while meaningful power in myanmar remains in the same hands. the lifes of many burmese are improving. they are enjoying greater freedom. the country is no longer a dictatorship in the traditional sense. opposition parties are contesting seats in parliament. but aung san su kyi - the icon of myanmar's new democracy - has ignored the fate of the rohingya. along with many world leaders. they have chosen to engage with myanmar's former military rulers, rather than seek justice for a powerless people. >> we are now reaching the point that the international community has to find a way to really raise serious concerns about the situation of rohingya. otherwise, the situation of rohingya will really reach what we are warning, which is the stage of genocide. >> al jazeera america brings you independent reporting without spin. >> not everybody is asking the questions you're asking me today. >> we give you more perspectives >> the separatists took control a few days ago. >> and a global view. >> now everybody in this country can hear them. >> getting the

while meaningful power in myanmar remains in the same hands. the lifes of many burmese are improving. they are enjoying greater freedom. the country is no longer a dictatorship in the traditional sense. opposition parties are contesting seats in parliament. but aung san su kyi - the icon of myanmar's new democracy - has ignored the fate of the rohingya. along with many world leaders. they have chosen to engage with myanmar's former military rulers, rather than seek justice for a powerless people. w that the international community has to find a way to really raise serious concerns about the situation of rohingya. otherwise, the situation of rohingya will really reach what we are warning, which is the stage of genocide. >> tough that the country gave up on me. >> look at the trauma... every day is torture. >> this is our home. >> nobody should have to live like this. >> we made a promise to these heroes... this is one promise americans need to keep. >> america takes bravery to heart... >> that's a code that we live by... you leave no brother beh

"let's start the myanmar daily show. >> from comedy central headquarters in naypyidaw, this is the myanmarth trevor noah! >> trevor: welcome! (cheers and applause) ♪ welcome to the myanmar daily show, i'm trevor noah! my guest tonight, whoever the military tells me my guest is. first, the traffic on the nines. looks clear now but we hear bruce is planning to use lane 17 later tonight so plan accordingly, people. turning to our top story, our last parliamentary election last week, millions of myanmartians headed to the polls for this historic vote and one winner was immediately clear, the myanmar container store! boy, they must be rolling in burmese kyat, which as you know is our currency! ha ha! several days later the results of the election are coming in. >> the ballot counting is gradually coming out. the national league won 291 of the 359 declared in myanmar parliament. >> now people are daring to believe change might truly be coming to myanmar. >> trevor: what a thrilling victory for the opposition party but holy shit look at the size of that giant red creature! i've never seen anythin

myanmar. after 50 years of nightmare, something unexpected is happening here, and it's pretty incredible. >>> in yangon, the capital city of myanmar, it's dark. blackouts are frequent, with the ancient power grid. but sources of light there are in the street cast an eerie yellow-orange hue. for almost 100 years under british rule, this was rangoon. in 1948 after helping the british fight off the japanese, there was a new taste for self-determination, the country gained independence. after a decade of instability, however, the military consolidated power and never let go. elections? they came and went. the results ignored, opposition punished, or silenced entirely. burma, now myanmar, where orwell once served as a colonial policeman, where he first had grown to despise the apparatus of a colonial state, make more orwellian than imagined, in a nation where even having an opinion could be dangerous. >> i am very honored to be here at this university and to be the first president of the united sta

al jazeera has several teams in myanmar. wayne hay is there, in a state where many are not allowed to take part in the election. florence louie is where aung san suy kyi cast her vote, on the out skirts, and scott heidler. tell us how voting went today, and about the turn outs. >> it was a very good turn out according to those in the election commission. an official told the a.f.p. newsagency that there was an 80% turn out. officials where we are told us there was 60%. there were lines out the door at the elementary school. they lined up at 4:00am, the polling started at 6:00am. it was an historic day. it seems like there was an enthusiastic population that came out to vote. let's look at the day with florence louie's package. >> reporter: before daybreak, before the polling stations opened. voters in myanmar waited their turn for a chance to vote for the government they want. >> for the next generation, for real changes. hopefully there'll be change. >> this day, to make a change for the future, a brighter future for our co

