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Partial results of Friday's election gave him 98% of the votes, it said.

Mr Kagame's supporters, who say that he has brought stability and economic development after the horrors of the 1994 genocide, began celebrating before the announcement.

Critics - most of whom are outside the country - say he rules through fear.

After his victory, Mr Kagame vowed to keep up the country's economic growth.

"This is another seven years to take care of issues that affect Rwandans and ensure that we become real Rwandans who are [economically] developing," Mr Kagame said in a speech broadcast on live television.

Mr Kagame, who has been in power for 17 years, was challenged by Frank Habineza, from the Democratic Green Party, and Philippe Mpayimana, an independent.

Another independent challenger, businesswoman and rights activist Diane Shima Rwigara, was disqualified by the electoral commission.

The remaining eight opposition parties did not put forward a candidate and instead backed President Kagame.

The president previously called the election "just a formality".

Mr Kagame, 59, came to power in 1994, when his Tutsi rebel group took control of the capital, Kigali, ending the genocide in which some 800,000 ethnic Tutsis and moderate Hutus were slaughtered.

Rwanda's constitution was amended in 2015, following a referendum, enabling Mr Kagame to run for a third term.

Beyond this, he could run again, potentially staying in power until 2034.

His two challengers have complained that their supporters have been intimidated, which they say explains the low turnout at their rallies.

The candidates have also accused some local authorities of undermining their campaigns.

The ruling party denies any accusations of wrongdoing.

An Ohio woman called 911 in a panic Thursday afternoon with ample reason: A 5 1/2-foot long boa constrictor she had rescued a day earlier had wrapped itself around her neck, was biting her face and wouldn't let go.

"Please hurry," the frightened woman told a dispatcher. "He's biting my nose."

The dispatcher sent firefighters and police to the woman's home in Sheffield Lake, a community about 25 miles (40 kilometers) west of Cleveland in Lorain County, but seemed stumped.

"I've never heard of this before," the dispatcher is heard saying in a recording of the woman's call.

Rescuers arrived within minutes and found the woman lying in the bloodied driveway of her home, the snake holding tight just as she described. A firefighter cut off the snake's head with a pocket knife and the 45-year-old woman, who hasn't been identified, was taken by ambulance to a hospital for treatment.

The woman told the dispatcher during the call she had rescued two boa constrictors on Wednesday and that she owned nine ball pythons

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The German government has recalled tens of thousands of Porsche SUVs after discovering they are equipped with an "unauthorized defeat device" allegedly used to cheat on emissions testing.

Transport minister Alexander Dobrindt said the mandatory recall covers 22,000 Cayenne 3-liter TDI vehicles in Europe, 7,500 of which are registered in Germany. He said the model is currently in production.

German regulators have suspended the vehicle's certification. That means Porsche, a Volkswagen (VLKAF) subsidiary, will have to produce new software and have it checked and authorized before the company can sell any more of the model.

Porsche said in a statement that it had "detected irregularities in the engine control software" and notified the transport ministry. It suggested the problem could be fixed with a software update.

"Porsche continues to carry out internal audits on its vehicles," the automaker said. "If there is something that is not OK, then we tackle it and get it right."

The German auto industry has been a powerful ambassador for Europe's biggest economy. One in every five cars worldwide carries a German brand. But its three biggest firms -- Volkswagen, BMW (BMWYY) and Daimler (DDAIF) -- are still grappling with the diesel emissions scandal.

BMW announced a software upgrade Sunday for at least 350,000 diesel cars to incorporate "knowledge gained in the field over the last years to realize further improvements in emissions."

Last week, Daimler offered owners of more than 3 million Mercedes vehicles in Europe a service upgrade to reduce emissions amid mounting questions over its diesel engines. At the same time, it said it had created a line of diesel engines with "exemplary emissions" that would be introduced rapidly across its model range.

Also last week, Volkswagen-owned Audi said it would retrofit 850,000 diesel cars to improve their emissions in "real driving conditions."

