for votes ahead of the country's election on monday rival rallies are being held by the ruling zanu p.f. so emerson and gang. these are live pictures from harare right now this will be the first in first time in nearly forty years the first election rather in nearly forty years without former leader robert mugabe well. let's move on to next story mali security proving a big concern as mali prepares for presidential elections on sunday at least seventeen people have been killed in campaigning people will choose between twenty four candidates including the incumbent incumbent president abraham cater his opponents say the past five years under his leadership of been a disaster as mohammed vall reports from bamako the voting is about to begin but many registered voters can't find their names on the electoral roll the u.n. peacekeeping mission middle smart is trying to help them in. the organizing and security of this election is the task of mali an authority in minister we provide support such as the transportation of logistical material and personnel as well as government officials especially

making a final push for votes ahead of monday's poll rival rallies are being held by the ruling zanu p.f. so innocent but on and nelson chamisa of the opposition movement for democratic change monday's election will be the first to delhi for three years without former president robert mugabe at the helm well there are more than five and a half million registered voters sixty percent of whom are under the age of fifty they'll choose between twenty three presidential candidates four of them are women and they'll pick three hundred fifty members of parliament nearly eleven thousand polling stations will be open on the day let's go live now to zimbabwe's capital. harare al jazeera. is the. what is the biggest issue for voters in this election. while without a doubt it is the economy and business sixty thousand see the stadium and hopes to . win the right he actually starts if you get the people you know. under the age of forty and economists say the unemployment rate is more than man to the same thing how do people make a meat they basically sell things on the street. they can and gadgets try to

trickling in very very slowly again something i have never seen in all the years i've covered zanu p.f. rallies so it's a wait and see when he arrives how many people that's a show have to be addressed by him and what is he going to say will be enough to convince enough zimbabweans to vote for him come monday when the elections take place all right thanks so much that. now is still not officially the winner but imran khan has begun talks on forming a new government for pakistan several of the rival parties and accepting the results though that of the former cricketer as the clear front runner we've got together to demand new elections this is where things stand the election commission has declared results for two hundred sixty seven of the two hundred and seventy seats in monahan's pakistan to think insaf is leading with one hundred and sixteen of them therefore he is all but certain to become the next prime minister but that short of a majority in order to be sure of forming a government he needs coalition partners to get the magic number of one hundred thirty seven of his closest rival is still

zanu p.f. for a long time so it is quite likely that those people who might be influenced now to vote for the opposition because that's what mugabe says i can't vote for zanu p.f. i have to vote for the opposition in the beginning it was not very clear about it but later on he said the only chance for him for another candidate is and if mugabe says that other people might listen to him and that might of course play in the hands of the opposition during the election process tomorrow. correspondent adrian crease reporting from harare thank you very much. extreme summer temperatures and many parts of the northern hemisphere have left firefighters battling massive blazes in the united states at least five people have died in infernos raging through northern california including two small children who perished with their great grandmother more than thirty eight thousand people have been ordered to evacuate their homes and authorities warn the fires are far from under control. people in northern california are used to wildfires but not on this scale firefighters say they have never seen anything like it. they

trickling in very very slowly again something i have never seen in over the years i've covered zanu p.f. rallies so it's a wait and see when he arrives how many people that's a show up to be addressed by him and what is he going to say will he be enough to convince enough zimbabweans to vote for him come monday when the elections take place all right thanks so much how the mythos of that. now is still not officially the winner but imran khan has begun talks on forming a new government for pakistan several of the rival parties.

that is adel for all was adel for ever still is it so basically out in what was an opium i don't think there is any sane person who can vote for zanu p.f. . voters in matter be learned account for fifteen percent of the electorate so man and god what is king to win support here but he's not address the issue of the massacres he's cast himself as a reformer and has invited international election observers to zimbabwe for the first time in years last month he held a campaign rally here that was targeted by a grenade attack. the celebrate atmosphere quickly turned to panic. man and god escaped unscathed he later dismissed the attack is the work of outsiders thought mowen and when year doesn't trust him he along with many others here plan to vote for the opposition movement for democratic change. the famous running of the bulls festival has begun in spain's northern city of pamplona festivities were started by lighting a traditional fireworks thousands of people packed the streets to celebrate stressed white on wearing very festivals rag magazines so i consecutive morning starting on saturday people who faced with bowls along an eight hund

zanu p.f. controls many much of the election operators zanu p.f. coming into this election is virtually automatically the party that is tipped to win so it means that the opposition has their work cut out if they want to defeat the ruling party not likely to go to what you think i think there's a strong likelihood it will most surveys suggest that this is a neck and neck election i think there's a possibility of a swing vote from young voters but it remains to be seen whether the m.d.c. can actually come out on election days in big enough numbers to actually took the vote their way why would why would they have when you say. if it's to tip the election their way why would they have trouble why they had trouble in the past and mobilizing the supporters in the past it's been beans purely because of danish ocean yes the state security services have a fierce reputation in zimbabwe and one must remember that the resources of many voters are a quite meek and they just lack the ability to withstand those kinds of threats and coercion and so historically that's been one of the biggest problems the m.d.c. has had in actually getting people to come out on el

