims there has been widespread vote—rigging, and international observers say the voteocratic standards. well, mr mnangagwa, known as the crocodile, which referes to his ruthless nature, faces many challenges. zimbabwe still faces high inflation, currently running at an annual rate of over 70%, as well as poverty. the electoral commission say his main challenger, nelson chamisa, secured 44% of the vote. our correspondent shingai nyoka is in harare and has more on the election result. those election results were announced. they were announced last night. president emmerson mnangagwa won close to 53% of the votes. his main rival, the citizen coalition for change, opposition leader nelson chamisa, got 44% of the votes. but he immediately rejected those results. they said that they... ..that the results were hastily put together, that they weren't validated by them. and so yesterday, when everybody was waiting for the election results, the opposition party had said it wouldn't validate those elections and now we're just waiting now to hear what their step is. the options ar

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you don't believe that because he's not international observers have voiced a number of concerns, including the binding of opposition, riley's photo intimidation and biased state media coverage with assurance source to transparency. all this criticism will likely have little impact on the a 2 year old non gag was efforts to hold on to power. let's look at some of the other stories making headlines around the world. and these air tens of thousands of people have rallied in the capital and support of cool leaders. one month after the democratically elected president was deposed. the honda has ordered the french ambassador to leave by tonight, france has rejected the demand saying it does not recognize the military and strong government. at least 5 people have been killed in an explosion at a building in india's west and gulf states. local media reports the side was an illegal fire cracker factory. so officials have not confirmed the cause of last several badly burn victims are being treated in hospital. 3 us marines have been killed and at least 20 injured in an aircraft crash and australia a

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in accordance with international requirements, we invited international observers of military relationsc corps, including our neighbors, poles and lithuanians. but it’s hard to say whether they will take part already, it’s hard to notice, belarus, unlike its neighbors, demonstrates openness and peacefulness and shows the maneuvers of their goal, and the goal is exclusively defensive to protect their country and its territory. more 32,000 servicemen are deployed on the territory of eastern europe as a whole 18 battalion tactical groups deployed directly nine battalion tactical groups of about 4,000 people, each directly on the territory of poland and the baltic countries, that is, directly near the borders of the republic of belarus, a huge number of exercises that take place we, uh, record more than 160 teachings . already this year, in the transcendental territory of transcendental states, not a single study was invited. let's say no russian, nor belarusian e, military as observers in accordance with international treaties. and today, alexander volfovich visited the headquarters of the

people, and i would say the assessment of the carter center and the other organisations — the international observersnd the eu — all of our assessments aligned in that this is the context of a very unlevel playing field with a lot of political challenges that made it really difficult to have an open and credible and competitive election. so, i think the prospects for calling this a successful election are thin. what specifically made to the playing field unlevel in terms of what you saw? so, i was in zimbabwe for the last election in 2018 and the context and the environment was just dramatically different. you could both see itjust in your interactions with everyday people, but also, a couple of very specific things — the delimitation of election boundaries were skewed. the voter registration process was very opaque. the political parties never really received a copy of the voter registration in a way that they could check it, you know, before the election at all. there was changes in the number of polling stations and, importantly, there has been legislation passed in the last several years that rea

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he banned international observers and fortunately journalists.n bongo's re-election was announced, the soldiers seized power and arrested dosesins of electoral officials and we have decided to defend peace and putting an end to the current regime. the general elections are canceled. the borders are closed until further notice. all institutions of the republic are dissolved. >> the african union has condemned the latest cue in the -- can you please in the -- coup in the region. gabon has awassen to a new dawn. >> french authorities have condemned the coup but they are celebrating and gathered outside the embassy in par is. >> the community has gathered outside the embassy in paris. and they feel that gabon is being born again today and hoping for a peaceful transition. >> we are delighted and 47 and all my life i only heard about the bongos and now they are finished. >> for france, gabon is former colonial ruler and continue to maintain strong ties between the president. and many people feel that was france was enabling the bongo family and people

people, and i would say the assessment of the carter centre and the other organisations — the international observerse eu dash all of our assessment is aligned in that this is the context of a very unlevel playing field with a lot of political challenges that made it really difficult to have an open and credible and competitive election. so, i think the prospects for calling this a successful election are thin. ~ ., this a successful election are thin. . ,,. , this a successful election are thin. . ,,. ., this a successful election are thin. ., ,,. ., ., thin. what specifically made to the playing _ thin. what specifically made to the playing field _ thin. what specifically made to the playing field unlevel- thin. what specifically made to the playing field unlevel in - the playing field unlevel in terms of what you saw? 50. the playing field unlevel in terms of what you saw? so, i was in zimbabwe _ terms of what you saw? so, i was in zimbabwe for- terms of what you saw? so, i was in zimbabwe for the - terms of what you saw? so, i was in zimbabwe for the last | was in zimbabwe for the last election i

