Different leaders. the incumbent prime minister and the former president. the choice between them also means choice between them also means choice of policy implementation. the president is a personalfriend of implementation. the president is a personal friend of russia pos met president putin and once even closer ties with russia. forthe once even closer ties with russia. for the foreign minister on the other hand, he wanted to create a good relationship with russia but looked towards the west and work with the european union on armenia pos make democratic reforms. a member of uganda s olympic squad has become the first to test positive for covid 19 on arrival injapan for the competition due to start next month. athletes staying at the olympic village in tokyo will have to take unusually strict precautions to prevent any outbreaks of the coronavirus. rupert wingfield hayes has been to the athletes village. so this is the tokyo olympic village, and it s the first chance that any of us
With something that is profoundly sacred to him and many of our elected officials, so i think it would be a cause of great embarrassment for the church and a cause of great pain for our elected officials. the election of the most religiously observant president sincejimmy carter has exposed once again the deep divisions within the catholic church. the bishops are due to meet again in november. the headlines on bbc news. england and scotland played out a goalless draw at wembley but both countries keep their hopes alive of reaching euro 2020 s knockout stage. hardliner ebrahim raisi is projected to win iran s presidential election. partial results give him a commanding lead over his nearest rivals. us catholic bishops are on a potential collision course with president biden after voting on a document that could bar him
The hardline head of thejudiciary, ebrahim raisi, has won in elections that offered no real choice for the electors and no serious challenges for him. the interior minister says he won just over 18 million votes with the lowest turnout in 42 years, since the islamic revolution in 1979. a good number of iranians have been alienating from the political process, particularly the young, many of whom are tired of living in fear. mr raisi is best known for his role in signing off on the execution of thousands of political prisoners in the 1980s. now, many iranians are dreading what might be in store for them. more restrictions on freedoms, tighter controls on social media, internet and the press, more than before,
Threaten the whole legacy of threaten power sharing here. iran s next president will be the hardline cleric, ebrahim raisi a harsh critic of the west and a close ally of supreme leader, ayatollah ali khamenei. he beat three other candidates , in a poll in which most would be candidates were barred from standing. official results announced out in the last few minutes show, mr raisi has just under 62% of the vote. let s get from bbc persian s kasra naji. can we say definitively now that he has absolutely won? can we say definitively now that he has absolutely won? yes, he is the next president has absolutely won? yes, he is the next president of has absolutely won? yes, he is the next president of iran. has absolutely won? yes, he is the next president of iran. he - has absolutely won? yes, he is the next president of iran. he has - has absolutely won? yes, he is the next president of iran. he has won| next president of iran. he has won about 18.1; million votes, and the turn
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