in mexico city is the favorite to win. by syrian vice jets and their russian allies have killed at least seventy five civilians and there are province over the last twenty four hours and talks have resumed between rebel groups and russian negotiators as they try again to end the fighting. bombs going off in the center of jalalabad in afghanistan just hours after president ashraf ghani left at least twelve members of the sikh minority community were killed in the blast that also injured twenty prevention government officials. a series of bombings in jalalabad where i saw the taliban have a strong presence. more now on our top story elections in mexico that largely hinge on voter fury of a corruption and violence as many as thirty thousand people were murdered last year alas in america to lucianne human tells one grieving mother story from mexico city . this is my son her son he was nineteen and studied architecture but he said mantel piece is in fact a shrine to her two murdered sons place where she can at least keep their

is looking at the former mail of mexico city as their president. and what he's done in terms of breaking down the power base of the two traditional parties is genuinely extraordinary. indeed, because it's almost two decades since a left—wing president was in charge of mexico. this is all history stuff. it really is. since i923i believe, since anyone bar those two parties has controlled mexico. this party he created, it was only conceived of in 201a. now the pri, it's hard to explain how significant they are u nless explain how significant they are unless you have seen it and lived here, it is all encompassing, they stand for the revolutionary institutional party, it is the state, or it was, for 70 years. they could be the sixth largest party in congress, it's something, and extraordinary the way andres manuel lopez 0brador and his supporters have redrawn the political map in this country. thank you very much, the bbc‘s will grant, up all night as we promised, thanks for bringing us as we promised, thanks for bringing us the latest. when it is o

the the former mexico city mayor triumphed against the two parties that have ruled mexico city for nearly a century. >> after the victory lopez obrador vowed to seek friendship

including mexico city. the pod alliance will retain one state. there are still no expert polls for the presidency but a few days before the presidency but a few days before the election, andres manuel lopez 0brador was ahead by 20— 25 points ahead of his next competitor. it will be a party, a celebration, went mexico —— went mexico the gathering. listening to the message from andres manuel lopez 0brador. it is an historic election the many reasons. 0ne historic election the many reasons. one is because it is the biggest election in history, over 90 million people were called to vote today. we still do not have numbers. but mexico, over 65% of electoral participation is normal. it is also the biggest election in mexico because of the number of people who we re because of the number of people who were going to be elected to different officers around the country. more than 3000 elected officials... were getting a sense of the scale of this election, like you said, and many people saying this is oui’ said, and many people saying this is our m

will grant is in mexico city. how is a we start to see the first results 7 how is a we start to see the first results? —— sued. how is a we start to see the first results? -- sued. it is probably a good few hours but this is the important it of the day. by and large voting has gone through peacefully. already, based on a few axel paulsen it looks like it might have been a successful night for andres manuel lopez obrador's party at the governance ship level. but there is a big caveat when it comes to exit polls, take everything with a big pitch of salt until we get the official results. we do violence has been a big issue, as has corruption. what a back —— mexico is worried about? those two issues and andres manuel lopez obrador underlined the question of tackling corruption is above all others. on top of that it is the economy that a lot of people are worried about. this is a country where levels of inequality are vast and the difference between those connected to the political and is this leads and those

all right a feeling harms i wrote the reporting from mexico city thank you. and at the soccer world cup host nation russia have pulled off a massive shock and propofol alias turned into place for it is here to break it all down for us so pablo this was a huge surprise russia are through and spain are out and you're absolutely right and of course that's not from half spanish so i'm feeling very upset today now but indeed it was a bit of a shock because no one really expected this before the tournament started but russia have been doing incredibly well and spain have been rather on their well and so i think what we need to do is actually take a look at this report see have that much power that. when marco asensio swung in a deep free kick on the on sergio ramos made himself a nuisance sergei ignatiev it was overwhelmed and unfortunate a goal sourced by going front but the hosts pulled themselves back to a corner shortly before half time was met with a hand boom from gerard piqué the referee gave a penalty which also in juba smashed home to bring russia net. an

