:00:08. > :00:19.We are watching Kenya as we await the announcement of a final result
:00:20. > :00:26.of their collections. We are eminently awaiting the result. Life
:00:27. > :00:33.at the commission of the election count centre. Let's listen in. To
:00:34. > :00:39.each and every one of you for putting the confidence in us to
:00:40. > :00:50.deliver credible collection. Ladies and gentlemen, this year, like any
:00:51. > :00:53.other election year, there were a number of challenges which we
:00:54. > :01:03.overcame in order to deliver a fair and free election. Over 200 court
:01:04. > :01:08.cases have had to be dealt with, procurement of election materials
:01:09. > :01:13.and services. Through all this, the commission remained focused on
:01:14. > :01:17.delivering its mandate. There are many lessons that we have learned
:01:18. > :01:25.from this electoral cycle that we believe will strengthen our
:01:26. > :01:34.institution, ways of quicker transmission of election results for
:01:35. > :01:40.example. Allow me to express our greatest gratitude to those that
:01:41. > :01:45.contributed to the successful completion of the 2017 elections.
:01:46. > :01:59.Firstly, the people of Kenya, our number-1 stakeholder. You have
:02:00. > :02:03.entrusted us this responsibility. To all our staff across the country and
:02:04. > :02:11.our families for the sacrifices, thank you very much. To the stuff,
:02:12. > :02:22.you have long hours and sometimes for corn Street. -- for corn Street.
:02:23. > :02:29.-- to the staff members. The majority of you have demonstrated
:02:30. > :02:35.core values of transparency and integrity. For your sacrifice and
:02:36. > :02:42.dedication, we all you all recognition and gratitude, we are
:02:43. > :02:47.truly proud of all of you. -- we all owe you.
:02:48. > :02:56.APPLAUSE All stakeholders, parties,
:02:57. > :03:01.candidates, the country, I believe you will agree that the commission
:03:02. > :03:10.has been successful and we can discuss issues of concern. In line
:03:11. > :03:17.with the policy of transparency, we have held many consultation meetings
:03:18. > :03:27.for which we have been successful. The African Union, United Nations,
:03:28. > :03:35.NDA, Commonwealth Secretariat, east Africa community, European Union, we
:03:36. > :03:38.are grateful for your support. We wish to express our special
:03:39. > :03:49.recognition to the election management bodies within the east
:03:50. > :03:56.African community, Senegal, Namibia. Especially the professor energy of
:03:57. > :04:05.your four pence wise counsel. -- in Nigeria for his wise counsel. I'm
:04:06. > :04:09.pleased to note that all the local and international observers agree
:04:10. > :04:13.that the 2017 elections regrettable, fair and peaceful.
:04:14. > :04:22.APPLAUSE -- were credible, fear and peaceful.
:04:23. > :04:29.We thank the observers for the preliminary report and look forward
:04:30. > :04:33.to final reports, which will be incorporated in the final evaluation
:04:34. > :04:42.of the election. We welcome the media for -- we think the media for
:04:43. > :04:54.their role. We would also like to thank U for our patients as we relay
:04:55. > :05:01.the information. According to the great American statesman Abraham
:05:02. > :05:06.Lincoln, the best argument against democracy is the art rich
:05:07. > :05:11.conversation with the average photo. -- is a conversation with the
:05:12. > :05:20.average water. Today we have been given the responsibility of
:05:21. > :05:25.disclosing the results. APPLAUSE
:05:26. > :05:32.Before pronouncing the results of the election, we wish to remind you
:05:33. > :05:44.of the results in accordance with the law. The tallying of the
:05:45. > :05:47.presidential votes is done by the Presiding Officer at the polling
:05:48. > :05:58.stations after the closing of voting. The result is then signed
:05:59. > :06:08.for and countersigned by the agents are candidates of political parties.
