ruling coalition will have the super majority combining the seats of both the his party liberal democratic party plus their coalition partner come a time so you will have that. two thirds majority which will allow him to have enough authority to for example attempt to revise the constitution yes abbay wants to change japan's pacifist constitution what kind of japan is he aiming to create if he's it succeeds in passing these reforms i think the keystone to understanding his vision is that you know she's abbay kind of feels that japan in the post-war era somehow had its pride damaged and i think this is kind of at the heart of what motivates him he believes that japan should become a nation which in his view is a normal nation with a normal military which has normal nationalism and pride so while this is not a mainstream view in japan it's very much been part of obvious character all throughout his life and it's what you know it's one of the things which has guided him and part of that is his family history because his own family was deeply involved in the world war two incidents and he feels that

liberal democratic party where the political threat comes from and i think it's going to come from the liberal that the constitutional democratic party of japan rather run by its leader it down on he's a principled leader he is stressing. in forcing and abiding by the constitution and turning law to the constitution i think this is a real attraction for japanese people the challenge for him is to create a realistic security policy that can fit alongside that principle constitutional. principle constitutionalism that he says thousand and this is a real struggle the only the l.d.p. really has a practical and a track record of strong security that can help japan deal with some of its regional security issues such as north korea but also in the mid to long term china hardest to can deal with a strong and economically vibrant china ok when it comes to being economic when it comes to being vibrant i mean mr rbs nomics it's a given here he hasn't turned the economy around but he's certainly taken in the right direction but it's not so very long ago ten fifteen years ago when those big global

instead of supporting the liberal democratic party actively i think voters didn't have any choice. the newly formed party of hope which many considered was the major threat didn't get as many seats as expected the other new party on the block the constitutional democratic party has become the main opposition tripling the number of seats in the lower house since i will say this election victory as a strong mandate to deliver on his reform agenda and act on his lifelong mission to revise japan's pacifist constitution and give the country self defense forces a more active role but the issue is controversial and voters are divided on a constitutional challenge with the escalating nuclear threat from north korea's lifelong mission to revise japan's pacifist constitution and give the country self defense forces a more active role but the issue is controversial and voters are divided on a constitutional challenge with the escalating nuclear threat from north korea will be hoping it's enough to convince voters to back his campaign. to allow japan's military to respond to direct threats but

mr abe's liberal democratic party is expected to emerge as the biggest party.e ago, i spoke to our correspondent rupert wingfield—hayes in tokyo. he explained what was behind this snap election. yes, i have to say that mr abe and his right—wing supporters in the liberal democratic party are the only people who think that mr abe needs a fresh mandate. it is more than a year to go on the current mandate that he got three years ago, on the last general election, and he enjoys two thirds majorities with his coalition partners in both houses of the japanese parliament. so there was absolutely no need to call this election now. however, mr abe saw that his poll ratings were rising during the summer, in large part off his tough language and tough stance in the ongoing sort of missile crisis, nuclear crisis with north korea, and so he has decided to go for it now and get another four years. and it looks like at the moment, gavin, that it is a bet, it is a risk, that is going to pay off. it looks like mr abe is heading for another majority. and would you say that is bec

thirds majority with the coalition partner which is what everyone's waiting to see if the liberal democratic party and its coalition party gets two thirds majority then it gives a lot more power to make constitutional changes now as i mentioned this the opinion polls have previously suggested that it will be returned with potentially as many as ten extra seats than what they had before he called the snap elections so we'll be waiting to find out if that super majority as it's been titled is given to him and his party we are monitoring pictures as we're having this conversation ciro are expecting to hear from mr rb or indeed from somebody very close to him in the next few minutes there is also this projection saying that his coalition has won a result ending victory in the japanese election just walk us through if he gets what we think he's going to get how does to change. well at this stage these exit polls a majority are yet to hear on the supermajority of the two thirds majority if he does get that if he is delivered that that will be considered a mandate it will allow his party to propose chang