let's go live to will grant in mexico city. three hours or so left still to vote. what is your sense of which way this is going to go? it's hard to say just from way this is going to go? it's hard to sayjust from the smattering of people you end up speaking to on the day of the election itself. we went to quite a working class, low—income community in the east of mexico city, and the vast majority of people there were pro—amlo, the initials of andres manuel lopez obrador. they didn't mention him by name, but it was clear from the way they were talking about fundamental change, not just the they were talking about fundamental change, notjust the identity of the president, but the political direction of the country, that they we re direction of the country, that they were referring to the sort of language he has been using. tell us why there seems to be a shift in the country why there seems to be a shift in the cou ntry towards why there seems to be a shift in the country towards this candidate, who has been twice before in the presidential elections? there is a

ana—gabriela rojas in mexico city, thank you. now, the weather. we had a dose of slightly cooler rainy weather and the heatwave is back again. it will arrive in the next day or two. it's initially in the south where we are going to see those temperatures soaring to around 30 degrees. we have a weather front approaching the western parts of the uk. high pressure from the south as we head towards the end of the week and into the weekend. we will start to see some extremely hot air across spain and portugal moving in our direction. the hottest of the year won't reach us. temperatures are expected to go over 30 degrees in london in the coming days but for the moment, it is relatively cool. temperatures around 30 degrees. there is that weather front that i mentioned which is a posting western parts of the uk. polly mist and murk and coastal fog possibly parts of the uk. polly mist and murk and coastalfog possibly along parts of the uk. polly mist and murk and coastal fog possibly along the western coasts but starting to warm up western coasts but start

our correspondent, will grant, is in mexico city. will, it has been quite a night, tell us the very latest in terms of this huge election result. you set it down very well in your introduction, he really is now essentially the next president of mexico. he's had messages of congratulations from donald trump, the other candidates have conceded, and now i have seen the current president of mexico, enrique pena nieto, has acknowledged the win of the left—wing former mayor of mexico city. it is a huge political shift in mexico. it's hard to overstate why it is so important. on the one level, simply the entire political and economic direction of the country is likely to shift significantly under mr andres manuel lopez obrador, because we're still waiting for exactly how many of his collea g u es waiting for exactly how many of his colleagues have one in the congress and the senate and as mayers and governors, but it looks like it's been a huge victory across the board for them. with that kind of strength and mandate, he could have redraw

was just ten years old when a devastating earthquake struck mexico city in one thousand nine hundred five the quake damaged her family's apartment and the government moved them to distant shack around seventy families who lost their homes in that earthquake still live in this camp. the government raised our hopes and then abandoned us politicians have promised that they won't allow a repeat of what happened after the earthquake in one thousand eight hundred five but the cost and complexity of housing hundreds of people living in camps is a major task and one that many people here think the government failed. the afghan national army. guardians of a country ravaged by decades of war and occupation abandoned by its liberate his. young men who know that each day could be the last it to continue to fight for a future free from calques. honest on. a witness documentary on al-jazeera. a string of rebel towns in southwestern syria accept government rule as russian and syrian air strikes killed at least one hundred thirty six civilians. this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up. to ze

the plane was on its way to mexico city when it went down. local media say in it had taken off from durango state on the two—hour were flight durango state on the two—hour were flight south from the international airport with at least 80 people on board. aeromexico said it was aware of the incident but could not yet confirm the exact number of people on the plane. initial reports say it was in the 190 aircraft capable of keeping —— carrying up to 100 passengers. the airport is now being closed while emergency services deal with the crash and families wait for news on the condition of passengers and crew on board. i'm joined now by aviation analyst alex macheras, who has been following developments from spain. can you tell us what you know? this aircraft was an e190. a regional short range airliner that operates for the regionals and city area arm of aeromexico. aeromexico, the flag carrier of mexico, they are one of the world ‘s safest airlines, among the world ‘s safest airlines, among the world ‘s safest, and this was meant t

lopez obrador waiting for over an hour to enter the polling station in mexico city we've just seen him voting in the last ten minutes now he's just leaving that polling station at such a crucial election for him. it definitely is you say he's waiting an hour to vote well he's been waiting twelve years to get to the moment when he can be called the country's president so he probably won't mind too much just a little way at the start of course he's the front runner by far by by about twenty points in an aggregate of the main polls and that's going to make this quite a landmark moment if he does get over the line become the country's next president and that's because mexico's two oldest parties the pre and the pan have held a grip on power here for eighty nine years lopez obrador has his own party marina so he would break that this election is also a landmark in it's being billed as the biggest in history there's more than three thousand four hundred posts up for grabs including the houses of congress which are going to be completely renewed so this is quite a moment here in mexico right

