this was bongbong marcos earlier, casting his vote and his father's hometown. he was joined by his son, sandro, the 27—year—old is running for congress. this, a rare appearance of 92—year—old mother, imelda, once a byword for greed because of her excessive collection of designer shoes, bankrolled by the taxpayer. the marcos now promise to return to a golden age of economic prosperity, but critics say they've used social media to whitewash the sins of their past. the only person standing in the way of a marcos revival is leni rabredo, of the human rights lawyer and economist, but she's well behind in the unofficial tally of results. but this year's election has been marred by reports of vote buying, violent skirmishes and malfunctioning counting machines. you can see there are some tensions in this polling station, that is because people have been waiting for hours to feed their ballot papers into this machine here, which has been malfunctioning now for six hours. people are being told here to leave their papers to be fed in later on, but because of the

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they are expecting bongbong marcosjunior to do bongbong marcos junior to do that for them. bongbong marcosjunior to do that for them. he came with a message of unity and hope for his support he said it's time to forget the past, let's see what he can indeed do that in the future. that is it from us and the team here, thank you so much forjoining us on newsday. do stay with bbc news for the latest global headlines and analysis. latest global headlines and anal sis. . ~ latest global headlines and anal sis. ., ~ latest global headlines and anal sis. . ~' analysis. indeed, thank you so much for _ analysis. indeed, thank you so much for that, _ analysis. indeed, thank you so much for that, and _ analysis. indeed, thank you so much for that, and we - analysis. indeed, thank you so much for that, and we will- analysis. indeed, thank you so much for that, and we will be l much for that, and we will be back next hour, sojoin much for that, and we will be back next hour, so join us again if you can. before we go, one of the most iconic images of the twentieth century is about to be

, known here as bongbong marcos. he to be very popular among voters we have been talking to here and the person he is going up against, the one that has given him the toughest competition in this context, leni robredo, the woman behind pink power because of the colour that her supporters and she wear to demonstrate their loyalty to her and the party that she represents. so, a very exciting, divisive contest indeed. . ., �* , indeed. ok. exciting and it's certainly lively _ indeed. ok. exciting and it's certainly lively where - indeed. ok. exciting and it's certainly lively where you i indeed. ok. exciting and it's| certainly lively where you are in manila. thank you very much. still to come. still to come: the nepali sherpa who's taken on mount everest again. we speak to someone who's climbed with him. the pope was shot, the pope will live. that was the essence of the appalling news from rome this afternoon, that, as an italian television commentator put it, terrorism has come to the vatican. the man they called th

what is the appeal of bongbong marcos to voters? the what is the appeal of bongbong marcos to voters?— what is the appeal of bongbong marcos to voters? the appeal is his false narrative. _ marcos to voters? the appeal is his false narrative. that's _ marcos to voters? the appeal is his false narrative. that's not - marcos to voters? the appeal is his false narrative. that's not what - false narrative. that's not what many voters — false narrative. that's not what many voters would _ false narrative. that's not what many voters would say, - false narrative. that's not what many voters would say, they i false narrative. that's not what - many voters would say, they would say they believe him.— many voters would say, they would say they believe him. indeed. but he has positioned _ say they believe him. indeed. but he has positioned himself _ say they believe him. indeed. but he has positioned himself as _ say they believe him. indeed. but he has positioned himself as someone l has positioned himself as someone who wiii— has pos

bongbong marcos has already cast his vote. but what we are already hearing, some concerns of counting machines not working. there have been reports of that, in this polling station alone, to incidents reported to us alone. there are concerns with these irregularities, how that could impact the election results going ahead. for more on that, i am joined by director of political science richard hidarian. i know you are well—known in the philippines. the concerns being raised now. how much of a problem could that be in regards to the integrity of the election. 65 million eligible voters. we are talking — million eligible voters. we are talking about tens of thousands of machines. electro machines. it is _ of machines. electro machines. it is not — of machines. electro machines. it is not totally out of the curve _ it is not totally out of the curve but the prop is we are in a very— curve but the prop is we are in a very polarised political environment. even before the elections _ environment. even before the elections we

