if it is close, it could put prabowo over the top.: in the last minute, if you could talk about the role of one of the largest gold and coal mines -- copper mining operations in the world based year in the united states. >> they operate and was popular, which is defective occupied by the security forces of indonesia. they strtrped the mountains, spoiled the streams, done billllions of dollarss in envirn mental damage. generaral prabowo in this campan rails against f foreign corpororations and t the extctin ofof indonesia's wealth, but t n fact, , privatately prabowo intervenened to help freeport. accocording to the vice-chaiairn of his own political par, , who told me how prprabowo intervened to k kill a workrker's rightsts lawsuit againstst freeport. in terms of the elelecti, i -- used this election, could prove to be a turning point for indonesia. , thank you forn being with us, activist and award-winning investigative journalist. to see his coverage of indonesia, go to democracynow.org. speaking to us ahead of indonesia's wednesday

mr prabowo subianto may well lodge a complaint in the coming days and challenge these results.s simple as it looks, indonesia's quick count system has been shown to work and, by the end of the day, with the sample votes counted, all signs point to a joko widodo victory. voter turnout was 80%, thought to be the highest ever in indonesia's democratic era. behind these numbers, though, issues that matter to indonesians. translation: the economy and jobs are the most important issues for me. a good leader is someone who is close to the clerics. translation: i want a president that cares about all indonesians and doesn't look at our differences. i don't care what religion he is, but he must be honest. now the votes are cast the hard work begins. this campaign has divided indonesians more than ever before and it will be the task of its next president to bring his people together and ensure the unity of this diverse nation. karishma vaswani, bbc news, jakarta. we bring you some breaking news. north korea says its leader, kim jong—un, has overseen the test of what it describes as a "ne

prabowo subianto says he will review that if he is a lack did.om both candidates. —— elected. thank you very much, karishma vaswani. moving to china. inafew karishma vaswani. moving to china. in a few hours will be finding out how economy is faring when it unveils its growth numbers for the first quarter of the year. here is a little bit of size and scope. china's $13 trillion economy is the second largest in the world. but the days of double—digit percentage expansion are gone. policymakers have lowered the growth target to six or 6.5%. the slowest growth in decades. the ongoing trade war with the united states isn't helping. another reason is dead. while corporate borrowing to gdp has stabilised, household debt is rising, as you can see in this graph. earlier i asked economist iris upon what she expected from this latest data. a speccy gdp growth of china will be 6—.2%. although it is lower than the fourth quarter, 6—.4%. it is still above the lower band of the government target. 0k. we'll china's recent still meet —— stimulus jumpstart the eco

his main opponent, former military general, prabowo subianto, has also tacked into a growing desire forh sides in the presidential campaign have used religious issues, they have used islam as a tool to get support. after the election is over, will they be able to put this genie back in the bottle and go back to business as usual? i think it will be difficult because they have certainly excited a lot of people and they've increased tensions in society and they've really put religion at the front of politics. much of this has not been felt yet in daily life, except for a growing piety in indonesian society. translation: i only wear a headscarf to work but there is growing pressure to wear one. if my friends are wearing the hijab in a photo on social media and i'm not, ifeel bad, so the next time i will wear it. for mulyaningsih and millions of other indonesians, this election is about so much more than religion. it is about the economy, jobs and a better future, but religious issues are threatening to overshadow that narrative, putting indonesia's democracy and pluralism at risk. and kari

mr prabowo may well lodge a complaint in the coming days and challenge these results.t system has been shown to work and, by the end of the day, with the sample votes counted, all signs point to a joko widodo victory. voter turnout was 80%, thought to be the highest ever in indonesia's democratic era. behind these numbers, though, issues that matter to indonesians. translation: the economy and jobs are the most important issues for me. but my religion says, a good leader is someone who is close to the clerics. translation: i want a president that cares about all indonesians and doesn't look at our differences. i don't care what religion he is, but he must be honest. now the votes are cast the hard work begins. this campaign has divided indonesians more than ever before and it will be the task of its next president to bring his people together and ensure the unity of this diverse nation. karishma vaswani, bbc news, jakarta. facebook is admitted it might‘ve unintentionally uploaded the e—mail contact unintentionally uploaded the e—mail co nta ct of unintentionally upload

