in the north of mozambique everyone is waiting for the boom huge reserves of natural gas were discovered years ago directly off the coast but they're still waiting for production to start now it's nearly time international energy companies are ready to start operations and are predicting mozambique will become one of the world's leading producers of liquefied petroleum gas. among the firms involved are chinese and european companies they are promising acting president felipe in ny you see big money if he can ensure a stable investment conditions he has just laid the foundation stone for 25000000000 dollar project. and. there are countries that have had natural resources for many years but most of their population remains poor. we want to and must make a difference. earlier this year to tropical hurricanes plunge this already impoverished country of nearly 30000000 people into crisis now you see has been hit with a corruption scandal also there is an insurgency of terrorist groups in the north where the natural gas deposits lie the government has responded with a military operation to kee

mozambique, known to others as the qatar of africa. the discovery of a norm's gas reserves will make it the biggest producer, bringing $50 billion of investment from energy companies. a lawyer explains hohow the lell issues will l have to beat u uph by local lobbyists. >> [indiscernible] when we look at public construction, you need a joint mozambique owns 51%. reporter: construction is booming and the associated corruption has become one of the themes of the campaign. the sitting president has become the theme of the candidates. don't have data. reporter: the ruling party has recent infrastructure projects like this bridge built by the chinese. it is the longest suspension bridge but it t is little used. >> basically, colonial structures and architecture is growing. you organize that side. it has s to be taken seriously as the couountry's informal secector makes up 65% f the economy. but the elections are just as important this year. >> we want a president to sort out this market. look at it. believe the election could change your liv

the group to is part of the mozambique association of recycling and more the association is working to set up an efficient waste management and recycling system in mozambique so far 6 regional organizations are taking part and more have signaled interest in joining. when a more started in 2009 the concept was new in the southeast african country now 10 years down the line the attitude towards waste has changed. or has changed a lot here since they started their activities and i was a big fan they've brought a whole new perspective as regards to cycling and they've also introduced new infrastructure. before we had huge amounts of plastic waste but we didn't know what to do with it or how to process it. we are recycling is one of the private companies that also profit from the growing interest in cycling they sell on the salty materials to a local company to transform them into furniture and many other useful items are more says that between $4.60 tons of waste are being recycled every month that might sound like a lot but it's actually only the equivalent of 2 percent of the overall was

president felipe a new c has mozambique for 5 years. first the economy has grown so has inequality some officials from his ruling for a lemo party have been jailed over a $2000000000.00 corruption scandal and the army's trying to put down an insurgency in the north soon with almost no we are the best political party well prepared to continue building mozambique as a contrast peace security and political stability the parties ruled ever since mozambique won independence from portuguese colonialists in 1975. historically many people here i'm a prude so supported for a lot of people here today don't look particularly excited to hear the president speak freely most virtuous declined over successive elections and in local elections last year was declared a winner with just 51 percent of the vote share across the opposition disputed result an opposition say they're concerned about levels of violence throughout the campaign. in past elections there are no my party has always been the strongest opponent it's candidates say they've been violentl

president felipe a new see has mozambique for 5 years. first the economy has grown so has inequality some officials from his ruling for a lemo party have been jailed over a $2000000000.00 corruption scandal and the army's trying to put down an insurgency in the north so it's almost like we are the best political party well prepared to continue building mozambique as a contrast peace security and political stability the parties ruled ever since mozambique won independence from portuguese colonialists in 1975. historically many people here are supported for a lot of people here today don't look particularly excited to hear the president speak freely most virtue declined over successive elections and in local elections last year was declared with just 51 percent of the vote share across the opposition disputed result an opposition say they're concerned about levels of violence throughout the campaign. in past elections there are no my party has always been the strongest opponent it's candidates say they've been violently stopped from campaig

