time the polls have now closed in bolivia and elections that will determine whether left wing president evo maher as will be given an unprecedented 4th term in office. by manuscripts mckinnon thanks so much for joining us protesters in hong kong are defying police and recent attacks on pro-democracy activists to attend an authorized march police and protesters clashed when officers charged at protesters and fired tear gas and water cannon a protest as have steps to barricades and the demonstrations all pushing for more democratic freedom in the semi autonomous chinese territory tensions are high off to a prominent rally organizer and an activist handing out flyers were brutally attacked earlier in the week. and for the very latest we're going to cross to d.w. correspondent charlotte shelf impale who is in hong kong for us charlotte tell us what is happening right now way you are. and you know it's been another extremely violent evening this evening police and protesters for hours were really playing a cats and mouse game in this area that we're in at the moment protesters would gather p

and polls have closed in bolivia an unprecedented 4th term remains uncertain for a left wing president able to run this. a 1000000 blue cross thanks for joining us in hong kong protesters attended a march despite authorities efforts to ban it protesters have blocked streets and set fire to barricades police met the under arrest with tear gas and water cannon this is part of months of widespread outrage by residents who see their semiautonomous freedom getting sold out in mainland china. tensions are particularly high after a protest leader and another activist were brutally attacked earlier this week i. protest went on into the night defying a ban by police by then things had descended into chaos. i don't see from the reporter and her camera man were confronted by police that the nothing was happening now that you know who did the guy was look it was the authorities had forbidden the rally in a high end shopping district some protesters said they were simply there to check out the merchandise. my i just want to disprove the song was fast. paced the my stuff from the from the office of

leftist evo morales has governed bolivia for the past 13 years and he took the lead in pre-election polls to form a cocoa pharma has improved conditions for the country's indigenous population pones now has a modern climate friendly cable car network the economy has been growing for years thanks mainly to bolivia is gas exports. but moron his candidacy is controversial as the constitution bans him from running for a 4th time. forth the effort this instead the perception is that the president has deliberately ignored the rule so. many bolivians that morales believe nor the results in future to. proceed in that that may be a letter that the president is also facing criticism for the fires that ravished bolivia's rain forest this year the backlash could cost him the election. the european union is reportedly set to grant the u.k. a 3 month bret's that extension if prime minister boris johnson cannot get the deal he struck with brussels popped past m.p.'s in the coming week u.k. lawmakers voted on saturday to postpone ratifying the proposed breck's a deal struck between johnson and the e.u. n

and polls have closed in bolivia and an unprecedented 4th term remains uncertain for a left wing president able to rally. and win blue cross thanks for joining us in hong kong protesters have defied an official ban and staged a pro-democracy rally that descended into chaotic scenes is parts of part of months of widespread outrage by residents who see their semi autonomous freedom getting sold out to mainland china tensions are particularly high after a protest leader at another activist were brutally attacked earlier this week. protests went on into the night defying a ban by police by then things had descended into chaos. i don't feel the reporter and her camera man were confronted by police and the company was not you're going to die if you take the lead you want the authorities had forbidden the rally in a high end shopping district some protesters said they were simply there to check out the merchandise. my response to this through. the 5. days it was from my. perfect office and the. fact that. the stakes seem to be rising sunday's violence follows the stabbing and beating of 2 pro-dem

with the news hour live from london much more still ahead protests continue in bolivia of the disputed presidential election result there as the united nations now is calling for an audit of the vote poorly trained pilots and aircraft flows the damning report by indonesian investigators into last year's lynette crash. and european champions liverpool win a legal battle to change that can't manufacture it to nike a deal that un's unless money leo will have the team. tell us about right. now thousands of protesters have gathered in chile as capital santiago for a 7th day of demonstrations against the government at least 19 people have been killed so far in the unrest which started over a hike in metro but has since evolved into wider frustration over social inequality and they can see people continuing to gather in the capital santiago to voice their opposition with the government calling for a change of money rappler is also there and joins us now and we have truck drivers today the latest group to join these protests causing promises and gridlock on some of the riots there in santiago.

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jackie believe it is camille's today bolivia has to pass return to the past we'll continue with our change surely we must continue with our change next sunday don't abandon me you have never abandoned me we want to continue working together to show that bolivia is full of hope. people here who support him working him because he's consistently been able to grow the economy and significantly over the . muslims awful has lifted them and he's the source of your future we have he's also particularly used the country's wealth in natural gas for social programs . has built schools he's made things better it wasn't like up before i met. this guy but this time it is me who push harder than ever and that's because many people in bolivia believe he's a roading democracy change the constitution to be able to run again despite a referendum in which would make sure it's a limited narrow majority said that they can they don't want the people that don't want to see more of the devil rallies will be hoping that his nearest rival. a centrist candidate will triumph in sunday's election but ever worley's rema