. >> we begin with the election in myanmar. european observers say on the whole, the vote counting has been transparent. their main concerns are the low number of muslim candidates and the low participation candidates of women. members of myanmar's ruling party have been conceding defeat. it's predicted to ends up winning about 70% of the votes. florence looie reports from langon. right. we will come back to that story a little bit later but the russian sports minister rejected allegations of running a states-sponsored doping program. there have been calls for russia to be banned from next year's olympics after a damming report detailing accusations of drug cheating. a report from geneva. >> reporter: in the swiss sunshine, a dark day for the sport of athletics, an independent commission set up by the world anti-doping agency, wada, to investigate claims of systemic doping in russia returned its verdict? >> our recommendation is that the russian federation be suspended. >> if it doesn't fix the problem, no russian athletes at t

myanmar. >>> tonight a fight over oil could break up iraq. i ask a governor if his allegiance lies with his country or a kurdish state >>> should teenage girls be forced to share a bathroom with a transgender girl if it makes them uncomfortable. and

they have their own plan for myanmar. i'm sure of it. >> reporter: aung san suu kyi and her party also won a landslide victory in the last general election 25 years ago, but the military leaders rejected the outcome and held on to power. president thein sein says this time things will be different. he's promised a peaceful transfer of power. voters are hoping he will honor his word. one reason why the military appears to be taking the ruling party's historic defeat calmly in both constitutional provisions. they effectively allow the military to hold sway over politics. the military draft the constitution. it stipulates that three top cabinet posts -- the ministers of defense, home affairs and border affairs -- be held by members of the military. they can also retake control of the government in certain situations. any change to the constitution requires the support of more than 75% of members of parliament. but 25% of its seats are reserved for the military. aung san suu kyi now faces a tough job building a positive worki

al jazeera's florence looi last that story from myanmar. >> quested myanmar's last election in 2010 and was hoping to run again this year. he's been disqualified on the basis his parents weren't citizens when he was born. he rejects those claims and says the real reason is religion. >> translator: my mother has declared they don't want muslims in myanmar and in parliament. >> reporter: he's referring to a group of buddhist nationalists, the association of protection of race or religion or mabata, known for their antimuslim rhetoric and thrown their support behind the military party. >> we don't say we kill other people so those criticisms aren't really fair. >> what critics describe as hate speeches have gone unpunished. the government has also been accused of giving into pressure to them in other ways. earlier this year it backtracked on a proposal that would have allowed temporary card holders to vote after protests from nationalists. the movers affects hundreds of thousands of rohingya a muslim minority who lives in western raakine state. they aren't recognized as citizens and suffer

underway after myanmar's first election in 25 years and not everyone was allowed to vote. ♪ hello youre watching al jazeera live from london, also coming up, two stabbings and a vehicle attack leave one dead and six injured in another day of violence in the west bank. gunmen killed nine people in a bar in burundi hours before the government had house to house searches for weapons plus russia remembers the 224 victims of the sinai plane crash after an emotional memorial in st. petersburg. ♪ voting has passed off smoothly in what has been billed as myanmar's freest election ever, turn out is thought to be 80% with many voting for the first time in their lives. final results are not expected for a few days and could be followed by weeks of wrangling. and the national league for democracy is expected to win the most votes but it needs some 67% of seats from majority and the constitution bars her from becoming president. the army still dominates politics after decades in power, the military backed union solidarity development party needs just 35% to form a majority as 25% of seats are alre

