putin has been formally nominated for a fourth term all this comes one day after opposition leader alexina volleyed was barred from next year's election he's calling on supporters to boycott the poll also coming up. liberia prepares for its first democratic transition of power in more than seven decades a presidential runoff it's a former soccer star against the country's vice president and. clashes erupt in fruits capital after x. present alberto fujimori has been pardoned for medical reasons the move causing an uproar protesters accuse peruse the current president of political opportunism issuing the party to save his own career. welcome supporters of russian president vladimir putin have officially officially nominated him as a candidate in next year's election at least five hundred citizens have to back a presidential candidates and with their support putin can now summon documents to take part in the march election he's running as an independent candidates and none for his united russia party. the nomination comes a day after russia's election commission rejected a bid by opposition l

shall carry this is al jazeera live from also coming up the kremlin wants a new investigation into alexina all the over his call to boycott next year's presidential election after he was barred from running against vladimir putin. i shot it on top of my posts several times up kids and their kids but. recently. i look back on the political violence that took the life of this couple six month old child in kenya. mosul slowly comes back to life five months after the end of a brutal operation to retake the city from my soul. we're going to liberia our polls have officially closed in the presidential runoff it is the first democratic transition of power in the west african nation and seventy three years the turnout was pretty low voters are choosing between former footballing superstar george way and experience political operative and current vice presidential. nominee joe reports 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 a lot of the foster homes held i

so i'm mariama mozzie in on the new watching al-jazeera also coming up russian opposition leader alexina valley calls for a boycott after he's barred from running in next year's presidential election. pope francis' warns against the wind of wars as he calls for a two state solution in the israel palestine conflict. we look at how a new age of automation and robotics will impact on the world's poorest what could . we begin in vietnam where authorities are evacuating a million people from low lying areas along the southern coast of tropical storm ten mins arrival vietnam's disaster prevention committee says that seventy four thousand people have already been moved to safety from vulnerable areas while authorities in fifteen provinces and cities are also making preparations to evacuate more than sixty thousand fishing boats have also been told not to venture to see tembin is moving southward and will pass the province of some hour on tuesday before entering the gulf of thailand well the storm has already claimed two hundred thirty lives in the philippines where it caused devastating landsli

this is date of the news coming to you live from berlin russian opposition leader alexina volney is calling for a boycott of the presidential vote next year this after the country's election commission bored him from running against president putin and all spoken putin critic of all me is valen to appeal that decision also in moscow a bus crashes into a subway underpass pilling at least four people several others have been injured police are now questioning the driver and investigating what caused the crash plus pope francis delivers his christmas day blessing and his message he called 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. and sarah harman welcome to the show and thanks for joining us russian opposition leader alexina vall may may have reached the end of the line in his bid to enter next year's presidential race the country's election commission has rejected his candidacy citing a past conviction of only a kremlin critic says the move was only made. to stifle office to preside

this is due to every news coming to a lawyer from berlin and russian opposition leader alexina valmai is calling for a boycott of a presidential vote next year after the country's 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

this is you don't reduce line from berlin or russian opposition leader alexina volley is calling for a boycott of the presidential vote next year after the country's election commission barred him from running against president putin an outspoken food critic of all that is vowing to appeal the decision also in moscow a bus crashes into a subway underpass killing at least four people several others have been injured and police are now questioning the driver or in the russian capital for the latest and. pope francis delivers his christmas day blessing in his message he called for israelis and palestinians to come together and resume talks aimed at a two state solution as the path to peace in the holy land. i'm well rocket's a pleasure to have you with us. kremlin critic alexina volley is urging russians to boycott next year's presidential vote to all this comes as the country's election commission has decided to bar no volley from running against vladimir putin. of all these presidential bid was unanimously rejected by a vote of twelve to zero the commission says his conviction in a fr

this is due to be news coming to you live from berlin russian opposition leader alexina volney is calling for a boycott of the presidential vote next year this after the country's election commission barred him from running against president putin and el spoken putin critics have only is vowing 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 the last thing and his message he called for israelis and palestinians to come together and resume talks aimed at a two state solution the pontiff called this the path to peace and love holy land. welcome to the show it's good to have you with us. 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

