just as well then that the city of florence got it as a gift. two days after his release from jail in tokyo the mystery of carlos ghosn strange has been solved a top lawyer for the former chairman of nixon said one of golems other lawyers had suggested the disguise of the outfit which included a blue cop and a surgical mask was a failed attempt to have him leave prison after three months on noticed it also threw some international media off who had their cameras on the wrong person and that includes our very own program g.w. going is facing a new a number of criminal charges from his time at the helm of the automaker and he's now preparing his defense for a trial set to start later this year. that's a business update here in the w. from me and the team at the end as always thanks for keeping us company. to. do so. don't miss out. just. patrol. in a poker game of power and money the competition is fierce for the world's most important natural resource bluffing betting checking how long will they be able to play and who will win did you believe th

in september, our state was slammed by hurricane florence. homes, businesses, schools, and crops were washed away. dozens of lives were lost. then tropical storm michael blew through, bringing more damage. but adversity only defines us if we refuse to rise and conquer it. days after florence made landfall, i met an elderly woman in a wilmington shelter who was rescued from floodwaters by first responders. all she had left were the few belongings she had carried in her arms, but she didn't dwell on her loss. when i told her how sorry i was, she said to me, "i thank god i'm alive, i thank god for that firefighter who rescued me, and i thank god for all these volunteers helping in this shelterand a lot of them had their own homes flooded. i'm going to make it." it's that courage in the face of fear, that conviction in the face of uncertainty, that determined spirit in the face of challenges that make us the greatest state in the nation. [applause] >> that's why tonight, i'm proud to report that the state of our state is determined. [applause] >>

james reynolds in florence with that report. now it's time to get all the latest from the bbc sports centre. hello there. with your monday sport briefing, i'm andrew lindsay. there were ten european championship qualifiers on sunday. all the results on the bbc sport website. the pick of the games was in amsterdam, where the netherlands played germany — and some game it proved to be. germany were 2—0 up by half—time — goals from leroy sane after only 15 minutes, and then serge gnabry with his fifth goal in six internationals. a lovely curling finish, that one. the dutch replied after the break — they were on level terms just after the hour mark. memphis depay got the equaliser — his third goal in the last two games. but, in the 90th minute, nico schultz scored the goal that won it for germany. 3—2 the final score. the top seed novak djokovic is through to the fourth round of the miami masters after beating argentina's federico delbonis in straight sets. and the defending champion john isner was also among the winner

just as well then that the city of florence got it as a gift. a blockbuster video rental store in the u.s. state of oregon a six to become the world's last of the once popular franchise with the closure of a blockbuster near perth australia at the end of this month the store in the city of bend will be the sole survivor at its peak in two thousand and four there were more than nine thousand blockbuster stores globally renting out movies and video games competition from streaming services like netflix and video rental kiosks led to the demise of the chain. memories that's your business update here on d w for me in the team and berlin thanks for keeping us company. from africa. joining us on free school. players. to. the state. in a poker game of power and money the cultishness force for the world's most important natural resource bluffing betting checking how long will they be able to play and who will win it is through do you believe that renewable energy will play an important role in the future. polluting the geo political system starting mond

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james reynolds in florence with that report. when harry potter superfan victoria maclean first read jk rowling's harry potter books, she became spellbound by the famous boy wizard. 18 years later, and she's amassed a collection of wizarding world memorabilia, which she's hoping will help her into the record books. jayne mccubbin has been to meet her. hi, i'm youtuber victoria maclean, and some people might say i am a little bit obsessive. most people, actually. hi, welcome to hogwarts. come in, come in. this isn't hogwarts, but a semi in neath, south wales. everything you see here, any trunks, any boxes are rammed from top to bottom with harry potter items. this place is full of harry potter and fantastic beasts memorabilia. i don't have room to display everything, i wish i did. more harry potter stuff. oh, my, there is no escape. your husband must be very understanding. he is. i am still married, why? he hasn't divorced me yet! this is a collection 18 years in the making. that's nearly two decades of craziness. it is and it's n

