a recount gunnies closest rival abdullah abdullah says he does not accept the result . after months of political limbo preliminary results of the september election are finally out ashraf ghani appears set to win a 2nd term after securing just over 50 percent of the vote in a t.v. speech on sunday ghani hailed the announcement as a victory of the whole country. that have hit the market we are going towards national trust. as we are moving from division towards national unity. the resells have been repeatedly delayed at the technical issues and accusations of

abdullah warns he won't concede a correspondent has the details. and in football a youngster saved by i mean it once again 18 year old yoshua and sexy school the late winner for germany's wreck or champions against votes but. i'm having a home for a glad you could join me australia's prime minister scott morrison has been forced to apologize for taking a holiday at the height of the devastating bushfire crisis now emergency crews are struggling to contain hundreds of blazes around sydney a combination of record temperatures drought and powerful winds is fueling the inferno at least 9 people have been killed since the fires began but there is now hope at last of a break in the weather. the air is acrid the dense smoke is causing serious health problems. laid waste in the town of 80 kilometers west of sydney. the storm to the village of balmoral southwest of sydney off the map the flames came so fast that steve harrison had no time to escape. the day before i had actually built myself a small bag. just big enough for me to call and so i hit in there

abdullah say they don't accept the results. and turkey's president says if necessary he'll increase military support to the internationally recognized government in libya russia talk about 0 and says he'll evaluate ground and marine options he has already raised the possibility of sending troops if libya requests them. well polls have closed in use by histones parliamentary election the fastest since president chavez out of took power 3 years ago the vote is being held following reforms to the voting system that includes a new electoral coders and requires a minimum number of female candidates 5 parties are competing for the $150.00 seats news back to stone's parliament but analysts say the balance of power is unlikely to change as all of them have backed president maziar you have heard abdul hamid is in the capital tashkent and she says the election has brought more than just changes to the voting process. well certainly there is a different atmosphere and you could really feel it each time you spoke to any one of the voters t

abdullah say they don't accept the results. until he's president says if necessary increased military support to the internationally recognized government in libya about owen says about the way ground and marine options he's already raised the possibility of sending troops if libya requests. now prime minister scott morrison has returned to australia after taking a family vacation as wildfires and a heat wave swept across the country he's facing public outrage for being in hawaii as more than $100.00 days as well and. he's long been criticized for failing to directly link climate change to the bush fires in australia but his prime minister scott morrison visited areas affected by fires on sunday that changed our government is a wise and i have always acknowledged the connection between these weather events in these broader far events and the impacts globally of climate change but his critics say he's let australia fall behind and then there's his decision to take a family vacation in hawaii as a stray burnt morrison cut short t

or we begin in iraq or parliament sans approved prime minister abdullah abdullah resignation so tension i turns to will replace him and can that person because it stops in months of violence and government protests it's now up to the largest parliamentary bloc to choose the next prime minister and submit their choice to president saleh the outgoing prime minister abdul mahdi handed in his resignation on saturday will news of his departure force a rocket out onto the streets one. again as they continue their pressure campaign pushing for a completes political overhaul remember more than 400 people have been killed by security forces since the demonstrations began back in a talker similar faults and joins us now live from baghdad the prime minister has now resigned who replaces him well that remains to be seen and it's a very long and murky process that consists basically of the biggest bloc in parliament but also the other blocs negotiating among one another who will be an acceptable canada the prime minister doesn't have to run into parliamentary elections to be chosen to very much a pr

abdullah who currently shares power with him as the country's chief executive says he does not accept the result and that he wants an investigation. and for more let's bring in journalism. who joins us from the afghan capital kabul good to have you with us what's the reaction to the preliminary election results what are people saying. so basically you know people are essentially following the party lines president and he felt like this is really a man and for him that he's now surely on his way to becoming president for a 2nd term where is his rival doctor after law just recently to press conference last hour or so saying essentially that he doesn't accept the results saying that you know unclean votes were counted that fraudulent votes were counted he even went so far as to say the impact of fraud in an election is just as damaging as a suicide bombing would be in a city so it's really very strong reactions on both sides to this and now the next step is that this preliminary result has to go through the electoral complaints commission which has to sort through all of these issues and

abdullah say they will not accept the result it's expected that abdullah will appeal before the final count is announced and then update from nigeria at least 5 people have been killed 5 others kidnapped by fighters aligned with ice still in the north east of the country about 35 to seize control of a highway near the kasar with village about 100 kilometers north of the borno state capital might do gori and at least 9 people have been killed in powerful storms that have battered western and southern europe over the past 3 days the italian coast guard rescued 12 people from a ship smashed against rocks has been widespread flooding and more than 100000 homes have been left without electricity witness is the program coming up next on al-jazeera looking at an uncertain future from oh by a library at the optic. article 2 is it out donald trump is now the fair president in the history of the united states to be impeached that's one 6th of a repeat every one of what is this major event for the future of the rest joining us with details coverage and analysis of the trump impeachment on al-jaz

