human rights violations allegedly committed by got to by rajapakse in his role as defense minister towards the end of the civil war but this time around the rajapaksa is corralled the symbol of buddhist vote 75 percent of this island's population is similar buddhist and most of them seem to have cast their votes for the roger axes but he's issued a statement by rajapakse a conciliatory statement really he says as we usher in a new journey for sri lanka we must remember that all sri lankans a part of this journey let us rejoice peacefully with dignity and discipline in the same manner in which we campaign they are of course delighted with this victory there's no official on camera statements yet from the rajapaksa or from the rajapakse is until the electoral commission officially announces the results sometime later today. than and also those easter sunday bombings in 100 stand there just how big a factor was security in deciding this election i mean that was that the centerpiece of rajapaksa is campaigning. yet the fallout from easter sunday bombings really overshadowed this election campa

after by rajapakse on his victory it's a return of the rajapaksa brothers to front line government in sri lanka and burn this presidential votes of course coming after those devastating attacks on easter sunday when over 200 people were killed in those attacks just how big a factor have security issues been in this election. well it was violence that suicide attack that killed 263 people when 8 bombers targeted churches and hotels intra lanka it was that that prompted got a pirate attacks are joined now in sea was going to run for the presidency and in the months sense that that bomb explosion a terrible failure in the terms of the current ruling government government has been exposed in the intelligence reports it was told in intelligence reports that a bombing was likely to happen but because of the dysfunction and the empathy between the current president and the prime minister nobody paid proper attention to those reports and the suicide bombings went ahead so rajapaksa was able to play on that and he promised sri lankans a risk turn to stability and security and that seems to hav

former wartime defense chief got to buy a rajapakse will become the country's next president his rival conceded early results put rajapaksa at more than the 50 percent mark needed to avoid a 2nd round that is 9 people have been killed in air strikes on rebel held territory in northwest syria the attacks took place in the village of an on the outskirts of the tunnel. local media says that it was coordinated by russian planes several people were also injured haiti's president says he's holding talks to form a unity government as his country grapples with an escalating humanitarian crisis. haiti needs international support after 2 months of anti-government protests led to food insecurity there is widespread anger over sky high crime an obligation of corruption haiti has been without a government since march due to a stalemate in parliament and those are the headlines on al-jazeera as always much more on our website at al-jazeera dot com coming up next it's inside story. it's been a year since hundreds of thousands of french citizens protested against a hike on fuel prices what became know

now sri lanka's election commission has declared gazza by rajapakse said the winner of the country's presidential vote his rivals subject premadasa conceded as early results put rajapaksa over the 50 percent mark needed to avoid a 2nd recount now he's the brother of former president mahinda rajapaksa and was also defense chief when the tamil tigers were defeated 10 years ago the election was dominated by rising religious tensions and a slowing economy now subject permadeath us says he will stand down as the deputy leader of the united national party in a statement he said we've just witnessed the most peaceful presidential election in the history of our independent republic this was a result of the democratic gains and institutional reforms that have taken place over the last 5 years that empowered an independent elections commission and restored the rule of law my appeal to the incoming president is that he take this process forward and strengthen and protect the democratic institutions and values that enabled his peaceful election as the 7th president of sri lanka well for more let

from a war time defense chief got a buyer rajapakse will become the country's next president is rival conceded the rajapaksa pass the required 50 percent mark in early results. iran's president says families will start to receive financial assistance on monday and the money will come from a steep rise in petrol price. this is would have triggered protests around the country has some rouhani also condemned the protests in which at least 2 people have been killed in clashes with police youth or it is a shut down the internet in an effort to thwart the protests or more than 87000 people have taken part in demonstrations across the country since friday that's according to security officials quoted by the fars news agency around a 1000 of those were arrested and in one province more than 100 banks and 57 shops were damaged or set on fire. having more that we have witnessed how some people have gone to the streets after the implementation of the decision to increase the price of petrol people have the right to protest but we will not allow the targeting of security or the spread of chaos an

