a train from cambodia's northern border with thailand arrives in phnom penh it's the first one in forty five years much of cambodia's rail network was damaged during the country's civil war including this forty eight kilometer stretch near the border town of port pitt the reopened track represents nearly eighty percent of cambodia's total railways a little over six hundred kilometers in all the rest of the link to phnom penh had long been suspended due to the poor condition of the track in two thousand and nine the asian development bank provided thirteen million dollars to rebuild the missing link which. travel time between the two countries and boost trade trade between cambodia and thailand reached five and a half billion dollars last year up to ten percent from the year before the two asieh nations have pledged to triple that number by twenty twenty but the two countries still have to reach an agreement on trains crossing the border. corporate news now and the boss of german steel giant. stepping down german media is reporting that. is leaving before he gets fired american activist

take capital phnom penh thank you for that. an earthquake has hit the indonesian island of lombok officials say it killed fourteen people and injured forty more the six point four magnitude quake struck the northern part of the island in the early morning it reportedly lasted for just seconds and send people fleeing into the streets several buildings were damaged in the area which is also popular with tourists officials have not issued any tsunami warnings. and some of the other stories making news around the world. a powerful typhoon has hit japan bringing heavy rains and winds of up to one hundred eighty kilometers per hour thousands of residents have been forced to leave their homes it's this season's twelve typhoon so far the storm has weakened and is moving west where it's. israel has released palestinian teenager i had to meany from prison a seventeen year old who was jailed for eight months alongside her mother for a slapping and kicking two israeli soldiers near her home in the west bank israel say's she's being used by

it's monday morning in the cambodian people's party headquarters in the capital phnom penh having ruled the country for more than three decades the party's propaganda machine is well oiled and. the phone call for cool moment. came on board. spokesman saka son is presenting his program true voices for people who live on facebook and on seventeen government on radio stations across the country. are. who are who want. to comment. except those with an opposing opinion. in the past five years his support for the main opposition party surged the world's longest serving prime minister would send notes to brutal campaign against it. opposition politicians have been beaten more than a dozen jailed the party's leader held indefinitely on treason charges and then the final blow in nine months before the election the party was outlawed for conspiring with the united states to overthrow the government. picks ross he's been accused of acting for the ruling party when he filed a complaint against the opposition that lidge two with its i compliment them because they are opposite the law he is evidence

because the main opposition party was abandoned its leaders jailed or exiled and he reports on phnom penh. this could have been a day of political change for cambodia instead voters lined up knowing there was little chance of that the choice was vote for a continuation of prime minister hussein's thirty three year rule back one of nineteen small opposition parties most of which can't be called truly independent or stay away but. i came to vote because it's my right and my obligation every five years i want to see my country develop mall at this polling station in the capital phnom penh was still on the voter list he's the leader of the band cambodian national rescue party which called for people to boycott the votes this is where kim would have cast his vote if he went off in jail awaiting trial on treason charges this could have been a day all big celebrations for him and his party given they almost won the last election five years ago the assumption is they became too popular so had to be removed by a government determined to stay in power c n n p. c it's a party so we don't want to rai

our correspondent and heartache is in cambodia its capital phnom penh for more on the story and the polls have now close in cambodia as election and hundreds and looks set to win yet another term so what does this mean for cambodia. well it means that the ruling party c.p.p. and the prime minister can further tighten their already pretty tight grip on power that he can continue to work on his successor and he's already started doing that building up his sons or one of his sons as as his successor and it also means that the hopes that many in the international community had for cambodia after that . back in the seventy's that the country was going to slowly but eventually transition to a democratic system that that those hopes now seem further away from reality than ever. any at any point in the last decades and. so he looks set to cement his grip on power there now in the last election there was a viable opposition so what happened this time around is there anybody really who can speak. yeah that's true and in the last election there was the c n r p that we heard of in the report and they

a train from cambodia's northern border with thailand arrives in phnom penh it's the first one in forty five years much of cambodia's rail network was damaged during the country's civil war including this forty eight kilometer stretch near the border town of point that the reopened track represents nearly eighty percent of cambodia's total railways a little over six hundred kilometers in all the rest of the link to phnom penh had long been suspended due to the poor condition of the track in two thousand and nine the asian development bank provided thirteen million dollars to rebuild the missing link which aims to travel time between the two countries and boost trade trade between cambodia and thailand reached five and a half billion dollars last year up ten percent from the year before the two nations have pledged to triple that number by twenty twenty but the two countries still have to reach an agreement on trains crossing the border. now the latest on those kids trapped underground. officials are warning that rescue workers face a brace against water to save this young football team

