Demand action on citement change. Pope francis goes to the warn torn capital of the central republic. Theres optimism that a knew era has begun in burkina faso. Poles have been open now in the first flee and Fair Elections in decades. Free and Fair Elections in decades. Anyone under the age of, what, 48 will never have voted in an election quite like this. What is at stake here . Reporter theres a lot at stake. As you say there, anyone who is less than 48 would not have voted in an election that has not been dominated by the former president Blaise Comparore. We have been witnessing some shock, but orderly queues in the country, 17,000 poll station is is. There are about 14 president ial candidates, two of them women and they will be there is a lot of excitement that this will herber in a new political reality and democracy in this country. The road to this day has been bumpy. A last minute hunt for votes. With threequarters of the countrys population of 17 million under the age of 30
After during huge crowds in uganda the pope heads towards the Central African republic. An air strike has killed at least 20 people in a market in syria. It happened in the town. It was a russian air strike. What more do we know about this . Reporter activists say that the air strike targeted a crowded market in the town of ariha in idlib and they say it was a russian fighter there that targeted the area. There has been an intensified air strikes today across the country in aleppo, in latakia, idlib and also the outskirts of the capital damascus and Syrian Opposition says most of the air strikes were launched by russian war planes. It is one of the areas where the Syrian Government suffered major setback this year when the pro syrian Army Launched an offence itch and recaptured all of dlib becoming the second major area to fall under the control of the rebels which was later taken over by i. S. I. L. Thanks for that. Series civil wall syrias war is the cause of the refugee crisis. The
Pope urges action to tack emclimate change. Tackle breaking new. Lebanese army has received the body of a soldier killed by news Road Accident front rebels in a long awaited Prisoner Exchange deal. More soldiers are expected to be handed over on the lebanese syria border. A number of soldiers will be freed by the rebels in exchange for the release of prisoners held by the government. Burkina faso has a new president after a year of turmoil. Roch mark kabore won more than 5 pa of the vote. Sundays president ial elections were the first since an uprising in october last year that led to Blaise Comparore resigning after 27 years in office. Al jazeera moham ed ado has more. Reporter celebrations in the results of the elections. Former Prime Minister mac mac was proclaimed the winner. He will be the first civilian leaders in almost five decades. In his victory speech he promised to follow through on his campaign promises. Translation we owe to those who sacrificed their lives for their coun
Taken to tackle climate change. Lebanese army has exchanged prisoners. 16 cap tav soldiers have been released in exchange for prisoners held by the lebanese government. The former wife of i. S. I. L. Leader was among those freed. The Lebanese Army also received the body of one of its soldiers killed by alnusra front last year. They were part of 40 sol verse who were seed in august last year. The armed groups, the alnusra front and i. S. I. L. Were responsible for the kidnappings. The nusra front freed soldiers in august. Joining me now from beirut is middle east analyst. Good to have you with us. The picture that we saw a few minutes earlier there, fighters openly standing exchanging prisoners with the sovereign state. No strikes taking place. Doesnt that speak to how important this deal must be perceived to be . That is going to be a harsh one, specifically that the alnusra front is being surrounded in those areas without having any access to the lebanese territory in order to exchang
After during huge crowds, pope francis heads to Central African republic. Optimism that a new era has begun in burkina faso. Polls have been open for an hour there for the first free and Fair Elections in decades. Our correspondent is in a polling station in the capital. Anyone under the age of 48 wont have voted in an election quite like this. Whats at stake . Reporter a lot is at stake and theyre voting in this historic election is well underway. Some people have been in the queues for about three or four hours waiting patiently to cast their vote. There are ten queues like this one. 70,000 other polling station are across the country and about 5. 5 Million People have registered to vote in this election. The people of burkina faso were ruled by Blaise Comparore. There is a high turn out. They were expected to have been held last month, but they had been postponed because of a coup that was carried out by supporters of Blaise Comparore, particularly his president ial escort. What we