. >> i'm daniel schwindler, which ones? maybe this one. >> welcome back. a quick recap of the top stories here. talks to end the longest running conflict in latin american history has reedge have reachedr break through. >>> the head of the roman catholic church is called for action on climate change. the pontiff responsive bishops in child sex abuse scandal. jailed al jazeera journalists, mohamed fahmy and baher mohamed have been freed by egyptian president abdel fatah al-sisi. other al jazeera journalists who were sentenced in absentia were not pardoned. we continue to demand their sentences be overturned. >>> emergency talks in brussels, leaders also pledged an extra $1 billion in aid, dealing with the tuesday deal of mandatory quotes of member states to relocate 120,000 refugees. urging states to stop their squabbling. >> it is clear the gradest tide of migrants and refugees is yet to come. we need to change our policy of open doors and windows. now the focus should be on processional protection of external borders and assistance to refugees and the cou

daniel schwindler is in guatemala city. sent us this report. >> there is some clarity on the political landscape of guatemala but not much. tv comedian jimmy morales untainted by political scandals. anonymitnot enough ahead to pr. the people have chosen but have they chosen wisely? >> we guatemalans will be a lot wiser and hopefully we're going to have better politicians in the next four years. >> reporter: the man they elected as their last president, otto perez molina will be tried for involvement in a massive cruchtion scandal. massive corruption scandal. >> i'm voiding but at the same time, i don't agree with any of the proposals put forward by the candidates. but the people have spoken and have a much clearer idea of what democracy is. >> translator: the only thing my family asks is that the new president is not as bad as the last one. he damaged us, and i don't want that for my children or grandchildren. >> reporter: the new president will not take office until january. in the meantime, the country's being led by the

daniel schwindler has the story in guatemala city. >> some call him the anti-politics politician. tv comedian jimmy morales untainted by political scandals. he finished ahead but not with the 50% needed to avoid runoff. he will face either manuel desson or former first lady, sandra torres. the people have chosen but have they chosen wisely? >> we guatemalans will be a lot wiser. hopefully, a lot better politicians in the next four years. >> reporter: the man they elected as their last president otto perez molina resigned last week and appears in court on tuesday to hear whether he will be tried for his connection to the massive corruption scandal. >> translator: i'm voting but at the same time, i don't agree with any of the proposals put forward by the candidates. but the people have spoken and have a much clearer idea of what democracy is. >> translator: the only thing my family asks is that the new president is not as bad as the last one. he damaged us, and i don't want that for my children or grandchildren. >> the new president will not take office until january. in the meantim

daniel schwindler. al jazeera, guatemala city. >> time for latest in sport, andy. >> thanks felicity. world cup winners made to work hard for a win against scotland. glaglasgow's hamden stadium, thy do stay top of group d. poland were 8-1 winners against gibraltar. the third place team will be go into a playoff and at the moment that is republic of ireland, scotland are fourth just two games left to play. group i portugal has closed in, netting the winner in stoppage time. group f is in northern ireland, they have never made it to the euro finals before. roe main yay, third call in a row against a greek team that failed to win in qualifying. >> now pri prince hussein has gn strongest indication that he will stand for the fifa presidency. speaking in manchester, pris ali said blatter should be held responsible. sincblatter has since decided to quit the job. >> right now we knew candidate who is forward-thinking who brings a new idea who is not tainted by the past as well. and so what i'll say for you to

daniel schwindler joins us from guatemala city. the polls are closed, are we getting any results yet? >> translator: well, we are richelle, i'm in the main center in guatemala city where the votes are being scrutinized. , we have had 19% in so far. this is where unless the 14 candidates get more than 50%, the vote will go to a second round on october 25th with the top two candidates. at the moment, the ant antantipoliticspolitician, jimms got something like 25% of the vote so far. it then looks like a battle for second place between the man who lost the election in 2012, manuel baldeson and the former first lady sandra torres. still some way to go before we have clearer results but that's the way things are looking at the moment. >> there are a million guatemalans gives or take who live in the united states, who care about this election, even though they can't vote in it. tell us what that means for them? >> well, i think they'll be watching very closely to see what the result of this election might turn out to be. and one of the r

daniel schwindler joins us now from guatemala city. daniel, are there any early results trt votin from the voti? >> reporter: not yet, richelle. i'm here in the main voting electoral center in the heart of guatemala city. up to 7 many 5 million guatemalans cast their vote across the country. we should get our results in two or three hours time. the top two candidates might have to go into a run off election on the 25th of october. the people here hoping whoever that is will help to bring stability on what has been a dramatic and turbulent time in the last two weeks. >> there are more than 1 million guatemalans who live here in the united states. this crucial election what does it mean for them? >> reporter: well, unlike in some other countries in latin america, they are not able to vote in these elections but they obviously will be watching and waiting very, very closely for the result here. they have a big problem here in guatemala in migration, people leaving up thru through mexico. their main destination generally being united states

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daniel schwindler, al jazeera, guatemala city. >> and just time, to id remind you you can find most of these stories on aljazeera.com. aljazeera.com. it's not the verdict most expected, not the one that the al jazeera three and supporters wished for. the 3-year prison sentence handed down to mohamed fadel fahmy, peter greste and mohammed badr, and another six al jazeera journalists convicted in absentia. it was another twist. repeated postponements, charges that defy belief, unthwarted by convincing evidence it hearings. peter greste, at least, is out of the gaol after being deported back to australia in february. mohamed fadel fahmy and mohammed badr are back in toura prison where they have spent more than 400 days. the story unfolded in the context of a geopolitical struggle. the case is about more than al jazeera. many consider is to be a trial with a target audience including other journalists and the international news reader and bloggers, critics and activists. telling the egypt story, too many of whom are behind bars, accused of being enemies of the state, even terrorists, for f