plus. >> reporter: i am jennifer glasse in sen trough afghanistan where the province's first me mail leader is facing cultural challenges as she drives to govern. ♪ ♪ the rule party in myanmar says it will accept the results of the election. earlier a him at who has won. claiming more than september% of votes counted so far, let's go live to scott heidler who is there for us. scott, so a lot of optimism amongst the nld and its supporters. >> reporter: absolutely. yeah. no, this is -- these are estimates if you will coming from o opposition party leadership. the official results of the elections hat not come out just yet. but there are strong indications from those who have done some type of polling within the nld that they are well ahead as you just said, shiulie, 70% they say they will get. the ruling party, throughout the laugh couple of weeks going in to this campaign session, and then election day, they have said that they regardless of what the election result is, they will accept it. this is something that they have been saying quite sometime. so we are getting toward the end game where we see who won and how quickly it will be accepted and how we will move forward, if you will think but again right now it's early in the game. if will be very complexion process to tabulate all these polls, 40,000 polling centers across the country. so it's going to take some time do that. the election commission was supposed to hold a press conference at 9:00 this morning. we didn't expect the results but some idea of how they will map that out. that's been pushed back to a couple of hours from now. >> exciting times for myanmar, scott. there have been some claims of irregularities, but on the whole, this is an election that went very smoothly. >> reporter: it is. it is. and we were speaking with some election observers on polling day then also today. it did go fairly smoothly. there have been letters submitted to the election commission complaining about some irregularities but for the most part they seem to be procedural. that registered voter lists weren't posted when they were supposed to be posted. ballot boxes weren't delivered on time? some of the districts in the outer lying areas, so there have been some irregularities based on those complaints filed with the election commission. but most observers and people who observe third degree closely say that there weren't any kind of indications of mass fraud. so that hopes that it will push through with a fairly quick count on this, but, again, we still don't have real direction from the election commission when that final figure is actually going to come out. we expect it to be a couple of weeks. >> okay, scott, thanks for that. scott heidler. the australian immigration department says it's trying to bring a riot at a descension center in christmas island under control. workers have left the facility located more than 2,000-kilometers northwest of perth, for safety reasons. detainees began protesting after the death of an iranian kurdish man who h escaped at the weeks weekend the he situation escalateed with buildings on fire and fences torn down, christmas island houses asylum seekers with many facing did he deportation from australia. the australian minister for border protection answered questions in parliament about the death. >> there is obviously an inquiry surrounding the circumstances of the death of that individual. as i am advised there are no suspicion circumstances in relation to the death but the matter should probably be investigated by the australian federal police referred to corey never for a full investigation. and the government obviously will rely on that investigation in what might be the comment further never relation to that person's circumstances. >> well, max chalmers is a journalist at new matilda magazine which focuses on asylum seekers joined by skype. max thanks fox with us. first of all bring us up-to-date with what you are hearing is the situation on christmas island now. >> well, as far as we know at the moment there is a sort of a standoff that's developed. the original protest started with a small group of men in the center around 11:00 p.m. last night. it has then spread and we are hearing from reports there are about 25 men in the center and holding themselves up and are attempting to negotiate with the australian department of immigration and the guards around the center who have been removed from the center. >> what do we know about the asylum seeker's death an iranian kurdish man who was said to have psychological problems. >> look, at the moment we are still trying to confirm that. refugees groups that stay in contact with the people in the did he he tension centers suggested that is the case. we understand that he was an iranian cured, and he was somebody who had been out of detention. he had actually been found to be a refugees, he had been living in the community and had been returned to detention. now, while we are still trying to establish the particular details in this case, what we do know is that refugees can be returned to detention very easily for a number of minor offenses while they are on bridging, it can be serious criminal offense to his very low end driving offenses and w offey are returned before prosecution results so they can simply be under the suspicion of for example, driving out without a license. this man had been in immigration detention before and what we know from the immigration network is that it has been proven to leave psychological scars on the people incarcerated within it. >> a lot of concern by human rights groups about these detention sent, you know, they y are so far away, they have been accused of cruel and inhumane treatment of asylum seconders. do with know exactly how people are treated in these facilities? >> look, as a general principle, extremely poorly. even in the centers where they -- you might say they are treated well, they leave terrible impact on people. australia has a anybody of centers both on shore and offshore on png and nauru, we hear frequent accounts of sexual assaults