to talk about the issues the victory for the united national party and its partners that basically you see that they have fought all attempts to pervert democracy and to bring justice country we have the entire of the goldfields green field out with supporters of the united national party that have been brought out here today and basically they're talking about the fact that they prevailed for over fifty days when there were attempts to oust under the committee here illegally i remember the president my polish very senior who promised never to entertain running to become a singer as prime minister again has had to back down and appoint him once again as this country's prime minister writes a week or two ago is the editor of grown views which describes itself as a citizen journalism movement and she joins me now from colombo in sri lanka thanks so much for joining us live on al-jazeera now where are we in terms of this crisis of the past three months is it really over now. so yes first of all this crisis has been a long time coming. the kind of actions that precipitated this sort of pre

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the young texan and asked him to be our ambassador to the united nations. he led our party during a tumultuous time for the presidency and after earning the respect of another president, he did the work of a diplomat as first united states envoy to china and lead the cia. and then, for eight years, george herbert walker bush served as the 43rd vice president of the united days. he wasld that as preparing to become vice president he once joked about the job saying that there was "nothing substantive to do at all." [laughter] records, during those years he set the standard. as a sound counselor and loyal advisor to an outsider who came to washington, d.c. to shake things up, cut taxes, rebuild the military, and together they did just that. then, in 1988, he made

be an easy task he's got to basically balance of who he's going to pick for his cabinet the united national party vicar missing his party had aligned with the other party is for a national coalition government previously they still might need to look at that in terms of ensuring the numbers so the immediate sort of aftermath of the vicar missing her appointment once again to look at the technicalities of setting up the government and the cabinet so here but beyond that there is still a lot of work to do a lot of balls really the relationships between the newly sworn in prime minister and the incumbent president i mean it is an awkward situation one but these two men have to find a way of really getting through to reassure not just the international community but also most probably the people at large across sri lanka that it's workers normal let's try and move all. that's pretty much what it is so her life i think both men seasoned politicians knowing that they have to face the task of getting back to business and getting back to business fast a lot of water under the bridge a lot of sort of scat

he makes a good point that brexit is pointing —— painted as divided our nation but it has united our partyon to the prime minister's proposals. it has united many people oi'i proposals. it has united many people on that site. two former brexit secretaries, the former foreign secretary and two former higher education ministers. i wanted at the prime minister who the new higher education minister is. she didn't ta ke education minister is. she didn't take my intervention. perhaps batting for that sector is incompatible with her brexit. come a very gently say to the house that intervention should be brief, not mini speeches. the leader of the opposition. i thank my friend for the intervention. the labour party discussed the issue at conference, agreed we would oppose the deal and

governing party's candidate salome their best barely won by a large margin and a second round runoff that the opposition wants new elections robin forrester walker has more. the united national movement georgia's main opposition party believes georgia's presidential election was marred by serious violations including violence and mass vote buying its leaders want electoral reform and early parliamentary elections they say president elect salah maser other she really has no legitimacy. thanks solomon is all of this feeling is not our president thank you to never be our president thank you this rally is a message that was designed to show to governments that the united national movement still is a force to be reckoned with despite having performed disappointingly in the second round. from europe party chief and former president mikhail saakashvili addressed a loyal crowd that he's being tried in absentia for abuses of power in office and many other georgians would like to see him in jail i asked opposition candidate great gulf a shot say if his promise to pardon his second really cost him the election eve has a right to live in georgia but my dear old under our legislation he

president nixon asked him to be our ambassador to the united nations and led our party during tumultuous time and he did the work of a diplomat as the first united states envoy to china and led the c.i.a. then then, for eight years george herbert walker bush served as the 43rd vice president of the united states. i'm told as he was preparing to become vice president he joked about the job saying he was, joke, nothing substantive to do at all. but if history records, during those years he set the standard as a sound counselor and loyal advisor to an outsider who came to washington to shake things up, cut taxes, rebuild the military military. then he made history again when george herbert walker bush was elected in a landslides president. becoming the first sitting vice president to be the president. under his leadership america won the cold war. he took our nation to war to repel aggression in the persian gulf and through his leadership and brilliance of our armed forces the united states won a decisive victory. when he left office he left america and the world for peaceful prosperous and

