remote by any standards the bigger question here to ask for the maldives for the motive in people is what kind of democracy that they have scribed that they want to be where do they want these see themselves and if this is if this is a standard of democracy that they want to adopt for themselves because if this is the standard of democracy that they want to adopt for themselves i see this as a pretty poor standard and for them that that standard is pretty it's a slippery slope for them to be. to be pursuing because you know remember what goes around in some of these things comes around tomorrow they might the ruling party might be at the receiving end of such of some of these democratic standards so you might have a free and fair elections by today's standards of the polling might be peaceful but if half the guys are in jail what is the point of having appalling to be to begin with well jeffrey i see that you haven't agreed with anything that was said by your two other fellow pat patton is. but those are barak has put forward some very fair questions what kind of democratic race is i

. —— the maldives.h of a surprise is this result? like i was trying to say earlier, in terms of how president yameen has consolidated his power over the last five years, it has been described by human rights ngos, and human rights mechanisms, as a crackdown on the opposition, the media, and society as well. we saw yameen jail his political opponents, including all leaders of all opposition parties. on the background of that, i think a lot of people... even though there was confidence around how many votes ibrahim mohamed solih, the opposition candidate, could win, there was still nervousness about what really happened in the polls. i guess in a way you can describe it asa guess in a way you can describe it as a surprise, but more than the political opposition were saying we are very confident of winning here. and he's described his win now... and he's described his win now... and his promise to move back to democracy, what kind of changes will he bring in? one of the first things that that he has promis

think the question is for many of us who have lived in the maldives and observed the maldives, it's quiteuch a credible process today, to see a free and fair election that has come out in favour of the opposition and the question is, is yameen going to concede? the last few years he's been increasingly repressive, rolling back laws aren't trying essentially to cling onto power. in february this year we saw the supreme court ordering him release political prisoners. first of all he said he respected the court, then he suddenly declared a state of emergency and arrested judges, and many political figures are still in jail including his own half brother. this is a tiny nation made up of many islands associated by many as a place of beautiful holidays and beaches, but it is of real interest to regional powers like china and india, and also the eu are watching closely. yeah, the maldives is a very small kind of speckling the indian ocean but it's of great importance as say, especially in the kind of geopolitical battle between india and china, so the maldives is traditionally almost in the bac

does happen in the middle east elsewhere so very very often maldives is seen. as a libertarian case for what can happen elsewhere in the middle east so i have a lot of want to do. would continue its part on democracy and we would hope and even it tonight on the other hand. of course is another whole set of other scenarios can play in tonight president ya mean might decide to go and destruct the pool's he might go and decide to announce military rule or emergency rule we have not or. we believe that these are actual real fear that this can happen these are things that prison jamming has done in the past so it's a little bit early to decide that things are all blah but as it is now things are going our way ok we have to leave it there mohamed nasheed thank you very much. geoffrey salim what he'd is the deputy permanent representative in geneva for the republic of the maltese he joins us from london geoffrey selene what he'd human rights watch is talking about muzzling the media misusing the electoral commission playing fast and loose with the essence of democracy

testing democracy in the maldives what will a second term for president abdullah i mean span for the opposition which complains of being gagged and does it strengthen china's influence in the indian ocean islands this isn't sad story. welcome to the program of a doubt that hamid they are scattered across the indian ocean more than a thousand coral islands they are demolished loved by tourists from all over the world for de beaches blue lagoon central pickel reefs about quarter of a million voters there are choosing a new leader but the presidential election has been no paradise for the opposition rivals to president abdullah yemeni have been jailed or exiled critics say he's become a one ruler cementing his power by a pression international observer had boycotted his reelection bid they say it was needed free no fair got to police reports. it was all smiles as president of dillard and his main rival in for him mohamad sali cost the balance and so on this point. he means critics accuse him of acting as a strongman imprisoning or exile in political rivals the election lucking transpare

mr ibrahim solih —— mr abdulla yameen has been increasingly oppressive in the maldives.ling on to power. he held the elections to try to consolidate power but that seems to have backfired. in february this year we had the supreme court ordering him to release political prisoners. he said he would adhere to the court and then he jailed the supreme courtjustices, he declared a state of emergency. he doesn't like... he doesn't appear to like challenges to power. right now... we are still waiting for any comment from him, but there's a slight concern that this story isn't over yet. we will be watching that very closely for you. also making news today: lawyers for a woman who has accused the us supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh of sexual assault have confirmed that she will testify before the senatejudiciary committee on thursday. christine blasey ford has accused mr kavanaugh of trying to rape her when they were both teenagers in the 1980s. he denies the allegations. a new zealand supermarket chain has withdrawn a brand of australian strawberries from sale after finding