up and send the yes troubled obvious god but it is still zanu p.f. a lot of people are still in certain positions when you got it was in power so people want guarantees. is it really going to change that these elections will be free fair and credible how many thanks d. does is how much us the reporting live from. a weather update next here on al-jazeera then. look here this is because of. us and this is eric not again a fire this is military or violence at the gaza israel border as palestinians continue their months of protest. at massive growth in the u.s. economy but it may not be sustainable. from the waves of the sounds. to the contours of the east. how the european heat wave is coming to a close proper colder weather this white planet here has swept through the british isles and frost freezing thunderstorms and some flooding as a result but is drop the temps across significantly so we'll end up with something like twenty two in london still twenty six in paris but you know it's a head it's still hot so if you want to but in twenty seven stockings come down a bit in this general area is the while we're always seeing frequen

the way voting has gone so far today the way the election has been conducted indeed it's historic election both parties have an enormous amount to lose if we look first at zanu p.f. they need to demonstrate that they can hold a free and fair election they need to demonstrate that if they are indeed a new party that this is the kind of party that they are meaning a law abiding party so far the election has gone smoothly but i would add that we weren't anticipating a lot of violence this time so this is an election that was probably outwardly going to be violence free i think it's behind the scenes what really counts in the selection what do you mean it's for the form of god were to invite you and us observers the first time in sixteen years that that's happened it's extremely unlikely that state security agents would then act violently towards voters but there are many ways that elections can be tipped so it's incumbent on all voters of people carrying cell phones and observing not just officials actually looking at the elections to see whether the subtleties of the election where the ballot papers go to what degree the election overall is free and fair not just

zanu p.f. and in within the m.d.c. alliance and the m.d.c. t. which is now controlled by took on a coup pay soi mean i think there's an entirely plausible chance of having more violence as this campaign goes on but whether it's targeted and selected and you know borderline assassination attempts or whether it's something that's low level and violence between activists and campaigners it's two two very different two different things of course anderson wants to stay on the campaign trail he wants to keep the elections and drawing nearer what does he do now how does his team approach this very difficult to prevent these types of attacks yeah definitely and you know as as the incumbent head of state he's got certain benefits but also if he doesn't show himself to be statesman like he looks very vulnerable you know he only inherited power in november he's barely had sort of six months run before before calling the elections he hasn't got a great deal to point to in terms of tangible in chief and sure some commitments of investment and and and you know diplomatic missions and so on but realistically

beaten up and people being killed so much is now about how free and fair the process is and can the opposition leader nelson chamisa win enough votes to unseat zanu p.f. which has been in power since one thousand nine hundred. or a new stuff there how. the battle for syria's taken a significant turn in recent months now new peace talks are due to begin in the next few hours they've been brokered by russia turkey and iran the talks are happening in the russian city of sochi instead of kazakstan capital i stand where most previous meetings were held representatives from both syria's government and opposition as well as the u.n. special envoy for syria are expected to attend and speak to her now inside she said the battlefield situation looks a bit a little bit different this time around how is that expected to impact talks. well certainly the government delegation comes in here in a position and threatened just because of the territorial gains made over the past twelve months and also recently for example by retaking control of the border with jordan and the one with israel now days it is going to be a day of bilateral meetings behind closed doors to f

zanu p.f. party it might be a surprise but the last campaign rallies the opposition leader advocate knows and he had been hinting was going to endorse him so i can say for those who are following chamisa this did not come as a surprise even yesterday when he is a star rally in harare he did say that he had the picking or former president. it is very surprised again also curious the time that our president mugabe decided to come out and seemingly those mr. everyone is trying to take advantage of that mr. may be thinking that there are some people within the ruling party was too big president robert mugabe and mr we understand he had attempted to win that endorsement by sending some in these areas like a former foreign affairs minister or tums him be and others but he did not mr mugabe's baking and now he's bashing both mr mugabe and mr for seeking to take the nation. time for a short break here not just iraq when we come back sensing out threats we go to the iraq syria border where a construction project looks to tighten security and deal with the threat of eisel plus. it's one of the worst wildfires ever to hit northern california and it's

zanu p.f. party it might be a surprise but the last campaign rallies the opposition leader advocate knows and he had been hinting was going to endorse him so i can say for those who are following chamisa this did not come as a surprise even yesterday when he is a star early in harare he did say that he had been picking or former president roh but. it is very surprised again also curious the time that our president mugabe decided to come out and seemingly those mr. everyone is trying to take advantage of that mr. may be thinking that there are some people within the ruling party was too big president robert mugabe and mr dog we understand he had attempted to win that endorsement by sending some in these areas like a former foreign affairs minister or tums thembi and others but he did not with mr mugabe's baking and now he's bashing both mr mugabe and mr for seeking to take the nation back quite still to come here on al-jazeera the u.s. president and the new york times have a big falling out. and facing expulsion or to tension camps we report on the uncertain future of millions of undocumented people in and some states in the northeast of in

