there has been no official announcement that the vote is delayed, but the head of the electoral commission has dissolved the electoral committees and polling stations have been told to stop their work. in the u.s., the trial of a former police officer charged with killing a black motorist. the jury has been told to carry on deliberating if they fail to reach consensus on a verdict. kim potter has pleaded not guilty to manslaughter, saying shipment to use her taser but drew her gun instead and shot daunte wright. the killing triggered nationwide protests. those are your headlines from al jazeera. the latest on "inside story" is next. ♪ >> the promise of a new beginning for libya could be slipping away, despite months of negotiations and preparations, the country's first presidential elections will not happen as planned. this is "inside story." hello and welcome to the program. libya was among the arab spring nations, and since the revolution toppled the government a decade ago, it has not known piece power political stability, but after months of arduous negotiations and international media

there has been no official announcement that the vote is delayed, but the head of the electoral commission has dissolved the electoral committees and polling stations have been told to stop their work. in the u.s., the trial of a former police officer charged with killing a black motorist. the jury has been told to carry on deliberating if they fail to reach consensus on a verdict. kim potter has pleaded not guilty to manslaughter, saying shipment to use her taser but drew her gun instead and shot daunte wright. the killing triggered nationwide protests. those are your headlines from al jazeera. the latest on "inside story" is next. ♪ >> the promise of a new beginning for libya could be slipping away, despite months of negotiations and preparations, the country's first presidential elections will not happen as planned. this is "inside story." hello and welcome to the program. libya was among the arab spring nations, and since the revolution toppled the government a decade ago, it has not known piece power political stability, but after months of arduous negotiations and international media

, the high national electoral commission has said that is the parliament responsibility to announce, or the postponement. the parliament has turned back and said, no, it's the electoral commission that should come and tell the libyan people a wide. there was a postponement. and there's also been a lot of controversial figures are that have at that have put in their bid to become up to running the presidential elections, including safest lamb. good, duffy, while margaret duffy 2nd son, he's wanted by the international criminal court or for crimes against humanity. or you have to leave for after an eastern libya who's also been accused of war crimes in his field, attempt to capture the triple to capture the capital. tripoli militarily, and you have prime minister abdul hamid babe of the current prime minister, who when he took on the position sub assigned a promissory note. note that he wasn't going to run for elections out. so for now, what's clear is that these elections aren't going to happen, and we're waiting for an official announcement announcement by the electoral com

the money frothe lord was reported or whether it broke electoral donation rules. the commission it was not properly declared and this was a loan amounting to 60,000 thousand pounds, of which 52,000 pounds was used to cover the flat refurbishment area the electoral commission says that should have been declared as a loan. it wasn't, which is why they find the tory party 17,800 pounds. ros: sam kurtz from sky news points out, in may, the prime nestor told the lord that he didn't know who was behind the number 11 refurbishment until february 2021. today, the electoral commission says the lord gave the loan in november 2020. the prime minister's spokesperson says mr. johnson acted in accordance with the rules at all times. ask if mr. johnson lied to the lord, the spokesman said no. but pressure on boris johnson does not end there. he has been accused by some in his own party of introducing new covid restrictions to deflect attention from the fuhrer around the christmas party. here is one conservative mp. >> is my honorable friend the prime minister aware that very few will be convin

well, the electoral commission has found that the conservative party is guilty of breaking the electoralandal, then the illicit christmas parties in number ten and now dodgy payments from a multimillionaire conservative party donor to fund the luxury downing street refurb. i think you know, what is most concerning for me is that the prime minister lied to his own independent adviser who found that there was no misconduct because he was given false information. so, again, i have written to the parliamentary standards commissioner today and the independent adviser to call for a reinvestigation. what evidence is there that this is more than an administrative problem 7 why do you think this wrongdoing is more serious? well, again, borisjohnson is taking the british public for full. he has not only broken the law but making a mockery of the standards we would expect from our prime minister. he has been fined over £17,000 regarding the refurb of his flat. he knows the rules, he knows what he should have declared and he hasn't done it appropriately. he is not above the law. it is not one rule f

