By a billionaire who challenge the ministry back government. Very rainy and survey saying in parliamentary elections in the shadow of extended sanctions a months after the government put down mass protests that were triggered by Economic Hardship thousands of candidates most of them reformists a moderates were barred from running by the Guardian Council surrounds constitutional watchdog those prevented from sounding include dozens of members of the outgoing column and the u. S. Responded by imposing new sanctions or members of that council accusing them of rigging the election but irans leaders are calling for a high turnout so it is an attack levy said hes voting is a religious duty which we have said in the past and the truth is that elections guarantee the National Interests of iran anyone who believes in the national. Trust of this country should participate my advice is that everyone should vote with whatever opinions they have formed to do so early and do not leave this last minute but rather vote early in the day. And go live to dosage barrino who is in terror on endorses so all the people of tara hitting the advice of the Supreme Leader into turnout in large numbers and to turn out early. But we have seen a consistent line up of people in the mosque that weve been in since the polls opened this morning just over 6 hours ago where in the mosque in east terror on im just going to get my camera mounted to show you where the line up continues at this mosque for people to vote people have been lining up since about 8 am local time and what they process is here that they register elektra honestly and then they move over to the opposite side where they cast their votes now these people are choosing 30 members of parliament for teheran city out of the list the 1500 candidates that were been approved by the Guardian Council and then once they pick their 30 m. P. s they cast their ballots here at these 2 boxes this is a process that is. Cost the country at over 55000. 00 polling stations now its something youve got the iranian Supreme Leader and the president have urged people to do but its still early to say whether or not the turnouts will be as high as the last parliamentary election that was in 2016 which had one of the highest turnouts ever that was mainly because of the signing of the nuclear deal of 2015 the rouhani government was promising a lot at the time in terms of Economic Relief in the country but the picture now is very very different of course iran is under extreme pressure from the United States what theyre calling a math emotion. Sanction a system that the u. S. Has imposed on iran which has resulted in severe economic pressures inside the country and that is one of the main issues here many of the people that have come out there are of the conservative a background and weve seen that many of the reformists that have been disqualified from running so the point of view right now is we have to wait and see how many of those people who support the reformist candidates will show up or i dont 1st thank you for that. Has given the view from the iranian capital tehran burna smith is another of our correspondents in iran hes in hand in the center of the country where hes been talking to various is. Weve had a very good turnout already seems there is a long line of people waiting to vote and theres been a long line of a couple of other polling stations we see today but this is a conservative area and the people who voted this because the conservative religious part of the country in the last 2 elections theres been a may most of the seats have gone to conservative candidates of the 19 seats in a province 10 went to conservatives and 5 of those are here in city people weve spoken to go are said theyre voting out a pathway off duty and thats when the call of the government in the run up to these elections worried about a low turnout telling people that they should be voting because its their patrie optically duty and then after but theyre voting for local bread and butter issues here like in lots of other parts of the country those issues are on employment they are poverty they are pollution particularly an issue there are very few pro forma candidates on the ballot here i think Something Like 192 to choose from most of those candidates are conservative so the choice of people here is conservative or conservative and theyre looking down the long list to see which of those candidates fits their preferences now millions of people have been urged to stay indoors as south korea becomes a country with the highest number of corona virus infections outside of China Health Authorities there say one persons died and there are 204 cases nationwide thats around half of them reporting on friday alone most of them a link to a religious group in the Southern City of day in the capital meanwhile in so mass gathering and rallies at the back and mcbride is in daegu and as he reports there is fear that the virus has spread to other cities. The way it has suddenly spiked in the past a couple of days it has Health Officials here putting into place various measures setting up special Testing Centers to try to give a quick test for the corona virus theyre opening up a special ward which are designed for Infectious Disease treatment and all of the attention at the moment is centered on a particular church here because most of the new cases do appear to have been churchgoers attending recent Church Services and gatherings there seem to have been mass infections between the church goer some of those churchgoers are not from