Off of drone technology. Polls are open in tunisia for the first president ial election since the revolution in 2011. Voters have 22 candidates to choose from. Two frontrunners have emerged. Ahead in the poll is Beji Caid Essebsi, the chairman of the secular nidaa tounes party, which won the object election. And his opponent is moncf marzouki. Who has been in power since the ousting of zine El Abidine Ben ali in 2011. Lets go Nazanine Moshiri in tunisia. I know you have been queueing up for those behind you. What are their hopes for the election . Well, many of the people here that i have spoken to are voting for the first time in a president ial election for 23 years. They suffered under what was a dictator this. They had one choice, and only one. Lets speak to one of the voters here, waiting for the first time. What is your name, sir how are you feeling today. Im well, happy. I see that i have to do that because no one say it is the election. We give a chance for tort be president. T
Teenager the worlds big powers will not bring to us our knees. Irans Supreme Leader reacts to the extension on the programme. Im on an extension joining East Jerusalem to west jerusalem, and ill report on the fear mapping the ice which waters of the antarctic, how scientists are using robots to chart the extent of global camping it has been a night of the worse rioting in months. Police had to use tear gas, been shot at and arrested 29 people. They confronted crowds of angry protesters on the streets of ferguson, missouri. Violence broke out after a decision not to charge a white policeman who shot dead on an armed teenager. Well get the latest from daniel lak in a moment. First, here is his report. Reporter violent protests erupt again in parts of ferguson. Angry crowds set fire to buildings and cars. Police say theres heavy automatic gun fire. Officers respond by firing tear gas and smoke cannisters. Senior Police Officers told a late night News Conference that violence was at a high
Example of steve jobs to nurture new i. T. Talent. Members of jordans air force have launched new air strikes targeting the groups Islamic State. Theyre carrying out King Abdullahs promise to avenge the killing of the pilot by waging a harsh war against the militants. Jordans staterun Television Broadcast video of f16 jets taking off from an air base and striking ground targets. Officials say dozens of planes bombed the groups Training Centers and arms depot. Military officials did not disclose where the air strikes took place. Media reports say they happened in the northern syrian city of raqqah, a major militant stronghold. People in jordan rallied in the capital amman to commemorate the pilot. They expressed their anger against his killers, and demanded retaliation. Translator we are not afraid of Islamic State militants. We will win, absolutely. Translator jordan should go allout against Islamic State. The u. S. State Department Spokesperson welcomed jordans move. Jordan which suff
Ali. We report from the streets of hong kong, where opinion remain divide after weeks of protest. Protest. After months of conflict and instability, polls have opened in ukrainian parliamentary elections. Difficult times for the extion annexation of crimea. 36,000 are registered for the elections. Correspondent Barnaby Phillips is joining us live from the capital kiev now and barnaby how is the voting going . From what weve seen, voting is going smoothly. 8 00 in the morning local time polls opened. Many people in this city are going to those polls with high expectations. Kiev was instrumental in the overthrow of president yanukovych back in february of this year. Since then, i think theres been frustration at the slow pace of reform and the feeling that the old parliament, the rada was preventing legislation from being pushed through. Whether we will see those sweeping changes or not however is a bit of a moot point. Part of the issue lies in the complicated Voting System we have in u
Militant islamist fighters have launched a counter offensive in mali as forces moved closer to the capital. French air strikes on the northern strongholds have had little effect with the rebels seizing the central town of diabaly. France has poured hundreds of troops into the town. The leader has promised reprises attacks against leaders in mali, africa, and europe. Frances and intervention in mali is raising questions frances sudden intervention in diabaly is raising questions. In mali is raising questions. How can we help our french neighbor and friend with logistical, political, humanitarian, or medical assistance . The french are trying to shore up malis embattled armed forces, which have been in disarray since last years coup. The rebels imposed sharia law and are suspected of links to the bolkiah to al qaeda. German opposition parties are calling for better coordination within the european union. When we say that what france has started is a step in the right direction, that does