First now to nigeria where there is still no clear winner from the president ial election two days ago. Vote counting is underway with official results supposed to be coming out sometime this tuesday. Her limitary results already from about half of the votes counted show that there was a slight lead for x military ruler Muhammadu Buhari ahead of the president Goodluck Jonathan. With the state most likely to lean toward the current president , that could change completely. This is the first time in nigerias history that a challenger is seen as having a real chance of beating a president already and power. Reporter tehhe waiting game. The region is a key about agronomists election, but the incumbents 95 victories 95 victories is prompted suspicions among observers and the opposition, who have already begun protesting. [speaking foreign language] reporter it was hit hard by religious violence. The tension here is palpable. Society leaders say suspension is right say suspension is rife. If it does happen that it is declared that president jonathan is the winner, not Muhammadu Buhari but looking at what is happened so far in nigeria this election, i can tell you it will catch fire. Reporter in challenger Muhammadu Buharis home state, theyre are feeling victorious. Theyre. Hoping to move. Nigeria forward all i believe is that god knows everything and i want god to help us. Reporter and while the nervous wait goes on, nigerians across the country will be praying there will be no repeats of the bloodshed prompted by the polls last time. Genie our International Editor is with us, now to what is happening in nigeria. , this has been the closest election nigeria has seen in previous years. Doug you are close, and the fact that we are seeing closely fought closely contested, this is a novelty since nigeria handed over civilian rule, we have not seen anything like this election. History is being fed with the selection. Goodluck jonathan for the party has been the dominant party in power for the past decade and a half and the voters in a looking at his record, and you have a lot of, disenfranchised upset, the motions range, beyond those who are not supporting him, are not altogether thrilled that what they see is a poor record in a fighting the boko hieronymus in a fighting the boko haram extremist group. And lets not forget nigeria being africas top oil producer, we say it time again it is true the plunge in oil prices, you know, oil having lost about half of its value since last august. That has clearly had a rebound from a ricochet effect on nigerias economy and its dependence. He gets about 3 4 of its revenue from oil and gas sales. It is making people take a hard look at Goodluck Jonathans record. Yes, he is running against a former military dictator, a strong man, who has tried four times himself or the presidency, so some people say it comes down to a choice between a weak leader and a former military dictator, you choose but the fact that these two men are running so closely says a lot about nigerias strides in electoral Democratic Electoral politics. Genie doug, stay with us. Were going to go to nicola. Reporter basically what happened is the polling agents from different parties are a lot to ask questions to the Electoral Commission as they announce the results, and here the representative of Goodluck Jonathans party, he took the microphone for 10 minutes and when i let it go, and he was shouting and ranting on Nigerian Television and what he said as he did not recognize the head of the Electoral Commission, so the pet, Goodluck Jonathans party saying they do not recognize the commission. This is a big starting point in the what analysts are saying is that they feel that there is bad news for them around the corner, and they are feeling a Muhammadu Buhari victory. They said it was a rather embarrassing moment, the way he behaved, he could have made his point in one minute, and said he started shouting and ranting for more than 10 minutes on live Nigerian Television. Genie nick, i also have dug herbert with me, doug. Dato Razlan Razali you remember the last election doug your member the last election, and Muhammadu Buhari had rejected results back then. People are tensely watching and waiting for perhaps a risk of a flareup of violence of a similar kind again . N there were tensions even before this incident, and i do not think this incident is going to hell because if the supporters, especially the youth in the port esters, if they see the way they high ranking officials are behaving on live television, it might make them give them the wrong kind of message, so now there is not really even fears that there might be post electron violence, particularly in the Goodluck Jonathan stronghold, especially in southern nigeria, especially in. The niger delta. Dough g the election was postponed because of going after boko haram, and they use that time to campaign moore twos and more money. Is there a sense that help them at all to campaign more, to spend more money. Is there a sense of that help to them at all . Nic not necessarily. Even though there was a sixweek delay, even though there was that campaign against boko haram, and even though that campaign was quite successful in the struggle against boko haram, we have not seen a translated in a translated in the number of votes for Goodluck Jonathan. He is still trailing as we wait for the next 18 states to be announced, and we should have a final result by tonight. Genie all right nicolas germain, thank you so much, and doug herbert is welcome at thank you for urinalysis analysis will stop and out lets go to the analysis on iran for the Nuclear Program. It has been years in the making, but today could be the day that iran and powers come to a deal or lease the outline of a deal on the Nuclear Program. The goal is to stop iran from being able to fully develop a nuclear bomb. In return, the iranians want the crippling sanctions against unlisted. Here is nicholas rushworth. Nicholas