the maldives has a population of less tha n the maldives has a population of less than 500,000 peoplettle between china and india. traditionally in the maldives it is been in the orbit of india. but more recently it has tilted its focus towards china. in terms of the politics of the maldives, the president is a hugely controversial figure maldives, the president is a hugely controversialfigure in maldives, the president is a hugely controversial figure in the maldives opposition groups have recused them and accuse them of curtailing press freedoms. there are also opposition figures who have beenjailed including his half—brother. just to give you a flavour of what happens in the politics here, in february this year after a judge said that some of those prisoners should be released, the president declared a state of emergency and sent troops to address thejudges. state of emergency and sent troops to address the judges. neither is in opposition, but already rights groups are suggesting these votes might not be free and fair. reports already last night that the opposition campaign has qu

the president of the maldives concedes defeat after an election that was seen as a test of democracy for the island. on housing seeker this is. also coming up accused of being a threat to national security hong kong's pro independence party is banned. on strike u.n. relief agency staff in the gaza strip protest over a cutting us funding for programs that help palestinian refugees. it's a grind after. the comeback kid tiger woods wins the tour championship in atlanta clinching his first tournament win in five years. alone election that many were calling a test of the maldives young democracy has resulted in the president seeing defeat . i mean has been in charge for five years and have been accused of stifling opposition but three hours ago he appeared on television i mean acknowledged he had lost the race to his only rival he managed just under forty two percent according to provisional results opposition leader able to him how much slowly took fifty eight percent of the votes only had declared victory late on sunday and visited you mean in the presidential house with most of his riv

now, traditionally, the maldives has been very much in the maldives has been very much in the orbit ofyameen is a hugely controversial figure. president yameen is a hugely controversialfigure. 0pposition groups have included all sorts of —— inc accused him of all thoughts of things including curtailing freedom of the press. to give you a flavour of the press. to give you a flavour of what happens in more deviant politics, in february this year the bashing maldive ‘s politics, interview, a judge said some prisoners should be released but this was declared an emergency and troops were sent to arrest the judges. there's an opposition candidate but already groups are suggesting these votes might not be free and fair. the reports already last night that opposition campaign headquarters where raided and that the eu has already stated that it is willing to place sanctions on the maldives if these elections and fair. so all eyes on the maldives and we will wait to see what happens today. people have left their homes in california after a wildfire spread across thousands of acres and just a few

and president of the maldives and do the yumminess conceded defeat in sunday's election everyway for opposition leader in for him climate solely to take over. and inquiry into one of the worst treatment disasters in the history of the u.k.'s national health service has begun in london thousands of people died after being treated with blood contaminated with h.i.b. and hepatitis c. viruses in the one hundred seventy s. and eighty's the barker reports. these are some of the thousands of people infected with contaminated blood i had a postpartum hemorrhage i was rushed into hospital jacky britain's among those sharing her story at the opening of a government inquiry into the scandal in one nine hundred eighty three she was given a blood transfusion after giving birth infecting her with hepatitis c. . the virus went undetected for thirty years leading to cirrhosis of the liver else so traumatized once they tell you got hep c. you want to know what stage you're at i thought like i was dying and the next day i could have been dead in the one nine hundred seventy s. and eighty's infected bl

story is democracy dead in the maldives you can head to the twitter page at a.j. stream and leave your contributions these are the local time broadcasts times for their progress i should say it is at nineteen thirty g.m.t. on monday let's take a look now at some of the stories making news around the world rescue is a still searching for survivors from the second big landslide in the philippines in less than a week dozens of homes were buried on thursday in naga city leaving at least twenty nine people dead and more than forty still missing jamila island organ is there for decades miners have querida fish still in here last week the mountain finally gave . one soon rains chigger to a landslide burying at least thirty homes the devastation is so widespread half the community have been displaced local government leaders admit they're overwhelmed but are doing their best. i understand it's more on the collaboration and it's overwhelming that's why the support from the. in the region and of course the national team. many rescuers come from different parts of the countr

and this picture perhaps sums up the story in the maldives when it comes to this election you have quite a big government and very little people if you're in the.

