And im right matheson this is the news our live from coming up in the next sixty minutes. Im not associated the loser were going to be a because of the curse of democracy the ballots are being counted in the race to see if its going to be a former football great to or liberias Vice President who will lead the nation for the next six years plus. In three to five being its all the houses were wiped out. The family escapes only seconds before Tropical Storm tembin destroys entire communities in the philippines. And arrest has been made after a Crime Reporter is gunned down in front of one of her children in mexico also. Everyday. Its called the strong. Campaign its a push to keep Plastic Waste out of the worlds oceans. And we start in liberia where votes are being counted in this president ial Runoff Election workers say the turnout wasnt as high as it was in the first round in october but polling was peaceful in a race that will see the west african nations first democratic transition of power in over seventy years the contenders a former International Football star and the Vice President fifty one year old george weah spent his childhood in the slums of monrovia rising to become the first african to be named as World Football player of the year in one thousand nine hundred ninety five his bid to be present in president in two thousand and five was unsuccessful he was also the running mate for the main opposition candidate in two thousand and eleven his rival joseph book i as held posts in the private sector and in government including being agriculture minister the seventy three year old has served as Vice President under Ellen Johnson sirleaf since two thousand and six but is twelve years of service didnt secure him solely for the backing she endorsed george weah more not from hamas in the capital monrovia. Thousands lined up to vote in more than five thousand polling stations across liberia arriving long before the stations opened the tunnels however nowhere near the out of the foster homes held in october that had been delayed twice of the being contested in court amid claims of a declared it is in the foster round Officials Say the reduction of candidates from twenty two just to may have caused a pussy among voters i cant afford for the socalled. New process to score small this morning and i hope. This morning the contests is between a former International Football star george ware and Vice President just whack i the we know will replace africas first female head of state Ellen Johnson sirleaf who came to power after the countrys lost civil war told me years ago im not associated there would lose him to this theres virtually no they said to me that im going to when i walk back and how will you know georgia seventy two year old Joseph Walker has served as les be as Vice President since two thousand and six he too wanted in the capital and red bearded cards is a test of democracy we went in one time they were doing to our work and i would use a tool. We have today were going through a difficult process isnt working to the president or do we are willing to live with both where promising peace in liberia and also an end to corruption and one of the world sport as countries if the results hold it will be the first time in generations that lead videos will witness the transfer of power from one elected leader to another International Observers also praising what they call of Violence Free process and vote finally in liberia the ballot box hospital placed bullets but this is a big election for everyone whos following them. West africa the trend has certainly been you know more towards the democratic shift and really rooting them was firmly and i think that is what we will see here in liberia today the liberian people are determined to do it theyre ready to do it. And im very confident. Theyre. Two weeks within which to declare that its. Confident that well have them ready in four days. But i think reggie is managing director of macro africa intel investment it carries out research on africa and offers advice on investing in african countries hes joining us now from lagos in nigeria thank you very much for being with us if the turnout is low does that mean that whatever the result is it may not be a true reflection of how people actually feel in the country. I thought the third in march i think think. The country did spoke feels the turnout is the result of the sign its a festive period billed. Understandably. Quite difficult some let me turn now to all of. Nights on Christmas Day. And you also pull us down didnt just us to do well today into lines so if they didnt register. At the specifics it might also creates complications well it is not a choice its a very popular candidate and an incumbent does are familiar with i doubt very much thats the result will be any difference from what we saw in the first shot lets talk about the candidates do you think the george where is poor background that hes made such a feature on when it has come to his campaign doesnt actually give him the expertise and the credibility to be able to fix the economy and deal with the corruption that people are so critical of and the government. I dont think that really much of. It will in reality what does stop when you guys who. Cannot meet it and you know the point is if your point people. Pull its got all but they need to make bold. Policy actions yet this looks see if you know that why is. It done so exterior as the us so it will it will depend on how. Well its going to get any sort but well wins will show that this is but one of corruption in the afghan country is to corruption is really it must start michael but its got on the walls here when he wishes us benefits and yet is that if the politicians blows up a supposed ending is a lot of guys of corruption when he lets on it gets worse for the other was then he is still only the ultimate but the fashions of the lies i doubt very much thats on those fronts no then a significant difference on the part of the two countries in terms of competence and experience that you were talking about a town in iran theres no question that jones of book does take many boxes is thats correct i mean hes hes liberias Vice President he used to run liberias Refinery Company he was agriculture minister do you think that that experience would be enough to do the job if there is a tradition of voting as i understand it amongst liberians along ethnic and religious and regional lines. If you do on the whole do all the tasks in. The ng do feel thats whats really must us will be split. It up but its just to provide was got cold while freeze up when ts. Going to get it done. On a lead to these finals when is the he also allowed the central bank to run independently no i dont think thats the. Rajah good to get your opinion on this thank you very much indeed. Perves former president Alberto Fujimori has asked for forgiveness from peruvians from the bottom of his heart thousands of people protested in lima after president petrel public which in ski announced he was pardoning for gymboree on humanitarian grounds for germany was serving a twenty five Year Prison Sentence for corruption and crimes against humanity committed during his time in office in the one nine hundred ninety s. Charlotte bella says more. Chaos in lima these peruvians are furious the former president Alberto Fujimori was pardoned by the current president pedro public christian ski a man they believe was trying to save his political korea ok so i thought in the summer of seeing all the people mobilizing the police were following us in circling us they got close to us and threw bombs at