abdullah warns he won't concede our correspondent has the details. and to mourn his legal folk or glad that he came in too much a 17 level points with league leaders like seek and waving to reclaim the top spot going into the wintel break. i'm having a home free glad you could join me australia's prime minister scott morrison has been forced to apologize for taking a holiday at the height of the devastating bushfire crisis emergency crews are struggling to contain hundreds of blazes around sydney a combination of record temperatures drought and powerful winds is fueling the inferno at least 9 people have been killed since the fires began by there is now hope at last of a break in the weather. the air is acrid the dense smoke is causing serious health problems. laid waste in the town of let's go 80 kilometers west of sydney. it's. the firestorm all but wiped the village of balmoral southwest of sydney off the map the flames came so fast that steve harrison had no time to escape. the day before i had actually build myself. into. the heating there for h

abdullah 872-0900 90. although the results of the election in september is preliminary and may change in the final count ronnie says he's won with 51 percent of the vote. he can gradually the whole afghan nation from the bottom of my heart on the announcement we're going towards a national trust from division towards national unity. however voter turnout was $1900000.00 ballots were counted from $9000000.00 registered voters in the $35000000.00 population than his nearest rival chief executive a dollar dollar came in 2nd he rejected the result was. asked to complain commission about 300000 disputed votes to fraudulent votes need to be separated from the final vote count. fraud allegations were also made in the last presidential election 5 years ago. ronnie and abdullah were locked in the election stalemate with each accusing the other of fraud that led to the u.s. intervening to negotiate a power sharing agreement. to help stamp out election fraud the government brought in machines to collect voters biomet

abdullah say they don't accept the results. now 2 bombings in the southern philippines have killed more than a dozen people one exploded in cotabato city killing at least 8 soldiers and 4 civilians at that same time 5 people died when another bomb exploded just north of . the philippines armed forces says the bunsen more as amik freedom fighters group could be behind those attacks. a political party in pakistan has organized a protest in the capital against india's decision to strip kashmir of its autonomy and in a state kashmir was divided into 2 new federal territories last month is a may has mobilized support over the past 2 weeks to highlight what it says is a forgotten issue the poor state of the kashmiri economy is also a major concern for the party correspondent says pakistanis nationwide have shown their solidarity with kashmir. if drawn show of the border by the right wing. reject her before. the border. and out i gave here trotted being meted out by the indians are going to force their own energy or their visitors to

know we begin in iraq where parliament has approved prime minister abdullah abdullah mattie's resignation so attention now turns to who will replace him and can that person put a stop to months of violence antigovernment protests it's now up to see the largest parliamentary bloc to choose the next prime minister and submit their choice to president barham salih outgoing prime minister abdul mahdi handed in his resignation on saturday and news of his departure boards iraqi sites on to the streets once again as they continue their pressure campaign pushing for a complete political overhaul more than 400 people have been killed by security forces since those demonstrations began back in october. hear more now from our correspondent simona fulton he's in baghdad it was not clear at all whether the parliament needed to vote on his resignation and all because it's not something that is mandated by the constitution but it appears that parliament convened and discussed the resignation there was no actual vote the speaker of the parliament simply asked the members of parliament who had attended th

abdullah say they don't accept the result expected expected abdullah will file an appeal before the final result is an ounce. nameless today's announcement of the election results was ju-ju dissatisfies in continued service of the afghan national security and defense forces our goal now is just serve every citizen equally across this country at that time how are they a paddock and the claim votes can determine the outcome of this election while they are right in seeking a transparent process does not happen we will allow ourselves every other legitimate option to reach the justices here defending the rights and or votes of the afghan people will be allocation of well how to slide on the program for you going to be live in croatia the exit polls have just been released in a tight 3 way presidential election. and please help us this is the desperate message found in a christmas card made in a chinese factory by foreign whack. hello again welcome back to your international weather forecast well here across the central part in the southeastern part of europe we're still watching a very

abdullah say they don't accept the results. and turkish president about 0 on his warning his country cannot handle another wave of refugees from syria at least $25.00. 1000 civilians have reportedly fled their province in 2 days they headed to the turkish border as the syrian and russian forces intensified their ass strikes on that last rebel held area. while 2 bombings in the southern philippines have killed more than a dozen people one exploded and caught the bottle city killing at least 8 soldiers and 4 civilians at the same time 5 people died when another bomb exploded just north in. the philippines on forces says the bangsamoro islamic freedom fighters group could be behind the attacks now mexico is dealing with its highest murder rates on record with the majority of firearms involved being smuggled in from the united states violence across the border has been under increasing scrutiny after a number of u.s. citizens were mad last month in the fast of a 2 part investigation into arms trafficking between the u.s. and mexico