it's monday morning in the cambodian people's party headquarters in the capital phnom penh having ruled the country for more than three decades the party's propaganda machine is well oiled. down within from one count on the long haul will cool more about proponent of the it won't bore hole been poor. spokesman saka son is presenting his program true voices for people who live on facebook and on seventeen government on radio stations across the country. comin along. who are who won't. solve it. except those with an opposing opinion. in the past five years his support for the main opposition party surged the world's longest serving prime minister would send notes to brutal campaign against it. opposition politicians have been beaten more than a dozen jailed the party's leader held indefinitely on treason charges and then the final blow in nine months before the election the party was out mood for conspiring with the united states to overthrow the government. picks ross he's been accused of acting for the ruling party when he filed a complaint against the opposition that lidge to with its

like this former phnom penh city council member from the sea and r.p. to make ends meet he now has to endure the south asian heat driving a tilt. i don't care about losing power i'm sorry for not being able to serve the people who elected us democracy in cambodia was dead when the government got rid of the opposition party which represents almost half of the country i say it's time for a prime minister to step down. for peace and development country needs to keep going without any violence or war so we need to consider what happened in ukraine in the middle east in afghanistan where wars started by the us still not over. under the c.b.p. government cambodia shown steady year on year economic growth however it is still among the three poorest countries in the region where the depleted and impoverished countryside only have a tranquil reporting from combat on election day fourteen. europe and the u.s. have struck a deal to avoid a trade war more on that after the break. it's. that . i've been saying the numbers mean something they matter the u.s. has over

reports from the capital phnom penh. so prime minister who. charge of combat thirty three years ago will rule the country for another five years final official results won't come out till mid august the only official number that we've received for now is the turnout eighty two percent plus it is still unclear and any of the other nine competing parties will really make it there and win at least a few parliament seats well bodhi and politics just ahead of the campaign began to turn out salutes lead toxic on sunday i was all over polling stations in the capital have a look at that the general election and it is so different from anywhere i've seen people vote this is a polling station by the way. doors here open at seven in the morning and close just after lunch time at three the party that came second to last on securing almost forty five percent has vanished from the ballots with no success or quite a few things though are way too familiar. cannot stand in cambodia democracy. the prime minister's government simply wants to silence the oppositi

party have been silenced or jailed another option is to be banned from politics like this former phnom penh city council member from the c.n.r. peak to make ends meet he now has to endure the south asian heat driving that took to doing that they've got mandates and i don't care about losing power i'm sorry for not being able to serve the people who elected us that democracy in cambodia was dead when the government got rid of the opposite. represents almost half the country i say it's time for a prime minister to step down. for peace and development country needs to keep going without any violence or war so we need to concede it would have been ukraine in the middle east. with wars started by the us still not over. under the c.b.p. government has shown steady year on year economic growth however it is still among the three poorest countries in the region with a depleted and impoverished countries i believe a train go reporting from can both. day. the world's deadliest infection may become more expensive to treat that's after the us requested a paragraph be removed from a un resolution draft

than three decades however the vote has been marred by scandal is illegal franken a report from phnom penh. the general alike shouldn't and it is so different from any where i've seen people vote this is a polling station by the way. doors here open at seven in the morning and close just after lunch time at three the party that came second to last on securing almost forty five percent has vanished from the ballots with no success are quite a few things though are way too familiar for a minute interfere and cannot stand in cambodia democracy and. the prime minister's government simply wants to silence the opposition. collusion meddling cracking down on critics. that is so mainstream before changing the top level we need to our prove the low one we need to change the lower level first and the u.s. say that his assisted me the ask me to take the model from yugoslavia. i have experts university professors in washington d.c. montreal canada hired by the americans in order to advise me on the strategy to change the leader this that was the leader of come bodi as national rescue party runners up

small part of the dam was washed away following unusually heavy rain florence louis al-jazeera phnom penh. police and china's suspected firework device exploded outside the u.s. embassy in beijing wounding only a twenty six year old male suspect the embassy has described the device as a bomb. the choice between corporation and confrontation that was the message of the tinies president xi jinping at the opening of the bric summit in johannesburg day two of the summit is taking place with the talked expected to be dominated by trade brics is made up of the emerging economies of brazil russia india china and south africa china is urging the world's emerging powers to unite amid growing u.s. protectionism. with the threat of terror of all five leaders here at the brig summative said they are more united than ever before and they're going to increase trade between each other china is by far the biggest economy here and british and it has to basically keep its friends and allies happy one thing we see in the past few days is just pumping billions of dollars into some african countries namely so

jailed or exiled just of eighty percent of registered voters cast ballots let's go live now to phnom penh i was there as wayne hay is with us just over eighty percent we were talking about the opposition calling for people wayne to boycott the selection eighty percent is still a pretty high turnout. yes i think those figures are probably higher on the face of it than many people were expecting especially of course the opposition that you mentioned the banned cambodia national rescue party that had been calling for people to boycott but it's still around ten percent fewer people then turned up to vote in last year's local elections in which the c n r p did very very well in and the see an r.p.m. now saying look don't read too much into the voter turnout figures because they say that many people were forced to turn up and vote people who were threatened with losing their jobs losing their land losing other things like services in their villages or their areas if they could not prove that they did indeed turn up to vote so they felt there was an atmosphere of intimidation that led to perhaps