abyei has swept to a resoundingly victory of to taking a gamble with snap elections i was liberal democratic party is set to retain its two thirds super majority in the lower house of parliament now that allows him to make changes in the country's pacifist constitution on sunday he pledged to do firmly with threats from north korea the dominated the campaign. a coronation for every seat one a tradition in japanese politics prime minister shinzo had quite a few carnations to pin thanks to his coalition's big landslide retaining a supermajority of two thirds in parliament was one of the conservatives goals they want to reform japan's pacifist constitution which restricts the military to self defense they point to the threat from north korea as proof that the constitution is outdated. calling snap elections was a risk but the gamble paid off handsomely when they made the call he was facing low approval ratings after a string of government scandals pushing elections forward was a master stroke of politics his rival yuri koori the governor of tokyo was rising in the polls but had little time to prepare

instead of supporting the liberal democratic party actively i think voters didn't have any choice. the newly formed party of hope which many considered was the major threat didn't get as many seats as expected the other new party on the block the constitutional democratic party has become the main opposition tripling the number of seats in the lower house since i will say this election victory as a strong mandate to deliver on his reform agenda and act on his lifelong mission to revise japan's pacifist constitution and give the country's self defense forces a more active role but the issue is controversial and voters are divided on a constitutional challenge with the escalating nuclear threat from north korea will be hoping it's enough to convince voters to back its campaign to allow japan's military to respond to direct threats but any change to the constitution requires approval first by two thirds of both the upper and lower house and then a public referendum sarah clarke al-jazeera tokyo. the iraqi government is accusing the u.s. secretary of states of interference after he call

instead of supporting the liberal democratic party actively i think voters didn't have any choice. the newly formed party of hope which many considered with the major threat didn't get as many seats as expected the other new party on the block the constitutional democratic party has become the main opposition tripling the number of seats in the lower house chains i will say this election victory as a strong mandate to deliver on his reform agenda and act on his lifelong mission to revise japan's pacifist constitution and give the country's self defense forces a more active role but the issue is controversial and voters are divided over constitutional change with the escalating nuclear threat from north korea will be hoping it's enough to convince voters to back each campaign to allow japan's military to respond to direct threats but any change to the constitution requires approval first by two thirds of both the upper and lower house and then a public referendum sarah clarke al-jazeera tokyo. let's get the thoughts of our guests now joining us in singapore qatar tamora he is an asia

gamble with snap elections votes are still being counted but it's already clear that our best liberal democratic party will be in an absolute majority in the lower house of parliament the question now is whether the governing coalition will retain its super majority called the election last month to consolidate his government's position and revise the country's post-war constitution to tackle the north korean crisis short time ago i spoke to journalist michael penn in tokyo i asked him why are they called this election when he could have waited another year. well you see i go he has a lot of a personal baggage at this time is not to cure really personally popular he saw that the opposition parties were in a very weak position to challenge him the main opposition party at that time was just had a new leader and was clearly very disorganized and then there was a very popular governor of tokyo who was preparing to move into national politics but by going now instead of next year he was able to essentially get the tokyo governor to move too quickly before she was ready and her effort to unseat him fell ap

and driving rain could lead to a low turnout polls show prime minister shinzo avi's ruling liberal democratic party cruising to victory. russian opposition leader are they saying of all these says he's been released from a detention center in moscow he had served at twenty day term for organizing what officials called on authorized protests of only has held numerous rallies across the country since announcing his intention to stand in the next year's election against president vladimir putin. now thousands of demonstrators are expected in the center of berlin today they're protesting against racism and discrimination in german politics and the rally is widely seen as being directed at the far right a of d. party in september the de came in third in federal elections it was the first times as in the one nine hundred fifty s. that a party to the right of the conservatives was voted into the blindest tug on tuesday germany's new parliament is due to meet and nearly one hundred eighty deputies will be seated for the first time. on the political correspondent kate brady is covering the demonstration for

