very happy we waited for this day for a long drive and acquittal in a free for bribery trial of a former president a priest soccer federation. a show to go on top of my posts several tens of thousands of kids by the police and. a look back on the political violence that took the life of this couple's six month old child and kenya. it began in liberia where polls have officially closed in the presidential runoff vote it's the first democratic transition of power in the west african nation in seventy three years but the turnout was pretty low. voters are choosing between former football superstar george way and experience political operator and current vice president joseph otto reports in the capital monrovia. thousands lined up to vote in more than five thousand polling stations across liberia arriving long before the stations opened the tunnels however nowhere near the out of the foster homes held in october that had been delayed twice up to being contested in court amid claims of a declared it is in the foster round officials say the reduction of candidates from twenty two just to may

a hardline fundamentalist christian and former judge, crowd. in his party. he is up against doug jones, a former public prosecutor who helped apprehend members of the kkk. we will take you over there as soon members of the kkk. we will take you over there as soon as we members of the kkk. we will take you over there as soon as we have a result. thank you very much for watching. well, the weather story is getting a bit messy now during the middle of the week. and although we will see cold air through the middle of the country, there is still the risk over the next few days of some snow and also further ice. and we are starting wednesday morning off with the risk of ice across scotland and england. that is because we have overnight rain moving through, falling on freezing surfaces, then skies will clear for a time during wednesday morning before the next bout of rain moves in. so this is where we will see the ice risk ahead of this next rain band. and it will be quite showery pushing into much of scotland and north—west england and northern irelan

a former us marine has been arrested for allegedly plotting to launch a terror attack on christmas day area of san francisco. everitt aaron jameson, a former us marine, was arrested by federal agents charged with planning an attack on one of the city's most popular tourist attractions, pier 39. let's go straight to peter bowes who is in los angeles for us. what more do we know? this came to light after someone reported that he had been involved in some suspicious activity on facebook he had been liking posts sympathetic to the so—called islamic state, he had also expressed some support to the attack in october in new york city, when a lorry was driven onto a bike path, and also the san bernardino shooting ofa and also the san bernardino shooting of a couple of years ago. he was under surveillance by the fbi, he met with an agent who he believed to bea met with an agent who he believed to be a senior leaderfrom is, and it was then that he revealed this plot, to essentially a tax on christmas day, one of the most popular tourist destinations in california, here 39 in san francisco, it is

today a former student and a mom of a former student spoke out about two separate situations. former student says that a math teacher harassed her when she attended the school in 2010. ng out today... want leadership at >> he would press his legs up against mine and rest his hand on top of my hand. each time i would tell him i didn't want to leave my desk and he would insist that i sit with him. >> those speaking out today want a change of leadership at presentation. their allegations follow recent reports of abuse that date back decades, no comment from the school today, but in the past officials said reports of abuse were handled appropriately. >>> facebook is rolling out new tools to prevent harassment. one new feature allows users to ignore a conversation on a messaging app without having to block a user. facebook can also recognize if a blocked user creates another account. in the meantime facebook is expanding its use of facial recognition technology. the idea is to alert users if a photo of them is posted even if they're not tagged. >>> mr. lincoln, move over. an animat

ty cobb's statement specifically referred to flynn as a former obama administration. d it all up, and what does it mean for the president and possible fallout for the white house? >> what you're seeing here is a classic political statement. the white house is racing to distance themselves from flynn. they're saying he's a former obama administration official, that he only worked in the white house for a few days, but i think that argument is getting harder and harder to make. unlike george papadopoulos, who had to plead guilty earlier this year and was a low-level play, and unlike manafort, who was charged with things that happened before the campaign, these charges directly relate to flynn's time in the white house and in the transition. this is a white house official. this is someone who actually worked in the white house. so this is a very big problem for the trump administration and a turning point in the presidency. this probe is going deeper. mueller is working methodically up the food chain, and the question is who's next. >> sean, what are you hearing about how

