al-jazeera. i am elizabeth rodham in doha with the headlines on al-jazeera liberia's election commission says former football star george weier has won the country's presidential runoff he defeated vice president joseph and will take over from ellen johnson sirleaf next month muhammad though has more from the capital monrovia. broadwell's victory in the presidential race is a tribute to the support with the country's youth walk up to sixty percent of the population who grew up in want to rule the success against all odds are pills to many in what is one of the world's poorest countries. an attack on a shia cultural center in the afghan capital has killed at least forty one people and injured more than eighty others people have gathered at the center to mark russia's invasion of afghanistan in one nine hundred seventy nine i saw has claimed responsibility for the attack. us president of trump is accusing china of violating u.n. sanctions against north korea by continuing to sell oil to pyongyang all these satellite images appear to show chinese ships transferring cargo to north korean vessels china h

al-jazeera. kerry in doha these are the top stories on al-jazeera liberia's election commission says former football star george way or has won the country's presidential runoff way defeated vice president joseph biden will take over from ellen johnson sirleaf next month ahmed joe has more from the capital monrovia. the world's big three in the presidential race is a tribute to mainly to his support but he's with the country's youth.

be disrespected al-jazeera explores the history and struggles of the lebanese community in australia once upon a time. at this time on al-jazeera. celebrations on the streets of liberia with the announcement that football legend george way will become the country's next president. i'm richelle carey this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up on the look on the other hand i saw attack in the afghan capital kabul at least forty one people were killed it is she a cultural center. also has marched to lima to protest the pardon of ex-president alberto fujimori for murder and human rights abuses. tech giant apple issues an apology after millions slam the company for deliberately slowing down the operation of older model i phones. he was once one of the world's top football players now george weah has become his country's leader after winning liberia's presidential election where you defeated vice president joseph in a runoff taking just over sixty one percent of the vote he'll succeed ellen johnson sirleaf next month in the country's first democratic transfer of power since one thousand nine hundred four campaigned on. during the poverty rate in liberia far more than

time again all of the problem and with the headlines on al-jazeera liberia's election commission says former football star george where has won the country's presidential runoff he defeated vice president joseph and will take over from ellen johnson sirleaf next month and other news an attack on a shia cultural center in the afghan capital has killed at least forty one people and injured more than eighty others people had gathered at the center to mark russia's invasion of afghanistan in one nine hundred seventy nine the site is also home to the news agency afghan voice eisel has claimed responsibility for the attack. protesters in peru are marching through the capital lima against the pardon granted to former president alberto for humanity had been serving a twenty five year prison sentence for corruption and crimes against humanity. u.s. president all trump is accusing china of violating u.n. sanctions against north korea by continuing to sell oil to pyongyang these satellite images appear to show chinese ships transferring cargo to north korean vessels china has denied the accusati

al jazeera. as a problem and holiday headlines on al-jazeera liberia's election commission says former football star george where has won the country's presidential runoff where defeated vice president joseph and will take over from ellen johnson sirleaf the next month . an attack on a shia cultural center and the.

al-jazeera. and watching al-jazeera let's recap the top stories right now liberia's election commission says former football star george way it has won the country's presidential runoff way defeated by president joseph will take over from ellen johnson sirleaf next month. an attack on the shia cultural center in the afghan capital has killed at least forty one people and injured more than eighty others people gathered at that center to mark russia's invasion of afghanistan in one nine hundred seventy nine the site is also home to the news agency afghan boys eisel has claimed responsibility for that attack. and demonstrators are back on the streets of bruce capital lima to protest against the pardon granted to former president alberto fujimori he was freed on health grounds on sunday all serving a twenty five year prison sentence for corruption and crimes against humanity. as president donald trump is accusing china of violating u.n. sanctions against north korea by continuing to sell oil to pyongyang this is what he tweeted caught red handed very disappointed that china is allowing oil to go into n

still ahead here on al-jazeera liberia waits to find out who won tuesday's presidential runoff football legend georgia where all vice president josep archive. and despite protests argentina's government moves ahead with sweeping economic reforms. hello there well quite a bit of time out over the southeast in parts of asia at the moment the satellite picture is showing plenty of cloud over borneo and that is giving us some fairly prolonged outbreaks of rain in places i think over the next few days it's going to be the northern parts of borneo where we see some of the heaviest of the rains really really does look quite lively for some of us here in malaysia over the next few days meanwhile forth across the philippines more in the way of drawing weather here i'm looking largely draw my own saturday across many parts of vietnam as well and we had a bit further towards the south and for australia it's in the northwest so we've got this huge blob of clowned here this was all cyclamen but it's now disintegrating is it working as it works its way towards the south so plenty of heavy rain to be