there was little joy on the streets in areas that back rajapakse us often and. such a theme about so they are uneasy about their future. in the past there have been allegations of enforced disappearances and oppression of the sand under the leadership of my hand and both are very large parts of minorities are concerned about their rights under the new nationalists dodge apartheid government bob baer a very good friend the front camera before the price. changes in the country's leadership are far from over. experts point out that ask the incumbent prime minister donna to become a single is from a different party than dodge apart so he could resign. to allow for the new president to make his own pick but the last time an attempt was made to move to sri lankan prime minister it triggered a constitutional crisis. well i mean it could have a destabilizing effect if mr vick overseeing that and mr rogers backs of the new president cannot agree on what the next step is going to be yeah then of course it'll create a question oh look we have to have a water of no confiden

rajapakse of the man accused of human rights violations during the fight against tamil rebels is the quaids for like his next president. help for the poor iran's leader announces subsidies to try to subdue petrol price protests. falling short the initial valuation saudi arabia's state owned oil company is lower than some expect. to study in hong kong where police are on the brink of trying to break up a standoff with protesters that have been battling demonstrators for hours who have barricaded themselves in a university campus right mcbride has more from hong kong. another sunday afternoon another homecoming street turned into a battleground. at the end of a week that seen a marked escalation in the level of violence between protesters and police students took over several college campuses. polytechnic university is the last under their control and they seem determined to hold on to it i think. they call it cool but i mean it's not about we have a plan for the freedom. that i think without own they say we're not behaving like students but we are fighting for a better future. violenc

much got an interim cabinet going very sensibly you can find it to 15 people he's appointed mind rajapakse as prime minister which in the sense is understandable because it's one of the recompensing minder ought to but if the colossal insult he suffered under the last government which is a pity i mean you may know that i was one of the people who opposed him in the 2014 election but i did try to get in the new government that they were they should respect him for what he did achieve instead of which there was a not too good think you should and i think if it. is the scene on things it only hill i think indicates if that the new president everybody technocratic government he 1st appointment will a 2nd tree to the the institutions of the state to the british word the foreign ministry the defense ministry the treasury and of course they go and check a tree and these are on very much profession technocratic civil servants who i think will have to do a lot of work to get right guy going to make it to efficient and also restore confidence in the comedy. the eldest brother tom who would be counte

just how big a factor was security issues in deciding this election that was the centerpiece of rajapakse as campaign. indeed $263.00 people killed when 8 suicide bombers targeted churches and hotels on easter sunday and in the wake of that attack rajapaksa said he would run for presidency to restore run for the presidency to restore national security and in the months since the bombings we heard this damning parliamentary report revealed that intelligence sources had told the government that an attack was imminent but because of the dysfunction the enmity between the president and the prime minister at the time nobody told each other nobody decided to act on those warnings and the attacks went ahead rajapaksa was able to play on that failure of the current government to launch its campaign and it seems that that argument has won the day and people have voted for his promise of increased or over to improve security and stability than it's method of watching events for some time and i thank you panel. well police in hong kong have used tear gas and water cannons on protesters as a universi

absolutely a journey that started earlier today when my in the rajapakse of the former president took his oath of office before his younger brother the new president got up there rajapaksa now obviously this marks a sort of a return and a reversal of the rajapaksa fortunes bear in mind that is the brother mind of us voted out of office in 2015 as he attempted to win a 3rd however this entire result in the last couple of days has marked essentially a public sort of a reverse so in terms of hakim back to the rajapakse is very much an acknowledgment that their priorities have shifted since those who the bombings where the concerns that national security's needs someone sort of capable and a dead income that rajapakse is proved as the majority has. voted that they managed to bring to an end a 26 year civil war get a handle on national t.v. and they're promising to do once again a good job the rajapaksa the president has replaced all the governors in the provinces of sri lanka we had all the new appointments coming through. we've also had mind the rajapaksa the new prime minister actually