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that there was absolutely no evidence of any russian collusion in this case or that they just want to florence to court whatever will know every day it's one of the ready for the asian latino russian oh let's not forget they are actually in this the protesters right and paul metaphors lawyer was not telling the truth the judge specifically said this has nothing to do with the collusion the case before her was not about that and we don't know yet what special counsel robert mueller is going to produce and she actually said when it comes to this no collusion refrain that it's not clear if that's accurate because you can't say that there was nothing out of the investigation when you actually hurt the investigation by lying to those that were looking into it still u.s. president donald trump echoed the false claim no collusion there's no collusion there's no collusion and there hasn't been collusion the white house has hinted the president could pardon man a fort but trump tried to downplay that possibility. have not even given it a thought as of this moment it's not something that right now in my

on sunday in bangkok all right just got hired live reporting from bangkok thank you let's bring in florence louise she's joining us from chang by and you're in the part of thailand that's a real stronghold for attacks in china was the former prime minister with all the limits that have been placed on the electoral process florence what are their part of their prospects in this election. well that's going to be an uphill battle over time and parties linked to thompson but this is an area that has long been counted on to deliver votes for thompson and his allies they draw their support from the rural mainly rural and farming communities in the north and northeast and parts of the country now these communities have remained loyal to thompson even though he's been in exile because he was one of the first politicians to pay attention to them gave them access to cheaper health care agricultural subsidies and opinion polls suggest that the tide is in the lead they are unlikely though to be able to win enough seats to form a government on their own but that doesn't mean we should rule them out yet

projects that the government hopes will promote economic growth florence really has more from jakarta. jakarta's long awaited mass rapid train system is finally here was and it's proving a hit more than ten million people work and live in the indonesian capital and the m r t goes a long way in easing the city's notorious traffic congestion. this is a massive in the nation finally has a name marty just like other country that has been heavy get for years it is also i am very proud moment i usually take an old bus to office but no i'm provided with these very comfortable public transportation i hope people who make cars to office will use this facility. there's only one line at the moment running from south jakarta to the city center covering a distance of sixteen kilometers the plan is to expand this to eventually cover one hundred twelve kilometers with more than sixty stations by twenty twenty five since coming to power in two thousand and fourteen president joe kudo's administration

well we have to correspondents following the selection shortly we'll go to florence in chiang mai but first caught hiding there is in bangkok for us this god set the scene there tell us what's expected in the next few hours. as you mentioned to me you know we'll be hearing some unofficial results from the election commission probably within the hour it might slide back a little bit now again these are on the official results because the official results aren't expected really for a couple of weeks but this will give us a really good indication of where things stand were sort of. party headquarters this is the party led by taksin shinawatra that is one every major election here since two thousand and one. and its affiliates have won every major election since two thousand and one a very popular party that's why we're here to see how these results from theory and how they react to what it's going to be interesting because of what you alluded to in that introduction and that is that the deck has been stacked in this election in the military's favor they already have two hundred fifty sea

and florence pugh, who is so great in lady macbeth, is really, really good in this. world of sport. i remember that. world of sport. that's right! we are showing our age. the aftermath, this is keira knightley, i think that's how they say it in sweden. yes, it sounds wrong when i said it. immediately after the war, keira knightley is rachael morgan, who is the wife of a british forces officer who is in germany to help with the rebuilding and reconstruction, and they have been put in a house that used to be owned by a german family, who have lost members of their family, and she is there with her husband, her husband is away all the time, and alexander ska rsgard is the person in the attic who is very handsome and hunky, and he spends time sitting with keira knightley while they play piano together. what could possibly happen? what could possibly go wrong? the thing is, these are good performers, it is directed by the same guy who did testament of youth. so he has a good pedigree. it is a handsome film, if you have seen the posters, it is a good production, but it does lack spark. it

here's what lucy florence to abc news. >> the second most powerful man in the country, the vice president is touching me and kissing me and smelling my hair. >> to give you a sense how quickly this is moving. this is a statement that has just come out from former vice president biden. he says in my many years on the campaign trail, and in public life, i have offered countless handshakes, hugs and expressions of affection and support and comfort.and not once, never, that i believe i acted inappropriately.if it is adjusted i did so, i will listen respectfully, but it was never my intention. kelly m, you have shared the fact you are a victim of sexual assault much earlier in your life. i know this doesn't rise to that level. but your reaction about what you're hearing about this incident. >> first of all, this woman lucy is bold to come forward. i would remind the audience that she shares joe biden's political party. it's quite bold for her to go up against the highest levels of her own political party. but all of these post #metoo allegations and insinuations really don't comport with joe b

