but earlier, the zimbabwe electoral commission, which is responsible for conducting these elections,at at least one in four polling stations in harare had not opened on time. they blame the delay on printing ballot papers on some of the last—minute legal challenges that they faced from candidates. but i think the anger here is that yesterday nobody said anything and so, when a lot of these voters arrived this morning, they were expecting to vote and that hasn't happened. already, some people are beginning to think that it's deliberate on the part of the electoral commission. the ccc leader, nelson chamisa, who voted earlier on in his constituency, is also hinting that he believes that this is deliberate. and you're saying that voters have been waiting there seven hours to cast their vote. can you take me through the process? do they have a day to vote? is there a cutoff point? well, according to the law, elections take place over one day. the polling stations were supposed to open at 7am. and they're supposed to close 12 hours later at 7pm. the zimbabwe electoral commission, however,

it is certainly something that the zimbabwe electoral commission is addressing and hopefully everyonext, what can we expect and when can we expect a result? constitutionally, the commission has to announce the results within the next five days. we can expect the results within five days, but i don't see any reason that they would go over that time limit. again, the chances are that the results, whoever wins the presidential, parliamentary and council, we can expect some contestation of the results. so we can expect some court cases, probably, given part electoral experiences, we can expect the results will be contested. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. let's look at some other stories making news. ministers have defended their record on stopping small boats crossing the channel, even though nearly 2,000 migrants have made the journey in the last week. the government says the numbers arriving in the uk have fallen this year, but labour attributes the fall to last month's unusually poor weather. the uk's biggest mortgage lender, the halifax, says housing is now more

. >> the president says the elections were aboveboard and expect results from the zimbabwe electoral commission. this is what some department's saying. they hear both parties say they all have evidence. the suggestion is they show the court what evidence they have. this is for everyone to see and then they can decide who is right and who is wrong. >> a meeting to end tribal conflict in northern india has ended in chaos. rival political leaders blamed each other for not doing enough to end mean unrest in the state. at least 160 people were killed in three months of fighting between majority hindu and majority christian disease. charles reports. cracks in discomfort out. but this mainly muslim community situated in the middle are calling for tribal conflicts. while it has killed at least 160 people since may and forced tens of thousands to flee their homes in the northeastern state here. militias from the hindu majority and the mainly christian minority have fought for land, socioeconomic and religious rights. they began protesting against demands for official travel status. the people living in

the polling stations and those results will be transmitted to a central point with the zimbabwe electoral commissionto announce the results. the presidential vote will need to be announced within five days, that is what the law says, and if the opposition or the ruling party or anybody has a problem with the results, they can approach the courts within seven days and then the courts have two weeks to decide on that particular case so if the election goes to a run—off and the presidential candidate fails to get above 50% of the vote they will go to a run—off which will be held on october the 2nd but many people are expecting a result in the next couple of days. excitement is building in india as it hopes to become only the fourth country to land on the moon, and the first to reach the lunar south pole. the unmanned chandrayaan—3 lander is on course to touch down later today, in a region that scientists hope will contain enough ice to support a future human settlement. this russia had been hoping to beat india to the south pole of the moon over the weekend. but its luna—25 spacecraft crashed into the

the polling stations and those results will be transmitted to a central point with the zimbabwe electoral commissiono be announced within five days, that is what the law says. and if the opposition or the ruling party or anybody has a problem with the results, they can approach the courts within seven days and then the courts have two weeks to decide on that particular case. so if the election goes to a run—off and the presidential candidate fails to get above 50% of the vote they will go to a run—off which will be held on october the 2nd. but many people are expecting a result in the next couple of days. and those votes going in zimbabwe. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. let's look at some other stories making the headlines: the uk government says it'll guarantee a finance deal for ukraine to buy nuclear fuel — british energy minister grant shapps announced during a visit to kyiv. ukraine's energy system was severely damaged by russian air strikes last winter — making it more reliant on its ageing nuclear power stations — which supplied about half the country's power before the