at this polling station in the capital phnom penh came so car was still on the voter list he's the leader of the banned cambodian national rescue party which called for people to boycott the vote this is where kim would have cast his vote if he were not in jail awaiting trial on treason charges this could have been a day of big celebrations for him and his party given they almost won the last election five years ago. the assumption is they became too popular so had to be removed by a government determined to stay in power. it is and our party so we don't want to risk about this matter we wondered what can what you can do for the future of democracy across town the prime minister voted early in an election that was dismissed as illegitimate by many even longtime supporter japan refused to send election monitors you know what. you thought of. easily but without any reaction i don't care so i'm not there an election year air. among cambodians choosing to stay away was conveyed out who won a seat in local elections last year only to lose it when his party was dissolved he now drives for a liv

correspondent boston heartache is income bodhi has capital phnom penh fast and the ruling party says there's been an eighty percent turnout considering there is no true opposition is this indicative of the support for the prime minister. well the government is trying to tell people and the reason why turnout is so important for them is of course because in the absence of an opposition that they want to keep up that illusion of this being a democratic process and the opposition party that was dissolved that year its leaders called for a boycott of these elections saying because this is that would be for voters the way forward to express their dissatisfaction with the government and to protest what happened here in the run up to these elections that what happened. was that the government they tried that there were numerous reports of local authorities officials. trying to urge voters to go to the polls and and a lot of people and a lot of people heeded that because these local authorities you have to understand they realize the power and if you you know if you get at loggerheads with t

in these huge infrastructure projects in such a fragile ecosystem as well lawrence who live in phnom penh thank you. and at least eighty one the people have died in greece after wildfires swept across land close to the capital after rescuers is still searching both in the sea is one is on land as they try to find people who are still missing reports now from. well the relief effort here in marty and other places along this coastline is gathering pace the military has been drafted in to help distribute aid and the red cross have set up a command center in the town of rafa a bit further down the coast in terms of support well the prime minister alexis tsipras has offered short term financial aid for those worst affected but when it comes to this kind of damage where do you even begin this was a very very busy and very popular beach bar at this time of year would have been full of tourists both greek and foreign well in terms of the clear up operation that's also gathering pace as well this road only a day or so ago was completely choked with cars it is now at least clear but fears are now g

the election showed there is now just one party wayne hay al jazeera phnom penh. the lead investigator into the missing malaysia airlines flight m h three seventy says he called to exclude the possibility of foul play or hijack the plane disappeared on its way from kuala lumpur to beijing in two thousand and fourteen with two hundred thirty nine people on board. a long awaited independent report says it was probably deliberately diverted and flown for more than six hours after communication was severed but investigators say they are still unable to determine the cause. not the fear that you could have been an event to buy into hundreds but had the same time we cannot deny the fact that there was an atom but we cannot deny the fact that as yet another life the systems men need to know with intent or otherwise so we feel that there is also one possibility that could account for all these young the ruling or any possible we're just saying don't know what we do we cannot exclude the possible the awful the person or party or unlawful interference. hundreds of hikers in

exiled just over eighty percent of registered voters cast their ballots by and have reports from phnom penh. this could have been a day of political change for cambodia instead voters lined up knowing there was little chance of that the choice was vote for a continuation of prime minister hussein's thirty three year rule back one of nineteen small opposition parties most of which can't be called truly independent or stay away. but that i that i came to vote because it's my right and my obligation every five years i want to see my country develop mall at this polling station in the capital phnom penh was still on the voter list he's the leader of the band cambodian national rescue party which called for people to boycott the vote this is where i would have cast his vote if he were not in jail awaiting trial on treason charges this could have been a day of big celebrations for him and his party given they almost won the last election five years ago the assumption is they became too popular so had to be removed by a government determined to stay in power he is desirable. it is and our party so

he called traitors ahead of this weekend's general election he made the comments at a rally in phnom penh on the final day of campaigning the. election promises to be an easy victory for one second after the supreme court dissolved the so serious opposition party in november. greek authorities have set a deadly wildfire in a coastal resort near athens was started deliberately the minister of public order said there were serious indications of criminal activity concerning arson at least eighty two people were killed in a fire rescuers are still searching for more bodies as residents blame the government for the high death toll saying it lacked an effective disaster plan. and in poland thousands of protesters took to the streets to rally against a new law that gives the government greater powers over the country's judiciary the last actively allows a ruling peace party to take control of the country's supreme court protesters claim this violates judicial independence polish president signed the measure into law on thursday. in the u.s. more than one thousand eight hundred children separated