there might be a run off the rather that bolivia does fall back into. a state of perprpetual- social protest. and st mobilization the country is a very highghly mobilized county there there's a lot of pro active. grarassroots mobilizizan and it has a long h history of that s sh andnd the puree proceeding. able marlys coming to power and indeed largely responsiblble or anan- hour and coming. on to the political status actor was appeared in about five years of continuous- political upheaval social movement activism which forced the resignation of several presidents. so i'm i'm thinking that the most likely situation is not there the opposition forces day again and i even asked the presidency- is undertaken. if it does nonot hae the same. sense of legitimacy and is vulnerable to. a constant us social movement pressure street mobilization of protest which could make it tough to govern certainly. opposition supporters say the that this disputed election fits into a pattern of behavior by morales we heard in the report just before you came on about the twenty

turning our attention to south america to bolivia more than 7000000 people are casting their votes to decide who will run the country for the next 5 years the incumbent is able moralists he's been in power since 2006 but is facing a stiff challenge from the former president called carlos messer mr morales is facing accusations of ignoring term limits in order to stand again if he wins he'll be in power until 2025 let's bring in our correspondent john holdren who's joining us from john. well if you've been following our coverage in the morning we were in the city of alto which has got a lot of people from indigenous descent and there i think the worries was more about the economy prosperity cutting poverty all of which president morales has been able to do specially the economy it's growing to double the rate of on average latin american countries here now we're in opposing quite a prosperous area and the the worry is more about the other part of this democracy president more on his has changed the constitution to be able to run again in the elections and he's done that disappointing a

this guy but this time around he's been pushed harder than ever and that's because many people in bolivia believe he's a roading democracy change the constitution to be able to run again despite a referendum in which the majority of them live is a narrow majority said that they don't want the people that don't want to see war of the devil rallies would be hoping that his nearest rival. a centrist candidate will triumph in sunday's election but ever more ollie's remains the clear front runner even if it's predicted to go to a 2nd round. a former senior advisor to u.s. secretary of state's michael impale is the latest person to testify in the ongoing impeachment inquiry into president donald trump michael mckinley was questioned for 5 hours by house committees after abruptly resigning last week politicians are examining whether trump pressured ukraine to launch an investigation into joe biden a leading candidate for the 2020 democratic presidential nomination meanwhile donald trump has been asked whether he is concerned that his former national security adviser could testify at the beach mo

en bolivia ya cerraron las urnas tras elecciones presidenciales. segÚn el conteo de votos el presidente se encuentran la delantera con mÁs del 40% de los votos. mientras que mesa entra con menos 38%. si la tendencia continÚa asÍ y le hace una vuelta. >> en argentina las multitudes a las calles para manifestar sus preferencias polÍticas. de que prÓximo domingo se realizarÁn las elecciones de este paÍs. y por su parte en chile se registran al menos 10 luo manif estudiantiles masivas que estallaron por el aumento de las tarifas en el metro. el caos se extendiÓ al aeropuerto internacional, donde un de aerolÍneas suspendieron sus vuelos. las autoridades informaron que ana tenÍa mÁs de 1400 personas y se ha declarado estado de emergencia. y para saber cÓmo estÁn las temperaturas,pasamos con fÉlix y la "ventana al tiempo". julio: si tienes la Única forma que reportas de peco miguel con nosotros de distintas maneras.telÉfono como mensaje whatsapp, correo electrÓnico o a travÉs de las redes sociales. y recuerda que ya tiene una de noticia

yucky believe it is good meals today bolivia has to pass return to the past or continue with our change surely we must continue with our change next sunday don't abandon me you have never about me we want to continue working together to show that bolivia is full of hope. people here who support him working him because he's consistently been able to grow the info to me and significantly over the. most awful years listed to be and he's the source of your future he's also particularly used the country's wealth in natural gas for social programs . has built schools he's made things better it wasn't like up before i met. this guy but this time around he's being pushed harder than ever and that's because many people in bolivia believe he's a roading democracy change the constitution to be able to run again despite a referendum in which would make sure it's a 'd living there are a majority said that they can they don't want the people that don't want to see more of that of the rallies would be hoping that his nearest rival. a centrist candidate will triumph in sunday's election but everwhere a

leftist evo morales has governed bolivia for the past 13 years and he took the lead in pre-election polls the former cocoa farmer has improved conditions for the country's indigenous population la paz now has a modern climate friendly cable car network the economy has been growing for years thanks mainly to bolivia's gas exports. but not rather's candidacy is controversial as the constitution bars him from running for a 4th time. for it now for this incest the perception is that the president has deliberately ignored the rules. many bolivians of worried that morales believe nor the rules in future to. proceed in that that may be a letter that the president is also facing criticism for the fires that ravished bolivia's rain forest this year the backlash could cost him the election. a day after what was being hailed as super saturday in the british parliament it looks like another break that extension could be on the table u.k. lawmakers voted to postpone ratifying a deal struck between prime minister barres johnson and the just a few days ago johnson has sent a series of contradictory lett

