this is steve happy news africa on the program today uganda and decides uganda to have voted on a heavy security and an internet blackout it's a tense election longtime leader you where was safe and he wants to extend his role his main challenger above the wind saying is it's time to remove the dictator. and into the central african republic ripples have mounted their closest attack on the capital. they were repelled by security forces and wondered peacekeeper was killed in the violence. hello i'm christine it's good to have your company ugandans have been voting in the presidential election that's been dubbed a contest between the country's young people and the old god there were long queues at some polling stations some photos reportedly waited albus 17000000 people registered to take part in this election most of them are young 1st time voter is the main opposition candidate bobbie y. and his wife were surrounded by a cheering crowd when they voted in kampala and the income to. president doing the saving voted at his country home a long time he that it's speaking as the up to 35 year

this is state of the news africa on the program today uganda decides uganda is has voted on behavior security and an internet blackout it's a tense in the action longtime leader you will see if anyone's to extend his role his main challenger bobby wind say's it's time to remove the dick taste. and in the central african republic rebels have mounted their close this attack on the capital. they were repelled by security forces and wondered peacekeeper was killed in the fight. hello i'm christine it's good to have your company ugandans have been voting in the presidential election that's been dubbed a contest between the country's young people and the old god there were long queues at some polling stations some protests reported he waited almost 17000000 people registered to take part in this election most of them are young 1st time voters now the main opposition candidate bob and his wife were surrounded by a cheering crowd when they voted in kampala and the incumbent president. voted at his country home the longtime leader is seeking a 6th term up to 35 years in power. and d.-w. corre

of uganda. for change. but president will say vinnie is fighting back government forces have been breaking up campaign rallies prof and beating up protestors or opposition candidates. bottom line has been arrested tortured and charged with high treason. it was. i did not get in the struggle to. name then number of times i've been a risk i mean the struggle to anybody to ground and before that is accomplished i don't care how many times on my wrist it had us beaten gustafer but sprayed. i'm keeping my eyes on the prize. for now bobby wine same unpopularity for his protection. a charismatic bobby wind there challenging the 70 in today's election in uganda and scott roxboro who's joining me to talk about this tradition of politics through music in africa scott there was a lot of focus in that report on bobby one the politician tell us a little bit more about him as a musician and how he expresses politics that way yeah i mean bobby was a fascinating figure i mean as an artist because there's really

that the people of uganda. for a change. president will say vinnie is fighting back government forces have been breaking up campaign rallies prof and beating up protestors or opposition candidates. bottom line has been arrested tortured and charged with high treason. was. not good in the struggle to. name then a number of times i've been arrested i mean the struggle to be by the 2 grand and before that is accomplished i don't care how many times on my wrist it had just beaten gustafer by sprayed. ok. for now bobby whines fame and popularity are his protection. charismatic bobby wind there challenging 70 in today's election in uganda and scott roxboro has joined me to talk about this tradition of politics through music in africa scott there was a lot of focus in that report on bobby one the politician tell us a little bit more about him as a musician and how he expresses politics that way yeah i mean bob was a fascinating figure i mean as an artist because there's really no gap between his pop and his his his po

they don't get bought out by about 70 the new hope for uganda. an image show 17 i'd like to bring you back on the line can you talk me through this transformation or this transition in the 70 from a rebel of reform to a leader who has changed the term limit who has changed the age limit for a president who has overseen an internet blackout thus having you on the phone so also he can stay in the in power took me through that transition. that's very interesting because i would tell you that there were 70 you know and you see today is the same 70 that some of us knew and havel is known it's the same 7 and so very difficult message to convey across the ground and body polity and particular thing that is one of the misfortunes we have in the country in a country where many people who oppose and 2nd do not sufficiently understand some 70 alyea part of the conversation was whether or not the 7 is going to govern for the people who run the interesting lee. he told the. popular journalists of color and angry kenyan and the brother closer brother to agnes