voting passed off smoothly in what is build at myanmar's freest election ever.he national league for democracy is expected to win most of the vote. >> a palestinian has been shot dead by israeli security forces in the latest wave of violent incidents in the occupied west bank. >> in burundi, nine people have been killed after being attacked in a bar in the capital. >> a member of the team investigating the metro jet plane crash in egypt told reuters they are 95% certain it was caused by a bomb. the flight from sharm el-sheikh to st. petersburg came down in the sinai peninsula last weekend. it is reported that have said that a notice heard in the final seconds of the cockpit recording indicates an explosion caused by a bomb. a group affiliated with isil said it caused the crash. thousands of russian tourists have been evacuate from sharm el-sheikh after moscow suspended all flights on friday. >> a memorial service has been held in st. petersburg where most of the 224 victim in the crash came from. ♪ >> 224 chimes for 224 lives, ended suddenly and violently. the s

president to go to myanmar. the country toward democracy and a way for military rule, a pillar of his foreign policy. ivan watson is there and has our report on the historic days for that nation emerging from isolation into the democratic fold. >> reporter: the people are singing and dancing in the streets. celebrating as myanmar's largest opposition party claims to have won a landslide victory in sunday's parliamentary elections. the official results are just trickling in still, but the military-backed ruling party has conceded defeat, and for once, people here feel like their voices have been heard. they lined up before dawn on sunday, hours before polling stations opened. committed to casting their ballots. critics say there are serious structural flaws in sunday's parliamentary election. and yet, it's still being promoted as the closest thing myanmar has seen to a democratic national election in 25 years. >> the atmosphere in these polling stations is hushed and solemn. for many people, this is the first tim

in myanmar's biggest city, we'll go there first. >> the end of a historic day here in myanmar, the endf polling for this general election. it seems to have gone smoothly. there are no reports of violence, no reports or accusations of any kind of inconsists, election monitors from local and international organizations had fanned out across the country and so far, there had been no mention of wrongdoing or any suspicious activities at these 40,000 polling centers across the country. now the opposition party headquarters here, people started to gather after the sunset, a couple of hours after polling closed to show support. they gathered out in front of the headquarters but then were told to go home and wait for the results. we look at how the day unfolded. >> before daybreak, and before polling stations had opened, voters in myanmar were patiently waiting their turn for a chance to vote for the government they want. >> it's for our next generation, time for real change. that's what we're hoping for and hopefully, you know, that will bring good changes. >> this day, we can make a change f

you know as you said the people of myanmar, it was a very large turnout. there were no violent incidents. they seemed to be sending a clear message to the military that they want democracy. if you were a betting man do you think the military will listen and continue to yield power over the long term to the point where the country is fully democratic? >> that's what i pray for. that's what all friends of myanmar i think must wish for, that the odds, historically, the odds must be defense it. i mean this is a country that has made many, many mistakes over the last 60 years. the military has not ruled with any brilliance over the last 60 years. and so we have to, i believe we have to expect some hiccups, some bumps along the way and i don't think the transition to civilian supremacy over the military will be fast. i cannot believe for example that even in the five year term of the next president, by the end of that term, civilian supremacy over the military will have been established. >> now amidst all the optimism as you said there are many issues. there are

myanmar could have a coup.bly be many years before we can be utterly confident that myanmar's military has surrendered it's ambitions for direct political control. in the meantime, though, what we see is a country that has gone through simply i want credible transformations this past half decade. if you take mobile phone penetration and internet penetration has changed just out of sight. nobody in myanmar had consistent access to those technologies since a big tell co from the middle east and europe arrived. we have had literally 10s of millions of subscribers signed up playing in to the election dynamics of the weekend, this is the facebook lex, the election that the myanmar people are getting to look at flew their own the smart phone screens as they try to get to grips with what the various candidates and policy portfolios will mean for that i futures. >>> in italy dozens of business men, politicians and alleged gangsters will go on trial on thursday accused of being part of a mafia-like network that rigged l

