months of speculation and in the democratic republic of congo joseph kabila won't run for president in upcoming elections. this is al jazeera live from london also coming up. the red cross says sunday's deadly earthquake in indonesia was exceptionally destructive more than one hundred fifty thousand have been left homeless. desperate for water in new south wales australia declares the entire state in drought last. message from democrats to republicans in ohio one of the latest on the special election that's too close to call. begin in the democratic republic of congo where the government has announced president joseph kabila will not be standing in december's election below was due to step down from his position in twenty sixteen but the election to replace him has been repeatedly delayed triggering violent protests which dozens were killed it was once spread speculation that he would try to seek a third term instead he's backing his former interior minister emanuel dari who's on the european union sanctions for alleged human rights abuses and we're going live to catherine sawyer in ki

up in the next sixty minutes months of speculation and in the democratic republic of congo joseph kabila won't run for president in upcoming elections. the red cross says sunday's deadly earthquake in indonesia was exceptionally destructive more than a hundred fifty thousand have been left homeless. zambia denies asylum to sing as zimbabwean opposition figure tendai biti. sports chelsea are on the verge of completing a world record transfer they've agreed to pay off ninety two million dollars for. making him the most expensive goalkeeper of all time. and begin in the democratic republic of congo where the government has announced president joseph kabila will not be standing in december's election. was due to step down from his position in twenty sixteen but the election to replace him has been repeatedly delayed triggering violent protests in which dozens were killed there was widespread speculation that he would try to seek a third term instead he's backing his former interior minister emmanuel diary is under european union sanctions for alleged human rights abuses. tell us more about h

and the democratic republic of congo there will be no third term for president joseph kabila. and we shall carry this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up turkey becomes the latest u.s. ally to reject washington's sanctions on iran. israel's parliament convenes a special session as anger grows over its so-called nation state law and militias former prime minister is in court accused of money laundering as the charges pile up over a state run scandal. the president of the democratic republic of congo has just announced his decision on seeking a third term in office he says he will not be doing so there had long been speculation joseph kabila would attempt to defy term limits and seek a third term at the joy joins us soil rather joins us live now from kinshasa so not only was the announcement that he will not be seeking a third term robert zani should dari that is who will be seeking the office what do we know about this person and his politics. won't ramadani said diary is not a name that he needed you hold your head when you start talking up out of politics here in the

handpicked by president joseph kabila himself. hardlinerly seen as a and close ally of the longtime leader. so much so that the opposition says if he does win the election kabila could be able to cling onto power behind the scenes. also want to thank his excellency the president of the republic joseph kabila. an exceptional man in africa and even throughout the world who has kept his word. he said there would be no issues. there wouldn't be a third term. and today he has kept his promise. the 57-year-old has extensive political experience. he was interior minister from 2016 until february of this year. during that time he oversaw a period of political crisis and widespread public anger triggered by kabila's decision to push back on elections twice. widespread protests were violently repressed and activists and opposition members arrested. in his capacity asin his capaci, forld re: was responsible the activities of security services during the instability. he was among a group of congolese officials sanctioned by the eu in 2017 for

the true as been stated and of the deed to just it has been said do you think that president joseph kabila will hold the elections in december really i never heard. from him said that he will hold the election but i've never heard it so that it will not hurt the election i just heard that he will respect the constitution so is the government of the constitution are we to hope that he will make respect the constitution looking at your time in prison. were you devastated by what continue to happen in the congo diversity. i'm very sad because it's a disaster human therea disaster it's an economic disaster the final disaster i mean. look at the problem or we had. the massacre made in cus i am to come with concertos so. this. attack in the binnie. temple new must occur in it to remember in the two thousand and one in the marsh restore the peace and security in the tory so i know very well this problem we need to start again a few months ago the promise of the india if we fought for to the a.d.f. in the two thousand and one when i was in the binnie saw really if you say that all these all the in

not seeking a third term joseph kabila endorses a successor to compete in democratic republic of congo's presidential election. no end in sight to the diplomatic route between canada and saudi arabia but justin trudeau says the dialogue continues. canada will always speak strongly and clearly in private in public on questions of human rights. and emotive protests argentina's parliament discusses a controversial plan to legalize abortion in the first fourteen weeks of pregnancy . at least one palestinian has been killed in an exchange of rocket fire over the border between israel and gaza the israeli military says thirty six rockets have been fired from gaza in the past few hours but it managed to intercept several of them israeli media says six people have been injured by shrapnel in the border town of steroids israel retaliated by carrying out and strike targets in several sites well the u.n. special coordinator for the middle east peace process is alarmed at the escalation of the violence nic i'm not enough says collect. efforts have prevented the situation from exploding until now if