prime minister shinzo abe is looking for a new band date for his ruling liberal democrat party.he nikkei is trading at a 20 year high. earlier i spoke to josh crabb in hong kong and i asked how big the debt problem is for chinese president xi xin ping. debt has been an issue around the world for some time and the numbers have been high globally. from our perspective, we think it is an issue that many countries are going to have to deal with including china but we think there is an increasing focus on trying to keep control of that level of debt that is developing. from a gdp perspective, obviously the economy has been slowing. that is going to happen. china is obviously still growing at a much higher rate than most of the developed world and that hasn't stopped, you know, the valuations we have seen elsewhere. it is a slowing down but we think the quality of that growth is starting to improve which is important. is talk about the debt burden. it is getting heavier for the chinese government. can we expect another downgrade in the medium term. this tends to take a longer term pic

the obvious liberal democratic party is set to retain its two thirds super majority in the lower house of parliament. they called the election last month to consolidate his government's position so as to revise the country's post-war constitution and tackle the north korean crisis. you know earlier i spoke to tokyo correspondent michael penn and asked him to explain what kind of japan is trying to create now i think the keystone to understanding his vision is that sheens are a kind of feels that japan in the post-war era somehow had its pride damaged and i think this is kind of at the heart of what motivates him he believes that japan should become a nation which in his view is a normal nation with a normal military which has normal nationalism and pride so while this is not a mainstream view in japan it's very much been part of obvious character all throughout his life and it's what you know it's one of the things which has guided him and part of that is his family history because his own family was deeply involved in the world war two incidents and he feels that needs to be reevaluat

instead of supporting the liberal democratic party actively i think voters didn't have any choice. the newly formed party of hope which many considered was the major threat didn't get as many seats as expected the other new party on the block the constitutional democratic party has become the main opposition tripling the number of seats in the lower house since i will say this election victory as a strong mandate to deliver on his reform agenda and act on his lifelong mission to revise japan's pacifist constitution and give the country's self-defense forces a more active role but the issue is controversial and voters are divided over constitutional change with the escalating nuclear threat from north korea will be hoping it's enough to convince voters to back its campaign to allow japan's military to respond to direct threats but any change to the constitution requires approval first by two thirds of both the upper and lower house and then a public referendum sarah clarke al-jazeera tokyo. human rights groups in france denouncing an upcoming visit to paris by the egyptian president

driving rain could lead to a low turnout polls show prime minister shinzo obvious ruling liberal democratic party cruising to victory documents related to john f. kennedy's nine hundred sixty three assassination are set to be released next week by the u.s. national archives the trove is expected to include more than thirty thousand classified documents that were previously redacted some three thousand have never been seen before u.s. president donald trump could block the release but has suggested that evil. to the czech republic now where populist billionaire andre bobbish has won a resoundingly victory in the country's parliamentary election his on a movement captured seventy eight of the two hundred seats in the lower house of parliament the election results show a shift to the right with four of the top five finishers challenging the traditional mainstream bobbish now has to look for coalition partners to form a new government. a billionaire touting his business skills to run the country and now andre bobbish has a chance to do just that he ran on a platform promising to slash taxes curbing i

driving rain could lead to a low turnout polls show prime minister shinzo obvious ruling liberal democratic party cruising to victory russian opposition leader alexei in a volley and else on social media that he is out of detention he had served a twenty day term in moscow for organizing what officials call an authorized protest of only has held numerous rallies across the country since announcing his intention to stand in next year's election against president vladimir putin. in the windows league on saturday by munich paid a visit to hamburg since coach you behind kids returned a few weeks ago munich squad appears to have woken up winning both games another victory and they could even go to the top of the table and have hamburg's record against biron is anything to go by would be jumping for joy for a third straight game. hamburg knew they were going to need all the help they could get against their bogey team by a munich. maybe ham on the hefty mascot could help keep things tight at the back. in the first half hamburg did throw everything they had in byron's way the visitors piled on the press