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. >> folks are being counted in myanmar's first election. this is the moment opposition leader cast her ballot. her party won the election in 1990, but the military back then overruled the vote and put her under house arrest for 15 years where she's printed from becoming president. the military government handed power to a semi civilian government. the army still dominates politics after decades of power. parliament seats are reserved for military appointees and the parliament chooses the president. al jazeera has three teams in myanmar. many rohingya muslims have been killed in violence. first up, here's scott with the latest. >> the end of historic day here in myanmar, end of polling for this general election. it seems to have gone smoothly, no reports of violence, no reports of any kind of inconsistencies, election monitors from both local and international organizations had fanned out across the country and so far, there have been no mention of any kind of wrongdoing or any suspicious activities at these 40,000 polling centers across the

. >>> an historic general election will take place sunday in myanmar. it's the first major test for the country's fledgling democracy. the result could see the military backed government's hold on power challenged by the opposition national league for democracy led by aung san suu kyi. friday was the last day of campaigning. nhk world's patchari raksawong reports from yangon. >> hello from myanmar where the most significant democratic event in at least 25 years takes place on sunday. whatever the outcome, it will be a milestone occasion. the first basically free general election since the military handed power to a civilian-fronted government. here in the commercial capital yangon, the major parties have been wrapping up their official campaigns. i'm in a suburb of yangon where last-minute campaigning by the ruling usdp party is in full swing. supporters of the ruling union solidarity and development party, or usdp, often wear the party's signature color green. >> why are you supporting the usdp party? >> translator: because we love president thein sein

historic national elections in myanmar. for the first time openly contested in a quarter of a century. a live report from yank on, and chilling concerns. cryotherapy. it's growing papularity and the kitchen rangers -- dangers of being and mines 240 degrees >>> we begin with a campus protest that is going nationwide. nationwide attention. it's becoming political as well. some myself state lawmakers are calling for the president of the university of missouri to resign. tim malt has been under fire from black students for what they say is a lack of leadership after a number of racial incidents on campus. saturday, several black football players at the school decided to boycott football activities until he stands down. the football coach offered his support to the teens, the state's governor have weighed in. al jazeera's paul beban has more on the controversy. >> reporter: protests are not usually part of the football playbook, but racial tension on the campus of missouri may put the football surface on hold. the tem says they

wins the majority in myanmar's election. the u.n. security council passes a resolution condemning the ongoing violence in burundi plus. >> reporter: i'm reporting from south korea's chopstick festivafestival >>> kurdish forces say they've taken full control of gin jar from i.s.i.l. fighters. -- sinjar from i.s.i.l. fighters. it sits on a highway which links two important towns. it is on the second day of a long waited offensive. they surrounded the town on thursday, cutting off supplies from both the east and west. several strategic facilities in that northern iraqi town have been secured in the islamic state. in an effort to defeat the group according to those in the know, i.s.i.l. defeated and is on run according to the news agency. in northern iraq. what's the latest? >> reporter: i can tell you that from the north the kurdish peshmerga went into the town of sinjar. they are in control of all of the town. we were expecting a retort, but that hasn't happened. intense fighting yesterday. it is actually quite unusual. you have i.s.i.

myanmar's ruling party says it will accept results of a historic parliamentary election. ♪ ♪ >>> hellom nick clark live from our headquarters in doha. all coming up in the program. >> the situation inside the crisman island detention center now is very tense. >> a riot at a continues very shall immigration detention certainty after an asylum seeker dies. >>> human rights watch warns of an impending danger facing hundreds of thousands of syrian refugees children who are unable to go to school in turkey. plus. >> reporter: i am jennifer glasse in central afghanistan where the province's first female leader is faces cultural challenges as she tries to govern. ♪ ♪ >>> so then the ruling party in myanmar says it will accept the results i've nation's parliamentary recollection. earlier the opposition leader hinted at victory during an address to supporters, results from a ca across myanmar say her party is going to get 70% of the seats. 33 million voters went to the polls to choose representatives in myanmar's national parliament. and ethnic seats. a record number of candidates were running

