they felt that kevin rudd had been in control of the labor party , the labor party had been in control for six years and it was a time for change. we'll need to watch closely how the senate elections turn out, the upper house. that will tell us a lot about the reasons people caping change. if there is a clear swing in the lower and upper house it suggests that the liberals have the confidence the people. if, however, we see the upper house dominated by smaller parties, it suggests people are voting for the liberal party reluctantly and we could see a host >>> top stories for you on al jazeera. u.s. secretary of state john kerry in lithuania where foreign ministers are meeting from eu. trying to gather support after the g20 summit in russia. >> the pakistani people will release taliban prisoners. 26 were released last year. it's two weeks after president karzai visited to discuss the situation. >> tony abbott widely expected to become the next prime minister in australia. according to opinion polls he's beat the current prime minister kevin rudd and his labor party. >> in egypt three ha

kevin rudd has only been back as leader of the labor party for a few months. >> that's right. a lot of people recognise that one of the reasons they lost the election was because kevin rudd smashed back the leadership of the party, he lead the party three or four years ago, and he ceded the leadership to julia gillard, he came back and reclaimed it a few months ago to lead the party into this election. it's been a constant battle between the two leaders that has seen the party split down the middle. a lot of people, a lot of the voters we talked to said it was a lot to do with the reason they felt they needed a change, the party in disarray. a lot of people recognise that that has been a costly leadership dispute. a few people that i spoke to him quietly suggest that perhaps a term in office opposite for a period in opposition might be good for the labor party , giving them a chance to sort out the leadership struggles, to stabilise things, steady the ship before tackling the next election in three or four years time. >> all right, peter greste live at kevin rudd's headquarters

he aims to bring political stablthty after years of labor party infighting. he andrew thomas has been tracking the results and has more from sydney >> this was a comprehensive victory led by tony abbot but a complete rejessica of the labor government. and it was as much them losing this election as it was tony abbott's party winning it. i think that this unity in the labor governments over the last few years has really damaged their brand in the eyes of the australian voters. kevin rudd was elected in 2007. three years later, his own deputy took over that top job. she effectively three years later, he did the same to her. he took over the top job again in june. and that disunity, that merry-go-round of leaders upset the public. if the labor party can't run themselves, how on earth can they run the country? he claims to be united and kevin rudd had a strong track record in foreign policy. one of his campaign slogans was that tony abbott didn't. tony abbott made a gaffe a few days ago saying it was buddies against buddies. all trade i can't is a very strong ally

party in june of this year. it smacks of chaos in government. indeed some of labor's ministers have been on television admitting that they lost, and saying the reason is that chaos at the top of the party. almost as if policy didn't matter, disunity in the labor party is what has done it for them. >> waiting for the word on andrew thomas's prediction, back to you later. >> egyptian authorities accused deposed president mohamed morsi of insulting the judiciary, saying he rigged an election in 2005. he's been referred to charges of inciting charms. during a sit-in at a presidential palace last december. rockets fired at terrorists in northern sinai. part of an operation. troops have gone into the area and there has been repeated attacks on the police stations and military in sinai since mohamed morsi was deposed as president. >> our correspondent in cairo - not naming him for security reasons. can we get an update on the sinai situation? >> an operation in northern sinai near the border of the countries. app achy helicopters have been firing and we heard from the securi

he was at the labor party conference and joins us.om, it's all very well sort of criticizing the government. a lot of investors want to know what the labor party's policies are? >> yeah. ed bulls was in fighting spirit when i spoke to him earlier. the seas behind me are calm and quiet today, but it hasn't been plain sailing for brittain's main opposition labor party. they have been criticized for being divided. they've been criticized for lacking a vision and those policies, for not spelling those out more clearly. they're also struggling in the polls as the leader in the coalition. they're still seen as more able to handle the economy and the personal polls are pretty bad. this is labor party's conference. they've come out fighting. there was a positive spirit and they've released a number of policy proposals that really touches home in how working british families are feeling. they want to raise the minimum wage. they want a levy on banks. they want apprenticeships for schemes and companies that take on employees from outside the eu

