presidentjoko widodo looks likely to wina presidentjoko widodo looks likely to win a second term in officeesults are not expected until may counts of yesterday's ballot reveal a decisive victory for mr widodo over his rival, prabowo subianto. but even before the victory can be officially declared the challenges that lie ahead have become very clear. one keyissue ahead have become very clear. one key issue will be its sprawling economy. karishma vaswani reports from jakarta. this has not been an unexpected victory for indonesia's president, joko widodo. the unofficial results have shown a significantly for him. and even though there is still a challenge ahead with the opposition campus saying they have also one that this presidency, mr widodo is getting back to work today and is expected to be in the office to carry out this mandate. the election he has run has very much been focused on the economy. remember, back in 2014, when he was first elected, he promised he would see an economy that would grow by 7%. that didn't happen. instead, what we have seen over the last few years is economic g

but president widodo is already facing challenges ahead.jakarta, karishma vaswani sent this report. a decisive victory for indonesian presidentjoko widodo, according to unofficial quick count results. translation: from these initial exit polls we've seen that we have one, but we must be patient and wait for the official results. supporters of joko widodo have gathered here to try to catch a glimpse of the man they have just voted in as this country's next president, for the second time. the celebrations are just beginning, but already he's facing challenges ahead. his rival and former general, prabowo subianto, says exit polls conducted by his camp shows that he is the president. translation: our exit polls show that we have one with 55.4% of the vote. mr prabowo subianto may well lodge a complaint in the coming days and challenge these results. but as simple as it looks, indonesia's quick count system has been shown to work and, by the end of the day, with the sample votes counted, all signs point to a joko widodo victory. voter turnout wa

and will pit incumbentjoco widodo against prabowo subianto. we go to the capital —— joko widodo.ace is karishma vaswani. how key is the economy when voters cast their votes today? well, rico, the economy is top of their minds for many indonesians as they had to polling booths across this vast archipelago to cast their votes today. you can see the administration of the election and the voting irregularities are now beginning here at the polling booth that i am that. the polls actually opened about half—an—hour ago in this part of indonesia, a bit earlier, a few hours ago, in eastern indonesia. the administration is continuing. residents are waiting on this polling booth to cast their votes. there are some 800,000 polling booths spread out across indonesia for this election. that is twice the number we had in 2014, rico, a sign from the election commission here that they want to try to make the process of voting is efficient and trouble—free for citizens in indonesia as possible. there have already been concerns raised in overseas voting, at least, last week, that took place last w

we are looking at a return of about a 10 point lead for joko widodo. it is just a queuestion of how much before we find out the official result in may. looks like about 10 points. that could be revised up or down. ather way, it looks l like convincing win. the opposition candidate disputed the results, claiming he has won according to o privae polling. death sheouraged his has discouraged his supporters from writing. rioting. it is very diplomatic given the indication of his lead. it looks like a big victory for him today. looking on his first term in office, what kind of president has he been? >> his signature policy is about infrastructure devevelopment. can see toll roads, new airports, neww ports. this has been his signature policy. you cacan see it happening aroud the country. -- in regards to the economy. he is invested in health care and education. he is the first president f from outside the e political elite of this c country who has managed o become president and stay prpresident. he wasas a furniture salesman before he entered politics. it a

but president widodo is already facing challenges ahead. the bbc‘s karishma vaswani is in jakarta.dentjoko widodo, according to unofficial quick count results. translation: from these initial exit polls we've seen that we have won, but we must be patient and wait for the official results. supporters ofjoko widodo have gathered here to try to and catch a glimpse of the man they have just voted in as this country's next president for the second time. the celebrations are just beginning, but already he's facing challenges ahead. his rival and former general, prabowo subianto, says exit polls conducted by his camp show that he is the president. translation: our exit polls show that we have won with 55.4% of the vote. mr prabowo may well lodge a complaint in the coming days and challenge these results. but as simple as it looks, indonesia's quick count system has been shown to work and, by the end of the day, with the sample votes counted, all signs point to a joko widodo victory. voter turnout was 80%, thought to be the highest ever in indonesia's democratic era. behind these numbers,