himself in a new light as a new putin an independent candidate for the most outspoken putin critic alexina not be permitted to run against him what he have been of threats of putin. well yes and no recent polls show that putin would've probably won anyway according to those recent polls. independent and government polls put him at around sixty to eighty percent of public support so he's not really a threat in that sense but me has been campaigning all over the country and there have been big crowds coming out for him to support his bid for the president presidential election ahead of this decision and and he's also had he's also called for big protests and organized big protests this year and it seems that that is what the government is really afraid of a repeat of the mass protests that happened after duma elections in two thousand and eleven and this call for a boycott seems to have made the spook the kremlin they're now calling to check whether that call to boycott the elections that came from the viney is legitimate and according to the law or case an evolving is out briefly emily is t

of support of his bid to become an independent candidate this comes a day after his biggest critic alexina boni was barred from challenging him in marches foe also coming up liberia prepares for his first democratic transition of power in more than seven decades the presidential runoff pits a former soccer star against the country's current vice president. i'm sara harman welcome to the show russian president vladimir putin is honoring another six year term in office and now he's been formally endorsed to participate in next year's vote for his forced charm putin has decided to run as an independent to make the most of his personal popularity amongst russians or than six hundred supporters including prominent lawmakers and actors have gathered in moscow for the endorsement or support allows putin to take part in the march election as an independent candidate. these young russians came to see the kremlin new year's tree but were treated to a surprise appearance by vladimir putin. one of the children had the courage to ask the president how he feels about the opposition. i got that as you ne

breaking news out of russia that country's election commission has the site at a bar opposition leader alexina volley from challenging vladimir putin in next year's presidential. elections of all these presidential bid was rejected by a vote of twelve to zero a unanimous vote the commission says of all these conviction in a fraud case widely seen as retribution for his anti corruption campaigning makes him in eligible to run the volley has vowed to lead a campaign to boycott the vote if he isn't allowed on the ballot you. know. what we'd like to take you now to the russian capital moscow where sherman is monitoring developments certainly that's quite a said back for mr deval me. well absolutely this is not an unexpected setback though. the russian authorities have always been talking about how he had a previous conviction which of course his supporters say was politically motivated in the first place and so it wasn't clear whether he would be able to run from the beginning a lection laws say that someone with a previous conviction can't run for ten to fifteen years after that conviction viney

have supported his bid to become an independent candidate this comes a day after his biggest critic alexina vonnie was barred from challenging him in the march elections also coming up. here to stay russia's parliament signs off on a deal to extend its lease of a syrian naval force in the move to secure its moscow a port for its fleet in the western mediterranean and a presence in the middle east and. liberia prepares for its first democratic transition of power in more than seven decades the presidential runoff it's a former soccer star against the country's vice president. of the. great to have you along russian president vladimir putin is eyeing a nother six years in office and now he's been formally endorsed to participate in next year's vote for more than six hundred supporters including prominent long. hers and actors have gathered in moscow for the endorsement because of their support putin can now submit documents to take part in the march election as an independent candidate while this follows the russian election commission's decision to reject opposition leader leader election of

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 unlikely to make its own to the ballots for the elections in march he's always said his two thousand and fourteen fraud conviction was politically motivated but the kremlin is using it to bar him from the race the goal has always been to demonstrate that putin is a leader with no alternative uncontested and what they say can take advantage over anybody else and it is very important to keep this super majority this super adv

the kremlin says calls by russian opposition campaign are alexina vaal need to boycott next election should be investigated to see if they break the law have on the has asked people to stay away from the polls next march after he was barred from running as a candidate against vladimir putin officials say he isn't eligible because of a suspended prison sentence he says his conviction was politically motivated or challenges in moscow with the latest. it's 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 they've 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 th

richelle carey this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up the kremlin wants a new investigation into alexina bawling over his call to boycott next year's presidential election after he was barred from running against vladimir putin. mosul slowly comes back to life five months after the end of a brutal operation to retake the city from. a show to go on to play both of those terms. but. listen to. the look back on the political violence that took the life of this couple's six month old child in kenya. they began in liberia where polls have officially closed in the presidential runoff vote it's the first democratic transition of power in the west african nation in seventy three years but turnout was pretty low choosing between former footballing superstar george way and experienced political operator and current vice president joseph. reports in the capital monrovia. with slauson slammed up to pull to more than five thousand polling stations across liberia arriving before the stations opened the tunnel know when the false tome told him that i had been delayed twice up to being contested in cour

