so, look, you are part of the opposition to the ruling party, zanu—pf.ent for democratic change — the main opposition grouping, in 2010, the faction led by arthur mutambara — and you were actually nominated education secretary. you were very hopeful for change. you're still an activist. you were arrested injuly last year for protesting, demanding reforms and change in zimbabwe. you've been released on bail, and you were charged with incitement to public violence, and so on. so, what is your status now? i mean, how free do you feel? i mean, you're talking to me very freely now — but, you know, what's the situation for you? zeinab, you do call me somebody who is part of the opposition, and, indeed, iwas a member of mutambara's movement for democratic change. however, i did leave the movement, and that was because of my disillusionment with the opposition, with the government, the ruling party, and with politics as an avenue for change. i felt that the political arena was not the arena so, i wanted to get back to what i really love to do, which is my passio

so is the ruling party, the zanu—pf, gaining the upper hand over the formal opposition?osition parties — including the movement for democratic change — simply because those opposition parties have very little wiggle room to operate in. the repression has been so great that it is very difficult for people to exert any political opposition that is effective. the other side of it is that people have to earn a living. generally, often politicians in zimbabwe are not people with qualifications to do anything but politics. they tend, also, to be businesspeople. and so in order to be able to flourish in the arena of politics, they have to have a source of income. now, if zanu—pf is in this hegemonical position where they control everything, including the economy and business, it means that if you are in the opposition, you have no chance of survival. yes. we saw last year that they actually stopped the money that parliament should vote into the account of the opposition until they could do some restructuring of the opposition themselves. and they quote marxist philosophy that s

murders in the ruling party slogan a steady power hope for change in their circumstances and the country's future it was hawke al-jazeera. police in pakistan say supporters of a banned political party to a bike took 6 police officers hostage in lahore on sunday police had earlier raided their offices prompting thousands to take to the streets shallop ballasts reports. i suppose as of 2 recollect they pakistan will not be silenced known as shields he they started protesting last year after caricature of the prophet muhammad who republished in fronts but then last week they protested after the government arrested their leader cleric sod risky he had to man did the french ambassador in pakistan be exposed in a ban on french products. those protests resulted in the government outlawing t.l.p. which led to more protests. on sunday a party spokesman said security forces raided the offices in lahore they responded again on the streets in all several of the supporters were killed and dozens were injured they're going to put this out the challenge will be at the police traitorous started shelling a

ruling party inches towards election victory on the promise to revive the economy. countries in latin america struggle to make progress with vaccination plans as coronavirus cases saw across the continent. world football bosses wave the red flag and some of europe's biggest clubs announce a new super league competition. tensions between russia and the west continuing to escalate following a week of sanctions and diplomatic expulsions moscow's now ordered 20 diplomats from the czech republic to leave a day after prague told 18 russian diplomats to get out the for tat move was sparked after proudly accused russian spies of involvement in the 2014 explosion. but it smith reports from moscow. a series of explosions hit this ammunition depot 330 kilometers southeast of prague in october and december 24th seen 2 men were killed almost 7 years later the czech government says it now knows who is responsible for that cloud you know that's based on clear evidence obtained during the investigation conducted by our security services i can say there is a well grounded suspicion

ruling party inches towards election victory on the promise to revive the economy. countries in latin america struggle to make progress with vaccination plans as coronavirus cases saw. the us president is threatening russia of consequences if kremlin critic alexina boundary dies in prison joe biden is denouncing his treatment as unfair the found these health is rapidly deteriorating and runs the risk of kidney failure calling to his personal doctor he's on a hunger strike for over 3 weeks now i do joe castro reports from washington d.c. . it's been nearly 3 weeks since alexina vali launched a hunger strike after russian prison officials denied him access to private doctors to treat. back pain and the loss of feeling in his legs the symptoms possibly lingering effects of the poisoning of all he suffered in august that the opposition leader barely survived and blames on the kremlin now his colleague tells al-jazeera the bombing may be near death situation deteriorated on friday when we seized his blood which showed up in normal level of the 1st film which is associate