right, so we're going to zation condemned the band on foreign media and international observers. government leaders cut the internet access and impose the night curfew off to the elections, raising concerned about transparency. both previous wins by bunco, we're also challenged as fortune and by opposition. candidates. the phone goes, has ruled oil rich come on since his father and previous president died in 2009. the family has governed the country for 56 years longer suffered a stroke in 2018 which incapacitated him for almost a year. increasing calls for him to step aside, failed to attempt followed and 2019 soldiers who mutinied or killed or jailed. the military has released this video showing soldiers celebrating, following the announcement cabal and supporters and now closed and all state institutions dissolved stephanie decker audra 0. okay, let's speak to correspond. nicholas hancock who is live in deka. nicholas. it's been an extraordinary morning so many fast moving developments. and now this, again, extraordinary video coming from inside the president's residence. he calls on cit

often get us, how and what should be done according to igor karpenko on a single voting day international observers will be invited in the electoral code certain specific dates for all stages of the political race at the meeting today set the average number of voters per constituency 61.960 until october 1 110 electoral districts will be formed innovation, the upcoming company of members of election commissions will be protected from bullying by extremists in accordance with protection legislation personal data, we will no longer create these global lists, and so that you understand , the order of 70.000 activists. and what we actually did was throw out this information about all these citizens who actually work on a voluntary basis, and it became. e. the basis for the organization of various kinds of bullying there are threats and so on and so forth, of course, this will not be legislation - this is the norm already laid down. but this does not mean that these people will be nameless coming to their site. you will be able to see. uh, specifically people with name tags and so on and so forth. well,

well, as i understand it, let's move on to internal observation. you think i noticed, i don't know., it is unlikely that he would have behaved differently then. alenastya, you are in mozhaisk . i will call you back from my work phone. fine? yes, nastya, well, that your mother confirmed my words. now i have no doubts. i'm ready to do everything the way we 're settled. allow well, all right, you just need to do everything carefully so that the lean goes well. i can go. yes? i really hope for you, nastya said some kind of operation. he must have thought of something. connect me with lieutenant general bugaev vadim valerievich waiting, while getting acquainted with the biography of tsarev, i managed to find out a number of interesting facts about sukhova. theoretically, tsarev and sukhov were connected for a long time tsarev was serving a term in the perm general regime colony under article 88 of the currency after the cancellation of the article. in the ninety-fourth, tsarev was released under an amnesty. in the same colony and at that time he worked, then senior lieutenant sukhov, by

and you know, we, you talks about the, the election of the, the international election of the websites from covering and, you know, observing the selection. we know that international donnelly slide myself, well, also a one, not a credit said because of this reason. so people say that this seems to be as soon as stuff a more to, to all this that was going on. and we also hired during the campaigns, the president himself, during he's a fast last campaign. he said that said there are people who are trying to over through the government and we have been hearing of from moving parties. officials what very, very, um not, not, and we really, they are be very um they, they were uncomfortable, uncomfortable about this. so you unity um opposition of that opposition and those one candidate it hadn't happened before. so some official was very uncomfortable about that. no, we covered the election in 2016 where it was. 7 it was disputed and then all positions visa and john ping, he said that the election was rig that was posted election violence. several people were killed, a menu was injured. so people there um say does that, that the

crimea and you will see that this referendum, even under some kind of soffit tvs and with international observersill still be in favor of the russian federation . how would you evaluate the role of sarkozy ? this position has always been the most interesting thing for sergius, the fact that he is currently under a conditional sentence and for a year, this sentence limits him to such public things, but for some reason it happened that these public things reached you and me and the reason for this is clear is that this attack using sarkazis as their a-a fighter , which they used especially in the situation after the war in georgia, everyone remembers this very well, and actually they, and i threw this material out using saakazis although i once again i would like to point out that according to french legislation, he is under the condition of restriction of public activity, well , everyone knows that he is sentenced to a conditional sentence for a year, and the situation here looks like russia is actually a parasite on such figures, especially most of all, she is currently doing this in israel, in f