and florence pugh, who is so great in lady macbeth, is really, really good in s. lady macbeth, is really, really good in 5. world of sport. i remember that. that's right! we are showing oui’ that. that's right! we are showing our age. the aftermath, this is keira knightley, and alexander ska rsgard. keira knightley, and alexander skarsgard. i think that's how they say it in sweden. yes, it sounds wrong when i said. immediately after the war, keira knightley is rachael morgan, who is the wife of a british forces officer who is in germany to help with the rebuilding and reconstruction, and they have been put ina reconstruction, and they have been put in a house that used to be owned bya put in a house that used to be owned by a german family, who have lost theirfamily, by a german family, who have lost their family, and she by a german family, who have lost theirfamily, and she is there by a german family, who have lost their family, and she is there with her husband, her husband is away all the time, and alexander skarsgard is the time, and alexander skarsgard is

florence louis is in taksim chynna wants hometown of chiang mai lives to speak the first is called hyde leahy's in bangkok and so skull first of all that start with how's that looking. to me it's looking quite good quite honestly you know it's still early hours it's only been voting has only been going on for just over two hours now but we had early voting last week and those numbers were very very big and we're also anticipating based on that and other opinion polls that there were going to be a lot of people coming out to vote and one thing to note you know we're at a polling station here the prime minister prime cast his ballot box just over my shoulder it's a little bit thin here now there's by about i say maybe dozen people here but you need to know there are over six thousand voting positions throughout bangkok so there are a lot of places lot of different places if you go and vote but overall we're expecting a very good turnout as you alluded to say i mean that's because this is a very critical vote for the people of thailand do people feel that the new electoral system that was

all right we'll leave it there for now thanks so much florence louis now the death toll from a powerful side clone that pummeled southern africa has passed seven hundred as diseases stalked tens of thousands of survivors more than four hundred known to have died in mozambique alone but officials there and in zimbabwe in malawi say the numbers will keep climbing as waters recede sidetone and die on least flooding rain and fierce winds when it hit last friday the u.n. is asking the world to provide more help to aid agencies who say they're overwhelmed malcolm is in mozambique's says and then go district. some humanitarian aid is finally getting through to the isolated communities that need it but with roads and bridges washed away many of them still very hard to access and the few transport was all says that are available in particular helicopters have been used initially for search and rescue operations to rescue people who are in isolated bits of high ground or trees and rooftops but in the villages where floodwaters have now receded facing a myriad of other problems including finding t

inudclhe youa hve florence und ewkn it would behe t perfect setting. >> how an seaky byforiend izseed one beautiful moment. >> it's a good thing he han wen. he what he was saying. >> the sky is not falling, but you better lkoo out -- >> oh! >> my goodness. >> looks like a sliding glass door. >> there's more where that came from. >> wow. they're going to bring the house down teliray.ll >> somebody is angry. >> apparently a husband and wife were having an argeumntwh en the hbausndut c a hole in the meeting of the baonlcy adn started throwing the glass out of the window. >> what a jerk. no garerd for aybnody below. >> what's the point he is making in this argument? i can't anstd ordos? >> rage is unexplainable as you know. look as the glass keeps flying and hits the ground where people are walking. >> he's going to jail for a nglo time. >> authorities were called, nobody was hurt, but in addition he threw soltos. the situation is being investigated by authorities.tttt indonesia. >> i cannot. >> there's an erupting volcano that this german tourist is trying to hike up to. when the park ra

show let's go live to florence the way who's at the courthouse just outside. expect at the hearing. well this trial as you said the continuation of this trial is taking place just days after prosecutors had withdrawn the murder charges against indonesian citizen city and city was able to walk out of court here a free woman now prosecutors that then did not say why they were withdrawing the charges against her but with since learned that the indonesian government had been lobbying hard for her release and the indonesian embassy had also released correspondence between the indonesian government and the malaysian attorney general where they stressed cities innocence and also said they believed that city had been used as and as a quote intelligence tool of north korea unquote now and since then vietnam government has also been making its own representation in an attempt to have its citizen hong to continue today to be freed we've learned that the vietnamese foreign minister spoke on the phone to his malaysian counterpart asking the malaysian government to ensure a fair trial and to. the