elected president of the republic of uganda the president addressed the nation after his victory was declared and say despite attempts by some individuals to tamper with about metric identification kits the election was largely free and fair. for. numbers. and voting for the. and for the parties. i think this may turn out to be the most. elections. supporters of the 76 year old incumbent handout to celebrates every got the most to support. the being the he's the one with. the electoral commission and they've done their best under the circumstances but already the results have been redacted by bobby y. ou have said had evidence of widespread irregularities including rigging in favor of president yoweri with 7050 members say they are considering moving to court to challenge the results. of the forms of grignon that are not restricted to for the question of the credits on forms including agents at the polling station including forcing people to vote in the open yet under the law i suppose the power of the sekret. the result so wine received nearly 35 percent of the vote and his party th

this is d w news and these are our top stories vote counting has begun in uganda after an election pitting one of africa's longest serving leaders against a young challenger president yoweri museveni is seeking a 6th term in office author ruling for nearly 4 decades his main rival form a pop star bobby wine has inspired a new generation of voters the election campaign was mobbed by widespread violence and a social media blackout. german chancellor angela merkel is pushing for lockdown measures to be tightened according to several media reports michael wants to meet regional leaders next week to discuss new restrictions they're lucky to include measures to ensure more people work from you cases have remained stubbornly high in germany despite restrictions in place since november. german magician sig fried fish has died aged $81.00 just days after it was announced he was suffering from terminal pancreatic cancer he was best known as one half of the world famous siegfried and roy les vegas magic acts as long time partner roy horn died last year after contracts uncovered 19. this is d.w. news

misgovernance in uganda under e.d.m. mean under milton obote to so that's the kind of legacy that they're trying to hang on to but then of course in these types of situations and it's by no means unique to uganda we've seen it in many other african countries imposed liberation settings where you know political power it comes incumbency also comes with certain benefits with economic benefits with financial benefits so it may well be that members of this generation that are in government would want to protect those interests as much as possible you also have you know. issues of accountability there's been a lot of a lot of talk about that there's been a lot of talk about issues of the of the of injustice those issues are not going to disappear so it is also conceivable that people that are within the government apparatus are also looking at the possibility of prosecution so you've got all these issues combined extend it then it then gives us a sense as to why members of this generation would want to hold on to office but l

peaceful and stable uganda and is the ability in uganda obviously courses have all across the region a writer agnes gitau we thank you so much for us taking to us from london thank you . germany's ruling party has elected a new leader army has been chosen as the new head of the christian democratic union that makes him the top contender for a chancellor in elections later this year as engler merkel steps aside after 16 years in power for me therefore i'm vote on divorced i'm aware of the responsibility of the strobe and i will give my all to walk together through this year to win the regional election in only a few short weeks and make sure that we will win the next general elections and provide the chancellor of germany let's go live to dominic enjoining us from berlin so what more can you tell us about our men laughter. mr russian's pitch to his party was pretty clear that in voting for him they'd be voting for somebody who'd been tested in government an important quality he believes tested in government he's the prime minister of germany's most populous state more than 20000000 vo

situation in uganda this election is definitely being driven by that demographic the older generation their generation that liberates of the country which was involved in an armed struggle going all the way back to the immediate pre-independence era wants to hold on to that legacy they only want the legacy of liberation they are holding on to the legacy of having delivered to the country from a very very difficult. post-independence period we all heard about the. misgovernance in uganda under india mean under milton obote to so that's the kind of legacy that they're trying to hang on to but then of course in these types of situations and it's by no means unique to uganda we've seen it in many other african countries in post liberation settings where you know political power it comes incumbency also comes with certain benefits with economic benefits with financial benefits so it's may well be that members of this generation that are in government would want to protect those interests as much as possible you also have you know. issues of accountability there's been a lot of a lot of tal

of uganda. for change. but president most 70 is fighting back government forces have been breaking up campaign rallies often beating up protestors or opposition candidates. whine has been arrested tortured and charged with high treason. was. i did not get in the struggle to name then a number of times i've been arrested i mean the struggle to anybody to gondor and before that is accomplished i don't care how many times on my wrist it had beaten gustafer 1st grade. i'm keeping my eyes on the prize. for you for now bobby winds fame and popularity for his protection. to charismatic bobby wind there challenging the 70 in today's election in uganda and scott roxboro has joined me to talk about this tradition of politics through music in africa scott there was a lot of focus in that report on bobby one the politician tell us a little bit more about him as a musician and how he expresses politics that way yeah i mean bob was a fascinating figure i mean as an artist because there's really no gap between