and that of all this one in mozambique but big some a warning democracy is under attack. then who said african stowed keitai this past weekend kenya is a new kid choking and bring it cost both smashing down dreams and marriage. hello i'm kristie want to welcome to news africa introducing to news is the new president site the 61 year old law professor overwhelmingly won sunday's election the vote was closely watched because it's only the 2nd democratic election since the country's fault the so-called arab spring site thanked the country's young people for turning a new page and vowed to try to build a new to. no it flowed on the main boulevard in tunis. feel budding democracy. doesn't of side supporters say liberating the men with a say can keep alive the spirits of the 2011 revolution. young people sure they can. news they vote to change the system several political parties give a lot of money to win the presidency but the people and the young ones who are part of the revolution in 2011 did it again a new revolution this time with a ballot. case side is a low profile cons

president felipe a new c has mozambique for 5 years. first the economy has grown so has inequality some officials from his ruling for a lemo party have been jailed over a 2000000000 dollar corruption scandal and the army's trying to put down an insurgency in the north soon with almost no we are the best political party well prepared to continue building mozambique as a contrast peace security and political stability the free my parties ruled ever since mozambique won independence from portuguese colonialists in 1975. historically many people here are supported for a lot of people here today don't look particularly excited to hear the president speak freely most virtuous declined over successive elections and in local elections last year was declared the winner with just 51 percent of the vote share across the opposition disputed result an opposition say they're concerned about levels of violence throughout the campaign. in past elections there are no my party has always been the strongest opponent it's candidates say they've been violen

half of all people in mozambique live in poverty. the country is slowly recovering from an economic crisis and the president's governmenent h has plagueued by several corruption scandals. the election will be close an for the first time in years, an uphill struggle for the ruling party. brent: doing away with global poverty seems as easy as saying, stop climate change. but three economists have taken this on in a new way, breaking it down into pieces. their work has been awarded -- rewarded with the nobel prize in economics. >> this year'ss nobel prizeze f economics goes to three economists specialized in povercy and how best to combat it. a french born economist, her indian born husband and an american have helped millions of children by favoring practical steps to tackle problems over theory. all three lecture at u.s. universities. >> they take a broad question such as why are kids not learning in school an they break that down into many more details questions and then they combine this evidence to be able to say something about un

plus mozambique goes to the polls will the ruling party's decades long hold on power slip our correspondent is on the ground for today's general. i'm brian thomas great to have you with us the united states has imposed economic sanctions on turkey that after president trump demanded an immediate cease fire in syria and a phone call with president erred on the sanctions include an end to talks on a $100000000000.00 trade deal vice president mike pence is also heading to ankara for talks we're getting live pictures right now on the ground the offensive inside syria can continue these are the latest images coming in from ross and that's just across the border with turkey turkey is targeting a number of syrian towns close to its border and has been pushing deeper than expected. now at the same time from the south syrian government forces are advancing to join up with kurdish fighters in the very same area. syrian troops heading towards the turkish border 80 years after president bashar assad lost control over northern syria his army is moving back and. the kurds who control the region saw no al

will remain president of mozambique for the next 5 years after the landslide win he won 73 percent of the vote. his party won just under 3 quarters of the parliamentary seats according to the official results announced on sunday was a bieksa position house call for you rerun of the general election a legend widespread cheating intimidation violence and votes rigging claims the ruling party the nice. 2 very different views of the same boat. candidate philippe new u.z. had 4000000 507549 votes. the incumbent and his supporters call the official results a landslide but the opposition sees it as a whitewash the real results painted over something echoed even within mozambique's electoral commission we are witnessing here a national shame. 8 members just under half of the national electoral commission say the commission's most important election tasks were done in secret without them and a final vote document does not include their signatures the commission chairman though says everything was done by the book. the electoral commission congratulates itself on the conduct of the 6th general

look at mozambique selection as aiming at being free and fair because the word from the beginning to form a belligerent they do not accept of the democracy game they do not but knowledge the people's right to. choose and to mine the future or destiny of the country for the mo want wanted a single party communist state with normal fought for multi-party democracy 44 years after independence from portugal the ideologies have faded and for limos still in power malcolm webb al-jazeera mozambique thousands of teachers in the u.s. city of chicago have marched downtown blocking streets and demanding better pay. more than 300000 students are out of school for a 5th day in what's now the 2nd longest walkout by public teachers in recent u.s. history the protest coincided with the mayor's budget address the teachers union is calling for higher salaries smaller classes and more staff at the city says it can't afford to meet those demands. on facebook c.e.o. has faced hours of prickly questioning from u.s. politicians about the company's efforts to create a global digital currency mark zuckerberg