the opposition and the ruling labor party would that sort of. what's the future for the weekend leaks party that history was made the moment the party was formed to create a political process of if you like an activist or whistle blowing group called wiki leaks organization which is itself a publishing when. it insulted the triumph of the moment it was for self it was a transfer moment people started to join a volunteer started coming together to. some to come out with some presence on the ground that in itself is making history it will continue membership numbers are growing started this year and i actually do see it developing a more formal political structure of course. the australian electoral commission estimates more than three million have already cast their votes opinion poll suggests a victory for tony abbott with his coalition expected to gain anywhere from twenty two to thirty two seats pushing out kevin andrews the labor party will keep you posted on what happens. by coming up on i t as new ed was snowden disclosures as show how even

conservatives along with their allies swept to power in this week's general election ousting the labor party the incoming coalition includes the anti immigrant progress party which mass murder and as brave it was once a member of a conservative leader of solberg to take the helm as prime minister has described the victory as historic and there's a careful of explains the political mood in norway is being echoed across europe. two years ago norway suffered the worst massacre since world war two a brutal assault unleashed against a summer camp for young people claiming seventy seven lives the perpetrator was extreme rightist anders breivik who claimed to have political motivation for his atrocities at his trial he said he wanted to punish the ruling labor party for its liberal immigration policies and to start a so-called conservative revolution he was a member of the progress party in his youth before he lost faith in it and in democracy and adopted the radical and views that underpinned his act of terror into a immigration progress party saw supported crumble in the aftermath of the attack b

have political motivation for his atrocities at his trial he said he wanted to punish the ruling labor party for its liberal immigration policies and to start a so-called conservative revolution he was a member of the progress party in his youth before he lost faith in it and in democracy and adopted the radical and time muslim views that underpinned his act of terror the anti immigration progress party saw support crumble in the aftermath of the attack but as norwegians headed to the polls monday for the first parliamentary election since the tragedy the tables appeared to have turned and the progress party is poised to enter government for the first time the party has since softened its radical image and tried to distance itself from braving its campaign for tougher immigration and asylum policies and wants to reduce the number of immigrants from outside the e.u. in the face of economic uncertainty and voters in some european countries have rallied behind a far right nationalist ideas a few of the parties that have emerged have grown more popular others much less so or not at all well sinc

have political motivation for his atrocities at his trial he said he wanted to punish the ruling labor party for its liberal immigration policies and to start a so-called conservative revolution he was a member of the progress party in his youth before he lost faith in it and in democracy and adopted the radical and muslim views that underpinned his act of terror the n.c.a. immigration progress party saw support crumble in the aftermath of the attack but as norwegians headed to the polls monday for the first parliamentary election since the tragedy the tables appeared to have turned and the progress party is poised to enter government for the first time the party has since softened its radical image and tried to distance itself from braving its campaigned for tougher immigration and asylum policies and wants to reduce the number of immigrants from outside the e.u. in the face of economic uncertainty and voters in some european countries have rallied behind a far right nationalist ideas a few of the parties that have emerged have grown more popular others much less so or not at all well since

line obviously a sound is a mile away from the leaders of this race the opposition and the ruling labor party that sort of. what's the future for the weekend next party that history was made the moment the party was formed creating as it were a political process of if you like an activist or whistleblowing group called weekly organization which is sort of publishing. itself at the triumph of the moment was formed in itself it was a trial to people started to join it and volunteers started coming together to. polling some to come out with some presence on the ground that in itself is making history it will continue membership numbers are growing and it started this year and i actually do see it developing a more formal political structure of course these are early days yet. while as i said polling is now closed in the sky news as exit poll suggests tony abbott's coalition will win with ninety seven seats a gain of twenty five one hundred fifty seat house of representatives but kevin rudd's labor party is heading for a wipe out it's expected to drop twenty one seats to fifty one we'll keep you