we reached out to florence fang. she did not get back to us, but her grandson texted us back this evening and said his grandmother didn't know about this until she saw the news and said he's sure she'll fight to keep the flintstone house the way it is, so stay tuned. >>> what president trump did today the first time since taking office and why it could lead to a big battle. >> why this flight was sent to a parking lot for planes right after it touched down at sfo with no passengers. >> and an update on this raging inferno in contra costa county, what we brought you as breaking news yesterday. >>> here's what you missed if you're just getting home right now. president trump just issued his first veto. he overruled congress to protect his emergency border wall funding. it comes just one day after a dozen republicans joined democrats to pass a measure to block the president's national emergency at the southern border. >> i didn't need the vote because we all knew it was going to be a veto and they're not going to be abl

we reached out to florence fang. she was not available for comment, but her grandson texted me back late this afternoon. he says that his grandma hasn't been even served the papers yet. she just found out about the story in the news. he is sure that she is going to fight this to keep the flintstone house the way it is. so stay tuned. back to you. >> truly is unique. andrea nakano, thank you. >>> a deadly and highly contagious bird virus is setting off alarms for in the bay area who raise chickens. the virulent new castle disease is deadly for r case was report city veterinary clinic this week. bird experts concerned about the virus spreading to commercial flocks. 500,000 backyard and commercial birds were euthanized in southern california after the virus broke out there. in response to the outbreak, the san mateo county fair canceled its live poultry show. >>> on the health watch a new study point to evidence that links eggs to heart disease. the study looked at people who eat eggs daily and compared them to those wh

this is florence fang's favorite room, the conversation pit. it's peaceful. it's private. but the view outside also reminds her she is not isolated from the world, or from the complaints of some residents in the city of hillsborough, which is suing fang for what it calls a highly visible eyesore. fang thanks her many supporters who have contacted her through social media. >> i'm not the only one alone is fighting for the legendary flintstone. it is truly an american memory. that makes the people smile and make them feel good about themselves. >> she says the house and fixtures make her happy. it makes her grandchildren happy as well. >> let's keep fred and dino alive and working together to keep our smile. >> a message from fang to the city. >> i will fight the best i can. stay tuned. >> oh, and one last thing. >> yabba-dabba do! >> vic lee, abc 7 news. >> this wasn't our first time in the flintstones house. abc 7 news also toured the house in 1987 when it was on the market. we posted this video from our archives at abc7news.com, along with the entire tour of the house tod

this is florence fang's favorite room, the conversation pit. it's peaceful, it's private. but the view outside also reminds her, she's not isolated from the world or from the complaints of some residents in the city of hillsborough which is suing fang for creating what it calls a highly visible eyesore. fang thanks her man i supporters who have contacted her through social media. >> i'm not the only one alone just fighting for the legendary flintstone. it is a truly american memory that makes the people smile and make them feel good about themselves. > she says a well. >> let's keep fred and dino alive and working together to keep our smile. >> a message to the city from fang. >> i will fight the best i can. stay tuned. >> one last thing. >> yabba dabba doo. >> vic lee, abc 7 news. >>> she said yabba dabba doo. she said it. >> she said it. >> the plot thickens. >> it was spelled out and everything on her yard. >>> saturday night's powerball jackpot will hit a whopping $625 million. no one picked all six winning numbers in last night's drawing. the numbers are 10, 14, 50, 5

thanks so much florence louis the politicians in the u.s. are planning an investigation into why the u.s. waited to ground the boeing seven three seven max jets other countries now lines reacted quicker to sunday's ethiopian airlines crash one hundred fifty seven people were killed u.s. aviation regulators change their stance of the finding what they described as new evidence brought bernal's reports from boeing's factory in seattle. globally grounded the entire fleet of all three hundred seventy one boeing seven three seven max airplanes are being taken out of service following two unexplained crashes less than six months apart the u.s. was the last country to ground the planes president donald trump made the announcement and we. had a very detailed. group of people working on the seven thirty seven eight and the seven thirty seven nine knew or appliance. we're going to be issuing an emergency order. to ground all flights of the seven thirty seven max and the seven thirty seven max nine any plane currently in the air will go to its destinat

