stopped earlier. her refusal to face the families whose lives she has destroyed his lead to renewed calls to compel convicted criminals to attend court for sentencing hearings. graham satchell, bbc news. more than half the ballots have been counted in ecuador s presidential election and left wing candidate luisa gonzalez has won the first round lousia gonzalez won just over 33 percent of the vote and goes through to the second round in poll position. she will face businessman daniel noboa azin in that second round in october. security has taken centre stage throughout the election campaign after the murder of anti corruption candidate fernando villavicencio , gunned down while leaving a campaign event this month. our south america correspondent katy watson says the shock of that moment came to define the campaign. it was just over a week left
here is one of 70 animals being cared for. but staff say at the moment they are having to stop taking in new animals. it is cuite taking in new animals. it is quite heartbreaking, - taking in new animals. it 3 quite heartbreaking, really. reoffending of a lot of phone calls, on average we have about 23 phone calls a day of people asking to surrender animals. head to the bbc news website for more stories across the uk. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. votes are being counted in ecuador after elections overshadowed by violence. security has taken centre stage in the presidential and congressional poll after the murder of anti corruption candidate fernando villavicencio, gunned down while leaving a campaign event this month. earlier, i spoke with our south america correspondent katy watson, who s in ecuador s capital, quito. i began by asking her how the assassination shaped the campaign.
passengers at stansted airport have been stranded on trains and planes after a power failure affected the entire airport site. the airport railway station was initially evacuated after its fire alarms went off. power has now been restored. you re live with bbc news. polls have closed in ecuador s elections. electoral commission said the day had passed off peacefully despite the run up to the elections being hacked by violence. earlier this month, anti corruption candidate, fernando villavicencio, was assassinated as he was leaving a campaign event. many candidates cast their votes wearing bullet proof vests and helmets. earlier, i spoke to our south america correspondent katy watson who is in the capital quito. the polls have just closed and the results should be
these pictures are from enterprise, a small community which has been burned to the ground. the prime minister, justin trudeau, has described the situation as extraordinarily serious . in ecuador, left wing candidate luisa gonzalez has won the first round of the country s presidential election. ms gonzalez will face businessman daniel noboa azin in the second round in october. security been a major focus of the election campaign after the murder of anti corruption candidate fernando villa vicencio who was shot dead while leaving a campaign event this month. our south america correspondent katy watson now reports from ecuador s capital, quito. when you need dozens of soldiers and a bullet proof curtain to be able to vote, you realise democracy s in danger. i voted with courage , says this candidate, running in place of fernando villavicencio, the politician shot dead earlier this month.
john cooper there. luisa gonzalez has won the first round of presidential elections in ecuador and will face daniel noboa in a second round of voting in october. it comes after a bloody election campaign in which one of the candidates was shot dead amid growing violence in the country. our south america correspondent katy watson now reports from ecuador s capital, quito. when you need dozens of soldiers and a bullet proof curtain to be able to vote, you realise democracy s in danger. i voted with courage , says this candidate, running in place of fernando villavicencio, the politician shot dead earlier this month. ecuadorians are still reeling from the attack on mr villavicencio, a journalist turned politician who was outspoken on corruption and organised crime, murdered as he left a campaign event. ecuador was once a peaceful country. but in the past few years, colombian and mexican drug cartels vying for lucrative routes have taken advantage of the struggling