we are looking at a return of about a 10 point lead for joko widodo. it is just a queuestion of how much before we find out the official result in may. looks like about 10 points. that could be revised up or down. ather way, it looks l like convincing win. the opposition candidate disputed the results, claiming he has won according to o privae polling. death sheouraged his has discouraged his supporters from writing. rioting. it is very diplomatic given the indication of his lead. it looks like a big victory for him today. looking on his first term in office, what kind of president has he been? >> his signature policy is about infrastructure devevelopment. can see toll roads, new airports, neww ports. this has been his signature policy. you cacan see it happening aroud the country. -- in regards to the economy. he is invested in health care and education. he is the first president f from outside the e political elite of this c country who has managed o become president and stay prpresident. he wasas a furniture salesman before he entered politics. it a

news live from berlin pollsters give indonesia's president a wide lead in his bid for reelection joko widodo looks set to win the vote in the world's third largest democracy almost two hundred million voters cast ballots in a contest between him and the next general but what would his been doing reconstruction creature with no support from the market. and i won't buy gold to be reached within foreign. firms is a man you will not promise is no to don will rise from the ashes today he meets ministers to plan its restoration and japan's cherry blossoms have become a symbol of spring but what about mexico stream there vibrant flowers are is well loved springtime spectacle in the country but it was the japanese immigrants who made him popular here in his homeland we will tell you more about the loss of secret history. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program france's president a man you all micron is meeting with ministers to discuss how to deal with the aftermath of the fire at paris's notre dame cathedral mccall has said that he wants to rebuild the cathedral within five years and today's cabinet

live from berlin klim an aerial lection results point to another waited for indonesia's president joko widodo looks on course to lead the world's third largest democracy for in second term but what will his victory mean for the country we will hear from jakarta also coming up we don't reconstruct the cathedral now if you're going to be even more beautiful than the full. goal to be reached within five years. france's emmanuel mark khan promises notre dong will rise from the ashes today he needs ministers to plan its restoration and japan's cherry blossoms have become a symbol of sprains about what about mexico's jacaranda traits their vibrant plowers are well loved and specially in springtime it's a bit of a spectacle in the country but it was a japanese immigrant who made them popular there in an homage to his homeland goal tell you more about the lost some secret history. welcome to the program limiter results in indonesia's election are pointing toward a significant victory for the country's current president joko widodo he's on. forced to win roughly fifty five percent of the vote against

when joko widodo came economy typically has growing at 5%. o power in 2014 he promised a 7% growth rate. that didn't happen. he did not deliver on that. he is trying to boost infrastructure spending here and has promised that in his second term, if elected, that will be a key focus of the economy. but the opposition, mr prabowo subianto, has said he would try to reduce taxes as well as corporate taxes and income taxes, but there has also been the spectre of chinese investment. prabowo subianto says he will review that if he is a lack did. attracted promises from both candidates. —— elected. thank you very much, karishma vaswani. moving to china. inafew karishma vaswani. moving to china. in a few hours will be finding out how economy is faring when it unveils its growth numbers for the first quarter of the year. here is a little bit of size and scope. china's $13 trillion economy is the second largest in the world. but the days of double—digit percentage expansion are gone. policymakers have lowered the growth target to six or 6.5%. the slowest

it's all about this man sitting president joko widodo comfortably on course to be reelected as leader of the world's third largest democracy. united gain as a nation as brothers and sisters who share the same motherland. after these elections let us develop and nurture harmony and brotherhood as one nation and motherland. the main challenger firebrand former general prabhu vers subi antonio claimed there were irregularities in the voting setup insisting many polling stations opened late . urge my supporters to remain calm everyone should stay calm and refrain from hasty action or focus on safeguarding the ballot boxes because they hold the key to our victory. the election was on a vast scale with one hundred ninety million potential voters across three time zones seem toppy to participate. you know it. is this very exciting for. my first time. i'm very proud and i was floored it and at this ferry fun and it was cited to put. a series of so-called quick count spy posters give the incumbent we do do a clear lead these have proved reliable in previous elections but official results are n