nothing from abdulla yameen yet, it is overnight in the maldives right now, there are people oi'i maldives, there are people on the streets, the supporters of the opposition, out on the streets celebrating. but also asking abdulla yameen to concede defeat, or at least say something, because we haven't heard anything at all. more time we are waiting for him to come out and say something, the more uncertain and hence the situation becomes. —— tenants. —— tence. —— tense. mohamed juned is a journalist based in the capital male. he says the result isn't a surprise. in terms of how president yameen has consolidated his power over the last five years, it has been described by human rights ngos, and human rights mechanisms, as a crackdown on the opposition, the media, and society as well. we saw yameen jail his political opponents, including all leaders of all opposition parties. on the background of that, i think a lot of people... ..even though there was confidence around how many votes ibrahim mohamed solih, the opposition candidate, could win, there was still nervousness about what really hap

the maldives has a population of less than 500,000 people so you might well think, why do we care?and china on the other. now, traditionally, the maldives has been very much in the orbit of india but more recently, it has tilted its focus towards china. in terms of the politics of the maldives, well, president yameen is a hugely controversial figure in the maldives. 0pposition groups have accused him of all sorts of things including curtailing press freedoms. there are also opposition figures who have beenjailed, including president yameen‘s half—brother. and just to give you a flavour of what happens in maldivian politics, in february this year, after a judge said some of those prisoners should be released, president yameen declared a state of emergency and sent troops to arrest thejudges. there is an opposition candidate, mohamed solih, but already rights groups are suggesting these votes might not be free and fair. reports already last night that the opposition campaign headquarters were raided, and the eu has already stated that it is willing to place sanctions on the maldives

the maldives is tiny — its population is less than 500,000. times, one of many on the same theme, which says the "poll was a china vs india proxy battle that saw pro—delhi candidate ibrahim mohamed solih prevail". the maldives is in the indian ocean, but has taken out over $1 billion of loans from china. that's to pay for infrastructure projects like this, a bridge connecting the country's airport with the capital. i spoke to the bbc‘s olivia lang, who spent years working as a journalist in the maldives, about the implications of the unexpected election result. traditionally, the maldives have very much been in the indian back garden so to speak. in recent years under president abdulla yameen, we have seen indiana maldives growing closer much to the consternation of delhi so as you can imagine, delhi, india are quite happy with the results and congratulated the candidate ibrahim mohamed solih before the official results were out. the opposition says that it is going to try and destroy the balance between china and india, but i think the questi

a journey that has ended the books on sunday maldives opposition leader ibrahim mohammed saw that one country's presidential election the stunning defeat of president. many observers off guard the country has suffered a difficult transition to democracy since the end of three decades of authoritarian rule in two thousand and eight following his election in two thousand and thirteen you mean routinely used his power to crack down on political dissent jelling rivals and even supreme court justices so what does this win mean for democracy in the maltese here to discuss that in geneva jeffrey where he'd his deputy ambassador to the united nations representing the maltese and mali. she's a member of the maldives democratic party and also a member of parliament and in london will jordan a journalist with al jazeera and his documentary stealing paradise took an in-depth look at government corruption during the means ten year us president welcome back to the stream all of you i want to start with our community several of them are very excited to show you here via pictures this is she says peo

on the last day of campaigning before sunday's presidential election in the maldives police right the opposition campaigns headquarters. and escaping the war the homegrown film that's got yemenis flocking to the cinema in aden. iran's president has promised a crushing response after gunmen opened fire on a military parade marking the start of the iran iraq war at least twenty nine people were killed many will members of iran's revolutionary guard women and children also died a gunman opened fire on the parade in the southern city of la voz around a hundred fifty kilometers from the iraqi border i sill has claimed responsibility for the shooting so too has the was national resistance an arab separatist group supported by saudi arabia iran's military says the attackers were trained in organized by two gulf countries with ties to the united states and israel iran's foreign minister said his government holds regional terrorist sponsors and the u.s. must is accountable for such attacks he pledged that iran will respond swiftly and decisively also jabari now reports. chaos and panic in the

another person writes and will the maldives have more military ties with china or india two of the people closely two of the countries really closely watching these elections on the china angle china has given investment into the country this is a comment we got from the schwann a bass a civil society activists and here's what he thinks. most isn't in produce more than one point one billion dollars in gold but china we know the country has only spent less than a quarter of this amount we also note that. there's not a spent wisely not all of it a lot of is actually going to go into kind of thing so the incoming president needs to make sure every penny of this money is accounted for he also needs to make sure that he has the debt of china we know that china is already in slave you know the countries and i don't think we know what happens in what happened between them cut you know what happened to the hundred a year we don't want to see deeks happen in the maldives so will some strong words there we know that the chinese government has been a supporter of president i mean how do you see this