to be both prime minister and finance minister mahinda rajapakse previously served as president for 10 years rajapaksa has been named minister of trade he was a speaker during the hindu's time as president is going to view now from kumar kumar and who is the spokesperson for the british turmel's forum he joins us now live from london what will this rajapaksa led government mean for sri lanka's tamils the telos are looking for justice and also. protection because see them has a history of cycle of violence even in 983 in the program i myself was very nearly killed killed now in 2009. not about a depok so the difference me and mine about a boxer was the president and they were responsible for the death of more than $30000.00 innocent civilians the world to me to a small strip of land and started bombing now the. international community has a responsibility to protect the tunnels so what the tunnels want is justice and a solution for the tunnel problem so that they can live with dignity. and peace messages from the foreign governments like the u.s. india and europe are very clear they can

president's name his cabinet and 2 of his brothers hold senior positions got a buyer rajapakse his brother will be prime minister and finance minister another brother is trade minister. australia's bushes are growing with dozens sassing in the south adding to the hundreds already burning in new south wales and queensland think smokers blanketed sydney while the state of victoria issued its 1st code red alert in the decade that's the worst possible fire condition. so the best reports. ripping through forests and farmland the bushfires no no limit spreading to every corner of the country with the official start to summer still 10 days away this is unprecedented. firefighters in the states of victoria and south australia have joined colleagues in new south wales and queensland in a battle to control the flames dousing them by land in the air using helicopters light planes even a boeing 737. in south australia the fire danger warning is labeled as catastrophic and wednesday along the 50 new fires were cancelled. a code red alert was issued in parts of victoria state for the 1st time since 20 t

and again this is out of there and these are the headlines gaza by rajapakse says party has declared victory in sri lanka as a presidential election his rival subject premadasa conceded as early results put rajapaksa over the 50 percent mark needed to avoid a 2nd recount rajapaksa is the brother of former president mahinda rajapaksa and was also defense chief when the tamil tigers were defeated 10 years ago than its fair has more from the capital rajapakse as have successfully corralled it seems the majority of the sinhalese buddhist vote 75 percent of this population is buddhist and most of them have cast votes for the rajapaksa as the main opposition candidate premadasa he needed to get enough minority votes from tumbles muslims to try and stop rajapaksa crossing the 50 percent threshold he didn't quite manage it he has handed over conceded that he has lost this election and offered his congratulations to got a buyer rajapaksa. police stuff and hong kong have been hit by metal balls and an arrow they've used tear gas and water cannons against protesters in return all schools have b

because newly elected president go to rajapakse just sworn in his own brother as the next prime minister mahinda rajapaksa himself as president for a decade there's brother was elected to the presidency just last week go to buy a rajapaksa as well to be tough on security issues in light of the easter bombings that happened earlier this year. is in colombo. then tiley rajapaksa showed just behind me the presidential secretary it is where the former president was sworn in as the new prime minister. and sworn in by the new president go to. obviously the vision as the have portrayed during the election campaign. is to address the concerns of the people who have made national security a priority which has been the big issue since the easter bombings in april this year they have vowed to bring back the state essentially of security me. feel safe again they've also essentially pledged to address all the shortcomings they've said that they will deal with the economy they will deal with the concerns of the sri lankan people the president with his prime minister brother obviously quite keen to get

rules reversed between the brothers rajapakse. the former president sworn initial lanka's new prime minister by his former defense secretary brother now the new president 2 time president mahinda rajapaksa backed his brother good for the top job the constitutional amendments prevented him running for a 3rd. now in the must name his cabinet. to the. american board of the i would be should be dramatically more keeping the president's promise of a limit of 15 cabinet members would be one have his 1st challenges. it appeared to keep money in the in long talks on his 1st day in office mind the rajapaksa swearing in complaints the brothers double up on power with them now controlling the presidency and the premiership and now have the mandate to address reconciliation development and economy if they have the will to do so might the rajapaksa replace strong has become a singer who resigned on wednesday. his united national party still holds the parliamentary majority but saw its presidential candidate lose to go to. the p.d. banda histor

