preliminary results cited by the national election commission showed that he won more than 79% of the vote. the 52-year-old was elected to parliament in 2005 and at one point served as a presidential adviser. but he was imprisoned in 2017 for kidnapping a regional governor as part of a protest. kyrgyzstan was swept up in the political upheaval last october when allegations that a parliamentary election was rigged forced the then-president to resign. he was freed by his supporters amid the unrest and served as interim president for about a month. he now faces the challenge of promoting economic reform. the country's long-struggling economy has been hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic. >>> heavy rain has triggered two landslides in western indonesia, leaving at least 11 people dead and 18 injured. weather authorities are warning of more rainfall. officials say the first landslide took place in west java on saturday. the second hit as a search and rescue team tried to evacuate people. some rescuers were among the victims. authorities are watching out for more landslides in the area. lan

alleging widespread irregularities in the embers election won in a landslide by on san suu cheez ruling national league for democracy manned mars election commission rejected the military's allegations of voter fraud on thursday . bangladesh is sending a force group of rank of refugees to a remote island the spite calls from human rights groups to stop the process rights groups say that some of the refugees have gone to the island of bass and char against their will and they warn that the low lying island is at risk of storms and floods bangladesh wants to relocate up tenths of the $1000000.00 refugees living in camps they took refuge in there after fleeing violence in neighboring mia. and relatives came here earlier they said it's better here so we came. still to come on i'll just say we're out of the little piggies that could go to the single market how breck's it is impacting the u.k.'s animal farmers and the process. of. once again the influence of the atlantic where the stormy weather is going to be over all change i think for western europe going from cold and snowy to rather mild and wet now it's already happened through space where thing v

establishing a new political party they filed the paperwork today with the federal elections commission for the mega patriot party national committee reporter markie martin breaks down what's in store for the new party and its leader. >>early monday morning, the u.s. federal election commission sending news nation a copy of the 4 page electronically submitted document name the mac a patriot party national committee the organization listed as a joint fund-raiser, donald j trump for president incorporated the patriot party's official address listed in san antonio, but the person named as the custodian of records treasurer and designated agent one james davis located in punta gorda florida. hi james, this is marking martin with news nation. she didn't answer our calls but current trump staff did respond to our inquiries saying quote we are not supportive of this effort have nothing to do with it and only know about it through public reporting we also talked to cal jillson one of the country's leading political expert, this is not good for republicans, but it's hard to see what would be good for republicans and are these. >>c

alleging widespread irregularities in november's election won in a landslide by anson sushi's ruling national league for democracy yet mars election commission rejected the military's allegations of voter fraud on thursday. bangle there she is sending a 4th group of rinky refugees to a remote island despite calls from human rights groups to stop the process rights groups say that some of the refugees have gone to the island of bass and char against their will and they warned that the low lying island is risk of storms and floods bangladesh wants to relocate a 10th of the $1000000.00 refugees living in camps they took refuge there after fleeing violence in neighboring liam are. the prime minister shaker has seen a bill housing for us we were asked to come and we came here at our own will be my people and relatives came here earlier they said it's better here so we came. so to come here on al-jazeera could copper infused products provide a vital defense against the coronavirus the details in our special report from. the cycloid seasons become active now for australia around the islands in the southwest pacific this is a tropical low coming ove

alleging widespread irregularities in the vendors election one in a landslide and sons who choose ruling national league for democracy be a mass election commission rejected the military's claims of voter fraud on thursday bangladesh is relocating more regular fiji's to a remote island despite calls from human rights groups to stop the process rights groups say that some of the refugees have been forced to move to the island of char and they warned that the low lying island is at risk of storms of the floods bangladesh wants to resettle a 10th of the $1000000.00 refugees living in camps on the mainland they took refuge there after being forced out by a military crackdown if they bring the aircraft. still ahead here protesting go on hunger strike while marking the anniversary of the death of. the impact. of the u.k.'s export trade stories after the break. there are 2 storms in the u.s. at the moment this one here which is a standard winter storm rain the sas snow in the north going from the plains states and further east was nice they could be some violent storms in the south even over atlanta for example but then you got the pacific a big unfoldi