al jazeera. polls close in liberia's presidential runoff with voters choosing between a former football superstar and a vice president. hello i'm barbara starr you're watching al-jazeera live from london thank you for joining us also coming up in the next thirty minutes crews former president i'll bet the fujimori pleads for forgiveness as thousands of protesters rally against his release from prison the kremlin says it wants a russian opposition leader let's send a volley investigated for calling for a boycott of next year's presidential election and the driving to a new future we examine the rise in autonomous vehicles and ask what it means for the humans who drive for a living. we begin the program a liberia where polls have closed in. presidential runoff vote it's the first democratic transition of power in the west african nation in seventy three years but turnout has been low no voters are choosing between two candidates fifty one year old george ware who spent his childhood in the slums of monrovia before rising to become fifo as world football player of the year in one thousand nine hundr

so no matter where you call home al-jazeera will bring in the news and current affairs that matter to. al-jazeera. polls close in liberia's presidential runoff the voters choosing between a former football superstar and the vice president. barbara sarah this is al jazeera live from london also coming up on the program peru's former president of the fujimori pleads for forgiveness as thousands of protesters rally against his release from prison the kremlin says it wants russian opposition leader alexina browny investigated for calling for a boycott of next year's presidential election and the straw less in seattle the u.s. city passing plastic waste and encouraging. thank you for joining us we begin in liberia where polls have officially closed in the presidential runoff it's the first that democratic transition of power in the west african nation in seventy three years but turnout has been low voters were choosing between former football superstar george where and experienced political operator and the current vice president joseph di mohammed the reports now from the capital monrovia. thousands lined up to vote in more t

well in the moment we'll have the weather with stuff but still ahead here on al-jazeera liberia waits to find out who's won she says presidential runoff football legend george way or vice president . and coming up in manchester city just can't stop winning in the english premier league joe will have the news in sport. from the neon lights of asia. to the city that never sleeps. hello there where things are very active weather across europe at the moment plenty of cloud across the center of the continent as you can see and that is giving us a fair amount of rain and snow for some places as well these pictures are from rome showing what is essentially the risk day there as we go to around twelve millimeters of rain but elsewhere there was far more ray milland so sixty six millimeters we also saw plenty of rain on the other side of the adriatic as well a sixty five there in montenegro more heavy rain is expected during the day today and you can see why that system just spiraling its way slowly towards the east but still stretching all the way up into scandinavia as well so many of us acr

al-jazeera. liberia's supreme court has ruled that evidence of fraud during october as first round of presidential elections was insufficient to merit a rerun this means the final round of voting between the two leading candidates the former footballer george swayze and vice president joseph block a current go ahead tobar election was challenged by the third place contender by the three thousand more justices of the liberian supreme court pointed out to some problems with the vote to register and one of the election commission to correct them for example the justices ordered the election commission not to allow anyone whose name is not on the register to cast a ballot in the runoff election now an official of the election commission told that they have made significant progress in that direction includes in the voter register the justices of the supreme court want a final copy of the register to be published in newspapers and other might just t.v. post as well as display seem stations while voters can easi

seems that for now there is very little standing in the way of his ambitions the tasha butler al-jazeera. liberia's president elect has made his first speech since one in the country's runoff election earlier this week george wales will take over from ellen johnson sirleaf and liberia's first democratic transition of power for more than seventy years where the former what footballer of the here has pledged to fight corruption in the country. we were more the government. why are. those doors. to serve. the good. guys who. poses. with the law groom who do. we have. now china has to remove taxes on steel exports in a move expected to raise trade tensions with the u.s. and europe but china is the world's top steel producer in two thousand and sixteen and exported more than one hundred million tonnes twice as much as its nearest why would japan where the global steel sector is valued at an estimated nine hundred billion dollars and the u.s. is worried that china's exports will undercut its own domestic production robin bride has more from beijing. until it was closed this was the biggest steel plant in

al-jazeera. that counting is underway in liberia's presidential election with the former football great and the vice president to lead the nation for the next six years. i'm richelle carey this is al jazeera life and also coming up the kremlin wants a new investigation into alexina volumnia over his call to boycott next presidential election after he was barred from running against vladimir putin. 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 monrov

so no matter where you call home al-jazeera will bring in the news and current affairs that matter to. al-jazeera. polls close in liberia's presidential runoff the filter is choosing between a form.