of the 1000000 a men trying can politics is back in charge former defense minister got to buy rajapakse has been declared the winner of saturday's vote is rival. conceded as a result rajapaksa more than 50 more than the 50 percent mark required to avoid a 2nd count than it's method ports now from colombia. to his supporters mainly from the sin hello produce majority got a buyer rajapaksa is the president sri lanka needs they believe he can strengthen security after the easter sunday suicide bomb attacks 263 people were killed the government ignored intelligence warnings that the bombings were imminent it's paid the price for that and other perceived failings at this election national security was that during mr cobb calming the. trading people were crying in fact every other day there was some agitation and obviously there will be it in for a opportunity to get in the government rajapaksa is a divisive figure many tamils in sri lanka's north believe the former defense secretary should be tried over allegations of killings and disappearances during the final stages of the war against the

is very sluggish debt is also very high so it would be interesting to see who would both choose rajapakse as consider the pond to worship also because of the fost all having what was seen the end of the war and that is a concern amongst my no excuse that the nationalists would tighten security and meet even crack down on them but even does not have completely clear credentials this might be a tell you trees and if it goes to good on lost results might take a day or 2 more and it might take some time before we find out who the next president of. let's get a check now of some of the other stories making news around the world the teenage suspect in thursday's california high school shooting has to come to his wounds and died in a hospital the 16 year old allegedly fired at random at a high school near los angeles killing 2 students before turning the gun on himself . there have been more violent clashes in chile the latest come after the government announced plans to hold a referendum to replace the country's constitution which is a key demand of the protesters more than 20 people have been

a very sluggish debt it's also very high so it would be interesting to see who would just choose rajapakse as considered fun to worship also because of the fost of having overseen the end of the war and that is a concern amongst my own overseas that the nationalist would tighten security and may even crack down on them but even premadasa does not have completely clear credentials this might be a tight race and if it goes to good on last results might take a day or 2 more and it might take some time before we find out who the next president of sri lanka is. that was doubly is the mission reporting earlier from colombo. all right let's get a check now of some of the other stories making news around the world at least one person has been killed during protests in iran the unrest on erupted after a surprise decision by the government to raise fuel prices by 50 percent and introduce rationing protesters blog traffic in tehran in other parts of the country demonstrations drew tear gas fire from the police. police have been deployed around key sites in paris as yellow vest protesters marked the 1

the votes come in and out of about $4000000.00 almost $4000000.00 votes counted so far got supply rajapakse is 48 percent of the vote and such a prima donna 45 percent of the vote so 4000000 counted there were about 13000000 people who voted so another 9000000 still to be done and what's important is that to win in the 1st round of counting one candidate has to get 50 percent plus warm percent plus one of the vote if they don't then it goes to the 2nd and 3rd preference votes that people cast in saturday's election so it's a tight and what we can say is that early indications are that was a strong vote in favor of. in mainly similar similar but it's majority areas and they make about 75 percent of sri lanka's population and there was very strong showing to such as premadasa in tamil areas to the north of the country so that's how the vote splits but to win by roger pacs we also need some minority votes he's the former defense minister who was in charge in the dying months. of the crack of the end of the serang to civil war when the u.n. estimates some 40000 people were killed very many peop

president has held a controversial swearing in ceremony with threatens to widen divisions go to by rajapakse as inauguration took place at a revered by his in holly's of buddhist followers he credits his victory to a bloody supports but says he'll work for sri lanka his. intent is to tape us has been crowned a.t.p. champion after a tight win of adamic in london the great 21 year old was making his debut at the prestigious tournament he looks well placed to challenge the old guard in next year's grand slams i meant tennis as a new sheriff in town 21 year old greek stefano city pass was looking to end of breakthrough year as the youngest winner of the a.t.p. finals since 2001 dominic team took the 1st set but city pass quickly bounced back i a tilt at his biggest title to date considered the 5th major of men's tennis received a boost when he seized the 2nd set 62. city past took the next gen title for young players this time last year and has made big progress this season's the athens native beat roger federer in the semifinals and we fellow aging jewel rafa nadal and novak djokovic also falli