the russian opposition leader alexina voluntary has been barred from running in next year's presidential election he's been told he's ineligible because of a past criminal conviction which he says followed a politically motivated charge and trial the ball is now calling for a boycott of the march vote polls show president vladimir putin is on course to be reelected comfortably which would keep him in the kremlin until twenty twenty four already chalons has more from moscow. this was no surprise at all really how 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 person 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 so that they were going to bar the f

the russian opposition leader alexina vaulting has been barred from running in next year's presidential election he's been told he is ineligible because of a past criminal conviction but she says followed a politically motivated trial of all me is now calling for a boycott of that march vote canada has announced it will expel evidence why one diplomat two days after caracas throughout canada's ambassador for criticizing its human rights record in israel us ambassador has already been pulled out of canada has been barred from returning there and that's what our us government has also expelled the brazilian envoy those are the headlines the news continues right here on al-jazeera after counting the cost and. forced to flee from syria to lebanon many refugee mothers risked childbirth in terrible conditions delivery is very difficult here and it's ghostly i can't go back to syria now because of the war but one lebanese woman is committed to helping them. become friends with the woman. she's important to me. there are a few g.'s midwife at this time on al-jazeera world.

of support of his bid to become an independent candidate this comes a day after his biggest critic alexina bony was gort from challenging him in march as vote also coming out liberia prepares for its force a democratic transition of power in more than seven decades the presidential runoff pits a former soccer star against the country's current vice president and. dozens of villagers and over boat valley up to roll over maine cut off from the outside world for a second day after christmas eve long slog dumped tons of rubble and rock on to their only access road. i'm sara harmon welcome to the program it's good to have you with us russian president vladimir putin is eyeing another six year term in office and now he's been formally endorsed to participate in next year's vote for his fourth term food and decided to run as an independent to make the most of his personal popularity amongst russians more than six hundred supporters including prominent lawmakers and actors have gathered in moscow for the endorsement their support allows putin to submit documents to take part in the march alexion a

this is the news law from berlin a russian opposition leader alexina volney is calling for a boycott of the presidential vote next year this after the country's 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 hi

roll in 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

this is due to every news coming to you live from berlin and brushing off position later alexina volney is calling for a boycott of a presidential vote next year that at the country's election commission bored him from running against president putin's el spoken hooten critics of all me is valid to appeal to do session 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 the crash plus . pope francis delivers his traditional christmas day blessing and his message he calls for israelis and palestinians to come together and resume talks aimed at a two state solution the pontiff called that the path to peace in the holy land. meanwhile in his christmas address germany's president urges germans to not lose hope in times of uncertainty as the country struggles to form a new government will bring you frank loesser shine meyer's christmas message. sarah harmon welcome to the show it's good to happy with this. one critic alexina volley is urging the russians to boyco

protesters rally against his release from prison the kremlin says it wants russian opposition leader alexina browny investigated for calling for a boycott of next year's presidential election and the straw less in seattle the u.s. city passing plastic waste and encouraging. thank you for joining us we begin in liberia where polls have officially closed in the presidential runoff it's the first that democratic transition of power in the west african nation in seventy three years but turnout has been low voters were choosing between former football superstar george where and experienced political operator and the current vice president joseph di mohammed the reports now from 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 that of the foster home 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 cost a pretty amo

supporters of russia's opposition leader alexina valmy a gathering in ronnie's across several cities today we're going to show you some live pictures coming to us out of moscow russians will vote in a presidential election next year and a felony has been banned from running to a criminal conviction but he still intends to announce his candidacy last week president vladimir putin announced he'll seek a new six year in the vote in march. in peru the former president alberto fujimori has been taken from his jail cell to a hospital for him or he will undergo treatment for low blood pressure and heart problems the seventy nine year old is serving a twenty five year sentence for graft and human rights crimes during his ten years in office. venezuela has taken. the first step towards expelling top diplomats from brazil and canada accusing them of meddling in domestic affairs the head of the pro-government constituent assembly has declared them persona non grata not wanted or not welcome in the country the diplomats. government is consolidating power by isolating the opposition to next year'

will study whether opposition leaders called a boycott the presidential election in march is legal alexina valmy urged his supporters not to take part in the vote after he was banned from the contest opinion polls show president vladimir putin on course for a comfortable whip and peruse former president alberto fujimori has asked for forgiveness after being pardoned by president had republicans in skeel christmas eve thousands of people again took this to the streets in the capital lima to protest against his release he 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. . south koreans have had their say in the last public hearing before the government finalizes its plan for the country. energy supply president j.m. wants to phase out reliance on coal and nuclear power and to expand the use of renewable energy kathy novak reports from all sun. this is south korea's scenic southeastern region a popular tourist destination home to stretches of coastline and eighteen uclear reactors so