snap election that's been called for october the 22nd against crime minister abe and his liberal democratic partyun —— prime minister. she has told reporters she is not running and there's a lot of speculation her popularity is flagging, it is certainly flagging in the polls and she wants to stay on as tokyo governor and speculation is she would get more of a boost during the tokyo 0lympics would get more of a boost during the tokyo olympics in 2020. she is dubbed the most powerful woman in politics in japan. she dubbed the most powerful woman in politics injapan. she started as a tv news anchor. she is also sometimes described as a lipstick ninja, rico, and she launched her new party of hope just under two weeks ago really to take on the conservative ldp. but it's also got a very similar ethos as the ldp. it's also a very conservative party. she's riding on a populist wave really because she's launched something to take on abenomics, but it's really this whole fiscal reformist policies she is trying to enact that will reduce japan's reliance on fiscal spending, which is what abenomics is all abo

exit poll he looks like they may pose as the largest opposition party at a liberal democratic party and the coalition partner so many thanks sarah clarke there live in tokyo. the u.s. is pushing ahead with renewed efforts to end the gulf diplomatic crisis u.s. secretary of state rex tillerson met with king solomon in saudi arabia for talks aimed at ending the blockade against cata it's now been four months since saudi arabia the united arab emirates egypt and bahrain suspended ties with. i was it was pretty cool hayne is with me in the studio it's all about been it's been all about reading the tea leaves as far as rex tillerson visit to saudi arabia is concerned so far we had that bizarre incident yesterday where he was met at the airport not by his counterpart and i someone from some ministry but today we've had these meetings a press conference that was going to happen that wasn't going to happen and that is going to happen what's going on yes it was considered an insult because it was the deputy minister for protocol the met the u.s. secretary of state now this could backfire i'm not

coalition partner may have lost some seats but it's not enough for the coalition partner and the liberal democratic party led by a to lose government obviously so we're set to see a return to become to be leader and to become the longest serving prime minister or leader in japan's in in post-war history. but as i mentioned yet to call it it's a two thirds majority on the opposition front there's been a lot of talk about these two new opposition parties that have recently launched the constitutional democratic party has come as a surprise and is now considered according to exit poll to be the main opposition party the party of hope which was talked about a lot by the media and looked to be the most hopeful to gain support from the bible they have come in second best the official voting is now underway we're expecting the results to come through the night the prime minister shinzo aves expected to front the media through we're not sure if we'll talk to us but he's expected to definitely do and press conference tomorrow to discuss his response to this election without ceremony thanks sarah clarke live in to

but on election day they were favorites to win reelection and an exit poll predicted the liberal democratic partywould secure a parliamentary majority a coalition partner lost several seats but she looks ahead to become japan's longest serving leader since world war two. two newly formed political parties filed to oust by an exit poll says the party of hope led by the popular governor of tokyo we could make a up to fifty nine seats and the constitutional democratic party looks set to win even more making it the largest opposition party in japan's lower house not enough to challenge overwhelming majority the opposition itself doesn't share or unifying ideology it doesn't really share or unifying policy platform and if they did manage to develop a credible narrative of being a better alternative than the current government even though the current cabinet is not that popular voting here in japan is not compulsory at the last election about fifty percent of eligible voters turned out but we're talking land living with conditions the public have been encouraged to vote early and i have already about f

the liberal democratic party acquiring a landslide victory in the parliamentary election.espite pre-election opinion polls which showed lackluster support for his policies. he called sunday's elections a year in advance in hopes of gaining the super majority needed to revise the country's pacifist constitution removing any doubt about legitimacy of the country's armed forces. while the move has not sat well with the country's opposition, shinzo abe says he is hoping to change that. >> the constitutional revision we are facing, a high hurdle rerequiring the approval of two thirds of parliament. although the ruling coalition did win the election we need too gain wider support on this, not so much the ruliling coalition t also from the opposition, after that with the public, winning a majority in the referendum. shinzo abe says by strengthening the military the country can better deter north korea which has threatened to sink japan and has fired two missiles over the northern island. >> we will deepen our coordination with the international community to let north korea change