the indications are that the ruling party the main socialists of both lost votes the ruling party current exit poll suggesting about 24 to 28 percent of the vote well end up being the largest party but the most significant thing is the emergence of this until there is such a people party it's estimated to get about 12 to 15 percent of the vote it emerged out of the protests last year unprecedented says scenario facing bulgaria now that if this party becomes a power broker it said already it will not enter into coal ash into coalition with any of the mainstream parties so the incumbent prime minister boyko borisov could find himself casting around to try and build some sort of coalition from other parties it could be extremely difficult and it appears that we're going to be entering could end up entering a long period of instability in bulgaria. attempts are made to try and form a government now the head of the roman catholic church has led easter mass at the vatican and a scaled back. to coronavirus restrictions pope francis offered his blessings to the wild and that he added his follower

worried about covert and worried about corruption now early exit polls suggest that the party the ruling party. party will get around 25 percent of the vote so they have lost support and the socialists of also lost support to this new upstart anti establishment party that came out of the protests last summer scatting its polling around 16 or so percent this will lead to an unprecedented situation. where it could be that there's going to need to be coalition building and the thing is this anti establishment party has said it will not go into coalition with any of the mainstream parties so it could end up being some sort of limbo period as bulgaria's politike politicians try to work her way through and see if they can establish some sort of government we won't get results final results until perhaps much later tonight into tomorrow in a state well then and as those results in number of other countries and powers around the world will be watching fairly closely i imagine. yeah this is a european union come true but right on the edge of the european union and it certainly had a sort of a democracy

whatever the outcome of this election the gap between debbie's ruling party and the opposition is clear how the 2 sides move on from here almost certainly set the stage for the country's political future he will market after the euro chad. well as an election as well in ecuador 2 presidential hopefuls that facing off in the 2nd round of voting pits 1st time run under our hours against 3 time can sit. so far it's the state of the economy that stimulating the political fight is hugely in debt partly because of the recent global oil price crash that america at its early seen human is in the chilean capital santiago and his are saying the future of the economy lies at the heart of this vote in these 2 candidates have 2 completely different visions for the country. that's absolutely right but it's not just the a crime to me and i'll get back to that it just a 2nd but it's also the very very different visions that people who are on the latin american left in this case what some would call the revolution of the 21st century that was started by president chavez of venezuela with an almost 20 ye

in the ruling party slogan. hope for change in their circumstances and the country's future. al-jazeera. has ravaged large parts of table mountain slopes above the new neighborhood and flames more residential areas are threatened keep down the university has been evacuated as often break out in this part of south africa ensuring periods of drought. police in brazil have raided illegal parties in sao paulo as the country sees records daily covered in 19 deaths and a new dangerous strain armed police officers closed down venues and detained party goers as part of a special task force to enforce social distancing in the past month police have been cracking down on hundreds of clandestine pardons. latin america received its 1st batch of vaccines in december and there was great fanfare but it would end the pandemic there but 4 months later deaths and infection rates in some countries have reached record levels i missed while the reports from buenos aires were vaccination programs of barely got going. another 800000 doses of the coronavirus vaccine have arrived in argentina they're

whatever the outcome of this election the gap between debbie's ruling party and the opposition is clear how the 2 sides move on from here almost certainly set the stage for the country's political future he will morgan al-jazeera chad. there are warnings of volcanic eruption on the caribbean island of some vincent could leave 20000 people displaced from months where volcano 1st erupted on friday and is expected to continue for weeks the government says most crops and livestock will be destroyed. as a volunteer helping collect and distribute relief aid and some vincent she says the scale of the operation is overwhelming the shelters are in need of water food. basic living supply toiletries and so on many people had to leave without properly preparing so we're trying to. lessen that impact right now we have received aid from the those i think yesterday sorry these have just been a bit fuzzy for me but i think it was yesterday that the course the gad would have come up for with. some material some supplies for us so the national emergency management all the ways asian they've been assistin