a defense from this white house. and the obama administration has -- former officials with the obama administration have not respondedus when we've checked on this. but ty cobb, a white house lawyer here, jake, has put out a statement that has a few holes in it. it says today, michael flynn, a former national security adviser for for 25 days in the trump administration and a former obama administration official entered a guilty plea of making a single false statement to the fbi. nothing about the guilty plea or the charge implicates anyone other than mr. flynn. jake, we should point out when the white house is trying to say that nflynn worked for the obam administration, they are the neglecting to mention that president obama fired michael flynn and tried to warn incoming president-elect trump during that meeting in the oval office on november 10th to stay clear of michael flynn. and then president-elect trump did not heed that advice. so there are some former obama administration officials who are seething a little bit this afternoon, jake, as the white house is trying to use them to shield the president from this m

blind president costs a little peacock a former leftist guerrilla and the idol of the international left wing just four years ago senator was a respected t.v. journalist and his biggest challenge is to convince chile that he really is up to the challenge of governing this country. is promising to make chile grown to create more better paying jobs but in the second round he has had to adjust his free market policies my body to the social reforms that the family has been some putting in order to appease millions and millions more for medical education and pensions. net neutrality rules protecting open internet access have been repealed by the us government the changes could mean large corporations can pay internet service providers to prioritize their websites and even block fake competitors i do joe castro explains. opposed to the repeal of net neutrality rules in the us and making their voice. heard on the streets of washington protesters in the end were not loud enough to sway the vote of the federal communications commission your car was your reason we're still i dissent the commi

in a resignation letter seen by the observer newspaper, alan milburn, the former labour minister who e commission, said he had "little hope" theresa may's government was capable of making the changes necessary to deliver a more equal society. his three fellow commissioners, including the former conservative cabinet minister, baroness shephard, also walked out. i'm joined by our political correspondent alex forsyth. what has been going on? a series of newspaper reports which carried the story. the observer had the most detail which carries the full resignation letter from alan milburn in which he said he doesn't believe the government has enough bandwidth to tackle the social injustices in society and says it is preoccupied with brexit, understandably, but is not giving due priority to the work of the commission and as a consequence has stepped down and three fellow commissioners have stepped down. this letter is directed to the prime minister and in it he says to the prime minister, i don't believe your personal book —— buti i don't believe your personal book —— but i don't doubt your

its first democratic transition of power in more than seven decades the presidential runoff it's a former soccer star against the country's vice president. of the. great to have you along russian president vladimir putin is eyeing a nother six years in office and now he's been formally endorsed to participate in next year's vote for more than six hundred supporters including prominent long. hers and actors have gathered in moscow for the endorsement because of their support putin can now submit documents to take part in the march election as an independent candidate while this follows the russian election commission's decision to reject opposition leader leader election of on these bid to participate in the race. all right so we can now go to moscow to do sure when who is monitoring developments there emily why is putin running as an independent candidate. well putin announced the decision to run as an independent candidate in december at his yearly press conference and he gave no official reason now there could be several reasons one could be to do with the polls if you look at polling w

the ballots are being counted in the race to see if there will be a former football great or liberia's vice president who will lead the nation the next six years. i'm richelle carey this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up the kremlin wants a new investigation into alexina bawling over his call to boycott next year's presidential election after he was barred from running against vladimir putin. mosul slowly comes back to life five months after the end of a brutal operation to retake the city from. a show to go on to play both of those terms. but. listen to. the look back on the political violence that took the life of this couple's six month old child in kenya. they began in liberia where polls have officially closed in the presidential runoff vote it's the first democratic transition of power in the west african nation in seventy three years but turnout was pretty low choosing between former footballing superstar george way and experienced political operator and current vice president joseph. reports in the capital monrovia. with slauson slammed up to pull to more than five th

in westminster bridge, khalid masood was a former subject of interest, but there were no warning signssbury park, there was no intelligence on the man charged. this year's attacks were a shock to the security service mi5, and today's report makes clear there do need some changes. there are 126 recommendations in all. perhaps the most important — that information from here needs to be shared more freely with local police and other partners. the home secretary responded today by saying that police would have the money they needed. we will shortly be announcing the budgets for policing for 2017/18. i am clear that we must ensure counter—terrorism policing has the resources needed to deal with the threats that we face. as well as these four attacks, nine more plots have been stopped in the last year, and officials warn the threat remains unprecedented. gordon corera, bbc news. the prime minister has been warned by some of her own conservative colleagues that nothing must be done in the brexit talks which threatens the integrity and unity of the united kingdom. the warning was delivered aft