and polls open for indonesian elections with president jocko widodo hoping to best his rival proposed to be up to. all we begin with breaking news president donald trump has vetoed a resolution by congress calling for an end to u.s. involvement in the saudi led war in yemen roslyn jordan is following the story for us and she joins us now live from washington d.c. rose tell us what we're hearing from the white house. well the white house has put out a four page statement in the last twenty minutes or so into stasia explaining why the president is vetoing this senate joint resolution number seven in other words a congressional law measure that would stop all u.s. military support for the saudi coalition as it is involved in the civil war in yemen members of congress both republicans and democrats are worried about three things one they're worried about the u.s. military supporting a military operation that is leading to considerable humanitarian suffering whether in the north around the capital sanaa or in the south they are very concerned also about the ongoing efforts to try to bring

joko widodo can definitely pack in the crowds.time round, but in a decidedly different political landscape, and some of the choices he has made have disappointed his supporters. two years ago, hardline protests broke out against his former right—hand man, chinese indonesian christian, basuki tjahaja purnama, or ahok, as he's known. he was accused of blasphemy against islam. and, as the nation watched, ahok went through a highly politicised trial and eventually went to jail. jokowi stayed silent. today, jokowi's running mate is a hard—line muslim cleric, and one of the leaders of that witch—hunt. a visible attempt to silence those who have questioned his religious credentials. his main opponent, former military general, prabowo subianto, has also tacked into a growing desire for power amongst hardline muslim groups. both sides in the presidential campaign have used religious issues, they have used islam as a tool to get support. after the election is over, will they be able to put this genie back in the bottle and go back to busine

live from berlin pollsters give indonesia's president a wide lead in his bid for reelection joko widodo looks set to win the vote in the world's third largest democracy almost two hundred million voters cast ballots in a contest between him and the next general but what would his been doing reconstruction creature with no support from the market. and i won't buy gold to be reached within foreign. firms is a man you will not promise is no to don will rise from the ashes today he meets ministers to plan its restoration and japan's cherry blossoms have become a symbol of spring but what about mexico stream there vibrant flowers are is well loved springtime spectacle in the country but it was the japanese immigrants who made him popular here in his homeland we will tell you more about the loss of secret history. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program france's president a man you all micron is meeting with ministers to discuss how to deal with the aftermath of the fire at paris's notre dame cathedral mccall has said that he wants to rebuild the cathedral within five years and today's cabinet

it's all about this man sitting president joko widodo comfortably on course to be reelected as leader of the world's third largest democracy. let us united gain as a nation as brothers and sisters who share the same motherland. after these elections let us develop and nurture harmony and brotherhood as one nation and motherland. but. the main challenger firebrand former general prabhu verse subi antonio claimed there were irregularities in the voting setup insisting many polling stations opened late. urge my supporters to remain calm everyone should stay calm and refrain from hasty action or focus on safeguarding the ballot boxes because they hold the key to our victory . the election was on a vast scale with one hundred ninety million potential voters across three time zones they just seem toppy to participate. you know. is this very exciting or fair very have been because it's my first time. i'm very proud and i was floored it and at this ferry fine and it was cited to forward. a series of so-called quick count spy posters give the incumbent window a clear lead these have proved rel

from berlin klim an aerial lection results point to another waited for indonesia's president joko widodo looks on course to lead the world's third largest democracy for in second term but what will his victory mean for the country we will hear from jakarta also coming up we don't reconstruct the cathedral now if you're going to be even more beautiful than the full. goal to be reached within five years. france's emmanuel mark khan promises notre dong will rise from the ashes today he needs ministers to plan its restoration and japan's cherry blossoms have become a symbol of sprains about what about mexico's jacaranda traits their vibrant plowers are well loved and specially in springtime it's a bit of a spectacle in the country but it was a japanese immigrant who made them popular there in an homage to his homeland goal tell you more about the lost some secret history. welcome to the program limiter results in indonesia's election are pointing toward a significant victory for the country's current president joko widodo he's on. forced to win roughly fifty five percent of the vote against