stuff people get to uganda where they don't know. now let us work we could to the issue of whether there's. no point just remember if you. lose your job to judge is it time for a man because i don't even see why yes how. she went when everyone speaking this is what really is a present you can't make haven't read flack jacket and helmet to ringback. as because of that in very special kind of sick way to go once happening for a cause you the police does too and when your kid is it more than a 100 times that they would have called that this campaign this election to the face of the low to bring the country to this earth to stand still civil disobedience in the hope they can make the menace in your bed of course whole and hopefully overthrow the runway i just want to push it because we only have so much trying to invent is eternal so. they wearing. some of it is a drama they want to get sympathy from people a cure for the media and international observers so we want to look at them to believe that kids are too old to follow. you're going

that's it the stream is coming up next the scots in uganda's future thanks for watching but i. will be ok watching this story today to look ahead to january the full teams and uganda's presidential election what are your hopes and fees for the leadership in uganda for the next 5 years if you're on you tube you can jump into the comments section of today's program. the current situation in your brand now everyone is going to show and it isn't because of. who is going to re the current. they're going to look. at the different parties that are on board at least we have. a live in. and the situation is and i pass one but we hope we have. to join today's discussion we invite the press to 70 but he's off the sistine did apply to any of the invitations we also had george presidential candidate but we want to be part of the conversation but early on today 'd he said he was able to join campaign commitments but we do have an excellent lineup joe it's really good to see you. thank you for being part of this change joe to everybody to you. thank you margaret my name is joy. and i'm the sp

this is news africa on the program today uganda. a peaceful resolution took those days even action why an address to the media after the results showed a lead for president un was 70 the images widespread forward. to the 3 people. to report in other cases some people were ordered to vote for him because in the british open war. as ugandans awaits the final results of the election the internet remains console will be talking to experts about the impact. of the 50th anniversary of the ass one dam a massive feat of construction that's shaped the course of modern day egypt. hello i'm christine it's good to have your company bobbie wine has claimed victory in uganda is a presidential election the final result is expected on saturday but early tallies released by the electoral commission showed a strong lead for president. now bobbie y. whose real name is rob it has rejected the election calling it a complete sham he claims ballot boxes was staffed and that he's party agents were beaten and chased away from some polling stations they head

elected president of the republic of uganda. so he joins us live from come so katherine most of any has been announced as the winner no real surprise there. no surprises a toll and the president is expected to address the nation within this hour and he we basically expect him to thank he's the voters to call for peace to octagons to go back to work and alia when asked the electoral commission declared the results they took some questions and one of the question was how can this election be described as free fair and transparent following the pre-election violence we've seen in the last few months security forces violence should be spazzing protests denying opposition leaders opportunity to come pain what we wanted for example has said that some of his team members are still being detained others have been killed the electoral commission chairman answer to that saying that some of these measures especially during the campaign taken because of calls with 1000 regulations they said that it was important for the security forces to b

news and these are our top stories vote counting has begun in uganda after an election pitting one of africa's longest serving leaders against a young challenger president where rima 70 is seeking a 6th term in office after ruling for nearly 4 decades his main rival form a pop star bobby wine has inspired a new generation of voters the election campaign was marred by widespread violence and a social media blackout. german chancellor angela merkel is pushing for lockdown measures to be tightened according to several media reports michael wants to meet regional leaders next week to discuss new restrictions they like each include measures to ensure more people work from hard new cases have remained stubbornly high in germany despite restrictions in place since november. german mitt magician sig fried fish has died aged $81.00 just days after it was announced he was suffering from terminal pancreatic cancer he was best known as one half of the world's 6th grade and royal las vegas magic act his long time partner roy horn died last year after contracts uncovered 19. this is g.w. news from