a former us marine has been arrested for allegedly plotting to launch a terror attack on christmas daye pictures. we understand that everett jamieson was planning to target a busy tourist area, called pier 39. these are the aerial pictures of where the supposedly planned attack was due to ta ke supposedly planned attack was due to take pace. this is all coming from court documents, we understand. mr jamieson inadvertently revealed his plans to an undercover fbi agent, that he believed to be a senior leader of the so—called islamic state group. we understand he told the agent that christmas was the perfect day to commit the attack and he professed not to need an escape plan because he was ready to die. now, the home of the former marine was raided by the fbi on wednesday. an agency allegedly found his last will and testament, along with several weapons and ammunition. just repeating that breaking news, a former us marine has been arrested in san francisco for allegedly plotting a christmas terrorist attack in the city. that's according to court documents. let's go to peter bowes in los

and robert ray, a former white water counsel and former federal prosecutor. ing to all you. julia, you predicted a lot of what has taken place, and you predicted that something big from mueller, you said around thanksgiving. and here we are. so what does this tell us about the investigation? >> so despite what i think trump supporters will tell you, it's really remarkable what mueller has done in six months. he's gotten two indictments against senior members of the trump team, including his former campaign manager manafort, a lower level plea arrangement with a campaign adviser, and today, the national security adviser. let's say those words again, the national security adviser for donald trump has pled guilty for a very, very minor offense, right? so that's where this now leads, is that why would he plead guilty to relatively minor offense and why would mueller accept that? that's because you and i and phil and robert and everyone will be here for the next couple of months determining where the next shoe will drop. is it jared kushner? is it pence, who sort o

and raul geralda using money to pay off a former top staffer who accused him of being drunk and creating hostile work place including paul rhine and mitch mcconnell to act. ryan addressed the ofls of the slush funneleds 17 million which was used to settle sexual harassment. and ryan refused to say whether congress should make the member's names public. >> we don't know the name and we don't have the information and that's why he is reviewing the entire process. we are waiting for the committee to review the entire process to see how it needs to be addressed. we will make a comprehensive review. we do not get these names. >> lou: speaker ryan loves that word. comprehens itch. what is needed is the names on names that were used to settle the claims. straightforward. just complete and straightforward and honest and transparent like a good government should. one piece of legislation that addresses the problem introduced by congressman ron desant us that would make all of the names public and prohibit the use of taxpayer dollars to settle the claims against a law maker and congressam stapher

happy man was waiting for this day for a long time and acquittal in the fee for bribery trial of a former president of peru's a soccer federation. routinely reports the current most delicate operation but could robots be tucked in for when. i'm going to start in liberia her votes are being counted in its presidential runoff election workers say the turnout it's not been as high as it was in the first round in a tobar but polling has been peaceful in a race that's going to see the west african nations first democratic transition of power in over seventy years the contenders a former international football star and the vice president fifty one year old george weah spent his childhood in the slums of monrovia rising to become the first african to be named fee first world football player of the year one thousand nine hundred ninety five his bid to be president in two thousand and five was unsuccessful he was also the running mate for the main opposition candidate in two thousand and eleven his rival joseph book i has held posts in the private sector and in government including being agricultu

roy moore is an archconservative, a formerjudge, a roy moore is an archconservative, a former judge, y moore is an archconservative, a formerjudge, a man who twice had to give up his seat on the state supreme court after flouting federal orders there. that was against doug jones, a former us local attorney general, a man who prosecuted several members of the ku klux klan in the past. that was in alabama. jarvis jones's statement about being pro—choice has alarmed some voters down there. —— doug. it's a very deeply conservative state, alabama. but roy moore remains very controversial because all these allegations of sexual misconduct that have been levelled to him. president trump initially tepid in his support for roy moore has been more. called of late, —— full throttled of late. but those in the party are very dubious about roy moore and there is every indication that should roy moore pull off a victory in this race, then he will be subject to an ethics enquiry by members of the senate, which could result in him being expelled from the chamber. we will bring you more on that of cour

