this will give the sheikh hasina her fourth consecutive term as prime minister, and herfifth overall. the election was boycotted by bangladesh s main opposition party, the bnp, which said the process was a sham. for more analysis we will speak to the head of the thomas law school. what does this election actually mean 21 considering the controversy around? $5 a the controversy around? as a matter of the controversy around? as a matter of background, - the controversy around? sis . matter of background, since independence the conduct of free and fair elections in bangladesh has proven to be contentious issue. there has been a sense of great mistrust amongst major political parties in the country with respect to conducting free, fair and impartial general elections. and it is for this reason in 1996 the two major political parties of the countries including the ruling party and the bangladesh national party reached a consensus which led to the incorporation of the system of n
it s newsday. welcome to bbc news. it s 8am in singapore, and 9am injapan where we start the programme today. all of the 379 passengers and crew on board a japan airlines plane had a miraculous escape when it became engulfed in flames. thejet was coming in to land, when there was a collision with a coastguard plane. five people on board the smaller aircraft died. it was heading to deliver supplies to people affected by the 7.6 magnitude earthquake, in the province of noto. our correspondent, suranjana tewari, is at haneda airport, with more on the reaction on the ground. haneda airport, behind me, is slowly resuming service about 100 flights were cancelled as a result of that collision on the runway. now, mostly domestic flights, international flights have been taking off and landing, as well, but really extraordinary images coming in. and people here arejust digesting what happened when those two planes collided, leading to that massive fireball on the runway and this,
everything and someone else s war? aden, that welcome to halep hardtalk. it isjust aden, that welcome to halep hardtalk. it is just over a year since you were released from captivity after being held by the russian forces in occupied have your mental scars heal like your physical scars? i have your mental scars heal like your physical scars? your physical scars? i was a lot skinnier than your physical scars? i was a lot skinnier than i your physical scars? i was a lot skinnier than i am your physical scars? i was a lot skinnier than i am now, - your physical scars? i was a lot skinnier than i am now, but. your physical scars? i was a lot skinnier than i am now, but i i your physical scars? i was a lot - skinnier than i am now, but i think mentally, i m mentally better than i was, especially coming out of captivity. as most people can observe, i have a lot of issues mentally. going back into the bible. i remember going back in time. going so fixated on fighting and o
cold health always have been issued for parts of england with temperatures due to plummet, leading to snow and ice. it comes as many areas are still trying to recover from the aftermath of storm hank which caused widespread flooding. 171 flood warnings are still in place in england and wales and the environment agency says more properties good flood over the next week as river levels rise. as the cold weather hits many parts of the country, lots of homes and gardens remain underwater, including here in nottinghamshire. there is still water in the conservatory. the conservatory flooded first, so we tried to sandbag a barrier in. hit by flooding earlier this week, erica has had to move in with her neighbours. i ve had loads of offers from all over the village. the village have been brilliant, and they have all offered to come and clean up. obviously i have to wait for the insurance to come and assess the damage first, before i move anything. lots of the fields in the area are still under
In many parts of Europe, such as the UK and the Netherlands, bad weather has forced residents to evacuate due to flooding or disruption to rail transport,