usually for the most part anyway very reliable and what they are showing is that the incumbent joko widodo has about a ten percent lead over here as challenger probable so if that holds true if those results confirmed then that would be a big you win if you would over the same challenger in two thousand and fourteen he won by six percentage points the last time the election was held but wayne there are parts of the country that have yet to go time to sand what impact is that going to have on the overall results. and. well i think if this ten percent margin does hold true then probably not a lot is far as we could tell in the city of jakarta most of the voting went by pretty well the procedure was carried out without too much disruption there were a few delays in some of the polling stations outside all jakarta if particularly in the east of the country there was some pretty major disruptions particularly in the province of popular and also in neighboring province hundreds of polling stations there weren't even able to stop because some of the equipment didn't arrive on time voting papers b

the headlines: joko widodo heads towards a second term as unofficial results put the indonesian president well ahead in the general election. supporters ofjoko widodo have come here to try to catch a glimpse of the man they have just voted in as this country's next president, for the second time. north korea says it's tested a new type of tactical guided weapon — the first missile test since the hanoi summit between kim jong—un and president trump. i'm kasia madera in london. also in the programme: at least 29 tourists have been killed after their bus overturned on the portuguese island of madeira all the victims were german. bells ring and church bells ring out across france to mark the exact time notre—dame went up in flames. live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news. it's newsday. thanks forjoining us. it's midnight in london, 7am in singapore, and 6am in indonesia's capital jakarta, where supporters of presidentjoko widodo have been celebrating the news he has likely won another term as leader. unofficial results give him a lead of 10 percentage points over

this is this a match up that we saw in two thousand and fourteen that time joko widodo won a very tight race to become president of indonesia are expecting it to be tight again this time even though the president has enjoyed a double digit lead in most of the pre-election polling that gap has started to narrow in recent weeks this is also a historic election the first time in indonesia that the presidential election will take place on the same day as legislative elections so it's going to be a very complex possibly confusing process on wednesday and in the days after which when those results are confirmed this the numbers are staggering more than one hundred ninety million eligible voters right around this country heading to around eight hundred thousand polling stations still to come here on the news a demand for justice and reparations to the united states by some african americans who tell you. how to tackle on top. go woods fails to knock him off his stride as he gets on course for a first major title in the eleven years of the masters sun i will be here with more and this. isn't th

welcomes all forms of religion but voters here today have had their say and have decided to give joko widodo another five years to carry out his policies. brown said champions league quarter final clash is on the way solely with the top you from sports is here to talk us through it welcome we have an old english showdown between manchester city and tottenham in a few hours do you fancy for that it's a tough call i mean spurs paid me well in the first leg to win it one nude but city of course they are playing at home and they have a really good record eleven straight wins but kept audio was criticised in the first leg for off having this tendency of often overthinking off tinkering with his line up and whatever idea he had obviously backfired as for spurs you know they did show that they can play without harry kane but they still have some serious injury concerns and let's get more details on tonight's match as. the self-proclaimed exceptional one looking to advance to the champions league so my. finals has urged manchester city fans to come out in droves to support the club in manchester cit

a closer look at the candidates as we mentioned this is a rematch between the current president joko widodoand provoke. jacoby as he's known was twice the mayor of the city of solo and elected governor of jakarta in two thousand and twelve he became president in twenty fourteen winning fifty three percent of the vote on the campaign trail he has promised continued improvements to roads bridges and social programs while the rival candidate proposed to be on toll is the former son in law of soeharto who ruled indonesia for three decades it was a former commander of military special forces and he's promised to lower prices for basic necessities like fuel and food. still ahead on al-jazeera the chairman of algeria's constitutional council resigns but protesters remain on sanctions fight. sudanese crowds keep up the pressure on the military commanders who've taken power demanding civilians be person in charge. and we've got some pretty heavy rain around the southern parts of china at the moment let's take a look at the satellite picture because you can see the cloud responsible all of that there

