william ruto has said it is writable. some of the commissioners have improved the election -- approved the election. we wil see what side has more weight in the days to come. >> thank you, felix. our correspondent in the hometown of the defeated raila odinga. >> we are in western kenya. it is the home of raila odinga. the loser in this election. the situation is very tense. the riot police are here. they have fired tear gas at protesters because they started to become aggressive. they started to throw stones. police were trying to fired tear gas to disperse the crowd. they can see the road is now empty. sometimes you can hear people throw stones. this morning, when we arrived here, this place was packed with people. people were celebrating, they were so convinced that raila odinga would win this election. they were devastated when they heard the news that william ruto has one. that is why the mood shifted and changed very quickly. at the moment, the police have run out of tear gas. it is not confirmed but we can hear now,

however, both ruto and odinga have chosen hikuyu running mates in a country where ethnic voting blocksmportant. a divided kikuyu vote means this election could go either way. there are already claims and counter claims of sabotage and vote rigging. more than 1000 people died in the 2007 elections. >> what happens with kenya's geopolitical significance is that tension sort of begins to shake up the stability of the of the great horn of africa and the larger east africa. and there's a lot of international organizations that are based here, so kenya is very strategic from a global perspective. and that's what the international community is looking at. the business community is basically just sitting on the edge of their seats trying to figure out whether this is going to go peacefully or not. reporter: unlike some previous votes, there's been less pre-election violence. kenyans generally have confidence in the judiciary. many hope if the results are disputed, candidates will resolve their differences in court and not the streets. haru mutasa, al jazeera, nairobi. muhammad: pre and post-el

official results say mr ruto won 50.49 percent of the vote.ent. his supporters are disputing the result. songs and dance broke out at mr ruto's campaign headquarters after the result was announced. the bbc�*s akisa wandera was there. we have been camping here all day at the communication centre where many congregated and eagerly waited, the dramatic close, mr ruto got a new designation. president—elect. the announcements sparked celebrations among mr ruto's supporters across the country although it's been disputed by some commissioners and the electoral body, and in the camp, ruto has made this very transparent and if this is challenged, mr ruto will have to postpone the party and after the supreme court to defend his victory. and to the supreme court nullify the presidential vote and cited irregularity stop mr ruto's huge task will be to unite a country divided along political lines. for now, all eyes will be on the president—elect as he takes the mantle to lead east africa's economic powerhouse. bbc news nairobi. let's turn to the us now, wh

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ruto won 51% of the vote.the moment the head of kenya's electoral commission announced the results. >> hereby declares that ruto wins. by the numbers, has been duly elected as the president. >> is the first time william ruto has run for president. his supporters have been celebrating on the streets. this is in the west. let's remind ourselves a little more about the man himself he represents the united democratic alliance. he calls himself a champion of the poor and that he represents the use. he pledged $400 million a year to support small businesses. he celebrated his win. >> we are here this evening to witness this momentous occasion, as the people of kenya restate what is in article one of the constitution of kenya, that all sovereign power belongs to the people of kenya. >> this was happening just before the results were announced. it appears to be supporters of his rival trying to block -- block the head of the commission from speaking, and some of the members refused to enforce the result. >> we are her

anchor: tell us about william ruto and why did he win?> mother politician -- neither politician are novices in the political game. we have seen them time and again, trying to become president of kenya. this time around, ruto has a vast program that in a way is quite comparable to odinga. both men have pledged to clamp down on one of the big scourges in kenya, corruption. sayingorruption is responsible for spoiling wide sectors of the economy in kenya. ruto has come up with a series of measures to improve the conditions for all canyons. that is important, all kenyans in his speech, he said it was not going to be separated along ethnic lines. he's saying he wants to make od cheaper, for example, he wants to reduce inflation. wants to prioritize employment for young people. he also wants to set up a fund for small businesses. just one figure that puts it in order, it is like 46% of kenyans are finding itard to find enough food to eat because of climate changend the widespre drought in the country. there is this open demand for whoever is goi