:06:09. > :06:16.Once this form is filled in, the Presiding Officer is required to
:06:17. > :06:21.scan the form and send it along with another document for the returning
:06:22. > :06:32.officer in the national tallying centre. The result is final, when
:06:33. > :06:41.announced. All the results are collected, tallied and aggregates
:06:42. > :06:45.are found in order to inform the fort back. The returning officer and
:06:46. > :06:55.enters the result of the election and economic -- economically
:06:56. > :07:01.transmits them. The final decision by the tallying of is final. The job
:07:02. > :07:11.of the national tallying centre is to collate and tally results from
:07:12. > :07:16.the 290 returning officers. They record the results. That is our role
:07:17. > :07:22.and what we have been doing here. The chairman of the commission as
:07:23. > :07:24.the returning officer in respect of the presidential elections then
:07:25. > :07:34.announces the results of the presidential election. We are a
:07:35. > :07:46.candidate has meant the concessional thresholds, garnering 50% plus one
:07:47. > :07:49.of the total votes cast in at least half the countries, then the
:07:50. > :07:54.chairman shall declare such a candidate as having been duly
:07:55. > :08:05.elected as president of the Republic of Kenya. In this regard, Kenyans,
:08:06. > :08:13.by the powers vested in me... OK. Ladies and gentlemen, I am told that
:08:14. > :08:19.the results have to be signed first. I would like to thank you for
:08:20. > :08:26.listening to me... LAUGHTER
:08:27. > :08:34.I'll be back to announce the results. Thank you very much.
:08:35. > :08:39.APPLAUSE You are watching BBC World News.
:08:40. > :08:46.We are watching live. We were expecting that result of the Kenyan
:08:47. > :08:52.general election. As we heard there, nothing goes completely smoothly. We
:08:53. > :09:00.will be kept waiting a bit longer because the results have re-signed
:09:01. > :09:09.first. As we heard, they really were very precise about this whole
:09:10. > :09:17.election procedure because ten years ago there was incredible violence in
:09:18. > :09:22.Kenya after that disputed election win 1100 Kenyans diet, 600,000 were
:09:23. > :09:29.displaced, following that election. This time round, it has been
:09:30. > :09:35.peaceful and this time we are expecting imminently... Now, we have
:09:36. > :09:39.been waiting for this result. We are waiting for them to be signed and I
:09:40. > :09:48.believe that is what is happening right now. Once we see that we can
:09:49. > :09:54.expect to get this resolved. Whether it's Uhuru Kenyatta, the incumbent,
:09:55. > :09:59.the president that has been in power for 4-5 years. Or will it be the
:10:00. > :10:03.opposition, Raila Odinga, the opposition says that they do not
:10:04. > :10:08.accept the provisional results but they say they are not prepared to go
:10:09. > :10:15.to the courts to fight those results. It will be interesting to
:10:16. > :10:23.see finally, once confirmed, what the opposition will do. We assume
:10:24. > :10:28.that Uhuru Kenyatta will be announced as President. Stay with us
:10:29. > :10:30.on BBC World News. We promised to bring this results to you when we
:10:31. > :10:35.get it. Let's move on. President Donald Trump
:10:36. > :10:37.has stepped up the war of words with North Korea,
:10:38. > :10:39.saying that the US military is "locked and loaded", with plans
:10:40. > :10:42.in place if Pyongyang acts unwisely. The rising tensions have forced
:10:43. > :10:44.world leaders to encourage German Chancellor Angela Merkel
:10:45. > :10:52.said there could be no military solution -
:10:53. > :11:03.adding an escalation of the rhetoric Russia's Foreign Minister said that
:11:04. > :11:06.he believed the risks are very high and offered a plan to ease tensions.
:11:07. > :11:08.Our North America correspondent Nick Bryant reports.
:11:09. > :11:11.After fire and fury comes locked and loaded, not the title of some
:11:12. > :11:13.Hollywood summer blockbuster, but the words of America's
:11:14. > :11:15.commander in chief, who described his country's state
:11:16. > :11:24.These are the latest pictures of B-1 bombers stationed in Guam,
:11:25. > :11:28.the motto of this squadron, "Fight tonight."