president nixon asked him to be our ambassador to the united nations. he led the party time for the presidency. he did the work as a diplomat as the first united states envoy to china and lead the cia. for eight years, he served as the 43rd vice president of the united states. i was told that, as he was preparing, he joked about the job saying that there was "nothing substantive to do at all." [laughter] as history records, during those years he set the standard as a sound counselor and loyal advisor to an outsider who came to washington, d.c. to shake things up, cut taxes, rebuild the military, and together, they did just that. and then, in 1988, he made history again. george herbert walker bush was elected in a landslide as the 41st president of the united states of america, becoming the first sitting vice president to win the presidency in more than 150 years. he served during an uncertain time in the world, made momentous by his leadership. president bush oversaw the fall of the soviet union, the crumbling of the berlin wall. under his leadership, america won the co

thousand and nine unravel a minor was forced from power by protest led by roger leno the united nations wants all partiesinvolved in the upcoming presidential elections in the democratic republic of congo to reject violence at least six people have been killed in the lead up to sunday's polls the government denies there are links between the violence and campaigning the un is called for an investigation and says voters and candidates must be kept safe. for the first time electronic voting machines will be used in the elections as katherine sawyer reports from kinshasa the opposition is worried they'll be used to rig the result of the conversation in tea shops such as this one on the edge of the river is all about sunday's election and electronic voting machines these are to say they're concerned by the general lack of information and what's expected on them on voting day. we don't know what to expect we might do the wrong thing they should have told us what to do before now we'll just learn on polling day. in another village on the outskirts of kinshasa. who leaves next to this polling station has simila

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party's candidate. won by a large man margin in a second round runoff but the opposition wants new elections robin foresty a walk as. the united national movement georgia's main opposition party believes georgia's presidential election was marred by serious violations including violence and mass vote buying its leaders want electoral reform and early parliamentary elections they say president elect salah maser of the she really has no legitimacy . thanks elements of this feeling is not our president. should never be our president. this rally is a message that was designed to show to governments that the united national movement still is a force to be reckoned with despite having performed disappointingly in the second round. from europe party chief and former president mikhail saakashvili addressed a loyal crowd that he's being tried in absentia for abuses of power in office and many other georgians would like to see him in jail i asked opposition candidate group gulf a shot say if his promise to pardon it really cost him the election he has a right to live in georgia but main deal under our legislation he doesn't have a right to parti

whoever takes over from her is going to have a difficult task of pulling together and uniting a party and the nation in very polarizing times in the fight it's a critical time for our country and for parties like ours the c.d.u. c.s.u. with the f.t. to the right of us and with the polarized societies well certainly one of the reasons why you miss karrenbauer bay well of being voted in by those delegates is the relationship she has with angola merkel because although chancellor merkel has stepped down as leader of the c.d.u. she hasn't stepped down as chancellor and the two will have to work together very closely all the opposite side of that of course would have been if through to commit to get near him mrs merkel do have a history in fact it was chancellor merkel that essentially ousted him from the c.d.u. party leadership way back when when she rose to power but just who is. our the new leader and what she all about the preferred choice of mrs merkel is understood to be an internet company. known by her initial. and atlanta system with a small a pro european and a francophile she's certain to form

we are here as a government to discuss them a limitation on that when the united nations resolution was cause for all the parties to hand over their weapons pull out from the areas yes they controlled to be able to move forward my last question to you because when i listen to what you've been saying basically i'm getting i'm having doubts that this is going to move forward how confident that there might be a breakthrough here in stockholm in the coming days or do you think this is really go through mentoring an issue as we all have a breakthrough i'm sure if we discuss other things we will not be able to short time. he went to and suffering on the ground but we don't want this to end like this we want to have all the support for them the way to help us and help them and .