left to complete the process at the beginning of the year catholic church leaders organized anti kabila protests there were valid confrontations between shaky forces and protesters on the street in other parts of the city several people were killed and injured. rosie more kendall's family is rary of politicians his sister says was killed by police in the demonstration and assuming the government the truth of this is look what i want thirty's who killed my brother arrested i also want to split a cool justice he always said that one day our children will live freely and with dignity leaders of the ruling coalition called presidential majority there making final adjustments before nominating their candidates look silly buggers drew up a business while you mentals were to go to buy computers got to decide there could be a political argument. which can only be blocked. by wednesday congolese will have a clearer picture of who's running for president in december they want to see who the ruling party kind of eighty's and what that will mean for them catherine soy kinshasa a vintage plane has c

in the democratic republic of congo where the government has announced president joseph kabila won't be standing in december selection that could be it was due to step down from his position in twenty sixteen but the election to replace him has been repeatedly delayed triggering violent protests in which dozens were killed was widespread speculation that he would try to seek a third term and said he's backing his former interior minister in manuel. dougherty who's on the european union sanctions for alleged human rights abuses look after so it has more from the electoral commission in kinshasa. ramazani should diary he's the secretary of the ruling p.p.r. the proxy which is the president's party within the ruling coalition look for my interior minister he is the former governor out over millennia province which is the president home province he's very loyal to president. very strongly agrees with his ideology and his policies so he does become president he is going to be in line with the policies of president lot of people are saying that is a safe bet not just pick up but also the m

when president joseph kabila finally made it clear that he will not be seeking reelection and hunted over the baton to manage. it ended two years of speculation and anxiety characterized by partisan violent confrontations between police and demonstrators some of his critics like martin for you lou who wants to be president says kabila as legacy is tainted today. gone harmony is security the second is a big issue there is no priests are. scared to the contrary the miller legacy is a province and. we became. the president inherited a country that was just getting out of a civil war back in two thousand and one his father had been assassinated and he was thrust in the thick of the democratic republic of congo's complex politics is credited by some for unifying a country that was divided bringing a sense of normalcy reforming the military and starting an ambitious rebuilding program when puppy love became president the offer you gave through that and. many other parts of the country that has changed especially. as a means to build a world being different parts of the cars some people say

transformed into a political party opposing the rule of president joseph kabila he has called an election which is due to take place in december i'm david chaytor in belgium the country that was the former colonial ruler of the democratic republic of congo ever since again his independence in one thousand nine hundred sixty there's never been a peaceful transfer of power in that country the senator is returning from belgium to his homeland to register as a candidate in the presidential election. john pierre bemba talks to al jazeera. should be about thank you very much for talking to al-jazeera thank you i'd like to start with perhaps the hardest question for you during those ten years inside you. you would didn't have criminal responsibility for the atrocities committed by your militia you were convinced always you were going to come out an innocent man but during those ten years that you have any feelings about your moral responsibility for what happened i think that of course i have a lot of sympathy for all the people in the in the central africa in general but. the my brothers sister

and we went into exile in ten to sixteen after fooling out with president joseph kabila he was accused of trying to topple the government using foreign mass neris and later sentenced in his absence to three years in prison for real estate fraud government officials say he will be arrested if he manages to return tension is high in his strongholds. if. there will be no election sure there's. a novel position figure on p.r. bemba is watching closely his history timed they live in years in the netherlands ten of them in prison as he faced trial at the international criminal court for war crimes after his recent acquittal ben but also has ambitions to be president. very sad and i feel very sorry for. him to come back to his own country i think this period of time is very important for for me everybody should be able to participate in the election is christian is not to the government official that noise a. procedure to get into the country and he's just trying to cause trouble that's only insists that he just wants to come to the capitol hill and meet him face the electoral commission pres