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.

and this is all just here a lie from doha also coming up the kremlin wants a new investigation into alexina volley over his call to boycott next year's presidential election after he was barred from running against vladimir putin. mosul slowly comes back to life five months after the end of a brutal operation to retake the city for myself. i shouted on top of my posts sometimes have the key to the police and with that we'll look back on the political violence that took the life of this couple's six month old child in kenya. and we start in liberia votes are being counted in the presidential runoff election workers say the turnout hasn't been as high as a top of his first round but polling has been peaceful in the west african nation's first democratic transition of power for over seventy years the contenders on a former international soccer star and the vice president fifty one year old george weah spent his childhood in the slums of monrovia before becoming the first ever african to win world footballer of the year his bid for the presidency in two thousand and five was unsuccessful he was

in twenty cities across russia from blood of all stock to moscow alexina valleys 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 of the easily got that in moscow alone where he had this message for the man he wants to run against. the leading lives in europe 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 only. then it was off to the election commission to hand in his application but it's no valmy is unlikely to make its own to the ballots for the elections in march he's always said his two thousand and fourteen fraud conviction was politically motivated but the kremlin is using it to bar him from the race the goal has always been to demonstrate that putin is a leader with no alternative uncontested and what they say can take advantage over anybody else and it is very important to keep this super majority t

russian opposition leader alexina valley says he'll organize a nationwide rally in january to support his call for a boycott of presidential elections vanny has been barred from running in the march election over an embezzlement conviction that he says is politically motivated meanwhile the russian president vladimir putin is officially filed his own documents to run for reelection. in other developments the government and pro russian rebels have completed a major prisoner swap in the war torn east it happened near the city of hard left which is mainly controlled by the russian backed separatists exchange is reported to be the largest since a pro russian uprising in eastern ukraine in two thousand and fourteen are you up to date with one of our top stories now inside story is coming up next but will have the news out for you off to that city trying it and. generous no war the u.s. is cutting the united nations budget by more than a quarter of a billion dollars but why is washington squeezing the u.n. and what of the long term implications of this cult this is inside story.

russia's supreme court has upheld a ban on opposition leader alexina volleyed from running in the country's twenty eighteen election the courts rejected his appeal to a prior ruling that him from registering as a candidate of all the responded on twitter calling on russians to boycott the vote . or deep freeze has taken hold across much of the united states record breaking snow fall and subzero temperatures have hit communities hard across the northeast and the midwest the cold spell will make the start of this new year a tough one for those at risk. as a safe haven away from the life threatening cooled the rescue mission in milwaukee is bursting with people in need of a hot lunch and most importantly a place to warm up. standing. on the site and pretty quickly the deep freeze continues across much of the country and authorities are urging the public to help those in need. the extreme weather is not only a threat to humans even fish or freezing to death. these sharks were found dead on the coast of massachusetts experts say cold shock may have led to their demise. and this place made the ne

this is deja vu news from berlin a russian opposition leader alexina volney is calling for a boycott of the presidential vote next year this after the country's election commission for him.

putin has been formally nominated for a fourth term all this comes one day after opposition leader alexina volleyed was barred from next year's election he's calling.

so head on al-jazeera russian opposition leader alexina calls for an election boycott after his bid to run in next year's presidential election has blocked. major earthquake has seoul second guessing the decision to build more nuclear power plants in south korea. allen has been the first white christmas in southern illinois central illinois for about seven years and it's that mass of whites growing through the snow on the ground but that's not the end of it there's real cold air still to come and is tucked behind this from the innocuous looking cold from see mostly the cold has gone a long way size but that's not been extremely cold there's a temp is in single figures it's been a change for dallas and washington but not out rageous chicago's manas father watch that good look was waiting up here winnipeg in calgary donuts the real cold air has already worked its way down through the rockies denver's max is minus one without a loss of where the biggest snow here in there but as knock you had the next day in chicago has come down to minus twelve this is where the cold is leaking three it'

russian opposition leader alexina valmy calls for an election boy cause after his bid to run in next year's presidential vote is blocked . peru's president defends his controversial decision to pardon a jailed. and i'm far as small have all the day's 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 liberia's runoff election that's expected to mark the country's 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 world's 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 i'm not as i would lose him to do this. they said and i'm going to win his rival joseph klock i was liberi