:11:29. > :11:30.President Trump reminded people of that on his
:11:31. > :11:35.He's deploying social media to ratchet up his rhetoric.
:11:36. > :11:38.Military solutions are now fully in place, locked and loaded,
:11:39. > :11:46.Hopefully Kim Jong-un will find another path.
:11:47. > :11:48.And last night, there was another personal warning
:11:49. > :11:53.He has disrespected our country greatly.
:11:54. > :11:54.He has said things that are horrific.
:11:55. > :11:59.And with me, he's not getting away with it.
:12:00. > :12:02.He got away with it for a long time between him and his family.
:12:03. > :12:08.As the government of Japan deployed missile interceptors to guard
:12:09. > :12:09.against North Korean rockets, international leaders essentially
:12:10. > :12:18.TRANSLATION: I believe that, I'm firmly convinced that an escalation
:12:19. > :12:24.of rhetoric will not contribute to a solution of this conflict.
:12:25. > :12:25.TRANSLATION: When a fight has nearly broken out,
:12:26. > :12:29.the first step away from that dangerous threshold should
:12:30. > :12:33.be taken by the side that is stronger and smarter.
:12:34. > :12:36.Amidst this verbal brinkmanship, it's emerged that the Trump
:12:37. > :12:43.administration has been secretly talking to North Korea
:12:44. > :12:45.about Americans in prison there and deteriorating relations.
:12:46. > :12:50.The news came as America's Defence Secretary emphasised diplomacy.
:12:51. > :12:52.You can see the American effort is diplomatically lead,
:12:53. > :12:59.it has diplomatic traction, it is gaining diplomatic results.
:13:00. > :13:01.And I want to stay right there, right now.
:13:02. > :13:05.The tragedy of war is well enough known.
:13:06. > :13:07.It doesn't need another characterisation beyond the fact
:13:08. > :13:11.Holiday-makers on Guam, the island North Korea has
:13:12. > :13:14.threatened with missiles, still seem unfazed.
:13:15. > :13:17.But amongst the beach reading this morning,
:13:18. > :13:19.a fact sheet from the Guam government warning not
:13:20. > :13:43.My colleague as their fries. It looks like a bit of a pattern here.
:13:44. > :13:48.Donald Trump with the fighting talk and then his administration trying
:13:49. > :13:54.to play that down. Offering some more peaceful measures. We are we? I
:13:55. > :13:59.don't think there is any sign that Donald Trump is going to let up on
:14:00. > :14:08.his war of words but what we see is a difference of emphasis coming from
:14:09. > :14:11.his senior ministers. As we just heard, the Defence Secretary
:14:12. > :14:16.emphasises diplomacy, Rex Tillerson owner of this week said that
:14:17. > :14:24.diplomacy is the only way forward. Donald Trump is trying to, Jim Matus
:14:25. > :14:28.has said that as well, is to show that America does have the military
:14:29. > :14:33.remains. What is confusing about this is when is the point where
:14:34. > :14:39.Donald Trump thinks he needs to use these military remains in order to
:14:40. > :14:45.enforce the line that the US is taking. -- these military means. No
:14:46. > :14:50.option has been ruled out, everything is on the table and that
:14:51. > :14:57.seems to include a pre-emptive strike. The concern is that this is
:14:58. > :15:00.how Kim Jong-un will reject and that could -- will read it and that could
:15:01. > :15:04.inspire him to pull the trigger first. Thank you very much.
:15:05. > :15:07.So how are people in the south of the peninsula reacting to crisis
:15:08. > :15:10.Yogita Limaye in Seoul has been finding out.
:15:11. > :15:17.Fierce reactions have come to be expected of North Korea.
:15:18. > :15:20.In the US, it now seems to be becoming a pattern.