headlines making news around the world. voting is continuing for another day and zimbabwe general election. the electoral commission extended the pole in some areas after long delays in the capital, right. less than a quarter of polling stations opened on time due to a lack of ballot papers. opposition parties have complained of irregularities, and warned that the result may be disputed. as a moscow court has extended the, the attention of us journalists, evan guest of age by another 3 months. the wall street journal reporter was arrested in march on espionage charges which carry a 20 year sentence. his newspaper has projected the accusations us republicans have held at the 1st televised debate of the 2024 race for president . a candidates took to the stage in milwaukee wisconsin, with the notable exception of front runner, donald trump, who skipped the event. despite his absence, there was a heated discussion over trump and his current legal travels, former trump lawyer, rudy giuliani has surrendered to authorities that a jail in georgia. he is facing charges relating to efforts to overturn trumps election loss. i

it's expected he'll stay in the city for a few days before heading to egypt. electoral commission in zimbabwe has declared m as in mountain doug, where the, when the presidential elections for a 2nd time, the opposition is rejecting the result they've saying it was rushed without proof of verification of hundreds of pre testers in these yet demonstrating outside the french military base in the capital, in the army cooling on french troops to leave the country, which has been treated as ended several corp agreements with from last month following the queue and the ever trip. the president of the gunman is killed. 3 black people in the united states police in jacksonville in florida are investigating the shooting by the whites of silence as a racially motivated, a crime. a 2nd call go ship a sail from the port of the desert and ukraine, despite the threat of russian attack. the prime is sitting alone and you, she monetary and card or the black sea was opened off to russia, withdrew from the black sea green deal last month, which guaranteed safe passions to pass it to vessels carrying ukrainian

s marion electoral commission in zimbabwe has expired and the some 9 gas for the winter of the presidential election for a 2nd time. the opposition is rejecting the result saying it was rushed without proper verification and hundreds of protesters in j. i have right outside of french military base in the capital yami, calling on french chose to lease a country. jazz military leaders ended several corporation agreements calling back last month and over to us, the president department bustle or not so don's army chief is making a red visit outside the capital. after 4 months of fighting with the bible paramilitary group, the recess i've just found behind is important to don ways meeting members of his military cabinet for the 1st time since april, to stay in the city, which is a temporary base for the transitional government. before heading to egypt, give a morgan report from the capital cartoon 1st. so that is the 2nd stop for the head of the sovereignty council and army chief general abdel. but the hon and his store to serve from the military bases around the country. now its thought had la

the electoral commission in zimbabwe has declared the m as in mother got to the window of the presidential election for a 2nd to fill positions, rejecting the results. i think it was rushed without proper verification. also got minutes go 3 blank people in the united states. police in jacksonville, florida say the shooting, find the want to silence was racially motivated. the barricaded himself inside the store with a high powered rifle. at this church goes in haiti have been shot dead during a march to condemn gun violence. witnesses, a 9 boxes were killed as gang members. they've been fine with machine guns on the outskirts of the capital. poultry prints some protest as beat to a suspected gang member to day. the march was lights by a judge passed a competing against the great games house on communities. is there any soldiers of re did a refugee come to the occupied westbank, bullets done grenades and to get us we used in the city of to come one person was shot in the face and 2 others run over by a military vehicle is ready for us to say the increasing the rates on to find palestinians

genetic tests confirm the identities of the 10 victims, including the founder of the electoral commission in zimbabwe has declared m as in man and douglas, the width of the presidential elections are 2nd to the positions rejecting results saying it was rushed without proper verification. hundreds of pre tested in asia, demonstrating outside of french military base in the capital in the army, 40 on french troops to leave the country is u. s. military leaders and did several co operation agreements following the crew last month. and the over 3 of the principal or us ministry at croft is crushed in northern australia, counting 3 marines and seriously drink 5 others. 23 personnel were on board when it went down drain exercise on melville island, which is north of dawn. and it is the late system in the series of crashes which have killed dozens of troops involved in the spray till late to across an australian helicopter, across last month, getting full crew during war games with us forces in eastern australia this morning to us marine, i was probably head across the lift the island and flew to the tow a o

this has| been fairly common in zimbabwe's elections, and some other electoral commission is actuallyed to stay open a little bit longer, so that people can cast their vote. so certainly it is an issue, i am their vote. so certainly it is an issue, iam not their vote. so certainly it is an issue, i am not sure it is an issue which totally undermines the election. it is certainly something that the electoral commission is addressing and hopefully everyone will be able to cast their vote. find will be able to cast their vote. and 'ust let us will be able to cast their vote. and just let us know— will be able to cast their vote. and just let us know what happens next, what can we expect and when can we expect a result? what can we expect and when can we exoeet a result?— expect a result? constitutionally, the commission _ expect a result? constitutionally, the commission has _ expect a result? constitutionally, the commission has to _ expect a result? constitutionally, the commission has to announce | expect a result? constitutionally, i the commission has to announce the results within t

