singapore's prime minister lee hsien loong says he's a long governing people's action party is on course to retain power after friday's election but its support dropped to just over 60 percent they while he's in hong kong have held primary polls to choose candidates for the upcoming legislative elections thousands queued at unofficial polling stations across the city many pro-democracy supporters held up signs edging people to vote it's an attempt to demonstrate a popular mandate for candidates to your thirty's mark trying to disqualify before the elections government officials had warned the polls may be in breach of the new security bill imposed by china. all joining us now from hong kong correspondent phebe come freebie given the new security legislation and the threat of arrest and imprisonment that's inherent in a government warning about these elections how many people did to turn out and vote . over the past the hour without the primary action organized least that oh. no not over 130000 people have already turned off the vote so they feel. like i am now i back to my knee on the ic

singapore prime minister lee hsien loong says his long governing people's action party is on course to retain power off the friday's election its its support dropped to just over 60 percent there were celebrations among the opposition workers hasi which saw its numbers its number of seats in parliament. u.s. president donald trump has commuted the prison sentence of his long time friend and former just. has just appeared with his supporters to celebrate the president's decision he wasn't used to begin his 40 month precedes him on tuesday after being convicted of lying to congress and witness tampering in june the investigation into alleged russian interference in the 2016 presidential run. for more i'm joined by reporter to listen why is donald trump doing this well today's action shouldn't come as any surprise to you who's really been following the stone case i mean story was of course convicted of obstruction of justice which is tampering and lying to congress in connections or more investigation and that looked into possible connections between the election campaign of donald trump

voting is underway in singapore as general election prime minister lee hsien loong cast his vote following coronavirus safety protocols his long governing people's action party is expected to retain power. venice has tested giant flood barriers aimed at protecting the city from searching sea levels a local priest was on hand to bless the structures high tides cost catastrophic flooding last november meanwhile hoteliers in the city are expecting only 15 percent occupancy next month because of the coronavirus crisis. bosnia and herzegovina is marking 25 years since this represents a genocide on saturday as happens every july 11th there will be a funeral and burial of 8 more victims identified by d.n.a. samples they will join more than 8000 others killed in a 995 massacre 8 new model headstones will soon join thousands of others at this grave site east and bosnia and family members like facility will finally be able to lay their loved ones to rest after decades of grief. there are no words to describe the pain the sorrow you feel when you are looking for your loved ones are in by a burden in

singapore prime minister lee hsien loong say says his long governing people's action party is on course to retain power after friday's election but it's supported drops to just over 60 percent there are celebrations among the opposition workers party which show its number of seats in parliament. more than 150 police officers in minneapolis have filed for disability claims off the reasons protests rounding the death of george forward lawyers for the officers said many had been struggling with stress disorders for years and blamed a lack of support from the city for the departures. u.s. prosecutors have filed a new 6 count indictment against maxwell former girlfriend and longtime associate of late financier jeffrey epstein maxwell has been charged with recruiting and grooming underage girls to epstein could sexually abuse than she is seeking bail citing the risk of contracting cover 19 to the way. u.s. president has commuted the prison sentences of his longtime friends and for my road just. has just appeared with his supporters to celebrate the president's decision he wasn't used to begin

voting is under way in singapore's general election prime minister lee hsien loong cast his vote following coronavirus safety protocols his long governing people's action party is expected to retain power. lawmakers in the philippines have rejected the renewal of a broadcast license for the country's top broadcaster a b s c via the media group employs 11000 people and has an audience of tens of millions of people activists called the move a political vendetta by lawmakers on behalf of president go to tear to the network has challenge the president in the past and will now be off the air indefinitely. here is what an a.b.s. c.d.n. worker had to say after the vote. so far. if you could. get very recently broke down very very early on in the wrong or right or the right people whom running the market. and they're going to war and. there's even a burden he's a very narrow. very very walker if you drink right let's bring in correspondent ana santos in manila for more on the story hi ana good to see you why wasn't this license renewed. well quite simply this was the president settling an old scor