new president has named his cabinet and 2 of his brothers will hold senior positions but a buyer rajapakse his brother mahinda the prime minister and finance minister another brother takes over the trade portfolio. lebannon marking its independence day today after weeks of anti-government protests the 76th anniversary was observed with a military parade in beirut a bigger one had been planned but was canceled because of the armrest protesters are demanding a complete overhaul of the political system the movement forced the prime minister and his cabinet to resign last month zain holder is in beirut. no. politician or anything close to bring on a new government really is the perfect picture behind me you see lebanon 3 top leaders the president the prime minister who is really a caretaker prime minister since he submitted his resignation a few weeks ago and the speaker of parliament sitting alongside the army chief but what is happening in lebanon is not this country's passing through what many are describing as the worst crisis since the end of the civil war in 1990 the prime minister is in

basically adrian after the victory of good hobby rajapakse on the 16th of november he obviously has the ability to appoint a prime minister of his choosing but that was enabled by the fact that the serving prime minister running a vicar missing her actually tendered his resignation now obviously his 1st and most obvious choice was his elder brother the former president by that rajapaksa. political experience he had said during the campaign that mind the rajapaksa would be appointed the prime minister under his watch so obviously the parliament the term of parliament will can go on until march 2020 but in the meantime with the resignation of the prime minister on a victim missing her. has brought in mind the rajapaksa as the new prime minister like i said this was enabled with the bowing out of run over missing her as we saw yesterday. running the vicar missing who went on television to address sri lankans about his decision to step down by the about very opposite people not even though we had a majority in parliament we accept the mandate received by mr rajapaksa decided to allow him to

you got a pile rajapaksa it's a return of the rapture packs of brothers to power in 2015 mahinda rajapakse of the younger brother sensationally lost the presidential election kicked out by an electorate that was frustrated with constant reports of nepotism and corruption and concerns over the very brutal crackdown on tamil tiger fighters towards the end of the country's civil war this time around it seems like the rajapaksa is not let the made the same mistake twice they made sure that they got out the similar buddhist vote that 75 percent of the population of this island is similar buddhist they got the majority of the support they got them out of the polls and they got just over that 50 percent needed to win which is why. conceded and sat on the office congratulations saying we've just witnessed the most peaceful presidential election in the history of our independent republic our ok ben it's both in colombo thank you. the united nations is warning violence in bolivia could spin out of control and prevents new elections on friday at least 8 supporters of former president over morales wer

well we've seen that what's happened this time around is that the rajapakse is were very successful in corralling the vote from the sinhala buddhist majority is about 70 percent 75 percent of the population here and they lost some of those votes in 2015 this time they got them all out and it seems most of those people have voted for them. premadasa was unable to get enough of the minority vote to secure a majority he got did get huge support from the tamils in the north but it wasn't enough he got support from the towns in the north because they are worried about rajapaksa they are worried about that some of the process progress that's been made in human rights in the progress that's been made in holding in accounting for the people missing during the civil war small progress only small progress and maybe even that may be rolled back by the rajapaksa as we also see perhaps a return to a strengthening of the relationship with china it was the rajapaksa is the took out a lot of loans from the chinese infrastructure loans a quarter of his of his 4545 percent of sri lanka's national debt g

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that's after his main rival conceded defeat in the country's election which was held on saturday rajapakse his party had earlier declared victory with their candidate ahead in the count with over half the vote turnout was high and the whole went off mainly peacefully security was a key issue in the election campaign the vote comes just 7 months after a series of terror attacks left more than 250 people dead over the easter holiday. all right let's bring in joyce wall who's in this room and can capital colombo let me show what more can you tell us is the election now decided is it final well more or less we have heard from both candidates the un fame of the house conceded defeat iran parks the swan to but be precedent off has also put out a statement on to it took a damning tree still took your official word from the election commission full of course best to conform once we hear that but the numbers are speaking clearly good has taken the strong lead already and results seem pretty clear as well it seems that the anti in fumbling few sentiment against the un to which the which part do you

to be enough for the minorities in this country to feel secure for example under the rule of the rajapakse as in the past i'm talking about . the defense minister and his brother my him that box as the president of the country there are allegations of inforce disappearances of thumb is at the end of sri lanka civil war additionally we have minorities here muslims feeling insecure in the off to mouth off that used to sunday bombings where there have been facing a backlash but again with rights activists minority rights activists have pointed out that men never buddhistic stream most of the muslims or evangelical christians they act with impunity no actions taken against them so if the president actually takes concrete actions and gives assurances towards this that would actually be a good start to getting minority confidence from the michelin 1st also 1st one of its most economic downturns in 15 years how much of an issue was the economy in this election. both british national security and peace was the top concerns in this election everybody we spoke to did say that they want all ethniciti

