coming up in business africa in just a moment we'll take a look at senegal opposition candidates pledge to replace the country's currency if he's elected the sunday what kind of difference would it make. and more coming up with gas first on my ass waiter thank you for joining us. taking a few risks you could even take a chance on. don't expect happy ending. we take it personally with the wonderful people and stories that are so special are you waiting. for. a call from my. country to. g.w. . on sunday senegal will go to the polls and elect a new president the opposition candidate wants to ditch the old colonial currency but is that really a good idea. and it used to be a boom town for property developers now mumbai house prices are falling as an alarming rate. this is business africa on the w. welcome. but first zimbabwe's central bank has released a new devalued cause i currency into circulation that replaces the zimbabwe and banknotes which were pegged to the u.s. dollar people lined up in the capital harare to be the first to get their hands on the replacement currency this is the la

well this sunday senegal will elect a new president and that could also be a first step towards a new currency opposition candidate whose month suncor says he'll abolish the safe route for a safer from if he's elected the abbreviations c.f.a. stance vocal and the phone says duffy currency therefore he says is a relic of colonial times which keeps senegal dependent on its form occupied france its view many young voters do support senegal is one of fourteen former french colonies that have been using the c.f.a. front frank since france pulled out of central africa in the one nine hundred sixty s. the say five currency zone comprises six central african nations from a quarter are given to central at the central african republic and eight west african countries these include booking a fossil and senegal. in all fourteen states the current currency policy is effectively laid down in france and the safe from which was paid to the french franc now has a fixed exchange rate to the euro all members of the safe from have to deposit half of their currency reserves in france's central bank some s

valley for west africa but if you travel away from the cranes and building sites there is another senegal with a different narrative this is. two hundred kilometers from the car and there are villages with no running water electricity or hospitals children suffer from malnutrition you sick out walked away from this life traveling across the mediterranean into europe with the hope to find better opportunities but he's come back empty handed there are no jobs here no opportunities at least not for us it's as if we don't exist we don't count on politicians unless it's election time and we haven't because what. senegal is sinking in debt riddled with corruption and unemployment this is the narrative shared by the four opposition candidates among them political newcomer anti establishment huisman song. you can win your. politicians understand nothing because this country's youth has decided to take responsibility and to take their destiny into their own hands fifty nine years of lies and betrayal. with conflicting narratives to choose from it's now up to the six million voters to decide which

and will it be more maki self-will senegal the fifty four year old is seeking a second presidential to. go voters give it to him. then what it is say we'll find out why south african talk show host of the no is sick the twitter sphere on fire when you spoke. at the oscars. i'm christine window welcome to the program i'm glad you're tuned in votes are being counted off to nigeria's election and finally it's a place at the weekend so wolf muhammadu buhari stage a comeback although his main challenger. pulled the rug from under his feet well there's not a whole lot of polling data available but analysts have said it's going to be a close contest at least thirty five people are said to have died in violence in the run up to the election but the african union sais the poll was generally peaceful now that's important because elections in nigeria can be deadly in two thousand and eleven more than eight hundred people died in post-election protests in the north wind blow hard it was defeated. surprise praise for peace are being held in church services all over the country as nigerians wait for

your back on him if this is some of the reasons why and what are you hoping for young people for senegal what is the message that you want to them now which candidate are you now endorsing. yeah i once said that it would help much still to come in the power i would say that we fought against a lot and then much of our challenger capitalize the fact that we will rule fighting against that was the case so the hope is the real change africa is struggling with what we call the type of politician that without much. about the countries they have a profit on the power of the rich we all know that much is a toy is a pure science look at what's happening in our country now we can belong to two trends companies are much nationalist here so we need something fresh and new we need the definitive revolution i want you to have a listen because our correspondent has been talking to people on the streets of senegal what is that unction listen to one woman who spoke to us seven isn't so much a set of like for you to comment on that second a sense of sort on him this vision we want young people to be give