he said they acted unilaterally and illegally in declaring william ruto the winter. a series of explosions has rocked ukraine's crimean peninsula. local officials say a fe sparked the explosion added an ammunition depot, injuring two people and forcing thousands from their homes. ukraine has neither confirmed nor denied any attacks on crimea. don't forget, you can always get dw news on the go. just download from google by any app store. that will give you access to all the latest news from around the world as well as push notifications for any breaking news. that is all for now. stay with us. i will be back to take you through the day. to see you then. ♪ anchor: explosions at russian military positions in crimea. observers see a ukrainian push into the peninsula, seized by russia in 2014. coesting t election results in kenya. one candidate is calling for calm the victy is also disputed by half of the election commission in nairobi.

the yellow and green colors you can see all around me, are the official party colours for ruto's udang on a platform of economic freedom for the poor and democratic change. his supporters say they believe he is the candidate to solve their economic problems in kenya. in kenya, here are a lot of young mothers, single mothers. they're widows. they're those who are the water vendors. those women who always go do acid to do the laundry. - and we know when ruto wins, we will be the first people - to benefit from from government. the cost of living is too high. education, it is too high — - education, and also democracy. democracy also is being tarnished in this country because once - you are associated to a different |faction, you're being victimized. so those are things that we want to change in this country. - william ruto has won support of economically disenfranchised youth and low—wage workers to create what he calls a "hustler movement" that has been at the centre of his campaign. but his critics have pointed to concerns of his alleged involvement in corruption scandals. key issues

i victory, william ruto pledged to rule for all canyons.- to rule for all canyons. rule for all canyons. i want to promise — to rule for all canyons. i want to promise all _ to rule for all canyons. i want to promise all the _ to rule for all canyons. i want to promise all the people - to rule for all canyons. i want to promise all the people of. to promise all the people of kenya, whichever way they boated. ., ., :: :: boated. following the 2007 vote, at least _ boated. following the 2007 vote, at least 1200 - boated. following the 2007 vote, at least 1200 people. boated. following the 2007 - vote, at least 1200 people were killed and 600,000 fled their homes. analyst believe raila odinga is likely to challenge the result. following up on the last of the election it may be necessary to make another decision. prosecutors in the us state of georgia have told donald trump's former lawyer, rudy giuliani, he's a target of their criminal investigation into attempts to overturn the result of the last presidential election. as mr trump's lawyer, mr giuliani helped lead leg

ruto narrowly beat odinga with 50.49% of the vote.ouncement was delayed because of scuffles inside the vote counting center after four of the seven members of the electoral commission refused to endorse the results. that spurred fears of further violence and allegation of vote-rigging. taliban fighters have held victory parades in the afghan capital to mark a year since they seized power. fighters and their supporters paraded through kabul on foot, bicycles and motorcycles. a court in myanmar has convicted the ousted leader in more corruption cases, adding six years. they relate to accusations she was building a home from money with charitable donations. she has already been convicted in connection to other minor offenses. she was deposed in february last year. we are following developments from bangkok. >> at 77 years old, this really takes her out of the political picture for quite some time to come and i think this is what everyone is expected. she's facing 19 cases for a range of charges, including the ones today for corruption. t

our top stories: chaos and confusion as kenya's deputy president william ruto is declared the winner of last week's presidential election — but claims of vote rigging over the result. there is no room for vengeance, there is no room for looking back, we are looking into the future. donald trump's former lawyer, rudy giuliani, is told by us prosecutors he's a target of their criminal investigation into attempts to overturn the presidential election result. (cheering) the taliban celebrate the first anniversary of their return to power in afghanistan — but the picture remains bleak for women and girls. one big thing among others that challenges the more moderate image they are trying to portray is the restrictions they have imposed on women, the fact they have not allowed girls to go to secondary school in most of afghanistan, the only country in the world to do so. the uk becomes the first country to approve a covid vaccine that fights both the original strain and the omicron variant. and the organisers of the oscars apologise to a native american actress, nearly fifty years after she