he lost by less than a percent, and his supporters occupied parts of mexico city for two months. he ran and lost again in 2012. but this election he started a new party, and has broadened his appeal among urban middle class voters, by expressing rage at the establishment. >> ( translated ): we're going up against the mafia of power. toey're sneaky. they don't want torobbing. and they don't want to lose. >> reporter: tatiana clouthier is lÓpez obrador's campaign manager. >> if being radical means sitting on the side that the persons th have bigger needs in the countrythat is being radical, i think he's a radical. >> reporter: amlo's opponentswo use the rd radical against him. p.r.i. party candidate jose antonio meade warns amlomes a threat tco's nascent democracy. 39-year-old pan party candidate ricardo anaya says amlo represents old failed policies, criticism echoed by 29-year-old voter andrÉ gutierrez. >> i really don't believe lopez obrador, because i don't believe his proposals aboutti orruption when he's one of the most corrupt persons in the country. >> reporter: but polls

who is in mexico city so if you're the frontrunner lopez obrador has already run twice for the presidency so how good are his chances this time around becoming the next mexican president. while he has a lead of twenty five points on top of his nearest challenger which is we got on my left from a call ition led by the conservative party national action and on the third place an independent candidate who was picked by the governing party the institutional revolutionary party close antonio meet it is also very likely that lopez obrador and his coalition will hold control of both chambers of congress which will probably help him to pass some of the major reforms he wants to make especially in the telecommunications and electricity sector. all those candidates lopez obrador has vowed to completely change mexico what does he mean by that and why do people trust him. well mexicans are so fed up with their ruling class that they are taking a chance on a populist for the first time and this is mainly because the traditional parties and pretty they haven't been able to to fight the biggest problems

the day after the vote there was a mix of hope and skepticism on the streets of mexico city i mean if it is hammered out i think it's wonderful to me a change mexico needs the start of the fight against corruption i'm very excited unhappy mother and i you say my belief that it is the same islam is not goes on it's almost the same there all the same corruption stealing they will never keep the promises. that i want the lower class sizes the same as the middle class and the so i think it's the same mexico as before we look at. them shortly after lopez obrador is when well wishes from mexico's northern neighbor u.s. president trump congratulated lopez obrador on twitter saying he was looking forward to working with him. managing mexico's frosty relationship with the u. . will be just one of a host of challenges confronting lopez obrador as he prepares to take office this december as. our correspondent affiliate harms or is in mexico city on the story for us tonight do you feel you know the whole world is looking at this story and the first question that we hear is how will this new presi

tonight her family says she was smart and beautiful. >> this was her first trip to mexico city box >> reporter: they learned the unthinkable, their daughter, 27-year-old tatiana who lived in san francisco is killed while vacationing in mexico city. she was celebrating her wedding anniversary with her husband. family members say during lunch saturday, a man on a motorcycle pulled up near the restaurant where they were eating and started shooting, killing her and injuring others. her family is devastated. >> for tatiana and one of the people that responded said that he went to a mass sunday morning right near where the shooting happened where they took my daughter's life, and the priest asked people to pray for the american girl that was killed. >> reporter: investigators in mexico city say the intended target was bouncer standing outside the restaurant. he survived the shooting, but tonight coworkers at nectar therapeutic south of market where she worked for nearly three years and her family and friends are mourning her loss. >> she had so much going for her, so much to offer the world

correspondent ophelia harms our rooty is in mexico city and she joins us now for the latest so ophelia there have been these reports of some people being too scared to go out and vote because of all the violence just what sort of turnout is expected. well yes there is fear in some states that are very. filled with criminals which is colima get out on behind where people think that maybe criminal organizations might be disrupting the electoral process but this is actually expected to be a historic turnout with about sixty five percent of the electorate going to the polls on sunday and it will be historic because mexicans are fed up with the corruption and violence in this country and because of that their traditional party that has ruled mexico so far have not been able to fight this problem and that is why we might be seeing a leftist candidate becoming mexico's next president for the first time but is also going to be historic but because it is going to be the first time mexicans vote for so many political position it's not only president but they are renewing their congress and many

