or will it be nawaz sharif?ou know, returned to the national assembly, newly—elected national assembly, in majority. but since they do not have a platform, it will be very difficult for them to form a new party orjoin another party and contest the election of the prime minister. also, it is very likely that some of the independent candidates who were supported by the pti, they have already started changing loyalties. what is the relationship like between nawaz sharif and imran khan? are they personal as well as political enemies? they used to be personal friends at one time. they used to play cricket together. but things started changing rapidly after 2013 elections, when imran khan accused nawaz sharif of rigging the elections and he, you know, started this long campaign against nawaz sharif. and when he was injail and imran khan was the prime minister, nawaz sharif�*s wife was critically ill and he remembers those days, nawaz sharif, and he says that he was not allowed from the jail to speak to his, you know,

what nawaz sharif is ho - in: shut out. what nawaz sharif is hoinu is shut out.g is some _ shut out. what nawaz sharif is hoping is some of— shut out. what nawaz sharif is hoping is some of these - hoping is some of these independents, associated either with the pti or all so... 10—15 independents who are not related with the nawaz sharif party so he will try and contort his party. also sit with the pakistan people's party, and whatever other parties will sit with him and make a government then.— will sit with him and make a government then. will sit with him and make a covernment then. ., �* , government then. however let's say that doesn't — government then. however let's say that doesn't happen, _ government then. however let's say that doesn't happen, what - government then. however let's say that doesn't happen, what is - government then. however let's say that doesn't happen, what is the - that doesn't happen, what is the next move in the chess game as far as the military is concerned? i am not suggesting — as the military is concerned? i —n not suggesting

nawaz sharif had been seen as the powerful pakistan military�*s favoured candidate and is expected tod pakistan's prime minister for a fourth time. but early results are still not conclusive. mr sharif told the bbc the vote had been absolutely fair despite the recentjailing of his rival imran khan on corruption charges. let's speak to our correspondent in islamabad. i'v e i've got any further indication of these results?— i've got any further indication of these results? , . , , ., , these results? this has been a very 24-hour period _ these results? this has been a very 24-hour period the _ these results? this has been a very 24-hour period the south _ these results? this has been a very 24-hour period the south asian - 24—hour period the south asian nation which voted in a general election just yesterday. we are still awaiting the final total from the election commission of pakistan, but if you scroll through social media here, or check out the mainstream media, you would find that almost every major party is claiming victory. the pti, which is led by former prime minister imran kha

that's nawaz sharif and benazir bhutto's son, bilawal.al problem, because that would be keeping imran khan's party out of power. and i don't think the vast majority of the population is going to find that acceptable. after all, to have won something like 91 seats, they had to have polled... in the circumstances that occur, they have to would have polled extremely well in a completely fair and free election. what kind of coalition could you see working in the country? well, i think what's going to have to happen is that the army is going to have to allow the independents who supported imran khan to take part in coalition negotiations. and i suspect what will happen is that benazir bhutto's son bilawal will come into coalition with imran khan's party. i think that would be quite a reasonable outcome. the other slightly more improbable outcome is nawaz sharif forms a coalition with imran khan's party. but of course that will then leave the extremely difficult question open about what happens to imran khan himself. after all, he'sjust been im

yes, nawaz sharif, _ what can you actually tell us? sharif, the _ what can you actually tell us? yes, nawaz sharif, the former - what can you actually tell us? 133 nawaz sharif, the former prime minister, hasjust made his first public speech after more than 24 hours since the poll ended yesterday. a large crowd gathered outside the secretariat in lahore, and nawaz sharif congratulated them all, and he said that his party has won maximum seats, although we do not have the final result from the election commission of pakistan, and what we do have so far is more than 50% of the seats have been declared, and we also know that most of these seeds are won by imran khan's independent candidate. but despite all this, nawaz sharif has made this claim that his party has won most of the seats, and he has also announced that his party will talk to other opposition parties, the parties which were allowed with him during the previous government, he said that his party would speak to them, including the pakistan peoples party, and some religious part

