of voters are gearing up for sunday's presidential election and molly. -- mali. the national movement for the liberation has made -- the agreement allowed peacekeepers kadal for the-- election. patrol inacekeepers the northof mali. they control this part of the country. a temporary truce with the government allowed forces into the election. the situation is tense there. they were accused of kidnapping officials last week. the government has to -- it is clearly stated in the text of the constitution owns that we should have equality. it has never been put into practice. we want it to be implemented, being ae it risks into bomb it will explode. >> the united nations is holding elections bring peace and stability. international community promised billions of dollars in aid to legitimate government. >> it is one of the poorest countries in the world. me security concerns alians. >> almost 7 million people are registered to vote. tens of thousands of people may leave the north. ony cannot find their names the list. >> people have felt excluded from politics. this election is no different. it will not matter how they vote. here and ine live the south. this is where the election will be decided. people want a p

he is unconvinced by this election and very much pushing for a different makeup to the north of mali. let's bring in our correspondent who has been covering these elections for us. bringing us every development as it has happened. can you give us a sense about what people have been saying about this election? is there an element of optimism? are people unconvinced by what will happen next? >> people were keen to get to the polling stations. we are starting to get a sense from the pronouncements made by the observer groups deployed throughout this election for what has been -- participation levels are higher than people thought. that first part of the test, the measure of how successful this election has been, seems to have gone well. we have no official figures. we are waiting to hear from the authorities, the ministry in charge of this election. for now, it has not pronounced itself. turnout was quite strong. in that sense, this was a vote that is a year overdue, this was an opportunity to get back to the polling stations, back to the ballot boxes. it was him directed -- it was inter

but when those ringers of shari'a law to call to the north a significant number of mali ends either join them or help them. some suggest by their wallets militants have capitalized on widespread poverty while others have been joining by they slogans. now many people who joined the radicals understood they were mistaken and they've joined the side of the mali an army to fight against those people i you guys are afraid that these people will come back. ok i know they will not come back. ok or why they will never come back to me. because money and france now years. but fronts is drawing much of its military and the very people paris claims to have driven out still appeared to be very much around. the same groups that. claimed responsibility for a terror attack on a french strong iranian facility in neighboring new share while the very factors that allowed to their rise in the north with a feeling of injustice and general frustration just to very much evident. make. anguished. researches i don't. think of it as a missing link to fate richard otieno from mali. europe's indignation over americ

but when those ringers of shari'a law to call to the north a significant number of mali is either join them or help them. some suggest by their wallets militant. have capitalized on widespread poverty while others have been joining by they slogans. now many people who join the radicals understood they were mistaken and they've joined the side of the mali an army to fight against those people are you guys are afraid that these people will come back. they will not come back. ok oh why they will never come back here. because mali and france now years. that's fronts is drawing much of it's been a treat and the very people paris claims to have driven out still and p. to be very much around the same groups that his nose claimed responsibility for in terra tack on the french wrong uranium facility in neighboring new share while the very factors that allowed to their rise in the north pole with a feeling of injustice and general frustration us to very much evident. care and. make. certain i don't know. how one can restart. the missing plane. written off now from mali. the talks are about to st

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ssion had the militants who took control of mali's north in the name of radical islam also swept aside authorities here. have a lot bar they say they are not muslims i don't like these people and other spiritual groups they think the same way if they find us they'll kill us. french troops intervened in northern mali in january as the insurgency made a push towards the capital two months later paris proclaimed the north for the rate hit but for some followers of traditional islam that was already too late. twenty three year old sulaiman from the gal region claims al qaeda linked fighters chopped off his right hand and left food after he a father of three and a muslim who prays several times a day refused to join their ranks and. they brought the chair to a squirrel in the center of the gower they tied me up they gave me an injection and put a bandage here brought a knife like this and cut it. however some people from solomon's village claim has a speech in which the radicals punish him for wonder surreal all the imposed more do so against their opinion that they don't consider the musli