abdullah is currently the country's chief executive. and cuber is getting its 1st prime minister in more than 40 years tourism minister. cruz takes over the post last held by communist leader fidel castro is expected to share responsibilities with president. a plan to decentralize power. now of course in pakistan has sentenced a former university lecturer to death for blasphemy tonight have feasts was accused of making social media posts insulting islam when he was a university that in 2013 prosecution lawyers celebrated the verdict by handing out sweets in the courtroom the trial took place in the mall tahn a city in central pakistan tonight how faeces lawyer denounced the decision. and. it will. be. the. i can join now by shamming all shams from de w.'s asia desk channel the verdict has been called a gross miscarriage of justice by rights groups what other reactions have there been to this. most marcus not human rights are terrorist and organizations have got to go do you condemn their decision. it's a travesty of justice there was no

abdullah warns he won't concede. plus today's go to sleep the highlights sunday saw the final 2 matches of 2019 we'll let you know how the team stands as they march off into the winter break. i'm way i'm good thanks for joining us syrian government forces backed by russia and other allies are pushing to retake the lib region the last major bit of rebel held territory in syria and home to 3000000 people tens of thousands of them are fleeing the violence heading towards turkey turkish president richer everyone fears they could eventually enter turkey which is already home to $3700000.00 syrians the largest refugee population in the world if that were to pass everyone has warned there will be consequences for europe. the desperate search for people buried in the rubble left by another bombing in syria as strikes by russian and syrian forces continued throughout the weekend. they're aiming for al qaeda linked militants what they hit here was a busy market. we were here when the missiles hit and we have nothing to do with

a recount gunnies closest rival abdullah abdullah says he does not accept the result . after months of political limbo preliminary results of the september election are finally out ashraf ghani appears set to win a 2nd term after securing just over 50 percent of the vote in a t.v. speech on sunday ghani hailed the announcement as a victory of the whole country. that have hit the market we are going towards national trust. as we are moving from division towards national unity. the resells have been repeatedly delayed at the technical issues and accusations of fraud in november the election commission tries to launch a ballot recount that some claim would favor ghani. that attempt was halted by the incumbents main rival now to lock up the law. he eventually allowed a recount to go forward earlier this month but he's not content with the outcome and says the results are not legitimate. we want the election complaints commission to remove the fraudulent votes from the transparent and clean votes and submit the results based on the law. if they outcome stands danny could car

abdullah who currently shares power with him as the country's chief executive says he does not accept the result and wants an investigation. well earlier we spoke to journalist and he let a few in kabul then ask him what people are making of the prospect of another 10 for president ashraf ghani i think people are very tired of this election process you know they just wanted to be over it's been through 3 months since the election took place and people have been waiting for results and now we're seeing again that there are questions of legitimacy were seeing that doctor of the law is refusing to accept the results saying that the clean votes were not counted that fraudulent voter counted those widespread fraud was committed that fraud in the election leaves as much damage as a suicide bombing would so really you know it's not resolving very much because it just seems to be leading to more electoral tension and more political drama for the people that was generous and unity in kabul where hong kong police have broken up a sit in protesting china's treatment of its weak ethnic minority t

abdullah warns he won't concede. and hong kong police cracked down on a city that has activists call attention to china's reported abuse of its weaker muslim minority. i'm way of blue cruft thanks for watching polls have closed in croatia's presidential election preliminary results show a tight race between 3 candidates tight enough to trigger a runoff between the top 2 the winner will lead croatia as the country takes up a prominent task for the european union. it's an election that's being watched closely in european capitals. she is due to take over the e.u. council presidency on january 1st so the women will have a role in setting the tone in brussels for the next 6 months it's been a close 3 way rice being competent conservative kaliningrad bachata which looks to be travelling slightly after losing support during the campaign result shows social democrats are on milan of each piece to put ahead of her and nationalist miroslav should koro is a close the as elsewhere in europe immigration has been a big issue in t

abdullah who currently shares power with him as the country's chief executive says he does not accept the result and he's saying that he wants an investigation. now protests and public anger have dominated the news in haiti for a month as people become increasingly frustrated by government they see as deeply corrupt political crisis in the caribbean island nation is making it more difficult for aid agencies like doctors without borders which is working to stop haiti's medical system from completely collapsing. barbed wire and concrete separates the rest of port au prince from the hospital run by doctors without borders since last november around 170 medical professionals have been working here many are from haiti itself but they're joined by volunteers like thomas schaefer from switzerland who wanted to help rebuild the country's medical services because if it's a major medical crisis since the last unrest most of the public facilities have closed there are a few private hospitals but the majority have also closed their doors to the lies that. people have been taking the frustration t