and florence pugh, who is so great in lady macbeth, is really, really good in this. world of sport. i remember that. that's right! we are showing our age. the aftermath, this is keira knightley, and alexander ska rsgard. i think that's how they say it in sweden. yes, it sounds wrong when i said it. immediately after the war, keira knightley is rachael morgan, who is the wife of a british forces officer who is in germany to help with the rebuilding and reconstruction, and they have been put in a house that used to be owned by a german family, who have lost members of their family, and she is there with her husband, her husband is away all the time, and alexander ska rsgard is the person in the attic who is very handsome and hunky, and he spends time sitting with keira knightley while they play piano together. what could possibly happen? the thing is, these are good performers, it is directed by the same guy who did testament of youth. it is a handsome film, if you have seen the posters, it is a good production, but it does lack spark. it felt wooden and clunky. you could see exactly

the house passed disaster bill provide assistance to help people impacted by hurricanes florence and michael, the hawaii volcanos, and the california wildfires. it provided aid to the people of it provided aid to the people of . >> irma and maria. they pass that two months ago. and moving quickly in this package to help those americans in need, senate republicans at the presidents insistence held up the house u bill because it included assistance for americans in puerto rico. and it has been held over petty grudges and political concerns the presidents refusal to help americans in puerto rico is an important disaster bill that many states are relying upon to speed the recovery efforts to discriminate and certainly in my years here and then to take care all of the citizens and not pick and choose. i voted for disaster aid to purple states because possibly the united states of america. and with disaster with democratic senators with the state of vermont when we were hit with a disaster a few years ago but today puerto rico. one year ago hit by two back to back category five hurricanes

florence are there for us in chiang mai who'll be updating us throughout the day thank you florence. well survivors of psych turned it die that bass in southern africa and now facing the threat of diseases like cholera and malaria the death toll from the storm is already at more than seven hundred but is expected to rise al-jazeera is tony betty is in mozambique sports city of para most of which has been damaged or destroyed. they are tired and traumatized but at least these victims of cyclamen eat i are safe now each one has their own harrowing story about the time the storms came each day more of them come mostly from boozy district. on monday which a batter is sixty five years of age he had a smallholding and lived alone he was rescued after spending four days stuck in a tree without food he says his life is changed forever by fellow gabriel who will feel that i have nothing to go back to my farm my house all were destroyed there is nothing left i need to start afresh but i don't know how. he lives here now in the summer michel school in bira along with twelve hundred other displa

today, ceilings are caved in, walls a m d is florence. >> we're operational, we're here doing our work. but the conditions we're working in are just like we were in iraq or afghanistan. >> reporter: colonel brian wofford is one of the top officers. >> is this the way we want our marines and civilian marines working in these conditions? >> reporter: the brigadier general oversees all of the bases on the east coast. none of the buildings have actually been repaired since hurricane damage? >> that's right. >> reporter: the price tag to repair this hurricane damage stands at $3.6 billion. but so far, these marines haven't seen a dime. in a memo obtained by nbc news, marine corps commandant neller warned a lack of funds for hurricane recovery combined with negative factors including unplanned southwest border operations have imposed an unacceptable risk to marine soency. as the senate debates a disaster relief bill, north carolina senator richard burr tells nbc news, "it is unacceptable that camp lejeune and other north carolina military bases are still waiting on disaster relief we first r

florence italy al-jazeera chiang mai tais. now again i'm elizabeth problem in doha with the headlines on al-jazeera the islamic court a prayer has been broadcast across new zealand followed by two minutes of silence marking awake since a gunman shot and killed fifty people at two mosques in the city of christchurch. the. prime minister just joined thousands of people at a vigil held office at the mosque where the killing began. he. to believe it is. communication and simply i just write one already. we will leave the heart of the body suffers the whole body feels prime you zealand mourns with you. we are one. the european union will grant bush an extension to brick said bought only of tory's amazed as approved by the british parliament first that while it has taken place next week just days before the deadline for the u.k.'s exit from the blog on march twenty ninth president donald trump says he'll recognize israel's sovereignty over the golan heights an area seized from syria and one nine hundred sixty seven israel's prime mi