his liberal democratic party and its junior coalition partner are forecast to secure 310 of the a65 seatsn japan's lower house of parliament. mr abe saidhis imminent task would be to "deal firmly" —— mr abe said his imminent task would be to "deal firmly" with north korea, which would require "strong diplomacy". he's now on course to become japan's longest serving post—war prime minister. rupert wingfield—hayes has the latest from tokyo. his report contains flash photography. shinzo abe took a gamble and it has paid off. this summer, the japanese prime minister's approval rating plunged to less than 30%. now, he has won a big victory — four more years in power. this victory makes mr abe japan's most successful post—war politician. he was assisted to his win by typhoon lan which helped keep nearly half of japanese voters at home. but by far, his biggest help was division and incompetence in japan's opposition parties. last month, this woman, the popular governor of tokyo, yuriko koike, vowed to take on mr abe at the polls, but come election day, she was at a conference in paris. mr abe cla

his liberal democratic party and its junior coalition partner are forecast to secure 310 of the a65 seats in japan's lower house of parliament. mr abe is on course to become japan's longest serving post—war prime minister. rupert wingfield—hayes has the latest from tokyo, his report contains flash photography. shinzo abe took a gamble and it has paid off. this summer the japanese prime minister's approval rating plunged to less than 30%. now he has won a big victory and four more years in power. this victory makes mr abe japan's most successful post—war politician. he was assisted to his win by typhoon lan, that helped keep nearly half of japanese voters at home. but by far the biggest help was division and confidence in japan's opposition parties. last month this woman, the popular governor of tokyo, vowed to take on mr abe at the polls. but come election day, she was at a conference in paris. mr abe claims he called the election because of the threat from north korea, who said he needed a mandate from the japanese people to get tough on pyongyang and its missile programme. translation:

liberal democratic party where the political threat comes from i think it's going to come from the liberal left the constitutional democratic party of japan rather run by its leader he's a principled leader he is stressing. enforcing and abiding by the constitution and turning law to the constitution i think this is a real attraction for japanese people the u.n. says more than fourteen thousand ranger refugee children are at risk of dying from malnutrition more than six hundred thousand granger fled me in last rakhine state since late august they're now in bangladesh al jazeera visited a mobile clinic in the kali refugee camp his shell about us. already and your child peers into a health clinic and the camp inside side occurred to a mother of three teens to her youngest the little girl fell ill islay fled violence in the end like it was my child got sick with diarrhea and is also suffering from malnutrition so i brought her to this clinic for treatment several times that's been providing her with a nutritional pack she's getting better but isn't fully well yet. the u.n. says more than four

his liberal democratic party — and itsjunior coalition partner — are forecast to secure 310 of the a65japan's lower house of parliament. mr abe is now on course to become japan's longest serving post—war prime minister. rupert wingfield—hayes has the latest from tokyo — his report contains flash photography. shins are they took a gamble and it has paid off. —— shinzo abe. his approval rating plunged to less than 30% earlier this year and now he has won a big victory. for more years in power. "4. this makes japan's most successful post—war politician. he was as this did to his win by typhoon lan which kept nearly half of japanese voters at home but his biggest opposition was incompetence last week, this woman vowed to take him on at the polls but come election day, she was at a conference in paris. shinzo abe claims he called the election because of the threat from north korea. he said he needed a mandate from the japanese people to get tough on pyongyang and its missile programme. translation: i believe this election was firstly about the north korean threat. you could say it is the bi

pollsters predicting a win for prime minister shinzo abe's liberal democratic party despite a strong who just launched a new political party. let's take a look at front page of the south china morning post with tensions boiling over in hong kong's independence movement. some football fans — mostly young people — booing the national anthem and turning their backs at the asian cup qualifier against malaysia at hong kong stadium in so kon po. and finally, the china daily has a story on taking star gazing to new extremes with the world's largest telescope. chinese researchers have discovered six pulsars, which are super heavy remnants of massive stars, using its 500—metre telescope. those are the top stories of key publications around the world. now kasia what stories are sparking discussions online? rico not surprisingly this has got people talking online. and if you don't like heights then look away. because this is a glass walk way on the edge of a sheer mountain in northern china. well don't panic the glass is not really cracking underfoot, this is actually a special effect. a headli