abdullah has as you mentioned in a statement rejected the results. due to concerns over about 300000 questionable votes but he'll be able he has i presume submit his complaints to the e.c.c. to the so there is a procedural mechanism in place for adjudicating complaints i think for afghanistan right now it's very important that. that that result is communicated that that you controls and verification mechanisms are undertaken and that if the incumbent on you really does end up. clearing his path to victory that he forums that he forms as inclusive a government as possible i've been talking to family and friends in kabul and there are concerns that. would be. that they would list teams that they wouldn't be taking the results sitting down so there are complaints that there would be protesting and the question then is what forum is that that protest going. take. there could very well be strong backlash among abdullah supporters many of whom house from holding kabul and if we look at the past couple of months the lexicon that have been used as very much

abdullah who currently shares power with him as the country's chief executive says he says not except the result a month an investigation of a more let's bring in journalist ideality for you joins us from the afghan capital kabul ali what are people there making of the prospect of another term for ashraf ghani as president. i think people are very tired of the selection process you know they just wanted to be over it's been through 3 months since the election took place and people have been waiting for results and now we're seeing again that there are questions of legitimacy we're seeing that doctor of the law is refusing to accept the results saying that the clean votes were not counted that fraudulent voter counted that widespread fraud was committed that fraud in the election leaves as much damage as a suicide bombing what so really you know it's not resolving very much because it just seems to be leading to more electoral tension and more political drama for the people you know with those allegations and the fact that these results are preliminary how much could they still be subj

abdullah say they don't accept the results and would appeal. croatia's presidential election is headed for a runoff as the country prepares to get its 1st turn at leading the european union former left wing prime minister zoran milankovitch got just under 30 percent of sunday's vote at the current president clinton democrat bark at all the who's been in the job many 5 years the 2nd round beheld to have stuff and severe weather across southern europe has left at least 9 people dead 2 people were killed in portugal and 7 in spain in the last few days france has placed 15 regions on alert more heavy wind and rain is expected for those the headlines the news continues on al-jazeera after al-jazeera word statement that so much and i think. football is played in enjoyed by billions of people every week all over the world including those living in the shadow of a bloody conflict that has claimed over a quarter of a 1000000 lives. this is darfur in sudan where passion for football runs high and memories are not. going to hurry for the fear of. alarm an

abdullah is currently the country's chief executive. at least 18 prisoners have been killed during riots and a jail in one door us the fighting broke out in a prison located in the north port town of tayla relatives of the dead prisoners gathered to collect the bodies for burial. cuber is getting its 1st prime minister and more than 40 years tourism minister no admirer of cruz takes over the post last held by communist leader fidel castro a rare is expected to share responsibilities with president kennedy and a plan to decent for lies power. protests and public anger that have dominated the news in haiti for months now as people become increasingly frustrated by a government they see as corrupt the political crisis is making it more difficult for aid agencies like doctors without borders which is working to stop haiti's medical system from completely collapsing. barbed wire and concrete separates the rest of port au prince from the hospital run by doctors without borders since last november around 170 medical professionals have been wor

abdullah who currently shares power with him as the country's chief executive says the electoral commission failed to address fraud and that he does not accept these results. and for more let's bring in journalist journalist allie letty field who joins us on the phone from the afghan city of jalalabad alley thanks for being with us what's the reaction to the preliminary election results what are people saying about these. so the reaction it's essential along party lines obviously people who are supporting the president are very happy earlier in the city of jalalabad we saw people gathering playing drums holding pictures of him waving the flag posing by pictures next to him you know very very happy thinking that this is essentially a mandate for his 2nd term and then as you said earlier supporters of the law his closest rival you know they're still talking about issues of electoral fraud because we have to remember he only so far is in the lead by 50.64 percent that's actually small margin of error to declare obvious if you round up that comes to 51 percent but you know with with this still

abdullah who currently shares power with him as the country's chief executive says he does not accept the result and wants an investigation of a more let's bring in genest out in a t v he joins us from the afghan capital kabul adie what are people there making of the prospect of another turn for ashraf ghani as president. i think people are very tired of this election process you know they just wanted to be over it's been through 3 months since the election took place and people have been waiting for results and now we're seeing again that there are questions of legitimacy we're seeing that doctor of the law is refusing to accept the results saying that the clean votes were not counted that fraudulent voter counted that widespread fraud was committed that fraud in the election leaves as much damage as a suicide bombing would so really you know it's not resolving very much because it just seems to be leading to more electoral tension and more political drama for the people you know with those allegations and the fact that these results are preliminary how much could they still be subje