zimbabwe has had irregularities in the past. the electoral commissiony in terms of voting results in general? the election commission has a lot of competent people doing a good job in a number of areas. the problem is i think there is a clear sense they do not have total autonomy in terms of what they do and the ability to conduct things in an open and transparent manner has just been clear they have struggled in that regard, the lack of ballot papers in a number of polling stations, that was very unexpected. there was no warning given that could possibly be a problem until the morning of election day. and several other things make i think a situation where there is questions about whether or not election commission has earned the trust of zimbabweans. you mention you have been in zimbabwe for the previous election and that was post—election violence after that vote. how likely are we to see it this time around to see it remain peaceful? well, ithink, again, i go back to the question of what is going to happen in the coming days. i think there is polari

and the electoral commission in zimbabwe has declared m as in none gone. glad the winner of the presidential election. the opposition is rejecting the result, seeing it was rushed without proper verification for us present, donald trump is raising millions of dollars from merchandise which features his mock shot drums. campaign manager says the republican front when it has made more than $7000000.00 since the photo was taken. the mock shot was posted by a georgia court house on thursday. trump is facing multiple charges, including 4 attempts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. his feet is not guilty, but i speak to james davis about this was joining us, some falls church, virginia. and he's the founder and president of touch don strategies. he's also the former communications director of the republican convention. thank you very much for being with us. so what, what do you make of this strategy from the trunk campaign is not the 1st time that they've tried to monetize the idea of tom slunk. sean, how effective is this? and how politi

i must marry the electoral commission in zimbabwe has declared m as in mine, john, why the winner of the presidential election for a 2nd time the opposition is rejecting the result saying it was flashed without oper, verification, and hundreds of protest. suzy news there have been demonstrating outside of french 2010 face in the capital in yami, according on french troops to move the country as a traffic jam on one of the wells most important shipping, which is expected to last into next year and could delay deliveries of christmas merchandise worldwide. more than a 100 ships of stock on either side of the panama canal because of low water level, soft and months of drought, an average of 40 vessels, usually transit every day. that's been reduced to 32 a day. the waterway is a vital shipping route to avoid or to avoid vessels having to send all the way around south america. the cannot connect to the atlantic and pacific oceans carries around 6 percent of all cargo worldwide. i'll just here is on it's on that. i'm get to stay with more of moving a ship like the one you're looking at th

zimbabwes are democratic. remains to be seen whether the electoral commission and the government are democratic. ll need proof and the courts will need to lit indicate this in fair manner, something many people is not realistic in the context of zimbabwe. here is the leader of opposition party, who, according to official results got 44% of the vote. >> it is clear that we are injecting the election as a sham. the process itself aligned. we reject this and flawed process disputed figures. >> reporter: well, there have been little signs of violence to this point, i bring that up because after the poll in last election, there was pretty bloody violence that was soldiers that shot on civilians protesting. we have not seen that. that's good news, of course. but the fear is yet again, there is a very question mark over the selection. the government and the ruling party wants to just move on but many feel that this is not a true democracy in the way that the selection was run and the votes were tabulated and expressed over the weekend. but we'll have to see if the opposition can gain traction. of course

. >>> zimbabwe's incumbent president hangs on to power with intense elections with many questions the results. the electoral commissionhe vote, but accusations of fraud, intimidation and suspicious arrests are keeping the country on edge. cnn's david mckenzie joins from us johannesburg. david, zimbabwe has a history of disputed elections. but as mnangagwa has said, he wants peace here. where will things go from here. >> reporter: well, the next thing that happens in this critically important election, omar, is that the opposition is, they say, reveal data, they say, that shows where there's a disconnect between how people voted and how the electoral commission said the election went. emmerson mnangagwa as you mentioned said this was a peaceful election, transparent and happened in broad daylight. election observers from the southern african community and european union and also the u.s. government have posed questions about the leadup to this election, in terms of intimidation. there's also huge technical issues with the voting that was much delayed. the opposition said they didn't even get an up-to-date voters roll w