party candidate mohamed zuma has won the 1st round of presidential elections in the west african nation. but the electoral commission says he will have to face the country's former president in a one off on february 20th this vote could mark the very 1st peaceful transfer of power in the country since in the pants. the republican controlled u.s. senate has voted to override president donald trump's veto of a major defense still with just weeks before he leaves office it's the 1st time congress has rejected a trump veto the vote unlocks more than $700000000000.00 worth of military spending this year's holiday season was cut short for u.s. senators as the body convened for a rare new year's day session. of the final push to pass a coronavirus aid bill fell through and senators voted to override president veto of the sweeping defense bill majority leader we pass this legislation. in a row. lieut . president trump opposed the bill because it includes provisions allowing military bases named after confederate military commanders to be renamed. he also objected to the bill because it calls for the withdrawal of u.s. troop

alleging widespread irregularities in the embers election won in a landslide by a cheese ruling national league for democracy and mars' election commission rejected the military's allegations of voter fraud on thursday. bangladesh is sending a force group of ring of refugees to a remote island despite calls from human rights groups to stop the process rights groups say that some of the refugees have gone to the island of child against their will and they warned that the low lying island is the risk of storms and floods bangladesh wants to relocate of tanks of the $1000000.00 refugees. living in quetta camps they took refuge there after fleeing firelands and they bring our. prime minister shaker has seen a housing for us we were asked to come and we came here at our own will my people and relatives came here earlier they said it's better here so we came so that is the theory raising economy has sparked protests in the capital khartoum and other states the crisis contributed to the toppling of the country's longtime leader omar al bashir almost 2 years ago now but after nearly 18 months under a new administration there is no sign of relief

party candidate mohamed abuzz whom has won the 1st round of presidential elections in the west african nation of. the electoral commission says he will have to face the country's former president in a runoff on february 20th this vote could mark the 1st peaceful transfer of power in the country since independence. and it's often been called the forgotten war the conflict in yemen the latest victims were 3 people killed as a shell exploded at a wedding party in the port city of hadera both the saudi backed government and iran backed rebels blame each other for the attack their 5 year long conflict has left over $100000.00 people dead and many more starving. saeed is just a year and a half old and he's fighting for his life his parents brought him to this hospital in yemen's capital sanaa dozens of starving children arrive every day but in many cases the doctors a powerless to help. the don't go at it but then how others they don't to see what on being paid we have no medicine for the sick children there's no food for them i don't even though them all nourished some of the mothers are really desperate they can't breastfeed

back in 2001 my law partner then was on the carter and ford commission and they recommended we have a national holiday. and on election day not early voting and with the presidential commission and applauded using early voting as a means to overcoming the problems in the 2012 election which is long lines at the polls and excessively long waits at the polls. and it seems like it is an accommodation of that as well as the acknowledgment of the fact and to factor in to report people an opportunity to vote. >> so first i agree that early voting should be an option to be practical and even if we would make it a federal holiday i think it should and have early voting. but that skill continues to go on and retail but then that would be available one day so that that is a reason we are expanding access is a good thing. and those areas but then to conduct the elections can be tight. but in rural areas we see the aspect one day it'll be one way but then the next day goes to a nearby rural town and then the next day somewhere else. but with those 15 days of early voting you could get six days of early voting on that reservation

candidate mohamed abuzz whom has won the 1st round of presidential elections in the west african nation of sharon but the electoral commission has says he will have to face the country's former president in a runoff on february 20th for the vote could mark the 1st peaceful transfer of power in the country since independence. police in norway say the death toll has risen to 3 following a landslide in the southern community of ass several people are still missing the landslide it tore in task early on wednesday it collapsed homes and forced more than a 1000 people to be taken to safety. iran says it plans to start enriching uranium to 20 percent at one of its nuclear facilities the move would exceed the threshold set by iran nuclear deal tensions between teheran and washington have mounted since u.s. president donald tumble pulls out of the international to go and turned into. to yemen now where the latest victims in a grinding 6 year long war are 5 women who were killed when a shell exploded at a wedding party in the port city of data both a saudi backed government and iran back to rebels blame each other for the attack the c

