al jazeera. al-jazeera. and for your. carry on doha these are the top stories on al-jazeera liberians are set to go to the polls in a few hours to vote in a presidential runoff that will see its first democratic transition of power in seventy years or more football star george way is taking on the country's vice president joseph book of candidates a promise to revive liberia's struggling economy and kick start infrastructure projects awful storm ten ben has now been downgraded to a tropical depression after a failed to make landfall in vietnam ten has already caused death and destruction in the philippines are more than two hundred people have been killed robin pride has more from the island of mindanao in the philippines the area worst hit by the storm. this is the township of too bad it's probably one of the worst affected areas of one of the worst affected provinces in mindanao we are down river that was the site of a surge of water that came through here if i can stand back and just give you a quick look at the kind of damage and trail of destruction that it left a torrent of water came down here leaving all of these boul

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al-jazeera. watching al-jazeera let's take a look at the top stories right now liberians are set to go to the polls in a few hours and our presidential runoff that will see its first democratic transition of power and seventy years are football star george waya is taking on the country's vice president joseph. tropical storm temp it has now been downgraded to a tropical depression after a failed to make landfall in vietnam time and kill more than two hundred people as it passed over the philippines tenacious demanding a public apology from the united arab emirates after the u.a.e. banned tunisian women from flying to or passing through the state on friday and retaliation tunisia suspended all and rights airlines flights says the ban was imposed for security reasons but it hasn't given more details. the russian opposition leader alexina vali has been barred from running in next year's presidential election he's been told he isn't eligible because of a past criminal conviction which he says followed a politically motivated trial on the us now calling for a boycott of the march vote will show presiden

al-jazeera. fairly two point two million liberians will choose between a former football star and the current vice president and a presidential runoff on tuesday that candidates have promised to revive liberia's struggling economy and kick start infrastructure projects electional say the country's first democratic transition of power and seventy years. from monrovia. in the contest for the lead billion presidency this month only international football would do it with head start he received thirty eight percent of the votes cast in the foster round held in october he's open and in the current labor union vice president just a walk i got twenty eight percent of the vote. in the club. but where i grew up. he's been hyping his humble upbringing and style himself as the pro of pork and to date a man who knows exactly what liberians want from their government protection of politics we have a traditional voting along ethnic religious and regional languages where you were born and grew up is important there is hope here that's when he becomes president he will help his community where dropped out of scho

al-jazeera news were. welcome if you're just joining us you're watching al-jazeera coming to live from doha your headlines voting is underway in the liberian presidential runoff that is expected to produce the first democratic transition of power there in seventy three years the former footballer george weah is vying for the top job with the current vice president joseph one hundred zero is in the capital monrovia. we are already all observing long queues at polling stations five thousand three hundred and ninety polling stations across the country two point one million people have registered to vote liberians want to see an extension to the whole three years of continuous peace and ellen johnson sirleaf they want peace and continued economic progress 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 across the region. thousands of peruvians have demonstrated after the former president alberto fujimori was pardoned b

look bright al-jazeera the city southern philippines so coming up on the program liberians the way the outcome of the presidential election runoff but polling suggests a lack order known turnout and ten years after she was assassinated at a campaign rally we visit benazir bhutto's ancestral home to see how her legacy is firing. her the quiet and cold and foggy mornings are of the last few days disappeared now from western europe that incursion of a massive cloud or coming from the atlantic indicates pretty unsettled conditions to be honest the lines a straight north sass which means normally breeze you'd think it would be colder but that she's displacing fairly cold air anyway so the temperature difference isn't great there's a bit of a warm tuck in a long way ahead this fourteen in rome thirteen beaudry the eleven in vienna that's going to be evident just pushed this gentle way eastward of the next twenty four hours massive snows on the higher ground even temporary low ground through the outs and the toward sudden germany rain to the sas and that will be having fairly stormy stuff for

liberians vote in a presidential runoff. elegant my name's peter w. watching al jazeera live from our headquarters here in tow also coming up. further unrest in peru the police fired tear gas and fight with protesters angry at a decision to pardon the former president. about a million people forced to move in vietnam ahead of a violent storm that's already hit the philippines. these people to move to raise them to meet in a scenario where this from the development of driverless cars could drive thousands out of a job. voting is underway in liberia's presidential runoff that's expected to produce the first democratic transition of power in seventy three years fifty one year old george weah has crafted his image as the candidate for change he spent his childhood in monrovia rising to become the first african to be named faeces world player of the year in one thousand nine hundred five in two thousand and three we returned to liberia and became a senator the following year before unsuccessfully running for the presidency in two thousand and five his rival joseph was liberia

