all right katherine sawyer there thanks so much. zimbabwe's ruling party has won a majority of seats in parliament after monday's vote according to the electoral commission it says. took a hundred and nine of the two hundred ten seats in the national assembly the results show forty one seats for the opposition movement for democratic change while results for fifty eight seats are yet to be declared the commission says it will start to announce numbers from the presidential election in about ninety minutes. both sides should be sure of victory heading into the poll which observers say was too close to call president emerson and urged his supporters to be patient and wait for the results his main rival the m.d.c. as nelson chamisa said the commission was delaying announcing the outcome to prepare zimbabwe and for fake results. from. the rulings on a party has won a majority in parliament and it's partly because of the rural vote people who live in the rural areas are the majority in zimbabwe and they identify with on a plate politics.

led to violence and the delay of the vote he's now backing a close ally to replace him but as katherine sawyer strains there is competition for the job. after months of speculation and. less trusted ally has been nominated by the common front. as he said. 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 political leaders diary's a secretary of the president's people's party for reconstruction and democracy p.p.r. deal he comes from the same power. of ins in the is 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 european union sanctions list for human rights abuses particularly during protests late last year when he was interior minister security forces a safe to have used excessive force on protesters but party supporters and officials say they will stand by. the government here president joseph kabila is an exceptional leader in africa and the world and i think he said he will not seek reelection and he has to do by h

katherine sawyer has been an opposition demonstration in kampala. was that people the. people they feel that they're really. that struggled to get the right to be like you think. like. a fanatic. you come out of the brig make the struggle to. get out of the make not think that you can beat a priest i mean anything like that. that i think are the right reidy and will need to be for the military force that was happening is because of the nature of the title against to have been charged with possession of firearms and i mean the sun which are the military that he got from that fighting tide by the middle of a lot of people are saying that these are the days i plumped up the fabricated they want him release i said that even deeds he has a case to understand that he has to be tried by the civilian courts around one hundred migrants from sub-saharan africa have jumped overboard a fence in morocco and then to the spanish city of ceuta the migrants are said to have a tight spanish police with a sit and line injuring seven of them an unknown number of migrants were also injured

the winter and tell us from katherine sawyer. zimbabwe's highest court is set to rule on an appeal taken by the opposition against the result of last month's presidential election m.d.c. alliance leader nelson chamisa says the vote was rigged in favor of the president the zanu p.f. leader's inauguration has been postponed until the court delivers its verdict. south africa has rejected a tweet by the u.s. president on land reform calling it narrow and divisive on twitter donald trump said the land is being seized from white farmers and that he doest his secretary of state to examine the policy well the south african government some of the most senior american diplomat in the country to discuss the controversy in washington reporters pressed trump administration officials on the issue. the president asked the secretary to look closely at the current state of action in south africa related to land reform this is something that has been going on for many decades the conversation and debate about land reform there i should mention tha

former rebel leader and ex vice president jumpier bemba also returned home to launch his own bid katherine sawyer has more from. the voice good to be arrived at the border between sandy and the democratic republic of congo to support his filming his journey with the r.c. government has denied many john. kerry out there to be managed to get to know months mind a police clinton first time back crossed the border into. 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

has to wait for a few more weeks to know for sure if he'll be on the ballot paper in december katherine sawyer al jazeera kinshasa. nicaragua is present daniel ortega is taking unprecedented action to crush a nationwide uprising against him a new antiterrorism law targets students and demonstrators who take part in street protests latin america it is a lucy in human household from the capital. until a few weeks ago twenty year old lester was a familiar face on the streets of managua at massive antigovernment protests. as a student leader he took part in a short lived national dialogue with president daniel ortega mediated by the catholic church where today he's almost a fugitive implicated under a new anti-terrorism law and he says afraid for his life. i peer is under investigation for financing the supposed to takeover of the city of messiah which the lie to pose a system of injustice kidnapping killings and paramilitary groups on the streets does not make you a terrorist. please stand behind of the law and his wife are among the scores of activists arrested and charged under the new law. the

commander arrived home on wednesday after eleven years in exile ten of them spent in prison katherine sawyer to pull from the capital kinshasa. john pierre bemba arrives at the electoral commission offices to submit his candidacy for president the last twenty four hours have been a whirlwind for him has been heavily guarded by police party officials say his movement has been restricted he's not allowed to publicly address his supporters and the government has denied him access to a residential home in the suburb called in the capital city. the police are telling us that have been. residents this is a violation of his words he's come home and should be able to freely move around and leave where he wants. kinshasa as police commissioner is in charge of security arrangements he says all this is for his protection but they will not allow him to go to court which is also a presidential area so. security measures have to be taken his home is very close to the president resident in two thousand and six he supporters crushed with the presidential guard and people we are trying to avoid anything like

up talking about that and i want to pivot here to a tweet from our own correspondent this is katherine sawyer she says we spoke with edwin the way the winds brother says still in a lot of pain he has a ruptured kidney it's a broken toes and fingers the family will hold a press conference in the next twenty minutes to update on his condition rosabel the masses that we've seen on the streets the protests that have come out in support of bubbly wine do they surprise you at all. now they don't and i'm like under saying this is unprecedented not it's not unprecedented we have had several protests and we have seen brutality on our streets of compiler let's not forget during the twenty eleven walk to walk up to us one of the opposition leaders were almost blinded and that was including there were aspects of their of the of the security that executed that and this is not the first time we are seeing such a level of brutality the difference here is the sheer courage that young people are bringing to the streets and willing to go to the streets and if you notice that put this one not just in karbala th