the electoral commission said that shouldn't have... clared as such. that is why the tory party is now in trouble with the electoral commission. it finally draws a line under the saga of the downing street flat refurbishment. 0k, downing street flat refurbishment. ok, thank you. if you havejust joined us, breaking news from westminster in the past ten minutes. the prime minister, borisjohnson, and carrie are now celebrating the birth of their second child, a baby girl born in a london hospital in the early hours of this morning. has no name yet but a sister for older brother, wilf. the children with carrie that borisjohnson now has. trying to get more information on that as we can in terms of the name and the hospital, potential names and the hospital, potential names and all the other paraphernalia, of course. but borisjohnson and carrie celebrating the birth of their second child. you are watching bbc news. more now on the plan b restrictions. joining me now is dr chaand nagpaul, who is the council chair at at the british medical assoc

it's all to order the electoral commission to hold a recount of all the lectures. but now, since the federal court has just passed, a judgement is not in favor of those are political, the protest though, as you know, they the political, but the have supporters on the ground, they have been occupying areas near to the about the dad's heavily fortified green zone for over 2 months at now. in fact, those supporters, they are set a fire at this, at tires on fire at this morning, and they were chanting air in there this morning. again, is it the electoral commission are demanding a recount of all the votes, but now this, it whether or not this means a final endorsement of the election results up. this remains to be seen because there are still chairman of the supreme court today. mentioned that there appears that have been submitted by the opposing political but is probably it even if they have legal standing, but they have to be returned to the judicial panel at the electoral commission went up the wind with that update from baghdad. thank you. mm. okay, covered news a

the elections, they say that they're totally rejecting the results, and they're demanding the electoral commission to conduct manor a talent of old at the votes. now, on the other hand, the electoral commission says that it's moving forward with submitting the final results to the federal court for final endorsements. it says that it has received more than 1400 appeals from a political party. it has turned down most of them, but based on a number of them, it has conducted 2 phases of a manual recount of a disputed volts. it says that it has conducted a manual recount of about 27 percent of the votes, and that has led to change in only 5 seats. but those newly added 5 candidates after the manual recount they do not represent their for iranian political parties, noble owner lovelyn will remain opponents of the upcoming government who consider it legitimate as it was broke forth by vote rigging our enemy is the judge. an adversary at the same time. oh, well, so these protests are to say that there was continued protesting. here, there was continued sitting up tense nearly by the dodger giddeons on un

they have been trying to convince the court to another the election is a to order the electoral commission to hold an account of all the elections. but now since the federal court has just passed, a judgement is not in favor of those political parties. so as you know, they, the political part of the have supporters on the ground. they have been occupying areas near to dad's heavily fortified green zone for over 2 months. no impact to those supporters. they set fire the tires on fire this morning and they were chanting in this morning. again, it's electoral commission demanding, get recount of all the votes. and rusty is the director of the house of iraq expertise foundation, they think tanka and joins us now via skype from baghdad. good. have you with us on the program. so the court has made the judgement and the opposition are not very happy about this. all those political groups are not happy. what recalls to they have left well in the way or another, every one knows dad's the supreme court constitutionally cannot reject anything, cannot reject the results, just only can certify or not s

the electoral commission is reporting. he's taken 3541 constituencies across the country barrows, trying to secure a 2nd term in a vote seen as a test of stability and democracy made address reporting now from the capital ban jill 35 out of 41 looks pretty comprehensive and absolutely it looks comprehensive and clearly some opposition figures are not happy about basically what happens in much of the results come in, representatives of quality to can pocket was signed the documents. i've the headquarters of the commission, and then they will also, there is a 2nd official for each political party who will count. and from the results we've been hearing over the last one hour or so, at least representatives of 2 political parties refused to sign those documents, although they are present here. and they headquarters of the election commission, which of course shows that they could be legal fireworks after these results. i'll find them in ok. i'm just keeping an eye on those electron results. we'll talk to again later on our othe