opposition supporters celebrate in the maldives, as their candidate claims victory in the presidential election. as thousands march against brexit — labour's leaderjeremy corbyn says he'll back another referendum, if the party wants. and the international rescue mission to save a sailor stranded and seriously injured in the indian ocean. the united states has dismissed claims from the iranian president that the us was involved in an attack on a military parade in the country, which killed 25 people. hassan rouhani says america and it's gulf allies backed the assault, a claim strongly denied by the us ambassador to the united nations. mr rouhani made his comments as he prepared to travel to new york, where the un general assembly will convene for its annual meeting of world leaders on tuesday. from new york, here's our diplomatic correspondent, james robbins. gunfire the moment the shooting started. iran's elite revolutionary guards under attack on home soil. many forced to dive for cover, as a parade to honour them is ambushed by opponents of the government. soldiers and civilians died

to exercise his control over the institutions of maldives i think it really backfired . in the elections overall were a little bit chaos and disorganized and people had to wait longer in lines to where to vote and i think those were raising the transaction cost as possible in the most deviant people to come out and vote and the in the hope that they wouldn't they would give up and return home and the frustration and the awkward. would. that would that would. that would get him the desired result that the whole i think those techniques did not work in his favor and i think those are some things that you'll have to digest and they allowed to work with them and i don't i'm not sure what his advisors right now are telling him and i hope they give him the right advice to be gracious in his defeat come out and concede concede victory to his opposition and move forward and you know. open a new chapter in the maldivian history it's been a tumultuous few years in the multi somewhat volatile political climate how do you explain the opposition's before in this election when the pla

now we're going to go to the maldives the results of sunday's presidential election trickling in but the opposition says actually it's just a foregone conclusion president abella you mean is expected to be reelected to a second five year term critics accuse him of one man rule in the indian ocean islands in a stifling dissent by jailing potential rivals now we have a map of the maltese on yesterday's good but really it's just a drop in the ocean almost literally so i thought i'd get the google map out today because it's quite interesting just having a look at the maldives that's the main island of the capital one of the most overcrowded places on earth look at that the airport is on a separate on and it is you've got to catch a boat to get to mali and then you just see look at the logistics involved in a lot of these islands around and habited with the logistics of putting together an election for all these little islands or all in the indian ocean it's a small place but a big political story we're going to have analysis on the elections in a moment but we're going to start with this

on sunday maldives opposition leader ibrahim mohammad saw that one country's presidential election the stunning defeat of president. many observers off guard the country has suffered a difficult transition to democracy since the end of three decades of authoritarian rule in two thousand and eight following his election in two thousand and thirteen you mean routinely used his power to crack down on political dissent jelling rivals and even supreme court justices so what does this win mean for democracy in the maltese here to discuss that in geneva jeffrey where he'd his deputy ambassador to the united nations representing the maltese and mali. she's a member of the maldives democratic party and also a member of parliament and in london will jordan a journalist with al-jazeera investigations his documentary stealing paradise took an in-depth look at government corruption during your means tenure us president welcome back to the stream all of you i want to start with our communities several of them are very excited to show you here via pictures this is she says people are overwhelmed by t

come on santa maria and this is the world news from al-jazeera the opposition under pressure in the maldives as police write their campaign offices the day before the election. well brett kavanaugh his accuser from top to washington hearing decision time is looming for the woman who says the supreme court take attacked her and on the trail of rhino poachers how forensic work is helping rangers cut the killing in the parts of south africa. so iran's valinor tough response but no one's yet sure who was actually behind the attack on a military parade gunmen opened fire on crowds remembering the start of the iran iraq war has killed at least twenty nine people and in the past few hours an arab separatist group has claimed responsibility soon after the attack i still got in with its claim however an iranian military spokesman is laying the blame elsewhere . as the full story. chaos and panic in the city of atlantis in southern iran as an unprecedented scene unfolds during a military parade. unidentified gunman opened fire year and prayed at the start of sacred defense week it commemorates iranian

no basis in the reality on the ground he talked about exit polls we don't have exit polls in the maldives we don't have any independent polls in the maldives we know for a fact that there's been a massive amount of support for the government as well and the fact that he's coming out now and saying that oh if we win it's a free and fair election but if the government win then it must be corruption this is the fallacy the president is not going to lose he has created so much infrastructure projects provided so much for the people the more they've brought them out of poverty more so than any other president in the history of our nation you have people who are committed and dedicated to this president as well and of course the only way that the opposition can fight this is by using that sensationalist rhetoric that you heard that does not have a basis in reality that's the only way that they can galvanize people to come to their support of thousands of people have marched against bragg's it in the british city of liverpool was the opposition labor party meets to decide its stand the protester

