Im 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 president ial runoff. Russian Opposition Leader alexina valmy calls for an election boy cause after his bid to run in next years president ial vote is blocked. Perus president defends his controversial decision to pardon a jailed. And im far as small have all the days 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 liberias Runoff Election thats expected to mark the countrys 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 worlds 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 five. Contrary to the. Truth im not as i would lose him to do this. They said and im going to win his rival joseph klock i was liberias agriculture minister as far back as nine hundred eighty three at a served as Vice President since two thousand and six were going to do because of the close of democracy we went in one there were doing to our work now we reduce it to. We have to say were going through the process this is what the president or do we are willing to live with. Both candidates are vying to replace president Ellen Johnson sirleaf the Nobel Peace Prize recipient oversaw twelve years of reconciliation following a civil war the claims a quarter of a million lives she also guided the country through the a bola crisis that killed almost five thousand people lets go live now to the capital of liberia monrovia i was there as mohammed out o. Is there so. How enthusiastic we have people been voting in this Runoff Election. Vaulting today was a far cry from whats happened during the foster round in october. To use some a king into a just into roads while missing officials are now coming to toms to the fact that these is a tunnel but they say they expected some sort of uppity because everyone over two point one million of you just a volt is a kind of a in that we also. Tell us the meme bustle of Parliament Running candidates running for members of parliament hot transported people from the cup with other parts where they were contesting im now people do not have any reason to go to those places where they. Are just the International Observers producing the process which theyre calling violent and i spoke to the American Ambassador to the christine and started by asking her what type impressions. So far things opened on time at this polling station will be going to some others throughout the day and people are moving through the lines at a at a good pace and certainly much faster than in october so i think the Elections Commission trained well for today and is ready the voters are ready many came early this morning but i think theyll be a steady flow throughout the day. One of the most of the liberia was founded by freed slaves most of them from the United States this is a country. Whose people have departed with the United States hope who full of these elections to a country i think its first and foremost crucial to liberia and the International Community the United States and other partners the europeans the japanese help with the Security Forces all across the board people want to help. Liberian succeed in the selection and theyre determined to do it so weve each helped in our own ways whichever ways we could in many ways with the International Regional and domestic observation teams those are crucial aspects so that there are a lot of eyes on the process throughout every county in the country but theyre going to do it today and were here to help them as partners its been. The. Point where the. This is a for. Jobs how are you helping you know i think we always had confidence that the runoff would happen needed to run through there were challenges that needed to go through the courts the courts handled those expeditiously and and we were able before the end of the year to complete the process im confident that that will also complete before the inauguration in january third week of january so thats part of the democratic process with respect to the Economic Impact any uncertainty always has an effect on the economy and the fact that it happened at the end of the year when a lot of Small Traders make up a good part of their profits for the year i think hit them doubly hard and so its important going in the new administration and the International Community can help in some ways going into twenty eighteen to make sure that theyre off to a strong start we have a number of programs for instance in the agricultural field that liberians should not have to spend so much of their earnings on importing Agricultural Products when there are things that they could be growing more here in liberia so helping on that front also roads to help get things to the markets when theyre grown in the counties some of these foundational pieces also things like health. Decimated the economy of liberia and the other countries affected in guinea and sara leone and having the ability to help with the underpinnings of that to strengthen the basic system so theyve been able several. Sometimes now to identify and stop. You know outbreaks of lesser Lesser Health issues immediately because theyve been able to strengthen the Health System with the help of International Partners so theres firming up the foundation and thats where you know were trying to help but then they take it from there and were really pleased with how theyve done that in a number areas in particular how. Vaulting. For time them avoid commenting the big. Electoral Commission House two weeks that is all for the election but they say they will do it within four days. What exactly delight perience expect from whoever wins this election. Well of course this is a poor country one of the poorest in the world and then needs all liberians. But people are keeping their expectations in check right now what most liberians we spoke to say is that they want peace the peace they enjoyed and Ellen Johnson sirleaf told years of interrupted peace the longest in a very long time they want somebody to manage that and continue building the economy is another one but said by the outbreak of were born and then a very extended electoral process that has seen and something tea and also the commodities that are usually exports to the world like rob having very poor prices in the world market so its the economy as well as the management of peace and most crucial of all fighting the musts of corruption in government something Ellen Johnson sirleaf ha self has. Confessed to or for you need to tackle many thanks i was there as mohammed out of their lives in monrovia nigerias military says that it stopped an attack by suspected boko haram fighters on the outskirts of the northeastern city of my degree heavy gunfire was reported in the more lie area of the army force off the attackers while the number of casualties remains on the on its thought that many women and children have been injured one hour from aljazeera as it drifts in. According to security sources weve talked weve spoken to a short while ago but i was repelled by the military but it lasted a long time i witness is a corking about cyclists arriving instead of the pickup trucks and thence talking to a test fire firing their guns and pointing exculpate in the mall area apparently they started with a military or security checkpoint there now with the the sources weve spoken to said hes too early to say how many people died because of late getting attacked and that area has been cordoned off and need is being secured by the Nigerian Army there and that but that source also confirmed to me that most of the people affected well indeed women and children he particularly transported three people from that area to the hospital inside made a good move that by the way is just a few kilometers from known eastern idlers biggest city make a quick my degree has always been in the process of that crisis that city but the military stopped them from taking the city they have occupied lots of territory which by the way assad now they have lost to the military and