hehe is expecteded to prevail or rivaval prabowo subianto. rereporter: they pulled out all the stops. election officials dressed as superheroes in the hopes of maximizing turnout. it is all about this man, sitting president joko widodo, comfortably on course to be reelected as leader of the world's thirdrd-largest democra. >> let us unite again as a nation, as brothers and sisters who share the same motherland. after these elections, let us develop and nurture harmony and brotherhood as one nation and motherland. reporter: the main challenge for firebrand former general prabowo subianto claimed there were irregularities in the voting set up, insisting many polling stations opened late. >> i urge my supporters to remain calm. everyone should state calm and refrain from h hasty action. focus on safeguarding the ballot boxes because they hold the key to our victory. reporter: the election was on a vast scale come with a 190 million potential voters across three time zones. most seemed happy to participate. >> you know, funny thing. thisiss very

he was against a former general prabowo subi—anto.rly results showing the president ahead by about 10 percentage point. they aren't official results — they won't come through til next month — but these initial counts have a good track record. all that said, prabowo subianto says his own data shows he's winning. here he is on twitter and again, we've translated this same, the exit poll results at 5000 polling stations show that we won by 55%, he's also making allegations of cheating and corruption. translation: there is some survey agencies that we know work for one side in order to sway the public opinion, and they are saying we lost. ladies and gentlemen, please do not be tricked, continue to safeguard the polling stations. results coming from the districts, do not let your guard down. as you'd expect — election officials are denying that. translation: first of all, there have been baseless accusations from a number of people, saying that the pollsters are lying to the public. this is dangerous. moreover, when they said pollsters are

prabowo is the former son-in-law of indonesia's longtime dictator suharto. investigative journalist allan nairn recently revealed prabowo had made plalans to stagage mass arrests of political opponents and his current allies if he won. visit democracynow.org to see our recent interview with allan -- allan nairn on the election. in libya, the humanitarian crisis is growing as fighting continues to escalate around the capital tripoli. the u.n. says that more than 18,000 people have been displaced in the past two weeks. the u.n. is attempting to relocate jailed refugees and migrants, but they warn some 3000 locked up migrants are now trapped in or around the combat zone. on tuesday, at least four people were killed during heavy shelling on the southern outskirts of tripoli according to local reports. libya's deputy prime minister said that renegade general tuesday khalifa haftar, who is leading the eastern-based libyan national army's offensive on tripoli, is attemptiting to stae a military coup.p. we will have more on this story later in the broadcast. in isra

the main contest is between incumbentjoko widodo and his long time rival prabowo subianto, who foughtated. the bbc‘s karishma vaswani reports from jakarta. rockstar will come forjoko widodo and his message of unity and economic growth. he can definitely packin economic growth. he can definitely pack in the crowds. he is selling the same vision of this time round but ina the same vision of this time round but in a decidedly different political landscape and some of the choices he has made have disappointed supporters. two years ago hardline protest broke out against his former right—hand man, a chinese indonesian christian. he was accused of blasphemy against islam. and, as the nation watched, he went through a highly politicised trial and eventually went to jail. joko widodo stayed silent. today, his running mate is a hard—line muslim cleric and one of the leaders of that witch—hunt. a visible attempt to silence those who have questioned his religious credentials. his main opponent, former military general, prabowo subianto, has also tacked into a growing desire for power amongst hard

expected until may counts of yesterday's ballot reveal a decisive victory for mr widodo over his rival, prabowon before the victory can be officially declared the challenges that lie ahead have become very clear. one keyissue ahead have become very clear. one key issue will be its sprawling economy. karishma vaswani reports from jakarta. this has not been an unexpected victory for indonesia's president, joko widodo. the unofficial results have shown a significantly for him. and even though there is still a challenge ahead with the opposition campus saying they have also one that this presidency, mr widodo is getting back to work today and is expected to be in the office to carry out this mandate. the election he has run has very much been focused on the economy. remember, back in 2014, when he was first elected, he promised he would see an economy that would grow by 7%. that didn't happen. instead, what we have seen over the last few years is economic growth in indonesia of around 5%. now, one of the other key platforms in this campaign has been infrastructure developments. and on that we have