in his farewell address at the congress of the at the 8th congress of the ruling party in havana he vowed to always defend his country. and that you believe i know this is your nothing compels me to make this decision but i fervently believe in the strength in the value of example and the understanding of my compatriots and let no one doubt it let as long as i live i will be ready with my foot on the steerable to defend the country the revolution and socialism with more force than ever let's shout long live the free cuba long live fidel homeland or death. well to call it the end of an era would be an understatement after raul and his late brother fidel ruled the island for more than 60 years latin america and newman has more on that legacy. his seuss navarro and his wife haven't missed an episode of the series conquering a dream a special state t.v. production about the cuban communist party. it's part of the lead up to the end of the castro era window castro renounces his last and most powerful position for tomorrow by the secretary general of the only party that has ruled cuba

birders in the ruling party slogan a steady. hope for change in their circumstances and the country's future. al-jazeera trying. a new foreign ministers is set to meet virtually on monday for talks on the health of kremlin critic alexina vali as the u.s. is warning moscow of consequences if he dies in prison he's been on a hunger strike for more than 3 weeks i did jocasta reports from washington d.c. . it's been nearly 3 weeks since alexina vali launched a hunger strike after russian prison officials denied him access to private doctors to treat back pain and the loss of feeling in his legs the symptoms possibly lingering effects of the poisoning of all these suffered in august but the opposition leader barely survived and blames on the kremlin now his colleague tells al-jazeera the bombing may be near death situation deteriorated on friday when we seized his blood test which showed up a normal level of the 1st film which is associated with imminent risk of getting a fatal or and. heart issues so we are indeed very worried i thi

ruling party wins the election on its promise to revive the economy.

whatever the outcome of this election the gap between debbie's ruling party and the opposition is clear how the 2 sides move on from here almost certainly set the stage for the country's political future he will market after the euro chad. relatives of protesters killed by me and saying they are being forced to pay $100.00 for the bodies of their loved ones this comes after at least 80 people killed in a crackdown in the city of bagle on friday protests against 5 years military coup are still continuing in several cities including young on da way and mandalay and on saturday 3 rebel groups in eastern shan state reportedly attacked the military as they start to strengthen and alliance against the janitor. there is tony chang is following developments from bangkok and says that many people just don't have the money to get that relatives remains. we have had it confirmed by the bunco student union who've had to pay to recover a number of bodies they say have told us that the rate that's being asked for by the police to recover the bodies of the $82.00 people who are reported to have died i

that we spoke to through feel a sense of optically towards the political system whether it be the ruling party m.p. for an african party for dinner it depends now led by opposition leader dinero. it seems that many people did not come out to vote and that's also a saw and perhaps a message to the political elites and couple very very i'm all right thank you very much nicholas hawke there in private capital of cape verde day where people have gathered outside the ruling party had courses in anticipation of some sort of indication of the result thank you. but the 2 other news fire in the south african city of cape town is told through large parts of table mountain the slopes above the new orleans neighborhood are in flames and nearby residential areas now and threat cape town university has also been evacuated fires are a frequent occurrence in the city cheering for long periods of drought. now getting an education can be difficult in afghanistan but it's especially difficult for young people coping with disabilities schools struggle to provide appropriate textbooks and materials because of a la

activists who spoke out against the government's response to the pandemic or otherwise criticize the ruling party last june you even arrested a 15 year old boy for allegedly defaming the prime minister on facebook the child was sentenced to time limit juvenile detention all right thanks let me now. unctad this question as as as clearly as i possibly can you have been telling you are telling your viewers that during this period of pandemic the government did all sorts of horrible things. have you told your r.d.s. that bangladesh is one of the few in the world compared to your own in the u.k. the united states or anywhere else in the world where we have actual spendable really well with our limited resources we have one of the lowest death rates in the world we have the highest rate of recovered we have it and that our hospital to provide. one of these facts mentioned you have picked up 15 example or so i'm sure you want to change the subject doctor is wrong and i'm sure you want to talk good things about your country because that's what you're paid to do that's why you know government that's why i