there are just hours now for iran and world powers to reach a Framework Agreement on Irans Nuclear powers. Negotiations will continue with great intensity. We sat together in talks throughout monday, but the truth is we are right now at a critical stage. We must continue to negotiate with great seriousness. Nicholas tehran is maintaining the suspense, saying it hopes to reveal at some point where we might Reach Agreement or it might be feasible, nevertheless we hope that maybe on tuesday or wednesday, a deal can be reached. Nicholas world powers want iran to scale back its Nuclear Program. Tehran says it has no aggressive intent. Sticking points in talks depended on the number of centrifuges iran could keep, the removal of its iranianfueled stockpile, the breakout time of how long it will take for iran to make an atomic bomb, lifting the sanctions, and how long any final deal should last. While some issues appear sewn up, others have not. It is grim and i. Finalized at the end of. June any agreements now will be finalized at the end of june. Genie he is back. Heres what he had to say. Foreign minister lavrov foreign minister i think it is good, i believe that so far the prospects are rather good. Genie that is russias foreign minister sergei lavrov. A targeted assassination connected to her prosecution, a sus act capital of can follow during the 2010 world cup finals. A dozen people accused of organizing the attack that killed close to 80. The attacks were claimed by the islamist somalian rebel group alshabaab. Turkey has been hit by a major blackout across the nation. The massive power cut caused chaos, shutting down Metro Networks in istanbul and the capital. The outage affected at least two dozen cities were telephone and internet lines were also mostly down. The government seven outside attack on the system has not been ruled out in turkeys worst blackout in 15 years. And u. S. Public and in indiana are pledging to clarify a new religious freedom law. Similar proposal stalled in North Carolina and georgia after business activists said such measures could be used to discriminate against gay people. Arkansas lawmakers, however, had acknowledged they will move forward with her law even after indiana was rebuked by companies and executives, including apple ceo tim cook. Now a german prosecutors said the copilot thought to have deliberately crashed that plane into the french alps was treated for suicidal to these before he got his flying license. The Germanwings Flight went down exact way one week ago, killing all 150 people on board. In germany and here in france, investigations into the plane crash are underway with the copilot you can see her piloting another plane before the grass. The copilot and his Mental Health increasingly a focus. Andreas lubitz was recently diagnosed unfit to fly, a fact he kept hidden from his employer. Reporter a new development in the germanwings investigation. On monday, german prosecutors release information that could potentially shed light on the motivations of country as lupus, the german copilot to is believed to have the liberally crash and airbus plane into the french alps last week. The copilot was several years ago and before he got his pilots license treated for suicidal tendencies for a long period of time. Since then, there have been further doctors visits, but there were no more diagnoses of suicide affinities or aggressive behavior of suicidal tendencies or aggressive behavior. Reporter there were doctors notes naming him to ill to fly a condition he had from his employer and lubitz sought treatment for careerending rest of the pro retina problem. Medical condition that is hidden by lubitz what have been almost impossible to detect. We have developed a very refined system in europe, and most of us are in agreement that the system is optimal. If we were to add more psychological tests or modify the way we test, we still could not prevent the situation like this. Reporter at the crash site, a team of around 350 people are still working to extract the remains of the plane. A large number of dna samples have been collected, which would help it if i did victims, but the planes second black box, it a crucial element for the investigation, is still missing. Genie headlines here now on france 24. Vote counting is underway in nigerias election with results from just over half the states in. The exmilitary ruler Muhammadu Buhari looks to have a slight lead overcurrent president Goodluck Jonathan. And just hours left before world diplomats hit a selfimposed deadline for Nuclear Talks in iran. They have until midnight tonight to come up with what would be an historic deal, but there are still a few key sticking points to be sorted out. Time now for a look at the latest business news, and kate moody is here with us. The french Prime Minister is marking one year since he came into office, and the economy seems to be top priority for him. Kate exactly. Despite a dip in unemployment levels in january, the number of french people looking to work remains high. About five point 5 million. That is still around 10 . The french government is planning to launch a new series to make the labor market more competitive and flexible this summer, vowing that their strategy will ultimately bear fruit and thing this morning he expects growth to pick up and unemployment to drop later this year. Prime minister valls everything is being done to restore our competitive edge. In the coming weeks, we will look at ways to become even more competitive whilst boosting growth. Right now our economy is growing at a pace of about 1 , but i hope by the end of the year, we will be at levels closer to 1. 5 . These are the levels of growth we need to reduce unemployment and that remains my top priority. Genie kate, how are the markets doing today . Kate rough sessions for the european markets, all trading in the red. Concerns about greeces economic problems as they wait for some sign of a breakthrough. We have also that Economic Data indicating the overall article in a level in the eurozone ticked down from 11. 