this is the daily news live from berlin a former. president elected as liberia's next leader his supporters celebrating into the night in the capital monrovia that we are now faces shuji expectational. campaign boost a fucking economy will get more from our correspondent in monrovia. also on the program italy switches to campaign mode after president dissolves parliament with elections set for march of next year analysts are predicting a hung parliament and more instability. for analysis. hello and welcome my name is christopher spring a good to have you with us liberia is poised for its first peaceful transition of power in decades that's off the former soccer star george weah won a landslide victory in the west african countries presidential runoff liberia is africa's oldest republic but its last transfer of power from one democratically elected leader to another came back in one thousand nine hundred forty four the country was devastated by a fourteen year civil war that ended in two thousand and three. was to the cheers of jubilan

is a formidable contender and the presidential elections primarily because he has legitimacy as a former general and because he represents mubarak era and six years now after the so-called revolution of two thousand and eleven there is a significant number of egypt sions who reminisce. for the mubarak era and they would like that era to come back and that's what he represents and presumably there are people in the military and other parts of the security apparatus who have signaled to him that they would support him if he announced his candidacy. lots more still to come here in al-jazeera including we'll have the latest on the political crisis in honduras triggered by the delay announcing the results of the presidential election. from farmland to. industry the devastating impact on the occupied west bank more on that stay with us. how the weather's looking she thought enjoy it now across much of the middle east little bit of cloud over towards is back over towards the high ground. gently settled and sunny for the most part temperatures starting to recover once again we'll see temperature

the washington post reports that let trump be trump by two former campaign aides shows sides of a man that would break most hardened men and women into pieces. the newspaper obtained an advanced copy of the book which is set to store shelves tuesday. >>> drugstore chain cvs says today they plan to buy health insurer aetna for $68 billion in it could mean lower costs for consumers and more health services at the drugstore. cvs plans to uses low-cost clinics provide its medical services to is more than 23 million members and in addition to health clinics and medical equipment cvs can provide assistance with hearing and vision and nutrition and is the biggest healthcare merger for more than a year but the deal needs approval by shareholders and regulators. >>> gas prices are going down. trilby lundberg industry analyst says they've gone on seventh of a gallon over the past two weeks and the national averages $2.54 a gallon and the highest prices are in san francisco at three dollars and 26 a gallon and also has the lowest prices at $2.18 a gallon. >>> still to come, a man goes on a deadl

he is a former marine recruit and sharpshooter discharged for failing to disclose a history of asthma. investigators say he described himself to the informant as a muslim convert, adding, "this is what will make me more useful. i can blend in." and when the fbi searched his home they say they found firearms and a handwritten martyrdom note specifically mentioning president trump. >> pierre thomas joins us now from washington. pierre, does the fbi know how and when he allegedly became radicalized? >> tom, apparently radicalized online. the fbi claims he posted isis propaganda on social media, including calls to kill americans on this holiday season. >> pierre, thanks so much >>> next tonight, president trump in mar-a-lago hours after celebrating his first legislative victory. signing that tax cut bill into law, surrounded by cameras in the oval office. president trump already looking at the next item on his agenda in the new year. abc's david wright. >> so this is the bill right here. and we're very proud of it. >> reporter: this may be the most sweeping overhaul of the tax code in a g

one of those is a former conservative secretary of state for education, the other is a head of a majorrity in this area, and the other is a prominent academic. while some may think this is a party politics at play, given that alan milburn is a former labour minister, there is clearly a broader frustration here, i think, with those trying to tackle this issue with the lack, as they see it, of focus from the government when most of their energy is taking up with brexit. they produce a report a feud days ago, so is this mass resignation a surprise? it has come asa resignation a surprise? it has come as a surprise, and it appears to at least have ta ken as a surprise, and it appears to at least have taken downing street by surprise, although they point out that alan milburn‘s term of office officially ended back injuly. they say they have made it clear to him that they would be looking for a new person in the role, and that there would be an open application process for that. he could have gone quietly, but he has chosen not to. he has chosen to make a point and come out fighting, if you l