during last september's earthquake here in mexico city and these little angels represent the nineteen children who were crushed to death when a structure that was built illegally by the school's owner fell on top of them she had apparently paid off local officials to turn a blind eye to the building code the victim's parents say that they died not because of the earthquake but because of corruption a phenomenon that is spreading like a disease throughout mexico and almost every aspect of life. which is why confronting crime violence and the widespread corruption that makes those things possible are the main issues for tens of millions of mexicans as they choose a new president. one has to be the criminal so they'd let you work in peace sometimes it's a police that bribes corruption is everywhere. in geo mexican's against corruption and impunity says the corruption costs the poorest thirty five percent. into their income putting poverty and violence in a vicious circle and when you start. kaname with those levels of violence and those levels of corruption of course nobody's going to wa

will grant, in mexico city. in the last two minutes, they have said they would concede. it is now a question of how much amlo won by. he was always ahead, going in 25 points ahead at the most. it was almost impossible for other candidates to defeat. it is difficult to read opinion polls before the votes. it is always worth keeping the outside possibility something might happen. we have seen strange things happen in mexican elections before, especially with amlo who lost in 2006 by a narrow margin. but it looks like not this time. both the opposition candidates have conceded. that leaves it clear for amlo, opposition candidates have conceded. that leaves it clearfor amlo, the left—wing former mayor of mexico city, to be the next mexican president. so, he has talked about cleaning up politics. what does that mean? his whole focus throughout this campaign has been on corruption, stamping it out in the state institutions, stamping it out in medical classes, business elites, and using it to divert towards the poorest. he wants to abandon certain projects already under way t

in mexico city tonight if you're thinking. well if you're ever in kenya the one place most people will tell you to visit is the nairobi national park it's home to the world's largest concentration of black rhinos and other species unique to the african continent an environmentalist say its biodiversity is now under threat from a new railway line. welcome to nairobi national park the only national park in the world the directly borders the city. if you're lucky you'll spot will to be giraffes and even the every loose of pride of lions. but looking at the land from the air you notice a different kind of creature the standard gauge railway. authorities say out of seven possible routes this was the best option what he established was at all those other possible routes one we're going to have a lot more impact on the park because we're going to acquire more land from the national park in excess of one hundred fifty. but what they took was an option of building a breach across the national building a bridge one hundred meter to pass

or home is live in mexico city first john it's been described as a sea change in the mexican federal landscape but not everyone is happy. you're exactly right here and i think people in the country really come under three camps we saw a lot of the first come last night in the central mexico city plaza there through but that man has finally got into power they see him as personally honest they he him is able to bring the change the mexico needs from a political class that hasn't been able to deal with corruption crime and poverty there's many others in a second category they're down about not preserve their slightly worried about what he might do they don't know what comes next but they feel that they just couldn't go on with the political class that's been governing mexico for so long and then there's a third category of people that are sincerely worried about no principle or daughter a man who after losing the last two elections said that there was both fraud and then accept the results business leaders they've been called by lopez obrador part of the power mafia as he said and they

the the former mexico city mayor triumphed against the two parties that have ruled mexico city for nearly a century. >> after the victory lopez obrador vowed to seek friendship with the united states with the quote always rooted in mutual respect and in defense of our migrant countrymen. >> reporter: what many are calling a revolution for this country. you see people pouring into the square behind me to celebrate an event they never thought would take place, the election of a leftist populous candidate. he's been running for president now for over a decade. this is his third attempt at the office. previous attempts he said kept him from gaining office because of corruption. not right now, though. he has more than defeated the opposition. that's because more of mexican society feel over the years but this election he managed to reach out. and so many people were struck by his anti-trump message, his message against the violence in this country. but now the harder questions will begin to emerge. how will he govern? how will he, for example, confront donald trump issues that are so unpopular