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 footballer do it well and start saying he received thirty eight percent of the votes cast in the foster round held in october he's opponent in the round of current liberian vice president just a walk i got twenty eight percent of the vote it's here in the car. that where grew up has been hyping his humble upbringing and style himself as the pro of pork and to date a man who knows exactly what liberians want from their government protection of politics we have it traditional voting along ethnic religious and regional lines where you were born and grew up is important there is a hope here that's when he becomes president he will help his community where dropped out of school at an early age to concentrate on playing football he applied his trade in liberia until he got a break to play for the french club a is more to go on from there on to some of the world's most glamorous clubs in two thousand and three where now is his intention to run for t

al-jazeera. this is al-jazeera. i'm adrian from again this is the live from doha coming up in the next sixty minutes a choice to define the future liberians votes in a presidential runoff. russian opposition leader alexina valmy calls for an election boy cause after his bid to run in next year's presidential vote is blocked . peru's president defends his controversial decision to pardon a jailed. and i'm far as small have all the day's sporting including defending n.b.a. champions the golden state warriors beat the cleveland cavaliers in a christmas day showdown. both candidates have 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 have been the major campaign issues liberia is one of the world's poorest countries and many of its four point seven million citizens live with. basic services like clean water and electricity george weah has crafted his image as the candidate for the poor drawing on his own meteoric rise from poverty to global football star he ran unsuccessfully for president in two thousand and fi

al-jazeera. or reviving the economy in stamping out corruption a seen as key issues when liberians vote in a presidential election runoff on tuesday the former international football a georgia where is taking on the country's vice president joseph tokai cosmetic surgery is on the rise in china it's now so popular there that china has become the third biggest market for the procedure after brazil and the united states but those wishing to change how they look are increasingly at the mercy of illegal practitioners adrian brown reports from shanghai. eleven years ago chen lin decided she did not like the way she looked she since spent more than twenty thousand dollars on injections her visits to this beijing clinic have become his routine is going to the head dresses. the injections made my chin more pointed in my face longer later i had surgery to my nose which was flat before now it's higher i also made my lips fuller and my skin smoother this was pre-surgery and before problems with immigration began. and once immigration stopped me and made me restate my id card number four times every time i go through

al-jazeera in occupied east jerusalem. the economy and the fight against corruption will be kids' shoes when liberians vote in a presidential runoff on tuesday former football star george weah is taking on the country's vice president joseph block i the winner will replace president ellen johnson sirleaf who can't run again due to term limits. reports from monrovia. in the contest for the liberian presidency this month former international footballer do it well and start saying he received thirty eight percent of the votes cast in the foster round held in october he's opponent in the runoff current liberian vice president just a walk i got twenty eight percent of the vote it's here in the car. that where grew up he's been hyping his humble upbringing and style himself as the pro of pork and to date a man who knows exactly what liberians want from their government protection of politics we have it traditional voting along ethnic religious and regional lines where you were born and grew up is important is a hope here that's when he becomes president he will help his community where dropped out of school at an early age to con

al-jazeera. this is the news. coming up in the next sixty minutes a choice to define the future of liberians votes in a presidential runoff. for the unrest in peru police fired tear gas and fights with protesters angry at a decision to pardon the former president. barred from running against a prominent russian opposition leader is told he's not eligible to run in next year's presidential election. including defending champions. in cleveland cavaliers. so polls are open in liberia's presidential runoff that's expected to lead to the first democratic transition of power in seventy years the former wild footballer of the year george weah is taking on the current vice president joseph block i in an election that's focused on creating jobs and fighting corruption. reports now from the capital monrovia. in the contest for the liberian presidency this month former international footballer do it well and start saying he received thirty eight percent of the votes cast in the foster round held in october he's opponent in the round of current liberian vice president just a walk i got twenty eight percent of the vote it's her

al jazeera live from london also coming up. ukraine's president welcomes a u.s. decision to supply it with lethal weapon is that russia warns it will only fuel hostilities in the war torn east. supporters of liberian presidential hopeful georgia where gather in the capital monrovia ahead of tuesday's presidential runoff. and palestinian protesters clashed with israeli security forces in bethlehem before that continues over the u.s. decision to recognize jerusalem as israel's capital. and a riggin in the philippines where at least two hundred people have died in flash floods and mudslides caused by tropical storm tembin most of the casualties are on the southern island of mindanao which is the philippines second largest dozens of people are also missing with a search and rescue operation underway into his tired reports flash floods and mudslides brought on by tropical storm tembin the towns of. mindanao island the philippines second largest have been devastated dozens of homes are destroyed and rescue workers fear the number of casualties will rise. we really want to go straight now and we're going to figure out what you have so many people that are really. at the height of the storm winds of up to

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