the president is also facing criticism for the fires that ravished bolivia's rain forest this year the backlash could cost him the election. in lebanon tens of thousands of people have converged on the streets of beirut for a 4th consecutive day demonstrates a state into the night waving flags and singing protesting against new taxes and austerity measures proposed by the government aimed at tackling the country's growing economic crisis that many lebanese blame the political elite for the poor state of the economy. and for more i'm joined by our correspondent in beirut basle thanks for joining us now this is being the false day of mass protests in lebanon what is it exactly that is driving people on to the streets like this the main reason beyond all these demonstrations of protests in lebanese cities that the government try to impose more taxes on the bodies population especially when we're talking about telecom this small the main issue all these people to the streets is more overt. also the government imposed more taxes trying to save energy economy and lebanon. what more can you t

protests and confusion in bolivia as the country waits for presidential election results of a government is accused of manipulating the outcome. and for drug companies reach a multi-million dollar settlement for their role in fueling a u.s. opioid epidemic. protesters in lebanon are standing their ground despite the government approving sweeping economic reforms prime minister saad hariri announced the measures to diffuse the biggest demonstrations in the years against the nation's leaders but activists say that they won't go home until the entire cabinet steps down i'll just send a ha to reports from beirut all. the people have spoken calls go beyond fighting corruption they want accountability and early elections and they say they aren't leaving the streets until that happens protests are growing by the day the lebanese government however is refusing to step aside instead it is. offering a plan that is supposed to fix the economic crisis without hitting the public with more taxes my that's awful written by democrats here the cabinet approved the 2020 budget with a deficit of 0.6 percen

from north to south america, bolivia's president has declared himself the winner of the presidential election. official results give him a narrow 10 point lead which is necessary to win outright. his main rival has led days of protest and accuses him of "monumental fraud." both the united nations and the organization of american states have called for a runoff vote to establish the winner. reporter: they say they feel cheated of the election result and of their future. in the capital on thursday night, students clashed with armed forces. for them, a fourth term for the president is unimaginable. >> we want to move forward, we want bolivia to be respected. that is why all us young people have gathered here. reporter: we study, but what good will that do if we do not get a degree a and if nobody gis us work? reporter: president a abel moras has ruled the country for almost 14 years. for a long timime, he stood for political and economic stability. corruption allegations have led to a drop in support among the population. his declared a is splitting the country. his supporters and oppon

the feat one we would like to give 5 more years of i experience to bolivia so that it continues to grow economically to finish a great project plans like construction of roads and airports. but for the 1st time in a while there's a credible challenger. a former journalist and prominent intellectual and he's attacking his achilles' heel he's questionable commitment to democracy. i was 13 years almost 14 and there's too much it's too much injustice too much corruption and too much authoritarianism that's leading his towards a dictatorship. if you started with morality his latest reelection bid after 3 terms in power he needed to change the constitution to run again. he called referendum to let the people decide now really they said no then he did it anyway. and then outraged many and although there are 8 opposition candidates mrs become the figurehead for the discontent but analysts say the former interim president bolivia's loss leader before morale is a few policies of his own. it was that they feel that they were doing for him even though he hasn't done enough it's a protest vote not a

ahora la victoria al presidente evo morales y nos informa desde la paz . >>> la violencia estallÓ en bolivia, en recuentos de votos, desataron el caos frente al centro de cÓmputos.. tras los balcones por salvar sus vidas cuando los manifestantes prendieron fuego. en todo momento el fuego, y a ellos no les importa >>> son funcionarios del gobi gobierno que intentan agredir >>> gente que vota por el compaÑero evo morales y eso queremos respetar >>> la violencia se desatÓ luego que la autoridad electoral emitiera el resultado en los que evo morales gana la presidencia en primera vuelta con 10 puntos de ventaja frente a su contri contrincante con el 95 por ciento de los votos escrutados la emisiÓn manifiesta su profunda preocupaciÓn y sorpresa. por el cambio drÁstico y difÍcil de justificar la tendencia preliminares conocidos tras el cierre durante la inconformidad opositores y movimientos cÍvicos iniciaron este paro nacional mientras que organizaciÓn campesinas convocaron a movilizaciones para defender la victoria de evo morales >>> por otra parte la policÍa hace resguardos de cientos