al-jazeera news we're. going to headlines an al-jazeera polls close in half an hour in liberia's presidential runoff election which will see its first democratic transition of power in seventy three years those are choosing between former footballer george weah and the current vice president joseph bach i both candidates have pledged to revive the struggling economy and kickstart infrastructure projects that competing to succeed nobel peace prize laureates ellen johnson sirleaf who is stepping down after twelve years election officials say the turnout has been low muhammad zero is in the capital monrovia and has more this country house seen. such a long period of uninterrupted peace since ninety nine and secondly. for seventy three years liberia has been moved to know the hon'ble of power from one civilian leader to another so generations later the videos will have the opportunity to see these up and. peru's former president alberto fujimori has asked for forgiveness from peruvians from the bottom of his hearts thousands of people have protested in lima after president. kaczynski pardoned fujimori he was ser

you've been corrupt been not corrupt the just the presidency al-jazeera investigations the only gox coming soon. vying for the top job in liberia presidential candidates george weah joseph buckeye cast their votes in a runoff election. hello i'm adrian for again this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up a trail of destruction the philippines assesses the aftermath of one of the worst storms to ever hit the country. a prominent russian opposition leader calls for a boycott of next year's presidential election and that could land him in further trouble. more on rest in peru police fired tear gas and fight with protesters angry over a decision to pardon of former president. both candidates of cast their votes in liberia's runoff election that's expected to mark the country's first democratic transfer of power in seventy three years creating jobs and fighting corruption of the. the major campaign issue is liberia is one of the world's poorest countries and many of its four point seven million citizens live without basic services george weah has crafted his image as the candidate for the poor drawing on his own meteoric rise

hello i'm barbara starr in london these are the top stories on al-jazeera polls have closed in liberia's presidential runoff election it's the first democratic transition of power in the west african nation in seventy three years but turnout has been low voters were choosing between the former footballer george ware and the current vice president joseph bach both of whom are confident of winning. the game and. i'm not as easy to do this. they said do go to win their group period because of the curse of democracy we went in one would want to work and i would reduce it to. we have gone through the process is that what you think the president rules we're willing to live with. the two presidential candidates they will get a deal was in the capital monrovia with the latest. vaulting house and that in liberia's runoff elections and electoral officials have begun the process of counting the votes in polling stations more than five thousand of them across the country the electoral commission has two weeks within which to declare the results but officials say they only need four more days before

al-jazeera. elegant adrian for good here in doha the top stories this hour on al-jazeera voting is underway in liberia's presidential runoff that's expected to produce the first democratic transition of power in seventy three years the country's two point two million eligible voters have the choice between former footballer george we're all the current vice president joseph. they're competing to succeed nobel peace prize laureate ellen johnson sirleaf who's stepping down after twelve years in peru thousands of people have demonstrated after former president alberto fujimori was pardoned because of poor health he'd served around hoff of the twenty five year sentence for human rights abuses and corruption peru's current president petro pub locals in ski said the partner was the most difficult decision of his life. oh most sincerely then it's obvious to all of us that the government he inherited at the beginning of the ninety's the country was in a chaotic and violent crisis incurred significant transgressions of the law as far as democracy and human rights are concerned but i also believe his government c

al-jazeera seattle. the headlines on al-jazeera post close in a few hours in liberia's presidential runoff expected to produce the first democratic transition of power in seventy three years voters are choosing between former footballer george waya or the current vice president joseph di election officials say the turnout has been low commented oh has more from monrovia. this country house seen. such a long period of uninterrupted peace since ninety nine and secondly. for seventy three years liberia hostile to know the hon'ble of power from one civilian leader to another so generations. maybe this will help the opportunity to see this happen. whose former president of birth so fujimori has asked for forgiveness from peruvians from the bottom of his heart thousands of people have protested in lima after president petro probably pardoned fujimori he was serving a twenty five year prison sentence for corruption and crimes against humanity during his time in office in the one nine hundred ninety s. . a chin is in official says the united arab emirates has intelligence that female fighters returning from iraq and