commission the. elected republican. the president addressed the nation after his victory was declared and say despite attempts by some individuals to tamper with about metric identification kits the election was largely free and. individual members and are voting for the candidates and for the parties. i think this may turn out to be the most. elections. supporters of the 76 year old incumbent cand out to celebrate a very grand and the most to support. this one of being the he's the one of them with us the electoral commission and they've done their best under the circumstances but already the results have been redacted by bobbie y. ou have had evidence of widespread irregularities including rigging in favor of president yoweri and with 7050 members say they are can feed moving to court to challenge the results. of the forms of grignon that are not restricted to for the question of the credits on forms including chasing i will agents at the polling station including forcing people to vote in the open yet under the law i suppose the power of the sekret. t

slug it out already alliances arrive being formed even before the election results or not when announced by the independent national commission and lecturers commission here so whether or not more people will come out to vote because of voter fatigue in civil rights it depends on how well they pass that message tonight and this is just too but this campaign has been characterized by petty issues of tribalism of racism but largely went without any major incident despite the threat of attacks by armed groups broke out i'm from nigerian side and then i look at it and i still and the others on the boat cannot be and mali and border things are looking up good for this country however the ruling parties failed to do what it promised to do to win this election in the close trial it would have been the 1st time a presidential candidate won an election in egypt or for the 1st time without going into a 2nd round which means of course with this development now the ruling party always has a party that ends up winning in tripoli will need to form a coalition of parties to govern very well thank you for that update manager in the emmy. now

and having national election which would be very, veryec difficult to affect using online hacking and similar tactics. >> will do things that we did is that we created the elections commission and we an agency but does not have an oversight and if you help to the states only if you have moved away from electronic receiving and paper ballots. i think that is very important the ghost of this underlining issue that when we talked about voter fraud and voter intimidation somebody who's been doing this for 25 years, both of those exist. and they should not be tolerated any level, but inflating what happens in any specific cases, and then, and a widespread basis i think is is a disservice to the american people which just undermines the integrity for the elections. we need to obviously cross investigated investigated and even saying as some that the widespread fraud does not exist, knowing that his target though it that's what matters. we did not seet that this time around. and you knowin i think some of the lawsuits coming out of its that demand you'd and challenge those exertions are going to have a self-correcting influence. of the date your thoughts that too. >> first of all,

> 2021 begins with 11 senators and senators-elect calling for a commission to audit the election results. that's despite there being no evidence of a national scheme. this group includes republican senators ted cruz of texas, ron johnson of wisconsin, james lankford of oklahoma, john kennedy of louisiana, and marsha blackburn of tennessee. today they released a statement threatening to vote against the results without an investigation. we already heard this week from republican senator josh hawley of missouri. he announced that he plans to challenge president-elect joe biden's victory. the vote on that is set for this wednesday. in a statement released tonight mike pence's chief of staff says the vice president "welcomes the efforts of members of congress raising those objections" and that he "shares the concerns of millions of americans about voter fraud and irregularities in the last election." let's be clear. this is nowhere near enough votes to block mr. biden's inauguration and today's announcement did not include any new evidence to back up these claims. but it marks a different kind of turning point. this week congressional republica

party candidate mohamed zoom has won the 1st round of presidential elections in the west african nation. but the electoral commission says he will have to face the country's former president in a run off on february 20th this vote could mark the 1st peaceful transfer of power in the country since independence. well it's often been called the forgotten war the conflict in yemen the latest victims were 3 people killed as a shell exploded at a wedding party in the port city of whole data both the saudi backed government and iran backed rebels blame each other for the attack their 5 year long conflict has left over $100000.00 people dead and many more starving. saeed is just a year and a half old and he's fighting for his life his parents brought him to this hospital in yemen's capital sanaa dozens of starving children arrive every day but in many cases the doctors a powerless to help. the don't do i think but don't how others they talk to see it on being paid we have no medicine for the sick children there's no food for them either even though they are now nourished some of the mothers are really desperate they can't b