daegu theyre from other cities and towns it seems that they went back to those cities and towns may have infected other people also visited other branches of this same church may have passed on infections to those people to a lot of the concern here is with one particular church goer from this church a 61 year old woman who apparently was showing symptoms for several days refused to take a test for the coronavirus she was one of the earliest members of the congregation to fall sick and its known that she was going about her daily business in daegu so a lot of people here are extremely worried about just the kinds of what places she was visiting who were she was interacting with as people really sort of are in lockdown here as well as a neighboring city waiting to see exactly what happens next. And in china several health and communist Party Officials have been fired after more than 200 people were infected by the virus inside prisons cases were reported in 2 jails in the chandel and j. J. Ng province since inmates and Prison Guards made up most of the 258 new cases reported outside the epicenter. Authorities say Epidemic Prevention measures carried out wholly. And iran says 5 people have died from the corona virus there the Health Ministry says there are 13 confirmed cases thatis lisita where the Prime Minister has failed to show up in court where he was expected to be charged in connection with the murder of his wife thomas a bond is set khatri says he is in south africa attending a doctors appointment if he was shot dead their home in 2017 the Prime Ministers 3rd. Current wife messiah to barney has been charged with ordering defoliants matter for me to miller has been at the courthouse in the capital maseru and as she reports theres been speculation the Prime Minister may not be returning. They are people you know would certainly think that the Prime Minister is trying to evade the cotton perhaps no has no a terror intention of appearing on these charges they have been they have been rumors and this hasnt been verified that he perhaps is looking for political asylum in south africa we do know the Prime Minister has said hes met with the south african president s all roma porsche. Has previously been a mediator in some of the political difficulties that lawsuit has been experiencing the Deputy Police commissioner has said that its too early to issue a warrant of arrest to try and get the Prime Minister back in the suit to and this would then imply that the police does see this doctors appointment as a good enough reason for the Prime Minister not to be in court but there also has been speculation around political interference it is a very politically sensitive case of very complex one especially for a party the all pursue to convention that coalition that has its own difficulties in terms of internal tensions and people who both supported Prime Minister but also people who want him gone the Prime Minister had said that he would resign he would insist in fact he would retire at the end of july due to his age and when he made the statement to people in a suit to he didnt touch on the issue or the scandal the charges that he is facing instead i suppose normalizing the fact that he would be stepping down. Thailands Constitutional Court has dissolved a prominent Opposition Party and banned its leaders from politics for 10 years the court ruled the future forward passy violated election finance laws the passy says it wants to mock prosy and the removal of the army from politics and business in finishing 3rd place last year in the 1st elections since the 2014 military coup plain hayes at the partys headquarters in bangkok. Many supporters gathered to watch the live stream of this verdict being read out by the Constitutional Court judges and ultimately the verdict was guilty that the party is dissolved only around 2 years after was formed about a year after it performed so well in the 2019 election and the leaders of the party the judges announced will be banned from politics for years this was all about money that was given from the charismatic leader of this party. Amounting to just over 6000000. 00 now the party said that this was a loan ive already started paying the loan back so therefore it didnt come under the usual Political Party laws governing donations from individuals the judges thought otherwise they said this was a gift it was a donation i cannot be classified as a loan so therefore they had no choice but to dissolve the party this of course will be seen by the leaders of this party by most of the more than 6000000 thais that voted for this party in the election last year as politically motivated that this party simply became too popular and yet again we see another Political Party in thailand dissolved by the courts. So to come here and out there as the next Democratic Caucus approaches and find out what the party is doing to avoid the problems that cause chaos in iowa. And its been a year since rwanda shut its border with uganda find out how thats affected peoples lives. The partnership eating itself through the northeast. We got the cloud that comes out of china develops more across the water you get this hump here and there was a low pressure area somewhere over the. Cij upin of the e. C. If you like that talks into cold air behind it which means snow in a fairly wet snow because the temps are no mans 5. So plenty of wednesday for carter the western slopes the still higher ones of honshu and rain elsewhere 15 or so degrees in tokyo we should reward slot is the sun comes out on sunday was to study shows your notice all those western slopes now much of char is enjoying the warmish sunshine as well it should be in beijing there are few showers for the south hong kong 21. 