nawaz sharif had been seen as the powerful pakistan military�*s favoured candidate and is expected toelected pakistan's prime minister for a fourth time. but early results are still not conclusive. mr sharif told the bbc the vote had been absolutely fair despite the recentjailing of his rival imran khan on corruption charges. our correspondent caroline davies gave me the latest developments from lahore. we are waiting for the final official totals from the electoral commission in pakistan. last night we already saw several of imran khan supported candidates claiming victory in their different constituencies and we saw the party come out and say they thought they had won enough seats to be able to claim and form a government here. but we have also heard from the party of nawaz sharif who said the same thing. they are both trying to capture the narrative and the fact we haven't got the results yet from the electoral commission means there is space for them to start doing that on social media. we haven't heard from nawaz sharif, there's been talk that he might appear to give some sort of

that he would _ only to support nawaz sharif that he would end _ only to support nawaz sharif that heictorious. furiher— would end up coming out victorious. further scenes announce what we have been on _ further scenes announce what we have been on air— further scenes announce what we have been on air looks like further gains for both— been on air looks like further gains for both the independents and also for both the independents and also for ptl _ for both the independents and also for ptl it_ for both the independents and also for pti. it looks like the announcement we were seeing a few minules— announcement we were seeing a few minutes ago that i saw on twitter that nawaz sharif is going home from a coalilion— that nawaz sharif is going home from a coalition government, i think probably— a coalition government, i think probably western positions including david cameron will be factoring in search, _ david cameron will be factoring in search, the — david cameron will be factoring in search, the huge domestic issues they face — search, the huge domestic issues they face to make a s

nawaz sharif had been seen as the powerful pakistan military s favoured candidate and expected to be ted pakistan's prime minister for a fourth time. but early results are still not conclusive. mr sharif told the bbc the vote had been �*absolutely fair�* despite the recentjailing of his rival imran khan on corruption charges. let's speak to our pakistan correspondent caroline davies who is in lahore. can you give us an update? we are waitin: can you give us an update? we are waiting for— can you give us an update? we are waiting for the _ can you give us an update? we are waiting for the final _ can you give us an update? we are waiting for the final official- waiting for the final official totals from the electoral commission in pakistan. last night we already saw several of imran khan supported candidates claiming victory in their different constituencies and resell the party come out and say they thought they had won enough seats to be able to claim and form a government here. but we have also heard from the party of nawaz sharif who said the same thing. they are both trying to cap

i am currently standing at nawaz sharif's _ are. at - nawaz sharif's party headquarters, the crowds gathered, he is due to appear on stage. for all intents and purposes this looks like a victory parade but at the same time the final votes have not been counted, the final result is not an ounce. at the final result is not an ounce. at the same time as nawaz sharif's party is claiming victory we have also heard from imran khan's party, they say they think they have enough seats to be able to form a government. what has been clear in the course of this election is despite all of the different things that have faced imran khan's party, the fact he is injail and disqualified, candidates are all standing as independent press rather than as part of his particular party because his party is no longer recognised by the electoral commission here, he still has been able to pull out a vote and there are still people in this country that support him. he seems wildly popular here. there are also lots of questions, those independent candidates wil

former pakistani prime minister nawaz sharif claims election victory for his country, despite independent candidates linked to imran khan winning more seats. president putin tells us host tucker carlson russia has no interest in invading poland, latvia or other nato countries. and first there was var, now football's authorities consider introducing a blue card — alongside yellow and red — with a ten—minute sin bin. we have reaction. hello, i'm matthew amroliwala, welcome to verified live. prince harry has agreed further damages in his case against mirror group newspapers. he settled his remaining claims of phone hacking and invasion of privacy. in a statement, the duke of sussex said the mirror had acted in a shockingly dishonest way for many years and then had sought to conceal the truth. prince harry's victory follows a judge's ruling in december that mirror group journalists had made extensive use of hacking. the mirror said it was pleased to have reached a deal over events for which it had apologised. outside court, harry's lawyer, david sherbourne, delivered this statement on his beh

we do not see much opposition to nawaz sharif, likely to be the next prime minister.ple used on the line we will see things gradually worsening with the military astonishment. christian: go to talk to you. fascinating -- good to talk to you, fascinating dynamics at the moment. just news to give you before we go to break -- the investigation into the classified documents kept by joe biden and which were investigated by the special counsel has found that he did willfully retain them and disclose them but has concluded that there is no need for any prosecution. this is one of the locations where those documents were found, the housing office complex. the allegations date back to mr. biden's time is vice psident. he was one of the people interviewed during the special counsel's investigation. donald trump has been indicted in another investigation. narrator: funding for this presentation of this program is provided by... man: bdo. accountants and advisors. narrator: funding was also provided by, the freeman foundation. and by judy and peter blum kovler foundation; pursuin

