the man assaulted was a minister under viktor yanukovych. we met him in his office. he said new legislation that punishes civil servants and ministers that work for viktor yanukovych is unfair. >> it's a catastrophic mistake that can affect 1 million civil servants, professionals that the government can't afford to replace. it's a political vendetta, we hope to repeal. >> no one in kiev will forget the battles in this square last winter, thou that viktor yanukovych has gone. ukrainians go into the elections divided on the best way forward. some want to see the old system swept away. but with the economy shrinking and a war in the east, ukrainians know that their country is in desperate need of stability and unity. president petro porashenko is not running in the elections. opinion poll suggests that his party, the petro porashenko block is likely to be the winner. he hopes to form a new coalition, giving ukraine a stronger government. >> but the changes of the past year have been violent and unpredictable. in ukraine, there's no tradition of consensus and compromise.

but the old regime of viktor yanukovych has not gone away completely. his party of the regions has been disbanded but reformed under new names and opinion polls suggest it will get over the 5% threshold and be represented in the parliament. it is strongly represented in the east where that war is going on. >> so clearly there are massive security problems to contend with for whomever is victorious from the elections. with reason any virtually on its knee, that will take attention, isn't it. >> we, it's a difficult economic situation for ukraine. some protections that g.d.p. could shrink by as much as 10% this year. the national currency is falling against the euro, the dollar. it pushes up imsports. a lot of ukraine -- imports. a lot of ukranian bangs are in trouble -- banks are in trouble. it's running at 14%. >> and there's the war, that is very damage of course, because it involves an industrial part of the country where a lot of steel mining and coal mining should take place, and the expense of trying to run the war. it's being done in an ad hoc way

they played a part in the overthrow to viktor yanukovych. they say the revolution is not complete. >> it is complete but the system in court, in general prosecutor office in all state agencies and the ministers is working, unfortunately. he is alive. we should keep it. >> frustration at the slow pace of change is boiling over. in recent weeks crowds have attacked members of the previous government who they feel should be brought to justice. a man assaulted here is a minister under viktor yanukovych. we met him in his office. he said new legislation that punished senior civil servants and ministers that work for viktor yanukovych is unfair. >> it's a catastrophic mistake that could smact 1 million civil servants proeffectals the government can't afford to replacement it's a political vendetta >>> no one in kiev will forget the battle in this square. ukrainians go into these elections divide the. some want to see the old system swept away. but with the economy shrinking and a war in the east ukrainians know that their country is in desperate n

. >> this played a crucial role for the ove overthrow of viktor yanukovych.n the maidan who want change if this country. so what does natalie make of the results? >> the people made a smarter choice because the first three parties which are more or less like liberal, they are moderate party, system is still not perfect but in general the results are rather satisfactory and it's a rather good surprise. >> reporter: these elections were monitored abroad, russia said they were legitimate. now foreigners in ukraine are drawing their own are conclusions. >> nobody can question the legitimate mealegitimacy of the. this is where the message of t euro-maidan has received a political endorsement from the citizens of ukraine and i'm sure moscow will have to take it into account. >> the majority who voted for this new parliament will expect it to fight construction and push through economic reforms. progress has been slow over the last couple of months that's because the old government, critics say, was dominated by the legislators of viktor yanukovych. , people in kiev

that was a party led by viktor yanukovych. that has now placed fourth with a little under 10% of the vote. that shows that yanukovych's former allies still have clout in parts of eastern ukraine. >> some 3 million people in the east of the country were unable to vote. does that mean this is even credible? >> you have two areas under control of pro-russian separatists where the election did not take place. it also did not take place, obviously, in crimea. if you add up all of those seed, that gets you up to 27 vacant seat in parliament. out of a total of 450 in the entire parliament. in terms of what president poroshenko can do about this he's had a peace plan for several months. in essence, if the -- it means giving limited self-rule to the separatists for three years. the problem is they are defying that offer. they are saying, we will do our own thing. we are holding our own elections on november the second for our own presidential and legislative structures. he's really not getting much back from them. at the same time, he'

