and will always opposition leader lazarus chuck where has been sworn in as the country's new president to check where i took 58 percent of votes in a rerun election after the original poll was discredited due to mass fraud. i'm claire richards and welcome to the show exit polls in poland's presidential election show incumbent on j. due to winning the 1st round with nearly 42 percent of the vote but failing to short of falling short excuse me of the absolute majority needed to win outright the candidate backed by the rule of law and justice party has run a combative campaign promoting conservative values he caused controversy by focusing on what he called the spread of l g b t ideology in the traditionally catholic country did his opponent in the likely run off. coach warsaw mare. who garnered just over 30 percent of the vote from the centrist civic platform party and his campaign pledge was to heal the rifts poland's divided society and repair ties with brussels. well g.w. correspondent monica has been covering the election day in poland here's her assessments on the outcome of the 1st

check now of some of the other stories making news this hour the former malawian opposition leader lazarus chuck where a has been sworn in as president that's after winning the rerun election with more than 58 percent of the vote the initial poll in may of 2019 with discredited and its result overturned due to mass fraud. severe flooding caused by to rental rain has killed at least 3 people in southwestern china 2 of the victims died after their vehicles fell into a river and province authorities have evacuated more than 7000 people from their homes. at least one person has been shot dead and another injured at an anti police brutality protest in louisville kentucky media reports say a man opened fire into the crowd protesters had gathered to demonstrate against the police killing of brianna taylor a 26 year old black woman earlier this year. well there's growing alarm in the u.s. as the number of confirmed coronavirus cases tops 2500000 that's according to johns hopkins university the state of florida has reported a record daily increase of nearly 10000 new cases and 4 other states are also rep

get a check now of some of the other stories making news this hour malawian opposition leader lazarus chuckwhere a has won the presidential election in a rerun with over 50 percent of the vote the initial poland may have 2019 was discredited due to mass fraud is the 1st time a court overturned vote in an african country has led to the defeat of an incumbent leader. hundreds of people in hong kong took part in a silent protest against new national security laws to be implemented by the mainland chinese government the laws are expected to be passed before the end of june but a draft has yet to be made public. there is growing alarm in the united states as the number of confirmed corona virus cases tops 2500000 that's according to johns hopkins university the state of florida has reported a record daily increase of nearly 10000 new cases and 4 other states are also reporting record spikes infections are surging in a handful of southern and western states that made an aggressive push to lift lockdowns. florida is reeling from coronavirus cases but the state's famous beaches have been full in re

let's go now to some of the other stories making news this hour the opposition leader of malawi lazarus' chuck where has one of the presidential election a rerun with over 58 percent of the vote voters went to the polls earlier this week after the initial may 2019 election was discredited by the constitutional court due to mass fraud. ireland has a new prime minister more than 4 months after going to the polls fianna foil leader hold martin was elected in a special parliamentary setting he had an unprecedented coalition with our tribal from a gale and the smaller greens the alliance was forged to keep the republican shin fein out of power for comfort. the african union is reporting progress in 3 way negotiations to build one of the world's largest downs it says over 90 percent of the issues among egypt ethiopia and sudan have been resolved they you is trying to broker a deal to end a dispute about the dam which was begun on the blue nile river ethiopia in 2011 but you theo and your government said it would start filling the reservoir in a few weeks to produce hydroelectric power sudan hopes to

but always opposition candidate lazarus chuck weather has claimed victory in the rerun of last year's presidential election early results are put in ahead of the incumbent peter blute arika votes are still being counted after serious however with reports. human rights activists in malawi are not shit and fighting for electoral justice as votes counted continues to cheat days presidential rerun they say now is the time to be extra vigilant but what is more important is to make sure that. what has been done at all the boarding symbols is being reflected at the national data center and would want. to guard that process. in terms of what they want and. what they voted for the activists mobilized thousands of opposition supporters upset president peter one last year's disputed election their anger led to the court's nullifying the result saying there was evidence of a temporary allowance voted again in a. month of anti-government protests leading up to the rerun bitterly divided the country some people blame the human rights dick in this coalition known as d.c. for the sometimes violent de