this is africa on the program today uganda's bobby wine say's he won a peaceful resolution to election why an interest in media off to early results showed a lead for presidential and was 70 just widespread for. me to be pretty thick broads. in other cases some people were ordered to vote in the prison if we weren't. as ugandans awaits the final was. the election the internet remains catchpole we'll be talking to an expert about the impact of this. and the 50th anniversary of the ass one day a massive feat of construction that shapes the course of modern day egypt. hello i'm christine it's good to have your company bobbie wine has claimed victory in uganda's presidential election the final result is expected on saturday but early tallies released by the electoral commission showed a strong lead for president you where. now bobbie y. whose real name is rob it has rejected the election calling it a complete sham he claims ballot boxes was stuffed and that he spotted agents were beaten and chased away from some polling stations the head of the electoral commission say it will be why and s

this is news africa on the program today uganda sais he won a peaceful resolution to thursday's election why an address the media after any results showed a lead for presidential way and was 70 he alleges widespread fraud. to the 3 people. in other cases some people were ordered to vote. in the british who weren't. as ugandans awaits the final results of the election the internet remains console we'll be talking to an expert about the impact. of the 50th anniversary of the us one dad a massive feat of construction that's shaped the course of modern day egypt. hello i'm christine it's good to have your company bobbie wine has claimed victory in uganda this presidential election the final result is expected on saturday but any tallies released by the electoral commission showed a strong need for president where. now bobby wine whose real name is rob it has rejected the election calling it a complete sham he claims ballot boxes was stuffed and that he spotted agents were beaten and chased away from some polling stations they head of the electoral commission say it all the wind should provid

no one will threaten peace in uganda. but what we would like to tell all the people who were previously done this. we will not accept anyone destabilizing uganda. no matter who you are not already. the election on thursday is important to many ugandans especially the young people who make up the majority of the electorate. the country's youth have been the biggest victims of violence activists of them to exercise their democratic rights in a peaceful manner. for more on the human rights situation in uganda ahead of thursday's election we've invited mr kamath volley onto the program he is the un special rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and association welcome to news africa you recently urged the ugandan government to drop charges against all those who have been arrested during the election campaign but many opposition supporters are still behind bars it appears president you are most if any is not listening to peel's by the u.n. . thank you very much and yes as you mentioned we caught in one of the

and sent it to see delta militants who really is joining us from uganda this is a miracle worker but nice to see you because that connectivity is always a challenge in particularly right now don't you really introduce yourself to international audience what are you doing why you porton to this conversation very excited to be here and my name is dr i mean because in iraq has been seen. since i was international. but in kampala uganda been working in the reproductive health space for a while working with an end to a grand interest in secure productive health and i'm glad to be here to represent the woman who is in africa who is in uganda who is in the communities that are affected by many of these places. nice to have a few ladies 1st reaction to an even a week yet of the biden house of ministration women appointments flurry of activity when the p. 1st one every instant reaction the how is it going to use and what are you seeing that you want to speak out message 5 miles radius perhaps well as a south asian american woman i mean i couldn't be more excited to finally see representation

but in kampala uganda been working in the reproductive health space for a while working with an end to a grand interest in secure productive health and i'm glad to be here to present the woman who is in africa who is in uganda who is in the communities that are affected by many of these places. nice to have only a few ladies 1st reaction to this not even a week yet of the biden house of ministration women appointments flurry of activity when the p 1st one every instant reaction the how is it going to use and what are you seeing that you want to speak out message 5 miles radius perhaps well as a south asian american woman i mean i couldn't be more excited to finally see representation in our highest offices and you know i someone who has worked on u.s. foreign policy and gender equality for you know for 2 decades it's the most excited i've been if the most excited i've seen our advocacy community because the right people are in the right places to make the right decisions on our issues and that's where all of our policy starts as the people i'm you know we're past the day of trying to c