in bolivia more than 7000000 people heading to the polls today to decide who run the country for the next 5 years now the incumbent able medallists has been in power since 2006 but is facing a stiff challenge from a former president his car last message was to moralities facing accusations of ignoring term limits in order to stand again if he wins he'll be in power until 2025 john home and has the latest from the city of. well i'm here actually let me show you a little bit of this while we talk about that these are people that are going to vote now it's still the morning now says quite a few hours of voting still to come in the polls before this election ever moralists was still the front runner but there was sort of predictions that this could go to a 2nd round now when you think about this this is someone that his last 2 elections he won by 60 and 60 percent of the vote he got more than 60 percent of the votes of the very fact that this is possibly in danger of going through a 2nd round says something about what how people regarding president ever more rallies this time around he h

and will be when the protests the man who could end even more else this 14 year grip on power in bolivia. hello there we've had one or 2 showers across areas of the middle east in the last few days and you can see some bits and pieces of cloud working their way eastwards and this is where indeed we have seen one or 2 showers now through sunday we still have the chance that you cross into the northern sections of iran but also across into turkey and at times we could see some heavy thunderstorms certainly by monday and those shows like you do what the weather the east was tom which is not too bad 34 celsius across into baghdad and 23 across into kabul now further to the south again temperatures here they have been coming down slowly the humidity has been improving slightly as well we're going to temperature of 30 in muscat on sunday and temperatures in the mid thirty's really for doha 35 as you can see there on monday and 35 across into to riyadh further to the south down into southern africa again we've had some eastern areas of madagascar mostly dry sunday as you can see there but wante

'd i dream for the game this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up protests and confusion in bolivia as the country waits for presidential election results and the government is accused of manipulating the outcome. justin trudeau as liberal party projected to hold on to power in canada's parliamentary election. and for drug companies to reach a multi-million dollar settlement for their role in fueling the u.s. opioid epidemic. just as in lebanon standing their ground despite the government approving sweeping economic reforms prime minister saad hariri announced the measures to diffuse the biggest demonstrations in years against the nation's leaders last activists say they won't go home until the entire cabinet steps down the hall reports from beirut all. the people have spoken calls go beyond fighting corruption they want accountability and early elections and they say they aren't leaving the streets until that happens protests are growing by the day the lebanese government however is refusing to step aside instead it is offering a plan that is supposed to fix the economic crisis wit

paola: la oea encontrÓ irregularidades en las elecciones de bolivia. el opositor carlos mesa dijo que la movilizaciÓn continuarÁ hasta que se reconozca la segunda vuelta de elecciones. con esto nos vamos a una pausa ya regresamos. locutor: "contacto deportivo extra" es traÍdo a ti por: [mÚsica] locutor: "contacto deportivo" es traÍdo a ti por: presentador: feliz miÉrcoles. maratÓnica jornada de champions. barcelona con messi y luego tÁctica fija. victoria de valverde 2-1 . doblete de cada jugador. "chucky" saliÓ al 65. continÚan en las plataformas. paola: la detecciÓn temprana del cÁncer de mama puede salvarle la vida . le compartimos alguna de la fecha de lugares donde se ofrecen estos servicios. anote en la informaciÓn. va a tener la oportunidad de practicarse este examen. paola: llegamos al punto final, pero tenemos una cita las 23. carolina: hasta maÑana. >> esta zona principal noticia, golpe a los narcos en la ciudad de mÉxico, autoridades arrestaron a mÁs de 30 personas, desalentaron laboratorios de drogas del famoso barrio el tra

early results in bolivia's presidential election show incumbent. but it appears that neither has secured an outright win which means they'll face a 2nd round of voting in december. in syria kurdish fighters and civilians are being evacuated from a strategic town near the border with turkey opening the way for turkish backed rebels to take over the kurds departure from ein is a major condition of a cease fire deal ankara wants to establish a so-called safe zone in the area trying to peddle supporters in catalonia protested for a 7th night they're angry about the jailing of separatist leaders and their boss lerner the regional capital has appeared calm hundreds of counter protesters also arsen force they want catalonia to remain part of spain there's the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after this week's listening post next. told to no jews there are. they don't believe in the 2 state solution the deal you still believe in the 2 state solution we listen what i said was that pakistan would never start a war i'm anti war we meet with glo

brazil argentina and colombia have called for bolivia to hold a runoff vote you know actual tribunal confirm the controversial reelection of president evo morales extending his rule to 2 decades. to europe where the family of a young vietnamese woman have come forward fearing that she was among 39 people found dead in a container truck east of london relatives of the 26 year old say they haven't heard from her since receiving distressing text messages in which she describes suffocating british police have not confirmed either the identities or nationalities of the victims and the hayward has the latest on the investigation from london. well i think the police have made a 4th arrest in this fast moving investigation he is a 48 year old man arrested at stansted airport on suspicion of conspiracy to traffic people a manslaughter 2 other people were arrested earlier both 38 a man and a woman in northern england with a lorry driver arrested at the scene is still being held by police the real focus now of course is trying to identify the victims in the early stages of the investigation it