joko widodo stayed silent.im cleric and one of the leaders of that witch—hunt. a visible attempt to silence those who have questioned his religious credentials. his main opponent, former military general, prabowo subianto, has also tacked into a growing desire for power amongst hardline slim groups. both sides have used religious issues, they have used islam as a tool to get support. but once the elections are over will they be able to put this genie back in the bottle and go back to business as usual? it will be difficult because they have incited lots of people and increased tensions in society and put religion at the front of politics. much of this has not been felt yet in daily life except for a growing piety in indonesian society. translation: life except for a growing piety in indonesian society. translationzlj only wear a headscarf to work but there is growing pressure to wear one. if i am on social media not wearing i feel bad so the next time i will wear it. the millions of indonesians, this election i

country saturday is the last day of campaigning ahead of indonesia's general election president joker widodo and his rival probably was so beyond hope are both due to hold large rallies in the capital jakarta more than one hundred ninety million people are eligible to eligible to vote on weapons today al-jazeera is way to have a report style from jakarta. after six long months of campaigning this is when it all comes to an end saturday is the last day the campaign rallies can be held and then it is a waiting game before the election itself on wednesday this is the final election rally for the president joko widodo the organizers of this event saying that mall that more than a million people here for this event we saw similar numbers last weekend for the final big campaign rally in the capital jakarta for the challenger to joko widodo his presidency. this is this a match up that we saw in two thousand and fourteen that time joko widodo won a very tight race to become president of indonesia are expecting it to be tight again this time even though the president has enjoyed a double digit lead i

supporters of indonesia's presidentjoko widodo have been celebrating the news he has likely won anotherm as leader. unofficial results give him a lead of 10 percentage points over his rival, former general prabowo subianto. and this video is trending on bbc.com. sadaf khadem, iran's first woman to take part in an official boxing match in france, says she has cancelled her return home after hearing an arrest warrant has been issued because she violated iran's dress code. that's all. stay with bbc world news. now on bbc news: hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk with me, zeinab badawi. events have moved at breathtaking speed in sudan in the past few days. omar al—bashir is no longer president and is under arrest. a new military—lead council is running the country and says it will stay in place for two years. but the african union is demanding handover to a transitional civilian administration in days. and the protesters say they won't give up until that happens. the demonstration have been led by young professionals who have made it clear they want to sever links with sudan's military and islami

reporter: the series of so-called quick count by pollsters give incumbent widodo a clearly. has proved reliable in's elections, but official results are not do full -- due until next month. brent: at the monte carlo masters, there was one surprising upset. rereporter: our file at a all -- rafaelel nadal was at his dodomt vast on his favorite service. ththe so-called clay king when past roberto bautista-agutut, dazzlingng the crowd o on his wo a straight-setsts victory. joining him will be world number three alexander zverev. but the german had encouraging words for his young opponent after the match. the biggest shock of the day saw old number six kei nishikori knococked out by pierre-hughes herbert. the freshman breaking serve after serve to knocked out japan's top layer and secure passage. brent: you are watching "dw news ." "the day" is next. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] t the full i'm nor cell at the headlines this hour. eagles across frantz ring the bells been alt

usually for the most part anyway very reliable and what they are showing is that the incumbent joko widodo has about a ten percent lead over here as challenger probable so if that holds true if those results confirmed then that would be a big you win if you would over the same challenger in two thousand and fourteen he won by six percentage points the last time the election was held but wayne there are parts of the country that have yet to go time to sand what impact is that going to have on the overall results. and. well i think if this ten percent margin does hold true then probably not a lot is far as we could tell in the city of jakarta most of the voting went by pretty well the procedure was carried out without too much disruption there were a few delays in some of the polling stations outside all jakarta if particularly in the east of the country there was some pretty major disruptions particularly in the province of popular and also in neighboring province hundreds of polling stations there weren't even able to stop because some of the equipment didn't arrive on time voting papers b

