for nearly 3 decades but in march he unexpectedly stepped down handing over the reins to his protege kasim talk is expected to win the election. joining me now from in kazakstan is journalist reed standish reed we hear about mass arrests can you tell us a bit more about that. yeah well today is election day and has extent and it's been a wave of protests across the country there's been about 100 hundreds of arrests because of these protests over what people see as you know and i'm free vote and i'm free election. so there's been a. journalist the rest of as well including a british colleague of mine who was a hauled away earlier today and got a little roughed up by police and in the scuffle. and it's part of a wider kind of protest but that's been growing in the country over the last few months that was sort of kicked off by not survives resignation well talk a if who is considered an ally to the ex-president now as is expected to win these elections what signal does that send to the population well i think the signal that it's sending is one of continuity that's the message sent both to c

kazakhstan says it was tarnished by clear violations of fundamental freedoms preliminary results show kasim was or has won because it stands presidential election with around 70 percent of the ballots the organization for security and cooperation in europe says some procedures were disregarded on vote day casting doubt on an honest vote count well some 500 protesters calling for a boycott of the elections were.

kazakstan the official leader of the nation also tend as a pious and his appointee interim president kasim your market took i am not sure do i mean is that i share a main task is to realize the strategy of the leader of the nation in order to strengthen the potential of a state i firmly believe and the success of on the noble endeavor. look i have has government resources to boost his chances stadiums filled with students the state controlled mainstream media was it was it was it was evil because it stood as it was the decision. when as a boy i have resigned in march ok i have renamed the capital after him some so that . as a sign of subservience. my god will turn is not my town i have a choice said this activist. others have called for a boycott of the vote seeing talk as a stopgap for dinner stick succession. as senate leader now survives daughter is next in line for the presidency. on friday police raided homes and detained several activists the authorities are on high alert so i want to know for the 1st time in almost 3 decades the voters will have a choice or an appearance of choice a

significant powers as chairman for the life of the country's security council he's chosen successor kasim jorma taccone of his own cause to take over what is your specific message to those individuals who are campaigning for democracy and rights in this country those individuals you being detained are advised all the law enforcement agencies to be tolerant. restraint but any serious violations of our laws of course will not be tolerated but at the same time i urge all the young people. on the same level. to exercise restraint to be tolerant to the power to the government a rare acknowledgement because it's deserved more political freedom. that didn't stop the tensions kazakstan has never seen an election day quite like this before robin for a steelworker al-jazeera though so tied up now syrian government forces say they've captured advantage on the border between hama and the provinces government tanks and soldiers have moved into town president bashar al assad's forces launched an offensive to recapture the adventure and parts of hama province as in april at least 300000 people have been

significant powers as chairman for the life of the country's security council he's chosen successor kasim jorma taccone of his own course to take over what is your specific message to those individuals who are campaigning for democracy and rights in this country those individuals you've been detained are advised all the.

exit polls show incumbent president kasim jomar talk i have with about 70 percent of the vote he's the hand-picked successor of veteran president nursultan nazarbayev who resigned earlier this year in a field of 7 candidates there was anyone who represented the opposition. also so i know that i have tried to be very active during the campaign. and i actually have no complaints about the course of campaigning. but the most important result of the peak of the election political process is counting the votes and filling protocols correctly. accusations of electoral fraud are rife including a video posted on social media showing ballots marked with disappearing ink people across the country took to the streets in protest i said election day feels a sham from the start police detained more than 500 protesters in the country's 3 main cities the people wanted their voices to be heard as. we don't have freedom of speech here in kazakhstan there's no freedom of choice so if a man tells the truth that start persecuting him that put pressure on him the national security men all of the state appar

significant powers as chairman for the life of the country's security council is chosen successor kasim jorma taccone of his own cause to take over what is your specific message to those individuals who are camped. more democracy and rights in this country those individuals who've been detained are advised all the law enforcement agencies to be tolerant. society restraint but any serious violations of our laws of course will not be tolerated but at the same time i urge all the young people. on the same level. to exercise restraint to be tolerant to the power to the government a rare acknowledgement because it's deserved more political freedom that didn't stop the tensions kazakstan has never seen an election day quite like this before robin for a steelworker al-jazeera though so to. moldova's interim president to sign a decree calling for snap elections to be held in september the move plunges the country deeper into political crisis after pro russia and pro european lawmakers failed to form a government despite months of wrangling and the mother reports. as moldova's political crisis c

kazakhs down the official leader of the nation nelson 10 as a boy and his appointee interim president kasim your marked talk i am not sure the army is going to shit our main task is to realize the strategy of the leader of the nation in order to strengthen the potential of our state i firmly believe and the success of on the noble endeavor. took i have has government resources to boost his chances stadiums filled with students the state controlled mainstream media was staged were was there were good citizens i was it's good to see it was because it was the season. when as a boy i've resigned in march to a kind of renamed the capital after him some saw that as a sign of subservience. it was all done you want god knows the time is not my town i have a choice said this activist. others have called for a boycott of the vote seeing talk i have as a stopgap that the gnostic succession. as senate leader now survives daughter is next in line for the presidency. on friday police raided homes and detained several activists the authorities are on high alert so i want to know for the 1st time in almost