al-jazeera and his work. he should all be here in doha with the sob stories from al-jazeera the polls have opened in liberia's presidential runoff election the pits a former international football star against the current vice president the vote is expected to lead to the country's first democratic transition of power in seventy three years. the powerful storm that left a trail of death and destruction in the philippines has now been downgraded to tropical storm tembin also failed to make landfall in vietnam but experts say heavy rain and strong winds from the weather system could still cause damage to infrastructure in the region. thousands of peruvians have demonstrated after the former president alberto fujimori was pardoned because of poor health he served about half of a twenty five year sentence for human rights abuses and corruption peru's current president petro public oshinsky called pardoning fujimori the most difficult decision of his life oh most a.c.v. then it's obvious to all of us that the government he inherited at the beginning of the ninety's the country was in a chaotic and violent crisis i

seems that for now there is very little standing in the way of his ambitions the trash about al-jazeera. to liberia now where the new president has given his first speech sense of what in the country is a runoff election earlier this week george were able to take over from ellen johnson sirleaf as part of the first democratic transition of power in the country for more than seventy years where former world footballer of the year has pledged to fight corruption in the country. we were more the government. what ideas that have inspired our campaign and dedicated to their vote for the liberian people. those tools in who serve will must be dedicated to the ideas of grassroots. transformational. because a person who is looking to achieve the liberian people to the members of corruption we have no police. still ahead on the news out when we the street bombers of vancouver helping the store people's dignity the simple hey cars. and limbs of victory hopes turned to ashes and things have coming up the peter and spoke. hello there it's been bitterly cold over parts of north america recently and that cold sna

al jazeera. welcome back you're with al-jazeera live from the headlines so far today voting is underway in liberia's presidential runoff that's expected to produce the first democratic transition of power there in seventy three days liberia's two point two million voters have the choice of a form of footballing stajan or where or the current vice president joseph. thousands of people have demonstrated in peru after the former president alberto fujimori was pardoned because of poor health he served about half of his twenty five year sentence for human rights abuses and corruption. and a powerful storm that left a trail of death and destruction in the philippines has been downgraded failing to make landfall in vietnam weather experts say the heavy rain and strong winds from tropical storm ten binns weather system could still cause damage across the region for. and israeli court has extended the detention of a palestinian teenager her mother and cousin they were arrested a week ago after this video was posted online it shows the sixteen year old. me pushing and hitting an israeli soldier the incident r

al-jazeera. al-jazeera is on the ground in southern africa identifying the crucially important stories. that incredibly. it's election day in liberia polls in the presidential runoff open just one hour from now. hello again pete over here in with your top stories from al jazeera also coming up about a million people are forced to move in vietnam ahead of a violent storm that's already brought death and destruction to the philippines. peru's president defends his controversial decision to park a jailed plus peace prize the automation to. order me to say everything was is for the development of driverless cars could drive thousands right out of a job. ok our top story we begin in liberia where the polls open in just under one hours time in the presidential runoff that's expected to lead to the first democratic transition of power in seventy three years the former football oh george weah is taking on the current vice president joseph unemployment and corruption are the big campaign issues al jazeera is muhammad is in the capital monrovia and sent this report. in the contest for the liberian presidency this month former international f

al jazeera. and welcome to the al-jazeera news hour live from my headquarters in doha. coming up in the next sixty minutes former. mets' the presidency of liberia after winning the election runoff. at least forty one people died. in a shia cultural center and the afghan capital kabul. a teenager who's become an icon of resistance for palestinians has kept behind bars by an israeli military court and protests continue in peru over x. president alberto fujimori pardon for murder and human rights abuses. he was once the world's top football player now george waya has become his country's leader after winning liberia's presidential election where defeated vice president joseph in a runoff taking out just over sixty one percent of the vote as well he'll succeed ellen johnson sirleaf next month of the country's first democratic transfer of power since one thousand nine hundred forty four he strongly campaigned on lowering the poverty rate in liberia where more than eighty percent of people live under one dollar twenty five cents a day mohamed the reports now from the capital. the supporters of georgia way are aha p. and the been thinking about holdin

al-jazeera talks to those seeking to reduce the fallout. recap the top stories now for you on al-jazeera counting is underway after a peaceful day of voting and liberia's presidential runoff election observers say the turnout is much lower than it was during the first round in october voters are choosing between a former international football player and the country's vice president the kremlin says it is investigating whether russian opposition leader alexina vallie has broken the law by calling for a boycott of next year's election russia's president vladimir putin has been nominated for reelection as an independent candidate can you see. the billion dollars and of course these would be difficult years for both the country and for those who had to ensure a stable development and overcome the difficulties that stemmed from the world economy i can see that the russian government not only did everything that it could but in my opinion even more than that you have essentially solved all the economic tasks at hand. a former senior official with the national football federation has been acquitted of conspiracy by a court and the united states and while ber

