case closed a bit to get his name on the ballot appears to be over russian opposition leader alexina vali has been barred from next year's presidential vote and is now calling on his supporters to boycott it meanwhile president vladimir putin is set to be nominated formally for a record fourth term also coming up. here to stay here russia's parliament signs off on a deal to extend its lease of a syrian naval port the move secures moscow a port for its fleet in the western mediterranean and a presence in the ms east. and clashes erupted in peru's capital after ex-president i'll bet a whole team already has been pardoned for medical reasons the move causing an uproar protesters accuse peru's current president of political opportunism issuing the pardon to save his own career. great to have you along supporters of president vladimir putin are. just to nominate him as their presidential candidate later today all unlike in previous elections putin will be campaigning as an independent in next year's ballot instead of running for his united russia party his nomination comes a day after his main

his united russia party his nomination comes a day after his main critic opposition leader alexina vali was barred from joining . the presidential race of ali says officials are trying to stifle any possible challenge to putin. the election commission's vote was a setback for know volumnia twelve of the thirteen members supported the motion to bar him from running in next year's election with one member abstaining earlier the commission argued the opposition leader was in eligible due to a past conviction for embezzlement. the crime which alexei until you gave each was charged with is a serious one which deprives a person who committed that crime of the right to run for the post of russian federation president. of the us. no valving can sense the charge was trumped up to thwart his political ambitions speaking before the vote the kremlin critic said a candidate was needed to confront the country's problems. it's not about an avanti but a candidate is needed who will finally speak openly about everything taking place in our country now one who will describe our reality honestly the lack

kremlin critic alexina vali is holding rallies in twenty cities across russia to back. his bid to run in next year's presidential election he's seeking to gather at least five hundred supporters at each location to get his name on the ballot the valley is considered the strongest potential challenger to president vladimir putin in the march vote david versus goliath is a familiar story in human struggles but the natural world is also the stage for some seemingly unequal battles to help contain habitat destruction in south africa conservationists are turning to one of nature's smallest creatures to rein in one of the biggest. they're nature's heavy weights and not surprisingly they need a lot of food an adult elephant will munch its way through more than a hundred kilograms a day of fruit leaves bark and grass that can be costly for landowners who react by trying to keep elephants away from their property is a general consensus that elephants are very destructive in terms of trees and there are to certain degree but it's not just ellison's that cause her habitat change.

rallies in the cities across russia to back his visit to run in next year's presidential election vali is hoping to overturn a court conviction that bars him from standing as a candidate a ruling he says. as is politically motivated the is considered the strongest potential challenger to russian president vladimir putin in the march vote. a u.s. judge has partly blocked president donald trump's latest restrictions on refugees the court ruled the measures could not be applied to people with a bonafide relationship to a person or entity in the united states the white house had effectively stopped refugee admissions from eleven countries mostly in the middle east and africa. and people in japan are getting ready for two thousand and eighteen with a belly roar this laughing ritual at a shrine in osaka is meant to cast off the bad memories of the past year the rituals dems from a tale of shinto daddies using laughter to lure the sun goddess out of a dark cave. while christmas eve is finally here and all some of you may still be doing some last minute shopping to find the perfect presents ot

one critic alexina vali is urging russians to boycott next year's presidential vote this comes as the country's election commission board nepali from running against vladimir putin the vollies presidential bid was unanimously reject. by a vote of twelve to zero the commission says his conviction in a fraud case widely seen as retribution for his anti corruption campaigning makes him eligible to run he had been considered the most serious challenger to putin's bid for a fourth term in office. well just after the election commission's announcement that his bid was being rejected the voll they released a message criticizing the decision we announce a boycott of the election but the way they want to carry out the vote is not a real election it will feature only putin and the candidates he has personally selected the ones who don't pose any threat to him they haven't campaigned and they will not campaign is better to move up on your taking out of moscow where he wus and when sure one has been following the story for us emily quite a setback here form of all me he's calling for this electio

now about some of the other stories making news around the world russian opposition leader alexina vali says he's organizing a nationwide around on the twenty eighth of january to support his boycott of next year's presidential election all the country's election commission has barred the kremlin critic from the march vote citing a controversial embezzlement conviction he says was politically motivated. the red cross in syria says the evacuations have begun of critically ill patients from the rebel held on klav of essent hota forces loyal to the government of president bashar al assad are currently beseeching the enclave where almost four hundred thousand people live the un called on the government to allow the evacuations of five hundred patients who urgently need medical care south korea says the comfort women raul with japan is unresolved despite the two countries reach having reached a deal back in two thousand and fifteen officials in seoul say the agreement over south korean women were forced to work in japan's wartime brothels fails to meet the needs of the victims. the in the na