business first widespread poverty and unemployment rival narratives on tests as senegal votes to elect a new leader. and north korea's leader heads for a second summon with u.s. president donald trump. and after years of violence we visit iraq's ancient sites which are in urgent need of restoration. opposition efforts to bring aid into venezuela have ended in scenes of violence death and destruction stopped trucks from crossing from colombia and security forces fired tear gas at protesters and during almost three hundred people there were also confrontations as the entry point with brazil and one border town at least two people were killed on me as defense minister says sixty members of the venezuelan armed forces have defected and crossed over president responded swiftly cutting off diplomatic ties with his neighbor a latin american to go see a numinous in san antonio on the venezuelan side of the border. opponents of an battled president. had vowed nothing would stop them from bringing tons of food and medical donations into venezuela. on the colombian side of the border four trucklo

election inhe 11th senegal. senegal possible relationship dominates much of the election cycle. accused onees have of being too close to paris. how much liquidity is partly controlled by the bank of france. they say that needs to change. that policy isn't a new one, but has a degree of populist support. economists, some pulling senegal out would cause a degree of instability to the economy. are stille here talking and considering the ongoing relationship with france. nigeria is on standby, waiting for results from its presidential election saturday, due to come out later this week. and theent president vice president are claiming victory. violence,ked by saying close to 40 people were killed. whoever wins the presidency will be faced with fighting security and corruption and roosting the economy. in algeria, protests have been straight day.hird demonstrators expressed anger over the plan to seek a fifth term in office. tear and cannons to disperse the crowd. police faced and off in the city center. mediag the call on social , hundreds turned out to rally band.iance on a there de

because at stake is not just the future of the future president of this country but the future of senegal itself just recently barbara there was an oil discovery of an estimated value of fifteen billion dollars now this could change the future of this country barbara. well it's interesting also in the campaign of course you have the incumbent president the president of the vote saying that basically it's an economic success story not quite the story told by the opposition how do most people there feel about it. it's interesting that you point this out barbara because i was just talking to you to two first time voters and they were saying that bringing economic wealth isn't good enough for them they want more than that and the stifling of the of the political scene here in senegal has really affected young people a new legislation was put into place just before this election that gives more power to the government to clamp down on the internet that's something that's very unpopular amongst young people who have taken to social media before this election calling for a presidential debate th

booming business versus widespread poverty and unemployment rival narratives on test as senegal votes to elect a new leader. that's hollywood's night to shine we look at the films that are capturing the most attention and what's different about this year certainly. opposition efforts to take eight inch of venezuela have ended in scenes of violence death and destruction troops stopped trucks from crossing from colombia and security forces fired tear gas at protesters injuring almost three hundred people there were also confrontations at the entry point with brazil and one border town at least two people were killed colombia's defense minister says sixty members of the venezuelan armed forces have defected president maduro responded swiftly cutting off diplomatic ties with his neighbor a lot america to see a new minutes in san antonio on the venezuelan side of the border and. opponents of an battled president. had vowed nothing would stop them from bringing tons of food and medical donations into venezuela on. the colombian side of the border four truckloads of supplies tried to breach

and the other candidates are really focused on poverty and inequality because in senegal many still live with no electricity no running water and is dependent on foreign aid these are all these themes that will influence voters have come now in numbers to get their voices heard. thank you as the fourth and final day of the first ever conference on sex abuse scandal within the catholic church francis is currently holding mass as expected to speak on the subject some one hundred ninety religious leaders to vatican city this week to address the ongoing fallout from the scandal on saturday the pope led a prayer for those abused by catholic clergy men over the years. we asked each other how we can act responsibly which steps we should take to face the future with a renewed courage should we say as the prodigal son did father i have sinned we need to examine where necessary concrete actions for local churches for the members of the episcopal conferences for our selves and this requires to look sincerely at our own actions and situations which have taken place in our countries. our challen

within the next hour polls will be closing in senegal for the presidential election current president macky sall is banking on a booming economy to stay in office for another term opposition candidates have been promoting a platform the focus is on poverty and unemployment which they say are pushing people to leave the country nicholas hock reports from the capital dakar. senegal rising prosperous educated and with a booming economy it's this vision that president like you said he's promoting to get reelected. didn't continue to progress the one that will bring prosperity to all senegalese. during his time in office new company registrations tripled among them is impact to car incubate or for startups but i think it's a great time for a youngster it was really to do you can number of risks because very little things a person mayfield's an entrepreneur a lot of things that are here now going to appear before inauguration after the other son is changing the capitals landscape promoting and there it is a rising senegal. just a few kilometers away from downtown the car is a two billion do

