Thousands pay tribute to the victims of a far right extremist attack in germany. A rainy and the voting in parliamentary elections under the shadow of economic sanctions the turnout is expected to be rather low thousands of candidates have been barred from running by the Guardian Council thats irans constitutional watchdog and it includes thousands of members of parliament the u. S. Has responded by imposing new sanctions or members of that council accusing them of rigging the election dosage of arias our correspondent in tehran the iranian capital of people coming out then in large numbers as the Supreme Leader has urged them to. Well i think its a bit too early to say whether or not the turnout has been large in numbers its been only just over 4 hours since the polls opened here we are in a mosque in. Is where we are and i just 1st want to show you what the voting process looks like here the people line up outside the mosque and they make their way in where they register electronical
Sports as demonic secure the 2nd trophy in a week beating bits of rivals act on penalties in the chips and save the cup. Iranians are voting in parliamentary elections under the shadow of expanded sanctions and months after the government put down mass protests over Economic Hardship thousands of candidates mostly reformists and moderates were barred from running by the Guardian Council that is irans constitutional watchdog that includes dozens of members of the Outgoing Parliament the u. S. Responded by imposing new sanctions on members of that council accusing them of rigging the election irans leaders are calling for a high turnout so it is a new tech he said hes voting is a religious duty which we have said in the past and the truth is that elections guarantee the National Interests of iran anyone who believes in the National Interest of this country should participate. My advice is that everyone should vote with whatever it opinions they have formed and to do so early and do not l
President. But away from the pomp and pageantry for die in the latest violence over indias citizenship. Thank you for joining us the World Health Organization says the sudden increase in corona virus cases outside of china is the plea concerning Irans Health Ministry says 12 people have now died and rejected reports from an m. P. In the city of qom that the figure could actually be as high as 50 despite borders being closed and flights grounded the outbreak is spreading across the middle east she way to iraq and afghanistan have all confirmed cases in europe meanwhile 7 people have now died in italys north which has more than 220 cases thats the highest concentration outside of asia outside of china meanwhile south korea has the highest number of confirmed cases passing 800 in the last 24 hours and at least 8 people there have died china meanwhile says its postponing its annual National Peoples congress which was due to start on march the face and nearly 2600 people have died there wit
Due to be charged in connection with the murder of her 2nd wife. The deal thats supposed to be one step towards peace in afghanistan is due to begin in a few hours time the taliban and the us will begin what theyre calling a reduction of violence as of midnight if the 7 day deal proves to be a success both sides will sign an accord at the end of the month paving the way for peace talks between the taliban and other afghan groups. The u. S. Presence in afghanistan well it began in 2001 a month after the attacks of 911. 00 it launched air strikes and a Ground Invasion to remove the taliban from power more than 12000. 00 u. S. Soldiers are still in the country thousands more from nato allies and partner countries are also there some 2000. And 400. 00 american troops have been killed since the operation began and the u. S. Is estimated to have spent more than a trillion dollars on its mission them live now to washington and our correspondents rowson and jordan rose so many variables here i
Thailand joined a socalled run against dictatorship a protest through bangkok caucus demanding more democracy in the country and opposing the militarys influence in the government. Thanks for joining us angry protests have erupted in iran after the government had meted out its forces accidentally shot down a ukrainian passenger plane killing 176 people in tehran thousands of demonstrators many of them students slam the government for initially denying it was behind the disaster protesters say changes are needed to would address peoples grief and frustration i dont want to lawyers must step down the cry of angry students in front of the army could be your university into. Strong criticism of irans supreme leader. The revolutionary guards are deployed. Leave us alone at last the crowd chants. But the guards dont comply. Tear gas is used to disperse the protesters. Earlier irans military commander in chief and try to quell ill feeling the tragedy had left him inconsolable how many said. T