again, it's the electoral commission demanding, get recount of all the votes. i had received the director of the house of iraq expertise, foundation think tank, and she says the supreme court's ruling is a sign that political 5 in iraq will reach an agreement soon. every one knows that the supreme court constitutionally cannot reject anything can ought to reject the results just only can certify or not simplified. this is the main issue, then that's what the superior court actually decision aware declared today. now the most important things that, what is the next step, which i think it's, it's now clear that there is some sort of a deal happen that pushed the superior court to make the did the judgement to make the decision, to make the verdict in a way to reach it to make the political process reach on that age. which means that to morrow maybe tonight going to be a real negotiations on too many issues. number one, who will be the biggest block inside the parliament and number 2, what are the kind of who have the candidates for the prime minister? because you

the electoral commission is reporting. he's taken 35 or 41 constituencies across the country at mid address as more now from the capital and jewel.

said the government's adviser that said the prime minister didn't do anything wrong but the electoral commissions a breach of electoral law and it has been combing through invoices, credit cards, text messages, whatsapp to establish what has happened and it is quite clear they think the money contributed to all of this should have been declared as a donation, not as a loan, not as a contribution to a trust and it says there were serious failings by the party in the way it accounted for this money which is why it has fined the tory party almost £18,000, close to the maximum the electoral commission can slap on a political party. in addition to that, labor is pointing out to what they say is a discrepancy, the conclusion of the lord guide and this report today which points to a whatsapp message from the prime minister to lord brownlow talking about payments and further contributions in november 2020. just in the last few minutes the prime minister �*s official spokesman has said the primer minster has been honest about this, he didn't lie and that he did explain the situation promptly but labor sa

but the head of the electoral commission has dissolved. the electoral committees malik trina explained, snap and tripoli were just 3 days away from the scheduled 1st round of presidential elections. and there hasn't been an official announcement by the high national elections committee that the vote has been delayed. or what we saw today was the elect elections commissioned decision to dissolve. the electoral committees are basically what that means is that it has stopped the work of the, of the workers, the temporary workers that are working in the polling stations across the country. the administrators of these points stations are as clear signs, a clear indicator that this election isn't happening. now we've spoken to various political leaders and political analysts, and here's what one of them had to say. or la helene, for the 11 is not the elections commission. had no choice with the start, the procedure dissolving these committees because it's clear that the election scheduled for december 24 is not happening out. so the commission ca

you have a report from the electoral commission saying that big expensive _ electoral commission saying— expensive makeover that they did of the flat actually was a breach of rules _ the flat actually was a breach of rules there's been a find to the tory— rules there's been a find to the tory party. _ rules there's been a find to the tory party. but more so i think the thing _ tory party. but more so i think the thing lingering on is not defined so much _ thing lingering on is not defined so much as— thing lingering on is not defined so much as the suggestion that boris johnson _ much as the suggestion that boris johnson didn't know about something that he _ johnson didn't know about something that he told his standard adviser he didnt— that he told his standard adviser he didn't know about. and this is the idea of— didn't know about. and this is the idea of money coming from and looking — idea of money coming from and looking after this. number ten are disputing — looking after this. number ten are disputing this. you get into the detail— disputing this. you get into the detail but— di

they have been trying to convince the court to another the lecture is to order the electoral commission to hold an account of all the elections. but now since the federal court has just passed, a judgement is not in favor of those political parties. so as you know, they, the political part of the have support is on the ground. they have been occupying areas near to dad's heavily fortified green zone for over 2 months. now, in fact, those supporters, they sit at the fire, they sit tires on fire this morning and they were chanting in this morning again, its electoral commission demanding get a count of all the votes. my role is insisting that the us and its allies allow it to export its crude oil is the case ations. on restoring the 2015 nuclear deal take place in vienna, ron's foreign minister hussain a man of the land told reporters that her on will be pushing for this during the latest round of talks. has room to move back to that. one of the topics on the agenda for the ongoing nuclear talks is a guarantee and verification of sanctions remove. the most important thing for us is that w