william ruto has announced he has won.has also been indicted by the international criminal court then there is raila or dingo --odinga was run for the presidency five times. tell us about each person. >> both of these men have been in politics for a long time. odinga was one of the leaders of the independence movement in kenya, was in politics since 1960. in many ways, has been cheated out of his fraternity to rise to power by his chosen ideology. he was a socialist. at the time in the 1960's and africa i the context of the cold war, proxy wars, being a socialist was seen as an undetectable politics for this part of the world. -- unacceptable politics for this part of the world. and hurting this on the others you have william ruto. [indiscernible] switched sides from government opposition depending on who was in power. has never really gone head-to-head. in fact, on the same side of state ballot in 2007, same side as the election. [indiscernible] e story of how fluid gting politics has been in theast 30 years. very difficu

he's going up against the current deputy president william ruto.dera sent this report from deputy president ruto's campaign event in nairobi. yeah, yeah. national stadium in kenya's capital. thousands have come here to show their support for william ruto, who says he represents a new nation. the yellow and green colors you can see all around me, the official party colours for ruto's uda party, which was travelling the country in the last few months, campaigning on a platform of economic freedom for the poor and democratic change. his supporters say they believe he is the candidate to solve their economic problems in kenya. there are a lot of young mothers, single mothers. they are widows. they are those who who are the worst offenders? those women who always go do acid to do the laundry. - and we know when to win. we will be the first people - to benefit from from government. the cost of living is too high. education. it is too high, education, and also democracy. democracy also is being tarnished in this country because once you are associated to

ruto. he spoke out on wednesday after his highly contested narrow victory against his rival, raila odinga. >> we will be taking steps to ensure that iran is transparent, democratic. >> ruto is currently vice president one with almost 55 -- 50.5% of the vote. his opposition called it null and void. the results are determined by king apostle constituencies. the electoral commission now announced the final outcome. this year's election was said to be one of the country's votes but this has plunged the country into a. of uncertainty. four of the commissioners said they do not support the official results. calling the counting process opaque. >> they are declaring results by all seven commissioners. raila odinga has failed to preserve all options. if it is announced the results, a new election must be held within 60 days. >> the french weather service is warning of flesh s after the history lashed much of france yesterday. flash flooding lead to closures of the metro's. this is not far from wher

kenya's new president—elect, william ruto, says he wants to unite the country after his narrow electionictory. for the second time in a week, russia has reported explosions and a fire at a military base in crimea. spain is running out of ice, as it endures one of the worst droughts in europe, hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world. the value of uk wages has fallen at the fastest rate since records began after taking into account the rising cost of living. household budgets are being squeezed by rising food, fuel and energy costs. average pay fell by 3% between april and june, when adjusted for inflation. that means prices are rising at an even faster rate, despite growth in regular pay excluding bonuses. meanwhile, job vacancies continued to increase, although the rate is slowing. the rise in the cost of living has prompted workers and unions across several industries to call for inflation matching pay rises — with some, such as rail workers, going on strike. but the government claims the employment figures show the resilience of the uk economy. our business

on monday — william ruto was declared the winner, in last week's tightly contested poll.ve also rejected the official results. here's mr 0dinga making that announcement. the figures are null and void. and there is neither illegal or validly declared winner nor a president—elect. but i want to repeat that we totally reject the presidential results announced yesterday. i want to commend our supporters for remaining calm and achieving the piece that allowed them to continue to do so. let's speak to elizabeth shackelford now, a former us diplomat based in kenya in 2016—19. thank you very much forjoining us. i wonder what you may have the situation as it stands now? the chair of the electoral commission has said it is fine and good and we have a new president. the vice—chair and more than half the members of the commission say this is too opaque. it the commission say this is too 0 “aue. , the commission say this is too o-raue. ,. ., , opaque. it is certainly something _ opaque. it is certainly something that - opaque. it is certainly something that we i opaque. it is certainl