his policies so he does become president he is going to be in line with the policies of president kabila a lot of people are saying that is a safe bet not just a couple of but also the military because this province he comes from is also a pro games and also the home province of several influential and powerful generals while also told that a lot of leaders all of you know the parties within the quality shown are comfortable with him but there is also a fun son because he is one of eight people in that european union sanctions list because of human rights abuses i he was interior minister at the end of last year when police brutally dispersed protesters in protest of what will the eyes by the catholic judge but he supporters saying that they're going to stand by him no matter what and you see no opposition leaders here coming out to congratulate the congolese people that they have food for so much pressure on kabila that he was unable to attempt even to run for us that time we've seen a statement from the catholic church that all has also been cruciform very critical against president jo

may be facing the end of the kabila dennis de joseph kabila whose father the wrong was infamously late for che guevara's african race was in the one nine hundred sixty s. has said he won't contest elections in mainstream media though headlines are about an outbreak of ebola daniel mccabe's new film this is congo follows four characters a whistleblower a patriotic military commander a mineral dealer and a displaced tailor to give a different perspective to see similar pain is the one of the most resource rich and poor wrist countries in the world over to daniel mccabe and deputy editor sebastian baca so can you stop by to tell me how you came to make this is congo well i initially i was a nuisance talk for based in east africa my first time in congo was in two thousand and eight covering which commonly known as the sea in d.p. war so that experience really kind of sparked me to dig deeper in my research behind. kind of revealed a lot of holes in it in the narrative that we're often told about the congress so that's kind of the genesis of the project begin there and it was about identify

kabila will not be standing in december's election president kabila was due to step down into the sixteen but the election to replace him has been repeatedly delayed speculation that he would try to seek a third term triggered violent protests in the country in which dozens of people were killed instead now he's backing his former interior minister emanuel of amazon e should r.t. . zimbabwe's main opposition party says it will challenge the results of last week's presidential election in court lawyers for the m.d.c. alliance say they have what they call mammoth evidence of electoral fraud president i was in milan god where is you to officially start his new term on sunday after winning last monday's vote but the opposition says he can't be sworn in while facing a legal challenge. ivory coast's former first lady has been freed from jail after being granted the si for her role in the civil war simone barber's husband long refused to accept electoral defeat in twenty ten and that triggered a conflict in which three thousand people were killed her release along with eight hundred others is be

brutal history with congo supporting the military dictatorship of mobutu says a second before the kabila years but in the seventy two hours it has appeared to become clear that the dealer see may be facing the end of the kabila dinnerstein joseph kabila whose father the wrong was infamously late for che guevara's african relations in the one nine hundred sixty s. he has said he won't contest elections in mainstream media though headlines are about an outbreak of ebola daniel mccabe's new film this is congo follows four characters a whistleblower a patriotic military commander a mineral dealer and a displaced tailor to give a different perspective to see similar pain is the one of the most resource rich and poor countries in the world over to daniel mccabe and deputy editor sebastian baca so can you stop by to tell me how you came to make this is congo well initially i was a news photographer based in east africa my first time in congo was in two thousand and eight covering this was coming we noticed the sea and the people or so that experience really kind of sparked me to dig deeper in m

the garbage about here president joseph kabila is an exceptional leader in africa and they warned and i think he said he will not seek reelection and he has to do his will his strongest opponents john p.r. bamba was resigned to by the international criminal court in the netherlands where he was in jail for war crimes for the last ten years. the talcum married came flooding the tweens eleven presidential election and hopes that this time he has a shot at the top seats and then there's felix. he is the leader of the largest opposition party union for democracy and social change his father. came running up the presidential election. but they haven't brought his body home because of the entire. belief they were the banking on his father's popularity in his bid for president. another popular opposition leader who's been in exile since twenty sixteen has been barred by the government from entering the country he says he'll take legal action. just. by them i need the agree they all have the right to go to the constitutional court. all more than twenty kindly to have filed their papers and pa

supporters and officials say they will stand by simply the live coverage of under president joseph kabila a second exceptional leader in africa and the world and i think he said he will not seek reelection and the as told by his will his strongest opponents john p.r. bamber was reason here committed by the international criminal court in the netherlands where he was in jail for war crimes for the last ten years. the talcum married came third in the tweens eleven presidential election and hopes that this time he has a shot at the top seats and then they spin leaks. he is the leader of the largest opposition party union for democracy and social change his father the educated came . eleven died last year but they haven't brought his body home because of the entire north. believe they were the banking on his mother's popularity in his bid for president. another popular opposition leader to be who's been in exile says twenty sixteen has been barred by the government from entering the country he says he'll take legal action. groups who have submitted their prejudices can contest. what is by the