whatever the outcome of this election the gap between debbie's ruling party and the opposition is clear how the 2 sides move on from here what almost certainly set the stage for the country's political future he will mark an al-jazeera chat. still ahead on al-jazeera we look at the voting care gets done which critics say threatens to return the country to authoritarian rule and we'll tell you why families of those killed in young mars' military crackdown are being asked to pay iran. it's time for the perfect gentleman. who went sponsored point qatar airways. it's been a lovely week for much of japan fine and dry a similar picture to into the korean peninsula but that's about to change we got some west of weather coming into central parts of china as a memory of high pressure for japan that's what's been keeping it settled and sunny that's getting pushed out of the way over the next day or so so the cloud of rain that winds out there will push out into the east china sea korean peninsula turning increasingly west and heavy downpours coming into north korea particularly as we go through m

whatever the outcome of this election the gap between debbie's ruling party and the opposition is clear how the 2 sides move on from here what almost certainly set the stage for the country's political future he will mark an al-jazeera jemaine a chat and still ahead on al-jazeera we look at the vote in kyrgyzstan that critics say threatens to return the country to authoritarian rule. families of those killed in myanmar's bangor town say they're being asked to pay a ransom to retrieve the bodies of their loved ones. hello the weather slushy set fire across the middle east lots of sunshine across the arabian peninsula basin places a fair weather cloud nothing too much to speak of the clouds that we do have further north will still produce a few wintry flurries but it isn't improving picher so we'll see temperatures noncredit around 4 celsius into the mid scenes around the levant these temperatures will pick up as we go through chews day as wintry showers feeding their way out across eastern parts of maybe georgia catching a shower or say we want to show is to just around tech menaced on n

the main socialists of both lost votes the ruling party current exit poll suggesting about 24 to 28 percent of the vote well end up being the largest party but the most significant thing is the emergence of this until the taste there is such a people party it's estimated to get about 12 to 15 percent of the vote it emerged out of the protests last year unprecedented says scenario facing bulgaria now that if this party becomes a power broker it said already it will not enter into coalesce into coalition with any of the mainstream parties so the incumbent prime minister boyko borisov could find himself casting around to try and build some sort of coalition from other parties it could be extremely difficult and it appears that we're going to be entering could end up entering a long period of instability in bulgaria. attempts are made to try and form a government won't burn out a fire call belgariad now an e.u. country but it was once a satellite of the same union i imagine moscow is watching today's proceedings pretty closely. yeah we've had plenty of surveys done with most in the l

meanwhile protesters a gathered outside bowl garia is ruling party headquarters after exit polling put it ahead in sunday's parliamentary poll opposition populist parties also finished strongly incumbent prime minister boyko borisov is facing a struggle to regain a majority he says he's open to supporting a technocratic government to guide bulgaria through the pandemic. and doctors say argentina's president isn't suffering symptoms of covert 19 after he tested positive for the virus a backhoe fernandez was diagnosed despite receiving 2 doses of the sputnik vaccine earlier this year presidential staff say hill now isolates as they continue to observe his complexion. and the u.s. state of florida is facing a potential ecological catastrophe officials fear a leaking reservoir could collapse unleashing a 20 foot wall of water hundreds of residents have been ordered to leave their homes and the governor has declared a state of emergency the race is on to drain the reservoir before the walls give way polluted water has been gushing out of a break in the vinyl lining of the pool at the piney

government the ruling party has a well oiled election wishing to be a well oiled perception machine movie on social media and apply and media and absent opposition the opportunities are rife for his government to swing the narrative in another month or so in the leading up to the 1st polls in 2022 in with the british so i really don't know if that accountability review delivered at the ballot box but i really think that the people of the country need to think if they will not hold the government accountable for this when the government expects patients to carry their own oxygen cylinder and come into a hospital for treatment if this doesn't turn the tide or force people to demand accountability i don't know what will. let us now talk about whether there is also accountability to be demanded from the international community and the fact is as the situation spirals out of control in india the 1st way that medical aid from the e.u. and the united states is now beginning to reach the country ventilators oxygen and the raw materials for vaccines are trickling in but his beer is just mentioned