bolivia's opposition leader says he has evidence of electoral fraud in sunday's presidential vote. is calling for mass protests to continue unless a runoff is held present even though alice needs to secure a 10 point lead to avoid that 2nd vote counts of being frozen bolivians are still waiting for the final result there as has denounced the opposition demonstrations as a coup as he's confident he will soon be declared the winner john holdren for us from in bolivia and john i mean what's the mood where you are. it has not been pleasant. no it hasn't there's been a lot of take us some stones thrown by protesters but that's not to know it's fairly early on in the actual protests right now and see behind me here mostly john believe you have come out to protest at some of them here is the feeling this is the 3rd night that people have come out onto the streets they've been tear gassed every other night that they've been that they've been out on the place of trying to stop them getting near the center and you mention a little bit about why these people they're saying the livest said no

just provoked more violence and more aggressions by these protestors were staying in latin america bolivia's longest serving president could know in the next few hours if you keep his job or not votes are being counted in what's expected to be a tight race as a former seeks a 4th term in office the former president carlos messer could face could force a 2nd runoff poll in december or others of course believe his 1st indigenous leader during his 13 years in power they has been strong economic growth but he is still dogged by corruption charge scandals and his refusal to accept a referendum on limiting presidential term john heilemann with the latest now from the parts hi john mentioned there the fact that he is the 1st indigenous president is that still significant is it still important for him in this election. i think it is in some ways in which more than half the country is indigenous or from indigenous to descent and when you think that he's been the 1st indigenous president in the country with that sort of numbers that speaks to the discrimination that that part of the population has fac

now polls have opened in bolivia's presidential election after 14 years in power even more dollars has a fine on his hands to get reelected his rival is the former interim president who's trying to support by condemning what he calls or rather this is dictatorial leadership. and speak to our desire as well or to join home and live in the altos voting has started any indication of where it's going will he be able will not ours be able to pull off a surprise victory. it. was quite early in the day to be talking about that yet let me just show you quickly some of the people. here behind us in the sea that allow talk real mixture of people remember that bolivia's got more than 60 percent of its people are from indigenous backgrounds ever more or less being come the president is also from an indigenous background so that may have some sort of resonance with the race but he is the front runner going into these elections the nearest challenger is carlos messer who's a prominent x. journalist and now he's running for the presidency as well now they've got very different visions for what should

. >> more on the unfolding story in bolivia right now. of course, the incumbent president declared victory in recent presidential elections, but there has been a great deal of tension in the country as there have been allegations of fraud and reading by critics, and there have been five days of protests with people turning out on the streets to express their opposition to demand that their vote be respected. a professor of history and latin american studies at pomona college joins me live now from claremont california. to holdis determined onto power, isn't he? he is unlikely to concede to a second runoff vote. do you envisage the protests on the streets of bolivia will simply continue? >> they may continue, but they will eventually sputter out. they have not provided any evidence. what is concrete is that morales won the election. no doubt by a smaller margin than previous elections, but it is important to point out the economy has been doing well. there has been a surge in the reduction of poverty and in the rise of been a class, so imp

hello i'm adrian fit again this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up protests and confusion and bolivia as the country waits for presidential election results on the government is accused of manipulating the outcome. justin trudeau liberal party projected to hold on to power in canada's parliamentary election. for drug companies reach a multi-million dollar settlement for their role in fueling a u.s. opioid epidemic. protesters in lebanon standing their ground despite the government approving sweeping economic reforms prime minister saad hariri announced the measures to diffuse the biggest demonstrations in years against the nation's leaders but activists say they won't go home until the entire cabinet steps down al-jazeera saying to hold it reports now from beirut all. the people have spoken calls go beyond fighting corruption they want accountability and early elections and they say they aren't leaving the streets until that happens protests are growing by the day the lebanese government however is refusing to step aside instead it is offering a plan that is supposed to fix the econom

in rural mountain communities in bolivia there remains only one man for the top job going into sunday's elections ever more oil is already the country's longest standing president and still its most popular politician thanks to a consistently growing economy of programs like this one giving low income families the chance to build their own homes. i'm very happy i've worked so long in other people's houses working for the wealthy people and this time it'll be for me. banking on the support that comes from almost having poverty rallies began his bid for a full term in office 3 years ago. but that in itself became a turning point the moment when his formally overwhelming popularity began to fall serious rally's had to change the constitution to be able to run again 3 put that to the people in a referendum that was close but they said no then he went ahead and did it anyway now he's dealing with the backlash. billions have turned out for huge civil society meetings called bill dolls for more. general was one of the organizers. under the government of a very morale is there's been an excessi