we're learning more about a former marine that was arrested in modesto, accused of plotting a terror pier 39. >> he was read his rights, and we learned more about the man and the charges against him, christian? >> reporter: we're learning more about jamison, including he was discharged from the marines and he was involved in a messy divorce. his aunt suggests he was quote hardened after losing custody of his which were his children. he also developed radical jihadi believes and offered services as a tow truck driver, all of which his father says he doesn't buy. >> he's a loving, kind person that would never hurt nobody. he loves people. he's not that type. >> at this point, the fbi is saying there is no credible or specific threat to the bay area. if jamison is convicted he could face up to 20 years in federal prison. back to you. >> live for us in san francisco, thank you. >>> jamison's father is opening up about his son. investigators say jam son was radicalized -- jamison was radicalized. he went through a messy divorce and lost custody of his children. with more on the possible m

demanding a retraction, consulting his lawyers, but london's police chief has now given the disclosures to the information commissioner. we are disappointed to see that it appears that formerblic domain, by the media, material they had access to as part of a confidential investigation. tory mps generally accept damian green had to go like it or not. and some do not like the way former police officers paid. they should be investigating for this. —— officers behaved. it is wrong. how can this. —— officers behaved. it is wrong. how can any this. —— officers behaved. it is wrong. how can any of us trust giving information to the police if senior officers leapt in this way? david davis warned downing street three weeks ago not to punish damian green on former officers with a grudge but he has accepted the sacking as well. the other allegations, a young journalist, kate maltby, complained about inappropriate behaviour. the enquiry could not reach a verdict, however. on goes theresa may come her old friend and colleague missing from the picture, she needs allies at home and in europe and she has lost the closest one at all. —— on goes theresa may, her old friend and colleague. jo

the interview of a former president by a prince. >> do i need a british accent?iew of barack obama was aired on british radio wednesday. among the topics discussed, the role of social media. >> all of us in leadership have to find ways in which we can recreate a common space on the internet. one of the dangers of the internet is, is that people can have entirely different realities. they can be just cocooned in information that reinforces their current biases. >> reporter: president trump, who is known to tweet regularly, was never mentioned, and with politics largely avoided, the interview allowed an insight not only into barack obama's mind but also into the mind of the man who is fifth in line to the british throne behind his brother william, and william's children. >> harry or william? >> william right now. >> titanic or "the bodyguard." >> "titanic." >> "suits" or "the good wife." >> "suits" obviously. >> good answer. cigarettes or gum. >> gum now, baby. >> white house or buckingham palace. >> white house, just because buckingham palace looks like it would t

the rooms above here is my town square except the man being detained by on my special forces is a former president and one of ukrainian president petro poroshenko is most vocal opponents . as news of the rate spread on facebook within minutes a crowd had gathered on the streets below but still there was no word from the police as to why he was being detained. his arms tied behind his back second really had one last chance to address his supporters calling for president pershing co to face impeachment. but it was one second he was bundled into a car that the confrontation between police and his supporters really got going. street on a month's rubbish bins even park police cars were all think game as the crowd tried to prevent second forcible departure. in the meantime ukraine's prosecutor general finally got around to answering the question on everyone's lips why no such a big operation and why now many he said they colluded with exiled ukrainian oligarchs preparing to subvert the country's government. well i'm joined now on the line by g.w. correspondent nick connelly in kiev nick dramat

democratic transfer of power in over seven decades voters are choosing between senator george weah a former world footballer of the year and incumbent vice president joseph a book a the winner will succeed president ellen johnson sirleaf who won the nobel prize as africa's first elected female leader for helping secure peace after liberia's back to backs of the wars. and a short while ago i spoke to evelyn today in the liberian capital monrovia and began by asking her to tell us what was at stake and i want to apologize for the picture quality. well. this election is a very critical election like beauty we know is one of the progress countries seem to worry the country has suffered from anything but at the make it is the youngest one of the youngest democracy and for the fights time power will be transferred to elect leader a democratically elected in some more than seventy years justify stymie many years liberia is going to see such a transition. after the president so you can ministration. evelyn who are the two me or. evelyn who are the two main candidates and what do they represent. wel