and protesters gathered outside bulgaria's ruling party headquarters as partial results showed it had one sunday's parliamentary elections opposition populist party he's also finished strongly the incumbent prime minister boyko borisov is likely to face a struggle to form a government final results are expected on thursday. and say argentina's president isn't suffering symptoms after he tested positive for the coronavirus alberta for mendez was diagnosed despite receiving 2 doses of the sputnik the vaccine earlier this year presidential staff say he'll now isolate as they continue to observe his condition. now hungary's government is clamping down on independent reporting on the country's vaccination campaign and on the situation in hospitals andree has one of the highest per capita death rates from the cove at 19 in the e.u. although it also has the highest vaccination rate one in funny for char but from one doctor on a reality that's at odds with the picture put forward by the. soldiers monitor people checking into his hospital treating patients when we start to film the building go

what's clear is that there is no clear majority yet for the ruling party led by incumbent president races where he still needs 37 seats to win an outright majority so far he has 36 but this has not stopped his supporters from starting the celebration as you can see right behind the they've been celebrating across town like to make as much noise as possible trying to draw as much or all the other side in the opposition side to the camp of near our own bought up no celebrations yet and there could be a situation where we have hung parliament there where there is no clear our right but the majority vote well what does that mean for the people of paper it means that they're still going to be some negotiation between the political party to try to find out who will be the next prime minister. and nicolas despite the celebrations going on behind you as you said there's no outright majority yes and a low voter turnout is one signal although she is giving. well you know this has been much. what the campaign of the prime minister has been a. great. day. out he's trying to reassure the population th

on the horizon this is the right avenue for positive change how mass the party ruling the gaza strip has registered its list of the left parties and activists are running on more than their teeth different lists. this led just lots of council has been this functional so it's fair to have a split in 2007 now in february they both agreed to hold elections but some palestinians are concerned that the agreement is more about sharing the electoral party that it is about reviving democracy active from 1906 until 2007 the parliament passed fewer than 100 pieces of legislation since then president mahmoud abbas has issued more than 300 laws by decree he concentrated the power of lawmaking and executive branches in his own hand law making process during the absence of the parliament was. clear this tight grip on power has limited political activism. now he thinks the elections are a chance to change that he's part of a youth group called jed encouraging palestinians to run not in the actual elections but virtual ones young palestinians have been disenfranchised from their power from their poli

again, reporting that the ruling party has lost the parliamentary elections in japan. let's get over to vonnie quinn. vonnie: twitter has removed or restricted more than 50 post the past year at the request of the indian government. the indian express newspaper says they were critical of the handling of the pandemic. twitter says it reviews all legal requests. iraq's prime minister is blaming health officials for a fire that killed people in a baghdad hospital for covid-19 patients. more than 100 others were injured. key officials were involved. this as iraq grapples with a second wave of the virus. senator lindsey graham says republicans may be ready to back up to $900 billion in infrastructure spending, less than the $2.2 trillion present biden has proposed. he told fox news that rather than increase the corporate tax rate, there is a deal to be done over infrastructure spending. president biden is expected to address this when he addresses congress this week. an envoy is being appointed to me and where the military has -- appointed to myanmar, where the military has

if a serving government minister is found to have broken the rules on party funding or even law, shouldven that this is a coronavirus press conference, you won't be surprised that i'm not going to add to the answers the prime minister's already given to very extensive questioning, thanks. but avoiding questions doesn't make them disappear. there are multiple inquiries now into exactly what happened. political reputations must be tended to with care. laura joins us from westminster. what is the potential danger to the prime minister from this latest inquiry? prime minister from this latest inuui ? ., ., ., . inquiry? today's announcement certainly puts — inquiry? today's announcement certainly puts this _ inquiry? today's announcement certainly puts this saga - inquiry? today's announcement certainly puts this saga into - inquiry? today's announcement certainly puts this saga into a l certainly puts this saga into a different league. whether or not you're watching tonight and you are interested in expensive furniture in downing street, whether or not you're watching tonight and thinking

those who have voted suggests that yes the ruling parties on about 23 percent socialist psalm 19 or so and then coming up very interesting on 13 percent is this until it is party which gathered momentum after the protests last summer that matters because this anti-elitist party says it will not go into coalition with any of the mainstream parties if it gets to that and it looks like we're heading that way code for presage a period of instability in bulgaria but we've got a couple of hours left yet before the polls close and i'm more of an indication after that so book area of course in a new country burned about a former satellite of the soviet union how closely is this election then being monitored in russia. there's been some very interesting research done into bulgarians attitudes towards the e.u. which shows that while they welcome the funding and the opportunities the e.u. gives to travel a lot of bulgarians are not necessarily wedded to the liberal democratic i deal is that the u.s. trying to introduce here 45 percent in one survey said they prefer some sort of a strong mom leade

