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britain should stay in the european union freed at last. after 43 years in solitary confinement top story for you. police in uganda put the main opposition candidate for president underhouse arrest. it s the fourth time in a week that he has been detained. police say it s to prevent unrest after the opposition vote rigging in the poll on thursday. professional results showed that the president is on course to extend his 30 year rule. the e.u. s chief observer for the elections says the extent of force used by the police is unacceptable. it was not transparent. it was very badly organising things. and it took the trust of everyone here in uganda that we were speaking to. i would say it s a failure of the european commission. vote stuffing or rigging. we got that information from the media. we ask our observers all over the country, and i have to say that they did not confirm - they didn t witness any kind of these things which you mentioned. i speak on the findings ....
greek-macedonnen border. and nevada prepares to hold its caucus. uganda s president is celebrating his fifth election victory while his main opponent remains under house arrest. the president won 60.8% in thursday s election allowing him to extend his 30-year rule. his main rival, kizza besigye had 35.4% of the votes and declared the election a sham. we have this report. police surrounded the house of opposition leader kizza besigye as results are announced. opposition leaders from placed under house arrest. the electoral chai election chairman announced the results. the chairman acknowledged some problems and said that things largely went well. he said that this was rigging local observers say there has been strong criticism from the european union and the commonwealth observers. the electorate commission failed. it was not transparent. it was very bad at organizing things. and loses the trust of everyone here that we were speaking to. i would say it s a failure ....
cartels have left them overpaying for goods. hello, i am robin adams with the sport. barcelona just cannot stop winning. it s 52 games without a loss now for the la liga leaders which is a club record. i ll have a roundup from today s matches in spain later in the program for you. uganda s president is celebrating his fifth election victory while his main opponent remains under house arrest. the 71-year-old president won 60.8% of the vote in thursday s election, allowing him to extend his 30-year rule. his main rival, who has been detained since four times since monday, won 35.4% and has condemned the election as a sham. european union and commonwealth observers have criticized the polls which was marred by lengthy delays and violence. reporter: police surrounded the house of opposition leader as the vote count was completed. and the results announced. two other key opposition politicians were also under what they called house arrest. but police called prevent ....
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 ....
assess the damage. and in niger one of the president s rivals is behind bars. and promoting the urban garden. venezuelans are encouraged to grow their own food to combat shortages. thank you for joining us. syria has suffered two devastated sets of explosion explosions in just 24 hours. in the first homs was hit by a double car bombing in the city. at least 46 people were killed, and more than 100 injured in one of the deadliest attacks today in the government. just hours later a southern suburb of damascus suffered another explosion killing 83 people and injures dozens. 31 villages in aleppo have been effected. the u.s. secretary of state john kerry has reached a provisional agreement with russia on terms of a cease-fire in syria. we have more now from the turkish border with syria and a warning you may find some of the images in the report upsetting. two separate attacks. both involving multiple explosions and just hours apart. in two government-controlled distric ....