pmln's leader nawaz sharif has been prime minister three times.e military�*s favour, in prison when khan won. their fortunes have changed. mr sharif, are these elections free and fair? the elections are free and fair. and the elections have been always free and fair. except many years ago, but now, today, i think it's absolutely fair. mr sharif, have you made a deal with the military? there's no need for a deal. actually, i have never any problems with the military. the polls have closed. pakistan awaits. has the election brought some faith in democracy or broken it? caroline davies, bbc news, lahore. tamanna salikuddin is the director of south asia programmes at the us institute of peace, and i asked her if it was unusual to not yet have the election results. it's not absolutely unusual not to have the full results. i monitored elections several times in pakistan, and often it was a day or two before you had the full final results. but this level of uncertainty is unprecedented to have so few official results out and the ecp is not continuing to

but anotherformer prime minister, nawaz sharif — widely seen as enjoying the support of the country'shas emerged as the largest in parliament, but acknowledged it did not have the numbers to form government itself. britain's foreign secretary, lord cameron, has set out that the uk recognise these serious concerns raised about the fairness and lack of inclusivity in these elections. 0ur reporter, farhatjaved updated me on the situation from islamabad. nawaz sharif, pakistan's former prime minister, he has just made his first public speech after more than 2a hours since the poll ended yesterday. a large crowd gathered outside pmln secretariat in lahore. nawaz sharif congratulated them all and said that his party has won maximum seats, although we do not still have the final result from the election commission of pakistan. what we do have, so far, is almost more than 50% of the seats have been declared. we also know that most of these seats are won by imran khan's favoured independent candidate. but despite all this, nawaz sharif has just made this claim that his party has won most of th

the party of another former prime minister, nawaz sharif, won 75 seats.rters have been protesting over the delay in releasing the results and alleged vote rigging. courts have reportedly been flooded with legal challenges to the results, after both mr khan and mr sharif claimed victory. we heard more on the long awaited results of this election from our correspondent in islamabad, caroline davies. around midday on saturday, it seemed that this was the direction of travel, that imran khan's backed candidates had got the largest number of seats and now we've got these final results, we now can see that that is definitely the case. as you say, 93 of these candidates are backed by the pti. that's imran khan's party. out of all of those remaining independents, which is far higher than the number of seats that the pmln, nawaz sharif�*s party, have at 75. now, what happens next? at the moment these results aren't finalised because there will be court challenges. they will be very and until those have worked through the system, there will not be an absolute defin

so they are not guaranteeing they are going to stay in an alliance with nawaz sharif.ertain constitutional positions like president, but they will not have roles inside the cabinet. the crucial thing is here is that it now looks possible for nawaz sharif�*s party to be able to form a government, to have a prime ministerial candidate. but that government is likely to be quite fragile. they are going to have to guarantee fair making everybody else in their alliance happy if they're going to get laws put through. the only intact chicken's egg found from roman britain is now thought to be the only one of its type in the world after scientists found it still had liquid inside. the egg, which is about 1,700 years old, was found during a dig in aylesbury in buckinghamshire. researchers say they were "blown away" to find it still contained the yolk and egg white. a little earlier i spoke to douglas russell, senior curator of birds�* eggs and nests at the natural history museum, who told us of his surprise at the discovery. we were very surprised, so it was a very unusual reque

however, nawaz sharif, the former prime minister is anticipated to be a contender for fourth term.mbat inflation. nawaz sharif's political rival ex-premier imran khan, who was overthrown by his opponents through vote of no confidence in april 2022, is still behind bars for several convictions and is not allowed to run for office against his competitors. nasir kazmi. press tv, islamabad. that brings us to the end of this edition of world news on press tv. thank you for watching. stay tuned, i'll be right back in half an hour with more news. in this week's episode of iran tech we've come to buser city to the south of iran to tell you about what happened under that dome which is boucher's nuclear power plant uh and explain to you how we use a process called nuclear. vision uh to generate 100 megaw hours worth of electricity that is fed to the national power system thanks to the 80 tons of uranium that is stored within this facility. stay tuned, times are listed below! who could imagine something could happen in in in your? nobody begin of 78 decided to to try to go to iran, but then a