in the centers. there are very limited media access to all of these centers so it's difficult to know what is exactly happening. as you mentioned human rights groups have been universal in their fee feedback of these plas and it's been extremely negative. we have seen a number of people die in the centers or after they have been released in to communities because of the psychological damage most infamously last year a man was murdered in the center in papa nepapanew guinea we saw anothern die after sustaining a minor foot injury. over a year later we don't know what happens in that case. interesting australia will actually b be appearing before e u.n. for its periodic review of human rights tonight and doubtless many states will be asking questions about these centers. >> max, thanks very much indeed for that interesting stuff, speaking to us live from sydney there. >> thank you. a palestinian woman has died off being shot by israeli security forces during an alleged stabbing at a checkpoint in the occupied west bank. in another incident on sunday israeli police say a palestinian man was shot dead after he drove in to a group of israelis the latest unrest comes as the israeli prime minister arrives in washington benjamin netanyahu is due to meet with u.s. president on barack obama on monday. the recent violence will be discussed. white house correspondent patty cull pain reports. >> reporter: eric powell is part of a movement on u.s. college campuses, opposing the illegal israeli occupation of the palestinian territory. >> bulldoze your homes. palestine be getting bombed and none y'all -- >> reporter: using rap to spread his message but on the eve of the visit by president betemit netanyahu he's not hopeful anything will change. >> i honestly don't see it. i honestly don't see it. he has other issues that he feels will -- i don't know how he feels personally, but that the administration will definitely see as more important or more prominent in what he needs to get done during these last few months. >> it's good once again to welcome -- >> reporter: that's exactly what top white house aids are saying conceding there lil' not be a two-state solution while the president is in office of course might not even be another round of talks sega middle growing violence they want to hear what steps the prime minister might take to build confidence. so the sides may eventually be able to talk again. the u.s. is no longer talking about reevaluating its position on the u.n. security council. they could have allowed a resolution to pass that would have demanded a final settlement within a certain amount of time. analyst jim manly believes they won't likely take that step. >> he would probably get opposition from some democrats up for reelection. anxious to strengthen their tied with israeli. >> reporter: the president could do it without congress but it would be unpopular. the israelis have the upper hand in public opinion. when asked if the u.s. should support israel even if their interests diverge, 45% agreed. 47% said the u.s. should pursue its own interests. for its part, israel is look going a long-term financial agreement. and an increase in the $3 billion it gets from the u.s. each year. some sorters have be urging the u.s. to give israel a new bomb called the massive ordinance penetrator it would be capable of hitting iran's underground nuclear facility. >> providing israel with that bomb would prevent the united states from being able to restrain israel should it feel necessary to strike iran's nuclear program. and that's where, you know, i think the u.s. is probably keen not to give up that leverage are to delay giving that up leverage as long as it possibly can. >> reporter: the relationship between the two leaders has always been tense. never more so than now. after prime minister netanyahu personally lobbied congress to kill the iran deal. without asking the u.s. president first. but the u.s. is sending the message they want to put the tension behind them. it's not what powell was hoping to hear. >> time for us to fight for liberation, raise it up out of the dust that's enough with the cages. >> reporter: the message from the white house, this isn't the time for that. patty culhane, al jazeera, washington. croatia's conservative opposition has claimed a narrow victory in parliamentary elections. dominated bite refugees crisis. but the winning party will now face tough talks to form a coalition government. a report from i zagreb. >> reporter: the state elect to recall commission is count the votes and will count throughout the night the final count will be known throughout the afternoon or the next came. giving advantage to center lights coalition led by croatian democratic union ahead of currently ruling center left social democrats coalition. interestingly croatia has a new star on its political sky, bridge of independence list, this political party was founded only three years ago, a few days ago they signed a statement saying they will not go in to post election coalition with neither of the two biggest coalitions but will support the minority government if they accept their plan of reforms in the public sector. now they are the third political party in croatia. now, all options are open post lex hard talk has already begun as current prime minister opened the bridge cooperation and president of the opposition coalition croatian democratic union declared victory. what will happen in the next few days will determine if croatia will go left or right for the next four years. still to come here on al jazeera, no hope of going home. south sudanese refugees say a camp in kenya say much safer option. >> reporter: and i am terrik bassly at the world robot olympic i can't here in qatar. the world' smartest young mind have come together to battle for robot supremacy. ♪ ♪ welcome back. the top stories on al jazeera myanmar's ruling party says they will accept the results of the election. the national league for democracy party is claiming more than 70% of votes counted. australia says it's trying to bring a riot at