4 to 11. 3 . Year on year prices down. 1 as much as. 3 in february, a sign of the ecbs quantitative easing is already kicking in. One of the big news stories that is moving the markets today is the merger between two of the worlds top fashion sites come italian retailer yoox and londonbased netaporter a combined 2. 5 billion. The group that owns netaporter said they cater to a sophisticated clientele looking for luxury goods. Yoox up 10 in a day trading. Genie just to wrap up, some of the music world was the biggest stars are betting together to take on streaming service likes what if i. Tell us about that. Kate we have been hearing from musicians expressing concerns about the waiter songs are distributed in the digital age. Over a dozen artists redbook lead by rapper jayz including madonna and others say they will protect their rights while offering users new exclusive content. Mark thompson explains. Mark the on say, madonna, daft punk, one after the other, the biggest names in modern music set up to sign their name. A declaration of intent will forever change the course of music history. Their plan a new Global Streaming Service they see as a solution to the problems facing artists in the digital age. Jennifer lopez our goal is simple, we want to create a better experience for fans and artists, and that is our promise to the world. Mark tidal was bought by jayz for 56 million last year both of a majority of the company will be owned by artists. We need to write a story for ourselves. Mark tidal offers a standard obstruction for 10 a month or a high death subscription for 20 a month. In a more money than cd sales for the first time in 2014, responding to the news, a spotify spokesman said we think it is good for artists and labors to and labels to be on spotify because that is where the music fans are, and we are confident that is where artists and labels will want to be. Tuesday will be taking on some of the world of the biggest and most powerful companies. Spotify has 16 million users worldwide. Meanwhile, apple is expected to introduce it Subscription Streaming Service later this year. Genie that is it for the businesses. Kate moody, thank you so much. Lets take a look at our press review. We have Florence Villeminot with us. Hi flo. The press, august the, lots of focus on a deadline day for the talks on iran and its Nuclear Program that are happening in switzerland. Florence absolutely. There an interesting article in the independent today that tells how the countries are looking at what will happen and when the deadlines will arrive. Some countries are optimistic, others are gloomy. This article focuses on two middle Eastern Countries in particular that herare paying close attention saudi arabia and israel. The two are being pushed into an Unlikely Alliance as a result. This might come as a bit of a surprise, and why is this alliance happening . The article says it is my enemy is my friend. Both countries to leave that believe that tehran is intent on acquiring a Nuclear Arsenal regardless of its promises, and both countries see a nuclear iran as a direct threat to their existence, so this article actually quotes a senior israeli official who says necessity creates alliances. What does this alliance actually mean . Where does this alliance take place . According to the article cooperation between israel and saudi arabia but not only saudi arabia all sunni states in the region with cooperation is growing specific we add a diplomatic level. It talks about the secret understanding going on between the two countries. Genie the irony talks could change the political the irani talks could change the blood will landscape for some time. Florence absolutely. There is a great cartoon in the Washington Post today that describes the situation quite well. It likens the Global Situation in the middle east to a Jackson Pollock painting. You can see here there he confusing, all these various it is menu can see the two people looking at the painting thing who knew he was a realist. But while we are talking about iran in with the Washington Post, there is an interesting poll in the Washington Post, says that 59 so a clear majority of u. S. Citizens, actually support a nuclear deal with iran. That being said, 6 10 of american citizens say they are not confident that a deal will prevent iran from developing a nuclear weapon. Genie you mentioned this earlier, there are these concerns about just how honest iran is being about its nuclear ambitions. Florence that is right. There is an interesting piece in the daily beast. Critics say iran is hellbent on getting an atomic bomb no matter what. This deal is pointing about it really depends on aggressive inspections inside iran, any Intrusive Inspections by the International Atomic agency to actually check and see if iran is hiding centrifuges and therefore developing nuclear weapons, but as you can see here, this article reports that well iran, may have a secret program outside of iran, and the article says that in october 2012 iran began stationing personal at a military base in korea, and these are personnel from the ministry of defense and this article says they are reportedly working on missiles and nuclear weapons, so you can see this incredible title here does iran have secret nukes in north korea . Interesting details given the ongoing deal. Genie all right, lets come back to france, papers here still reacting to the election news from local elections that were seen as a true slap in the face for the ruling socialists. Florence that is right, the socialists were punished at the ballot box by voters on the right and also voters on the plus, and friends while on and Francois Hollandes government has been criticized whos as his policies are really rightwing policies in the sky. The main communist paper in france says now what, what is next for the left . In its editorial l