abdullah. according to results released sunday by the country's independent electoral commission, ghani received 900,000 votes to abdullah's 700,000. but abdullah has also raised questions about what he sees as widespread and systematic fraud in september's votes, raising concerns in afghanistan about a reprise over the protracted political crisis scene after the 2014 presidential election. that crisis was only resolved with the intervention of the international community and the u.s. as well as by then-secretary of state john kerry, who helped broker a power-sharing deal. the election results also come as the u.s. seeks an exit from afghanistan. approximately 12,000 u.s. troops remain in afghanistan, and president trump has made clear that he would like to see further withdrawal of u.s. troops. nathan hodge, cnn, moscow. >>> the taliban claimed responsibility for killing a u.s. service member on monday. a taliban spokesman says u.f. and afghan government forces were targeted with ieds while co

well, i got all of my middle east faces from abdullah. he runs the elm street market just one block from my house. i had a wonderful house. abdullah rounded up 24 arabs. this little girl is the daughter of louie long. he helps me around the studio. he sure would have been mad if i left her out of the picture. this one is from memory. that's my wife, mary, and that's my grandson. everybody likes to get in, so models are no problem. >> do you still have the sketches you made? >> yes, i have them over here. would you like to see them? >> i sure would. >> welcome, come on over. >> okay. ♪ [ whistling ] >> would you say, norman, that the golden rule cover is sort of typical of your work? >> well, i guess not exactly typical. >> is it like anything else you have ever done? >> is well, the "four freedoms" that i did. you see, whenever there's a big idea that i'm trying to portray, i always use plain, everyday people to express the idea. >> i see. >> well, in most of my work however i try to do everyday situations. ♪ >> i try for more than ju

abdullah say they don't accept those results the electoral commission says the final count could change. turkey's president says if necessary he'll increase military support to the internationally recognized government in libya where border and says he'll evaluate ground air and marine operations he's already raised the possibility of sending troops if libya requests them or do and also back the maritime boundaries deal signed with libya well that sangar greece which is exploring the mediterranean sea for oil and gas and the turkish government is disputing reports that forces loyal to warlord holly for have to have seized and searched a cargo ship of the libyan coast guard say the cargo was checked after the ship's captain requested help from libya's coast guard because of mechanical problems these 25000 civilians have reportedly fled serious in the province for the turkish border as the syrian and russian forces intensify their bombardment of these 3 people have been killed in the latest air strikes so in troops are advancing on the country's last rebel held area mexico's dealing with

but we begin in iraq where parliament's has approved prime minister abdullah abdullah mattie's resignation so attention that turns to who will replace and can that person put a stop to months of violence and government protests it's now up to the largest parliamentary bloc to choose the next prime minister and submit their choice see president barham salih outgoing prime minister abdul mahdi handed in his resignation of course on saturday no news of his departure brought iraqis out onto the streets once again as they continue their pressure campaign pushing for a complete political overhaul remember more than 400 people have been killed by security forces since those demonstrations began back in october. less course life now it's a baghdad where similar fulton is standing by smaller the prime minister has now resigns what happens next he replaces him. well what. a very lengthy and complicated process to choose his reply was large a walk in parliament wouldn't controlled by shiite cleric look at a thought or nominate when in reality that requires the constant all the make all of the watchin

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his nearest rival, abdullah abdullah, scored just under a0%. the death toll from new zealand's white island eruption has risen to 19. police have confirmed that another victim died in hospital in auckland. the toll includes two people whose bodies have not been recovered. there were 47 people, mainly australian tourists, on the island when it erupted on december 9th. 25 people ares still in hospital, many still in a critical condition. the british supermarket chain tesco has suspended production at a factory in china. it's after allegations that forced prison labour was used to pack the firm's christmas cards. a 6—year—old girl from south london found a message inside a card, allegedly written by prisoners in shanghai. the message said: at least 20 people have been injured in a series of explosions in the southern philippines, on the island of mindanao. no—one has claimed responsibility for the attacks, but a military spokesperson said militants linked to the islamic state group may have been to blame. french fashion designer emanuel unga

ghani's main challenge the country's chief executive abdullah abdullah called the vote fraudulent and the result"" not legitimate." today's results are still considered preliminary. a victory for ghani would give him a prominent role in peace talks betwn the united states and the taliban. at a rally in new delhi today, india's prime minister defended his hindu-nationalist government's controversial citizenship law that excludes muslims. narendra modi told a crowd, waving india's flag and carrying signs in favor of the so-called citizenship amendment act, that oppones of the new law are" spreading lies." the law establishes a religious test for mignts who want to become citizens. today, there were more protestsi t the law. over the past few weeks, more violent clashes between protestors and security forces. in the ivory coast yesterday, president alassane ouattara ande french presideanuel macron announced a name change for the currency used in eight african nations. ,the french-backed curren called the c.f.a. franc, was established in 1945. starting next year, the currency will be call