are blaming the taliban who often plant roadside bombs to target afghan security forces last the maldives where police have raided the main campaign office of the opposition candidate the head of sunday's election president abdullah yemeni has been in office since two thousand and thirteen is seeking a second five year term in recent months he systematically silenced opposition voices including two former presidents the country's first democratically elected leader mohamed nasheed was convicted on terrorism charges in two thousand and fifteen and is now in exile in sri lanka the other is yemenis half brother maumoon abdul day you he was sentenced to nineteen months earlier this year accused of joining forces with the opposition to try to oust the president and then chief justice of dilla saeed in another judge ighly hamid were arrested earlier in the year after they delivered a ruling that the opposition had been given fair trials alex could top police reports. it's famous is a holiday on its destination popular with newlyweds on their honeymoon but in the run up to the presidential elect

it seems as if that's remind you now the top stories the in the maldives opposition leader abraham how much subtly has declared victory in sunday's presidential election provisional results show he got fifty eight percent of the vote in a surprise victory for president tom de lay i mean has conceded. hong kong has banned a pro independence political party accusing it of being a threat to national security this means anyone who runs or supports the hong kong national party can be fined or jailed it's likely to raise further questions about beijing's growing influence in the former british colony sarah clarke is in hong kong it's an unprecedented move it's a start move for the hong kong government to make this party ban and set the first time this type of move has been made since hong kong was headed back to china back in one thousand nine hundred seventy and certainly it's quite historic the u.s. tariffs on another two hundred billion dollars worth of chinese goods of come into effect china is expected to retaliate and as in queues in the u.s. of intimidation the world's two biggest eco

so getting a change of direction for the maldives that the president concedes defeat after a tumultuous ten years for the new democracy. and a public inquiry opens in the u.k. into the infection nearly fifty years ago thousands of people with blood samples containing hiv and hepatitis c. . and only u.s. has warned russia but it's causing a significant escalation by deploying new advanced missiles to syria a tremendous sending it s. three hundred missile defense system to president bashar al assad a week after one of its planes was shot down inaccurate syrian anti-aircraft fire u.s. national security adviser john bolton is encouraged moscow to reconsider the sale on israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu says russia's move risks increasing dangers in the region where a challenge has more from moscow. russia's s. three hundred the air defense system that's russia has held off from supply lines of the syrian military until now. would it be that within two weeks some sort of the ceramic system the as three hundred. will be handed over it's capable of intercepting air assault weapons on a

will be here in doha you are watching on to zero also coming up a long long wait to vote in the maldives polling was extended for several hours in an election many are questioning. the brakes if it continues now the u.k.'s main opposition labor party says the prime minister should go to the polls with a general election. and the call to get police of us schools a report says there's bias and brutality against some groups. the u.s. ambassador to the united nations nikki haley is rejecting iran's finger pointing at washington over a deadly parade attack she says iranian leaders should look closer to home the iranian president hassan rouhani is clear who he blames the revolutionary guard is vowing revenge for the attack on that military parade the fallout is reporting worldwide diplomats have been summoned by iranian officials after twenty five people were killed when a gunman opened fire in the southern city of. iran's foreign minister summoned the emma roxy shanshu to fair following a tweet by a prominent iraqi political scientist which said the attack was quote not an act of terrorism en

two thousand and eight south asian suzuki cup champions the maldives are through to this is final where they'll face india the multis passage through this tournament has been unconventional they made it into the last four after a coin toss decided the quarter final between them and sri lanka this time the maldives with three no one is over nepal they'll face india who beat pakistan three one in the other semifinal although the maldives game against the pole was suspended because of a thunderstorm. the colorado rockies have never won a division title in major league baseball but their dreams of breaking that run have taken a step closer that's thanks to a walk off home from d.j. lim a huge they were trailing four to three to the arizona diamondbacks at the bottom of the ninth before he let fly the rockies are one and a half games ahead of the los angeles dodgers in the national league west going into the final weeks of the regular season. to las vegas where unusually there was no faceoff between gennady love can and canelo alvarez at of their huge rematch fight this weekend traditionally