majority in the parliament but with a share of the vote close to a record low prime minister lee hsien loong called the stop board last month to deal with the corner of our spawn denecke and what could be singapore's worst recession in history he says the results fell short of his expectations the results reflect the period on certainty that singaporeans few scratches the loss of income . jobs the disruption caused by the circuit breaker and the safe distance the restrictions. this was not a feel good election but one where people are facing real problems and expect more rough weather to come. in the opposition camp there were celebrations despite rumors limited large gatherings workers' party members killed their biggest election victory. oh fighting. for a lovely time every year for $53.00. dollars. making. the opposition's victory to small is significant it's still only 10 seats out of $93.00 but now we have the government people government recognizing that this party can be a leader of the opposition and so we have a kind of meaningful opposition party and its in its party that served to

or voting is underway in singapore's general election prime minister lee hsien loong cast his vote following coronavirus safety protocols his long governing people's action party is expected to retain power. in the democratic republic of congo 3 people have died after violent protests 2 demonstrators were shot dead and a policeman was lynched in clashes over plans to name a new head of the country's election panel the un has condemned the use of force by military police. in the us the supreme court has ruled that president donald trump is not immune from criminal prosecution the decision means that prosecutors can seek access to his tax returns but justices of the conservative majority court also prevented congressional democrats from getting their hands on those returns for now that made the public as unlikely to see them in the near future. sure pages from a truck tax return sent to the new york times by a secret source what did they were feel. it's the issue that never went away donald trump's tax affairs. for years after the real estate mogul was elected president the highest court in th

comfortably held on to power despite its worst election results in nearly a decade prime minister lee hsien loong people's action party 61 percent of the vote but managed to win $83.00 of the 93 seats in parliament the opposition won 10 seats which is its best ever performance election happened just weeks after the country emerged from 2 months of lock down the people's action party's been in power since singapore's independence in 1065. on the outcome of the election the popular vote is 61.2 percent we want $83.00 seats out of $23.00 we have a clear mandate but the percentage of the popular vote is not as high as a hoped for. and we lost one jersey. nevertheless the result prefix broad based support for the p.d.p. singaporeans understand what is at stake and why we must come together to uphold our national interest in the news ahead despite many americans concerns of a theme park reopening with florida's disney world maybe still be the most magical place on earth and preparing to take on beijing pro-democracy activists in hong kong gear up for an electoral act. we've got more that intense heat a

singapore prompting officials to extend voting hours and the general election prime minister lee hsien loong party is expected to hold on to power the election comes just weeks after singapore emerged from a 2 month lock down the pandemic and the economy a major concerns for voters. as protesters continue to demand police reform across the united states in the wake of george ford's killing ethics experts argue police whistle blows a greater protection and the city of denver an internal affairs investigation says she's paying the price for speaking up against police misconduct charges there is what is your pastor has a story. a survey once video from march of last year shows a police officer punching an inmate in a wheelchair the man allegedly spit on the officer in the end the day your response should be a strike when you're dealing with. this hand it was late i heard who's elderly that was just released from the hospital and was in a wheelchair brittany erie art was a special agent with the u.s. state department for nearly a decade now she works for the city of denver where she investigates

in singapore prompting officials to extend voting hours in the general election prime minister lee hsien loong party is expected to hold on to the election comes just weeks after singapore emerged from a 2 month lock down the pandemic and the economy are major concerns of a vote. for it well she is with the asia research institute at the university of nottingham malaysia she joins us now from kuala lumpur thank you time. so as we said this on the big issues of vote is the pandemic response and the economic fallout what's the feeling about how the government responded. well i think it's mixed i mean it's there are singaporean all boaters are quite polarized there's a strong strong group of people who support the opposition their small share traditionally and they're very they have very strong views and there are those that are traditionally in the p.p.c. camp and the middle ground traditionally goes to the p.d.p. but the concerns with the pandemic have been twofold one on issues of handling of foreign workers and also the issues associated with whether or not to hold the election and to use the