president says the country needs an economic change of direction to be on toes up against incumbent joko widodo who is overseeing solid economic growth within his first term but his rival in wednesday's election says many indonesians are seeing the benefits al-jazeera as wayne hate reports. indonesia's capital jakarta drivers of three will taxis have more time than they used to to talk politics the president joko widodo has encouraged other modes of transport that can be ordered online meaning business has reduced dramatically for these were. because they say they'll vote for change in wednesday's election in the hope it will improve their economic situation. these days it's so difficult for me to make a living we don't have enough money for tomorrow's food if we don't work today. to three dollars a day. the economy has been one of the main points of debate during this six month election campaign it's growing at around five percent which is short of what the president was aiming for body enough he says to earn a second term in office. we want to continue efforts to develop the economic independ

disputes the unofficial results that showed joko widodo winning by a large margin the former army general says there were many discrepancies in the electoral process before the election he alleged there were irregularities involving more than seventeen million voters and vowed to resort to people power if the problems amounted to cheating there is a sense of history repeating itself here when. the two thousand and fourteen election he said he'd been cheated and took the case to the constitutional court which ruled against him there's no sign he's going to give up easily this time either. formed alliances with conservative muslim groups who've shown they can get big numbers onto the streets they say they are considering coming out again for not to protest but to celebrate what they say is a victory for their candidates the security forces say they won't allow anyone to disrupt the official vote counting process. tommy we do not tolerate and we will crack down on all efforts that will disrupt public order and unconstitutional actions that undermine the democratic process. official results w

saturday is the last day of campaigning ahead of indonesia's general election president joko widodo and his rival probably was so beyond hope are both due to hold large rallies in the capital jakarta more than one hundred ninety million people are eligible to eligible to vote on wednesday al-jazeera is way to have a report from jakarta. after six long months of campaigning this is when it all comes to an end saturday is the last day the campaign rallies can be held and then it is a waiting game before the election itself on wednesday this is the final election rally for the president the organizers of this event saying that mall that more than a million people here for this event we saw similar numbers last weekend for the final big campaign rally in the capital jakarta for the challenger to joko widodo his presidency. this is this a match up that we saw in two thousand and fourteen that time joko widodo won a very tight race to become president of indonesia are expecting it to be tight again this time even though the president has enjoyed a double digit lead in most of the pre-election

to ten percent last time in two thousand and fourteen it was the same two candidates in the race joko widodo that time won by six percentage points so if he is if these results can be trusted and if they hold true then he is going to win this election more comfortably than last time he is in the building behind me he just spoke very briefly to a huge media contingent and some of his supporters in fact we believe the president may be leaving here very shortly he thanked his supporters he didn't say much else other than to say let's be patient let's wait for more of these results to come and we've also heard not seen from probable so bianco the challenge to this presidency he said that he wants to support his to safeguard the ballots he asked for the supporters to keep calm and to prevent any violence so neither side officially declaring declaring victory or certainly not conceding at this stage but there are pulses the country that as i understand it wayne have yet to vote is that going to impinge upon the overall results. well if this margin of victory of nine to ten percent again holds true

how candidates compete especially in the conversation taking place behind the scenes president joko widodo and his sole competitor. ran against each other five years ago but this election is much more than just a rematch in the last few years islamist groups that used to be considered fringe have come into the mainstream and this election will be a test of how much religion based politics has come to shape indonesia election watchers say religion has played a central role in the campaign the president has been attacked by conservative opponents for not being muslim enough. real muslim. is a joke. or. islamic pride. being the. being a basis to that's the profiling got a statistic and. some activists are unhappy with both of their options for president they say the entire system is corrupt that's given rise to a small but vocal protest movement called cya go put or i'm not voting that's refusing to go to the polls we are sold to fight it. we no longer trust our neighbor we have to run political option and we refuse we simply don't do not trust those who have a different political choice. for