mike, a former mississippi congressman who served on the state's committee to establish the museum told nbc news, i think was a diplomatic effort that will help solve this issue. civil rights activist and historian mark thompson will join us next. remember how the economic crash

i share the concerns that have been raised across the political spectrum about comments made by a formerolice officer, and i expect this to be properly investigated, ta ken seriously and properly looked at. toy retailer toys r us has avoided going into administration. a deal has been struck between the company and one of its largest creditors — by agreeing to put more money into its pension fund. the company employs around three thousand people in the uk nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe, the british womanjailed in iran, has been told by her lawyer that she's eligible for early release, according to her mp — who says the news has been welcomed by her husband. richard was very excited about this when he told me and now is an infield hopeful as well. you can imagine it has been a very long journey. 18 months of continuous campaigning from my constituent richard radcliffe to free his wife and bring his toddler home. a man's been arrested in the australian city of melbourne, after he drove into a crowd at a busyjunction, injuring at least nineteen people . police have called it a "deliberate act" bu

a former us marine has been arrested by the fbi on suspicion of planning a terror attack in san francisco on christmas day. everitt aaron jameson was allegedly planning to target the city's pier 39 area, which is popular with tourists. the fbi says he had written a letter claiming the attack and making reference to president trump's recent decision to designate jerusalem as the capital of israel. a man is due in court this morning charged with murdering a mother of one as she worked in a supermarket. neville hord, who is 44, is accused of stabbing 30—year—old jodie willsher to death at an aldi store in skipton, north yorkshire, on thursday. he'll appear before york magistrates today. the united nations security council has passed tough new sanctions against north korea aimed at cutting oil supplies vital for its missile and nuclear programs. china and russia voted in favour of the resolution proposed by the united states‘ delegation. 2017 has seen north korea conduct a series of ballistic missile launches and enter into a war of words with president trump. todayis today is the 10th time,

he is more of a trump loyalist and is a former hardline of a trump loyalist and is a former ha rdline former hardline republican and it is thought perhaps that he might be a better fit when it comes to this trump administration. politically, would it be damaging for a president to lose the holder of such a high office so overly in a presidential term? it is certainly highly unusual. it has been a number of yea rs unusual. it has been a number of years since the secretary of state has only lasted one year. someone said it has been 20 presidents since this has happened. but when it comes to this trump administration, well, i think it not entirely unusual. there have been a number of reshuffles and resignations as this white house tries to figure out its way forward. donald trump was never a politician. they are trying to find their way in washington. so we can spina find their way in washington. so we can spin a rocky start for trump administration and this is part of it. thank you very much. the argentine navy has abandoned efforts to rescue the crew of a submarine that disappeared two

trump has angered the conservative establishment by endorsing republican candidate roy you move or a former state judge whose campaign has been clouded by allegations of sexual misconduct with teenage girls a mystery more denies any wrongdoing he and his wife rode up to the polling station today on horseback to cast their ballots more is stirring controversy before he's done this before with his brand of religious activism but the latest accusations against him have divided the republican party which only has a slim majority in the u.s. senate. these scandals surrounding moore has also thrown the race why do have been for his democrat opponent doug jones the former u.s. attorney is now hoping for an upset victory in what has been a deeply conservative state no democrat has held a u.s. senate seat from alabama in more than twenty years. our washington correspondent carolina jim moret is on the story for us tonight she gave us an update on the state of the race in alabama. it is a very tight race brand and it is one of the most unpredictable elections in alabama ever the last time a democrat

amazing from a former employee looking back with regrets. another reason for the backlash in recent months, it's been media companies, publishers speaking out saying facebook and google are eating up so much ad revenue it's causing a squeeze on everybody else. this is a so-called digital age. do you see it getting worse before better? >> yes. this is to me one of the most interesting developments on the internet. i've been covering the sector for 20 years and everyone said the web was going to da mock ie advertising. there is a couple networks really controlling everything and we'll break it up so that hundreds of flowers are blooming across the internet and there is lots of people who are eating into this pie. well, it's become more concentrated. it's become more concentrated. facebook and google have more of a lock on advertising dollars than anything we saw in the preinternet world. those two companies swallow up and that's more concentrated. it's astounding. you look at twitter or snapchat, the only twa maj two mayor cons that didn't sell