al-jazeera has more in everything we're covering right here al jazeera dot com we'll see all the latest on george where there as well in liberia on that in a minute. so our top story full of football star george weah has won liberia's presidential election with more than ninety eight percent of the vote counted the electoral commission says way again sixty one point five percent of the vote ahead of the current vice president joseph buckeye with supporters celebrated as a news came through it'll be that it will be liberia's first democratic transfer of power in more than seventy years as mohamed atta has the latest from the capital monrovia peace is the main thing libyans want right now with the widespread support. among the population of this country many people feel bhatti ha's what it takes to bring the country together in reconsideration a movie forward from a post conflict situation to volatile for development and prosperity. at least forty people have been killed in an attack in afghanistan's capital kabul a compound housing a cultural center and a news agency was targeted in a shiite district in the west of the city int

al-jazeera correspondents living brings the stories they tell. about it. fluent in world news. good to have you with us on al-jazeera and these are our top stories liberia's election commission says former football star george where has won the country's presidential runoff he defeated vice president joseph auk on and take ellen johnson sirleaf next month. an attack on a shia cultural center in the afghan capital has killed at least forty one people and injured more than eighty others people have gathered at the center to mark russia's invasion of afghanistan in my nine hundred seventy nine the size of homs the news agency afghan boys. i saw has claimed responsibility for the attack. protesters in peru are marching through the capital lima against the pardon wanted to former president alberto fujimori he'd been serving a twenty five year prison sentence for corruption and crimes against humanity and murder. aid workers a critically ill patients from eastern. rebel held area in the a serious capital damascus sixteen people have now left as part of a deal with the government on which the rebels have a number of their presidents but. refusing fearing arrest

al-jazeera the bomb. that counting is underway liberia's presidential election with the former football great.

midterm elections could mean for donald trump's presidency that's on friday here on al-jazeera the visual results of liberia's presidential runoff election could be announced as early as thursday local media reporting international football legend george where is ahead in the vote count but his rival current vice president says it's still too close to call. reports from the capital monrovia as liberians wait for the outcome of tuesday's runoff election many place what they call a peaceful vote vote counting is underway and the process of tallent results trickling in from more than five thousand polling stations across like the wider national. there were. very small number of incidents to report where the incident occurred and i should mention and they have been dealt with on his part in most of these cases if not all the contest pits fifty one year old former football star george where against seventy three year old joseph walker i who has been the country's vice president for the last twelve years but falling coincided with christmas and many chose to stay home observers say the tunnel close much lower than

al-jazeera the city southern philippines. international election observers praise liberia's peaceful presidential runoff despite a low turnout the results between the former footballer george weah and the current vice president has a black eye is expected in the next few days it's set to be the first time the nation founded by freed american slaves will see one democratically elected government handing over to another one first time since one thousand nine hundred three the dough is in the capital monrovia. after our day of orderly queues and peaceful visiting in more than five thousand polling stations across liberia the people of this country are waiting for the results of the runoff election it pits former football star george where against current vice president joseph walked by local media is already reporting that georgia where has the early lead in vaults counted on tonnage so far in some of the counties all for the country georgia where is banking on his support within the youth which accounts for more than sixty percent of the population of this country. just as walker has told himself as the natural kind of date of

al-jazeera talks to those seeking to reduce the fallout. these are your headlines on al-jazeera counting is underway after a peaceful day of voting in liberia's presidential runoff election observers say the turnout as much lower than it was during the first round and october voters have had to choose between a former international football player and the country's vice president the kremlin says calls by russian opposition leader alexina all need to boycott next year's election should be investigated to say see if they break the law and while russia's president vladimir putin has been nominated for re-election as an independent candidate can you see. the. children of course these would be difficult years for both the country and for those who had to ensure a stable development and overcome the difficulties that stem from the world economy i can say that the russian government not only did everything that it could but in my opinion even more than that you have essentially solved all the economic tasks at hand that are national committee for the red cross and red cross and has begun medical evacuations from eastern guta the besieged rebel held