nation. today, indians are hoping they've turned a corner. rajini vaidyanathan, bbc news, delhi. uganda's election commissionader, yoweri museveni, to be winner of thursday's presidential election, taking 59% of the vote. museveni described the election as the most fraud—free vote in the country's history. the much younger main opposition candidate, bobi wine, got 35 per cent of the vote. he says the poll was a sham and that soldiers are preventing him leaving his home. catherine byaruhanga reports from kampala. much of downtown kampala was deserted but some of the president's supporters made it out onto the streets to celebrate his victory. they insist the final result reflects the will of the people. our future is secured by yoweri kaguta museveni. our country has got to be protected. the economy has got to develop. when you look at the tourism, it's got to continue because peace is back again in uganda! it is now another five years in office for yoweri museveni. by the time this term is done, he will have been in power for a0 years, helped along by changes to the constitution which could allow him to be p

action if its complaints of fraud aren't addressed the election commission has rejected the allegations china will no longer recognize the british national overseas prospered available to millions of hong kong residents it's off to the u.k. launched a scheme allowing holders to apply for british citizenship and response to china's national security law. supporters of india's ruling b j p party years are accused of attacking farmers who are demanding the government withdraw its controversial laws they say will ruin their livelihoods thousands of farmers refused to move during the standoff on the outskirts of new delhi the farmers have been holding their demonstrations for months. those are the headlines on al-jazeera the news hour is coming up in the car at the top of the hour for now it's the stream thanks for watching. the world's richest and the protests to reform the institution. is the u.a.e. the next state to exit bag and coffee farmers in colombia struggling to recruit. our frightening experience in this country. they are kidnappings every night. when these dogs and. they still go and she drives you going away caught. because you'r

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. >>> the maga patriot party national committee officially filed a statement of organization with our friends at the federal election commissionespite repeatedly floating the idea of a patriot party to keep senators in line on impeachment. our friend maggie reports, the former president is no longer interested in such a venture. sources tell her quote trump has started to believe there are fewer votes to convict than there would have been if it had been held almost immediately after january 6th. still with us, our friends rick wilson and stewart stevens. rick, first question to you, then to stewart. do you really foresee a trump third party and wouldn't it be for primary contests, doesn't that run the huge risk of delivering races to democrats, especially if they're moderates? >> well, i think one thing you may see with this is donald trump looking at this as a profit center, he will look at this as a way to raise money for himself. which is really the business model that donald trump has going forward. he is not going to be out doing real estate or golf courses. he will lose all of those. he will never be in business in that

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national crime and should be punished. we'll bring in our panel of experts shortly. but first this report from islamabad. >> the borders of the pakistan democratic alliance are in front of the election commission of pakistan which is simp waited in the red zone. normally protests are not allowed in this area. however, the government has said that it will keep all the roads open in order for the opposition to come and launch its protest in front of the election commission of pakistan and the important case against the pakistan that's the party led by emran khan. but if they are making this a real power show of force it has not been able to muster the kind of support that it has during the rallies across pakistan. the government, on the other hand, is still very confident that they will be able to do this. but this particular democratic alliance is an amalgamation of 11 political parties with different ideology. and they do not agree yet on the tactics and the strategy. however, they are hopeful that they will be able to bring their people against the government in a show of support in order to promote the government to step down. anchor: the p.d.m. alliance was formed four months ago marking th