the electoral commission declared encumbered to double bar, the widow with 53 percent holds to vote on our top story, the u. s. diplomatic boycott against china's winter olympic soldiers, who as katrina, you joined just sat now alive from beijing. what boys bitching saying about this? katrina. hi, adrian. well, it doesn't seem to come as complete surprise. china, the foreign ministry on monday address this issue ahead of the announcement officially being announced. as we had an early report they seem to have some bellicose response. they said that this was political grandstanding on the part of the us. they accuse of, of political provocation and said that the aging would enact some the counter measures. now know what exactly on what those might be. but this is definitely going to escalate tensions between the 2 countries at a time when relation did seem to be improving. we had just a few weeks ago, a video call between president joe biden and she didn't pay, they sat down, they even addressed each other and fairly positive friendly terms. and definitely the business community that wor

a mother's say at the head of the electoral commission as ordered for the electoral committees and the administrative offices to go back to their positions before the elections as if the elections aren't going to happen. so this is really a huge sign. and the 1st sign that the elections aren't going to be going through. basically what it means is that he's told the temporary workers in the polling stations and administrators in the pool stations across the country to stop their work, to, to put away all via all the election, come an election equipment and assigned that. okay. it's not happening. the elections aren't going on for december 24th, or what's gonna happen after this. we're gonna have to wait and see if it'll keep an eye on that one through the day monitoring or corresponding their force in tripoli. thank you. the people in the worst flood had regions of malaysia are being moved to safety. 17 have died so far for them were found in slang, or the countries wealthiest and most populous region. the government has been criticized over it. slow response, which is blame, or which i

the electoral commission says it's made all the preparations for free and fair election. i'm at interest reports now from the capital bandu election staff examined voting kids. i had of saw today's presidential election more than 7000 of them would be used in more than 1500 boarding stations across the gambia. we could look into the editor and would and comes, it says it's equal distance. what only one who easily turns plainly in the old but is to make sure that the loses. we've lived ac, nearly a 1000000 people have registered to vote in this election. that also sees a record number 6 presidential candidates. the gambia has a unique system of voting that predates its independence over here. our ballot boxes called the ballard, drums. they're made out in different colors for each candidate in this election. and in these boxes are election materials that include marble given to each verified voter. the water takes the marble and then drops through this hole inside the ballard drum. the moment the marble gets in there, it hits a bell and makes a sound to the voter election.

it can be as unique voting system and why the electoral commission hopes it doesn't lose its marbles and to he is living in a tent because i lecture his salary couldn't meet a bells or pay cause it britton's academics to walk off the job. ah hello there for a stray year. the extreme heat continues across those central and western areas. those heat wave conditions are stretching across to the east however, but puff is gonna remain clear dry and very hot. the temperature about 10 degrees above average here and for alice springs, and that heat is expected to last well into next week. it will start to cool down from next weekend. down in the south, however, we are seeing showers continue, but for the storms we have to head to that southeast corner. it's going to clear up in sydney on sunday, but we will see thunderstorms return on monday and it's going to be rather wet and stormy. next week for much of the northern and eastern areas over strategy and i was the hop over the tasman. see, it's a washout for western areas of the south valley. we've got a warning out for heavy rain here that's

declared by the conservative party and whether it broke any electoral donation rules and the electoral commissionecided that it was not properly declared, that this was a loan, amounting in total to £67,000, of which £52,000 was used to cover the cost of the flat refurbishment. the electoral commission says that should have been declared as a loan. it wasn't, which is why they have fined the tory party £17,800. there's more to this, as sam coates from sky news points out. "in may the prime minister told lord geidt, who investigated this in the spring, that he did not know who was behind the number 11 flat refurb until february 2021. today the electoral commission says boris johnson whatsapped lord brownlow, who gave the loan, in november 2020, asking for more cash for the refurb." when asked about this, the prime minister's spokesman said mrjohnson had "acted in accordance with the rules at all times". asked explicitly if mrjohnson had lied to lord geidt, the spokesman said, "no." the pressure on borisjohnson doesn't end there. he's been accused by some in his own party of introducing covid restr