election commission bored him from running against president putin and outspoken putin critic now vali is valen to appeal the decision. also in moscow a bus crashes into a subway underpass killing at least four people several others have been injured police are now questioning the driver and investigating what caused this crash plus . pope francis delivers his christmas day blessing and his message he calls for israelis and palestinians to come together and resume talks aimed at a two state solution a part of called this the path to peace in the holy land. i'm sara harmon welcome to the show it's good to have you with us. kremlin critic alexina volney is urging russians to boycott next year's presidential vote this comes as the country's election commission board not only from running against vladimir putin of all these presidential bid was unanimously rejected by a vote of twelve to zero the commission said his conviction in a fraud case a conviction that was widely seen as retribution for is anti corruption campaigning makes him eligible he's been considering excuse me he's been cons

holding rallies in cities across russia to back his bid to run in next year's presidential election now vali is hoping the show of support will persuade officials to overturn a quote conviction that bars him from standing as a candidate a ruling he says is politically motivated now paul is considered the strongest potential challenger to president vladimir putin who is expected to extend his hold on power by another six he is. we have come together to live a better life and make our country better. this is something we will fight for i thank you all for your trust to be your candidate and fight for your interests. i promise that i will not disappoint you. but together we will lead russia to a better future. for this. christmas eve is finally here and now that all the shopping is done it's time to hand out the presents especially for some to close many kids around the world will be hoping to catch a glimpse of jolly saint nick on his claim maybe perhaps even with rudolph and a few of the other reindeer as he delivers billions of gifts sounds like a tough job right well every year he seems to

liberia's struggling economy and kickstart infrastructure projects the russian opposition leader alexina vali has been barred from running in next year's presidential election it's been told he's ineligible because of a past criminal conviction responded by calling for a boycott of the march vote there are the headlines to news continues here on al-jazeera after witness keep it or. we understand the differences. and the same narratives of cultures across the world so no matter how you take it al-jazeera will bring in the news and current affairs that matter to you al-jazeera. on these inaudible for. the civils to see russell and some literal text so cox you know if you. talk to bill. truong then aside from this point we should look. at all confident. men the truth wants to look into this somewhere should someone system with me so much. and not feel it and make the limited seem to me innocent but i wanted them to know more and they still look just someone's customs you can really only a. moment also kind of get a problem to say you know you're trying to really bring us news from your position

nomination comes a day after russia's election commission rejected a bid by opposition leader alexina vali to take part in the presidential race. all right so we can now go to moscow to do sure when who is monitoring developments there 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 when it comes to trust a much more people many more people trust putin then they trust the government for example the ratings of putin are much higher than of the prime minister need to you need to be a diff who is the head of the government so putin may be trying to distance himself from the government and also from his united russia party this candidacy leaves him kind of floating above the party structure and it could also be a way of trying to keep public interest in these elections after all putin is running for a fourth term he's very likely to win according to polls and i

the court rejected his appeal to a prior ruling which barred him from registering as a candidate now vali responded on twitter calling on russians to boycott the march vote meanwhile here in germany preparations are underway in cities across the country for tomorrow's new year's eve celebrations and in berlin tight security measures are being put in place at brandenburg gate where the main festivities will take place. the finishing touches on preparations for new year's eve in berlin and the brandenburg gate is getting ready to host hundreds of thousands of people a massive party and an even bigger security concern. course there will be police at the event especially outside as well as five hundred security personnel. we have strict admission policies will be checking all visitors and their bags and no fireworks glass bottles large bags or suitcases will be allowed and there will be concrete poles outside the event as well as vehicle road blocks. and. the blocks are to prevent truck attacks like the one on a christmas market at bright side plots last year but another major concern is wome

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case closed a bit to get his name on the ballot appears to be over russian opposition leader alexina vali has been barred from next year's presidential vote and is now calling on his supporters to.

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election commission and for him from one of the against president putin an outspoken putin critic now vali is valen to appeal the decision also in moscow a bus crashes into a sort of boy underpass killing at least four people so overall there are seven injured boys are now questioning the driver and investigating what caused this crash. and pope francis delivers his christmas day blessing and his message she calls for israelis and palestinians to come together and resume talks aimed at a two state solution the pontiff called this the path to peace in the holy land. meanwhile in his christmas address germany's president urged germans not to lose hope but in times of uncertainty as the country struggles to form a new government we'll bring you your steinmeyer scris message. of sarah harman welcome to the show it's great to have you with this. russian opposition leader alexina vuln they may have reached the end of the wind in his bid to enter next year's presidential race the country's election commission has rejected his candidacy citing a past conviction of olney a kremlin critic says the m