nawaz sharif's political rival ex-premier imran khan. who was overthrown by his opponents through vote of no confidence in april 2022, is still behind bars for several convictions and is not allowed to run for office against his competitors. nasak asmi, press tv, islamabad. farmers protest are continuing to sweep europe, the food producers of a long list of complaints from increasing. cost to environmental regulation, we took a closer look at the issue in our news review program, let's see what our guests had to say about that. welcome everybody, you're watching press tv's news review where we look deeper into some of the top stories of the day. on this segment of the program, european farmers have been blocking roads across the continent as they ramp up protest against eu measures and rising prices. in poland, farmers blocked roads across the country and at border crossings with ukraine. they are angry about the impact of cheap food imports from their war ravaged neighbor. polish politicians have been calling. on the eu commissioner for

the party of another former prime minister, nawaz sharif, won 75. practice of landlords evicting tenants for no real reason will be banned by the time of the next general election. now on bbc news — political thinking with nick robinson.

nawaz sharif had been seen as the favoured candidate of the powerful military and is expected to be electedfor a fourth time. but early results are still not conclusive. mr sharif told the bbc the vote had been "absolutely fair" despite the recentjailing of his rival imran khan on corruption charges. our south asia correspondent samira hussain, who is in islamabad, had the latest. if you look at how many of the results are back, we're seeing that about 49 independents have been able to claim victory. and most of those independents are, in fact, backed by the pti, which is the political party that is being run by imran khan. and then if you look further down, you see that nawaz sharif�*s party, pml—n, has 42 seats and then ppp, which is the party for bilawal bhutto zardari and he's got about 3k seats, so there's no clear winner just as yet. but there are indications that so far there is this kind of feeling that it's going to be up to the independents whether they're going to want to form some sort of coalition government. so now the real sort of politicking and horse trading is going to beg

however, nawaz sharif, the former prime minister is anticipated to be a contender for fourth term. three times pakistan's former prime minister nawaz sharif says that he is ready to serve the nation for the fourth time if elected, we will try our best to overcome the challenges we are facing at the moment. we will provide relief to the masses at their doorsteps, as we have promised during our election campaign. my party will also combat inflation. nawaz sharif's political rival ex-premier imran khan, who was overthrown by his opponents through vote of no confidence in april 2022 is still behind bars for. several convictions and is not allowed to run for office against his competitors. nasik asmi, press tv, islamabad. iran's ambassador to damascus has held the press conference for the 45th anniversary of iran's islamic revolution to highlight his achievements and to express iran's firm support for the resistance in the region. our correspondent ibrahim wadi reports. the ambassador... the islamic republic of iran in syria, dr. hussein akbar held a press conference on thursday at the

nawaz sharif had been seen as the favoured candidate of the powerful military and is expected to be elected a fourth time. but early results are still not conclusive. mr sharif told the bbc the vote had been �*absolutely fair�* despite the recentjailing of his rival imran khan on corruption charges. let's speak to our pakistan correspondent. not all the boats through but all sides claiming victory.— sides claiming victory. that's ri . ht. if sides claiming victory. that's right- if you _ sides claiming victory. that's right. if you look _ sides claiming victory. that's right. if you look at - sides claiming victory. that's right. if you look at how - sides claiming victory. that'sl right. if you look at how many sides claiming victory. that's - right. if you look at how many of the results are back we are seeing about 49 independents have been able to claim victory. most of those independents are unpacked backed by the pti which is the political party thatis the pti which is the political party that is being run by imran khan. if you look further down you see that nawaz sharif�*s party, has

so we don't see much opposition to it nawaz sharif, it's likely he'll be the next prime minister.ood to talk to you, fascinating _ military establishment. doctor, good to talk to you, fascinating the - to talk to you, fascinating the dynamics in pakistani politics at the moment. thank you for coming on the moment. thank you for coming on the programme. breaking news, that investment democrat investigation into the classified documents held byjoe biden has found that he did willfully retain them and disclose them, but has concluded that there was no need for any prosecution. this is one of the locations where those documents were found, a housing office complex in washington. the allegations date back to mr biden's time as vice president, he was one of the people interviewed during the special counsel's investigation. your member donald trump has been indicted in another investigation, the point is... we'll talk about it. hello. well, as predicted, the winter wonderland did arrive in the areas where it was forecast. so mostly the northern hills of wales, northern england, some in n