:15:21. > :15:22.The president makes strong remarks, then a member of his cabinet tries
:15:23. > :15:29.Analysts I've been speaking to say they so far don't believe that
:15:30. > :15:33.either side will act on the threats they are making but when you are in
:15:34. > :15:35.such a heated situation, a few days ago in Pyongyang
:15:36. > :15:37.there was a mass rally, a big show of strength,
:15:38. > :15:39.anti-American slogans, and in that situation,
:15:40. > :15:41.when you don't have a line of communication open
:15:42. > :15:45.with North Korea, even the slightest miscalculation could be dangerous.
:15:46. > :15:48.We have to remember that war can break out with a really small
:15:49. > :15:55.That's what people are worried about.
:15:56. > :15:57.At this point, I don't think they are strategically
:15:58. > :16:04.But really unfortunate things happen that can trigger the war.
:16:05. > :16:10.Here in South Korea are concerns about were all of this is heading.
:16:11. > :16:12.The country's top security adviser spoke to his American
:16:13. > :16:17.counterpart this morning and, during that conversation,
:16:18. > :16:20.the US is reported to have agreed that it will not launch any
:16:21. > :16:22.pre-emptive strikes on North Korea without informing Seoul.
:16:23. > :16:28.On the streets of this city, people go about their lives as normal.
:16:29. > :16:31.They are getting worried about this repeated exchange that we are seeing
:16:32. > :16:34.between North Korea and the US but at the moment they don't see
:16:35. > :16:42.At least 36 people have been killed in Egypt's worst rail
:16:43. > :16:47.Around 120 people were injured when two passenger
:16:48. > :16:51.One train was travelling from Cairo and the other from Port Said
:16:52. > :16:54.when the accident happened in the northern coastal city
:16:55. > :17:03.The cause of the collision is still unclear.
:17:04. > :17:08.Our correspondent in Cairo, Ranyah Sabry.
:17:09. > :17:18.The sad news is that this death toll is likely to rise. It has already
:17:19. > :17:23.risen. The number of casualties is 37 and the number of injured as 123.
:17:24. > :17:27.These numbers are expected to increase throughout the night as the
:17:28. > :17:32.search for bodies through the wreckage continues. It is a major
:17:33. > :17:37.accident, if you've seen the pictures. One train was stationary
:17:38. > :17:41.and the other collided on its back. Preliminary cause is that the person
:17:42. > :17:46.responsible for warning becoming trended not notice and not
:17:47. > :17:55.warranted. -- warning for the coming train. It was close to the city of
:17:56. > :17:59.Alexandria, the second-largest city in a just and where people had to
:18:00. > :18:04.for the summer vacations. That is what thousands of these people were
:18:05. > :18:10.intending to do. Just explain to us how busy. You said thousands of
:18:11. > :18:20.passengers. These trends are some of the cheapest trains -- these trends.
:18:21. > :18:24.There is no strict regulation in terms of having a specific chair
:18:25. > :18:32.allocated to you by your ticket. This is why it's always packed, the
:18:33. > :18:41.carriages, back with passengers. The price for the railway trains has not
:18:42. > :18:45.increased in the past year, although the Egyptian Government took the
:18:46. > :18:52.decision to focus the pound in 2016, sending the price of transportation
:18:53. > :18:57.through the sky and trains remain at the cheapest. This is why it is the
:18:58. > :19:05.means of transportation for many of these were Egyptians. -- of these
:19:06. > :19:05.poor Egyptians. With me is our Middle East
:19:06. > :19:18.editor Sebastian Usher. Absolutely devastating for Egypt by
:19:19. > :19:23.the string caches -- these train crashes have happened before. What's
:19:24. > :19:28.been the reaction so far? The president has expressed his sorrow
:19:29. > :19:32.over what happened and has said, as is normal in these circumstances,
:19:33. > :19:43.anybody who is found to be responsible will be punished. You
:19:44. > :19:47.need to go about 2013, 2012, to the last major train accidents in Egypt.
