Has eight hundred and fourteen million voters head to the polls in the first of nine stages to elect a time watching the screen cap for joining us first of this monday in rwanda commemorations are being held to mark the twentieth anniversary of the genocides for three months in nineteen ninety four. Some eight hundred thousand people mostly tutsis were slaughtered. I could to malaysia. Rwandan president paul gandhi had just lit a flame at the Memorial Center in on the flame will burn for one hundred days the length of the massacre. Cats georgia kelvin smith is at the stadium and going out with a commemoration ceremony will take place. Georgette the grief over the genocide today is being slightly overshadowed by these renewed claims of france was complicit in the killings to the point where the french ambassador to rwanda has reportedly been barred from the proceedings altogether what he tells about that well it is really rather unfortunately trying to stop and get the nice comments tha
Investment between the two nations. No people could eat whatever. The agreement represents an historically significant event in strengthening our bilateral relationship. Not pretty when we get there. I will work to sign the deal as soon as possible these government officials agreed to lower tariffs on australian beef kelly at two thirty eight point five percent the lowest had some frozen beef to nineteen point five percent in eighteen years and in whats called chilled beef to twenty three point five percent in fifteen years chile meters in it and agreed to abolish its current five percent levy on Japanese Cars in about three years the county also plans to lift tariffs on autopilot by twenty nineteen eighty three the two countries in two thousand while the top fifty seven billion dollars. That makes us daily in japans fifth largest trade partner to advise most of its beef imports from australia beat mostly ends up in her knickers and other tissues and chain restaurants deadpan will like
South korean ferry sinks. Teenagers were ordered to stay in their cabins by the crew. Millions of iraqis have braved the threat of attacks to vote in the countrys first parliamentary elections since u. S. Troops left three years ago. The Prime Minister is hoping for a third term in office, but with more than 300 Political Parties no block is expected to win the majority. Reporter major parts of iraq look like this. Empty streets and vigilant security men at check point bs. Its to secure iraqs largest democratic exercise since u. S. Troops left three years ago. Voters in their thousands have to walk to polling stations across the country. Translator i came here to participate in the General National Election to vote for two will contribute to building and serving iraq. Reporter despite a van on vehicles and curfew like conditions attackers still managed to hit a few areas. Translator we have come to vote today to choose a candidate to ask the new government to help build a free and demo
Cheese and fresh positions of sinful man wanders genocide on grants to cancel its participation. Patients assessed value marks twenty years since his last years this is called to tell her to the indian ocean are encouraging me in. But theres still no confirmation the acoustics are amazing place and the seventy. Gary and the polls this sunday the countrys controversial minister at this party boys to stay in power. On the left and far right battle for second place. Thus the top stories to post antecedents for joining us. First its been twenty years since rwandas genocide and one hundred days of bloodshed some eight hundred thousand lives were claimed in the minority tutsis major commemorations will be held in qatar in marking the somber anniversary in a change of events france has announced it will not be attending the ceremonies as planned. This after fresh accusations by rwandas president of france was actively involved in the atrocities because i kept external reports that the weather
The anguish their parents are feeling right now. In london with all of the latest in rome including decision time. People in Eastern Ukraine get ready for a crucial and c controversial refer endsum. Medical records suggest an al jazeera journalist on Hunger Strike could die without urgent treatment. The African National congress has officially been declared the winner in south africas general election. The anc has fallen just short of a twothirds minority taking 62 of that vote. It secured 249 seats in the national assembly, losing 15 seats. Thats the lowest number its held in 20 years. Leading opposition party, the Democratic Alliance, picked up less than a quarter of the votes but it actually made the biggest gains in parliament, securing 89 seats, 22 more representatives than the last election. And thats the highest number it has ever held. President jacob zuma says terror. Tod today marks the 20th anniversary of the day on which president Nelson Mandel a a was the first. We dedicat