only in africa in uganda and she actually affect the community. i mean in terms of what communication she's going to see. any time the west allis a 2nd axis definition comes and what products we're financing is available and one of the things that is exciting for me is that the u.s. has will be joining the world health organization and as one of the biggest funders for many of the health intervention show health implementing partners in in uganda having finding available that recession but actually helpful we lead. in helping women to be able to eat and lead not only insulation needs but also helps our recent sunny shining and even most of us will care and where it is in environments where it is legally acceptable even if abortion you might understand that in most of our governments some of the laws will not necessarily be accepting to for women to actually have access for instance if abortions satisfy what you have information doctors have a question of death and they can stop women from using from even going ahead and doing dangerous. procedures

no one will threaten peace in uganda. but what we would like to tell all the people that were previously done this. we will not accept anyone destabilizing uganda. no matter who you are what do you know. the election on thursday is important to many ugandans especially the young people who make up the majority of the electorate. the country's youth have been the biggest victims of violence activists of them to exercise their democratic rights in a peaceful manner. for more on the human rights situation in uganda ahead of thursday's election we've invited mr kamath volley into the program he is the un special rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and association welcome to news africa you recently urged the ugandan government to drop charges against all those who had been arrested during the election campaign but many opposition supporters are still behind bars it appears president you are safe any is not listening to appeals by the u.n. . thank you very much and yes as you mentioned we caught in one of

uganda has accused the u.s. of blatantly meddling in its presidential election last week after washington's ambassador to come pollard tried to visit the opposition leader bobby whine whine claims the president you were in the 70s reelection was fraudulent and he says in effect been under house arrest since the weekend let's speak now to catherine sawyer our correspondent following that story for us out of camp is there any evidence at all that direct u.s. meddling here catherine. well there is no evidence it's just that the u.s. has been very critical of the selection process from the very start even before polling day. us said it's not going to observe these elections because. electoral commission has refused to accredit most of its observers they said that the embassy here said that the election process has been deeply flawed locks transparency and accountability now about the u.s. ambassador natalie brown she did visit the wines home yesterday she says she just wanted to go and check on him how he's doing ho

polls close in uganda's election pretty longtime leader you were the most of any case pop star bobby wine. warning of large scale famine the u.n. calls on the u.s. to reverse its terrorist designation for yemen if the rebels. we're struggling now with out the designation with the designation. it's going to be catastrophic. so we begin in the united states where donald trump faces another senate trial after becoming the 1st american president to be impeached for a 2nd time on wednesday the house of representatives for me charged him with inciting insurrection and week after his supporters stormed the u.s. capitol building to try and prevent the certification of joe biden's election victory a 10 republicans. joined democrats in the to vote for an impeachment with just 6 days to go until biden's inauguration at the top republican in the senate mitch mcconnell says he will not order politicians to reconvene for trump's trial but. for he leaves the white house if convicted charm could be barred from holding future office which would question any ambitions for a comeback security at the u.

the issues in uganda today. the issues in uganda are about political disagreement. with should we change. if the. director or commission face final results will be declared on saturday. the u.s. the european union and civil society groups have already said the process has been tainted and lacks transparency and accountability many ugandans fear be valid if there is a contested catherine al-jazeera compound. their organization doctors without borders is warning that the security and humanitarian situation is deteriorating rapidly in central african republic on wednesday rebels trying to seize the capital won't be but they were pushed back by security forces the violence was triggered by december's disputed presidential election a coalition of armed groups wants to remove president foster to our data who's known serving his 2nd term tennesseans have been marking the 10th anniversary of the revolution that overthrew longtime dictators in our love again ben ali and forced him into exile subsequent protests wept across much of the arab world of the uprising was sparked i

with 5 more years in power for one of africa's longest serving leaders to uganda as the incumbent president barry $78.00 is declared the winner of national polls his rival body wind claims fraud and that an internet blackout. and then the bonus legal line to miss the chance to go top of the table against false books will bring you the highlights of the 4 gold thriller. comical for this welcome to the program germany's governing c.d.u. party has chosen a new leader i mean lush at the head of the country's most populous state party delegates elected last night in a convention that's been postponed since last year due to the pen demick and took place mostly online the contest was necessary after aguilar merkel's 2018 pick to leave the party resigned last that's when puts him in a strong position to be c.d.u. chancellor candidate in elections later this year but claiming that spot will hardly be easy. a centrist a team player a successful campaigner for c.d.u. has chosen. to lead it in a year which will see elections in 6 german states and a national vote in september when i go americans time a