the russian opposition leader alexina valmy has been barred from running in next year's presidential election he's been told he is in eligible because of a criminal conviction which he says is politically motivated he is now calling for a boycott of the vote in march of next year polls show the president vladimir putin is on course to be reelected comfortably which would keep him in the kremlin until twenty twenty four those are your headlines up next inside story all season. very important source of information for many people around the world. have gone i'm still here go into areas. talk to people that nobody else is talking to and bring to the forefront. defeated but destroyed two thousand and seventeen the year of victory was. gone what will happen to its ideology what about the people that used to rule over .

russia supreme court has held a ban on opposition leader alexina from running in the country's twenty eight thousand election the court rejected his appeal to a prior ruling that barred him from registering as a candidate. responded on twitter calling on russians to boycott the vote. the deep freeze has taken hold across much of the united states record breaking snow fall subzero temperatures have hit communities hard across the northeast and midwest the cold spell will make the start of this new year a tough one for those at risk. a safe haven away from the life threatening cold the rescue misson in milwaukee is bursting with people in need of a hot lunch and most importantly a place to warm up. outside you know standing you know. where to start and pretty quickly the deep freeze continues across much of the country and authorities are urging the public to help those in need. the extreme weather is not only a threat to humans even fish are freezing to death these sharks were found dead on the coast of massachusetts experts say cold shock may have led to their demise. and this place m

the russian opposition leader alexina has been barred from running in dexter's presidential election he's been told he isn't eligible because of a past criminal conviction of all they responded by calling for a boycott of the march vote or so the headlines news continues after the strain keep it or. twenty seventeen has been full of stories that have changed the global political landscape and al-jazeera has been there to cover them all. joining us as we look back at some of our most memorable interviews of the year this special edition of talk to al-jazeera at this time. hi emily could be. welcome to the stream live on al-jazeera and now you to move over marvel there's a slew of african comic book creators showing the world.

media is concerned there's only one man they are focusing on and that's the outspoken opposition leader alexina valmy he's clocked up plenty of column inches in the western media over the years where he has been described as a challenge the incumbent vladimir putin but never only is not eligible to stand for the election after being found guilty of embezzlement and given five years suspended prison sentence even so he's regularly disk.

i'm mariama mozzie and london you're watching al-jazeera also coming on the russian opposition leader alexina valmy calls for calls for a boycott of these barred from running in next year's presidential election. pope francis' warns against the winds of war as he calls for a two state solution to the israel palestine conflict. and we visit a farming community in the u.s. state of florida that still picking up the pieces nearly four months after hurricane swept through. but we begin in vietnam where authorities are evacuating million people from low lying areas along the southern coast out of tropical storm ten mins arrival vietnam's disaster prevention committee says seventy four thousand people have already been moved to safety from vulnerable areas while authorities in fifteen provinces and cities are making preparations to evacuate more than sixty thousand fishing boats have also been told not to venture to see tembin is moving south woods and will pass the province of somehow on choose day before entering the gulf of thailand well the storm has already claimed two hundred thirty lives in

kremlin critic alexina vonnie is holding rallies in cities across russia to back his bid to run in next year's presidential election of and he is hoping the show of support will persuade officials to overturn a court conviction that bars him from standing as a candidate or ruling he says is politically motivated the is considered the strongest potential challenger to president vladimir putin that could see put an extend his hold on power by another six years. 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. together we will lead russia to a better future. for this. christmas eve is finally here and while some of you some of us may still be doing some last minute shopping to find the perfect presents others appear to be all done and ready to hand them out including santa claus and many kids around the world hoping to catch a glimpse. of jolly old. maybe behalf. with rudolph and other reindeer he delivers bi

kremlin critic alexina valmy is holding rallies in cities across russia to back his bid to run in next year's presidential election not only is hoping the show of support will persuade officials to overturn a court conviction that bars him from standing as a candidate a ruling he says is politically motivated the vanni is considered the strongest potential challenger to vladimir putin who is expected to extend his hold on power by another six years. we lose you 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 he writes 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 something many kids around the world will be hoping to catch a glimpse of the saint nick on his sleigh and maybe even with food oh and a few other reindeer as he delivers billions of gifts sounds like a tough job

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.