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or denied mohammed is a journalist for the maldives independent an online news website there he joinsus via skype from the maldives cap top thanks very much for being with us so a lot of concern being expressed then about these elections and how they're being conducted from where you are are these concerns justified. junaid muhammed i'm not sure if you can hear me ok this is has i'm in doha can you hear me ok. ok it doesn't look like it apologies for that we'll try to fix that and move on for now iran's president says the u.s. is trying to create instability in his country his comments come a day after an attack on a military parade left twenty five people dead has and ani was speaking before leaving for the united nations general assembly in new york u. cuse u.s. backed gulf arab states providing financial and military support for anti government ethnic groups earlier his government summoned envoys from the u.k. netherlands and denmark accusing those countries of harboring opposition groups harney has warned that the u.s. will regret its aggressiveness trita parsi is a professor at g

junaid muhammed is a journalist for the news website the maldives independent he says there is tight security in mali ahead of the vote. the security presence around the capitol has been heightened to do for the election but there is no arms time but in many other buildings especially associated with political electoral votes from the ruling party or the opposition but i would like to read to the police actually sent out a tweet saying that they were conducting an operation to stop illegal activities in the building in the building we're talking about but they have so far refused to answer any other questions about what illegal activities it is or why they are there. the opening of hong kong's first high speed rail link to the rest of china has been greeted by protests for democracy democracy groups are angry that passengers will have their documents stamped by chinese immigration offices and be subject to chinese law while travelling across hong kong express rail link will connect hong kong with shan's and wang joe and give travelers access to forty four mainland stations on the hig

still ahead announces era on the eve of the maldives presidential election police raid the opposition's campaign headquarters. and comparing trauma to hit how documentary maker michael moore is raising the fire height again. hello again we're here across united states we did see a lot of active weather in terms of severe weather with this system right here pushing across the great lakes and into canada that's still going to cause some problems here along the eastern seaboard then down towards texas this ribbon of moisture caused by actually a tropical depression from mexico really pumping up the moisture there causing some localized flooding in some areas now temperatures are going to be going down over the next few days so for new york sunday twenty one degrees you there they're going to be seeing only about nineteen but we are picking up some drier and also sunnier weather but still quite wet down here across much of the southeast miami though a nice day for you at thirty one and over towards los angeles well sunny at about twenty six degrees as i make way down here towards the caribb

popular with newlyweds on their honeymoon but in the run up to the presidential election in the maldives on sunday there are allegations by the opposition of voter intimidation and security crackdowns. there are going to be heavy. but we take part in them believing that i will support. that we will be able to overcome that. despite the alleged intimidation opposition challenger ibrahim ali has been campaigning for votes president abdullah yemenis aiming for a second term he declared a fifteen day state of emergency earlier this year provoking concerns the country is sliding towards authoritarianism i would like to call it an undemocratic dictatorship now the current regime president whatever he was doing of course it is like kind of authoritarian rule but then what are you doing doing through you know constitutional means like he is changing though constitution amending the constitution. as well his going in the. game in his book to the economy using cheap chinese loans for large infrastructure projects such as the chinese maltese friendship bridge opened last month after four years of c

there is no credible election observers in maldives at the moment because all the democracy democratic countries as well as the european union decided well in advance that the government had not been obliging them the government had not been doing requesting quit what they have requested to do before prior to the elections that is to. free the party leaders as well is to abide by the ruling of the supreme court of february first but none of these things happened so they decided that they don't observe this election and give any credibility to this election. but fortunately today they had not been any violence or any such thing as being in the audience but the voting process is very very slow and this is frustrating a lot of people that people waiting in the queues now for seven hours over and still they're not being able to cast their vote so that's a major problem. i think the problem that this is created due to the fact that god meant that decided that they would use a tablet to. register all of the votes which is quite a new city to go to because this really creates unnecessary dela

popular with newlyweds on their honeymoon but in the run up to the presidential election in the maldives on sunday there are allegations by the opposition of voter intimidation and security crackdown we keep saying they are going to be heavy. but we take part in them believing that our support. that we will be able to overcome that.

park and back a quick look at the top stories now the maldives opposition leader mohammed slowly says he has won the presidential election leading by sixteen points with ninety two percent of the votes counted this according to the reuters news agency the current president abdoulaye ameena had been expected to cement his grip on power off to jail in almost all of his rivals. iran's revolutionary guard is vowing what it calls deadly an unforgettable vengeance after saturday's attack on a military parade which killed twenty five people. and campaign is for a new backseat referendum have been marching in liverpool where the opposition labor party is meeting this week they want the party to buy a second referendum. let's bring you more on the maldives now because the former president who's in exile in sri lanka has already offered his congratulations. i like to call going to congratulate him on the ground. the president elect. dreamed the. and it's seems a little bit in the last four or five years especially since i was arrested from almost all the lead the flock yes live our party has br