The moves are aimed at avoiding driving bans in towns and cities in Germany, where politicians and top executives are due to meet for a "diesel summit" next week.

Volkswagen has already agreed to pay billions of dollars in federal fines and pleaded guilty to criminal charges in the United States. But it could be in for more pain. Dobrindt said the Touareg SUV might be equipped with the same software as the recalled Porsche SUVs, but the issue has not yet been fully investigated by regulators.

Charlie Gard, the terminally ill baby at the centre of a high-profile court battle, has died.

The infant passed away in a hospice just days before his first birthday under the terms of an end-of-life plan agreed by a High Court judge.

The news was confirmed on Friday evening and Charlie’s mother, Connie Yates, said simply: “Our beautiful little boy has gone, we are so proud of you, Charlie.”

An end-of-life plan for baby Charlie, who has a rare genetic disease, was approved on Thursday by High Court judge Nicholas Francis.

He said the 11-month-old would be kept at Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) on life support, before being moved to the hospice where the artificial ventilator would be switched off and Charlie would “inevitably” die.

Chris Gard and Ms Yates this week ended their five-month legal fight to take their son to the US for experimental treatment after new tests showed he had suffered irreversible muscular damage.

Charlie, born on 4 August 2016, inherited the faulty RRM2B gene that affects the cells responsible for energy production and respiration, leaving him unable to move or breathe unaided.

His parents, a couple in their 30s from Bedfont in west London, wanted to give him experimental, unproven nucleoside therapy, provided by American neuroscientist Michio Hirano.

Throughout the long court process, which saw an appeal rejected by the European Court of Human Rights, doctors at Great Ormond Street maintained the treatment had little chance of success and it was kinder for life support to be switched off.

The case caused an international furore, with both Donald Trump and Pope Francis offering to help the sick baby and American lawmakers making efforts to grant him permanent residency in the US so he could fly there for treatment.

A fresh hearing was opened in the High Court after claims of new evidence from Dr Hirano, who flew to London to examine Charlie and requested a new MRI scan.

Following the results of the scan, and acknowledging the new therapy was doomed to failure, the couple first requested their son be allowed to die at home.

However, they later agreed Charlie could die in a hospice, asking the judge to let them pay for a private medical team to oversee his final hours.

They had pleaded with Mr Justice Francis to let them spend days with their son before his death, but GOSH argued it was not in his best interests to spend a long period under palliative care.

Legal proceedings have been fraught, with frequent verbal clashes between the hospital’s lawyers and Charlie’s parents.

Mr Gard shouted “evil” in court, while Ms Yates screamed and broke down in tears after they were told the new MRI scan results made for “sad reading”.

The couple also said they had been victims of a “backlash” after Great Ormond Street revealed its staff had received death threats related to the case.

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The very rich are very different from you and I.

A simple act of signing his world famous autograph on a fan’s bum shorts has angered Victoria, wife of highly rated footballer, David Beckham. Beckham was pictured on Sunday signing the girl’s bottom in Kernville, California, when he stopped to rest during a road trip, Mail has reported. His love of partying is also said to be driving a wedge between him and his wife of 18 years, Victoria. Enjoying a spot of ‘guy time’ away from family, the 42-year-old hunk had pulled over at a hardware store during his motorcycle road trip with a mate, when he was faced with the cheeky request

Proving that his global fan base can spot him anywhere, David was approached for an autograph on the side of the road. He kindly obliged, sitting on the side of his motorcycle and leaning in as the lady turned round and offered her hip.

The heavily-tattooed fan was minimally dressed for the heat in thigh-skimming Daisy Dukes bum shorts jeans and a vest top rolled up to her mid section. It’s done nothing to dispel rumours that David and his wife-of-18-years, Victoria, are growing apart. New reports on Sunday morning suggested that they have built separate ‘his and hers’ wings into their £5m converted farmhouse. The claims suggest that David’s love of partying is driving a wedge between the couple and the designs will put further physical distance — an estimated 50 yards — between them, too. The Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire home has been created from three barns and the living quarters are said to be separated by a gallery.