. >>> first polls since the overthrow of president viktor yanukovych earlier this year, in ukraine. >>> in the northern city of tripoli at least six have died. >>> and residents in tunisia have pen voting to elect a new parliament. >>> and the brazilians are also voting, the senator and former state governor, a latin america editor lucia newman has more. >> even buying or selling a coconut at this busy market is a chance to show allegiance. in brazil's most fiercely fought elections in decades. a former e left wing gur guerila leader. ung like her immensely popular pred says, she's seen as an iron lady, who nonetheless represents the political party who in the fast years, neves who promises business friendly policies. married to a model, now, technically the economy is in recession. brazil's capital away built in 1960, literally in the shape of an airplane. and in the cockpit is the presidential palace you see here. taken off under the prevention government but under the president gilma roussef, has been losing altitude. >> there is a roman god called janus. he has two faces, looks to

voting in parliamentary elections the first poll since the overthrow of president viktor yanukovych earlier this year. >>> lebanon's army driving, in and around the northern city of tripoli. >>> and tunisia is voting to elect its first full parliament under a new execution earlier this year. zena abadeen ben ali earlier this year. >>> choice of the runoff, senator and former state governor. a latin american editor lucia newman has more from brasilia. >> buying or selling a coconut is an opportunity to show allegiance. brazil's most fiercely fought elections in decades. gimma rousseff, and, nieves. unlike her predecessor, rousseff is seen as an iron lady, who dramatically decreased poverty through social programs. nieves is the market favorite. married to a former model, he insists that brazil can change. someone who would go to brasilia who would jump start economy. brazil's capital is built literally in the shape of an airplane. it is an apt metaphor, a country who had finally taken off under the previous government but under gilma rousseff. >> roman god looks to the future, to the past, b

in the square where the uprising against former president viktor yanukovych began, all was quiet at the end of the voting. the signs are that the political landscape has been transformed and winning parties promising sweeping changes. >> i asked you to vote and i thank you that you heard and support this call. earlier the president travelled to the east, showing support for the army and commitment. in rebel controlled areas, millions of people did not vote and it's not clear how a government will convince or force the separatists to back down. although ukrainians give reform, they split votes among the parties. a delicate period is likely to follow. >> the parties that formed the new government says the election marks a break with old corrupt ways. >> a new coalition government will overcome powerful vested interests, and to provide the economy and bring peace to the east. political change came at a heavy price in ukraine. the winners of the election had the daunting task of ensuring the sacrifices from not in vain. >> a second person decide in palestine after a second person drove his

it's the first poll since the overthrow of president viktor yanukovych earl this year. tunisia is voting to pass its full parliament, final stages of the political transition which follows the ousting of political leader zine el abidine ben ali in 2011. >>> six soldiers and four civilians have died in fighting in and around tripoli. >>> let's get to the top story. the parliamentary elections in ukraine. pro-russian separatists have been fighting, separate election in early november. when a ceasefire was signed in the beginning of september this was the area controlled by the separatists. since then there have been several violations by both sides with the rebels controlling more territory. hoda is reporting from this area of slovyansk. >> hefnhelping ukrainian troopse was lashed to a sign post, accusing her of being a child killer. >> honesty will be my main priority. i want a strong army because we should be able to protect our own country. we should be able to decentralize authority. >> for three months, slovyansk was the focal point, it returned to ukrainian control

government said that's because the old parliament was dominated by supporters of former president viktor yanukovych. the government will no longer have that excuse. and ukrainians will expect the pace of roorm t reform to letter accelerate. though the people of kiev are exhausted over the upheavals of the last year, this seems to be a new direction and must take this to the whole country. barnaby phillips, kiev. >> here's what's coming up on al jazeera. a deadly attack on north afghanistan. where the taliban has taken aim at a courthouse. plus. >> i'm robert mcbride, making a splash on the world stage with the wine makers. >>a violent crime.... >> people were shocked >> the guilty locked up >> he belongs in jail >> but it was not case closed... >> it was a cult >> allegations of intimidation... >> amish people were frightened >>torture... >> were you put into an animal pen? >> yes >> and worse >> is sam mullet sexually abusing people? >> yes >> the shocking untold story revealed for the fist time. an america tonight exclusive investigation rouge amish only on al jazeera america >> the top stories o