:19:48. > :19:51.Rather than being trains running into each other, these were trains
:19:52. > :19:57.at level crossings hitting buses. In one, it was attributed to the person
:19:58. > :20:07.that was supposed to be watching over the level crossing, they had
:20:08. > :20:10.fallen asleep. Trained Remainer and inexpensive -- Michael to remain an
:20:11. > :20:17.inexpensive mode of transport for people of every class. -- Michael to
:20:18. > :20:21.remain. The management and Ezra structure has backed behind for
:20:22. > :20:24.years and years. This will be fuelled again by this accident, the
:20:25. > :20:33.feeling that there isn't enough concerned by the Egyptian
:20:34. > :20:37.authorities, even though this is a lifeline for people. There is talk
:20:38. > :20:42.of investment for this particular line. Thank you very much. We will
:20:43. > :20:49.go back to Nairobi, where we expect the result of the Kenyan general
:20:50. > :20:53.election. We heard earlier the commission focused on exactly how
:20:54. > :21:01.the selection has been carried through and, as the result was
:21:02. > :21:08.expected, we were told it has to be signed. Leadsom gentleman. -- ladies
:21:09. > :21:11.and gentlemen. Allow me to continue my speech.
:21:12. > :21:23.LAUGHTER By the power was vested in me, and
:21:24. > :21:31.will meet to provide you -- allow me to provide with you the final tally
:21:32. > :21:39.of the election results. These are the results from the countries. The
:21:40. > :21:49.role requires I read all of them. -- the counties, the law requires. I
:21:50. > :21:58.will start with Mombasa. 580,006 and 44 registered voters. 580,006 and 44
:21:59. > :22:32.registered voters. Mohammed, 1004 64. Representing 43%.
:22:33. > :22:46.Next candidate, 0.4%. The following candidate, 0.1%. The next candidate,
:22:47. > :22:53.19 Everest APPLAUSE Representing 28.9 7%.
:22:54. > :23:13.The following candidate, representing 0.2%. Joseph William
:23:14. > :23:37.1271, representing 0.37%. The next candidate, 69.76%. The total vote
:23:38. > :23:53.cast, 342,347. This is 100% of vote. This means that there were no
:23:54. > :23:57.spoiled votes. The next county. 281,102 and registered fortress. --
:23:58. > :24:28.focus Mac. 3.8%. Uhuru Kenyatta 43,694, 23.59%.
:24:29. > :24:37.These are life images from Nairobi, the national electoral centre. We
:24:38. > :24:40.still await the Electoral Commission, McWhirter, to announce
:24:41. > :24:45.the results. We believe that at the moment the announcement is going
:24:46. > :24:51.through constituencies. There are 40 constituencies. When we get the
:24:52. > :24:54.final result, we will bring that, I promise.
:24:55. > :24:57.36 people have been killed after a coach crashed into a wall
:24:58. > :25:01.It was travelling from Chengdu in the south west to central China
:25:02. > :25:04.The cause of the crash is still unclear.
:25:05. > :25:08.49 people were aboard this bus when it slammed into the wall
:25:09. > :25:10.of a northern Chinese expressway on Thursday night.
:25:11. > :25:13.More than 30 of those passengers were killed on impact,
:25:14. > :25:24.The coach was travelling to Chengdu city to central China.
:25:25. > :25:27.Highways around the tunnel were blocked for hours,
:25:28. > :25:29.and vehicles diverted in the wake of the crash.
:25:30. > :25:32.It is still unclear as to what caused it.
:25:33. > :25:38.But deadly road accidents are common in China.
:25:39. > :25:40.Traffic regulations are often flouted all go unenforced by police.
:25:41. > :25:44.Overcrowded coaches are common across the country.
:25:45. > :25:50.In 2015, more than 58,000 people died on Chinese roads.
:25:51. > :26:00.High speeds and aggressive driving contributing to the death toll.
:26:01. > :26:06.We are still awaiting the results from the Kenyan general election. We
:26:07. > :26:11.will bring that to you as soon as we can.
:26:12. > :26:16.The weather was a little bit disappointing for most of us today.
:26:17. > :26:22.Pretty overcast. The weekend is looking good. Sunshine it will be
:26:23. > :26:23.around and it looks mostly dry. Potentially a bit of rain.