a couple things, all the party in zimbabwe is denying allegations of widespread votes rigging, in the general election last week. the electoral commission declared the re election of the president. m, as in by the guy go up for a 2nd to but the main office is shanita nelson. shaneesa said she was and his policy is planning to challenge the results. how do? because the reports not from the capital hold on a opposition either nelson tyneesa and says he ones above his presidential election . that's all to this and ball, but you need to commission declared president emerson. when then god, why had won a 2nd and final term in office? tell me so citizens coalition for change policy policies, challenge those official results saying they differ from the independent tele. he wants african leaders to put pressure on president m, assuming a guideline to address accusations of whites way to both tracking and you accused him of wrong doing this the most. that is the same, the quote since 2008 in the ballot. 2017. a quote on the elected leader, 2018 a pool, and the bottle is repeated again. 2023. the quote on the ballot yukon survive these 452 men ti

zimbabwe still faces high inflation — currently running at an annual rate of over 70% — as well as poverty. the electoral commissionured 44% of the vote. president emmerson mnangagwa held a press conference a short time ago, where he was also asked about those concerns about the integrity of the vote. the elections have come and gone. i am humbled by the trust and confidence that you, my fellow countrymen and women, have imposed on me once again to stand as president of your great country zimbabwe. iamso i am so happy that the vote was won fairly in broad daylight. our correspondent shingai nyoka is in harare and has more on the result. president emmerson mnangagwa addressed the press a day after saturday's election results pronounced him president of zimbabwe for a second and final term. and he appeared unshaken in the face of criticism from the opposition party, which labelled this election a blatant and gigantic fraud. he said he was humbled by the confidence shown in him by zimbabweans, and also defended the much criticised electoral commission, and he said that they conducted a transparent process. now, presid

zimbabwe still faces high inflation — currently running at an annual rate of over 70% — as well as poverty. the electoral commissionhe vote. now it's time for a look at today's sport with gavin. hello. british heavyweight daniel dubois says he's been cheated out of becoming the world champion. he was eventually stopped by the champion, ukraine's oleksander usyk, in the 9th round in poland. early on though dubois floored usyk in the fifth, but it was deemed a low blow and didn't count. he now says he wants justice. ade adedoyin has more from wroclaw. this was a huge occasion for ukrainians, an opportunity to see a national hero so close to home. there was even a message from president zelensky before the start. credit to daniel dubois who wasn't overawed by the occasion, but it was usyk who took control early in the fight and seem to be cruising towards a comfortable victory. then came the moment of controversy in the fifth round. usyk was down, and the referee ruled it a low blow and gave him plenty of time to recover. when he did get up, he looked visibly upset and there was a change in tempo of the fight. he appl

zimbabwe still faces high inflation, currently running at an annual rate of over 70%, as well as poverty. the electoral commissionhe vote. president emmerson mnangagwa held a press conference a little while ago, where he was also asked about concerns over the integrity of the vote. the elections have come and gone. i am humbled by the trust and confidence that you, my fellow countrymen and women, have imposed on me once again to stand as president of your great country zimbabwe. i am so happy that the vote was won fairly in broad daylight. three us marines have been killed and 20 others injured after a military helicopter crashed during exercises in australia. their aircraft crashed in the northern territory capital darwin. the incident is the second fatal military helicopter crash in the area in less than a month. the australian prime minister, anthony albanese, said what had happened was a "tragedy". the initial reports suggest that the incident involves just us defence force personnel, that there are no members of the australian defence force involved in this incident. our focus as a government and as a depart

zimbabwe still faces high inflation, currently running at an annual rate of over 70%, as well as poverty. the electoral commission, nelson chamisa, secured 44% of the vote. our correspondent shingai nyoka is in harare and has more on the election result. those election results were announced. they were announced last night. president emmerson mnangagwa won close to 53% of the votes. his main rival, the citizen coalition for change, opposition leader nelson chamisa, got 44% of the votes. but he immediately rejected those results. they said that they... ..that the results were hastily put together, that they weren't validated by them. and so yesterday, when everybody was waiting for the election results, the opposition party had said it wouldn't validate those elections and now we're just waiting now to hear what their step is. the options are very difficult for the opposition. they might go to the courts. they have seven days within which to lodge an appeal at the constitutional court. but this echoes what happened in 2018, with the same two candidates, mr mnangagwa and mr chamisa, who entered the court to try to