popular with newlyweds on their honeymoon but in the run up to the presidential election in the maldives on sunday there are allegations by the opposition of voter intimidation and security crackdowns. they are going to be having. but we take part in them believing that i will support. that they will be able to overcome that. despite the alleged intimidation opposition challenger a pretty mohammed salary has been campaigning for votes. president delay i mean is aiming for a second term he declared a fifteen day state of emergency earlier this year provoking concerns the country is sliding towards authoritarianism i would like to call it an undemocratic dictatorship now the current regime president whatever he was doing of course it is like. but then what are you doing doing you know. like he is changing the constitution amending the constitution. to mean has boosted the economy using cheap chinese loans for large infrastructure projects such as the chinese maltese friendship bridge opened last month after four years of construction. the apparent reliance on large chinese loans has raised

the maldives has been in political turmoil do you mean during his five year tenure two former presidents the prosecutor general and a number of opposition politicians have been jailed in controversial trials. on the eve of the vote campaign office was raided by police but no evidence of electoral food was uncovered this was a big deal for shockey what he was hoping and he was aiming was to consolidate power. and with the way that prior to the elections the way that. manipulated the institutions i think it is in the back yard. with a pen and paper and extraordinary numbers turnout was over eighty five percent despite . i came to vote eight in the morning and i was waiting in the queue for all this time until five o'clock pm so the nine hours before voting. president you mean stayed silent as the votes were counted he had been expected to cement his grip on power but in public view the ballots piled up against the electoral commission will announce the official results in seven days charlotte ballasts al jazeera let's talk to john muhammad is a journalist with the maldives independent who

again you're watching al-jazeera a reminder of our top stories this hour maldives opposition leader able to him how much so late has declared victory in the country's presidential election visual results show he got fifty eight percent of the vote in a surprise defeat the incumbent has not yet conceded but the foreign ministry has acknowledged the opposition's win. hong kong has banned a pro independence political party saying it's a threat to national security and means anyone who runs or supports the hong kong national party can be fined or jailed the first time a political organization has been outlawed since britain handed the territory back to chinese rule in one thousand nine hundred seventy. a second woman has come forward with allegations of sexual misconduct against the u.s. supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh the allegations in the new yorker magazine go back to cavanaugh's time at yale university has denied the allegations. are thousands of people have been attending funerals in our verse for those killed in saturday's attack on a military parade cabinet ministers and provin

again you're watching al-jazeera reminder of our top stories this hour voting is underway in the maldives in a presidential election seen as a test for democracy on the island nation president abdullah i mean is seeking another five year term but you mean has been repeatedly accused of silencing dissent. iran's president is accusing the u.s. of trying to create instability after saturday's attack on a military parade that killed at least twenty five people as an rouhani made the allegation before leaving for the united nations general assembly in new york. the u.n. humanitarian chief says yemen is approaching a tipping point with famine a major threat three quarters of the population that's twenty two million yemenis need some kind of humanitarian assistance because of the war. let's get more now on the presidential election in the mold. mahamed is a journalist for the mole deaves independents an online news website he joins us via skype now from the capital of mali thanks very much for being with us so we just mentioned there the concern being expressed about. the state of things there a

opposition supporters in the maldives have taken to the streets to celebrate, after their candidate claimed victory in the presidentialelection. in the presidential election. ibrahim solih said it was a moment of happiness and hope and called on his rival, president abdulla yameen, to step down. votes are still being counted. and in britain, thousands of people have staged an anti—brexit march, demanding a second, so—called "people's vote". labour party leader, jeremy corbyn, has said the party would support another referendum, if delegates backed the idea at this week's annual conference. now on bbc news, dateline london. hello and welcome to dateline, the programme that pitches some of the uk's most prominentjournalists against international writers who file their stories with the dateline london. this week, how domestic politics is dictating foreign policy for both the united kingdom and the united states. theresa may's fellow eu leaders rebuff the brexit compromise she hoped would hold together her party. donald trump ratchets up his trade war with china that could strengthen his hand i

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international observers in maldives at the moment because all the democratic countries as well the. european union decided that the government had not been obliging that the government had not been doing requesting what they have requested to do before prior to the elections. to. free the party leader. by supreme court of february first but none of these things happened so they decided that they would not observe this election and give any credibility to this election and those critics questioning because of the election would be free and fair so they were proved right on saturday the eve of the poll security police raided the headquarters of the main opposition the mole deep democratic party this latest crackdown to start with the only viable alternative to prison progress a party doesn't suddenly so persistent supporters they say the election was a referendum over the multiuse continues to slide towards authoritarianism even the body of the baby had been forced to come here did not mean that as you can you can't think that they would lose their jobs. yeah because they want to me b