government said that's because the old parliament was dominated by supporters of former president viktor yanukovych. the government will no longer have that excuse and the citizens will expect the pace of the government to accelerate. this does feel like a moment of hope at least here in the capital somehow the new government plus take that message to the entire country. barnaby phillips, lz al jazeera, kiev. >> joko wododo, newly elected president of indonesia. >>> ruling africa national congress to launch a socialist party. numsa says it would like to explore a new policy, most of numsa's 340,000 members are black workers in key sectors such as car manufacturing. joining us from university of are j jo of jo johannesberg. tell me exactly what that means, what do you understand the socialist party to be, and also, will they have enough support to challenge the ruling anc? >> since the anc took over 20 years ago, it has followed pro-business policies, many found themselves first losing jobs and also lot of out-source thing and contracting out. so the aim of the party would be to consolidate the gain

. >> discontent began last year after president viktor yanukovych rejected a trades deal with european union? moving to deeper ties with moscow. protests led to yanukovych's ouster. but the problems deal with something far worse than who should become ukraine's leader. the u.s. says it wants russia to stop its military support for russian separatists, while russia wants u.s. to cut off its economic aid to the country. moscow says the move followed kiev's failure to pay its energy debt. ukraine tried buying natural gas from european countries tblawt t led russia to stop its splice to those countries. we saw just a moment ago just how divided the country is east and west. >> actually i think east-west divide was not as prominent as it certainly was a few months ago. i think the fact that the pro-west parties really achieved a lot of support, means that perhaps some of those russian-speaking minorities who live in ukraine and are ukraine citizens and vote aren't necessarily so produce a pro-rue said they were. >> they want the split. >> right. >> how would you describe the expectations am

a vintage car rally is being held, where people fought and died to overthrow president viktor yanukovych. families hope that the sacrifices of the past year have not been in vape. >> later tonight, in our segment "the week ahead", we'll look at ukraine's election. president petro porashenko is calling it a cleansing of parliament. that's a quote. we'll see if that's the case at 8:30 eastern, 5:30 pacific. >>> polls have been closed for several hours in tunisia. the country that sparked revolutions across the middle east and north africa. residents are voting for a new parliament. a test for the effort to achieve democracy >>> there is a sense of excitement across tunisia. for many young people, this is the second time they voted in a free election here. the thing is democracy will not be easy to achieve. >> it's a long way to go. i see so much creativity, and so many things coming out of the revolution. i'm staying positive. i know that there's a long, long way to go. >> most people are expected to vote for the two major political forces. the call for tunisia promises a separation betwee

parliamentary elections are being held in the ukraine, first election since the overthrow of viktor yanukovych. barnaby phillips last more. >> these are dark days in ukraine and there are some unlikely candidates who say they can get the country out of its mess. darth vader is on the ballot paper, promising peace and end to corruption. but even if ukrainians share his concern about where the country is going they're unlikely to vote him and his friends into parliament. there are more credible new parties emerging. these activists played a prominent part in the yore throw of president yanukovych. yet the revolution is not complete. >> yanukovych is escaped, but his system in court in general prosecutor office in all state agencies and the ministers is working unfortunately. his kleptocratic state is not done. >> the man assaulted here is a minister under yanukovych. we met him in his office, he said new legislation that punishes senior civil servants and those who worked for president yanukovych is unfair. >> translator: it's a catastrophic mistake that could affect some one million public serv

sunday's poll will be the first election since last year's street protest drove viktor yanukovych, thent, from office. it comes against the backdrop of the ongoing conflict in the east, of course. and all week, our correspondent steve rosenberg has been reporting from right across the country. for his final report, he is in the capital kiev to see how months of protests have affected who is running for parliament. >> reporter: this is independence square in the center of kiev. eight months ago, more than 100 people were killed in and around here. there's a very simple memorial to the victims on this wall with their photographs, flowers, candles and ukrainian flags. and since then, thousands more people have been killed in the east of the country, in the war there. these deaths really hang over ukraine and have a direct impact on the election here. for example, among the candidates running for parliament are several military figures, including some of the leaders of ukraine's volunteer battalions. here in kiev, one of those battalions is holding a special ceremony. some of their soldier