nawaz sharif�*s party were thought favoured by pakistan's powerful military establishment. that would mean they won. this gathering has political speeches, there's been music, there's even been fireworks. it feels like a victory parade, but the election results aren't finalised. sharif�*s party have fewer seats than khan. they need alliances. translation: as we don't have a majority to form - a government on our own, we are going to invite allies to come and join us and form a coalition government. not to be outdone, an ai version ofjailed imran khan was released by his team, claiming victory. wranglings and deals are still to be done. pakistan has voted — who will rule is still far from clear. caroline davies, bbc news, lahore. to the us next. vice president kamala harris has hit out at an official report that described president biden as an elderly man with a poor memory. she accused special counsel robert hur of making a gratuitous and politically motivated attack. mr hur, who is a republican, said the 81—year—old president struggled during interviews about his handling

meanwhile, imran khan's political rival nawaz sharif - khan's political rival nawaz sharif is publiclyhe met with karachi —based party n quebec letter m. frustration is growing among imran khan's supporters. —— n quebec letter m. we have just been pushed we havejust been pushed back we have just been pushed back by a cloud of tear gas used on the protesters outside, now completely dispersed. you can see the reaction of everybody behind me as well. pakistan has already faced months of political dispute, and there is no answer yet as to who will lead the country. here in the uk, a vigil has taken place in warrington to remember the murdered teenager brianna ghey. her family, friends and teachers were among those in attendance. brianna, who was 16, was stabbed to death in a park near the town a year ago today. two teenagers have beenjailed for life for her murder. her mother, esther ghey, spoke at the event. i really didn't think that i was going to be able to come on stage today. but after seeing all of brianna's really brave, lovely friends come out and do that for her, i thought i'd be

however, nawaz sharif, the former prime minister, is anticipated to be a contender for fourth term. aign. my party will also combat inflation. nawaz sharif's political rival ex-premier imran khan who was overthrown by his opponents through vote of no confidence in april 2022 is still behind bars for several convictions and is not allowed to run for office against his competitors. nasik kazmi press tv islamabad. iran's ambassador to damascus has held a press conference for the 45th anniversary of iran's islamic travel. to highlight its achievements and to express iran's firm support for the resistance in the region. ibrahim wati reports. the ambassador of the islamic republic of iran in syria, dr. hussein akbari held a press conference on thursday at the iranian embassy in damascus for the occasion of the anniversary of the victory of the islamic revolution. he discussed iran's achievements in the past 45 years and its positions at regional and international. as you know, we're currently commemorating the 45th anniversary of the glorious islamic revolution. this revolution emerged vic

banned from the elections. they ended up winning the most seats overall. three time former premier nawaz sharif declared victory as the single largest party. sharif's party is in talks with rival political groups to join hands in order to pull pakistan. out of its current political and economic crisis. pakistan muslim league is the single largest part in the country today after the elections and we must bring this country out of crisis. whoever has the mandate, whether independence or parties, we respect the mandate they have got. we invite them to sit with us and help this rounded nation regain its feet. meanwhile, the tarike insaf or pti party of jail former. mayor imran khan also declared that it is ready to form the government, saying the mandate of the people of pakistan is being stolen by pre-poll rigging, manipulation of results and oppression. what has happened is that despite imran khan being jailed, despite the party being effectively banned and banned on tv, despite the symbol of the party being taken away, despite cases against almost all of the top leadership, despite a large..." c

she has more on those comments made by nawaz sharif.hat his party has won most of the seats, and he has also announced that his party would talk to other opposition parties. the parties which were alliance with him in the previous during the previous government, he said that his party would speak to them, including pakistan people's party and some religious parties as well. and he also hinted upon reaching out to the independent candidates, which are actually backed by imran khan's pti. but he says that his party would reach out to them and they would try to form a coalition government for the next five years. he also said that he aims to take this country out of the troubles it is facing now. and he said that he invites all other political leaders from all other parties to sit together and get this country out of out of the problems it is facing for for many years now. a couple of developments to bring you on that. reporting there, sharif acknowledging they haven't won enough seats to form a government outright. they may end up in some