and just under an hour voters in senegal will choose their next leader president macky sall is banking on a booming economy to sweep back into another term but opposition candidates are focusing on poverty and unemployment which they say are pushing people to seek a better life abroad reports in the capital dakar. senegal rising prosperous educated and with a booming economy it's this vision that president mike you saw he's promoting to get reelected i. am the candidate continue to progress to one that will bring prosperity to all senegalese during his time in office new company registrations tripled among them is impact to car incubate or for startups i think it's a great time for a youngster it was really to take a number of risks because very little things like this in my field an intrapreneur a lot of things that are here and now going to appear before one inauguration after the other song is changing the capitals landscape promoting narrative of a rising senegal just a few kilometers away from downtown the car is a two billion dollar construction site it's called genuine to presen

no relation to the president is in prison at first the incumbent's record doesn't seem so bad senegal's economy is currently growing by more than six percent. but jobs for young people are scarce and lack of prospects and poverty are driving many out of the country. here in senegal you know poverty is there it can be seen with the naked eye so it's cynical to talk about development people are suffering there are problems everywhere. we all know but. everything is concentrated in the dark and we need to decentralize. if you need just one document you have to come to dakar that's not normal and i think a song called talked about that. we women we get funding and their children can work they can study there are birds series of course you can't you please everyone but i will never stop being grateful to make you sound mind you and says hey jimmy do you do you. sinegal has limited natural resources and around thirty percent of overall government spending is funded by foreign aid the country's energy and transport infrastructure are in desperate need of improvement but senegal needs more mone

well one of the big issue not just here in senegal but throughout west africa is jobs because here in senegal you have an educated class you have universities and you have people that graduate with master's degrees engineering degrees but cannot find a job and those are young people that feel frustrated many of whom are under the time of manky cells mandate took this perilous journey to cross the desert to the mediterranean to make it to europe and these are young people educated people that they're not fleeing conflict or war they're fleeing economic opportunities opportunities that seem to not have materialized during that time. he sells a presidency not just during the time of monticello presidency but for the last decade or so and so that's the real challenge ahead for president mikey so are any president that will take charge of this country there is a young population hungry for jobs and hungry for opportunities at home and that's what mike you sell needs to deliver on not just opening up infrastructure projects but providing basic jobs for this population also worth remembering

ifyouou cannot lead senegal you do not believe in god.tever level of impurity of the person, there has to be a minimum of faith and belief. you have to charm the constituency to get a few more votes. the religious leader >> staff -- the religious leader's staff reject the idea he might influence the election. >> there are no instructions given for the election. the chief is neutral. that is important, but it doesn't mean that in his heart he will not choose one or the other whose program he approves of. >> the influence of religious leaders over young voters has finished according to this researchers prayed however, it remains a tradition rooted in the culture. >> the role of religion is a constant as is the focht politicians are aware of the influence over voters. the influence of religion over public opinion is important. whether mathematically that translates into votes in elections, that is the big question we are working on and we don't have a specific answer. >> in senegal, 95% of the population is muslim and the majority of them be

voting has just wrapped up in senegal's presidential elections president mbeki sallis seeking a second term and faces four main rivals to his bid since coming to office president saleh is developed infrastructure projects and the economy is said to be booming opposition candidates though say ordinary people are suffering with poverty and unemployment rampant pushing many to seek a life overseas let's make it take us hack who is in a polling station in the capital so how is vote counting going. well is that it just started just under an hours or just about an hour go it's going through it's going on across fifteen thousand polling stations and we're in one of the polling rooms we've just seen earlier these officers taking out each envelope. calling out the name of the candidate this in front of observers from the political parties and from the election commission the election commission here says it wants to make the process as transparent as possible i mean this is democracy in action in senegal and so they go as one of the most stable democracies on the continent in much of it is to d

looking for the politicians but will voters in senegal a loss for the elect a new leader. twenty five years since a mass shooting in a west bank mosque we report on how the consequences are still unfolding. and of course the west indies cricket a who's just put himself into the record books stay with us. well we've had a welcome dusting of snow in afghanistan deadly floods same parts of pakistan and we've had flooding rains in the northern areas of india could see this area of cloud hake say the say this is in the punjab district of india similar conditions across the border into pakistan lots of cloud and rain around here it's moving through the i think squatting down servicing dry weather so a few spots of light just about like them out on a chart twenty seven celsius there for new delhi on friday it cools off a touch as we go on into sas the cloud just sliding its way through karate will hang on to a hive around twenty seven cells in the speaking of karate there's been some unusually wet weather across southern parts of pakistan forty millimeters of rain here in twenty