how about her chief opponent, bongbong marcos, currently the front runner in this election? well, i am not fake news, i am not for disinformation. he has been staying in the government for long, but results were not that significant. that's why i am not going further. when kevin says fake news there, bongbong marcos�* critics say that he has used social media to whitewash the history of his father, using tiktok to make videos that glorify the family, and erase the human rights abuses and the plundering of up to $10 billion of public money and commercial money during that time. his supporters say that he is going to bring unity to the country, bongbong marcos, and that he can bring together the north and the south with sara duterte as his vice president. and that they can make the country rise again. now, filipinos will go to the polls on monday morning. 6am they will open, they will close at 7pm. they have been extended this time around because of the covid—i9 pandemic, giving basically more time to queue up, get into those polling booths. we can expect results to come a

this was bongbong marcos earlier, casting his vote in his father's hometown. he was joined by his son, sandro, the 27—year—old is running for congress. this, a rare appearance of 92—year—old mother, imelda, once a byword for greed because of her excessive collection of designer shoes, bankrolled by the taxpayer. the marcoses now promise to return to a golden age of economic prosperity, but critics say they've used social media to whitewash the sins of their past. the only person standing in the way of a marcos revival is leni rabredo, a human rights lawyer and economist, but she's well behind in the unofficial tally of results. but this year's election has been marred by reports of vote—buying, violent skirmishes and malfunctioning counting machines. you can see there are some tensions in this polling station, that is because people have been waiting for hours to feed their ballot papers into this machine here, which has been malfunctioning now for six hours. people are being told here to leave their papers to be fed in later on, but because of the l

you represented bongbong marcos in 2016 when he contacted the victory of leni robredo. he contested _ victory of leni robredo. he contested the vice presidency. there — contested the vice presidency. there was a very slim margin. if there was a very slim margin. if in— there was a very slim margin. if in case _ there was a very slim margin. if in case the margin this time for the — if in case the margin this time for the president and the vice president would be small also, then— president would be small also, then expect that an election process— then expect that an election process will be filed. hopefully, that will not happen again — hopefully, that will not happen aaain. . , ., again. exciting times for the philippines _ again. exciting times for the philippines and _ again. exciting times for the philippines and the - again. exciting times for the - philippines and the commission. thank you so much forjoining us. that's it from us, mariko. we should be seeing thousands more people streaming through this station today with pulled closing later.— this

marcos has been so successful. karishma, for now, thank you. and we have much more on the elections in the philippines on our website, the results when they come in and, of course, profiles of the candidates. let's get some of the day's other news. leaders of the main parties at stormont are to hold talks with the northern ireland secretary, brandon lewis, about a possible return of power sharing. the executive has been unable to function fully since february, after the democrat unionists' first minister quit in protest at the arrangement for post—brexit trade. airlines in nigeria have called off their plans to stop flying from monday in protest at the rising cost of aviation fuel after getting assurances from the government. however, it is not clear that ongoing negotiations will produce the subsidies that airline operators are seeking. the price ofjet fuel has risen almost fourfold this year, causing what the airlines say is an unsustainable pressure on their operations. women in costa rica have taken to the st

she beat "bongbong" marcos, jr. there are a couple hours left before the polls are expected to close. we'll see who wins this time. >> a big turnout. ivan, thank you very much for joining us from hong kong. >>> the nbf plaintiffs are kicking into high gear. dallas mavericks with 23 pointers against the phoenix suns. two games apiece. superstar luka doncic had a double-double while scoring 26 points. in philadelphia, the 76ers drew even in their series against the miami heat with 116-108 victory. despite going scoreless in the first quarter, superstar james harden exploded for 31 points to lead the 76ers to victory. >>> it was a blazing sun and speed in miami on sunday. for the first time ever, formula one racing came to the sunshine state. one driver called the miami grand prix the super bowl of formula one with stars like tom brady and the former first lady in attendance. v verstappen took the checkered flag. >>> that does it for me. "early start" is next with laura jarrett and christine romans. [ speaking foreign