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thought extremists would impose strict rules of modesty on these women without cross the niger river to go to college or the first to be let in mali is north to openly supports the islamists when they first came and provide them with fighters try to find a family whose children joint there. and then kind of affiliated group of peers in mali's north last year and began coordinating with the rebellion of the indigenous african tribal to our regs who sought independence but they soon began infighting after ready cause started imposing sharia law why did they come here in the first place people in this area are very poor this is why we bring in some serve for women and some sweets for kids we visited the chief of the village first the one hundred fifteen year old man says one part of the village strongly supported al qaeda and al qaida divisions are very close hold interpret qur'an to reach them we cross a dried river the soil in mali is north is far from fertile the land is not generous to people farming here this part of kaja village is very conservative so for a woman it's better to be a cover to cover myself we get to a female part of the

but when those ringers of shari'a law to call to the north a significant number of mali is either join them help them. some suggest by their wallets militant. have capitalized on widespread poverty while others have been joining by these slogans. now many who join the radicals understood they were mistaken and they've joined the side of the mali and to fight against those people who are you guys are afraid that these people will come back. they may not come back. ok why they will never come back here. because mali and fries now you know. that's front is drawing much of its bigotry and the very people paris claims to have driven out still and pete pretty much around the same groups that to his nose claimed responsibility for it tara tacked on a french strong uranium facility in neighboring new share while the very factors that in allowed to their rise in the north proved to be a feeling of injustice and general frustration still very much evident. thanks for. the circuit and only. then can we start. counting is the missing link to. refresh now from maui. still turbulent times we go on o

we don't know their nationalities we repeat the question to the mayor of gaar one of the biggest cities in mali is north and the percent of deadly clashes during the crisis moved out who are now. again if. we've been married ten years it would be spent eleven months and they would all be a little more sense for you. is the conflict now over the. historic moments but it's far from over. when i wave back a sense to begins clouds of dust cover villages and cities peace in this region seems to be as trends and as blue skies on a sunny day you may think it will remain the way ts for some time but you can never be sure. from mali. and time for a brief a world update will begin in egypt where the prime minister has been authorized to soldiers the right to arrest of millions after more than seventy people were killed in clashes in cairo it is feared that this may be the first step towards declaring a state of emergency in the country something that was seen under the former president hosni mubarak which is granted him almost absolute power this comes as the military conduct a sweeping counter extremist mission

we don't know their nationalities we repeat the question to the mayor of gown one of the biggest cities in mali is north and the percent of deadly clashes during the crisis. came from afghanistan algeria mauritania but they spent eleven months here and they recruited a lot of course. this is the conflict now over. the conflict has started. but it's far from over. when our way back a sense storm begins clouds of dust covered villages and cities peace in this region seems to be as trends and as blue skies on a sunny day you may think it will remain the way tease for some time but you can never be sure. from. a web service twenty four seventh's rest of all the news then i'm back with a bit more news in half an hour's time between now and then with more american scraping the barrel to get by what does the economic future hold for the subject of crosstalk in a couple of minutes. i've got a big question for you how stupid can stupid terrorist paranoia get according to four progressives dot com the texas department of public safety demanded that any women entering the state senate hand over any tampons or pads

we don't know their nationalities we repeat the question to the mayor of gal one of the biggest cities in mali is north and the percent of deadly clashes during the crisis. who are. from the area and we'll hear more in ten years but they spent eleven months here and they recruited all the little more suspicious. is the conflict now over the. historic city but it's far from over. when i wave back a sense to him begins clouds of dust cover villages and cities peace in this region seems to be as trendy and as blue skies on a sunny day you may think it will remain the way ts for some time but you can never be sure. from mali. meanwhile on tarty dot com to find out how america's n.s.a. spy scandal is continuing to on rubble and your report that even big brother little brothers canal spy on u.s. citizens accept saying thousands of e-mails and phone calls. meanwhile on our you tube channel you can take a look at how the police drown out presidential corruption charges with tear gas and riot sticks are all that and more go to our t.v. dot com. right to see. her story. and i think the jury. on our reporters wer

not only within mali but within ecoas so it could be integrated development. but most importantly i think that the people of the north of mali should feel themself part of this national effort for development, and this is what we are all looking for. how to create this feeling of national cohesion and -- otherwise, you can produce whatever you want in the south part of the country, which is very, very rich. but if the arab people from the north are not part of it, that will not work. i agree, and this is part of ecoas policy. how to promote this integrated development. on. >>> on the -- i don't understand the second question. >> i'm not sure i do, either. would you give him the microphone again and redevelop that question. >> sure. so, what i meant is, how much of the new process is actually new in the sense it's not what has been happening since the malian civil war. cooperate addition of the leadership by rebel group. >> you're talking about the -- >> negotiation aspect. >> the negotiations. >> what we reach now is just an interim agreement. we're looking for more comprehensive agreement, but transitional governmen