two different voters two visions for senegal future. now the provisional results will be announced on wednesday the official results from the election commission will come out at the end of the week on friday in the meantime there's been a lot of speculation in the media and of course the former president who came back to this country just weeks before the vote had said that these elections will be rigged had announced that it would win with a score of fifty five to fifty seven percent the prime minister announced fifty seven fifty seven percent just last night so the longer it takes for these results to come out the more people here are anxious there's been a muted reaction from party supporters both from a key cell and and. all eyes are on the election commission now everybody now waiting anxiously for the results to come out back to you martin thanks nick nicholas live in the capital dhaka still to come here at al-jazeera we'll hear from palestinians who say israeli occupation is making it ever more difficult for them to pray. and i

class senegal's money matters a west african country famous for a pink lake and a strong musical heritage by its currency is now become an election issue. in a bid to control the internet of the future some say a kind of digital iron curtain is falling on the one side there's the u.s. on the other there's china other countries are lining up to this is also a battle about five g. or fifth generation wireless technology that increases the amount of data that can be transmitted wirelessly the so-called internet of things could also combine things like artificial intelligence and virtual reality the problem is politicians don't understand it and haven't got a clue how to regulate it all control it is even no clear consensus about its very definition it's also worth remembering that the internet wasn't built by a government or a large company the founding fathers were interested in things like providing a force for good. and joining me from london now is a degree in love it adrian is the chief executive officer of the web foundation the worldwide web foundation was established in two thousand

from russia with interest kremlin backed investments in venezuela are all about plus a report from senegal's currency control to see counting the cost on al-jazeera. welcome back you're watching not just a reminder of all top stories the u.s. but syrian democratic forces say they've begun the final push to push myself out of its last pocket of terror a treat more than twenty thousand people have been moved camps also the political crisis in venezuela has turned into a deadlock over consignment of u.s. aid sitting on the colombian side of the border the opposition is trying to work out how to get it into the country. thousands of anti-government protesters are calling for haitian president boise to resign accusing him of being involved in corruption some demonstrators are throwing rocks at his home. turkey has condemned china's treatment of its muslim week of minorities saying it's a great cause of shame for humanity about a million years are believed to be holding comes against their will in turkish foreign ministry wants beijing to respect their human rights and shut down what it calls conc

after the grace report, staffmembers from senegal were terminated and disciplined. as adults, every one of these women reached out to law enforcement authorities and were told it was too late to press charges. the pain never going away. you okay, bonnie? >> i need a minute.ep >>ter: but now they have a voice. >> i'm a strong woman. i will do my best to protect anybody who sees this and wants to speak out. >> reporter: kate snow, nbc news, new york >> absolutely devastating. >>> we're going to take a short break, then hunt for a killer after a shocking murder caught on camera. >>> the giant leap in a billionaire's quest to win the space tourism race. for adults with moderately to severely active crohn's disease, stelara® works differently. studies showed relief and remission, with dosing every 8 weeks. stelara® may lower your ability to fight infections and may increase your risk of infections and cancer. some serious infections require hospitalization. before treatment, get tested for tb. tell your doctor if you have an infection or flu-like symptoms or sores, have

two different voters two visions for senegal future nicolas hawke al-jazeera the car. gale force winds have brought severe disruptions of pellets of molten strong waves have washed life fish on to roads and pavements streets have flooded and trees have been uprooted in seaside towns popular with tourists restaurants and other buildings on the island what also damaged and now it's time for sports has fara thanks very much manchester city have won the english league cup for a second straight year pep ordeal is team beating chelsea in the final at wembley they won four three on penalties after an end goal is set the end of extra time this is their fourthly cup triumph in six years they also equate the first part of a four pronged trophy hunt city are chasing the premier league champions league and f.a. cup titles. as you'd expect man city have been celebrating their win sergio guerra here showing he's got some moves off the field as well and you could only imagine the party if they left all four of the show fees they're chasing. liverpool have moved to the top of the engl