voters in bolivia will choose their next president on sunday after 14 years in power even in a battle to get reelected his predecessor as interim prime and is attracting support for condemning what he calls morality is dictatorial leadership john heilemann has a report from the palace. past year's elections were a walk in the park for ever more rallies bolivia's 1st indigenous president but this time around his 4th things are in comfortably close to his campaign slogan is a secure future and his socialist policies are always managed to keep the economy growing one of the highest rates in latin america. poverty through social programs and only. he says if reelected plans to keep on doing. it will. be we would like to give 5 more years of experience to bolivia so that it continues to grow economically to finish our great project plans like construction of roads and airports. for the 1st time in a while there's a credible challenger carlos messer the former journalist and prominent intellectual these attacking worthless his achilles' heel is questionable commitment. democracy here in the

well john hall is our correspondent in la paz that's bolivia's capital and john you know we just heard there from the president saying that you know he's won the election but he's happy to compete in a potential runoff a stunt victory is less than 10 percent as per the constitution it's taken time to get to that particular statement over the last few days how's it being received on the streets. let me show you a little bit about how we are being received 1 we lift up the camera because there are we can see through tears this is against the president over on the. it's going right the way down the street and there's actually not a. cause of the plaza that's the other way if we pan the camera around to see the line i believe. people are getting into the main plaza this was quite comfortably the biggest march that we've seen. since the elections definitely tens of thousands of people turning out and i think that people were reacting mall to the statement president raul is basically came into the press conference face conference and said good news everyone we've won the thing about the 2nd

let's go to john homa now live from the paws in bolivia. you are with the zion understand the production and supporters there who have been out on the streets. yes exactly you could put it right there to me they just started marching now down one of the main avenues in the past basically that what they saying to us is this is a president who's made the economy grow that's my poverty decrease the lady was telling us has given a voice to the voiceless the many different indigenous parts in the people in bolivia and befool evill moralise there was something akin to discrimination fool those sorts of people in this country serve minding about what he's done for the country during his time in power but i did awesome what about the fact that on sunday there was elections results study coming out indicating a 2nd round then there was a 24 hour of polls in which there was no information and when the vote count started up again it seemed to be that we were heading towards a straight out victory forevermore ollie's does the opposition have a point th

and bolivia's left wing president abel more about it looks to be heading for a runoff effort inconclusive election. and when blue cross thanks for joining us in hong kong protesters have defied an official ban and staged a pro-democracy rally that descended into chaotic scenes it's part of months of widespread outrage by residents who see their semi autonomous freedom getting sold out to mainland china tensions are particularly high after a protest leader and another activist were brutally attacked earlier this week. the protests went on into the night defying a ban by police by then things had descended into chaos. george a fellow reporter and her camera man were confronted by police you know nothing was found out you know with a guy like a gun it was the authorities had forbidden the rally in a high end shopping district some protesters said they were simply there to check out the merchandise. i just want to disprove. the. basic in the sense. of the fact. that. the stakes seem to be rising sunday's violence follows the stabbing and beating of 2 pro-democracy protesters this week. demons

manifestaciones se han repetido a lo largo y ancho de bolivia. la gente pide un rÁpido y transparente recuento de votos. el mismo reclamo que se han sumado paÍses como brasil, argentina, y estados unidos. que mayor confianza ha despertado ser propio evo morales.hoy se llamÓ silencio, pero ayer, se autoproclamÓ ganador sin declarar en quÉ condiciones. patricia: y en chile los disturbios en la capital se extendieron hasta esta noche. miles de manifestantes volvieron a salir a las calles para mostrar su descontento en el gobierno del presidente piÑera. a pesar de la cancelaciÓn del aumento en las tarifas del metro. lo que originalmente provocÓ estos disturbios. los manifestantes que respondÍan lanzando tanques de basura. y en canadÁ, el partido liberalde primer ministro, conservarÁ el control del gobierno. asÍ lo reportaron. se sobrepuso a los desafÍos del partido conservador durante la elecciÓn nacional. que se informa que los liberales no tendrÁ los escaÑos suficientes para tener la mayorÍa parlamentaria. de nuevo, una pausa y el

bolivia's president a former all us has declared himself winner of the country's presidential elections official results narrowly gave him the 10 point lead necessary to win outright his main rival carlos mesa has been leading days of protests claiming the count was rigged the european union's back in calls from elections observers for a runoff vote. all argentina heads to the polls on sunday and the opposition is on course for an election victory over incumbent president. mockery a rapidly worsening economy soaring inflation in a market crash of hand of the left wing alberto fernandez a huge 20 percent lead. was president mauricio marc restriking a winner's pose at his last campaign rally in one as ira's or was there a way that back here we will turn over the page of frustration we will turn around the election and we will turn around this country forever but. not create himself has a lot to turn around as his victory in the presidential election looks highly unlikely the man projected to defeat him by a landslide is opposition candidate alberto fernandez he's benefited from the disapp