media is concerned there's only one man they are focusing on and that's the outspoken opposition leader alexina valmy he's clocked up plenty of column inches in the western media over the years where he has been described as a challenge the incumbent vladimir putin but never found these not eligible to stand for the election after being found guilty of embezzlement and given five years suspended prison sentence even so he's regularly described as a kremlin critic who attracts thousands of supporters while on sunday he submitted the necessary paperwork to be a candidate for the next election in next march hundreds of supporters joined him although the numbers were markedly down on his last attempt in twenty twelve when more than thirty thousand did turn out in moscow. meanwhile another contender will also see a new name in the running for the communist party is putting forward pavel gluten in who replaces and election veteran who had been trying to get the kremlin's top job for over twenty years because you down after takes a closer look now at the election hopeful. his name doesn't say much if

the russian opposition leader alexina valmy has been barred from running in next year's presidential election he's been told he is in eligible because of a criminal conviction which he says is politically motivated novelli is now calling for a boycott of the vote in march but the polls show the president vladimir putin is on course to be reelected comfortably which would keep him in the kremlin until twenty twenty four were a challenge has more now from moscow. this was no surprise at all really how 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 they were going to bar the from running agains

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russia's supreme court has upheld a ban on opposition leader alexina valley running for president next year the valley's been barred because of a forward conviction he says is politically motivated he's now calling for supporters to boycott the vote president vladimir putin is widely expected to win a fourth term. french president about well mccraw has been in office for seven months now at the start of mabel him to arrogant but opinion polls suggest his popularity has risen and the man sometimes called a hyper president is making his mark on the world stage on issues ranging from climate change to middle east disputes natasha butler has more from the french capital. keeping up with emanuel isn't easy the energetic young president has thrown him self into a frenzy of activity at home and abroad since being elected in may for this newspaper cartoonist sketching such a dynamic leader is proving quite a challenge. what is amazing is that we never used to draw him two years ago people talked about the manner of michael as a young prodigy close to president hollande but he was never key min

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in response to its test of an intercontinental ballistic missile the result of the kremlin yesterday alexina valma is holding 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 christ

at the moment there's only one man they are focusing on and that's the outspoken opposition leader alexina valmy he has clocked up plenty of column inches in the western media over the years where he's described as a challenge to the incumbent leader vladimir putin but never elmis not eligible to stand for the election after being found guilty of embezzlement and given a five year suspended prison sentence even so he's regularly described as a kremlin critic who tracks thousands of supporters on sunday he submitted the necessary paperwork to be a candidate for the next election in march hundreds of supporters joined him but the numbers were marking down on his last attempt in twenty twelve and then more than thirty thousand did turn out in moscow. another contender will see a new name in the running for the communist party to putting forward pavel good in it he replaces an election veteran who had been trying to get the kremlin's top job for over twenty years you've done of takes a closer look at the election hopeful. his name doesn't say much if anything at all to the majority of russians

kremlin critic alexina lani has held rallies across russia to back his bid to run in next year's presidential election he is hoping to show this he's hoping the show of support will persuade officials to overturn a court conviction that bars him from standing as a candidate avani is considered the strongest potential challenger to president vladimir putin who is expected to extend his term by another six years. a show of support for alexei navalny the opposition leader needed the endorsement of five hundred people to initiate a presidential bid but far more than that took to the streets on sunday here in a katherine book and in one thousand other cities across russia. russia needs a new president and new economic policies we need to stop fighting and start working together all going for the better or share it with the group and i came here because it's important the election is competitive. you know. because our country is stagnating and we need change. in moscow not only was cheered on by over seven hundred supporters in a marquee on the banks of the great i must work snowbound he has been b

russia's supreme court has upheld a decision to ban opposition leader alexina volley from running in the country's twenty eight thousand presidential election the court rejected his appeal to a prior ruling which barred him from registering as a candidate obama responded on twitter calling on russians to boycott the march vote. mourners in gaza have held a funeral for a palestinian killed in clashes with israeli troops a spokesperson said soldier shot at the instigators of what it called a violent protest regional tensions have spiked after u.s. president donald trump recognized jerusalem as the capital of israel. a vigil has been held in new york city to honor the victims of an apartment fire in the bronx that killed twelve people including four children it was the city's deadliest fire in decades officials say the blaze was started by a preschooler who had been playing with the stove. a vietnamese businessman who germany says was abducted in berlin and then smuggled back to hanoi by vietnamese security services may face the death penalty the businessmen won is accused of corruption