voting is underway in senegal as people choose their next president is banking on a booming economy to stay in office for another term opposition candidates may be on a platform that focuses on poverty and unemployment which they say are pushing people to leave the country while nicholas hoult joins us live now from the capital dhaka nicholas so just bring us up to date last minute happening that's today. well people have come out on mouse to vote we spoke to the polling officer in charge in this area where in medina in downtown the car just as true and throws away from the presidential palace and this is a stronghold of the opposition notably the popular former mayor of jakarta the first cell he wanted to run in this election but was prevented from doing it because he was sentenced to time in prison for corruption just a few days ago the former president of senegal abdul i wired who is the head of the the senegalese democratic party called for a boycott of this election but i think all these calls came on deaf ears people came really we saw a lot of people here this morning queuing up

senegal's prime minister says president has one reelection but the opposition disputes that and says a vote should go to a runoff official results on tout yet and could take days because huck reports. the vote under the careful watch of party observers and a nation waiting for the name of its you president. will it be incumbent president salva. or edriss sick or the outsider was months ago this month is going to. say. we want to be as transparent as possible so that no one questions the results so we will announce the names publicly in front of everyone's present. voters came early some queuing for hours patiently waiting their turn is seventy six year old ascended jai it's his eleventh presidential election and twenty year old put a candidate who's voting for the first time. i want change there is corruption and dysfunctional justice system this needs to stop growing i want stability so that we can live well and peacefully one. stability and change of promise candidate solid running for a second mandate says he can bring but rival candidate edriss sec says cells failed to deliver so

and voters in the west african nation of senegal are called on to choose a new president or giving comment a second term in office but the vote is uncontroversial the two main challengers barred from running. maya schwager thanks for joining us pope francis has vowed the catholic church will spare no effort to build a to bring child abusers and the clergy to justice the pontiff was speaking at the end of a four days vatican summit to address peta feeling and the church amid an avalanche of investigations and allegations against catholic priests and evidence their superiors conceal their crimes francis promised the church would end its culture of silence and decisively confront the perpetrators. evil is within the catholic church according to pope francis and the time for apologies is over. no explanation suffice for these abuses involving children men. in front of an audience of international bishops francis spoke not just of human sin but of intentional crimes and the need for justice. i would like to reaffirm that the church will spend no effort to do all that is necessary to bring to ju

emerging senegal so it's a big project so i mean it tries to add to to to bring growth to the people and try to walk on social issues but the us are destine some people who are who are disappointed or so by markets not yet because as we were saying much of that growth needs to translate into ordinary people's lives rémy markets so it's not without his critics what did they say about him. i mean it's still. there that two main trends i would say on the on the on the one and description on the other way and is that is justice because corruption i mean it's also related because my case had two big open and two men open and the last mayor of heidi fleiss out and or so the son of the last president guy in what who. actually went on to be able they were not accepted to one to these elections so people and i kind of criticizing marcie side because they say that the justices used to close with the president so that's that's what the critics say and the creature grosso say that he said untie corruption more of mant and politic is only only to what is open and nuttiness in his all in his enabl

to senegal now where the prime minister says president macky sall has won reelection a claim rejected by the opposition which says the void should go to a runoff official results from the weekend election have yet to be announced let's go to our correspondent in the fullest hard he's joining us live from the capital dickov competing claims that from the president of the opposition but when are we expecting the results. well is officially we should get the provisional results by wednesday and the official final results by friday so it's surprising that the prime minister can go on stage on national television and now and saying this result a fifty seven percent and it's unclear whether he was talking as the head of the government or as the campaign manager for sols bid for reelection what's clear is that the opposition feels like it has enough support or one enough votes for a claim to a second round in an unprecedented move we saw to kick two candidates from the opposition. the anti establishment candidate and the long time politician who's run three campaigns already unsuccessfully c

senegal rising prosperous educated and with a booming economy it's this vision that president like you said he's promoting to get reelected i want you i am the candidate of continuity and progress the one that will bring prosperity to all senegalese. during his time in office new company registrations tripled among them is impact a car an incubator for startups but i think it's a great time for a youngster it was really to take a number of risks because very a lot of things like this in my field and entrepreneurship there are a lot of things that are here and now going to appear before inauguration after the other side is changing the capital's landscape promoting and narrative of a rising senegal. just a few kilometers away from downtown the car is a two billion dollar construction site it's called genuine to present my case wants to turn this into a silicon valley for west africa but if you travel away from the cranes and building sites.

