Said the unusually high number of candidates was causing delays in the verification process. But a spokesman for the opposition said the situation was unacceptable and suggested that something unusual was going on it is every Citizen Strike to demand that the results are produced in reasonable time ok the fact that the results far right essential that its just next door just have not been released by upright by midday today is inappropriate and suggests that something wrong is happening weve been here before. As tensions remain high in the country the International Community is becoming increasingly concerned with governments calling for restraint on all science. Well for more tonight im joined by any cross he is a member of zimbabwes Opposition Party the movement for Democratic Change and he is a former parliamentarian mr Cross Its Good to have you on the program tonight the opposition your party is claiming that this long delay in releasing the president ial results is
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Also coming up almost one hundred dead in indonesias second earthquake in a week and the death toll is expected to rise but the islands of long in bali worst affected plus. A ball of fire on an italian highway a tanker truck explodes ripping a hole through an eight lane overpass the least two people were killed dozens injured. All. Golf its good to have you with us u. S. President donald trump has signed an Executive Order re imposing sanctions on iran those sanctions scheduled to take effect in just a few hours from now the move comes three months after the u. S. Pulled out of the twenty Fifteen International nuclear deal with iran and irans president has. Rouhani today saying that the u. S. Challenges from Anti Western Hardliners in tehran i mean how serious are these really imposed sanctions for his leadership. I mean look if you if you look if you think about what president rouhani was aiming at he wanted to normalize trade with iran and basically enter the era without any sanction
know why the whale the young male die only around twenty five hundred blue whales still exist after commercial whaling nearly wiped them out. are now to zimbabwe where tensions are still running high a week after the country s first elections since the ousting of robert mugabe the victory of the long ruling zandu p.f. party is being disputed by the opposition m.d.c. as the country struggles to recover from post-election violence religious leaders have been praying for peace it is a difficult time especially for those burying their dead correspondents melanie corrida ball and adrian krege sent us this report. friends and family paid their respects to sue on the fourth and final journey the mother of two was killed in zimbabwe as post-election violence last week she was on her way home when she got caught in the crossfire hit in the back by soldiers
a sign of fraud has this election been rigged. i think the city being manipulated. whether it s been rigged in a traditional way isn t is a moot point i think it s been running very intelligent and and i think they re going to get away with it but as a consequence is a great deal of suspicion and process and anger at the results that have been already so far mr cross that s as quite a statement there they re going to get away with it so in other words the ruling zandu p.f. party with mr manning gone as president is going to get away with an unfair election result well they ve done that five times in the last twenty years every election i ve participated in this country since independence has been wreaked to some extent and it s become the norm and it is the norm in many african states. we re struggling to get back to
well there is no reason to believe that zimbabwe s president robert mugabe will step down voluntarily anytime soon after a bloodless military coup last week and after mugabe s zandu p.f. party sacked him as party leader on sunday mugabe delivered an address to the nation on television last night talking not about his exit but about his part in a healing of national wombs he ignored a new deadline today to resign so what will it take well tomorrow parliament will convene in the capital harare and impeachment is expected to top the agenda change cannot come fast enough for many in zimbabwe especially for those who have suffered under their president s fist. christine has this report from the zimbabwean kaput. linda became an activist after losing her job