it is just there that's going to round up at the top stories in the maldives opposition leader ibrahim how much soli has won sunday's presidential election provisional results show he got fifty eight percent of the vote president tom de lay i mean has conceded defeat. russia is planning to supply a specialist missile defense system to syria that comes just days after one of its planes was shot down by inaccurate syrian anti aircraft fire on sunday the russian defense ministry blamed israel for the incident that killed twenty five servicemen moscow says israeli jets hid behind its aircraft pushing it to the path of syrian fire israel denies the russian accusations on kong has banned a pro independence political party accusing it of being a threat to national security this means anyone who runs or supports the hong kong national party can be fined or jailed and bans likely to raise further questions about beijing's growing influence in the former british colony sarah clarke is in hong kong it's an unprecedented move it's an historic move for the hong kong government to make this party ba

opposition supporters celebrate as their candidate abraham mohammad sali declares victory in the maldivespresidential election. in london you with al-jazeera also coming up iran's revolutionary guard val's deadly and unforgettable revenge for the attack on a military parade which killed twenty five people three year old. battle against hunger in yemen where three quarters of the population is in need of a. leader. and thousands marched in liverpool edging the u.k.'s main opposition party to back another referendum on the back seat deal. we begin in the maldives where opposition leader abraham mohammad soli has declared victory in the country's presidential election with ninety eight percent of the votes counted he was reported to be leading by sixteen points it is a surprise when the current president i mean had been expected to cement his grip on power after jailing almost all of his rivals including his own half brother the government has yet to comment on the results but so he has already addressed his jubilant support this is a moment of happiness this is a moment before this is a mom

congratulating the country's new president was a former president of maldives mohamed nasheed who himself lives in exile in sri lanka. but to let all of the grandmama thought it. seemed be. that it's g.m.t. clinton. didn't allow for point is first meeting started with just. no word yet from the loser the final results will be announced within seven days according to the chief of the maldives electoral commission. turkey's president. is due to visit chimney later this week relations between the two countries have been strained following turkey's fit into coup two years ago and the subsequent government crackdown yet there is also strong connection between germany and techie several waves of migration over decades have resulted in germany being home to the largest largest population outside the home country to date they are nearly three million people who are turkish roots in germany half of them one point five million have a turkish possible among those who voted into his presidential elections in june loyalty to president was strong and got sixty five percent of the. vote that's nearly tw

and has i'm sick of this is al jazeera live from davos a coming up voting for a president in the maldives an election that seemed to favor the government and has the opposition crying foul. struggling to survive with no let up in the war yemenis are forced to take extreme measures just to stay alive. putting the pressure on prime minister theresa may britain's opposition labor party wants a new election as talks hit a stalemate. iran's revolutionary guard is promising to take what it calls deadly and unforgettable vengeance after an attack on a military parade at least twenty five people were killed when a gunman opened fire in the southern city of a have us diplomats have been summoned by iranian officials as the blame game is stepped up iran's foreign minister has summoned the emma rotty sharjah affair following a tweet by a prominent emraan political scientist which said the attack was quote not an act of terrorism and voice from the u.k. netherlands and denmark have also been called into the foreign ministry in tehran with whose governments accused of harboring opposition groups to gu

and they'll face two thousand and eight champions mold leaves in the final the maldives passage through this tournament has been unconventional they made it into the last four after a coin toss decided the course final between them and sri lanka this time the maldives were three male winners over nepal although the game was suspended because of a fundamental. volleyball world champions poland got the defense of their title off to a successful start they be cuba three time champions in two thousand and fourteen runners up brazil also grabbed a win in their opener they beat egypt three nil brazil won the olympic gold in rio and all the top ranked team at this tournament. eight time a limpet gold medalist the same bolt defied sporting logic cheering his record breaking sprint cribbage don't even the jamaican can defy gravity but spin in france where he's been rendered weightless in a microgravity plame during the two hour flight the thirty two year old attempted a short dash but as you can see here he struggled to really get going. there are there were just four. words right right. right r

so my question is, if -- is the maldives a concern.ns are anything heavy taken away from -- which is still simmering, given that there is elections coming up in the end of september, so and will that be on the agenda? and the upcoming talks? a number of things you can count of, we need to shine a light on what is happening there. because, i do not think it is well understood, orwell known outside of small circles, with people who deal with these issues, but there should be broader concern, because it is not only about the unfortunate people there, who have seen judges thrown in jail, opposition leaders jailed, or exiled, it is a matter of a broader regional problem, when you hold an eight piece, that they do not have a particular concern about, creating political buddies there, and the future of people there, they have concerns about their own influence, and access. so, that we need to shine a light on all that, and bring in the experiences of others, and look at sri lanka, and other examples, where countries, like the chinese and unde