president-elect william ruto says he will turn around the economy by introducing social airfare programsndensate that will not be easy as the country is heavily in debt and borrowed a lot of money to build infrastructure politics. economists say the canyons will end up paying that back, so they hope the economy will be turned around. a lot of things are not going well. behind me, some businesses are closed because of the uncertainty and so many businesses have been struggling. we will see if he offers anything new. ♪ anchor: let's bring in our guests from nairobi. dennis, the campaign secretary for the president-elect william ruto, the executive director of a nonprofit that works on youth clinical engagement in kenya, and a constitutional lawyer and member of the committee of experts that wrote kenya's constitution. i'd like to start with you, dennis. you were campaign secretary for the president-elect. how are you feeling with the results and not all the election commissioners were endorsing the results? >> thank you very much. good evening to the viewers. we are elected. we are thankfu

this was william ruto�*s first time running for president.er ally as "dishonest, greedy for power, impatient and unsuitable to lead". we haven�*t heard from mr kenyatta since the result was announced. bbc monitoring�*s africa specialist beverly 0chieng is in nairobi. so far, what we are hearing is that leaders especially from raila 0dinga�*s support base in western kenya, which was quite devastated by violence as a result of the disputed elections in 2013 have urged their supporters to restrain themselves as they contemplate the way forward. so what we are hearing also hearing from raila 0dinga�*s secretarial team is that a candidate is supposed to address the supporters later this morning, perhaps giving them direction on the next course of action. the fact that they seem to side with a section of the electoral commission who disowned the election results. so generally looking across the country, canyons have adopted a wait—and—see attitude, having been through similar experiences in past elections, considering that this is just one of the m

his main opponent, deputy president william ruto.he electoral commission declared him the winner with just over 50% of the vote. raila's supporters believe he has been rigged out of victories before. he has challenged the results of the last three elections in court. supporters of raila odinga, five years ago when he challenged the election results, they ruled there had been irregularities and ordered a recount. that time he broke -- boy counted -- boycotted, saying they failed to fix the problems. this time he says he can prove criminality in the process. >> they are from eyes electoral systems, bribe officials, make security systems look the other way, or even kill in order to find a way to power. >> his petition is one of several submitted to the court. respondents include the electoral commission and william ruto and they have four days to submit responses. the court has two weeks to complete the hearing and give a verdict. it could results or order a recount, or a rerun of the polls. malcolm webb, al jazeera, nairobi. >> a const

ruto has been deputy president of kenya since 2013. his party, the kenya first coalition, has also won a majority of seats in kenya's senate. at least four election commissioners said they did not support the results due to the opaque nature of the vote count as diplomats and international election officials were removed from the tallying hall right before ruto's victory was announced monday. ruto will serve as kenya's fifth president since its independence from britain in 1963. he addressed the east african nation monday. >> there is no room for vengeance. there is not room for looking back. we are looking into the future. amy: in saudi arabia, women's rights defender has been sentenced to 34 years in prison over her advocacy. it's reportedly the longest sentence ever given to a saudi women's rights activist. al-shehab was initially sentenced to a six-year prison term over tweets she posted critical of saudi arabia's treatment of women. but an appeals court last week increased the sentence to 34 years behind bars and banned al-shehab

>> reporter: it is not clear if william ruto will ascend to the presidency in two weeks uncontested orraila odinga's coalition will go to court to challenge his win can which is likely. they have seven days to file an election petition if they choose to do so, and we'll hear in the hours ahead if that is their choice or whatever that decision is, but they contested that win because they said that they were not allowed to see the final outcome, the final result before it was announced as had been promised by the electoral commission here and they even claimed that the independent electoral commission's website, its results essentially had been hacked without providing any evidence. and so this uncertainty about whether or not william ruto will be the fifth president or there is a possibility that this all goes before the kenya supreme court and as happened in 2017, the supreme court might decide to throw it out, annul the election and kenyans will have to do another repeat election. we'll have to wait and see. but he william ruto did accept his win and this is what he said. >> in this e

they read the vote for ruto. at the other end of the city, ballot papers are checked and sorted. heavily armed police officers secured the side. the kenyan electoral authority has to deler this time after the election last -- five years ago had to be repeated due to serious errors. >> there waiting for the critical results. -- they are waiting for the critical results. >> william ruto is the first to cast his ballot in a village near here. he prays for peace. but peace does not hold everywhere. on election day, these pictures made the rounds. a freshly elected member of county assembly is volved in a violent dispute. he accuses his political rival. >> whoever is not in a strong party bestia will automatically lose. >> one of the attackers -- based here will automatically lose. >> back at the police station, 5:00 p.m. sharp. >> the polling station has been closed. >> tapped account and now, days later, -- time to count and now, days later, people are eagerly waiting the result. >> dozens have been killed in sierra leone. police officers and civilians are among the dead. the rising

