former rival the head of the polo is no clear front runner among the most prominent of the hopefuls yousif shy hate who served as prime minister since 2016. media mogul now bill curry who is in prison on suspicion of tax evasion and money laundering before official results are out clearly spokesman already said he made it through to the 2nd round. as has come he said he did conservative law professor who told to his he and radio that an exit poll showed he had made it to the 2nd round whatever the eventual outcome this election has huge symbolic value is the only country that emerged from the arab spring uprisings at the beginning of the 2010s with a peaceful transition to democracy high unemployment and inflation have left many voters frustrated at polling stations many voters said preserving this democracy was their top concern. for i am 81 years old and this is my 1st time. did they really have i am very happy to take part in this free election that we could not have imagined happening in the 1950 s. sixty's seventy's or even in the 1980 s. . it is not my daughter must learn how to use

strike political analyst yousif thinks washington ought to have notified russia and turkey. at a time when the syrian regime had hoped to deescalate and called for a unilateral ceasefire which was greatly welcomed by turkey and russia this type of attack does cause concern could have been carried out at a more ideal time it could have been carried out in cooperation with the russians and the turks which would have probably made the attack even more successful and more acceptable on behalf of all parties why keep it a secret when it serves everybody's interests that still remains a question to me but yes it definitely does cause concern when there is all this talk of a cease fire in the region to see drums about bombs dropping back out of the sky again in civilians obviously concerned in causing more migration north. following sunday's clashes in hong kong the day ended with a heavy police presence on the streets protesters had gathered at hong kong international airport setting up barricades to block roads leading to the terminal trains linking the city to the airport was su

s yousif i shock institute and he said like a city lives on as a national hero who brought independence to vietnam. left controversal a legacy for vietnam on the one hand he's seen as the father of the modern vietnam he led to independence in 945 and he played a role in the ultimate unification of the country 30 years later but some critics also see him as the source of authority darian use them in vietnam because he found it in his commies party in 1930 and the party is the ruling vietnam these days but i think over the past 30 years or so he's colleagues in vietnam congress party have tried to change his legacy in a more positive manner by adopting economic you cannot reforms political reforms that helped vietnam thrive as one of the most dynamic economy in the world i'm tired these days initially i think paul wanted to fight for vietnam's independence and he looked at different ways to achieve that goal in the end he found that. in this. model and communism may be the only way for vietnam to achieve that war so he adopted communism and how to spread communism in the country but many

back from a police station where they were demanding an independent investigation into the allegedly yousif excessive force earlier officers stopped another protest from targeting the airport with a major security blitz trains didn't stop at stations on the way to the terminals to prevent demonstrators getting there there were a number of minor scuffles but the planned demonstration failed tests or shut down the airport for 2 days last month and has more from hong kong. this time the police and security were prepared last time they came well into the chaos well after protesters that paralyze the airports and the transportation linking to these competing against their strategy this time they were here at the airport hours before protesters were due they were here in large numbers and they also instigated stop and searches at young people that they suspected of the protesters and that's basically because the protesters to change their tactics they called on those who were willing to take part of the movement to come to the airports and try to blend in as toddlers to tell them not to wear thei