senator and would go on to become united nations ambassador. republican party chairman. director. vice president. and then president of the united states. he served his country in this city and is now leaving it for the last time. he is headed home to texas, where there will be a service tomorrow. then the burial on the grounds of his presidential library, reunited with barbara, his beloved wife of 73 years. and their daughter, robin, who died of leukemia when she was just 3, 65 years ago. this has been an emotional day and an opportunity to set aside political differences to honor and celebrate what unites us. on behalf of savannah, andrea, chuck, tom brokaw and all of us at nbc news, thank you for joining us. we leave you with the words of president george bush himself on that inaugural day 30 years ago. >> my friends, we are not the sum of our possessions. they are not the measure of our lives. in our hearts, we know what matters. we cannot hope only to leave our children a bigger car, a bigger bank account. we must hope to give them a sense of what it means to be a lo

election the governing party's candidate salome sort of is fairly won by a big margin in a second round runoff but the opposition ones new elections. is there. the united national movement georgia's main opposition party believes georgia's presidential election was marred by serious violations including violence and mass vote buying its leaders want electoral reform and early parliamentary elections they say president elect salah maser other she really has no legitimacy. thanks elements of this feeling is not our president was should never be our president. this rally is a message that was designed to show to governments that the united national movement still is a force to be reckoned with despite having performed disappointingly in the second round. from europe party chief and former president mikhail saakashvili addressed a loyal crowd but he's being tried in absentia for abuses of power in office and many other georgians would like to see him in jail. i asked opposition candidate great golfer shad say if his promise to pardon the second really cost him the election eve has a right to live in georgia but maybe i'm there no legislation he doesn't have a right

president nixon took notice of the young texan and asked him to be our ambassador to the united nations. he led our party during a tumultuous time for the presidency, and after earning the respect of another president, he did the work of a diplomat, as the first u.s. envoy to china, and led the c.i.a., then for eight years george herbert walker bush served as the 43rd vice president of the united states. i'm told as he was preparing to become vice president he once joked about the job, saying that there was "nothing substantive to do at all." but as history records, during those years, he set the standard as a sound counselor and loyal advisor to an outsider who came to washington, d.c. to shake things up, cut taxes, rebuild the military and together, they did just that. and then in 1988 he made history again when george herbert walker bush was elected in a landslide as the 41st president of the united states of america, becoming the first sitting vice president to win the presidency in more than 150 years of our history. he served during an uncertain time in the world. made momentous by his leadership.

like has turkey not made a formal request to the united nations for an independent third—party internationalieve this is being considered at the moment... he disappeared at the beginning of october and we are now at the beginning of december, by easter considering something which many people in the international community, including human rights watch and the un high commission, say is absolutely to getting to the truth. the crime happen in turkey so obviously first it had to be investigated thoroughly by our authorities and we wanted to make sure that the saudis would actually co—operate. the saudi chief prosecutor met without prosecutor but he did not... turkish officials say there was not efficient cooperation... that is what i alluding to. we did not get the co—operation we wanted to from saudi arabia and we do hope they do come up arabia and we do hope they do come up with some corporation otherwise we are going to go to the un for an international investigation and the un have a ready welcome this so i think that is where things are going if the saudis do not co—operate. think that is

that the united nations wants all parties involved in the upcoming presidential elections in the democratic republic of congo to reject violence at least six people have been killed there in the lead up to sunday's polls the government denies any links between the violence and campaigning the u.n. has called for an investigation and says vote is in candidates must be kept safe. the democratic republic of congo is the second largest country in africa and its mineral reserves have been described as an embarrassment of riches but it faces many challenges one of the world's largest un peacekeeping missions is stationed in the north kivu region and it turi regions where many armed groups operate seven peacekeepers in villages were recently killed there during raids by fighters from the allied defense forces the fighting is making it difficult to control the latest outbreak of the ebola virus so far more than two hundred people have died and doctors are any unable to reach remote areas and then there's the food crisis in the one stable caste region it started when a rebellion against the governme