of campaigning before the elections on weapons day there were supporters of the presidential call widodo who in a repeat of the twenty fourteen election is running against the former army general probably. from jakarta. after six months indonesia's election campaign came to a large colorful end in jakarta on the final day that campaigning was allowed hundreds of thousands streamed into the last rally for president djoko widodo the man they called is running for a second five year term in office. he has brought equal development all around indonesia in villages in remote areas like other presidents wouldn't bother to visit she pays attention he is a brave man and also are. can can. still many good things like infrastructure that. we need for our lives today for the future of the reli was held inside a stadium named after indonesia's first president sukarno joko widodo became the seventh in two thousand and fourteen and was greeted like a rock star as he campaigned to stay in the job. but. the young the woman and the man real make sure that our lives are better than today in five years tim

years now this election was largely a referendum on the performance of the current president joko widodo in particular his economic policies he campaigned on his work improving infrastructure and hope that the economic figures that the reduction in the rate of poverty and the strong economy would help give him another five years but in the background another debate was taking place this over the role of religion based identity politics many were concerns about a win for his competitor provost sugianto would be a move in a direction away from a pluralist democracy that welcomes all forms of religion but voters here today have had their say and have decided to give joko widodo another five years to carry out his policies. brown said champions league quarter final clash is on the way solely with the top you from sports is here to talk us through it welcome we have an old english showdown between manchester city and tottenham in a few hours do you fancy for that it's a tough call i mean spurs paid me well in the first leg to win it one nude but city of course they are playing at home and the

now at the presidential palace in the indonesian capital jakarta based on provisional results joko widodo has won another five years in office but that's not how his challenger sees it. today i. have been declared as the president and vice president of indonesia for the period of twenty nineteen to twenty twenty four by sixty two percent votes based on the internal real count. disputes the unofficial results that showed joko widodo winning by a large margin the former army general says there were many discrepancies in the electoral process before the election he alleged there were irregularities involving more than seventeen million voters and vowed to resort to people power if the problems amounted to cheating there is a sense of history repeating itself here when. the two thousand and fourteen election he said he'd been cheated and took the case to the constitutional court which ruled against him there's no sign he's going to give up easily this time either. formed alliances with conservative muslim groups who've shown they can get big numbers onto the streets they say they are consider

drivers of three will taxis have more time than they used to to talk politics the president joko widodo has encouraged other modes of transport that can be ordered online meaning business has reduced dramatically for these were. because they say they'll vote for change in wednesday's election in the hope it will improve their economic situation. these days it's so difficult for me to make a living we don't have enough money for tomorrow's food if we don't work today. to three dollars a day. the economy has been one of the main points of debate during this six month election campaign it's growing at around five percent which is short of what the president was aiming for body enough he says to earn a second term in office. we want to continue efforts to develop the economic independence of indonesia jacoby's main focus has been on infrastructure development like the opening of an underground train line in jakarta which was first proposed more than thirty years ago. on the campaign trail joko widodo has spent much of his time trying to sell voters on the economic achievements of his govern

are saturday is the last day of campaigning ahead of indonesia's general election president joker widodo and his rival probably. both due to hold large rallies in the capsule more than one hundred ninety million people will vote on wednesday wednesday has more from jakarta. after six long months of campaigning this is when it all comes to an end saturday is the law. day the campaign rallies can be held and then it is a waiting game before the election itself on wednesday this is the final election rally for the president the organizers of this event saying that mall that more than a million people here for this event we saw similar numbers last weekend for the final big campaign rally in the capital jakarta for the challenger to joko widodo as presidency. this is the same match up that we saw in two thousand and fourteen that time joko widodo won a very tight race to become president of indonesia are expecting it to be tight again this time even though the president has enjoyed a double digit lead in most of the pre-election holding that gap has started to narrow in recent weeks this is