jakarta drivers of three will taxis have more time than they used to to talk politics the president joko widodo has encouraged other modes of transport that can be ordered online meaning business has reduced dramatically for these workers they say they'll vote for change in wednesday's election in the hope it will improve the economic situation that is so good these days it's so difficult for me to make a living we don't have enough money for tomorrow's food if we don't work today two to three dollars a day or the economy has been one of the main points of debate during this six month election campaign it's growing at around five percent which is short of what the president was aiming for body enough he says to earn a second term in office. we want to continue our effort to develop the economic independence of indonesia jacoby's main focus has been on infrastructure development like the opening of an underground train line in jakarta which was first proposed more than thirty years ago. on the campaign trail joko widodo has spent much of his time trying to sell voters on the economic achievement

it is all about this man, sitting president joko widodo, comfortably on course to be reelected as leader of the world's thirdrd-largest democra. >> let us unite again as a nation, as brothers and sisters who share the same motherland. after these elections, let us develop and nurture harmony and brotherhood as one nation and motherland. reporter: the main challenge for firebrand former general prabowo subianto claimed there were irregularities in the voting set up, insisting many polling stations opened late. >> i urge my supporters to remain calm. everyone should state calm and refrain from h hasty action. focus on safeguarding the ballot boxes because they hold the key to our victory. reporter: the election was on a vast scale come with a 190 million potential voters across three time zones. most seemed happy to participate. >> you know, funny thing. thisiss very excxciting. >> i felt vevery happy today, because it's my first time to vote for president. >> i''m very proud. i voted and it was very fun and exciting to vote. reporter: the series of so-called quick count by pollsters give

joko widodo can definitely pack in the crowds.time round, but in a decidedly different political landscape, and some of the choices he has made have disappointed his supporters. two years ago, hardline protests broke out against his former right—hand man, chinese indonesian christian, basuki tjahaja purnama, or ahok, as he's known. he was accused of blasphemy against islam. and, as the nation watched, ahok went through a highly politicised trial and eventually went to jail. jokowi stayed silent. today, jokowi's running mate is a hard—line muslim cleric, and one of the leaders of that witch—hunt. a visible attempt to silence those who have questioned his religious credentials. his main opponent, former military general, prabowo subianto, has also tacked into a growing desire for power amongst hardline muslim groups. both sides in the presidential campaign have used religious issues, they have used islam as a tool to get support. after the election is over, will they be able to put this genie back in the bottle and go back to busine

be until disputes the unofficial results that showed joko widodo winning by a large margin for me general says there were many discrepancies in the electoral process before the election he alleged there were irregularities involving more than seventeen million voters and vowed to resort to people power if the. amounted to cheating there is a sense of history repeating itself here in. the two thousand and fourteen election . and took the case to the constitutional court which ruled against him there's no sign he's going to give up easily this time either. with conservative muslim groups who've shown they can get big numbers onto the streets considering coming out again . not to protest but to celebrate what they say is a victory for their candidates security forces say they won't allow anyone to disrupt the official vote counting process army. not tolerate and we will crack down on that will disrupt public unconstitutional actions that under democratic process. official results won't be known until may twenty second they're expected to confirm as president of indonesia and again confined.

welcomes all forms of religion but voters here today have had their say and have decided to give joko widodo another five years to carry out his policies. claire richardson there in jakarta of get a quick check of some other stories making news around the world the teenage environmental activist where the tune has met the pope as she. at her campaign to tackle climate change the vatican timberg who has inspired students protests against global warming chatted briefly with the pope francis who urged her to continue her efforts in protecting the climate. and environmental activists glued himself to a train in london's canary wharf financial district to demand more action to tackle climate change to weather protesters climbed onto a train route as part of a third day of demonstrations in the u.k. capital police arrested one man on suspicion of obstructing the railway and sudan's deposed president omar al bashir has been moved to prison according to his family relatives say that bashir was previously being held inside the presidential compound in the capital khartoum bashir was ousted by the arm