president nixon took notice of the young texan and asked him to be an ambassador to the united nations. he led a party during a tumultuous time for the presidency, and after earning the respect of another president, he did the work of a diplomat as the first united states envoy to china, and led the cia. and then for eight years, george herbert walker bush served as the 43rd vice president of the united states. i'm told as he was preparing to become vice president he once joked about the job, saying that there was, quote, nothing substantive to do at all. but as history records, during those years, he set the standard. as a sound counselor and loyal adviser to an outsider who came to washington, d.c., to shake things up. cut taxes, rebuild the military. and together, they did just that. and then in 1988, he made history again. when george herbert walker bush was elected in a landslide as the 41st president of the united states of america. becoming the first sitting vice president to win the presidency in more than 150 years of our history. he served during an uncertain time in the world. made momentou

the protests, called by flemish right—wing parties, are against a united nations global agreement aimed ruling coalition, the right—wing nva party, left the government last sunday in protest against the prime minister's decision to sign the agreement. bosses at chester zoo say they're devastated after revealing they were unable to save some species of insects, frogs, fish and birds in yesterday's fire. the blaze ripped through the monsoon forest enclosure. many of the animals, including the critically endangered sumatran orangutans, were led to safety — and new homes within the zoo have now been found for them. juliet phillips reports. chester zoo has described it as one of the toughest days in its history. and you can see why. the fire that ripped through the monsoon forest building has now been put out, that the damage caused but the damage caused is still being keenly felt. the monsoon forest here at chester zoo is a very complex environment with everything, from stick insects to snails to fish to frogs and some of those small animals, very sadly, have perished in the fire. what we'r

we are here as a government to discuss them a limitation on that when the united nations resolution was cause for all the parties to hand over their weapons pull out from the areas yes they controlled to be able to move forward my last question to you because when i listen to what you've been saying basically i'm getting i'm having doubts that this is going to move forward how confident that there might be a breakthrough here in stockholm in the coming days or do you think this is really go through mentary an issue as we all have a breakthrough i'm sure if we discuss other things we will not be able to short time. he went to and suffering in the ground but we don't want this to end like this we want to have all the support for them the way to help us and had there many people thank you very much indeed for your own thank you and looking forward to seeing in the near future so basically i mean if you the strong words from him is a commercially strong words that we had yesterday for khalid. the minister of foreign affairs show the growing political divide which the united nations of the international community hav

party's candidate. won by a large margin in a second round runoff but the opposition is demanding a new elections robin foresty a walker has more from tbilisi. the united national movement georgia's main opposition party believes georgia's presidential election was marred by serious violations including violence and mass vote buying its leaders want electoral reform and early parliamentary elections they say president elect salah maser other she really has no legitimacy. thanks solomon is all of this feeling is not our president thanks to the never be our president thank you this rally is a message that was designed to show to governments that the united national movement still is a force to be reckoned with despite having performed disappointingly in the second round. from europe party chief and former president mikhail saakashvili addressed a loyal crowd that he's being tried in absentia for abuses of power in office and many other georgians would like to see him in jail i asked opposition candidate group gulf a shot say if his promise to pardon his second really cost him the election he has a right to live in georgia but my deal and our legislation he doesn'

president nixon took notice of the young texan and asked him to be our ambassador to the united nations. he led our partying a tumultuous time for the presidency, and after earning the respect of another president, he did the work of a diplomat, as the first united states envoy to china and led the cia. and then, for eight years, george herbert walker bush served as the 43rd havenvice president of the united states. i'm told he once joked about the job, saying there was, quote, nothing substantive to do at all. but as history records, during those years, he set the standard. as a sound counselor and loyal adviser to an outsider who came to washington, d.c. to shake things up. cut taxes, rebuild the military, and together, they did just that. and then, in 1988, he made history again and george herbert walker bush was elected in a landslide as the 41st president of the united states of america. becoming the first sitting vice president to win the presidency in more than 150 years of our history. he served during an uncertain time in the world, made momentous by his leadership. president bush oversaw the cr