us. Fujimori was serving a twenty five Year Prison Sentence for murder is kidnappings and disappearances carried out by a government death squad during his time in office he made from one thousand nine hundred ninety into two thousand. Started on sunday the families of his victims lead the charge i think. Theyre trying to see if any im angry because i think its a violation of the memory of her family members its a violation of the fight for the relatives for justice and truth a frail seventy nine year old fujimori was admitted to hospital on saturday suffering from low Blood Pressure and hostile arrhythmia he responded to the outcry on facebook and think. I am aware that what resulted during my administration on one hand were well received but i recognize that on the other hand i also disappointed other compatriots to them i asked forgiveness from the bottom of my heart. Critics say it was his son came to secure with the pardon hes a congressman in the majority Popular Force posse thats. Led by his sister keiko and saved president could be from impeachment by abstaining from a vote last week critics say it was in exchange for his fathers pardon the president has defended the decision saying it was made because of fujimoris poor health. More sesame then its obvious to all of us that the government he inherited at the beginning of the ninetys the country was in a chaotic and violent crisis incurred significant transgressions of the law as far as democracy and human rights are concerned but i also believe his government contributed to National Progress im convinced that those of us who believe in democracy cannot allow Alberto Fujimori to die in prison going to. The con and was bet by a silent majority a survey in may found sixty percent of peruvians wanted fujimori free supporters credit him with the defeat of the shining path rebels and saving the economy from collapse. The fujimoris critics the death squad still hold them with hes imprisoned or not they say they will voice their calls for justice bellus al jazeera. A few missing Officials Says the United Arab Emirates has intelligence that female fighters returning from iraq and syria may be trying to use cheneys ian passports to stage attacks the u. A. E. Caused outrage earlier this week by banning female chin is in citizens from landing in the gulf states leading to protests in tunis the north african country responded by barring emirates flights from tunisia and demanded an apology action is when the government Spokesman Says the u. A. E. Did not communicate its reasons for the ban properly and says they wont accept how its citizens are being treated. We are not part of emirates we have 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 emir righties 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 the u. S. Has imposed sanctions on to north korean scientists linked to the countrys Missile Program the u. S. And south korea say kim jong sick and reap young a senior figures in north Korean Leader kim jong uns Ballistic MissileDevelopment Team the sanctions are the latest move by the u. S. To pressure pyongyang into abandoning Nuclear Weapons a powerful storm that has left a trail of death and destruction in the philippines has weakened all route to vietnam Tropical Storm ten when failed to make landfall in vietnams mekong delta when the a Million People were moved from their homes but experts say heavy rains and strong winds could still cause damage to infrastructure in the region ten been devastated the philippine island of mindanao but authorities have been criticized for not doing enough to help the storm has killed at least two hundred thirty people with many more still missing robert bride to travel to to board town for an 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 i would there are trying to evacuate but the surge was like 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 only until we were all crying and the water gap 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 going on i dont want to get is that 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 but town southern philippines plenty more ahead in the news including these plans the automation to raise the cargo to me to the river where this boat Driverless Cars could drive thousands of white out of a job the benefits and drawbacks of Artificial Intelligence still ahead. Granlund says its launching an investigation into why the russian Opposition Leader alexina valen is called to boycott next years election is breaking the law. And the head of russian football takes drastic action as he fights and olympic back for state sponsored doping details in sport. Mexican police have arrested a suspect in the murder of a crime journalist hong carlos money an offshore is accused of planning the killing of medicine in march but he actually was shot several times as she drove out of her garridge to continue work on of the search and location works continue to achieve the arrest of the other people responsible for the homicide and want the Public Prosecutors Office the states general Prosecutors Office processed the suspect will present the Main Elements of the investigation and its methodology this past year has seen numerous protest in one single violence against journalists demonstrators accuse the government of not doing enough to protect reporters or to bring their killers to justice mexico is one of the worlds most dangerous countries for journalists at least sixteen were killed there in the last three years. The u. S. Canada and the European Union have joined top u. N. Officials in demanding the release of two reuters journalists being held in me a mob while alone and killed were arrested earlier this month after they were invited to meet Police Officials on the outskirts of young gone says the reporters quote illegally acquired information with the intention of sharing it with foreign media they were working on stories about the military crackdown thats forced over six hundred fifty thousand range of muslims to flee to bang the day since august the kremlin says its investigating whether calls by a russian Opposition Leader to boycott next years election breaks the law. Has asked people to avoid the vote from march after he was barred from running as a candidate Officials Say hes ineligible to take part because of a suspended prison sentence he claims the charges are politically motivated rory chalons is in moscow with the latest. Its no surprise that the kremlin seems sensitive to what looks like an attempt by Alexei Navalny to drive down voter turnout in march the talk has been this year that the kremlin is concerned about voter apathy and want to turn out to be around seventy percent if it dips much below sixty percent well theyve got a problem with legitimacy quite how they will prosecute in the valley for calling for a boycott that remains to be seen i think this can be viewed basically as a shot across his bows and a warning now no one really believes that the valley would be able to beat putin if they went head to head in a votes the recent polls suggest that if a vote were taken now we dont get between two and three percent but perhaps factoring into the kremlins thinking was the potential damage to the valley could have done if hed been allowed say on state t. V. With his Anti Corruption message so in around he will now have to do his appeals and also go back to doing what has been very successful actually for him over this year which is his online videos his anticorruption message reaching out to particularly younger russians and calling them out onto the streets in parts of the country where you do not nor