myanmar reaches a milestone in military rule to democracy and campaigning ahead in the historical electiona dam bursts and the mine in a brazil says people are dead. they want people to give up their gold which is enough to bill three eiffel towers. british flight from egypt is going to resume and the flights were suspended on wednesday and investigators looking into the possibility a bomb may have been placed on a russian plane at the airport and all 224 people on board were killed when the metro jet crashed on saturday and paul brennan is there for us and it seems that the british have intelligence that is not available to the russian counterpart or do they and what is the latest on the investigation from the british perspective. >> from the british perspective what they say is very little but what is being reported is that there was some kind of intelligence chatter between i.s.i.l. activist in the sinai peninsula which led the british intelligence operators to believe that there was a very grave risk to aircraft in that area and that is what motivated the british government to say that

i believe you were in myanmar from 1999 to 2002. difficult us a idea of how -- give us an idea of how far the country has come to where it is today, holding an open lip contested -- openly contested election. >> it's come a long way. it's the first really open election they have had. the last election, five years ago which started the transition was managed. aung san suy kyi was under house arrest. it was cut out of the elections, did not participate in them, and it's remarkable that today we would see them leading the poll in this election five years later. >> they are expected to win big. we haven't heard about their policies. what would an n.l.b. win mean for myanmar. >> it would mean that the democratic opposition has a food hold in the government. this has not happened before. parliamentary governments in the '50s, it was a smaller government and electorate. having the democracy party or forces as the majority will put a lot of pressure on the military and the military's grownial leaks to begin moving further in the direction o

. ♪ now voting has passed off smoothly in what has been billed as myanmar's freest election ever andith many voting for the first times in their lives and results won't be seen for days and wrangling and democracy is expected to win the most votes but 67% of seats for majority and constitution bars her from becoming president. the army still dominates politics in that country after decades in power, the military backed union solidarity party needs 35% to form a majority as 25% of seats reserved for military and up to four million people may have been unable to vote including minority rohinga muslims and we are at the polling station and begins our coverage. ♪ the end of historic day in myanmar, the end of polling for this general election. it seems to have gone very smoothly. there have been no reports of any kind of violence, no reports today on polling day or accusations of any kind of inconsistencies, election monitors from both local and international organizations had fanned out across the country and so far there have been no mention of any kind of wrongdoing or any suspicious

despite the flaws, this election is a step forward for the demme cease in myanmar. -- democracy in myanmar >>> let's look at how we got here. aung san suu kyi won elections in 1990. the militaria nulled the results and put her under house arrest. in 1991 she wassa warded the peace prize. fast forward to 2007 and buddist monks led the big eft, safhron revolution. following year myanmar's leaders rewrote the constitution that gives them a quarter of all seats in parliament and ban aung san suu kyi from becoming president. the leader of democracy movement was freed from house arrest in 2010 but her party boycotted elections that were seen as rigged at the time. back to florence. do people believe that these elections are going to chase the face of myanmar? >> reporter: well, the persons we spoke to were quite optimistic. many of them told us that they felt that today is a day for normal civilians to take back a part of the political process, to be a part of the political process, to put in place people they want to in government, but, of course, constitutional change is still - could still we

democracy in myanmar. the opposition party is declared the winner of the elections and now the transfer of power games. and battle over the flag. why an attempt to put a confederate symbol failed in a texas county. >> an historic turn in myanmar, where the opposition party was declared the winner of sunday's election by an apparent land slide. the current government is promising a stable transition. and sue she said that she's determined to lead the country down a path of full democracy. >> another step toward democracy. myanmar's president promised a peaceful transition to power. as they congratulated an song sue chi. >> it's expected that more is needed. >> suu kyi is banned because her son is a citizen. she still demands 25% of myanmar's parliamentary seats, arrived for the members. but suu kyi is determined that it will be run properly. >> the president will be told exactly what he can do. >> but even the behind-the-scenes president wields little power in myanmar, where the defense and the security chi