december's election instead he's backing the former interior minister emanuel ramazan issued ari kabila was due to step down from his post in twenty sixteen the former first lady of ivory coast has been freed from jail after being granted amnesty for her role in the civil war simone back bowe's husband laura refused to accept electoral defeat in twenty ten triggering a conflict that killed three thousand people she was sentenced to twenty years in prison and twenty fifteen. and the u.s. says it will impose sanctions against russia an attack on a former spy in britain early this year the state department says russia used a nerve agent novacek to try to poison cripple and his daughter in soulsby in march the kremlin denies any involvement. but those were the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after al-jazeera word statement that so much. mian maher over fifty one million people. and sends to cheese party won elections here in twenty fifteen but the army still wields great power on chance that she unfortunately has no practical ability to rein in the security forces since inde

the government of the democratic republic of congo has announce that president joseph kabila will not be standing in december's election kabila was due to step down from his position in twenty sixteen but the election to replace him has been repeatedly delayed speculation that he would try to seek a third term triggered violent protests in which dozens were killed instead he's backing his former interior minister emmanuel rama zani should ari zimbabwe's main opposition party says it will challenge the results of last week's presidential election and court lawyers from the m.d.c. alliance say they have what they call math evidence of electoral fraud president non-god was due to be reno grades on sunday after winning monday's vote but the opposition says he can't be sworn in while facing a legal challenge. ivory coast's former first lady has been freed from jail after being granted amnesty for her role in the civil war simone backbones husband the wrong refused to accept electoral defeat in twenty ten trillion in a conflict that killed thousands of people her release along with eight hu

months of speculation and in the democratic republic of congo joseph kabila won't run for president in upcoming elections. live from london also coming up. the red cross says sunday's deadly earthquake in indonesia was exceptionally destructive more than one hundred fifty thousand have been left homeless. georgia marks ten years since the war with russia which left the country dismembered and two of its states occupied. and argentine women rally for their rights to have abortions and a polarized parliament. would begin in the democratic republic of congo where the government has announced president joseph kabila will not be standing in december that action. to step down from his position in twenty sixteen but the election to replace him has been repeatedly delayed triggering violent protests in which dozens were killed there was widespread speculation that he would try to seek a third term instead he's backing his former interior minister emanuel diary who's under european union sanctions for an edge human rights abuses. it's joins us now from contrasts and this is a name come as a sur

left to complete the process at the beginning of the year catholic church leaders organized anti kabila protests there were valid confrontations between the shaky forces and protesters on the streets in other parts of the city several people were killed and injured. rosie more kendall's family is rary of politicians his sister says was killed by police in the demonstration and are suing the government the family of this is look at well i want thirty's who killed my brother arrested i also want split equal justice he always said that one day our children will live freely and with dignity leaders of the ruling coalition called presidential majority there making final adjustments before nominating their candidates look silly like you drew up a business while you mentals where because by computers got to decide there could be a political argument which can only be blocked by the fire and by wednesday congolese will have a clearer picture of who is running for president in december they want to see who the ruling party kind of eighty's and what that will mean for them catherine soy al jazeer

and african union have praised joseph kabila as decision not to seek a third term as president of the democratic republic of congo could be there is instead supporting close ally emanuel brothers on the show that r.t. there are concerns kabila will remain a political force behind the scenes from kinshasa catherine sawyer reports. when president joseph kabila finally made it clear that he will not be seeking reelection and hunted over the baton to. a diary it ended two years of speculation and anxiety characterized by partisan violent confrontations between police and demonstrators some of his critics like martin for you luke who wants to be president legacy is tainted. gone harmony's security the second is a big issue there is no precise. scripted to the contrary miller legacy is a province and. we became. the president inherited a country that was just getting out of a civil war back in two thousand and one his father had been assassinated and he was thrust in the thick of the democratic republic of congo complex politics he's credited by some for unifying a country that was divided