was putin's boss and petersburg and she said she wouldn't do anything against him that's unlike now vali who has pledged that he would prosecute mr putin but he is not there he is not at the press conference as he isn't a journalist so that's a situation. you know to set in moscow thank you very much. mexican mexican born actress salma hayek has joined the ranks of hollywood women accusing movie producer harvey weinstein of sexual misbehavior in an opinion piece highest court in a month accusing him of sexual harassment and threatening to kill her more than fifty women claim weinstein has sexually harris to assaulted them with the past three decades weinstein denies all allegations of nonconsensual thick it's. turning now to sports and been to sleep a soccer shocker at home and girls in kitchen range into their match against looking for a victory which would push them into second place in the standings but far from easy prey these days let's see how it all panned out. the felton's are rayno was rocking as shaka hosted their last bundesliga game of twenty seven tane an early christmas pre

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while the supreme court has upheld abaddon opposition leader vali running for president next year and the mollies be involved because of a pos conviction which he says those politically motivated is calling on his supporters to boycott the march president putin is widely expected to go forth to. still ahead on the bulletin. celebration as the residents of the town of course libya's revolution of finding allowed to return home and zimbabwe look ahead to elections in two thousand and eighteen after a turbulent year that saw a long time leader. strong path. through trying. to use anything. hello there is mostly clear for many of us in the southeast and parts of china at the moment it's not that warm though shanghai is a maximum just getting to eleven and hong kong were around twenty two there's a little bit of moisture in the air around the northern part of it now and that will be gradually pushing its way north woods there as we head through monday say for some of us here we see more in the way of clown but it doesn't look like there's going to be and the significant rain as we head thr

jail on saturday after a severe drop in blood pressure russia's best known opposition leader alexina vali has cleared the first hardball towards running for president against a bloody me of putin he submitted the documents needed to be a candidate in the election in march with the support of thousands of people across the country but it seems unlikely he's going to be allowed on the ballot or a challenge reports from moscow. in twenty cities across russia from blood of all stock to moscow alexina value supporters turned out to endorse him independent hopefuls must gather at least five hundred people in such meetings as a criteria for full candidate status. easily got that in moscow alone where he had this message for the man he wants to run against. it was leaving my senior who didn't but it's you who turned a country into a source of personal enrichment for yourself your family and your friends but why should not be president any more you are a bad president you don't have opposed the program. then it was off to the election commission to hand in his application but it's no valley is unl

russian opposition leader alexina vali has been barred from running in next year's presidential election he's been told he is not eligible because of a pos criminal conviction of ali has responded by calling for a boycott of the march vote present let him of his own cause to be comfortably reelected meaning that he could remain in power until two thousand and twenty four or a challenge sent its update from moscow. this was no surprise at all really how i mean i have been talking with colleagues yesterday and we've been speculating that there was maybe a small chance that the tightly controlled russian presidential system the electoral system here would be given a bit of a shake up and maybe there would be some fresh life breathed into it most people are assuming that putin is going to march towards a fourth term in office when the elections are held in march next year but no that was not to be the thirteen member panel of the central election committee decided twelve votes with one abstention that they were going to bar only from running against putin now the the argument they use is tha

russian opposition leader alexina vali has cleared the first hurdle towards running for president against but in the position he submitted the documents needed to be a candidate in the election in march with the support of thousands of people across the country but he still needs the approval of the election commission and in the past the kremlin has blocked him from running and nearly three thousand people in turkey have been sacked over alleged links to the country's polling terror organizations soldiers teachers and bureaucrats have all been dismissed as part of turkey's emergency rule decree accused of acting against national security i'll have more news for you in about twenty five minutes time that's off to talk to al-jazeera which starts now. al jazeera says it's swear every. word you would you can. see. we live in an age of rapid technological advances.

russian opposition leader alexina vali says he'll organize a nationwide rally in january to support his call for a boycott of presidential elections of all the has been barred from running in the march election over a fraud conviction that he says is politically motivated russian president vladimir putin has officially filed his documents to run for reelection if he wins people will remain in the kremlin until two thousand and twenty four moves in what is our choice. we will start a big campeon on one hand to persuade everyone to participate in the boycott and not to take part in the election and on the other hand to kind time many people really come to the polling stations i'm not to let putin fabricate the numbers and of course we need an all russian street action. french fries that men will not grown has ordered saudi arabia's king solomon to lift the blockade of yemen since october imported fuels food and medicine have been limited by the saudi led coalition which is fighting with the rebels around says he is concerned about the humanitarian crisis with millions of people on the bri