mozambique. major protests scheduled in guinea on monday against president alpha condé is planned to change the constitution and run for a 3rd term for opposition politicians have been arrested ahead of fair planned protest from nicholas hawke. this is downtown connector in the area called tell you a market area where over the weekend people have come to do their shopping to get basic necessities like rice water or oil because they fear that the shelves really close down because of these and those demonstration already people have been arrested leaders of these protests have been arrested by men wearing ski mask and arms and this has created a sense of anxiety and then to suppression of what may lay ahead was so we're just outside. the main opposition figure you don't lives in a popular neighborhood but he sought refuge in the diplomatic foreigners who is truly happy italian embassy and i'm sad to see. the only security. no thank you very good. to say about it all this needs to stop some say the

will the people of mozambique go to the polls on tuesday to elect a new president in parliament the ruling party there has never lost a national vote since it overthrew portuguese colonial rule 44 years ago but this won't be an easy win for w.'s adrian crease reports. there are religious songs giving thing. but in this campaign version the lyrics have been changed sing the praises of incumbent president feel it when you see and is friendly to the president as messiah. would understand you see. where voting for president you see on the free lima party for the sake of continuity. you see he kept his promise. he said every district should have a pac and a hospital and that's exactly what he delivered. he makes everything better and knowing what. 2 2 they sing in the future we can see many projects in mozambique. but isn't. the man we can issues is a. president you see is presenting himself as a peacemaker in august he signed the peace agreement with the former rebel group. that was already the 3rd peace agreement and once again it is a very fragile one our journey takes us to go on go in cent

international observers are raising concerns about voter fraud in mozambique final results of tuesday's election are awaited following reports of ballot stuffing at some polling stations and election observers killed and others attacked as malcolm webb reports from the capital of gaza province. it was right here that anastasio matter delhi was shot by 5 gunmen last week he died shortly afterwards in hospital he was an observer in mozambique's election and the director of rights group. and his colleague fernando young told us he'd been within minutes before a training session for local observers. the capital of the province he says anastasio killing sent a clear message from friday. it makes me feel scared i'm living in fear after this the situation is worse we're being followed it doesn't sit well with me . anastasio and his colleagues had raised concerns about 300000 so-called ghost voters on the electoral register in the province before he was shot and his killer sped off in a car just down the road they hit an oncoming car an overturned was right here 2 of the men died at the scene 2

s aiming to secure a 2nd term as mozambique's president he came to power in the 2014 election with a reduced majority for is rooting for the most party or he's up against former fighter su for more mad day who is the front man for the real number party infighting has plagued his party whoever wins the vote will lead mozambique's recovery after 2 cyclons and food shortages this year and respond to a growing rebellion in the gas rich northern province of cabo that gather. malcolm webb joins us now from the protest house campaigning been shaping up malcolm and. right now we're at the final rally of the ruling for lima party the people here waiting for president felipe when you see to speak he's about to come on stage we're going to take a little walk around so you can see hughes here i'll tell you a bit about what's going on say here in the capital for lima consider least in the past a stronghold of theirs their vote share over successive elections has declined in the last elections which were local elections held a year ago they won or they were announced the winner with a smaller marg

is in mozambique's capital reporting on what is at stake. the queues have been long since morning here in with 13000000 registered voters are expected to cast their vote today in a very tight election because mozambique is still one of the poorest countries in the region almost every 2nd person here lives in poverty and therefore there are high expectations for the next government spending. i hope everything will get better. we need more schools they should invest more in education to reduce poverty. and. there's a lot of corruption and. i wish our country could be more developed. by these and why this in mind was a big is still recovering from 16 years of civil war a fight between the socialists really more and the anti communist. this been peace since 1992 but it's a very fragile one just in august the peace agreement was high and between both sides but this was already the 3rd peace agreement and once again it's a very fragile one because some of the rain still refusing to give away their weapons yet the former rebel group is now the bigg