if bongbong wins, he can get those funds back for us. why they deposed marcos, many documented. she has been studying the pro—marcos social media campaign. from its start several years ago, she's watched it swell into a torrent of craftily edited videos recasting the marcos era as a golden age of prosperity. i think it was a perfect storm for the marcos', not only because they have wealth to wage this information war against the philippine people and in philippine history it's also about the failure of the post edsa administration that really built resentment, especially among the lower economic class. the reformist government failed them and really improve their situation. many supporters have been going door to door across the country to try to challenge the seductive marcos narratives that now dominates social media. to see if they can change voters minds before next monday. it's a spirited effort but they are running out of time. jonathan head bbc news, manila. young people, social media, so many issues to discuss in the selection. for more on how important the youth vote

junior, known here as bongbong marcos, and that is because of some things howard was mentioning, the idea he has been able to whitewash the past and put forward a message of unity to the filipino era. a lot of people between the ages of 18 to 25 don't remember the brutality of the marcos era and they are hoping his son wl somehow bring them a brighter future. laura: you are talking about the golden era, but it was a. when there was martial law and thousands of people were jailed, killed, tortured. there were allegations of corruption against the marcos family. who can forget ml the marcos's shoes, if you are a certain age? how is it marcos junior has been able to recast that? >> it's a remarkable makeover, you are right, for those of us who remember the 1986 people power protests that saw ferdinand marcos overthrown in those massive street protests that set a precedent for other protest movements across southeast asia. this is a huge image transformation for the marcos family. one of the ways analysts say he has been able to do this is through social media. there are videos being cir

this was bongbong marcos earlier, casting his vote in his father ferdinand marcos�* hometown. he was joined by his son, sandro — the 27—year—old is running for congress. and this, a rare appearance of 92—year—old mother, imelda, once a byword for greed because of her excessive collection of designer shoes, bankrolled by the taxpayer. the marcoses now promise a return to a golden age of economic prosperity, but critics say they've used social media to whitewash the sins of their past. the only person standing in the way of a marcos revival is leni rabredo, a human rights lawyer and economist, but she's well behind in the unofficial tally of results. but this year's election has been marred by reports of vote—buying, violent skirmishes and malfunctioning counting machines. you can see there are some tensions in this polling station, that is because people have been waiting for hours to feed their ballot papers into this machine here, which has been malfunctioning now for six hours. people are being told here to leave their papers to be fed in later on, but because of

bongbong marcos has been leading in the polls. has his campaign been helped or hindered by his father's legacy? so, that is the question, right? and we will see what happens tonight. there has been a very widespread disinformation campaign launched by the marcos family. now, to be clear, this is a decade—long campaign to revamp the family's image after they were ousted in 1986 but they have managed to modernise this campaign with the use of social media, and this will be the philippines' second social media election and so, the family has used tiktok, youtube and facebook to essentially rewrite the marcos legacy and the campaign has come under fire for this because it is perpetuating messages such as that his father's regime was a golden age of the philippines and downplaying or even, like, straight—out denying well—documented claims of human rights abuses and kleptocracy, right? but it has actually helped — people seem to be buying it. you can see it in the polls, from even young and older people who lived through that re

marcos — has won a landslide victory — in an election that s been billed as a test for this country s democracy. his nearest rival leni robredo is well behind. that's almost double the number that have been counted in these unofficial partial results so far. now, these figures are coming against the backdrop of what's been an extremely divisive political campaign, a very heated election season, and also reports of something like 1800 malfunctioning vote counting machines that's got many filipinos questioning the integrity of this vote, as my colleague howard johnson now reports. philippine history is turning on its head. ., , philippine history is turning on its head. .,, .,, philippine history is turning on its head. .,~ head. people, power has taken over... once _ head. people, power has taken over... once a _ head. people, power has taken over... once a disgraced - head. people, power has taken i over... once a disgraced family ousted from — over... once a disgraced family ousted from the _ over... once a disgraced family ousted from the presidential. over... once a disgraced f