it is— peace is back again in uganda. we have peace. it is now _ peace is back again in uganda. uganda. we have peace. it is now another five | have peace. it is now another five ears in have peace. it is now another five years in office _ have peace. it is now another five years in office for _ have peace. it is now another five years in office for yoweri - have peace. it is now another five l years in office for yoweri museveni. by years in office for yoweri museveni. by the time this term is done, he will have been in powerfor a0 years. helped along by changes to the constitution which could allow him to be president for life. there has been an internet shutdown since the eve of the elections, but the electoral commission says it has been able to overcome the connectivity issues and collect results from across the country. some observers question how that is possible. bobi wine, the main opposition candidate, is alleging widespread irregularities and rejects the result. he is yet to provide evidence for his claims. bobi wine has not left his home since voting day. so the hour

polls close in uganda's election pitting the longtime leader you were to use of any case popstar everyone. so we begin in the united states where donald trump faces another senate trial after becoming the 1st american president to be impeached the 2nd time or wednesday the house of representatives of formally charged him with inciting an insurrection a week after supporters storm the u.s. capitol building to try and prevent the certification of joe biden's election victory 10 republicans brought ranks and join democrats to vote for impeachment with just 6 days to go until joe biden's inauguration the top republican in the senate that's mitch mcconnell he says he won't order politicians to reconvene for trump's trial before he leaves the white house if convicted trump could be barred from holding future office squashing any ambitions for a comeback all the while security at the u.s. capitol and other federal buildings in washington has been bolstered amid warnings that further attacks could take place both there and across the country let's cross to all of fischer's life at the white house

watching al jazeera live from doha would me fully back to you before also ahead a voting is underway in uganda's general election and made an internet blackout 10 reports of violence and so after weeks of delay a world health organization team arrives in war han to investigate the origins of the corona virus pandemic. thank you for joining us donald trump has become the 1st president in the history of the united states to be a 2nd time with just a week before he leaves office the house of representatives has formally charged him with inciting an insurrection 10 republicans broke ranks enjoyed democrats to vote in favor of impeachment is a rebuke of trump's repeated questioning of election results which included a speech she gave to supporters before they overran the capitol building castro has the latest from washington. the arguments came down to what's. more dangerous impeach donald trump again and risk further dividing the country or allow him to remain in office even if it's just for a few days he is capable of starting a civil war he must be impeached he must be stopped now on this though t

this is africa on the program today uganda.a peaceful resolution to thursday's election why an address to the media after the results showed in lethal presidential win was 70 the images widespread for.

. ., , happening in uganda? we have mostly relied on broadcast _ happening in uganda?king place. many ugandans on social media are using vpns, but there is difficulty in being able tojust make phone calls or send sms and bobi wine has expressed this frustration with his phone at his wife's phone over the course of the day. very difficult to have a sense of how tallying is taking place in the election will commission have said they have their own system in place to ensure that tallies come in in time. this could possibly undermine the credibility of the election. haifa possibly undermine the credibility of the election.— of the election. how is the president _ of the election. how is the president managed - of the election. how is the president managed to i of the election. how is the | president managed to keep of the election. how is the i president managed to keep hold of the election. how is the - president managed to keep hold of powerfor so many years? weill. power for so many years? well, yoweri museveni _ power for so many years? well, yoweri museveni is _ power

are not about ideologies the issues in uganda today about. the issues in uganda are about political disagreement. with should we change. their lector or commission says final results will be declared on saturday. the u.s. the european union and civil society groups have already said the process has been tainted and lots transparency and accountability many ugandans fear there could be violence if the results are contested catherine al-jazeera kampala. healthcare workers in peru have gone on strike demanding better working conditions the country's experiencing a surge of coronavirus cases those in the frontline say they don't have the equipment needed to keep them safe and save lives money in a sanchez reports from lima. putting pressure on an already strained health system peruvian doctors and nurses have gone on strike indefinitely they say until the government increases the budget to help pay for better equipment. we lack infrastructure oxygen human resources equipment we can't go on like this it will be worse than last year and you know la