the future of the reli was held inside a stadium named after indonesia's first president sukarno joko widodo became the seventh in two thousand and fourteen and was greeted like a rock star as he campaigned to stay in the job. but i never heard of the young the woman and the man real make sure that our lives are better than today in five years time. when stays election will be one of the largest displays of democracy in the world this will be the first time that the presidential vote will be held on the same day as elections the seats in the house of representatives the huge crowd here is an example of how big and complex the democratic process is in indonesia and there are more than one hundred ninety million eligible voters and on wednesday most will go to one of eight hundred thousand polling stations around the country. the other choice for president is probable subi mto who was beaten and a close race in the two thousand and fourteen vote he's trailed in most polls during this campaign but is close the gap in recent weeks i don't think there are still a few days until the election hopef

weapon — the first missile test since the hanoi summit between kim jong—un and president trump joko widodods towards a second term as unofficial results put the indonesian president well ahead in the general election. supporters ofjoko widodo have come here to try to catch a glimpse of the man they have just voted in as this country's next president — for the second time. i'm kasia madera in london. also in the programme: at least 29 tourists have been killed after their bus overturned on the portuguese island of madeira — all the victims were german. bells ring and church bells ring out across france to mark the exact time notre—dame went up in flames. live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news — it's newsday. glad you could join us. it's 1am in london, 8am in singapore and 9am in pyongyang where north korea says its leader, kim jong—un, has overseen the test of what it describes as a "new type of tactical guided weapon with a powerful warhead". the test is the first since mr kim's second summit with president trump in february. laura bickerjoins us from the sou

drive as a three wheeled taxis have more time than they used to to talk politics the president joko widodo has encouraged other modes of transport that can be ordered online meaning business has reduced dramatically for these work as they say they'll vote for change in wednesday's election in the hope it will improve the economic situation that is so good these days it's so difficult for me to make a living we don't have enough money for tomorrow's food if we don't work today i need make two to three dollars a day. the economy has been one of the main points of debate during this six month election campaign it's growing at around five percent which is short of what the president was aiming for body enough he says to earn a second term in office. who want to continue efforts to develop the economic independence of indonesia jacoby's main focus has been on infrastructure development like the opening of an underground train line in jakarta which was first proposed more than thirty years ago. on the campaign trail joko widodo has spent much of his time trying to sell voters on the economic ach

throughout the campaign joko widodo has enjoyed a double digit lead in most polls if the accusation by his opponent of irregularities goes unproven then the threat of street protests may just be viewed as a desperate move in the dying stages of the bid to become president. as he's known here has been criticized by some for not being religious enough so in a move seen as trying to attract the conservative vote he's chosen muslim cleric in as his running mates some of his more liberal supporters view it as selling out for the sake of votes but others believe he had no choice and cannot avoid that. he is a very wealthy family repressive he has no political party he has no family background he has no money he is just a small furniture trader who nonetheless became president of indonesia as both he and his challenger chased the conservative muslim vote moderate indonesians may be concerned about any deals that might have been done that could see this country head in a more religiously conservative direction wayne hay al jazeera jakarta. but u.s. secretary of state has wrapped up his four na

infrastructure gap of one point five trillion dollars compared to other emerging markets president joko widodo is halfway through a ten year three hundred twenty seven billion dollar program to construct new airports highways and ports congestion in the capital jakarta costs the country billions in lost revenue al-jazeera florence louis reports now on how the city's newly opened mass rapid transport system is proving to be highly popular. jakarta's long awaited mass rapid train system is finally here was and it's proving a hit more than ten million people work and live in the indonesian capital and the m r t goes a long way in easing the city's notorious traffic congestion. this is a mess if you are in the news your finally has a name marty just like other country that has been having it for years it is also i am very proud moment i usually take an old bus to office but no i am provided with these very comfortable public transportation i hope people who take car still office will use this facility. there's only one line at the moment running from south jakarta to the city center covering a dis