florence basically wants the public to know really the world to know since the story went viral that she feels happy and peaceful in that home and she wants the home to be viewed as a happy place for everyone, a place where we can all remember that old 1960s cartoon, the flintstones. >> thank you to give me the chance to tell my side of the story. >> reporter: that is the voice of florence fang, owner of the unique colorful home dubbed the flint stone house. she declined to go on camera, but gave us a tour of the now controversial residence. it is a three bedroom, 2700 square foot home built in 1976. what is most strisk iis strikin square rooms, only curved lines. and in the front yard, a life size statue of fred flint stone joined by and let's not forget the r rubbles. and a giraffe and even big foot surrounded by colorful mushrooms. this conversation pit is her favorite. but the view outside also reminds her that she is not isolated from the world.

a years ago and hurricane florence a year ago and that is not a coincidence. former oceans, more moisture, you get more rainfall in short periods of time out of these storms. what other chances now of somehow mitigating this or if we can't somehow, adapting to it? we are going to have to adapt to a certain amount of additional warming, a certain amount of additional climate change worsening sealevel rise and strengthening storms. we are going to have to adapt to a certain amount of additional climate change, just from the climate warming that is already baked in. but we can prevent the words from happening. if we can keep the warming of the planet below two celsius, then we likely have irreversible impacts of climate change. we can still do that by bringing carbon emissions down by about 5% a year for the next decade or so about 5% a year for the next decade orso and about 5% a year for the next decade or so and beyond. i follow you on twitter, thousands of people do. i see people saying to you, and i am sure elsewhere, this is not anything systemic in the cli

florence italy al-jazeera chiang mai tais. or has a sports there is in just a moment and you'll tell us about the top awfully left in limbo by a delay in a decision about testosterone levels start stories coming up in a moment. hello again tom for the sports news. thank you very much the biggest star in gymnastics among bile says she will retire after the tokyo elim picks next year the twenty two year old american house for olympic golds on last year became the first woman to win for all around the world titles but she says strenuous training on minor injuries have left her body feeling like it's falling apart she was asked if she'd come back to gymnastics in an ambassadorial world god no no. i feel like my life is so consumed and i maybe i have to veer away from a desk for a little bit before coming back to it because i always want to try to do other things before coming back just to know that i can at least do other things. japanese baseball great its hero suzuki has played his last major league game the forty five year old

louie who is in china my for us florence is reset eighty percent turnout possibly there must be so much anticipation what happens next. well the votes are being counted now local media are already reporting on official results we're expecting the election commission to hold a press any minute now where they will also be announcing on official results now they've got about sixty days to make the an official announcement on the final results and they say they will take up to a few they will take a few weeks to do this because they need time to investigate. the complaints that the election commission has received today with regards to how voting went down when they made a when they gave a press conference they reported that there were some minor. electoral irregularities including some early votes that failed to arrive back in time and on time which means they won't be counted but overall we can expect final results to be announced only in the next few weeks now in katine does have declined to comment much prefer truth. reserve that comment until the official results have been made but we

only that the river is cleaned up but that the laws that punish those who pollute the river on forced florence louis jazeera bondo indonesia space x. has launched its first spacecraft capable of carrying crew the unmanned test flight is a major step forward for the company owned by billionaire mosque now private firms can develop cheaper technology to allow it to resume manned flights which were suspended eight years ago mohammed d.c. has more. it's a bit that. nasa describes it as a historic moment that could pave the way for a new era of space exploration vehicle down here at kennedy space center in florida billionaire elon musk's company space x. successfully launched an unmanned test flight bound for the international space station. but to what today really represents is a new era in space flight and an era where we are looking forward to being one customer as an agency and as a country we're looking forward to being one customer of many customers in our in a robust commercial marketplace in low earth orbit so that we can drive down costs and increase access in ways that historically have