unofficial results give him a lead of 10 percentage points over his rival, former general prabowo subiantod this video is trending on bbc.com. sadaf khadem, iran's first woman to take part in an official boxing match in france, says she has cancelled her return home after hearing an arrest warrant has been issued because she violated iran's dress code. that's all. stay with bbc world news. now on bbc news: hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk with me, zeinab badawi. events have moved at breathtaking speed in sudan in the past few days. omar al—bashir is no longer president and is under arrest. a new military—lead council is running the country and says it will stay in place for two years. but the african union is demanding handover to a transitional civilian administration in days. and the protesters say they won't give up until that happens. the demonstration have been led by young professionals who have made it clear they want to sever links with sudan's military and islamist past. my guest is ghazi salahuddin atabani, the chairman of an opposition grouping reform now. until 2013 he was a key a

president joko widodo and his competitor prabowo subianto ran against each other five years ago.ut this election is much more than just a rematch. in the last few years, islamist groups w which used toto be considered fringe have come into the mainstrtream, and this election will be a test on how much religion-based politics has come to shape indonesia. election watchers say religion has played a central role in the campaign. the president has been attackekd by conservative opponents for not being muslim enough. >> is jokowi muslim or not? is jokowi genuine, or can he be the leader or not? islamic issues are being -- clare: some activists are unhappy w with both of their options for president. they say the entire system is corrupt. that has given rise to a small but vocal protest movement called "i am not voting" that is refusing to go to the polls. >> we are so divided. wewe have different political options and we refuse. we simply do not trust of those who have a different polititical choice. clare: for those who do vote, their choice m may well determie whether the country's t

the current president, joko widodo, is running against former general prabowo subianto, seen here voting a race which has seen both embrace hardline islamic allies. the president of ecuador has renewed his allegations about the co—founder of wikileaks, julian assange, during his 7 year stay at the ecuadorean embassy in london. the president has told the bbc julian assange insulted his country and smeared faeces on the embassy walls. it's 4:30 in the morning, now on bbc news it's time for hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk with me, zeinab badawi. events have moved at breathtaking speed in sudan in the past few days. omar al—bashir is no longer president and is under arrest. a new military—lead council is running the country and says it will stay in place for two years. but the african union is demanding handover to a transitional civilian administration in days. and the protesters say they won't give up until that happens. the demonstrations have been led by young professionals who have made it clear they want to sever links with sudan's military and islamist past. my guest is ghazi salahuddin

the incumbent president, joko widodo, is running against an ex—general prabowo subianto seen here votingn a race which correspondents say has seen both embrace hardline islamic allies. the president of ecuador has made renewed allegations about the behaviour of the wikileaks founder, julian assange, during his seven year stay at the ecuadorean embassy in london. lenin moreno told the bbc that mr assange had insulted his country and had even smeared faeces on the embassy‘s walls. now on bbc news: hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk with me, zeinab badawi. events have moved a breathtaking speed in sudan and the past few days. omar al—bashir is no longer president and is under arrest. a new military lead council is running the country and says it will stay in place for two years. the african union is demanding handover to a transitional civilian administration in days. at the pretorius are saying they won't give up pretorius are saying they won't give up until that happens. —— under protest. the demonstration is let —— led by young professionals who want links with the muslim and islamist possibl

a claridge for his running mate, is appointing many of his supporters. 0n the other side we have prabowo widodo again in a rematch of the 2014 elections and he has also ordered hard—line islamic groups. does make ported. many of the people who i have spoken to who are voting today said religion‘s not that much ofan today said religion‘s not that much of an issue for them, but others have pointed out to me that having a religiously minded candidate is an important agenda for them in this election. so it's divided the country in a way that we haven't seen before. thank you karishma vaswani for now. i know we will talk to you again as this progresses, but let's review, the viewer, on some of the other stories in the headlines today. new zealand's terror threat level has dropped from high to medium. prime ministerjacinda ardern announced the change after a review by authorities. the level has been high since 50 people were killed in a terror attack on mosques in christchurch. a medium threat level, however, means an attack is still believed to be feasible. whistleblowers across the eu have w