could this man and his 14 year grip on power in bolivia. now been more violent scenes on the streets of hong kong as pro-democracy activists running against a ban on face mask during protests but these are live pictures from the county an area of the city and some use tear gas to try to control the protesters and to government demonstrations began 5 months ago by an extradition bill which is like a scrapped the protests have widened calling for more democratic rights but i john brown joins us live now from hong kong adrian this is clearly a very big turnout on the streets of hong kong today but how much of a risk is it for people to be taking part in this protest right now. well it's risky to be on the streets right now for all sorts of reasons in the past few minutes the pieces. fired several volleys of tear gas that tear gas coming from chin south joy police station the main police station in this area and of course it's risky for the protesters to be on the streets because many of them have their faces covered they're wearing face masks

we won once again 4 consecutive elections we've won in bolivia historical and president. ever i was speaking outside the presidential palace which is where john holeman is now in la paz has this gone as much as something can go in an election as expected john. i think it's still going actually you heard up. is it an eval more or less there and you can see here is the ports as well they just start now but they were sort of celebrating his if this was a win but he's saying something different than the results are indicating what he said in his speech 2 was that he's going to wait for the results to come in from the roof or libya and he thinks that those are going to swing it so that he gets out right when 3 in these elections and he doesn't have to go to a 2nd round at the moment 83 percent of the votes have been counted and as you said they do indicate that it's going to go to a 2nd round at the moment we're at it still 45 percent mikala smith said his nearest rivals got 38 percent of the folks now it's slightly different to how you described it. to win outright ever more

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to bolivia where more than 7000000 people are heading to the polls to decide who will run the country for the next 5 years the incumbent. has been in power since 2006 but he's facing a stiff challenge from the former president carlos messer what alice is facing accusations of ignoring term limits in order to stand again if he wins he'll be in power until 2025 let's talk live now to john holmes who's in for us john how do we think the numbers will unpack here. well i'm here actually let me show you a little bit of this what we talk about that these are people that are going to vote now it's still the morning now says quite a few hours of voting still to come in the polls before this election ever more or less was still the front runner but there was sort of predictions that this could go to a 2nd round now when you think about this this is someone that his last 2 elections he won by 68 more than 60 percent of the vote he got more than 60 percent of the vote so the very fact that this is possibly in danger of going through a 2nd round says something about what how people regarding presi

bolivia as president if a morality has declared himself the winner of the presidential election official results narrowly gives him that 10 point lead necessary to win el right but his main rival carlos mesa has led protests and he's accusing moralities of quote one you mental fraud both the united nations and the organization of american states have called for a runoff vote to establish the winner. they say they feel cheated of the election result and of their future in the capitol pass on thursday night students clashed with armed forces for them a 4th term for president abel morale is is unimaginable. we want to move forward we want to live yet to be respected that's why all us young people have gathered here . so much when this get them with us and we study but what good will that do us if we don't get a degree and if nobody gives us work you know when that i was president able morale is has ruled the country for almost 14 years for a long time he stood for political and economic stability but corruption allegations have led to a drop in support among the population his declared vict

we want to move forward we want bolivia to be respected that's why all us young people have gathered here was a little tricky some of what i did get them with us and we study but what good will that do us if we don't get a degree and if nobody gives us work you know when that awful president able morale is has ruled the country for almost 14 years for a long time he stood for political and economic stability but corruption allegations have led to a drop in support among the population has declared victory is no splitting the country his supporters and opponents rush through the streets in the opposition stronghold of santa cruz the clashes have long spread to rural areas i mean. unfortunately we believe the ends are letting our impulses take over. where attacking each other. that's sad but people feel powerless and want their votes respected. because. the organization of american states says they were serious of regularities in the electoral process has called for a runoff vote so as to restore credibility to the electoral system. argentinians head to the polls on sunday and the oppo

this big decisions to be made this elections in bolivia the incumbent president ever more rallies has managed to grow the economy much better than in many other countries in latin america and slashed poverty almost by half during his time in charge and introduced a sort of stability that wasn't there in bolivia in politics before him but he has now been in power for longer than any other president in the history of bolivia and he's running in this election because he changed the constitution to do so so there are some worries about democracy in this country going forward we talked to quite a few voters here one of them primitive 0 basically said at least things seem to be going reason we've well and it's better to keep stability orcus you probably don't come you if there's a change will start from 0 again you lose all we've gained that's how politics is in our country like everything the previous president did will be considered wrong and we'll take a couple years for the new one to find his way it's better the devil you know than the devil you don't really don't like well now obvious