a controversial immigration detention center on christmas island under control. did hdetainees began frosting aa man died after escaping over the weekend. croatia's on the since party has claimed a narrow victory in parliamentary elections but now they will face tough talks to form a coalition government. human rights watch says more than 400,000 syrian refugees children living in turkey are unable to continues their education, despite a government policy that formally grant them access to public schools. human rights watch is calling on turk and it's international community to insure schooling for refugees children. warn, the lack of education could have dangerous consequences for an entire generation. the report says that there are 700,000 syrian refugees children of school-going age currently in turkey. only 200,000 of them were attending classes in the previous school year. a language barrier and financial issues are being blamed. houthi rebels have launch a major offensive in southern yemen recapturing several villages from the military. pro-government soldiers are warning without immediate support from the saudi-led coalition they may lose more ground. >> reporter: houthi fighters hold ground in the southern city. pro-government troops have retreated. outgunned and out numbered, they are waiting for reinforcements. >> translator: houthis are still capallable of sending fighters and ammunition from sanaa to the main front lines in taiz. >> reporter: seven months after the start of the saudi-led air strikes, houthi fighters are far from defeated. they have attacked a saudi military post in the border town. after hours of fighting, the houthis took control of the military post. destroyed armored vehicles before retreating. as the fighting continues across yemen, more civilians are continue to go die. including family members when their car was attacked on a busy road. >> translator: rockets fell on taiz city fired by the houthis. a boy and a girl and their father were killed. the mother survived, but she is in serious condition. >> reporter: local activists blame the houthis and forces loyal to former president saleh. the continuing fighting threatens to undermine effort to his get yemen's warring factions to agree on a ceasefire and start political talks scheduled for the end of this month. al jazeera. two serbian embassy workers have been kidnapped in libya following an attack on the ambassadors convoy. libya has seen a number of kidnappings in the last year, including those of the jordanian ambassador and a tunisian diplomat. a member of the team investigating the metro jet plane crash in egypt has tote routers they are 90% certain it was caused by a bomb. the flight came down in the sinai peninsula killing 224 people. a member of the egyptian investigation has reported to have said a noise heard in the final second i've cockpit recording indicates an explosion causcaused by a bomb. egyptian investigative reporter and human rights activist has been detained and questioned by military prosecutors. he is accused of publishing false information that may harm national security. his lawyer says expect he will be formally charged as early as monday. egypt's government says freedom of expression is guaranteed under law, but it has more journalists in its prisons than ever before. nineties thousand people from south sudan are living in a refugees camp in kenya. most don't want to return home. they escaped fighting between ribs and the government and despite a peace deal they say they are still not convinced it's safe. malcolm webb reports from northern kenya. >> reporter: it when soldiers attacks aville anyone south sudan last year, she didn't even know which side they were fighting for. now she lives with her children in this refugees camp. during the fire fight she was shot in the neck. doctors here were able to remove the bullet. despite a recent peace agreement she doesn't want to go back. >> translator: south sudan is not okay. i say this because i saw my husband, muyco wife and one of my children being killed in that war. so i do not have nicole of goiny hope of going back. >> reporter: she's among 90,000 south sue doon east living here, the u.n. who run the camp say most a lived during the last conflict that began in 13. following many months of scaled talks and growing international pressure. they sign aid peace deal in august. refugees don't have confidence in it. and shouldn't didn't even know it was signed. there are dust storms and month rain for that reason the camp managers can only turn on the water taps for a couple of hours each day n the rainy season it floods a lot. puddles can form like that which can be a breeding ground for mosquitoes spreading malaria and other infectious diseases but it's a better life and a safer one than what people picture they would get if they went back home. 10s of thousand people came here the piece deal led to a. >> referee: done in the south. it was a time of hope. this sign explained the new government to refugees here. most went home but hopes faded with fighting took over the new nation two years ago. civilians bore the bankrupt of it. these men have lived through generations of conflict. as elders their views lead the rest of the community and they are not pop at this mystic. >> translator: if it truly is peaceful, i have seen it of b we went home once before. if fighting-y ropes results again we would have do come back here and still be stuck in the camp or have to request resettlement in another country. so we don't have hope of going home. >> reporter: basketball is a favorite sport in south sudan. here the refugees have formed a league. back home he had 234eubg groups have been pitted against each other in battle for decades. in the camp. teams from different communities play each other. for the most. this is where they see their futurer. mom come webb, kenya. hopes of finding any survivors from thursday's massive mudslide in brazil are quickly fading. rescue crews are still searching for more than 28 people missing after two dams burst. the state