but the electoral commission said yesterday boris johnson the electoral commission said yesterday borisjohnsonsage to the donor in november last year to ask for extra money for the works. no 10 said the prime minister did not withhold information from lord geidt, but the bbc understands lord geidt is unhappy with what has emerged and labour accused the prime minister of misleading his own adviser. this labour accused the prime minister of misleading his own adviser.— misleading his own adviser. this is 'ust the misleading his own adviser. this is just the latest _ misleading his own adviser. this is just the latest in _ misleading his own adviser. this is just the latest in allegation - misleading his own adviser. this is just the latest in allegation of - just the latest in allegation of dishonesty from the prime minister, and we have had a lie upon lie in relation to the party is going on in downing street. the prime minister is not fit for office. the downing street. the prime minister is not fit for office.— is not fit for office. the heat on the prime _ is not fit for office. the heat on

there has been no official announcement that friday's vote will be delayed, but the head of the electoral commission dissolved the electoral committees. >> we are just three days away from the scheduled first round of presidential elections, and there has not been an official announcement by the high national elections committee that the vote has been delayed, but what we saw today was the elections commission decision to dissolve the electoral committees. basically, that means it has stopped the work of the workers, the temporary workers working in polling stations across the country, the administrators of these polling stations, as a clear sign, a clear indicator that this election is not happening. we have spoken to various political leaders and political analysts, and here is what one of them had to say. >> the elections commission had no choice because it is clear the election scheduled for december 24 is not happening, so the commission cannot have these committees continue their work for an unknown period of time, so this administrative procedure is normal, but it is an indication that libya

then finally, just before the final results in or what announced by the electoral commission, city of the leading opposition figures called a meeting, why they said they are rejecting the votes because the unusual delays that accompany the announcement make makes no sense and that it probably means that something fishy or something wrong had taken place. however, for support to support him about all its celebration time. and they said that we'll continue doing that for a long time until that candidate is re sworn in again as the president of the got before. second, after loosely 40 like them, a battle has been re elected as again be as president the future 5 of the candidates win a 2nd 5 year term. and i think received 457519 both in the election. the chairman of the independent electoral commission, alumni declares mister adam apparel is duly elected to suit as president of the republic of the gambia. ah, when do a constituency use will convince and do one than this election erupted into the parish? i boss canyon is victory bottle. i breast supporters of the independent square with a

the october election results. supporters of the wrong bank, she agreed, appealed against the electoral commission after suffering heavy loss in parliamentary elections. somali as president de la for him, i just says that he has suspended the prime minister on allegations of corruption. by mister mohammed, his saying robles says that the move, the violation of the constitution, south africa observing a week of morning for nobel peace prize loria taught bishop desmond to 2 heroes to prominence. the 1980s as an opponent of apartheid during white minority rule. so either mila has moved from cape town. what is key is, is just really the humility that the archbishop is described by, in that he didn't want a big show around his passing and even his death. what it is simply can't be avoided given who he was, so they will be a state funeral on friday. we do expect people to come out thousands of people to come out to observe that just given how well respected desmond to, to is in south africa and globally at least $4000.00 mamma villages of fled to neighboring thailand. as fighting between government and