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something that the labor party historically believed in. when they have a chance to vote for it, they found excuses not to just to score points against us. even when we hear good news about the economy, they are miserable. they rather it be bad just to score points against us. i have a message for labor today. you can't just to duck

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it's predicted the labor party will lose to the conservative party. current government has been accused of scannedering the country's oil revenues. >> that's everything from me in london. back to doha. >> now, thousands of people are attending an opposition rally in mexico to oppose reforms to education, and tax. we'll go to david mercer in mexico city, in the middle of the crowd. it looks like a big turn out. is it as big as organisers were hoping for? >> i think it has been. we have seen definitely tens of thousands of people. it's been hard to gauge exactly how many people have showed up because of the way that the protest has been set up. but there have been thousands of people. there are many supporters who showed up to show their dissatisfaction with some of these proposed reforms that you mentioned. i think the organisers will be happy with the turn out. >> why are people so angry at the decision by the president? >> well, what we have seen today is a slight change. up until now there has been people protesting against educational reforms. toda

party. tony abbott is expected to become the country's new prime minister after winning a landslide election victory. he would -- he said he was humbled and pledged stability after six years of laborovernment at work overshadowed by party infighting. rudd conceded defeat and step down as the head of the labor party. >> the future prime minister of australia was greeted with loud cheers by his supporters. tony abbott used this opportunity to make it clear that there will be major changes ahead. >> from today i declare that australia is under new management, and once more open for business. campaign, he pledged to lower taxes, and expressed his opposition to same-sex marriage. as the prime minister he said he would crack down on illegal immigration and introduce paid maternity leave. he had a powerful ally in his election bid, rupert murdoch, who owns two thirds of the countries news outlets. him,were firmly behind with little positive to say about his rival, kevin rudd. during the campaign, the outgoing prime minister was able -- unable to win over voters by focusing on reducing greenhouse gases. judging by the cheers of the supporters, it appears that has wonn -- kevin rudd the el

. >> opinion polls have not been that favorable for the labor party.s is quite a good result for the prime minister and laborer party. but of course we want to retain the government, and perhaps, i think -- it doesn't look like that just at the moment. >> reporter: one challenge facing the in-coming prime minister is negotiating with the progress party. it's a populist party. but hasn't been too prominent in this campaign. the conservatives are promising better health care and tax cuts. this in a country that has a problem that most can only dream of, it's too rich. the conundrum that norway's next government has is how to avoid wasting all of that cash. >>> americans work the longest hours in the world. all hours do not necessarily translate into good economics. >> reporter: crammed together in a tiny office, they spent more time on the job than they do with family, friends, or having fun. >> we're working 40, 50 hours in the office, and another 20, 30 hours outside of the office, networking, skyping, bringing our computers home. >> when was the last

. >>> tony a abbott won a victoryn an australian election, having beat kevin rud in his labor party, years of labor party rule in australia. >>> as we have been telling you, tokyo won the rights to host the 2020 olympique games. i asked about japan's successful bid and why it was able to out bidding spain and istanbul. >> japan has enormous resources, even though the economy may be hurt at the moment there is enormous resource he there. it is a can do society, they know the olympics can be pulled off and there's that theme, that sympathetic theme that i think probably appealed to ioc members that this can help rebuild the country's confidence as it recovers from the earthquake and from the tsunami. >> talk about what goes into a vote like this. just how complicated is this process for the olympique committee? >> well, the -- what happens is, largely because of the scandal in salt lake city in 1998, the bidding scandal here, the process has become more formalized, individual ioc members are not permitted to travel to host cities like they used to, to bidding cities to be wined and din