was a member of the carter board commission and they recommended that we have a national holiday for voting. but that was again based on the notion of having it on election day and not early voting. the 2012 commission, presidential commission that was a bipartisan commission on this tiapplauded using early voting as a means to overcome the problems that occurred in the 2012 election which was long lines at the polls. excessively long waits. so it seems like early voting is a combination of that as well as the fact that we are a much larger society and convenience is a factor and that's important to afford people an opportunity to vote. >> two quick points i can add toearly voting as well . first i agree that early voting should be an option to the extent practicable and one of the reasons is that on election day even if you were to make it a federal holiday which i think it should be an ad. it should be a federal holiday and we continue to have early voting. a lot of people with the type of job that still continues to be, to go on even if there is a federal holiday so retail or sometimes service jobs are going to getthat time off. and have difficulty ta

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election commission but most believe the results will be ratified comedy greece. india's drug regulator is set to approve the country's 1st code 900 vaccines the world's 2nd most populous nation has the highest number of cases behind the united states health care workers in india have taken part in a drill to test the delivery of coronavirus vaccines under schapelle reports. gearing up for the world's largest immunization campaign these health care workers are taking part in a nationwide drill to test the delivery of vaccines 300000000 indians are due to receive injections in the 1st half of this year. we're not worried to get rid of this pandemic we have to get injected i've been working in public health for the past year and i want an injection and to motivate others to do the same. india's drug regulator has received a recommendation for approval for the oscars seneca oxford university vaccine for merchants to use it can be stored and transported understand her frustration that gives it an edge over those that need to be stored at extremely low temperatures it's also cheaper than the alternatives tens of millions of doses have been stockpiled and will be given for free to

national crime and should be punished will bring in our panel of experts shortly but 1st this report from. the border of the budget on democratic airline side right now president in front of the election commission of pakistan which are situated in the red zone normally broader the norden. government had said there didn't order or go in order for your borders there to. and it brought data in front of the election commission of pakistan in the foreign funding case against the pakistan tehreek e insaf that the party led by iran well if the opposition was promising to make this a real force it has been unable to muster the kind of the board that it has been able to do during their rallies across. the government on the other hand it's still very confident that they will be able to complete their. lives particularly opposition alliance known as the pakistan democratic alliance is an amalgamation of 11 political parties with 3 years of the 1st ideology. and the strategy however they are hopeful that they will be able to bring their people against the government. in order to forge a brown calls government. inside story. where the p.d.f. alliance was formed 4 months ago marking the 1st time in history a

the uganda selection of nation and this is the body that is organizing the election tomorrow but regardless of them saying that they do not talk on to us and election commission they're called and they are people not to sit back or to call in big numbers on time or to court so talking about fiance also goes to where does someone for when it comes to the political divide those supporting the government will tell you clearly that this is the election to go for those against the government to tell you that it is unlikely that the election will be free and fair. or at that status become a reporting income palace for us thank you cheney it's. just about one year into the current vice pandemic and the number of people contracting the disease and dying from it is rising in africa most countries on the continent are experiencing the 2nd wave off the spread of the virus which has been deadly year in kenya $1716.00 people have died are sponsored each of committee met with families in nairobi who have been impacted by the pandemic july was the toughest month in 2020 for sure maria key and her family her father john maria keep tested positive for cocaine 1000 his symptom

commission approves the. 19. in the. nation drug. welcome to the program. a 1000 supporters by going out u.s. president donald trump of god in washington to support his latest effort to overturn his election defeat they're calling for president trump to remain in office citing unsubstantiated claims of widespread election fraud congress is expected to formally certify joe biden's presidential victory today at several republican senators have to challenge the tally of electoral college votes present trump has called on fellow republicans to reject the presidential election results and said mike pence has a specific part to play all vice president purchase to do is send it back to the states to recertify. and we become president and you are that happy is. all the w.'s washington bureau chief in his poll is at bats rally well in this how is donald trump's a speech gone down. well you know filled people gathered really early on here and it's freezing cold in washington in the moment donald trump was on it was leg a heat wave going to the crowd there tens of thousands of people they cheered and shouted untalented seizo president 4 more years they all fired up and walked into the direction of t