we are live in mexico city. bmw's trade warning, the carmaker joins gm in a lobby against auto tariffs, while chinese pmi's signal weaker exports. and judgment day, the german chancellor holds migration talks with her coalition partner. can't she swerved a government crisis? -- can she swerved government crisis? anna: good morning. 9:00 6:00 here in london, if you are in dubai with manus. let's talk about asian equities. it has been a fairly negative one. we have hong kong out of action, but generally we are weaker, down 0.3 percent. this has been the story of the second quarter. we have voices joining the trade conversation, it in particular from the very networked car industry. we have the g.m. ceo speaking out, bmw, plenty of voices. mean rise, the chinese currency continues to weaken. the dollar is stronger. we are seeing asian fx weakening, in general it many voices say they are not seeing signs of the chinese weakening their currency. %,at euro is weaker, down 0.3 dealing with the headline around angela me

well for the very latest we're joined now by our correspondent a few harms rooty who is in mexico city so if you're the frontrunner lopez obrador has already run twice for the presidency so how good are his chances this time around becoming the next mexican president. while he has a lead of twenty five points on top of his nearest challenger which is what he got a lot from a call ition led by the conservative party national action and the third plays an independent candidate who was picked by the governing party the institutional revolutionary body close antonio meet it is also very likely that lopez obrador and misquotation will hold control of both chambers of congress which will probably help him to pass some of the major reforms he wants to make especially in the telecommunications and electricity sector. all those candidates lopez obrador has vowed to completely change mexico what does he mean by that and why do people trust him. well mexicans are so fed up with their ruling class that they are taking a chance on a populist for the first time and this is mainly because the traditi

a luxury shopping center which opened in mexico city just four months ago comes tumbling down in a giant cloud of dust. amazingly officials say no one was hurt. >>> if you went out for some summer shopping, you may have noticed huge lines today because bailed-a-bear stores were holding a special pay your age sales promotion. turned out it was so massive it was canceled out of, quote crowd and safety concerns. the company says it gave vouchers out to disappointed kids. >>> the nominations are out for the 70th primetime emmy awards and for the first time in 70 years, hbo does not lead the pack. netflix got the most nominations with 112. hbo came in secretary with 108, and nbc was third with 78. among the nominated shows, "game of thrones" which got the most with 22, west world, and saturday night live was close behind with 21. >>> and in our spotlight tonight, millions are obsessed with celebrities and athletes. inside the hottest game on the planet coming up next. our skyrae race to get him out. plus, the dangerous discovery near a runway at sfo.... and now the feds are on the case. it )s

city and social media has played a significant role in mexico's elections but there has been a large scale social media doesn't dissemination of partisan political messages on false news so here al jazeera look some of the fake news stories dominating the internet so you can head to al jazeera dot com to have a read through this. we are also on facebook at facebook dot com slash al-jazeera we're also on twitter our handle is at age english use the hash tag a.j. news grid and you can send us a what's up or telegram plus one seven four five zero triple one one four nine a lot of interest and comments coming in to me here at our feet on the mexico story we have a comment on facebook from shante wishing the beautiful country of mexico to overcome of their current problems now we will cross over to london for more of the international news with mary. hello they are staring we begin in germany where chancellor angela merkel's coalition government could be at risk with her main political ally deciding whether to accept migration deals she has agreed with the european union the leader of the

city tonight on reporting on who has become the new president of mexico if you think you very much. for we have another action packed at the world cup in russia to talk about it kept the fans on the edge of their seats including the man sitting next to me. from. here to take us through what we saw the. all right so belgium beach japan in the dying seconds to reach the quarterfinals and that was an incredible game as absolute remarkable it was a crushing couple see how aggressive japan where they went in this thing in your face attitude towards the belgians which actually caught them off guard but anything i say now will not do this game injustice which is why i think we need to actually see how it all played out. a frantic second time saw all the goals and right at the start of it how did gucci kept his cool with the blue samurai and. then minutes later to kashi ina we added a second for japan. to the next big world cup upset appeared to be in the making on the now midway through the second half belgium started to exploit their height advantage yun for tongue in surprise japan's age