nawaz sharif's political rival ex-premier imran khan, who was overthrown by his opponents through vote of no confidence in april 2022, is still behind bars for several convictions and is not allowed to run for office against his competitors. nasir kazmi, press tv, islamabad. iran's drone program began in the 1980s, few years after the isamic revolution victory. the focus of this program has been improving iran's military readiness with defensive approach for stable security and deterrents. through the years, tehran has managed to produce various types of domestically manufactured uavs with unique features. we have a report on that. in the early 2000s, only few countries had the technology to produce onmant. airal vehicles for military purposes and used them in combat. some like the us enjoyed a near monopoly on this technology back then. americans boasted about their advanced drones such as the reaper and global hawk that carried a price stack of millions of dollars. however, this monopoly no longer exists as many countries have managed to develop their own drone programs in recent yea

it is said that nawaz sharif has the support of pakistan army. at the same time , tehreek-e-insaf muslim league has entered into negotiations with other parties to form a government. while saying goodbye, i invite the viewer, the speaker, mr esmaili, minister of culture and islamic guidance, on the sidelines of the ministerial meeting. according to the number that my film colleagues announced to me until last night, we expected to sell 285,000 tickets , we sold more than 300,000 tickets . that those who are interested in attending can have the possibility to use it. but if these new sections, such as animation or humor , are added to the festival as an independent section , god willing, my colleagues in the film organization and the festival secretariat will check and make the necessary decisions. will announce thank you very much, doctor. hello. mr. subhan in the name of god, i greet and congratulate you , our viewers. first, let's talk about the temperature situation. in the last 24 hours, the hottest place in our country is ahram in bushehr pr

nawaz sharif failed in one place, but he succeeded in lahore. but in one of the cities of balochistan called he won there and entered the parliament. mr. bilal bhutto zardari in two the point where he was a candidate won in sindh state and entered the parliament. and the characters are like this. in lahore, one of imran khan's close friends named mr. latif kusa. he competed with one of the important figures of the nawaz muslim league and won. this was one of the important wins for tehreek-e-insaf. in paranar , which is actually a shia-populated area , mr. hamid hossein al-muhandis from hizb vahdat muslimeen, which is one of the shia parties and is in coalition with tehreek-e-insaf, won there and entered the parliament . one or two more points as a news item, i should mention that there were some protests in some places, such as in the city of shagla in khair province of pakhtunkhwa . yes, yes, there have been conflicts. now, in some places, the attacks have been in the form of terrorist attacks and bombings . there are some protests against the

defense lawyer yasmin rashid candidate of tehreek-e-insaf in lahore, who was a rival of nawaz sharif, announced results are in favor of nawaz sharif. challenged in the lahore court and claimed that the results of the election were manipulated. the independents who won the election must enter the parliament within 3 days by joining a political party and must let's see which party the independent candidates who are affiliated to tehreek-e-insaf will join, but it is interesting to note that the pakistan army announced in a statement that the elections were held successfully and peacefully, we are at your service, please, thank you very much, thank you for the explanation. the us president's special inspector's report on biden was met with anger and criticism from the white house. kamla harris , joe biden's deputy , accused robert hoare, the us justice department's inspector, of political work and said that he intends to hit biden with the report. this report said that biden in when the vice president. he kept and disclosed classified documents at home. however, there is no charge against

nawaz sharif should be nominated in one place he failed but succeeded in lahore. mr. fazlur rahman was defeated in deir ismail khan as a representative of tehreek-e-insaf, but he won in one of balochistan's cities named peshin and entered the parliament. mr. bilal bhutto zardari won in the two places he was a candidate in sindh and entered the parliament, and the characters are like this. again in lahore, one of imran khan's close friends named mr. latif khosa is with one of the important figures of muslim dig. nawaz's branch competed and won, this was one of the important wins for tehreek-e-insaf in paranar, which is actually more of the region. there is a shia resident, mr. hamid hossein al-muhandis from hizb vahdat muslimeen, who is a shia party and is in an alliance with tehreek-e-insaf there. i said that there is a protest against the result of the election, which led to the death of 4 people, and a ban on gatherings has been announced in islamabad, and for the time being, there is a certain amount of atmosphere in this regard, because anyway, there are whispers