mozambique's opposition was the result of the recent election to be an old he says that the vote was rigged after the governing for lima party won every province including areas where the opposition usually dominates malcolm webb has more from my puter. supporters of mozambique's governing for a party celebrate results of last week's election that the opposition says was blatantly rigged here its results from a puto province for limo's been announced the winner in all of them even opposition strongholds. a few hours drive away in neighboring province a candidate for the opposition m.d.m. party showed us results forms from polling stations filled in pencil and with vote counts for left blank he says so that numbers could then be changed or made up counting centers. and he said please stop for m.d.m. agents from observing you. but of course you know. that the police arrested them and took them to jail i think the police neutralized them because they were afraid they would witness fraud. just down the road at the provincial office of renamo the largest opposition party one of its agents

debra patta is there. >> reporter: mozambique is one of the poorest countries in the world. many amenities are inaccessible here because of the treacherous quality of the roads. which is why this bridge and the 60-mile stretch of road leading from it could potentially be game changers. a year ago, there was nothing here but fresh air. now this bridge is a potential gateway to economic development. the only way to travel was like this. a ten-minute trip on a crowded ferry. this was how he used to get his supplies from the capital. now she takes a quick ride in the subds diessidized bus acros bridge. but it's come at a cost. we are standing on what used to be her home underneath the new highway. she was compensated for her loss. a new plot of land and a better house, but it's a lot further away. ♪ ♪ and she's had to leave behind her parents' burial site, friends and all her memories. [ speaking foreign language ] you see my heart, she said. i cried a lot. >> reporter: it was painful. but the mozambique government believes ultimately the state of the art infrastructure will

opposition groups in mozambique say they doubt that tuesday's general election will be free and fair that could put the fragile peace agreement under threat we knew and fears the country will be plunged back into on conflict alkaloid has more now from district. became mozambique's largest opposition party it was a rebel group it fought the governing for lemo party in a 15 year civil war until a truce in 1992. been declared the winner of every election since. when are my politicians accused president philippe newsies government of corruption and vote rigging. can you see here don't vote for the 1st one that's the thing that we talked about most people in this area supported renamo throughout the civil war they say that means they were deprived of all public services and targeted with their aid. really most signed a peace deal in august is the 3rd are meant to be the final agreement ending the conflict but not everybody is happy with it metaphysical renamo left tenant general named mariano nyong'o rejected the deal he's hiding in the bush with no number of fighters. we spoke to him one

there are some there are some limitations in our freedom and more elections people in mozambique this time voting in a general election just 6 months after the devastating cyclons killed at least $1300.00 people so the task won't be easy because thousands are still homeless and living in camps malcolm webb reports now from tika one of the hardest hit areas and so far the province no. flood water started gushing into to reason make it tires home it was when cycling it died struck central mozambique in march. one wall collapsed then another. she ran and climbed this tree to escape the rising torrent her sister and her 2 small children climbed this one she saw them washed away when it collapsed. because it was a new yet. i was very sad because my sister was gone that night i stayed in the tree crying the next day people came into kenya to rescue us eventually found their bodies. this tends now to resist home hundreds of people were killed by 2 cyclamens that struck me as i hear this yeah thousands are still in camps where they're meant to vote in choose days presidential election. the pe

covering this election forest joins us now live from mozambique's capital marcum has a voting going so far. we visited several polling stations this morning people having queuing for 3 hours waiting in line to vote right now in the center which is the coalition tally center integration center for a coalition of rights groups and election observers and with me is the former president of ghana it was to john muhammad who is leading an observer mission is the mom of one of the things that we've heard about is that to be a 1000 observers haven't been given accreditation to be able to attend the polling stations today what will tell us about the. major challenge with this election and i think that it's huge. the process should be simplified so that more people can be ready to. give a certain integrity to an election and the fact that they are available and watch and see what happens is good for the process. i mean form this in 2 steps you get the official letter and then you have to go for the bites and it complicates the process i mean there's a one stop shop where you get your attention l