now exit polls suggest that kasim have has won kazakhstan's presidential election in a vote that triggered rare protests early results show the talk here has claimed more than 70 percent of the vote he succeeds former president nursultan nazarbayev who ruled the oil rich country for almost 30 years before stepping aside in march but there are concerns about whether the election was free and fair at least $500.00 protesters were detained in the run up to the vote robin forrester walker reports from the capital. this was door to the electorate turned out to your thirty's wanted disorder because it stuns capital. and 2nd city. we call the vote protesters croyde because they do not believe this election office . i'm a real choice. some said they supported the democratic choice of stone and political party. for coming here for the reasons for i'm not afraid because i've had enough i've been living without a home in temporary accommodation for 13 years i'm fed up others said they wanted freedom to demonstrate because unsanctioned protests are illegal and hasn't started any just the election isn'

successor to the man who will lead the country for 3 decades norful time by its hand-picked replacement kasim talk is expected to win. tens of thousands of people have marched in hong kong against a proposed extradition bill that changes would allow people to be sent to trial in mainland china potentially over vague national security charges opponents say it is another sign of hong kong losing more of the rights it was guaranteed to keep in the 1997 hand-over from british rule reports of violence in sudan as the opposition wants a campaign of civil disobedience protesters are accusing the military jointer of intimidation after the arrest of 5 leading opposition members and people have been protesting elsewhere in the world in solidarity with sudan's opposition demonstrators in london calling on their government to put more pressure on the military jointer foreign secretary jeremy hunt earlier condemned the crackdown promising the international community would hold them to account and in washington many gathered in front of the congress building they want the united states to take a clear stan

aren't so the call from protest leaders for a mass civil disobedience movement exit polls suggest kasim jomar talk a or has won kazakstan spreads eventually election but opponents say the election was not free or fair at least 500 people were detained in protests. at least 2 people have been killed and 5 others injured in demonstrations in haiti's capital port au prince a set of roadblocks and torched buildings and cars they want president governor to resign after accusing him of stealing money and money from an oil aid program those are the headlines. there is a dialogue reading about it for months on the international media and on t.v. . with skepticism because there's a lot of that on my everyone has a voice we are being taken advantage of just because we are small community. to seek help join the global conversation announces iraq all they want to do is start the debate the same kind of debate that we have here in the street. since you don't count at all that they all cranked out by here a whole lot of office in the public want to. look at that. very close to the main square where t

kazakhs down the official leader of the nation no sutent as a boy and his appointee interim president kasim your mot talk i am not sure the army is going to shit our main task is to realize the strategy of the leader of the nation in order to strengthen the potential of our state i firmly believe and the success of on the noble endeavor. took olive has government resources to boost his chances stadiums filled with students the state controlled mainstream media was states were was there were good citizens i was briefly was it stood us it was because it was the season. when as a boy i've resigned in march takai have renamed the capital after him some saw that as a sign of subservience. it was all done you i got no school time is not my town i have a choice said this activist. others have called for a boycott of the vote seeing talk i have as a stopgap that the gnostic succession. as senate leader now survives daughter is next in line for the presidency. on friday police raided homes and detained several activists the authorities are on high alert so i want to know for the 1st time in almost 3

casey kasim. well-done and happy saturday one and all. i am frank mallicoat.e rasmus in for claudine. and sara is here with the weather. >>> by later in the morning early afternoon we expect mostly clear skies. so, that's something to look forward to. but right now, wow, take a look at this. we have some thick clouds hanging overhead right now. really along the coast we saw the marine layer redevelop overnight. we are waking up to clouds andn some spots. but for the most part, it's going to be nice day. this is a live look at san hoe say. it's blue skies in the south bay. but we are dealing with some clouds in other areas along the coast. this afternoon, though, expecting mostly sunny skies. by tomorrow, little change between today and tomorrow. so look at your current temperatures right now. if you have any plans on heading to the city for pride right now, it's 53 degrees. so a little chilly. layer up. we are dealing with clouds and fog in the city. 58 in concord. 55 degrees in walnut creek. san jose is at 57 degrees to get your saturday morning started. 52 d

election observers have criticized sunday's presidential vote in kazakstan which saw kasim jomar. elected by a wide margin the organization for security and cooperation in europe says the vote was tarnished by violations. of fundamental freedoms and forester walking reports now from the capital war sultan. when has been boldest compared to the huge support his predecessor used to enjoy but he still won more than 70 percent of the votes cast in a 77 percent turnout a result he insisted was authentic and come back the year before you have those on the part of this is a mandate of trust which i must justify in the next 5 years the elections themselves show that the citizens of kazakhstan care about their duties there was a very large voter turnout no one forced anyone it happened naturally. al-jazeera cannot independently verify this video but there are many like hits on social media suggesting widespread ballot stuffing them so you do get the opposition observers said counts from dozens of polling stations in the capital but if it took a rival. of used to want to do what they did se