known in the philippines, marcos jr., won apparently by a landslide according to preliminary results. his slogan was rise again. he has defended his father's legacy, just an and you troh issues human right of atrocious human rights record until his father was ousted in a people power movement in 1986. there is still investigations under way into allegations of embezzlement of up to $10 billion worth of government assets by the father. but regardless, this candidate's message did appear to work. he seems to be on the verge of winning in a mandate likes of which has not been seen in the philippines generations. there are allegations or concerns that some voting machines did not work on monday. the presumptive number two candidate has yet to concede. she is going to hold a meeting on friday with her supporters. but the ugs state .s. state dep says that it looked like the election was held according to international standards and washington appears ready to work with whoever the next president is which seems to be bongbong marcos jr. >> and he bet the current president, i wonder if this

i wonder if you could help us to understand bongbong marcos and sarah detert day, what will they be like? it�*s quite an explosive combination when you think about their parents. yes explosive combination when you think about their parents.— about their parents. yes indeed. for sure they will _ about their parents. yes indeed. for sure they will continue _ about their parents. yes indeed. for sure they will continue the - about their parents. yes indeed. for sure they will continue the legacy i sure they will continue the legacy they will focus on follow the policies on politics the war against drugs. what is sad about here is whether we already know this campaign will be an uphill battle. at the same time on the people�*s campaign is inspiring for six months they generated a lot of inspiration was up a good fight. they managed to put on social media and media why people should choose a different candidate, the people should not choose on the names that they know put that but sadly, sixpence to eight months at an office of the association that supported them even people see as the

if bongbong wins he can get the funds back for us. >> she has been studying the pro-marcos social media campaign fr its starts several years ago. she has washed it swell into a torrent of craftily edited videos recasting the marcos era as a golden age of prosperity. >> i think it was a perfect storm for the marcoses, not just because they have enough wealth to wage the information war against the filipino people and filipino history. it is also about the failure of the administration that rebuilt, especially among the lower economic class. the reformist government failed them. it did not improve their situation. >> many robredo supporters have been going door-to-door across the country to try to challenge the seductive marcos narrative that dominates social media due to see if they can change voters minds before next monday. it is a spirited effort but they are running out of time. jonathan head, bbc news, manila. >> history front and center in that election. now south africa. it has been nearly one month since flash floods damaged this region killing more than 130 people and killing --

unofficial results indicate mr marcos — known locally as �*bongbong', has more than twice the votes than his main rival, the outgoing vice president, leni robredo. the queen has pulled out of tuesday's state opening of parliament in london. it will be the first time since 1963 the queen will have missed the annual ceremony which sets out the british government's legislative agenda for the year ahead. prince charles will deliver the speech instead. now to a tale of birthday generosity designed to cheer people up after the events of the past few years. the singer paul heaton, who formed the band the housemartins in hull in the 1980s, decided his 60th birthday was a good moment to do something different. so he put money behind the bar, at 60 pubs around britain, so that regulars could have a drink on him, as our correspondent, danny savage, reports. he sang about happy hour. now he sang about happy hour. now he is creating one for real. # it's happy hour again., paul heaton today put £1000 behind the bar of 60 pubs to mark his 60th birthday. it's been really, really good, it's been really

the son of a former dictator, mr marcos, known locally as bongbong, appears to have more than twice the number of votes than his main rival, the outgoing vice president, leni robredo. i'm mariko 0i, here in singapore. also on the programme: president putin uses russia's victory day parade to justify his invasion of ukraine, but there's no indication of any change of course. the point is, the kremlin's decision to attack ukraine has sparked

unofficial results indicate mr marcos — known locally as �*bongbong' — has more than twice the votes than his main rival, the outgoing vice president, leni robredo. the queen has pulled out of tuesday's state opening of parliament, in london. it will be the first time since 1963 the queen will have missed the annual ceremony which sets out the british government's legislative agenda for the year ahead. prince charles will deliver the speech instead. now on bbc news, hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i'm stephen sackur. never mind all the problems humans face here on planet earth, we still have an unquenchable curiosity about the cosmos. but in practical terms, where is our fascination with space taking us? it's more than five decades since the first moon landing and nasa is struggling to keep its promise to make a return journey — and, by way of preparation, of course, for a mission to mars. my guest, jim green, retired as nasa's chief scientist earlier this year. are problems of money and geopolitics undermining nasa's mission? jim green in silver spring, maryland, welcome to hardtal