what is the latest response to president-elect ruto's win?s of the country that support william ruto. especially the north, where he comes from. and other parts of the country. he has a national following, but sort does nicolae miu. those who voted for nicolae miu, still feeling hopeful that there is some way to turn this thing around. we saw intrigue yesterday, one, before the announcement, with some chaos at the national tallying center. anti-riot police had to be called in to support, and didn't want an announcement to be made. even more fascinating, four commissioners of the electoral commission calling a separate press conference before the announcement, and declaring that they could not support the final winners of the presidential election. it was unprecedented. i have covered elections since 2007. i've never seen anything like this, rosemary. we expect to hear more from them. they only say, they can trust the final outcome, because the final bit of this outcome was opaque. not a lot of information was given. it led to speculation abou

. >> william ruto, number of valid votes, 7 million.ally, the chair of the election commission, wafula chebukati, declared deputy president william ruto the winner. celebrations erupted across the country. most polls predicted that ruto would lose this election. he ran against kenya's sitting president, uhuru kenyatta, united with odinga against him. ruto hailed the election as a step forward for the country. >> i am a very proud kenyan this evening, that the people of kenya have raised the bar on us, who are seeking leadership in our country, not to sell our ethnicities, but to sell our progms, our manifestos, our agenda, and our plan. neha: but in such a hotly contested election, some odinga supporters were angry with the result. protests have erupted here in kibera, an informal settlement in nairobi. the iebc, the electoral commission, has just named william ruto as the 5th president of kenya. this area is a stronghold for presidential candidate raila odinga, and the people here say that they are furious. >> in 2022 i voted for the t

ruto's populist message is that anyone can succeed, regardless of ethnicity or class. vendor turned elite politician, he presents himself as hustler #1. he's running on a bottom-up economics platform that appeals to kenyans hit hard by inflation. >> it is all about the bottom-up. as you can see in his manifesto, he has talken about employment for the use -- youth the , hustler's fund that he's going to give to the hustlers, especially the small businesses. he has spoken about lifting us, the cost of living, so we are expecting much from him. neha: fearing defeat, both raila and ruto have tried to undermine kenya's electoral commission. ruto's claim is that president kenyatta and the deep state are against him, and he's preparing his supporters to expect government interference. >> we want to give them a warning ahead of time. we will not allow you this time to pull the railway. we will not allow you this time to organize demonstrations. we will not allow you this time to swear yourselves in. we are going to finish with you in the morning, and we will put you in a wheel

kenya's deputy president william ruto has been declared the winner and has said it's time to look to future, with the country needing all hands on deck to move forward. donald trump's former lawyer, rudy giuliani, has been told by us prosecutors he's a target of their criminal investigation into attempts to overturn the presidential election result. mr giuliani helped lead legal challenges to the outcome of the vote and has repeatedly made false claims of widespread fraud. moscow says its defence minister has spoken by phone to the head of the united nations, antonio guterres, about the zaporizhzhia nuclear plant in ukraine. the area's currently under russia's control. moscow and kyiv accuse each other of shelling the site. now on bbc news, return of the tigers. in 2010, the himalayan nation of nepal was one of 13 countries to commit to doubling its wild tiger populations by 2022. nepal is now the only country to have achieved that goal. tigers are making a remarkable comeback here in nepal. their numbers more than doubling in the last ten years. tigers are the majestic creatures. be