santo domingo but there is so much waste that the military has been brought in to help with the clean up. on our white voters in zimbabwe being publicly courted by the ruling zanu p.f. party for the first time since president robert mugabe was deposed last year president. told them the government's controversial policy of land grabs are a thing of the past as he campaigns to be elected on july thirtieth opinion polls are suggesting it's a close run race. as more from harare. thank you so many white zimbabweans had their farm seized and given to black farmers because of land reform laws passed when robert mugabe was president over the years some felt his black economic empowerment policies excluded them from mainstream politics and job opportunities the army forced mugabe to resign last year and the man who replaced him says land grabs would no longer be tolerated president. who's seeking reelection has been looking for votes among whites and barbarians at a rally in harare. near what. must be. one. some are skeptical about the timing of the president's reassurances to white voters a few days before the parliamentary and presidential elections others are more optimi

zanu p.f. party is planning to manipulate voter numbers by tampering with ballot papers mr non-god was not complaining because he's a beneficiary in fact is a corporate traitor of this transgression so that's why he's taking an arrogant position but he's failing to provide leadership was his plans in this country instability and this is why we feel that is being reckless and we really feel it's regrettable. the right man was. the ruling party denies the fraud allegations made by the opposition more than five million zimbabweans have registered to vote sixty percent of them under fifty year olds who could determine who zimbabwe's next president will be president m.s.m. and holds international observers who were here for the first time since two thousand and two was a elections were free and fair it could give them credibility and in the country's economic isolation the results of the parliamentary and presidential elections have to be announced within five days of polling day many here and elsewhere a keenly awaiting those results wondering what the new looks like after mugabe. al-jazeera. our web site is al jazeera dot com and you can a moment go there it's a great way to keep up on

zanu p.f. congress and hand over to sit by the former defense minister he implied that it wasn't god or was never going to be his preferred candidate to lead to this country so what does this mean we're not people listen to mugabe but choose not to vote for the rulings aren't here party opinions are mixed some people feel he is ninety four years old and he's no longer relevant in politics but i would say remember there is speculation that the ratings are a party and some people in the army do support which suggest they are fractures within the ruling party and the army those people could listen to regard and vote for the main opposition leader nelson chamisa what is clear is that monday's election is going to be very very interesting opposition leader nelson can be so how the news conference after he says monday's vote is about the former president. please leave me alone mr when and why and your zambia people deal with your old man you know you have disappointed him is so disappointing please make your way name your amends with him i have nothing to do with what president mugabe would want to say as a voter is a citizen it is not my duty as a candidate to go

right so let's take a closer look at what's happened since the war for independence from britain when rhodesia became zimbabwe following the end of white minority rule in one nine hundred eighty zanu p.f. when elections and party leader robert mugabe became prime minister seven years later he changed the constitution to become president but fast forward to the late one nine hundred ninety s. in the country once called the breadbasket of africa is an economic crisis mugabe's campaign launched in two thousand to seize land from white farmers and give it back to black families provoked international condemnation the e.u. impose sanctions two years later after mugabe was reelected u.s. sanctions soon followed. and last year mugabe was deposed after thirty seven years in power following mass protests military intervention and house arrest all right let's bring in our panel joining us in harare nick mungana he's the spokesman for the ruling zanu p.f. party also in zimbabwe over due to vice president of the m.d.c. t. and former spokesman for morgan changer i welcome to you both and now nick i want to start with you in this long and rambling press conference that former president robert mugab

zanu p.f. congress and hand over to the former defense minister he implied that it wasn't god or was never going to be his preferred candidates to need to this country so what does this mean we're not people listen to mugabe but choose not to vote for the rulings are a party opinions are mixed some people feel he is ninety four years old and he's no longer relevant in zimbabwe's politics but i would say remember there is speculation that the ratings are a party and some people will do support with suggest they are fractures within the ruling party and the army those people could listen to god and vote for the main opposition leader nelson chamisa what is clear is an election is going to be very very interesting. opposition leader nelson chamisa how the news conference after mugabe spoke and this is what he had to say please leave me alone i'm going and have a new zambia people do you with your old man you know you have disappointed him it's so disappointing to please make your way your comments with him i have nothing to do with what britain mugabe would want to say that what is this it is it is not made judy is it kind of going to choose what we're no

zanu p.f. party is planning to manipulate voter numbers by tampering with ballot papers mr non-god was not complaining because he's a beneficiary in fact is a corporate traitor of this transgression so that's why he's taking an arrogant position but he's failing to provide leadership was his plans in this country instability and this is why we feel that is being reckless and we really feel it's regrettable. the right man was. the ruling party denies the fraud allegations made by the opposition more than five million zimbabweans have registered to vote sixty percent of them under fifty year olds who could determine who's above his next president will be president m.s.m. and holds international observers who are here for the first time since two thousand and two was a elections were free and fair it could give them credibility and in the country's economic isolation the results of the parliamentary and presidential elections have to be announced within five days of polling day many here and elsewhere are keenly awaiting those results wondering what the new looks and bobby is like after mugabe . al-jazeera. the french president emanuel has fired his bodyguard who was caught on camera b