and he is joining me now from mexico city. foreign minister, welcome to the program. >> hello, christiane. it's great to be with you from mexico city. >> so i just want to start by asking you, obviously the question of our time and the question that's really standing between you and the united states, and that is the immigration issue. you have called the president's policies cruel and inhumane. we've all seen these horrendous pictures of children crying, weeping, separated from their parents. the president has changed this policy, but are you getting any assurances as to what's happening with the children, what immigration policy is? >> christiane, let me start by saying that mexico's relationship with the u.s. is extremely important and it's also very wide, very complex. we have -- it's not only about immigration. it's not only about trade. it's about security. it's about investment, tourism, culture, education. it's one of the tightest, more intense relationships between neighbors in the world. certainly we want to have a v

and possibly the first woman mayor of mexico city. russia football fans have been celebrating their team's unexpected triumph over spain in the world cup. russia won the match in moscow in a penalty shoot—out, eliminating the former champions. in the quarterfinals, russia will face croatia, who beat denmark, also in a penalty shoot—out. the world cup upset is all over the media today, as are many of the other stories to let us take a look at some of them, starting in germany. starting with the frankfurter allgemeine, where the headline reads showdown with merkel as interior minister horst seehofer offers to resign over chancellor merkel‘s migration policy. we will look at that in just the second. —— we will look at that injust a second. in the financial times, the eu hints at countermeasures to president trump's threat of car tariffs, in a submission to the us department of commerce. as much as $294 billion worth of trade has been earmarked. in the daily telegraph, another world cup upset — the paper is calling it a ‘rus

mexico city time now for this fall with joe maryam thank you saturdays final time trial in sunday's procession through paris is all that stands between growing thomas and his first tour de france victory that seems skyrider holds a two minutes and five second lead going into the final two stages and he will lead all of that on saturday with second place tom do well on the current world time trial champion defending tour de france champion chris froome slipped down into fourth in the standings after promise rick rochlitz won the final mountain stage on friday to move into third julien ella philippe has all but secured the king of the mountains title he just needs to safely make his way through to paris russia's ban from international athletics over widespread and state sponsored doping will remain in place until at least december that's according to the sport's governing body the idea if the country was suspended from international competitions in the vendor two thousand and fifteen and its track and field athletes miss the olympics in rio the following year russia had hoped to be reinstated at

thank goodness for mexico city. thank goodness for mexico city. thank you for watching. bye—bye. good morning. the much needed rain we saw over the weekend does not signal the end of summer as we know it because, throughout this week, we're still going to see some sunshine and some warmth. we finished yesterday with some sunshine in the west, more of that to come today and through this week. as well as a bit more sunshine, it's not going to be quite as windy. the rain that we do see — and there will be some — will be mainly in the form of showers, only forming a small portion of the day if at all, and gradually we will see temperatures rise yet again. the weekend weather was courtesy of a overall low pressure centre to the south of iceland, bringing these weather fronts around the bottom edge of it. butjust notice that circulation, with the cooler air, starts to weaken as we go through the week, and in doing so, we start to tap in to warmer air across western europe later on. but out there this morning, it is a reasonably warm and not muggy start to the day, across parts of t

collapsed during last september's earthquake here in mexico city and these little angels represent the nineteen children who were crushed to death when a structure that was built illegally by the school's owner fell on top of them as he had apparently paid off local officials to turn a blind eye to the building code the victim's parents say that they died not because of the earthquake but because of corruption a phenomenon that is spreading like a disease throughout mexico and almost every aspect of life. which is why confronting crime violence and the widespread corruption that makes those things possible are the main issues for tens of millions of mexicans as they choose a new president. one has to be the criminal so they'd let you work in peace sometimes it's the police that bribes corruption is everywhere. in geo mexican's against corruption and impunity says the corruption costs the poorest thirty five percent. of their income putting poverty and violence in of this is circle and when you start healing the economy with those levels of violence and those levels of corruption of cou

after losing so much hope she reminds us is the last thing you can lose you see in human mexico city still ahead on al-jazeera among taken your i have to be strong but my star cops out to be a mother's anxious wait during the search for her thirteen year old son trapped in a cave in thailand. and we take a look at the impact of u.s. tariff for candidates industries and people. hello there we've got plenty of showers over the southeast parts of asia at the moment we look at the satellite picture we can see the showers generally felt around the philippines then track down through parts of borneo and a victory across the monitor as well so that's where we're seeing the west of the weather and to the north and the south of that is where there's a far more in the way of dry weather around and plenty of sunshine so for us across parts of viet nam and towards the west over many parts of thailand there's heavy fog.