alexina violently is being killed in a terrible way and in front of everyone's eyes ok bird's ruling parties inching towards an outright victory in parliamentary elections prime minister your gracious korea is still ran a campaign based on turning around the economy being devastated lately by the pandemic coronavirus infections in argentina are at their peak there over $22000.00 cases are being reported daily it comes as the country received a shipment of 864000 astra zeneca from the kovacs scheme of those i headlines the news continues here and now just after women make signs. the climate is changing and action now is paramount the challenges are immense but overcoming the this crucial will president joe biden galvanized efforts for stronger action stay with all just 0 for special coverage of the media's something . it's going to be choppy biased ok 2 of them i was kind of lead to the 2 teams and then always want to experience and then within just. and when we observe we observe all kind of as well but we really are focused because we're on the goals in 80 and it will go in and. we have a s

cape verde ruling party has emerged victorious off the sunday's parliamentary election prime minister your aisha's korea ran a campaign promising to turn around the economy hit hard by the pandemic the opposition leader has conceded defeat and resigned from have. headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera. this is the story about a group of men who wants you to doubt climate change the story of a campaign that has impacted our world forever. back to naomi oreskes yes. we left her with a pile of papers and this pile became the beginning of a big investigation but she also gets hold of the strategy paper it was my alice through the looking glass moment when my whole life kind of changed. rescues drops everything and decides to find out who's arguing against the climate scientists. bit by bit she begins to understand why these pundits are so effective in general they're much better at communicating then real scientists are because real scientists are well i don't want to insult my colleagues but you know most scientists are scientists they like to be left alone so you take a group o

protest and will gary assert ruling party headquarters as partial results show that one sunday's parliamentary elections opposition populist party is also finished strongly prime minister boyko body soft is likely to struggle to form a government final results are expected on thursday. congress' government is clamping down on independent reporting on the corona virus pandemic according to an internal memo only one state run media company is now allowed to film and take photos of hospitals and doctor surgeries prime minister viktor orban is facing international criticism for his restrictions of the media. covered 19 can leave sufferers with lingering symptoms like fatigue and shortness of breath the w.'s london correspondent burg at mass has been catching up with an operatic voice coach who's turned her talents to helping people suffering from so-called long coated to breathe more easily again. blowing bubbles to help with. susie zuma is a trained vocalist. she has developed special greeting exercises patience and for some of them it's a bit too hard work at the moment but what it does is it ju

in addition newt gingrich got to solely a point members of the rules committee from the majority party. now the rules committee has 13 members. nine members of the majority party for members of the minority party. it is set up that way very specifically because of some unique rules that govern the rules committee. and so those nine majority party members exclusively get appointed by the speaker that is in this case newt gingrich. and of course those nightmembers are going to be who you expect them to be. that is newt gingrich supporters. in addition, you also had six year term limits on committee in subcommittee chairs. and so what this did is that it centralized control over the policy process to majority party leaders. so the term limits existed to prevent entrenched centers of power from taking hold. and those entrance centers of course being power centers that could potentially run counter. to the interests of the speaker. and so to prevent this that's why you had the term limits in place. also had government shutdowns any of multiple government shutdowns that took place during thi

ruling party has emerged victorious after sunday's parliamentary election prime minister your gracious career is over running campaign promising to turn around the economy. tell me what you represent is now we listen we do not. fence material any country. we meet with the global news makers and talk about the stories that matter. in pakistan a battle for one of the last assesses plays out under the cover of darkness like the buddhist temple on his alma mater that i'm bummed that i'm but i'm caught by anyone else in the country's biggest city karate the taps are running dry with water in short supply a black market is thriving i'm sure ok of it but they are. good with. as well for she struggled to deal with climate change heat waves and broken infrastructure millions of dollars worth of water is being stolen and sold to people who can pay a premium to have enough. going to the one no one ace the water thieves of karateka and reveals how climate change is leaving pakistan dry. kharaj pakistan's largest city with a population of 20000000 is brought to a standstill. a severe heat wave stru