president felipe a new sea has mozambique for 5 years. first the economy has grown so has inequality some officials from his ruling for lemo party have been jailed over a $2000000000.00 corruption scandal and the army's trying to put down an insurgency in the north so it's almost. the best political party well prepared to continue building mozambique as a contrast peace security and political stability the party's ruled ever since mozambique won independence from portuguese colonialists in 1975. the story many people supported for. people here today don't look particularly excited to hear the president speak. declined over successive elections and in local elections last year was declared with just 51 percent of the vote share across the opposition disputed result in opposition. and about levels of violence throughout the campaign. in past elections there are no my party has always been the strongest opponent it's candidates say they've been violently stopped from campaigning in some parts of the country its leader sue for maddy addressed

malcolm webb al-jazeera maputo mozambique. libya's internationally recognized government says forces loyal to war on the half there are some blame for the recent violence in the country but in an interview with a russian news agency have to says his forces have been defending the capital and denies attacking it. has. i have to himself has stated that there is no mitigation foreign or local mediation between him and the you and the recognized a government of national accord his rival government in the west of the country have to also stated to the russian news agency that his forces are defending the capital tripoli and this is very contradictory with the situation on the ground in fact his forces on the ground are accused of committing world crimes by targeting it is additional areas killing innocent civilians most recent one was on monday when pro have to warplane targeted residential area killing 4 innocent civilians a mother and her 3 daughters now have to is also stating to the us or russian news agency that he has no plan

and election observers killed in mozambique and rights groups around the alarm over voting irregularities. and boxing mourns the 4 fighter to die from injuries sustained in the ring in as many months joe will have details in support. the u.k.'s prime minister is facing a brakes it showdown in parliament after managing to clinch a last minute withdraw agreement with the european union boris johnson has managed to change some terms over what's become bricks its biggest issue out of the border between northern ireland and the republic of ireland is still unclear if enough m.p.'s will back his agreement when they meet on saturday or some of the deals terms northern ireland stays in the european union's single market for goods that means checks will take place at ports and airports and not on the land border with the irish republic or of the u.k. will leave the use customs union but northern ireland or still need to follow the e.u.'s rules that means that british authorities will apply tariffs to some products entering the province crucially members of the regional northern irish parliament wi

malcolm with al-jazeera to mozambique. saying supreme court is expected to sentence 12 catalan leaders over their role in the 2017 banned referendum for independence ruling could complicate spanish politics and reignite tensions just one month ahead of national elections. from barcelona. in the middle of balsa luna's largest train station a call for self-determination by catalan activists more than 2 years since catalonia is attempt to secede they are no closer to their go but they say they refuse to give up the home of a better movie when in fact this is a nonviolent action one of many more that are yet to come this is to defeat the system to change it and to become a new country.

tuesday's election in mozambique is a test of a fragile peace with a governing party weakened by sacred site claims conflict and scandals. and the world beach games are underway in doha and is featuring a number of events you probably wouldn't associate with life on the show skin sport . heather that will help you like the west the windy weather across europe because my goodness was claimed on the way just like these cows streaming into of the last few hours much of the compass in. bringing with it some rain and it has been fairly windy as well in fact look at this this man doing his best for them bella in a red square in moscow at those jaw clouds bringing yet more rain in the 4 calls on national fact as they go on into monday it will stay 5 into western russia moscow it will be cloudy but it should be a drive day the rain is generally across much of scotland and then we've also a slight reprieve really on eastern areas notes a great deal of warmth of course at this time of year 19 degrees in vienna $22.00 but this is where the weather will be on monday across much of the west and you

malcolm where al-jazeera mozambique. and sudan their affair are sort of the country's main exports is under threat sudan is the world's main producer of gum arabic used in many products from soft drinks to cosmetics but farmer say they're worried their income could dry up ever more going to ports elevate and north korea fun. these fields of acacia trees have been tended by any means to a man's family for generations for 30 years he's been planting harvesting and tapping them for their sap the liquid flows slowly for days before drying into gum arabic it's been the main source of income for his family for decades but he's concerned that's may not continue much longer. than the elusive the one still involved in the gum arabic business most of those harvest another bum 13 while the youth no longer have any interest they prefer quickening means like mining gold or construction but those holding on to the trade. and kneels farm in north korea to find is one of hundreds in the state involved in arabic production which accounts

