sam rainsy is the acting president of the banned opposition party and his living in exile in paris his says his party's popularity in cambodia is one of the reasons behind the crackdown on dissent. at the last election. when we were allowed to. recollect a nearly ha the popular vote and a nice in spite of a massive 1 fraud or had shown being our oneness that we would have a wonderful already and since then the popular support has been growing for us and this explains why the government is so our friend of. our of the floor following the election they knew that we were going to we need a new reason why the man us just before the election and now they prevent the leaders of europe and sent him back why prosecuting them. shows that the government used a very abstract of that when you actually account now my colleague vice president who are trying to back in 2 days a but. fear. not be allowed to do so so it's a very strange or under one. use of process. he is accusing us of for many many ludicrous crimes but only other men we are not allowed to act. in an unprecedented move the hong kong g

all right sam rainsy we thank you so much for speaking to us from paris. well the u.n. peacekeeping mission in the central african republic says a soldier has been killed in an attack by armed groups in the capital bangui rebels have been trying to overturn december's election results which saw president far star shans to walk away reelected nicolas hack reports the capital of the central african republic under attack above the sound of russian helicopters interrupted by explosions and gunfire when rwandan u.n. peacekeeper was killed dozens of rebel fighters died in combat. one of the rebels is captured alive but security forces save him from a mob who wants him dead later he's paraded on state t.v. by the country's security minister. these are foreign fighters this one doesn't even speak french or the local language he is now in our hands thanks to the slower peroration of the people of the central african republic on tuesday prime minister with the u.n. and russian escorts visited the neighboring town while the to boost the troops' morale. dozens of government forces

defendants are accused of being involved with organizing a failed trip by former opposition leaders sam rainsy to return to cambodia from self-imposed exile branes he had been prime minister who is biggest political rival for years in 2017 a year before the last general election who launched a sweeping crackdown on his opponents. the c. an r.p. was forced by the court to disband its leader kemp's aka arrested ahead of the election rights activists say the upcoming trial will help sen who's been prime minister for 36 years to strengthen his grip on power what we're seeing in cambodia today is the consolidation of dictatorship we're seeing the last vestiges of political opposition swept away that means local provincial councillors of the sea and r.p. . various political activists civil society people are all being swept up in these mass trials the government says the charges are legitimate and that the trial will proceed like any other florence li al jazeera. belgian police have arrested more than $100.00 people after a protest over the death of a black man in custody turned violent but he says

defendants are accused of being involved with organizing a failed trip by former opposition leaders sam rainsy to return to cambodia from self-imposed exile brains he had been prime minister who is biggest political rival for years in 2017 a year before the last general election who launched a sweeping crackdown on his opponents. the c. an r.p. was forced by the court to disband its leader cam soca arrested ahead of the election rights activists say the upcoming trial will help in sen who's been prime minister 36 to strengthen his grip on power what we're seeing in cambodia today is the consolidation of dictatorship we're seeing the last vestiges of political opposition swept away that means local and provincial councillors of the sea in r.p. . various political activists civil society people are all being swept up in these mass trials the government says the charges on the chitta met and that the trial will proceed like any other florence li al jazeera. it's ahead here on al-jazeera ferrari's top of formula one driver is the latest to test positive for corona virus general have those details