al-jazeera. welcome back remind of the top stories here on al-jazeera polls are due to close in under an hour and liberia's presidential runoff election which will see its first democratic transition of power in seventy three years proves former president alberto fujimori has asked for forgiveness from peruvians from the bottom of his heart after being pardoned for corruption and crimes against humanity. and the kremlin says it is investigating whether calls by the russian opposition leader alexina violate to boycott next year's election breaks the law. this year has seen a real drive by automakers to get to thomas vehicles on the road in the u.k. and the u.s. develop a say with humans no longer behind the wheel was a million lives a year could be saved but the change from a job losses some ice to melt redundancies could be in the millions on sleep takes a closer look. in this brave new world advance official intelligence the first direct effect on all our lives will be in transport it's already begun and it will change humanity in many ways it's well enough known by now that driverless cars and lorries ar

al-jazeera. and for us. matheson in doha with the top stories on al-jazeera counting is underway after a peaceful day of voting liberia's presidential runoff election observers say the turnout is much lower than it was during the first round of toba voters have had to choose between former international footballer george will and vice president joseph book i hollered out of reports from the capital monrovia. thousands lined up to vote in more than five thousand stations across liberia arriving long before the station's opened the tunnel to know when the foster home held in october that had been delayed twice of the being contested in court amid claims of medical oddities in the floss to round officials say the reduction of candidates from twenty two just to may have caused the among vault is. placed. well this morning the contests is between a former international football star where i'm vice president just what the we know would replace africa's first female head of state ellen johnson sirleaf who came to power after the country's lost civil war told me years ago i'm not associated that would lose him to this this is g

watching al jazeera live from my headquarters here in doha also coming up vote counting is underway in liberia's presidential election. russia's biggest party makes it official backing putin for another term in the kremlin. also this half hour the legacy of pakistan's first woman prime minister benazir bhutto ten years after her assassination. top story beginning in the philippines where the government is setting up more than six hundred temporary shelters for people displaced by the conflict in the city of murali the army the area from separatist fighters in october after a five month siege the fighting cause more than a billion dollars worth of damage and thousands of people are still homeless or are we was hit by tropical storm tembin last week making the situation there much worse rob mcbride has more now from morocco. on the edge of more our way this is a hopeful sign in an area that has been plagued by conflict and now the effects of these damaging storms this is a new housing development for people who've been displaced by months of fighting between government forces and also fighters who

al-jazeera. al-jazeera where every. welcome back let's update you on the stories making headlines full football superstar george weah has widened tuesday's presidential runoff in liberia securing sixty one point five percent of the votes at least forty people have been killed in a suicide attack on a shia cultural center and news agency in afghanistan's capital kabul. and the united nations says sixty eight yemeni civilians were killed in two separate as strikes by the saudi led coalition on shoes day they included fourteen people from the same family. well now in other stories we're following closely aid workers are evacuating critically ill patients from eastern guta besieged rebel held area near syria's capital damascus sixteen people have now left as part of a deal with the government under which the rebels are releasing a number of their prisoners but at least one person is refusing fearing arrest by the assad government last month the u.n. called for five hundred people in need of urgent medical care to be allowed to leave but only twenty nine cases have been given approval so far and at least eighteen people have died whilst waiting where hundreds of thousands

al jazeera. i'm richelle carey and soha these are the top stories on al-jazeera counting is underway after a peaceful day of voting in liberia's presidential runoff election observers say the turnout is much lower than it was during the first round in october and had to choose between a former international football player and the country's vice president the kremlin says calls by russian opposition leader alexina volley to boycott next year's election should be an investigator to see if it breaks the law meanwhile russia's president vladimir putin has been nominated for reelection as an independent candidate can you see. the. solution of course these would be difficult years for both the country and for those who had to ensure a stable development and overcome the difficulties that stemmed from the world economy i can say that the russian government not only did everything that it could but in my opinion even more than that you have essentially solved all the economic tasks at hand that are national committee for the red cross and red crescent and medical evacuations from eastern guta the besieged rebel held area of syria's c

liberia open in the country's presidential runoff. alone will compete. with your top stories from al-jazeera also coming up about a million people are forced to move in vietnam ahead of a violent storm that's already brought death and destruction to the philippines. president defends his controversial decision to pardon a jailed predecessor and the russian opposition leader alexina calls for an election after his bid to run in next year's presidential vote is blocked. to liberia first where the polls have opened in the presidential runoff that's expected to lead to the first democratic transition of power there in seventy three years the former footballer george weah is taking on the current vice president joseph unemployment and corruption with a big campaign. in the capital monrovia. in the contest for the liberian presidency this month all my international footballer do it with the head start he received thirty eight percent of the votes cast in the foster round held in october he's opponent in the current liberian vice president just a walk i got twenty eight percent of the vote it's the

al-jazeera. i know i'm maryanne demasi this is the news hour live from london coming up celebrations in liberia as the former football superstar george waya winds choose days presidential run off.