now, documents released by the electoral— now, documents released by the electoral commission say thatar, asking about donations for the flat. that raises further— donations for the flat. that raises further questions about what the prime _ further questions about what the prime minister knew when and what he declared _ prime minister knew when and what he declared to— prime minister knew when and what he declared to his independent adviser. he is facing — declared to his independent adviser. he is facing allegations now from the labour party of misleading both the labour party of misleading both the public, — the labour party of misleading both the public, but also his own independent adviser about these donations. bbc understands that he was unhappy about these revelations from the _ was unhappy about these revelations from the electoral commission yesterday but hasn't yet seen the full evidence himself. as we understand it, not considering going anywhere _ understand it, not considering going anywhere just yet, but certainly, if he it transpires that he was misled by boris _ he it t

but the electoral commission has been looking at all of this over the last eight months to see if theren combing through invoices, credit cards, text messages, whatsapp messages, to establish what happened. they think the money contributed to all of this by lord brownlow should have been declared as a donation, not as a loan, not as as a donation, not as a loan, not as a contribution to a trust, but a donation. it says there were serious failings by the party in the way it accounted for this money, which is why it has find the tory party almost £18,000. close to the maximum the electoral commission can slap on a political party. in addition to that, labour is pointing out what they say is a discrepancy between they say is a discrepancy between the conclusions, saying the prime minister did not know how this was paid for until february of this year, this report today, which points to a whatsapp message from the prime minister to lord brownlow, talking about payments and further contributions in november 2020. just in the last few minutes the prime minister's official spokesperson has emp

what's happened since it is in recent weeks the electoral commission has find the electoral commissionson planted a nothing about. so very interesting reports and the ft today suggesting that lord guide reopened his inquiry, having exchange letters abortion also about the matter, seems to offend the prime minister's explanation as to why he did not remotely disclose these what sent messages and he has found those convincing and will he find him guilty of brick in the ministerial rules? ~ ., ., , ., guilty of brick in the ministerial rules? ~ ., ., .,~ ., ., rules? what do you make of that? would've that _ rules? what do you make of that? would've that lead _ rules? what do you make of that? would've that lead the _ rules? what do you make of that? would've that lead the prime - would've that lead the prime minister? , ., ., ., �* minister? first of all and i'm crateful minister? first of all and i'm grateful to — minister? first of all and i'm grateful to lucy _ minister? first of all and i'm grateful to lucy for - minister? first of all and i'm grateful to lucy for doing - minister? f

or what we saw today was the elect elections commission decision to dissolve. the electoral committees are basically what that means is that it has stopped the work of the, of the workers, the temporary workers that are working in the polling stations across the country. the administrators of these points stations are as clear signs, a clear indicator that this election isn't happening. now we've spoken to various political leaders and political analysts, and here's what one of them had to say or la helene, for the lad, the leader, the elections commission, had no choice with the start, the procedure dissolving these committees because it's clear that the election scheduled for december 24 is not happening out so the commission cannot have as committees continue their work for an unknown period of time left. so this administrative procedure is normal, but it's an indication that libya will not say presidential or parliamentary elections in the near future. so i think the fear now for many libyans as that libya will now go back to square one. it took months and years for the

the election commission. so on official of the independent electoral commission that base no way that boat could be rate and that that's the situation at the moment. but we want you to see what their next auction will be. right now. we expect the result of 3 more constituencies and according to my knowledge, it's not, it's not possible for the opponents of mr. borrow to got more than $200.00 votes to defeat him in the next, in the, in the 3 remaining cost it wednesday. thank you. so much estimate interest the john is live with that developing story of been jewel, the capital of the gambia. competing rallies were held in paris to day for and against the far right presidential candidate or exam. or the political pundit declared his candidacy a few days ago. there was a heavy police presence on the streets with concerns about fighting between rival groups. the protest against them all was put on by some 50 organizations, including fall left political parties and anti racism groups. so who is he will eric more is a writer and a media personality known for his provocative right tween views on islam immigration and fe