senegal rising prosperous educated and with a booming economy it's this vision that the president is promoting to get reelected he. wrote i am the candidate continue to progress the one that will bring prosperity to all senegalese. during his time in office new company registrations tripled among them is impact to car incubate or for startups i think it's a great time for a youngster it was really to take a number of risks because very little things at least in my field an intrapreneur lot of things that are here now you know here before inauguration after the other song is changing the capitals landscape promoting a narrative of a rising senegal. just a few kilometers away from downtown the car is a two billion dollar construction site it's called junk president. wants to turn this into a silicon valley for west africa but if you travel away from the cranes and building sites there is another senegal with a different narrative this is. two hundred kilometers from the car and there are villages with no running water electricity or hospitals children suffer from malnutrition. you sick

but first the head of presidential elections in senegal later this month the country's seventy four year old currency has become a focus of debate it's called the west african c.f.a. frank a problem for some is viewed as a legacy of colonialism because huck has more from dakar in senegal just enough until next month. i would john is calling her younger brother and jack to thank him for the money he sent he's down in france having left his life in the car for a better one in europe he tells her it's not what he expected but he's still able to send a few hundred years every month to his sister to look after the family. it's not easy but without him we couldn't make ends meet there's no work for him here we need him there he's doing this for the money. in january italy's deputy prime minister luigi accused rounds of fueling the migrant crisis by controlling the economies of former african colonies through the local currency the c.f.a. france is one of those countries that by printing money for fourteen african states prevents the economic development and contributes to the fact that the ref

terms of not just its mandate but its ability to go toe to toe al jazeera a boojum now voters in senegal are turning to satire to find out more about the candidates for the presidency the nation goes to the polls on sunday now another african nations comedians making fun of politicians have often found themselves in jail but that's not the case in senegal nicholas reports in the capital dhaka thank you thank you thank you there may be no televised presidential debate but there was a special election coverage. comedian is impersonating all five candidates including president mike you saw on the campaign trail. thank you. follows cells every move poking fun at the president who for now seems to be the favorite in the race. but the problem is he got so fat that it's not easy to run a race when you put on so much weight if he wants another five years he's going to explode and so for his own well being he needs to pull out of the race. laughing at a sitting president is no joke in many african countries and beyond it could land a comedian in jail but not in senegal political satire has a long

welcome back moshe's in senegal a turning to satisfy it to find out more about the candidates running in the presidential elections on sunday and now the african nations comedians can sometimes be imprisoned for making fun of politicians but that's not the case in senegal as nicolas haq reports now from the capital. thank you there may be no televised presidential debate but there was a special election coverage. this in a comedian is impersonating all five candidates including president mike you saw on the campaign trail. thank you. follows cells every move poking fun at the president who for now seems to be the favorite in the race. and the problem is he got so fat that it's not easy to run a race when you put on so much weight if he wants another five years he's going to explode and so for his own well being he needs to pull out of the race thanks laughing at a sitting president is no joke in many african countries and beyond it could land a comedian in jail but not in senegal political satire has a longer tradition than democracy itself none of the five candidates have complained

still to come in this half hour voting wraps up in senegal where mackey sallis confident of winning a second term as president plus why the republicans are getting behind the democrats' climate initiative but it isn't because they're bringing. you the weather slushy fun to drive across a good part of australia it has been unusually dry pretty warm to into darwin recently no reason why that should change the charts of want to see showers or the fog north of the country but that side does look hot dry and sunny for many thirty five celsius for adelaide thirty one in melbourne not quite as warm as that for perth that twenty eight degrees winds up to thirty three though as we go on into what choose day by choose day down towards the southeast in kona with a little colder there from melbourne twenty four celsius but adelaide still getting up to around thirty four degrees for the north it's generally fine try one improving weather just along the gulf coast that just along the east coast of australia southeastern corner of queensland as that decaying tropical side moves out of the way meanwh