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mexico city. times have been bridled violence and corruption mexicans have taken a leap of faith was a hero massacred nearly was we all want to be able to live and work in our country without being killed but lopez obrador we believe there will finally be real change was to the first time mexicans have chosen a left wing populist and the response. to lead them better known as he represents social change and the pope all honesty. i know. i will not let you down i will not disappoint you i am conscious of my historic responsibility i don't want to go down in history as a bad president. says he will begin by eradicating corruption which he says is the principal cause poverty and violence but just that through college tuition expects he would see his ambitious goals this mystery because he has been credibly short on details about how he wants to implement what he calls a radical transformation of mexico. but he has explained that he'll pay for ambitious social programs and subsidies to the poorest wit

hello, i'm katty kay in mexico city. nuala mcgovern is in london. we ll get to the news from here in a moment, but first to the incredible story unfolding in thailand. the thai football team lost for nine days in cave have been found alive. bad weather has hampered the rescue effort for the youngsters, aged between 11 and 16, and their 25—year—old coach through the tham luang cave — one of thailand's longest and toughest to explore. let's get the latest from richard galpin. for more than a week, diving teams from thailand and other countries have been picking their way through this long cave complex. in the hope of finding the boys and their football coach. and now it seems thailand's navy divers have succeeded, just as that hope was fading away. translation: about the missing of 13 persons, the divers found the beach was flooded. then they went deeper, around 300 or 400 metres further. it's another high ground and we found the boys safe. this photograph of the boys, aged between 11 and 16, was taken by their coach shortly before they went int

the country's presidential election the former mayor of mexico city has promised to stamp out corruption. and at the world cup croatia booked their spot in the quarter final they squeeze denmark in a penalty shoot out and will now face hosts. i'm sunni so misconduct to have you with us crisis grips germany's government as a feud over migration and dangerous uncle michael's ruling coalition last ditch talks among the chancers conservative bloc are now set for today on sunday interior minister who say hope for threatened to quit his post over mackerels insistence on an e.u. wide migration policy his resignation could lead to the breakup of the decades long conservative alliance say hope for is describing this evening's talks as a concession to his coalition partners. one year we will talk one more time in the interest of our country and the capacity for action of our government which we want to maintain we intend to make a further attempt at reaching agreement on the central question of border controls and turning people back on this question alone. and i hope that this effort succeeds. th

the airline hasissued north of mexico city. the airline has issued a statement saying it is trying to verify what has happened, but in the last few, the governor of the mexican state of durango has said there were no text. the transport ministry has said there we re transport ministry has said there were 94 passengers and two crew members on board, but there are reports of a number of people being injured. that is according to the state civil protection spokesman, who has been talking to local television there, but he couldn't give a precise figure. at the moment there are no reports of any deaths. the headlines on bbc news: a teenager is sentenced to 17 years in prison for an acid attack, after a woman dies. a passenger plane carrying 101 people has crashed in macro one state —— durango stake in mexico. —— state. the opposition party in zimbabe claims victory in the elections but tensions grow amid accusations from both sides. every year, up to 32,000 women in america fall pregnant after being raped. and in four states

city so if you're the frontrunner lopez obrador has already run twice for the presidency so how good are his chances this time around becoming the next mexican president. while he has a lead of twenty five points on top of his nearest challenger which is only got about najaf from a call ition led by the conservative.

clive myrie is in mexico city for us and explained what's at stake. that decisive political shift that you talk about could well be to the left, and that would signal a huge transformation of society here potentially. this country has been led by centre and centre—right governments as long as anyone can remember, so we're on the verge of a political earthquake potentially. the man who's been leading in the polls, low a hard right candidate and the former mayor of mexico city and the former mayor of mexico city and there's a sense this could be a change election. the electorate is fed up of widespread corruption and violence, you mentioned those candidates and politicians killed in the campaign, and they're fed up of the campaign, and they're fed up of the drugs cartels and criminal gangs that run so much of society here, leading to a murder rate that is the envy of war zones, leading to a murder rate that is the envy of war zones, up from january tojune envy of war zones, up from january to june this year, envy of war zones, up from january tojune t

