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Transcripts For ALJAZAM Weekend News 20160220



prepared to call a referendum on whether u.k. should stay in the european union and cullan smashes a record in his final test match. details later in the programme beginning the newshour in uganda where police put the main opposition candidate under rest. it s the fourth time he has been detained. police say it is to stop unrest after vote rigging in the poll. results show the president is on course to extend his 30 year recall. malcolm webb is in the capital kampala. reporter: police have described this as house arrest. to keep people safe. the chief observer of the european elections joins us. has the election been free and fair? it s difficult it answer it directly. there were elements promising for the future of the country. the people, taking part in the election and voting - they have tries many things, bringing it to the attention. opposition arrival for the residents. so i think the country has come close to achieve that, to us. and the opposition says i ....

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robin adams with the sports stories. bars lena with 52 games with a club records. uganda s president yoweri museveni wins the election while his opponent is in house arrest. now his main rival, kizza besigye won 35.4% of the vote. highways condemned the election as a sham. the european union and commonwealth observers have criticized the poll which was markedly length marred by lengthy delays and violence. the vote count was completed and the ultimates announced. two other key politicians were under what they called house arrest, but the police called preventive arrangements. at the vote center the election chairman announced the results. the chairman acknowledged some problems but said things had largely gone well. the opposition said that this was rigged. and observers saying there is strong criticism from european union and commonwealth. it was very badly organized. and betrayed the trust of everyone here. i would like to call a failure on the commission. ....

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plus tonight i am suspending my campaign bowing out by jeb bush from the u.s. presidency we re closer to a ceasefire than we have been. that was the message from the u.s. secretary of state john kerry and jordan s foreign minister as they spoke earlier about syria. kerry said that the u.s. and russia have reached a provincial agreement about a pause in fighting which could begin in the coming days. what we have agreed on provisionally, i won t go into the details of it, because it needs to be consulted fully with the other parties and, as i said, our hope is that the two presidents will talk as soon as that is appropriate and then we proceed forward to the implementation. why is it important to do this? somebody asked me the other day. why not have the ceasefire tomorrow morning? you know, why wait a week? because a ceasefire requires an understanding of obligations. you have to be specific about who is doing what, about what is required of each, and if you want ....

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tight security 40 elections in ni 1y6789 er. 21 arrests after accusationsj e 21 arrests after accusations investors are alleged to have been ripped off by peer to peer lending services. syria has suffered two devastating sets of ex mroesz in the past 24 hours. in the first, the city of homs was hit by a double car bombing. at least 46 people were killed and more than 100 others injured. the car bombs targeted the zara area of the city home to many members of the assad s allowhite section section: 30 people were killed and injuring dozens. government forces captured 31 villages in the north from isil. the u.s. secretary of state john kerrrk is saying he has reached an agreement with russia on the terms of a cease-fire in syria. zeina has more and a warning that you may find some images disturbing. multipleplosions and just hours apart in two government controlled districts in syria. the mainly shia district, the other, mainly allowhite neighborhood in central syria. in ....

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votes. also, a lament for crimeastartars. an unlikely entry to the euro vision contest. in sport, chelsea are into the quarter finals. manchester city sides 5-1 as the manage are maintains unbeat be runs in the competition. . the syrian cities of homms and damascus have been hit by multiple bomb blasts. at least 75 people are killed and more than 100 others injured in the area of homm. home to many members of the assad s allowhite sect. a southern suburb was hit by a number of explosions killing 30 people. the so-called islamic state of the iraq in the levant has claimed responsibility for that attack. those governments,thy 31 villages. this as u.s. secretary of state john kerry said he reached a professional grooment with russia in terms of a cease-fire. zeina has more on the turkish border. you may find some images in her report upsetting. two separate attacks, both involving multiple explosions and just hours apart in two government controlled districts in ....

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