believed to have served the campaign of this man former cricket star in one count of the movement for justice party the sixty five year old has vowed to track down on corruption. what is budget for we will deliver justice to the masses regardless of them being a hindu or christian or a sikh regardless of the being poor all from different provinces all from coffee to start sooner or suspect one hero of his closest rival is shahbaz sharif brother of the ousted former prime minister no of us or reef currently in jail on corruption charges. but in the head to head race between khan and sharif this man could prove to be kingmaker below while both it's a diary of the left leaning pakistan people's party son of slain prime minister benazir bhutto he is looking to revive the fortune of his party. some observers have called this election the dirtiest in recent memory but for ordinary people on the street their hopes are far more grounded. the country is economically weak at the moment it is standing at the verge of bankruptcy one thing is sure that whichever government comes it will be faced with challenges

name recognition most politicians can only dream of and his pakistan tehreek e insaf all movement for justice party is campaigning on a popular anti corruption pro islamic ticket. critics say that he's backed by pakistan's military often referred to as the country's deep state the military holds considerable influence and has ruled on and off for decades. comes main rival shahbaz sharif and the well established pakistan muslim league are mired in a different kind of controversy. corruption. his better known brother now as sharif three times prime minister is now in jail after returning to pakistan to face corruption charges political dynasties count for a lot this is dorie age twenty nine pakistan's third prominent candidate he's the face of a new generation of the bhutto dynasty campaigning for his family's pakistan people's party on an anti-poverty ticket. bill well isn't likely to become prime minister but he could play a future role pakistan has had only one successful peaceful civilian transfer of power in its seventy one year history whoever wins the country is united in its hope that next we

of wednesday's general election will be delayed cricketer turned politician imran khan's movement for justice party is another lead after a partial count khan's main rivals the pm l.n. have already denounced the vote as raked the voting was also marred by a suicide bombing that killed thirty one people and quit to. the us and the european union have agreed to work towards zero tariffs on industrial.

of wednesday's general election will be delayed cricketer turned politician and run cons movement for justice party is in the lead after a partial count khan's main rivals the pm l.n. have already denounced the vote as raked voting was also marred by a suicide bombing that killed thirty one people and quit. the us and the european union have agreed to work towards zero tariffs on industrial.

for charities, building a cancer hospital in his home city. but back in the turmoil, injustice of '90s pakistan, his political ambitions grew. founding a new party, the pakistan movement for justice, his central pitch, to end corruption among the country's ruling elite. pakistani politics has few empires or rules, though, and is often marred by violence and coups. he was briefly arrested in 2007 for criticizing pervez musharraf. a month later, a political rival, former prime minister benazir bhutto was assassinated on the campaign trail. still, khan kept his sights on the premiership, by 2013, he could marshal huge crowds and win the vote in one pakistani province. he remained a distant third, however, nationwide. his conservatism grew as well. religious, panning american interference and favoring pakistan's drastic and sometimes brutal blasphemy laws. this year, he wrote a populist wave, promising to fight for equality and get tough on terror. his vision, he says, is for a new pakistan. what that means, his critics don't know. >> not clear what he wants to do. he wants to change the system. but nobody knows exactly what kind of change would he bring? >> reporter: his supporters

there is still no final vote round, imran khan and his movement for justice party have declared victorybut every other major party says the election was rigged. some are threatening pro test unless there is new starle help is seen as a military favorite. here's what his opponents, though, are saying. >> reporter: the all parties conference versus unanimously rejected this election. we do not consider this election to be the mandate of the public. we reject the claims of those people claiming victory as a result of this election. we do thought want to give them the right of governance. >> the european union has also cast doubt on wednesday's vote. eu observers say there are signs of a systematic effort to undermine the governing party. they urge any challenge to the election be done legally. >>> an outspoken critic of this election knows khan right well. she's a journalist and one of imran khan's ex-wives. here's what she is telling cnn about the man who would be prime minister. >> he is the ideal puppet because when he wants something so desperately and you have been repeatedly in publi

his movement for justice party is ahead of the pakistan is one leave -- muslim league. he fell short of the majority needed to form a government without a coalition. day, onews, 24 hours a air and at tictoc on twitter powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. this is bloomberg. yvonne: thank you. facebook faltering. looking close at what a rare earnings miss means. ramy: turning down the heat on trade. what it could mean for asian markets. this is bloomberg. ♪ yvonne: this is "daybreak: asia" and i'm yvonne man here in. u.s. markets rallied on the trade agreement. treasuries declined but automakers. their losses after being spared by the threat. let's talk about that market view today in terms of what happened off of this trade talk to a sigh of relief? >> it was. you mentioned the automakers. we had to earnings reports come out earlier this morning. one out of em and then we had ford. they were both for the awful. both of them cited the trade issues. higher steel and aluminum cost. g.m. was down for most of the day and see at chrysl