economy is very sluggish debt is also ready high so it would be interesting to see what those choose rajapakse as considered on to worship also because of the fost all having always seen the end of the war and that is a concern among some i know if you use that the nationalist would tighten security and meet even crack down on them but even does not have completely clear credentials this might be a tell you trees and if it goes to good on lost results might take a day or 2 more and it might take some time before we find out who the next president of sri lanka. and that was. reporting from colombo all right let's turn our attention now to some of the other stories making news around the world protests have erupted in iran after a surprise decision by the government to raise fuel prices by 50 percent and introduce rationing protesters block traffic in tehran. the teenage suspect in thursday's california high school shooting has succumbed to his wounds and died in a hospital the 16 year old allegedly fired at random at a high school near los angeles killing 2 students before turning the gun on hi

presidential vote his rival sargent premadasa conceded as early results put rajapakse up over the 50 percent mark needed to avoid a 2nd recount the election was dominated by rising religious tensions and a slowing economy influential iraqi cleric more of our souther has called for a national strike on sunday demonstrations started in october against a lack of jobs and public services that have grown into calls for a complete political overhaul more than $320.00 people have been killed in the protests. iran's supreme leader ayatollah ali how many has voiced support for a fuel price increase that sparked a nationwide protests he denounced what he calls hooligans for taking part and sabotage this as riot police and security forces again fought with demonstrators across dozens of cities on saturday iran's leaders say revenue from the increase will go to poor families bolivia's former president even what i was told al-jazeera that he should be allowed to return and complete his final term in office that comes as the united nations warns that violence there could spin out of control and pr

that's after his main rival conceded defeat in the country's election which was held on saturday rajapakse his party had earlier declared victory with their candidate ahead in the count with over half the vote turnout was high and the poll went off mainly peacefully security was a key issue in the election campaign the vote comes 7 months after a series of terror attacks left more than $250.00 people dead over the easter holiday. while has been covering this election and she sent us this analysis of the victor and the challenges he faces. with access set to become the next president of sri lanka it isn't officially yet but a steady stream of people is already streaming into the political leaders house to congratulate him on his victory because the clear. who is the brother of precedent. has already killed 3 on twitter while also qualify for unity and harmony among the different ethnicities and religions of sri lanka his key often and sergeant off the ruling un has conceded defeat now there is a possibility that an anti incumbency sentiment against the un be may have had a role to play. wit

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to buy rajapaksa will become the country's next president is wyvil conceded as early results put rajapakse at more than the 50 percent mark needed to avoid a 2nd round. and eighty's frys inch of an armory says he's holding talks to form a unity government as a country grapples with an escalating humanitarian crisis when he says haiti needs international support after 2 months of anti-government protests led to food insecurity there is widespread anger over sky high inflation crime and allegations of corruption haiti has been without a government since march due to a stalemate in parliament. you're upset with headlines on al-jazeera coming up next year it's al-jazeera worlds. elaine. the owner. in every corner of the world there are arabs who have migrated settled and in some cases found great success in their adopted countries. where stories of arabs fleeing war and hardship tend to make the headlines many others have left the middle east with the simple aim of making a new life. it often starts with education many students from the arab world have such opportunities in overseas universiti

rajapakse of the man accused of human rights violations during the fight against tamil rebels is the quaids for like his next president. help for the poor iran's leader announces subsidies to try to subdue petrol price protests. full.