i say this, never, ever, ever underestimate the fighting spirit of the australian labor party. >> reporter: rudd knows he has to overcome doubts about his party's policies and personalities, convince people that the labor leadership saga, which has become a joke in a comedy video that went viral, is all in the pass. >> with my new look, i'm ready and taking over again. >> reporter: less than a week out, rudd's prospects toont took look good. >> the latest opinion poll suggest a fairy tale comeback. his best result might be a honorable debate. losing but on a less of a scale. adam thomas, al jazeera. >>> a germany news magazine says al jazeera has been hacked by america's national security agency. the nsa started to access al jazeera's internal communication during president george w. bush's second term in office. they say the operation was described as a, quote, notable success in the files passed on to them by whistleblower edward snowden. nick spicer is in berlin. he explains why al jazeera may have been targeted according to the documents. >> reporter: the german news mag sfwleen believ

never, ever, ever underestimate the fighting spirit of the australian labor party. >> reporter: rudd knows he has to overcome doubts about his party's policies and personalities and convince people that the labor leadership sag fa, which has become a joke is all in the past. less than a week out, rudd's prospects do not look good. kevin rudd had hoped for a fairy tale comeback, but a latest opinion poll suggests that isn't going to happen. his best result at this stage might be an honorable defeat, losing but on a less catastrophic scale his party would have suffered had they he not brought him in. al jazeera in brisbane. >>> more than 50 bodies have been found in a graveyard at a school campus in the united states. the state of florida and forensic experts have been given permission to exhume the graves and determine how they died. those who attended the school say they were subject to horrific beatings by staff. natasha has the story. >> reporter: there are bodies buried on the campus the dozier reform school for boys, bodies buried over the course of 60 years next to a garbage dump

labor party representatives join in.harles metcalfe has turned his critically discerning tongue from wine to the megaphone. >> we will do our very best to continue doing so. >> the government may have been looking for an energy revolution. here they are getting an uprising. >> that rebellion is likely to continue. they have cleared this for now. it has art he said it plans to continue in a few weeks time. the english queen victoria is said to have been very fond of lavender. she allegedly wanted a fresh bundle brought to her daily. it grows particularly well in france. it's sweet scent is known worldwide. queen victoria would have bad news from france these days. >> finally the lavender is a blooming. the growers are wondering how the harvest would be. in recent years it has been rather scant. six years ago she gave up her job as a management consultant and started a new business. the green leaves are sprouting after the heavy rains. she picks them by hand, unlike many of her colleagues. every five years she lets the soi

the opposition and the ruling labor party. what's the future for the next party that history was made the moment the party was formed creating a sort of a political process of if you like an activist or whistleblowing group called wiki leaks organization which is sort of publishing. in itself a triumph was for self it was a triumph of people started to join it and volunteers started coming together to. come out with some presence on the ground that in itself is making history it will continue membership numbers are growing it only started this year and i actually do see it developing a more formal political structure of course the early days yet. forty million people expected to vote in saturday's election last minute polls predict tony abbott's liberal national party coalition would win fifty four percent of the national vote compared to forty six percent for kevin rudd labor would be a posted on what happens at the direction. my coming up on our duty as new edward snowden disclosures show how even our encrypted data isn't saf

this election, i say this: never, ever, ever under estimate the fighting spirit of the australian labor party. [applause.] >> but rudd knows he has to overcome doubts about his party's apologized and convince people that the saga has become a joke is all in the past. >> with my new look quota ready quota taking over again. >> less than a week out, rudd's prospects don't look good >> he had hold for a fairy tale come back but latest polls say that isn't going to happen. >> his best move might be losing but on a left catastrophic day than his party would have suffered had they not brought him back to the reins. al jazeera. >>> malaysia's once vibrant economy is feeling the effects of the economic down turning, revising from stable to negative in the central bank downsizing growth forecast, too. stephanie has the story >> from the food store, his family earned $300 a month. one son's part tile job as a dispatch rider brings in another 350. the family of six scrape toll the rest of the 1,000 a month to cover their costs with a series of part-time jobs. >> it's a constant struggle. >> sometimes i