future of the reli was held inside a stadium named after indonesia's first president sukarno joko widodo became the seventh in two thousand and fourteen and was greeted like a rock star as he campaigned to stay in the job. but i never heard of the young the woman and the man real make sure that our lives are better than today in five years time. when stays election will be one of the largest displays of democracy in the world this will be the first time that the presidential vote will be held on the same day as elections the seats in the house of representatives the huge crowd here is an example of how big and complex the democratic process is in indonesia and there are more than one hundred ninety million eligible voters and on wednesday most will go to one of eight hundred thousand polling stations around this country . the other choice for president is probable subiaco who was beaten and a close race in the two thousand and fourteen vote he's trailed in most polls during this campaign but has closed the gap in recent weeks i've done nothing but there are still a few days until the ele

at the moment many or in fact most of those quick count results show the incumbent president joko widodo with a very comfortable lead over the challenger probable sugianto by around nine to ten percent last time in two thousand and fourteen it was the same two candidates in the race joko widodo that time won by six percentage points so if he is if these results can be trusted and if they hold true then he is going to win this election more comfortably than last time he is in the building behind me he just spoke very briefly to a huge media contingent and some of his supporters in fact we believe the president may be leaving here very shortly he thanked his supporters he didn't say much else other than to say let's be patient let's wait for more of these results to come and we've also heard not seen from probable so bianco the challenge to this presidency he said that he wants to support his to safeguard the ballots he asked for the supporters to keep calm and to prevent any violence so neither side officially declaring declaring victory or certainly not conceding at this stage but there

polls open for indonesian elections with president djoko widodo hoping to beat his rival proposed to be on to. addressing the nation from says president vows to rebuild not and lays out an ambitious timetable. and fighting increases around the libyan capital has the united nations calls for an end to the violence. u.s. president donald trump has vetoed a resolution by congress calling for an end to u.s. involvement in the saudi led war in yemen congress has expressed concern about the thousands of civilians killed in coalition air strikes since the conflict began and twenty fourteen yemen has been pushed to the brink of famine with a million suffering from food and medicine shortages trump says the move by congress threatened to weaken his constitutional power well we're joined now by rosen and jordan who is following the story for us from washington d.c. rose talk us through what we're hearing from the white house. well the white house put out a statement in the last ninety minutes or so to stasia basically saying that putting into effect senate joint resolution number seven would i

up to cast ballots for a president and a new parliament tomorrow the incumbent president is joko widodo who rose from humble beginnings and was elected president back in twenty fourteen now at that time djoko was held as the first indonesian leader with no ties to the military or the political elite but observers say that under djoko human rights respect for the rule of law and protection of minorities that all of these things here have deteriorated critics say he has failed to root out corruption and has pandered to the religious right is vice presidential candidate is a senior muslim cleric known for his anti-gay views but polls show that dzhokhar remains the most popular politician in indonesia he's widely expected to fend off a challenge from a former general those hoping to dislodge djoko are using every method possible to win over voters including turning to music to get their message across. more muslims call indonesia home and than any other country on earth. now the young democracy is at a crossroads as its tradition of religious tolerance is put to the test by this year's elec

drivers of three will taxis have more time than they used to to talk politics the president joko widodo has encouraged other modes of transport that can be ordered online meaning business has reduced dramatically for these workers they say they'll vote for change in wednesday's election in the hope it will improve the economic situation that is so good these days it's so difficult for me to make a living we don't have enough money for tomorrow's food if we don't work today two to three dollars a day or the economy has been one of the main points of debate during this six month election campaign it's growing at around five percent which is short of what the president was aiming for body enough he says to earn a second term in office. we want to continue our effort to develop the economic independence of indonesia jacoby's main focus has been on infrastructure development like the opening of an underground train line in jakarta which was first proposed more than thirty years ago. on the campaign trail joko widodo has spent much of his time trying to sell voters on the economic achievement