one was in myanmar's largest city, yangon, and the other in tokyo.oth discussions focused on strengthening bilateral ties. the yangon talks took place at an office of the japan international cooperation agency, or jaica, japan's embassy and chamber of commerce sent representatives. they explained to members of nld's economic committee japan's past and existing assistance to myanmar. >> translator: as well as the economy, japan has positively engaged myanmar in the peace and cease-fire process for ethnic minorities and in other fields. before the transition to a new government, japan wants to have a dialogue with the nld to support this smooth launch of the next administration. >> japanese foreign minister fumio kishida attended the talks in tokyo. he told nld executives a stable government was critical for myanmar's peace and prosperity. he added that japan's public and private sectors stand ready to offer their full support. and he called for aung san suu kyi to visit japan. china's communist party invited aung san suu kyi to visit beijing in june w

the day after a landmark election in myanmar. the newspapers are already predicting a win for the main opposition party. the national league for democracy or nld. on the streets people weren't shy about saying who they want in government. >> i want to see an elitist country. that's why i voted nld. >> i want aung san suu to lead the country. >> if she leads us the country will be better. >> five years ago when myanmar was still under military rule few would have dared to mention the name of political prisoner aung san suu kyi. now her party could form the next government. >> until this time the election results have not been declared. i think everyone already knows or has guessed what the election result is. >> myanmar's election commission is expected to announce the final result in two weeks. >> the 2015 general election was a peaceful one and it can be seen that it was peacefully and successfully. >> some question whether these complaints will be properly hand amed. >> there are concerns, particularly in impartiality. >> as th

has estimated around a third of children in myanmar aged between 7-16 are working.hat is a statistic that needs to change. if this country is to see real and sustainable developments. but myanmar is changing and is emerging from the shadow of military rule with opposition national league for democracy winning the general election there is greater hope for children, long time campaigners hope the party's leader will place more importance on education than her predecessors. >> to get your free education after the secondarily level and encourage ngo to hit the nonformal education because i believe a formal education is not enough to cover the whole population. >> reporter: it will come too late for james, he will continue working so his younger siblings will have to opportunities that he didn't, wayne with al jazeera. >>> japan has fallen back into recession, government data released on monday showed the economy shrank a second strait quarter and slowing and china thought to be behind the decline. the two contenders hoping to win argentina presidential runoff have gone

myanmar's biggest city and commercial hub.spapers have made headlines just a day after an election predicting the within for the national league for democracy. the party leader her civil hinted at a victory. she told supporters earlier this morning that the results are not in but i think we know who has won even if it's not been announced. now there have been official complaints lodgee lodgeed with x commission not just by the national league for democracy but also an ethnic mind or at this party. complaints about out voting process and counting and reporting process have not followed procedures and rules. >> let's go scott heidler live for us. even when the vote is completely counted, it's going to be sometime before myanmar knows who its next government or president is going to be. >> reporter: absolutely. it's going to take some time before we get the official results as we just heard from florence, there have been predictions if you will based on some very unscientific polling. but when those official polling numbers come

ballots in myanmar. first election in 30 years. a deserve trend noticed by doctors cause iing issues with middle aged white men in america. it was one of the most disturbing things i witnessed and that's how one officialist describing footage that led to the arrest of two police officers involved in the shooting death of a six-year-old boy with autism. >> reporter: state police moved quickly to arrest two police officers for rilling a little boy and wounding his father. investigators say six-year-old was strapped in the front seat his father at the wheel of this suv in a police chase this past tuesday night. police say he was killed, his father wounded when police officer norrise greenhouse junior and derek stafford opened fire in a dead-end street. >> both those individuals will both be booked on one count of second degree murder and one count of attempted second degree murder. >> reporter: initially they were placed on leave while investigators poured over 911 calls conducted eyewitnesses interviews and reviewed the crime seen. >