are civil servants and you mentioned i was a former ranger. se people took the same oath that i did to defend and protect the u.s. constitution against all enemies foreign and domestic. they have a responsibility to leave no stone unturned and make sure that there was no collusion. they are just doing their jobs. i have think that the attacks from the president are somewhat unfair and especially i want to call him out for one thing. the term what aboutism? any time the president is criticized you have the what about hillary's emails to deflect attention. >> leah: don't you have to say what about the things not proven in the dossier? >> yes, i completely agree. there are a lot of things -- that's why hillary clinton didn't use any of it in the campaign when she got it. it looked bogus and nearly did the republican for also funded it. >> leah: tough to have it sitting online with the allegations. the credibility with the f.b.i. and you make a good point. such an important job to protect us against terrorism, against counter intelligence, to take

his first democratic transition of power in more than seven decades the presidential runoff pits a former soccer star against the country's current vice president. i'm sara harman welcome to the show russian president vladimir putin is honoring another six year term in office and now he's been formally endorsed to participate in next year's vote for his forced charm putin has decided to run as an independent to make the most of his personal popularity amongst russians or than six hundred supporters including prominent lawmakers and actors have gathered in moscow for the endorsement or support allows putin to take part in the march election as an independent candidate. these young russians came to see the kremlin new year's tree but were treated to a surprise appearance by vladimir putin. one of the children had the courage to ask the president how he feels about the opposition. i got that as you never did before as positively. that i will have to hide. the opposition has little chance of victory after the country's election commission barred alexina volley from taking part in the vote. th

stops they say they will have to rebuild their country road matheson al-jazeera most got almost a former senior official with various national football federation has been cleared a conspiracy by u.s. court and while barca was charged with taking bribes in exchange for the awarding of marketing and leader rights to international soccer matches or go walk free just days after two other south american officials were actually convicted of similar charges the case has been linked to corruption at the heart of faith international football's governing body. scientists are finding vast amounts of plastic waste in the world's oceans as it degrades it turns into microscopic particles that enter the food chain but the people in seattle and the united states have found a unique way of encouraging recycling and avoiding plastic straws reports. the streets around seattle's famous pike place market are full of cafes and restaurants the coffee is delicious but single use cups utensils and straws generate q.j. amounts of paper and plastic waste in this environmentally conscious city an activist group ca

be intervening with james comey and urging comey to drop the flynn case. >> congressman, you were a former prosecutor out in california, and so you know this world very well about plea agreements and about holding a sentencing over him. mike flynn is not been indicted for failure to fire as a foreign agent, he's not been indicted for lying about his representation to turkey, or anything else relalt. what do you think is going on here behind the scenes in terms of what else -- what his cooperation really represents and is this, in fact, a sweet idea as what chuck is suggesting? it's a very light charge and we don't know yet what the sentencing will be and nothing else is mentioned. >> i think you're right. when you look at the range of potential exposure that we know about that's in the public realm, we have the moneys he received from russian entities, the money he received for the russia speech, the money he received from turkey, the failure to report these things. you saw in the gates of manafort indictments that bob mueller is not averse to indicting people on the basis of failure to di

the call he got in 2016 was from a small washington research firm called fusion gps. fusion gps was founded by former "wall street journal" reporters. this is how one of fusion's founders glenn simpson described his company's mission when he spoke at a 2009 symposium on investigative reporting at the university of california at berkeley. >> we are hoping that people who have an interest in bringing things outs do something about corruption and fraud will come to us, and they don't necessarily have to have completely pure motives and frequently, there is people who are in business and they are sick of competitors who cheat, and they want to see things exposed, and that is sort of the model for our new project. >> fusion had first been hired by a conservative website called the washington free beacon, and that website and its funders were opposed to donald trump in the republican primarieses. >> i hear they are all going after me. whatever. whatever. no, i hear it. >> once trump appeared to clinch the nomination, the conservative funders at the free beacon lost interest in the trump project, but soon,

