Democratic republic of congo the country is choosing a successor a long time strongman leader Joseph Kabila after years of delay opposition parties are already calling the poll that. Found after a senegalese player was subjected to racist abuse at a recent match supporters of a tally of the club not only take a stand against discrimination in football. Im on your kids mackinnon thanks so much for joining me bangladesh has one hundred million votes has all go into the polls today in an election thats been marred by violence and allegations of political suppression by the ruling posse Prime Minister Shaikh Hasina is expected to win a comfortable victory and claim a third consecutive term. Shes been praised for taking in hundreds of thousands of ranger refugees who were fleeing neighboring it mean mom but critics accuse her of silencing political opponents including her tribal. Is currently imprisoned on corruption charges around six hundred thousand security personnel have been stationed
The regimes of force will break down the situation with an expert on the region. And egypt says its Security Forces have killed forty suspected terrorists in raids one day after a deadly attack near the kids appear. On call naslund welcome to the Program Final campaigning has wrapped up in bangladesh as the country prepares for elections on sunday one hundred four million voters in the predominantly Muslim Country are eligible to cast their ballots Prime Minister shaikh has seen a is thinking seeking her third term in office and her fourth overall tensions are running high in the country the opposition says thousands of their supporters have been arrested by authorities at least ten people have been killed and hundreds injured. In preelection violence. A former Prime Minister and the leader of the main Opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party has been barred from running shes serving prison time for corruption a move the opposition says is politically motivated opinion polls put a siena
Im calm assman welcome to the program. Final campaigning has wrapped up now in bangladesh as the country prepares for elections on sunday one hundred four million voters and the predominantly Muslim Country are eligible to cast their ballots Prime Minister shaikh sina is think seeking her third consecutive term in office and fourth overall tensions are running high in the country the opposition says thousands of their supporters have been arrested by authorities and at least ten people have been killed and hundreds injured in preelection violence. A former Prime Minister and the leader of the main opposition in Bangladesh Nationalist Party has been barred from running shes serving prison time for corruption a move that the opposition says is politically motivated opinion polls put hussien on coal. Yes for a resoundingly win on sunday but the two women have been locked in a decades long fight for control of. Even if you can find a few posters of a kind it as a hanging across dhaka she w
And bangladesh stepped up security ahead of sundays general election well look at the two main candidates in buying some lead the countrys one hundred sixty million people. A minute trips mckinnon thanks so much for joining me. Turkey appears to be amassing more troops in preparation for a possible strike on syrian kurds Turkish Television station i h a has broadcast images of what it says is a large convoy of Turkish Military vehicles heading to the border with syria and curfews the Kurdish Militia in Northern Syria as terrorists and has announced a military offensive against them Kurdish Forces have been left vulnerable since the shock announcement that their ally the United States will withdraw all its troops from syria because of now and sit in alliance with the city with Syrian Government forces who claim they have entered the flashpoint town of man bitch. And for the latest from syria lets cross now to news and shall vora who joins me from beirut high and child a syria says it ha
A fraud. And people in the democratic republic of congo await the outcome of sundays netball president ial election as the ballots are counted tensions remain high following allegations of widespread voting irregularities. Im christine one go welcome to the program. People in new zealand are ringing in the new year these are live pictures from oakland the first major city in the world to welcome twenty nine thousand. I. Thought. Id next to welcome the new year is new zealands neighbor all straight well be bringing you pictures from sydney and new years updates from around the globe as people say goodbye sweet eighteen and hello twenty ninety. Abunimah dishes Prime Minister shake has seen a has secured a third term in office ofter a landslide victory in the countrys divisive National Elections the Electoral Commission says the scene this Coalition Won two hundred eighty eight out of three hundred seats in parliament but opposition members have rejected the results as richt amid widespre