abdullah abdullah, are claiming. vict trump's meeting with the afghan to afghanistan is seen asg visit validation by ghani's camp, but theris still no guarantee th taliban will recognize his legitimacy. former mujahideen warlord and follower of massoud, gul haider, battled the taliban and al qaeda alongside the c.i.a. and u.s. special forces in early 2002.ay hethe main challenge for any afghan government will bett g the taliban to lay down arms. >> ( translated ): many of the sons of former commanders in the mujahideen are fighting and dying within the security forces. in that situation, if they bring th,taliban back into liti then that will create a backlash because they have committed a loof atrocities. if the leadership want to be in government, then all the taliban should surreer. their fighters should leave their weapons, and they should be reintroduced in t government forces. i am not afraid of fighting the taliban. back then, we fought them with our bare hands. te >> rep back in the panjshir, most are resigned

his challengnger, abdullah abdullah, is contesting the election, which he says was marred by fraud. voter turnout is low and some residents of the capital kabul said they supported neither candidate. >> both ashraf ghani and abdullah have not done anything press in the past five years. they just deceived people and we don't want them anymore. they both committed fraud and the court must try them. amy: french president emmanuel macrcron is asking unions for a christmas truce as the massive strike against macron's proposed pension plan heads into its third week. andtrikes are justifiable protected by the constitution, but i think there are moments in the nation's like when it is good to observe a truce out of respect for r families and famiy lilife. so i'm calling on everyone to have the sense of responsibility. amy: president macron has also said he will give up his own presidential pension as a concession to demonstrators who have launched nationwide strikes over macron's effort to overhaul the french pension system and effectively raise the retirement age for younger workers. the u

his challengerer, abdullah abdullah, is contesting the election, which he says was marred by fraud. voter turnout is low and some residents of the capital kabul said they supported neither candidate. >> both ashraf ghani and abdullah have not done anything press in the past five years. they just deceived people and we don't want them anymore. they both committed fraud and the court must try them. amy: french president emmanuel macronon is asking unions for a christmas truce as the massive strike against macron's proposed pension plan heads into its third week. andtrikes are justifiable protected by the constitution, but i think there are moments in the nation's like when it is good to observe a truce out of respect for fafamilies and famiy lifefe. so i'm calling on everyone to have the sense of responsibility. amy: president macron has also said he will give up his own presidential pension as a concession to demonstrators who have launched nationwide strikes over macron's effort to overhaul the french pension system and effectively raise the retirement age for younger workers. the u

his nearest rival, abdullah abdullah, scored just under a0%. the death toll from new zealand's white island eruption has risen to 19. police have confirmed that another victim died in hospital in auckland. the toll includes two people whose bodies have not been recovered. there were 47 people, mainly australian tourists, on the island when it erupted on december 9th. 25 people are still in hospital. many still in a critical condition. the british supermarket chain tesco has suspended production at a factory in china. it's after allegations that forced prison labour was used to pack the firm's christmas cards. a 6—year—old girl from south london found a message inside a card, allegedly written by prisoners in shanghai. the message said: "please help us and notify human rights organisations." french fashion designer emanuel ungaro known for his use of bold colours and vibrant prints, has died in paris at the age of 86. he trained under the spanish designer cristobal balenciaga and made clothes for celebrities and actresses, including jackie k

abdullah say they don't accept the result it's expected abdullah will file an appeal before the final results is announced claims of fraud and technical issues delayed the announcement originally scheduled for october at least 12 people have been killed in as strikes by syrian government forces and the russian allies in the latest attack on syrian troops are advancing on the country's lost rebel held areas constant bombardment as valse about 25000 people to leave the area in the past 2 days alone and at least 9 people have been killed in powerful storms that have battered western and southern europe over the past 3 days the italian coast guard rescued 12 people from a ship smashed against rocks well there's been widespread flooding and more than 100000 homes left without electricity. well a shadow wealth now continues but i will be back with more news in the news actually at 2100 g.m.t. . the joint hearings of the house select committee to investigate covert arms transaction with iran. and the select committee on secret military assistance to iran and the nicaraguan opposition we all

abdullah met the resigned last week but remains in a caretaker role a replacement is yet to be announced while the political wrangling goes on ordinary iraqis continue to pay the price with their lives. talk to dorsetshire pari now who joins us from traverse square and baghdad so what is the latest where you are dorsey. well we just arrived at this where and i can tell you the mood is quite tense we've been speaking to some people on the way there is extra security certainly a number of our carries that lead to tahrir square which is just behind me have been blocked by security forces to try and calm the situation after what took place just north of town here overnight many people worried that the events that unfolded a few hours ago will only make the situation worse that of the demonstrations is supplying bring reform political reform in this country and the violence that seems to be escalating certainly not hours or. so the violence how has that affected the protesters demands and the choosing the politics of choosing the next prime minister. will assist complicate the situation furth