whatever the outcome of this election the gap between debbie's ruling party and the opposition is clear how the 2 sides move on from here almost certainly set the stage for the country's political future people morgan after the euro chat. acquittals 2 presidential hopefuls are facing off in the 2nd round of the election in that country it pits 1st time runner our out against 3 time candidate get my last so so far it's the state of the economy that is dominating the political fight is hugely in debt partly because of the recent global oil price crash well our last america. is in the chiang capital santiago covering the story and you see these 2 candidates that really couldn't have visions for the country that any more different really 2 can contrasting strategies a country. yes you're absolutely right they're ideological differences economic differences and i think i better hold on the 2nd i better put on my mask which is actually it's illegal for me not to be wearing it so i better return this as ira saying sorry about that they are completely different on the one hand and this had als

whatever the outcome of this election the gap between debbie's ruling party and the opposition is clear how the 2 sides move on from here will almost certainly set the stage for the country's political future people morgan of his era chad. voters were also electing a new president president faced fellow is was facing weakened opposition in a vote he is likely to win he is accused of sidelining most of his y. votes talent came to power in 2016 promising to serve only one term in volume to stamp out corruption. in kyrgyzstan preliminary results show voters have granted sweeping powers to president said dear john of the constitutional referendum will also allow him to run for re-election for reports on the capital bishkek voters cast their ballots in cuba stand for the 3rd time in 6 months the referendum was called by the new president sort of to power of who asked the country to approve changes to the constitution the critics say they could pave the way for all thora terrorism and misrule you just need your bill is a bottle and ask you i don't think only one man should decide everything t

korean city, seoul, korea, the capital, and the conservative candidate won 60%, versus 40% for the ruling party korea mayoral elections as well, sending a bad signal to the presidents democratic party. shery: we talked about the aspects of dissatisfaction and unhappiness expressed at the moment. what are the implications for government policy and what can they do to shore up sentiment going into the next election? >> the presidential election is coming up in 11 months. they need to do a lot, particularly the ruling party, if they want to retain the presidential office. the anger now is high, particularly related to housing prices, which have doubled in the last five years, while wages have only gone up 20%. that, as well as the government stumbling on the vaccine rollout , it is a pretty amazing from a year ago, when that party was the super majority in the parliament off of their praise of their management of the virus , but it has been frustrating for the public related to the rollout of the vaccine, and there have been some scandals and corruption allegations that have her the current admini

protesters gathered outside bowl garry as ruling party headquarters after exit polling put it ahead in sunday's parliamentary poll opposition populist parties also finished strongly and prime minister boyko borisov is facing a struggle to regain a majority he says he's open to supporting a technocratic government to guide bulgaria through the pandemic. and doctors they argentina's president isn't suffering symptoms of covert 19 after he tested positive for the virus to fernandez was diagnosed despite receiving 2 doses of the sputnik v. vaccine earlier this year presidential staff say hell now isolates they continue to observe his condition. and the u.s. state of florida is facing a potential ecological catastrophe officials fear a leaking reservoir could collapse unleashing a 20 foot wall of water hundreds of residents have been ordered to leave their homes and the governor has declared a state of emergency the race is on to drain the reservoir before the walls gave way polluted water has been gushing out of a break in the vinyl lining of the pool at the piney point plant for the last

protests last summer challenging the what they call the establishment parties that's the center right ruling party and the socialists both of lost votes to the challenge for borisov if you want to remain prime minister is how to build a coalition when this anti establishment party says it's not going to stand and share power with any of the mainstream parties so that could this could set up a period of prolonged instability for bulgaria as they try and find some way of forming a functioning government and that means that bulgaria will have a might have difficulty in spending an allocated a record $59000000000.00 in e.u. funding that is set to come bulgaria's way that's more funding more you cash bulgaria's ever hard and it's 14 years of membership very important how that money is allocated to where it's allocated because of course this is considered the most corrupt country in the european union according to transparency international so a lot of eyes on how the government will be formed and how it will manage the expenditure of this e.u. money and it's met there with all the latest for us from th

