it really is about what way does the ibc go forward 7 about what way does the ibc go forward?t they say they are going to spare the country and election and just declare uhuru kenyatta the president? it would also be up to the courts. will they say they are going to postpone it and see if they can come to an agreement, have the elections at a later date. will they say october 26 is here, we have not had an election, it is a constitutional crisis, we need to find another solution. we don't know. right now, we have to wait and see what the different players in the game decide. if you want more details on that story and all of the other ones we cover, you can get on bbc website. we have been hearing about the challenges in the kenyan presidential election. let's switch from east to west africa. polls have just closed in the liberian presidential election. these are the pictures of voters earlier. waiting in long lines, waiting to cast the vote. a high turnout has been reported — 2.2 million were eligible to vote. some waited for hours before dawn. provisional results are expected

during the around the table in new york is michael cloherty., e head of interest rate strategy at ibcital markets. bonnie wongtrakool, portfolio manager at western asset management and scott kimball. the portfolio manager at core plus bond fund. i want to start with the ecb. we did get news overnight giving more details about what their tapering plan might look like next year as they tear back their monthly purchases. i'm struck by the fact that the market rallied. people bought bonds on the idea of them buying fewer bonds. can you explain this? insure, the consensus going to the last night was that the ecb would probably finish tapering around the second half of next year. what's been talked about now is a little bit beyond that. i think that is why you saw the rally. we are not surprised by that. we came into the year feeling constructive on the eu. we actually went along the air and felt it was underpriced. -- the year and felt it was underpriced. and now we have seen them recover quite well. the growth has been pretty good inflation is ok. , still not on target. but at this point,

the ibc has briefed us on the state of their preparedness and we are happy with their preparations thatn place as a party we have no conditions. we have no minimum conditions. we have no minimum conditions. we have no minimum conditions. we have no irreducible minimum conditions. when the supreme court nullified the results of the august presidential election, they issued very clear instructions to the electoral commission that they must strictly adhere to the law in the conduct of a fresh election. and if not, the supreme courtjudges did say that they might as well nullified the results of the repeat election. anne soy, bbc news, nairobi. plenty of information on the kenyan election campaign on the bbc news website along with the latest of elements from las vegas. you can find it/ news, or download the bbc news app onto your smartphone. —— bbc news.com. in the uk it is the second day of the tory party conference. brexit has dominated proceedings. today, brexit and also boris, because one of the most anticipated speeches of the conference has come in the form of one from the foreign sec