election the main hopefuls include president felipe nusi hughes aiming to secure a 2nd term as mozambique's president he came to power in the 2014 election with a reduced majority for his rooting for the party or he's up against former fighter or sue for more mild day who is the front man for the renumber party infighting has plagued this party whoever wins the votes will lead mozambique's recovery after 2 psych loans and food shortages this year and respond to a growing rebellion in the gas rich northern province of kava there gadow. malcolm webb joins us now from the protest house campaigning been shaping up malcolm and. right now we're at the final rally of the ruling for lima party the people here waiting for president phillip when you see to speak he's about to come on stage we're going to take a little walk around so you can see who's here i'll tell you a bit about what's going on say here in the capital for lima consider least in the past a stronghold of theirs. over successive elections has declined in the last elections which were local elections held a year ago they were or they w

final campaign rallies are being held in mozambique in the run up to choose the general election it will be the 6th vote since the end of the civil war in $1002.00 the ruling from a party is challenged by its rival renamo tension remains between them despite signing a final peace deal back in august there are 4 people vying for the top job but the main hopefuls are president felipe and you see who is running for a 2nd term he came to power in 2014 with a reduced majority for the party he is up against the former fighter or so from a mother who is the front man for a party plagued by infighting whoever wins will lead mozambique's recovery after 2 site clones and food shortages this year and having to deal with a growing rebellion in the gas rich northern province of cover delgado malcolm webb has the latest now from a put up. president clearly paid means to tone of course is that in a 2nd we'll bring jobs but also flying to russia but it's property and that's blighted some of the members of his body during his bust to being dollar headlines scandal being steady on bail opposition the lead

we're turning now to another election this one taking place today in mozambique the ruling party there has not lost the national vote since it overthrew portuguese colonial rule if you can believe that 44 years ago but that party known as free lemo is facing new challenges this time around krish has a story for. their religious songs usually giving things to but in this campaign version the lyrics have been changed sing the praises of incumbent president felipe in you see and is friendly to the president as messiah. now more than most and you see. we're voting for president you see on the free my party for the sake of continuity. you see kept his promise. he said every district should have a pac and a hospital and that's exactly what he delivered. he makes everything better and going to. 2 2 sing in the future we can see in many projects in mozambique. president knows. the men we can issues is a. president you see is presenting himself as a peacemaker and all the scientists peace agreement with the former rebel group. that was already the disagreement and once again it is a very one ho

and tuesday's election in mozambique is a test of a fragile peace with a governing party weakened by cyclons conflict and scandals. that will help you like the west so windy weather across europe because my goodness was claimed on the way just like these cows streaming into the last few hours much of the compass and. bringing with it some rain and it has been fairly windy as well in fact look at this this man doing his best for them bella in a red square. cloud bringing yet more rain in the 4 calls on national fact as they go on into monday it will stay 5 into western russia moscow it will be cloudy but it should be a drive day the rain is generally across much of scotland and then we've also a slight reprieve really on eastern areas not so a great deal of warmth of course at this time of year 19 degrees in vienna $22.00 but this is where the weather will be on monday across much of the western new fairly vigorous storm system working its way across into portugal and spain could see some heavy rain that at times it will continue its journey eastwards on cheese day so they will have t

in other world news polls have opened in mozambique's general election that could see the free labor party extended longwall the vote is taking place 2 months after the signing of a peace deal with the longtime wyvil given amel party president felipe a new city is seeking a 2nd term but he faces a strong challenge from rommel's also for one more maybe the 2 sides fought for 16 years in a conflict that killed around a 1000000 people markham where is in my porto for assess mozambique's capital joins us live how enthusiastic are people about this election market. right now in matola which is a very large so we can take a look at the people who have lined up here hundreds of people lined up at this school where there are at least 6 polling stations and people get to come and vote and there are similar scenes across the city and also across the country but in god or the province in the far north there are at least 10 polling stations that work the opening today and 5000 more than 5000 voters who were on able to vote because of an insurgency that has been going on there for the last 2 year