at this polling station in the capital phnom penh came so car was still on the voter list he's the leader of the band cambodian national rescue party which called for people to boycott the vote this is where kim would have cast his vote if he were not in jail awaiting trial on treason charges this could have been a day of big celebrations for him and his party given they almost won the last election five years ago. the assumption is they became too popular so had to be removed by a government determined to stay in power. it is and our party so we don't want to risk about this matter we wondered what can what you can do for the future of democracy across town the prime minister voted early in an election that was dismissed as illegitimate by many even longtime supporter japan refused to send election monitors there was no. talk of. easing the war but without any reaction. so not. fair. among cambodians choosing to stay away was conveyed out who won a seat in local elections last year only to lose it when his party was dissolved he now drives for a living and hopes one day he can reenter po

from the cambodian capital phnom penh. homes villages swept away farms rice paddy fields under water the torrents of water that cascaded into areas around the collapsed said jensen are no i damn are slowly receding rescue workers are racing to reach those villages cut off by the floods in areas accessible only by boat or helicopter many are stranded on the roofs of their homes waiting for help to arrive. where. the most damage is in sanaa and the situation code is that they are displaced people who don't have shelter and we continue to search for the gate and missing people at the moment many roads are badly damaged by flooding or landslides hampering aid and rescue work more than three thousand people have been moved to safety many staying in temporary shelters like this one survivor say they barely had time to escape the fast rising water. i feel safe here but i worry for my husband and son who are still in the village but then we've lost all their position as motorbikes furniture animals cows and pigs the floodwaters ha

party have been silenced or jailed another option is to be banned from politics like this former phnom penh city council member from the c.n.n. r.p. to make ends meet he now has to endure the south asian heat driving it took to doing it i don't care about losing power i'm sorry for not being able to serve the people who elected us democracy in cambodia was dead when the government got rid of the opposite. party which represents almost half of the country i say it's time for a prime minister to step down but for peace and development our country needs to keep going without any violence or war so we need to consider what happened in ukraine in the middle east in afghanistan where wars started by the us still not over. under the sea the government has shown steady year on year economic growth however it is still among the three poorest countries in the region with a depleted and impoverished countryside of a tranquil reporting from composer on election day or. anxiety over a possible global conflict a feeling of helplessness spending more time on social media a lot of these could indeed be the

like this former phnom penh city council member from the c.n.n. r.p. to make ends meet he now has to endure the southeastern heat driving a tilt. i don't care about losing power i'm sorry for not being able to serve the people who elected us democracy in cambodia was dead when the government got rid of the opposition party which represents almost half of the country i say it's time for a prime minister to step down under the c.b.p. government has shown steady year on year economic growth however it is still among the three poorest countries in the region with a depleted and impoverished country side of a triangle reporting from combat. action day r.t. . ecuadorian president let in more than you can from this friday that wiki leaks chief julian will have to leave the country's embassy in the u.k. eventually he was responding to a journalist's question. this situation cannot go on forever sanjay will eventually have to go right. yes indeed yes but his departure should come about through dialogue this week there was speculation in the media that a sign ju

i mean in syria we appear to have lost when hey there in phnom penh many apologies i think you got the gist of what women are saying we'll return to that story the results due we're told three hours after polling has closed. what it's eighteen hour so eleven g. g.m.t. we're expecting those results that result of that election to be declared a pen but let's move on emergency teams from thailand are helping the military in neighboring laos to rescue people trapped by the dam collapse there five days ago boats and helicopters are being used to find one hundred thirty one people who are still missing flooding from the dam has devastated infrastructure in as a pope province delaying efforts to bring food and water to survive a. monsoon rain has caused widespread flooding in northern india killing at least fifty eight people large areas of the country's most populous state of pradesh are now under water the deluge has triggered landslides and cause hundreds of homes to collapse heavy rain is forecast to continue for the next two days. i will get a weather update next here on al-jazeera then

the election when sin says he wants to stay in power for another ten years wayne hay al jazeera phnom penh. it's good to have you with us hello adrian from going to here in doha the top stories this hour a gunman are believed to have taken sixty five people hostage at a midwife's training center in the eastern afghan city of jalalabad several explosions have been heard in the city at least three people are reported to have been wounded shot at palace reports from afghanistan's capital kabul luckily intelligence services did get did hear that this attack may take place and were able to get the sixty five people into safe inside the compound and the attack began with multiple explosions in there was gunfire and we have special forces special forces on the scene but this is attack is ongoing so they are trying to secure the area and get to the sixty five people in the safe rooms a group of opposition parties in pakistan is calling for a new poll under strengthening nationwide protests over allegations of vote rigging in the general election former cricketer imran khan is still waiting to be o