00 is where you should be and a few showers in the high ground for the west in fact if you look at the satellite feed back over india and the poor there quite a few thunderstorms in the last 18 houses and in the forecast there will be more a scattering of showers in Northern Plains of india not many but a few and up in the pole as well the seasonal rain continues in the 4th suns dont particularly. But some degree in time of day as well this is what you might expect this is not unusual for this time of the year nothing heavy a nice good scattering a gathering of the rains. But. I cannot make my start with my face you can access your bank account with your voice unique algorithmic measurements of us that are revolutionizing the process of identification the biometrics are far from perfect convenience and seeming infallibility comes at a cops most crucially our privacy. And the force of a far far series adding readdress is the appropriation of our most personal characteristics all hail the algorithm on our jazeera. These are the top stories here it out jazeera the very things underway in irans parliamentary election thousands of candidates mostly reformist moderates have been barred from running irans leaders are calling for a high turnout. South korea has announced another spike in Coronavirus Infections bringing the National Total to 204. 00 making it the worst affected country outside china the government is imposing emergency measures. Thailands Constitutional Court has decided to dissolve the 3rd largest political bloc in the country the ruling came after the future Forward Party and its leader were accused of breaking election finance laws. That journalists in the philippines are protesting against attempts to stop any discussion on the potential closure of the countrys Largest Television network the governments top lawyer also Supreme Court for a gagging order on tuesday the government wants the council the franchise of the a. B. S. Network which has been a fierce critic of president to tear. Well go live now to jimmy that island whos up for protests in the philippines capital manila. Martin i am outside the headquarters of the biggest Media Network in the philippines where thousands are taking to the streets basically calling on congress to renew its impending closure of its franchise now what were seeing basically are different organizations activists coming in here and basically showing as a sign of solidarity there is a candlelight marches a human chain and there are different speeches being heard here in different parts of the outside the headquarters of the basically what they say this is basically a symbol of defiance against what they describe as creeping authoritarianism but you know martin we spent a few hours inside the museum of a. B. S. C b n earlier where the situation was calm but defiant now were joined in by journalism professor than you know ira out from university of the philippines professor thank you for talking to us were seeing different moves of the Philippine Government over the last few weeks have seen a corn to petition by the Supreme Court to the Supreme Court and then just last week a petition by the solicitor general for a gag order to play here but basically anybody from speaking about this case what do you make of this. Vision because this is clearly against media its not just about the b r c b n its about the Chilling Effect that will be felt by different Media Organisations given the prospects of london you are the franchise of a b. S. C. We have now the gag order for there expands suresh on its not any more of the issue of press freedom its the freedom of expression and freedom of speech of ordinary people because if the solicitor general would get what he wants ordinary people will be prohibited from commenting or even giving criticisms of the burden moves made on the administration. No mistake about it we are in a big big issue right now and any moves not new different shades of a. B. S. Would spell press freedom it would be living in the very much professor thank you for thought on this. What the activists are good at what are our activities are saying basically this will be the last time that they will be taking to the streets it also isnt the 1st time that a. B. A c. B. S. Has faced an existential crisis it was shut down during the dictatorship of former president ford in a markets and was only able to broadcast again after the 986. 00 people power revolution basically you know scenes like this have become familiar scenes over the last few years out where journalists feel that they have to take to the streets basically to get to the streets to protest and as for a guarantee for the very basic of freedoms which basically enshrined in the constitution in the 1st place freedom of speech and freedom of expression martin. Dont live in manila thank you the saudi arabia says is intercepted and destroyed several Ballistic Missiles fired from yemens capital saana towards the kingdom unverified videos on social media seem to show the interceptions taking place saudi arabia is blaming it rainy im back with the rebels and says the missiles were targeting cities and civilians. And weeklong deal to reduce violence in afghanistan is due to come into force at midnight on friday was struck in talks between the u. S. And taliban in doha if it works out it could pave the way for negotiations between