newey in chiang mai florence so is it clear who is in the lead at this stage. well it's neck and neck ninety four percent of votes have been counted but counting with paused overnight we expected to resume in the next very soon perhaps in the next hour or so we've been getting the latest figures from the website of the election commission now and in terms of popular vote the pro-military party is in the lead and the second second place is per tie that's the party linked to exiled prime minister taksin should know what he was deposed in a coup in two thousand and six they're trailing behind by about half a million votes but that's not the full picture and in terms of number of seats allocated or in terms of number of seats. that the there have been in terms of number of seats the it's the reverse per thai party is ahead by about ten seats but this is only the three hundred fifty constituency seats in the lower house that's not the full picture because there are another one hundred fifty seats and these are seats that will be allocated based on the number of vote

normal but they've been told to provide safety equipment including facemask to their employees and florence so we thank you. still ahead on the al-jazeera news hour nigerian rescue workers give up looking for survivors in a collapsed building just like these for the search to continue a series of outages strike the world's biggest social network across all of its part forms and product its. american skiing sensation michaela differen continues to add to her impressive list of accolades peter will explain in sports. hello again welcome back to international weather forecasts we're here across china things often quite nice for the next day or so but we do expect to see more rain coming into the forecast as we go into the middle of the weekend a few clouds up here toward shanghai on the satellite image but those are going to be making their way out and you can see here alone most of the east coast we are looking at sunny conditions dry conditions as well winds coming out of the north hongkong about twenty one degrees for you there we do have some rain here in the interior and as we go towards

the case left malaysia just hours after kim was killed who ordered kim's death why remains a mystery florence to al-jazeera. malaysia. people across japan are paying tribute to the victims of the two thousand and eleven earthquake and tsunami which caused the nuclear meltdown of fukushima prime minister shinzo are banned japan's prince and princess led the commemoration eight years on since the disaster that killed more than fifteen thousand people of thora he's continued to deal with the cleanup us president. for another showdown with democrats over government funding trumps twenty twenty budget proposes slashing spending by five percent across almost all departments except defense which would get a boost to also seeking eight point six billion dollars from congress to build the war on the us mexico border. venezuela's government has suspended schools and businesses as the worst blackout in decades continues electricity has been off in the capital and many other areas have been left without power. series of reports from caracas. for three days venezuela has been affected by power cuts. now t

is only part of what indonesia needs to boost its economy florence italy al-jazeera jakarta. news events prime minister has led a service in christ church to remember the fifty people killed in the mosque attacks two weeks ago the event was attended by more than twenty thousand people and screened all over the country there is andrew thomas was that. what words of the prime minister can adequately express the pain and suffering of new zealand's darkest day what words captured the anguish of muslim communities targeted by hatred and violence what words expressed the grief of the city of christchurch and then she found the. peace be upon you they were words just done said she'd heard repeatedly over the last fourteen days but even the ugliest of viruses can exist in places they are not welcomed. racism exists but it is not welcome here this service exactly two weeks after the al gore and lin wood mosques were targeted by a white extremist gunman was broadcast on big screens around the country representatives from more than fifty countries came to hear islamic welcomes and praye

new eagerness in chiang mai florence you know that area has always been a stronghold for a texan shinawatra people feeling there about these elections do they feel like they will get a free and fair vote. well it's going to be an uphill battle for thompson supporters to win big in this election and that's because for the last in the last five years with the military government in power it's already told to the playing field in its advantage it's got the it's got the ability to appoint all the members of the upper house that's about a third of the legislature who will then have the power to select the prime minister it's also changed electorate rules in such a way that there is a limit on the number of seats a party can win and critics say that this will be a huge disadvantage to that type party but you know this is an area which has traditionally delivered election victories to thompson and his allies who have not lost a single election since two thousand and one but they've seen their choice of leader their choice of government removed in coups or by the courts since so they are very eager

ensure that the river is cleaned up but that the laws that punish those who pollute the river on forced florence. indonesia so the head of al jazeera from reel to reel telling the african story in one of the continent's oldest film festivals roger federer is one win away from a historic title victory at the divine champion. art. examining the headlines setting the discussions a warning from air bust over the risks of a no deal breaker sharing class and all stories with a global audience you have your own intelligence network on the ground to tell you where to go and don't go explore an abundance of world class programming designed to inform monckton fate and inspire brazilian people are truly afraid the world is watching on al-jazeera. welcome back african cinema is being celebrated at the top festival in booking a fast so more than one hundred sixty pictures of being featured in this year's lineup nicholas hogg has more on the pad african film and television first of all of what we do go. comedy. and forbidden love. drama. and even animation. the world's biggest african film festival is celebra

