very important president museveni makes it in the first round.re are a number of opposition parties that could clamp it together if there were a runoff. >> the presentation of the opposition seems to be playing into the president's hands. i believe we have lost that line to will and it doesn't look as if it's going to come back. a powerful eruption in space. the earth's atmosphere is being affected by the strongest flare-up by the sun in four years. these are pictures of the northern lights as seen from northern norway. the solar flares put gas partly sunny in the air, making them glow brightly. nasa has warned the eruption could disrupt erictary cal power grids over the coming days. the yoiggets has expressed concern over how the security forces in bahrain dealt with hundreds of demonstrators and reports from libya say thousands of protesters have been out in the streets of the country's second city. don't forget our website. it's got plenty of more details. this is "bbc news." >> hello and welcome. >> see the news unfold, get the top stories fr