unofficial results indicate mr marcos, known locally as �*bongbong', has more than twice the votes than his main rival, the outgoing vice president, leni robredo. the queen has pulled out of tuesday's state opening of parliament in london. it will be the first time since 1963 the queen will have missed the annual ceremony which sets out the british government's legislative agenda for the year ahead. prince charles will deliver the speech instead. i'm a big dog. yo, baby, you don't have to put your top back on. lwas w. — he was twice my age. there was this kind of power dynamic. this is predatory behaviour. that's the joint bbc—guardian newspaper investigation into alleged sexual misconduct by the dj, tim westwood. i've been speaking to the reporter behind it about how you get a story like that over the line. but first, just as europe gets tough on the big tech companies, does the uk look poised to do less, not more? the financial times reported this week that ministers have ditched plans to empower their newest tech regulator with, well, actual power. the snappily—named digital ma

the son of a former dictator, mr marcos — known locally as "bongbong" — appears to have more than twice the number of votes than his main rival, the outgoing vice president, leni robredo. i'm mariko oi, here in singapore. also on the programme: vladimir putin uses russia's victory day parade to justify his invasion of ukraine — but ther�*s no indication of any change of course. the point is that the kremlin's decision to attack ukraine has sparked a global condemnation and sanctions and is turning russia into a pariah. the leader of britain's main opposition party —

ferdinand marcos jr., often known as bongbong, has refused to apologize for his father's rule. he himself has been convicted of tax evasion and mischaracterized his education at oxford. he indicated if elected president he would protect duterte against prosecution for his drug war in the international criminal court. and yet marcos jr. leads the polls, according to one survey, he's at 58%. his closest competitor, the current philippines vice president, leni robredo, has run on democratic reform, good governance, transparency. she's criticized duterte's brutality and she's polling at around 25%. how did this happen? in part it is born of the country's failures to fully recon with its past. marcos sr. was never convicted of a crime in the country's courts, some of which are staffed of people appointed during his rule. the billions the family embezzled have never been fully recovered. moreover, the dynasty has already lived in. immeldio marcus, whose thousands of pairs of shoes became an emblem of corruption during the first ten years of first lady has been elected to the house of

the son of the country s late dictator ferdinand marcos. more than half of the country s are under the age of a0 — with no experience of life and just a warning — flashing images. in 1986, it was all yellow when the people powered movement toppled the dictator ferdinand marcos. now more than 30 years on, opponents of his son's presidential run are uniting behind a pink revolution with family values at its core. in recent weeks, legions of young supporters have turned further 50 civilians have been evacuated from the mariupol still works. it's been held by russian forces for two months. and a hotel undergoing renovation in havana has exploded, with many dead. local council elections in britain have resulted in the conservatives losing nearly 500 seats. the scottish nationalists remained the biggest party in scotland while there have been gains for plaid cymru in wales but it's northern ireland where the result could bring seismic change if the main nationalist party sinn fein wins more seats than the unionists. emirati has the latest and

also known as bongbong, winning by a landslide. he ran on a platform of unity, promising lower prices and jobs. university of san francisco associate professor, he says bongbong's campaign try to erase his family positive history of corruption. he says the u.s. should be watching this election closely. >> the u.s. could be impacted by the elections in the philippines largely because of trade. the dispute over the south china , but also the military. the u.s. still has a strong military presence there. luz: some filipinos don't know or remember that marcos family history. you were young when he was president. you don't remember? >> i don't remember. luz: he said that marco's family made a difference in his village. >> the late father, i know him. he provided us power, the first power in our province, in our place. they are a good family. luz: yesterday before polls closed, around 200 filipinos in the bay area gathered outside the philippines consulate in san francisco, demanding transparency. >> as a result started coming in, we rea