joseph kabila says he won't turn his congolese president instead he nominates a former minister to contest december's election. dry and increasingly desperate of australia's most populous state a become a dust bowl. thank . the un says it's deeply alarmed by a new flare up of violence between israel and gaza at least three palestinians have been killed including a pregnant mother and her eighteen month old daughter in an explosive exchange in the girls' a strip the israeli military says seventy rockets were fired from gaza israeli media say six people were injured by shrapnel in the israeli border town of out and in response israel launched a series of strikes targeting hamas positions andrew symonds has the latest from girls. the attacks may be more in cements and and less intense but the fighting is going on as strikes some shelling from the sea from the israeli navy hissing gaza panic in the streets and on the israeli side panic that to run across the southern communities of israel and what next it's unclear this is my report. deep into the night intense bombardments the flash of outgoi

of congo the presidential election has been delayed for two years it's not kiev president joseph kabila who's barred by the constitution for running for a third tom will try again. church leaders say he became. election they'll add washy powers to protests want it back given by big groups i'm not afraid of anyone we need the country to go forward the country is not free and we need a credible electoral process. the country is on edge former rebel leader john pear bemba has submitted he's kind of d.c. to the electoral commission. to return home after being acquitted of war crimes at the international criminal court in the nothing lands he spent ten years in prison pending his trial another popular opposition leader. who the negs was stopped from crossing the border from zambia to submit election documents presidential hopefuls have three days left to complete the process at the beginning of the year catholic church leaders organized and to kabila protests there were valid confrontations between the shaky forces and protesters on the streets in other parts of the city several people were

intense political times president joseph kabila has delayed a crucial election for two years kristen certainty and protests in which dozens have been killed by security forces many congolese say they feel oppressed corruption is high and the government is increasingly isolated by the international community the supporters believe that only he can change the bad tight. turn years in prison for nothing and he still acts of the people. was supported by his rebel group tanned opposition party many analysts believe that still presents a formidable challenge to the ruling party. was the. moment for the liberation of the congo political party headquarters if so what does that mean really is a change of action in. the coming days. after all. that any kind it has to be in the country. to contest an election the fact that the has been away for ten years and still has a pending witness tampering case that the international criminal court could walk against his eligibility member told that he hopes it does not come to that are you surprised that the government in place say that. i think that. th

that of the kind of of president kabila because their main their main rival has been has been at least officially ruled out in many ways a lot of what we're discussing is academic isn't it really because nobody really expects it expects this to be a free and fair election and the candidate that has been backed by could be the is the one who is going to reign supreme and what everybody is expecting is a kind of putin medvedev arrangement whereby we have to be pulling the strings from behind that is indeed what i think most people are are suspecting and it seems that this is what the president is trying to do this being said one would make a mistake in knots allowing for the possibility that some violence on the street for example and. as i said extra legal opposition by bemba and others could derail the process altogether and then we might be in for him are far more fluid and fragile scenario because at the moment the state in the market to go public of congo is very very weak it does lost control over large swathes of the territory and in that sense you know if there is no election is

not seeking a third term joseph kabila endorses a successor to compete in democratic republic of congo's presidential elections. no end in sight to the diplomatic spat between canada and saudi arabia but justin trudeau says the dialogue continues. canada will always speak strongly clearly in private in public on questions of human rights. and emotive protests as argentina's parliament discusses a controversial plan to legalize abortions when the first fourteen weeks of pregnancy. at least three palestinians including a mother and her toddler have been killed in the gaza strip in an explosive exchange between israel and hamas the israeli military says seventy rockets were fired from gaza several were intercepted israeli media says six people have been injured by shrapnel in the border town of steroids well in response israel has launched a series of it strikes targeting hamas positions meanwhile the u.n. special coordinator for the middle east peace process is alarmed at the escalation of violence nicol i'm not a novice says efforts have prevented the situation from exploding until now if

kabila's second term offificialy ded in 201016 but he refefused o step down.ow he has chosen before and -- the former interior minister to represent the ruling amp coalition in the vote. as tensions grow in zimbabwe after last week's disputed presidential election, police today briefly arrested a senior opposition leader as he tried to cross into neighboring zambia. the former finance mininister, a leading member of the opposition mdc, has since b been released. he is reported to be urgently seeking asylum in zambia. the mdc announcnced it will formally challenge the results of the election which they narrowly lost to the ruling zanu-pf party. the results were met with protests and deadly military force. concerns are now growing of a government crackdown. for more on this we go to our correspondent privilege joining us from harare. privilege, it is good to see you. what is the opposition hoping to achieve by challenging the election result in court? privilege: they are seekeking te nullification of the election results that were announced last week. earlier in

months of speculation and in the democratic republic of congo joseph kabila won't run for president in upcoming elections. in our intake this is al jazeera live from london also coming up. the red cross says sunday's deadly earthquake in indonesia was exceptionally destructive more than one hundred fifty thousand have been left homeless. desperate for water in new south wales australia declares the entire state in drought last.

