And cyber crack down the philippines steps up the fight against child pornography. But first vote counting a underway in ba burundis controversial election thats been marred by violence, the u. N. Secretary general ban kimoon has called for calm, urging all sites to refrain from say vie lens that could destabilize the country and the region. On tuesday just before voting started explosions and gunfire were heard in the capital. And at least one fern was killed. The president s spokesman has condemned the attacks as acts of terror that were aimed at intimidating voters. The president is widely expected to win a third consecutive term despite all the condemnation. The main opposition parties boycotted the vote and accuse him of violating the contusion a report now from the capital. Reporter after a night of gunfire and explosions in burundis capital the bed dead are being count odd voting. This man was an option sin member no one knows who held or why but its frightening them. We dont sl
Richelle carey this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up. Americas renewed confidence and standing in the world has never been stronger than it is right now. Fresh from his tour of asia u. S. President donald trump says accomplishments calling the trip historic. Demanding answers thousands of nigerians displaced from their homes go up against the government accusing it of a land grab. And scientists believe they have found a planet much like earth and a solar system eleven light years away. At the u. N. And the African Union are closely monitoring the situation in zimbabwe the military sees power in the early hours of wednesday but the exact details of the situation in the country remain unclear president Robert Mugabe spoke by telephone with the south african counterpart on wednesday jacob zuma says nagai is confined to his home however some military says it is not to post the president supporters describe this move as a bloodless correction they say the military is focusing on
Been killed by a u. S. Air strike. And what goes up must surely come down. And russian spacecraft said to hurdle back home. Well, starting in the u. K. , after a long campaign, David Camerons conservatives are on course to return to government. What and called an exit poll, as the voting stations close. Is predicting a hung parliament, one where no party has a overall majority, these are the numbers just projections at the moment. Conservatives expected to be the largest party, this is in the parliament with 650 seats. The left labor party, two unh 39, and a bad night for the liberal democrats they are the ones that have been in coalition with the conservatives for five years expected to lose a great number of seats down to just 10. But, if you are in scotland and you support the national party, good night for you so far, predicted to be anyway a unmanning hoo increase to 58 seats. There are some others as well and they may well play a part a little bit later on. There in that block th
This is Aljazeera America. Good morning. Live from new york city, im randall pinkston. We have new details this morning in the derailment of an amtrak train near philadelphia. Attention is focused on the speed of the trained and engineer driving it when it careened off the tracks. At least seven died. Investigators determined the train was moving too fast, almost twice the speed limit when it hid that dangerous curve. The train was traveling at approximately 106 miles per hour. Three seconds later when the data to the recorders terminated, the train speed was 102 miles per hour. Investigators still dont know why the train was going that fast. The engineer who was at the controls declined to speak to the ntsb but spoke briefly to police. He has given a blood sample and turned over his cell phone. He remembers going through that area generally. Has absolutely no rex recollection of the. Or anything unusual. The ntsb will examine the crews movements in the 24 hours prior to the crash to s
This 4 was just hours after saudi arabia offered to pause to allow for humanitarian aid. Now the offer was welcomed by the u. S. Secretary of state who has been in the saudi capitol having talked with saudi leaders as well as with yemens president late on when, the the ambassador the the United Nations asked the International Community to send land forces urgently into yemen to fight the houthis. Which is still raging in the southern port city, many people still trapped there. Lets see if the correspondent who is in saudi arabia. There is the southern yemen city of adan after weeks of air strikes and fighting. A scene of chaos. Thousands have lost their lively load. But there may be an opportunity for a break in the violence. Today we particularly welcome a new saudi initiative. To try to bring about a peaceful resolution, through the announcement of their intent to establish a full five day renewable cease fire and humanitarian pause. No bombing no shooting, no movement or repositioni