abdullah unlikely to challenge the results. still ahead on al jazeera west african leaders plan to fight the cross border attacks plaguing that country's. hello again welcome back to your international weather forecast well here across europe it is still a very messy scenario we are talking about one area of low pressure pushing across the central med and now into the balkan peninsula with some very heavy rain as well as some very gusty conditions it is going to be greece here on sunday that sees the bulk of it and that's going to continue as we go towards monday night as well heavy rain extends to the north across much of central europe as well and then as we go towards monday that system slowly slides over here towards parts of turkey really the heaviest rain in the winds will be across that southern coast of turkey as well out towards the west though it will be the winds across the u.k. crossing over towards parts of the netherlands and into germany very gusty winds at times not a lot of rain but it will be cloudy across muc

abdullah say they don't accept the results the electoral commission says a final count could change on him on this that speak to have the war doc who is a political analyst and founding member of transparency afghanistan he joins us live from kabul thank you for your time ashraf ghani opponent of do not do now already challenging the result of this preliminary count do you expect the results to change after the final count. well i don't i don't expect it is those to change much but i expect a lot of volatility in terms of agreement of the final decision. chief executive of the law has already challenged. the preliminary results saying that she still have a lot of fraudulent votes that needs to be sorted out which could bring president arnie's rifty point 64 percent votes down. the case now goes to the to the elections complaints commission which will look which will look at the complaints but at the same time i think we are looking at some sort of agreement between of the. president of the army i think we we are sort of going back to what happened in 2014 you have had the elections

abdullah mattie simona fulton is following the story from baghdad and there are reports of katyusha rockets being fired in this attack on the k one base any update on. those who have been injured from this. well we're getting reports that there were 2 casualties as part of this latest attack one of whom is a member of the iraqi police and one of whom is the u.s. contractor in this particular base in kirkuk houses both u.s. forces as well as iraqi forces that it is used to conduct operations in the area against this is an area that is surrounded by many mountains and it has been used by aczel to stage an insurgency so this base is particularly important for those operations and this particular attack is just one in a series of several such incidents over the past month or so in fact there have been a statement issued by the u.s. on the semper 7 basically listing the attacks and also unusually attribute in responsibility for some of these attacks a particular one such attack. took a type as ball which is an iranian backed armed group now there was another attack on december 9th on the

gulf region may be easing that's according to statements made by the qatari foreign minister ahmed abdullah fani during a conference in rome on friday we have moved from a stalemate to some progress where there are some talks. that took place between us and. specifically and saudi and we hope these talks will need. to our progress where we can see an end. to 4 of the core of the crisis and. this is the last time gulf leaders put on a show of unity that was in riyadh in may 2017 a few weeks later saudi arabia u.a.e. behala and egypt cut diplomatic ties with qatar accusing it of funding extremism and building closer ties with iran qatar has repeatedly denied the charges and rejected a list of 13 demands by the blockade in countries which include closing a turkish military base downgrading ties with iran and shutting down the aisle to 0 media network. the us has called on its gulf allies to and their feud fearing the rift might undermine its 1st to contain what it sees as iran's growing influence in the region the signs are they are but at the same time despite these 2 are momentous steps that

abdullah mahdi who resigned last month many feared without strong leadership iraq risks slipping deeper into crisis simona faulting al jazeera a bug that. just 2 days before voters in algeria go to the polls a court has sentenced 3 former political leaders to lengthy prison terms it comes as anti-government protests continue across the country calling for the election to be boycotted mykola gauge reports. was anti government protesters out again on the streets this time less than 48 hours before the polling stations in algeria altering their value into a boy course the voyage claiming it won't be fair if the ruling elite still in power at the same time to former prime ministers were being sentenced in court for corruption and fraud ahmed was sentenced for 15 he is and his predecessor abdel nur likes allow for 12 an international arrest warrant was issued for former industry minister disallows bush will read who's not in the country in his absence he was sentenced to 20 years they all served under a long time president abdelaziz bouteflika was he was forced to step down earlier this year

abdullah he discussed the strikes with his national security council on monday well cancer's reconsidering iraq's relationship with the u.s. led coalition against eisel and plans to summon the u.s. ambassador in baghdad meanwhile protests against the u.s. operation have been held in the cities of kirkuk and basra demonstrators call the airstrikes a violation of their sovereignty and held up pictures of those killed some one of 14 reports from iraq's anbar province where some u.s. troops are based. and unprecedented confrontation between the u.s. and iran on iraqi soil for the 1st time u.s. airstrikes targeting the bases of an iranian backed armed group killing and injuring dozens the operation in response to a series of rockets that struck military bases where u.s. personnel are stationed a u.s. contractor was killed in the most recent attack in care cook what we did was take a decisive response that makes clear what president trump has said for months and months and months which is that we will not stand for the garage to take actions to put american men and women in jeopardy that type he