mozambique's oppositional cries foul and calls for a new vote after being defeated in every province in the recent election more in the states. hello there as across much of a borneo also want to cross into sulawesi but you can see and things have been a little bit kara but the rain is very much in the 4 calls over the next couple of days northern sections in particular dry they may stay on friday. and then we've got more of those rain showers across much of the monday peninsula and northern and central areas all the similar to working the way to the south was on saturday making for all the down day in singapore 31 degrees celsius and we are going to showers in the forecast into the southeast of australia but they're very light and very really intermittent you can see where the cloud is and that is generally where we will see the showers the ebb beginning to cool down friday saturday across the great bias there 19 in adelaide but still warm in melbourne anti-biotic and in both cases you could see some showers 35 celsius in sydney and then it also really warms up and south across into

election observers from the european union have criticized mozambique's election saying it wasn't a level playing field between the government and opposition ballot stuffing was reported at several polling stations and many observers were subject to violence one was even murdered by police officers under there is malcolm webb reports from shy shy the capital of gaza province. it was right here that anastasio a matter valley was shot by 5 gunmen last week he died shortly afterwards in hospital he was an observer in mozambique's election and the director of a rights group. from above and his colleague fernando young tubby told us he'd been within minutes before at a training session for local observers and shy shy the capital of gaza province he says anastasio killing sent a clear message from producing drivel made to it makes me feel scared i'm living in fear after this the situation is worse we're being followed it doesn't sit well with me. anastasio and his colleagues had raised concerns about 300000 so-called ghost voters on the electoral register in gaza province before he was shot and

equation is the us which is frankly you know just taken itself out of the equation polls have opened in mozambique's general election that could see the for name of the party extend its decades long rule the vote is taking place 2 months after the signing of a peace deal with longtime rival the nama party president felipe and you see seeking a 2nd term but he faces a strong challenge from assume from the mahdi the 2 sides fought for 16 years in a conflict that killed over a 1000000 people malcolm webb joins us live now from outside a polling station in maputo malcolm we understand the president's expected to vote there shortly tell us what's been happening. that's right it's probably stations in secondary school and president felipe when you say he's expected to vote in a classroom just up there in a few minutes from now meanwhile people are waiting to get into another classroom here this have a look around the living queuing up. to come inside a vote which is just started inside here people join the line when they get to the front. you have to come in here and then they're checked against the elect

mozambique's main opposition party rejects initial election results plus i'm a common job in the river water knowledge tell you how this record iraq or the rescue service for about a 100 kilometers. and there was not bone dry yet in china but not much rain or right in the satellite picture doesn't reveal as in the way of white topics that run the geo screen much as catch is a tropical developer wants more its way towards japan but for china it looks fine there are some showers available in the higher ground south the sichuan moving into the middle the not really developing very much the whole drift is largely sudden hong kong is dry running is dry much of vietnam should remain dry as well so for most places dries a story you'd think it might be in india too wouldn't it was the monsoon rains going south but as you can see they are not they were turning up the western side carriages had some decent rain recently and it should probably be actually in town noddy but it is western side where the concentration is showing itself with potential tropical storm developing whether or not it does

a clue in a killing the length between a crashed car and the murder of an election observer in mozambique and bus load the protests won't stop one of the biggest matches in the spanish league that's coming up in sports with. now heavy gunfire has rocked several neighborhoods in the mexican city of korea come of the security forces detained a son of the notorious drug cartel leader joaquin el chapo guzman. well the news led to running battles between cartel gunmen and police a government official confirmed the arrest of a video guzman vehicles and a petrol station was set on fire and state police confirmed several prisoners escaped from jail during the chaos well let's go to our correspondent now he's joining us live from the mexican capital and what more you hearing mannie about what's taking place in the city last days. elizabeth you've got a pretty good job of summarizing the chaos the safe place suits since the afternoon on thursday in create kind of the capital of the mexican state seeing a lot of this is actually a part of the state that hasn't seen the regular violence the type of v