and we know the pml—n, nawaz sharif is my party, and that of alberto because my party, the ppp, havecussions about whether they will form a government. so we have no idea who will rule at the moment. so we have no idea who will rule at the moment-— the moment. thank you very much indeed. in brazil, the final parade of rio carnival takes place on tuesday. the annual celebrations dominate february across brazil, as top samba schools compete with one another. with more, here 5 our south america correspondent ione wells. lent might be the time to hold back. but the holiday before it starts is the time to go all out. all out dancing... ..all out costumes... ..all out music. translation: the| carnival is amazing. i'm loving it. i come every year, and every year it's better than the last one. rio's carnival is perfect. crowds swarm here from around the world to watch the parades. a chance for performers to highlight political issues too. this samba school, salgueiro, paid tribute to the country's largest indigenous group, the yanomami, asking that the amazon and local communities be protect

and what we saw today in a late night press conference, pakistan's people's party and nawaz sharif, pml—nleague—nawaz they announced that they are going to form a coalition government. there has been quite a lot of back and forth between these two parties before they reached a power—sharing formula. and as you just mentioned, that one party is getting the presidency seat and the other one is going to be the prime minister. but then that is not it. there are many other federal ministries, for example, and many other key positions which are going to be distributed between the two parties that we would come to know in the coming days. and also there would be a vote in the parliament for the selection of prime minister. so we are expecting that the parties, which would be sitting on the opposition benches, they would also come up with, they would also nominate their candidate for this post. now, these two political dynasties have been arch rivals in the past. how will they work together? oh, yes. these two parties have a long history of, you know, building cases against each other, corruption

but his opponent, nawaz sharif, says his party has emerged as the largest.lent unrest and the suspension of mobile—phone services. from lahore, pakistan correspondent caroline davies reports. celebrations on the streets of lahore. imran khan's candidates have won more seats than anyone else this election so far. but his supporters think they should have won more. accusing the other side of vote—rigging, which they deny. there are complications. because the election commission doesn't recognise khan's party, all of his candidates ran as an independent, and other parties are already talking about trying to absorb them. if in a few weeks' time, we suddenly hear that you have left the independence group and you're part of a party, what should we think? it would be the last day of my life. i mean, i cannot even think of, conceive of such a thing. i have said that all these votes, they have not been casted for me, they have casted for imran khan. celebrations on the other side, too. nawaz sharif�*s party were thought favoured by pakistan's powerful military establ

the pmln party of fellow former prime minister, nawaz sharif, won 75 seats.ould respond forcefully to illegal gatherings, pti supporters have been out protesting over the delay in releasing the results and alleged vote rigging. courts have reportedly been flooded with legal challenges to the results, after both mr khan and mr sharif claimed victory. with no clear winner it could take weeks of political wrangling to form a governing coalition, as our correspondent, caroline davies, reports from islamabad. two sides are claiming victory in pakistan, but there is still no new government. both would need more seats to get a majority. nawaz sharif�*s pmln is looking for alliances. today, he met with karachi—based party mqm. imran khan's candidates may have the largest number of seats, but as they are all independents, there are complications. in the meantime, they're trying to increase their vote count. accusing the authorities of rigging votes, which they deny, they are challenging the results in court and calling supporters out to peacefully protest. this is the

the parties of two former prime ministers in pakistan, nawaz sharif and imran khan, have both claimedory in yesterday's general election. independent candidates linked to imran khan hold the highest number of seats — three—time former leader nawaz sharif says his party is the largest. good evening. it's no secret that through this first term, the white house staff have shielded joe biden from too much media exposure. case in point, there will be no hour—long interview with the president this weekend ahead of the super bowl, as is often the tradition. and the reason for that exploded into full view yesterday. in his response to the special counsel's claims that he is often forgetful about names and key dates, joe biden was indignant. his memory, he said, was in good order, but then he confused egypt's president with mexico's. i think that... as you know, initially the president of mexico, sisi, did not want to open up the gate to allow humanitarian material to get in. i talked to him, i convinced him to open the gate. between the lines, there are senior democrats worried about this — a