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on saturday after a severe drop in blood pressure russia's best known authorization leader alexina vali has cleared the first hurdle towards running for president against vladimir putin he said later this documents needed to be a candidate in the election in march with the support of thousands of people across the country president vladimir putin announced he will seek a new six year term in march his vote north korea has called the latest round of u.n. sanctions and act of war it state news agency says a stronger nuclear deterrence program is the only way to for straights the u.s. it also said other countries which support of the sanctions would pay a heavy price the un imposed extra measures in pyongyang on friday following its recent intercontinental ballistic missile test the united nations has passed a resolution criticizing me on mars treatment of the it calls on the government to give them full citizenship rights grant access for aid workers and allow refugees to return it was pasta despite opposition from nations including china and russia. has banned all airlines from the unite

russia's opposition leader alexina vali has been barred from running in next year's presidential election he's been told that he's not eligible because of a previous criminal conviction and mommy has responded by calling for a boycott of the much vote. pope francis has used his traditional christmas day message to call for a two state solution to the israel palestine conflict speaking to crowds in st peter's square the pontiff want against the winds of war and asked for peace for jerusalem and the holy land this is the second time he's spoken out since u.s. president all trying formally announced his government would recognize jerusalem as israel's capital but. we see jesus and the children of the middle east who continue to suffer because of growing tensions between israelis and palestinians on this festive day let us off the lord for peace for jerusalem and for all the holy land let us pray that the will to resume dialogue may prevail between the parties and that a negotiated solution can be finally reached one that would allow the peaceful coexistence of two states within mutually agre

rights abuses and corruption cheering his ten year presidency the russian opposition leader alexei now vali has been barred from running in next year's presidential election he's been told he's ineligible because of a pos criminal conviction evolvement has responded by calling for a boycott of the march vote liberians are set to go to the polls in a presidential runoff of former football star george way is taking on the country's vice president joseph buckeye both candidates have promised to revive liberia's struggling economy and kickstart infrastructure projects those are the headlines i'll be back in about half an hour oh see that. mean as i want to run away you into. that but that's the balls are born that i get . to find out the fall they're not there neither. just some resistance dancers. which most of the set says they're not to do it sort of supported. the diluted form of a cousin to punches a pitch up the butt out of. a boat that's just it all mom is that all of the. children are substandard the fact of all nineteen i. just noticed particular to you. because you can produce at leas

vali also attended the meeting of arab leaders in cairo he said the u.s. decision was a violation of international law. this causes a problem for muslims and christians throughout the world it is a flagrant violation of international law including the un security council resolutions this supports all the measures taken by israel to change the status of jerusalem. and this is syria says senior political analyst says the arab states seem to differ in their reaction to comes decision. the bit of a contrast is gyptian minister did talk. in general terms but it was very clear about israeli violations and so on so forth and palestinian rights i think the saudi i didn't hear the entire thing but what i heard it sounded like. a real attempt at moderation let's call it that way in trying to avoid any possible misunderstanding that saudi arabia is in any way standing up to the united states while from the qatari surprisingly we've heard the words like denunciation of the american decision calls for lobbying international organization international community and spea

russia's supreme court has upheld a ban on opposition leader alexina bali running for president next year vali has been barred because of a past conviction which he says is a politically motivated he's calling for his supporters to boycott the vote in march president putin is widely expected to win a fourth term. now grazes government is seeking to reverse a decision to grant asylum to one of eight turkish soldiers who fled their country during last year's failed coup saturday's ruling by a greek asylum tribunals angered turkey which has repeatedly called for the soldiers extradition great courts have so far refused believing they wouldn't receive a fair trial at home or the asylum appeals authority is still considering the cases of the other seven soldiers well let's get more on this now we're joined by richard was director of the center for political in the tree analysis at the hudson institute he's joining us live from washington d.c. very good to have you with us on al-jazeera so we can understand why the parties want these men extradited to turkey they don't want them being given asylum i

a rockslide in austria's valis valley has cut off an entire village from the outside world just ten minutes before the rocks came down on the main road some locals had travelled along it to get to christmas mass no injuries have been reported. when your mother for the russian opposition leader alexei now vali has urged voters to boycott a presidential election next year it came after the country's election commission barred him from running against vladimir putin the commission says he's ineligible due to a fraud conviction which now vali says was politically motivated the lawsuit with didn't just put it on the. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has praised guatemala's decision to move its embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem following the example of the united states guatemala was one of only eight nations to side with the u.s. in a united nations general assembly vote last week that rejected president donald trump's decision. but the pope francis has urged his christmas address to call for a two state solution to the israeli palestinian conflict. some ten thousand people gathered ou

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