hour in bangladesh. ballots were cast for the general election. the prime minister of the nation sheikh hasina is expected to win a third consecutive term. her government is accused of targeting journal iists and opposition figures and her chief rival is in prison. protests turn violent on saturday. they clashed with police after a day of peaceful protests. place say one person was taken to the hospital after police fired tear gas. this is the seventh weekend demonstrations have taken place across france. back to the partial government shutdown showdown now into its eighth day and some 800,000 u.s. government workers beginning their second week now without paychecks and no idea when they will be paid next. it is the result of president trump's hard line on immigration. he refused a short-term deal to keep the government open because it didn't have funding for a border wall. he then failed to get congress