abdullah 872-0900 90. although the results of the election in september is preliminary and may change in the final count ronnie says he's won with 51 percent of the vote and. he can gradually the whole afghan nation from the bottom of my heart on the announcement we're going towards a national trust from division towards a national unity. however voter turnout was $1900000.00 ballots were counted for $9000000.00 registered voters in the $35000000.00 population than his nearest rival chief executive a dollar dollar came in 2nd he rejected the result of living by the complaint commission about 300000 disputed votes to federal votes need to be separated from the final vote count. fraud allegations were also made in the last presidential election 5 years ago. ronnie and abdullah were locked in an election stalemate with each accusing the other of fraud that led to the u.s. intervening to negotiate a power sharing agreement. to help stamp out election fraud the government brought in machines to collect voters b

abdullah marked his resignation expected to top the agenda but that's done little to calm protesters who want a total overhaul of the political system. demonstrators in hong kong have held a march of gratitude for the united states organizers say they want to thank washington for proving legislation last week to protect human rights in the territory. and a crowd in eastern democratic republic of congo have killed 2 people accusing them of being rebels fighters from a rebel group of killed more than 100 civilians in the past month. well the u.n. peacekeeping chief is visiting benny where there have been protests against the perceived failure of u.n. forces there to protect residents against the violence he admitted the u.n. has room for improvement but he did call for unity among local partners to the city go bust a bit if. the message is that you shouldn't make the wrong enemies we are on the side of the people of this region. congolese people are there any things we can do better of course they are and we will work on it are our partners with whom we work with every day also thinkin

abdullah met the resigned last week but remains in a caretaker role a replacement is yet to be announced while the political wrangling goes on ordinary iraqis continue to pay the price with their lives. door such a pari al-jazeera baghdad. let's bring in. who is here in doha is a researcher focuses on identity politics and iraq and the middle east thank you so much for joining us so obviously these reports are just happening within the last few minutes at the top of our starters home. being bombed by a drone what might the implications of that be well the only implication that this is showing us is the governmental desperation and trying to politicize the revolution in iraq and trying to pull the peaceful revolution into an armed revolution and try to label it as a conflict between process than the factions and procedures factions. and is still a money as an awesome solution monied the iranian general who controls the probably iran militias on the ground in iraq which are also the armed doings of the political parties that govern iraq since the early stages of the invasion people in iraq

abdullah mahdi resigned last month following weeks of anti-government anger at corruption the lack of jobs and public services meanwhile iraq's christian leaders have canceled major christmas celebrations in stanley diety with the anti-government protesters the numbers of christians are dwindling across the country but the demonstrations are uniting people of all face similar fault and has the story from baghdad. christmas day and better than a rare occasion to celebrate for a beleaguered minority that has yet to recover from years of violence at the hands of iceland al qaeda many here remember the days when christians in iraq numbered in millions and formed an integral part of society. in the thirty's or even the people in history celebrating until late at night you couldn't walk from here to there because of the crowds the christians the muslims and all the folks were celebrating both great day. this year's christmas is once again overshadowed by suffering but this time it's the suffering of others church leaders have council tell abrasions outside these prayers in solidarity with t

those are the headlines right now on al-jazeera iraqi prime minister abdullah abdullah mahdi has formally submitted his resignation to parliament but that is a little to calm protests around the country demonstrators clashed with security forces after trying to block a road and baghdad and medical officials say 3 protesters were shot dead and at least 58 wounded were. i spoke with my resignation was essential to diffuse and calm the situation in the country i hope that parliament chooses a quick alternative because the situation in the country can sustain a caretaker government for too long. pressure is growing on malta's prime minister after a prominent businessman was charged in the murder of a journalist jordan finish has denied complicity in the murder of daphne corrie 182017 it's developed into a major political crisis for the prime minister joseph muscat his chief of staff resigned this week amid reports he was being questioned by police more information as emerged about the man who killed 2 people on a knife attack in london on friday this man khan had been released from prison aft

and richelle carey these are the headlines on al-jazeera iraqi prime minister abdullah abdullah mahdi house formally submitted his resignation to parliament but that has done little to calm protests around the country demonstrators clashed with security forces after trying to block a road in baghdad and medical officials say 3 protesters were shot dead and at least 58 wounded. were. i spoke with my resignation was essential to diffuse and calm the situation in the country i hope that problem and chooses a quick alternative because the situation in the country council stay in a caretaker government for too long the pressure is growing on malta's prime minister after a prominent businessman was charged in the murder of a journalist organ french has denied complicity in the murder of. a link 2017 it's a belt into a major political crisis for the prime minister joseph muscat his chief of staff. resigned this week amid reports he was questioned by police. more information has emerged about the man who killed 2 people on a knife attack in london on friday. had been released from prison afte