this is the same match up that we saw in two thousand and fourteen that time joko widodo won a very tight race to become president of indonesia are expecting it to be tight again this time even though the president has enjoyed a double digit lead in most of the pre-election holding that gap has started to narrow in recent weeks this is also a historic election the first time in indonesia that the presidential election will take place on the same day as legislative elections so it's going to be a very complex possibly confusing process on wednesday and in the days after which when those results are confirmed the numbers are staggering more than one hundred ninety million eligible voters right around this country heading to around eight hundred thousand polling stations. ministers in lebanon are campaigning to persuade neighboring syria to reduce its trade tariffs lebanese farmers and business owners say high transit taxes on imported goods are damaging their livelihoods. holder has more from the very least in lebanon. traffic is slow at the border crossing between nothing odd syria. cross

indonesians are voting in the world's largest single day election incumbent joko widodo faces formergeneral proposed to be indonesians will also choose from more than two hundred forty five thousand candidates for seats in local regional and national government. the french president has promised to rebuild the fire ravaged within five years the cause of the fire that engulfed and destroyed part of the historic cathedral is being investigated. well let's get more now on our top story president thomas veto of a bill that's want to end u.s. involvement in the war in yemen has an l. tayyab joins us live from washington d.c. where he is the co-director of just foreign policy and national advocacy group that supported the yemen resolution has and this wasn't a surprise how are you feeling now that it's actually happened. obviously frustrated i think this was a chance to you know move forward with this really historic and vitally important build to an u.s. support for the saudi and u.a. coalitions war in yemen. that said i think the momentum that we've created this this you know odd you kno

infrastructure gap of one point five trillion dollars compared to other emerging markets president joko widodo is halfway through a ten year three hundred twenty seven billion dollar program to construct new airports highways and ports or congestion in the capital jakarta costs the country billions in lost revenue al-jazeera as florence louis reports now on how the city's newly opened mass rapid transport system is proving to be highly popular. jakarta's long awaited mass rapid train system is finally here was and it's proving a hit more than ten million people work and live in the indonesian capital and the m r t goes a long way in easing the city's notorious traffic congestion. this is a mess if you're in the news you're finally has an unmarked just like other country that has been having it for years it is also i am very proud moment i usually take an old bus to office but no i'm provided with these very comfortable public transportation i hope people who make cars the office will use this possibility. there's only one line at the moment running from south jakarta to the city center coverin

throughout the campaign joko widodo has enjoyed a double digit lead in most polls if the accusation byhis opponent of irregularities goes unproven then the threat of street protests may just be viewed as a desperate move in the dying stages of the bid to become president. as he's known here has been criticized by some for not being religious enough so in a move seen as trying to attract the conservative vote he's chosen muslim cleric in as his running mate some of his more liberal supporters view it as selling out for the sake of votes but others believe he had no. choice you cannot avoid that. he is a very wealthy family repressive and he has no political party he has no family background . he has no money he is just a small furniture trader who nonetheless became president of indonesia as both he and his challenger chased the conservative muslim votes moderate indonesians may be concerned about any deals that might have been done that could see this country head in a more religiously conservative direction wayne hay al jazeera. well voting for indonesia election has already been held

saturday is the last day of campaigning for indonesia's presidential election president joko widodo and his rival problem. a both holding large rallies in the capital jakarta more than one hundred ninety million people eligible to vote on april the seventeenth day has more from the capital jakarta. after six long months of campaigning this is when it all comes to and saturday is the last day the campaign rallies can be held and then it is a waiting game before the election itself on wednesday this is the fine. election rally for the president the organizers of this event saying that more that more than a million people are here for this event we saw similar numbers last weekend for the final big campaign rally in the capital jakarta for the challenger to joko widodo as presidency. this is this a match up that we saw in two thousand and fourteen that time joko widodo won a very tight race to become president of indonesia are expecting it to be tight again this time even though the president has enjoyed a double digit lead in most of the pre-election holding that gap has started to narrow