on monday, william ruto was declared the winner, in last week's tightly contested poll.mission's members have also rejected the official results. earlier i spoke to elizabeth shackelford, a former us diplomat based in kenya, who said this result shows democracy looks like it's working in the country. the working in the country. election is been contested. raila the election is been contested. raila 0dinga has said he is going to contest it but the most important thing is that today and his remarks were closely watched, he called on supporters to remain peaceful and that he was going to contest the election results in court and hopefully his supporters will listen to him and will not be protesting in the streets of kenya. we are lookin: the streets of kenya. we are looking at — the streets of kenya. we are looking at raila _ the streets of kenya. we are looking at raila 0dinga - the streets of kenya. we are looking at raila 0dinga her l looking at raila 0dinga her infield has around forever, from an established family with the backing of the president. it felt like all th

he and his supporters are refusing to accept william ruto as the new president. >> we want odinga toe our president. we fought for election peacefully, but they have done wrong things. because odinga is the one who won the election. reporter: the chairman of the election commission declared odinga the president last week, but commissioners say the tallying wasn't finished. >> his role in declaring results were not approved by plenary by all seven commissioners, and it renders the results unconstitutional. reporter: the supreme court has 14 days to rule on the challenge. if the results are overturned, a new election must be held within two months. since 2002, all election results have been contested in kenya, and into thousand seven, odinga resulted -- rejected the results of the ballot box, leading to riots. anchor: supporters of the former pakistani prime minister gathered outside his home this money to stop police arresting him on antiterrorism charges. police filed charges against the former cricket star on saturday over what they said was a threat in a speech in which he spoke ab

mr ruto was declared the winner of last week's election on monday with just over 50% of the vote.nya's seven election commissioners distanced themselves from the result, saying that proper procedures had not been carried out during the vote tallying. the official rate of unemployment among those aged between 18 and 3a years is nearly a0%, and the economy is not creating enoughjobs to absorb the 800,000 young people joining the workforce every year. joining me now from nairobi is our reporter, peter mwangangi. he has been following this for us. peter, he is literallyjust in thejob, but us. peter, he is literallyjust in the job, but even that is controversial. i don't know if they are yet to respond to the news. he really has a huge task ahead, hasn't he?— news. he really has a huge task ahead, hasn't he? yes, he has a bi task ahead, hasn't he? yes, he has a big task ahead. _ ahead, hasn't he? yes, he has a big task ahead. they _ ahead, hasn't he? yes, he has a big task ahead. they have - ahead, hasn't he? yes, he has a big task ahead. they have not i big task ahead. they have not y

reporter: the deputy president william ruto voted in his home county and is one of the front runnersor the presidency. >> i feel very good that after so many months of campaigning and speaking to the people of kenya and selling our agenda and manifesto and having discussions across the country, this morning, it is d-day. reporter: his rival, odinga, voted at a polling station in nairobi, accompanied by scores of supporters. the outgoing president kenyatta had a falling out with his deputy. kenyatta has backed odinga to support him. do you think this election will be free and fair? >> it is every kenyan's hope that is the way it will be. reporter: some say kenyans want politicians to focus on issues like the economy. most of the people we have spoken to kick -- share the same concerns. the cost of living is high, people have no jobs, they worry about corruption. they hope their new leadership will make things better. >> canyons are jobless -- kenyans are jobless. >> even food, necessities in life. reporter: kenya has a history of election battles. this year voters say they hope the ou

to be the country's next president. 22 million registered voters facedded a choice between william rutocurrent vice president and raila odinga, making his fifth bid to lead the nation. for more, i spoke to our corrpondent richard in nh rokey. what has been theig issue when it comes to choosing the next president? >> generally theseelection are happening on the backdrop of economic discontent, runaway cost of living. issues to do with the country public debt, issues to do with corruption. those are issues that were really top of the mind of kenyans so basically, does the person who's offered the candidateship for the presidency have what it takes to improve their living conditions was a major point to the run-up to the elections. >> sit looking like a close race? >> it does because if you look at opinion polls that were conducted in the run-up to the election, the very -- they're very, very tight. the thing is that whoever winches the presidency will just do that with a very narrow who have been observing thets trends over the last couple of months. so it's a very tight race compared to