b. h d p one enough seats to destroy the parliamentary majority of everyone's ruling party . he was arrested the following year beginning an odyssey of court cases and appeals that have kept him behind bars ever since. my husband is in jail because he and his party have been fighting for equality for democracy and for peace here in the country he mounted an effective opposition this is his only crime. the turkish government on the other hand sees the h d p as the political arm of the militant p k k which it considers a terrorist organization and. as an enemy of the state his prolonged detention has been met by protests of 48 year old faces dozens of separate charges ranging from being a member of a terrorist organization to quote destroying the integrity of the country. he faces multiple life sentences. it's not possible to predict what will happen because there is no rule of law in this country and the judiciary is under heavy pressure no matter what happens in court we will continue our struggle for the truth. during a recent visit to ankara e.u. commission chief. urged pres

activists who spoke out against the government's response to the pandemic or otherwise criticize the ruling party last june you even arrested a 15 year old boy for allegedly defaming the prime minister on facebook the child was sentenced to time in a juvenile detention all right thanks let me now. and sadness question as as as clearly as i possibly can you have been telling you are telling your viewers that during this period of pandemic the government did all sorts of horrible things. have you told your r.d.s. that bangladesh is one of the few in the world compared to your own tent in the u.k. the united states or anywhere else in the world where we have actual spendable really well with our limited resources we have one of the lowest death rates in the world we have the highest rate of recovery we have expanded our hospitals to provide treatment one of these facts mentioned you have picked up 15 example or so i'm sure you want to change the subject doctor is wrong and i'm sure you want to talk good things about your country because that's what you're paid to do that's why you know government th

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south africa's president several run opposer towns a judicial inquiry his ruling party should have done more to prevent corruption under his predecessor. and trying to clear the air we look at u.s. relations with china in president joe biden's 1st 100 days in office. welcome to the program india's seen its worst day so far from the pandemic with nearly 3300 more faith tallaght taking the official death toll past 200000 more than 360000 new cases a global recall that's been confirmed in the past 24 hours in new delhi neighboring states hospitals are running out of beds medical supplies and oxygen many people have been flocking to makeshift clinics like this sikh temple hoping to get some of its limited oxygen supply. it goes they can get it going to have much money to come you from my leave and come here for the south again so i can knock it back without an oxygen till i have to give it one 0 my god how much do you make a week. or. how do you do our job and all over the nearby cities from 140 a little over about. all over. the world. now the pandemic has also taken its toll on neighborin

types of high level political arrests are very rare in the country also for a senior member of the ruling party to express such criticism of the government is very rare what does this tell us about the stability in jordan ethen moment. yeah it's you it's you and their words also rapturous said are mere it's not unprecedented in jordan where you go west and you're in that kind of cheese you know jordan is normally is that arab king day and that has been times i like all of the countries in europe and the us particularly when it comes to contour terrorism cooperation in the middle east places where there is yet the israeli occupied west bank syria and iraq. is still it is really every other. kind of tension stacked we have not so nice seen before and that's worth trying to hand there was need to crown prince of course in 99 and then. transfer to the titans to his side in 2004. time says usually for 2 graphs meeting with china's leaders that is no n.p.t. to be popular and has any they searched or can be sentenced to his father king hussein journalist in milan we thank you so much for your reportin

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implies personal rule there's no room little room for parties because the value of parties is being. it's being devalued parties are being represented as something western something that is imposed. back at the amusement park people enjoy the warm weather and riots there's no sign of the political upheaval of recent months but you president's plans for constitutional change that many say would put the brakes on decades of democratic gains. bishkek. the number of cases in india has hit a record for a 5th day one country is struggling to contain another wave of infections on sunday and of course its highest single day death toll in 5 months several states a warning. in the coming days but india's health minister says state governments. countries across south america are rushing in restrictions as they battle to contain the virus the problems are being made worse by slow vaccine rollouts and weak health systems but in the worst affected countries brazil there are now moves to ease restrictions in places that have seen a huge rise in cavan 1000 cases and deaths and r