we don't know their nationalities we repeat the question to the mayor of gown one of the biggest cities in mali is north and the percent of deadly clashes during the crisis who are mugello. as they came from afghanistan algeria mauritania but they spent eleven months here and they recruited a lot of course. this is the conflict now over. the conflict madame has started. but it's far from over when our way back a sense storm begins clouds of dust cover villages and cities peace in this region seems to be as trendy and as blue skies on a sunny day you may think it will remain the way tease for some time but you can never be sure reef notion r.t. from mali. well ukraine is trying to decide whether it wants to align itself with russia's original trade or push for e.u. integration the former soviet state has close ties with moscow but as i in greater cooperation with its western partners well let's now bring in our to use katie pilgrim for more on the story i don't hear you so there's now torn between the two blogs there is no absolutely well as you can see just here it really is stuck in the middle ukraine

we don't know their nationalities we repeat the question to the mayor of gal one of the biggest cities in mali is north and the percent of deadly clashes during the crisis who are now. from again if the area mauritania but they spent eleven months here and they reported all the little more suspicious. is the conflict now over the conflict madam has started. but it's far from over when i when way back a sense storm begins clouds of dust covered villages and cities peace in this region seems to be as trends in and as blue skies on a sunny day you may think it will remain that way tease for some time but you can never be sure. from mali. now is a look at some other stories from around the world and first to iraq where relend was terrorist violence continues to plague towns and cities a wave of over a dozen bombings across the country has left at least sixty people dead and scores more injured baghdad took the brunt of the violence with over twenty people killed in mainly shia areas most of the assaults were carried out with car bombs and there's been a recent spike in activity from terrorist groups includ

we don't know their nationalities we repeat the question to the mayor of gown one of the biggest cities in mali is north and the percent of deadly clashes during the crisis moved out who are now. in a city from afghanistan algeria we do have mauritania but they spent eleven months here and they recruited a local from a course of three million this is the conflict now over the conflict madame has started. but it's far from over when i wave back a sense told begins clouds of dust cover villages and cities peace in this region seems to be as trendy and as blue skies on a sunny day you may think it will remain that way tease for some time but you can never be sure. from mali whether to know the results of that vote as well now ukraine's well itself to align whether to go with russia's regional trade bloc or to push for closer ties with the new the former soviet republic wants cheaper russian gas but it also craves greater cooperation with its western partners to it's a dilemma for their marty's business presenter ways of the options. as you can see just here it really is stuck in the middle ukraine faces a

not only within mali, but within ecowas, so that could be a development. but most importantly, i think the people of the northf mali, ould feel themselves part of these national efforts for development. this is what we are all looking for, how to create the feeling of national cohesion. otherwise you can produce whatever you want in the south part of the country, which is very, very rich, but if the arab people, the people in the north are not part of it, that will not work. i agree, and this is part of ecowas policy, how to promote these integrated developments. i don't understand the second question. >> i'm not sure i do either, jose. would you take the microphone again and redevelop that question. >> sure. so what i meant is, how much of the new process is actually new in the sense that it is not what has been happening since the malia civil war, cooptation by the leadership of rebel groups. >> you are talking about -- >> the negotiation aspects. >> the negotiations. ok. what we reach now is just an interim agreement. we are looking for more comprehensive agreements. but a traditional government annot esta

not only within mali, but within ecowas, so that could be a development. but most importantly, i think the people of the northof mali, should feel themselves part of these national efforts for development. this is what we are all looking for, how to create the feeling of national cohesion. otherwise you can produce whatever you want in the south part of the country, which is very, very rich, but if the arab people, the people in the north are not part of it, that will not work. i agree, and this is part of ecowas policy, how to promote these integrated developments. i don't understand the second question. >> i'm not sure i do either, jose. would you take the microphone again and redevelop that question. >> sure. so what i meant is, how much of the new process is actually new in the sense that it is not what has been happening since the malia civil war, cooptation by the leadership of rebel groups. >> you are talking about -- >> the negotiation aspects. >> the negotiations. ok. what we reach now is just an interim agreement. we are looking for more comprehensive agreements. but a traditional government cannot

of ballots were cast on sunday in the first election since the military to -- coup. it is hoped the vote will establish order in mali. rebel groups declared an independent state in the north. it took military intervention by the french to bring the region under control. our correspondent joins us live from mali's capital of palma co -- bamako. what is the mood there at the moment at the capital? >> you join us on a rather blustery day here in mali, but there is relief that this election went peacefully on the whole and millions of people do turn out to vote, although there were some technical problems. some people cannot not find their names on the list, but on the whole, many people say it was a successful election. joining me now -- joining me to talk about this is the special representative of the secretary- general to the u.n. here in mali. thank you for joining us. from your observations, would you say this was a legitimate election? >> yes, at least when you look at the amount of people that went voting. i think it is historically high for molly -- mali. it shows people want to make their mark after such a long time of shock, of deprivation, of coup d'État, a fundam