the taliban and the Afghan Government and then eventually a withdrawal of u. S. Forces the u. S. Now says its preparing for the signing of a peace deal on for every the 29th the new times has published an opinion piece by the deputy leader of the taliban entitled what we the taliban want. So the judean have carney says the withdrawal of Foreign Forces is the 1st and foremost demand of the armed group he goes on to say a liberated afghanistan will have an islamic system where all afghans have equal rights that includes the rights of women granted by islam to access work and education despite 18 months of talks in castle county insists washington doesnt trust the group completely and that the feeling is mutual he also says the taliban would be committed to all International Conventions as long as they are compatible with islamic principles but weve been speaking to Michael Semple a former deputy e. U. Special representative to afghanistan and he says the op ed indicates a low level of confidence on both sides. 6 months ago we seem to be on the brink of the us and the taleban signing on Historic Deal all fell apart at the last minute and President Trump withdrew his permission they are the taliban and their doctors are trying to avoid the topping this time i think we have to think not as a how to think of this op ed not as a reflection of whats or oxycontin or anybody in the taliban leadership actually. This is here and message that the propagandists are getting across to try and make sure the deal doesnt fall apart the last time so they get a commitment from the u. S. To pull out about a 1000. 00 guns and killed in this war i think that theres a substantial reduction all thought over the next 3 of the next week a lot of people will breathe a sigh of relief and perhaps that they the process will be able to go ahead to they the next stage one thing which i think we can believe from this this opinion piece is that theres a very low d level of confidence on the either side so you know that to be a slight boost to the confidence if they if it shows holds and then we have to confront the next set of obstacles the casualties a mounting in military operations in Northern Syria turkey says to have it so does of being killed in as strikes near provinces as meaning 10 channing between opposition and Syrian Government forces who are making their push for the last rebel held area the u. N. Says the operation has resulted in the largest displacement of civilians since the conflict started 9 is again. Bolivias former president ever morales has been disqualified from running for a senate seat in mays general election the supremely lateral court says he doesnt meet the requirements to be a candidate for his Party Candidates are supposed to be live in residence but morality has been living in exile in argentina and he tweeted about the decision calling it a blow to democracy. The next phase of the u. S. President ial election process begins on saturday thats when voters in nevada choose their preferred democrat to go up against President Trump the nevada caucuses follow what is widely considered to be a disastrous failure in the Iowa Caucuses earlier this month nevada ends of cain to avoid those mistakes as rove reynolds the ripples from las vegas. At an early voting location in las vegas people waited in line for over an hour to cast their ballots. For me 1st volunteers help the voters enter their names and addresses into tablets next voters fill out their preferences for the democratic nomination on a paper form finally the secret paper ballot is checked then dropped into a ballot box results will be tabulated on computers spreadsheets and sent by wife i linked to party precincts and state headquarters for most voters the process went smoothly it was relatively easy to understand i mean just a kind of a pain to come out here and you know do it but i think its something thats necessary a flawed Smartphone App and a failed Communication System led to the spectacular breakdown of the Iowa Caucuses something nevada is anxious not to repeat the Nevada Democratic party did the app but election experts say the caucuses will use some new technologies without providing adequate training what we hear from leaks coming out of this train sessions is that its fairly chaotic the Technology Solution should have been fully baked and finished at least a couple of months ago volunteer and Community Organizer huey new in says the system is working well so far we are tracking and ship or checking to make sure that the data are the same on paper and on a tablet caucus volunteers and experts here say. The decision to have early voting was key taking off much of the pressure to count all the votes at once and help avoid an iowa style caucus meltdown would question is can they integrate the early voting into the precinct voting thats going to happen on saturday and do that seamlessly im not saying there would not be any issues but they wont hold up the entire world thats good because the world wants to know how that will shape the democratic race and ultimately the election in november and it wants to know fast rob reynolds aljazeera las vegas are the Prime Minister has resigned after an inconclusive result to the countrys recent general election leo veronica will sail as caretaker until his successor is chosen none of the 3 largest posses one enough seats in the election earlier this month to secure an outright majority veronicas center right phina gale policy came in 3rd and in the u. K. More than 100 flood warnings remain in place after some areas recorded the highest water levels for 40 is 2 storm schools heavy damage to a number of communities in england and in wales at least 3 people have died a prominent ugandan activist has been freed from prison after a judge overturned her conviction for harnessing the president online i mean actually not actually. Stellar neons even sentenced to 18 months in august after using vulgar language to criticize president mis 70 in facebook posts. And the leaders of uganda rwanda a juicer meet today or some point for a new round of talks aimed at easing cross border tensions a trade blockade imposed by rwanda continues to have a major impact on people on both sides of the border economists in uganda say the countrys lost 75000000. 