are not about ideologies the issues in uganda today are not about . the issues in uganda are about political disagreement. with there should be a change. of. their lector a commission says final results will be declared on saturday. the u.s. the european union and civil society groups have already said the process has been tainted and lots transparency and accountability many ugandans fear there could be violence if the results are contested catherine saw al jazeera kampala. tunisians have been marking the 10th anniversary of the revolution that overthrew a longtime dictator's anal aberdeen been early and forced him into exile sparked protests across much of the arab world the uprising was sparked in december 2010 went to knitting and street vendor made a busy set fire to himself people took to the streets over living standards and unemployment the violent response by police led to riots and it was dubbed the jasmine revolution. in january 2011 president ben ali resigned after 23 years in power and fled to saudi arabia elections were then held in octo

uganda goes back online as the government allows a partial restoration of the internet shut down ahead of its disputed presidential election that's coming up and also ahead one of america's most popular tourist attractions now resembles a war zone we'll look at stepped up security one day before joe biden to knock you wish. it's time for the perfect gentleman. sponsored point qatar airways hello the weather remains very cold across much of here but we will see moderate pushing into the northwest over the next couple of days at the moment it's pretty cold over tools that eastern side all the way down into that he says out of the mediterranean across greece and turkey high pressure in charge here light winds and clear skies we've seen a fair bit of snow here recently this is seen in a stand snow will remain in place for another couple of days at the temperatures now in the process of just starting to notch up so we'll get up there around 9 celsius in athens more in the stew there in ankara bits and pieces of snow around the black sea and to the north there of that particular colin powell

internet blackout and allegations of ballot delays as polls close in uganda as general election. turkey rolls out coronavirus vaccinations with dozens of inoculation centers set up across the country. to involvement in the sea you can scrap the building. welcome to the news hour donald trump has become the 1st president in the history of the united states to be impeached a 2nd time so with just a week before he leaves office the house of representatives has formally charged him with inciting an insurrection 10 republicans broke ranks and joined democrats to vote in favor of impeachment it's a rebuke of trump's repeated questioning of her lection results which included a speech that he gave to supporters before they overran the capitol building castro begins our coverage from washington d.c. . the arguments came down to what's more dangerous impeach donald trump again and risk further dividing the country or allow him to remain in office even if it's just for a few days he is capable of starting a civil war he must be impeached he must be stopped now on this though the final vote

this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up uganda sorry court rules the house arrest of opposition leader bobby wine as full and all security personnel to leave the premises. president joe biden plans to renew a travel ban on several countries as the number of covert 19 infections in the u.s. passes 25000000. and we look at how much has changed in the 10 years since egypt's revolution calling for an end to poverty unemployment and corruption. mexico's president owner a manual lopez obrador has tested positive for coated 19 the 67 year old tweeted he's being treated for mile symptoms and will continue to work from the presidential palace lopez obrador has been criticized for his handling of the pandemic that's killed nearly 150000 mexicans the country has the 4th largest highest death toll and the president has some underlying health conditions and has been criticized in the past for refusing to wear a mask john holeman has the latest from mexico city. he's 67 years old he has got high blood pressure he also had a heart attack in 2013 so this is a president that even when he got int

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uganda's opposition party says it will challenge the presidential election results in court president you are in the 70 has won a 6 term in office his main opponent pop star turned politician bobby wine has dismissed the outcome as for talent priyanka gupta reports. and you're not too manya can barely walk without support the campaign coordinator of uganda's opposition leader bobby wine says he was beaten and tortured by the police. that feared. i had been connected to the. bio korean what do i was shocked i his allegations come a day after uganda long time president u.a.d. who surveyed he was handed a 6 term in office extending his room to 40 years his rival bobby wine remains at home tightly guarded by soldiers outside winds party the national unity platform says he's under house arrest but they're determined to challenge the outcome of those days fault we're here to formally country but in your p reject we are now through out of the election. the last announced yesterday by the e.c. do not in any way relate to the british election would you but spitted as a party. preston was sever