for corruption after returning from the u.k. in one can heads the opposition tehreek e insaf party or movement for justice it's popular among young voters and is expected to get a lot more seats than last time the former cricket star has been a vocal critic of the ruling party and of corruption though he too has faced corruption allegations running for pakistan's people's party is below wild bill to zardari the eldest son. the former prime minister benazir bhutto was assassinated in two thousand and seven the p.p.p. was the largest opposition party in the two thousand and thirteen parliament well security has been stepped up across pakistan ahead of the vote there is more now from islamabad. eight hundred thousand security forces pushed in and have been deployed across the country according to the election commission of pakistan instructed to boarding a fair and free election the ballot bowl failed have already been defeated butane fall flung station fanning across the country forward broke and candidates really be trying their luck full for the national and provincial family for the election day voter turnout is expected to be h

for corruption after returning from the u.k. among con heads the opposition tricky in the south party of movement for justice it's popular among young voters and is expected to get a lot more seats than last time around running for pakistan's people's party is below while bhutto zardari the elder son of former prime minister benazir bhutto was assassinated in two thousand and seven. well security has been stepped up across pakistan ahead of that vote has more from. eight hundred thousand security forces push in and have been deployed across the country according to the election commission no foggiest on food aid instructed to boarding a fair and free election the ballot bowl filled have already been defused the fall flung horning station founding across the country forward profiled and candidates really be trying their luck full board the national and provincial assemblies for the election going to him day turnout is expected to be high but the figure to go in front of god appeared to be found among the election coverage you know foghat standard instructors were better form the printed feel for inducting and free elections in a coun

military is preventing, putting obstacles before other political p partie, but imran khan's party, the movement for justiceis granted an exception. can you explain why you think that is? what is imran khan's relationship to the military? amy: it looks like our democracy now! strain to pakistan is to pakistan ism frozen. we will see if munizae jahangir -- it looks like w we will haveo leave that question, but we will continue to cover the pakistan elections.s. is a pakistanir writer and journalists and hosts a political talk show on one of pakistan's leading networks. she is the daughter of pakistan's leading human rights lawyer who died earlier this angir.asma jahn she is on the board of the asma jahangir foundation and a council member of the human rights commissioion of pakistan. this is democracy now!. when we come back, we go to yemen with jane ferguson. stay with us. ♪ [music break] y: this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. spend t the rest of the hour inemen, where houthi leader abdulalik al-hohi has indicated that the rebels are preparared to handnd over the crucial port

party but was detained over corruption allegations just some days ago. politician emraan khan he represents the center right pakistan movement for justice and we spoke to him around khan about the main issues facing pakistan. it is. the biggest crisis financial crisis never was this such a fiscal deficit never was this such a huge trade deficit and never would be institutions in such a bad state as they are in august the way forward is immediate reformation of the state institutions of regulators for the financial regulators the corruption ward watchdog. we need peace stability we need good relations and we certainly do need good relationship with the u.s. . u.s. is a superpower cannot be ignored unfortunately our relationship has been very one sided in the past the relationship has been whether you were us as used as a hired gun so we are paid to do their work you know to to fight their war the u.s. . has looked upon pakistan as an ally at one point and then as an enemy had the same tone so it's the only time in history i can recall where an ally keeps bombing its ally i mean the drawings we're bombing killing pakistani pakistani people causing damage and

the pakistani taliban claimed responsibility for the attack, which killed ikramullah gandapur, a member of the pakistan justice movement, the party headed by former cricket star-turned-frontrunner imran khany. the bombing came on the eve of wednesday's general election, and amid increasing violence aimed at derailing the vote. earlier this month, a massive suicide bombing at an election campaign gathering in the southwestern province of balochistan killed 151 people and injured another 200. back in the united states. the fbi has obtained a recording in which donald trump discussed how to suppress the story of karen mcdougal, a former playboy model who alleges she had a year-long extramarital affair with trump in 2006. in the tape, made before the 2016 election, trump reportedly discussed with his former attorney and fixer michael cohen whether to buy the exclusive rights to the story of karen mcdougal, who alleges she had an affair with trump. at the time, mcdougal had sold her story for $150,000 to the national enquirer, a tabloid published by trump's close friend david pecker. the paper ultimately kept the rights to the story a

party the pakistan muslim league is being led by his younger brother shahbaz sharif the main rival this cricketer turned politician imran khan he represents the center right pakistan movement for justice and we spoke to iran khan he told us pakistan should build new relationships with washington. we need peace stability we need good relations and we certainly do need good relationship with the u.s. u.s. is a superpower cannot be ignored unfortunately our relationship has been very one sided in the past the relationship has been whether you were us as used as a hired gun so we are paid to do their work you know to to fight their war this has cost by just on over one hundred billion dollars loss to the economy over seventy thousand people pakistanis have died they are still dying today terrorism is still a lot. being being overcome so what we want is a relationship with the u.s. which is mutually benefit beneficial to both. the u.s. has looked upon pakistan as an ally at one point and then as an enemy had the same time so it's the only time in history i can recall where and i keeps bombing you the same it's its ally i mean the drawings we're bombing killing pakistani pakistani people ca