he told ecstatic supporters in mexico city he would fulfill his promise of defeating corruption. more go away he cannot i call on all mexicans to reconcile and to place above personal interests no matter how legitimate they are the greater good the nation is first. the u.n. secretary general is in bangladesh for his first visit to camps hosting about one million range of refugees from myanmar the bangladeshi government is seeking more support for refugees was camps are risk being washed away by the monsoons libya's national oil corporation is suspending exports from the east the cut follows the capture of two all terminals last month by forces loyal to wald after his forces have prevented shipments from being loaded at several ports in the so-called oil crescent libya's un back government as one international companies against dealing with half party germany's interior minister strained to resign rather than back down from his position on chancellor angela merkel's migration policy horst is unhappy with the e.u. migration deal agreed in brussels on friday experts scuba divers are

will grant in mexico city, thank you. the headlines on bbc news. dozens of fire crews continue to tackle an aggressive moorland fire near bolton. lancashire fire brigade say they expect the blaze to continue for days. a major incident has been declared. the head of nhs england says extensive planning is under way to prepare the health service for a no—deal brexit. it comes as 30 conservative mps demand the prime minister takes a tough line with eu negotiators. millions of people who book their holidays online will be protected under new eu rules which come into force today. until now, trips booked via websites like expedia and on the beach did not have the same protection as traditional package holidays from travel agents. our business correspondent joe lynam has more. expedia, lastminute.com, ebookers and on the beach are all popular websites for booking holidays. but they are intermediaries. it means if things go wrong, they are not directly responsible. that ends today. more and more people are buying their holidays online, but they don't get

and of the country's presidential election the former mayor of mexico city has promised to stamp out corruption reign in violence and with millions out of poverty. plus the world's top croatia books their place in the quarter final they squeeze past denmark in a penalty shoot out and will now face the hopes of russia. welcome to the program. the crisis dividing germany's coalition government has deepened with last ditch talks among chancellor merkel's conservative bloc now set for later today on sunday her interior minister horse that they haul for threatened to resign his post after demanding a tougher stance on migration from the chancellor he also threatened to resign as leader of the c.s.u. that's the very and sister party to merkel's c.d.u. party but now he says that the c.s.u. will come together for one more round of talks with the sea the u.s. the future of their alliance hangs in the balance here's what say hoffer said after the c s u's crisis meeting on sunday. morning one of you we will talk one more time in the interest of our country and the capacity for action of our gov

another is a human rights activist and by the way he just move back to mexico city and the third one is a lawyer who ran for mayor in philadelphia and dropped out of the race when he found out his mother had cancer. i think as you live in a time where we thought were the only mexicans, it was easy to feel like you're really driven by nostalgia. we can do so much better there. we didn't have to leave. very much influenced by my own mother. my mother did not want to leave mexico. she wanted to stay in mexico and my mother, i think to this day maybe still wonders whether we could have done better. while it back to mexico the early 1990s, i went with that thought if i can make it in the u.s. i can make it in mexico. then you end up covering the drug trafficking more. you end up seeing the massacre of your home when. you see so many hundreds of thousands of people dead. to this day, more than 200,000 people have been killed throughout mexico. rule of law is still very weak, 95% of people killed, their cases are never solved. it's easy to walk around where i live and say yes i believe in t

who is in mexico city so a few of the frontrunner lopez obrador has already run twice for the presidency so how good are his chances this time around becoming the next mexican president. while he has a lead of twenty find points on top of his nearest challenger which is we got on i left from a call ition led by the conservative party national action and on the third place an independent candidate who was picked by the governing party the institutional revolutionary party close antonio mead it is also very likely that lopez obrador and his coalition will hold control of both chambers of congress which will probably help him to pass some of the major reforms he wants to make especially in the telecommunications and electricity sector. all those candidates lopez obrador has vowed to completely change mexico what does he mean by that and why do people trust him. well mexicans are so fed up with their ruling class that they are taking a chance on a populist for the first time and this is mainly because of the traditional parties and pretty they haven't been able to to fight the biggest proble