now at the presidential palace in the indonesian capital jakarta based on provisional results joko widodo has won another five years in office but that's not how his challenger sees it. today i proposed to be on toe with santiago have been declared as the president and vice president of indonesia for the period of twenty nineteen to twenty twenty four by sixty two percent votes based on the internal real count. be until disputes the unofficial results that showed joko widodo winning by a large margin for me general says there were many discrepancies in the electoral process before the election he alleged there were irregularities involving more than seventeen million voters and vowed to resort to people power if the. amounted to cheating there is a sense of history repeating itself here in. the two thousand and fourteen election . and took the case to the constitutional court which ruled against him there's no sign he's going to give up easily this time either. with conservative muslim groups who've shown they can get big numbers onto the streets considering coming out again . not to prot

five years now this election was largely a referendum on the performance of current president joko widodo in particular his economic policies he campaigned on his work improving infrastructure and hoped that the economic figures that the reduction in the rate of poverty and the strong economy would help give him another five years but in the background another debate was taking place this over the role of religion based identity politics many were concerned that a win for his competitor provost sugianto would be a move in a direction away from a pluralist democracy that welcomes all forms of religion but voters here today have had their say and have decided to give joko widodo another five years to carry out his policies. claire richardson there in jakarta of get a quick check of some other stories making news around the world the teenage environmental activist where the tune has met the pope as she. at her campaign to tackle climate change the vatican timberg who has inspired students protests against global warming chatted briefly with the pope francis who urged her to continue her effo

. —— one widodo. —— juan guaido. loyal to the government. —— one widodo. ——juan guaido. maduro from power. tu rkey‘s remove nicolas maduro from power. turkey's official party is officially challenging the results officially challenging the results of the local election in istanbul. the opposition claimed victory in the poll by 25,000 votes in the city will dub the president erdogan‘s party, says there was irregularities. the opposition accuses the akp of trying to steal the result. the corruption trial of the former malaysian prime minister najib razak will get underway in a couple of hours' time. he's accused of stealing billions of dollars from malaysia's sovereign wealth fund 1mdb. the current prime minister mahathir mohamad reopened investigations after he defeated mr najib in elections last may. let's speak to jonathan let's speak tojonathan head, our south ager correspondent. —— south asia. ina south ager correspondent. —— south asia. in a few hours. huge attention on this trial. it has sent shock waves, this corruption scandal, when it first appeared. yes and of c

joko widodo can definitely pack in the crowds.ound, but in a decidedly different political landscape, and some of the choices he has made have disappointed his supporters. two years ago, hardline protests broke out against his former right—hand man, chinese indonesian christian, basuki tjahaja purnama, or ahok, as he's known. he was accused of blasphemy against islam. and, as the nation watched, ahok went through a highly politicised trial and eventually went to jail. jokowi stayed silent. today, jokowi's running mate is a hard—line muslim cleric, and one of the leaders of that witch—hunt. a visible attempt to silence those who have questioned his religious credentials. his main opponent, former military general, prabowo subianto, has also tacked into a growing desire for power amongst hardline muslim groups. both sides in the presidential campaign have used religious issues, they have used islam as a tool to get support. after the election is over, will they be able to put this genie back in the bottle and go back to business as

that's right president joko widodo has had a strong lead against his one challenger be on joe in all of the polling most of the people who i spoke to here said that they were going to vote for him again to give him another five years to carry on with his policies on a superficial level this election has been a largely about the economy and on those we as he said passionately known has not met the seven percent growth of g.d.p. that he promised in his first campaign the economy is strong the poverty rate is down and many that i suppose you hear. but they're happy to see more of what he has to offer. this election is also about religion claire indonesia has the largest muslim community in the world and both candidates really in the lead up to this vote have been a fighting to win over conservative muslim voters what does that mean for the country could we see conservative religious groups gain a lot of influence. well that's right sunni religion based identity politics has really overshadowed this entire electoral campaign now indonesia is a democracy with almost a ninety percent of th