bright al-jazeera we city southern philippines living to liberia now where the national elections commission is expected to begin releasing the provisional results from the presidential runoff election pitted the former football star george where against current vice president joseph because i local newspapers are reporting a low turnout among the two million people who are eligible to vote is the first democratic transition of power in the west african nation in seventy three years that it has more from the capital monrovia of to our day of orderly and peaceful visiting in move on five followers important stations across liberia the people of this country are waiting for the results of the runoff election it puts the former football star where against current vice president joseph walk by local media is already reporting that. the lead involves counted on tonnage shortfall in some of the counties all for the country georgia where is banking on his support with in the youth which accounts for more than sixty percent of the population of this country. just of walker has tied himself as the mu

to talk all poverty and corruption in hog government behind it all does it or monrovia liberia still had on al-jazeera i'll tell you why more and more people in argentina are relying on food donations to survive last. time when hey reporting from thailand where the military government says democracy will return at the end of two thousand and eighteen but we'll tell you why many believe it won't happen. hello the story of lake effect snow has been pretty widely broadcast and it's because it's really cold has been coming across with us to open water lakes at the moment so if you are just on the edge of the lake for example pennsylvania pennsylvania new york state you get a lot of snow from you know the potential still exists for a while but we're cutting off the flow really deep the cold air as you can see the wind isn't really flowing in from the west as it was before so if anything it will be less in the way of lake effect snow with those to be some and coming into the pacific northwest yet another winter storm all the way from british columbia dancer probably too odd to have beyond that a lot of snow

to talk all poverty and corruption in hog government have it all does it or monrovia liberia still ahead on al-jazeera i'll tell you why more and more people in argentina are relying on food donations just to survive plus. i'm wayne hay reporting from thailand where the military government says democracy will return at the end of two thousand and eighteen but we'll tell you why many believe it won't happen. hell i would chain of weather systems will start to march through the levant now i suspect you see some cloudy in coming through on this satellite picture looks fairly benign i think it probably will be develop a few showers with no more than mostly just high in the sky twenty in beirut six in aleppo still above where it might be expected to be terror and about right for average and it's bit warmer maybe than you might expect in baghdad in kuwait but not very much we've seen higher temperatures not recently if anything there might be creeping up an indication once again of feeding the wind up from the sas still seventy in jerusalem twenty one in beirut in the sunshine most likely otherwise not much

be able to be gathered for an impeachment we have much more to come here on the al jazeera news hour. celebrations in liberia as george aware is officially declared the new president elect. filling the void her refugees are helping to revive greece's struggling workforce and that sport a top tennis player pulls out of his season opener while another is getting a warm and fuzzy feeling about his. aid agencies have finished a series of evacuations from the besieged damascus suburb of eastern ghouta twenty nine critically ill people have been moved a spot of a deal with the syrian government reports. an appeal from a grieving mother. out limited her look didn't get in the early on she hopes that all the sick children in eastern will receive medical treatment so that their parents don't lose them. lost her daughter but all was ten years old when she died her parents say her life could have been saved but they live in an area besieged by syrian government forces where there is no proper medical care . at all as her sickness with pain in her teeth nice and hot doctors said there was something wrong with her nervou

al-jazeera. high hopes of continued peace and stability in liberia as voters choose a new leader that's how with this vote enhanced democracy in a country that has seen its share of violence and what would it mean for the region this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program hashem obama it's the end of an era for africa's first female president ellen johnson sirleaf after serving two terms the noble peace laureate is stepping down there are two men who are running to replace her liberia's went to the polls on tuesday in a run a vote that was delayed over allegations of fraud in october first round and if the result of this election holds it will mark the first time in seventy three years there's been a democratic transition of power we'll get to our guests in a moment but first mohammed i don't know has this update from monrovia. hours of the polling stations open people are still lining up waiting to cross the momentum around the runoff election liberia's state this is an election that is crucial to their country's future and they are eager to avoid but not in as big numbers as they di