the issues in uganda today. the issues in uganda are about political disagreement. with should we change. is the. director or commission says final results will be declared on saturday. the u.s. the european union and civil society groups have already said the process has been tainted and lots transparency and accountability many ugandans fear there could be violence if the results are contested catherine al-jazeera kampala more dangerous chemicals have been found at beirut sports months after a huge explosion killed more than $200.00 people the blast destroyed neighborhoods in the lebanese capital and is believed to have been caused by ammonium nitrate that caught fire authorities have so far failed to answer questions about the explosion or who owns the chemicals as in a hot air reports from beirut. stockpiles of toxic chemicals at beirut's shattered port they have been here for years exposed only after the massive explosion in august. and like the highly explosive ammonium nitrate believed to be responsible for setting off that blast these materials are also bein

the issues in uganda today. the issues in uganda are about political disagreement. with should we change. electoral commission says final results will be declared on saturday. the u.s. the european union and civil society groups have already said the process has been tainted and lots transparency and accountability many ugandans fear there could be violence if the results are contested catherine soy al jazeera kampala parts of siberia experiencing their longest cold spell in 14 years pritchard's in the region dipped below minus 40 degrees celsius more than a month ago and similar weather is expected until the end of january this week america could fall below minus 50 and schools have been close until the weather warms up again. so again i'm fully back to go with the headlines on al-jazeera a powerful earthquake on the indonesian island of soloway sea has killed at least 35 people thousands more have been forced to flee their homes rescue operations are underway to save people trapped in collapsed buildings including a hospital jessica washington has this update from

however into these adults have experience with dissolves to coordination ofter a vent such as these uganda's electoral commission is set to announce the results of foes easy elections in the coming hours early results from the presidential vote showing combin g.-o. erema 70 in the lead his main challenger bobby wine claims the elections been great dentist told al-jazeera that his life is in danger after security forces surrounded taze home. those are the headlines as always as more news on our web site al jazeera dot com coming up next here the listening posts stay with us after unprecedented scenes of violence and chaos on capitol hill joe biden and come away harris will be sworn into office but with a bitterly obstructed a for the president and a continuing pandemic just how different will the traditional celebrations need to be special coverage of the u.s. presidential inauguration on al-jazeera. you will never hear from the president from the social media giant site at the risk of further tighten finally certainly isn't that the fear that they're fighting there want to learn how much you

uganda has been under a government imposed internet blackout for 4 days one of africa's longest serving leaders is said to stay in power 76 year old you know wearing the 70 became president of uganda in 1986 back then he said that leaders who overstay their welcome were at the heart of africa's problems. well some sport now and in the bundesliga brasier dortmund had their hopes dashed when they hosted bottom placed minds the visitors took a shockley in the 2nd half 11 to knowledge showed off his skills with a beautiful strike into the top corner thomas moore near equalized for dortmund after 73 minutes and just 3 minutes later marco royce had the chance to give his side victory but his penalty shot was too wide. 11 was the final score. and saturday's late game stood guard host of mitchum blood back with the visitors taking the lead through a penalty in the 3535th minute budget got responded after the break as nicolas gonzalez equalized with a diving head up. just 3 minutes later dennys or her put back in front though i should got responded once again scoring the equaliser from the penal

no one will threaten peace in uganda. but what we would like to tell all the people who were previously done this. we will not accept anyone destabilizing uganda. no matter who you are not already. the election on thursday is important to many ugandans especially the young people who make up the majority of the electorate. the country's youth have been the biggest victims of violence activists of them to exercise their democratic rights in a peaceful manner. for more on the human rights situation in uganda ahead of thursday's election we've invited mr kamath vali onto the program he is the un special rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and association welcome to news africa you recently urged the ugandan government to drop charges against all those who've been arrested during the election campaign but many opposition supporters are still behind bars it appears president you are safe and he is not listening to peel's by the u.n. . thank you very much and yes as you mentioned we caught in one of the pre