william ruto is declared the winner of the presidential election. but the results rejected.the u.s., a battle for the future of the republicanarty underway. a prominent critic of donald trump tries to fight off a primary challenge. four days after the office was attacked in new york, we speak to the man with him on stage and attackedt the very sameime. >> to have this happen is an affront to all of us. >> the perfect storm of heat waves returning tourists and rising energy bills have left spain running out of ice. ice is now a hot commodity. welcome to world news america on pbs and around the globe. we begin with high-stakes elections in three very different parts of the world. a result of kenya's presidential election in dispute tonight. in the u.s., republican voters in wyoming will decide the fate of trump critic liz cheney, was has her primary contest is the beginning of the future of american democracy. we start in brazil. campaigning for the presidency is officially underway. the incumbent known as the trump of the tropics takes on the left-wing former leader. our corr

>> president elect wliam ruto, we are just getting use him now being president elect. he met with all of the elected members of parliament, governors, senators, everyone who has been elected under his coalition. he said it was time to deliver for kenyans, there were more pressing needs compared to other things pbably thathey were being pushed into. he said he was ready for court process, but also said members of parliament and everybody within to work to alleviate the cost-of-living for kenyans to ensure young people got jobs and promises they made were delivered to the country as soon as possible. >> felix moringa, thank you so much. russia has replaced the commander of its military fleet in the black sea a day after the russian-held crimea and peninsula was rocked by explosions. no one has claimed responsibility for the massive blast at a weapons depot, but ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy blamed what he calls russian incompetence. moscow blames the attacks on unidentified saboteurs. russian appointed authorities in primera say it -- crimea say fires are still

william ruto represents the united democratic alliance. he has been deputy president since 2013. himself as a champion of the poor due to his mother's upbringing. here is his message to voters. >> the people of kenya will be -- will prevail over the system, and we are going to have a nation that leaves no canyon behind. . -- kenyan behind. >> we take a look at issuesor the vers, including soaring food pris, disenchantment with the political elite, particularly among young people. here is our respondent. >> the cost of living in kenya is about 5.8%, the highest it has been reported in the last five years. canyons are going to the polls when basic commodities like oil and stock have gone up by about 100%. also at issue, we talk about corruption did we have every day cases of officials, where people cannot account for money, taxpayers money. so it is really a big issue. another issue is debt. kenya's debt ceiling is at an all-time high, it is something canyons are complaining about. also things like health care, and it is expensive. also people are asking, that th can find ways to t

he said mr ruto gotjust over 50% of the votes, narrowly ahead of the opposition leader, raila 0dinga.t couldn't be more true. here in kisumu, the third largest city, demonstrators hurled stones and started fires in protest at the result of the presidential election. but in the rift valley, jubilant celebrations following the proclamation of william ruto as the country's next leader. we have devoted our time and devoted our commitment and our emotions, and we thank god, we have something to thank god because eventually he has emerged the winner. we are very confident that under his leadership this country is going to gain a lot of mileage in terms of development, in terms of education, in terms of peace and tranquillity between all the tribes of kenya. the public reaction followed a very public scuffle as supporters of the opposition candidate raila 0dinga clashed with election officials amid allegations of vote rigging, four of the seven members of the electoral commission refused to endorse the results, saying it was opaque. but despite those claims and queries over his victory, will

kenya's deputy president william ruto has been declared the winner and has said it's time to look to future, with the country needing all hands on deck to move forward. donald trump's former lawyer, rudy giuliani, has been told by us prosecutors that he's a target of their criminal investigation into attempts to overturn the presidential election result. mr giuliani helped lead legal challenges to the outcome of the vote and has repeatedly made false claims of widespread fraud. moscow says its defence minister has spoken by phone to the head of the united nations, antonio guterres, about the zaporizhzhia nuclear plant in ukraine. the area's currently under russia's control. moscow and kyiv accuse each other of shelling the site. now on bbc news: talking movies godfather special. a warning this programme contains violent images from the film. # the first time... 50 years ago, a roberta flack song topped the record charts... # ever i saw yourface... we are today seeing the progress of modern china. ..president nixon made a historic visit to china and in britain, there was a 47—day mine