voting is underway in senegal as people choose their next president the incumbent leave his campaign on a booming economy because opponents say corruption unemployment and a still major problems. but more now on our top story the crisis in venezuela let's take a closer look at where the aid is trying to get in prison because material has closed for crossings along the border with colombia the main entry point is that international bridge that connects the city of kuta with san antonio in venezuela but to has also shut the border with brazil there was violence on saturday at the gateway in part imo that's on the brazilian side as trucks carrying aid try to cross into venezuela. has more now from the colombian side of the border. it's been a long day of fighting here on the steam on believer bridge as the volunteers the supporters of the venezuelan opposition try to move the eight cents by the united states inside the venezuela but there were confronted by rubber bullets by tear gas thrown by the troops still loyal to president he called last month and by the he was the paramilitaries

but first the head of presidential elections in senegal later this month the country's seventy four year old currency has become a focus of debate it's called the west african c.f.a. frank a problem for some is viewed as a legacy of colonialism nicolas huck has more from dakar in senegal. just enough until next month i would john is calling her younger brother and jack to thank him for the money he sent down in france having left his life in the car for a better one in europe he tells her it's not what he expected but he's still able to send a few hundred years every month to his sister to look after the family. it's not easy but without him we couldn't make ends meet there's no work for him here we need him there he's doing this for the money. in january italy's deputy prime minister luigi accused france of fueling the migrant crisis by controlling the economies of former african colonies through the local currency the c.f.a. france is one of those countries that by printing money for fourteen african states prevents the economic development and contributes to the fact that the refugees

valley for west africa but if you travel away from the cranes and building sites there's another senegal with a different narrative this is. two hundred kilometers from the car and there are villages with no running water electricity or hospitals children suffer from malnutrition. you sicko walked away from this life traveling across the mediterranean into europe with the hope to find better opportunities but he's come back empty handed there are no jobs here no opportunities at least not for us it's as if we don't exist we don't count the titians unless it's election time when we both want to go mobile sinegal sinking in debt riddled with corruption in unemployment this is the narrative shared by the four opposition candidates among political newcomer. months sancho. this is all decisions on star nothing because this country's huge have decided to take responsibility and to take their destiny into their own hands fifty nine years of noise and betrayal. with conflicting narratives to choose from it's no up to the six million voters to decide which word rings true it which set a goal to v

on sunday senegal is set to vote in presidential elections the incumbent president says the country is booming thanks to his economic record but for candidates of the opposition poverty and unemployment are high on the agenda as young senegalese continue to migrate to europe reports from. senegal rising prosperous educated and with a booming economy it's this vision that president is promoting to get reelected i. am the candidate continue to progress the one that will bring prosperity to all senegalese. during his time in office new company registrations tripled among them is impact to car incubate or for startups i think it's a great time for a youngster who is really to take a number of risks because very little things like this in my field an intrapreneur lot of things that are here now little known here before one inauguration after the other sell is changing the capitals landscape promoting a narrative of a rising senegal just a few kilometers away from downtown the car is a two billion dollar construction site it's called junk president. wants to turn this into a silicon valley f

poking fun at politicians but will voters in senegal have the last laugh when they elect a new leader. and in sports the west indies cricketer who's just it himself the books. the u.s. and china trying to reach a deal that could end seven month trade war high level talks are continuing in washington to end a standoff that seen washington and beijing imposed tit for tat tariffs on hundreds of billions of dollars worth of goods negotiators are drawing up six memorandums of understanding on issues including cyber theft agriculture and currency zone is joining us now live from washington d.c. first of all earlier on in the day we were getting the impression that things were actually going pretty well and it was quite positive how the talks going. yeah we are getting the impression that things were going pretty well early in their day but now getting some impressions that there still are some sticking points between both sides without a doubt listen these are closed door meetings the people negotiating aren't saying much other than photo opportunities or just kind of having to glean what w

want to speak on behalf i the comment came days before the start of the presidential campaign in senegal and the c.f.a. is now part of the debate with each candidate taking positions on the matter some are arguing for it others against it like it who asks why should white people in paris take decisions on their currency. the central african franc or the c.f.a. has a fixed exchange rate with the euro so europeans can bring to africa easily swap them for the c.f.a. but state regulators make it difficult for africans to take out of their country and swap them into europe was under an arrangement dating back more than seventy years france's central bank controlled the treasury of all fourteen countries leaving these nations with a limited supply of liquidity. this here and he's a certain level of stability. and see allowing i were enjoying to shop at her favorite friend's supermarket because french companies profit from this arrangement that allows them easy access to a growing market of over a hundred million people but there's also growing resentment towards this currency not just here in

