Courtroom as the sentence was read out against these members of Civil Society now were talking about former journalist economist artists that have been sentenced to jail time because the judges say they have incentive violence following a following last week protests against alpha condit attempt to change the constitution and state and extend his time in power now these protests led to 10 people being killed 70 injured and hundreds being arrested now in the Civil Society remain defiant and plan more processed meanwhile for calm day is in russia attending the africa russia summit before it took off for this summit he said he would stay in power as long as god will allow him to meanwhile the kremlin has backed him as guinea is a former soviet outpost its rich in minerals and the russians have interests in this country the African Union the united nations. And the European Union are calling for more dialogue as the opposition plans more protests because the legislative elections that were
President ial election and states vote has the potential to be one of the tightest races in the countrys history president mark whats in mississippi says hes confident his Botswana Democratic Party will win another term in office but a united opposition is posing the 1st viable challenge to the ruling party since botswanas independence 53 years ago. At least 5 civilians including 2 children have been killed in yemen and an airstrike by the Saudi Coalition the attack targeted a moving vehicle and the Northwestern Province on tuesday the u. N. Says millions are in need of humanitarian aid as tens of thousands of children die every year from malnutrition. Has more on the human toll of yemens conflict and a warning his report contains some distressing images. From severe money to his grandmother from the worst she says the father died in their long journey from and womens north problems how to tell my grandson has been suffering from malnutrition since we would have shot im afraid to lose
Hi anthony ok and youre in the stream today the kurds in syria how will turkeys plan to establish a safe zone in Northern Syria impact the regions kurdish population if you have questions or comments on this issue well try to get them answered so share your thoughts with us via twitter or in our live you tube chat. A 5 day ceasefire has just ended in Northern Syria and now turkey and russia are ready to establish a safe so the Syrian Refugees so what does this mean for the kurds who are already living that following the sudden withdrawal of u. S. Troops from the region turkey embarked on operation peace spring a military plan a tent on pushing kurdish Led Syrian Democratic forces away from the syria turkey border its goal is to create an area where Syrian Refugees could be repatriated after a week of fighting with Kurdish Forces turkey agreed to a 5 day ceasefire last thursday that despite that agreement shelling and other military action have been reported and around 180000 civilians
meanwhile, his opponent, kemal kilicdaroglu, said it was the most unfair election in years and that he felt saddened by the troubles awaiting turkey. our senior international correspondent, orla gerin, reports from the turkish capital ankara. the recep tayyip erdogan juggernaut rolls on. and tonight in the turkish capital, the streets belong to his supporters, who have stuck with him through thick and thin and hyperinflation. translation: we are blessed that our president is leading us again. there is no better feeling than this. let the world hear it. he is the leader who has taught the entire world a lesson. and here he was, serenading supporters, or trying to. from a bus top near his home in istanbul, having beaten off the biggest challenge in years. the only winner, he said, is turkey before stoking divisions with an attack on the opposition and the lgbtq community. earlier he handed out cash outside a polling station, like a modern day sultan. one who has now ext
where a pivotal presidential election is heading to the wire. with more than 91% of ballots counted, neither current president recep tayyip erdogan nor his most fierce rival kemal kilicdaroglu have cleared the threshold to win outright on sunday. the head of turkey s high election board said not long ago that mr erdogan was leading with a9.49%, while kilicdaroglu had 4a.49% of votes. now, if neither can clear 50%, there will be a run off election. our international correspondent orla guerin is in ankara, and has more on what s at stake in this election. people talk excitedly a tense moment in a tight election. here in ankara, voters spotted two people in one polling booth. the police were called in. the ballot box matters in turkey, and the opposition are on the lookout for fraud. this is a pivotal vote which could mean the end of the erdogan era. president erdogan s supporters insist he is going nowhere. this man tells us he will still be president tomorrow because he always