and the democratic republic of congo there will be no third term for president joseph kabila. and we shall carry this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up turkey becomes the latest u.s. ally to reject washington state sanctions on iran. israel's parliament convenes a special session as anger grows over its so-called nation state law and militias former prime minister is in court accused of money laundering as the charges pile up over a state run scandal. the president of the democratic republic of congo has just announced his.

bambery ties to the democratic republic of congo intense political times president joseph kabila has delayed a crucial election for two years kristen certainty and protesting which dozens have been killed by security forces many congolese say they feel oppressed corruption is high and the government is increasingly isolated by the international community members supporters believe that only he can change the bad tight surely. you don't know congolese need. ten years in prison for nothing and he is still in the acts of the people. was supported by his rebel group tanned opposition party many analysts believes that still presents a formidable challenge to the ruling party they were fans of ring was. moment for the liberation of the congo political party headquarters if the board does meet you believe it is a change of action move them back and solve them in the coming days really to a little document so that after all commission congolese law states that any kind it has to be in the country for at least one year to contest an election the fact that bemba has been away for ten years and

and we went into exile in ten to sixteen after for ling out with president joseph kabila he was accused of trying to topple the government using foreign mass neris and later sentenced in his absence to three years in prison for real estate fraud government officials say he will be arrested if he manages to return tension is high in his strongholds another position figure . is watching closely his just free time and they live in years in the netherlands ten of them and piece of is he face trial at the international criminal court for the war crimes to his reason to quit on them but also has ambitions to be presidents situation a very sad and i feel very sorry for mr khatami and with a daughter i know him to come back to his own country. i think this period of time is very important for for me everybody should be able to participate in the election is cruisin is not good a government official said that annoyed at a. procedure to get into the country and he's just trying to cause trouble i think he insists that he just wants to come to the capital kinshasa and meet him face the electoral c

joseph kabila is backing a close ally to succeed him as president of the democratic republic of congo or least to contest the elections in his place his refusal to step down in twenty sec sixteen led to violence but now isn't out for they won't be standing in december's election catherine sawyer has more. after months of speculation and a man with diary president joseph to be less trusted ally has been nominated by the common front for congo. as he successfully it was a surprise to many who thought the president would try to run for a third time even though he's bad by the constitution will choose other more politically vocal leaders she diaries a secretary of the president's people's party for reconstruction and democracy p.p.r. deen he comes from the same province in the east describing as mother as well as powerful generals in the military for that analysts say is seen as a safe bet. he's however and a utopian union sanctions list for human rights abuses particularly during protests late last year when he was interior minister security forces assails to have used excessive force on

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exile in nine hundred sixteen after fooling out with president joseph kabila he was accused of trying to topple the government using foreign mass no ease and latest sentence in his absence to three years in prison for real estate fraud government officials say you will. be arrested if he manages to return tension is high in his strongholds and novel position figure. is watching closely his history timed they live in years in the netherlands ten of them in prison as he faced trial at the international criminal court for the war crimes to his reason to quieten them but also has ambitions to be president situation very sad and i feel very sorry for mr khatami. who they don't allow him to come back to his own country. i think he's period of time is very important for the election for me everybody should be able to participate in the election is cruisin is not to the government official that annoys her to me i'm not use there i proceeded to get into the country and he's just trying to cause trouble that to me insists that he just wants to come to the capitol hill just back from your face c

popular leader and in back in two thousand and six he did he was a runner up to president joseph kabila in a presidential runoff and a lot of people are saying that he was his fault was stolen from the afghan army says it's taking control of the eastern city of jalalabad after a series of attacks the decision follows the deaths of fifteen people in a laundry on a government refugee office office in the city on tuesday in the past three months one hundred sixty civilians have been killed and i saw taliban attacks in the us. and the afghan army says more than one hundred fifty eisel fighters surrendered on tuesday that's after a heavy gun battle between eisel and the taliban in the northern province the government says more than one hundred fifty fighters were killed and one hundred wounded. well afghanistan's election body has announced presidential elections will be held in april next year all afghans must register to vote a drawn out process that has been marred by accusations of fraud and abuse. reports from kabul. hundreds of women recall the names of the countryman compiling an elec