this is the first such vote since the ouster of russian-backed president viktor yanukovych back in februarynko hopes his party will win a clear majority so pro-western reforms and a peace plan for the east can be implemented. but 27 of the 450 seats in parliament will remain empty because voters in pro-russian parts of the east will not be able to cast ballots. >>> pro-democracy activists in hong kong had planned to hold a referendum today to decide whether to accept government proposals for more reform talks. for four weeks campaigners have occupied major roads in the city to oppose increased central control of hong kong elections. the referendum would poll the protesters by cell phone on whether to accept concessions offered by the government or to stay on the streets. the occupy movement has captured the world's attention, and documenting the protests right from the beginning is photojournalist alex ogle. earlier he spoke with cnn's kristi lu stout of the pictures he has captured of the protests. >> this is from a bridge overlooking the main protest site in admiralty, and it was just kin

some areas of eastern ukraine which they seized following the ouster of pro-russian president viktor yanukovych earlier this year. in tunisia, a secular opposition party has won a major victory in the country's first full parliamentary election since the 2011 arab spring revolution. early results show the secular nida tunis party winning the most seats over the islamist ennahda party, which previously dominated the parliament. delegates from over 100 countries are meeting in copenhagen, denmark this week to approve a new report on the effects of climate change. known as the synthesis report, the draft warns an ongoing rise in greenhouse gas emissions is -- "increasing the likelihood of severe, pervasive and irreversible impacts." denmark's minister of climate, energy and building, rasmus helveg petersen, opened the meeting. quick today we can measure the rising seas and temperatures and insurance bills. tomorrow we can measure our rising debt to the future generation. will you stop the fire or jump into the sea in the first solution does cost money. the second seems to be free, but it isn't. >>

the first since the ouster of russian-backed president viktor yanukovych.resident petro poroshenko is hoping his party will win a clear majority so reforms can be implemented. the vote is expected to further expose the divide between the pro-european west and russian sympathizers in the eastern part of the country. separatists are threatening to block voting in some districts and hold their own elections next month. >>> okay, and brazilians are heading to the poll to elect their next president, the country's tightest race in decades. shasta darlington has more. >> reporter: yes, in brazil too it's the economy, stupid. but in a country as unequal as brazil, the economy will mean very different things for different people during sunday's presidential election. there's president dilma rousseff of the workers party, supported by millions who climbed out of poverty and into the working class thanks to social benefits and subsidsubsidies. "i'm going to vote for dilma. i'm worried about going back backwards." then aecio neves. for many he just represents change af

integrate ukraine economically with europe was rejected last november by pro-moscow president viktor yanukovychrising that followed ended with him fleeing. after poroshenko was elected in may, he signed the pact. still, ukraine remains divided. there was no voting in russian- annexed crimea and it was light to non-existent across parts of donetsk and luhansk, the two eastern provinces where pro- russian separatists hold sway. >> ( translated ): we have already made our choice, and i think our cause is right and we will win. >> warner: indeed, heavy fighting in the east persists despite a cease-fire declared six weeks ago. two more ukrainian soliders died sunday adding to the nearly 4000 people killed since april, and leaving many with little hope. >> i think nothing will change in the east of the country after these elections. everything will depend on putin's desires. >> warner: officials in moscow said today they will recognize the results of yesterday's election. but there will be separate elections this weekend run by the rebels, who've declared themselves independent of ukraine. >> woodruf

western backed politicians have a strong lead in the first parliamentary vote since the ouster of viktor yanukovych. president poroshenko promises sweeping changes should he win. >> there are new reports boko haram is forcing kidnapped girls to fight on the front lines. the young women are taking part in raised and executions across nigeria and cameroon. the group also says the girls are being abused, raped and coerced into marrying the rebels. human rights watch says more than 500 women and girls have been abducted by boko haram since 2009. that that includes the 200 school girls that made international headlines. >> the families of those missing girls are now operating that their daughters will one day be brought home. a lot of those parents now live in fear. >> rebecca is afraid to leave her daughters alone. the oldest sarah was abducted by boko haram fighters in april. this is what she wants to say to her missing child. >> be strong, sarah. god will help you escape if you are still alive, but if you are dead, then there is nothing i can do for you, why child, except pray that you are at peace.