government says it's unlikely anyone will be found alive. hundreds of homes were destroyed when a huge wall of mud hit the village. people in the afghan province of gore say they have been neglected by the government and the u.s. coalition meant to protect them it's one of the largest and most isolated in the country. it has been sheltered from the worst of the conflict from the taliban but the people say isolation has also meant they get little support from the afghan government. warlords with their heavily armed fighters have had free reign to impose their own there are. and conservative laws and women in particular have suffered discrimination and abuse the. in the first of a certainly series on people in the remote province al jazeera's jennifer glasse spoke to women who are fighting for improve their lives. >> reporter: she is the first female governor of gore provin province. she says she wants to bring more prosperity and accountability and improve women's rights. she knows to do that the province needs proper and adequate security. >> translator: you have encouraged us that with your help we can build, develop, promote education and advance all other parts of the lives of the people of ghor province. the security that you are providing us helps us work. >> reporter: and she welcomes the fact that there are women forces present. they appreciate her too. >> translator: we were in our homes a few years ago, we cannot go out. now that we have a fee nail governor she should honestly serve us. >> reporter: on this day, the soldiers are demonstrating how they would get hostile fighters out of an afghan home. she says many anti-government armed groups in the province hide within the population. governor says she tries to get out amongst the people as much as she can coming to things like this, her first police exercise or walking with people in the market. not just staying in her office. she makes surprise visits to ministries to check attendances, to make sure people are doing their jobs. and as went air preaches, she checks that shop keepers aren't overcharging for food and cloth so the people of ghor can afford them. >> translator: even though she's a woman we are very proud she cares about the problems of our people and our homeland. >> reporter: but she also has her opponents. several demonstrators have called for her to be fired. she says that's because she's a woman. ahead of the provincial council denies that. >> we hope to god that this governor will be replaced. she doesn't have enough education. she's not patient. she's a governor who doesn't want any advice. she does everything her own way. >> reporter: she says the officials oppose her because thethey wanted to build shop ons government land and she refused. >> translator: they decided before i came that they didn't want me. after i came, the main reason they opposed me is because of their illegal demands that i wouldn't accept. they never gave me any advice for the good of the people or for the development of the people's lives. >> reporter: she is from ghor. extra incentive she says to succeed as governor, he she says she will do her best despite the challenges. if she fails she is worried critics wail is a she failed balls she's a woman. jennifer glasse, al jazeera, central afghanistan. billions of dollars of aid have been spent in afghanistan but not much of it has been seen in ghor. almost no homes there have running water, electricity costs 20 times what it does in the capital kabul. we'll take closer look at that in part two of our series on afghanistan's forgotten province. that's on al jazeera on tuesday at 02 gmt. now, 3,000 of the world's brightest young scientists and en nears have gathered in qatar for the 12th world robot olympiad. our technology he had word went to meet them. >> reporter: with two and a half hours to finalize and then build their robots they must deliver the correct blocks to the top of the correct mountain. no easy feat when it has to operate without human intervention. this year's event brings together more 3,000 young robot enthusiasts from more than 45 countries all intend on learning and showing off their skills. >> we have different designs and different diamondback designs has an advantage and we can talk to each other and know about the advantages and we have learned from them. >> it makes our brain more advanced. >> no matter how big or small your robot is you just are velshi to imagine it. >> youly tone the people talking about interesting things and you learn about it. >> reporter: some are designed to extract things from dangerous places, each team was judged on their creatively and ingenuity. >> we have seen something that is way out of the box and still in the theme, but something we didn't have seen before and expected whatsoever. that's been really cool to see. like someone who found microorganisms which you can say a natural resource. >> reporter: and then there is football. 2,000 man hours with thousands people each player. [ inaudible ] of generations but add to it a robotics and some of the smartest young mind in the world and you have a serious global sporting event. >> when you look at what they have been able to do and program these robots to do, it's really absolutely incredible. so obviously, you know, that gets people interested. if signs is fun or if education is fun, then people will be interested. and be interested in becoming the scientists and the engineers of the future. >> reporter: a malaysian team takes the title. but the consensus is that bringing so many young people from around the world together in the name of technology, is a winning formula. terrik bassly, al jazeera, doha. and you can keep up-to-date with all of the day's news on our website, aljazeera.com. or a kurdish state should teenage girls be forced to share a bathroom with a transgender girl if it makes them uncomfortable. and how the keystone xl pipeline brought out the worst in all. >> "third rail". >> we have run special ops. really, this is an extension of what we were continuing to do president obama insisting a