even by him there rajapakse would be would be able to contest or forthcoming for another presidential elections they'll be held in time to. receiver reza pasa has been promising that once elected president he would provide strong leadership improve the national security and tackle economy now my question is how can someone like rosa parks tackle an issue of the high debt and the sluggish economic growth the has crippled the country for quite some time now will be financial that question i'd like to look at what we do previous speakers said. you know you have to remember that a lot of the attacks on journalists were alleged to have been done by thought from sake of the british high commission defense that cache who reports have been suppressed by the british government actually called me into his office when i was there for a workshop and told me that they had been informed that behind the groups that kill us and they would promote the was the army commander farrakhan sacre he did tell me that apparently the group headed by start them think and while they want. all the reports that wer

in relation to human rights atrocities allegedly committed joining the conflict in peacetime the rajapakse has borrowed billions of dollars from china for infrastructure projects trying to sit in the middle of strategic indian ocean shipping lanes china has a 99 year lease on a port on the southern coast if supporters have any concerns about that they've been put to one side what has become important for them is true we assured to be able to make the assumption that i can go out of my house i can send my children to school whatever that there is no question of imminent threat to get them rajapaksa has promised another $5000000000.00 on new infrastructure projects if he wins. access to rely on strong probably similar well. majority needs a way to some votes down upon all of the units to secure the victory of that votes being quoted by the main rival. a candidate for the ruling coalition. also has support from the cinema community and he has a wider appeal among some grassroots tamela muslim voters worried about the return of the rajapaksa. but he serves in a government that is presiding ove

save the country so the top children the future generation will have a country one of gotta buy rajapakse as priorities is to rebuild state intelligence and surveillance networks he says they were dismantled by the outgoing administration and international pressure about i asked about those allegations of human rights abuses when he was defense secretary but now president elect says people should stop talking about just. bullets with al-jazeera colomba. but libyans are facing significant food and cooking fuel shortages as supporters of ousted president ever morale has continued to blockade folds the interim government says it's created as a temporary bridge to the capital with military planes delivering supplies they're working on similar plans in other cities resigned and fled to mexico after winning an election many believed was rigged but he still has a lot of support in poor rural areas of bolivia. lebanon has slipped deeper into political crisis after top candidates withdrew his name from contention to be the next prime minister former finance minister mohammad safadi had the backing

president has held a controversial swearing in ceremony of the french to widen a division i go to buy a rajapakse his inauguration took place at a british shrine event by he said holies of british followers he credits his victory to british support but says he will work for all sri lankans. now to iraq where authorities say at least 3 people have been killed during violent protests against dramatic fuel price increases the country's supreme leader has backed the price hike claiming that it will fund social welfare programs the foreign ministry has to condemned u.s. support for demonstrators describing it as interventionist. from causing gridlock on the streets. to taking out their anger on cars petrol stations and even banks. protesters in iran leaving little doubt how they feel about the hike in petrol prices demonstrations that began late last week have taken on a violent edge or storage fees have reported some deaths many fear the real number there was likely to be higher iran's supreme leader is unmoved standing by the fuel rise in branding the protesters. setting a bank on fire it's not an a

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trying his newly elected president got a bio rajapaksa sworn in his brother mahinda rajapakse as the new prime minister the 1st time in the country's history the 2 siblings have held both top political positions and the new president has not pointed his brother mahinda as the interim government's new finance minister but those are the headlines at the news continues here on al-jazeera after whose truth is it in the way of the actual watching. i believe. the prime minister to issue is to the british on the 31st the job of making this country the greatest place on earth britain's departure is delayed. follow the drama of bricks it on al-jazeera. to. my name is mona taliban and i'm a day to journalist my job is to find numbers in all sorts of different places and then turn them into images that people will understand and connect to. i always try to think of ways to connect the subject matter with the visualisation itself so that people can automatically see what the data visualisation is all about. if it's about me copies being fined in france outdrawn a copy and if it's about the k.k.k

ethnic tensions are rising after the deadly easter bombings former defense minister got to buy a rajapakse or is widely seen as the front runner but religious minorities look at him with some suspicion for his links to radical buddhist monks he's being challenged by a subject. who is a minister in the current government we've got 2 correspondents to cover the selection mel finance is in a suburb in the show lankan capital we'll be with you shortly mel i want to start though with bernard smith in central colombo bernard. well thanks very much well there are 20000000 votes 60000000 voters i beg your pardon with a choice of a record number of 35 candidates the one who wins 50 percent plus one share of the vote becomes president that's going to be a tall order with $35.00 candidates so voters get a 2nd and 3rd preference and they will also be counted if there's no out what outright winner when the polls close but it is really only a race between those 2 men. and rajapaksa and much of where this election much of what this election has been about is the fallout from those easter sunday bombings