election must go ahead for billions of dollars worth of aid to start flowing to mali very valiant in the north of the country and seat of the government early in two thousand and twelve and led to more than a year of conflict. were alert that extra delegations have arrived in ukraine fall away in historical holy relic the st andrews cross that unites the nations of ancient russia but the symbolic event in kiev comes during politically hard times for ukraine or the country at the crossroads between russia and the e.u. renegotiate now explains. well it's really the center of one of the most religious festivities you have seen in the last several years that hundreds of thousands of people have flocked. taking part. because one thousand and twenty five years ago it was here in. russia and then spread its way across the country and there have been several. that russia and ukraine have participated in over the past several decades the orange revolution which increasingly saw ukraine pushing its way. away from russia ukraine is just and destroying. reasons to say that ukrainians. living in russia and

is that still a desirable outcome you know of the nations of the libyan intervention in mali and how it affected the north africa so again these are all threats to global security that are quite interconnected is it all worth. having read of one leader that you perceive as hostile and illegitimate well you know it's this is a very philosophical question too to what extent opposition. actually has to use force to prevail over sometimes tyranny i mean look with your country i mean the nine hundred seventeen. has been a revolution and i think in st petersburg they needed that ship forgot the name of aurora which this is this is this was this is a situation of a roommate a big difference i mean the french revolution have succeeded it was against tyranny now i want to shift to one more question and one more implication of the syrian conflict which i thing is right up your alley and this is the issue. of refugees now i know that a couple of years ago you call for the book on the manipulation of refugees in in a conflict sense the syrian refugee issue is so pressing these days according to the u.n. more than one

of culture, a place that should be for the potential. when you take a plane north across the desert plane you see the scale of the problems. mali is vast an it's divided on ethnic and tribal lines. divisions that have only increased because of the fighting. of e in the fabled city timbuktu, used to make money in the tourist trade. now like in the rest of mali people are poor. many of the and i chell artifacts including the museum were destroyed and ransacked. communities have been damaged beyond repair, some that have fled too frightened to return. >> they try to come back and people here they don't trust them because all the time they can change faces. there are people with many faces. >> the u.n.'s head of peacekeeping is here to assess the situation. >> we're making progress and i'm sure that before long there will be a significant improvement in the loikly hood of the people. >> these troops from faso so far have no u.n. markings at all. but soon they are become part of what's supposed to be the third largest peacekeeping operation in the word. -- world. it still lacks vital equipment. and so far they're only about 12,600 p

election must go ahead for billions of dollars worth of aid to start flowing to mali it's money that's sorely needed after a rebellion in the north unseated government and led to more than a year of conflict. police have fired tear gas to disperse protesters outside the parliament building in the capital this comes just hours after tanzer thousands of people flooded the streets of tunis for the funeral of a key secular opposition figure who was shot dead outside his house on thursday a bomb blast ripped through a police vehicle just hours before the funeral was held nobody was hurt in the explosion. now but as well as president has ordered thousands of soldiers into the streets of the capital caracas to stand down on crime but with murder rates some of the highest worldwide people there are arming themselves and taking security into their own hands just as are silly now reports. election campaign may have been based on the lead this is legacy but if there's one the major issue as well as a new president can be credited for bringing to the forefront it's the country's lack of security you can be abducted even from your own home th

ahead, a huge military parade in pyongyang as north and south korea marks six years since the send end of fighting in their war. and a report from refugees from mali who want to make their vote count in sunday's election. an update on the casualty figures from the night of violence in cairo last night. it's now known that more than 120 people were killed in that night of violence in egypt. that's according to doctors who are working in makeshift hospitals on the ground. people heeding the military chiefs to support his takeover. others held rival demonstrations in the mix was tension filled to say the least. more from cairo. >> engulfed to a mural, egyptians experienced a night of competing zem tradition. -- demonstration. supporters of the military on the grounds of the presidential alace. the sheer number would give him a mandate to fight what he called terrorism, a term -- as they ejected the muslim brotherhood and its support. >> we dance to support our country and support our freedom against the terrorist people of the muslim brotherhood. >> i'm a muslim but i'm certainly against what they are doing. they're trying to control us and in a very