funding of the flat or initially new and somewhat that messages that have emerged through the electoral commission won't get into the he said she set her back. i wonder how potentially damaging this particular story is given its not a news story understandably, the mayor wants to give it a fresh impetus. t understandably, the mayor wants to give it a fresh impetus.— give it a fresh impetus. i think the flat refurbishment _ give it a fresh impetus. i think the flat refurbishment as _ give it a fresh impetus. i think the flat refurbishment as rachel - give it a fresh impetus. i think the | flat refurbishment as rachel points out is _ flat refurbishment as rachel points out is been rambling on for some time _ out is been rambling on for some time |_ out is been rambling on for some time. ~ . ., , ., ., ., time. i think particularly ahead of the elections _ time. i think particularly ahead of the elections when _ time. i think particularly ahead of the elections when it _ time. i think particularly ahead of the elections when it was - time. i think particularly ahead of the elections when it was first

to discuss. supporters of a losing presidential candidate is refusing to concede defeat the electoral commission declared incumbent down botto the winner with 53 percent of the vote. serious state news agency says that air defenses of reacted to an israeli attack on a port in the takia province of the mediterranean coast. the report quoted a military source saying that a fire broke out of the port after the attack, but no one was injured. israel regularly launches, strikes in syria, but really confirms its operations leaders of nato allies, the u. s. the u. k. france, germany and italy of held a joint phone call about ukraine. the statement says they agreed that the united front is needed to confront what scene is washing hostility. a build up of russian forces on the border as raised fears of a possible invasion, which the kremlin denies me on mas ousted severely, the own sensor. she has been sentenced after a trial that was launched. he held behind closed doors. she was initially handed for years, but that was hard by the june to chief the you and rights chief says the trial was a sham. and th

the electoral commission fined the conservative party nearly £18,000 for failing to properly declarety hangover too, with allegations of covid rule—breaking parties and quizzes. the prime minister said no rules were broken. downing street said there was no party. then itv showed this. i've seen reports on twitter- that there was a downing street christmas party on friday? do you recognise those reports? i went home. a mock press conference where the prime minister's then official spokesperson, allegra stratton, and other aides appeared to joke about a party coincidentally on the same date. this fictional party was a business meeting. and it was not socially distanced. miss stratton swiftly resigned. my remarks seemed to make light of the rules, rules that people were doing everything to obey. that was never my intention. i will regret those remarks for the rest of my days and i offer my profound apologies to all of you at home. claims of more potentially rule—breaking gatherings came out. i understand and share the anger up and down the country at seeing number 10 staff seeming to ma

accused borisjohnson of taking the british public "for fools" after an official report by the electoral commissionas considering appealing the ruling. let's speak alastair campbell, is the former director of communications for labour under tony blair. thank you forjoining us. the thank you for “oining us. the government — thank you forjoining us. tj9 government position on this is of course that it was a blind trust that the prime minister had asked to be set up for the refurbishment works and it had been set up, but he was proceeding on the basis that he would not know he was paying for the refurbishment. what is your view of that? does that mean that therefore if he didn't know, he was being wholly honest when he spoke and said he did not know who was paying for it? ~ :, :, :, he did not know who was paying for it? :, :, , it? well, i have no idea because i wasn't privy _ it? well, i have no idea because i wasn't privy across _ it? well, i have no idea because i wasn't privy across any _ it? well, i have no idea because i wasn't privy across any of - it? well, i have no idea because i wasn't pri

donation to refurbish the downing street flat, but he open that investigation again because the electoral commissions flat. lord guilder to the thing again and exchange letters will borisjohnson and boris and currently the ft and hopefully set things right in this for this group but according to the fc, boris johnson wriggled out of it and seems to have explained to the good lord that this was a mess that he did not deceive in any way and what is reminded of peter mcleish in scotland we had to resign over his expenses and he claimed it was a model and not a fiddle and that seems to bejohnson bossman take on this as well. seems to be johnson bossman take on this as well. ,, , ., seems to be johnson bossman take on this as well-— this as well. sebastian payne there is the whitehall _ this as well. sebastian payne there is the whitehall editor _ this as well. sebastian payne there is the whitehall editor at _ this as well. sebastian payne there is the whitehall editor at the - is the whitehall editor at the financial times that you referenced therein lucy, what do you make of it? ., , , , ., , therein