nawaz sharif�*s party were thought favoured by pakistan's powerful military establishment.his gathering has political speeches, there's been music, there's even been fireworks. it feels like a victory parade, but the election results aren't finalised. sharif�*s party have fewer seats than khan. they need alliances. translation: as we don't have a majority to form - a government on our own, we are going to invite allies to come and join us and form a coalition government. not to be outdone, an ai version ofjailed imran khan was released by his team, claiming victory. wranglings and deals are still to be done. pakistan has voted — who will rule is still far from clear. caroline davies, bbc news, lahore. it's carnival in brazil the annual festival that sees millions of travellers to the country. the party has been soured by an unwanted guest. hundreds of party—goers have flooded the streets of rio dejaniero by a surge in dengue fever. 53 people have died from the mosquito—borne disease, prompting a public health emergency. —— rio dejaneiro despite. on friday, brazil became the

pmln�*s leader nawaz sharif has been prime minister three times. re these elections free and fair? the elections are free and fair. and the elections have been always free and fair. except many years ago, but now, today, i think it�*s absolutely fair. mr sharif, have you made a deal with the military? there�*s no need for a deal. actually, i have never any problems with the military. the polls have closed. pakistan awaits. has the election brought some faith in democracy or broken it? caroline davies, bbc news, lahore. parkrun has suddenly deleted all gender, age and course records from its website — in the wake of a row over trans athletes holding female records. parkrun insists the move is simply about making the free 5k runs less off—putting to new entrants. thousands of people take part in parkruns in hundreds of parks across the uk every saturday morning. but the move follows criticism for allowing transgender women to compete in the female category. natalie pirks reports. it started 20 years ago as friends running together on a saturday. now,

the party of another former prime minister, nawaz sharif, won 75., after both mr khan and mr sharif claimed victory. let's get more on this with our correspondent in islamabad caroline davies. caroline, these results are long awaited but lots of legal challenges. talk us through what's happening. ? challenges. talk us through what's happening- ?_ challenges. talk us through what's haueninu. ? ., ., ., ., happening. ? from around midday on saturda , happening. ? from around midday on saturday. this — happening. ? from around midday on saturday, this seems _ happening. ? from around midday on saturday, this seems like _ happening. ? from around midday on saturday, this seems like the - saturday, this seems like the direction of travel, imran khan's backed candidates got the largest number of seats, and now we have the final results. we can see that's definitely the case, a 93 candidates backed by imran khan's party. this is far higher than the number of seats that the other has at 75. what happens next? the moments these aren't finalised because there

nawaz sharif�*s party were thought favoured by pakistan's powerful military establishment.s political speeches, there's been music, there's even been fireworks. it feels like a victory parade, but the election results aren't finalised. sharif�*s party have fewer seats than khan. they need alliances. translation: as we don't have a majority to form - a government on our own, we are going to invite allies to come and join us and form a coalition government. not to be outdone, an ai version ofjailed imran khan was released by his team, claiming victory. wranglings and deals are still to be done. pakistan has voted — who will rule is still far from clear. caroline davies, bbc news, lahore. let's turn to some important news around the world... the united nations' human rights chief says haiti suffered its most violent month in more than two years of conflict injanuary. more than 1,100 people killed, injured or kidnapped last month. armed gangs now control many parts of the country. there were close to 5,000 murders last year in haiti, where there's been political paralysis since

the rival pakistan muslim league — led by nawaz sharif — has also claimed victory and says it has begunent. from lahore, our pakistan correspondent caroline davies has more. the final results in pakistan's general election are now starting to come in. and it seems pretty clear that imran khan's backed candidates are in the lead, followed by mr nawaz sharif�*s party's, the pmln's, candidates. they have the second largest number of seats. it is not clear at the moment who is going to form a government, but we are starting to see international reaction about this vote. we have heard from the eu who have said they note a lack of a level playing field. from the us, who said there were undue restrictions and from the uk who expressed concerns about the fairness of this election. today, we have now heard from the foreign office here in pakistan. they have said they are surprised by the negative tone of some of these international statements, which would neither take into account the complexity of the electioral process, they say, nor acknowledge the free and enthusiastic exercise of the right