japan's prime minister has won his bet shin so obvious liberal democratic party acquired a landslide victory in sunday's snap parliamentary election. despite pre election opinion polls which showed lackluster support for his policies. are they called sunday's elections a year in advance in hopes of gaining the two thirds parliamentary supermajority needed to revise the country's pacifist because to tuition. removing any doubt about the legitimacy of the country's armed forces. well the move hasn't sat well with the country's opposition abi says he's hoping to change that. i was justst looking for. a constitutional revision we are facing a high hurdle that requires the approval of it to the other as a parliament ida bututtons although the ruling coalition that did wings after the f first election y hooke neeeed to try and. gain wider support on this issue not just among your ruling coalition also from the opposition day and that will make efforts to gain the public's understananding of in order to win a majority. in the referendum which detect. abbe says that strengthening the militar

his liberal democratic party is heading for more than 300 seats injapan's lower house of parliament. japan's longest serving post war prime minister. his victory may also open the way for mr abe to fulfil his life long dream of scrapping japan's pacifist constitution, amid ongoing tensions with north korea. from tokyo rupert wingfield hayes reports. his report contains some flash photography. shinzo abe took a gamble and it has paid off. this summer the japanese prime minister's approval rating plunged to less than 30%. now he has won a big victory and four more yea rs won a big victory and four more years in power. this victory makes mrabe years in power. this victory makes mr abe japan's most successful post—war politician. he was assisted to his win by typhoon lan, that helped keep nearly half of japanese voters at home. but by far the biggest help was division and confidence in japan's opposition parties. last month this woman, the popular governor of tokyo, vowed to ta ke popular governor of tokyo, vowed to take on mrabe popular governor of tokyo, vowed to take on mr abe at the

as you mentioned three hundred of the four hundred sixty five seats will go to the ruling liberal democratic party and that would be a greater majority or treaters majority but a greater majority than what he had before he called this snap election you also mentioned that there were two parties of political parties that have launched in recent weeks that an issue some thought would pose a challenge to our base majority but one was the party of hope many thought that would be the biggest opposition to our by but polls have suggested that any popularity has faded over recent weeks simply because the tokyo governor popular governor who led that party she wasn't running and also what was on offer was not too much of a differentiation of what. i was offering so we have a prime minister by who probably returned to power but he's still not popular the polls have also indicated he's not a popular leader and his policies are popular it's simply a matter of. the best option on the table so there's a typhoon sweeping across japan at the moment is that going to have an impact on voting turnout numbers. yes th

mr abe's liberal democratic party is expected to emerge as the biggest party.wants to change the nation's defence force into a national army for the first time since the second world war, but that is extremely controversial in a very delicate subject for some. opinion polls in australia suggest the country is leaning towards a yes vote on introducing same—sex marriage. rallies are being held across the country, in one last push to urge people to post their yes votes. the postal survey is voluntary and non—binding, but prime minister malcom turnbull has promised that if a majority of australians support 93v a majority of australians support gay marriage, parliament will debate it. upbeat and positive, but not complacent, the mood of the yes campaign is cautiously optimistic. with just over two weeks to go until the end of australia's postal survey on same—sex marriage. the end of australia's postal survey on same-sex marriage. in the very final hour of this campaign, we have to give it our all... those agitating for change have gathered in sydney. they believe t

mr abe's liberal democratic party is expected to again emerge as the biggest party. 0pinion polls haveed that the ldp and its junior coalition partner, komeito, could retain their two—thirds supermajority in the lower house. the head of the world health organisation has said he is rethinking the approach, after his decision to appoint zimbabwe's president, robert mugabe, as a goodwill ambassador was met with widespread condemnation. the role is symbolic, but mr mugabe is expected to tackle non—communicable diseases like cancer and heart disease. 0ur south africa correspondent andrew harding reports. 93 years old, and in frail health, president robert mugabe is an unexpected choice to be the new goodwill ambassador for the world health organization. and it is notjust a question of stamina. the president's defenders insist he has earned this new honour. and yet, during his 37 years in power, mr mugabe has overseen the collapse of zimbabwe's currency and economy, and of its once—impressive health system. zimbabweans who have fled abroad are outraged by today's news. it angers me, because