myanmar is heading to the polls. a vote the whole world is watching. over the past two months, most of the cities and towns are seeing campaigning some most have not witnessed. something the 50 million have not witnessed in a quarter of a century, a general election with all the political parties running. especially the national league for democracy. the political laureate aung san suy kyi. the party boycotted a 2010 election, a year before the transformation to the civilian government. >> they did participate in the polling five years ago, as a founding member of the democracy party, one of 91 parties participating in these elections. her father was the first and last democratically elected prime minister, moved by a -- removed by a military coup in 1962. >> for nearly 50 years we were under the rule. not within five years. within five months we wanted changes. not the changes we wanted to see, as for my father he was a seasoned politician. he may not have a kind of frustration. >> she feels the nation needs to channel some of her father's patience. s

candidates in myanmar held their rallies. many hope the vote will transform the country to a democratic society. >> reporter: with the election posters down and campaigning coming to a halt, myanmar is now just hours away from heading to the polls. a historic vote the whole world is watching. over the past two months most of the cities and towns have seen extensive campaigning. something the 50 million people here have not witnessed in hay quarter of a century. a general election with all political parties running. especially the national league for democracy, aung san suu kyi. the nld is the front runner in sunday's polling. the party boycotted the 2010 election. but this person did participate in the polling five years ago as a founding member of the democracy party, one of 91 parties participating in these elections. her father was the first and last democratically elected prime minister. he was removed by military coup in 1962. >> for nearly 50 years eau were under the military rule. within five months we wanted to have c

i need to take care of my fami family. >> in myanmar there was no free education.es father died many years ago leaving him as it's main earner. his mother knows the dangers, but there is no choice. >> i worry that he'll get in a fight or get arrested. >> children at work often in hard labor is a common sight in it impoverished country. for many years the united nations has estimated that around a third of children in myanmar aged between seven and 16 are working. clearly that is a statistic that needs to change. if this country is going to see real and sustainable developments. but myanmar is changing with the opposition national lead for democracy winning the general election there is greater hope for children. long time campaigners hope that the party's leader aung san suu kyi will place more importance on education than her predecessors. >> the gift of education, free education up to the secondary level also knowledge the ngos to give non-former education. because i sincerely believe that a former education is not enough to cover the whole population. >> it will

myanmar's ruling party said it will respect the result. the final tally is not expected for days and then it could be followed by weeks of political wrangling. the new president would take office at the end of march. florence looi now reports. >> bold predictions the day after a landmark election in myanmar. authorities are predicting a win for national league for democracy or nld. people on the streets of yangon are not shy to say who they want for government. >> i want to see a lead in government that's 80 voted nld. >> i want to if aung san suu kyi leads us the country would be better. >> five years ago when myanmar was still under military rule, people would have dared to mention the political leader aung san suu kyi now her party could form the next government. >> until this time the election results have not been declared. i think everyone has already known or guessed what the election results are. >> myanmar's elections commission is expected to announce the final results in two weeks. >> 2015 election was a peaceful one and it can

. >>> myanmar reaches a milestone in its transformation from military dictatorship to democracy.paigning draws to a close ahead of sunday's historic election. >>> and we report on the refugees trying to reach a better life in europe via the arctic circle. ♪ ♪ >>> outbound british flights from sharm el-sheikh egypt are said to resume among tight security. britain suspended all flights to and from the resort town on wednesday. investigators are looking in to the possibility that a bomb may have been placed on a russian plane at the airport. all 224 people on board were killed when the metro jet aircraft crashed on saturday. u.s. president barack obama has said there is a possibility that there was a bomb on the russian airliner that crashed. the white house is reviewing what step to his take. >> at this point the united states has not made our own determination about the cause of the incidents. however we can't rule anything out. including the possibility of terrorist involvement. obviously i heard the announcement from the british government about steps they were taking to insuran