think that if politicians but better than senegal had the last laugh when they elect a new leader. twenty five years since a mass shooting at a west bank mosque a report on how the consequences are still unfolding. however we've got the seasonal showers just edging their way further north now across southeast asia you see some of the live shot was there into borneo eight millimeters fright in twenty four hours that's really the main focus for the west the weather the malaysia pushing over towards smog. southern parts of the late peninsula over the next few days little dry there you notice into indonesia but we still can't rule out the possibility of some of those afternoon showers bringing up thirty two celsius there for jakarta further north that's fine dry and settled across the philippines getting into the low to mid thirty's if not to try to across much of australia the main weather action remains off sure. looks like it to stay offshore but we are keeping a close eye on this one it may just edge its way towards the coast of queensland over the next day or two to set me somethi

satire in senegal how comedians are speaking truth to power ahead of elections that. later in sport the west indies cricket who's just hit himself into the record. however the weather remains slow seats right now across the middle east but it has been rather unsettled recently like this band of cloud bright and some snow that's pulling out of the way couple will be dry friday four degrees celsius crisp sunshine coming through going to eleven degrees the eleventh also for red terra not seep out across the eastern side of the med want to show is just coming into northern parts of lebanon pushing into syria for a time in that wet weather just becoming a little more expansive as we go through sas i seventeen celsius and by rich not great but at least it will be dry with some sunshine twenty three therefore back that week warming up in couple to around five degrees celsius plenty of sunshine plenty of sunshine to across the region peninsula twenty three degrees here in rome friday but this cloud just to the south of the southern pauls the saudi pushing over towards year th

senegal is waiting to see if been reelected president a result isn't expected for days after millions queued to cost their vote nicolas hogg ripples from the capital. counting the vote under the careful watch of party observers and a nation waiting for the name of its new president. will it be incumbent president salva. or edriss sick or the outsider was months ago months ago. but. we want to be as transparent as possible so that no one questions the results so we will announce the names publicly front of every once present. voters came early some queuing for hours patiently waiting their turn is seventy six year old ascended jai it's his eleventh presidential election and the twenty year old put a candidate who's voting for the first time. i want change there is corruption and dysfunctional justice system this needs to stop growing i want stability so that we can live well and peacefully avoid stability and change a promise candidate solid running for a second mandate says he can bring but rival candidate edriss sachs says cells failed to deliver so far political cover song goes furt

talking fine to politicians but will voters in senegal have the last laugh when they elect a new leader. at least seventy people have been killed in a large fire that ripped through several buildings in the bangladeshi capital dhaka a fire broke out in the congested old city in a multi-story residential complex which also housed a chemical warehouse alexia brian reports. says and dhaka struggle to bring the inferno under control battling a wall of flames amid the chaos of crowded anyway. the blaze broke out on wednesday evening in the area of the bangladeshi capital in the cramped old city. it quickly spread to surrounding buildings fueled by plastics and chemical warehouses. witnesses told local media that gas cylinders in the buildings exploded one after another. and vehicles gridlocked in nearby streets were soon caught up in the flames. if i saw with my own eyes that a sudden massive bang with fire and shock waves totally destroyed the right side wall i was on a rickshaw when the explosion took place i don't think my rickshaw driver is alive anymore. this mangled wreckage is all tha

vote counting has begun after polling stations closed in an election in the west african nation of senegal president baccy sall is set to win a second term in office but opponents complain that the leader has blocked the strongest opposition candidates from running against an. incumbent president baccy sall likes to style himself the builder of modern senegal the country has benefited from strong economic growth and is seen as a bastion of democracy in an unstable region. i would like to hail the turnout everywhere in the country and abroad. that has allowed citizens to make their choice in peace and serenity. the election has not been scandal free to have cells main rivals were barred after corruption convictions that were questioned by rights groups but turnout has been brisk. as if. it's a citizen's duty to take part in democracy i think maybe it's a very important moment for if there's impossible they were done voting for change . and there he had the as a citizen i have to vote when everything's ready. the voting process is going smoothly so far only this morning some minor incidents