a thing. >>> tonight, breaking news that bob mueller charged three former trump aides and one pled guilty on a russia related charge. donald trump has been this office for nine months. these are the earliest indictments of a president's former aides in modern history. one campaign adviser admitting he lied about meetings with kremlin-linked russians offering dirt on hillary clinton. two others out on bail tonight on charges of financial crimes. this story is rocking washington and the white house and we also have more breaking news coming in hour. reaction from the trump aides, from lawmakers saying this is just the beginning and later this hour, brand new nbc reporting on mueller's road ahead and shocking information of how broad russian propaganda reached on facebook to get to americans. but first, this news. at the same time of all of this, donald trump's only public appearance here? this halloween event at the white house. somewhat surreal image to cap a wild day that broke this story wide open. >> the first indictment in the investigation to alleged ties between the trump campaign and r

a former priest accused of killing a young beauty queen after she went to him for a confession.arci gonzalez has details. >> reporter: using a walker heading into court, this 84-year-old former priest, now on trial charged with murdering a south texas teacher nearly six decades ago. irene garza was last seen alive going into confession with then-father john feit on easter weekend, 1960. >> irene garza went into a church trusting that her soul would be saved, but it was suffocated. >> reporter: the 25-year-old beauty queen's body, found five days later in a canal. among the evidence shared in court this week, garza's tattered clothing and a handwritten note, referencing a >> the note reads, this viewer belongs to fr. john feit. >> reporter: feit who's pleaded not guilty, was reportedly questioned by police soon after garza's disappearance, but he was eventually ruled out as a possible suspect. a former local news anchor testified about his conversation with the district attorney at the time. >> he said he knew that john feit had committed the murder. >> reporter: the cold case re

it was from a small research firm called fusion gps founded by former wall street journal reporters. this is how one of fusion's founders glen simpson described his company's mission when he spoke at a 2009 meeting. >> we have an interest to bring something out about corruption and fraud will come to us. they don't necessarily have to have pure motives. frequently there is people who are in business and sick of competitors who cheat and want to see things exposed, that's a model for out our new project. >> fusion had first been hired by the washington free beacon. that website and it's funders were opposed to donald trump during the republican primaries. >> i hear they are all going after me. whatever, whatever. no, i hear it. >> once trump appeared to clinch the nomination, those initial conservative funders at the free beacon lost interest in the trump project. soon new clients agreed to pay for fusion's research. the democratic national committee and hillary clinton campaign. >> friends don't let friends. >> at first they focused on casinos and bankruptcies. >> i used the laws of t

a former detective has told bbc news he was "shocked" by the amount of pornography he claims was on a parliamentary computer seized from damian green's office. there's a lot of them so i was surprised to see that on a parliamentary computer. mr green has vehemently denied looking at pornography at work. mps say border controls between northern ireland and the irish republic are inevitable if the uk leaves the eu single market and customs union. an independent review into west ham stadium's finances criticies the role of the former london mayor boris johnson. also, prince harry and meghan markle are to carry out their firstjoint official visit later in nottingham. the couple, who announced their engagement on monday, will meet members of the public when they visit several charities. who will england face in the world cup? the countdown to today's draw in russia is underway. good morning. it's friday 1st december. i'm annita mcveigh. welcome to bbc newsroom live. royal bank of scotland has announced it's to close 259 branches resulting in 680 job losses. the latest round of closures at

a former co—worker of hollywood producer, harvey weinstein, has told the bbc how she was warned aboutwill be increasingly normal to start a new career in your 80s and to feel fit and healthy in body and mind. and increasingly normal to take on a new physical challenge in your 90s, walking for miles with no aches or pains. the scientists are working on drugs that could help delay the way our bodies age, meaning we'll be able to do much more for longer. in the second of his reports on so—called ‘super—agers' — our medical correspondent fergus walsh has been to san francisco and new york. new york public library, one of the city's grandest buildings, which has one of the city's oldest employees. hilda jaffe is still going strong at 95, so what's her secret to a long life? pick your parents, it really is. it's got to be genetic because both my parents lived long. good morning, fergus, i'm glad you could meet me here in this absolutely beautiful room. hilda gives tours of this historic building when she's not at the theatre, music concerts, opera or her two book clubs. i don't exercise, i