william ruto has been deputy president for ten years. unemployment. both candidates have been accused of historical corruption. whoever wins, there's little hope here for significant change. akisa wandera, bbc news, central kenya. they've gathered from the evidence the un says there's growing evidence in myanmar of crimes power in a coup last year. un investigators say they've gathered growing evidence of crimes against humanity there, and are calling the abuses a systematic attack against a civilian population. in february last year, the country's military seized power, ousted the civilian government and arrested its de facto leader, aung san suu kyi. a state of emergency was declared. six months later, thejunta tightened its grip as min aung hlaing appointed himself prime minister of a "caretaker government" and repeated a pledge to hold elections by 2023. since then, opposition and protests have been brutally crushed. according to local monitoring groups, more than 2,000 people have been killed and 15,000 arrested. at the beginning of

raila odinga, william ruto, how different are - william ruto, how different are they? first of all, let's look at the ages of— they? so, first of all, let's look at the ages of these _ they? so, first of all, let's look at the ages of these two - they? so, first of all, let's look. at the ages of these two people. raila odinga 77 and william ruto is 55. looking at their manifestos in what they are promising and william ruto is talking about the bottom—up approach, he talks to the people as somebody who is very relatable, somebody who is very relatable, somebody has had trouble to come to where he is. raila odinga is a seasoned politician, the fifth time he is trying to get the presidency and for william ruto this is the first time he's trying to get this. also another thing to note is that these two have been rivals, especially between raila odinga and deputy president's william ruto's boss uhuru kenyatta, so there are lots of differences between these two and they will really impact the numbers on when the total tally comes out. numbers on when the total tally comes o

and today we are seeing outgoing deputy president william ruto is still, you know, leading somethingore, a very closely contested, you know, presidential race than we have seen in recent history. let's take a look at some other stories in the headlines.... syrian state media say israel has carried out an air attack on targets in the coastal province of tartus. they said three soldiers had been killed. the syrian observatory for human rights said several missiles hit the vicinity of a village where iranian militias allied with the assad regime are located. the saudi state—owned oil giant aramco has announced record profits of more than $48 billion for the second quarter of this year. the world's biggest oil producer's net income has almost doubled year—on—year. oil prices are up because of russia's attack on ukraine and increasing demand after the pandemic. and a tropical storm is heading northeast in the pacific ocean offjapan�*s tohoku region, after making landfall and causing damage in centraljapan on saturday. weather officials say the atmospheric conditions are expected to remain

meanwhile, supporters of ruto's opponent, raila odinga, protested.d tear gas as crowds burned tires in the streets. iran is denying any role in the stabbing of writer salman rushdie last week. the islamic republic had called for his death in 1989 over his novel, "the satanic verses." today, a foreign ministry spokesman suggested the author has only himself to blame for friday's attack. mr. kanaani: salman rushdie exposed himself to popular anger and fury through insulting the sacred of islam and trespassing red lines of over 1.5 billion muslims. we don't see any other parties who should be blamed or condemned, except for rushdie himself and his supporters. stephanie: the u.s. state department called iran's claim "despicable." rushdie remains hospitalized in western new york state. a court in myanmar convicted ousted leader aung san suu kyi of new corruption charges today. that tacked on 6 more years to her earlier prison sentence of 11 years. suu kyi has been detained since the military overthrew her elected government in february last year. there's

other stories in the headlines: african leaders have congratulated the kenyan politician, william rutos country's presidential election, despite the result having been rejected by the opposition leader, raila odinga. the leaders of uganda and ethiopia said they looked forward to working closely with mr ruto's government. the high court in london has heard how british ministers who supported sending asylum seekers to rwanda were told that its government tortures and kills political opponents. an independent adviser made the warning weeks before the uk tried — and failed — to send a flight carrying migrants to rwanda. the british government has insisted rwanda is safe. in portugal over a thousand firefighters writing a blaze which has been burning for ten days, it was brought under control on sunday before reigniting again. smoke has travelled 400 kilometres to madrid, blanketing the sky of the spanish capital. campaigning is officially underway ahead of 0ctober�*s presidential elections in brazil that will see the right—wing incumbent, jair bolsonaro, take on the left—wing former leader