of course the Regional Forces to fight out of motives to magadan parts of the moon chad and measure the public for the time being the situation in my degree and on the outskirts of my to the outskirts of my degree is calm. A powerful storm that left a trail of death and destruction in the philippines has now been downgraded typhoon tembin also defied weather forecasts and did not make landfall in vietnams becoming delta where hundreds of thousands of people were told to leave their homes but experts say that heavy rain and strong winds from the weather system could still cause damage in the region well the storm left at least two hundred people dead in the philippines the island of mindanao was the worst hit the local administration there has been criticized for not doing enough to help quickly enough bride travel to work toward town where entire neighborhood has been destroyed. When the flood came this river was turned into a torrent throwing boulders and trees against the houses in its path it took more than one hundred homes and killed nearly fifty people those in the area had been told to leave but many had heeded the warning too late imo there are trying to evacuate. In three to five minutes all the houses were wiped out. Whats left of mary louis tims possessions are below the ruins of what used to be her house she escaped with her children and her brothers family just in time. Well me until we were all crying and the water kept getting stronger and i told my brother i think we are going to die here they survived but another brother died. Their temporary home is now the local school its also where rosemarie sort of yellow now lives with her children and ten other families in the one classroom she says she had never experienced a flood like it got only the born again there was a flood before but we didnt evacuate that time but after what happened this time i cant go back. In a country that receives up to twenty life threatening storms a year theres been criticism of why mindanao suffered so badly as one of the most disaster prone countries in the world the philippines invests heavily in infrastructure and awareness programs to deal with severe storms but in mindanao the ongoing conflict makes that difficult and its the poorest People Living in the most vulnerable places who suffer the most in storms like this. Community leaders have told people not to rebuild their homes along the river but the need to earn a living from farming nearby means many in time probably will and when a future storm comes the river will probably take more lives rob mcbride aljazeera to board town southern philippines hospitals in gaza been forced to cancel operations after cleaners went on strike over delayed salary payments the Health Ministry says the planned surgeries cant go ahead as operating theatres are not ready the cleaning staff for the mounting overdue pay from the ministry which is run by the National Consensus government the Cleaners Union says that its workers havent received their wages for several months chinas here is demanding an apology from the United Arab Emirates after it banned its female citizens from boarding flights heading to the gulf states the tunisian government barred Emirates Airlines flights in response it says the ban was put into place by the u. A. E. After the countrys Intelligence Services raised security concerns regarding female two new zealand passport holders. We are not part of emirates we are suffering country and they should deal with us according to what normally happens in relations between two countries up to the continuous calls with the immoralities through our ambassador in abu dhabi it appears they have lifted the ban but they did not give us details on how the ban was lifted here with the news out from aljazeera still to come on the program will be the family of a six month old baby who was killed during the recent election violence in kenya. These plans. To move to. A scenario where this bill will tell you why the development of Driverless Cars could drive thousands of people right out of a job. Coming up in sport the fourth ashes cricket test is on the way between australia and england far will be here with all the latest a little later. The kremlin says that it will study whether an Opposition Leaders call to boycott the president ial election in march is legal alexina valmy urged his supporters to stop the vote after he was banned to join banned joining the race due to a past criminal conviction which he says was politically motivated the kremlin also says the legitimacy of the election will not be influenced just because one person was declared ineligible to run polls show president Vladimir Putin is on course to be reelected comfortably which would keep him in office until twenty twenty four more now from aljazeera story chalons in moscow. This was no surprise at all really how mean i had been talking with colleagues yesterday and weve been speculating that there was maybe a small chance that the tightly controlled russian president ial 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 the from running against putin now the argument they use is that he has this prior conviction and therefore is ineligible no valley has always said that although that may be the election rules actually the constitution which should have primacy says that any one of sound mind who is not in jail can run in the elections so hes going to take this to the Constitutional Courts to ask them to make a decision this was a Heated Exchange at times he was saying that the panel should do the right thing for once in their lives that nobody is holding a gun to their heads and that they should stop messing around with the election the panel fired back saying that he was brainwashing kids that he was disrespecting the Election Commission and that they hinted he was politically irrelevant anyway now what is now and we do next will of course are said hes going to take this to the Constitutional Courts but he is also saying that his supporters should boycott the election and he is saying that yes there will be street process he hasnt set a date for these yet but hes saying that when the protests hits they will be nationwide. That speaks to public going to russia policy analyst and columnist with the village as i say he joins us now live via skype from moscow could have you with us what do you think will the Constitutional Court is going to evolve these argument that the constitution outweighs electoral law what the russian got is you know court has mostly has actually russian and a judicial system is a more or less rubber stamp thing there in the ground ones and they love us the kremlin tells them no matter what they rio we know arguments are so no but it will not and you. Know why does putin think that the valley poses such a threat to him what is putins kettle of klonopin is clear we must expect yes and the most charismatic guy wholl be and the putin Opposition Forces and what yours and he has being for the last several years running around their effectiveness. And he spoke publicly in fact they have Anti Corruption campaign and zero and works corruption and the very serious social in the quote. That exists in russia and several years ago when it was running for mayor of moscow he yet got almost a third of the vote so he has public support and thats my grandma nothing that. Doesnt like him and sees him as a serious threat ok so if you have only one allowed to to run against president putin and that the election in march how well would he do. Well in the course was it would be reelected no matter what. But i dont think yeah there are its quite as sizable sort of part of the vote maybe up to ten percent of the something around and that may be and that put not make him kind of institutionalized i see him as a not as the main but youre not to say she didnt push him does not want to have him as a kind of from the first opposition he wants him to be seen as a cr