been making news around the world the democratic republic of congo's longstanding president joseph kabila will not run in the upcoming election according to a government spokesman the announcement and months that speculation kabila second term officially ended in twenty sixteen but he had refused to step down now he has chosen former interior minister a manual ramadani to represent the ruling a m.p. coalition in the vote. zimbabwe's main opposition party says that it will formally challenge the results of the country's presidential election nelson chamisa and his m.d.c. party narrowly lost last week's poll to president anderson and not a god was an o.p.'s the result sparked protest that was met with deadly force by the military involved ways the electoral commission has dismissed allegations of fraud. and indonesian officials say that the death toll from sunday's earthquake in long island province has risen to one hundred and thirty one with more than fifteen hundred deemed to be of the wounded aid workers have been struggling to reach victims in remote areas and many are believed to stil

in the democratic republic of congo, longtime leader joseph kabila has announced he will not run for reelection. kabila's term ended in 2016, but he has so far refused to step down, even as violence and insecurity has increased in the drc. kabila is now backing his close ally, interior minister emmanuel ramazani shadary, to run as his successor. he is under european union sanctions for alleged human rights violations, including overseeing a deadly military crackdown against protesters. in argentina, the senate has rejected legislation to legalize abortion, dealing a blow to women's health and reproductive rights groups. the powerful catholic church had lobbied heavily against legalizing abortion. currently, abortion in argentina is banned except in cases of rape or when the mother's life is at risk. dozens of argentine women die every year as a result of unsafe illegal abortions. federal prosecutors have charged new york republican congressman chris collins with more than a -- with insider trading. prosecutors say he received and enough from the head of a drug company which he was th

and african union have all praise joseph kabila his decision not to seek a third term as president of the democratic republic of congo camilla is instead throwing his support behind close ally emmanuel rama zani shuddery but there are still fears he will remain a political force behind the scenes. catherine sawyer reports. when president joseph kabila finally made it clear that he will not be seeking reelection and handed over the baton to man a diary it ended two years of speculation and anxiety characterized by partisan violent confrontations between police and demonstrators some of his critics like martin for you luke who wants to be president says kabila as legacy is tainted. gone harmony's security the second is a big issue there is no priests are. scared to the contrary tabular vegas is a province and. we became. poor the president inherited a country that was just getting out of a civil war back in two thousand and one his father had been assassinated and he was thrust in the thick of the democratic republic of congo's complex politics is credited by some for unifying a country

jailed political activists the saudi foreign minister says canada is to blame for the dispute joseph kabila will not be seeking a third term as president of the democratic republic of congo he was due to step down in twenty sixteen but elections to replace him were repeatedly delayed and led to violent protests the ruling party has put forward a former interior minister emmanuel rama zani should. the former first lady of ivory coast has been freed from jail after being granted amnesty for her role in post-election violence simone berg was housman laurel refused to accept electoral defeat in twenty ten and that triggered conflict that killed three thousand people she was sentenced to twenty years in prison in twenty fifteen the u.s. says it will impose sanctions against russia over an attack on a former spy in britain earlier this year the state department says russia use nerve gas to poison surrogate script pal and his daughter in the english city of sorcery in march is seventy three years since the united states dropped an atomic bomb and nagasaki in japan which led to the end of the secon

here coming out to congratulate the congolese people that they have food for so much pressure on kabila that he was unable to attempt even to run for us that tom we've seen a statement from the catholic church that all has also been creasy very critical against president joseph kabila saying that this is a significant step in the democracy of this country. coming up on this news hour from london argentine women rally for their rights to have abortions amid a polarized vote and pot of men's. georgia marks ten years since the war with russia which that. the country dismembered and two of its states to provide and support will hear from the gulf for who's in with a chance of completing a career grand slam. ivory coast former first lady has arrived after being granted to amnesty and released from detention for her role in a civil war simone bagfuls a husband long refused to accept electoral defeat back in two thousand and ten triggering a conflict that killed three thousand people she was sentenced to twenty years in prison and twenty fifteen are released on wednesday along with eight hundr