was it the easter sunday bombings that won it for the rajapakse in the end the fallout from mt well i don't think it is only the easter sunday bombings but that played a major or because it convinced a single least people that this government was not effective it was not able to defend the country against this attack although there had been a lot of intelligence information and after the attack the government failed to hold anyone really accountable and it seemed to be passing the buck on to or phish shows rather than on to the political authorities who are really responsible and thereafter it seemed also that life was just going on as normal are we surprised by this $52.00 and a half percent share of the vote to go to 1st round in the end. surprised by the scale of the gore tubby rajapaksa all vista front runner because he took the government some time to put forward its candidate and after you put forward its candidate however cited premadasa performed admirably he campaigned very hard and he campaigned on the team of social welfare welfare of the poor building houses and it seemed

flavor and it really is the return of the rajapakse is from this election because got to buy it seems to want to appoint his brother mentor rajapaksa as his prime minister as his prime minister right and so that might be an election that will come up in the new year but one of the things that's even more high it's even more worth highlighting is the fact that mahinda was very very very visible in the campaign and so the idea is that the 2 brothers have actually been sort of capturing this this presidency not just go to by as the prime the president but him running on. essentially his his brother's record. what then does this mean for the country how troubling is it going to be well how frightened should muslims be feeling at the moment well i think of them. all the different minorities within within sri lanka are now. are now treated to a government that is. mostly almost entirely speaking towards the ethnics and how these majority. and as you mentioned. go to by defense secretary as the civil war ended is sort of accused of a number of the disappearing zeman rights abuses around them

president has held a controversial swearing in ceremony that threatens to widen divisions go to buy a rajapakse as inauguration took place the british shrine revered by his sin halle's buddhist followers he credits his victory to british support but says he'll work for all sri lankans. a 15 year old girl was killed after a suspension bridge collapsed into the river town in southern france rescue workers are at the sea rare and to have the truck approaching opposite directions and plunged into the water the driver of the truck is stillness. now to iran where all 30 say at least 3 people have been killed during violent protests against dramatic fuel price increases the country's supreme leader has backed the price hike claim it will fund social welfare programs the foreign ministry has condemned u.s. support for demonstrators describing it as interventionist. from causing gridlock on the streets. to taking out their anger on cars petrol stations and even banks. protesters in iran leaving little doubt how they feel about the hike in petrol prices demonstrations that began late last week of taking

will definitely where it will be good for the country if he does rajapakse is promising to strengthen national security which took a beating. to the east bombings in april that killed more than 250 people the government came under fire by the opposition for intelligence reports received by authorities more than 2 weeks before the bomb a strong and already he's also promising to bring development and democracy. is dismissed criticism of his role in ending the civil war. we have our challenges 1st the challenge to build this country we are due to join us in working towards and achieving that goal. leftist candidate. with the national people's party is likely to come in distant in the presidential race as he wrapped up his final rally. he said. represent broken promises so people should vote for him weeks of intense campaigning ended at midnight on wednesday 48 hours before the presidential election it's been one of the most expensive campaigns should have known and both front runners are hoping it secures the presidency. at least 2 people have been killed after a tornado swept through a

save the country so the top children the future generation will have a country one of gotta buy rajapakse as priorities is to rebuild state intelligence and surveillance networks he says they were dismantled by the outgoing administration and international pressure and when asked about those allegations of human rights abuses when he was defense secretary the now president elect says people should stop talking about past. burnitz make al-jazeera colomba. influential iraqi queerer. has called for a national strike on sunday a story in baghdad has caught fire witnesses say it was as a result of violence between security forces and protesters demonstrations started last month against the lack of jobs and public services that have grown into calls for a change in government more than 300000 people have been killed in those demonstrations . and protesters in the iraqi city of basra have erected barricades and blocked the highway i set the roads on fire to prevent people from going to work and school the city's poor things being closed because of growing violence enough to read my son cities we