the conservative coalition will take over from the labor party which saw a big drop in public support after the former prime minister introduced a carbon tax on businesses last year. >>> cambodian officials have announced the results of july's parliamentary election. the ruling party won a majority. but the largest opposition party says it may boycott the parliament. the largest opposition force, the cambodian national rescue party says it will never accept the result. >> there will be a series of demonstrations. they will be larger, of course, because we will mobilize. mobilize people who are not happy with the results. >> the cambodian people's party declared victory the day the election was held with 68 of the 123 seats. the national election committee announced the same result on sunday. the opposition party says they will boycott the parliamentary session if no investigation is carried out. >>> emerging economic powers still struggling with poverty. emboldened citizens still demanding democracy, the threat of violation, the push for peace, the shadow of conflict. get news and ins

at his trial he said he wanted to punish the ruling labor party and to start a so-called conservative revolution. he was a member of the progress party in his youth before he lost faith and adopted the radical anti-muslim views. the anti-immigration progress party saw support crumble in the aftermath of the attack but as voters headed to the polls monday, the progress party is poised to enter government for the first time. the party has since softened its radical image and tried to distance itself from brave eck yet it's campaigned for wanting to reduce the number of immigrants from outside the e.u. voters in some european countries have rallied behind far right nationalist kids. since the financial crisis, several e.u. countries, including major european economies have seen a substantial rise of populist right radical support. in one of the biggest academies, france, after years of electoral decline, the country's best-ever results in the election of 2012. some claim that xenophobia is still one of the party's trademarks although she's tried to soften the party's image since the 1990

australia's new prime minister, his conservative coalition plans to chart a different course from the labor party which governed australia for the past six years. abbott and his cabinet ministers took their oath of office on wednesday at a ceremony in the capital canberra. abbott says his government will scrap a carbon tax introduced by the outgoing labor administration and he wants to cut australia's fiscal deficit. >> we will be a problem-solving government. we pledge ourselves to serve the people of australia for their benefit to the very best of our ability. >> slowing demand from china for mineral resources has put a break on australia's economy. abbott's government is expected to seek a wider range of trade ties with japan and other asian countries. abbott was first elected to parliament in 1994. abbott is now 55. he was a health minister in a previous conservative coalition government. >>> thousands of residents are still waiting to go home. vast tracts of land are still waiting to be restored and more than half of the fishing ports on the pacific coast must be rebuilt. people in northeast

a mile away from the leaders of the three the opposition and the ruling labor party would that sort of. what's the future for the party that. the main thing about to start history was made the moment the party was formed to create a political process of if you like a whistleblower group called wiki leaks your station which is the publishing. itself the triumph of the moment was for itself it was a trial. people started to join and started coming together to. polling booths to come out with some presence of the ground that in itself is making history it will continue membership numbers are growing started this year and i actually do see it developing a more formal political structure of course. are and will have to be right there be no. expert on australia's international relations here on r.g.p. giving us his thoughts on the australian elections. even the computer information we thought we had encrypted was very radical the n.s.a. all bridges a g c h q it was snowden's latest leak or show that america's spy agencies spend billions of dollars in the past decade to break through protecti

but there was a consensus, calling the labor party policies unfair. >> a normal job is permanent and cover social security contributions, so that everyone can grow old in dignity. >> merkel countered that germany was doing well under her watch and promised more of the same. >> we have shown that we can do it. we have shown that during a tough time coming during a time of the european crisis. germany is still going strong. germany is strong. it is a motor of growth and an anchor of stability, and i want to maintain this course. >> party leaders held the incoming -- the incumbent chancellor in debate. >> you can tell she is the chancellor for all of germany. she is on top of everything and she is confident. she did not talk germany down but hung by the things that make germany stand out in europe. >> the rival social democrats seem to see a very different chancellor. >> angela merkel tried to pull the famous merkel fogged over her arguments when she didn't have any, and got almost touchy at critical questions during the debate. the spd's preferred coalition partner, the green party, se