an indonesian national or monday that a vietnamese citizen remains on trial for the murder florence laurie reports from charlotte where the proceedings took place. after two years in detention in malaysia city ayesha is now a free woman she had been on trial for killing kim jong nam the half brother of north korean leader kim jong il at the start of the hearing on monday the prosecutor asked that the murder charge against him be dropped and the reason was given the judge has granted her a discharge not amounting to an acquittal. i feel so happy i didn't text back that i would be released today a big thank you to president barack everyday day and all the ministers the indonesian embassy have point to the lawyers from malaysia also of course thank you to the malaysian government for releasing me city ayesha says the first thing she's going to do when she returns home to indonesia is see her family the indonesian government fought hard for her freedom indonesia's law minister had written to the malaysian attorney general arguing that city had been used as an intelligence tool of north korea c

we who is in the northern city of chiang mai florence tell us first about the results season early results and the picture they paint. as you mentioned if only on expected opinion polls taken just days before voting started have suggested that and that's the party linked to former prime minister taksin shin on what who together with his allies have not lost a single election since two thousand and one had suggested but they would be in the lead so this is unexpected indeed. child who is the current prime minister and who . is the party the military by party that's now in the lead has said that. to vote for him would be to vote for continued stability for thailand and perhaps it appears that voters may have may have bought into that story voters may have agreed that perhaps he is the leader that can deliver stability to thailand but it is a completely unexpected result because it wasn't what we were expecting and even though the military had in the last five years while it was in power have tilted the playing field to their vantage many analysts had suggested that her tie would still be in

florence pugh is dynamite as paige. the rock is in it. he's also the producer. he was sitting at home in the uk, and he watched a channel 4 documentary about the family and thought that would make a feature film and it really has. it went to number one at the box office. my best out. i thought the aftermath was really good, which you really didn't like. that goes to show you all criticism is different. it'sjust opinion. i think the aftermath looked great, itjust didn't have quite the substance. not amazing, but good. best dvd. at the end of awards season, rami malek winning all the awards for bohemian rhapsody and whatever else one and whatever else one may think of the film, this performance is terrific. i saw queen at hyde park in 1975. you see him on the screen. he wasn't even born then. i think it is a brilliant performance. there are other things wrong with the film. hats off to david fletcher for saving it. it takes liberty with the stories. the criticism is they kind of slightly whitewashed this version of freddie. i think it takes a story and then bends

knitting baking and sightseeing but those pastimes aren't for a one eighty four year old american athlete florence fillion miler flow for short is a competitive pole vaulter who's been training six days a week in preparation for the twenty nine thousand indoor world masters of flooding championships in poland. laced up in ready to go flo has already set pole vaulting records age seventy seventy five and eighty and she still loves competing. it's challenging you really have to work you have to have a record you have to have timing and i just love it because it's challenging according to her coach eighty four year old is not only inspiring but fully dedicated to doing well at the coming world masters athletics championships endure in poland where she'll be doing more than just the pole vault. it has been early to make sure she's worked up enough she goes home and such as a lot she pretty much. searches her entire life around. which you know is remarkable at any age at the event in poland flo will be the only pole vaulter in her age group but competition is expected in the other disciplines so she's

florence louis is in chiang mai the hometown of exiled former prime minister talks and shit a lot but first we'll cross over to scott heiler and bangkok to give us an update scott on the overnight preliminary election results coming in that in there really hasn't been too much movement on those numbers that you just read through but what's interesting and neck and neck is really the best way to characterize what we're seeing right now between falling flat out which is the pro military government party current prime minister is their prime minister candidate and then put die that is again led by exiled former prime minister taksin shinawatra they are pretty much neck and neck and i say that because you know you see that in the last numbers are ahead in the popular vote but who is ahead in the seat vote and that is really the more important number because that determines who will be forming the next government here in thailand but you know we still have some time to go we have about five hours before we expect a press conference from the election commission to release unofficial results