his main opponent, former military general, prabowo subianto, has also tacked into a growing desire fors in the presidential campaign have used religious issues, they have used islam as a tool to get support. after the election is over, will they be able to put this genie back in the bottle and go back to business as usual? i think it will be difficult because they have certainly incited a lot of people and they've increased tensions in society and they've really put religion at the front of politics. much of this has not been felt yet in daily life, except for a growing piety in indonesian society. translation: i only wear a headscarf to work but there is growing pressure to wear one. but there is growing trend to wear one. if my friends are wearing the hijab in a photo on social media and i'm not, ifeel bad, so the next time i will wear it. for mulyaningsih and millions of other indonesians, this election is about so much more than religion. it is about the economy, jobs and a better future, but religious issues are threatening to overshadow that narrative, putting indonesia's democra

the second was for his rival, prabowo subianto.s and applause, rounds of applause from residents and people come to see this election taking place. we won't get the official result for another month, but in the next few hours we should know at least who the president of indonesia and the next vice president is going to be. this election has pretty much taken place quite smoothly across the archipelago, notwithstanding some of the logistical challenges that we've seen here. however, one of the big issues that has been raised by both candidates is the issue of islam, of religion. indonesia is the world's most populous muslim country, but it is not a religiously muslim nation. five other faiths besides islam are allowed to be practised, and that's enshrined in the constitution, and many analysts say the fact that islam has become such a touchstone point in this election is very worrying for indonesia's multiethnic and multireligious democracy. in a moment we'll have all the business news, but first the headlines on bbc news... parents

a bad turnout could benefit prabowo.what are we expecting in terms of numbers and percentages? haslinda: it is really hard to say because when you take a look at what it was like perhaps decades ago when the election was first implemented, we saw nonvoters coming up to 6%. it is 30%.round, that is the reason why the government has been encouraging to come vote. this is not compulsory. voting is not compulsory in indonesia. they are encouraged to. businesses are offering free drinks, free food. and others offering discounts to voters, so the incentive to turn up and vote. what could sway the vote would be the most any else. they are 40% of the eligible voters. and they use multimedia. following him on social media. social media has played a huge role in this election. shery: there has also been anti-china rhetoric across southeast asia. is this playing out in this election? haslinda: it is playing out. in fact, during the campaign period that we talked about, perhaps a turnaround in policies. i mean, indonesia is a countr

based on these latest numbers he has already surpassed that at 54.7 and again fort opposition for the prabowoll we know so far. i need to adhere, quick counts, what i'm rescue to, are slightly different from exit polls chrks you may be more used to in the developed world. the reason for that is quick counts are statistically significant samples. taking a real balance, real vote and extrapolated from there for these statistics, these percentages, as posed to exit polls which send e tend to be just another survey. on the one hand they are transparent the way they're done outside polling booths, what they'll do is they'll stay the sampling of ballots, hold it up to the sun because the way that indonesian's video is to punch a hole in the ticket with a nail, literally, right that's how it's done in the open in public. urts very trands parent. >> marten, thank you very much for breaking it down for us with a lot of things going on in the background i have to say, i got a little nervous at the proximity of that bus to martin when he was breaking down the results. switching on, u.s. banks continue t

the second was for his rival, prabowo subianto.however, one of the big issues that has been raised by both candidates is the issue of islam, of religion. indonesia is the world's most populous muslim country, but it is not a religiously muslim nation. five other faiths besides islam are allowed to be practised, and that's enshrined in the constitution, and many analysts say the fact that islam has become such a touchstone point in this election is very worrying for indonesia's multiethnic and multireligious democracy. parents of premature babies should be allowed extra parental leave, according to campaigners. at the moment, leave is at the discretion of employers, and many parents face going back to work, whilejuggling on—going medical appointments. to mark neonatal mental health awareness week, rachel burden has been looking at the issues. every year, tens of thousands of premature babies are born in the uk. for some mothers this can mean weeks in hospital alongside their baby. i'll come in and do her cares, like changing her nap