and amid election unrest and disputed results, bolivia's a fourth teterm. but we begin in brussels where eu ambassadors are meeting to xitcuss what length of bre extension to grant the u.k., considering prime minister boris johnson's call for an early election. france has been arguing for a shorter extension to the october 31 deadline to read in the meantime, boris johnson is pushing for a snap election to end the deadlock, but opposition leader jeremy corbyn says he will not support the vote until is off therexit table. >> we have agreed in principle and the intention is to take this decision by procedure. let's get more from dave keating. dave, are we expect thing a detailed position from today's meeting? it sounds like we are just getting the contours of a decision. what i am hearing is they have agreed in principle to an extension. an extension will happen here they have almost that. their aspiration is to not have to hold a summit next week at the european council to discuss that. they can do it by written procedure. anywe are not expecting indication

but it's been counted in bolivia weapon people have been deciding whether to have president evo morales a 4th time in power is the country's 1st indigenous leader is already been in office for 13 years a win would keep him there until 2025 but he's facing possibly the tightest races of his career former president carlos messer could force him into a 2nd runoff in december or alice has presided over a strong economic growth but corruption scandals and. his refusal to accept a referendum on limiting presidential terms have proved controversial john holdren is lifeless now in the past does it look as though evan rolley as well avoid that 2nd round runoff. and asked the $1000000.00 question here really and there's lots of different opinions of whether this will go to a 2nd round or every word but we will probably know that in just a couple of hours time results he come out quite quickly but you're quite what right in saying that he's been pushed as he never has before as he never has been before everyone that we've been talking to about the main challenger carlos messer doesn't really seem

manifestaciones se han repetido a lo largo y ancho de bolivia. la gente pide el mismo reclamo que se han sumado paÍses como brasil, argentina, y estados unidos. que mayor confianza ha despertado ser propio evo morales.hoy se llamÓ silencio, pero ayer, se autoproclamÓ ganador sin declarar en quÉ condiciones. patricia: y en chile los disturbios en la capital se extendieron hasta esta noche. miles de manifestantes volvieron a salir a las calles para mostrar su descontento en el gobierno del presidente piÑera. a pesar de la cancelaciÓn del aumento en las tarifas del metro. lo que originalmente provocÓ estos disturbios. los manifestantes que respondÍan lanzando tanques de basura. y en canadÁ, el partido liberalde primer miniÁo, el con gobierno. asÍ lo reportaron. se sobrepuso a los desafÍos del partido conservador durante la elecciÓn nacional. que se informa que los liberales no tendrÁ los escaÑos suficientes para tener la mayorÍa parlamentaria. de nuevo, una pausa y el regresar un aviÓn rompió elrÉcord de vuelo mÁs largo. y sus pa

and bolivia's president evo morales has declared himself winner of the country's presidential elections official results narrowly give him the 10 point lead necessary to win outright his main rival cottle's mesa has led days of protests claiming that the vote was raped the european union is backing calls from election observers for a runoff vote. that was only last year that california experienced its deadliest and most destructive wildfires now flames are once again raging across the state in the los angeles area around $50000.00 people have been told to evacuate. moving fast through the canyons north of los angeles driven by high winds the wildfire in southern california broke out thursday mandatory evacuation orders are in place over 500 firefighters are battling the blaze backed by air tankers and helicopters . do not be loaded by that that you may open flames right now because there are plenty of hot spots out in. incident we have all night to work on those parts parts and proper work and repairs increasing our containment. the fires are not only raging in the los angeles area but

the president is also facing criticism for the fires that ravished bolivia's rain forest this year the backlash could cost him the election. ok for more let's bring in correspondent but he has a but is joining us joining us on the phone he's in my c.s. has the voting gone smoothly so far. yes so far it's really smooth is going on till 6 o'clock in the morning really early in life and we can so far we talk about regular elections ok now the incumbent evo morales he seems less popular now than in the past elections he's run and why is that. on the one hand he achieved many advantages for many groups they believe yes especially indigenous people can participate much more than before and. so if you get in bondage before a part of the society as a. they are not happy with morality instead of a stable economy economy and they argue that morale as has high social contributions on them and overall they are unhappy with him being a candidate for the 1st time in a row. that's right because because situation actually bosner on this from running for a full time doesn't it but if he wins this elect

to go to a 2nd round of runoff with the nearest candidate carlos messer he said that the protests in bolivia are an attempt to write is true with international help he didn't provide any evidence for that international help in that press conference and he said that the did lay in the folk out was the fault of the opposition who were threatening members of the electoral tribunal who burnt. regional buildings including electoral tribunals now just to give our viewers a little bit of context on this on sunday night the rapid count from the election which is meant to give a sense of certainty because it's a projection of results that comes out quickly more than 80 percent was predicting a 2nd round was going towards a 2nd round that folk out was them frozen now nearly 24 hours later it was resumed and suddenly we're on the brink of an outright win for president ever more rallies that caused a lot of protests in the capital of pies and elsewhere in the country the opposition fearing that the government was manipulating the figures behind the scenes those protests continue on wednesday in santa cr