believe that you could change and you need catherine thank you very much for that for now that is katherine sawyer joining us live from kinshasa thank you we have plenty more ahead on the news al including south africa's president says he'll go ahead with landforms which would see white farmers denied compensation a makeshift medical center for people on the brink of famine and what was once known as yemen's bread basket and as for alexa some church shines for manchester united against real madrid as football's preseason falls are. now thousands of south africans are marching against gender based violence they say abuse against women is systemic and a demand and government action official says cysts it says six in the case of cells and women a killed on. bridge every day mostly at the hands of their partners one report estimates a one hundred and seventeen percent rise in the killing of women since two thousand and fifteen sexual offenses have more than doubled since two thousand and fifteen and last year seventy thousand women were victims overall of the estimated one in five south african women

that meant and would look and sound like catherine we will leave it there for now and that is katherine sawyer joining us live from the called the lease capital kinshasa thank you. we have plenty more ahead on the news hour including south africa's president says he'll go ahead with land reforms which would see wide pharmacists denied compensation. days of wildfires affecting the air quality for people in northern california and as for texas sanchez shines against real madrid as always we cease and continue. to have got. now with the army says it's taking control of the eastern city of jalalabad after a series of attacks that have killed dozens of people the government made the decision to withdraw the responsibility from the police after an attack on a government refugee office on tuesday and which fifteen people were killed in the past three months one hundred sixty civilians have been killed in the province by isis the or taliban attacks. the afghan army says more than one hundred fifty five has surrendered on tuesday that's after a heavy gun battle between i still and the taliban in the no

also returned to launch his own presidential bid katherine sawyer has more from can shop. boys good to be arrived at the border between sandy and the democratic republic of congo the peace opposed to filming his journey the d.r.s. government has denied many johnny success to the border area that to be managed to get to no man's land the police quickly forced him back across the border into zambia. and he went into exile hundred sixteen after forty. 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 the could be and there will be no elections will make sure this. a novel position figure on p.r. bemba is watching closely has just returned to eleven 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 situa

up talking about that and i want to pivot here to a tweet from our own correspondent this is katherine sawyer she says we spoke with edwin the way the winds brother says still in a lot of pain he has a ruptured kidney it's a broken toes and fingers the family will hold a press conference in the next twenty minutes to update on his condition rosabel the masses that we've seen on the streets the protests that have come out in support of bobby why do they surprise you at all. now they don't and i'm like under saying this is unprecedented not it's not unprecedented we have had several protests and we have seen brutality on our streets of compiler let's not forget during the twenty eleven walk to walk up to us one of the opposition leaders were almost blinded and that was including there were aspects of their of the of the security that executed that and this is not the first time we are seeing such a level of brutality the difference here is the sheer courage that young people are bringing to the streets and willing to go to the streets and if you notice that put this one not just in karbala they

kabila will be among them despite being constitutionally barred from seeking a third term and katherine sawyer has more from the capital kinshasa. the catholic church has been the most critical voice during uncertain and tense political times this year in the democratic republic of congo the presidential election has been delayed for to me as is not cave president joseph kabila who's barred by the constitution for running for a third tom will try again. charge leaders say he declares his candidacy for reelection the odd washee appears to protests want it back given my big break 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 by 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 his election docume

up talking about that and i want to pivot here to a tweet from our own correspondent this is katherine sawyer she says we spoke with edwin the way bobby winds brother says still in a lot of pain he has a ruptured kidney a broken toes and fingers the family will hold a press conference in the next twenty minutes to update on his condition rosabel the masses that we've seen on the streets the protests that have come out in support of bobby why do they surprise you at all. now they don't want and i'm like under saying this is unprecedented not it's not unprecedented we have had several protests and we have seen brutality on our streets of compiler let's not forget during the twenty eleven walk to what got us one of the opposition leaders were almost blinded and that was including there were aspects of their of their of their security that executed that and this is not the first time we are seeing such a level of brutality the difference here is the sheer courage that young people are bringing to the streets and willing to go to the streets and if you notice the court this one not just think they

december they want to see who the ruling party kind of a tease and what that will mean for them katherine sawyer kinshasa. and richelle carey these are the headlines on al-jazeera the second earthquake in a week on the intonation island of lombok has caused widespread destruction at least ninety one people were killed and the totals are expected to rise because search and rescue teams still have to reach some areas bus services have resumed in bangladesh after eight days of student protests demanding improved road safety forced drivers to stop work security forces warn students blocking streets more now from algiers tunder chaudhry and. drew last week relatively normal i mean the public buses are plying in the straits it's a busy streets which you didn't see the last few days and now we are getting some reports just about half an hour ago from local media and our sources that there has been clashes in an area called rami where those universities stored from east west university were trying to bring out a procession and they were attacked by riot police and they were fired by on by tear gas along