appointing many of his supporters. 0n the other side we have prabowo subianto going against mrjoko widodo4 elections and he has also ordered hard—line islamic groups. does make ported. many of the people who i have spoken to who are voting today said religion‘s not that much ofan today said religion‘s not that much of an issue for them, but others have pointed out to me that having a religiously minded candidate is an important agenda for them in this election. so it's divided the country in a way that we haven't seen before. thank you karishma vaswani for now. i know we will talk to you again as this progresses, but let's review, the viewer, on some of the other stories in the headlines today. new zealand's terror threat level has dropped from high to medium. prime ministerjacinda ardern announced the change after a review by authorities. the level has been high since 50 people were killed in a terror attack on mosques in christchurch. a medium threat level, however, means an attack is still believed to be feasible. whistleblowers across the eu have won greater protection under new legis

disputes the unofficial results that showed joko widodo winning by a large margin. general says there were many discrepancies in the electoral process before the election he alleged there were irregularities involving more than seventeen million voters and vowed to resort to people power. if the problems amounted to cheating there is a sense of history repeating itself here when. the two thousand and fourteen election. and took the case to the constitutional court which ruled against him there's no sign he's going to give up easily this time either. with conservative muslim groups who've shown they can get big numbers onto the streets considering coming out again. not to protest but to celebrate what they say is a victory for their candidates security forces say they won't allow anyone to disrupt the official vote counting process army. not tolerate and will crack down on that will disrupt public constitutional actions that undermine the democratic process. official results won't be known until may twenty second they're expected to confirm as president of indonesia

throughout the campaign joko widodo has enjoyed a double digit lead in most polls if the accusation by his opponent of irregularities goes unproven then the threat of street protests may just be viewed as a desperate move in the dying stages of the bid to become president. as he's known here has been criticized by some for not being religious enough so in a move seen as trying to attract the conservative vote he's chosen muslim cleric in as his running mates some of his more liberal supporters view it as selling out for the sake of votes but others believe he had no choice and cannot avoid that. he is a very wealthy family repressive he has no political party he has no family background he has no money he is just a small furniture trader who nonetheless became president of indonesia as both he and his challenger chased the conservative muslim vote moderate indonesians may be concerned about any deals that might have been done that could see this country head in a more religiously conservative direction wayne hay al jazeera jakarta. but u.s. secretary of state has wrapped up his four na

supporters ofjoko widodo have come here to try to catch a glimpse of the man they have just voted inweapon — the first missile test since the hanoi summit between kim jong—un and president trump. i'm kasia madera in london. also in the programme: at least 29 tourists have been killed after their bus overturned

infrastructure gap of one point five trillion dollars compared to other emerging markets president joko widodo is halfway through a ten year three hundred twenty seven billion dollar program to construct new airports highways and ports congestion in the capital jakarta costs the country billions in lost revenue al-jazeera florence louis reports now on how the city's newly opened mass rapid transport system is proving to be highly popular. jakarta's long awaited mass rapid train system is finally here was and it's proving a hit more than ten million people work and live in the indonesian capital and the m r t goes a long way in easing the city's notorious traffic congestion. this is a mess if you are in the news your finally has a name marty just like other country that has been having it for years it is also i am very proud moment i usually take an old bus to office but no i am provided with these very comfortable public transportation i hope people who take car still office will use this facility. there's only one line at the moment running from south jakarta to the city center covering a dis

joko widodo's victory is a boost for moderate forces over ultra- nationalist and islamist groups. widodo's supporters celebrated the news in jakarta this eving, and they voiced hop for social and economic progress. >> ( translated ): today's quick count result showed that widodo is leading but no matter who is elected later i hope he will help to bring indonesia forward, reduce the unemploymte and national debt. i hope for the best for this country. >> woodruff: more than 20,000 legislative seats were also up for grabs in the election. the latest change in u.s. asylum policy has immigration and civil liberties activists vowing to sue. attorney general william barr has ordered that asylum-seekers will no longer be released on bond while their cases are pending, even if they show a credible fear of returning home. the ruling does not affect families or children who arrive without parents.e meantime, vernment of germany is imposing rules that make it harder for failed asylum seekers to avoid dortation. the move focuses on people who have exhausted all legal avenues to obtain asylum.