this month it transpired in a report by the electoral commission that the prime minister had sent a whatsappasking for more money. this prompted kianna to reopen his inquiry and also meant the prime ministerfaced inquiry and also meant the prime minister faced allegations of misleading his own advisor. today, the financial times is reporting kianna has seen these relevant whatsapp messages and the prime minister is set to be cleared again of breaching the ministerial code and misleading his adviser about his conduct is set to be criticised. i have been told as well that a number of letters between the prime minister and between lord geidt about this matter over the last few weeks is set to be published in early january on the weeks is set to be published in earlyjanuary on the government website. as it stands at the moment, the cabinet office and downing street won't comment on any speculation that own response to these reports today, labour have accused the prime minister of keeping busy writing letters to sort out his own mess in the midst of what they describe as a cost of living crisis f

the country's electoral commission said mr barrow polled almost twice as many votes as his main challengers were announced the opposition rejected them citing delays in announcing the final results and saying that some of those announced by the independent electoral commission were not endorsed by the party. there were claims of irregularities at some polling stations but they did not have evidence. adama barrow came to power in the former military strong—arm rejected his defeat. his support and influence could not have attained the out come of this election. president adama barrow is expected to address high unemployment, rising cost of living and revamp the vital tourism sector which has been impacted by the coronavirus. this election is a test of gambia's democratic progress since the end of the previous year. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: finders keepers. we meet a climber who found a treasure—trove of precious jewels in the french alps and is being allowed to keep half his haul. john lennon was shot at the entrance to the dakota building in the centre of new york. there's b

moving on now and with less than two weeks to go until the presidential election in namibia, the electoral commissionas yet to announce the final list of candidates. the advisory committee called for a delay in the vote. the poll is seen as a key step to ending a decade of instability. farmers in india have officially ended a year-long protest after the government abandoned controversial agricultural reforms. protesters blockaded the capital since last november after plans were tabled to deregulate the market. the government has now made several concessions that guarantees farmers a minimum price for their produce. criminal charges against protesters will also be dropped. >> based on the promises the government has made, we decided to suspend our protests. we will hold a new meeting if the government does not -- we will hold a new meeting on january 15. if the government does not complete its promises, we will launch a new protest. >> joe biden assembled 100 world leaders calling it a summer for democracy, but china and russia were noticeably absent. both countries have denounced the move. the white

the electoral commission is reporting. he's taken 35 of 41 constituencies across the country. estimate address as more now from the capital and jewel. what happens after the elections of the results come in, representatives of political parties was signed the documents at the headquarters of the commission, and then they will also, there is a 2nd official. each political party will count assign, and from the results we've been hearing over the last one hour or so, at least representatives of 2 political parties refused to sign those documents, although they are present here in the headquarters of the election commission. which of course shows that they could be legal fireworks after these results are finally in 5 people are reported to being killed in me and mars, largest city after the security forces ran their vehicle into a group of protested dozens more were injured during an anti q demonstration in young gone. in the indian state of maga, land, at least 14 civilians were killed during a military operation. it happened

the electoral— relation to his flat. just yesterday the electoral commission - relation to his flat. prime minister back in may of any breaches of the rules. he said the prime minister had told him in may that the prime minister wasn't aware of how the flat had been funded, the donations that had been made until february of this year. now that has been drawn into question because the electoral commission said in november last year the prime minister contacted lord brownlow to ask about funding for the that. he is charged with accusations of misleading that enquiry. lord wright was unhappy but has not yet seen the full evidence himself. the moment no plans to go anywhere although some newspaper reports have said, were it to be found at borisjohnson had misled him, he might consider his position as independent adviser. another thing mounting on the prime minister today, and he is facing questions from the opposition about both misleading the public over this but also misleading the investigation into his conduct. in response, downing street has insisted he did not lie to his independent