his liberal democratic party is heading for more than 300 seats, a large majority injapan‘s lower house imminent task would be to "deal firmly" with north korea, which would require "strong diplomacy". the international trade secretary, liam fox, says the government won't decide how much money it will pay to the european union after brexit until it becomes clear what trade agreement the two sides will reach. dr fox says ministers are still trying to establish what the eu wants. i'm saying that what we will decide is a number when we can see the final package. i've made this, as has david davis, in discussions we've had with ministers across the european union. we've made very clear our position. and when we said to them, "would you simply give a number before you knew what the outcome was going to be?" they say, "absolutely not." in which case, we say, "so, why should we?" the spanish government has rejected accusations from the regional authorities in catalonia that it has carried out a coup by moving to impose direct control after the disputed independence referendum. people opposed t

mr abe's liberal democratic party is expected to emerge as the biggest party.reign policy the majorforeign policy programme includes north korea. pyongyang has fired two missiles over hokkaido, an island to the north. mr abe party is expected to emerge as the biggest party. speed limits through motorway roadworks in england could be raised from 50 to 60 miles per hour. the proposed changes follow trials which found drivers would feel safer at higher speeds. sophie long reports. roadworks — some of them go on for mile after mile. the current speed limit is normally 50mph, but highways england says that could be increased to 60. they conducted trials with heart rate monitors measuring d rivers' stress levels as they pass through roadworks at different speeds. 60% of them recorded a decrease in their average heart rate in the 60mph zone. in the 55mph zone, there was a decrease in 56%. what you find at 50mph is many trucks have their speed limited to 56mph. and, therefore, they try and drive faster, they tailgate cars a foot off their bumper — that becomes incredib

for our base liberal democratic party.will promised on japan last month by calling a snap election more than a year early. lick critics say he simply trying to divert attention from a series of scandals. well from always joined now by michael ostland who is a fellow at stanford university who joins us from dc thank you so much for speaking to us. i'm one of the key issues to think at the forefront of voters minds in this election inn japan. well i has done thiss b befe to call us snap elections when it looked as though his support was weakening and that his party. are might be suffering in what he's really done has been forcing the issue on the populace. and the electorate of saying who else has a plan for japan in the answer so far. of for the past five years has been no one has a planned this is exactly what has happened again. are so despite of the taint of scandal though it doesn't really yeah i touch him directly. other factors you noted his popularity has been dropping there's no other political figure in the country

year well fifty four year old bolton is a former british army officer he used to be in the liberal democrat partyand he was awarded the order of the british empire the other be his services to international security and henry bolton joins us now. hello there henry congratulations on your new position i mean well let's start there with your key party policy which is u.k. independence well the exit secretary david davis has issued a strong warning to the you that britain says that we no deal if there's no breakthrough in talks what do you think of that i think that's absolutely right my fear is that it's well and good saying that but the british government was plan and prepare to leave we must we must be prepared to leave and we must be prepared immediately to leave if necessary if there is no deal and that without that preparation there's no real credibility behind such a statement well let's look at some other independence issues i mean particular the one we've been talking about which is spain the european parliament is holding a meeting on the council on crisis but the main focus so far has bee

his liberal democratic party is heading for at least 300 seats injapan‘s lower house of parliament.'s longest serving post—war prime minister. his victory may also open the way for him to fulfil his goal of scrapping japan's pacifist constitution amid tensions with north korea. rupert wingfield hayes reports from tokyo. just a warning, his report contains some flash photography from the start. shinzo abe took a gamble and it has paid off. this summer the japanese prime minister's approval rating plunged to less than 30%. now he has won a big victory and four more years in power. this victory makes mr abe japan's most successful post—war politician. he was assisted to his win by typhoon lan, that helped keep nearly half of japanese voters at home. but by far the biggest help was division and confidence in japan's opposition parties. last month this woman, the popular governor of tokyo, vowed to take on mr abe at the polls. but come election day, she was at a conference in paris. mr abe claims he called the election because of the threat from north korea, who said he needed a mandate