party but was detained over corruption allegations a few days ago i should show you the main rival as a cricketer turned politician in iran he represents the center right pakistan movement for justice and we spoke to him. it is probably the biggest crisis financial crisis that any government to do with charges will face a budgets that never was this such a fiscal deficit no was this such a huge deficit and never were the institutions in such a bad state as there are just the way forward is immediate reformation of students to sions regulators for financial regulators of the corruption ward watchdog corruption is one of the biggest problems we do not have enough money to pay for our expenditure and. cut corruption and tourism revenues we have to fix those state institutions. we need peace stability we need good relations and we certainly do need good relationship with the u.s. u.s. is a superpower cannot be ignored unfortunately our relationship has been very one sided in the past the relationship has been whether you were us as used by this time as a hired gun so we are paid to do their work you know to to fight their war this has cost by just on over one hundred billion dollars lo

movement in the republican party are opposed to abortion. many think that roe was terribly decided and sloppy. and then awful a sudden everyone gets bizarrely quiet when the opportunity is up for a supreme court justice who would presumably provided fifth vote to overturn roe. and i don't quite get it. is it just politics? is it fear of the politics of it? >> well, look, chris, i'm in my early 40s, and i remember the robert bork confirmation hearings. anybody who's my age or older which includes everybody in the united states senate right now is not going to go through that right now. they're just not. i think the precedent was set that you know, a judge's ideology can be enough to torpedo them. so i think that's the lesson that the gop took away for probably two or three generations when it comes to this fight. and you know, it is kind of a sad and unfortunate effect of the way that roe versus wade i think poisons our national politics. i know a lot of people are confused as to how anybody could vote for donald trump. i didn't vote for him but i understand why people did. it's because te feel democratically shut oust having a voice in the abortion issue until it goes way in terms of the scotus. that

wednesday's general election will be delayed cricketer turned politician and run khan's movement for justice party is in the lead after a partial count khan's main rivals the pm eleven have already denounced the vote as raped voting was also marred by a suicide bombing that killed thirty one people and quit. the u.s. and the european union have agreed to work towards zero tariffs on industrial goods president donald trump and commission president junk lot younger also said europe would buy more u.s. soybeans and natural gas the two sides had been previously engaged in an escalating trade conflict. japan has executed six more members of a doomsday cult that launched a deadly sarin gas attack on the tokyo subway in one nine hundred ninety five that's after the group's leader shoko asa harra and six others were put to death on july sixth the poison gas attack by the omission rykiel group killed thirteen people and injured thousands. the toll from monday's deadly wildfire in greece has risen to eighty searchers are going door to door in the seaside town of monte looking for victims. can a trade war be

party but was detained recently of a corruption allegations. made rifle is cricketer turned politician imran khan and he represents the center right pakistan movement for justice we spoke to current about the main issues right now facing pakistan. it is probably the biggest crisis financial crisis never was there such a fiscal deficit never was this such a huge trade deficit and never would the institutions in such a bad state as there in pakistan the way forward is immediate reformation or for students to sions regulators for financial regulators off the corruption ward watchdog. we need peace stability we need good relations and we certainly do need good relationship with the u.s. u.s. is a superpower cannot be ignored unfortunately our relationship has been very one sided in the past the relationship has been whether you were us as used as a hired gun so we are paid to do their work you know to to fight their war the u.s. has looked upon pakistan as an ally at once point and then that enemy had the same tone so it's the only time in history i can recall where and like its ally i mean the drawings were bombing killing pakistani pakistani people causing damag

party but was detained over corruption allegations just days ago. main rival these cricketer turned politician imran khan he represents the center right pakistan movement for justice and we spoke to him around khan about the main issues faking facing up pakistan these days. it is probably the biggest crisis financial crisis never was this such a fiscal deficit no was this such a huge deficit and never would the institutions in such a bad state as they're in august the way forward is immediate reformation or for students to sions regulators for financial regulators off the corruption ward watchdog. we need peace stability we need good relations and we certainly do need good relationship with the u.s. u.s. is a superpower cannot be ignored unfortunately our relationship has been very one sided in the past the relationship has been whether you were us as used as a hired gun so we are paid to do their work you know to to fight their war the u.s. has looked upon pakistan as an ally or once point and then as an enemy had the same tone so it's the only time in history i can recall where and like its ally i mean the drawings were bombing killing pakistani pakistani people

to head the party but was recently detained of a corruption allegations a main rival is a cricketer turned politician imran khan he represents the center right pakistan movement for justice and we spoke to can about the main issues right now facing pakistan. it is probably the biggest crisis financial crisis never was this such a fiscal deficit no was this such a huge deficit and never would the institutions in such a bad state as there in pakistan the way forward is immediate reformation or for students to sions regulators for financial regulators off the corruption ward watchdog. we need peace stability we need good relations and we certainly do need good relationship with the u.s. . u.s. is a superpower cannot be ignored unfortunately our relationship has been very one sided in the past the relationship has been whether you were us as used by this time as a hired gun so we are to do their work you know to to fight their war the u.s. . has looked upon pakistan as an ally at one point and then as an enemy had the same tone so it's the only time in history i can recall where an ally keeps bombing its ally i mean the drawings we're bombing killing pakistani pakistani peop