00 in revenue since the crossing with. Catherine sorrell reports from the ugandan side of the border it could tuna. On an ordinary day this road heading to ugandas budo through would be bustling queues of trucks and thousands of people crossing the border for Business School and other reasons but this are not ordinary times when they impose a trade blockade traders likely now call franco a suffering because of it he has run his shop at the border town of for 30 years and say there cannot make situation hes a what hes seen even if they come my business has been badly affected i cannot make ends meet i used to make a profit of about 1000. 00 a month lucky if i make even hopeful but with no viable business many have moved away all this shops had been rented out but traders have had to close up because theres no business though still here are residents of this border town they tell us life has become incredibly difficult. And i am barry tells us her husband bosco to he was killed last year by random Security Forces as he tried to smuggle tobacco to the neighboring country using an illegal route several traders who have attempted to use smuggling routes also say to have been killed or harassed or who. Are not sure that morning he was very happy as usual he left for rwanda with his bicycle and goods i was called in the evening that my husband is dead and he was shot in rwanda. The situation across the border in toronto is equally dire rundowns have been restricted from traveling to uganda for their own safety both countries have accused each other of how to bring dissidents using spies and arresting in a sense of aliens several meetings between the 2 sides have failed to deescalate the situation im not here to comfortable their take on terror. To feel free to go to ground and then the next the do theyre arrested so there are going to be was a gun block to music. You dissimilar us. Ugandan Government Official said talks to resolve the dispute are going well and the border will soon be open some economists say the country has already made huge losses and i told us her husband died because he was desperate to do anything to and money for his family now theyve lost their sole provider and he doesnt know what to do next catherine soy aljazeera the tuna or the uganda rwanda boda. Our lets have a look at the top stories here of aljazeera voting is under way in irans parliamentary elections thousands of candidates mostly reformists and moderates have been barred from running irans leaders are calling for a high turnout. Millions of people have been urged to stay indoors as south korea becomes a country with the highest number of corona virus infections outside of China Health Authorities say one person has died there are 204 cases nationwide around half of them were reported on friday most of the victims are linked to a religious group in the Southern City of daegu in the capital seoul Mass Gatherings and rallies have been banned and in china itself several health and communist Party Officials have been fired after more than 200 people were infected by the virus inside prisons cases were reported in 2 jails in the shandong jang provinces inmates in Prison Guards made up most of the new 258 cases reported outside the epicenter on thursday the Authorities SayEpidemic Prevention measures were carried out wholly the citys Prime Minister has failed to show up at court where he was expected to be charged in connection with the murder of his 2nd wife thomas divan his secretary says is in south africa attending a doctors appointment dippolito body was shot dead near her home in 27. Thailands Constitutional Court has dissolved a prominent Opposition Party and banned its leaders from politics for 10 years the cool ruled the future Forward Party violated election finance laws the passy says it wants to moccasin the removal of the army from politics and business saudi arabia says its intercepted and destroyed several Ballistic Missiles fired from yemens capital sanaa towards the kingdom unverified videos on social media appear to show the interceptions taking place saudi arabia is blaming the who think the rebels those are the headlines coming up next here it is there its inside story. Europes digital ambitions the e. U. Has just revealed its vision for the continents tech future hearing comes in from abroad it wants to grow its own sector but there are concerns over just how it will protect privacy this is inside story. Hello there and welcome to the program im the stasi attain now there is a global race for Technology Leadership with the United States and china out front europe now says it wants to catch up and reinforce its position on the digital scene its leaders are concerned about the reliance on Foreign Tech Companies including microsoft apple and qual way they say they want to develop europes other