al-jazeera dot com. you wouldn't use great on al-jazeera we've got people watching today from liberia mauritania and cohen thank you so much for your company remember you can have your say on today's news by sending in your questions or comments to us in our correspondence all of the way to do that on your screen right now at the hashtag as ever a news creates one of africa's biggest economies is facing a serious crisis and people are flooded social media with their grievances sara is here to tell us more now fall in fact a lot of people in nigeria for straights of this holiday season because of fuel now take a look at the queues they go dozens of cars lined up to refuel the vehicles and scenes like this have become quite common in the last two weeks across the whole of nigeria because of petrol shortages. the fuel scottie has been trending for days as a result in the online conversation has been alive with about eighty thousand tweets on this in just the last twenty four hours now they have been venting online about they apply as to how this could happen in the first place and that's because nigeria is a

and streaming online through you tube facebook live and at al-jazeera dot com now just a few hours left to vote in liberia's presidential runoff but already there's been an enthusiastic turnout elections are expected to lead to the first democratic transition of power there in seventy three years former football star george weah cost his vote in monrovia he's taking on the current vice president. because i one of them. takeover from ellen johnson sirleaf job creation and fighting corruption have been the major campaign issues in one of the world's poorest countries let's go over to his live for us in the capital monrovia believe there's been quite a turn out talk of through the day. yes indeed there is a lot of. momentum around these elections liberians see really crucial to their country's future but election officials are telling us that time out is not as big as it was in the foster round bottles held in october joining me to discuss this further. she's a musician and civil society activists. are you surprised that there are far fewer volatile schooltime about today than in october when the first sound w

and vague ban that museum woman face nocturne down the line ballasts al-jazeera and watching still to come on the program liberia's two presidential candidates promise a better future for their country ahead of tuesday's election runoff. and our special coverage of the holy land continues as we spend christmas with palestinians exiled to gaza for their role in a scene fifteen years ago. the wants is gone from the levant to northern egypt had three or four days of temperatures well above average but it's gone with the cloud which looks a bit like a frontal system so it should be reason we will win the heart of iran that's hard to tell whether it's going to be to be honest but still forty in kabul and the head of it all there is rain or snow up in the hindu kush took by a stand and beyond so a change sent to fresh air and more normal weather throughout iraq and the levant that egypt the might be a coming change after that with a win back as a southerly but temporary we've got to drop down to north as it executes to change so as riyadh sees a max of only twenty two there are twenty five that'll be followed by the us

maryam namazie in london has around the of your top stories on al-jazeera former football superstar george where is set to become liberia's next president provisional results have been released from cheese days presidential runoff weighed more than ninety eight percent of the vote counted the electoral commission says we have secured sixty one point five percent of the light i'm going to do as the late .

this is al jazeera these are the top stories counting is underway after a peaceful day of voting in liberia's presidential runoff election observers say the turnout it's much lower than it was during the first try and tolbert voters have had to choose between former international footballer george weah and vice president joseph buckeye the kremlin says calls by a russian opposition campaigner alexina vile need to boycott next year's election should be investigated to see if they break the law meanwhile russia's president vladimir putin has been nominated for reelection as an independent candidate. of course these would be difficult years for both the country and for those who had to ensure stable development and overcome the difficulties that stemmed from the world economy i can say that the russian government not only did everything that it could but in my opinion even more than that you have essentially solved all the economic tasks at hand peru's former president alberto fujimori has asked for forgiveness from peruvians thousands of people protested in lima after president petro public ann

al-jazeera. donald trump accuses china of secretly selling oil to north korea. i know there are more kyle this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up. celebrations on the streets of liberia with the announcement that football legend george waya will become the country's next president. how some greek farmers are creating opportunities for the country's many refugees. and tech giant apple apologizes after a million slam is deliberate slowing down of older model i phones. u.s. president donald trump has accused china of violating u.n. sanctions against north korea by not cutting off oil supplies to pyongyang has tweeted caught red handed very disappointed that china is allowing oil to go into north korea that will never be a friendly solution to the north korea problem if this continues to happen a white house correspondent kimberly hawk it has more from washington d.c. . china's denying the accusations that the president made on twitter you have to sometimes decipher why and what has prompted donald trump to go to twitter and often this is when he feels that an issue isn't being covered adequately in his view in the media he will tweet knowing that then in turn we will ta