zimbabwe still faces high inflation, currently running at an annual rate of over 70%, as well as poverty. the electoral commissionsecured 44% of the vote. live now to harare and our correspondent shingai nyoka. how are people feeling after this election. — how are people feeling after this election, particularly with these allegations of vote rigging? it�*s a allegations of vote rigging? it's a sunday morning _ allegations of vote rigging? it's a sunday morning here _ allegations of vote rigging? it's a sunday morning here in - allegations of vote rigging? it�*s —. sunday morning here in harare and people arejust going sunday morning here in harare and people are just going about their business, it's very quiet here in the central business district. there is almost a sense of resignation after those election results were announced. i don't believe many people thought that nelson chamisa would stand a chance against emmerson mnangagwa, given their highly uneven playing field, even before the elections their opposition had expressed concerns about the fact there rallies were banned disproportionately to the ruling

stations. zimbabwe is ready to conduct harmonize general elections next week. bounce according to the southern african nations election body and its operations does involve electoral commission, is not influenced by the government, individuals or any other organizations sometimes is alleged. i would like to inform you that the commission is ready to conduct the harmonized 2023 elections a well harmonized elections, are essentially an all encompassing balance where a citizens vote for the president of parliament provincial councils on local authorities. 11 candidates, including the incumbent president are buying for the country's top position. barbara comes out on top will face and media challenges. price isn't involved. we have skyrocketed in the past year with many crucial goods, all fine. i run 90 percent corruption as well, remains in a cute issue. we spoke the locals in herrera, who shared their expectations about the fast approaching election. now, what do you want is peace shooting and after elections? it's expects an improvement in terms of the economy. in terms of food, the jump creation, we need jobs as you with, you know, we need to be, we need to, can you say thin

zimbabwe still faces high inflation — currently running at an annual rate of over seventy per cent — as well as poverty. the electoral commissionk the showers will be quite as heavy or certainly not quite as widespread as what we had yesterday. but again, eastern parts of the uk will see some of the heaviest of the thunderstorms and showers today, whereas further west, we've got this weather front bringing light and patchy rain to northern ireland in between some good spells of sunshine. so for the rest of the day it will stay rather cloudy with outbreaks of rain across northern ireland, skies brightening up from the west, later. western scotland, western parts of britain seeing some sunshine. most of the heavy showers will be affecting eastern scotland and eastern parts of england. again some torrential downpours in a few places. and top temperatures 21 or 22 degrees here. high teens further north and west. so for the reading and leeds festival today, i think the better chance of staying dry will be across reading. for the leeds festival, i think you could pick up a few showers, which could be on the heavy side. same too for n

zimbabwe is ready to conduct harmonize general elections next week. that's according to the southern african nations. the election controlled in its operations does involve electoral commission, is not influenced by the government individuals or any other organizations sometimes is alleged. i would like to inform you that the commission is ready to conduct harmonized 2023 elections. harmonized elections are essentially an all encompassing village where our citizens vote for the president parliament provincial, consult. i'm local a far as he's now at 11 candidates, including the incumbent president are buying for the country's top position. whatever comes out on top of the face and media challenges on that big in trade prices in zimbabwe have skyrocketed in the past year. many are off by some 90 percent corruption as well remains an acute issue. we spoke to local people in her all right. who shared their expectations about the fast approaching election? that what do you want is peace shooting into after elections? it's expects an improvement in terms of the economy in terms of food, the jump creation. we need jobs as you with, you know, we need to, the, we need a queen just e

electoral commission is yet to release results. as far as the leading presidential candidate is concerned for both the election has been criticized from outside zimbabwe, for licking preparedness, the ruling party spokesperson. and both of the cri smoke show us believes that the findings very much on just we or the emotions of the, of us who abusive this visual is the head or his, but we don't set that works. if i'm missing it, i don't get yourself addicted to the on monday is a solar individual to say i'm here to promote to be inches of a federal preacher. usually present, drove up and used to come in from bad. the backbone looks looks to me. so maybe from bob boy, he has 10 provinces, comprising offer to areas where the ruling party is on the p. f is deeply rooted. well, the main opposition party, the citizens coalition for change has many support us in the areas. the 2 rivals are hoping to be mileage in each of those territories, while the winner will take or in the presidential race. maybe monday, reporting for r t in how to set up with. so now somebody ask uh where a stipend, the uh, the indian ocean island games opening. so i mean both dozens of

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