to take forty percent of the vote although one surprisingly he hasn't been given the backing of mcgarvie who claims he grabbed power illegally when his closest rival is nelson chamisa he's the current leader of the opposition and recently qualified pastor to and if elected he would become zimbabwe's youngest ever present at forty years old the two candidates are polar opposites not only in the generations they are representing but also in their political views. favors good relations with russia and china while his rival is pro western he traveled to the u.s. to to meet state department officials and members of congress at the end of last year political analyst and author howard feldman believes that washington has an interest in this election i think it's a fairly dangerous. fairly obvious. the us are going to have some form of influence recent days we have seen the withdraw of funding from the american from n.g.o.s we also do know that there are still sanctions that the u.s. have applied to this infinitely some form of. politicizing of the oil interference of the elections by the americ

is a member of the ruling party and the incumbent president appointed after mcgarvie was ousted although and surprisingly hasn't been given the backing of a gobby claims that he grabbed power from an illegally his closest rival is nelson he's the current leader of the opposition and a recently qualified pastor if elected he becomes a barbie's youngest ever president at the age of forty votes currently being counted with results expected to be revealed in around five days time the two front runners a polar opposites not only in the generations they're represented but also their political views. favors good relations with russia and china while his rival chemise is pro western he traveled to the u.s. to meet with state department officials and members of congress at the end of last year little analyst and author howard feldman says washington is playing a dangerous game by interfering in the vote. i think it's a fairly dangerous. fairly obvious that the us are going to have some form of influence recent days we have seen the withdraw of the americans from n.g.o.s we also do know that there

candidates and man and god is a member of the ruling party and the incumbent president appointed after mcgarvie had been ousted although unsurprisingly hasn't been given the backing of the gobby claims that he grabbed power from him illegally his closest rival is nelson he's the current leader of the opposition and i recently qualified pastor if elected he becomes a bubble youngest ever president at forty the votes are still being counted results are expected to be announced at around five days time the two front runners are polar up. it's not only the generations they represent but also their political views and god favors good relations with russia and china his rival chemise is pro western he travel to the u.s. to meet state department officials and members of congress at the end of last year listing all the howard feldman says that washington's playing a dangerous game by interfering in the vote i think it's a fairly dangerous and fairly obvious if they're the us are going to have some form of influence recent days we have seen the withdraw of finding from the americans from n.g.o.s we also

and prepare for the first election since mcgarvie was ousted we look at the ruling party's efforts to court white voters. an uneasy truce appears to be holding along the israel gaza border off to hamas agree to the second such deal in a week israeli as strikes and tank fire hit dozens of hamas targets off to a palestinian sniper killed an israeli soldier the truce brokered by egypt in the united nations started at midnight local time stephanie deca has more from gaza. i . have masses military wing in the kasam brigades are burying their dead three of their members were killed on friday afternoon israel struck various ham ass monitoring posts along the border soon after an israeli soldier was shot from gaza he later died of his wounds sixty sites belonging to ham ass were attacked by israeli forces late into the night a few rockets were fired from gaza in response and a cease fire was announced hours later it's the second ceasefire in a week i don't think this would last for a long time i learned i think it's better for us. unfortunately and we will have just couple of days. through th

neutral and elections fund for the end of the month the military was instrumental in unseating one mcgarvie eight months ago and since then military officials have taken up key posts on the electoral commission herron the tasa has more from harare . joining robert mugabe's rule army commander supported his rulings on a tape party and the military vowed not to allow the opposition to take over the army which forced mugabe to resign last november say this year things are going to be different this in baba different forces is not directed role in the upcoming hoeness the elections role in the elections is mainly to support the zimbabwe republic felice in their role of maintenance of roi in order in the country before during and after the elections previous elections juma gabi israel were often marred by violence voter intimidation and fraud opposition leaders often said security forces were involved allegations denied by the commanders without nelson chamisa who leads the opposition m.d.c. alliance is concerned about virtue and intimidation we are ready to prove. where we have problems with ce

what is your family tell from that clip the press conference is a fairly long and rambling one mcgarvie still speaking in harare our correspondent karen matushka is there we're going to show you live pictures of robert mugabe speaking is on the phone because while it's difficult to get the camera to talk on camera while this is going on arrow. we saw rambling robert mugabe there why is he doing this is he is the indorsing any particular candidate in tomorrow's election. if you bombshell just a marvel people go to vote he will not be one not the people. you want to have between twenty two. up until you dumb. luck because he said look cladding. all the power. because my form but. this is we have to think by robert mugabe was not the current leadership party and the people of zimbabwe must go to. military government is this horror going to have any impact upon tomorrow's vote is anyone going to pay the slightest bit of notice to what robert mugabe thinks. repeat. that. a lot. of people of the people are. in the. so. it's. not that i think. people by the with no god. and p.q. . god what cou

counted in zimbabwe's first ever elections without longtime leader robert mugabe on the ballots mcgarvie says he's supporting the opposition candidate nelson chamisa not his successor former ally and. the election is seen as vital for zimbabwe's international credibility millions of undocumented muslims in the northern indian state of sound are at risk of losing their citizenship the government says citizens must prove they came to india by the twenty fourth of march nine hundred seventy one which rules out the mass exodus of refugees who fled to india and bangladesh declared independence two days later six people have died and seven are still unaccounted for as wildfires continue to sweep across the u.s. state of california officials say they've managed to contain about seventeen percent of the car fire in northern california the largest and deadliest of ninety fires burning. another round of diplomatic talks to find a solution to a serious seven year civil war is underway in the russian city of sochi representatives from russia turkey and iran will attend the summit to discuss the issu

that some things have changed since mcgarvie was deposed in a coup last year under the watch of his successor and zanu p.f. presidential candidates m s in the one gagra the campaigns haven't seen the widespread violence of the past he needs the polls to seem credible the opposition already say they're not malcolm webb al jazeera harare zimbabwe auctioneers in the united states are ready to sell off pieces of civil rights history the home of activists rosa parks is up for auction along with dozens of other african-american rarities gabriel is on a reporter from new york. it's not just any door it's historic and opens to history of the civil rights movement in america the door was on the home of rosa parks he black woman who famously refused to give up her seat on a bus to a white man which led to the montgomery bus boycott one of the most instrumental moments in black struggle for equality in america parks is considered a historic figure and recently the house she lived in during that period was saved from be demolished and put back together and as a piece of historic art most recently touring

something like forty percent of the vote although one surprisingly he hasn't been given the backing mcgarvie who claims he grabbed power illegally well here is his closest rival it's nelson chamisa he is the current leader of the opposition and recently qualified as a pastor to if he was elected he would become zimbabwe's youngest ever president at forty well the two candidates are polar opposites not only in the generations they are representing but also in their political views to medicare where favors good relations with russia and china while his rival is pro west and he traveled to the u.s. to meet state department officials and members of congress at the end of last year political analyst and author howard feldman believes that washington does have an interest in this election i think it's a fairly dangerous. fairly obvious that the us are going to have some form of influence recent as we have seen the withdrawal of the americans from in geos we also do know that there are still sanctions that the u.s. have applied to this definitely. some form of. politicizing of the or interference o