crimea and you will see that this referendum even under some ceiling televisions and with international observersaluate the role of sarkozy ? the most interesting thing for sergiu is that he is currently facing a conditional sentence and this conviction limits him to such public things for a year, but for some reason it happened that these public things reached you and me, and the reason for this is that the attack using sarcasm as their a-a fighter whom they used, especially in the situation after the war in georgia, everyone remembers this very well, and in fact, they and i threw this material out using the saakazis. although i want to note once again that according to french legislation, it is located under the pretext of restricting public activity, well, everyone knows that he has been sentenced to a suspended sentence for a year. so the situation here looks like russia is actually a parasite on such figures , especially now it is doing it in israel, france and, er, in italy, so on er currently, in the last two months, in fact, a lot of political figures have been involved in similar ideas a

right, so organizations condemn the bond on foreign media and international observers. government leaders caught internet access and impose the night for a few officer, the elections raising concerned about transparency. both previous wins by bunco, we're also challenged as fortune and by opposition. candidates fargo has ruled oil rich come on since his father and previous president died in 2009. the family has govern the country for 56 years. while go suffered a stroke in 2018 which incapacitated him for almost a year, increasing calls for him to step aside. the sales qu attempt followed in 2019, when soldiers who mutinied or killed or jailed the military has reduced this video showing soldiers celebrating, following the announcement coupons, borders and now closed, and all state institutions dissolved stephanie decker, which is 0 to speak now as well. correspondent nick hock. he joins us from college in san a goal festival. and that just bring us up to speed with what's the latest that we're hearing from gap on this day? well, there's this extraordinary video circulating on social media

no international observers.e just highlighted the family. >> as he pointed out, we have been seeing a lot of frustrations that the system of government is not delivering for people. gabon seen as a country with high gdp. we have seen, you have one country ruling for over 50 years. >> people pulling the streets, celebrating. that is a genuine national reflection. >> it's not necessarily a celebration but opportunity for transition. it's less citizens voice showing signs of relief that this could be an opportunity to transition to something better than what they are coming from. >> zooming out, let's look at the map. coups seven countries, each is different. his democracy in decline? >> to put it directly, yes it's in decline. yes, there is a concern across the board, there is a huge gap between the demand for democracy and supply. unfortunately, the gap continues to widen across the continent, many want to see democracy delivered, dividends. better livelihoods. p.r. seeing a trend where the gap for democracy is w

so we're going to zation condemned the bond on foreign media and international observers. government leaders cut the internet access and impose the night curfew off to the elections, raising concerned about transparency, both previous wins by bunco. we're also challenged as fortune and by opposition. candidates fargo has ruled oil rich coupons since his father and previous president died in 2009. the family has govern the countries for 56 years. while ago suffered a stroke in 2018 which incapacitated him for almost a year, increasing calls for him to step aside. failed to attempt followed and 2019 soldiers who mutinied or killed or jailed. the military has reduced this video showing soldiers celebrating, following the announcement coupons, borders and now closed and all state institutions dissolved stephanie decker, audra 0 o cost one nick hack and joins us now where he's keeping an eye on things for us. from cotton, senegal. nick, we've been hearing the name recently agreeing, where am i all day? but now it seems it is official of the that's right. it's official. he is the new presi

while international observers said the vote fell short of democratic standard. does the opposition of a case for an appeal? i mean, it's, this is, this is part it. it's ready, but if you look at it from the, from 2 dimensions, from the parties to call it and be checking call, then to, to promote the dimension. you can sense that piece. it could become us our own, the possible litigation because the party got environment. what's best cuz no type deal will be posted on the intended, electronically phones were not put in place. the difficult piece of my system do you want us to roll and the, the underage intimidation by tradition of the dos and also security elements associated with the before the product that we've already talked to you. if you look at the, the living situation it's, it's fair to coordinate. got it for an extension level, the live in the credit, but it's still so full of data. but when it gets to the national presidential, he did come on. he becomes very disputable. so i, i really ready the all for the student have big, it's uh to take careful con

are also concerned about last minute changes to electro news and the decision to look how international observers and foreign journalist. they say the not confident that the election would be free. all fe. cathy, sorry, odyssey are united nations as warning. the conflict and through john contempt the region into us through monetary and catastrophe. on saturday, the minutes they attacked positions of the permanent 3 rapid support forces in the capital. fighting between the recess and the army began back in april. since then, it spread from cartoon to other parts of the country to the military leaders in new jersey. i have put that on forces on highlights. here's what they call an increase the rest of attack. it's now been a month since they over 3 presidents behind that position. i'm gonna address reports from the capitol, naomi, with support as of the jump to how they're riley on saturday. it was meant to be the biggest solar data to demonstration seems because the stadium may not be for me . but me just cool. leaders sees the moment hoping to capitalize on onto farm sentiments here. our liberal